After saying goodbye to Garp and Vice Admiral Tsuru, Xie Wen and the others soon returned to the Toot Toot Forward.
"Big Sister Purah, why do you look a little unhappy, meow?"
After running a merry lap around the deck, Klee Meow went over to Little D-Roll and asked in puzzlement.
Meowrah wrinkled her nose and answered regretfully, "The 'rapid escape device' I specially prepared never got used... I was hoping to take the opportunity to collect some data, meow."
Xie Wen rubbed her head in exasperation. "How come you've started looking for trouble too, you little rascal?"
As he spoke, his eyes also instinctively flicked toward Jinx Meow beside them.
Then he noticed that Little Blue Cat, unlike her usual boisterous self, looked weighed down with worries.
"Hm? What's wrong with you now?" Xie Wen went over and picked Jinx Meow up, nuzzling her cheek as he asked gently.
"Those people were all so strong. I don't think I could beat any of them, meow."
Jinx Meow answered glumly.
Just as Xie Wen was about to offer her some comfort, Little Blue Cat perked up on her own and suggested enthusiastically, "So let's go beat up those Slave Traders at the Sabaody Archipelago again! This time, I'm going to blast them with Fishbones, meow!"
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Xie Wen: "..."
Fine. He had been overthinking things when he assumed this little lunatic of a cat would feel down over not being strong enough.
Decisively using Kato Cat's Paw to soothe Jinx Meow, who was bent on making trouble, Xie Wen held her in his arms while taking out his Hunter's Notes and quickly flipping to the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia pages.
Rather than identifying them one by one, checking the notes directly was more convenient.
Before he could take a close look