While Xie Wen was talking with King Neptune about the Poneglyph and the Ancient Weapons, the Palico squad was already having the time of their lives in Ryugu Palace.
Then, naturally, the cats noticed the strange building with several enormous weapons embedded in its outer walls-the Hard-Shell Tower.
"Fish-Man mister, Klee wants to take a look inside. May I, meow?"
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Little Plushie pattered up to the guard outside the Hard-Shell Tower and asked politely.
"Sorry, outsiders aren't allowed in here."
Despite knowing that these little kitties were all honored guests of Ryugu Palace, the guard firmly shook his head and refused.
"Why can't we go in, meow? Are you hiding something good inside?"
Yet the more the guard said that, the more interested the rebellious Jinx Meow became. "Your king clearly promised we could look around anywhere, meow!"
"Exactly! Klee just wants to take a look inside, meow!"
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Little Plushie joined Jinx Meow in making a fuss in front of the guard.
Faced with these honored guests who were clearly children, the Fish-Man guard naturally couldn't act too fiercely. He could only keep insisting that he couldn't let them in.
As their leader, Hua Mei Meow had originally intended to stop the two little troublemakers, but Sanji Meow suddenly twitched his nose hard several times beside her. Then his eyes lit up as he muttered, "That smells amazing... What kind of top-quality ingredient is that? I can't even identify it, meow!"
At their chef cat's prompting, the other Palicoes all flared their nostrils and sniffed hard in the direction of the Hard-Shell Tower.
"Meow!!!"
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An eerie green gleam appeared in the eyes of every cat except Sanji Meow, and even Hua Mei Meow was no exception.
"So you're hiding tasty food inside!" Jinx Meow immediately protested. "Didn't