Chapter 376: Pokemon Get Da☆ze!
But Xie Wen quickly caught on, because the Research Commission had Shalmeow, whose character inspiration came from The King of Fighters.
Judging by the cats' descriptions of their homeland, it seemed perfectly normal for her to know Orochinagi... After all, besides Kyo Kusanagi, Chris could use that move too. Maybe Shalmeow knew a Chris Meow or even an Orochi Meow?
Meanwhile, the Dudu Magnamalo had already slapped "Orochinagi" onto Smiley's head.
This time, Smiley's head neither burst apart as it had the first time nor evaporated as it had before. Instead, every part that touched the Purple Flame vanished as though rubbed out with an eraser. There was not even a sizzling sound. Everything happened in utter silence.
"It worked!"
When they saw that Smiley had not absorbed the surrounding poison gas to heal as before, but instead writhed for a while and turned into a smaller axolotl, Xie Wen and Ai Haibara Meow cried out in delighted surprise together.
"Pao! Pao! Pao!"
This was probably Smiley's first time suffering extensive damage to its main body without being able to recover. There was unmistakable panic in its cries, and its body began repeatedly contracting and expanding, as though it were... preparing to jump.
"Oh no! It's going to run! Klee!"
"It won't get away, meow!" Little Plushie shouted. "Sealing technique: Four Violet Flames Formation, meow!"
Under her control, the Dudu Magnamalo shot a ball of flame from each of its four limbs and the "cockpit" where Klee Meow sat, forming a "box" of fire that enclosed both Smiley and the Dudu...
Then Xie Wen and the others felt even hotter.
"Ooh... so, so thirsty..."
As a mermaid, Shirahoshi had gone completely limp on the deck, fine beads of sweat continually forming across her enormous body.