It had to be said that the Mink Tribe really was a straightforward, honest people.
Even after Xie Wen had dealt them a string of rebuffs and rejections, Inuarashi and Cat Viper remained friendly toward the Research Commission, aside from a little resentment and withdrawal. That was even more true of the minks who had no idea what had happened inside the whale.
So for a while afterward, Xie Wen and the others lived quite comfortably on Zou. Since it was safe enough here, neither Xie Wen nor Hua Mei Meow kept much of a leash on the Little Furball Cats, letting them romp all over Zou.
Klee Meow, naturally, needed no introduction. Little Plushie could find ways to entertain herself even in confinement-mentally simulating bomb-making-and she was even more in her element among all the fluffy inhabitants of Zou.
But compared to running around playing, Klee Meow still preferred sticking to Xie Wen. Besides, she was worried that other minks might "steal" her big brother Xie Wen away, so she would generally run off to play for a while, then return to his side for just as long...
All that going back and forth made Little Plushie look particularly busy.
Jinx Meow, by contrast, let loose and played to her heart's content. The Mink Tribe was already a race with formidable fighting abilities, and some of the beast-type minks were especially keen on fighting, so the little madcat got into the thick of things with them in a very literal sense.
Of course, crazy as Jinx Meow was, she still had some restraint and did not pull out her weapons when fighting the minks.
But even unarmed, Jinx Meow, who had already mastered Armament Haki and was close to awakening Observation Haki, was no slouch. After a round of