"H-h-h-how did you know about the Dyna Stones?!!"
Hilnans paled in shock and instinctively raised a hand to grab Xie Wen and interrogate him. Halfway through, however, he caught himself, instead extending a finger to point at Xie Wen as he demanded sharply.
"I am a Shichibukai, after all. Of course I have my own intelligence network." Xie Wen shrugged and casually bluffed, "Just as you can't tell me what's hidden here, I can't sell out my sources, either, so don't bother asking."
While Hilnans was struggling with this, Ai Haibara Meow propped up her chin beside him and murmured thoughtfully, "No wonder you were acting a little strange earlier. Klee sensed something off about your emotions, too... You'd already guessed there were Dyna Stones on this island, hadn't you? You must have been planning to hide it from Klee and keep her from finding out, meow?!"
The more Little Kitten spoke, the more animated she became. Finally, she struck a "there is only one truth" pose, pointing at Xie Wen as she declared this with certainty.
"So that's what happened, meow?!"
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Klee Meow looked at Xie Wen in disbelief. Although the Sapphire Star appeared calm on the surface, Little Plushie had already sensed his guilty conscience.
"Big Brother Xie Wen, you big dummy, meow!"
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The angry Little Plushie leaped onto Xie Wen's head and bit him right on the forehead, kicking her little feline legs furiously against his chest.
Xie Wen used Armament Haki to let Klee Meow vent for a while before pulling the sulking Little Plushie off his head.
"But I did tell you, didn't I?"
Xie Wen rubbed Klee Meow's little cheeks as he pleaded his case helplessly.
Then that little schemer Ai Haibara Meow added fuel to the fire from beside him. "If