"Hmm... that really is pretty good."
Looking at the Little Kitten's proud expression, Xie Wen finally held back his urge to snark and scratched her chin as he praised her.
It definitely wasn't because a certain cowardly Sapphire Star was afraid Ai Haibara Meow would order her new pet to hit him with a dose of Satan Potions.
Definitely not!
"Hmph~ Why do I feel like you're implying something, meow?"
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The perceptive Ai Haibara Meow's gaze instantly sharpened. "If you don't need tasty Potions, then from now on, I can..."
"I do, I do, I do!" Xie Wen hurriedly interrupted the little schemer. "That praise came straight from the heart. I absolutely didn't mean anything else... right, have you named this little one yet?"
There was no way Ai Haibara Meow could miss such an obvious, clumsy change of subject, but she was in a good mood after successfully completing her experiment, so she couldn't be bothered to argue with the idiot Sapphire Star.
"Hmph~ Of course not. I came out as soon as I finished 2511, meow!"
2511... sure enough, it was that familiar naming scheme again. He had no idea whether it referred to the White Bat Fruit or the transformable potion used to house it.
"Then do you have a name in mind? If not, how about I give it one?"
Xie Wen asked eagerly.
"Meow?"
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The Little Kitten eyed Xie Wen suspiciously. "You're not planning to give it some weird name, are you?"
"Of course not." Xie Wen shrugged. "If you don't like the name I come up with, you don't have to use it."
"That's true, meow..." Ai Haibara Meow nodded, then folded her arms and put on an air of great magnanimity as she declared haughtily, "Then let's hear it. If I