[Big Brother Xie Wen, we've finished mapping all of Amazon Lily, meow!]
(=ω=)
Lying on Xie Wen's chest, Dudu pawed at his mouth with its little paws as it reported to him.
"Then let's head back." The Sapphire Star, who was lounging limply in a chair, opened his mouth wide as if to bite, "scaring" Dudu into withdrawing its paws before he replied, "They didn't come bother us while we were mapping, so we shouldn't disregard their rules too much."
[Okay, meow~]
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Dudu rolled over on Xie Wen, exposing its soft little belly, then steered its main body toward the stretch of coast Boa Hancock had assigned them earlier.
Xie Wen obligingly raised a hand and gently stroked Dudu's little belly...
Then a big, fluffy tail began sweeping across his face, again and again.
Xie Wen hurriedly raised his other hand to pet Shalmeow, who was lying above his head, stroking her back.
Only then did the jealous little forest cat withdraw her tail in satisfaction and lick Xie Wen's hair as a reward.
But holding that position for long was far too awkward, so Xie Wen simply sat up straight, gathered both cats onto his lap, and petted one with each hand.
As he was petting the cats, Xie Wen suddenly heard booming explosions from below...
"...Seriously? Klee started fighting already?"
His hands abruptly froze, and he instinctively moved to stand up and take a look-
To see whether Amazon Lily was already missing a chunk.
"It's not little Klee~" Shalmeow rubbed her head against Xie Wen's palm. "Little Sister Jinx is fighting the Kuja in the ring. Don't worry, she hasn't caused any trouble, meow~"
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"Jinx? Behaving herself in a ring match?"
It wasn't that he doubted Shalmeow's Observation Haki. It was mainly that the situation