Xie Wen and the others had spent nearly half a month in the Flower Country. During that time, he had mostly been taking the two cats around to... well... eat, drink, and have fun.
There was no helping it. The Flower Country's style was utterly unique in the West Blue, and it shared some characteristics with Xie Wen's homeland, so Klee Meow, Sanji Meow, and Xie Wen himself were all having so much fun they were reluctant to leave.
Even Klee Meow, the self-proclaimed First Blast Shadow of Doo Doo Village, had stopped mentioning experiments altogether.
Their Palico Research Commission's goal was to travel the entire world anyway. Simply stopping somewhere, checking in, and unlocking the map would have been a little too unambitious and dull, so experiencing the local customs along the way was perfectly normal, right?
Xie Wen found himself a reasonable excuse, then continued taking the cats around the Flower Country to eat, drink, and have fun.
Thanks to the generous sponsorship of Capone Bege and the pirates, Xie Wen had enough Beli to cover their expenses in the Flower Country.
Of course, eating, drinking, and having fun were not the only things Xie Wen did during his stay in the Flower Country.
He also regularly read the newspaper and chatted with people wherever he went, collecting information, useful or otherwise.
First was information about the Flower Country itself. The country had nine armed forces in total, the First through Ninth Treasure Navies. The Happo Navy was merely the strongest of them, and each navy had different specific duties.
For instance, the One Treasure Navy served as the royal guard, tasked specifically with guarding the Flower Country's Royal Palace, while the Erbao Navy served as the city guard, responsible for defense outside the Royal Palace. Other duties,