In the end, Xie Wen still did not let Klee Meow swallow the Mother Carmel Flame a second time.
There would be plenty of opportunities later, after all. They should first find out what had happened outside.
With that thought, they left the Engine Room housing the power reactor and headed back up to the topmost floor, where Punk Records was stored...
They could see outside directly through the Surveillance Den Den Mushi here, and the Den Den Mushi did not need power from the Mother Carmel Flame, so Vegapunk and the others should know exactly what had just happened outside.
"You're back! Come look! Two strange guys suddenly appeared, meow!"
(=`ω=)
The moment they returned to the top floor, Ai Haibara Meow pounced over and spoke to Xie Wen with a serious expression.
"And it doesn't look like they used any kind of scientific technology, meow. Mr. Vegapunk couldn't make sense of it either... I really want to study them, meow! Check-It!"
(ゝω)~☆
Xie Wen had only just secured Ai Haibara Meow in his arms when Meowrah jumped into them as well.
Meanwhile, Vegapunk and his satellites merely glanced over when Xie Wen's group returned. Without even greeting them, they immediately turned their attention back to the surveillance footage before them, all looking deeply troubled.
"What exactly happened? Tell me."
Brimming with curiosity, Xie Wen held the two cats and asked them for details as he hurried over to look at the Den Den Mushi's surveillance footage. The four kittens clinging to him followed suit, craning their necks and poking their little heads out furtively.
"...The Five Elders?"
Xie Wen quickly recognized the two unfamiliar Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit users.
Zoan Devil Fruit users in their hybrid forms still retained the rough outlines of their original appearances. Although there