"Meow-! Spark Knight! Chaaaarge!!!"
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Klee Meow stood on the stern "engine" of the Spark Knight, which looked more like an oversized surfboard than a boat, shouting into the howling sea breeze.
Propelled by Klee Meow's flames, the Spark Knight sliced through the sea like a blade, throwing up towering sprays on either side as it sped in the direction chosen by Klee Meow's spinning-in-circles technique.
This time, the Palico Research Commission had not turned out in full force. The other Felines and the Dudu were still needed to reinforce various locations, so Xie Wen had brought only two Felines: Klee Meow to point the way and Shalmeow, their living radar.
Besides, since they needed to scour the mountains and seas for Imu, they certainly could not fly high overhead. That made the Spark Knight, normally used by Klee Meow for surfing, useful.
Xie Wen had actually considered bringing Touma Meow, whose directions pointed the opposite way, but then he thought that bringing him along might turn even a successful search into a failed one. The Sapphire Star could only play the "cad" for once and leave Little Calico Cat with Scarlet Tiger-sama.
As for why he had not brought Hua Mei Meow, the commission's only Navigator...
How could the Hill-Dousing Lord's incredible luck be so inconvenient!
With Klee Meow around, Xie Wen did not need to worry about encountering bad weather like superstorms at all.
Besides, even in the remotest chance that they did, they still had full-body Raid Suits that could double as Diving Suits.
Although they could not fly, with their Klee Meow-brand engine, the Spark Knight was anything but slow. In less than ten minutes, they encountered their first island since leaving Baltigo...
"Nothing here~ There are only some little animals on this island. Not even