After meeting up with Klee Meow, the Felynes returned to the ship with several captured Devil Fruit users.
"brother Sherwin~ We're back, meow!"
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The little plushie leaped into Sherwin arms, excitedly rubbing her small head against him.
"Did you have fun this time?" Sherwin gently patted Klee Meow back and asked.
"Mm!" The little plushie nodded enthusiastically and proudly said, "Klee took down a lot of bad guys, meow!"
"Such a good girl~" Sherwin rubbed her little head, then turned to the other Felynes. "You've all worked hard too."
"These pirates were no match for us, meow!" Sanji Meow proudly lifted his little head.
Meowjirou humbly added, "It was mostly thanks to Miss Huamei excellent leadership, and Klee-sama bombs took out most of the enemies. I don't dare to claim the credit, meow."
"Yeah, yeah!" Sanji Meow quickly agreed. "It all thanks to Big Sister Huamei, meow!"
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Link Meow nodded in agreement from the side.
"Even without my orders, we wouldn't have had to work too hard to deal with this ragtag group, meow," Huamei Meow shook her head, not continuing the topic.
She pointed at the pirates they had tied up and said, "The important thing now is to deal with them. Admiral, you should try them out."
Sherwin first held Klee Meow tight and took a deep breath of her good luck, then took out his Hunter Knife and walked over to the captured Devil Fruit users.
Unfortunately, after several stabs, no Devil Fruit powers appeared. Klee Meow luck wasn't infallible.
"Tch, I thought I might find something, at least."
Sherwin clicked his tongue in regret, then, along with Meowjirou and Link Meow, proceeded to deal with the pirates.
Once they had finished handling the pirates, Sherwin planned to take Klee Meow, Huamei Meow, and Link Meow back to the island to search for the pirates' ship, while also mapping out the area.
The reason for bringing these three Felynes along was simple: Klee Meow good luck, Huamei Meow broad Observation Haki range, and Link Meow spacious bag, plus all three were excellent at exploration and gathering.
With the help of Klee Meow and Huamei Meow, they quickly found a hidden cave on Slakur Island. The cave was large and had several exits, and inside, they discovered over a dozen pirate ships, all docked in scattered locations.
From the distance between the ships, they could roughly divide them into four groups, each occupying an exit…
It was clear that this so-called pirate alliance had its own small factions within it.
But perhaps due to their confidence in their strength or the belief that the cave concealment would keep them safe from others, there were no guards at all. As a result, Sherwin and his group were able to easily loot the supplies from the ships.
However, despite having the treasure-hunting Klee Meow with them, Sherwin couldn't find any legendary swords or Devil Fruits.
Of course, this made sense—if there were any spare Devil Fruits, they wouldn't have come to steal from Sherwin; they would've gone straight to Doflamingo to trade.
As for the legendary swords, it was even less likely they'd be left on the ship. Those kinds of valuable weapons weren't something people would leave to gather dust, except for people like Sherwin, who was a collector, or wealthy collectors.
Meanwhile, on the Dodo Advance, Sanji Meow was preparing a feast in the kitchen, while Haibara Meow had been dragged by Meowjirou to the training room for some physical exercise.
Therefore, none of the Felynes noticed the appearance of several Navy warships on the horizon.
"Klee Meow~ Seijuro Meow~ I've made some appetizers, would you like to come out and try them, meow?"
Sanji Meow wheeled a small cart onto the deck and called toward the training room.
"Mm, it looks delicious, can I have a taste as well?"
Before the two Felynes in the training room could respond, a strange voice rang out from behind Sanji Meow.
"Meow—!"
Startled, Sanji Meow immediately puffed up in alarm, kicking toward the direction of the voice without thinking.
However, the kick was easily blocked.
"Ah, so scary~" Borusalino, with his signature catchphrase, casually grabbed Sanji Meow by the scruff of the neck and lifted him up in front of him. "Relax, little kitty, I mean you no harm."
This old man looked like a weasel, so Sanji Meow wasn't buying his words. Without saying a word, the little yellow cat began rubbing his feet together…
"Demon Wind Foot: Noon Tiger Meow!"
Sanji Meow, now in Demon Mode and Felyne Beast form, unleashed a Noon Tiger kick right at the old, wrinkled face of Kizaru.
At the same time, Meowjirou Kikkyo Seidou Moon silently sliced toward Kizaru arm that was holding Sanji Meow.
Flying Cat Sword Style: Meru Flash.
Bang!
"Oy!"
It was probably because they didn't expect that a little fur-covered child like Sanji Meow could master Haki,
or maybe it was because the Day Tiger resembled the Marine Six Powers technique, the Storm Leg.
Or perhaps it was because the distracted Kizaru had been caught off guard by a sneak attack...
Anyway, although Kizaru used his Light Element to dodge Meowjirou slash, he still took a solid kick from Sanji Meow, sending him flying.
However, he quickly used his elemental powers to fly back, but his sunglasses didn't make it—now there was a red paw print on his old face to match the damage.
"These were my favorite sunglasses..." Kizaru muttered gloomily as he looked at the broken sunglasses in his hands. Surprisingly, he didn't seem very angry about being kicked away by Sanji Meow.
After putting the broken sunglasses back in his pocket, Kizaru raised both hands in front of the two cautious little cats, smiling and saying, "Don't be nervous, don't be nervous. I'm not a bad guy."
Haibara Meow, who had come out a little later, also yelled loudly, "Stop! This person is a Marine Admiral, not an enemy!"
Sanji Meow, always obedient to the little female cats, lowered his guard, but stared at the paw print on Kizaru face, confused.
"You're really a Marine Admiral? You don't look that strong, meow?"
Kizaru face darkened. He hadn't expected that by simply coming over to joke with the little fur-covered kid, he'd end up with such a disgraceful incident—and even lost his beloved sunglasses.
"I was just careless earlier!" Kizaru hurriedly explained, a little flustered.
Although Kizaru liked to "feign weakness" during battles, he couldn't stand being looked down upon by a little cat.
However, Seijurou, who was skilled at sensing the intensity of others auras, didn't underestimate Kizaru like Sanji Meow had.
He seriously reminded them, "He not lying. Aside from Vice Admiral Garp and Mr. kuma, his aura is the strongest I've encountered, meow."
"That not right, meow! Vice Admiral Garp aura is stronger than his, that why he a Vice Admiral! What makes him worthy of being an Admiral?" Sanji Meow rebutted with reason.
"Maybe... it because he ate a Logia-type Devil Fruit, meow?" Seijurou tilted his head, speculating.
Just like when Sherwin had complained about Luffy and the others, the cats around him weren't too interested in the news in the papers.
Only Hua Mei Meow and Haibara Meow bothered to read it, and Haibara Meow mostly looked at clothes and accessories ads.
she only recognized Kizaru because she'd been curious about what the strongest people in this world looked like, so she had a little impression of him.
"Wait a minute, you guys know Vice Admiral Garp?"
Kizaru, now even more confused, wondered, what the deal with these fur-covered cats? Not only do they know Haki, but they even know Vice Admiral Garp…
That "Storm Leg" move earlier... could it have been taught by Garp?