The development of the demon mode agent would still take a little time, but the alloy processed by Purah Meow didn't require much effort.
So very quickly, the members of the "slime legion" created from the Tiger Fruit were also tinkered into existence by Haibara Meow…
However, judging by the situation of the Tiger Fruit, calling it the "cat-made Logia legion" would actually be more appropriate.
Because it lacked the ability to convert between gaseous and liquid states, and its body was composed entirely of solid metal powder, the Tiger Fruit—named "Gin" by Sherwin—did not possess the ability to freely change its body shape like Sherry and Belmode did.
But for the cats who had spatial backpacks, this really wasn't a big deal. Haibara Meow only needed to store most of Gin body in her pack, and take it out again when actual combat was required.
In everyday situations, Gin maintained a size slightly larger than Haibara Meow, roughly comparable to a large dog, and became Haibara Meow mount…
Well, Haibara Ai treating Gin as a mount could also be considered a kind of reversal of heaven and earth.
Aside from Haibara Meow, Klee Meow and the Dodo Advance, those two little ones, would also occasionally run over to ride it and dash around the deck.
Klee riding Gin, and the ship spirit responsible for carrying people having a mount of its own—this amounted to two different kinds of reversal of heaven and earth…
Sherwin increasingly felt that the name he had chosen was truly perfect.
"Why do you keep staring at Gin, meow?"
(=ω=)
Haibara Meow noticed Sherwin glancing toward the metal tiger from time to time, and also realized that most of those looks were when they were riding the tiger…
So after pondering for a moment, the clever little kitten raised a small paw and patted Sherwin thigh, comforting him: "Don't worry, even with Gin around, we still prefer staying on you, meow~"
(=)
"…"
Sherwin fell into silence at once.
Because he finally came to his senses—hadn't he been doing the work of a qin all along?!
After a brief moment of shock, Sherwin quickly calmed down, because about becoming the cat "mount"…
He honestly didn't care at all!
He had just failed to react in time, that was all.
The only thing Sherwin was dissatisfied with about the "winery Troops" was that they weren't recorded in the Hunter Notes.
This basically declared that Sherwin plan to "create" famous blades and other weapons himself to farm fragments had already failed…
Other transmigrator cheats could exploit loopholes in all kinds of ways, and even get extra rewards after discovering them. So why did it stop working when it came to him?
The Hunter felt like he was being targeted.
…
While Haibara Meow was making her "winery Troops," the other cats weren't idle either.
As a fellow research-oriented cat, Purah Meow probably wanted to join the front-line combat as well, so she tinkered up that mechanical sphere from Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity.
As for Lobeli chainsaw-sword mechanical arm, Purah Meow didn't even consider it.
After all, the Research Commission didn't lack vanguards who could coordinate with her, and the other Felynes all had their own combat styles.
That chainsaw-sword mechanical arm, while quite useful, would only hold back martial-types like Seijuro Meow.
Besides, with the effort needed to make a chainsaw-sword mechanical arm, it would be better to just build a Guardian with a similar weapon instead.
After obtaining data from Punk Hazard, Purah Meow Guardian had made significant progress in terms of AI.
It had to be said—Vegapunk really did have something going for him.
Of course, that wasn't to say Purah Meow and Haibara Meow were inferior to Vegapunk.
It was just that the two worlds were quite different, so they needed time to readjust their ways of thinking and understanding when it came to research.
And precisely because the two cats had finally finished digesting the materials collected from Punk Hazard recently, Haibara Meow and Purah Meow had pushed forward quite a few experimental projects that had previously made little progress.
Mm—along the way, the progress on that planned "huuuuuge bomb" Klee Meow and the others were working on had also jumped by a large margin.
When Sherwin saw Purah Meow finish that mechanical sphere—similar yet different—he suddenly recalled the teleportation effect when she first appeared, as well as Haibara Meow past thoughts about wanting to go back.
So he specifically found some time to talk with Purah Meow about it.
However, in order not to put too much pressure on the cats, Sherwin didn't bring up teleporting back to the Monster Hunter world right away.
Instead, he used the perfectly reasonable excuse of "with teleportation, we could rush back to the ship in time during emergencies" and asked her to research an in-world teleportation device.
"Actually, I started researching this a long time ago, meow," Purah Meow replied, twitching her ears.
"But all this time, I've been missing a key material—something that can affect space.
To make a teleportation device, you have to find such a material to create a spatial core first, and only then can you move on to the next stage of research, meow! Check-it!"
(ゝω)~☆
"Is that so?" Sherwin smacked his lips.
"What a pity. That teleporting Devil Fruit user back then didn't leave behind the Devil Fruit he ate. Otherwise, that thing actually seems pretty suitable for making the spatial core you're talking about."
"I was thinking the same thing, meow."
Purah Meow tilted her head and nodded. "Besides the Warp-Warp Fruit, other space-type Devil Fruits would work too. It just a pity—Devil Fruits are already rare, and ones with excellent abilities like that are even harder to come by, meow… Check-it…"
(ゝω)~☆
So that means that, aside from a Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit, I also need to keep an eye out for space-type Devil Fruits now?
Even though Purah Meow hadn't set requirements for him the way Haibara Meow did, Sherwin obviously couldn't remain indifferent.
Returning to the Monster Hunter world was far too nebulous to consider for now, but the teleportation device itself really was an incredibly convenient thing.
If they had a teleportation device, then the next time they ran into a situation like the one at the G-5 Branch, Sherwin could have the Dodo Advance transform into a Sea Wyvern form and hide underwater, while the combatants went off to fight.
When it came time to withdraw, it would be much more convenient and far safer.
So Purah Meow research into the teleportation device absolutely had to be supported with full effort…
Mm, later I'll have Morgans and Shakky help keep an eye out.
As for Sherwin and the other cats, there wasn't much more to say regarding improvements in strength.
After all, their situation was different from the two research cats. Having already pushed the various power systems they possessed to near their limits, there was no way for them to achieve a sudden qualitative leap in strength.
Even Kaido Meow, who had joined not long ago, was the same…
There was no helping it—this Maine Coon talent was simply too high.
In no time at all, he had trained his Armament Haki and Observation Haki to a level not much inferior to Sherwin, and as for Monster Hunter world techniques like hunting arts, he picked them up with effortless ease.
Even with Devil Fruit abilities, he seemed not to have run into any real bottlenecks.
Although the flame-cloud sash that marks a Zoan awakening had not appeared, his recovery ability had already become exaggeratedly strong, similar to Kaido.
Besides…
Kaido himself didn't have that thing either. Perhaps the Azure Dragon Fruit, with its inherent flame clouds, is simply special, or perhaps Mythical Zoan awakenings are more difficult, and Kaido never fully awakened either.
However, that possibility wasn't very high. Leaving Luffy aside, with his protagonist halo, Yamato—also a Mythical Zoan—clearly has a flame-cloud sash. There no way Kaido could be inferior to his own daughter, right?
But no matter what, Kaido Meow development of the Cherry Dragon Fruit, even if it couldn't compare to Kaido, definitely wasn't that far behind.
The only thing that had truly held him back was Conqueror Haki.
Perhaps because of differences in life experience, Kaido Meow showed no signs at all of awakening Conqueror Haki.
In fact, judging from his usual behavior, he didn't seem like someone with "kingly potential" to begin with.
Still, that kind of thing is hard to say. After all, it pretty metaphysical—maybe Kaido Meow just hasn't encountered the right moment for awakening yet.
And besides, they weren't lacking in methods that could contend with advanced Conqueror coating anyway, so it really wasn't that big of a deal.
In any case, whether it was Sherwin or Kaido Meow himself, neither of them particularly cared about whether they could awaken Conqueror Haki.
It would be nice to have it, but if not, it didn't really matter.
While Sherwin and the others sailed along at a leisurely pace and steadily improved themselves, the outside world was anything but peaceful.
After all, this was the endlessly chaotic pirate world.
Even if Sherwin and his group didn't stir up trouble, and even though Luffy, the so-called protagonist, hadn't yet set sail, there was no way the other pirates would deliberately behave themselves just to wait for the "child of the world" to appear.
What more, aside from those lawless pirates, the World Government and the Navy were constantly thinking about how to further consolidate their rule.
And among all of that, the most sensational piece of news was—
"Captain, the last vacant seat among the Seven Warlords of the Sea has finally been filled, meow."
Huamei Meow walked over, holding up the latest newspaper.