The last two islands in the South Blue weren’t particularly special. They were more or less like Loguetown—just with more pirates gathered there and a slightly higher level of economic prosperity.
And as Sherwin lit up the final island, the map progress finally broke past 75%. Along with the familiar flash of white light, a new blue Summon Ticket (1/3) naturally appeared on the pages of his Hunter Handbook.
Only...
One ticket in the South Blue, one in the North Blue... does that an the last one won’t appear until he covered 75% of the Grand Line?
Isn’t collecting this blue pool ticket a bit too difficult?
Sherwin once again complained about how stingy his golden finger was, but he didn’t dwell on it.
After all, there were still so many Devil Fruits and famous swords in the limited pools to draw from. He didn’t need to fuss over one ordinary-pool kitty.
After carefully putting away the handbook and ticket, Sherwin and his group imdiately steered the Dodo Advance once more toward Reverse Mountain.
...
"So this is Reverse Mountain? It way too interesting, ow!"
Huai ow lay across Sherwin shoulder, happily shouting into the sea breeze.
The other Felynes, who were also seeing this sight for the first ti, all started owing and exclaiming in excitent—everyone except Link ow.
(=ω=)But judging from the little ocelot movents and expressions, it was obvious he was just as thrilled.
"What a magnificent sight. Sherwin-sama, care to share a drink, ow?" Even Seijuro ow, usually so restrained, let himself go for once, raising his sake flask and inviting Sherwin.
Sherwin thought for a mont, then nodded in agreent.
Even though this wasn’t his first ti seeing such a view, it still stirred his heart with excitent.
"Pour a cup too," Huai ow, perched on Sherwin shoulder, waved a paw at Seijuro ow who was pouring the sake.
"Seeing sothing this incredible really does call for a celebratory drink, ow."
At so point, Link ow had scurried up the mast, and now he leapt down to beg for a drink as well.
"Sherwin-nii, can Klee try a sip too, ow?" The little doll on his other shoulder tugged at his ear, asking eagerly.
"No, Klee, you’re still too young. You can’t drink alcohol, ow." After taking a small sip herself, Huai ow firmly stopped her.
Just then, Sanji ow arrived with drinks and snacks. The slightly disappointed Klee ow instantly forgot her complaints, hugging her cup and gulping it down happily.
"Haibara, stop brooding over boring stuff and co eat sothing!"
Sherwin called out to the little kitten still standing at the ship edge, staring intently at the seawater surging upward along Reverse Mountain.
"What the principle here, ow? Magnetic fields? A whirlpool at the seabed? But none of this makes any sense—it isn’t scientific at all, ow!"
At that mont, the kitten was completely absorbed by the strange natural phenona of the seas that baffled even pirates, unable to hear Sherwin call...
No matter how she thought about it, Haibara ow just couldn’t figure out how the seawater was flowing upward to such a height.
It was like watching a Master Brother lost in the confusion of a He Jinyin training video—utterly dazed.
Sherwin let out a helpless sigh, walked over, and scooped up Haibara ow, who was still doubting her very kitty existence.
"All right now, this world is full of strange and bizarre things. You can’t hope to figure them all out." While scratching under Haibara ow chin, Sherwin slipped a small piece of pastry to her mouth.
"Hmph~"
The little kitten finally snapped back to herself, let out her habitual snort, and lifted her chin. But then—chomp—she bit down on the treat Sherwin had fed her, even sticking out her tiny tongue to lick his fingers afterward.
As Haibara ow grew more and more accustod to being part of the Investigation Corps, she wasn’t as tsundere as she had been at first.
In fact, Sherwin had only recently realized that her earlier tsundere attitude was mostly a form of self-protection when faced with a strange new environnt.
Now that her guard was slowly coming down, she still displayed her tsundere nature, but her naturally sharp, scheming side was beginning to "show its claws."
Of course, that was actually a good thing—but Sherwin couldn’t help feeling a little disappointed.
Without her tsundere side, Haibara ow wasn’t quite as fun to tease... and when her cunning ca out, well... she was really hard to deal with.
Just like now—she nestled herself comfortably into Sherwin arms and deliberately purred loudly, catching the attention of Klee ow, who had been happily munching away nearby...
Of course, this little scher goal wasn’t really to bully Klee ow, but to give himself a headache.
Sure enough, Klee ow, whose attention had been caught, dropped the drink and food in her hands and cheered as she squeezed in.
"Sherwin-nii~ Klee wants to be petted too, ow~"
The little ragdoll cat burrowed its head hard against Sherwin stomach, acting spoiled in a soft childish voice.
"Admiral~ I want so too, ow~"
Hua i ow, who usually knew how to behave, also climbed onto Sherwin shoulder, exhaling wine-laced breath into his ear as she spoke...
You damn Tiger, is your alcohol tolerance really this bad?!
"Waaaahhh! I’m gonna duel you, you idiot, ow!"
The jealous Sanji ow leapt at him, biting and kicking all at once.
Thankfully, Seijuro ow and Link ow were more sensible, just sitting on the side drinking sake and watching the show...
Couldn’t you at least help out of this ss?!
Sherwin angrily took back the complint of calling them sensible, then grabbed the laughing Haibara ow and held her up in front of him.
"You little rascal! You still dare laugh?!" He glared fiercely at the little kitten before him.
"Hmph~"
However, Haibara ow wasn’t the least bit afraid. After all, Sherwin, this Hunter, had no real authority within the Research Commission anyway.
So even though she had to curl up her limbs from being lifted by the scruff of her neck, she still held her head proudly high.
With no way out after being tricked by this scheming little kitten, Sherwin could only obediently serve the cats...
Who told Hua i ow, the head housekeeper, to get drunk so easily?
Sherwin thought gloomily as he massaged the Tiger sprawled lazily across his lap.
Fortunately, little angel Klee ow still loved him. Seeing that Sherwin hands were occupied, the ragdoll who had already enjoyed his service picked up so snacks and drinks and offered them to Sherwin mouth in return...
But then, that little rascal Haibara ow distracted her with sothing else, leaving only Sanji ow relentlessly kicking at Sherwin.
And after finishing with Hua i ow, Sherwin still had to continue serving that little troublemaker...
Where the hell was the justice in this?!
By the ti the cat on Sherwin lap had rotated to the last one, Link ow, the Dodo Advance was already close to reaching the peak of Reverse Mountain.
Before he could even remind Seijuro ow and Sanji ow to drop anchor in ti, the "drunken" Hua i ow suddenly sprang up, giving crisp and orderly commands—
"Seijuro and Sanji, you two take the helm and get ready to turn the ship around! Little Ai, please go furl the sails! Klee, head to the stern and wait for my signal to fire up the flathrower! Admiral... you just keep massaging Link, ow."
Hua i ow ignored Sherwin shocked stare and, with a swish, leapt up the mast, starting to guide Seijuro ow and Sanji ow at the helm.
So you weren’t drunk at all!!!
Sherwin was so stunned that he instinctively stopped his hands.
Link ow, lying in his arms, patted the back of his hand to remind Sherwin to keep working, giving him a comforting look...
..forting my ass!
Aside from Klee ow, not a single one of these little cats was any good!
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