It had to be said that Huai thod of "collective bathing as punishnt" was quite effective. In the days that followed, Suika ow attempts to urge others to drink decreased noticeably.
With Huai ow also keeping an eye on things and reminding her from ti to ti, there were no more incidents of other mbers of the research team being drunk into a stupor by Suika ow...
However, the ship supply of alcohol was consud several tis faster than before.
Aside from Suika ow, who never went a day without drinking, Sherwin, Robin, and the other adult Felynes—including Huai ow—would also occasionally join her for a couple of drinks.
It was mainly because this little drunkard seed to have so kind of "drinking aura" about her—when drinking with her, even without being urged, the alcohol in one cup would sohow taste far more fragrant than usual.
Seijuro ow, who was already fond of drinking, went to have a few drinks with Suika ow almost every single day.
In addition, during those monts when he drank with Suika ow, Sherwin also learned about her situation before she had been summoned here.
Simply put, she was yet another Felyne with absurdly overwhelming talent, and her talent was mainly reflected in her innate monstrous strength.
The chains in Suika ow hands, as well as the dragon-jade pendants hanging from the chains and her tail,
were originally put on her because, when she was young, she couldn’t control her strength and would accidentally destroy things.
They were ant to restrain her movents. Because of this, she even earned the nickna "the Demon God" in her village.
As Suika ow grew older, her strength continued to increase, and those restraints naturally beca completely useless to her.
Fortunately, by that ti she had already learned to control her power. Even when drunk, she wouldn’t cause any trouble.
And since she had grown accustod to those "ornants," she never took them off.
As for the two furious Golden Lion horns on her head...
They were knocked off by Suika ow herself during one of her drunken episodes, when she staggered up and struck them off the Golden Lion head in a daze.
Of course, she paid the price of having to lie in a sickbed for several months. Most critically—
"They said I wasn’t allowed to drink during my recovery, ow!"
When she ntioned this, Suika ow looked especially aggrieved. "Lying in bed without being able to move at all, and they still wouldn’t let a Felyne drink—where the justice in that, ow?!"
After that incident, because of that single feat, Suika ow was directly promoted to a Hunter Palico.
She then set off alone on a journey to travel far and wide, tasting fine wine from every region while also seeking out monsters, Felynes, and Hunters to fight, until one ti, in a drunken haze, she responded to that summoning that promised "lots and lots of good wine to drink."
"ow hahahahaha! The booze here is delicious, and I can fight all kinds of strange people too—this is way too fun, ow!"
(●`●)
The little orange cat lifted the "Ibuki gourd" that she had enlarged with her ability and took a bold, deep swig of liquor.
Don’t let this little one constant drunkenness fool you—when it cos to fighting, she is absolutely no joke.
Armant Haki ca easily to her. As for Observation Haki, she hasn’t learned it yet, but ordinary Observation Haki doesn’t work very well on her anyway.
Because she remains in a perpetually tipsy state, her moves have no pattern at all, making it impossible to read her next action.
She also hadn’t neglected the developnt of her Devil Fruit ability. The Density Fruit had an absurdly high compatibility with Suika ow.
In just a few days, the way this little drunkard used the Density Fruit had already far surpassed that subordinate of the sand crocodile back in Alabasta...
At the very least, that guy was absolutely incapable of generating extre heat by rapidly altering an object density.
By using her Devil Fruit ability together with the liquor she always carried in her gourd, the little drunkard could very easily unleash a "liquor fire kill" type of attack.
Well, if the Burn-Burn Fruit hadn’t already been eaten by Klee ow from their own crew, Sherwin would have been tempted to drag it out again and interrogate it a second ti.
If, in the future, Suika ow were to develop the Density Fruit to the sa level as the original Ibuki Suika—able to "mistify" herself by adjusting density and beco a pseudo-Logia—then the Burn-Burn Fruit would truly beco sothing "even a dog wouldn’t want."
Uh... but their Klee ow is a cat, so that fine!
Besides, with a fool like Ace, could his developnt of the Burn-Burn Fruit possibly compare to that of their very own Spark Knight?!
Even so, Sherwin still cast a slightly guilty glance at Klee ow. Fortunately, the little ragdoll Felyne was busy at the mont and didn’t notice that her Brother Sherwin was secretly mocking her again.
But then again, Klee ow seed to have been telling stories to Shirahoshi nonstop lately...
Was Shirahoshi really that obsessed with Naruto ow too?
Moreover, Shirahoshi expression when listening to the stories was far too serious, wasn’t it? And after Klee ow finished telling them, she even put on a thoughtful, contemplative look...
Wait a minute! That silly girl wouldn’t have been led astray by those bizarre philosophies in Naruto, would she?
Sherwin suddenly rembered that there were quite a few "pacifists" in that series—Itachi with his "slay your kin for the greater good," the "non-stick pan" Third Hokage, Nagato with his "let the world feel pain," and Madara with his "let all share a beautiful dream"...
It was just unclear which part of the plot she had heard so far.
To prevent the little girl from being led astray by the bizarre ideologies of that ninja world, Sherwin decisively took the initiative to go over to her.
"What are you thinking about?" He gave Shirahoshi fish tail a light pat.
"Sh-Sherwin, sir!" Shirahoshi, startled out of her deep thoughts, jumped in fright, then answered honestly, "I was thinking about Mr. Nagato... The situation of the Hidden Rain Village is a bit similar to Fish-Man Island, and I’m kind of like the Jinchūriki in the story."
"Uh... so are you planning to make the world feel pain too?" Sherwin blurted out instinctively.
"N-no, no, no!" Shirahoshi waved her hands anxiously.
"Although Mr. Nagato circumstances are very pitiful, I don’t agree with his ideas.
But just like you said, Sherwin, it very hard for the voices of the weak to be heard.
If Mr. Nagato hadn’t existed, the tragedy of the Hidden Rain Village probably would have kept repeating itself...
just like Fish-Man Island when it didn’t have Father Whitebeard protection."
Then she continued, "What I want to beco is soone like Mr. Naruto, soone who can protect their own village. It just that I’m too timid... I probably can’t do it the way he did..."
Shirahoshi lowered her head, twisting her fingers together shyly as she spoke.
"Phew..."
Sherwin let out a long breath of relief. As long as she didn’t want to beco "Pain."
He was happy to see Shirahoshi change, but jumping straight to "making the world feel pain" would have been far too much.
Still, Naruto, huh?
It actually made a lot of sense that Shirahoshi would co to like that character—not only because the situations of a Jinchūriki and Poseidon were so similar, but also because Naruto was soone who managed to forgive his enemies as well.
"Don’t belittle yourself like that," Sherwin patted White Star tail and encouraged her.
"Naruto was just a prank-loving idiot at your age, you know. I believe that in the future you’ll definitely beco an even greater guardian than him!"
"I—I’ll work hard!"
Encouraged by Sherwin, Shirahoshi also perked up, clenched her fists, and shouted with renewed spirit.
To be honest, even Sherwin hadn’t expected that Naruto Ninja Cats, which he had originally used just to amuse the cats, would end up helping Shirahoshi find a role model for learning.
At the sa ti, he realized that compared to reciting famous quotes and lofty principles, telling stories was indeed far more influential for a child like Shirahoshi.
So...
"Since we’re free right now, how about I tell you another story about Nezha causing... uh..." Sherwin glanced at White Star fish tail and hastily changed his words.
"Causing havoc in the Heavenly Palace instead!"
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