With Shermie Meow speed, it was naturally impossible for her to be touched by the Sea Prism Stone in Kuma hands. Transforming into her elemental form, she retreated half a meter away in a flash of lightning, while simultaneously swinging her hand to blast another bolt of lightning toward Kuma.

However, unlike the previous warning bolt, Shermie Meow was taking things more seriously this time.

Kuma current behavior could no longer be explained as a simple prank, and Shermie Meow felt it was necessary to teach this new little cat what the rules were on behalf of Sherwin.

"You can actually turn into lightning, how interesting!"

(ΦωΦ=(ΦωΦ)

After easily dodging the lightning with a swift movement, Kuma looked at Shermie Meow, who was surrounded by electrical sparks, with great interest and asked curiously, "Are you created from lightning too, just like those other small animals?"

She hadn’t really listened carefully when Sherwin was explaining the situation of the pirate world earlier, so she didn’t remember at all that Devil Fruits had different classifications.

"I am a purebred Felyne! Way more purebred than you, meow!"

(=`Д=)

Shermie Meow, who was already somewhat displeased with Kuma behavior, instantly bristled. She raised her hand to create a massive web of lightning, blanketing it toward the opponent.

"Let see how you dodge this now, meow!"

As a result, Kuma simply lowered her head, made a digging motion against the deck of the Dodo Advance, and then, a large amount of smoke and dust very unscientifically appeared around her.

Then, Sherwin and the others watched helplessly as she used the cover of this smoke to rapidly "burrow" into the deck.

The burrowing skill was not unfamiliar to the Felynes, but burrowing into the "Treasure Tree Adam," which was harder than steel, and crucially leaving no trace on the deck after burrowing in—this was just completely unscientific... even if this was in the already not-so-scientific pirate world.

So, this guy even inherited her original setting as a gag character?

Sherwin massaged his forehead, feeling a bit of a headache coming on.

Being able to summon an unreasonable, gag-style character actually made Sherwin quite happy, but if this gag character wasn’t all that obedient, then it became a real headache...

And after using "burrow" to evade Sherwin Meow thunder net, Arc quickly "burrowed" back out from the deck right in front of Sherwin Meow.

As she emerged, her ball-shaped fists holding the Sea Prism Stone instantly multiplied into dozens, even hundreds, striking toward Sherwin Meow like a torrential downpour.

However, unlike attack styles such as "Hundred Ripping Fists" or "Gatling," Arc hundreds of fists were not afterimages created by extreme speed, but rather hundreds of actual, physical fists and hundreds of actual pieces of Sea Prism Stone...

Gag-style characters never reason with you.

Nonetheless, even a gag-style character couldn’t completely erase the inherent power of the One Piece world, so every single one of Arc movements was actually within the Observation Haki perception of Sherwin and the others.

This was also the primary reason why the other members hadn’t intervened until now—the situation was still under everyone control.

Furthermore, everyone could sense that although she was playing pranks—or more accurately, deliberately causing chaos—Arc herself didn’t actually harbor any malice.

She simply wanted everyone to get rowdy and make a fuss together...

"Suika, clear some space for them, otherwise Sherwin Meow won’t be able to unleash her full strength."

Sherwin, who also believed Arc should be taught a lesson, said to the little drunk cat beside him.

"Leave it to me, meow~"

(●ω●)

Suika Meow patted her chest, then extended a paw and slapped it onto the deck of the Dodo Advance, "Sparse Sign: Infinite Castle Meow!"

Along with the deployment of the Density Fruit ability, the main body of the Dodo Advance rapidly expanded, soon turning into a massive vessel resembling a small island.

Sherwin and the others, who had originally been gathered together, were also pulled far apart from one another due to the stretching of the deck.

"Step back a bit further, meow!"

(=`ー=)

As Shermie Meow spoke, she stomped her foot heavily onto the deck, "Lightning Style: Spider Net, meow!"

Dozens of electrical currents centered from her foot, rapidly spreading out into a spiderweb-like pattern across the deck.

Caught within its reach, Arc instantly felt a numbing sensation rush straight from her paws to the top of her head.

"Meow—!"

∑(=ΦДΦ=)

Even though Arc jumped up at the very first moment, the fur on her head and tail still puffed completely out under the influence of the electricity.

"Humph humph~ Let see how you burrow into the ground now, meow~"

(=`=)

The triumphant "Wildly Blowing Lightning" wasn’t even in a hurry to attack anymore. Instead, while continuing to expand the area of the lightning spiderweb beneath her feet, she stood with hands on her hips, watching the falling Arc.

And then...

She watched with a completely blank face as Arc tucked both feet into her navy blue skirt, followed immediately by a burst of flames spraying out from under her skirt. The originally falling Arc shot back up into the sky like a rocket.

"What kind of meow is this?!! Didn’t you not eat a Devil Fruit?!!"

(=⊙Д⊙=)

Shermie Meow screamed frantically, then continuously hurled streak after streak of lightning at the rocket Arc in mid-air.

"Oh~ hohoho~"

(=`=)

Striking a classic Superman pose while dodging Shermie Meow attacks, Neco-Arc smirked proudly and said, "This is an innate ability of mine, you know. It not some kind of Devil Fruit."

"How come I didn’t know we Felynes could do something like this, meow?!"

(=`Д=)

Seeing that long-range attacks were useless, Shermie Meow simply pounced directly toward Neco-Arc in mid-air.

"Oh my~ Whether it this world or the world we used to stay in, they are both vast. How could you possibly know everything?"

(━ω━)

Neco-Arc maintained that same unhurried manner, bickering with Shermie Meow in a lazy tone.

Of course, her hands weren’t idle either, continuously unleashing the "True Hundred Crack Fists," staying true to her original intent of trying to stick the Sea Prism Stone onto Shermie Meow.

However, with Shermie Meow speed and Observation Haki level, unless she actively moved into it herself, even if Neco-Arc was a gag character, it was impossible to hit her.

Instead, Neco-Arc herself had her flaws caught by Shermie Meow, taking several lightning strikes.

"Aaaahhhh! It hurts, it hurts!"

(△)

Although as a gag character and a mysterious creature, this little bit of electric shock couldn’t cause any real damage to Neco-Arc, and Shermie Meow hadn’t struck very hard, it still hurt.

With her fur standing on end and several scorched marks appearing on her body, Neco-Arc suddenly increased the firepower under her skirt, quickly pulling away from Shermie Meow.

After this exchange, Neco-Arc also realized that if she only used ordinary means, it was impossible to hit Shermie Meow, who could transform into lightning. Therefore, she decisively put away the Sea Prism Stone in her hand, and then widened her eyes at the closely pursuing Shermie Meow.

"Taste this! Arc Bea~~~~~m!!!"

(=ω=)

Blood-red light shot out from Neco-Arc eyes in a fan shape, catching Shermie Meow completely off guard.

Although Shermie Meow Observation Haki had detected Neco-Arc laser eye attack in advance, she didn’t expect Neco-Arc laser eyes to play outside the rules, as it was an area-of-effect damage.

So even though the little forest cat had elementalized at the very first moment to dodge, she was still illuminated by the light beam, whose speed was not inferior to lightning. 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

Then, Shermie Meow felt as if she had been continuously hit several times by some huge object, being "knocked" straight back onto the deck...

Well, Neco-Arc laser eyes still followed the anti-common-sense traits of a gag character. It didn’t belong to elemental attacks, but was a physical collision type of attack.

Of course, this was mainly because Neco-Arc didn’t want to hurt Shermie Meow, otherwise she could change her laser eyes to other attributes at any time.

"Could Arc... have been modified by someone, meow?"

(=ˇˇ=)

Haibara Meow, who was originally very angry after being made soaking wet by Neco-Arc, suddenly felt her kind side take over after realizing that the opponent might be a modified Felyne. She suddenly didn’t want to blame her very much anymore.

Emmm...

Sherwin glanced at the kitten who had a face full of pity, really wanting to tell her that she was actually overthinking it.

Gag characters never reason with you!