Chapter 721: 721 Change of Plans, Prepare for the Northern Expedition!

"Muu..."

(=`н=)

Shermie Meow, who had landed back on the deck, puffed out her cheeks, looking extremely unhappy.

It wasn’t that Shermie Meow couldn’t accept being hit. After all, as strong as the Rumble-Rumble Fruit was, it wasn’t invincible.

However, Arc hadn’t eaten any Devil Fruit like the Glint-Glint Fruit or the Teleportation Fruit, nor did she know any Observation Haki. The main reason Shermie Meow had been hit was that she had underestimated her opponent too much.

After all, ever since she obtained the powers of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, Shermie Meow had rarely suffered a loss.

Being hit due to underestimating an enemy was far more infuriating for a Felyne than being hit by an evenly matched opponent, even if she hadn’t actually sustained any substantial damage, and even though Arc true strength was actually much higher than Shermie Meow believed.

What made Shermie Meow even more displeased was that Arc, who had just "glared" at her, was currently buzzing around in the air drawing figure-eights like a bumblebee, laughing and playing.

"Hoo—"

(=｀3)

Getting thoroughly serious, Shermie Meow pouted her lips and gently blew a breath toward Arc in midair. 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

"Crackle!"

"Meowyaaaaa~~~"

(`)

A burst of lightning instantly exploded across Arc body, shocking her so much that her screams carried a trembling tone.

Next, the flames beneath her skirt also went out, making a sputtering sound like a motorcycle failing to ignite, and then she continued to scream as she fell from the sky.

Except...

"Waaaaah—"

Arc scream as she fell completely lacked emotion, making it obvious at a first listen that she was faking it.

"Heh~ Perfect score!"

(`)

Sure enough, just as she was about to crash onto the deck, Arc did a nimble flip, landing firmly on the legs that had already extended from beneath her skirt, and struck a standard gymnastics finish pose...

And then she was sent flying by Shermie Meow, who had transformed into lightning.

"Perfect score my foot, meow!"

=(=◣=(=◣皿◢=(=◣皿◢=)

"Poof!"

Arc, who was mid-flight, turned into a cloud of smoke, and then another Arc emerged from the deck, opening her mouth to spit a burst of flames at Shermie Meow.

However, to Arc surprise, this lightning Shermie Meow was also a fake, dispersing directly into electrical light as soon as the flames hit her.

"Meow?!"

∑(⊙ω⊙)

Arc eyes widened in astonishment.

In fact, speaking of clone techniques alone, Arc clone technique, based on some unknown principle, already had effects rivaling the Shadow Clone Technique from another studio, and was completely beyond what Klee Meow and Shermie Meow elemental clone techniques could touch.

Unfortunately, no matter how realistic Arc clone technique was, since she did not understand Observation Haki concealment or empty soul possession, she could not deceive Shermie Meow Observation Haki.

"You better... behave yourself, meow!"

(=`ω=)

Suddenly appearing behind Arc, Shermie Meow grabbed her around the waist and executed a German suplex, "Shermie Flash, meow!"

"Bang!"

Arc was slammed heavily onto the deck by Shermie Meow, and then her entire body went limp as she went completely weak.

"Stop faking it! I didn’t even use much strength, meow!"

(=`н=)

Straightening up, Shermie Meow gave a disgruntled kick to Arc, who was playing dead on the deck.

"Hahaha! Wasn’t I just playing along with your performance?"

(＞▽＜)

Beautiful big sister Felyne rolled over and sat up, responding happily, "Why are you still unhappy? We were clearly having a great time just now~"

"...Suddenly I feel like a fool for taking you so seriously, meow..."

ε=(ο`=)

Seeing her carefree attitude, Shermie Meow held her forehead, instantly losing any interest in arguing with her.

This kind of matter was better left to Huamei, who was much better at lecturing.

"Huh? Why aren’t we fighting anymore, meow?"

(=ΦωΦ=)l▄︻╤

The battle-hungry little blue Felyne subconsciously pulled out her bang-bang gun, looking eager to give it a try. "How about letting me have a go instead?"

"My hands are itching a bit too, meow~ hic~" (●ω●)

Suika Meow, who was only interested in evenly matched opponents, also swayed her head and spoke up.

Meanwhile, Klee Meow, who was perched on Sherwin shoulder, craned her neck, looking curiously at Beautiful big sister Felyne and asking, "Sister Arc has so many abilities, she can breathe fire and fire light beams, how do you do it, meow?"

(=ω=)

Beautiful big sister Felyne act of using Sea Prism Stone to touch Devil Fruit users for no good reason certainly displeased Huamei, Shermie Meow, and the other Felynes, and gave Sherwin a headache.

However, to the rowdy young Felynes aside from Haibara Meow, it was really just a slightly intense roughhousing session, so their attitude toward Beautiful big sister Felyne didn’t change much.

"Humph humph~ That my secret. As a Felyne, one ought to maintain a sense of mystery~"

(=`=)

Beautiful big sister Felyne remained tight-lipped about her own situation.

Then she glanced at Jinx and Suika Meow, decisively shaking her head. "No more fighting, no more fighting. If we keep going, those guys over there are going to blow a fuse."

(ω)σ

Beautiful big sister Felyne pointed at Huamei, Kaido Meow, Seijuro Meow, and the other Felynes who were standing to the side with stern faces.

Seeing the dark expression on Huamei face, the rowdy young Felynes instantly behaved themselves.

"Oh?"

(ω)

Neco-Arc noticed this obvious change, and a mischievous smile instantly appeared on her face.

At this moment, a large hand suddenly pressed down on her head, then rubbed and massaged it fiercely, interrupting Neco-Arc thoughts.

"You brat, why did you suddenly take the Seastone and press it against Shirley and the others just now?"

Sherwin, noticing that Neco-Arc seemed to want to do something bad again, scooped her into his arms. While continuing to rub her cat head, he questioned her seriously.

If she were just a little prankster cat who liked mischief, Sherwin wouldn’t be too worried. When Jinx first arrived, she had caused her share of trouble too.

In fact, purely in terms of the damage caused, some of Jinx pranks were much more severe than pressing Seastone against elemental beasts and ability users.

But Neco-Arc reasonless, indiscriminate "attack" behavior didn’t look like a prank it looked more like a deliberate provocation.

"Well, there no real reason, I just simply wanted to do it."

(━ω━)

Neco-Arc slumped lazily in Sherwin arms, narrowing her eyes as she enjoyed the massage from the God-tier cat-petting hand, replying with a flat face.

Furthermore, her recent cessation of the fight with Shermie and her refusal of the battle invitations from Jinx and Suika Meow weren’t because she was genuinely afraid of Huamei Meow and the others getting angry, nor because she had been beaten into submission. It was also simply because she had lost interest in fighting.

Hearing Neco-Arc answer, Sherwin frowned. Not understanding Neco-Arc original setting, he was definitely not going to be satisfied with such an answer.

"Then, why did you want to do that in the first place?"

Sherwin continued to press, wanting to make Neco-Arc realize her mistake at the same time.

"It fun," Neco-Arc remained in that lazy state, her eyes squeezed shut without opening.

"They are clearly living small animals, but after touching the stone, they instantly turned into a puddle of water. Isn’t that very interesting? I wanted to see if all ability users are like that."

"It not like that. They turn into liquid because they are originally potions..." Sherwin briefly explained the situation of the elemental beasts.

"When other ability users touch Seastone, they only lose their strength. I remember telling you this."

"Right, so after I remembered that, didn’t I stop doing it~"

Seeing that this little cat-eared girl still had an indifferent attitude and didn’t realize the reason for their dissatisfaction at all, Sherwin had no choice but to remind her with more direct words:

"If you just wanted to see Vodka and the others turn back into their original forms, you could have just said it directly. You shouldn’t have just acted without saying a word, and even involved Haibara."

"But..."

Neco-Arc finally opened her eyes, revealing that smug smile once again. "Doing it that way would be too boring. I was originally thinking of touching a few more ability users and then causing a chaotic brawl.

I didn’t expect Shermie speed to be so fast, and Suika could even make the Dodo Advance bigger... a miscalculation, a miscalculation... However, fighting with Shermie was also quite fun."

She honestly stated her thoughts clearly, without showing the slightest bit of guilt.

And at this moment, Sherwin finally figured out Neco-Arc personality, or rather, her alignment. The hand stroking her cat head subconsciously stopped...

Why on earth does Arc cat spirit have Gudako personality?!

Sherwin brow furrowed even tighter, and at the same time, he felt a bit puzzled in his heart. How did a Felyne summoned by relying on Klee Meow luck feel like it was going to be a huge trouble?

As if sensing Sherwin worry, or perhaps lingering for Sherwin caress, the beautiful big sister Felyne rubbed her head against his hand that had stopped, continuing to speak in that voice that was lazy yet naive, and naive yet a bit mischievous,

"Don’t worry~ We are all companions, I know my limits. Besides, didn’t you say there are many pirates and annoying Celestial Dragons in this world? I can have some fun with them."

(Φω＜)

As the beautiful big sister Felyne spoke, she "magically" produced a thumb from her round paw and playfully wagged it at Sherwin.

Klee Meow on his shoulder had no reaction she wasn’t lying.

Only then did Sherwin breathe a sigh of relief.

And then...

"So, you just want to have fun... or rather, you want to cause chaos, right?"

"Mm mm mm!"

(=`=)

It seemed that not getting involved in the affairs of the Revolutionary Army was no longer an option...

Sherwin, who originally just wanted to send Bonney back and incidentally keep an appointment, silently changed his mind in his heart.