Monster Hunter of the One Piece World

"So boooored, Sherwin-nii, can't Klee really do a little experiment, meow?"

The little plush doll lay sprawled on Sherwin back, her tiny paws constantly pawing at his ears and hair.

Because this voyage was taking a bit longer, and since they had already spent a few days on Cody ship, Klee Meow—who was full of energy from dawn till dusk—got bored quickly after she had explored all five ships.

"Ahem, how about I tell you another episode of Naruto Meowninja?" Sherwin tried to change the subject.

But this tactic didn't work well on Klee Meow. For the active little plush, listening to stories wasn't exactly a high priority—especially when she wanted to do (boom) expe (boom) riments (boom)...

"Klee doesn't want to hear stories right now, meow..." Klee Meow shook her fuzzy head like a fluffy rattle.

"These past two days Klee came up with several new formulas—I'm sure I can make some super amazing bombs, meow!"

"..."

Isn't that even more of a reason not to let you experiment?!

Sherwin rubbed his temples in frustration, then made one last feeble attempt: "You finished your exploding talismans?"

Compared to blowing the whole ship up, just burning a little furniture or a door panel was already the best-case scenario.

"Nope, Klee gave up on those, meow!" Klee Meow replied righteously.

"Unless I use my Fruit power, it impossible to make something like that, and I can't preserve it either—so wasting time on that is meaningless, meow!"

How come you can suddenly analyze things calmly now?! But when you're making bombs, you just throw caution to the wind?!

Sherwin headache only got worse.

"Aiyoo, Klee will be careful and won't cause any explosions… um, won't cause any big explosions, meow." Obviously Klee Meow knew what Sherwin was worried about, so she wrapped her arms around his head and started acting cute.

"Just say yes to Klee~ please, meow~"

Faced with such an adorable kitty acting spoiled, Sherwin—being a severe cat addict—stood no chance. But luckily, he didn't completely lose his mind. Instead, he was forced to think quickly and came up with a win-win solution—

Give Klee Meow a little boat, and tie it up with a rope to follow behind the fleet from a distance. That way, even if there was an explosion, it would only cost them a small boat. Actually, it didn't even need to be a boat—just a few wooden planks lashed into a makeshift raft would do.

"Is this really necessary?" Bucks, who had been called over to help, felt like Sherwin was making a fuss over nothing. "If little Klee wants to do experiments, just clear out a room for her on the ship, wouldn't that be fine?"

Sherwin glanced at this clueless guy and said flatly, "Back in Colored Paper Town, the bombs Klee used were the weakest batch she had..."

Bucks thought back to that alleyway which had been leveled to the ground, and immediately realized the seriousness of the situation. He quietly added another long length to the rope he had prepared.

After some preparations, Sherwin and Klee Meow boarded a small wooden skiff.

Klee Meow had eaten a Devil Fruit, so to prevent her from falling into the water if her "temporary bomb workshop" got blown up, Sherwin naturally had to stay by her side to watch over her.

As for Sanji Meow—of course, he stayed on the main ship to prepare food for them. After all, that little body of his couldn't withstand the impact of Klee Meow bombs.

Though any fan familiar with One Piece knows that before Luffy and the gang entered the New World and the story version got updated, bombs in the One Piece world never really killed anyone… that just a running joke.

The real reason is that everyone in the pirate world has the durability of cockroaches—it not that easy to get blown to death.

Even so, while bombs might not kill, causing serious injuries wasn't a problem. Those gangsters in Colored Paper Town were probably still lying in hospital beds recovering.

But with Sherwin current strength, he was fully capable of reacting before the bombs exploded. Even if he didn't have time to throw the bomb away, he could activate Armament Haki in time and tank the explosion directly—it shouldn't be too much of a problem… probably.

He could even use this chance to train his Armament Haki. And if he was lucky, he might awaken that never-progressing Observation Haki of his too. After all, Klee Meow, who always brought good luck, was right beside him. And Sherwin himself had drawn the Super Lucky Klee Meow!

Just as Sherwin was shamelessly thinking this to himself, a sudden "zzz—zzz—" sound crackled by his ear.

"Ah... looks like it failed again, meow..." Klee Meow pawed at her ears twice and gave Sherwin a big goofy smile.

You failed way too fast, didn't you?!

Sherwin was madly complaining in his heart as he quickly grabbed the little thing that was puffing out white smoke and hurled it as far away as he could with all his strength.

"Boom—!"

With a loud explosion, a huge splash of water burst up behind the fleet. A massive wave of seawater was blasted into the air, then came crashing down hard over the small skiff where Sherwin and Klee Meow were.

Even Bucks, who was watching the commotion from the stern, got splashed a little by the sea.

"Peh! Peh! Peh!"

Sherwin wiped his face hard, then spat out the seawater that had accidentally gotten into his mouth. He turned to look at Klee Meow, who was hiding behind him all safe and sound.

"Ehehe~ Klee gets really uncomfortable with seawater, meow. Don't be mad, big brother Sherwin~" The little plush doll hugged Sherwin leg and rubbed up against him to appease him.

Sherwin asked helplessly, "Didn't you say you'd be careful not to cause too big of an explosion?"

"But… we're not on the big ship now, meow?" Klee Meow put her little hands on her hips and argued righteously, "So there no need for Klee to hold back the power!"

What you said actually makes sense—I can't even argue with it.

Looking at the little plush doll in front of him with that righteously cute expression, what else could Sherwin say? He could only rub Klee Meow kitty head and praise her, "Klee, you really are a clever little rascal."

"Ehehe~"

Klee Meow scratched her cat ears shyly like she didn't understand, but Sherwin knew—she definitely understood everything.

All that could be said was, Felynes really were a species more cat-like than anything else. When it came to acting innocent, they were absolute pros.

In the time that followed, Sherwin and Klee Meow would occasionally set off a blast or two at the back of the fleet. After Sanji Meow revealed that he could cook—and pretty darn well, too—he immediately drew the attention of a few chefs in the fleet.

They would pull him aside now and then for a culinary showdown. Sherwin saw that he seemed to be enjoying it quite a bit.

Maybe it was because of the constant explosions, or maybe it was just that some people in the West Blue had gone into organized crime instead—but either way, along the way, Sherwin and his group didn't encounter a single pirate. The journey was so calm, it didn't even feel like they were in the pirate world...

Well, not counting Klee Meow explosion experiments, it really was pretty peaceful.

That said, Klee Meow experiments weren't entirely incident-free. There was one time when Sherwin didn't manage to throw the bomb far enough—right after letting go, it exploded...

The result of that blast was: Sherwin, who had raised his Armament Haki in front of him, got blown off the boat into the sea from the shockwave.

Klee Meow rolled twice on the deck and got wedged safely at the bow without a scratch. And... an unlucky Sea King that had been trying to ambush the little skiff got a bomb straight to the face and was sent reeling.

In the end, Klee Meow got to play with her bombs, Sanji Meow gained some ingredients, Sherwin updated his encyclopedia, and the sailors had a feast...

Everyone was happy...

Probably.