Chapter 705: 705 Vodka
"Woof! Woof woof woof!!!"
"Don’t run! You stupid dog meow!"
(=◣皿◢=)
With her fur standing completely on end, Haibara Meow was currently chasing a red husky that was only the size of a palm all over the ship, while Sherwin and the other Felynes all looked entirely unfazed by the sight.
After leaving Weatheria, Haibara Meow had turned the Husky Fruit she got from Vegapunk into a new elemental beast, and its core was naturally the Demondrug that had been prepared long ago.
Sherwin had originally asked Haibara Meow to think it over, after all, when it came to a dog like a husky... anyone who knew anything about them understood.
Regrettably, the little kitten had been waiting for a new Zoan fruit for far too long, so she didn’t listen to the advice.
A kitten who didn’t listen to advice naturally had to bear the consequences. A husky truly lived up to its reputation. Ever since it was created by Haibara Meow and named Vodka according to her usual habit, the scene before them happened almost every single day.
On rare occasions, it would happen two or three times a day.
Perhaps because its base used Demondrug, Vodka was even more energetic than an ordinary husky. Combined with the unique elementalization ability of elemental beasts, if this guy wanted to cause a ruckus, it was much harder to guard against than a regular husky.
"Awoooo~ woo woo woo~~~"
After running around frantically on the deck for a while, seeing that it was about to be caught by Haibara Meow, Vodka immediately slipped behind Yamato.
Perhaps because they both shared the Mutt-Mutt Fruit, aside from its "master" Haibara Meow, Vodka was closest to Yamato, and Yamato was also one of the few members on the ship who would speak up for it.
"So what did Vodka do again today?"
Sherwin scratched Dodo Advance on his head and asked curiously.
[That stupid dog Vodka dug up Sister Haibara weather field, meow.]
(=`へ=)
Dodo Advance naturally had no good feelings toward a house-wrecking expert like a husky.
"The weather field? Then he definitely deserves a beating."
Sherwin twitched the corner of his mouth. The weather field was, of course, technology from Weatheria, specifically used to cultivate weather balls, which was one of the main materials for Nami future Clima-Tact.
Before this, Vodka had only knocked over equipment in Haibara lab, torn Dodo Advance sails, soaked Robin book collection, and accidentally spilled a Demondrug with negative effects onto Touma Meow...
Well, except for the last one, they all seemed to deserve a beating just as much.
"Die for me! You stupid dog meow!"
(=`Д=)
Despite Yamato protection, Vodka ultimately fell into Haibara Meow hands.
"Awoooo! Awoooo! Awoooooooo—!"
The tiny husky struggled constantly under the little kitten paws but couldn’t break free no matter what. He wanted to elementalize and run away but failed to do so, all because of the rather strangely shaped glove in Haibara Meow hand.
Ever since Vodka caused trouble for the first time and she found herself helpless against this stupid dog, Haibara Meow had quickly developed a tool specifically targeting elemental beasts.
It actually just had a few small pieces of low-purity Sea Prism Stone attached to it, similar to Wano Country slave handcuffs, which it was originally modeled after anyway.
The reason she made it so complicated was mainly so that Vodka wouldn’t completely revert to his original liquid medicine form, allowing Haibara Meow to properly punish this constantly trouble-making stupid dog.
"Whimper..."
After struggling for a while and realizing he still couldn’t break free from Haibara Meow control, Vodka immediately lay down, wagging his tail while making pitiful pleading sounds.
But Haibara Meow had long since become immune to this stupid dog acting. She sneered, pulled out a tube of dark, murky liquid from her pocket, and poured it all over Vodka.
"Awoo~ Awooo~~~ Woo~~~ Awoo~~ Whimper~~~"
The black liquid quickly soaked into Vodka body, and his voice instantly turned strange. His entire body also became like melting asphalt, "puddling" on the deck. Amidst a clump of thick red and black liquid, his handsome yet stupid dog face could barely be made out.
"Humph, humph, humph~" (=`=)
A proud smile finally appeared on Haibara Meow face. "You didn’t seem afraid of the previous punishments, so you can just stay like this and behave yourself for a few days, meow!"
"Awoo~~ Whimper~~~ Woof~~ Woof-woof~ Woof~~~~~"
Hearing this, a look of panic instantly appeared on Vodka deformed dog face, and he immediately continued to beg Haibara Meow for mercy in that strange voice.
However, the "ruthless" little kitten would not soften her heart at all. She independently pulled out a small bucket and a water ladle, scooped the puddled Siberian Husky into the bucket, put the lid on, and threw it into the corner.
Seeing Vodka miserable end, the three elemental beasts, Sherry, Vermouth, and Gin, were all trembling in fear.
However, Sherwin held a pessimistic view toward this move of Haibara Meow.
It wasn’t that there was anything wrong with the little kitten method of punishment, but rather that a Siberian Husky was always the type to forget the pain as soon as the wound healed.
No matter how effective Haibara Meow punishment was, that stupid dog would definitely forget it the moment he turned around, and he would still cause trouble in the future.
But...
This was actually a good thing!
With Vodka around, that slightly sadistic Haibara Meow wouldn’t have any spare time to pull pranks on Sherwin!
"Meowhahahaha! Sherwin! Everyone! My spatial teleportation device has been successfully developed, meow! Check it!"
Just as Haibara Meow finished dealing with the troublesome Husky and was salvaging her Weather Field with a depressed look on her face, Purah Meow ran out of the laboratory once again with her results.
Compared to Haibara Meow, whose research progress had been slowed down significantly due to outwitting Vodka, Purah Meow research progress had been completely smooth sailing.
Initially, because of that Conqueror Haki knot, the little curl-tail had placed her primary research target on the Wind Knot.
In fact, back when she was in Weatheria, Purah Meow had already mastered the technology of making Wind Knots, so she quickly innovated on top of the Wind Knot to create sister versions of the knots, such as the Thunder Knot and the Rain Knot.
Even for the knot used to store Haki, the little curl-tail successfully replicated it after untangling that already-used rope into countless fibers.
Originally, Purah Meow wanted to continue developing more versions of the knots, but Klee Meow sentence, "What the difference between this rope and a Sky Island Dial, meow?" threw the little curl-tail into silence.
Therefore, a few days ago, she decisively shifted her research target to the most practical space teleportation technology.
Because she had Vegapunk successful case and her previously accumulated research experience, Purah Meow was able to develop the space teleportation technology within a few days.
"Actually, I was misled by my past experience, meow..."
Under Purah Meow explanation, Sherwin also roughly understood why she hadn’t been able to succeed before.
The Monster Hunter world, where everyone could have a space backpack, not only had special space-type materials, but its space rules were also somewhat "looser" than those of the One Piece world.
So at the beginning, Purah Meow thought about doing the same thing as in the Monster Hunter world, making a space device that could teleport anywhere in the world at will (though the landing point was somewhat uncertain).
Vegapunk idea was not that overly ambitious his development direction was to first make a space field generator, and then allow himself to perform space teleportation within this field.
"...So, I copied Vegapunk method and first made a space field generator, putting it on the Dodo Advance. This way, when everyone encounters danger or has some emergency during battles in the future, they can teleport directly back to the Dodo Advance, and within the range where the Dodo Advance is located, we can all perform space movement, meow! Check-it!"
"And, I also combined it with your Hunter Manual, Sherwin, to make an active map that can locate everyone, meow!"
As the little curl-tail spoke, she held a metal "slate" that looked very familiar to Sherwin high above her head.
