Chapter 718: 718 Dumb Cat?
With a soft cry from Sherwin, the Palico Summoning Ticket pinched between his fingers instantly turned into a streak of red light, flying higher and quickly disappearing into the sky.
After everyone waited quietly for over ten seconds, Huamei Meow was the first to notice a change...
"Admiral, the light nearby seems to be dimming meow."
(=ω=)
In fact, even without Huamei Meow reminder, everyone quickly noticed the change in the sky.
It was not very obvious at first, but after Huamei Meow spoke, the sky across a large area surrounding the Dodo Advance darkened at a speed visible to the naked eye.
This speed continued to accelerate, until finally, the area Sherwin and the others were in turned completely pitch-black, so dark that they couldn’t see their own hands in front of their faces.
If someone from afar looked toward Sherwin and the others from the same altitude at this time, they would see a huge black sphere floating in the air, like a sun during a total solar eclipse, or a black hole swallowing everything.
Fortunately, Sherwin and the others were flying high enough that no one below could see the anomaly here.
At most, people would just feel that the sky in this area was a bit gloomy, which was nothing unusual in the Grand Line, where the climate was unpredictable and bizarre.
"If we’re just talking about the commotion during the summoning, only Klee and Shermie could compare to this time... hmm... Haibara time could count too."
Looking at the sudden arrival of "night", Sherwin couldn’t help but rub his chin and mutter.
Actually, when comparing them closely, the huge explosion when Klee Meow debuted, the lightning bolt that brought Shermie Meow, and the sudden heavy rain when Haibara Meow was summoned were all slightly weaker than the current situation...
No wonder the manga said that Mythical Zoan types were even rarer than Logia types.
However, the night did fit the identity of a "vampire".
Just as Sherwin was muttering to himself, a crimson moon materialized from illusion into reality, appearing in this "night sky".
Immediately following that, the color of the red moon gradually returned to normal, but that layer of red moonlight did not disappear.
Instead, it slowly flowed down from the surface of the moon, pooling at the bottom into a drop of bright red "blood," and then fell from the moon, smashing onto the deck of the Dodo Advance.
The moment it landed on the deck, this drop of "blood" condensed from the red moonlight instantly splattered in all directions, turning back into a layer of red mist, outlining a small figure on the deck.
This figure composed of the red mist struck a Terminator-style entrance pose on the deck—kneeling on one knee, body curled up, with one hand supporting the knee and the other hand pressed against the ground.
However, while striking this pose, the pair of cat ears on top of this figure head and the tail behind it were both moving around restlessly.
Furthermore, unlike the naked T-800, although this clump of red mist had not yet fully solidified, it was still clear that the other party was wearing clothes, and a skirt could be clearly seen on the lower body.
"Brother Sherwin, this big sister paws are so strange, they are actually round, meow."
(=ω=)σ
Klee Meow suddenly tugged at Sherwin sideburns at this moment, pointing at the figure that had not yet solidified and said.
After being reminded by the little Ragdoll, Sherwin finally noticed that the other party hands were both a completely round shape, which had a distinct difference from a fluffy cat paw.
This is... a Doraemon cat?
Speaking of spherical hands, the first thing that comes to mind is definitely a certain blue childcare robot from the future, but what Sherwin was summoning now was a Felyne, so what he could think of was a certain layered armor skin included in the DLC of Monster Hunter: Rise.
The problem is...
Can this thing really have anything to do with vampires?
Moreover, if Sherwin remembered correctly, a dumb cat spherical hand wasn’t just the palm, but included the entire arm turning into a floating sphere, which was still somewhat different from the look of the cat in front of him...
It couldn’t really be Doraemon, right? The shape of the ears and tail didn’t match up either!
Just as Sherwin was feeling bewildered, the red mist grew increasingly solid, with a faint blood-colored light swirling inside.
And then...
"Meowya—!!!"
(=Φ▽Φ=)
The figure of the cat, which had been maintaining a T-800 pose, suddenly stood up, raising both hands to let out a... somewhat goofy roar.
At the same time, the blood-colored light inside her body erupted along with it, flashing so brightly that everything turned blood-red before the eyes of Sherwin and the others, leaving them unable to see anything.
Fortunately, this patch of red came quickly and went just as fast, and Sherwin and the others soon recovered their vision.
As the blood-red light vanished before their eyes, the night sky covering a large swath of the sky and that fake full moon disappeared along with it, and everything around them returned to normal...
Except on the deck of the Dodo Advance, there was an additional newly arrived Felyne... like hell there was!
The cat standing in front of Sherwin and the others was fundamentally different from a Felyne.
The essence of a Felyne biased more toward being a cat aside from walking upright, its overall appearance did not have much difference from an ordinary cat.
Yet this cat in front of them, aside from also possessing cat ears and a cat tail, only had eyes and a mouth that still carried some feline characteristics. In other aspects, she was basically no different from a human—simply put, a catgirl in the general sense.
Furthermore, the look of this catgirl, who was presumably a Felyne, was also extremely familiar to Sherwin—
Short golden hair, blood-red feline pupils, a white top, and a dark blue skirt...
Aren’t you freaking Neco-Arc from Type-Moon?!! You’ve wandered into the wrong set, hey!!!
Regarding Kuma, Sherwin actually didn’t know much about her.
He wasn’t some Type-Moon fanatic aside from watching the related anime, he had barely played any of Type-Moon games.
He only remembered that the character Kuma had appeared in a certain Type-Moon fighting game as well as the spin-off anime Carnival Phantasm.
As for what specific abilities Kuma had, or what her strength and personality were like, Sherwin was completely clueless.
However, since she shared a similar appearance with the True Ancestor vampires, her strength probably wouldn’t be too bad, right?
"Sherwin brother, this big sister appearance is so strange meow. In our original world, are there Human-Human Fruits too meow?"
(=ω=)
Klee Meow still remembered Chopper, whom they had met in the Drum Kingdom. She curiously tugged at her own ears a couple of times and asked Sherwin.
Who are you asking, because I certainly don’t know?
Sherwin wryly chuckled and shrugged his hands...
Could it be that in the future, Monster Hunter and Type-Moon did a collaboration?
The more he thought about it, the more it seemed like this was the only possibility, and this kind of move was quite in line with the usual track record of both Capcom and TYPE-MOON.
As for why Neco-Arc would appear in the real Monster Hunter world, Sherwin truly had absolutely no clue at all.
"Hello, big sister meow~"
(=ΦωΦ=)
Seeing that she couldn’t get any answers from Sherwin, the little Ragdoll took the initiative to run up in front of Kuma and greet her,
"I am Klee, what is your name meow? Why do you look a bit different from us, are you really a Felyne meow?"
"Hello there, little sister~"
(=ΦωΦ=)
Hands on her hips, Neko-Arc answered boisterously, "My name is Neko Arc, just call me Arc. As for my true identity... that a secret~"
Saying this, Neko-Arc narrowed her eyes, putting on a mysterious look and wagging her finger at the curious Klee Meow...
Well, she was actually able to extend a finger from her round, chubby paw, though Sherwin couldn’t quite understand the specific principle behind it.
Furthermore, perhaps because her appearance leaned closer to human, Neko-Arc didn’t have the verbal tic of ending sentences with "meow" like most Felynes. She merely carried a slight feline characteristic in her tone, making her sound lazy, or rather, silly and goofy.
"Hello, Arc."
Sherwin also walked forward and reached out to pet Neko-Arc head. "My name is Sherwin. Welcome to the Felyne Research Group."
As he spoke, he deftly moved his fingers.
Sherwin used God Hand!
It super effective!
Neko Arc has been tamed!
