Finding an uninhabited island was not difficult for Sherwin.
With the dynamic map in the Hunter handbook, they didn't need to rely on Log Poses for luck or prepare an Eternal Pose. They simply had to use the map to locate an island they had landed on before that was also the closest to them.
Compared with the Log Pose, which could only lock onto locations using magnetic fields, the dynamic map in Sherwin hand even recorded many small islands and reefs without magnetic fields, or with magnetic fields so weak they couldn't be detected.
So, with the Dodo Advance deliberately increasing its speed, they soon arrived at an uninhabited island they had been to before.
After landing, Shermie Meow quickly scanned the entire island using Observation Haki. After confirming that there was no one else there, Sherwin didn't plan to go any farther inland and intended to carry out the summoning right on the shore…
After all, the arrival of each Felyne was completely unpredictable, so there was no need to deliberately choose some kind of "auspicious location." The only reason they had specifically looked for an uninhabited island this time was because the Sakura Dragon Fruit was a bit special, and summoning on an island would be a little safer.
Otherwise, Sherwin would have just summoned directly on the ship like when he summoned Link Meow and Suika Meow before.
"Great! We're getting a new companion again! Klee Meow can meet a new friend, meow!"
As soon as they landed, the little plush doll squatting on Sherwin shoulder immediately tugged excitedly at his ear and shouted.
Compared to the little yellow cat full of wicked thoughts, Klee Meow excitement and anticipation were much purer.
The other cats, Shirahoshi, and Robin had already witnessed Sherwin summoning process, so they were much calmer.
The only one who had never seen it, Suika Meow, didn't show as much curiosity about the summoning process as the other cats had when they first arrived. Instead, she shook the gourd in her hand and muttered, "I hope someone who can drink gets summoned. Your alcohol tolerance is a bit too low. I can't find anyone to compete with me in drinking, meow… hic—!"
"With how you handle alcohol, there no way you'll ever find someone who can actually drink against you!" Sherwin tapped her on the forehead in exasperation. "You say it like there was anyone in your previous village who could keep up with you."
"Meow-hahaha… now that you mention it, that true."
Suika Meow tilted back her drink with a few gulps, the pair of large horns on her head wobbling as she declared proudly, "Ever since I was little, I've never lost a drinking contest, meow!"
"Don't waste time! Hurry up and summon a new big sister… a new companion, meow!"
Seeing Sherwin still chatting leisurely with Suika Meow, Sanji Meow rushed over impatiently, tugging at his clothes to urge him on.
"Alright, alright."
While calming this little rascal, Sherwin took out the two-thirds Zoan-type Devil Fruit shard and the one-third universal shard he obtained after meeting Zunesha from his bag.
He didn't even need to piece them together himself. The moment the two slips of paper touched, they merged amidst a familiar white light.
Rubbing the surface lightly with his thumb, patterns appeared one after another—reindeer, giraffe, tiger, katydid, and Sakura Dragon.
Although the Reindeer Fruit had already been sold, and the Katydid Fruit had been turned into Dudus by Haibara Meow, the summoning ticket only recorded Devil Fruits Sherwin had once obtained. Whether they were later sold or eaten didn't matter to it.
Sherwin cheat might be stingy, but in other aspects it wasn't unreliable at all—quite the opposite, it was actually very considerate.
Without needing to think much, Sherwin directly chose the pattern with cherry-colored dragon scales and began the summoning.
Once released from Sherwin hand, the summoning ticket quickly expanded in midair and folded itself.
Before long, a cherry-colored Eastern dragon folded entirely from paper appeared before everyone, and the original scaled pattern fit perfectly upon the body of this paper dragon…
Although the proportions and pattern distribution didn't match the way it looked back when it was still a summoning ticket, details like that really didn't matter.
Come to think of it, could it be that the animal-type pool always uses this same gimmick when summoning? Remembering that the other animal-fruit summoning tickets also seemed to match the fur or scales of the corresponding creature, Sherwin rubbed his chin and speculated to himself.
After the cherry-red paper dragon circled through the air for a moment, it actually let out a low but oppressive dragon roar, then turned into countless motes of light and dispersed into the air.
"So next, are we going to the wine cellar to look for a new partner, meow?"
Suika Meow, who hadn't cared much at first, had her interest completely hooked by that "transition cutscene." Curious, she asked, "When you summoned me, was it like this too, meow? What was folded out back then, meow? A wine jug? A wine cup? Or a wine gourd, meow?"
"None of those! Didn't I already tell you? Summoning you used the Density Fruit! It wasn't the Booze-Booze Fruit!"
"Ahh, I forgot all about that, meow…" Suika Meow took another swig, then her hazy drunken eyes suddenly widened. "Wait a second! You said there is a Booze-Booze Fruit, meow?! Why didn't you give me that one, meow?! I want that power more, meow!"
"The problem is, I don't have it… It seems like someone already ate that thing."
Sherwin spread his hands as he replied.
The Booze-Booze Fruit user from the Blackbeard crew should still be in Impel Down right now, though whether his ability was something Blackbeard later helped him get or something he already had from before was unclear.
But judging from the nickname he'd possessed for a long time—"Great Wine Barrel"—it was most likely the latter.
"Also, the Density Fruit can purify alcohol and even let you drink more of it, so it not bad at all, right?"
Sherwin still knew exactly from which angle to comfort this little drunken cat.
Sure enough, the moment she heard him say that, the slightly sulky Suika Meow was immediately convinced.
"That does sound right… ehehe~"
The little drunk cat bashfully touched the horn on her head and chuckled twice, then leaned over to Sherwin side and rubbed her small head against the back of his hand, which counted as her apology.
Just as Sherwin casually scratched Suika Meow chin, Shermie Meow, who had the widest range of Observation Haki, suddenly raised her head.
"It here, meow! Up above!"
With her reminder, everyone lifted their heads to look toward the sky, and even the Dodo on the ship was no exception.
Very soon, Sherwin saw a small black dot in the sky rapidly getting larger…
Huh? This felt a bit familiar.
By rough count, this should be the fourth cat to fall from the sky.
Of course, the explosive entrances that came with Klee Meow and Jinx were different, and this situation of directly dropping from above was actually very similar to Link Meow, except the newcomer didn't seem to have a glider the falling speed not only failed to slow down, it was getting faster and faster…
Could it be Zelda Meow?
The first one Sherwin thought of, naturally, was the white dragon princess who plunged from the sky together with Link in Tears of the Kingdom.
But soon, he thought of a character that fit even better.
After all…
Not long ago they had seen the original show up in exactly the same way.
"Wow—! Sherwin, look! This Felyne is so big, meow!"
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"Boom—!"
Amid Klee Meow loud shouting, that figure crashed heavily to the ground, blasting out a cat-shaped crater about as tall as Sherwin, and even bulkier in build.
And on that cat-shaped crater, a large spiked club could clearly be seen slung diagonally across.