Just as Sherwin and the others discovered that group of pirates, Klee ow group had also followed their treasure map and found a hidden ruin.
"Whoa! This place feels even bigger than the ruins where big sister Uta was, ow!"
Klee ow tossed out a small ball of fire that hovered above her head, marveling at the interior of the ruins as it was illuminated.
The underground ruins of Elegia basically consisted of just one large space—at most including the side chamber where the guardian statue was placed—and without any obstacles, one could basically see everything at a glance.
But the ruin Klee ow and her group had found had an entrance hall alone that was more than half the size of the one in Elegia, and the hall was connected to four long corridors that stretched out as far as the eye could see.
After looking around at the strange patterns and text on the walls, ceiling, and floor, the little Ragdoll cat turned around and said seriously to Robin:
"Big sister Robin, you’re not allowed to help, ow, otherwise Klee won’t like you anymore, ow."
(=`ー=)
Even though she couldn’t understand the writing in the ruins or what those abstract patterns were supposed to represent, treasure hunting was only fun this way. If Robin figured everything out right from the start, it would take all the fun out of it.
"Don’t worry," Robin said with a smile, patting her head as she understood Klee ow thoughts. "I’ll do my own research. As long as you don’t ask, I won’t give you any hints at all."
The little Ragdoll cat turned back around, satisfied, and pulled her companions together to discuss which way they should go next.
"Klee ow, look at this guy with three hands, isn’t this hand pointing to the rightmost passage? Maybe it a hint!"
The little ones gathered together to analyze the patterns on the floor, and Bonney was the first to find a "clue."
Robin looked over at the pattern she was pointing to and couldn’t help but twitch her lips.
The "three hands" Bonney ntioned was likely a combination of a building and a tree, and as for the "direction the finger is pointing," it was actually just the leaves of the tree.
However, Bonney couldn’t be blad the patterns carved by these ancient people were inherently abstract, and each island or region had its own distinct style. Without identifying the "artistic" style of these ruins, it was indeed difficult to recognize what the things were supposed to be.
Now that they had encountered children with such wild imaginations like Klee ow and Bonney, it was even easier to misunderstand the aning of those patterns.
What truly left Robin speechless was that Bonney analysis had sohow managed to pick the correct path by sheer luck.
"Hmm... but Klee ow thinks this one seems more correct ow."
The little Ragdoll pointed at the second passage from the left and analyzed it convincingly: "Look, there are several pairs of eyes looking in this direction, so I feel like this way is the right path ow."
"Actually, I’d rather go this way." Shirahoshi also shared her thoughts while pointing to the leftmost passage. "There are many patterns carved on the edge of this passage that look like sea beasts and fish maybe it has sothing to do with Fish-n!"
Yamato chose the second passage from the right, and her reason was simple and direct—
"Gut feeling!"
The other Felynes joined in, giving their own reasons. As a result, all four paths had their own supporters, and everyone basically stuck to their opinions, arguing heatedly.
Robin, who had already finished exploring the ruins in the main hall, saw that this would go on endlessly and affect her continued deep investigation, so she reminded them that they could vote to resolve it.
The final result ca as no surprise the path chosen by Klee ow had the most votes.
However, what made everyone hesitate a bit was...
"I also agree with taking the path chosen by little sister Klee. Judging by the density and distribution of these patterns and text, it looks like they are converging toward this path, so the good stuff must be in here, ow!"
A certain cow cat with black-and-white fur said with absolute confidence.
He never expected that he would actually make the sa choice as the heaven-chosen Felyne, Klee ow. Mr. Kamijou luck was finally turning around!
Yet, hearing that Touma ow had also chosen this path, even Klee ow began to hesitate...
"Um, maybe we should change to a different path, ow?"
"What do you an, ow?! If you don’t believe , don’t you believe little sister Klee? Little sister Klee, don’t waver either! Your choice is absolutely right, ow!"
(=`Д=)
Touma ow instantly grew anxious. It wasn’t easy for him to be "lucky" for once, so he couldn’t let it slip away like this!
"Oh my, it precisely because we believe in you that we want to change paths, ow~"
Suika ow, who had also chosen this path, explained while shaking her head back and forth.
However, this explanation didn’t make Touma ow happy at all.
anwhile, Jinx spoke up in support, saying, "Didn’t Sherwin run an experint before? Klee good luck is a bit more powerful than Touma bad luck, so it fine not to change it, ow."
Although she was speaking up for Touma ow, the little blue cat clearly had an expression on her face that showed she just wanted to watch the world burn.
But the little cow cat didn’t notice this at all. Instead, he kept nodding in agreent, saying, "Exactly, exactly, that right, ow!"
Furthermore, to prove that Klee ow (and his own) choice was not a problem, Touma ow didn’t wait for anyone else to object and dashed into that passage ahead of everyone.
About ten seconds later, a series of clattering and banging impact sounds, along with Mr. Kamijou exasperated shouts and cries of pain, echoed from inside the passage.
"ow-ow-ow-ow—! Unlucky ow—!!"
"It seems really interesting inside! Let go check it out quickly, ow!"
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Klee ow suddenly got interested, moving her little cat legs and rushing into the corridor, and soon the giggling and playful sounds of the little ragdoll cat ca from inside, along with flashes of fire that suddenly lit up from ti to ti.
"Hehehe~ I knew it would be like this, ow!"
(=`=)
Jinx smirked and nodded her head, then jumped onto Shirahoshi head, patting her noggin to urge her: "Let catch up quickly too, or we won’t be able to see the good show, ow!"
Led by the two mischievous little cats, the others didn’t care if this path was the right one or not, and they all followed inside in a grand manner...
Except for Nico Robin, whose face was full of black lines.
After using her ability to leave a hand with an eye on Shirahoshi to keep an eye on these little guys, Robin decisively walked into the rightmost path.
It had to be said that the size of this ruin was truly massive, and the paths inside were not only full of twists and turns but also went up and down, plus she would encounter so rooms with research value along the way, so Robin walked and stopped throughout the journey, taking a very long ti before finally arriving at the "Rebirth Place of the Lord of Blood."
This was an underground space about the sa size as the hall just inside the entrance, completely empty all around, with only a platform made of gold standing right in the center of the room, and on the platform lay a purple Devil Fruit shaped like a lon.
"As expected, it this..."
Through the clues gathered along the way, Robin had already known what the final treasure was, "The Mythical Zoan Vampire Fruit... I wonder if it can let Sherwin summon a new Felyne."
As Robin muttered, she walked forward, intending to pick up that Devil Fruit.
As a result, at this mont, a huge commotion suddenly ca from the ceiling above, and at the sa ti, she felt a sharp pain from her right eye and right hand.
In the next second, two stones in the ceiling suddenly opened, and Klee ow and the other little guys who had taken the other path all dropped down from above with a crash.
"owhahahaha! Sister Robin is so amazing! You actually found this place faster than us all by yourself, ow!"
(=＞＜=)
Landing on the very top of everyone without taking any damage at all, Klee ow greeted happily.
"Un... unlucky ow..."
At the sa ti, from beneath Shirahoshi huge fish tail, the intermittent voice of a certain cow cat could be heard.
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