Hunter in the One Piece World

Emmmm… All I can say is, as expected of a five-star character who awakened the "Vision" at such a young age—True Lord of Mountain-burning Fire! Her talent is terrifying beyond words!

"Our Klee is amazing!" Sherwin praised generously while lightly scratching Klee Meow under her chin and cheeks.

Still, Sherwin felt that amidst all the praise, he should give this exceptionally talented Klee Meow a little reminder, to prevent her from heading down the same clownish path as Ace in the manga...

Anyway, he never bought into that ridiculous claim that the Flame-Flame Fruit was inferior to the Magma-Magma Fruit.

What the maximum temperature of magma, anyway? Even naturally formed flames usually aren't cooler than magma.

Flames fueled by pure oxygen can easily reach more than twice that temperature. And let not even talk about artificial flames engineered to exceed the temperature of the sun.

So the idea that Ace was killed because of elemental countering by Akainu is less believable than the claim that he was taken out by Armament Haki.

Of course, if you're only considering things from a manga perspective, this is purely due to the author lack of related knowledge—a creative bug, basically.

Or, to put it more diplomatically—different worlds operate by different rules. In the One Piece world, magma just happens to be stronger than fire.

After all, even slice-of-life anime set on Earth sometimes feature absurd stuff like murderous tennis or kicking satellites. Compared to that, fire losing to magma doesn't seem all that outrageous.

Even so, Sherwin still planned to have Klee Meow work on developing higher flame temperatures.

Even if she'd still be countered by the Magma-Magma Fruit, there no harm in raising the temperature itself.

Besides, if even a Paramecia-type like the Heat-Heat Fruit can "boil the sea," then there no reason a Logia-type like the Flame-Flame Fruit can't do the same.

As for whether Klee Meow could actually pull that off...

Setting aside her heaven-defying talent that made Sherwin question who between the two of them actually had the golden finger, the worldbuilding of One Piece alone was enough to support his theory.

After all, this was a world where the Paw-Paw Fruit could bounce away injuries and fatigue, and the String-String Fruit could cosplay as an upgraded Spider-Man.

In Sherwin view, imagination was the most important factor in determining a Devil Fruit upper limit.

As he stroked Klee Meow, he reminded her, "Controlling the shape of the flames is really cool, but if you want to increase their power, raising their temperature is the right path."

"Meow?"

Klee Meow blinked, then once again conjured a small fireball in her paw. Sherwin watched as the fireball quickly shifted from orange-red to white, then to blue, and continued transitioning toward purple…

"Stop, stop, stop!" Sherwin shouted as waves of heat surged toward him. "It too hot! The trees around us are going to catch fire!"

Sanji Meow, who was even more sensitive to heat, had already bolted far away without making a sound… If he hadn't, his fur would've been lit up.

However, this time Klee Meow didn't obediently stop. She kept maintaining the bluish-purple flame in her paw, but the surrounding temperature rapidly dropped, soon returning to normal levels.

Meanwhile, the previously bluish flame had now completely turned purple.

Sherwin swallowed hard. Instead of feeling relieved, he carefully took two steps back.

Because to his senses, that purple fireball in Klee Meow paw, which now seemed to have lost all heat, felt way more dangerous than before.

And Sherwin was sure this wasn't just his imagination—Sanji Meow, who had been observing from a distance, had now completely vanished from sight.

Clearly, Klee Meow had compressed all the heat into that tiny purple fireball. Considering the original Klee various "glorious deeds"…

Sherwin gulped again. He hadn't even mastered Armament Haki yet to counteract fruit abilities.

If Klee Meow lost control of that thing, then his whole isekai journey would probably—no, definitely—come to an end right here.

"Um… Klee?" Sherwin voice trembled as he tried to persuade her. "Can you put that flame out first?"

"No problem, meow!"

Klee Meow flicked her ears, and with a light squeeze of her little paw, the purple fireball immediately extinguished—or rather, returned into her body.

"Whew—"

Only then did Sherwin finally let out a long sigh of relief, raising his hand to wipe away the sweat on his forehead—though he wasn't sure whether it was from the heat or pure fear.

Why the hell did I go remind Klee Meow about that…

Sherwin, who had just escaped death, felt a lingering chill in his heart. He decided he needed to do a bit of damage control.

"Ahem…" Sherwin cleared his throat, gathered his words, and said, "Klee, that kind of purple flame is a bit too dangerous. It better not to use it casually—it might accidentally hurt someone."

"Klee understands, meow…" Klee Meow lowered her head a little, looking downcast. Her furry ears drooped too. "Sherwin-nii, did Klee mess up again, meow?"

"Of course not, meow!" Sanji Meow, who had previously vanished without a trace, had somehow snuck back and shouted before Sherwin could respond, "It all Sherwin fault! Klee-chan didn't do anything wrong, meow!"

Sherwin shot a fierce glare at the little bastard, then scooped Klee Meow up in his arms and added with a comforting tone,

"Sanji right. I was the one who asked you to train your abilities like that, so how could it be your fault? I just underestimated how talented you really are, Klee."

After all, there no way a cat could ever be wrong! …Sanji Meow, that little bastard, being the sole exception.

Of course, a warning was still necessary. Sherwin added, "You should absolutely keep training your abilities, but when doing something at that level, it best to be extra careful."

"Mm! Klee understands, meow!" The innocent Klee Meow was easy to coax—her spirits instantly lifted.

She even stuck out her soft little pink tongue and licked Sherwin on the cheek in return, comforting him instead, "Don't worry, Sherwin-nii, Klee has experience with this kind of thing, meow."

Emmmm… On that point, Sherwin believed her one hundred percent. Especially now that she had eaten the Flame-Flame Fruit, Klee Meow had definitely improved a lot when it came to handling the aftermath…

At the very least, forest fires probably wouldn't happen again. At most, maybe just some… topographical changes.

Well, that didn't exactly make things better either.

Still, overall, Sherwin felt relatively at ease. After all, the original Klee, despite constantly causing trouble, had never harmed any innocent people.

Since Klee Meow inherited her character settings, there shouldn't be much to worry about. At worst, he'd just have to pay more attention in the future.

So…

He had to explain a few important things clearly.

With that in mind, Sherwin kept Klee Meow in his arms, gently stroking her as he spoke,

"There something I absolutely have to tell you, Klee. You need to be mentally prepared first… We're no longer in our original world…"

As Sherwin explained to Klee Meow about the alternate world and some basic concepts of the One Piece world, he carefully watched her reaction.

He had originally thought Klee Meow would feel sad about leaving behind her friends and family from her original world, but to his surprise, this little kitty eyes were lighting up more and more—the excitement was practically spilling out of her.

"Adventuring in another world? That sounds super fun, meow!" Klee Meow beamed, her eyes sparkling.

"And it an ocean-based world?! That means there must be tons of fish, meow?!"

"..."

Well, considering the original Klee inherited her mom personality and had a hobby of fishing with bombs, this reaction wasn't exactly surprising…

Sherwin thought to himself, half amused and half exasperated.

Still, it wasn't bad. At least he didn't need to put in extra effort coaxing a child.

But he reminded her once again, "It fine to bomb fish or other small critters from time to time, but we're going to be living on this island for quite a while.

You need to watch the power of your explosions. If you wipe them all out in one go, or blow up their entire habitat, we won't have any food left in the future."

"Don't worry," Klee Meow patted her chest with confidence. "Klee has specially made explosives just for fishing. Klee developed them after many experiments—it a safe kind of boom boom. There absolutely won't be any problems, meow!"

Hmm… let hope so…

Sherwin, who had just barely avoided a GG moment earlier, silently prayed in his heart, still feeling very uncertain.