Orochimaru stroked his chin, 'The sixth level, huh? Should I steal a few people away myself? Anyway, Blackbeard will take the blame in the end.'
He remembered Sai's Super Beast Imitation Picture: Tiger Gaze. It could drag people into a scroll and seal them, which was very convenient.
He had also researched it in his previous life when he was bored; it was very useful for stealing people, but by then, it was already peaceful, so it was completely unnecessary... However... the Pirate World, huh... he felt... rather than letting Blackbeard take them... why not make use of them and deal with them for the Old Man?
Moreover, Orochimaru was very much looking forward to Blackbeard excitedly breaking into the sixth level, wanting to lure criminals to join his Pirate Crew... only to find that there was no one on this level.
Orochimaru's expression at this moment was extremely joyful. He couldn't help but stick out his tongue and lick his lips. He hadn't been this excited in many years.
Sure enough, he had been polluted by that Blue Star person's soul and could no longer suppress his urge to cause trouble.
Orochimaru, hidden in the shadows, kept his eyes fixed on Hancock and the others, following them all the way to the sixth level.
The prisoners on this sixth level were all villains. When they saw the Empress's stunning beauty, their eyes immediately showed greed, and they uttered lewd and unbearable sounds.
Hancock, however, seemed not to hear, her expression unchanged. She took a step forward, her gaze falling on Ace.
Ace looked up slightly, his face expressionless as he scrutinized the woman before him.
"What do you want with me?" Ace spoke first.
"Nothing else, just wanted to see you. This concubine wants to see what kind of man you are, to have become the fuse that made me participate in this war," Hancock said softly.
"Hmph, it seems I'm being treated like a monkey," Ace sneered, a hint of a smirk on his lips.
Jinbe, in the same cell, looked at the Empress, his face grim: "The Empress, who has always been indifferent to the call-up orders, now chooses to help the World Government at this very moment. Are you really so reluctant to give up the title of Shichibukai?"
Hancock turned to look at the blue Fishman: "You must be Jinbe. Why speak so aggressively?"
The surrounding prisoners were still making noise, wantonly teasing the Empress.
Hancock looked at this group of prisoners. She feigned weakness and said, "You... actually shout at this concubine with such vulgar calls."
As she spoke, her body trembled, and her large, watery eyes looked at the group of prisoners,
"This concubine... is so scared."
In an instant, the entire prison erupted like a lit powder keg. The prisoners became even more brazen, provoking Magellan and clamoring for him to send the Empress into a cell.
Magellan frowned, his venom continuously oozing out. Purple viscous poison dragons attacked the prisoners in the cells. For a time, the prisoners let out chilling wails.
Amidst the rising and falling screams, Hancock quickly walked in front of Ace, relayed the news that Luffy had entered Impel Down to Ace, and then quietly retreated.
After Magellan successfully quelled the annoying commotion, he bowed slightly to Hancock, making an elegant "please" gesture.
"Alright, Lady Hancock, you can talk to him slowly now," Magellan said.
Hancock, however, turned gracefully, her tone flat: "No need. What needed to be said has already been said. We'll leave now."
Upon hearing this, Ace immediately looked anxious and hastily called out to Hancock, "Hey! Was what you just said true?"
Hancock did not stop, walking in the direction she came from, only slightly turning her head to respond: "This concubine has no reason to deceive you. Oh, and he was worried this action would make you angry." As she finished speaking, Hancock's lips curved into a smile. She turned to look at Ace, her eyes seemingly holding a deeper meaning.
Jinbe looked at Ace with a face full of confusion, his eyes full of inquiry: "Mr. Ace, what exactly did that woman say to you just now?"
Ace's expression became somewhat gloomy, his brows tightly furrowed, his eyes filled with worry: "She said my brother Luffy has already arrived... This is too strange. Orochimaru shouldn't have easily let him come here..."
Jinbe was stunned for a moment upon hearing this news, then immediately reacted: "You mean that Straw Hat you always talk about? What he's doing is really reckless!"
After Hancock and the others left, the sixth level of the prison returned to deathly silence.
However, shortly after, a sudden "Da da da..." sound of footsteps rang out, accompanied by a low chant.
That hoarse voice seemed to come from the depths of hell, making one's hair stand on end. Orochimaru had already fallen into a state of frenzy. (Orochimaru has gone mad, please blame the author)
Ding-dong
I have a secret
I'll tell you quietly
Welcome to the entrance of heaven
Ding-dong
Someone is ringing the doorbell
Who is outside
Treating pranks as a game
Listen, who is crying
Look, who is whispering
There's a pair of eyes outside the window
It's watching you constantly
Ding-dong
I'm waiting for you here
Are you waiting for me
What is it that makes you afraid
Ding-dong
Where will you hide
Don't even think about escaping
It's too late to escape my grasp"
Orochimaru was completely immersed in his own bizarre world, not even glancing at Ace. And Ace, looking at this abnormal Orochimaru, turned pale.
Orochimaru threw out several extra-long white scrolls, which unrolled and quickly covered the entire ground.
"One, two, three little friends
Four, five, six little friends
Seven, eight cute little friends
Let's hold hands and enter the scroll"
Orochimaru hummed the song, a rare look of pleasure on his face.
He drew tigers on the scrolls, and one by one, the tigers leaped out of the paintings, pouncing towards the cages.
Those embraced by the tigers gradually elongated and shrunk, then were dragged into the scrolls. With each lyric, several people were mercilessly pulled into the scrolls.
Suddenly, screams of terror erupted throughout the prison, some even beginning to call for Magellan.
But all this was in vain. Not to mention Magellan had just left and wouldn't turn back, moreover, this level had no picture transponder snails installed.
They simply couldn't believe that someone could come here without anyone knowing.
"One scroll drawn to the eighth one
One song sung to the fourth line
One prison mostly emptied
Five little friends left
Two little friends left"
As Orochimaru finished singing, only Douglas Bullet, Sand Crocodile Crocodile, Ace, and the thoroughly frightened Knight of the Sea Jinbe remained in the sixth level of the prison.
Orochimaru happily rolled up the scrolls one by one, gleefully bounced them, and then stored them in his summoning space (the system space cannot hold living beings).
At this moment, the few of them seemed to awaken from a dream. Ace swallowed, thinking: Orochimaru must have gone mad, right?
"Hey... Orochimaru... what are you doing? You've taken too many people!"
Orochimaru, however, ignored Ace's words. He decided not to speak to Ace again until the Marineford War officially began. Why? Because Ace didn't listen to him, so he simply wouldn't listen to Ace either!
Then, Orochimaru turned his gaze to Crocodile.
"Long time no see... Kuro-chan... have you missed me?"
Orochimaru rested his face on his hand, looking gently at Crocodile in the cell.
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