Crocodile looked at the gentle Orochimaru, rubbing the goosebumps on his body. He always felt that this guy was going to trick him again.
"Don't smile... What is it... Just say it..."
Before you put on that expression, put down the remaining scroll in your arms! It's clearly not a good sign. They had seen Orochimaru drag people in with their own eyes. Among those dragged away, several had considerable strength. Although their power was weakened by Sea Stone handcuffs, they were by no means ordinary people... Orochimaru looked at him leisurely.
"Kuro-chan... Don't you miss me... I'm so sad..."
"Stop! I agree! Don't talk, you scare me like this... Just trick me instead."
Crocodile immediately called a halt. He hadn't forgotten that this guy was still coveting his body.
Orochimaru sighed and turned his gaze to Bullet, a hint of desire in his eyes, but he quickly shook his head. This was Roger's man... Then he looked at Jinbe, muttering, "Fat Fishman... boo hoo hoo, is it a fathead fish... (actually a Whale Shark)... This is Luffy's."
He was still wondering if Jinbe would still join the Straw Hat Pirates this time, given that the Whitebeard Pirates hadn't disbanded. If he didn't join, could he perhaps pick up a bargain?
Subsequently, Orochimaru turned to Ace again, scoffing with a disdainful "Tch." Finally, his gaze returned to Crocodile.
"It's nothing major. When Luffy comes later, you can leave with him. Just casually participate in the Marineford War and just fight a bit at Marineford..."
Crocodile's face twitched. Listen to that, is that something a person would say? Casually? Just a bit? Do you think Marineford is your backyard!
"Alright... then I'll go." Orochimaru contentedly put the last scroll back into his summoning space. Actually, he originally wanted to hold it, as this scroll contained many famous people, but he was afraid of losing it... Sigh... "Wait!!! Orochimaru!!! What is your relationship!!!"
Ace hurriedly tried to call out to Orochimaru, but Orochimaru ignored him completely and vanished from the prison.
No one knew how he left. Before leaving, Orochimaru threw a pile of models into the cells and used a transformation jutsu to disguise them as if there were prisoners inside.
After all, the Marines would be coming to the sixth level to retrieve people soon, and it would be troublesome if he was discovered. Orochimaru was just that "considerate."
Jinbe looked at Ace, wanting to speak but hesitating.
"Little brother Ace... This again is..."
Ace also hesitated to speak... After all, he rarely mentioned Orochimaru, because this younger brother was truly not cute, and another reason was because of Izo.
Orochimaru didn't like them very much (because they were troublesome burdens forced upon him out of nowhere).
But he couldn't lie to his family, so Ace basically never brought him up.
And if Izo found out... in Orochimaru's words... it would be very annoying, in every sense.
Ace sighed, looking at Jinbe.
"My and Luffy's younger brother, our youngest brother."
Jinbe was speechless... So are you guys playing some kind of new game? So he's the only big sucker who willingly got locked up?
"Then... he's..."
Ace sighed even more, "He's sick..."
Orochimaru, whom Ace deemed "sick," had already returned to the surface. He clearly remembered that Whitebeard and the others should be lurking at the bottom of the sea near Marineford, just waiting for Ace to appear to officially kick off the war.
Orochimaru took out a bubble coral, covered himself with a shield, and then created a Shadow Clone... while his Main Body transformed into a snake and lazily lay on the Shadow Clone's shoulder.
Orochimaru's Shadow Clone looked at the snake, its face full of dark lines, and remained silent for a long time.
"Main Body, are you going to be lazy to death?"
"I need to rest to recover Chakra. I sealed too many people just now. You take me to find Whitebeard."
...The clone reluctantly jumped into the sea, activating passive travel mode.
After swimming for about half a day, looking at the massive Moby Dick, the clone's face showed a look of relief. It put a bubble on the Main Body, then, like throwing a javelin, hurled the sleeping Orochimaru towards the Moby Dick, and then dispelled itself.
"Go!"
At this moment, Sabo was having an enthusiastic conversation with Whitebeard and the others when suddenly, he saw a white object flying towards them... directly passing through the protective bubble.
Immediately after, the object fell, hitting Whitebeard's majestic body, and Whitebeard instinctively caught it.
Whitebeard stared at the winged snake in his hand, a bewildered expression on his face.
What is this thing? Did a son fall from the sky? This should be a son, right?
Whitebeard's fingers involuntarily reached towards the snake's lower body. He wanted to confirm if this snake was male or female.
Sabo was momentarily stunned. He felt that this snake looked a bit familiar... It seemed to be Orochimaru, oh my, this is Orochimaru!
"Old man Whitebeard! Stop it!!!!" Sabo rushed over abruptly and snatched the snake away, only then letting out a sigh of relief.
Whitebeard was full of questions, "What's wrong with you?"
Sabo scratched his head and explained, "This is my and Ace's youngest brother, named Orochimaru. He's a Devil Fruit User. It looks like he came to find me, but why is he asleep? How strange."
Orochimaru vaguely sensed a familiar aura, so he rubbed Sabo's face, then transformed back into human form and sat in Sabo's lap.
Looking at his brother whom he hadn't seen in a long time, the groggy Orochimaru rubbed Sabo's face again and said in a wronged tone, "Sabo... I miss you so much... Ace doesn't listen to me."
Sabo stared blankly at Orochimaru in his arms, his body becoming incredibly stiff. He felt his mind go blank; this scene was too stimulating for him. Before he could recover from the shock, Orochimaru rubbed his face again, and this time, Sabo's nosebleed flowed uncontrollably.
The groggy Orochimaru also sobered up at this moment. Looking at Sabo with a nosebleed, he silently stood up from Sabo's lap without a word, then kicked Sabo hard in the face.
"Get lost!! Why are you bleeding from your nose."
And the members of the Whitebeard Pirates stood dumbfounded from the moment Orochimaru appeared.
First, they saw their old man inexplicably trying to grope a snake, and then this snake transformed into an extremely alluring person.
Initially, they were curious about this younger brother whom Ace rarely mentioned, but now... Marco and the others suddenly felt that the relationship between these brothers seemed... a bit complicated...
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