Akainu's face was grim as he looked at Orochimaru below.
"Who did you say was a dog?"
Orochimaru tilted his head, utterly bewildered.
"Akainu, 'inu'… 'inu' means dog, doesn't it? Or are you some special breed of dog? Don't be ashamed, you should acknowledge your species.
But you don't need to worry about your Jonathan so much. I'm not interested in him. Even if he divorced, your first choice should be you, who sleeps by his side."
The Marine Soldiers' gazes shifted from Orochimaru's face to Akainu's. They wondered why Admiral Sakazuki suddenly mentioned Vice Admiral Jonathan. So, they had that kind of relationship.
Akainu's face instantly turned a myriad of colors, not knowing how to refute. On the other hand, Aokiji and Kizaru had expressions like they had just heard some juicy gossip.
On the Moby Dick, Luffy and Sabo, who had already reunited, each held a bag of nuts, sitting cross-legged beside Whitebeard.
They ate and watched the show. As for where the nuts came from... Luffy said there were many on Whitebeard's ship... he followed the scent. After all, eating meat in this situation would make them too noticeable, and they couldn't let Orochimaru's target shift to them.
However, Sabo ate them one by one, while Luffy shoveled them into his mouth by the handful.
But Luffy was already used to Orochimaru's antics. He mumbled something to Sabo with a full mouth.
Sabo translated Luffy's words, "Are you saying that after I left, Ace lived in such dire straits for a long time?"
Luffy nodded and continued eating nuts. According to Orochimaru, eating more nuts could improve brain power. Although Luffy thought he was already very smart, nuts were delicious.
"So... (￣～￣) chew... Ace... got used to it... it's fine... (◎～◎) chew!"
...On the Execution Platform, the ashen Ace was already on the verge of turning to dust.
Then his gaze suddenly landed on the two brothers eating and watching the show at Whitebeard's feet.
He silently turned to look at Garp. "Grandpa... you should send me away first... I don't want to live anymore."
Seeing Garp feigning deafness, Ace looked up at Sengoku, who was still dazed.
"Hey, Sengoku, when are you going to start the execution?"
Sengoku, who had snapped back to reality, sharply looked at Garp, pointing at Orochimaru, who was slandering Akainu, then pointing at Sabo, the Revolutionary Army's second-in-command, who was sitting with Luffy and peeling walnuts for him, a 'kind' smile on his face.
"Garp... don't you think there's something you need to explain about these two people who suddenly appeared and are very close to Portgas D. Ace and Straw Hat Luffy?
I remember you, that scoundrel, once said... you had four Grandsons."
"Ah haha... ah... haha..." Garp scratched his head awkwardly... "That's right... these four are all my Grandsons... jealous?"
For a moment... Sengoku wanted to strangle Garp directly... but this was a serious moment, this was a Marine hero, he couldn't strangle him. Sengoku took a deep breath.
"What is the identity of the one in Monkey D. Luffy's Pirate Crew?"
After all, they already knew Sabo's Revolutionary Army identity.
Sengoku was not surprised that he was Luffy's sworn brother, knowing what Luffy's father did. But the other one... seemed to be a potential threat as well.
Garp awkwardly scratched his head, selectively forgetting that Orochimaru originated from Wano Country.
"I don't know... he was picked up... You don't need to worry, Orochimaru is very well-behaved. He was also abducted by Luffy when he went to sea, and then forced to become a pirate.
It's just that his words... are occasionally a little hurtful, and coupled with his good looks, it's inevitable that some people will covet him and spread some rumors, but those are all lies. He poses no threat to the World Government."
Although Orochimaru always caused trouble, to Garp... he was still his well-behaved little Grandson, just a little mischievous occasionally... a good beating from him would fix it.
Meanwhile, the 'well-behaved' Orochimaru had already solidified the relationship between Akainu and Jonathan. Seeing Akainu's burning, ready-to-attack state, Aokiji forcibly restrained him.
"Sakazuki, don't fall for it! We are the last line of defense; we cannot abandon our posts!"
Orochimaru ignored them. After all, he had never planned this. It was only Akainu's big mouth that made things turn out this way. He turned to look at Whitebeard's side.
Sabo and Luffy, seeing Orochimaru turn, quickly wiped their mouths, pretending they weren't watching the show.
Orochimaru's mouth twitched. Had Luffy found Sabo and felt he had someone to rely on...? He hadn't rushed out in a hurry. But this was good.
However, people all over the world watching the live broadcast thought it wasn't good. Hey... why are you Marines listening to one person talk?
Where's the attack?? Where's the duel???? Where's the execution? Why are you retreating! They even saw some people infatuated!
After all, those who weren't personally involved couldn't understand the embarrassment of being called out by Orochimaru. This was losing face to the entire world. People could die, but they absolutely could not suffer social death.
Orochimaru stopped talking, and the two sides confronted each other again. The atmosphere was tense, on the verge of breaking out. The Whitebeard Pirates were just waiting for Whitebeard's command to go and rescue Ace.
Whitebeard looked at the straw hat on Luffy's back, thought of some people, and smiled.
"A new era, huh? My sons! Prepare to attack! Save Ace!"
"Oh!! Save Ace!" Everyone raised their weapons and cheered excitedly.
Luffy stood beside Whitebeard and was the first to shout.
"Ace! I'm here to save you! I'll be right there!"
Luffy shouted as he jumped off the Moby Dick.
Orochimaru instantly turned around.
"Stop! I'm not finished yet!"
As his voice fell, the jumping Luffy stumbled. Fortunately, Whitebeard moved in time and caught Luffy in his hand.
Luffy roared with a bad expression.
"Can you hurry up and speak!!! I still have to go save Ace!!! You're so slow!"
Everyone's gaze simultaneously focused on Orochimaru. Orochimaru was currently in the exact middle of the two sides. Everyone was looking at the first mate of the straw hat Pirate Crew, not understanding what he was going to do.
"I've come to give the world a present."
Orochimaru's face revealed a sinister smile, a smile that seemed to carry bone-chilling coldness, making the surrounding air seem to drop a few degrees. He clapped his hands together forcefully and shouted loudly,
"Summoning Jutsu, Edo Tensei!"
In the eyes of the entire world, a magnificent coffin slowly rose from the ground.
Bartolomeo, who was watching the live broadcast in Loguetown, suddenly remembered something and slapped his forehead.
"Shimada...! I forgot...! That shop's advertisement is still printed on the coffin!"
Marineford... Everyone fell silent looking at the 3-meter-high coffin. The coffin was magnificent... nothing wrong with it.
But... the text on it was a huge problem!!!!
Except for Luffy and Orochimaru... everyone present was an 'old driver' by now... how could they not know what that was! Every island had a chain store!
Luffy looked at some of the Marines and pirates who had suddenly turned red, completely bewildered.
"What's wrong with you...? It's just a coffin."
Sabo covered his face with one hand and Luffy's mouth with the other, dragging him away... Everyone's gazes subtly stared at the coffin.
On the front and back of the coffin, there were several large gold-embossed characters of the shop name and a line of small print for the advertisement.
"Orange Adult Customization. Loguetown Branch"
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