Without the intervention of Baby 5 and the other person, the Punk Hazard incident concluded smoothly.
Caesar's capture was very successful.
A group of G5 Marines, who had fought together, were singing and dancing, preparing for a banquet below deck.
Master Orochimaru, however, was leisurely taking a bath on the sunny, saying he didn't want to participate.
He hadn't fought with them, so he wouldn't join the banquet.
Law sat beside Smoker, drinking Sanji's special hot soup, frowning and deep in thought.
It was too smooth; Doflamingo actually didn't send anyone to rescue Caesar and Vergo. This was completely out of character for him.
Without a hostage, he couldn't contact Doflamingo, as he had left Vergo's transponder snail with Vergo for his last words.
If he couldn't make a deal with Doflamingo, all his plans would fall apart.
Could it be that Doflamingo really had no connection with Caesar? Impossible, he didn't believe it.
Doflamingo was still trading Artificial Devil Fruits with Kaido; did he have other collaborations? This was a miscalculation.
Law's brows were tightly furrowed. Since this path was blocked,
he couldn't threaten Doflamingo into resigning his Shichibukai position.
Then he could only wait until Dressrosa to improvise.
But Caesar couldn't be handed over to the Marine yet; he was afraid this was Doflamingo's empty fort strategy.
The sunny set sail again, and the Straw Hat Pirates finally breathed a sigh of relief... The task wasn't difficult, but they were mentally exhausted.
After Master Orochimaru finished bathing, out of habit, he transformed into his semi-snake form, bare-chested, and pushed open the door leading to the deck.
Everyone looked over, and then suddenly snapped back to reality.
No wonder they felt like something was missing; it was Master Orochimaru.
But looking at Master Orochimaru's appearance, he probably was too lazy to get involved, after all, they captured Master Orochimaru's free, self-service patron.
So he chose to go back to the sunny for a bath, right?
"But Master Orochimaru is too relaxed, isn't he? Does he trust them that much? It's really embarrassing 〃∀〃"
Usopp thought to himself, wanting to complain to Master Orochimaru about those unreliable people, and how he, Grandpa Usopp, was the one who finally caught him.
However, things turned out to be somewhat unexpected for everyone. When Master Orochimaru saw Kin'emon and Momonosuke kneeling on the ground, his pupils suddenly constricted.
[Snake Snake doesn't plan to reveal his identity now, it has to be on Zou, right... Give Momonosuke a huge shock.]
Master Orochimaru suddenly realized what he had forgotten. Were these two people getting on the ship at this time?
When he had Doffy take that Artificial Devil Fruit before, he subconsciously overlooked Momonosuke's matter... Damn it.
Master Orochimaru took two steps back, his voice inexplicably two parts sharper than usual.
"Zoro! Give me your clothes! Immediately!"
Although he didn't know what happened, Zoro clearly sensed Master Orochimaru's unusual behavior.
His body reacted instinctively, and Zoro flashed in front of Master Orochimaru, took off his jacket, and wrapped him tightly with his own clothes.
Before Master Orochimaru could ponder, Momonosuke, seeing Master Orochimaru's snake body, seemed to be greatly stimulated.
"Snake... there's a snake... big snake... don't come over."
Momonosuke's face instantly turned pale, his body began to tremble uncontrollably, his eyes wide open, filled with terror and fear.
As if encountering the most terrifying thing in the world, he flailed his hands wildly.
Then Momonosuke's body began to change, gradually turning golden.
In everyone's sight, he transformed into a golden cicada about the same size as his body.
(Sorry, because I also hate bugs... but I still wanted him to turn into a bug, so the only one I can accept is a cicada... because if I write about something too disgusting, I'll also feel disgusted...)
In the eyes of those who hate bugs, Momonosuke at this moment was not much different from a golden fly.
"Eww... so disgusting."
Nami, seeing this, instinctively shrieked and moved closer to Robin.
The startled Momonosuke scurried around like a headless fly, actually charging directly towards Master Orochimaru.
Master Orochimaru didn't react to this sudden turn of events. Momonosuke could still have a Devil Fruit? Where did it come from?
He himself was stunned. By the time he reacted, Momonosuke was about to fly over, and Master Orochimaru was also somewhat frozen.
He only thought that Momonosuke had turned into a bug... a bug... "Oh no!"
Luffy, who had just been laughing and playing, saw Master Orochimaru's slightly unfocused eyes and his face immediately became serious.
He instantly activated Second Gear, appeared in front of Master Orochimaru, and directly threw a punch, sending the bug-transformed Momonosuke flying.
Luffy's punch was well-measured; Momonosuke only rolled a few times on the ground, eventually landing in Kin'emon's arms.
For a moment, the scene descended into chaos. Everyone was a bit bewildered, as all of this happened in an instant, leaving no time to react or ponder what exactly had occurred.
Sanji lit a cigarette and took a deep drag.
"Who can explain what happened, Luffy... what's going on?"
Luffy scratched his head, then turned and hugged the stunned Master Orochimaru, patting his back like Sabo would.
"Master Orochimaru is afraid of bugs, he's been afraid since he was little. If a bug touches him, he'll uncontrollably turn into his snake form.
In his current size, if he turns into a snake, the sunny will sink... Usually, Master Orochimaru can avoid it... but today it seems..."
Robin frowned, looking at Kin'emon and the now-transformed-back Momonosuke... "Master Orochimaru seems... to have been stimulated..."
She didn't voice her further speculation, as there were outsiders present.
The group nodded in understanding, as none of them had realized Master Orochimaru was afraid of bugs.
Although Master Orochimaru usually did walk around bugs, and his attacks would burn them to ash with Ninjutsu, they all thought it was because Master Orochimaru was afraid of dirt.
So everyone's attention refocused on Kin'emon.
Kin'emon, looking at the unconscious Momonosuke, was also a bit bewildered, as it was his first time seeing Momonosuke transform.
"I also don't know why Momonosuke turned into this. Is it some foreign sorcery?
However, I know Momonosuke is afraid of snakes and dragons... very afraid... so..."
The sunny suddenly fell silent. Sanji finished the last puff of his cigarette with a melancholic expression, then slowly extinguished the butt in the ashtray.
"So this is a bug afraid of snakes, meeting a snake afraid of bugs?"
Everyone was speechless in unison, only Luffy... seemed to suddenly think of something, after all, Master Orochimaru's little lectures were deeply ingrained.
Meanwhile, Caesar gradually regained consciousness. He slowly opened his eyes, his head still a bit foggy.
When his vision focused and he saw the semi-snake form of Master Orochimaru in Luffy's arms, he couldn't help but be stunned.
His eyes were full of confusion and astonishment, but he knew very well that it was not appropriate to speak much at this moment, so he forcibly swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue.
Caesar had always been very shrewd. The previous admonition from Master Orochimaru quickly flashed through his mind.
That was to absolutely pretend not to be familiar in front of everyone.
After all, to the outside world, there was almost no interaction between them. Caesar knew his situation well; he didn't want to anger Master Orochimaru. He was still waiting to be rescued.
Law also looked at this group of people with a somewhat world-weary expression. They had just set out!
What kind of things were these... Master Orochimaru, such a big person, was still afraid of bugs?
Like a child? No, even children aren't afraid of bugs, are they?
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