Luffy charged forward recklessly, knocking down Marine Soldiers one after another.
It was tough for Moriah. How was he supposed to hold back while still appearing strong? He wasn't Kizaru!
He really wanted to tell Orochimaru: "Your concubine cannot do it!" He genuinely didn't mind being stripped of his Shichibukai title... He secretly glanced at Orochimaru out of the corner of his eye and, sure enough, saw him staring intently with a threatening gaze, his hand still caressing a transponder snail.
Moriah cowered. He didn't want to be the second unlucky one... Moriah still cared about his reputation... (ಡ ᎔ ಡ), so he could only summon half-dead zombies from underground to slowly attack Luffy.
Kizaru watched Luffy, directing Marine Soldiers to attack him, his voice slow and extremely annoying.
"His opponents are all Vice Admirals and Rear Admirals. Let's see how long he can last."
Ace looked at Luffy, who was surrounded by a group of people and fighting, with some heartache. Seeing Luffy's arm get cut by a sword, his heart trembled. What were Sabo and Orochimaru doing?!
His intelligence instantly plummeted, and he roared in Luffy's direction:
"Don't come, Luffy!"
Ace hesitated for a moment, then looked up at the group of people fighting for him.
"You should understand! You! I! We are all pirates! We should be sailing freely on the seas. I have my adventures! I have my companions! You have no reason to meddle in my affairs!
A coward like you actually came to save me! Do you think I'd allow it?! Nothing could be more humiliating than this!
You've always been the weakest! Go back quickly! Luffy! Why did you come?! Can't you just listen for once?!"
Luffy sped up and ran forward, stretching his arm out, spinning around the field, and snatching the transponder snail from Orochimaru's hand. His arm snapped back, and Luffy put the transponder snail to his mouth and shouted loudly:
"What nonsense are you spouting!!! You not-so-smart older brother!!! I'm your younger brother too!!! Pirate rules and all that stuff! What does it have to do with me?!"
Eh????!!!!! {(°△°; "}!
Everyone present, including Sabo, was shocked.
That's not right, Straw Hat (Luffy)! Is that your character setting?!
Only Orochimaru was unsurprised (≖ _ ≖)... because he was a victim of Luffy's intermittent cleverness.
The Marine officer who was running towards Luffy paused in a daze, and the group of people looked at each other.
"He just said he was the younger brother, right? How could Fire Fist Ace have a younger brother, or does that doll still have reproductive functions??? That's not scientific."
Watching Luffy fight the zombies, Jinbe suddenly appeared and eliminated the zombies with seawater, blocking Moriah's path.
"Mr. Luffy, leave this to me."
Moriah let out a sigh of relief. Good, good, his savior had arrived. He finally didn't have to pretend anymore.
Sengoku on the platform suddenly spoke into his transponder snail.
"What are you doing! Don't let a mere rookie disrupt the battle!
That man will also be a harmful factor in the future. He grew up with Ace as a sworn brother. His bloodline is the biological son of Revolutionary Army Dragon!
They have a total of four brothers: Revolutionary Army Chief of Staff Sabo, Roger's remnant Ace, Dragon's bloodline Straw Hat Luffy."
Sengoku held the new information that his staff had speculated about. After all, Wano Country was a closed country, and too little information could be transmitted back. The spies were basically in Kaido's camp, and Sengoku's tone was full of doubt as he read.
"And Orochimaru, who is suspected to have some connection with Kaido and is from Wano Country????"
After all, Wano Country was Kaido's territory.
The battlefield instantly fell silent, and everyone's eyes darted among the four. How did these four get together...? Especially the one from Wano Country... That's the most mysterious country in the New World!! How did you get out!!!!
Orochimaru's mouth twitched uncontrollably. What the hell,'some connection with Kaido'? What connection? A father-killing connection?
However, Orochimaru didn't explain much. Regarding the matter of killing Oden, if it weren't for his background being his good son,
Orochimaru would have clapped for Kaido, indicating 'well killed!' It's just, why didn't he conveniently kill his nominal useless older brother?
He sometimes wondered if Kaido really hadn't cuckolded Oden. After all, the identity created by the trash system was very strange. Should he dig up a grave when he goes to Wano Country? Do a paternity test? No, Oden seemed to have been directly scattered.
Then he should belong to asexual reproduction, hmm, yes, that's right.
Sabaody Archipelago, reporters were already going crazy, breaking news! Huge news!
Garp sighed, lowering his head.
"It doesn't matter anymore, there's no need to keep it a secret. Luffy and the others are no longer lawbreakers that can be simply defined by a single label.
All of the brothers are idiots, oh... there is one who is extremely intelligent, but he is malicious... controlling the overall situation, huh huh huh..."
Orochimaru indicated... Is it possible that your own Grandson simply doesn't follow the plan... Is it possible that I'm really just joining in the fun... Is it possible that I don't control the overall situation, I just know a little more?
However, none of this mattered. Just as Luffy charged forward recklessly, Orochimaru quietly slipped away from Whitebeard's side and sought out Doflamingo.
Doflamingo saw Orochimaru float gracefully before him, suspended in his view, and couldn't help but laugh.
"Fufufufufu... What is it? What do you want with me? Do you want to join my family, become my family?
But I think... the role of a lover seems quite suitable for you, too? How about it? Consider it?"
Doflamingo's eyes gleamed with a playful light.
Orochimaru ignored his taunts and simply extended his hand silently.
"Money." Orochimaru's voice was flat, as if he was stating the most ordinary fact.
Doflamingo instinctively rubbed his chin, his eyebrow slightly raised.
"What money? Is it payment for a night of passion?" He deliberately twisted Orochimaru's meaning, his eyes full of teasing.
Orochimaru remained expressionless and said coldly: "Sabaody Archipelago, I bid on a mermaid at your auction house, but I still haven't received the goods... Pay up."
Doflamingo's mouth twitched violently, a vein throbbing faintly on his forehead, and his voice deepened:
"Hmph, I haven't forgotten. My auction house was smashed by you all, and those slaves were rescued. You still want money from me?"
Orochimaru's gaze was sharp, staring intently at Doflamingo, and he said coldly:
"The Marines smashed the auction house, it has nothing to do with us. It was Silvers Rayleigh who let your slaves escape. I have no dealings with him, don't try to pin the blame on me. Pay up!"
"You didn't even pay..." Doflamingo gritted his teeth in anger, his eyes burning with fury.
Orochimaru's expression remained unchanged, and he calmly replied: "I paid. There's a deposit for entry. According to your auction house's rules, if goods escape before handover, you must pay ten times the price. I bid ten billion for that mermaid, so you owe me one hundred billion.
Also, according to Article 8 of the auction house rules, if a customer encounters a personal threat at the auction house and loses their auction funds, you must not only fully refund the auction funds but also provide five times the compensation. I spent ten billion, so that's another fifty billion, which makes it sixty billion.
Furthermore, according to Article 11 of the auction house rules, if the auction house has issues such as deliberately delaying the auction progress or maliciously raising prices, it needs to compensate the bidder with double the compensation. This auction had these issues, so that's another twenty billion.
In total, that's one hundred eighty billion. How do you plan to pay?"
Doflamingo fell silent. These rules were indeed correct... But he felt aggrieved, and he roared: "It was clearly you who hit the Celestial Dragons, which led to the auction house being destroyed!"
Orochimaru's mouth curved slightly upwards, and he slowly said: "Oh... now that you mention it, I remember. The auction house prohibits customers from harming each other, otherwise the auction house will proactively help the victim recover their losses. That Celestial Dragon shot at me, so he owes me one hundred billion. Don't forget to help me reclaim this money, auction house."
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