[Pirate] I! Orochimaru! I will never split! Chapter 068

Life still had to go on. Orochimaru kicked a tree on the deserted island, directly harvesting a tree full of fruits.

But he was still inexplicably anxious, feeling as if he had been sentenced to death, but didn’t know the exact date.

A group of people secretly observed Orochimaru, wondering what was wrong with him. But it was fine, he was just a bit irritable, and the only one who suffered was Luffy.

Usopp looked at Chopper and asked, “Chopper, have you found the medicinal herbs?”

“~Hmm~ I’ve almost found them all. This island might have even rarer medicinal herbs,” Chopper trotted along.

Robin on the side was a bit silent, looking at the traces on the ground with a heavy heart.

“But what’s with this strange ditch? It looks like bicycle tracks, but how is that possible? This is a deserted island, hahahaha,” Usopp laughed to himself, finding his own guess amusing.

The group walked out of the forest and came to an empty, uninhabited area.

“Wow!!” Chopper happily looked at a giant mushroom in the distance and ran towards it excitedly. ᖰ⌯’▾’⌯ᖳ

Then he was knocked to the ground by the mushroom, which instantly stood up. Orochimaru picked up Chopper and patted him. Facing the tall person who had stood up… his face turned black. This terrible angle made him feel an urge to punch it and make its chickens fly and eggs scatter.

The person in front of him, however, was oblivious, taking off his eye mask and wiping his drool.

Hearing the sound, everyone rushed over, gathering around Chopper with concern. The mushroom also gradually sobered up, took off its eye mask, and slowly turned around. Seeing his face, Robin fell to the ground in terror, her pupils contracting sharply, and her breathing becoming rapid. Zoro quickly entered a state of alert, his hand tightly gripping the h hilt of his sword, ready to deal with any potential danger at any moment.

“What’s wrong, Robin…” Nami’s voice was a bit anxious.

Robin tried to regain her composure, “That person is a Marine… and he’s known as the strongest combat force of the World Government, a Marine Headquarters Admiral, Aokiji.”

“Ara la la la… You’ve grown into a beautiful woman, Nico Robin,” Aokiji’s voice had an indescribable sarcastic tone.

“Admiral? You said he’s an Admiral? How capable is he?” Sanji stared at the person, on guard.

Robin tried to calm her breathing. Orochimaru stuffed Chopper into someone’s arms and used chakra to calm their minds.

“No need, Orochimaru. There are only three Admirals in the Marines: Akainu, Aokiji, and Kizaru. Above them is only Fleet Admiral Sengoku. This person is known as one of the three strongest combat forces of the World Government.”

Aokiji suddenly turned his head. Just as he was about to say something when he saw Nami, he saw Orochimaru kneeling beside Robin, comforting her, appearing slightly “weak.”

“Oh my, the captivating young man next to Nico Robin, are you free tonight? Would you like to spend a pleasant evening together?”

“!!!!!! Marine Scandal + 3” This sentence suddenly popped into everyone’s minds. They quickly shook their heads. No, no, at this moment, they should be filled with righteous indignation, then question, and finally protect our Orochimaru.

(╯°Д°)╯Something’s not right!! Why is Orochimaru suddenly so quiet?

Aokiji extended his hand and made a stop gesture, then lay on the ground.

“Please wait a moment, excuse me, I’m a bit tired of standing. I’ll get straight to the point. I’m not here to arrest you, you can rest assured. After the Alabasta incident, Nico Robin disappeared. I just came to confirm that her information is as I expected, and she is with you.”

Aokiji sprawled out like a long strip, one hand under his head. “However, I will still send a report to Headquarters. With her, the total bounty amount has changed.”

Aokiji looked up at them. “One hundred million, ninety-eight million, sixty million, plus seventy-nine million, all together it’s… sigh…” Aokiji fiddled with his fingers, calculating. “Well… never mind… it’s a lot anyway.”

Just then, the shipwrecked survivors who had been hiding in the forest finally confirmed that Aokiji was indeed a Marine. They then mustered the courage to come out and seek help.

Aokiji looked at these frightened people and scratched his head helplessly… He squatted by the sea, extended one hand into the water, and a cold aura emanated from him, instantly freezing the surrounding sea into a thick layer of ice.

Orochimaru clenched his fists. He still hadn’t completely overcome the feeling of powerlessness against the sea… still not enough.

“Alright, this way you can safely pass through this sea area. But remember, this ice can only last for about a week, so you must get to the island on the opposite side as quickly as possible,” Aokiji said lazily, scratching his head.

Hearing this, the shipwrecked survivors all thanked Aokiji and began to step onto the ice, preparing to cross the sea. Meanwhile, Luffy, completely oblivious to the seriousness of the situation, was still carelessly rolling around on the ice, playing. Finally, he came back shivering from the cold.

Aokiji was speechless. He scratched his head and sighed, “How should I put it… you and your grandfather are exactly alike, Monkey D. Luffy.”

Luffy instantly froze…

“Should I say you’re unrestrained… or unpredictable?”

Luffy shivered, his eyes wide. “Grandpa…” Then he instantly turned to look at Orochimaru. He knew it!!!! No wonder Orochimaru hadn’t said a word.

“Grandpa?? Luffy’s grandpa?? What’s wrong, Luffy? You’re sweating all over,” Usopp looked at Luffy, who was drenched in cold sweat, and then at Orochimaru, who was pretending not to be there, very confused.

“No… nothing… that,” Luffy hurriedly waved his hands.

Aokiji sat cross-legged on the ground. “I used to be taken care of by your grandfather… I came here to see Nico Robin, and you.” He glanced at Orochimaru out of the corner of his eye but said nothing.

“However… I suddenly feel that you should all die here now. Although the government doesn’t pay enough attention to you yet, if you carefully trace your experiences, you’ll find that you all have a lot of backbone. Although there aren’t many of you, these dangerous individuals gathering together will become more and more troublesome in the future…” Aokiji was still rambling on, saying more and more.

“Fire Release! Serpent Man Flames!”

“Barrier, Four Purple Flames Formation!”

As the voices sounded, shadow clones suddenly appeared. While everyone was stunned, they directly carried everyone away, running towards the Going Merry.

The first lesson of being a ninja is not to engage in meaningless battles, especially when there is a significant disparity in strength. One must be good at utilizing one’s own advantages and all available resources around them. Listening to him finish talking and then waiting to be beaten, only a hot-blooded idiot like Luffy would do that…

“Put me down!! Orochimaru!! I’m going to punch that person who wants to snatch Robin!!” Luffy kept struggling on the shadow clone.

“Perhaps that’s the difference.” He mocked his own cowardice; no matter how much he said, it was just an excuse for his timidity.

Aokiji touched the barrier and smiled. “Interesting, Orochimaru… Garp has been talking about you…”