[Pirate] I! Orochimaru! I will never split! Chapter 081

With a loud “Duang”, Luffy crashed heavily into the floor like a cannonball, raising a cloud of dust.

Luffy clutched his head, letting out a series of bloodcurdling screams: “Ah! It hurts! It hurts so much!” His expression was twisted in pain, as if he had suffered immense damage.

Sanji’s eyes widened, looking at Luffy in disbelief, then at the Marine standing by with his fist still extended. His heart was filled with confusion and shock. He couldn’t help but speak.

“Hurts? What are you talking about! That’s a fist! How could it be effective against rubber! Orochimaru… you quickly…????”

As Sanji spoke, he turned his head to look for Orochimaru. However, when his gaze fell beside Luffy, he froze. A figure was kneeling on the ground in a perfectly standard dogeza pose; it was Orochimaru.

Sanji’s voice instantly became sharp and trembling. He could barely believe his eyes, stuttering, “Orochimaru???? What are you doing!”

“A fist full of love is irresistible,” Garp took off his dog-head hat, looking at the two in front of him.

“You really caused quite a ruckus, Luffy… and you, Orochimaru.”

Orochimaru looked up at Garp obediently, though his face was a bit pale. “Long time no see… Grandpa.”

“Grandpa!!!!!!” A group of people looked at Garp in horror, then at the obedient Orochimaru. Who was this person? Then they looked at the terrified Luffy, swallowing their saliva in shock.

“Marine Vice Admiral… is… is Luffy’s grandpa????” Chopper looked at Garp in disbelief.

Garp crossed his arms and stared at Luffy. “Luffy! Is there something you absolutely must apologize to me for!”

“Garp? Isn’t Garp the name of a Marine hero, Luffy? Is that really your grandpa?” Nami asked in surprise.

Luffy clutched the bump on his head, grinning. He glanced at the very obedient Orochimaru, knowing that this snake was useless now.

“Yes… so you absolutely must not lay a hand on him! I’ve almost been killed by Grandpa countless times before!” Luffy looked at Garp, indignant.

Garp looked at Luffy. “Hey, hey… don’t make it sound so bad… Orochimaru completed it very easily. I threw you into thousand-fathom abysses, nighttime jungles, tied you to balloons and let you fly into the sky! It was all to train you into strong men!”

Garp sighed. “Finally, I even asked a friend to let you train with Ace, but in a moment of inattention, it turned out like this. I wanted to train you to become strong Marines!!! But you all…!!! I originally thought at least I had Orochimaru, but you even kidnapped Orochimaru along with you!!”

“I said I wanted to be a pirate!!!” Luffy angrily confronted Garp. “And Orochimaru never said he wanted to be a Marine!!”

“You’ve been poisoned by Shanks! How boring!” Garp said dismissively.

Luffy retorted with a slightly timid tone, “Sha… Shanks is my savior… you’re not allowed to speak ill of him!!”

Garp lifted Luffy and raised his fist. “How dare you order Grandpa not to say such things!! Orochimaru has already repaid Shanks’ life-saving grace for you! It was clearly your own desire to go out to sea!”

“Ah! I’m sorry!” Luffy screamed, trying to dodge.

The others looked at the two who had completely lost their ability to resist and felt a little worried… Just as they were about to worry, they saw Garp, who was carrying Luffy and had fallen asleep, and Luffy, who was also asleep in his hands. Their gaze shifted downwards, and Orochimaru was quietly crawling away.

…The silence of the crowd was deafening.

Garp, still half-asleep, nodded, then suddenly woke up and shook his head.

“Oh no, oh no… I actually fell asleep.”

He subconsciously looked at Luffy in his hands, who was also snoring loudly, his veins bulging. His other foot directly stepped on Orochimaru’s waist as he tried to crawl away.

“Wake up, Luffy!!! Is this how you accept someone’s lesson! And you even spoke rudely to Grandpa!” After a series of iron fists, Luffy sat on the ground with a string of bumps on his head, grimacing in pain.

Garp cracked his knuckles, looking at Orochimaru beneath his foot.

“Luffy’s been disciplined, Orochimaru… shouldn’t you give me an explanation as to why you two became pirates?”

Orochimaru looked at Garp innocently. “Grandpa… what are you saying… we were forced to become pirates. Didn’t you read the newspaper?”

Orochimaru pulled out a stack of newspapers and handed them to Garp. Garp looked at the several people on the newspaper who were forced to become pirates, even with accompanying photos. Garp didn’t even look, directly throwing them away. For this cunning grandson, Garp chose not to listen.

He directly lifted the person up.

Orochimaru’s alarm bells rang. He immediately stretched out his hand. “Stop!!! Grandpa, I have something very important to tell you.” Sorry, Merry! I had discussed with Usopp and the others before about sending you back to Syrup Village, but I don’t think you’d mind having an extra grandpa.

Orochimaru flashed over, holding Merry and presenting her to Garp.

Garp saw Merry, stumbled back a step, his fingers trembling slightly.

“Orochimaru… do you… do you have a child already…?”

Orochimaru’s face darkened. He couldn’t yell at this old man. “No! Grandpa, this is Merry… How could I have such a big child!!”

Orochimaru told Garp about Merry. Merry, in essence, was only a few months old. Garp skillfully took Merry, his face full of smiles, and made a funny face at Merry.

“Merry… I’m Grandpa, oh, yoshi yoshi, such a good girl!” Garp happily held Merry high, looking at the decorative wooden sheep horns on Merry’s head. Garp thought Sengoku would also like Merry very much.

Although Merry was a companion, seeing Garp’s kind and amiable appearance, Luffy even felt a little jealous, puffing out his cheeks and saying that Grandpa was playing favorites.

The others also didn’t object. Although they became pirates for various reasons and went to sea, it was undeniable that the Straw Hat Pirates were unique pirates. Although the Marines were their enemies, they still respected them.

Especially Nami, she clearly knew that although some parts of the Marines were corrupt, Marines like Garp were truly just. They also hoped that Merry could have a carefree childhood.

“Grandpa, Merry will stay with us for a while until we set sail again… When we leave, Merry will be entrusted to you. If you’re busy, you can leave her with Miss Kaya in Syrup Village; Merry the butler will take good care of her.” (To distinguish between the two Merrys… the butler was changed to Merry.)

Orochimaru lowered his head, secretly praising his own quick thinking. This way, Garp would have another reason to take a vacation in the East Blue, which could reduce the probability of encountering this old man in the Grand Line.

And Garp was also observing Orochimaru. There was no one Garp wanted to beat that he couldn’t beat, let alone a mere grandson. However, this snake was very cunning, he couldn’t let him react.

The grandfather and grandson, each with their own schemes, both let out sinister laughs in their hearts.