[Pirate] I! Orochimaru! I will never split! Chapter 110

Xiong looked at Orochimaru having a fit, stopping himself from speaking.

“So, what do you want from me?”

Orochimaru thought hard, casually handing Xiong a letter.

“Please deliver this letter to Sabo. Just throw it into Dragon’s office. Of course, it would be even better if you could reach him by Den Den Mushi.”

After saying this, Orochimaru turned and left without another word.

As he walked, he constantly searched his memories, thinking to himself: Good, there’s still time.

At this moment, Sanji should have just received Nami’s Den Den Mushi message. Anxiously searching for Camie, they hadn’t realized the Sunny Go was empty.

As long as they could successfully rendezvous with the group at Auction House No. 1, they could easily bluff their way through. As for what happened next, they wouldn’t have time to think about it.

Sure enough, Orochimaru successfully intercepted the group at the auction house entrance.

Nami was unusually excited at this moment. She joyfully hugged Orochimaru, bouncing with excitement.

In Nami’s eyes, seeing Orochimaru was like seeing hope, because it meant money.

“Orochimaru… Camie… Camie was captured by the auction house… so…” Nami said urgently, her voice full of worry and anxiety.

Orochimaru, however, preempted Nami: “I know. We’re not short on money. No matter how much it costs, we’ll buy Camie back.” This was indeed true, and if nothing went wrong, they probably wouldn’t even need to spend any money.

Hachi and the starfish were moved to tears. “Niu… Arigato…” Their voices were filled with gratitude.

Pappag, the starfish, suddenly felt that Orochimaru wasn’t scary at all. The fear he usually held for Orochimaru vanished at this moment, replaced by overwhelming gratitude.

Everyone paid the entrance fee. Since they hadn’t made a reservation beforehand, they could only stand at the very back of the auction house.

During the long wait, every minute and second felt incredibly drawn out, as if time had stretched infinitely.

Finally, the long-awaited moment arrived: the main event—the mermaid—made a grand entrance. In the circular cultivation tank, Camie was bound and fixed in the center by a slave collar.

Looking at the mermaid on display, most of the men present clutched their bidding paddles tightly, their eyes gleaming with fervent light.

They couldn’t help but swallow, their faces showing a determined air.

The auctioneer gently tapped the gavel, its crisp sound echoing throughout the auction hall.

“After a long time, a mermaid is once again for sale. I’m sure everyone is very interested in this mermaid. So, what should the starting bid be… well… let’s begin. First…” The auctioneer’s voice was full of temptation and incitement, immersing everyone present in a tense and excited atmosphere.

“Five hundred million!!! I bid five hundred million Berries!” Before the auctioneer could finish, a Celestial Dragon who looked like a pig extended his hand.

The auction house fell silent… Pappag knelt on the ground in despair.

“Camie… what do we do? Camie’s going to be bought by a Celestial Dragon.”

The others present were intimidated by the Celestial Dragon’s status and dared not bid higher. The auctioneer felt a bit awkward.

“The hall is silent… Well… I’ll ask anyway… Is there anyone with a higher bid than five hundred million?”

The Celestial Dragon showed a smug smile.

Chopper nervously shook Sanji’s shoulder.

“Isn’t there any other way… How can this be? I don’t want my friend to be bought with money by someone else, damn it… Sanji… Nami… Orochimaru?? Huh? Where’s Orochimaru?”

“One billion.”

Orochimaru’s hoarse voice instantly came, and everyone stared blankly in that direction. Above the Celestial Dragon’s exclusive seating, a man held a stack of Berries in his left hand, his legs crossed, casually raising a paddle.

[Rough drawing →]

The men and women present looked in that direction, involuntarily swallowing… their eyes turning into hearts.

“!!! What a beautiful person…”

Kid and Law, who were about to leave, looked in that direction, simultaneously pulling out wanted posters… “That person is… it must be him…” They almost didn’t recognize him in men’s clothes.

Orochimaru ignored the others and looked at the auctioneer.

“What, not continuing to tap? The Donquixote Auction House staff aren’t very skilled at their job… Does Joker know about this?”

The auctioneer’s voice trembled slightly as he awkwardly tapped the gavel. After all, by rule, the auction house only recognized money, not people. “One billion… This guest has bid one billion. Is there anything higher?”

The pig-like Celestial Dragon, Charlos, reacted, sniffing, his eyes gleaming, pointing at Orochimaru.

“Papa… I want this person… Buy him for me!”

Orochimaru looked up, staring at the pig as if it were dead, and sneered.

Just as he stood up, a loud crash echoed… As the dust settled, Orochimaru’s mouth twitched as he watched Luffy descend from the sky.

Luffy pressed his hat down and roared at the Flying Fish Riders.

“What’s going on?! Can’t you land properly?!”

Zoro struggled to crawl out. “So… you still told me to come up. Even if we’re going back to the Sunny Go, there’s no need to rush like this… Where are we?”

Chopper and the others looked at the two in shock. “Zoro?”

Luffy turned, instantly spotted Camie, and rushed towards her. “Camie!!”

Hachi suddenly grabbed Luffy. “Wait, Straw Hat Kid!! What are you doing?!”

Luffy showed no reaction, dragging Hachi forward. “What are you talking about? Camie’s over there!”

Hachi, with both hands, clung to Luffy, floating in the air as he ran.

“She is over there… but she’s wearing a bomb collar, so we can’t take her!

And now she’s involved with a Celestial Dragon. Although Orochimaru bid… that’s a Celestial Dragon!”

To stop Luffy, Hachi’s remaining four arms emerged from his clothes and held Luffy tightly.

With a noblewoman’s scream, Hachi fearfully released Luffy.

“Why is there a fish-man here… How disgusting… This monster, why is a fish-man on land?” The surrounding nobles threw various objects at Hachi the octopus with disgusted expressions.

A crisp gunshot shattered the previous tranquility. In that critical moment, Orochimaru instinctively appeared in front of the Celestial Dragon.

His palm was pressed tightly against the gun barrel, and crimson blood dripped, sounding exceptionally harsh in the silent air.

Orochimaru frowned slightly, slowly raising his hand to look at the shocking hole in his palm, then lowered his gaze to the bleeding spot on his lower abdomen, staggering slightly.

It was indeed a Seastone bullet. This was truly quite extravagant.

Don’t misunderstand, he wasn’t trying to save Hachi the octopus. He had simply misjudged; he had thought the Celestial Dragon was going to shoot Luffy.

However, Hachi clearly misunderstood Orochimaru’s intention, his face full of tears.

The scene fell into a deathly silence. The Straw Hats’ pupils were filled with shock. After all, they had never seen Orochimaru bleed.

“Orochimaru!!” The others, realizing what happened, cried out.

Luffy’s face darkened, one hand pressing firmly on his hat, as he walked towards the Celestial Dragon.

His eyes burned with furious flames, and he delivered a powerful punch to the Celestial Dragon’s face.

“What did you do to my brother!!!”

Luffy’s roar echoed in the air.