[Pirate] I! Orochimaru! I will never split! Chapter 154

“Oden-sama’s son?” Izo stared at Orochimaru in astonishment, his eyes filled with disbelief.

Orochimaru, however, was expressionless, slurping his ramen as if no one else was there.

He had specially prepared this ramen for Sabo and Ace, hoping they would relive their warm childhood memories.

Ace looked at the ramen with a pale face, his hand holding the chopsticks trembling slightly.

Sabo, on the other hand, ate with relish, as he didn’t get many chances to eat it.

At this moment, everyone’s gaze was fixed on Orochimaru like spotlights, but Orochimaru seemed oblivious, still slurping his ramen.

Orochimaru looked up at the people around him and mumbled, “Why are you all staring at me? Aren’t you having a banquet?”

Marco tugged at his hair irritably, his eyes fixed on Orochimaru: “And then?”

“And then what… Hmm, (￣～￣) chew!”

After speaking, Orochimaru popped another pan-fried dumpling into his mouth, “Mmm… Satchi’s pan-fried dumplings are even better than Sanji’s.”

Perhaps influenced by Luffy and the other two, Orochimaru had gone from having no interest in food to being able to eat a little, and now he could eat normally and even experience the joy of delicious food. He hadn’t touched military rations in a long time.

Marco looked at the three brothers speechless, ‘Why don’t you speak up!’

‘Ace, what are you doing! It’s just a bowl of ramen, why the bitter, hateful expression? You’re usually the biggest eater.’

Helpless, Marco could only ask himself.

“Oden is your father, and then what?”

(๑•̌.•̑๑)ˀ̣ˀ̣ “That’s it, nothing else… What else do you want?”

Having eaten his fill, Orochimaru set his bowl and chopsticks aside, looking at the bewildered Marco with a blank expression.

Everyone’s curiosity was completely ignited, but the key person stopped speaking, which was maddening. Looking at the frustrated people, Orochimaru couldn’t help but take a step back.

“How long… have you not bathed?”

The frustrated pirates were going crazy, clenching their fists in annoyance, ‘Don’t change the subject! Can you just speak properly! Please!’

Their curiosity was killing them! Although they hadn’t bathed for several days, they were already considered diligent.

Orochimaru had been watching them bathe every day, almost “polishing” them clean. Didn’t they notice they were a shade lighter? What pirate crew was fair and tender-skinned!

Izo was also feeling stifled and pressed on: “What happened next… How do you prove you’re Oden-sama’s son?”

Orochimaru looked at this “Oden worshipper” with disbelief.

“Do I have to prove I’m the son of scum? That’s great, I don’t have to, so I’m not.”

Ace pretended to have finished eating, hiding the ramen behind him, but his mouth “rebelliously” said: “Don’t you have a precious diary? I remember it says ‘Kozuki Toki’s Diary’ on it.”

Upon hearing this, Orochimaru looked at Ace expressionlessly (ㅍ_ㅍ).

“First, I don’t cherish it that much. Second, I don’t think you’re full yet… I’ll go cook you some noodles, 10 bowls should be enough to shut you up.”

Whitebeard, who had been watching the show, picked Orochimaru up in a good mood and placed him on his shoulder. This time, he was openly his.

He affectionately rubbed Orochimaru’s head with his index finger, “Don’t tease them.”

Orochimaru’s mouth twitched.

“Don’t treat me like a child!! I’m not a doll! Don’t carry me like that!!!”

That’s too much! Too much! They’re all so tall!! He could barely accept Sabo carrying him around.

After all, in the Naruto world, due to the side effects of Impure World Reincarnation, he needed to change bodies every three years, and often for a long time, Orochimaru needed Kabuto’s care, so he was used to being carried.

But this “carrying” was too much! Orochimaru felt that he should hang the Kusanagi sword on his waist, specifically to chop legs!

Calming down, Orochimaru took a deep breath.

“What’s there to say? If you think it is, it is. If you think it’s not, it’s not. It has nothing to do with me, and I don’t want to be associated with that trash.”

Izo’s eyes turned red from Orochimaru calling him scum one moment and trash the next.

“You’re talking nonsense! Oden-sama is gentle, strong, brave, and has a great sense of justice! He is the best lord! Even if you are truly Oden-sama’s son, you are not allowed to blaspheme him like this!”

Orochimaru let out a rare scoff. How thick were the filters these people wore? Such troublesome characters.

“Gentle? So gentle that he abandoned his countrymen?

Strong? So strong that he chose to refuse to fight and danced naked for five years?

Brave? So brave that he didn’t fight the Orochi who oppressed his people, but instead fought Kaido? Yes, that’s quite brave.

Full of justice? So full of justice that he abandoned his wife and children and chose to die? If he had any brains, he would have lived.”

Izo’s face turned crimson from Orochimaru’s words, and his voice trembled with urgency: “You… you’re talking nonsense! Oden-sama would never do that!”

Orochimaru looked at the agitated Izo, whose face was flushed, propping his cheek with his hand, his gaze fixed on him.

“If he hadn’t abandoned his countrymen, then why are ‘you’ here?”

As he spoke, a diary in a box suddenly appeared in Orochimaru’s hand. He looked at the stunned Izo and casually tossed it to him.

“Here… Since you like it so much, it’s yours. Anyway, there shouldn’t have been such a child in the first place.”

Izo looked at the diary with trembling hands. Although the words were full of embellishments, the whole story was clearly explained. Izo couldn’t help but feel heartbroken, wondering why things had turned out this way…

Why did he leave so resolutely when he knew Kuri was in danger? Since he returned, why didn’t he resist? Why didn’t he ask for help? Why…

Izo trembled as he looked at the diary, feeling his beliefs shaken.

Orochimaru looked at Ace, who was secretly exchanging ramen with Sabo, his face darkening, then he pretended not to notice.

“Ace… You really didn’t tell them anything, did you?”

Ace scratched his head, a little embarrassed.

“That’s… your privacy after all… and…”

Ace didn’t know what to say. Did Orochimaru, who was abandoned by both parents, really not care?

Izo, of course, read to the end and understood that Toki chose to die with Oden willingly, even abandoning Momonosuke, Hiyori, and the newborn child.

On the last page of the diary, written with tear-stained handwriting:

“I traveled from the distant past just to meet Oden. He is my destiny. A future without Oden is not a future I can accept.”

Toki’s death for love was very moving.

But for a child like Izo, who had experienced the wholehearted love of his parents, Toki’s death seemed somewhat inappropriate…

When they were young, their whole family was convicted, but even when convicted and punished, their parents tried their best to survive and take care of him and his younger brother.

Although they eventually died, even on their deathbeds, they tried to find a way for Izo and his brother to live.

So they remembered their parents’ words to be grateful to those who saved them, which is why Izo chose to follow Kozuki Oden, who had given him and his brother a meal.

At this time, Izo was already a great pirate who had been active in the New World for more than ten years, leading some of the Whitebeard Pirates’ pirate crews…

But now, looking at this diary… Izo felt very confused…

Why did things turn out this way?