[Pirate] I! Orochimaru! I will never split! Chapter 177

The Straw Hats were marveling at the rising ocean current.

Orochimaru, however, held a notebook, head bowed, writing and drawing furiously.

This was specifically prepared for Usopp, the content being “ 100 Ways to Scare Sugar into Fainting.”

Orochimaru felt that sacrificing Usopp himself to scare Sugar into fainting was a bit too costly.

It was more reliable to try several different methods, using them in rotation, so that Sugar would continuously be scared into fainting and could always hover between wanting to die and wanting to die quickly.

“God Usopp” should not be disfigured. This was Usopp’s highlight moment; a hero should be revered.

(Usopp: mmp: I don’t want to)

Although Orochimaru had promised Doflamingo not to personally participate, giving small suggestions should be fine, right?

After all, the one actually implementing it was Usopp; what did it have to do with Orochimaru? To prevent any mishaps, Orochimaru even thoughtfully wrote “Authored by God Usopp” on the cover.

Orochimaru, in a pleasant mood, suddenly heard Usopp’s scream and quickly looked up. This was his scapegoat…

No… it was the future savior of Dressrosa; nothing could happen to him!

A giant Kraken appeared behind Usopp. Along with Usopp’s screams, Brook and Chopper also screamed and huddled together.

Orochimaru tilted his head… Was this an octopus or a squid… Never mind, let’s just call it an Octosquid. It looked a bit like the Eight-Tails. Should he research it? So Orochimaru excitedly began to draw.

Around the Kraken, many ships were crushed by its tentacles. Broken wooden planks and human corpses floated in the water.

Seeing this scene, Caribou popped out from who knows where again, ran onto the deck, and pleaded miserably,

“Please, I don’t want to die! Turn back! It’ll definitely leave in a few days!”

Orochimaru looked at Caribou’s eyes in surprise; they were fine. Did he use his Logia ability to dodge? He’s got some skill.

“Shut up! You’re noisy!” Luffy suddenly stood at the bow of the Thousand Sunny.

He turned his head and looked at the group excitedly.

“I’ve got a good idea! I’ll tame it!”

“Huh???” Aside from everyone’s astonishment, Orochimaru instantly froze, expressionless, stopping his drawing.

(ㅍ_ㅍ) “Luffy… What did you just say… I didn’t hear clearly… I advise you to rephrase that.”

People were one thing, but now he wanted to fight him for animals too?

Luffy clearly didn’t pay attention to Orochimaru’s words.

“The octopus! That octopus! I’ll tame that octopus! Let it pull our ship!”

Hearing Luffy’s answer, Orochimaru lowered his head and continued drawing. Then it was fine… After Luffy was done with it, it wouldn’t delay his own use.

Usopp grabbed Luffy, tears like wide noodles streaming down his face (꒦໊ྀʚ꒦໊ི), practically snot and tears flowing freely.

Pinching Luffy’s cheek ()´ο`(） he pointed at the Kraken.

“What crazy talk are you saying again! Look clearly! No! Even without looking closely, it’s obvious! That gigantic body!

Although I don’t know how many hundreds of years it has lived! The Kraken has appeared in various legends, almost becoming a creature of fantasy!”

Usopp roared at Luffy, hoping to dissuade him.

Brook leisurely held a cup of black tea, swaying comfortably on the swing, muttering,

“A creature without bones, a skeleton without flesh, completely opposite to me.”

“Who cares about you!!!” Usopp looked at the group of unresponsive people and felt a wave of despair.

Franky leaned next to Robin, looking at Robin’s abstract painting, praising repeatedly, “Oh oh oh… It’s so well-drawn…”

Robin contentedly drew. The notebook was borrowed from Orochimaru, and she was concentrating on drawing an abstract sketch of the Kraken.

“After all, this is something you don’t easily get to see. You have to commemorate it somehow. Oh, Orochimaru seemed to have drawn something too.”

Robin said, gently flipping to the next page.

What appeared on it was an extremely detailed anatomical drawing of an octopus.

The drawing not only accurately outlined the octopus’s external shape but also clearly labeled each internal organ, such as the large ink sac, complex digestive system, and unique nervous system, all vividly rendered on the paper.

[The anatomical drawing is in the author’s note…]

Robin was silent for a moment, then quietly flipped the page back, returning to her abstract painting.

“Right, such a difficult creature, you still have to draw it.

Maybe this will be its posthumous portrait.”

Franky nodded in agreement.

Σ(°Д°; Chopper, however, couldn’t remain calm, anxiously looking at Robin and Franky.

“You still have the mind to draw sketches!! You’re too leisurely!”

Franky rubbed his chin, as if thinking of something, and even raised his hand to wipe tears from the corners of his eyes, looking at Chopper with a serious expression.

“No… this is an incredibly sacred thing.”

Zoro also felt a bit restless, holding his sword and looking at Luffy, “We can do it, but do you have a plan, Luffy?”

Luffy rubbed his chin, pondering.

“The problem is, we’re in the sea… so… at this time, we need to…”

“Need to?” Zoro tilted his head, full of confusion.

Luffy suddenly turned around, hugging Orochimaru tightly, looking at him pitifully and whining,

“Orochimaru~ I want that ╭☞(✪ω✪)╭☞”

Orochimaru looked at Luffy whining on him, waved his hand, and a box of bubble coral appeared on the Thousand Sunny, casually saying,

“Go play by yourself, don’t break that octopus.”

Usopp cried and hugged Orochimaru’s waist, being dragged behind him, his voice tinged with a sob,

“Orochimaru… don’t spoil him… the problem is the size of that thing… even on land, that guy would be just as troublesome!”

Luffy, meanwhile, excitedly studied the box of bubble coral, waving his hand dismissively and saying,

“It’s fine, it’s fine… Orochimaru’s current size should be bigger than that thing.”

Size??? A vein throbbed on Orochimaru’s forehead. Was that a word that could be used to describe him…?

Caribou looked at the group of people on the ship in despair. This was a ship full of madmen; he regretted it.

Suddenly, Caribou heard the familiar sound of a sea cow and quickly looked back, seeing Coribou leading a group of people returning again, chasing after the Thousand Sunny.

“Brother! We’ve come to save you!” Coribou shouted at the top of his lungs.

Caribou was instantly moved to tears, choking out, “You’ve come to save me!”

But as soon as the words fell, the Kraken’s giant tentacle wrapped around Caribou’s pirate ship. With a “snap,” the ship instantly shattered.

Caribou Pirate Crew: Deceased.

Caribou stared blankly at the scene.

“Ahhh!! My men!”

This transition from tears of joy to extreme sorrow was nothing more than this.

The sunlight shone on the seabed, scattering upon the Caribou Pirate Crew floating upwards.

Zoro glanced at them. “They look like jellyfish.”