[Pirate] I! Orochimaru! I will never split! Chapter 190

As Luffy’s words fell, Nami instantly flashed behind Luffy, slapping him on the back of the head. As expected, she spoke too soon!

“Is this the time to be happy about this?! Idiot!”

Sanji exhaled a smoke ring, his face full of disdain.

“This is clearly them looking for trouble with us.”

Jinbe, on the other hand, was unhurried, patiently explaining to Luffy.

“In the great war at Marineford, you really stole the show. You could say you became famous overnight. Generally, once a bounty exceeds 300 million, it’s not that easy to increase it anymore. However…”

At this point, Jinbe’s gaze suddenly shifted to Orochimaru, who was idly pulling at coral. Everyone else followed his gaze.

“As the mastermind, his worth is 250 million higher than yours. His current bounty is 650 million, which means he’s a great pirate even in the New World.”

Luffy wasn’t embarrassed that his bounty was surpassed. Instead, he excitedly pounced onto Orochimaru’s back, wrapping his arms tightly around Orochimaru’s neck, hanging there like a koala.

“So cool~ Orochimaru’s bounty is higher than mine now! As expected of my younger brother!”

Orochimaru, who was collecting various types of coral, felt a sudden weight on his back. He turned his head helplessly to look at Luffy.

“Are you a child? Besides, your bounty will surpass mine very soon.”

Nami’s sensitive nerves twitched. Soon??? Surpass??

Orochimaru must have arranged something else for Luffy!

So she smiled “kindly” and leaned close to him.

“Orochimaru~ Are you~ hiding something from us again~?”

Orochimaru’s eyes darted to the coral beside him. He suddenly pulled hard, and the huge coral “whoosh” stood upright in front of him, perfectly blocking Nami’s line of sight.

Orochimaru lowered his head and continued to pull at an unfamiliar creature, pretending not to hear.

Shirayuki, on the other hand, had no interest in continuing the topic. Her body trembled slightly as she rode Megalo, anxious to rush straight to the plaza.

Luffy also clenched his fists, ready to punch Hody Jones.

Jinbe, quick-witted, immediately shouted to stop them: “Stop! Megalo! Wait a moment!”

Shirayuki lowered her head, tears streaming down, and said with a sob: “Boss Jinbe, but…”

Jinbe quickly walked to their side and looked at the group of people. “Luffy and Princess, both of you wait.”

Hatchan also slumped on the ground, looking up at Shirayuki. “Princess, I also think you shouldn’t go. What Hody fears most in the Ryugu Kingdom right now is Princess Shirayuki’s talent. No matter what kind of ideal Fish-Man Island he wants to build in the future, as long as you control the Sea Kings to attack, everything will be over. The King will definitely be used as a hostage and a shield.”

Shirayuki, sitting on Megalo’s back, hesitated but still descended from the sky.

“But… although I’ve heard about my power, I haven’t spoken to a Sea King before, and I don’t know if I truly possess this ability.”

Luffy, however, stood out with a serious expression.

“It’s fine, coward. Leave the rest to me. I’ll beat him up. Sanji! You’re responsible for protecting the coward!”

Sanji’s eyes turned to hearts as he swayed. “Gladly!”

Jinbe sighed and raised a hand to stop Luffy.

“Luffy-kun! I said wait. You can’t fight Hody either!”

“Why not!” Luffy frowned, looking at Jinbe displeased.

(ㅇㅅㅇ❀) Chopper and Franky also said in unison: “Is it because we’re humans?”

Sanji, with a shark-like face, roared at a robot and a reindeer, “That sentence! Why does it sound so strange coming from your mouths!”

Orochimaru, who was pulling at coral, seemed to have had a nerve touched. (Mermaids, Fish-Men, so many Fish-Men)

✧୧(๑=̴̀⌄=̴́๑)૭✧ Thinking of this, Orochimaru suddenly straightened up, his eyes sparkling like two shimmering stars, and his tail unconsciously swayed gently. He looked excitedly at the group of people.

“Luffy and them can’t, but I’m fine! I’m a sea creature after all!”

“Rejected!!!!!” Everyone protested in unison, their voices deafening.

Jinbe was even more on high alert, staring at Orochimaru with vigilance and loudly questioning, “What do you want to do!”

Shirayuki looked at the protesting crowd with a blank expression, her eyes full of confusion.

“Boss Jinbe, why are you all against it? Is Lord Orochimaru very weak?”

Jinbe opened his mouth, wanting to speak but hesitating. His gaze swept across Luffy and the others’ faces several times, but in the end, he couldn’t hold back.

“Luffy-kun… Although this might sound a bit abrupt, your younger brother… seems… not to be… a kind person…”

Jinbe tried to use tactful words, struggling to utter this sentence.

Upon hearing this, the Straw Hats all frowned, their faces displaying an indescribable expression as they stared at Jinbe.

(ਛ_≻ਛ)

Seeing this scene, Jinbe’s heart fluttered, and he quickly waved his hands to explain.

“I didn’t mean to slander him, but he… really…”

At this moment, Nami slowly walked over, gently patted Jinbe’s shoulder, and let out a long sigh.

Her expression was filled with sympathy, clearly treating Jinbe as a fellow “victim” of Orochimaru. Then she looked at Jinbe and said:

“Don’t say anymore… We all understand…”

Jinbe looked bewildered. “Understand what…?”

Sanji, with a cigarette in his mouth, looked up at the sky, took a deep drag, and exhaled a smoke ring:

“Cunning.”

Nami covered her mouth, whimpering about the arranged battles and the small fortune she couldn’t have.

“Treacherous.”

Franky thought of himself being hung up and showered when he first got on the ship, and wiped away tears.

“Petty.”

Chopper had no reaction, just cutely raised his little hoof to join in the fun (ˊᵒ̴̶̤ ꇴ ᵒ̴̶̤ˋ)

“Snake-like.”

Luffy also looked up at the sky, silent, nobody knew what he was thinking, but if you looked closely, you could see something glistening in the corner of his eyes.

Jinbe was completely silent now, his heart roaring internally.

“So you all knew… then why did you spoil him so much and let him run wild!”

After a while, Jinbe let out a heavy sigh.

“You’re just going to indulge him and not do anything? This isn’t a wise move.”

Nami looked at Orochimaru, who was curled up, dispirited, and only knew how to listlessly pull at coral. She suddenly chuckled softly, a hint of doting on her face as she said:

“No… Jinbe, you’re wrong. It’s not us indulging him; on the contrary, he’s actually always been indulging us. Even by the world’s standards, he might not be a purely good person. But so what? If you think about it carefully, in the eyes of ordinary citizens, aren’t we also seen as ‘evil’ beings? And Orochimaru, he’s just a thousand percent more ‘evil’ than us, that’s all. But… we’re nakama, aren’t we?”