[Pirate] I! Orochimaru! I will never split! Chapter 200

Luffy’s eyes blinked a few times, completely ignoring Jinbe, turning around to pick up a large rice ball, and then burying his head in his “om nom nom” eating world.

Sanji, who had just woken up, saw Jinbe’s unconsciously clenched fists and couldn’t help but laugh.

“Forget it, Jinbe, we heard enough.”

Ψ( ◉ཅ◉ )Ψ Chopper looked at Jinbe in surprise: “Huh? Doesn’t ‘captain’ just refer to those guys who don’t listen to orders?”

Jinbe’s expression was solemn, staring intently at Luffy: “As captain, shouldn’t you be responsible for the lives of your crew! Luffy!”

Luffy chewed on the meat with bulging cheeks, turning his head towards Jinbe with a bright smile.

“Well… Jinbe, don’t be so tense. Anyway, I like to let battles happen naturally. For other things, there’s Zoro and the others, right?”

Jinbe immediately deflated like a punctured balloon, shrinking into a ball in frustration. He then looked at the calculating vice-captain in the corner and couldn’t help but sigh.

“You guys… really have it tough.”

“Exactly…” Everyone sighed in unison, nodding in agreement.

Luffy, who was eating meat in large mouthfuls, suddenly became serious. He looked up, his gaze fixed on the distance.

“Hey, Zoro, Sanji, are there any beasts in this castle?”

Zoro opened his eyes.

“Indeed, there seems to be something.”

Orochimaru, who was picking and choosing what to eat, suddenly thought of someone and rushed out.

Seeing this, everyone was full of doubts, not understanding why Orochimaru was so excited.

Nami, on the other hand, grabbed her staff and hit Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji on the head.

“Chase him!! The only things that can excite Orochimaru this much are either experimental subjects or treasure!! We absolutely can’t let him succeed! Especially the treasure!

Our pocket money! Don’t you think Orochimaru has been getting stingier lately?!”

Upon hearing this, the three’s eyes lit up, and they immediately dashed after him.

By the time everyone hurried over, they saw the mud man, covered in bruises, being hung upside down by Orochimaru on a coral. Orochimaru held a stick in his hand, and with each poke, some treasure fell from the mud man’s body.

Everyone’s mouths couldn’t help but twitch… They then remembered that Orochimaru always hated dirt, so this mud man naturally couldn’t be his experimental subject. Thus, only treasure could hold such an attraction for him.

Queen Otohime showed a look of unbearable pity, muttering something beside Orochimaru, but Orochimaru seemed not to hear, continuing to poke with the stick.

Nami looked at the helpless Neptune beside her and stepped forward to ask, “What’s going on?”

Neptune sighed and said, “This person stole all the treasures of the Ryugu Kingdom and just tried to ambush Shirahoshi. As soon as he appeared, he was sent flying by Orochimaru. As for how he is now… it’s because I said that treasure isn’t important and could all be given to our benefactors, so…”

Nami instantly understood, her eyes gleaming as she walked over and snatched the stick from Orochimaru’s hand.

“Good boy, he’s so dirty, this job isn’t suitable for you. How about you let me do it?” Nami coaxed.

Orochimaru looked at Nami warily.

Nami chuckled: “How about fifty-fifty?”

Orochimaru pondered for a moment, then looked at the mud man, frowning in disgust, and held up one finger.

Nami clung to Orochimaru’s arm, whining, “Thirty percent! How about thirty percent… After all, he’s so dirty, you might not even be able to dig everything out if you poked him for two days yourself.”

Orochimaru frowned, casting a disgusted look at the mud-covered person. After some thought, he finally nodded in agreement… and very reluctantly handed the stick to Nami.

Nami took the stick, a smile on her face, but in an instant, she saw Zoro and Luffy stealthily trying to leave.

Nami didn’t hesitate, swinging the stick directly at them, while shouting, “Get to work!!”

Luffy, with a large bump on his head, looked aggrieved, muttering as he reluctantly rummaged through the pile of mud.

“It’s slimy and disgusting…”

Luffy complained tearfully as he dug ꒦ິᯅ꒦ີ

Luffy struggled to dig for treasure in the mud.

Zoro waited by the side, ready to take whatever Luffy dug out.

Sanji had already prepared cleaning tools and immediately began cleaning once Zoro handed the items over.

Meanwhile, the Left Minister and Right Minister were fully focused on the inventory work.

Brook, Franky, and others who arrived later were also forced to join Sanji’s cleaning efforts, and Jinbe was among them, as the whole group needed to be together, and most importantly, one person couldn’t finish the cleaning…

Robin held Chopper, happily drinking tea and watching the show. (✿ฺ-ω-)

After half a day of busy work, Luffy had rummaged through the mud and truly couldn’t find anything else. The Left Minister and Right Minister also carefully checked and confirmed that this was all there was. Only then did Luffy feel relieved, ending this messy job.

Once everyone worked together to clean the treasures, seeing them sparkling and laid out together, everyone couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration.

“He really stole a lot!” Sanji couldn’t help but exclaim.

Luffy, who was already clean, suddenly perked up, excitedly pacing around the treasures, his eyes full of anticipation, shouting,

“Oh oh oh! Curly-haired old man! Can we have all of these?!”

King Neptune nodded slightly; after all, in the vast ocean, such treasures were not scarce, and what was before them was only a portion.

Just then, the Right Minister seemed to suddenly remember something, his expression flustered, and he stammered as he hurried over to King Neptune.

“Your Majesty, could… could the Straw Hats return the Tamatebako to us?” the Right Minister cautiously asked.

Upon hearing this, King Neptune’s face instantly darkened, and he glared at the seahorse minister, scolding,

“What are you saying! How can you ask for something back that you’ve given away… I’d rather die than say such a thing!!”

Upon hearing this, the Straw Hats all turned around in unison, their gazes fixed on King Neptune.

King Neptune suddenly felt a bit awkward, his eyes darting around, unsure of what to do.

Luffy looked at King Neptune, blinked a few times, and said,

“Curly-haired old man, is there something you can’t give us? It’s okay, if that thing is very important,

we can return it to you.”

Nami instantly transformed into a shark face, waving her fists and slamming them down on Luffy, yelling, “Don’t talk nonsense!”

After saying that, she seemed to remember something else, her face filled with reluctance, her hand slowly covering her chest as she looked at King Neptune, gritting her teeth and continuing,

“However… if it’s truly something of great sentimental value, then… then it can be returned to you.”

As she spoke, Nami’s eyes welled up with tears, her heartbroken expression as if she was already tearfully bidding farewell to the treasure that was almost hers.