The moment Luffy said that, Orochimaru's forehead veins throbbed. Did he really think Orochimaru was afraid of him?
The reason he let him hit him before was because Orochimaru felt he was in the wrong; he forgot to tell him about Ace's capture. So, seeing Luffy, he inevitably felt a bit guilty.
As for being beaten, that was intentional... yes... it definitely wasn't Luffy's scheme.
He was already an adult; he didn't care about being spanked.
But this blame! He wouldn't take it!
Orochimaru flashed, and a punch with Armament Haki directly smashed onto Luffy's head. After a combo, he instantly felt a sense of joy.
"Don't put all sorts of random blame on me!!! Look how ugly he is! And so dirty! Do you think I'd be interested in him!!!"
Luffy looked at the dirty person, then at Orochimaru, and lowered his head, feeling wronged.
"gomen nasai... I was wrong..."
Orochimaru looked at the teary-eyed Luffy apologizing and let out a sigh of relief... Sure enough, this kind of Luffy was more pleasing to the eye.
Next time he arranged for Luffy, he must not leave any leverage. This thing actually still had residual intelligence, how terrifying.
It must be because Ace caused him to have a stress reaction. Next time, he needed to be careful; he couldn't include Ace when scheming against Luffy.
The group watched Luffy get beaten, completely unfazed, even feeling that the scene finally made sense. Sure enough, the Captain was the one who should be beaten.
Before, Orochimaru's gentle and weak demeanor was what made them feel a sense of incongruity.
What to do... they suddenly wondered what Orochimaru had done to feel so guilty.
If Orochimaru knew their thoughts, he would definitely say, "I wasn't guilty, that was a strategic retreat. As a Ninja, one must be able to bend and stretch."
Nami watched this farce with a helpless expression, thinking that two years had passed, and she had expected these two brothers to have made some progress, but now it seemed...
She had thought too much... progress, that was something that would never happen in this lifetime.
At this moment, shouldn't they be more concerned about the intruder?!
And the intruder, Caribou, had already completely entered the sunny. Wearing clothes that looked like a broken sack, he stood sloppily on the sunny's railing.
"Wahahaha... Little ones, get ready! While they're dumbfounded~ kill everyone on the ship~"
Caribou spread his arms proudly, his tone filled with triumph... his accent even had a trill.
Then he realized... Luffy and the others weren't even looking at him, no one even paid attention to him. Caribou awkwardly maintained his posture... What to do, it's a bit embarrassing.
Nami's gaze, however, shifted to the sea beast pulling the ship. The more she looked, the more familiar it seemed... This sea cow? This color scheme... there should only be one like this, right?
"? Moo Moo? Is that Moo Moo? I'm Nami of the Arlong Empire!" Nami's voice held a hint of surprise as she looked at the sea cow.
"What Moo Moo?" Sanji turned his head instinctively when he heard that.
Moo Moo, who was being forced to pull the ship, heard Nami's call, examined her carefully, and memories from two years ago immediately surfaced in his mind.
But before he could respond, Sanji's voice made him instinctively turn his head again.
With that turn, Moo Moo instantly recalled the terrifying experience of almost being made into beef jerky that day, and fear surged through him like a tide.
"Awoo!" Moo Moo let out a pained cry, turned, and dragged the ship, fleeing desperately, instantly disappearing from everyone's sight.
The embarrassed Caribou had no choice. Seeing the Straw Hat finally turn their attention to him, he could only bite the bullet and continue his act.
"Ah hahaha... You dare to ignore me, huh? As expected of the notorious Straw Hat. As a greeting... little ones, give me a machine gun barrage! Kill all of the Straw Hat! Hahahaha!"
After Caribou's performance, the air was silent. Luffy and the others didn't spare him a single glance and turned back to discuss Fish-Man Island.
Caribou remained in his pose with arms outstretched, as if waiting for his subordinates to flatter him, but for a long time, no one responded.
Ashamed and annoyed, he could only awkwardly turn around. As he did, he caught sight of his pirate ship, which was slowly disappearing from his view, being pulled away by the sea cow.
Caribou's eyes bulged in shock, snot running down his face, as he stared fixedly in that direction, his body instantly stiff.
Franky looked at Caribou and walked forward expressionlessly.
His mechanical hand gripped the man's body, lifting Caribou above his head.
Caribou struggled desperately in the air, shouting:
"Don't do this! Please don't throw me into the sea!!
Anything else is fine~ Young man~"
But Franky's expression remained unchanged as he walked straight towards the ship's rail. Caribou twisted even more violently, yelling:
"Ah~ Only this is really not allowed~ Don't easily trample on other people's lives~ This really won't do! God is watching!"
Franky was annoyed by his strange voice and felt as if he had been defiled, so he slammed Caribou to the ground.
"Don't talk to yourself, you bastard! Weren't you just shouting about sweeping us with a machine gun?"
Caribou lay splayed on the ground, with only Franky's hairy legs in his view.
He quickly defended himself: "It's not like that, that was just an exaggerated figure of speech."
At this moment, Sanji and Zoro also gathered around, beginning to interrogate Caribou about his intentions.
Caribou knelt pitifully on the ground, crying that he was only sent as cannon fodder. He was innocent and begged Luffy and the others for a ride.
Chopper looked at Caribou with some sympathy, "He really is pitiful."
Usopp looked at Chopper speechlessly, "How could that be! He's just lying to you!"
"(*ﾟﾛﾟ)!! Nani! He's been lying to me!"
The group noisily discussed Caribou.
Nami came up the stairs to the deck and asked, "By the way, where did you find that sea cow pulling the ship?"
Caribou licked his lips, his eyes full of greed and covetousness, staring intently at Nami as she came down, his throat moved slightly, and he licked his lips again, muttering,
"This truly is a lady I can't help but pity."
Then, his gaze shifted to Orochimaru, who was following behind Nami, and he couldn't help but swallow, whispering,
"Exquisite... This truly is... The taste must be wonderful."
Seeing this, Orochimaru frowned. Orochimaru felt a bit nauseated by Caribou's lecherous gaze. With a gentle wave of his hand, two senbon flew out like lightning, accurately piercing Caribou's eyes.
Caribou immediately covered his eyes with both hands, letting out a horrific scream.
The people around, seeing Orochimaru's actions, instinctively swallowed, silently mourning for the pitiful Caribou for a moment.
Of all people to provoke, why him? But has Orochimaru become more brutal...?
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