The Red Hair doll in Buggy's hand sighed faintly.
"Buggy, stop messing around."
Buggy's face was as gloomy as the sea before a storm.
"Who's messing around with you? Shanks, you should know in your heart that from the moment you abandoned me, I would never mess around with you again."
"Buggy... I... no..."
Shanks choked, how could he not know the reason for what happened back then, but at this moment he could only feign ignorance.
Buggy unceremoniously kicked Shanks away. He looked at the Red Hair Pirate Crew and said, "That's it, I'm taking Shanks for now.
I'll send him back in about half a year. His consciousness is just a bit fragmented right now, but he'll recover soon, so you don't need to worry.
Besides, Captain Roger and I also need to catch up, so consider it a vacation for you all... Having such a willful Captain, you must be quite troubled, right?"
Beckman, seeing Shanks not refute, understood his thoughts, scratched his head and said,
"Then you've really gone to a lot of trouble for us. When the time comes, just leave him there, and he'll come back on his own."
After Beckman finished speaking, he turned around without hesitation, abandoning Shanks.
He walked towards Orochimaru, put his hand under Orochimaru's armpit, and lifted Orochimaru up.
"Ah~ It's been a while~ Orochimaru-chan~ You've really grown up and become so pretty. How about it~ Do you want to sleep with Uncle like when you were little? Though now we could also do some pre-sleep exercise."
Orochimaru's mouth twitched slightly.
"Beckman... I think I've told you before, you have too many mixed smells on you, it's disgusting... Wash yourself clean before you talk to me."
Lucky Roux laughed so hard that tears came out, constantly patting Yasopp beside him.
"Hahahaha... As expected, he was disliked.
I've said it before, besides the Captain, he's in the 'extremely disliked' category.
Orochimaru dislikes all of us equally, even a monkey."
Beckman wasn't angry about being disliked; instead, he held Orochimaru and spun around as if coaxing a child.
"Are you really not going to sleep together~?"
"Get lost."
"Alrighty~"
Sabo, who had just disembarked from the Moby Dick to get clothes for Orochimaru, saw Beckman teasing Orochimaru as soon as he got off the ship.
He had only been gone for a few minutes, how did a strange uncle suddenly appear?
"Let go of my brother! You pervert!"
ヽ(#`Д´)ノ┌┛〃 Sabo, seeing red, ran over and delivered a flying kick, catching the falling Orochimaru.
Caught off guard, Beckman really did roll this time.
Beckman got up, casually brushed the dust off himself, completely unfazed. After all, isn't it normal to be beaten by family members when teasing others?
Luffy and the others, however, were very happy watching the show from the side. After all, Luffy and Red Hair were very familiar with each other; Orochimaru had treated them this way since they were little, so there was nothing strange about it.
The rest of the Pirates, especially Whitebeard's Crew, had expressions like they had just heard some juicy gossip, and even Whitebeard quietly joined in.
Orochimaru was held by Sabo like a child, resting on his shoulder, watching Beckman dust himself off.
"How is Uta?"
Beckman smiled, a very bright smile.
"She's doing great. We went back to pick her up and told her the truth. Uta is very strong; she chose to stay in Elegia, studying while helping Gordon rebuild the Country of Music.
We visit her every year. She said she misses Luffy and you very much. She's now a somewhat famous diva in the New World. Perhaps in the future, in the New World, you'll meet again in the rebuilt Elegia."
"Is that so... is that so?" Luffy excitedly pounced on Beckman, his face full of excitement.
"Ano ne, next time you see Uta, remember to tell her that I've also found a musician Companion, and he's a skeleton, super interesting! I'll definitely bring my Companions to see her."
Beckman reached out and ruffled Luffy's head.
"Alright... but we should also prepare to set off. What are your plans?"
Sabo spoke first, stating that he wouldn't return to the Revolutionary Army for now. He wanted to catch up properly with Orochimaru and see where Orochimaru was going.
The Whitebeard Pirates, of course, were returning to their own territory.
Ivankov, along with Inazuma and the Impel Down Companions—those lovely Okama—were returning to Kamabakka Kingdom, while Crocodile chose to hitch a ride on their ship.
As for Luffy, Orochimaru directly threw him to Roger and Rayleigh. Luffy's protests were useless. Orochimaru even keenly noticed Luffy's admiration for Jinbe, so he "kindly" "packaged" Jinbe along as well.
If all goes as expected, they will rendezvous with the Empress in the Calm Belt and then head together to the Amazon Lily's affiliated island for training.
As for Buggy's fanatical admirers and Mr.3, Buggy said to have Mr.3 take the admirers to the East Blue to meet Cabaji first, and then he would go find them after he finished his business.
Luffy stared at Orochimaru with a displeased expression, shouting loudly, "Where are you running off to again, you guy! You have to come back to me in two years!"
Orochimaru was contemplating whether to take Doflamingo's convenient ship right now, but after thinking about Sabo, he dismissed that idea.
Perhaps he should go to Loguetown for research. As Orochimaru was thinking this, he suddenly felt his collar tighten. He turned around, confused, looking at Marco who was holding him up.
"I'm borrowing him. He promised to help me tend to Old Man's body."
Marco smiled, deciding Orochimaru's next itinerary.
Orochimaru was initially quite reluctant, as cloning organs would take a long time, but seeing Ace also looking reluctant, he instantly cheered up quite a bit.
The group separated. Garp hid in a corner, secretly waving to his Grandsons. For some reason, Orochimaru suddenly felt a pang in his nose; it must be that Blue Star person's emotions acting up again.
The Marineford War ultimately ended in a stalemate. After Sengoku reported the war's results to the World Government, he took responsibility and requested to step down, but this request was rejected by the Gorosei.
Because they knew about Roger's resurrection, only Sengoku and Garp on this vast sea could suppress these old guys. Even Zephyr's matter had to be reconsidered.
Although they were old, the World Government was not without ways to temporarily slow down aging. Before, it was simply unnecessary. They believed that if Whitebeard died at Marineford, the sea would be in turmoil,
and they could take the opportunity to promote Akainu, taking control of the Marine. That would have been enough. But now... Akainu against Roger? What kind of hellish cold joke is that... Finally, the World Government and the Marine negotiated and shifted the blame for this war onto Blackbeard, announcing it to the world.
Blackbeard Teach, in order to infiltrate Impel Down, faked the identity of Portgas D. Ace, using it to trade with the World Government for the title of Shichibukai. At the beginning of the Marineford War, he took advantage of the chaos, sneaking into Level 6 of the prison, hoping to acquire powerful Companions, but he didn't expect the criminals had already been transferred by the World Government to other secret prisons.
Blackbeard's efforts were in vain. He wanted to ambush Whitebeard during the Marineford War to obtain the Tremor-Tremor Fruit for his own use, but he was seen through by Marine Hero Garp and defeated.
Fleet Admiral Sengoku timely cut losses and called a halt to the war, avoiding meaningless conflict that would lead to excessive casualties.
On the Moby Dick, Orochimaru looked at the contents
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