The Straw Hat Pirates were marveling at the rising sea current.
Orochimaru, however, was holding a notebook, head bowed, writing and drawing furiously.
This was specially prepared for Usopp, and its content was "100 Ways to Scare Sugar into Fainting."
Orochimaru felt that sacrificing Usopp himself to scare Sugar unconscious was a bit too high a price.
It was more reliable to use several different methods, rotating them, so that Sugar would continuously be scared unconscious and could forever waver between wanting to die and wanting to die quickly.
It was better for "God Usopp" not to be disfigured. This was Usopp's moment of glory; a hero should be revered.
(Usopp: I don't want to.)
Although Orochimaru had promised Doffy not to participate personally, giving a few 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 "By God Usopp" on the cover.
The cheerful Orochimaru suddenly heard Usopp's scream and quickly looked up. This was his scapegoat... no... it was the savior of future Dressrosa, nothing could happen to him!
A giant Kraken appeared behind Usopp. Along with Usopp's scream, Brook and Chopper also screamed and clung to each other.
Orochimaru tilted his head... Was this an octopus or a squid... Never mind, let's just call it an octo-squid. It seemed 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, and broken planks and human bodies floated in the water.
Seeing this scene, Caribou, who knows where he emerged from, ran onto the deck, pleading miserably.
"Please, I don't want to die! Turn around! It'll surely be gone in a few days!"
Orochimaru looked at Caribou's eyes in surprise; they were fine. Did he dodge by elementizing? He's got some skill.
"Shut up! You're too loud!" Luffy suddenly stood at the bow of the sunny.
He turned and looked at the group excitedly.
"I've got a great idea! I'll tame it!"
"Huh???" Leaving aside 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."
Humans were one thing, but now he even wanted to snatch animals from him?
Luffy clearly didn't pay attention to Orochimaru's words.
"The octopus! That octopus! I'm going to tame that octopus! Let it pull our ship!"
Hearing Luffy's answer, Orochimaru lowered his head and continued drawing. Then it's fine... After Luffy is done with it, it won't delay his own use.
Usopp grabbed Luffy, tears like wide noodles streaming down his face (꒦໊ྀʚ꒦໊ི), practically snot and tears flowing.
Pinching Luffy's cheek ( )´ ο ` ( ) he shouted at the Kraken,
"What crazy talk are you spouting again! Look clearly! No! Even without looking closely, it's obvious! That gigantic body!
Although I don't know if it's lived for hundreds of years! The Kraken has appeared in various legends, almost becoming a creature of fantasy!"
Usopp roared at Luffy, hoping to dissuade him.
Brook leisurely sipped his Yuhi, swaying comfortably on the swing, muttering,
"A creature without bones, a skeleton without flesh, completely opposite to me, isn't it?"
"Who cares about you!!!" Usopp felt a wave of despair looking at the unresponsive group.
Franky leaned next to Robin, admiring her abstract painting, constantly praising, "Oh oh oh... it's drawn so well..."
Robin contentedly drew. She had borrowed the notebook from Orochimaru and was concentrating on an abstract sketch of the Kraken.
"After all, this is something you don't easily get to see, so you have to commemorate it somehow. Oh, right, Orochimaru seemed to have drawn something too."
Robin said, gently flipping to the next page.
On it was an extremely detailed anatomical drawing of an octopus.
The drawing not only precisely outlined the octopus's external shape, but also clearly labeled each of its internal organs, such as the large ink sac, complex digestive system, and unique nervous system, all vividly depicted on paper.
[The anatomical drawing is in the author's notes...]
Robin was silent for a moment, then quietly flipped the page back, returning to her abstract drawing.
"Right, such a difficult creature, you still have to draw it.
Who knows, this might be its posthumous portrait."
Franky nodded in agreement.
Σ(°Д°; Chopper, however, couldn't stay calm, looking anxiously at Robin and Franky.
"You still have the mind to draw sketches!! You're too relaxed!"
Franky rubbed his chin, as if he had thought of something, even raising a hand to wipe away tears from the corner of his eye, and looked at Chopper with a serious expression.
"No... this is an incredibly sacred thing."
Zoro was also a bit eager, 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, hugged Orochimaru, and looked at him pitifully, 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 sunny, casually saying,
"Go play by yourself, don't break that octopus."
Usopp cried, hugging 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 is just as tricky."
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 on the ship in despair; this was a ship of madmen, he regretted it.
Suddenly, Caribou heard the familiar sound of sea cow calls, quickly turned to look, and saw Caribou leading a group of people returning, chasing towards the sunny.
"Big brother! We've come to save you!" Caribou shouted at the top of his lungs.
Caribou was instantly moved to tears, choking out, "You've come to save me!"
But no sooner had he spoken than the Kraken's giant tentacles wrapped around Caribou and his Pirate Crew's ship. With a "snap," the hull instantly shattered.
Caribou Pirate Crew perished.
Caribou stared blankly at the scene.
"Ah ah ah!! My men!"
The transition from crying with joy to extreme sorrow was nothing short of this.
The sunlight shone into the seabed, falling upon the members of the Caribou Pirate Crew who were floating upwards.
Zoro glanced at them, "They look like jellyfish."
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