Luffy looked at Orochimaru, who had an innocent expression on his face, and a strange emotion surged in his heart. He seemed to understand the feeling Nami had when she looked at them earlier.
Luffy's forehead veins bulged, and he instantly transformed into a shark face, roaring at Usopp:
"Usopp!!! Quickly knock this atmosphere-ruining snake down for me!!! Who let him out?!"
Hearing Luffy's words, Usopp subconsciously aimed his slingshot at Orochimaru. "Yosh! Watch me!"
Nami swung her clima-tact and leaped from the adjacent wall! She hit Usopp on the head with it.
"Stop it!!! Idiot!! If Robin is with Orochimaru, doesn't that mean we don't have to fight?! We can run!"
Usopp covered his head, aching for a moment, before he reacted. He excitedly clung to Nami, tears streaming down his face. "That's great, no need to fight. CP9 is so scary, wuwuwu."
Luffy's eyes widened, and he waved his arms, roaring at the two: "Hey! Listen up! Who told you we don't need to fight? I never said that! I'm going to punch that hateful Dove Man! He dared to threaten Robin and even injured Uncle Iceberg; he absolutely cannot be let off! And Orochimaru, you're here to mess up my fight again! Be careful, I might really beat you up! The 'piapia' kind! Did you hear me?!"
Robin looked at the noisy group in front of her, the corners of her mouth unconsciously curving upwards, and then she let out a chuckle. A gentle glint sparkled in her beautiful eyes, finding the group in front of her both amusing and helpless.
After hearing Luffy's words, Orochimaru felt something was off, as if he had been threatened. The veins on his forehead twitched incessantly, clearly indicating some excitement. Orochimaru constantly tried to tell himself in his heart: "I can't make a fool of myself here!"
At the same time, he began to brainwash himself: "This is outside, can't lose face, can't lose face. Luffy doesn't have that intelligence, doesn't have that intelligence."
Taking a deep breath to calm himself, Orochimaru then pointed at the Sea Stone handcuffs on Robin's hands and explained: "Who said there's no need to fight? We still don't know who has the key to Robin's handcuffs. Each of them has one, so you all must defeat them all to get the keys."
"And, want to run away? Did you ask for their opinion?"
Orochimaru pointed at Lucci and the others who had been ignored.
Lucci looked at the group in front of him, feeling somewhat mocked, but his expression remained blank. After all, they were just assassins for the World Government and didn't need extra emotions. However, it was good that Franky and Robin were still there; they could be taken back.
At this moment, Franky suddenly stepped forward and pulled out a stack of papers from his body.
Spandam stood up, craning his neck to look at the items in Franky's hand, too excited to control himself.
"Could this be... the blueprints for the ancient weapons Pluton?"
Franky held the items, jumped from the rooftop to the rooftop where Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates were, opposite CP9, and aimed the blueprints at Lucci.
"Lucci, Kaku... you should be able to tell if they're real, right? These are the blueprints for Pluton that you've been lurking for 5 years to obtain." As he spoke, he quickly flipped through the pages for them.
He waved the papers at everyone; the aged paper rustled in the wind. Franky looked at the blueprints in his hand with some emotion. After much thought, he finally made a decision. Mr. Tom should understand his actions. Flames shot out from Franky's mouth, aimed at the blueprints, and he threw the burning papers towards the opposite side, burning them to ashes right before the eyes of all the government officials.
Franky stood with the Straw Hat Pirates. "Originally, these blueprints existed to counter awakened ancient weapons. Now, the power to counter ancient weapons is gone. If Nico Robin still falls into your hands, then this world is finished."
"However, if Straw Hat and his crew win, you will have nothing. I'm betting on their victory."
Orochimaru glanced at the blueprints out of the corner of his eye and snorted disdainfully. What kind of ship could destroy an island with one shot? The Ninja World had already developed spatial Chakra cannons that could blast a moon with one shot. Such limited functionality, yet they fought over it. How ignorant.
However... looking at CP9 opposite... one for each of them... it seemed there was no one left for him to play with... He sighed. How about the usual? Increase the difficulty of the level?? He was doing it for Luffy's sake, wasn't he? He wanted to fight, didn't he? Orochimaru smiled sinisterly. No one saw a Shadow Clone sneakily disappear.
On the other side, Spandam looked at the flying ashes in the air, reaching out his hand to catch them, but he could only watch the blueprints vanish. He began to tremble until he became frantic.
"How dare you do such a thing... I won't forgive you! Cutty Flam!!! You're really something! My promotion... my honor!! My power!... I'll make you all die here!! Die here! CP9, I order you! Annihilate everyone in the Straw Hat Pirates!!!"
Furious, Spandam slammed one hand hard on the city wall beside him. The feel was wrong... He then squeezed it. What was this...? Spandam stiffly turned his head, looking at the golden transponder snail under his hand, which was dizzy from being hit.
Σ(°ロ°) Ah... "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!! Why are you here!!!" Spandam's scream rang out... All the Marines saw the golden transponder snail under Spandam's hand. Under everyone's gaze, there was no denying it. They watched with their own eyes as Spandam pressed the "Buster Call."
Robin looked at the transponder snail in horror. "Everyone run!!! Quickly!!! Five Vice Admirals and ten warships dispatched by the Buster Call will launch indiscriminate attacks on the designated area! Regardless of friend or foe!!! Run quickly!!!"
Hearing this, the Marines fell silent, then became terrified.
Spandam looked at the Buster Call in his hand, listened to Robin's words, and threw the transponder snail away in horror. "It wasn't me... It wasn't me." Then he turned and ran.
Seeing this, all the Marines and government officials forgot about attacking and desperately began to flee.
Orochimaru appeared between CP9 and Luffy's crew, flying in mid-air. "You see... this isn't working out now. How about you all go 1v1? Resolve things quickly."
"Everyone saw it, Spandam accidentally pressed the Buster Call, it has nothing to do with you. He even abandoned you and ran away in the end. If you win, we'll take the keys, and you can escape too, since you did your best."
"If you lose, you can take us and Robin; that's a great achievement too. You won't lose out either way... How about it?"
Nami cried silently, "Orochimaru... what about you...?"
"I'm going to stop the Buster Call," Orochimaru flapped his wings excitedly... "Five Vice Admirals, 10 ships, and arrangements for escape... This way, when you're done, it'll be easier for us to escape too~"
The group eyed Orochimaru suspiciously. So proactive? They just felt something was off.
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