"Crash" "Clang"
The sound of spilled wine and falling tables and chairs echoed as the two rows of Oniwaban members saw Leno, longsword in hand, standing before Orochi.
Panicked, they scrambled to their feet, drew their weapons, and surrounded him in unison.
"Huh? Why is all the food knocked over?"
Yamato, who was eating heartily, heard the noise, and looked up to see the mess—food and chairs scattered on the ground. Then, seeing everyone surrounding Leno, she immediately got excited, took out her kanabo, and was about to step forward.
"Are we going to fight? Great!"
Beside her, Nami hurriedly pulled her back and held her in place, not letting her go forward.
"You don't need to go. That idiot Leno is enough by himself. Let's just watch from the side."
Seeing his subordinates surrounding him, Orochi felt a bit more confident. His eyes widened in anger and he shrieked.
"How dare you, you arrogant fool! Seize him!"
Receiving the order, the surrounding Oniwaban members swarmed forward. Kyoshiro, at the side, also drew his blade and prepared to advance.
"VMM~"
The heavy, oppressive feeling of Conqueror's Haki swept out, instantly covering the entire banquet hall. The Oniwaban members who had already leaped into the air had their eyes roll back one by one and fell to the ground.
Purple electric arcs raged around, filling the entire space. In the blink of an eye, the surroundings quickly fell silent. The banquet attendees were all lying on the floor.
Looking at all his subordinates lying on the ground, cold sweat dripped down Orochi's cheeks. He staggered back two steps and sat down on the floor with a plop.
"You... you... I'm one of Kaido's men! If you dare touch me, Kaido won't spare you!"
His throat trembled violently as Orochi shiveringly brought up his backer.
"Swish"
A red gleam flashed. The killing intent was released and then immediately retracted. Orochi's head abruptly rolled onto the floor.
"...!!!"
"You killed Orochi? You actually killed him!" Kyoshiro, at the side, looked at Leno in disbelief. 'How could he kill someone just like that over a disagreement?'
"Shh~"
Leno raised a finger to his lips, signaling him not to say too much, lest it cause trouble for him in the future.
"Ah Luo, there was no need to kill him, was there?"
Nojiko walked up, looking at Leno with some confusion. Robin and the others were also surprised. Killing someone right off the bat was not Leno's style.
Leno gave them a mysterious smile, then walked forward and stepped on Orochi's severed head, looked into his eyes, and chuckled.
"Get up, stop playing dead. Otherwise, I'll turn you into a truly dead snake!"
Nojiko, Robin, and the others watched Leno's actions in shock. Although they believed he must have his reasons for doing so, talking to a corpse still left them bewildered.
"Still playing dead? If you don't get up, I'll chop off all your other heads," Leno said, growing impatient as Orochi's body remained motionless. "Huangquan" appeared in his hand again.
"ROAR~"
With a beastly roar, Orochi's body quickly transformed into a serpent's body, and eight snake heads grew from his neck.
Looking at the monster with several heads before them, the girls were momentarily stunned.
Yamato's eyes lit up with excitement.
"Awesome! Can you come back to life after dying? Amazing! Hahaha..."
"What's so strange about that? The abilities of Devil Fruits are bizarre and varied, you know," Leno said dismissively of Orochi's Devil Fruit ability, looking at the Yamata no Orochi before him with some contempt.
"This guy ate the Zoan-type Snake-Snake Fruit, Mythical Model: Yamata no Orochi. Theoretically, he has eight heads."
"Chopping off one head won't kill him. To kill him, you have to chop off all his heads."
After Leno's explanation, everyone finally understood the reason. At the same time, they looked with envy at Kurozumi Orochi, who had transformed into the Yamata no Orochi. He had several more heads than other people.
Kyoshiro, at the side, was now holding the long-unconscious Komurasaki, staring at Orochi with lingering fear, his expression flickering.
"Bastard, bastard! I want you dead!"
The furious Kurozumi Orochi's large snake heads flicked their tongues and were about to charge at Leno.
"Do you really want to die?!"
Seeing that Kurozumi Orochi was actually about to attack him, Leno grew impatient. 'Maybe I should just kill him and get it over with.'
Sensing his body being suddenly enveloped by countless bolts of lightning, and the sudden burst of killing intent from the person opposite him, the snake heads instantly froze.
Kurozumi Orochi felt a tremor run through his entire body. The killing intent from just now had struck his very soul. If he made another move, he would really die.
In the end, the fear of death took over. Kurozumi Orochi obediently deactivated his Devil Fruit ability and returned to his human form.
"Now that's more like it. We're just here to see a room, but you had to make it so tense."
Sheathing his longsword, Leno walked up and patted Orochi's arm with a broad smile, chatting casually as if with an old friend.
Nami and the others were speechless watching Leno and Orochi talk so cordially. 'He just chopped off one of the guy's heads, and now they're acting like best buds?'
Before long, Orochi ordered someone to lead Leno's group towards the secret room where Kozuki Sukiyaki was once imprisoned.
"BANG"
It wasn't until their figures disappeared that Kurozumi Orochi could no longer hold it in. He smashed the cup in his hand, turned around, and kicked over the table in front of him. He spun around and smashed the nearby decorations, vases, and more. After venting his anger, he sat back down heavily in his chair, his chest heaving violently, and glared with bloodshot eyes in the direction Leno and the others had left.
"Bastard, bastard! I will tell Kaido about this, I'll never forgive him!"
Ignoring Orochi's impotent rage behind them, Leno's group followed a man who seemed to be an official from the Shogun's Castle, heading downwards.
Soon, they arrived in front of a secret room. Opening the heavy iron door, a rotten, musty smell hit them.
Helpless, the group waited a moment before stepping inside.
The first thing that met their eyes was the huge stone engraved, the Poneglyph on the left. On the right was a row of cabinets, and in the center was a shelf filled with dolls.
When Robin saw the Poneglyph, she couldn't take her eyes off it. She walked up and began to carefully read its contents.
Nami, Nojiko, and the others walked to the cabinets on the right, intending to see what was inside. Leno went directly to the shelf displaying the dolls.
"This former Shogun of Wano has quite a unique hobby. And quite a perverted one too. Specifically making dolls of young girls. His dirty thoughts are clear as day."
Leno cursed Kozuki Sukiyaki vehemently, while at the same time storing every single one of the dolls.
He turned his head and saw Nojiko looking at him speechlessly. 'So you badmouth the man while looting his collection—is that it??'
Grinning, Leno sidled over. "Find anything?"
"There's nothing of value here, just some books, tools, and stuff," Nami said, a bit deflated. She had been looking forward to it.
At this moment, Kuina walked over, holding two swords.
"They were on the shelf over there. Two Skillful Grade Sword."
"Eh?! These are nice! Two Skillful Grade Sword!"
Looking at these two swords, Leno finally nodded in satisfaction.