Inside the Rocket Man's carriage, the leader of Franky's subordinates, and the foreman of Kaku's shipwrights, stared ahead in shock.
Nami simply took off her dirty clothes, changed into a loose denim jacket and short skirt, and then waved her new clima-tact.
"Yosh! Battle preparations are perfect!"
"Oh, Orochimaru, do you want to change too? You've been wearing that for a long time, it's a bit dirty."
Orochimaru subconsciously raised his arm and sniffed. Although there was no smell, it did seem a bit dirty.
Orochimaru untied the rope around his waist, letting his outer robe fall to the ground, threw away his shoes, and, wearing only chainmail, rummaged barefoot through Nami's newly bought clothes. However, Nami had bought quite a lot, making it difficult to choose.
"Nami, which one do you think I should wear?"
Nami carefully rummaged through the clothes and pulled out an asymmetrical black and white shirt.
"This one will do. I'll tie your hair up for you. There are a lot of people on Enies Lobby, I'm afraid it might be inconvenient for you."
Orochimaru nodded, used Water Release to wash away the dirt on his body, dried himself, and put on the clothes Nami had picked out. [See image for segment review]
He looked himself over and felt it wasn't bad. It was his first time trying this style. Nami, seeing the somewhat spacious shirt, added some accessories for Orochimaru.
"Hmm... that should do it... Robin should also think it looks good."
The other four men in the carriage were red-faced, covering their noses, silently bleeding from their noses. Barry lowered his head, his ears bright red.
"Hmm? What are you doing?" Nami turned around and saw the three men kneeling on the ground, covering their noses.
Barry roared at them, "What are we doing?! How can you just change clothes so openly?! Shameless women!" He had originally intended to curse Orochimaru as well.
But they were both the same gender, he couldn't say he couldn't change clothes, could he! That shameless man, and most importantly, he couldn't out-argue him.
The Nosebleed Trio gave a thumbs-up, "Shamelessly beautiful!" Then they plopped down onto the ground.
Nami turned, frowning deeply, "Don't you change clothes openly? What can we do? There's only this one carriage."
"Then at least cover your stomachs and thighs!! You two Square Sisters too!! And that guy!! You're a man, cover yourself too! Acting like this is a danger to society!!" A fuming Barry roared, turning his head.
The Square Sisters pointed at Barry, "So annoying! You shy guy!"
Barry fumed again, smoke practically coming out of his ears.
"Ah ha ha ha," Kokoro took a sip of sake, "Should I change clothes too?"
The Nosebleed Trio instantly got up and bowed to Kokoro, "We're sorry, please spare us, really."
Luffy, Chopper, and Zoro also finished changing their clothes one after another.
Luffy stuffed meat into his pants pocket, grumbling aggrievedly, "The pockets are so small... If you're going to make pockets, why make them so small?"
Nami warned Luffy, "Luffy, this time is very important. Don't get stuck anywhere again."
"I know, I know. My main goal this time is to defeat that Dove Man, and the rest is up to you guys, especially Orochimaru!! You're not allowed to interfere!" Luffy cracked his knuckles, making them pop, and looked out at the sea with anticipation.
"Got it... I'll watch the show." Orochimaru spread his hands. If they wanted to rush in, then let them. He chose to go find Robin.
As they were about to reach Enies Lobby, Luffy and his Companions picked up another frog... Orochimaru rubbed his temples, this crew was getting stranger and stranger.
"Luffy... I'll go ahead. I'm going to look for Robin. You guys do your best." After saying that, Orochimaru turned and left.
Orochimaru flapped his wings and found the highest point of Enies Lobby. Through the glass, he saw Franky biting Spandam's head... Orochimaru was a bit silent... Was he the snake or was I the snake? It must be because he's ugly, that's why he looks so ugly like that.
Orochimaru gently pushed open the window, flew in as if no one was around, and then thoughtfully closed the window.
"Excuse me..."
Inside the room, Spandam, Kalifa... and an unfamiliar pink-haired person all looked over simultaneously.
Franky released him in shock, "How did you get in?"
Orochimaru pointed to the window.
"Didn't you see? I came in through the window."
"No! No! No!" Franky shook his head, "I mean, it's so high, how did you get up here?"
"I flew up," Orochimaru said, pointing to the wings on his back.
Franky fell silent... For a moment, he didn't know what to say.
Spandam's eyes widened in terror, staring intently at Orochimaru, his voice trembling: "Guards! Guards! Where are the other CP9 members? How did these useless people let someone in?"
Orochimaru's head ached from the noise. He frowned impatiently, his gaze sweeping over the three people in the room, and said coldly: "Ninja Art: Narakumi no Jutsu."
As his words fell, the eyes of Spandam, Lucci, and Kalifa, who were looking at Orochimaru, became dazed, as if they had lost their self-awareness.
Orochimaru modified their perceptions, successfully controlling these three people, making them unaware of his and Robin's and Franky's presence. He then used prepared puppets as Robin and Franky.
"Robin... never mind... I'll wait for Luffy to come and persuade you... Let's just watch the show for now." Orochimaru muttered to himself, rubbing his temples, feeling a headache. Genjutsu also consumed a lot of Chakra. He had to be prepared to control the others. He really wasn't good at talking people into things.
Robin, beside him, remained silent, her expression grave, her heart filled with worry. She knew that Spandam possessed the terrifying weapon of the Buster Call, and once activated, the consequences would be unimaginable.
"Orochimaru... you really shouldn't have come... I..."
"Stop!" Orochimaru quickly interrupted Robin, "Tell Luffy, only a hot-blooded idiot like him can convince you about this kind of thing."
Franky, meanwhile, observed everything with curiosity, amazed by Orochimaru's abilities. He clasped his hands above his head, striking a strange pose next to the person, muttering to himself,
"So amazing, truly super~ amazing. How can they not see us... And you're one of Straw Hat's Companions, right? I don't think I've seen you before. Although you're a man, you're really a beauty."
Orochimaru now truly had a headache... He slumped onto the sofa, "That Franky... they're just under genjutsu and think those two substitutes are you guys, but if you touch them, you'll still be discovered. Rob Lucci's vigilance is very high, and the range of this genjutsu is only this room, so stay away from them and just watch them act.
I'm still waiting for Luffy and his Companions to come and rescue Robin, and I don't know who has the Sea Stone key.
It's really annoying."
Luffy wouldn't let him deal with the people, Robin wouldn't leave with him. This suffocating feeling made Orochimaru extremely irritable.
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