"Shut up! He's not dead yet!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Dorry struggled to prop himself up with his longsword.
"Dorry!!!" Brogy cried, hugging Dorry... Orochimaru was ignored again.
Orochimaru's back emanated a dark aura. Nami walked over and patted Orochimaru's head, "Well... well... don't be angry... isn't this something to celebrate?"
Orochimaru, whose head Nami was patting, suddenly realized a very serious problem.
He, Orochimaru! Was not as tall as Nami. The 166cm Orochimaru fell silent. When he was a child, he was taller than Luffy. When did Luffy become taller than him? And if he remembered correctly... he was 172cm normally, and at most 179cm.
Orochimaru took a deep breath. Can't think about it, can't think about it. This is scientific height, scientific, scientific... I'm still young, I'm only 17... Yes, that's right. After thinking about everyone in the Straw Hat Pirates, he relaxed a bit. Good, good, I'm not the shortest one in the Straw Hat Pirates.
After self-hypnosis, Orochimaru silently put away his speaker and watched the two Giants cry.
Hmph, Giants! From today onwards, he, Orochimaru, hated Giants. It was absolutely not a height issue, nor was he petty; it was a matter of principle!
Meanwhile, Nami, who had already learned that the Log Pose here would take a year to charge, had already turned to stone.
She then grabbed Luffy by the neck and shook him, "It's all your fault! Why did you inexplicably destroy Alabasta's Eternal Pose?"
"Orochimaru~ what should we do?" A tearful Nami hugged Orochimaru's waist, wiping her eyes... Orochimaru looked at Nami's clothes and fell silent... He silently took off his outer jacket and draped it over Nami, wearing only his full-body chainmail... "Drip... drip..." Hearing the sound, Orochimaru looked up at Sanji, who had appeared at some point and was now bleeding from his nose.
"Sanji? What's wrong with you?" Orochimaru was confused, then looked at Nami and suddenly understood... Heh, men.
Sanji walked over, covering his nose, and wrapped his suit jacket tightly around Orochimaru. Could he say... Orochimaru, only wearing chainmail, was a bit... erotic?
Didn't he see that Mosshead's ears were red? Unconscious man... didn't he know what he looked like?
Orochimaru really didn't know... He thought he was synonymous with cold dread.
Moreover, people in the Naruto World all dressed like this. Wasn't Anko dressed similarly? What was so strange about it? The bewildered Orochimaru looked at the suit on him and couldn't understand, nor did he think much of it. Perhaps Sanji knew he was afraid of getting dirty, after all, Sanji was one of the few clean people.
Sanji sat on a nearby tree trunk, "By the way, I just finished talking to Mr.0 on the phone."
"There's a strange house deep in the forest. He seemed to think I was Mr.3."
"So I told him that I had already dealt with all of you."
Usopp covered his face, wiping away tears.
"We finally got rid of the pursuers, but now we're stuck here, unable to move."
"Can't move? Do you still have things to do on this island? I even went to the trouble of getting this thing." After speaking, he pulled out an Eternal Pose for Alabasta from behind him.
Everyone's jaws dropped, and they stared blankly at Sanji.
Sanji's mouth twitched, "What happened...?"
Then everyone started cheering, about to have a senbei party.
Orochimaru, eating senbei, declared it childish, and roughly treated the Giants' superficial wounds.
As for why he didn't heal them completely, Orochimaru stated that he was Chakra, not a ton of Chakra. Such huge Giants! So huge!
On the eve of departure, Sanji and Zoro were still arguing about whose catch was bigger.
After being disciplined by Nami, they reluctantly cut off the edible parts and gave them to Orochimaru.
Under the path-clearing of the Giant Race, they set sail again.
On the ship, Luffy and Usopp were boisterously arm-in-arm, singing and dancing.
Nami sat on the deck, leaning against the mast.
"That whole ordeal just now made me a bit tired, Orochimaru... could you help me check this Log Pose?"
Orochimaru frowned... and touched Nami's head.
"Nami, you're sick." After probing with Chakra, Orochimaru's expression became serious. He quickly picked up Nami, went into the lab, put an oxygen mask on her, and submerged her in nutrient fluid, probing the plot in her brain.
"Luffy, we need to speed up and head to a place called Drum Island. We need a doctor. I can only delay Nami's illness for 10 days. It's best to find a doctor within 5 days. I can only slow down the spread of the virus, but I can't cure it. If it really can't be cured in the end, we'll have to replace all her organs and blood... But if the virus isn't eradicated, she might even need a new body... But..."
Orochimaru wanted to say that he still didn't know how to extract a living person's soul... and could only perform a brain transplant, but he didn't say it aloud. This topic was too shocking to the world.
He didn't have Tsunade's ability to cure diseases, and even if Tsunade were here, she would need to research and compound medicines, as people in the Naruto World are good at treating injuries but not good at treating illnesses, especially local ones.
Luffy and the others' expressions were also very serious, and they unanimously agreed to this plan. As for Princess Vivi... she had no say now. Orochimaru was not Nami; he wouldn't proactively inform her about the internal strife. Moreover, he didn't dare to gamble whether he could remove this virus if Chopper couldn't be found.
He could only bury himself in the lab and start experimenting.
But Luffy was indeed the chosen one of this world. Even though Nami's illness was discovered earlier, they still encountered Wapol's ship and learned the location of Drum Island.
Upon reaching Drum Island, Luffy knelt and pleaded with Bolton to find a doctor, and was told that the witch lived on the highest peak of the mountain.
Soon, the group arrived at the location, and it was finally decided that Orochimaru and Luffy would go ahead, while the others would follow slowly.
As for why everyone had to go, Orochimaru stated it was for a physical examination. He didn't know if others had contracted any diseases he wasn't aware of; it was just that there was nothing wrong at the moment.
He had Luffy carry the nutrient capsule while he carried Luffy, flying up the mountain against the cold wind.
Although snakes are cold-blooded creatures, they are not resistant to severe cold. Orochimaru, whose mind was a bit muddled, stabbed his outer thigh with a kunai, using the pain to awaken his consciousness. He complained about this damn Devil Fruit. No way... does a Mythical Zoan also need to hibernate? Is this a joke? He wasn't a real snake, but his gradually stiffening body made Orochimaru hurry. He flew up with all his might, then fainted at the castle gate (or rather, fell asleep), leaving the rest to Luffy.