SWNOVELXO Chapter 524: Chapter 38. Who Exactly Are You?
[V3] - Chapter 38. Who Exactly Are You?
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"The Shogun of Wano Country — Kurozumi Orochi, is it?" Orochimaru looked at the White Zetsu in front of him with great interest.
He hadn't expected this group of Ninja World "hidden masterminds" to actually attach themselves to someone with such a "terrifying" background.
Truly clever enough!
They were broadening their path!
This was far smarter than those idiotic White Zetsus from the other Ninja World!
He believed that just relying on that person's name, even the First Hokage would have to show some respect!
Smiling with squinted eyes, he spoke in a sinister voice, "I know. I'll take care of that guy then! Don't worry, I'm quite interested in that so-called Snake-Snake Fruit, Model: Yamata no Orochi you guys discovered!"
"Then I'll leave it to you! But I hope you, a black-hearted guy, won't cause trouble this time!" White Zetsu nodded in satisfaction, then said in a threatening tone, "Otherwise I'll go tell our boss! And someone will definitely beat you up then!"
As he spoke.
He dove directly into the ground, leaving Orochimaru with a stiff smile on his face, and went off elsewhere.
How dare they bully their boss.
All the Beasts Pirates crew members here must die!
So, their mission was still extremely heavy!
"…"
Orochimaru stared at the now-departed White Zetsu, his stiff smile fading as he helplessly shook his head, then resumed his usual smiling demeanor and said, "It looks like… I really do have to work hard now!"
As his words fell—
Next to him, a young man wearing a furry winter hat with leopard spots, dark rings around his eyes as a distinctive feature, and holding a long sword in his arms, furrowed his brows and looked at Orochimaru. "Is this Uchiha Yuto really that terrifying?"
"Him, huh~ not too bad! As long as you don't deliberately provoke him, he's actually quite easy to talk to!" Orochimaru shrugged, smiling as he looked at the young man beside him and said, "Much easier to talk to than you, Law-chan!"
Trafalgar Law.
Because of his remarkable abilities, he had now been recruited by the Root Group and become Orochimaru's temporary assistant.
However… compared to Kabuto from back in the day, this guy's thinking was still lacking a bit, and sometimes simply couldn't keep up with Orochimaru's thoughts.
But.
The so-called Op-Op Fruit ability was actually quite handy!
As his words fell.
"…"
That name really made him want to punch the guy!
Trafalgar Law's eyelid twitched, but he didn't say anything further about it. He thought for a moment, then said, "So why… are you all obeying his orders? I've also heard of this Yuto Group, but it seems like he's just a businessman on the first half of the Grand Line!"
"Though your so-called information is pretty laughable, let me say this… that guy is definitely not simple!" Orochimaru's mouth twitched slightly, his bitter smile helpless as he shook his head, then resumed his smiling expression and said, "Don't let his wealth fool you!"
"Then do you think you guys can really succeed?" Trafalgar Law nodded slightly, frowning as he thought for a moment. "After all, this is one of the Emperors of the Sea! The strongest creature on the sea!"
"The strongest creature on the sea?" Orochimaru gave a slight smile, a trace of disdain flashing in his eyes, still smiling as he said, "I rather hope that guy can withstand a bit more beating! Offending Uchiha Yuto might result in nothing but a polite laugh, but offending that little girl… that strongest monster is dead for sure! There are quite a lot of people keeping an eye on him… ready to make him taste true pain!"
You know.
Standing behind those three little girls… are some truly terrifying people, and there are so many of them!
As his words fell—
Suddenly.
A massive tremor seemed to be felt.
"Giant wave! Giant wave!"
"Run for your lives!"
"This place has already been forsaken by the gods!"
"???"
Orochimaru and Law both froze, hearing the wails all around them. They seemed to notice something and turned together toward the source of the tremor.
Sure enough.
In the distance.
That towering wave reaching into the clouds!
A monstrous wave!
It left even Law and Orochimaru utterly stunned.
"Are those guys planning to destroy this place?"
"It looks like… Boss Yuto is really angry!" Hearing Law's words, Orochimaru also withdrew his smile, shrugged helplessly, then turned his head and started walking toward the Flower Capital. "Let's go! I should also go deal with that Kurozumi Orochi fellow. Hopefully… his abilities will be interesting enough for me! As for your request…" His smiling expression returned. "Now do you believe we can actually pull this off?"
As his words fell—
Law also snapped back to reality. Then, he gave an involuntary shiver all over and glanced again at that terrifying giant wave, the corner of his mouth twitching slightly.
[These lunatics!]
But in no time at all…
The corners of his lips lifted into a faint smirk.
Now he believed… Doflamingo… was doomed!!!
…
At this moment.
Elsewhere.
Originally intending to dive down and show these guys who dared cause trouble in the Beasts Pirates' territory just how powerful the King of Beasts could be.
However.
For some unknown reason.
Suddenly a terrifying suction force surged upward, directly dragging him downward, leaving him unable even to grasp the colorful clouds beneath his feet!
After feeling the suction vanish from his body, Kaido finally managed to stabilize himself.
The enormous dragon face became increasingly dark and uncertain, then once more lowered its head, looking shocked as it stared at the red-haired young man floating in mid-air, speaking in a gloomy tone, "Who exactly are you?!"
This guy.
Could he be the boss of this group?!
And this ability…
Could it be the Float-Float Fruit?
However.
"Why invade the territory of my Beasts Pirates?!"
As his words fell—
Nagato's eyelids twitched, then he frowned slightly, staring at that gigantic creature.
So this is what this world calls Devil Fruits?
It is indeed rather peculiar!
Of course.
Compared to the Ten Tails… it still fell far short!
Nagato let out a cold snort, directly stretched out his hand, and said blandly, "Almighty Push!"
He completely ignored this guy. A repulsive force rushed toward Kaido, and in an instant… it was as if Kaido had been slapped across the face.
He was flung into mid-air.
At this moment.
"Damn bastard! Can't you hear what I'm saying?!" The fury in Kaido's heart surged up once again. After stabilizing his body, he didn't say anything further this time and charged straight down, opening his mouth toward Nagato.
Immediately, a blast of scorching flames spewed out from his mouth.
"Bolo Breath!"
"Water Release!" Nagato also remained unflustered, forming hand seals with both hands, and said expressionlessly, "Water Dragon Biting Explosion!"
As his words fell—
Several huge water whirlpools suddenly appeared upon the ocean, forming multiple gigantic water dragons that surged upward, instantly extinguishing the flames.
Standing on this vast ocean, using Water Release was far easier for Nagato!
"Seawater?!" Kaido stared in shock at this guy who could actually control seawater.
What kind of power was this?
And those giant waves and the people behind the giant waves… could all these guys control seawater?
Where on earth did they come from?!
But glancing around, seeing the still-growing giant waves… Kaido's lips twitched a bit at this moment.
He immediately realized that now was definitely not the time to deal with this guy!
He hurriedly charged toward the giant waves.
"Dragon Twister!"
He was just about to spin his body, intending to whip up a massive tornado to blow away the giant waves and also blast away the people below.
Suddenly.
"Nagato boy! Let me handle it!" An aged voice rang out. "How dare you bully my granddaughter! I will personally cut down this pestilent worm!"
As the words fell—
"?!"
Under Kaido's shocked gaze, a strange giant appeared, instantly snuffing out the tornado he had started to generate, forcing his body to come to a halt again.
What kind of monster was this?!
And on the giant's forehead… there actually stood an old man!
However.
Before he could even react!
"Hmph!" A low, deep snort sounded. While Kaido was still shocked, suddenly another black giant emerged.
And atop the giant's head stood yet another person.
A young man with black hair!
What on earth was this power?!
"?!"
But.
This time.
While he was still internally reeling in shock…
"Susanoo!"
Yet another azure giant appeared.
Then.
"Susanoo!"
Another golden giant appeared!
"…"
Just how many of these giants were there?!
And weren't Devil Fruits supposed to be unique?!
At this moment.
Looking all around… four giants were glaring at him with ill intent, while his originally enormous dragon body was, at this moment, surrounded and looking as small as an insect.
Kaido's face turned completely green!
Just what were these people planning?!
In a gloomy voice, he said, "You all… who exactly are you?!"