"Hehe..."
The eerie laughter echoed hauntingly.
Karin, however, belatedly realized she didn't seem to have turned into mush like that pale-faced weirdo after looking directly at the other.
Just monts ago, she had even ntally prepared to buy ti for everyone before her own death.
Clatter clatter...
That was the sound of chains being shaken. Karin imdiately turned her gaze over.
Sure enough, the black humanoid figure was now approaching her direction.
This thing was four or five ters tall, quite imposing in ordinary people's eyes.
Of course, for Karin, such a feeling naturally didn't exist.
But she did sense hostility from this creature.
It was the sa instinctive, deepest hostility she felt when first seeing the other.
Purifying Lock was effective.
Undoubtedly, the shaking chain sounds were the best proof.
Perhaps because the origin of [Purifying Lock] was the Uzumaki Clan's Adamantine Sealing Chains, and Jashin's birth also stemd from the Chakra within Orochimaru's body.
Thus, it seed to naturally possess the ability to bind the other.
Because she couldn't stop emitting golden light and Observation Haki couldn't sense it, Karin could only perceive the black thing's movents through the tactile feedback from the chains.
After she released the golden light, the thing actually began moving away from her, just hindered by the Purifying Lock's binding, preventing it from achieving its goal.
Although she didn't know the exact principle, at least this way, the light from her body seed to make the other very uncomfortable as well.
In that case... then she absolutely couldn't let it escape.
With a thought, more Purifying Lock chains extended from Karin's body, winding toward the direction of the black shadow.
This was pure blind shooting, but with so many chains, several quickly transmitted the sensation of binding sothing.
Karin didn't dare rashly drag this thing into the air… she feared people below might accidentally see the black shadow's true form.
So she could only keep suppressing the other with golden light while trying to bind it with more chains.
...
"Hmm? What's that?"
On the Shark Eralda, Caesar, still ignoring Naomi's attacks, was distracted by the dazzling light and subconsciously looked over.
But because the golden light emanating from Karin was too blinding, he couldn't see the 'artificial Jashin' figure beside her at all.
However, even though unclear, biological instinct warned him of so danger there.
This wasn't Observation Haki… Caesar hadn't trained to that level. He was just a guy relying on scientific knowledge and Devil Fruit abilities to bully ordinary illiterates.
Distracted, Caesar didn't notice that Naomi opposite him suddenly stopped her movents when illuminated by the dazzling golden light.
Turbid pupils reflected the golden divine bird… the beast's will was rapidly dispelled at this mont.
Naomi blinked, then seed to jolt awake as if from a dream.
"What's... going on?"
"Oh? Actually regained consciousness!?"
Hearing Naomi's voice, Caesar imdiately tossed aside thoughts of the golden light opposite.
Orochimaru's safety?
Frankly, he didn't care much.
Caesar was such a person. In his dictionary, nothing was more important than his grand plans… besides himself, no one was indispensable.
After hearing Caesar's voice, Naomi imdiately recalled the last scene she saw before losing consciousness.
'This guy! An enemy!'
She instinctively wanted to draw her bow but suddenly felt sothing off with her hands.
Looking down, this usually sowhat timid girl imdiately let out a panicked scream.
"Ah! What happened to !? Where are my legs?!"
Naomi frantically waved her longbow, then saw a cloud of smoke rapidly spreading around her.
"Gas Lasso!"
Though gaseous, under Caesar's control, the gas beca tougher than ordinary ropes, quickly binding Naomi's hands.
The longbow thus fell to the ground. Naomi wanted to break free but accidentally inhaled so of the gas forming the lasso.
That gas ca from Caesar himself, highly toxic. Ordinary people inhaling it would be poisoned and faint… staying in it could cause death.
It could be said that for Naomi, soone like Caesar, who could turn into gas, was the most troubleso.
Without mastering Haki, she simply couldn't threaten him.
"Data collection is almost done..."
Caesar gave Naomi a malicious smile, then used the Gas Lasso to bind her, lifting her and flying toward the shore.
Those mindless snake-people had little value, only anomalies with self-awareness like this were worth studying.
Simultaneously, she could beco a bargaining chip.
Caesar was very satisfied with his kidnapping mission progress… it pretty much went as he expected.
Until—
As he flew into mid-air, he finally saw the blurry figure through the golden light.
"...Is that Orochimaru? As expected, captured by the other. But why does he seem taller?"
Caesar was puzzled. In his impression, the little brat serving as Orochimaru's vessel was only seven or eight years old. Even if Orochimaru could transform, he shouldn't grow this much taller at once.
Such doubts were quickly dispelled as Caesar gradually neared the shore.
"That is... what!?"
Caesar's flying movents suddenly froze mid-air. Then, sweat poured down his face, his expression turning terrified.
Perhaps because of the golden light's obstruction, Caesar didn't instantly turn into mush like Orochimaru. Instead, he genuinely felt a kind of 'contamination'.
It was information-level knowledge contamination.
Jashin, curses, Death Controlling Possessed Blood, sacrificial rites...
Various pieces of knowledge, which Caesar saw as utterly unscientific, were forcibly cramd into his mind, violently colliding with his original worldview.
Plop!
The Gas Lasso binding Naomi lost control due to Caesar's rigidity, turning back into a gaseous state.
Naomi, previously hung like a dead pig, directly fell into the seawater.
—Fortunately, she wasn't a Devil Fruit user… otherwise, this might have been the grand finale.
As is well known, so sea snakes also possess the ability to live in water.
And Naomi's current transford appearance precisely t such biological conditions.
"Wuwuwu... Huh?"
Initially panicked by suddenly falling into water, Naomi struggled briefly, then suddenly realized she seed able to breathe underwater.
Not only that, the elongated snake tail from the transformation could actually provide stronger propulsion in water. Just with a thought, Naomi resurfaced.
When she looked back at Caesar, who had bound her and intended to counterattack, she suddenly froze in place.
What did she see?
Drip, drip...
Bright red blood dripped from mid-air.
At this mont, Caesar Clown's face was covered in blood… where his eyes should be were now just two hollows.
He was a Logia-type Devil Fruit user. Who could injure him like this?
The answer was only one: himself.
"Finally... quiet..."
A relieved smile suddenly appeared on Caesar's face, then his whole figure plumted from mid-air, falling straight into the seawater.
For a Devil Fruit user, this situation was basically a death sentence.
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