"I'm looking for the Den Den Mushi, the one that can take pictures. Do you remember where I put it, Nami?"
Kizaru scratched his head and spoke up.
Rather than calling this his office, it was more like Nami's personal space. When was the last time he opened that drawer?
"It's in the fourth drawer on the left… What do you want to take a picture of?"
Nami instinctively answered. She remembered the location of everything valuable, down to the smallest detail.
However, as Kizaru took the Den Den Mushi from the drawer and began fiddling with it, Nami instinctively pulled her body tighter and gave him a dangerous look.
She wasn't like the woman from Amazon Lily, who would do anything to please Kizaru. If he dared to do something inappropriate, she wouldn't let him get away with it.
"Here, take a picture for me. Make sure it looks handsome!"
Kizaru didn't notice the change in Nami's expression. After handing the Den Den Mushi to her, he happily sat on the oversized couch across from her, flashing a charming and carefree smile.
Holding the Den Den Mushi, Nami froze for a moment. Although she suspected Kizaru might be using the picture to flirt with young girls, she had already accepted that Kizaru was a bit of a womanizer.
At least, this guy was willing to lower his guard to charm her, and he wasn't the kind of person to toss someone aside for something new.
Being a womanizer? Fine, she could live with it.
In a sense, she and the woman from Amazon Lily were both the "other woman." If Kizaru wasn't a womanizer, neither of them would have a place in his life right now.
"How's this?"
Nami, who was no stranger to using the Den Den Mushi, quickly took a decent picture of Kizaru.
In the photo, Kizaru sat leisurely on the couch, his half-unbuttoned shirt revealing a muscular, well-defined chest. His slightly messy black hair framed his handsome face perfectly.
Anyone who saw the picture would find it hard to pick out a flaw. Apart from his slightly taller-than-average height, he looked every bit the well-dressed, high-class gentleman.
"Not bad, not bad. Perfectly shows off my handsome looks…"
Kizaru immediately uploaded the photo Nami took into the chat group. The group, which had been buzzing with conversation, instantly went silent.
[Kizaru]: "Look closely, this is my real look! What's with this 'middle-aged man' nonsense?!"
[Random User Wanting to Hold Luo Feng's Leg]: "Holy sht! Holy sht! Kizaru, what's going on here? Aren't you a Light-Light Fruit user? How can you change your face like that? Wait, your entire aura changed too!"
[Haibara Ai]: "This can't be real! You didn't just pull some celebrity's photo and replace it, did you?"
[Kobayashi]: "Incredible, is Kizaru-san really this handsome?"
[Fubuki]: "Hiss... is this really him? I think I could..."
[Jotaro Kujo]: "Ah, I can vouch for Kizaru-san, he really does look like this..."
[Random User Wanting to Hold Luo Feng's Leg]: "I got it! It's Life Return! It must be Life Return! Right? Didn't expect this technique to come with a built-in cosmetic surgery effect!"
[Kizaru]: "I've always looked like this. If you don't believe me, look at this photo, it was taken when I got promoted to Admiral..."
Kizaru uploaded another photo, this time of a picture framed in a frame.
In the photo, Kizaru appeared noticeably younger, his slightly childish face still bearing the same aristocratic, handsome look he had now.
[Kobayashi]: "Wow, Kizaru-san is really handsome! He's even better-looking than Orochimaru-san!"
[Haibara Ai]: "I can't believe it... Is this some sort of ridiculous idol drama world? How can someone be this handsome and so powerful?"
[Random User Wanting to Hold Luo Feng's Leg]: "Strength is always more important than looks!"
[Haibara Ai]: "That's true, but doesn't it feel a bit off for someone weak and ugly to say that?"
[Kobayashi]: "Haibara-san, that's too harsh! You should be a bit more tactful, or it'll really hurt someone's feelings~"
[Random User Wanting to Hold Luo Feng's Leg]: "I'm shutting down... This is so unfair! Wuwuwu, I can only be a noob without a cheat in this world, but now even my looks are no match. It's not fair!"
In the Swallowed Star world, the user stared at the photo in the chat, a photo even he couldn't deny was handsome. Then, he looked at his reflection in the mirror and felt utterly defeated.
There was a time when he thought, "At least with Kizaru in the chat, even if I looked like an ape, I wouldn't be the ugliest." But now, that was all wishful thinking. Even before eating the Devil Fruit, his plain, ordinary face couldn't compare.
As for the others in the group, the three girls were set aside for now, and the silent Tony Stark and the mysterious Zhang Sanfeng could also be ignored.
[Kobayashi]: "Huh, it looks like the fight is over? Did Orochimaru-san win?"
The discussion triggered by Kizaru's looks caused everyone in the chat group to miss quite a bit of the live broadcast.
When Kobayashi reminded everyone to look back at the stream, the source of all the chaos, Danzo, had already been executed by Orochimaru himself.
Before his death, Danzo made a desperate attempt to expose Orochimaru's involvement in human experimentation to turn the tables.
If this had followed the original storyline, given a few more months or a year, there might have been enough evidence to implicate Orochimaru.
However, the Orochimaru in this timeline was not the same as the one from the alternate world who had lost the Fourth Hokage position and thrown himself entirely into his "research" endeavors.
Human experiments? Yes, there were some.
But they were all conducted on ninjas from other villages, and the experiments hadn't reached the point of outright madness.
For the Konoha ninjas who had experienced the Second Hokage's methods, this level of human experimentation was still within their acceptable range.
Ironically, because Danzo had set such a terrible precedent, Konoha's tolerance for Orochimaru's actions unintentionally increased.
"Danzo has already been executed. Haven't you caused enough trouble, Orochimaru?"
The Third Hokage spoke with a grim expression.
Since becoming Hokage, he had never experienced such a powerless feeling of being forced to stand by and watch.
Watching helplessly as his old teammate was executed without being able to intervene... Even though Orochimaru was once his chosen successor, that didn't mean the Third Hokage could accept him acting so recklessly.
"On the contrary, Sarutobi-sensei, this is only the main event for today... Please step down."
Orochimaru smiled as he spoke.
However, his words stunned everyone present.
The Third Hokage even thought he had misheard.
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