As the Kraken's enormous tentacle came slamming down toward the ship, Urouge's frantic cries behind him still failed to stir Uchiha Hiko in the slightest.
"Your acting's a little over-the-top." Hiko glanced back at Urouge, who was screaming yet showed not a trace of fear in his eyes. He said calmly, "Learn from Luo. That's what real acting looks like. His eyes, expressions, and body language are all Movie King-level!"
Luo had also shown a fearful side just now, yet Hiko had seen right through him at a glance. As the Death Surgeon, who had always appeared as a cold and ruthless pirate, Luo had discovered that ever since following Hiko, he had become increasingly absurd.
Had he been influenced without realizing it? Luo silently wondered. He had not been like this before. Why had his personality unconsciously begun to change after staying with this person for so long?
He had become far more cheerful than before. Even though he still kept so many secrets buried inside, he no longer carried himself like the cold pirate he once was. He was becoming increasingly sunny.
"Tch! I can't even slack off a little!" Urouge dropped the act, shrugged, and stretched his body. As he watched the massive tentacle about to strike the ship, his gaze darkened.
The nominal leader, Uchiha Hiko, remained unmoved in the face of danger. Urouge figured there was a fifty percent chance that, as the leader, Hiko found it too embarrassing to deal with such a minor monster himself. The other fifty percent was that he was simply calm and did not consider this little monster worth his attention.
But regardless, since he had come out of the cabin and the ship was at risk of being destroyed, he, a Devil Fruit User, would not survive in