Even if she would not really die, Nami did not want to taste death, especially not because of her idiot captain.
However, Android 16 did not seem to care about Luffy's actions.
He merely glanced at him before looking away.
Elsewhere.
Minato Namikaze and the others gathered together once more.
"The mission hasn't been completed." Minato Namikaze frowned slightly, looking puzzled. "We defeated an Artificial Human earlier, but the mission still wasn't completed. Could it be that we really have to defeat all the Artificial Humans?"
"If that's the case, we'll have to persuade Senior Son Goku to help us." Orochimaru's voice was still hoarse, but he did not look as sinister as usual. Instead, he seemed somewhat refined and elegant. "I'm not trying to be discouraging, but with our strength, we have no chance of defeating Android 16. Even with Toni, it wouldn't be possible."
"That's right." Toni nodded, agreeing with Orochimaru. "Although I really don't want to admit it, my current strength isn't worthy of the name Mechanical God Emperor. The energy inside Android 16 is already enough to stop all my powers. Even Android 17 and Android 18 are basically impossible for me to invade and control—unless they cooperate willingly."
"Cooperate?" Konan's eyes seemed to brighten slightly.
Although she did not say it aloud, the others understood the meaning behind that word.
The mission had not required them to kill anyone.
If cooperation was enough, then perhaps all they needed was for the Artificial Humans to admit defeat during the battle.
This sort of opportunistic approach might not be acknowledged by the Merchant Guild, but it was worth trying. After all, their mission did not seem to have an option to give up. If they did not do this, they could only kill themselves or die at