"Finger Gun!"
Aokiji's finger was about to pierce through Uehara Naraku's body!
However, Uehara Naraku's figure suddenly disappeared in front of Aokiji, leaving his Finger Gun to strike empty air. At that moment, Aokiji's eyes tightened!
Uehara Naraku's figure appeared beside Aokiji, his finger landed on Aokiji's head as he smiled with narrowed eyes and said, "I happen to know a similar move, would you like to try it, Kuzan-san?"
Although Uehara Naraku's words seemed to be seeking Aokiji's opinion, his actions did not hesitate at all!
A splash of water burst from Uehara Naraku's fingertip!
This splash suddenly shot through Aokiji's head, turning the body of this Admiral of the Navy Headquarters into a mass of ice that scattered to the ground!
The next moment.
Aokiji's body slowly recovered from the ice.
Resting area of the Dueling Arena.
While Uehara Naraku and Admiral Aokiji were locked in a fierce battle, or rather when Uehara Naraku was single-handedly suppressing Aokiji, Hoshigaki Kisame was leisurely sipping juice.
Nico Robin's face continued to wear an expression of surprise.
Although she knew that Uehara Naraku had enough strength to confront Aokiji, now she saw Uehara Naraku completely overpowering the Navy Admiral...
Or rather, Aokiji was almost completely powerless!
At least from the current perspective, Aokiji was constantly in a position of taking hits, and even as Uehara Naraku moved with leisurely ease, Aokiji seemed somewhat embarrassed.
"Kisame-san..."
Nico Robin watched the distant duel in the arena, and couldn't help asking, "What exactly is Naraku-san's ability?"
"Who knows!"
Hoshigaki Kisame pondered for a moment, then grinned and said, "If you really have to say, you might as well consider him as a god walking in the world..."
"A god?"
Nico Robin's eyes flickered.
In the dueling arena.
Aokiji's battle was completely crushed.
His only path to defeating Uehara Naraku was by using his rich battle experience to find an opportunity to strike within the fleeting moment...
But Uehara Naraku never gave him a chance!
This was undoubtedly the most frustrating battle for Aokiji; facing any enemy, he had never felt as powerless as he did now.
"A dull fight."
Uehara Naraku's hand seized Kuzan's throat.
The next moment, Uehara Naraku's eyes suddenly transformed into Innate Rinnegan, quickly extracting the Armament Haki from Kuzan's body!
Just when Kuzan thought Uehara Naraku was going to kill him and hurriedly prepared for elementalization to escape, he felt the Haki within his body rapidly flow out!
This guy was actually absorbing his Haki!
After Aokiji's body temporarily lost its Haki, he was completely reduced to a large punching bag, unable to offer any effective resistance.
"Kuzan-san, you've lost."
A bundle of Armament Haki gathered on Uehara Naraku's hand, and he punched Aokiji's face forcefully, knocking the tall man to the ground with a single blow!
Aokiji lay on the ground facing the sky.
This Admiral of the Navy Headquarters was more embarrassed than ever.
"Let's go."
Uehara Naraku grabbed his collar, and dragged the wounded Admiral toward their resting area.
Aokiji was unconcerned about his image and just looked up at Uehara and asked, "Hey, Uehara Naraku, what is your true aim? Why did you recruit Robin into your organization?"
Anyway, he couldn't resist now.
And whether he lived or died was temporarily out of his hands.
In that case, he might as well return to the beginning and see if he could get some truths before his imminent end.
By the way...
And see if this is truly Robin's home.
The only troublesome place is, even if this is not Nico Robin's home, and they want to use her for dangerous purposes, Aokiji can't help her anymore.
Aokiji didn't hear Uehara Naraku's answer, so he could only continue to ask, "Hey, Uehara Naraku, don't you know Nico Robin's past?
So far, any organization tied to Nico Robin has perished, leaving only her unscathed..."
"..."
Upon hearing this, Uehara Naraku finally couldn't help but turn his head and say, "Kuzan-san, weren't those organizations Nico Robin joined actually eliminated by you secretly?"
"Some of them, perhaps?"
Aokiji scratched his head and responded softly, "Anyway, that woman was born alone, and any association with her doesn't end well, Ohara was like this, Saulo too, and you guys won't be exceptions..."
After Aokiji said this, he continued speaking in a muffled voice, "Since she was eight, Nico Robin has used her intelligent mind to infiltrate some organizations as her hiding places, and personally led those organizations to their demise...
Although her strength doesn't match yours, her mind is incredibly intelligent; no matter what your goals are, she will surely mess up your plans; I think you should drive her out and let that woman survive on her own in the sea!"
"Oh."
Uehara Naraku nodded indifferently, then suddenly stroked his chin, "Join an organization, then mess up its plans, and finally destroy the organization..."
Uehara Naraku pondered for a while and slowly nodded, "Why does this approach seem familiar..."
As for the danger Aokiji mentioned...
How is Nico Robin dangerous?
Honestly speaking, members of the Akatsuki are far more dangerous than Nico Robin!
Just as they reached the resting area, Uehara Naraku tossed Kuzan to the ground and sat on a stone chair.
Nico Robin naturally heard their conversation, her face turned pale, a hint of panic in her eyes.
Just as Nico Robin was looking tense, Uehara Naraku casually asked, "Hey, Robin, is your past really like he said?"
"…"
After a long silence.
Nico Robin finally slowly nodded her head.
"Yes."
"Hmm…"
Uehara Naraku touched his chin and suddenly spoke, "Then if I want to send you on an undercover mission to join a Pirate Gang in the future, are you willing to go?"
"…"
Nico Robin was silent for a while.
This woman finally slowly nodded and said, "If it's Lord Naraku's order, I will carry it out seriously."
"Very good."
Uehara Naraku patted her shoulder, a smile appearing in his eyes, "Then... how about I give you a reward now?"
"Hmm?"
Nico Robin looked up in confusion.
Suddenly, an ice blade appeared in Uehara Naraku's hand, resting on Nico Robin's shoulder, only an inch from her neck!
Kuzan's eyes tightened abruptly!
He didn't expect Uehara Naraku to act so ruthlessly!
"Mr. Naraku..."
Nico Robin's eyes flustered for a second, then returned to calm, "What do you mean by this?"
"No meaning."
Uehara Naraku slowly melted the ice blade into steam, calmly sat on his chair, crossed his legs on the table, and spoke slow and leisurely, "Didn't you notice Mr. Kuzan's expression when I wanted to kill you just now?"
"…"
Nico Robin turned back with lingering fear, only to see this Navy Admirals's expression was slightly complicated.
Seventeen years ago, she was living in her hometown, Ohara, and her only friend back then was a Navy Vice Admiral named Saulo.
Unfortunately, because Ohara researched forbidden historical texts, the World Government issued a Buster Call, leading to a cataclysmic disaster.
One of the leaders of the operation was Aokiji.
However, after killing her friend Saulo, Aokiji respected Saulo's wish and agreed to let Nico Robin go.
The relationship between them…
In fact, it was quite complicated, there were grudges as well as gratitude.
Uehara Naraku calmly spread out his hand, and said softly, "Alright, Mr. Kuzan, stop acting in front of me..."
Why do people keep performing in front of him...
These people don't realize that he's the real master actor?
Uehara Naraku reached for his juice, waved his hand and said, "Forget it, you can resolve your issues internally later, anyway, some of the members in our organization love watching drama, especially the more melodramatic the story, the more they enjoy it!"
"Mr. Naraku, what does this mean?"
Nico Robin opened her mouth in surprise, couldn't help but glance at Kuzan on the ground, and said softly, "You wouldn't be trying to make a Navy Admiral defect, would you? Something like that is impossible..."
"Why would I?"
Uehara Naraku shook his head with a smile, "This is a Navy Admiral, in the future he could provide us with so much intelligence... making him defect would be such a waste!"
"…"
Nico Robin's expression changed from shock to subtle, at this moment, the way she looked at Uehara Naraku carried a hint of disrespect.
This guy…
How fanciful is he!
How could a Navy Admiral possibly be a spy for Akatsuki!
Aokiji, upon hearing Uehara Naraku's words, suddenly spoke slowly, "If you all are willing to trust my words, of course I can..."
"…"
Nico Robin's eyelids couldn't help but twitch.
Though Aokiji's lie sounded perfunctory, you, as an Admiral, should at least be a bit defiant, this is too spineless!
After all, how could an Admiral from the Navy Headquarters be a spy for a small organization, or maybe he's trying to become a double agent, seizing the chance to extract intelligence about Akatsuki for the Navy.
Nico Robin immediately found an opportunity to retaliate against Aokiji, this Navy Admiral had been deliberately poking at her seventeen-year-old wounds just now...
Now truly this is the Celestial Path...
Nico Robin even felt fortunate to have joined Akatsuki.
Nico Robin looked at Uehara Naraku and softly spoke, "Mr. Naraku, Admiral Aokiji graduated from the Navy Training Camp!
Moreover, Admiral Aokiji was a disciple of the former Navy Admiral Zephyr, reputed to be the most likely candidate for the next Navy Marshal, he has a somewhat blind loyalty to the World Government.
Such a person would never sincerely agree to be our spy, I suspect he plans to take the opportunity to escape back, gathering intelligence on us!"
After finishing speaking, Nico Robin slowly extended her finger, a flicker of coldness appeared on her face, "Mr. Naraku, why not let me kill him!"
"…"
Aokiji's expression was subtle.
In the Ohara incident years ago, he let this woman go, now he was about to be killed by her?
Well…
That might be acceptable?