First Half of the Grand Line.
An unknown small island.
A tall man wearing an eye patch, after listening to the Navy Admiral's orders, fumbled and put down the radio snail in his hand.
After a long time, the tall man took off his eye patch, muttering, "What a hassle..."
However, after a slight complaint, his lazy face showed a bit of reflection: "Miss Robin, now you're no longer hiding in other organizations, instead, you started your own messy organization, huh?"
After this man murmured to himself, he sighed again: "Well, it seems that besides me, no one else is suitable to deal with her!"
Saying this, he pushed out a huge wooden bicycle from a corner and started riding it to hurry on his journey.
When his bicycle reached the sea, the surface automatically froze into a narrow icy path, allowing the bike to continue forward.
Navy Headquarters Admiral Kuzan, codename Aokiji, a Logia-type: Ice-Ice Fruit ability user, one of the World Government's top fighters, thus sets out!
Uehara Naraku, Hoshigaki Kisame, and Nico Robin were unaware of this. The three were still heading in the direction of Little Garden, and on their way, they received their bounty orders.
This didn't surprise Uehara at all.
A news bird secretly took his photo when Uehara Naraku noticed it, and he posed with an innocent demeanor, which was his standard image.
As long as they're Navy, seeing a sunny and kind person like him, they surely wouldn't think of him as some great villain, right?
"Eight million Belly..."
Hoshigaki Kisame couldn't help but curl up his lips, and he chuckled subconsciously: "It seems the so-called World Government really is decaying! None of those guys realized the master's terror?"
"I'm a good person!"
Uehara Naraku shook his head, tapping his bounty order with his finger, and slowly said, "Eight million Belly is already quite high..."
After all, Higuma of Windmill Village, who stepped on the future Pirate King and held a liquor bottle against the Four Emperors, also only had this figure.
"Hmm, my bounty is actually fifteen million."
Hoshigaki Kisame looked at his bounty order, and his small eyes fell into contemplation: "Looks like I'll need to be careful of Kakuzu in the future..."
After he said that, Hoshigaki Kisame slowly raised his head to look at Nico Robin: "But the most dangerous isn't me, right... The newcomer in our organization has eighty million! That number is hard to say whether it would stop Kakuzu's greed..."
"..."
Nico Robin's expression was a bit complicated.
What are these guys doing with their bounty orders!
Why is it that when others receive the World Government's bounties, they get excited since it's a symbol of strength?
Yet these two act completely differently.
Uehara Naraku thinks the eight million figure is already high; Hoshigaki Kisame feels that fifteen million is too high and might provoke their comrade Kakuzu's killing intent...
Surely for these two...
Their numbers really couldn't be lower.
Because the impact of Uehara Naraku and Hoshigaki Kisame killing the king of a member country was extremely bad, leaving their real strength as nothing to this world.
Nico Robin watched her bounty order in hand, looking at the eighty million Belly, her mind gradually sank into contemplation, worried that their comrade named Kakuzu might indeed covet her bounty in secret and want to exchange her head for the reward, right?
It really is...
Just thinking about it is quite frightening.
This really is Nico Robin overthinking it; Kakuzu overtly coveted it. In fact, upon seeing their bounties, his first thought was to come over and kill Nico Robin, because eighty million is too easy to earn!
If it weren't for Uehara Naraku forbidding teammates from harming each other after becoming the leader, Kakuzu would truly want to do it, because finding someone with such a high bounty of eighty million Belly in the First Half of the Grand Line isn't easy!
This world is always so bizarre.
Kakuzu loves making money, desperately seeking pirates with super high bounties; Uehara Naraku has no interest in making money, yet they encountered two pirates with a hundred million bounties.
Because their small boat finally arrived at Little Garden.
Even though this island is called Little Garden, in fact, the creatures on the island are extremely large, and the island is also known as Ancient Island, Pangu Island.
On this island, two great pirates are still fighting.
A hundred years ago.
No, strictly speaking, it should be over ninety years ago.
The two captains of the Giant Soldier Pirates, Green Ogre Dorry and Red Ogre Brogy, decided to duel here over a child's matter, and their duel has lasted for over ninety years.
"Are we going to stay here?"
Nico Robin curiously looked at Uehara Naraku, brushing her hair back, and softly advised, "Mr. Naraku, you're not planning to challenge those two boring giants, are you?"
"Hehe..."
Uehara Naraku landed on this small island, whispering, "I just want to recruit them to join Baroque Works..."
Robin, who knows the creatures of this world very well, advised: "With the stubbornness of giants, they definitely won't agree."
"Then there's no choice."
Uehara Naraku shook his head, chuckling as he spoke, "I can only forcibly stop their boring fight and make them return to where they belong, to spread the terror of our Baroque Works in the New World..."
The two great pirates dueling in the Little Garden both hail from Elbaf in the latter half of the Grand Line, and the Giant Soldier Pirates seem to still be active in the New World.
Nico Robin: "..."
Is this guy really spreading the terror of Baroque Works, or is he spreading hatred against Baroque Works?
Is he trying to make the entire Grand Line enemies of the Baroque Works?
I'm really curious...
Someday, when that guy Crocodile knows how hard Uehara Naraku is working for him, what will he really think...
He certainly won't be grateful.
"Aside from that."
Uehara Naraku glanced back at Nico Robin, smiling as he continued, "I also want to clear out a suitable battleground to prepare for the more intense battle ahead!"
"What?"
"Because someone is coming in our direction!"
Uehara Naraku extended his hand, stroking his eye socket, smiling as he continued, "A very worthy opponent! Although you certainly won't want to see him, this guy will make my plan smoother!"
"Who is it..."
After Robin asked in astonishment, her expression suddenly changed because at that moment, she thought of someone: "Mr. Naraku, you wouldn't tell me... that Navy Admiral Aokiji is on his way here, would you?"
"How clever!"
Uehara Naraku nodded with a smile.
As he traveled to the Ancient Island, he had conducted a widespread observation of fate and detected the movements of Navy Admiral Aokiji.
Although he didn't know what this admiral intended to do, considering the relationship between Aokiji and Robin, the likelihood of him coming to find Robin was very high!
So, Uehara Naraku intended to have a fight with him here!
And he wanted to see if this admiral, who could possibly leave the Navy in the future, would choose to become one of his planted spies!
If Aokiji is willing to agree to become his spy, then the future plan couldn't be smoother; if Aokiji refuses, then capture him and deliver him to Kakuzu!
As for failure...
Uehara Naraku really hadn't considered it.
Uehara Naraku never thought he would fail, but Nico Robin certainly had, knowing that Uehara Naraku might indeed possess the powers of two Logia-Type Devil Fruits, even the Martial God that could slash the sky a thousand meters high...
But...
That's a Navy Admiral!
The nightmare of most pirates in the Grand Line!
"Don't worry."
Hoshigaki Kisame grinned, chuckling as he advised, "What a total newbie! Miss Nico Robin, do you think a god would fail?"
"..."
Nico Robin was not a Naraku fan like Hoshigaki Kisame. She shook her head after a moment of silence and said, "You have no idea of the Navy Admiral's power..."
"Haha, I'm really curious!"
Hoshigaki Kisame looked at Uehara Naraku, spoke loudly, "Lord Uehara, why don't you let me give it a try first? I also want to see how much power this so-called admiral has..."
"Suit yourself."
Uehara Naraku casually shook his head, casually reminding, "Aside from the Great Shark Bomb Jutsu, that guy's other powers seem to greatly restrain your Jutsu. If you still can't manage to channel the Chakra within you into Haki..."
"I can already do it."
Hoshigaki Kisame slowly drew out his Shark Skin, and a black aura gradually formed in his hand, slowly entwining around the Shark Skin Greatsword.
Hoshigaki Kisame looked at Uehara Naraku, grinning as he chuckled, "Since coming here, the energy and spiritual energy inside me have been eager to stir, but it seems they can transform into more than just Chakra."
"Tsk..."
Uehara Naraku couldn't help but shake his head with a sigh.
Apparently, Hoshigaki Kisame can cultivate and extract Haki from his own body, which seems pretty normal; after all, he's the strongest member of the Seven-swords Ninja of the Hidden Mist throughout generations!
"Then good luck!"
After encouraging his subordinate, Uehara Naraku suddenly raised his fingers, and the towering Susanoo suddenly manifested around him!
This towering Martial God stood high on this island!
This island couldn't even be called a little garden in front of Susanoo!
Uehara Naraku stood inside the crystal of Susanoo, his voice gradually turning a bit icy, "Let me carve out a stage suitable for our battle with that Navy Admiral!"