Naruto Online: Hyuga Branch Family? Let's go all out!

Chapter 283 Taking You to Kill Crocodile

"So the problem now is that because I revealed your identity, you can't continue your undercover work?" Ning Yuan asked.

"Mmm!" Weiwei nodded emphatically, looking at Ning Yuan with a wronged expression. Her meaning was clear even without Observation Haki.

This is your fault, you have to take the blame.

"I have a question!" Ning Yuan stroked his chin and asked, "You're a princess, and your father is the king. If you discover an organization that might be endangering national security, wouldn't it be simple to just shut it down? Why do you have to search for evidence?"

When did a king start needing evidence to commit murder?

"How can you arbitrarily dismantle an organization without evidence?" Vivi immediately retorted, "We're not the kind of kings who can act recklessly!"

Ning Yuan nodded. To be fair, the Alabasta royal family is indeed a breath of fresh air in the world of One Piece.

Did Doflamingo's father give up his Celestial Dragon status?

The Alabasta royal family did this 800 years ago!

"Furthermore, this Baroque Works is extremely mysterious; we still don't know who the leader is!" Vivi added cautiously, "I must find out the leader's identity before I can figure out a way to deal with him!"

Ning Yuan asked curiously, "By the way, don't you have any trusted subordinates or an intelligence department? Do you have to do this kind of undercover work yourself?"

How could a country with a population of tens of millions and a standing army of nearly a million not be able to find an undercover agent?

Ning Yuanzhen found it all rather unbelievable.

"This!" Weiwei blushed. She didn't want to say it, but when she thought that the person in front of her was her fiancé, she decided not to hide it anymore.

"I do have people, but my father doesn't agree with my undercover plan, and I also have my suspicions about the head of Baroque Works!"

"Who is it?" Ning Yuan asked.

"Crocodile, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea!" Vivi said solemnly.

It's not hard to guess at all. There are so many powerful people in Baroque Works, and the person who can gain their trust must also be a very strong person.

In all of Alabasta, who is the strongest?

"Crocodile has helped Alabasta drive out pirates for years and has become a hero of Alabasta. If we don't have evidence, we can't do anything to him!" Vivi said. "Besides, Baroque Works is a tightly organized organization. If we send in any undercover agents, they'll be easily discovered and killed!"

"Won't you be discovered?" Ning Yuan asked.

"Yes!" Vivi nodded. "But as a princess, even if they find out, they probably won't do anything to me!"

Ning Yuan shook his head: "Your idea is too naive!"

"Huh?" Weiwei looked puzzled. "Where is it naive?"

"You only know they're using dance powder, but what's their purpose in using it? Is it just to make the capital rain more?" Ning Yuan asked.

"This..." Vivi shook her head, "I don't know!"

"About ten years ago!" Ning Yuan found a stone, moved it next to Weiwei, and then sat down next to her.

Weiwei blushed, but then she remembered that he was her fiancé, so she didn't move away. Instead, she leaned against Ning Yuan and listened to him tell his story.

"In the New World, there is a country called Dressrosa. The king suddenly said that the country was in trouble and needed to borrow money from the people. The people trusted and loved this king, so of course they generously donated. But just as the people were gathering to donate money, the king suddenly drew his sword and began to slaughter the people!"

"Huh?" Vivi immediately covered her mouth. "How could this happen? Why?"

"Because he was being controlled!" Ning Yuan shrugged. "But people at the time didn't know that. They thought the king had revealed his true nature and gone berserk, so they deposed him from the throne, and then Doflamingo came to power and became the new king!"

"Doflamingo is also one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, and a user of the String-String Fruit, which allows him to extend invisible threads to manipulate the actions of others!"

"I see!" Vivi exclaimed in sudden realization, "Did Doflamingo manipulate the king to kill his people?"

"That's true, but the point isn't there. It's that the people think the king is incompetent and want to overthrow him!" Ning Yuan said. "Look at the situation in your country, isn't it the same? The capital uses 'dance powder,' causing drought in other areas, so people in those areas want to overthrow the king and replace him with someone else!"

"This!" Vivi's eyes widened in surprise. It really looked like it!

"If your father steps down, who is most likely to become the new king?" Ning laughed. "To put it another way, this person must be highly prestigious, powerful, and, most importantly, deeply loved by the people!"

Vivi gritted her teeth in anger: "Crocodile!"

"Now, the case is solved!" Ning Yuan laughed. "Crocodile was probably influenced by Doflamingo and wanted to usurp the throne, but since he doesn't have the String-String Fruit power, he couldn't directly manipulate your father into becoming evil. So, while fighting pirates and acting as a hero in Alabasta, he formed Baroque Works to use Dancing Powder to ruin your father's reputation. When the people could no longer tolerate it and wanted to overthrow your father's rule, this hero would stand up and become the new king!"

Vivi clenched her fists: "So, my opponent is actually one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea?"

"Yes!" Ning Yuan nodded. "So now you know how naive you are!"

"His goal is to usurp the throne! That's why he doesn't care about your princess status! In fact, he'd be even more excited if he discovered it!" Ning Yuan said calmly. "For example, he could force you to marry him, making him the prince consort of Alabasta and thus entitled to inherit the throne!"

In the world of One Piece, it's quite common for princes to inherit the throne. There are even cases where a royal family is wiped out by pirates, forcing the country to borrow a prince or princess from another nation to become king.

Vivi gasped, realizing just how dangerous it was for her to infiltrate Baroque Works.

"Then, does that mean Alabasta is destined to fail?" she asked, her voice trembling. "Our opponent is a Shichibukai!"

"Not necessarily!" Ning Yuan shook his head and asked, "By the way, have you received any special agent training?"

"No!" Vivi shook her head.

"Are you very strong?" Ning Yuan asked again.

Vivi shook her head: "Well, not really. I only fight with the help of weapons, so I can't compare to the other club members!"

"So here's the question: you have neither the skills nor the experience of an undercover agent, how did you manage to infiltrate Baroque Works without being discovered?"

Vivi blushed and said, "I'm not as bad as you say!"

But I still followed Ning Yuan's line of thought: "What do you mean?"

"This Crocodile may not have a very high level of control over Baroque Works. There must be some within the organization who don't submit to his rule. This person holds a high position within Baroque Works and is in charge of personnel files, recruitment, and promotion!" Ning Yuan asked, "Who is this person?"

Weiwei was taken aback, and a name blurted out: "Miss Allsunday!"

"Tell me about this person!" Ning Yuan said.

"In our Baroque Works, we always work as a male-female partnership. She is the partner of our president, Mr. 0. She is a very mysterious person; I haven't met her many times. All I know is that she is a woman, very beautiful, and has a great presence!"

Ning Yuan pulled out his sketchbook: "What hairstyle?"

"Uh, long, straight black hair?" Weiwei was taken aback. Why would she carry a notebook with her?

And what does this mean? Do you mean you want to draw her?

Then you see Ning Yuan draw the outline of a hairstyle on the paper.

"No bangs, the front hair needs to be swept up to show the forehead!"

Ningyuan wiped away her bangs.

Vivi's eyes lit up: "That's it!"

"And what about the eyes? What shape are they?"

"Her eyes were large, flat and round, like willow leaves! Her eyebrows were thin and long, with a bend at the front and straight at the back!"

"Nose, lips"

Weiwei watched as Ning Yuan scribbled and revised on the paper, eventually creating a face that was exactly the same as the one she remembered.

"That's it!" Vivi nodded emphatically. "But what's the use of drawing this picture? Are we going to find her using it? But there's no need. If I see her on the street, I'll recognize her!"

"The drawing isn't to find her, but to identify her!" Ning Yuan laughed.

"How can this be identified?" Weiwei found it somewhat unbelievable.

Ning Yuan explained, "There aren't many capable people in this world, and even fewer who can partner with one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea! Like this guy in front of us!"

Vivi was taken aback: "You know her?"

"Hmm!" Ning Yuan nodded: "The Devil's Child, Nico Robin, a figure with a bounty of 7900 million at the age of 7, is a historian!"

As he spoke, Ning Yuan took out another wanted poster and placed it next to the portrait.

"Look, isn't that her?"

"It's her!" Upon seeing the bounty poster, Weiwei had no further doubts and nodded firmly.

A person's physique may change, their appearance may change, but the temperament between their eyebrows and eyes will not change.

Although the photo of Nico Robin in the wanted poster was taken when she was 7 years old, she looks almost exactly the same as she does now at 27, and the melancholy and confusion in her eyes are exactly the same!

"Crocodile is an ambitious man, while Nico Robin is a historian. Clearly, their goals have diverged!" Ning Yuan laughed. "But her strength alone is insufficient to fight Crocodile. Just then, she encountered you, who had infiltrated Baroque Works, and thus pulled you onto her chariot!"

"So that's how it is!" Weiwei breathed a sigh of relief.

I was wondering why my undercover mission had gone so smoothly; it turns out someone above was helping to cover it up.

"But even if she thought of me, it wouldn't make a difference!" Vivi sighed, her face bitter. "That's one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea. Even if my father is the king, all he can do is publicly release the evidence that Baroque Works framed the royal family and then expel him from the country. It's absolutely impossible to fight against him!"

Not to mention Crocodile's own strength, he is also a pirate recognized by the World Government and has the legal right to plunder.

The member states have absolutely no way to deal with such a formidable pirate.

"Have you found any evidence?" Ning Yuan asked.

"I've only climbed to the level of a member of Baroque Works, I'm nowhere near the core!" Vivi shook her head. "I have absolutely no access to such classified information!"

"We didn't get any evidence, and our identities have been exposed instead. It seems we have no choice but to confront them head-on!" Ning Yuan laughed.

"You're still laughing!" Weiwei angrily raised her hand and pinched Ning Yuan's soft waist. "You're so smart, how come you didn't understand my look just now? Were you doing it on purpose?"

Did this girl learn this trick on her own? Tashigi and Nojiko can do it too!

Ning Yuan chuckled: "I just don't want my wife to be with another man, do I?"

"What kind of time is this? And I'm not even married to you yet!" Vivi said irritably. "Besides, once Crocodile succeeds in usurping the throne, I won't be a princess anymore, and you probably won't even want me then!"

"How could that be!" Ning Yuan picked up the genuine princess in a princess carry and placed her in his arms.

Fun fact: When a girl says something like, "You'll definitely have other girls too," it actually means she's lacking a sense of security.

Giving someone a hug is usually a safe bet.

Anyway, Weiwei didn't resist; instead, she snuggled deeper into Ning Yuan's embrace.

"You seem to trust me a lot!" Ning Yuan gently nuzzled Weiwei's ponytail with his chin and whispered, "Aren't you afraid I'm a liar?"

"Even if you're a liar, what can you possibly lie to me about? I won't be a princess anymore any longer!" Vivi said with a hint of despair.

"I'll trick you into being my wife and having a bunch of sons!" Ning Yuan said.

Weiwei chuckled: "Isn't that what a wife should do?"

That's not necessarily true. Have you ever heard of a fourth child who isn't biologically related to his parents?

Forget it, let's not let the dregs of otherworldly content pollute the anime database.

"Maybe I'm actually a slave trader. A princess of a fallen kingdom can fetch a lot of money!" Ning Yuan reached out and lifted Weiwei's chin. "Besides, you're so beautiful!"

"Would you sell me?" Weiwei asked, her eyes filled with tears, looking pitiful.

"Oh no!" Ning Yuan clutched his heart.

You are all I see, you are all I feel, I trust you completely, and all I see is the starry sky.

You are her everything in life!

This was the emotion Ning Yuan read in Weiwei's eyes.

"Why?" Ning Yuan asked, confused. "I remember you attended that UN General Assembly, didn't you? Don't you know that there's no such country as Guining in the world? If that country could mobilize a million troops, it would be world-famous by now!"

"I didn't think of it at first, but I did later, but it doesn't matter anymore!" Weiwei shook her head.

You may not realize how precious you are!

Ning Yuan was born in a peaceful era. Even though he transmigrated into the world of Naruto, he hardly ever went to the battlefield, so his temperament was not affected in the slightest.

It is a calmness and composure that only exists in people living in peacetime.

And those clear yet somewhat foolish eyes are very touching to people born in chaotic times.

This is a very simple wish, a human instinct to yearn for peace and order.

More logically, Ning Yuan seized the initiative in the conversation with just a few words, demonstrating his intelligence and strategy.

Although I couldn't help Weiwei much in terms of ability, just helping her with thinking was a huge help!

Being an undercover agent for Baroque Works is more than just a matter of walking on thin ice; it's a constant state of trepidation.

She was under so much pressure!

At this point, let alone a handsome guy who looks innocent and harmless, even a pirate, as long as he says he's a good person, she'll believe him!

She's like a drowning person; now she'll grab onto anything, whether it's a straw or a stick, and rely on it!

Extending her slender, fair arms, Weiwei wrapped them around Ning Yuan's neck, her expression dreamy and her eyes burning: "What are you waiting for?"

This was indeed what Ning Yuan wanted, but behind the desire, Ning Yuan clearly saw a deep, lifeless stillness.

Ning Yuan's research and contemplation for Weiwei not only failed to ignite her fighting spirit, but also made her even more desperate after learning the identity of her opponent.

Therefore, her demands on Ning Yuan were not the starting point for a happy life, but rather a clarion call to death.

Ning Yuan spat: What a shitty world!

Actually, traveling to the world of anime should be a happy thing, but because these anime worlds have too many burdens and too much suffering, a perfectly sunny and cheerful boy was turned into a NetEase Cloud Music member by being so angry.

Pushing away Weiwei's lips that were about to meet his, Ning Yuan said softly, "By the way, there's something you haven't asked me!"

"What?" Vivi squirmed restlessly. I just wanted to indulge myself before I died, stop with the nonsense!

"Didn't you ask me if I'm afraid of Crocodile?"

"That's one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea!" Vivi said casually. "How could I not be afraid?"

"But I'm really not afraid!"

"Why aren't you afraid?"

"I'm not afraid, I'm just not afraid!"

Ning Yuan picked up Weiwei and got up.

"What are you doing?" Weiwei looked bewildered. If she had studied classical Chinese poetry, she would have said: "A moment of spring night is worth a thousand pieces of gold. Can you please not do anything unnecessary?"

"I'll take you to kill Crocodile!"

"what?"

But then Ning Yuan bent down and squatted down, and then leaped up!

In an instant, Ning Yuan and Weiwei had already soared into the sky!

In reality, Ningyuan's flight doesn't require this assistance process, but it looks cool!

While being held in Ning Yuan's arms, Weiwei was completely shocked as she listened to the whistling wind in her ears!

She carefully turned her head to look down, and then her legs went weak.

That's right, I'm actually flying in the sky!

Wait, this Prince Gui Ning can actually fly?

No, he seems to be saying that he is not the Prince of Guining, and that he has never returned to this country!

"Who...who are you?" Weiwei struggled to speak, braving the howling wind.

"My name is Ning Yuan. As for my identity, if you don't mind, you can still call me my fiancé!"