I, Uchiha Hikaru, have joined the chat group.

Chapter 287 The Second Private Chat Spot

Amid Bulma's excited explanation.

Hikaru Uchiha took the bracelet she handed him and examined it carefully.

The design of this thing is not much different from before, except that the buttons on the dial have been changed to the shape of knobs, with three markings: "10", "100", and "1000".

According to Bulma, you can shrink the size proportionally by rotating it to the corresponding mark, and return it to its original state by using another button.

For ordinary people, the "1000" scale is basically useless. After all, if you did that, your whole body would become a tiny millimeter that is not visible to the naked eye. You might accidentally be mistaken for a mosquito and slapped to death.

However, that's a different story when it comes to those enormous beasts.

"With this, Hikaru, you can go to the world of Akame ga Kill! and bring out that East Sea Cloud Dragon!"

"……really."

Uchiha Hikaru looked up at the blue-haired girl opposite him and said thank you, "Thank you, Bulma."

"Hey, given our relationship, do we really need to say such formal things?"

Bulma pretended to be unhappy.

Before Uchiha Hikaru could respond, she grinned again and grabbed her arm, saying, "Alright, let's not talk about that now. Come on, I'll take you on a tour of our future pirate ship and see if there's anything that needs improvement! If everything's alright, then I'll hang up the 'Dimensional Pirates' flag."

"it is good."

……

The space on the Blue Planet is quite large.

Starting from the cockpit, the cabins are fully equipped with dining room, kitchen, bathhouse, laundry room, medical room, conference room, and so on. Of course, there is also the small garden that Bulma originally envisioned for growing vegetables and fruits, and the "gravity training room" that Uchiha Hikaru longed for.

In the context of real warships, logistics would be a major issue. Fuel, ammunition, food, fresh water… these resources would take up a lot of space and require resupply every few weeks. In high-intensity combat situations, resupply might be needed every three to five days.

However, the Dragon Ball world has the "Capsule Refill" technology, which directly solves the most troublesome problem, and everything else becomes much easier.

In theory, they could even raise two giant pandas on the ship, along with some other small animals, creating a real-life "Noah's Ark".

"Good."

After touring the facility and experiencing the "gravity training room" for a while, Uchiha Hikaru gave his evaluation.

She paused, then another question occurred to her: "By the way, how are you planning to get this thing into the One Piece world?"

"Well, it's very simple."

Bulma held up two fingers and explained with a smile, "There are two ways. First, we can upload the ship to the group at a price of 1 point and let Yamato buy it there; second... I forgot to tell you earlier, this warship can actually be shrunk down. As long as we shrink it to one-tenth or even one-fifth of its length, we can put it in a capsule and take it away."

"?!"

The capsule is a vacuum environment and cannot be used to hold living people, but it has a considerable capacity for holding inanimate objects.

Uchiha Hikaru thought about it and felt there was no problem.

"Very good!"

"If you, Hikaru, also think it's okay... then when shall we set off?"

Bulma looked on with anticipation.

"...A few days later."

Uchiha Hikaru scratched his head: "I'll go back to Konoha first and explain what needs to be done to Shisui and the others. You should also contact Kikyo and the others to see everyone's schedules... If everything goes smoothly, we'll find an auspicious day and go explore the pirate world."

As the "first mate" of the pirate crew, Uchiha Hikaru's words carry considerable weight.

Although Bulma was eager to embark on her pirate adventure, she calmed down and began to inquire about Kikyo and the others' situations one by one.

Take advantage of this break.

Uchiha Hikaru first went to Dr. Gero's laboratory and talked with the Gero couple, as well as Tamayo, Yushiro, and Kaikimaru, who had been assigned there not long ago, about the latest research progress.

Then, he took Esdeath back to Konoha Village in the Naruto world.

On the Konoha side.

Clinical trials targeting the Uchiha clan are still ongoing, but are nearing completion.

—This is just the first phase of the experiment.

After listening to Shisui and Orochimaru's reports, Uchiha Hikaru took the notebooks handed to him by the latter two and glanced through them. Then he took out the Dragon King's blood sample he brought back from the Dragon Clan World and showed it to them.

Orochimaru's snake-like eyes lit up almost immediately.

"...I see, so those mysterious dragon-like creatures have different attributes?"

"The previous blood sample came from an 'Earth' type dragon, but this one is 'Fire' type?"

Orochimaru held the test tube up to his face, observing the dark red blood inside, which resembled boiling cola. A questioning expression appeared on his face: "It seems that the continent that Lord Kou went to has quite a few amazing creatures. I wonder if I will have the opportunity to go with Lord Kou to see them in the future."

"...It will happen."

Uchiha Hikaru casually made a promise.

Later, when Shisui and the others were not around, she approached Orochimaru again and mentioned the "private chat channel" to him.

That's right.

After much deliberation, Uchiha Hikaru finally decided to give Orochimaru the private chat slot in the Naruto world.

This was almost an inevitable choice.

Excluding Naruto and Karin, who are still children, she can only choose from Shisui, Fugaku, and Orochimaru to have a private conversation with. Among them, Fugaku can be ruled out first due to his insufficient abilities. That leaves Shisui and Orochimaru. One is highly loyal but not very well-informed, while the other is the complete opposite.

In comparison, intelligence is more important. After all, no one knows when Akatsuki and Obito might suddenly pull off a big stunt. If they waited for Shisui to receive the information before passing it on to her, it would probably be too late.

Of course……

Uchiha Hikaru didn't mention the chat group, only saying that the "private chat" function was a new "technique" he had recently developed, used to enable remote communication.

—Interdimensional communication can also be considered "remote," so there's nothing wrong with that.

Orochimaru seemed somewhat skeptical, but didn't press further. He simply promised to keep a close eye on the ninja world and inform Uchiha Hikaru of any news promptly.

As for the fulfillment of this promise...

We'll have to wait and see.

If Orochimaru performs well enough, it's not impossible to consider taking him to another world to broaden his horizons.

(End of this chapter)