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Chapter 397 You also want to become the Pirate King?

"Hey, Hikari-neechan, where are the two fish I just grilled?"

A few minutes later.

Naruto, who had just finished telling Sasuke about his journey in the pirate world, turned around and looked at the empty grill, completely bewildered.

Beside him, Uchiha Hikaru wiped his hands with a tissue, then took out a bag of White Rabbit candies from his pocket and handed it over: "Sorry, I ate two of your grilled fish. Consider this an apology. I brought these from Erii's place. They taste pretty good. You two can share them."

"Oh……"

Naruto nodded and did as he was told.

Sasuke took the candy from the blond-haired kid, hesitated for a moment, and looked at Uchiha Hikaru: "Grandma, what Naruto just said, is it true? In Konoha... outside our world, is there really another world with completely different customs, culture, and even physical rules?"

"If there's another chance next time, could you take me with you?"

"What, you want to become the Pirate King too?"

Uchiha Hikaru raised an eyebrow.

Although Sasuke's words surprised her a little, upon closer reflection, they made sense.

Children of this age always have some fantasies about the outside world. In particular, Sasuke, as an Uchiha, has never left Konoha Village since birth. The world of One Piece is a world full of strange and wonderful things, such as Devil Fruits, Sea Kings, and the Six Powers. All of these are enough to arouse Sasuke's curiosity and even make him yearn for it.

"...Okay."

After a brief moment of thought, Uchiha Hikaru gave an affirmative answer: "I was just planning to take Naruto to the One Piece world in a few days to meet the Fourth Hokage. If you have time, you can come along."

"Huh, really?"

Sasuke looked delighted, then asked somewhat hesitantly, "May I invite my brother along?"

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"Can't."

Uchiha Hikaru readily denied it, but a thought had already formed in his mind:

According to the plan she and Minato Namikaze devised, the current power structure of the five great nations will soon be completely disrupted and restructured. At that time, the concepts of "ninja villages" and "ninja clans" will become history. This outcome will undoubtedly be unacceptable to a considerable number of people, such as the members of the Uchiha clan.

Their obsession with the position of "Hokage," the village chief, is nothing new. If this goal were suddenly lost, most of them would probably be unable to adjust for a while.

Ideally, these guys should be reformed and brought into the construction of the "new government."

If they really can't be corrected, then perhaps we could consider sending them to the pirates next door. Anyway, there's plenty of territory and resources there; just the larger islands alone number in the tens of thousands, enough to satisfy these guys who are obsessed with fame and status, fulfilling their desire to carve out their own territories and become kings.

As long as they don't descend into the state of indiscriminate killing like Blackbeard, Whitebeard and his gang probably won't interfere much.

Uchiha Hikaru prepared to go back and talk to Shisui and Izumi about this topic.

And now.

After exchanging a few more words, Naruto called to Sasuke, and together they went down to the river to catch fish.

After his months-long journey through the world of One Piece, Naruto's swimming and fishing skills improved significantly, if nothing else. However, compared to the giant, monster-like fish found in the world of One Piece, especially in the New World, the freshwater fish in Konoha were too small, leaving him feeling somewhat unsatisfied.

the other side.

Uchiha Hikaru glanced at the two children's backs, then put his hands behind his head and walked with Esdeath to a nearby shady clearing. They sat down, leaning against a slightly sloping tree stump, and looked up at the white clouds peeking through the leaves, looking quite content.

"Speaking of which..."

"Those two shadow clones I sent out should have arrived by now, right?"

……

It was around the same time that Uchiha Hikaru lay down.

Nearly a thousand miles away in the Land of Rain, another Uchiha Hikaru appeared out of nowhere. After looking around, he followed the lingering scent and entered a cave.

This is the place where Madara and Obito just stayed.

Although the two cleaned up their surroundings before leaving, they could never have imagined that Uchiha Hikaru would actually find them, and arrive so quickly. Therefore, they didn't completely eliminate the remaining chakra aura. So, after a brief observation and using his "ki" to sense the surroundings for a moment, Uchiha Hikaru determined the situation:

"Besides Obito and Danzo, there was a fourth person who stayed here. His chakra aura was somewhat similar to Naruto's, or rather, Kurama's..."

"Yagura, the one with the tachibana?"

In addition...

"They didn't leave the Land of Fire, but rather the heart of the Land of Rain. It seems they're heading towards Amegakure?"

Uchiha Hikaru was not surprised by this result.

Although he looks relatively young on the surface, Ban is actually an old man who has lived for nearly a hundred years.

Facing the Allied Shinobi Forces, whose average strength was far inferior to his own, he could unleash his youthful arrogance and charge into battle; but facing Uchiha Hikari, after the battle in the genjutsu space just now, Madara would definitely adopt a more cautious strategy, planning carefully before acting, rather than rushing to Konoha to fight her a second time.

As for the appearance of Yagura, it indicates that—

"The Hidden Mist Village is probably already destroyed..."

After all, Minato Namikaze encountered Madara and Obito outside Kirigakure, while Yagura Karatachi was still in the village in his berserk tailed beast form. Since the two ended up together, it means that after Madara and Obito failed to capture Minato, they most likely returned to Kirigakure and captured the Three-Tails Jinchuriki.

Given Obito's level of hatred for Kirigakure, the Kirigakure side has likely suffered heavy casualties.

Under this premise.

The task that Uchiha Hikaru had to do became simple.

Her purpose in returning is to use Madara's name to advance the previously drafted "New Government Plan." To achieve this, the first step is to make the entire ninja world aware that "Uchiha Madara has been resurrected," and then form an alliance to deal with this threat.

Madara himself may not have wanted to be the public enemy of the ninja world.

But Uchiha Hikaru can help him.

As a capsule was thrown out, Uchiha Hikaru donned a black robe with red clouds, put on Yamato's Hannya mask, and slightly adjusted his height and physique using "Wuwei Transformation," gradually transforming himself into an identical appearance to Madara.

Then, she walked out of the cave and headed towards the Land of Wind and Sunagakure.

The purpose of this trip is to capture Gaara, the Jinchuriki of the One-Tailed Beast, in Madara's name!