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Chapter 240 Straw Hat Boy

When Uchiha Hiyu completed his mission and returned to the capital of Alabasta, he thought the war was over, but he discovered a large number of rebel forces.

"What's going on? Didn't you reach an agreement with the rebels?"

Inside the palace, Uchiha Tou summoned Cobra and Vivi, and spoke with some curiosity.

Princess Vivi, with a huffy expression, spoke:

"Those rebels have now made contact with pirate crews outside and launched a sudden attack, gaining a significant advantage, so they've started acting arrogantly again."

"Moreover, the original rebel leaders have been replaced by some nobles. Those greedy fellows are not as pure as the original rebel leaders."

The original leader of the rebel army was named Kou Sha, who was childhood sweethearts with Weiwei. He was at least a good person in terms of character, and his only wish was to give the people a way to survive.

Unfortunately, due to Uchiha Hiyu's actions, a large number of warlord nobles were killed, and a small number of nobles simply fled to the rebel army. This caused these nobles, who were originally only secretly supporting the rebel army, to step into the open and take over the positions of leaders of the rebel army.

Unlike the original rebel leader, who only thought about finding a way to survive for his people, these nobles really wanted to overthrow the Alabasta royal family!

"Tsk... Gresham's Law, Gresham's Law. There's nothing new under the sun. In this game of vying for power, morally upright people can never beat those who have no bottom line."

Uchiha Touyu was not surprised by this. This kind of situation has happened countless times in human history. Most of the founding emperors, although they were talented and ambitious, were generally below average in terms of personal morality. After all, people without any bottom line are always more difficult to deal with.

Emperor Gaozu of Han could get Xiang Yu to share a bowl of his father's meat soup with him; Emperor Taizong of Tang directly killed his two brothers; Emperor Taizu of Song donned the yellow robe and bullied orphans and widows; Zhu Yuanzhang also almost killed all his old brothers...

Unless one is like Qin Shi Huang, who already had the accumulated merits of his ancestors, or Liu Xiu, who was blessed with divine mandate and could summon meteorites, those with principles are easily eliminated in the struggle for power.

Of course, what concerned Uchiha Touyu even more was another issue:

"You mean the pirates who helped those rebels, the Straw Hat Pirates? Interesting, why would these guys get involved in something like this?"

After the Straw Hat Pirates escaped from Smoker, they now have bounties. The three main members each have a bounty of tens of millions, though their actual strength is certainly more than that.

"It's probably because of you, Captain. You seem to have forgotten what you did. Whether it's the pirate ship or that Usopp guy, you stole them from the Straw Hat Pirates!"

It was Robin who spoke. Although she had only recently joined Uchiha Tou's team, with her years of experience in the underworld, she easily learned about what Uchiha Tou had done in the past from Nami, Usopp, and others.

"Uh... so you wanted revenge on me? You're really persistent..."

Uchiha Touyu muttered to himself, but then he thought that he had not only stolen the Going Merry, but also brought Usoppla over to do odd jobs... If the Straw Hat crew could forgive and forget about the former, then no matter how rubber-headed Luffy was, he would never let the matter rest.

Unless Usopp goes to explain to the Straw Hat crew himself, but Uchiha Tou doesn't think Usopp would do such a thing. Maybe the first thing he'll do when he gets back to the Straw Hat crew is to get Luffy and the other two to take him away and run away.

Uchiha Touya doesn't pay much attention to Usopp, but he has already invested a Candle-Candle Fruit. If he lets Usopp return to the Straw Hat crew, wouldn't he be at a huge disadvantage?

(But this is fine too... Since the rebels are unwilling to disband, doesn't that give me a perfect excuse to kill?)

To be honest, in Alabasta, Uchiha Touya really had a good time killing people. So far, he has taken nearly 10 lives. The people in the One Piece world are full of energy, and even ordinary people are no less powerful than ninjas in the Naruto world.

The blood nerve magic power obtained from 10 lives, after being transmitted back through the void, is no small amount. It can further enhance the cultivation of the main body. At the same time, through the transformation of magic power, this clone of his gradually possesses a monstrous physique similar to Charlotte Linlin and Kaido of the Beasts.

It's still a long way off, but at least ordinary firearms and artillery won't be able to do much damage to Uchiha Touya even when he's completely defenseless.

This level of physical strength is probably close to that of a special race like King, and Uchiha Tou's strength, when converted to the One Piece world, would be roughly at the billion level.

If Uchiha Touyu could slaughter hundreds of thousands or even millions of rebels, the magical power he would gain would be roughly equivalent to a ten-year harvest in the Naruto world. Furthermore, it would allow him to completely transform his physique, turning him into a pirate version of Ashura.

It's obviously far inferior to the original, but in the world of One Piece, it's already much more powerful than a typical fantasy Devil Fruit.

"In that case, leave it to me! If we don't crush these rebels once and for all, and wipe out all those corrupt officials plotting to seize power, there will likely be many more rebellions in the future!"

"Then you can handle it. But for ordinary rebels, there's no need to be so brutal... they're just trying to survive."

Princess Vivi spoke up, and Uchiha Touyu nodded. Killing all the rebels would probably be difficult, and Cobra and Princess Vivi would never agree to it. However, eliminating the most radical 10-20% as resources for his own advancement was not a problem.

"By the way, Robin, have you finished reading the main text of World History?"

As if remembering something, Uchiha Touyu looked at Robin and asked, "After killing Shacroft, Robin obtained the consent of Princess Vivi and King Cobra to go and check the Poneglyphs of that world."

Uchiha Tou didn't care about this. He knew very well what the Poneglyphs of the Alabasta Kingdom said about this side of the kingdom. Wasn't it the location of the Hades battleship?

The key point is that the Pluton battleship is located in Wano Country in the New World, which happens to be the territory of Kaido, one of the Four Emperors. To seize the Pluton battleship, one must first deal with the strongest creatures on land, sea, and air...

Honestly, Shackleton's series of plans, which seemed ingenious, were actually a huge tragedy. Even if he knew the location of the Pluton, what could he do?

Crocodile might not be able to beat Whitebeard, so how could he possibly defeat Kaido of the Beasts? To be honest, Kaido is far more dangerous than Whitebeard!

Let alone the current Kaido, in terms of strength, he is probably even stronger than the aging Whitebeard. The key is that Whitebeard is often merciful to young people he admires and lets them go, while Kaido has no such hobby. He will either capture them and make them his subordinates or kill them outright.

Given Shaco's strength at the time, the fact that he was able to escape from Whitebeard meant that Whitebeard hadn't been too serious and had held back a bit. If it had been Kaido, he would either be dead by now or stuck in a prison in Wano Country.

"I've finished reading it... It's a pity it's not the blank 100 years of history I was looking for."

Robin sighed, then glanced at Uchiha Tou and, seeing that he didn't seem interested in the Poneglyphs, secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Robin didn't want to entrust something like the Hades Battleship to the wrong person. Although she felt that Uchiha Tou was much better than Shaco Rockfall, Robin still didn't have much trust in him.

"The Void Century? Although I know the locations of many Poneglyphs, not many of them involve the Void Century. Perhaps Vegapunk knows more; he has done some research in this area."

He casually answered Robin's question, which brightened Robin's eyes, who was initially disappointed by the record in the Poneglyph, and filled her with renewed fighting spirit.

Meanwhile, Uchiha Tou had already left the palace, preparing to engage in battle.

The rebel army gradually gathered, and these people seemed to be preparing to finish the job in one fell swoop and destroy the capital of Alabasta in one fell swoop—this was also thanks to Uchiha Hiyu, who had now wiped out all the separatist nobles and corrupt officials in the country. As the country's finances and other aspects improved, the fighting spirit of the rebel army would continue to decline.

The reason why hundreds of thousands or even millions of rebels can still be gathered now is because the implementation of the policy still needs time to take effect. If it takes another three months, about 90% of these rebels will have to throw away their weapons and go back to farming.

This was something those defeated nobles could not accept under any circumstances, so they had no choice but to fight a quick battle.

When Uchiha Tou arrived at the city wall, he could see the rebel army's camp on the other side, and Luffy, who was hopping and skipping at the forefront of the rebel army.

Not seeing Sanji and Zoro, perhaps one was cooking for the rebels, and the other had gotten lost somewhere, Uchiha Tou jumped off the city wall and looked at Luffy on the other side:

"Long time no see, Straw Hat Boy. Didn't you get thrown into the pirate prison?"

"Haha, I almost got caught, but luckily I managed to escape from that smoking guy."

Luffy scratched his head and laughed heartily, his carefree expression causing the group of rebels around him, who had been trembling and pale with fear upon seeing Uchiha Tou, to display indescribable expressions.

These two look so familiar. Could it be that the pirates I brought over are in cahoots with that butcher in front of me?

However, Luffy's expression quickly changed:

"Hey, you! Where did you take Usopp?! Hand him over right now!"

"Sorry, the long-nosed guy owes me several hundred million Berries. If you want him back, that's no problem, just give me 5 million Berries!"

Uchiha Touyu chuckled and said something that left Luffy completely stunned:

"5 million Berries!! How could Usopp owe you so many Berries?"

"He ate one of my Devil Fruits and has now become a Candle-Candle Fruit user. The auction price of this Devil Fruit is about three to five hundred million Berries."

Upon hearing this, Luffy's face immediately fell. After a moment's thought, he suddenly realized:

"Wait a minute?! Aren't we pirates? We can just run away if we don't have money for food! Besides, Usopp was captured by you—he ate his Devil Fruit through his own abilities, why should he pay for it?!"

Uchiha Touyu: "..."

Why did your rubber brain suddenly become so clever at this moment?

However, if a pirate's evil deeds are limited to eating and dashing, and only running away when he has no money to pay, and then paying the bill when he has money, then you are being a very unprofessional pirate!

Of course, Uchiha Touyu was also well aware that although Luffy was definitely in the chaotic camp, he could at most be classified as chaotic neutral or chaotic good, and certainly not chaotic evil.

He might do some bad things unconsciously, but if he were to do something truly heinous out of his own volition, then he really doesn't have such a low moral bottom line.

"Looks like you're planning to use pirate methods to solve this..."

Uchiha Hiyu slowly drew the Third Generation Kitetsu, and a fierce and tragic killing intent instantly spread out. The light emanating from the dark red blade seemed to carry a strong smell of blood. Some of the rebels standing at the front even heard illusory sounds like ghosts wailing and howling.

Even if Luffy is usually oblivious to everything, he felt a chill run down his spine and tensed up after sensing this strange situation, revealing a serious expression:

"Ugh... this guy seems a bit tough to deal with... whatever! Let's go!"

"Rubber, rubber—machine gun!"

Like a hail of bullets, rubber fists rained down on Uchiha Touyu, followed by a series of clanging sounds. A moment later, Luffy withdrew his fists, looked at Uchiha Touyu standing before him, whose clothes were barely disheveled, then looked at his own fists, and fell into deep thought:

"How can this guy be harder than iron? My fists are aching, and he hasn't reacted at all..."

"Have you run out of tricks? Now it's my turn."

Uchiha Hiyu slowly raised the Third Generation Kitetsu in his hand, and then the blade shone brightly, unleashing a flying slash in an instant.

"That's amazing..."

Luffy's expression changed. His companion Zoro was also a swordsman, but unfortunately, Zoro hadn't even mastered the art of cutting iron, let alone flying slashes.

Faced with the overwhelming flying slashes, the Gum-Gum Fruit user could only shout to boost his morale, then clench his fist and unleash a Gum-Gum Rocket.

Unfortunately, this punch had no effect on the Flying Slash. On the contrary, the Flying Slash cut through Luffy's fist and sent him flying backward, reaping countless rebel soldiers along the way until it had shattered the entire army before finally dissipating.

Luffy hasn't even developed the most basic Gear Second yet, so his fighting power is only about the same as that of ordinary Paradise Pirates with tens of millions in assets. In Uchiha Touyu's eyes, such an opponent can be described as an elite grunt. It would be strange if he could stop Uchiha Touyu.

"However, this guy's life is really tenacious... In some ways, Luffy is a monster whose potential is no less than Big Mom's or Kaido's!"

The rebel army was split in two by Uchiha Hiyu. At least several thousand rebels died under that flying slash, all of them were cut in half at the waist and drained of their blood. At the end of the flying slash, Luffy, who was seriously injured, stood up shakily.

(End of this chapter)