Starting with the Uchiha clan, they began cultivating demonic arts.

Chapter 259 Conversation with Aokiji

"Admirals do have their own missions, but they also occasionally take a break to relax or deal with their past issues."

Aokiji maintained his usual lazy tone, but his gaze towards Uchiha Touu became serious:

"Tell me, Blood Demon, what are you trying to do by associating with Robin? Are you also pursuing the power of the Ancient Weapons?"

Others didn't know where Robin was, and many couldn't even match the current Robin with her eight-year-old bounty poster, but Aokiji, who had been following Robin's growth, knew all about it.

Therefore, he naturally knew that after Shakuro Fall was killed, Robin had already joined Uchiha Tou's ranks.

Although Robin is a versatile individual with many excellent abilities, for most ambitious people, her greatest ability is naturally translating ancient historical texts and searching for ancient weapons.

Furthermore, with the sudden revelation of the Pluton design in Water Seven, and Robin's current boss getting involved, Aokiji naturally felt suspicious and wanted to test the waters.

"Tsk, so that's why you came to me? You think I'm also an ambitious person who wants to overthrow the world? You want to use Robin's abilities to find the Ancient Weapons and rule the world?"

Uchiha Touyu only needed to think for a moment to understand what the Marine Admiral was thinking, and couldn't help but chuckle.

"Isn't that right?"

The naval admiral stared intently at Uchiha Touyu and said coldly:

"The strongest warriors on the high seas possess an unbreakable will; only with this can they push their strength to incredible heights!"

"Your strength is among the best, even on this vast ocean. It's impossible that you don't have your own ambitions, or rather, ideals! And do you really think that your actions all along have put my mind at ease?"

Uchiha Touyu rolled his eyes inwardly and said decisively:

"Of course I can rest assured. Otherwise, after all this time adventuring on the high seas, have I ever had a bounty on my head? Have I ever violated any World Government laws?"

Aokiji was speechless for a moment. Uchiha Touyu had indeed killed a great many, many people. The number of people killed was so high that even Aokiji, a seasoned Marine Admiral, felt a chill run down his spine.

It's important to know that in the Alabasta civil war alone, Uchiha Hiyu killed no fewer than 10 rebels and various noble private soldiers.

He then moved on to the first half of the Grand Line, where all the pirates on the seven routes suffered devastating blows. Even some non-World Government member states that liked to plunder had their armies wiped out. The total number of these dead was definitely seventy or eighty thousand.

In less than a few months, he killed hundreds of thousands of people. Such bloodthirstiness is simply appalling. Even if you called Akainu, a hawkish admiral, he would have to say, "You're too extreme."

However, according to the laws of the World Government, Uchiha Tou had not committed any crime. In fact, because of his actions in fighting pirates and non-World Government member states' rebel forces, the World Government should award him a big medal!

"You haven't broken any World Government laws, but based on your actions, I simply can't convince myself that you're a law-abiding citizen..."

"There are plenty of restless people in this world. Take the Seven Warlords of the Sea for example, which one of them is well-behaved? Instead of keeping an eye on those guys, you're causing trouble for me. Do you think I'm easier to bully?"

Aokiji covered his forehead with his hand, revealing a helpless expression:

"Quite the opposite! It's precisely because I think you're far more dangerous than the Seven Warlords of the Sea that I've come looking for you!"

"Shacroft's ambitions will ultimately be nothing but a joke. With his dual Haki deteriorated, even if he obtains an Ancient Weapon, it will be meaningless."

"But you're different. Top-tier combat power combined with an ancient weapon capable of overturning the world—you're absolutely not allowed to exist!"

Looking at the righteous and eloquent Aokiji, Uchiha Touyu smiled and spoke:

"Then I have a question—why are you causing trouble for me instead of looking for the root of the problem, that demon son Robin?"

"You should know very well that if we let her roam the seas, one day this child of the devil will go in search of the ancient historical texts, and in the process, there is a great deal of chance that she will be used by someone."

"Wouldn't the best course of action be to simply kill that demon's son and end it all? After all, killing a historian who can't offer much resistance is far easier than killing me, the Blood Demon!"

Aokiji remained silent for a moment, not answering Uchiha Tou's question, but simply said:

"After I've resolved your problem, I'll take Nico Robin away!"

"Then go and take her away!"

Uchiha Touyu spoke with a smile:

"Since you don't trust me at all and always think I'm an ambitious schemer, then I'll just hand Robin over to you. Without this ancient historian, you can't keep pinning all those grand schemes about ancient weapons on me, can you?"

Aokiji: Σ(°△°|||)︴

"What...what do you mean?! Robin is supposed to be your ally!"

"Tsk tsk tsk, you give yourself away as soon as you're provoked. Admiral, isn't your butt a little crooked?"

Aokiji took two long breaths, his expression calming down. He knew his earlier excitement had revealed a lot, and just as he was about to say something more, Uchiha Touyu suddenly delivered a devastating blow:

"By the way, there's a giant named Sauro in Elbaf. I heard he's a good friend of yours, Admiral. Is that true?"

"What?! You've seen Sauro?!?"

"That's interesting... I'm not surprised that Saul is still alive, but I'm surprised that I saw that guy. It seems that you really did freeze him to protect that big guy."

"So, you've been letting Robin's situation slide all these years, haven't you?"

Having revealed so many flaws, Qingzhi was speechless. In the end, he could only sigh helplessly.

"Oh dear, you've exposed everything. You've said so much, aren't you afraid I'll kill you to silence you?"

"Heh, once your true nature has been revealed, you've lost all your intimidation potential, Admiral Aokiji."

"That's not necessarily true. While I might show mercy or even deliberately let someone go in certain situations, I will not hesitate to eliminate the enemy if necessary."

"I've frozen countless pirate crews on the high seas, and unlike Saul, they don't survive after being thawed!"

The three admirals all possess natural abilities that are almost like natural disasters, with extremely terrifying wide-area destructive power. Although Aokiji is not the most ruthless of the three admirals, the number of pirates he has killed is definitely no less than five figures.

Aokiji would only show leniency to his enemies when his own sense of justice clashed with that of the World Government. When faced with truly ruthless pirates who committed murder, plunder, and all sorts of evil, his choices might not be much gentler than those of Uchiha Tou.

At most, Uchiha Touyu would choose to kill them all, but in front of Aokiji, those pirates would still have the chance to visit Impel Down—of course, it's hard to say whether going to Impel Down or death is more terrifying.

"However, now that Robin's excuse has been exposed, you have no reason to fight me, do you?"

Aokiji glanced coldly at Uchiha Touyu and spoke calmly:

"Then let's hope you never reveal anything, Mr. Blood Demon!"

After saying that, Qingzhi turned around and took out another bicycle from behind the boulder, then sat on it and drove into the ocean.

As Uchiha Tou watched the Marine Admiral slowly disappear into the sea, he stroked his chin.

"I made a mistake... I should have fought this guy. Although it would be hard to win, it probably wouldn't be easy to lose either. It would have been a good opportunity to test my strength."

"Now look what's happened. A barrage of words did drive this guy away, but just how strong a Marine Admiral really is, remains an unknown to me!"

It's difficult to tell just how strong the Marine Admirals or the Four Emperors are from the manga alone, and the Marine Admirals in the manga haven't really fought to the death many times.

Even during the Marineford War, Akainu, who fought the hardest, only exerted his full strength, not risked his life.

As for Kizaru and Aokiji, who were basically slacking off during the Marineford War, it's even harder to tell how much effort they put in. Putting aside everything else, Kizaru on Egghead Island had acquired several more skills than during the Marineford War, clearly indicating that he wasn't taking the war very seriously back then.

He didn't know much from the manga, let alone in reality. Although Uchiha Touyu estimated that his strength had reached this level, he had never actually fought one, so he was still a little unsure of himself.

"Never mind... it's not a big deal anyway, at least I've achieved my goal."

With things having come to this, Uchiha Touya no longer pondered the matter. He transformed into a ball of bloody light and vanished into the ruins of Enies Lobby.

The CP9 agents eventually returned to Alabasta and were quickly treated. Uchiha Hiyu took the opportunity to give these people some psychological hypnotic suggestions.

It wasn't really a big deal; it just solidified the "friendship" between the two sides and diminished their loyalty to the World Government, so that they could help him when they returned to the World Government later.

Although these agents were originally very loyal to the World Government, after what happened, even the most loyal ones would be greatly diminished. If we could take advantage of their vulnerability and change their attitude, it wouldn't be too difficult.

Even a die-hard like Lucci's loyalty wavered greatly after learning that he was being hunted as a expendable pawn. Uchiha Hiu easily turned his loyalty into resentment.

Of course, Uchiha Tou didn't go too far. He just made them full of resentment towards the World Government and lack of loyalty, rather than making them enemies of the World Government. This way, it would be easier to arrange for them to work for the World Government in the future.

However, even if they return to the World Government, they will no longer be loyal agents, but rather just ordinary workers, or even spies stabbing the heart of the World Government.

In addition, when Uchiha Hiyu was hypnotizing and reforming them, he discovered that these people already showed signs of brainwashing. He was quite surprised at first, but quickly came to his senses.

While hypnosis is rare at sea, it is by no means a unique skill. Apart from that lousy hypnotist Zango, the color rendering of Golden Week is, to some extent, a form of hypnosis.

Even Princess Vivi possesses a technique for hypnotizing through dance. Although the effect isn't great, it does demonstrate that this technique is still circulating within a limited scope.

While the world government's agents are indeed powerful and determined, making them difficult to brainwash and control in this way, they begin training from a very young age, when they have many opportunities.

Through training, indoctrination, brainwashing, and control from a young age, the current CP agents are created. In Uchiha Tomoyu's view, this is exactly the World Government's production process. This also allows Uchiha Tomoyu to understand why these agents are so loyal to the World Government.

These brainwashing techniques are highly secretive and are used continuously from childhood to adulthood. Normally, let alone changing these agents' thoughts, it's unlikely that anyone would even be able to detect that these agents have been brainwashed.

Because under long-term brainwashing and control, their loyalty to the World Government has transformed from an externally imposed idea into their very nature.

However, now that he has been abandoned by the World Government, his will has been greatly shaken, which allowed Uchiha Tou to discover the clues and thus have the opportunity to do something.

After all, if we're talking purely about hypnotic abilities, Uchiha Touya is definitely an expert. Back in the Naruto world, he was an Uchiha, and even if his strongest skill wasn't genjutsu, his genjutsu level far surpassed that of ordinary ninjas, and even ordinary Uchiha.

After mastering the Heavenly Demon Secret Technique, he progressed to an unfathomable level in this area. In other words, hypnosis techniques in the One Piece world are just a minor skill; otherwise, Uchiha Touyu would have easily taken over the World Government and the Navy.

After consuming the Vampire Fruit, the hypnosis technique, which was previously almost like a rootless duckweed, was transformed with the help of the Devil Fruit's power. It was still useless in battles of equal strength, but it was easy to use against the weak or those whose minds were wavering.

"How does it feel? Alabasta has just gone through a civil war and is now in the post-war recovery period, even more prosperous than before."

In the Alabasta royal palace, Uchiha Tou looked at the group of special agents who were undergoing rehabilitation training and spoke.

"It's already very good. We've been to many countries, and countries like Alabasta are very rare these days."

Kalifa pushed up her glasses and said something.

(End of this chapter)