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

Chapter 272 The Five Elders Affected

It can be said that Uchiha Tou raised the ceiling of the One Piece world several times higher by his own strength. Before that, the strongest people on the sea had no way to face the siege of two top-level combatants.

For example, Rocks, the captain of the once strongest pirate crew, was still utterly defeated when facing the combined forces of Garp and Roger. He was able to suppress Whitebeard, Golden Lion, and Big Mom Kaido. Rocks was definitely a top-tier fighter among top-tier fighters, but he still couldn't defeat two equally strong opponents.

Faced with the threat of Uchiha Tou, even the Five Elders, who had always been high and mighty and regarded ordinary humans as insects, began to feel troubled. Apart from issuing a bounty, they felt helpless for a time.

Unfortunately, even though the World Government possesses the trump card to destroy the entire pirate world and wipe out an island with a single blow, it is definitely not that effective against agile individuals.

The superweapon capable of destroying an island would probably not even be able to catch its exhaust fumes at the speed of hundreds of times the speed of sound, let alone cause any damage to Uchiha Touyu.

"Where did this Uchiha Touyu come from? Intelligence indicates he was just a small-time merchant in the East Blue a few months ago!"

"A small-time merchant from the East Blue... who, after encountering pirates, became a bounty hunter-like adventurer, and within months possessed the power to annihilate the Marine Headquarters... Does anyone really believe such information?"

"Regardless, this is the initial intelligence this guy provided. The most important thing now is how to deal with the threat, and the Navy's strength also needs to be replenished!"

"Replenishing the Navy's strength is quite easy; all it takes is a large-scale recruitment drive. There are still many powerful individuals on the high seas who are outside the Navy and pirate system. The Navy currently has many vacant positions, which can be used to buy these powerful individuals."

"But what if that Uchiha Tou comes again...? Even the Holy Land of Mary Geoise probably couldn't stop that monster!"

"There shouldn't be such a powerful being on the high seas... We all know that there's a ceiling to this world. If you could become stronger just by constantly training, then any one of the five of us and Lord Im could sweep across the entire ocean."

"That's right... that Uchiha Touyu is very unusual, and there's a lot of wrong information about him, but we don't have a solution!"

"Even if there were strong individuals in the past who could use their Devil Fruit abilities to ignore the attacks of the National Treasure, we could still use our strong members to surround and kill them. But this one now, even if the five of us join forces, we'd probably just be throwing our lives away!"

As for Lord Im... the Five Elders didn't continue. Although that Lord Im had higher authority, they were confident that even two of the Five Elders working together could defeat him based on their strength alone.

Just as the Five Elders themselves said, there is a ceiling to strength on this sea. Even the strongest top-tier expert cannot defeat two other experts who have crossed that line in a head-on battle.

Therefore, with the "national treasure" sufficient to fight against the masses, and the accumulation of six top-level strongmen on the sea, including the Five Elders and Im, plus the God Knights, CP agents, and various other top-level strongmen in the Navy, the World Government can truly rest easy and has no need to worry about the resistance of the common people.

But today... times have changed! The sudden emergence of Uchiha Tou has shown everyone in the One Piece world just how strong an individual can be. The so-called top-tier combatants are not much stronger than cannon fodder in front of this transcendent being. Judging from the current situation, if he wanted to, Uchiha Tou could completely destroy the entire World Government by himself!

While the Five Elders were still discussing, Uchiha Tou's demonic thoughts had already infiltrated Mary Geoise and entered the hearts of the Five Elders.

Despite the great distance between them, Uchiha Touyu was unable to turn the Five Elders into puppets in a short time, but he was still able to control their minds and emotions, and have a great influence on them.

"If we can't eliminate them... then perhaps we could try to win them over?"

"Win him over?! You mean...?"

"How about giving him the status of a Celestial Dragon? The world is so big, it's not like we can't share a piece of the pie with him!"

"This will have a huge impact on the credibility of the world government!"

"If you want to find a reason, there are plenty of options. Ordinary people can be easily fooled. Those who can't be fooled are our potential enemies."

"Furthermore, if we could win over such a powerful figure, it would be a huge boost for the Navy and the World Government!"

"Most people who are currently living in a daze will calm down with the addition of Uchiha Hiyu, and our potential enemies will also be greatly deterred!"

"That's right, that makes a lot of sense!!"

"In that case, let's hold a vote! Do you agree or disagree about bringing Uchiha Tou into the Celestial Dragons' lineage?"

"Agreed!"

"agree!"

"I have no objection!"

"Okay, in this situation, this is indeed the best option, I agree!"

The Five Elders cast their vote with solemn expressions, completely unaware that it was all the result of Uchiha Hiyu manipulating their minds with demonic thoughts. This caused their originally minor thoughts to completely overwhelm all reason, leading them to make such a foolish idea that was almost like raising a tiger to cause trouble.

A moment later, Uchiha Hiyu, who was still sitting on the deck, slowly opened his eyes, looked at the Red Line continent thousands of kilometers away, and a smile appeared on his face.

After making up their minds, the Five Elders acted swiftly. Half a day later, a naval warship intercepted Uchiha Tou's ship.

"Master, naval warships are approaching! Let me take them down!"

Sitting behind Uchiha Tou as a backrest, Hancock spoke excitedly. As the queen of Amazon Lily, the pirate kingdom, Hancock was clearly no pushover. Now, with the invincible Uchiha Tou as her backer, her pirate personality was fully on display.

"No need. This is a naval warship, not here to fight us. On the contrary, it should bring some good news!"

With a light laugh, Uchiha Tou patted Michita, who was lying beside him, and said:

"Go over there and see who the navy has sent."

Michita raised her head, her eyes still slightly dazed, but she quickly regained her senses:

"Leave it to me, Lady Touyu, hehehe, shall we teach these marines a lesson?!"

This former Baroque Works agent was originally only of average strength, and his Devil Fruit ability was also ordinary.

However, with the help of Uchiha Tou, her Devil Fruit ability had already awakened. She had also trained in the Human Sage Martial Arts and the Visualization Technique, awakened dual-color Haki, and improved her physical physique. Her current strength is comparable to that of a top-tier Navy Vice Admiral.

With such strength, Michita was naturally fearless. She was a typical pirate, so it was only natural for her to be arrogant and domineering after achieving her goal.

"Do as you please, but don't hurt anyone. The navy that came this time is probably here to give me a gift!"

Uchiha Touya waved his hand, and Michita jumped up with a grin. After reducing her weight to the limit using her Devil Fruit ability, she used Moonwalk to easily walk in the air and headed towards the opposing Navy ship.

Even for some martial arts masters, Moonwalk is only used for short periods of airtime or for changing direction in mid-air to launch attacks from the air. But for Michita, who can freely change her weight, Moonwalk is simply a flight ability, and the amount of energy it consumes is not much different from walking.

Upon arriving above the naval warship, Michita looked down and immediately showed a surprised expression:

"What's going on? Why is this warship full of women?!"

Yes, the entire crew of this naval warship is female. The female naval officer in charge is a vice admiral. She is tall, beautiful, and has a spider tattoo on her thigh. She also has a very valuable long sword hanging at her waist.

Beside that female vice admiral were two female naval commodores, both of whom were also great beauties with their own unique charm.

One of them had long, flowing, wavy, sea-blue hair and was wearing a purple tank top and black shorts. She also had an X-shaped scar on her right leg.

The other one had long pink hair, wore purple sunglasses, had a cigarette in her mouth, wore a fuchsia business suit, and dark purple gloves.

"Ha, is the navy out of manpower? They actually sent a ship full of female soldiers!"

Michita descended leisurely from the sky, a smile on her face. Looking at the several female naval officers below, whose faces were grim, she added fuel to the fire, saying:

"Or... are you guys here to seduce our captain? How can you call yourselves the Navy like this? What a bunch of shameless bitches!"

"You bastard, what are you saying?! Tina's going to beat you up!"

The pink-haired commodore was the most short-tempered and kicked out immediately. Michita, still mocking, wrapped her parasol in black Armament Haki and slammed it out as well.

What was originally just an ordinary parasol, when swung out, shattered the air into pieces, as if it were a heavy weapon like an iron rod or a sledgehammer—in fact, this was a usage developed by Michita after her Devil Fruit awakened.

Originally, Michita could only change her own weight, but after the fruit awakened, it could extend to other objects. When developed to the limit, it made the modified iron umbrella extremely powerful. It was as easy to hold as grass, but as heavy as a mountain when swung!

Under the terrifying gravitational acceleration, with a loud crack, Tina's expression changed, and she was blasted backward. If it weren't for Vice Admiral Momousagi pulling her back, she would probably have been sent flying like a meteor.

Even so, accompanied by a cracking sound, it was clear that one of her legs was broken.

Michita shook the iron umbrella in her hand, which was locked with a black iron lock. However, it was just an umbrella after all, and with a slight shake, she threw the lock off.

"A Paramecia-type Devil Fruit ability? Looks like it'll be troublesome in close combat! Too bad your physical abilities and Haki level aren't that great!"

Michita said with a proud look that although she was originally just a nobody and didn't even know what Haki was, after her physique was modified and she awakened her Devil Fruit, her Haki level increased day by day. Now she was even better than Tina, a Navy elite who had studied hard since childhood.

Her physical attributes were similar. Even though she was quite lax in her training in the Human Immortal Martial Arts, the foundation of her body modification by Uchiha Touma alone had already allowed her to reach the level of a Marine Vice Admiral. Combined with her awakened Devil Fruit ability, she easily defeated Tina, a newly promoted Marine Commodore.

Momousagi, standing at the very front, looked even uglier. The other female naval commodore next to her also stretched out her hand, a pink flame burning in it, as if she was eager to make a move.

Momousagi drew her scabbarded sword, Kinpira, and stood in front of the female naval commodore.

"Aion, don't forget our mission!"

Commodore Aion paused slightly, nodded, and withdrew the flames from his hand.

"I understand, Momousagi-neechan."

After devising a plan to win over Uchiha Tou, the Five Elders immediately notified the Navy and the CP special agent organization, instructing them to pass the message on to Uchiha Tou.

The Five Elders often release plans that run counter to justice, and the Navy is already used to it. However, this plan is so embarrassing that the Navy has no desire to carry it out.

Unfortunately, the Five Elders only asked one question: "Do you have a way to deal with Uchiha Tou?" The remaining high-ranking officers of the Navy were speechless. Let alone the Navy now that it was crippled, even if the entire Navy were at its peak, they would not have much confidence in defeating Uchiha Tou. The possibility of being wiped out was about 80%.

Since the Navy can't win, there's no point in saying anything. The rules of the pirate world have always been extremely cruel, and the loser has no say no matter what.

The naval high command accepted the mission with gritted teeth, but when it came to who to send, they were stumped. As everyone knows, Uchiha Tou is the number one killer on the sea, with an unparalleled bloodlust. Hundreds of thousands of people have died at his hands. What if they send ordinary naval personnel and the enemy kills them on a whim?

It's important to understand that the navy is currently severely weakened. While the high-ranking officers still retain nearly half of their strength, the core elites of the headquarters have been almost entirely wiped out. Every bit of strength is precious, and we cannot allow them to be sacrificed in vain because of this.

(End of this chapter)