Starting as the mastermind behind Naruto

Chapter 408 Kakuzu: Sasuke, Kisame, Robin, are you there? Your bounties have gone up.

Upon hearing the news from his hometown of East China Sea, Vice Admiral Garp became restless.

Just as he was about to leave Marineford in a hurry and rush back to the East Blue, Sengoku called out to him, "Hey, Garp, don't hurt one of those kids named Uehara Naraku. We might be able to get some information out of him!"

"..."

Aokiji's eyelids twitched involuntarily.

Wait, how did Uehara Naraku get here? Only a few days have passed, how did his reputation spread here?

"Huh, Uehara Naraku?"

Upon hearing the somewhat familiar name, Garp scratched his head, thought for a moment, and suddenly exclaimed, "Isn't that that extremely dangerous little guy?!"

"..."

A hint of admiration flashed across Aokiji's face.

As expected of Vice Admiral Garp, he has already grasped the key point!

Unfortunately, this time it was Fleet Admiral Sengoku who dragged Garp down.

However, Fleet Admiral Sengoku shook his head abruptly and said in a deep voice, "Colonel Tina has reported that the little guy seems to have been forced to do bad things because he was afraid of the boss behind Baroque Works."

In fact, based on what we know, he has secretly saved many navy lives. Anyway, catch him first! Perhaps we can get the true identity of the Baroque Works boss from him.

This stage.

The navy received mostly bad news.

The only piece of news that could offer the Navy any slight comfort was that another bounty hunter named Kakuzu had appeared on the high seas, and he was incredibly powerful.

Moreover, he is very friendly to the Navy but extremely hostile to pirates. He has killed many pirates with extremely high bounties and used their corpses to exchange for money at the Navy base.

There are many bounty hunters like this on this high seas.

In order to make use of these bounty hunters, the Navy has issued a large number of new bounty notices, and the bounty amount is absolutely tempting to anyone who sees it!

For example, the two captains of the Spade Pirates had their bounties skyrocket because Uchiha Sasuke defeated an admiral and even sank a small island in Sabaody Archipelago!

Portgas D. Ace, captain of the Spade Pirates, with a bounty of 950 million Berries!

Uchiha Sasuke, vice-captain of the Spade Pirates, with a bounty of 920 million Berries!

Ace and Sasuke, who are considered to have just set sail this year, have become the most powerful supernovas of this era, attracting the attention of the entire ocean.

Even the Four Emperors of the New World have become interested in them.

The Spade Pirates.

Portgas D. Ace, who is only seventeen years old this year, saw his extremely high bounty and his face beamed with joy.

Ace turned and shouted to Sasuke, who was standing at the bow of the ship, "Hey, Sasuke, let's have a party! To celebrate our bounty surpassing 9 million!"

"idiot!"

Sasuke Uchiha couldn't help but rub his forehead, muttering to himself, "The higher the bounty the Navy puts on us, the more dangerous it will be for us. Those bastards who'll risk everything for money won't let us rookies get away with this..."

"Don't say that!"

Ace leaped to his side, put his arm around the shoulder of this man his age, and said with a grin, "Haha, well, things have already turned out this way, there's no way to change it, hahaha... let's have a party to celebrate!"

"Then let's get ready!"

Uchiha Sasuke slowly nodded.

Upon hearing that their vice-captain had agreed to hold a banquet, the entire Spade Pirates cheered instantly. Ace leaped onto the deck and shouted for the ship's chef to prepare the banquet while he and the others went to fetch the wine.

As Sasuke Uchiha watched the pirate crew reveling in their merriment, a smile crept onto his lips. But the ringing of a Den Den Mushi interrupted his mood!

Plurp plurp!

Sasuke Uchiha took out his Den Den Mushi, and looking at the image on the Den Den Mushi, he couldn't help but want to crush the Den Den Mushi in his hand!

"That bastard, is he targeting me now?!"

After dialing the Den Den Mushi, Sasuke Uchiha's face darkened, and he asked in a deep voice, "Hey, Kakuzu, why are you contacting me? I remember you can only contact me if something important has happened, right?"

"Now is the time to get in touch."

Kakuzu spoke calmly, his voice still cold: "Sasuke, it's been a while. I'd like to see you all..."

"asshole!"

Sasuke Uchiha hung up the Den Den Mushi immediately.

Damn it, he knew it!

That bastard saw that both he and Ace had bounties above 9 million Berries, so he'll definitely want to capture them and hand them over to the Marines, or at least capture Ace!

All that guy cares about is making money!

the other side.

Kakuzu frowned as he looked at the Den Den Mushi in his hand that had just been hung up: "Is it inconvenient for Sasuke Uchiha to talk on the phone?"

Kakuzu shook his head, flipping through the wanted poster in his hand.

Besides Sasuke Uchiha and Portgas D. Ace having the highest bounties, there are many new bounties, including several that Kakuzu knows about.

Nico Robin, the vice president of Baroque Works and the devil's child, has a bounty of 120 million Berries, dead or alive!

Baroque Works, Kisame Hoshigaki, the Shark Man, has a bounty of 115 million Berries, with no regard for his life or death!

Baroque Works, Intermediate Agent, Naraku Uehara, Bounty of 3 Million Berries, Must Be Captured Alive!

After pondering for a moment, Kakuzu dialed another person's Den Den Mushi and asked, "Nicole Robin, where are you now... Are Uehara and Kisame Hoshigaki with you? We need to see you..."

"..."

Near the Baratie restaurant.

Nico Robin sat on the warship's railing, forcefully slamming down the Den Den Mushi in her hand, and couldn't help rubbing her forehead: "Mr. Kakuzu said he hopes to meet with us. He'll send us to the Navy and then let us escape..."

"Ignore him."

Uehara Naraku took a sip of juice.

"hehe…"

Kisame Hoshigaki flipped through his wanted posters, unable to resist grinning and revealing a mouthful of shark teeth: "For us, the higher the bounty, the more trouble we'll be..."

The main thing to watch out for is Kakuzu.

This guy will stop at nothing to make money.

Bubbling...

Just then, Nico Robin's Den Den Mushi rang again. Crocodile, the president of Baroque Works, finally came looking for her: "Nicole Robin, are you alone?"

"yes…"

Nico Robin glanced at Uehara Naraku and Kisame Hoshigaki present, and slowly replied, "Does the president have any orders?"

Crocodile's voice suddenly rose, a hint of displeasure in it: "You seem to have caused quite a stir. The Navy is searching everywhere for Baroque Works members... What exactly is going on?"

"There's been a minor problem."

"What's the problem?"

Crocodile's voice took on a cold tinge: "Our plan to annex Alabasta hasn't even begun, and Baroque Works has already been exposed, Nico Robin. What's going on?!"

After a moment of silence, Nico Robin glanced at Uehara Naraku and Kisame Hoshigaki, and said in a low voice, "This time it was my mistake. Recruiting a member with some ideological problems led to this situation..."

After speaking, Nico Robin thought for a while and explained softly, "Kisame Hoshigaki, whom we recruited, is not satisfied with staying at Whiskey Peak. What he wants to do is become a great pirate and make a name for himself."

I think he probably believes Baroque Works is very powerful and wants to use their strength to return to Fish-Man Island and compete with another Shichibukai, Jinbe, for the leadership of the Fish-Man Pirates. I've found him and have been waiting for an opportunity to eliminate him!

"..."

After a moment of silence, Crocodile suddenly chuckled darkly, "Looks like we've really stumbled upon a big fish!"

Crocodile chuckled, then said coldly, "There's no need to eliminate him. If he truly possesses the power to overthrow Jinbe, I might even secretly help him succeed Jinbe as one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea!"

"Um?"

After a moment of surprise, Nico Robin hurriedly advised, "This doesn't quite fit our plan. Kisame Hoshigaki is too active and could easily attract the Navy's attention. My bounty has already been updated twice by the Navy!"

"Whatever!"

Crocodile coldly interrupted Nico Robin, continuing in a deep voice, "I've already said, the Baroque Works people are just disposable tools we use. As long as my identity isn't revealed, nothing else matters!"

"Mr. Crocodile..."

Nico Robin's voice lowered, a hint of seduction creeping into it: "Don't you want Pluton? What if the Navy notices..."

"Only children make choices!"

Crocodile's voice held a hint of impatience: "Besides, Baroque Works has already attracted the Navy's attention because of that bastard, and that's a done deal. So we have to find a way to create something even more eye-catching!"

Crocodile's voice gradually regained its composure: "When we put our plan into action, as long as that guy Kisame Hoshigaki challenges and defeats Jinbe, he will draw the attention of the entire Grand Line!"

While everyone was focused on the change of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, I had already obtained the hidden Pluton in Alabasta!

Crocodile slammed down the Den Den Mushi.

Nico Robin fell silent.

Kisame Hoshigaki and Naraku Uehara exchanged bewildered glances. As expected of the cunning Crocodile, they never imagined that Crocodile would actually have a brain, managing to scheme against and manipulate Kisame under such circumstances.

But it's all fake!

Nicole Robin made all of this up to fool him!

"I really envy Mr. Crocodile's confidence!"

Uehara Naraku took a sip from his straw, sighed softly, and said, "As the mastermind behind it all, I live in constant fear and trepidation..."

"..."

Nicole Robin remained silent.

To be frank, she genuinely hadn't noticed that.

Uehara Naraku took a sip of his juice and continued, "Every day I'm afraid that I'll slip up somewhere and be forced to rule the world..."

"..."

Nicole Robin fell even more silent.

Everyone else becomes a mastermind to rule the world... How come you'd give up world rule just to become a mastermind?

Did you get the order wrong?