Starting as the mastermind behind Naruto

Chapter 428 The Joining of the Heavenly Demon and Akatsuki's Benefits (Third Update!)

This guy…

That's a bit inhumane.

Doflamingo watched as Uehara Naraku hung up the Den Den Mushi, and after a moment of silence, he finally spoke up, arguing, "Hey, you just killed me twice, didn't you...?"

Uehara Naraku put away his Den Den Mushi, glanced at Doflamingo, and clenched his fist: "Oh, right, I haven't had a chance to hit you yet, have I?"

Doflamingo's forehead twitched. He looked at Uehara Naraku's fist, which had turned completely black, and hurriedly said, "Hey, that's not what I meant..."

Seeing Uehara Naraku's figure, Doflamingo could only hastily spread out a spider web in an attempt to block Uehara Naraku's attack!

The next moment, Uehara Naraku disappeared from his sight!

Someone tapped him on the back, and just as Doflamingo turned around, he realized he had made a mistake. He was punched hard in the chin!

Doflamingo fell off a cliff!

What followed was a relentless beating!

This Tenyasha finally experienced an unprecedented nightmare, a feeling of powerlessness even more powerful than when facing Uchiha Sasuke. This guy's taijutsu was clearly just simple and unadorned, yet it felt like there was absolutely no way to contend with him!

Ten minutes later.

Uehara Naraku sat on the cliff, and Doflamingo, covered in wounds and looking somewhat disheveled, sat beside him. The two of them looked at the sea together.

"to be honest."

Looking at the vast sea, Uehara Naraku sighed softly and said, "I wasn't in a good mood when I came to see you, but after I beat you up just now, I feel much better now."

"..."

Doflamingo couldn't laugh; he just covered the wound on his forehead. He didn't want to speak now, lest he anger the guy in front of him again.

But what this guy was saying was really inhuman.

Uehara Naraku continued slowly, "Hey, Doflamingo, we're both supposed to be the masterminds behind this, so why do I feel so exhausted when I see you living such a happy life?"

"..."

Doflamingo still did not answer.

He actually really wanted to answer that question.

Uehara Naraku is wrong to say that. Doflamingo knows what kind of people he is controlling: ordinary people in Dressrosa, the Tontatta tribe, and some ordinary pirate crews on the sea. Basically, they are not very useful except for doing chores.

Who are the people that Uehara Naraku manipulates?

Just consider the Kakuzu, Hidan, and Sasuke Uchiha that Doflamingo encountered; these individuals are now all prominent figures on the high seas.

Uehara Naraku glanced at the silent Doflamingo, frowned slightly, then relaxed again: "Doflamingo, you possess an incorrigible evil within you. I'll give you a chance to be a good person!"

"Um?"

Doflamingo's gaze couldn't help but shift. Before this guy tells others to be good people, doesn't he first become a good person himself?

Doflamingo suppressed his urge to curse and grinned, saying, "Fuffuffuffuff... what opportunity? Do you also intend to use me as a pawn?"

"You don't want to?"

"No, I'd be happy to."

Doflamingo forced a smile: "For me, to be your pawn is perhaps an honor... I wonder if I know anything about the relationship between Uchiha Sasuke and you?"

"Sasuke..."

Uehara Naraku glanced at his system panel and looked at Doflamingo with surprise: "Uchiha Sasuke is the younger brother of an old friend of mine... or rather, the younger brother of one of my former pawns."

As for Sasuke now, if I had to pick him up, he'd probably be one of my top three subordinates!

Aside from Kaguya Otsutsuki and Naruto Uzumaki, who are still in the Naruto world, Sasuke Uchiha is indeed the strongest.

Just as Doflamingo was still amazed by the strength of the people under Uehara Naraku's command, he suddenly saw a golden light fall on him, and in an instant, he heard a familiar sound!

Wait, his neck!

That bastard Uehara Naraku, didn't he promise to surrender?!

After Doflamingo was resurrected, his expression showed signs of collapse: "Your Excellency, I clearly agreed to become your pawn..."

"I have my own judgment."

Uehara Naraku opened his palm and said softly, "I may not know what you're thinking... but I know very well that you're definitely not thinking of siding with me."

"..."

Doflamingo remained silent.

After a long while.

Doflamingo's lips suddenly curled into a smile: "Fufufufufu... Well, at least let me know your goal, right? Just like when we want to recruit companions or allies, we need to know their purpose, right?"

Doflamingo's expression gradually turned solemn. He looked at Uehara Naraku and said in a serious voice, "So... what is your true purpose?"

"..."

After a moment of silence, Uehara Naraku suddenly opened his palms and calmly said, "This world is too peaceful, like a stagnant pool. I just want to make this era go wild..."

The next moment, a huge wave suddenly surged up on the sea!

The wave instantly rose hundreds of meters high, which was quite alarming!

If this wave were to sweep through Dressrosa, the city, which is still struggling to rebuild, could be declared annihilated!

This guy has the power to destroy a country with a mere wave of his hand!

Doflamingo's expression changed drastically. He stared at the wave, his expression shifting between anger and uncertainty. After a long silence, he gritted his teeth and said, "If your goal is to turn this world upside down, I will definitely help you!"

"very good."

Uehara Naraku waved his hand to disperse the waves, and a black hole appeared in the middle of his palm. He took out a black robe with auspicious clouds from the black hole.

Uehara Naraku glanced at Doflamingo's height again, put the auspicious cloud robe back, took out a ring, casually engraved the character for "evil" on it, and handed it to Doflamingo.

Doflamingo took the ring, looked at the suffix "evil" on it, and couldn't help but chuckle, "Fufufufufu... What is this? Your symbol?"

"It's just a tool for private communication when it's inconvenient."

Uehara Naraku waved his hand and said softly, "If you ever see someone wearing the same ring on the sea or in war, that person is your comrade. You can't see them yet..."

After finishing speaking, Uehara Naraku continued in a low voice, "Try channeling your Haki into the ring yourself! Perhaps I can receive your messages..."

"Fufufufufu... sounds really interesting."

Doflamingo reached out and slipped the ring onto his finger, unable to help but say, "I don't recall seeing Kakuzu or Sasuke wearing rings either..."

"There's no need for that."

Uehara Naraku casually pulled out a scroll, which, when unrolled, revealed a coffin. He continued, "This contains a person's remains. If you encounter trouble in the future, take it out!"

This is a ninja resurrected using the Impure World Reincarnation technique.

Basically, every squad has one.

However, both the immortal duo and the art duo were holding sealing scrolls, which contained the coffins of impure ninjas.

These were bodyguards, reanimated ninjas arranged by Uehara Naraku.

Kakuzu's team consisted of the reanimated Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, who was mainly responsible for leading them to escape; Sasori's art duo was led by the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, who was an all-around ninja.

Kisame Hoshigaki holds the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju.

Besides his own Edo Tensei ninja army, Kabuto Yakushi also had Uchiha Madara, who was resurrected by Uehara Naraku using a portion of Kaguya Otsutsuki's remains after the Fourth Shinobi World War.

Even Sasuke Uchiha had a scroll in his possession, and he knew that he held a bastard named Obito Uchiha in his hands…

As a newly joined member, Doflamingo naturally only had the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, as his Edo Tensei ninja bodyguard. In addition, since he had no chakra and was not good at ninjutsu, he could only put his coffin on his own ship after returning.

To be honest, it's pretty unlucky.

"alright."

After glancing at Doflamingo, Uehara Naraku continued softly, "You know the World Government and the Navy best. I'll have many things to ask of you in the future. Now, help me solve one problem..."

"Oh?"

Doflamingo couldn't help but look up and chuckle, "Fufufufu, how curious... is there anything an adult can't solve?"

"The Seven Warlords of the Sea in this world are too troublesome."

Uehara Naraku looked at Doflamingo and said softly, "I really want one of my subordinates to replace Jinbe as one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea. Do you think that's a reliable idea?"

"Is that Kisame Hoshigaki?"

Doflamingo immediately understood the name, smiled, and then suddenly said, "If you want to replace Jinbe, then make that Kisame guy leave Baroque Works..."

Then, as a fish-man, he defeated Jinbe... Anyway, the World Government had long been unhappy with Jinbe's collusion with Whitebeard!

After saying this, Doflamingo grinned and continued, "Besides Kisame, Kakuzu seems to have the same method..."

"If anyone can defeat that useless Shichibukai Gecko Moria, then Kakuzu is now the most suitable person on this sea to become a Shichibukai!"

"I'll think about it..."

Uehara Naraku couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

This is indeed a feasible option.

After they finished discussing these matters, Doflamingo grinned and looked at Uehara Naraku, asking him his last question.

"I'm very curious."

Doflamingo slowly clenched his fist and said in a low voice, "So I want to know, what is the point of you concealing your strength on this sea all this time, sir..."

Based on my impressions of you today, it seems you could easily defeat one of the Four Emperors of the New World and take his place, thus gaining even greater benefits!

That's when this era will truly go completely mad!

"Doflamingo..."

Uehara Naraku narrowed his eyes and smiled as he spoke, "How do you know... whether those people's fates... are within my control? I've already made arrangements for one of them..."

"..."

Doflamingo's face stiffened.

The celestial demon of the sea suddenly burst into unrestrained laughter!

At this moment, Doflamingo finally sensed the mastermind-like demeanor emanating from Uehara Naraku before him!

This is the real mastermind behind the scenes on the high seas!

Third update...

Everyone should go to bed early; it should be over. Give your fingers a rest.

I never imagined that one day a day of rest would become a day of leisure…

(End of this chapter)