Starting as the mastermind behind Naruto

Chapter 454 Gods...cannot die.

The snow is still falling.

Uehara Naraku walked on the snow, step by step toward Akainu.

Akainu, who had just been knocked down in the snow by Uehara's palm strike, scrambled to his feet, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and couldn't help but rub his lower abdomen, where he could clearly feel his internal organs in excruciating pain.

Uehara Naraku watched Akainu's actions and slowly shook his head, saying, "How pathetic... With so little power, how can you possibly hold onto your position as an admiral?"

"asshole…"

Sakazuki gritted his teeth, his fist billowing smoke, and Armament Haki, mixed with rolling magma, slammed into Uehara Naraku's head!

Uehara Naraku's fist suddenly turned into magma, and a layer of Armament Haki adhered to the magma like flowing liquid. His fist then slammed into it!

Their fists collided suddenly!

The lava spread rapidly in all directions, jets of lava flying out and landing on the snow and ice, gradually being buried by the ice and snow...

Akainu was sent flying by another punch!

This tall and imposing naval admiral was punched directly into the snow and ice by Uehara Naraku, and blood spurted from his mouth in mid-air!

Akainu collapsed weakly in the snow, as if half of his body had lost all feeling!

After witnessing Uehara Naraku's Conqueror's Haki, Akainu knew that he might be at a disadvantage in this battle... but he didn't expect that the disadvantage would be so great at the very beginning of the battle, and he didn't even achieve any results!

The enemy didn't care about his strength at all...

Because no matter how strong Akainu is, Uehara Naraku, who stands opposite him, will always appear to be stronger than him!

"Meteor Volcano!"

Despite the pain, Akainu stood up and threw a punch. His massive fist transformed into meteorites covered in magma, which fell from the sky!

The entire island fell within Akainu's attack range!

An almost endless stream of lava meteorites fell on the island!

This is the power of the Marine Headquarters Admirals; each of them possesses the ability to completely devastate a small island!

Unfortunately…

This is a small island covered in ice and snow.

Uehara Naraku watched expressionlessly as magma meteorites fell around him, quickly being swallowed by ice and snow without causing the slightest ripple.

A ball of magma suddenly appeared in Uehara Naraku's palm!

The next moment, the magma shot out like rays, accurately hitting the falling magma meteorites and directly destroying them!

Akainu watched this scene with a grim expression. He had been prepared for this; he knew that Uehara Naraku would be able to neutralize this most powerful attack...

I never expected that he would neutralize that move so easily!

Uehara Naraku walked step by step to Akainu, looked at the grim-faced Marine Admiral, and said with a light laugh, "Hey, Mr. Sakazuki, are you willing to give up your soul in exchange for power from me?"

"..."

That sounds just like something a demon would say!

Akainu's expression shifted, his fist clenched again, and he looked at Uehara Naraku, saying in a deep voice, "Do you think you've won? Even if you kill a Marine, you can't erase the sense of justice in his heart!"

Why would I kill you...?

Uehara Naraku stomped his foot on the ground, his figure suddenly rushing towards Akainu, swinging his fist and sending the Marine Admiral flying: "I was just grinding down your justice... no, I should say... I am the justice you should believe in!"

Uehara Naraku's figure appeared like a hurricane in various positions around Akainu in an instant. At this moment, in Akainu's vision, he seemed to see countless phantoms!

The next moment, a barrage of punches rained down on Akainu!

Until finally, Akainu's chin was struck hard by an elbow!

The admiral suddenly fell to the ground in the snow!

Uehara Naraku stood beside him, looking at the Marine Admiral lying on the ground, and said with a light laugh, "Now can we have a proper talk?"

"asshole…"

Akainu was in excruciating pain.

Even though he had just transformed into his elemental form, he still couldn't withstand Uehara Naraku's attack. This was the first time he had felt a sense of despair and powerlessness!

This battle…

It was so frustrating to play like that!

No matter what kind of attack it is, it can be easily neutralized by the enemy. No matter what kind of attack the enemy makes, it cannot be resisted. How can we fight like this?

That guy Aokiji…

Is that why you surrendered?

"That way, you won't have the strength to resist, right?"

A black hole suddenly appeared in Uehara Naraku's palm, and the Four-Tails Son Goku from the Naruto world jumped out of the black hole!

Uehara Naraku chuckled, looking down at Akainu beside the Four-Tails Son Goku, and said with a smile, "Just accept the power I bestow upon you! This is a power that others can't even imagine..."

Under Uehara Naraku's control, the Four-Tails Son Goku quickly transformed into a torrent of chakra and entered Akainu's body!

In the blink of an eye…

Uehara Naraku then completed the Jinchūriki ritual.

Unfortunately, Akainu, the Jinchūriki of the Four-Tails, was rather crude, and he didn't even set up a seal. The Four-Tails, Son Goku, could have easily used his chakra to take over Akainu's body and put him into his Tailed Beast form!

If Akainu wants to prevent the Four-Tails from taking over his body, he must do everything in his power to suppress the Four-Tails' rampage every moment!

If the Four-Tails keeps rampaging...

This general is essentially useless now.

"Damn it, what have you done?"

Akainu saw the torrent of chakra flow into his body, because he instantly felt a monster enter his body!

This monster seems to have resonated with the Magma-Magma Fruit's power; one of its energies allows its body, which was just injured by Uehara Naraku, to rapidly recover...

But at the same time…

This monster is also subtly invading his body!

What...what is this thing?!

"don’t worry."

Uehara Naraku looked at Akainu, chuckled, and opened his palm, saying, "This is the power I bestowed upon you, and it is also a means to monitor you."

After watching the Four-Tails Son Goku gradually merge into Akainu's body, Uehara Naraku smiled and continued, "If you're willing, you'll behave from now on; if you're not, I think all the pirates on this sea would like to see some news..."

A sinister smile crept across Uehara Naraku's face: "The news is... Marine Admiral Akainu betrayed the Marines and destroyed Marineford... That should be explosive enough, right?"

"That thing..."

Akainu's expression changed drastically. He looked at Uehara Naraku and asked in a deep voice, "What exactly did you do? What is that thing?!"

This threat is deadly enough!

Akainu has upheld his own sense of justice since he was a child!

As a result, he only turned fifty this year, just when he was about to reach the peak of his life, but he was secretly harmed by the person in front of him!

"The Four-Tailed Son Goku, that's your comrade!"

Uehara Naraku smiled and continued, "The Four-Tails Son Goku is a unique life form. It can lend you extremely powerful energy, making your Magma-Magma Fruit ability even better."

The price of this power is that once it senses any deviation in your thoughts, it will take over your body, turning you into a mindless beast…

"asshole…"

Akainu's expression suddenly changed.

This admiral is desperately trying to strip the tailed beast from his body!

Unfortunately, Akainu didn't understand these chakra systems at all; he only saw a red gorilla with four tails in his mental world!

"Stop struggling."

Uehara Naraku smiled at Akainu and said softly, "If you are willing to obey my orders from now on, you will still be the Marine Admiral who can carry out justice; if you refuse to obey my orders, then you will become a traitor to the Marines..."

"Do you think you... can threaten a naval admiral?"

Akainu stared grimly at Uehara Naraku, slowly clenching his fist, and said in a deep voice, "From the day I joined the Marines, I was prepared to die for justice... Death is nothing. Do you think I wouldn't dare to die?"

"I believe you're not afraid to die..."

"Mr. Naraku, may I speak with him?"

Just as Uehara Naraku was about to say something more, a figure braved the wind and snow and walked up to them.

It was another commander from headquarters, Aokiji, who had been watching the show all along.

Aokiji stared at Akainu lying on the ground, then turned to look at Uehara Naraku, and said softly, "Hmm... although Sakazuki and I have hardly spoken... I think... I still understand him now."

Please make yourself at home.

Uehara Naraku smiled and nodded, then whispered, "Well... don't disappoint me! If you disappoint me, this world will become a terrible place!"

As he finished speaking, Uehara Naraku's smile remained relaxed, but when his smile fell into Aokiji's eyes, it suddenly sent a chill down Aokiji's spine.

Seeing Uehara Naraku leave, leaving only the two Marine Admirals, Aokiji scratched his head and muttered, "Um... Sakazuki..."

"Do you have one of those monsters inside you too?!"

Akainu glared at Aokiji with a sinister expression and said in a deep voice, "Aokiji, so that's why you chose to betray your own sense of justice!"

"No."

Aokiji shook his head and sighed, "I'd say the monster inside me is more terrifying than I am... I've never been afraid of death... but if we die, who will find out what's going on with that thing? Who will keep an eye on it?"

Aokiji sat down next to Akainu and calmly continued, "That guy named Uehara Naraku probably only used less than one-tenth... one-hundredth... of his true strength when he fought you..."

Anyway, he's a dangerous guy, and his mind is dangerous too... but we can't eliminate him, even Borsalino here can't do much... I've been secretly monitoring him, trying to stop him from doing anything dangerous..."

Aokiji glanced at Akainu and continued earnestly, "Sakazuki, join us... That guy is just a monster with a twisted sense of humor right now, who knows if he'll become a world-destroying being in the future... Someone has to stop him..."

As Aokiji finished speaking, he looked up at the sky and continued, "You saw it too, didn't you? No one could stop him with their power... Even when I was fighting Gol D. Roger alongside Mr. Garp, I never saw a human this powerful..."

"So you became his subordinate?"

Akainu's expression shifted between anger and uncertainty. He glanced at Aokiji and said in a deep voice, "Do you think such a lawless monster would listen to you?"

"meeting."

Aokiji glanced down at Akainu, scratched his head, and slowly said, "Well, how should I put it... rather than calling him a monster... it's more like he's a god playing among humans... that's about it..."

"Is that person a Celestial Dragon?"

"Much more troublesome than the Celestial Dragons."

Aokiji shook his head and sighed softly, saying, "At least those guys that Mr. Garp called the scum of the world have ways to restrain them... Uehara Naraku is truly unrestrained and reckless... He has a mysterious organization under his command. The people in this organization are very powerful, but they all call him a true god."

Aokiji glanced at Akainu and said softly, "Hmm... I joined that organization mainly to stop his dangerous actions as much as possible, and to create more... bonds between us?"

"..."

Akainu slowly closed his eyes.

The next moment, Akainu opened his eyes again and calmly said, "I thought you would stay by his side, wanting to assassinate him... I never expected you to use such a humiliating method..."

"How should I put it..."

Aokiji shook his head, looking at Uehara Naraku building a snowman on the icy island in the distance. He couldn't believe that the person who had just beaten up a Marine Admiral was him...

That guy…

Actually, if you put everything aside, he's a simple guy!

"There's a saying that goes something like this..."

Aokiji shook his head and slowly lowered his head to look at Akainu. A shadow appeared in his eyes, and the Marine Headquarters Admiral's voice grew softer and softer.

"God...cannot die."

First update! More to come!

(End of this chapter)