Starting as the mastermind behind Naruto

Chapter 523 The Will of Marshall D. Teach, the Monster Named Black Zetsu!

Due to the obstruction of Sengoku and Aokiji, Vice Admiral Garp remained in Marineford.

Uehara Naraku didn't really want Vice Admiral Garp to join him either. This naval hero was a bit unpredictable and a real problem.

He clearly doesn't seem to have much of a brain...

But this guy's intuition is just too amazing!

And judging from the current situation, Garp seems to have never lost to anyone...

Monkey D. Garp, Edward Newgate the Whitebeard—these figures standing atop the seas, who knows how much power they could unleash when they risked their lives in battle?

These people are quite terrifying when they risk their lives; their true combat strength is so high that there's no benchmark to compare them to.

Most importantly, if Uehara Naraku hadn't met Sabo during his trip to the East Blue, he might have been forced to assassinate Vice Admiral Garp's son, Dragon, in order to get the Revolutionary Army involved in the Marineford War. That would have been far too cruel to Vice Admiral Garp…

The port of Marineford.

Uehara Naraku stood on his warship, with Aokiji standing beside him. The warship was filled with naval personnel from the naval logistics department, as well as a beautiful swordswoman adjutant.

Her name is Ian.

This beautiful swordswoman adjutant is Aokiji's junior sister, Kabuto Yakushi's senior sister, and also a disciple of Admiral Zephyr of the Navy.

Due to Kabuto Yakushi's obstruction, Zephyr was unable to establish a naval guerrilla force and remained in his post at Marineford, while Ain remained under naval command.

As for why Aion is here...

Of course, it was because the Sengoku commander knew that Uehara Naraku's strength might not be enough, so he sent this beautiful and powerful female swordswoman colonel as his adjutant, who could help him deal with most of the trouble.

This beautiful swordswoman was able to join Uehara Naraku's ship thanks to the arrangements of Yakushi Kabuto; she was one of the members that Yakushi Kabuto had secretly cultivated over the past few years.

Holding a glass of juice, Ain slowly walked up behind Uehara Naraku and Aokiji, and earnestly asked, "Vice Admiral Naraku, Admiral Aokiji, may we set sail?"

"Let's go."

Uehara Naraku took the juice from Ain's hand, nodded, and said, "Let's go! We'll head straight to Loguetown in the East Blue, without stopping along the way."

"Hmm, let's do it this way..."

Aokiji nodded, and after watching Ain leave, he couldn't help but ask, "You don't really want to capture Mr. Garp's grandson, do you?"

"Of course not."

Uehara Naraku glanced at Aokiji, narrowed his eyes, and smiled, "I might only be trying to capture his son this time."

"..."

Aokiji's face froze.

This guy actually wants to capture Dragon, the leader of the Revolutionary Army!

As Vice Admiral Garp's former adjutant, Aokiji knew very well about Garp's family affairs, and his expression turned slightly grim: "Is the target Dragon? That guy is not easy to deal with at all, not only because of his intellect and mind, but also because of his strength..."

"The D clan seems to be quite difficult to deal with..."

Uehara Naraku grinned and said, "Speaking of which, if I were there to support you, could I secretly help you capture Dragon?"

"That's hard to say..."

Aokiji scratched his head and calmly said, "Besides, it's not very realistic for us to find out where Dragon is... Even Kabuto hasn't been able to find him..."

Because Kabuto Yakushi had been secretly investigating the Revolutionary Army, and had even found out a lot of information about Revolutionary Army cadres, he gradually gained the appreciation of the Five Elders.

However, Kabuto Yakushi didn't find much information about Dorag.

"Is that so? I'll find a chance to talk to Kabuto about it!"

Uehara Naraku nodded slowly. He and Yakushi Kabuto would find some time to have a good talk and see how they could maximize their profits.

Just as Uehara Naraku and his companions set sail for the East Sea.

Uchiha Sasuke and Portgas D. Ace were still on their way to kill Blackbeard, having already passed Fishman Island and entered the first half of the Grand Line.

As the Whitebeard Pirates launched their full-scale operation, news of Marshall D. Teach's betrayal and injury to his comrades spread throughout the New World.

The news that Edward Newgate the Whitebeard had ordered Sasuke Uchiha and Portgas D. Ace, the captain of the 2nd Division, to hunt down the traitor Marshall D. Teach was also gradually spreading.

This immediately shocked the New World.

Although Sasuke Uchiha often caused trouble for the Akatsuki, his reputation in the New World was by no means low!

In recent years, Sasuke Uchiha has almost always been the main fighting force of the Whitebeard Pirates, and it's not the first or second time that he has directly confronted the Four Emperors...

Even Marshall D. Teach, who was still on the run, couldn't help but feel a little scared and uneasy. He didn't expect that it would be Uchiha Sasuke and Ace chasing after him!

Even though Teach had obtained the power of the Dark-Dark Fruit, he didn't believe he was strong enough to defeat Uchiha Sasuke...

This is utter nonsense...

That guy is clearly someone who can rival the Four Emperors, yet he just stays holed up in the Whitebeard Pirates playing house.

Now that Sasuke Uchiha is coming to kill him, Marshall D. Teach isn't without a way to deal with him; he wants to try using the Akatsuki organization…

On a small island in the first half of the Grand Line.

Marshall D. Teach, with a cherry pie in his mouth and a Den Den Mushi in his hand, dialed Itachi Uchiha's number: "Zehahaha... Mr. Itachi, I've obtained the Dark-Dark Fruit. Where can we meet?"

"Oh?"

Itachi Uchiha paused for a second in surprise on the Den Den Mushi, then his voice returned to its usual calm: "Fine, hand over the Dark-Dark Fruit to us, and I'll persuade Sasuke to spare your life."

"Hehehe, that's not a good idea, is it?"

Marshall D. Teach chuckled and continued, "Could it be... that you can't let me join the Akatsuki?"

"You want to join Akatsuki?"

Itachi Uchiha's voice held a hint of doubt, but then it suddenly turned icy cold: "Then let's arrange a meeting place. First, hand over the Dark-Dark Fruit you have. If everything is correct, I'll let you join Akatsuki!"

"belch…"

Marshall D. Teach let out a burp and continued chuckling, "If I were a Dark-Dark Fruit user...would I be eligible to join Akatsuki?"

Itachi Uchiha's voice suddenly turned cold as he coldly questioned, "Marshall D. Teach, did you eat that Dark-Dark Fruit?"

Hearing Itachi's coldness, Teach couldn't help but swallow hard and hurriedly explained to Itachi on the other end of the Den Den Mushi: "Mr. Itachi, doesn't Akatsuki only need the power of the Dark-Dark Fruit?"

Furthermore, through the Dark-Dark Fruit, I seem to have also discovered a way to collect Devil Fruit abilities—a method known only to me!

As Marshall D. Teach said this, his voice gradually turned menacing: "I can help Akatsuki collect any Devil Fruit ability you want, even Old Man's Tremor-Tremor Fruit ability..."

The man, who had once been ambitious, slowly began to speak with a seductive tone: "Zehahaha...that's the power of a fruit capable of destroying the world!"

This is Teach's hidden secret!

Now that things have come to this, he wants to use this incident to tempt the Akatsuki organization.

This was the trump card that Marshall D. Teach planned to use to lure the Akatsuki organization after he ate the Dark-Dark Fruit!

"...Are you done talking?"

After listening to Marshall D. Teach's words, Itachi Uchiha's voice remained calm: "It sounds like you've already eaten the Dark-Dark Fruit, right?"

"yes…"

Teach nodded, continuing her attempt to explain, "But..."

"No buts."

Itachi Uchiha shook his head and calmly continued, "You are no longer of any value. Since you have coveted what Akatsuki wanted, there is no need for you to live."

Itachi Uchiha's voice regained its coldness: "I will tell Sasuke to kill you quickly and revive the Dark-Dark Fruit."

After saying that, Itachi Uchiha hung up the Den Den Mushi.

Marshall D. Teach stared in astonishment as his Den Den Mushi returned to normal, his facial muscles twitching involuntarily. "What... does this mean?"

next moment…

Teach gripped the Den Den Mushi tightly, and seeing the painful expression on its face, his expression gradually turned fierce!

"asshole…"

"Who do you think you are?"

"The Dark-Dark Fruit should have been mine all along!"

"Just you wait! Once my plan succeeds, I'll show you sewer rats who the true owner of the Dark-Dark Fruit is!"

On the other side of the sea.

Just as Marshall D. Teach was getting angry.

In the sea of ​​Big Mom, on the central island of Whole Cake Island, Itachi Uchiha calmly put away his Den Den Mushi.

Katakuri, lying next to Itachi Uchiha, slowly asked while biting into a huge donut, "What's wrong, Itachi? What happened?"

In recent years, Itachi Uchiha has spent most of his time with Katakuri, and their relationship has become increasingly closer.

perhaps…

Because they are all older brothers?

Itachi Uchiha shook his head and said softly, "It's nothing. It's just that another overconfident person has fallen into the leader's trap. By the way, don't mention that you've met Black Zetsu in the future."

"understood."

Katakuri slowly finished his donut, wiped his hands and mouth, and then wrapped his mouth back up with his scarf. "The one who fell into the trap is Marshall Teach, who escaped from that old man Whitebeard, right?"

"Um."

Uchiha Itachi nodded, then shook his head and said, "However, we don't need to pay too much attention to him now."

It's about Marshall D. Teach.

The Akatsuki organization had already made arrangements, and Uehara Naraku had even prepared suitable partners for Teach. The first member of the soon-to-be-established Blackbeard Pirates had already arrived in front of Teach.

Its name is Black Zetsu.

On the island where Marshall D. Teach temporarily stayed during the first half of the Grand Line.

Just as Teach was still feeling angry and panicked about having provoked the Akatsuki organization again, a dark shadow gradually emerged from the ground and slowly attached itself to him.

The dark shape was like a lump of mud.

Because of its extremely high level of secrecy, even Marshall D. Teach only noticed the appearance of this dark shadow when Black Zetsu was possessing him!

"What is it?"

Marshall D. Teach stared in disbelief at the dark shadow that had suddenly appeared on his arm. This pitch-black thing had somehow attached itself to his body, as if it were an organ that had always been there!

"Hehehehe..."

The dark mass suddenly let out a sinister laugh: "The new master of the Dark-Dark Fruit? Then do you know what eating the Dark-Dark Fruit means?"

"You bastard! What are you?"

Marshall D. Teach stared in disbelief at the dark mass flowing through his body, feeling as if it might merge into him at any moment!

"Having eaten the Dark-Dark Fruit, don't you know its power?"

Black Zetsu's voice continued to chuckle sinisterly, and a strange face gradually appeared on Marshall D. Teach's arm: "Don't you want to know why this Dark-Dark Fruit is called the most vicious fruit in the world? Don't you understand why the Dark-Dark Fruit can't be elementalized?"

"What?"

Teach's face still showed astonishment.

The next moment, Marshall D. Teach's eyes suddenly flashed with a fierce glint: "You...you're a Dark-Dark Fruit user..."

"No, I am you!"

Black Zetsu's eerie smile was like that of a demon: "When the master of the Dark-Dark Fruit needs power, the dormant will within will awaken, transforming into a creature called Black Zetsu, forever acting according to your will!"

First update!

(End of this chapter)