Starting as the mastermind behind Naruto

Chapter 745 Uehara Naraku Wants to Eat More

"Akatsuki is a cosmic organization that pursues peace."

Nick Fury's words struck a chord with Uehara Naraku.

After speaking, Nick Fury glanced at Uehara Naraku, whose brows had relaxed, and gently reassured his subordinate: "Don't worry about becoming a member of Akatsuki. This will be an opportunity for our Earth to gradually make contact with the universe."

"Yes."

Uehara Naraku slowly nodded.

Nick Fury tapped the table with satisfaction and began to speak eloquently about the intelligence he had gathered on the Akatsuki: "Based on our observations, the Akatsuki is somewhat similar to our Earth's international peace organizations; they also have an interstellar peacekeeping force..."

Nick Fury shook his head at this point and continued, "However, the Akatsuki organization has strict requirements. Members who can join not only represent their planet but also possess some incredible superpowers..."

"..."

Uehara Naraku nodded hesitantly.

In fact, the Akatsuki organization currently has no representatives from other planets; it only has top-tier powerhouses from various worlds.

Nick Fury glanced at Uehara Naraku and said softly, "Uehara, it seems you've obtained the power of the Tesseract and become a new superhero. How does it feel?"

"Pretty... strong, right?"

Uehara Naraku frowned and slowly clenched his fist, a faint blue light appearing on it.

This is the power that Uehara Naraku obtained.

Or rather, this is the energy of the Cosmic Cube that Uehara Naraku absorbed; judging from this energy alone, it can indeed be described as powerful.

"You are not the first person to obtain this power."

Nick Fury gave Uehara Naraku a deep look and continued in a low voice, "Back then, in order to engage in a space arms race, the country formulated Project Pegasus, which attracted an alien attack. The female pilot at the time, Carol Danvers, obtained this power..."

A hint of nostalgia flickered in Nick Fury's single eye as he sighed softly, "Back then, Danvers used her power to defeat an alien fleet that came to destroy Earth, and she called herself Captain Marvel..."

These are all things from Nick Fury's younger days.

Back then, Nick Fury was still very young, just an elite agent in charge of investigations. Agent Coulson, the high-ranking S.H.I.E.L.D. official who has now defected, was just a junior intern following Nick Fury around back then.

After recounting Captain Marvel Carol Danvers' story, Nick Fury quietly explained, "It was because of Danvers that I started planning the Avengers, building a team of superheroes to meet the crisis..."

"..."

Tony Stark couldn't help but interject, "Why didn't you mention this? What about Captain Marvel? Shouldn't she be on the Avengers' roster too?"

If there were such a powerful Avenger…

Do they really need to fight so hard in the Battle of New York?

"She was the first member of the Avengers program."

Nick Fury glanced at Tony Stark and explained, "However, the power Danvers possesses dictates that she must assume greater responsibilities. Right now, she's in space dealing with a crisis that could threaten Earth."

"All right…"

Tony Stark shrugged, glancing at Uehara Naraku beside him: "Now that Uehara has joined Akatsuki, will he also fly into space someday?"

This was almost inevitable.

As an interstellar organization, Akatsuki cannot allow Earth to solely enjoy its protection; it must also need Earth's assistance in maintaining peace. Uehara Naraku, as the only person to become an Akatsuki trainee, is one of the few capable individuals Earth can truly rely on…

With great power comes great responsibility.

Nick Fury patted Uehara Naraku on the shoulder and said softly, "The Akatsuki organization has always wanted to invite Danvers to join them. Now that you've joined Akatsuki in place of Danvers, you're essentially Earth's representative within Akatsuki..."

"..."

Uehara Naraku fell silent again.

When did the Akatsuki organization start trying to recruit Captain Marvel, Carol Danvers? How come the leader didn't know?

Is Nick Fury overthinking things?

He merely controlled the masked man to casually mention Captain Marvel to Nick Fury, intending to plant a seed in Fury's mind that there was precedent for Uehara Naraku obtaining the power of the Tesseract...

As for representing Earth or something...

Isn't this kind of thing commonplace for Uehara Naraku?

If Uehara Naraku wanted to, as its leader, he could ensure that the Akatsuki organization protected Earth's interests; if Uehara Naraku didn't want to, he could use the Akatsuki's name to suppress Earth...

Is this what it means to eat from both ends?

Uehara Naraku glanced at Nick Fury, the director of S.H.I.E.L.D., then slowly lowered his head. He already had an idea...

Perhaps he could use his identity within the Akatsuki organization to more easily secure the future position of Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.... After all, the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. seems to represent the Earth!

Although Nick Fury doesn't seem to be looking for a successor yet, Uehara Naraku has already begun plotting to find a way to oust him...

Or, according to their original Hydra plan, they could go with the flow and let Nick Fury fake his death and escape according to his original fate.

In this way, Uehara Naraku can appease Hydra while occupying the position of Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.

In addition, Uehara Naraku could use his title as the director of S.H.I.E.L.D. to appease the Avengers, pretending to be Nick Fury's puppet controlling S.H.I.E.L.D., thereby completely controlling the Avengers' information channels.

But if that's the case...

He needed to get rid of his old boss, Alexander Pierce.

Without him.

Pierce knows too much.

What if Alexander Pierce suddenly becomes happy and boasts to Nick Fury that Hydra has regained the position of Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.? Wouldn't that be setting himself up for being the future Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.?

Nick Fury was unaware that Uehara Naraku's thinking had broadened to the point where he was poised to replace him, and the current director of S.H.I.E.L.D. was still tirelessly mentoring Uehara Naraku.

"...Uehara, besides possessing a powerful super-powered army, the Akatsuki also has extensive intelligence networks. We need to find out if the Akatsuki has left anything behind on Earth..."

"…yes."

Uehara Naraku slowly lowered his head.

"alright."

Nick Fury patted Uehara Naraku on the shoulder and said softly, "I still need to check on Hydra and Hela, the goddess of death in Asgard. You guys have just finished the war, so get some rest..."

"Um."

Uehara Naraku nodded again.

Everyone in this world is busy. Uehara Naraku has to go and receive the Time Stone from the Future Man, and Nick Fury has to deal with the trouble caused by Hela, the Goddess of Death, and her Hydra.

It must have been really tough...

It seems that ever since Uehara Naraku joined S.H.I.E.L.D., Nick Fury, the director of S.H.I.E.L.D., has never had a moment's rest. The Battle of New York has barely ended, and he's already setting out to find intelligence on Hydra and Hela…

This is too mentally and physically exhausting...

Fortunately, all of this was caused by Uehara Naraku himself.

Once Uehara Naraku succeeds as the future director of S.H.I.E.L.D., he can create trouble with one hand and hold the information about that trouble with the other, which will certainly not be as difficult as Nick Fury's situation.

good night!

It's not that I can't do it!

The computer is broken!

I'll resume double updates tomorrow; I want to write more interesting stories!

(End of this chapter)