The third generation Hokage sent Danzo to jail at the beginning

The third generation came back to his senses and looked at Jiraiya with complicated eyes: "Jiraiya, I asked you to come here as a last resort."

"What's the matter, old man, what's that look in your eyes?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen lit his pipe, waved his hand to tell him not to worry, and said: "Asuma is leading the team to the Sand Village to pick up Gaara, the Sand Village's Jinchūriki."

Jiraiya nodded to show that he was listening.

"The Akatsuki will probably launch an attack when the One-Tail leaves the Sand Village. You should go and support them. If you get a chance, take advantage of it and defeat them. Also..."

Sarutobi Hiruzen said, "Have you thought about how to deal with Nagato's matter?"

Jiraiya naturally knew that the leader of the evil organization Akatsuki was his disciple Nagato when the third generation had a heart-to-heart talk with his master and disciple last time.

But the other party is now deeply obsessed with evil thoughts, and even if Jiraiya goes there, he can do nothing.

Fight, but I can't win. Talk, but I won't accept it.

Jiraiya was also extremely distressed at this moment. As a lustful immortal, how could he just leave his disciple alone?

"After picking up Asuma and the others, I plan to go to the Hidden Rain Village."

Are you still going to send this bad disciple off?

Sarutobi Hiruzen was speechless for a moment.

As if he understood what the Third Hokage was saying, Jiraiya continued, "I won't give up on them. Don't worry, I have the information, and nothing will happen to me."

That's right, the three mythical gods.

After a brief thought, Sarutobi Hiruzen told Obito the final information.

For fear of scaring Black Zetsu into hiding for another few hundred years, Sarutobi Hiruzen had been deliberately avoiding content involving Madara Obito.

The Hokage's office was now covered in barriers, and Jiraiya was a reliable person.

"Then I can't just leave them alone." Jiraiya's eyes became determined.

"I must go."

After a few days, Kakashi led his troops back to Konoha Village.

The Third Hokage enthusiastically summoned the meritorious officials of this battle.

It was also announced that the five great jonin of Konoha would be officially named the Five Tiger Generals.

The places are as follows: Jiraiya, Tsunade, Orochimaru, Kakashi, and Gai.

Some people questioned how Orochimaru could be selected as one of the Five Tigers if he wasn’t a rebel ninja. Shouldn’t Wood Release Yamato be more deserving of the top spot?

The Hokage immediately stated that Orochimaru had been undercover in the Akatsuki organization for many years and had made great contributions. Now that he has returned to Konoha, he deserves to be honored.

No one had any objections.

……

Uchiha Itachi has been on the sea all this time, living the life of a member of the Whitebeard Pirates.

Drinking and eating meat every day, bragging and fighting, they are obviously facing a war with an extremely high disadvantage in terms of mortality rate.

Although it felt stupid, the haze in his heart was obviously dissipated a lot in this atmosphere.

At the same time, he also gained a deeper understanding of the structure of this world.

This is a world even darker than the ninja world. Although the resources are countless times richer than those in the ninja world, the intensity of the fighting is even greater than that of the Warring States Period.

"Dragon."

Uchiha Itachi drank the wine in the cup and couldn't help but sigh that such a creature actually existed.

This place is the Moby Dick, the flagship of the Whitebeard Pirates.

The moonlight shines down, creating a peaceful and tranquil atmosphere.

Uchiha Itachi leaned against the side of the ship.

Marco sat cross-legged on a wooden barrel, holding a freshly opened bottle of rum.

The two had become good friends during this time, and Itachi was easily accepted as a teammate. For example, Kisame, whose original mission was to monitor him, actually ended up playing duo with him.

Marco shook the bottle lazily, "Hey, Itachi, you're thinking about those complicated things again, right?"

Before Itachi could answer, he continued, "I'm still a little surprised that you're a reinforcement from another world. I don't know how Ace did it."

In fact, the degree of surprise is not particularly high. After all, there are omnipotent devil fruits in this world - even outrageous things like the Time Fruit exist.

"So the navy has already gathered all its troops and high-level combat forces?"

Marco nodded and opened the rum again: "If the information Red sent is correct."

Not long ago, another king of the sea came to persuade Whitebeard, and his domineering confrontation with Whitebeard was truly a physical breakthrough.

"A war with a death rate of perhaps as high as 90%..." Uchiha Itachi said softly.

Marco held the bottle in his mouth and grinned: "Hey, don't say such unlucky things. Dad wants to bring everyone back alive."

"It's impossible. Each of the three admirals of the navy is capable of fighting Whitebeard."

Marco wasn't angry at this point: "Haha, you're trying to persuade me again? I've always said that men on the sea are different from ninjas. Besides, we're going to rescue people, not risk our lives."

He stood up, stretched, and looked into the distance: "Dad once said - 'On this sea, the most terrifying thing is not death, but losing your family.'"

"So no matter how many times you try to persuade us, it won't work."

family……

After a brief silence, Uchiha Itachi said: "No, I have given up persuading you. I am just thinking about the nature of this war."

"It's meaningless to execute a pirate who is a user of the Nature Fruit. In most cases, he should be imprisoned permanently."

"But Ace is different—he's the blood of 'Pirate King'."

Marco's smile faded slightly, and he said, "Indeed. If I were caught by the navy, I probably wouldn't be executed."

"In that case, why should the Navy give us time?"

"The Navy doesn't want Ace's life, they want the complete destruction of the Whitebeard Pirates."

Uchiha Itachi came to a conclusion.

Marco was silent for a few seconds and was about to say: Even if it is a trap, we will go.

"Since it's a trap, why not use someone valuable enough to trade for Ace?"

Uchiha Itachi's words stopped Marco from speaking.

"For example, the Celestial Dragons. In your world, the value of the Celestial Dragons is more noble than the bloodline of the Pirate King."

Chapter 37 Do you know who my father is?

Uchiha Itachi's next words were.

"To the Navy, the lives of the Celestial Dragons are more important than Ace's life."

Marco fell into deep thought, then stared at this crow man in the ninja world: "Itachi, you know the navy better than we do. The Celestial Dragons are their weak spot."

The unspoken words buried in Marco's mouth were - you are even more warlike than the Warring States Period.

Uchiha Itachi continued: "Since it is feasible, do we need to tell Whitebeard?"

Uchiha Itachi thought - your next sentence is, no need.

The reason Whitebeard would reject this method is not because he is afraid of the Celestial Dragons, but because he is afraid that without his protection, the Whitebeard Pirates will be trapped in the endless pursuit of the World Government.

During this period of time, Uchiha Itachi had already figured out the character of the hero who always laughed and asked, "Itachi, do you want to be my son?"

This conversation with Marco was also a carefully designed 'persuasion' by Uchiha Itachi.

Marco slowly stood up and placed the bottle of wine on the wooden barrel. He no longer focused his attention on Uchiha Itachi, but turned around and stared at the brightly lit cabin where his family was drinking and partying.

He obviously understood this point at this moment. Uchiha Itachi's conversation was not a "proposal", but a "persuasion" to himself, the deputy of the Whitebeard Group.

Marco clearly knew what kind of answer Whitebeard would give.

He said, “No need.”

Blue flames burst out from Marco's body, and he turned into a big blue bird, hovering in the air.

"Itachi, come up. We're leaving now."

The corners of Uchiha Itachi's mouth rose slightly, his body flashed, and he jumped onto the back of the phoenix in an instant.

The night wind was howling, and the two figures quickly disappeared into the clouds, rushing towards the Sabaody Archipelago.

……

Outside the slave auction house in the Sabaody Archipelago.

Saint Charlos was dragging a mermaid girl's hair with a chain, and his thick lips under the bubble hood were grinning, revealing his jagged yellow teeth.

"Bastard! Crawl faster!"

The chain tugged violently, and drops of blood immediately oozed from the mermaid's slender wrist. The World Government officials around her smiled apologetically, while the CP agents' eyes were numb behind their sunglasses.

Suddenly, there was a roar in the sky like an airplane flying at low altitude.

What followed was a phoenix made of blue flames.

He hovered in the air, staring at the group of Celestial Dragons who were half-crouching on the ground due to the wind pressure.

Marco shouted: "Found it!"

Marco, the second-in-command of the Whitebeard Pirates, was well-known. The CP agent leader on the ground broke out in a cold sweat and raised his head to issue a warning: "Pirates, attacking the Celestial Dragons is a heinous crime!"

Marco ignored him and descended quickly.

From below, an agent shouted, "Take Saint Charlos away! Notify the navy!"

At the same time, a black shadow jumped down first and threw more than a dozen shurikens at the CP agent who was attacking in front.

Compared to bullets, the shuriken's attack speed is not fast. The CP agents did not take it seriously. When they were about to dodge, their bodies stiffened and they were unable to control themselves for a moment.

It's the user of the Psychic Fruit ability!

The agents screamed in their hearts, but their eyes became empty.

Shuriken slashed their throats.

Blood splattered.

The severe pain woke them up, but it was too late.

At this time, Uchiha Itachi landed.

Marco transformed into a blue firebird and swooped down. His flaming feathers burned the surrounding World Government officials to death. His sharp claws tore open the bodies of the last two agents beside the Celestial Dragons, and his claws smashed the bubble hood of Saint Charlos.

The chubby face of the Tianlong man, twisted with fear, was finally exposed to the air, and he was still spewing shit: "Do you know who I am? Do you know who my father is?"

"Shut up, we are pirates."

"Can pirates disrespect the Celestial Dragons?!"

"can."

Marco, who had transformed back into human form, simply kicked him lightly in the face, leaving a shoe print.

As a Celestial Dragon, he had never experienced such pain before. Saint Charlos collapsed to the ground and dared not speak anymore.

Then, the chain in his hand fell to the ground with a clang, and the mermaid girl, not knowing what fate she would face, also knelt down.

Marco lowered his eyes and confirmed: "It should be correct, this is the Celestial Dragon."

This image is so easy to confirm.

Uchiha retracted the shuriken. It was quite troublesome to replenish the ninja tools here. He asked: "What should we do with this fish man?"

"Let's take them all away. The Murloc Kingdom has always been under our protection, so we'll save it forever."

Marco turned his head and glanced at the mermaid slave, a blue flame ignited in his hand: "Can you still move?"

As the mermaid girl nodded timidly, the phoenix flame melted the explosive collar around her neck.

Uchiha Itachi agreed.

The sound of sirens blared in the distance. Marco sighed and picked up the limp Celestial Dragon with one hand: "Hold on tight, the Navy's strongest fighter might be arriving soon."

Before he finished speaking, he had transformed into a big blue bird.