Naruto: I am Ninja World Ghost Story, who are you?

That's right...

The reason the ninja world is currently cooperating is actually because of Uchiha Bufan.

A very small part of the reason is Obito Uchiha...

They can't be killed, and ghost stories keep popping up. If they don't focus on training ninjas and developing technology, the ninja world is doomed.

Early in the morning.

Danzo Shimura learned from conversations among many ninjas in the village that a ghost story game had appeared in Kirigakure. He immediately rushed to the empty clan territory of the Sarutobi clan, which used to have several thousand people but now only had a few dozen left. He found Hiruzen Sarutobi and told him the news.

Nine-year-old Hiruzen's baby face showed a hint of impatience: "Danzo, it would be good if he could be resurrected. Why are you making trouble for no reason? This time, let the teacher handle it!"

"What do you know! This is a ghost story game! We've all recovered to our peak strength from when we were alive. If we can successfully complete the game, why can't we compete for the Hokage title in the future?"

Danzo said excitedly.

Hiruzen reluctantly stood up from his chair, held out his hand to compare his height with Danzo's, and then tilted his head to look at the bewildered Danzo: "How old are we? Have you ever seen a nine-year-old shadow or an eight-year-old shadow?"

Danzo fell silent.

Unexpectedly, what's preventing him from becoming Hokage is his age.

After a moment, he spoke again: "Then let's go clear the level and get the reward. When we grow up, we can stand on the public stage and inherit the name of Shadow once again!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi rolled his eyes, said nothing, walked to his son's room and gestured, then walked to the living room window and gestured to the scene of the clan's territory: "Look at what the Sarutobi clan has become because I became Hokage."

“I’m afraid my father will come back to life and hang me up and beat me.”

Danzo: ......

Upon hearing this, Danzo guiltily scratched his head and couldn't help but ask, "So you don't want to go, Hiruzen?"

“I’m not going.” Hiruzen Sarutobi shook his head, then took out a quest scroll that Tobirama Senju had given him: “If you’re interested, you can come with me to investigate another quest.”

"What mission?" Danzo asked, somewhat curious.

"Go to the outskirts of the Ninja World to find Orochimaru and gather intelligence along the way."

Chapter 127 [The Strange Tale of the 'Sword Master']

The news of the two major ninja villages stepping down appeared openly among the village leaders of the ninja world.

Seeing the two resign so openly, Kurotsuchi, while packing his luggage, naturally understood the purpose of the Fifth Hokage and the Fifth Mizukage.

"I'd like to go too."

While Onoki is a powerful figure and a member of the old guard, his rigid and outdated approach to many national policies makes him prone to refusing cooperation for trivial matters of appearances and personal gain...

However, Huang Tu, who came from the Dark Realm, could fully understand the benefits of this development for Iwagakure and the Land of Earth. When talking with ninjas from other countries, he used his eyes to suppress their refusal and explained the relevant details afterward, which is enough to show that Huang Tu already had basic political literacy.

In terms of strength, he is worthy of the title of Shadow.

Therefore, he is now considering stepping down as Tsuchikage and handing the reins to the current Tsuchikage.

"Call Black Soil and Yellow Soil over."

Since he's stepping down, why should only the two Kage step down? Why doesn't this old codger also follow the trend in the ninja world?

The Fourth Raikage of Kumogakure looked at the two great ninja villages' frivolous resignation with disdain: "They're clearly just trying to shirk responsibility."

"Mabu-i, get a few people and come with me to solve that ghost story game!"

"Let's prove the strength of Kumogakure to the ninja world!"

Mabu-i sighed, rubbing his forehead: "Lord Raikage, this matter still needs discussion..."

boom!

"If you refuse, then refuse! Why are you talking to me about discussing it!"

Seeing the Fourth Raikage smash the table again, Azaburo skillfully ordered someone to bring over a new desk, saying, "Raikage-sama, the desk budget is almost over this month, please be gentle..."

The Fourth Raikage raised his fist and instinctively brought it down, but in that instant he remembered what Mabui had just said, and immediately withdrew his strength, causing a gust of air to splash across the table.

"Hmph! Call Killer Bee over, and our 'Goddess of Thunder' too."

When the Fourth Raikage spoke of the 'Goddess of Lightning,' his tone, like that of the other Cloud Village ninjas, carried a hint of sourness.

After all, Samui's current strength has surpassed that of the Fourth Raikage, who had trained for decades to inherit the title of Kage.

Meanwhile, in Sunagakure, Rasa calmly pressed the stop button on the discussion and deliberation, completely ignoring the ghost story game, and continued to carry out the Oasis Project that the Land of Wind wanted to implement.

Anyway, it's not Sunagakure that's suffering losses. All they need to do is find a way to guide the ocean currents to flood the desert and create oases, and then search for mineral resources in the desert, build various mines, and vigorously develop the economy.

Little did they know, this very action would lead Pakura, who had initially considered sparing Sunagakure, to make a final decision...

While the four great powers were discussing the matter, the navy also learned of what had happened on Amazon Lily. Fleet Admiral Sengoku listened attentively to Momonga's report with a solemn expression.

"Bai Bufan, who appears to be a man with long black hair, is actually a woman, and possesses Conqueror's Haki and the power to control seawater?"

"That's absolutely unbelievable!"

Sengoku didn't believe the flying squirrel's words at all, and even wanted to laugh.

It wasn't until Momonga produced a series of recordings showing the man boarding the Kuja pirate ship and landing on Kuja Island that Sengoku had to believe Momonga's words.

"I've never heard of this name among the famous pirates at sea. This person has such strength, yet he suddenly joined Amazon Lily... What exactly is his purpose..." Sengoku pondered.

Then, he suddenly remembered a group of people who also possessed unheard-of superhuman strength.

"Could he be a member of the Justice Pirates?!"

"This...this...the other party didn't refer to herself, but said she was the newly appointed Empress of Amazon Lily." The flying squirrel was intimidated by Sengoku's imposing manner and stammered as it tried to explain.

"This matter cannot be decided so easily. Let's send the general to Amazon Lily to check on the situation first."

"By the way, who's free right now?"

Vice Admiral Momonga remained silent. Garp, munching on a senbei on the sofa, pondered for a moment before saying, "Kuzan, I suppose. He's currently fishing at the base."

"It's him!"

Kuzan, who had received orders from Sengoku to go to Amazon Lily to question the newly appointed empress, was immediately speechless.

"This kind of mission could be easily assigned to any vice admiral."

"It's because Vice Admiral Momonga failed, but the other party didn't kill any Marines and even demanded the title of Shichibukai, that's why we sent you and Tina to check the situation," the Marine Captain with pink hair said helplessly.

"Tina didn't want to go either, but since the higher-ups wanted us to go and confirm, we decided to go ahead and confirm."

"Let's go." After hearing Tina's words, Kuzan understood that Sengoku intended to send him out to test the pirate's true purpose and strength.

Let's see if he's a member of a righteous pirate crew, an arrogant and weak pirate, or a pirate who truly possesses strength but isn't the kind to kill indiscriminately, and whose becoming a Shichibukai would actually benefit the Navy's management.

If it's either of the first two scenarios, then as a naval admiral, direct arrest is perfectly justified. But if it's the latter...

The daily news reports from the high seas will have the opportunity to publish stories of the birth of a new Shichibukai...

In a certain sea area, after enduring several days of storms and lightning, the crew of a ship who had successfully weathered the tempest and arrived at this sunny sea surface couldn't help but let out a sigh.

"Lord Orochimaru...we...we've finally overcome this crisis..." Tayuya's eyes were filled with tears, and for the first time, she felt that life was so beautiful.

Orochimaru's lips twitched twice: "Luckily, our team was strong, otherwise we might really have died in that sea..."

The ship's hull was almost completely wrecked by the storm. If it weren't for Obito Uchiha and Itachi Uchiha working together to use Wood Release to keep the ship from collapsing, they would probably have become bait in the ocean.

Uchiha Itachi was panting heavily, exhausted. The ship had finally broken free of the Wood Release barrier, allowing him to catch his breath and look at the sun outside.

The sudden storm lasted for several hours. It's unclear whether the ship was targeted by the heavens, as it was not only subjected to strong winds and heavy rain, but also continuous lightning strikes.

Obito Uchiha, who had been maintaining the Wood Release defense alongside them, understood this deeply. He slowly lowered his hands, breathed a sigh of relief, and welcomed the sunlight outside.

However, the group came across a strange city in the distance.

"where is this place?"

Looking into the distance, there seemed to be a large town.

As Jirobo maneuvered the ship closer to the town, he immediately discovered that it was a bustling, large town with a port.

It is a place with a large flow of people and all kinds of shops.

"Who...are you people?"

Not long after the ship docked, Orochimaru and his group encountered a white-haired man wearing a fur coat with the word "Justice" embroidered on the back, carrying a weapon, and with a cigar in his mouth.

Orochimaru stared at the man and couldn't help but gasp.

He saw this person in the [Top] instance!

"It turned out to be you!"

Smoker's fierce face stiffened slightly as he tried to recall if he had seen this somewhat strange man somewhere before, but after thinking for a long time, he couldn't find a matching wanted poster.

"Who are you? A pirate? Or a bounty hunter?"

"Sparashi!" Orochimaru never expected that going to another world would simply mean sailing away from the Ninja World continent to the other side.

Could this be the dividing line of the world?

The omnipotent creator has so crudely created a link between two worlds...

Upon hearing the word 'pirate,' Obito Uchiha's gaze sharpened, and he couldn't help but ask Black Zetsu, "If I remember correctly, isn't this person a side character of that kid Bufan...?"

"There are indeed copies explaining the situation of the pirates and the navy," Black Zetsu replied.

Sasuke Uchiha shouted loudly, "Someone's kidnapping us here... Ughhhhh—"

Itachi Uchiha pressed his hand against Sasuke's mouth with a blank expression, his right hand immediately becoming covered in Sasuke's saliva.

Kisame couldn't help but look around to ease his embarrassment.

"Let go of that boy." Upon hearing Sasuke's voice, Sbara immediately realized that he had encountered child traffickers.

His right hand turned into white smoke.

If it weren't for Itachi Uchiha, this tall man, 'holding' the child hostage, he probably would have intervened and suppressed him directly!

"Is this what a natural fruit is? Interesting, very interesting." Orochimaru was lost in his own world, unaware that he had become Smoker's target for righteous elimination.

"I said! Let go of that child! How much money do you want? I can pay you." Smoker couldn't figure out who the other party was or who their backer was. If they were Celestial Dragons, he was afraid that even money wouldn't solve the problem.

"We want to join the navy, then I'll let this child go. What do you say?"

More than the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, Orochimaru was fascinated by the power of another world—an unknown and immense force...

Obito and the others: ?

Smoker: ? ? ? ? ?

He wondered if he'd misheard—a child trafficking organization wanting to join the navy...

“The Navy doesn’t accept scum,” Smoker said sternly.

“We didn’t kidnap him. He’s this boy’s younger brother. This is just a joke, don’t you think, Sasuke?” Orochimaru turned his head and licked his lips, mouthing the words about the ‘Heavenly Curse Seal’.

Sasuke, remembering the cursed seal on his neck, trembled and hugged his shoulders, nodding with a mournful face, "Yes..."

Seeing this, Smoker couldn't figure out what these people were up to, so he started calling for reinforcements to arrest and interrogate them.

After learning of Colonel Smoker's intentions, many of the naval members exchanged strange glances and walked forward.

However, Orochimaru discovered Smoker's malicious intentions and shot several pythons from his mouth, binding several Marines who were about to be handcuffed with sea stone handcuffs.

“We’re not unarmed guys, we’re ninjas.”

"Ninjas?" Smoker breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Orochimaru hadn't killed his companions, and continued to probe for information: "Are you members of Kaido's crew? Or rather, former members?"

"No, no, no—" Orochimaru shook his head in denial, "We have no power, we just want to find a suitable power to settle down with. If you are willing, we can cooperate."

Smoker hesitated.

At that moment, Naval Headquarters Petty Officer Tashigi rushed over, wearing a pair of red-framed square glasses, her hands on her knees, panting heavily.

"Colonel... I'm sorry I'm late."

Smoker couldn't understand Orochimaru's abilities, and the aura emanating from the people behind Orochimaru was increasingly formidable, especially the masked man who remained calm while staring at him with strange red eyes...

"I can't bring the danger back to Naval Headquarters, and besides, I can't make that decision."

Orochimaru was slightly disappointed upon hearing this. Just as he was about to test the strength of a Logia-type Devil Fruit user, Smoker's voice rang out again, interrupting his thoughts.

"How about this, you hand the child over to us, and we'll trust you for now. We'll also inform headquarters of your situation, and someone will contact you. You just need to stay in Loguetown for a few days, okay?"

"It's a deal." Orochimaru turned to look at Itachi Uchiha.