Multiverse Mastermind: Starting in Naruto-Chapter 553 - 449: Hope C and Crocodile Are Okay

It could even completely take control of the great sea prison.

Now Crocodile as the boss is clearly a bit inhuman, so you can only try to lean toward the second boss as much as possible!

Looking forward...

Very much looking forward...

Aokiji stayed silent for a second, looking at Uehara Naraku in front of him, and sighed deeply: "Well, this is not an easy thing to manipulate... unless you betray the Navy yourself..."

"How could I possibly betray the Navy..."

Uehara Naraku shook his head, smiling as he spoke: "I carry pure justice on my shoulders!"

"..."

Aokiji felt himself shortsighted.

Because no matter how you look at it, Aokiji felt that Uehara Naraku was a scoundrel infiltrating the Navy, and being unable to prevent this guy from infiltrating the Navy was his big failure...

"Forget it."

Uehara Naraku suddenly smiled again and softly said: "Let’s put this matter aside for now! What’s most important for us now is to wait for Admiral Akainu... um, do you have any deserted places suitable for battle?"

"Things like battling are too troublesome..."

Aokiji shook his head, muttering: "Well, since it’s been confirmed that Crocodile isn’t coming, Akainu will probably leave after staying at Enies Lobby for a bit..."

"No, I just want to give Admiral Akainu a surprise."

Uehara Naraku spread out his palm, chuckling as he spoke: "What do you say, could we beat up Admiral Akainu and pull him into our camp?"

"..."

Aokiji’s first thought was... Has Uehara Naraku gone mad?

Upon thinking carefully, when has Uehara Naraku ever been normal?

This guy couldn’t really be thinking of forcing Akainu to surrender! Akainu, who acts in the name of absolute justice, couldn’t possibly submit to such an evil organization!

Aokiji couldn’t help but sigh deeply.

Only someone like him, who follows lazy justice, wouldn’t mind joining Uehara Naraku’s camp, with the intent to persuade this guy to reduce his evil deeds...

"Hmph, I want to give it a try..."

A gleam flashed in Uehara Naraku’s eyes, his voice gradually turning somewhat eerie: "Perhaps we could kill two birds with one stone, getting rid of both Crocodile and Akainu...

Since that fellow Crocodile refuses to accept the destiny I grant him, he can directly prepare to accept the punishment of fate!"

"What are you planning to do?"

Aokiji looked at Uehara Naraku in surprise.

Uehara Naraku took out his Radio Snail, casually asking: "Did you find out from Robin? What’s Crocodile’s next destination?"

"Shampodi Archipelago."

Aokiji slowly replied: "That fellow Crocodile probably already prepared to head to the New World long ago..."

"Very well."

Uehara Naraku looked at Aokiji and suddenly spoke: "Mr. Aokiji, do you ever doubt your own body?"

"What do you mean?"

"Like instincts and such things..."

Uehara Naraku slowly revealed a smile, chuckling as he continued: "Do you believe someone could implant a spy into your body?"

"..."

Aokiji’s gaze subtly shifted.

The first half of the Grand Line.

The Sand Crocodile Pirates’ ship was heading towards Shampodi Archipelago.

Crocodile didn’t have the slightest intention of going to Enies Lobby to rescue Uehara Naraku, that was Enies Lobby after all, very close to Navy Headquarters at Marinford...

Most importantly, Uehara got captured by some Navy recruits, really a burden. After getting Uehara Naraku into the New World, the guy probably wouldn’t last long, so Crocodile couldn’t be bothered to rescue him.

Moreover...

Because the news of Uehara Naraku being caught by Navy recruits was on the papers, the whole sea was mocking this 60 million bounty pirate under Crocodile!

For making him, the Sand Crocodile, look so disgraceful at sea, it was already good enough that Crocodile wasn’t going to look for Uehara Naraku’s trouble!

Crocodile really had ten thousand reasons not to rescue Uehara Naraku.

Now Crocodile and Nico Robin were about to reach Shampodi Archipelago, planning to coat their ship and dive to Fishman Island before entering the New World from there...

The only troublesome part was...

Currently, Fishman Island belonged to the Seven Warlords of the Sea’s Hoshigaki Kisame.

That person is absolutely not easy to deal with, and Crocodile has a grudge with Hoshigaki Kisame, so he has to find a way to avoid being noticed by Hoshigaki Kisame.

Crocodile, biting his cigar, sighed deeply. Why did he suddenly have so many enemies...

Just as Crocodile was about to rekindle his ambition, a voice rang from within him, the voice of the One-tailed Shukaku!

"Hey, Sand Crocodile kid!"

The One-tailed Shukaku’s voice sounded a bit anxious: "Don’t approach those islands ahead, there are three very formidable individuals hiding there, one of whom is the person we encountered in Alabasta who wields the power of the Ice-Ice Fruit!"

"Hmm?"

Crocodile’s expression changed slightly; now Shukaku was alerting to danger, giving him no reason to doubt that the One-tailed Shukaku was deceiving him, as he knew Shukaku shared a symbiotic relationship with him.

Now that Shukaku suddenly warned...

It indicated that indeed, danger lurked on Shampodi Archipelago!

Three very formidable individuals, among whom one is the Ice-Ice Fruit user Aokiji, the identities of the remaining two are probably self-evident!

"Three Great Admirals of the Navy Headquarters!"

Crocodile’s face looked a bit unsightly, he puffed out smoke from his cigar and said in a serious tone: "I haven’t heard any news of the Three Great Admirals appearing in Shampodi, they must be lying in ambush here to target me!"

"I don’t know..."

The One-tailed Shukaku spoke slowly: "Want to break through? Besides those three guys, the others aren’t very strong..."

"No, first find a safe place!"

Crocodile shook his head, immediately steering the ship to change course, instantly distancing from Shampodi Archipelago, intending to find a suitable place to rest first.

Nico Robin noticed this and smiled, asking: "Mr. Crocodile, what happened?"

"Three Great Admirals of the Navy Headquarters ambush at Shampodi Archipelago..."

Crocodile bit his cigar, coldly snorting: "Luckily, Shukaku warned me to avoid it, let’s find a suitable place to rest first!"

"Three Great Admirals of the Navy Headquarters!"

Nico Robin showed a sign of surprise on her face, frowning slightly, she solemnly said: "If they’re really ambushing us and we stay too close to Shampodi, should the Navy discover us, the Three Admirals might likely pursue us!"

"Besides me, who else is worthy of such a huge formation?"

After puffing a cloud of smoke, Crocodile said in a deep voice: "We can’t go to Moriah’s territory either, as I recall, there’s a sparsely populated small island near Enies Lobby, let’s check it out!"

After Crocodile finished talking, he continued: "Hmph, by chance, while the Three Admirals are not at Navy Headquarters, I could directly break into Enies Lobby to rescue that fool Uehara Naraku, as a counter-gesture for the Navy ambushing me!"

"..."

Nico Robin slowly nodded.

Why couldn’t he have just obediently gone to rescue Uehara Naraku sooner?

Really, who knows what expression Crocodile will make upon reaching that deserted island and encountering the real admiral lying in ambush!

If Crocodile knew that all along, besides himself, everyone else on this ship was an undercover agent, including the Shukaku in his body, who knows what expression this guy would show then!

All we can say is...

Let’s hope Crocodile’s spirit remains intact?