Chapter 259: A Conversation with Ao

"Marine Admirals certainly have their own missions, but occasionally they are free to relax, or perhaps deal with some loose ends from their past."

Ao remained in that lazy tone, but his gaze toward Uchiha Feiyu became cautious:

"Tell me, Blood Demon, what are you trying to do by hanging around with Robin? Are you also pursuing the power of the Ancient Weapon?"

Others might not know where Robin is, and many can no longer even match the current Robin to her eight-year-old Bounty, but Ao, who has kept a close watch on Robin's growth, knows these things like the back of his hand.

Because of this, he naturally knows that after Krokfar was finished, Robin had already thrown her lot in with Uchiha Feiyu.

Although Robin is a versatile person with many excellent abilities, for the vast majority of ambitious people, her greatest ability is naturally translating the Ancient History Text and searching for those Ancient Weapons.

Coupled with the fact that the Pluton blueprints suddenly popped up in Water 7, and Robin's current boss also came over to get involved, Ao's heart is naturally filled with suspicion, and now he wants to test him.

"Tsk, so that's the reason you came looking for me? Do you think I'm also an ambitious person who wants to overthrow the world? Wanting to use Robin's ability to find the Ancient Weapon and rule the world?"

Uchiha Feiyu only had to turn it over in his mind to understand the thoughts of the Marine Admiral before him, and he couldn't help but chuckle.

"Isn't that the case?"

The Marine Admiral before him stared fixedly at Uchiha Feiyu and said in a cold voice:

"The strong on the sea all possess an indestructible will; only in this way can they push their strength to an incredible intensity!"

"Your strength, even on this sea, is among the few, and it is impossible for you to have no ambition, or rather, an ideal! And do you think your actions all this time can put my mind at ease?"

Uchiha Feiyu rolled his eyes in his heart and said decisively:

"Of course it can put people at ease. Otherwise, I've been roaming the sea for so long, have you seen me with a Bounty? Have I ever violated the laws of the World Government?"

Ao was suddenly at a loss for words. Uchiha Feiyu had indeed hacked to death many, many, many people; the number of killings was enough to make even Ao, a Marine Admiral seasoned in battle, feel a bit of scalp-tingling dread.

One must know that in just the civil war in Alabasta, Uchiha Feiyu hacked to death no fewer than 100,000 Rebel Army soldiers and various noble private troops.

Subsequently, he fought across the first half of the Grand Line, and all the Pirates on the seven routes suffered devastating blows; even some non-World Government affiliated countries that liked to engage in looting had their armies slaughtered. The number of these dead added together is definitely seventy or eighty thousand.

In less than a few months, hacking to death one or two hundred thousand people—this kind of murderous nature is simply shocking. Even if you called over Akainu, that hawkish Admiral, he would have to say, "You are too extreme."

However, according to the laws of the World Government, Uchiha Feiyu indeed had not committed a single criminal act. In fact, because of his actions in striking down Pirates and the chaotic armies of non-World Government affiliated countries, the World Government should even award him a big medal!

"You indeed have not violated the laws of the World Government, but judging from your actions, I cannot convince myself in any way that you are a law-abiding fellow..."

"There are plenty of restless people in this world. If nothing else, just look at those Seven Warlords of the Sea; which one of them is law-abiding? You don't go watch that bunch, but instead come looking for trouble with me—do you think I'm easier to bully?"

Ao reached out to cover his forehead, revealing a helpless expression:

"Quite the opposite! It is precisely because I think you are much more dangerous than the Seven Warlords of the Sea that I have come to your door!"

"Krokfar's ambition was ultimately just a joke. Even with his Two-Color Haki regressing, it would be meaningless even if he obtained the Ancient Weapon."

"But you are different. Top-tier combat power combined with an Ancient Weapon that can overthrow the world is an existence that is absolutely not allowed!"

Uchiha Feiyu looked at the righteous Ao and smiled as he spoke:

"Then I have a question—why do you come to find trouble with me, instead of going to the root of the problem, that Devil Child Robin?"

"You should be very clear that as long as you let her roam the sea, one day, this Devil Child will go in search of the Ancient History Text, and in this process, the possibility of her being used by others is too great."

"Isn't the most correct approach to just finish off that Devil Child once and for all? In any case, killing a historian with no power to resist is much easier than finishing off me, the Blood Demon!"

Ao was silent for a moment and did not answer Uchiha Feiyu's question, only saying:

"After resolving your problem, I will take Nico Robin away!"

"Then go ahead and capture her!"

Uchiha Feiyu smiled as he spoke:

"Since you don't have the slightest trust in me and keep thinking I'm an ambitious person, then I'll just hand Robin over to you. Without this ancient historian, you can't pin big conspiracies like Ancient Weapons on my head anymore, right!"

Ao: Σ(°△°|||)︴

"You fellow... what exactly do you mean?! Robin should be your companion!"

"Tsk tsk tsk, you exposed yourself as soon as you were provoked. Mr. Marine Admiral, is your seat sitting a bit crooked?"

Ao took two long breaths, his expression calmed down again, and he knew that his excitement just now had exposed quite a few things. Just as he wanted to say something more, Uchiha Feiyu suddenly delivered a critical hit:

"By the way, there is a Giant named Saul in Elbaf. It is said that he is a friend of yours with whom you have a good relationship. I wonder if that is true or false?"

"What!? You have seen Saul?!!!"

"That's a very interesting remark... not surprised that Saul is still alive, but surprised that I saw that guy. It seems that back then, you indeed deliberately froze him to protect that big guy."

"In that case, you've been letting Robin go for all these years, haven't you?"

Having revealed so many flaws, Ao was speechless. In the end, he just sighed helplessly:

"Oh my, oh my, it's all exposed. You fellow, saying so much, aren't you afraid I'll kill you to silence you?"

"Hehe, after your true personality was exposed, there's no deterrent power left to speak of, Admiral Ao."

"That's not necessarily true. Although under certain circumstances, I might show mercy, or even deliberately let someone go, if necessary, I will also eliminate the enemy without hesitation."

"There are countless Pirate crews frozen by me on the sea; they are not like Saul, who could keep his life after being thawed!"

The three Admirals all possess Logia abilities that are almost like natural disasters, and their wide-area lethality is terrifying. Although Ao is not the most ruthless of the Admirals, the number of Pirates he has finished off is definitely no less than five digits.

Ao only shows mercy to enemies when his own sense of justice conflicts with the justice of the World Government. Facing those Pirates who truly burn, kill, and loot, his choice is not necessarily any gentler than Uchiha Feiyu's.

At most, Uchiha Feiyu chooses to kill everyone, while in front of Ao, those Pirates still have a chance to take a trip to Impel Down—of course, it's hard to say which is more terrifying, going to Impel Down or death.

"However, now that the excuse for Robin has been debunked, you have no reason to fight me, do you?"

Ao looked at Uchiha Feiyu with a cold expression and said faintly:

"Then I hope you never reveal any handle, Mr. Blood Demon!"

After saying this, Ao turned his head, took out a bicycle from behind a giant rock, and sat on it as he rode into the ocean.

Uchiha Feiyu watched this Marine Admiral slowly disappear on the sea surface and rubbed his chin:

"A miscalculation... actually, I should have fought this guy. Although it would be hard to win, I estimate it wouldn't be easy to lose either, and it would be just right to test my strength."

"Now it's better; a round of verbal sparring did indeed drive this guy away, but how strong a Marine Admiral's strength really is remains an unknown to me!"

It is very difficult to see from the manga just how strong a Marine Admiral or the Four Emperors are, and the Marine Admirals in the manga have not really fought to the death many times.

Even in the Summit War, Akainu, who was the most hardworking, only tried his best, not risking his life.

As for Kizaru and Aokiji, who were always slacking off during the Summit War, it is even harder to tell how much effort they actually put in; not to mention anything else, Kizaru on Egghead Island had several more skills than he did during the Summit War, so it is clear he was not very serious during that war.

There is not much to be learned from the manga, let alone in reality; although Uchiha Feiyu estimated that his strength had reached this level, he had never truly fought, so he still felt a bit uncertain in his heart.

"Forget it... it's not a big deal anyway, at least my goal has been achieved."

Things having reached this point, Uchiha Feiyu stopped thinking about it, turned into a mass of blood-colored light, and likewise vanished from the ruins of Enies Lobby.

The CP9 Agents eventually returned to Alabasta and were soon finished with their treatment; Uchiha Feiyu took the opportunity to perform some psychological Hypnosis suggestions on this group of people as well.

Actually, it was not a big deal; he just consolidated the "friendship" between both sides and reduced their loyalty to the World Government, so that when these people returned to the World Government in the future, they could help him.

Although these Agents were originally very loyal to the World Government, after experiencing such an event, no matter how loyal they were, it would be greatly diminished; it was actually not that difficult to change their attitude by taking advantage of their vulnerability.

Even a die-hard like Lucci, after learning of the order to have him wanted as a discarded pawn, had his loyalty greatly shaken, and it was easily changed into resentment by Uchiha Feiyu.

Of course, Uchiha Feiyu did not go too far; he only made them full of complaints toward the World Government and devoid of loyalty, rather than making them enemies of the World Government, so that it would be easier to arrange for them to return to work for the World Government later.

However, even if they returned to the World Government, they would no longer be loyal Agents, but rather slackers just getting by, and might even become poisonous stings acting as spies aimed at the heart of the World Government.

Additionally, while Uchiha Feiyu was hypnotizing and modifying them, he discovered that these people already had some traces of having been brainwashed; he was quite surprised at first, but quickly regained his composure.

Although the ability of Hypnosis is rare on the sea, it is definitely not an exclusive technique; besides that hack hypnotist Jango, Miss Goldenweek's color rendering is also a form of Hypnosis to a certain extent.

Even Princess Vivi has a technique of dance Hypnosis. Although the effect is not great, it shows that this technique is still circulated within a small scope.

The current World Government Agents are indeed powerful and strong-willed, making it difficult to brainwash and control them through this method, but they began training from a very young age, and there were plenty of opportunities back then.

Through childhood training, consciousness indoctrination, and brainwashing control to create the current CP Agents, it seems to Uchiha Feiyu that it is simply too consistent with the World Government's manufacturing process, and this also allowed Uchiha Feiyu to understand why these Agents are so loyal to the World Government.

These brainwashing techniques are very secretive and used continuously from childhood to adulthood; normally, let alone modifying these Agents' thoughts, I am afraid no one could even discover that these Agents had been brainwashed.

Because under long-term brainwashing control, loyalty to the World Government had changed from an externally imposed idea into their very nature.

It was only because they were abandoned by the World Government now that their convictions were greatly shaken, which allowed Uchiha Feiyu to discover the clues and subsequently have the opportunity to meddle with them.

After all, if one were to count Hypnosis ability, Uchiha Feiyu is definitely an expert; when he was in the Naruto World, he was an Uchiha, and even if his strongest point was not Genjutsu, his Genjutsu level exceeded that of ordinary ninja, and even a large margin above ordinary Uchiha.

After practicing the Heavenly Demon Secret, he progressed to an unfathomable level in this regard; if it weren't for the fact that Hypnosis techniques in the One Piece World can only be considered a minor path, Uchiha Feiyu would have taken over the World Government and the Marine in a heartbeat.

After eating the Vampire Fruit, his Hypnosis technique, which was originally like a rootless duckweed, was reborn with the help of the Devil Fruit Ability; while it still cannot be used in battles of the same level, it is effortless to use against the weak or those whose minds are shaken.

"How does it feel? Alabasta has just experienced a civil war and is now in a post-war recovery period, even more prosperous than before."

In the royal palace of Alabasta, Uchiha Feiyu looked at the group of Agents undergoing rehabilitation training and spoke.

"It's already quite good; we have been to many countries, and a country like Alabasta is very rare now."

Kalifa pushed up her glasses and said a sentence.

(End of this chapter)