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What Hina did not know was that Akainu valued Uchiha Hiko far more than she had imagined.

Akainu had conducted a detailed study of Uchiha Hiko's strength. Someone capable of severely injuring Vergo in a single blow—aside from special monsters like Garp, Tsuru, Momousagi, and Chaton, no Vice Admiral at Marine Headquarters could withstand even one exchange with Uchiha Hiko.

That was Vergo, with his Armament Haki activated and his power erupting at full force, yet he had still met such a miserable end. This showed just how powerful Uchiha Hiko was.

Garp must have noticed it at the time as well. He had likely considered that if Uchiha Hiko ever went down the wrong path, he would become a formidable enemy, which was why he had invited him to join the Marines.

But Akainu thought even further ahead. His goal was to completely end the Great Pirate Era and utterly eradicate Pirates from these seas. At a time like this, when such a young and promising talent with such potential appeared, he would spare no effort to recruit him.

Yet in the blink of an eye, it now seemed as though he was about to miss out on Uchiha Hiko. This left Akainu deeply displeased and made him hate Vergo and Doflamingo even more.

While Akainu at the Marines' new headquarters was racking his brains over how to pull Uchiha Hiko back onto the "right path," perhaps even into the Marines, the various forces of the New World were also shaken by Uchiha Hiko's formidable strength.

Wano Country, a secret location.

"Wood Style? Is that ignorant brat a ninja?" A burly man dressed like a samurai, a sword hanging at his waist, let out a sinister chuckle. "I never expected that, apart from us in Wano Country, someone else