I want to challenge the strongest admiral!
Madara Uchiha's declaration left Tengen Uzui silent for a long time.
The strongest admiral—
In other words, the strongest of the World Government's highest combat forces.
If anyone else had said that, he would have thought they had water in their brain and would never have bothered reporting it for them.
But this was Madara Uchiha, a legend of the Ninja World second only to Hashirama Senju, the "God of Shinobi."
That changed things.
What if Madara Uchiha really succeeded in his challenge?
Having only just assumed the position of Second Sea Shadow, Tengen Uzui considered the possibility.
If the man before him defeated a military admiral, then their Sea Ninja Village could take the opportunity to apply for separation from CIPHER POL and gain a degree of autonomy.
They would have a ninja capable of defeating an admiral!
Why would they still need to watch those black-clad men's faces, right?
This was actually a problem caused by an information gap.
Tengen Uzui did not yet know that those above had already decided to place Sea Ninja Village under the military's High Command. The order simply had not been issued yet.
Naturally, the higher-ups at CIPHER POL headquarters knew.
That was why they had so readily approved Fukurokuju's request to hand the position of Sea Shadow over to Tengen Uzui.
In any case, Sea Ninja Village would no longer be under their jurisdiction. There was no need to make things difficult at the last moment.
Of course, it also had something to do with the fact that Fukurokuju's strength and potential truly made him unsuitable to continue serving as the Sea Shadow of the greatly strengthened Sea Ninja Village.
Compared to him, Tengen Uzui, who came from the Demon Slayer World, might not