Saint Saturn's Proposal, the Navy Joins Forces with Blackbeard, CP0 Infiltrates
For them, who have held Scepter over the world for hundreds of years, exchanging a trivial permission for a free cannon fodder and obtaining a coveted sample of a special ability is a sure-fire deal.
Seeing this, Saint Saturn's gaze returned to the Visual Den Den Mushi. He coldly ordered the CP0 messenger, who was bowing and waiting, "Connect to the West Blue battlefield. Tell the CP0 there that you agree to Teach's conditions. Have him cooperate with the Navy's operation to capture the Uchiha Clan alive. Once it's done, we will fulfill our promise."
The messenger bowed, accepted the order, and quickly left the room.
In the Room of Authority, the Five Elders ' gazes once again fell back onto the video feed.
The fighting in the West Blue continues, but they have already added the most uncontrollable piece to this war.
Let's rewind time by a full half hour.
Just as Fugaku led hundreds of his clansmen to the battlefield and confronted the naval fleet, two pure white figures, under the cover of thick fog, silently crossed the coastal warning line of Origin Island with their Geppo.
Both were elite members of CP0, masters of the ultimate application of the Six Powers. Kami-e concealed his aura to the extreme, not even disturbing the sea breeze, and the burst of Shave left only a blurry afterimage in the forest.
According to the intelligence provided by the World Government, this was just a deserted island abandoned by pirates. However, the moment they landed, the two stopped in their tracks, their eyes behind their masks filled with disbelief and astonishment.
What we were looking at was not a deserted Isolated Island at all.
The smooth stone-paved road stretches from the coast all the way into the depths of the island, with rows of black-tiled houses on both sides. The Uchiha's Gunbai -shaped emblem is engraved on the lintel of each household. The clan members who come and go on the road walk with ease, without any of the anxiety or unease that comes with a wandering force.
As you venture deeper into the island, you'll find neatly cultivated fields where rice and vegetables are thriving. Waterwheels turn slowly along the streams, and women and children work on the ridges. In the distance, the clanging of blacksmiths can be heard from the workshops.
The two of them used their Observation Haki to its fullest extent, and clearly sensed that the island's permanent population was as many as tens of thousands.
Not only did they establish a town of considerable size, but they also developed a complete, self-sufficient survival system based on farmland and workshops.
This is not some temporary armed group; they are determined to establish themselves here and build their own country.
The two exchanged a glance, both seeing seriousness in each other's eyes. The Five Elders ' judgment was correct; these people were definitely not to be trifled with. They had to obtain the samples and find out their background.
Using the shadows in the forest, the two activated Shave again, silently avoiding the patrolling Uchiha ninjas, and made their way towards the area deep within the island Chakra fluctuations were weakest and the laxest.
Finally, they stopped in front of a vast wooden courtyard—the Uchiha Clan's Clan Academy.
With a flick of their fingertips, they silently lifted a crack in the roof tiles, and the two of them peered out into the courtyard from the rooftop.
In the spacious classroom, hundreds of children sat neatly, the oldest no more than thirteen or fourteen years old, the youngest barely reaching the height of the desk. They were all dressed in uniform dark-colored Clan Uniform, holding yellowed scrolls in their hands, practicing Hand Seals stroke by stroke, following the Jonin on the platform.
Every now and then, a child would open their eyes, their tender face bearing striking scarlet Sharingan. Even if it was just a newly Awakening One Tomoe, it still exuded the sharpness etched into the bones and blood of the Uchiha Clan.
The two CP0s immediately began to breathe even more lightly.
Adult Uchiha ninjas are all incredibly powerful and extremely difficult to capture, but these children are different.
They were young, their abilities had not yet Awakening, and their bodies were easier to control, making them the best samples to bring back to Mary Geoise for experiments.
If we can take three or five of them with us, we can not only successfully complete the mission assigned by the Five Elders, but also thoroughly understand the source of their strange abilities.
The two exchanged a glance and nodded simultaneously. Silent Shigan were already forming at their fingertips, and they planned to first knock out the children in the back row by the window, and then use Geppo to quietly lead them away.
But just as they were about to set off, a cold, clear voice, uniquely youthful yet utterly devoid of warmth, suddenly rang out behind them:
"Hey! You two, have you seen enough?!"
The hairs on their bodies stood on end instantly, and they turned around almost reflexively, their fists instantly covered in dark Armament Haki, their Shigan ready to fire. But when they saw who was in front of them, their movements suddenly froze on the spot.
Standing less than three meters behind them was not a patrolling Jonin at all, but a kid who looked no more than twelve or thirteen years old, dressed in a gray-white robe.
The boy had a small Uchiha Gunbai embroidered on his collar, his hands casually in his pockets, and he was looking up at them coldly.
A pair of scarlet Three-Tomoe Sharingan gleamed with a chilling, eerie light in the dim shadows of the rooftop.
Without the slightest hesitation, the CP0 member on the left moved instantly.
"Shave!"
The moment he exerted force with his feet, his figure left a blurry afterimage on the spot, and the tiles didn't even have time to make a sound of shattering.
The pitch-black Armament Haki had already filled his fingertips, Shigan, with a Space Rend that tore through the air, was aimed straight at the boy's vital point between his eyebrows. Every move was intended to kill him instantly.
Without the slightest hesitation, his teammates shattered the roof tiles almost simultaneously and flanked the boy on the other side.
The Six Powers were delivered silently, yet the Armament Haki covering his fists had already solidified into a sharpness capable of piercing steel plates, sealing off all of the boy's evasive routes.
Faced with the two men's deadly attacks from both sides, the boy simply stood still, his cold indifference unwavering.
The Three-Tomoe Sharingan in his eye sockets spun wildly, and dark golden ocular power surged from the patterns, merging with the vast Chakra surrounding his body.
The next second, a huge skeletal arm gleaming with dark gold light rose from the ground, its stark white ribs instantly closing in like an indestructible cage, tightly protecting the boy at its core.
The pupils of the two CP0 agents instantly shrank to the size of pinpoints.
The person at the front reacted instantly, unleashing all his might to try and retreat, but it was too late.
The enormous bony arm crashed down with earth-shattering force. He didn't even have time to activate his Tekkai defense. He was sent flying like a stone hit by a giant hammer, crashing through several wooden courtyard walls before slamming heavily to the ground.