Uchiha's personal opinion

In front of the headquarters commissioner, a group of menacing naval officers piled a bunch of heads in front of him and shouted, "See this! These are the Kirigakure pirates we killed!"

“Take a closer look at their tattoos; they’re exactly the same as the insignia of the Hidden Mist Village!”

Anyone with eyes can see that those head and neck tattoos were drawn recently, and they're blurry!

"And the way they looked at them..."

A naval officer held the shoulder of the headquarters specialist, while another naval officer picked up a severed head, roughly pried open its eyelids, revealing eyeballs that were already beginning to fester: "Look! How ferocious and terrifying those eyes are! Who else could it be but the most vicious Kirigakure pirates!"

The headquarters specialist, who had little experience of the bloodshed of the battlefield, was so horrified by this scene that he felt a surge of stomach acid. After enduring it for nearly a minute, he finally couldn't hold back and vomited in front of Vice Admiral Garp and a group of naval officers!

The naval officers could no longer hide their disdain.

Lieutenant General Garp glared helplessly at his lawless subordinates before waving them away.

"...Vice Admiral Garp, has the Navy ever captured any members of the Kirigakure Pirates alive? Any one of them will do, I'm not picky!"

After wiping the bile from his mouth, the headquarters officer, his face extremely pale, asked, "According to Navy regulations, I need to interrogate the prisoners of the Kirigakure Pirates..."

"No prisoners... Their counterattack was extremely brutal, and the fleet's navy, from top to bottom, was unable to hold back. Moreover, we did not want to see prisoners taking up the limited cabin space."

"I answered with a blank expression," said Lieutenant General Garp.

Of course, there were reasons for not taking prisoners.

Whether it was the battle with Kirigakure Pirates led by Juzo Biwa or the subsequent pursuit of Uchiha Shiina's fleet, the Navy's personnel losses were not very large. However, due to the absolute difference in the performance of the warships, the ship losses were very serious. Now, a Navy warship can carry twice the standard number of personnel. If prisoners are left behind, the living space of the Navy will be further affected.

However, to the headquarters' specialists, these realities were nothing more than Vice Admiral Garp and his naval officers colluding to take credit for their own clique under the guise of carrying out the Buster Call—who knows if those lost warships were secretly sold off!

After all, he had actually uncovered similar corruption cases within the navy before!

"Okay, I understand..."

The specialist from headquarters stopped arguing, simply stood up to return the greeting, then pushed open the door and left, looking somewhat disheveled, with his subordinates.

As for the report, he certainly wouldn't write it now. Otherwise, the naval officers and soldiers of the Buster Call fleet would probably be very happy to write a certificate of heroic sacrifice for him and apply for the maximum compensation for his family—even Vice Admiral Garp couldn't defy the collective will of the fleet!

……

"I think it's entirely possible to unite all the pirate crews in the East Blue into an alliance!"

Ashura, who had just arrived at the advance fleet, delivered a long speech to Uchiha Shiina: "Only by combining all our forces can we better fight against the pseudo-government's navy!"

"At the same time, these natives have unique local genetic advantages, and their physical characteristics are different from those of ninjas. After brainwashing them, they can also be used as spies."

"In addition, we can try to recruit some native orphans and train them, and then place them in the puppet government's navy as inside agents!"

"Oh right, I remember there's a secret technique in Sunagakure that can control a person's mind and consciousness, what was it called again..."

"The art of manipulating the mind through hidden sand..."

Uchiha Shiina replied.

"That's right!"

Ashura clapped his hands and replied, "The person who invented this secret technique is definitely a genius!"

"Take my advice! You won't regret it!"

"But……"

Uchiha Shiina nudged Uzumaki Ichiraku, signaling him to step forward and answer.

"We've only been in this area for about two months, and we haven't had time to deploy so many undercover agents yet. Besides, although the puppet government's navy ships are not very capable, their individual combat power is formidable and they've been relentlessly pursuing us, so..."

Ichiraku Uzumaki didn't continue.

"Of course, Chief Ashura's suggestion is excellent. I will discuss its feasibility with the Jonin in charge of each department at the advance team's Jonin meeting later..."

Uchiha Shiina continued, "However, the most urgent matter right now is to get you and this..."

"It's called Blackie."

Ashura calmly pointed at Black Zetsu and said.

"Hmm... The most urgent task is to get you and Kuroko to the vicinity of the revolutionaries' secret headquarters."

"Uchiha Shiina said, then handed over a piece of paper."

"That's fine then..."

Ashura shrugged indifferently, then took the documents and began to read them.

"The information is so scarce?"

The contents on the paper were not much. Apart from the personal names, there were no portraits, personality traits, or organizational operating rules. There was nothing else besides a brief introduction to the Revolutionary Army and information about the Goa Kingdom.

Even if Ashura didn't understand how ninjas conduct intelligence work nowadays, judging from the information provided by Uchiha Shiina, there was no doubt that the vanguard knew very little about the so-called Revolutionary Army and could not provide any guidance for their operations.

"In fact, we only began targeted intelligence gathering on the term 'revolutionary army' after receiving His Majesty's imperial order, and even the name of its leader was given to us by His Majesty, so..."

Uchiha Shiina said with a hint of helplessness.

After all, they were outsiders with no connections other than the ninjas lurking in the Sabaody Archipelago. So, their only way to obtain information about such secret anti-government organizations was through a series of fabrications by Chief of Staff Uzumaki Ichiraku based on existing public information!

"What if this so-called Goa Kingdom doesn't actually have a revolutionary army...?"

Ashura waved the documents in his hand and said, "Then can I directly form an organization similar to this on my own?"

"...Theoretically speaking, all we need is a revolutionary army."

Uchiha Shiina replied, "As long as we can incite an uprising among the lower classes, or take over the government after we destroy the East Blue member states, we don't care who founded the organization or who it belongs to."

"I understand……"

Ashura raised an eyebrow, then smiled broadly.

Chapter 517 The Ideal Experimental Field

Ashura is a romantic by nature.

Or perhaps it's because of his unwavering commitment to his ideals that he finds many things disagreeable.

However, due to their limited abilities or insufficient understanding of the events unfolding, Asuras often produce laughable situations like, "If you don't pay for your noodles, I'll do you a favor."

However, after being "beaten down by reality" by Uchiha Tokumitsu, Ashura suddenly woke up and began to learn to turn a blind eye to certain things. Although he did not go so far as to join in the wrongdoing, he no longer interfered arbitrarily as he had when he was first resurrected.

After choosing to align himself with Uchiha Tokumitsu's shogunate, Ashura witnessed the changes in the ninja world during the 'War of Conquest'. Especially after Uchiha Tokumitsu unified the ninja world and established a dynasty, the thriving ninja world left Ashura speechless.

But he doesn't think his path is entirely wrong.

In Ashura's heart, he always had a strange and persistent obsession with building an ideal world where people understand each other, but he just never had the opportunity to put it into practice.

His failure in ancient times can be attributed to the obstruction of his brother Indra; his repeated reincarnations that only brought endless wars can be seen as Gamamaru's malicious guidance; but in the present ninja world, Ashura's path has been proven impossible to achieve.

So, what if we went to a different world?

This is one of the reasons why Ashura readily accepted the mission to infiltrate Uchiha Tokumitsu's Revolutionary Army.

"The new world is the ideal testing ground!"

Standing atop the mast of the speedboat bound for the Goa Kingdom, Ashura, full of vigor, pointed out with a smile: "This is a world even more corrupt than the ninja world, filled with boundless brutality and slaughter!"

"The sham government is brutal, the kingdoms are incompetent, and the pirates wreak havoc without being controlled. In the end, only the most vulnerable commoners will suffer!"

"..."

Black Zetsu, who had been poured out of the amber bottle to breathe, merely glanced at him, speechless.

In its view, it seems that its cheap older brother and his family all have some problems, so it's not surprising that it's acting impulsively again.

However, Black Zetsu was actually unsure about the future of this trip.

……

As a tiny country within the East China Sea, the Kingdom of Goa ranks insignificantly in terms of land area, population, or military strength.

Although it is a small and weak country, it is not only a member of the World Government, but also a member of the G20, which shows its special status.

However, in Ashura's view, this country seemed incredibly awkward no matter how you looked at it.

"To be fair, this country is indeed quite clean..."

Black Zetsu spoke casually, without any particular pause.

"A paradise for the rich, a hell for the poor..."

After wandering around the capital city of Goa and its central streets in stealth mode, Ashura's mood worsened.

He landed at the so-called windmill village, and after passing through Corpo Hill and the undetermined terminal station, he crossed the high wall directly into the capital.

But what he saw along the way surprised him greatly.

The garbage mountain, teeming with flies, reeking of foul odors, and almost unbearable to breathe, resembled a living hell, while the capital city, separated by only a wall, presented a completely different, earthly paradise.

The "cleanest country" as depicted in intelligence data is actually built on absolute oppression of the areas outside the capital city.

"What an utterly despicable country..."

Asura leaped to the top of a tower in the center of the street and began rapidly scanning the activity in every block of the capital.

Within the kingdom, extravagance and debauchery reigned supreme; High Town, with its elegant and picturesque scenery, saw merchants and minor nobles enjoying the nightlife in its central street. Meanwhile, Border Town had returned to a state of utter desolation, but in its dark corners, various crimes continued to occur.

As night falls, the 'Garbage Hunting Force' begins its operation; they roam the border towns within the capital, relentlessly pursuing and killing every inferior life they deem 'garbage' with muskets, longswords, and iron hooks.

Beyond the high walls, amidst the mountains of garbage, faint flickering lights still lingered, as the lowly people searched for scraps of food to fill their stomachs.

During the day, these "untouchables" from the garbage mountain are allowed to enter the border town and the main street to engage in modest trade in exchange for necessities. However, as soon as evening falls, they must return to the stinking garbage mountain area, or face certain death. Even without lights, these untouchables still try their best to provide themselves with a light source and diligently search for usable items in the garbage mountain.

Day after day, year after year, generation after generation, it has always been the same.

Ironically, it was precisely because of the royal family and nobles' continued extravagance and waste that the commoners, isolated from the capital and treated as garbage collectors, were able to have a relatively stable source of food and raw materials for handicrafts. And the commoners, relying on this extremely distorted ecosystem, continued to reproduce generation after generation.

This is a prime example of an 'isolated society'.

People of different classes each had their own positions and duties, and basically never interacted with each other until death; compared with the many member states overthrown by the vanguard fleet, there was no doubt that the class barriers in the Kingdom of Goa were much more rigid.

It appears to be a very stable and well-defined social structure.

However, this 'obviousness' intensified Ashura's animosity towards the pseudo-world government, and gave him a deeper 'understanding' of the 'reasons and knowledge' of being sent by Uchiha Tokumitsu to join the Revolutionary Army or lead the revolution.

"This is a world of despair..."

Ashura said to Black Zetsu, "A world even more cruel than the ninja world..."

Black Zetsu merely mimicked a smiling gesture, but remained silent.