Naruto: I am Ninja World Ghost Story, who are you?

"It won't be that fast, but we also need to be mentally prepared. If our negotiations with the King's army fail, we will face war next."

Night gradually fell.

The desert is scorching hot during the day, but freezing cold at night.

At this moment, many rebel members stood around the rebel camp, while a blonde woman dressed in Sky Island clothing sat on a bench, holding a small wooden bucket with a water cup in her hand: the water cup contained one of the camp's few water sources, which were expensive to transport.

In front of the woman was a campfire with slowly rising embers. The man sitting next to her had blond hair, wore a pair of refined brown sunglasses, and had a samurai sword hanging at his waist. He was also drinking water, and above the campfire hung a piece of fresh lizard meat, which was being roasted.

"It's ready to eat. Also, regarding the information you asked me to gather recently, I've found someone with a similar name."

"You, want to know?"

Kosha glanced at Samui beside him with a flicker in his eyes.

When he found that information, he also obtained another piece of intelligence—the new empress arrived in the capital of the Kingdom of Alabasta, entered the king's palace, and most likely had a secret meeting with the king.

In the past few days, he had witnessed the strength of this Logia-type Devil Fruit user. If the other party were to betray him and choose to join the powerful Shichibukai, the rebel army's fighting strength would probably be no match for him.

"explain."

“Bai Bufan. Also, here’s a newspaper with a printout of his profile; you can take a look.” Kosha pulled a crumpled newspaper from his pocket. He looked at it several times, pondering for a long time whether to tell Samui, but in the end, he decided to tell her anyway.

With just a glance, Samui's eyes glazed over, and his mind immediately jumped to the scene when he faced the powerful 'Uchiha Fufan' in the Dark Realm.

"How could it be him!"

Samui still couldn't believe it, so he picked up the newspaper and looked at it carefully several times—finally, he confirmed that it was indeed the appearance of 'Uchiha Bufan', exactly the same.

"We may be about to meet our match."

"Of course I'm not talking about you rebels. The answer we're looking for might lie in him, although he's not the person we're looking for."

"He is currently in the Kingdom of Alabasta."

"what!"

Sam Itten jumped up from the wooden stool with a start, his face filled with horror.

"You mean, he's here?!"

"Yes. Someone discovered his route today. He appeared in Arubana, the capital of the Kingdom of Alabasta, and then hurriedly headed towards the Rainlands."

"At this point, we are unsure whether any members of the Baroque Works are in league with the King's men."

Kosha took out a knife, cut off a piece of lizard meat, skewered it, and handed it to the horrified Samui:

"Let's eat first."

Samui shook his head with a wry smile: "How could I possibly eat anything? I never imagined that person wouldn't die and would actually come into this world."

Samui sat back down on the stool, placed his hands on his knees, and looked into the firelight. His gaze gradually hardened as he said, "No matter what, we still have to try."

"Yes. Let's work together towards our common goal!" Kosa raised the small wooden bucket of water in his hand, holding a skewer of lizard meat in the other.

"Cheers." Samui raised her glass and drank with them. She planned to finish eating and then inform Kurotsuchi and the others of the news. At the same time, she wondered why Hancock hadn't told them.

......

rain.

Located in the northwest of the Kingdom of Alabasta, it is known as the "City of Dreams".

Casinos are everywhere in the city, making it a favorite paradise for gamblers.

The largest casino in the city of Rainfield, Rain Banquet, was opened by Crocodile.

At this moment, a reception room inside the casino was filled with delicious food and wine, and Uchiha Bufan sat there, his gaze sweeping over his subordinates, appearing somewhat cold.

"What's wrong? Now you want to make peace with me?"

He is now keeping a close watch on the Kuja Pirates outside using his Observation Haki, and if anything happens, he will take immediate action.

"Don't be so angry. Here, these are rare delicacies and fine wines in Alabasta."

"Don't waste it." Crocodile maintained his smile, like a host preparing a grand feast for Uchiha Bufan.

However, Uchiha Fufan knew that Crocodile had ill intentions.

"Go ahead."

"What is your purpose? Or rather, how can I leave your casino peacefully with my men?"

Uchiha Bufan dared not be careless, mentally estimating how he fared against Crocodile—after all, the other was one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea and a Logia-type Devil Fruit user.

"My purpose is simple."

"You take action and help me kill those marines."

"You don't need to worry about the rest." Crocodile, with a cigar in his mouth, said coldly.

"Heh—" Uchiha Bufan sneered, picked up a glass of red wine, took a sip, and felt the delicate taste slide down his throat and into his stomach.

Immediately, he picked up a chicken leg and a lobster and began to eat them.

Crocodile, assuming that Uchiha Bufan had accepted his plan, nodded happily: "If you can't bring yourself to kill the Marine women outside, then hand them over to my men."

"He's a user of the Cut-Cut Fruit, so taking down a Marine officer is a piece of cake for him."

"Heh heh, that's a great idea." Uchiha Bufan continued eating. He hadn't eaten much today because he was rushing here, and he was starving.

"Since that's the case, then it's decided?" Crocodile's gaze swept over the Kuja Pirates crew members standing behind Uchiha Fufan: "Your subordinates seem quite dissatisfied~! It seems you still need to train them more."

"Bai Bufan! Are you really going to do this?" Boa Santasonia never expected that Uchiha Bufan would be this kind of person. At this moment, she felt that she had misjudged him and actually handed over the positions of Snake Princess and Empress to him!

Lan, Daisy, and the other crew members all looked extremely grim. As self-reliant female warriors, how could they accept sacrificing others for freedom!

—That's why, upon learning that former Empress Hancock was willing to sacrifice herself rather than let the Amazon Lily members fight the Celestial Dragons together, Kikyo and the other captains of the Guardian Warriors were unwilling to mention her again.

By the time Santasonia finished speaking, Uchiha Bufan had almost finished eating. It took him two or three minutes to eat three lobsters, two crabs, four or five chicken legs, a few bites of fried rice, and several glasses of wine before he finally satisfied his hunger.

Uchiha Bufan picked up a cloth from the table and wiped his mouth: "Alright, I'm full."

"If there's nothing else, let's leave it at that."

Upon hearing this, Santasonia and the others realized that Uchiha Bufan had never agreed to the evil Crocodile's statement.

Crocodile's expression changed instantly.

The middle-aged man, smoking a cigar, had a gloomy face. The scars on his face added to his intimidating presence: they were rumored to be related to his white beard.

"You fool me?"

Uchiha Bufan stood up and looked at Crocodile expressionlessly: "From beginning to end, I never agreed to your request."

"You!" Crocodile gritted his teeth. "Then what do you mean by eating my food and saying my words are 'a good idea'?!"

"literal meaning."

"Besides, isn't this meal a treat for me? If I don't eat it, wouldn't it be a waste of food?"

Uchiha Unfazed calmly wiped the grease from his lips and chuckled.

In an instant, Crocodile lifted the entire wooden board on the dining table with one hand, and the food, plates, wine bottles, and wine glasses on the table all flew towards Uchiha Bufan.

Uchiha Bufan raised his left hand, and in less than a second, his rotating fingers completed three hand seals:

"Magic - Transformation of Reality and Illusion!"

Before Crocodile could react, the dining table began to return to its original state.

"This is unbelievable. Who are you...?"

As the dining table was set down, revealing Uchiha Bufan's upper body, a glint of light flickered at the young man's fingertips:

"Flashbullet!"

call out--

boom! ! !

Light energy shot out from Uchiha Bufan's fingertips, and unlike the previous fishhook, this time it simply transformed into a bullet, suddenly piercing Crocodile's head.

However, the color of the sand was very obvious, and Uchiha Bufan realized that Crocodile was indeed very fast. Even though he had just used his Devil Fruit ability, he had still reacted in time: Of course, this was a Devil Fruit ability, not the speed of light.

"What's wrong? Weren't you so arrogant just now?"

“No,” Crocodile said, his mind beginning to regenerate. “I’m just surprised by your abilities.”

"It's not just the power of the Glint-Glint Fruit that's similar to that of an Admiral, but also your ninjutsu; it's truly astonishing."

"I see." Uchiha Bufan picked up his wine glass, which had been restored to its original position on the dining table, swirled it, raised the glass, and drank it all in one gulp.

"Ha~ That's great~! This wine must have more fruit juice in it, it's really good. If I could, I'd love for you to get me a few cases to drink."

"But unfortunately."

boom!

Uchiha Bufan put down his wine glass, his face grim, and said:

You have crossed a line.

"Tina is my friend!"

"Furthermore, my loyal subordinates came to me with goodwill, only to be harmed by you!"

"Your fate can be summed up in two words—"

"die!"

"You want to kill me?" Crocodile hadn't expected Uchiha Bufan to have this thought at the end, and immediately burst into laughter: "Do you think you have the strength to do that? Bai Bufan, who is also one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea!"

Crocodile's body began to turn into quicksand, flying around in all directions. Seeing this, Uchiha Fan once again formed hand seals with one hand, quickly executing six seals:

Si - Wei - Shen - Hai - Wu - Yin

"Wind Escape·Big Breakthrough!"

boom--

"You can even control the power of the wind?!"

A gust of wind shot out from Uchiha Bufan's mouth, instantly thwarting Crocodile's plan to capture Uchiha Bufan's subordinates, and his entire body's elements were slammed into the wall behind him.

"Shadow Clone Technique!"

He used his shadow clones to continue using his Wind Release technique, restricting Crocodile's movements and preventing his subordinates and Tina from being harmed in the battle between the two.

"Let's retreat first, and then we'll settle the score with him later!"

"Ok!"

Santasonia and the others nodded, and Uchiha Bufan even took the initiative to help Santasonia up. In just a short while, the girl was deeply moved.

So, it turns out there are good guys out there after all.

Crocodile was naturally unwilling to let Uchiha Bufan or the other ship crew members escape. He planned to go directly to the first-floor lobby through the ventilation duct so that he could stop them.

"Don't even think about leaving!" The shadow clone saw through Crocodile's actions; he would absolutely not let Crocodile leave as long as his chakra wasn't exhausted.

"Magic Illusion: Wind-Style Prison!"

A phantom appeared faintly in the raging wind. After Crocodile had been in elemental form for a long time, he had to revert to his original body to increase his control. Then, his vision opened up and he seemed to see scenes from his childhood in the turbulent wind.

"No! This is fake!"

Using Elementalization again, Crocodile instantly dispelled the illusion cast by his shadow clones. However, due to the dispersed elements, they could not coalesce and drifted towards the ventilation duct slightly in front of him.

"I'd like to see how long you can hold out."

After more than a minute, even the shadow clones couldn't hold on any longer. Even a C-rank wind jutsu must have a very high wind strength to be able to suppress Crocodile's wind power!

Bang!

The shadow clone turned into white smoke and disappeared.

Crocodile wasted no more time, went straight through the ventilation duct, crawled up the pipe, and finally arrived at an office outside, then walked to the casino.

"BOSS."

Mr.0 is a dark-skinned, cold-faced man with a physique similar to Miss Monday, but in terms of strength, Mr.0 is stronger.

"Where are those people?!"

At this moment, Crocodile's face was filled with anger. Since he became one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, this was the first time anyone had dared to play him like this!

Before Mr. 0 could speak, a pair walked in from outside the casino: Miss Sunday, wearing a purple top hat, and Hashirama Senju, who had no code name and was sweating profusely from being frightened by Uchiha Bufan.