Danger.
Very dangerous.
Everyone in the Alabasta Desert felt a chill in their hearts upon truly seeing the man who appeared from the coffin.
"Sasuke... do you know him?"
A drop of cold sweat appeared on Portgas D. Ace's forehead. He glanced at Uchiha Sasuke and then at the man who walked out of the coffin.
Uchiha Sasuke slowly nodded, gripping the Kusanagi Sword at his waist tightly, and his expression became extremely serious: "Well, sort of. Even now, when facing him, I can't let my guard down..."
"Hahahahahahaha..."
Uchiha Madara couldn't help but laugh loudly, his laughter echoing in the desert, as if he heard something he found utterly amusing.
After a while, Uchiha Madara slowly restrained his laughter, his fingers slowly curled up as he smirked coldly: "Sasuke, it seems you've gotten much stronger on this sea, but coincidentally, I also feel I've grown stronger..."
If it weren't for the timing being a bit off...
Uchiha Madara really wanted to have a grand battle with Uchiha Sasuke!
After all, an opponent like Uchiha Sasuke has, in a sense, battle worth equivalent to Senju Hashirama, maybe even greater than Hashirama!
Rinnegan...
Mangekyo Sharingan...
Complete Form of Susanoo...
Uchiha Swordsmanship, Taijutsu, and Genjutsu...
Plus the Haki gained from this sea!
If a battle between them were to begin, it would be somewhat like fighting a mirrored version of oneself, and the feeling of defeating oneself is the most wonderful!
The only strange thing is, Uchiha Sasuke shares a face exactly like Uchiha Madara's younger brother, Uchiha Izuna, making Madara inevitably recall the Warring States period, the time when he sparred with his brother, a time of growing together...
Just as Uchiha Madara was still reminiscing about the past, a group of Navy appeared within everyone's line of sight.
Leading them was Uehara Naraku, who had been relentlessly pursuing them!
"Hmm? You're not started yet..."
Uehara Naraku held a cup of iced juice in hand, watching the desert scene with interest, pointing towards Ace: "Hey, Madara-senpai, someone burned my warship, help me capture him, will you? Best be quick, I've got some busy business over here."
"...You scoundrel!"
Uchiha Madara snorted coldly, casting his gaze on Ace, slowly raising his fingers: "Would you like me to help kill him as well?"
"It's better if he's alive."
Uehara Naraku shook his head slowly, speaking softly: "If he dies, he won't have any value left..."
"Really troublesome."
Uchiha Madara furrowed his brows, his gaze suddenly turned icy cold, his sharp voice echoed through the desert: "Then beat him half to death!"
Uchiha Madara's eyes instantly turned into Rinnegan, those eyes extremely similar to Uchiha Sasuke's left eye caused Ace's expression to change drastically!
"Be careful!"
Uchiha Sasuke shouted as a warning.
Yet Sasuke didn't know how to intervene...
As a price for Portgas D. Ace burning Uehara Naraku's warship, this battle is unavoidable for Ace, which Sasuke cannot intervene in at all.
In fact, Sasuke was very aware of Uehara Naraku's arrival to prevent him from intervening in this battle.
Uehara Naraku's gaze fell on Uchiha Sasuke, slowly squinting his eyes, with a hint of a friendly smile appearing on his lips.
While Sasuke and Uehara Naraku stared each other down, the battle between Portgas D. Ace and Uchiha Madara had already begun!
"Limbo: Border Jail!"
Uchiha Madara's eyes flashed with a brilliant light!
A moment later, Portgas D. Ace inexplicably flew backward, coughing up a mouthful of blood!
"What's happening?"
Ace covered his chest in disbelief; he saw no sign of any attack, yet was hit by a strange assault!
It was the shadow of Limbo!
Except for Uchiha Sasuke and Uehara Naraku, no one present saw the contour of Limbo's shadow!
Relentless attacks fell upon Ace!
"Flame-up Class!"
This Great Pirate, renowned in the New World, had no fighting chance at this moment, merely swinging his fists powerlessly, fiercely releasing a wall of fire to attempt to block the mysterious attacks!
Unfortunately...
This ultimately proved futile.
In an instant, Ace was directly knocked to the ground!
Everyone's hearts couldn't help but feel a chill; they saw absolutely no movement from Uchiha Madara, yet Ace was already defeated!
"That guy..."
Marshall D. Teach's expression displayed signs of unresolved fear and slowly clenched his fists: "Is that the ability of the Clear-Clear Fruit? No, definitely not, even Haki detected no traces of any battle..."
Having perused the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia, Teach felt a faint fear witnessing Uchiha Madara's abilities, realizing no attack had appeared...
Just how should that be avoided...
The entire Blackbeard Pirate Gang was also filled with unease.
Black Zetsu's sinister voice appeared beside Marshall D. Teach's ear: "Teach, the crisis of Uchiha Sasuke and Portgas D. Ace pursuing us has been resolved, let's leave this place now..."
"Huh?"
Teach's expression froze for a second, then suddenly he laughed, baring his teeth: "But the battle that's about to follow should be the main event! I want to see just how strong a character Sasuke fears!"
Yes.
The upcoming battle is the main event!
"The task is complete!"
After defeating Ace, Uchiha Madara's gaze landed on Uehara Naraku. In a cold voice, he said, "It's time for free activity now, right!"
"Go ahead."
Uehara Naraku smiled and waved his hand.
A bright light flickered in Uchiha Madara's eyes as he set his gaze on Uchiha Sasuke: "Then let me loosen up a bit!"
A Limbo shadow suddenly attacked Uchiha Sasuke!
However, this shadow was knocked away by Sasuke as he swung his Kusanagi Sword!
"Madara, I don't want to fight you now!"
Uchiha Sasuke frowned.
"You have no choice in this!"
One after another, Limbo shadows suddenly appeared around Sasuke, continuously kicking him until Uchiha Sasuke was finally knocked away!
This completely angered Sasuke!
The next moment, Uchiha Sasuke activated Susanoo, abruptly drawing out the Ninja Blade of Susanoo. The massive strike cleaved a sandstorm in the desert!
Everyone present couldn't help but feel a bit terrified.
In recent years, a new legend has circulated on the seas, saying that when the Uchiha and Susanoo appear, it signifies disaster and destruction!
The next moment...
A blue Susanoo also suddenly emerged from the ground!
It was Uchiha Madara's Susanoo, finally appearing in the Mortal World, as the fourth member of the Uchiha Clan. However, this one stood on the side of the Navy!
Uchiha Madara controlled his Susanoo, swinging the giant Ninja Blade toward Sasuke's purple Susanoo, the two Susanoo Martial Gods clashing with their blades!
The impact from the Susanoo collision swept across the desert in an instant, stirring up boundless waves of sand!
"Captain..."
Doc Q cautiously approached Teach, slowly suggesting, "This level of battle is not something we can participate in right now... Feeling that if we don't leave soon, we might be in for some bad luck!"
The next moment, a strike suddenly landed on their side!
The entire Blackbeard Pirate Gang was blown away by the aftermath of the strike!
"Those two guys..."
Marshall D. Teach spat out a mouthful of sand.
This man, who recently thought he had found a shortcut to realizing his ambitions and dreams, believing he was about to become a top-tier powerhouse, realized his own weakness.
If they didn't leave, they would die here!
Fear flashed across Marshall D. Teach's face as he quickly fled into the depths of the desert: "Everyone, leave here immediately!"
The Blackbeard Pirates scattered like birds!
These ambitious individuals raced toward the depths of the Alabasta Desert; this battle of Susanoo was not something they could get involved in!
Because Uchiha Sasuke and Uchiha Madara would subconsciously avoid disturbing Uehara Naraku, but that didn't mean they needed to care about the life and death of the Blackbeard Pirate Gang!
If members of the Blackbeard Pirate Gang were accidentally killed...
They would simply die in vain here.
Just as the Navy was also gradually retreating from the battlefield of Susanoo, Uehara Naraku walked step by step toward Ace, slowly crouching down in front of him.
Uehara Naraku squinted slightly, slowly reaching out to brush the sand off Ace's face, laughing softly as he spoke: "Portgas D. Ace, Captain of the 2nd Squad of the Whitebeard Pirates, do you recognize me?"
"..."
A trace of confusion flashed across Ace's face.
The next moment, as Ace looked at Uehara Naraku, a smile suddenly appeared at the corner of his mouth: "Ha, I remember! I recall you're that Navy Vice Admiral who's been chasing after Luffy, right? But now you can't catch Luffy anymore!"
This guy has a very big heart, doesn't he?
Thinking about his brother at a time like this, shouldn't he be paying attention to his own situation? He's on a battlefield where he could die at any moment...
He's already considered captured by the Navy!
After a smile, Ace suddenly apologized seriously: "But, I'm still very sorry, before, I accidentally burned your warship because I was worried about that idiot Luffy being caught by you, I hope you won't mind, forgive my earlier rashness..."
"No, it wasn't accidental."
Uehara Naraku shook his head, reaching out to adjust Ace's hat: "Ace, sir, you intentionally burned my warship..."
"I'm... sorry."
A shy smile appeared on Ace's face, completely unconcerned about his situation, even laughingly saying: "But you Navy are so wealthy, you shouldn't mind a single warship, right?"
"Makes sense."
Uehara Naraku nodded, rubbing his chin: "Not long ago, I captured a Revolutionary Army member named Sabo, I heard he's your brother... Ace, you have two brothers, so you probably won't mind if I send one of them to the execution platform, right?"
"Sabo!"
A look of astonishment flashed across Ace's face.
Over the years, Ace had learned that Sabo was still alive, had joined the Revolutionary Army, and was being pursued by the World Government.
But because Sabo was always busy, the brothers hadn't met.
Ace didn't expect to hear news of Sabo again, and that Sabo had been captured by the Navy and was even going to be sent to the execution platform!
Ace gritted his teeth, anger flashing across his face: "Damn it, of course I'd mind Sabo being sent to the execution platform... I only have two brothers!"
"I see..."
Uehara Naraku rubbed his chin, nodding seriously: "Sorry, I didn't consider it carefully, since you don't want Sabo to go to the execution platform alone, I'll just help by capturing all three of you brothers and sending you all to the execution platform together!"