"What are you laughing at?"
"It's nothing, I'm just happy for the family."
Hancock rolled her eyes, thinking to herself, It would be strange to believe you.
Although she had only met Kai today, she felt quite unhappy about being defeated by him. There was something about him that made her uneasy, as if he had a thousand tricks up his sleeve, each one designed to cause harm.
The Uchiha clan was a family built on love. Most of its members valued love and justice and repaid kindness when they received it.
The coup within the Uchiha clan was entirely forced by the Third Hokage.
As for the Second Hokage's theory that the Sharingan would change the Uchiha's personality and lead them to darkness upon awakening, Kai dismissed those words as nonsense.
For all of Konoha Village, why were so many people betraying it?
Since the Uchiha clan joined Konoha, several members had betrayed them.
The Uchiha clan's difficult situation had much to do with the Second Hokage.
They were no different from anyone else; if anything, they were just a bit more emotional and sensitive.
But the Second Hokage's self-righteous statements had pushed the Uchiha clan into the abyss, leading to their current predicament.
Becoming Hokage was the dream of nearly every child in Konoha Village, but just because they were born into the Uchiha clan, they were deprived of that dream.
The Will of Fire was the biggest cancer.
Once the seeds of doubt were planted, there was no way to change people's minds.
The ignorant villagers were easily swayed and became suspicious and distrustful of the Uchiha clan.
Over time, the Uchiha clan lost trust in outsiders. Amazon Lily's warmth might gradually break down the walls the Uchiha had built around themselves.
Who would Konoha Village or the Uchiha clan choose?
Kai would not hesitate to choose his family, and if necessary, he would wipe out all of Konoha.
He was not Uchiha Shisui or Uchiha Itachi, who had such high ideological awareness and viewed problems from the Hokage's perspective early on.
What he pursued was not about conforming; he believed in following his own heart.
He was raised by his family and had no connection to Konoha.
The ninja world was chaotic at the moment, and it would only become more chaotic in the future.
He didn't want the current Uchiha clan to get entangled in that mess, so he brought them to the pirate world.
[Ding! Triggered main mission: Population Crisis]
[Task content: The population of the Uchiha clan has seriously declined, affecting the continuation of the family. To prevent extinction, it is necessary to increase the clan's population immediately to bring the number of members to 500. Current progress: (301/500).]
[Task reward: Two Tomoe Sharingan.]
Another mission!
Kai felt a surge of happiness upon hearing this. He had already tasted the benefits of having the system before.
Although it wasn't a huge improvement for him, a grasshopper is still meat, and if he was a grasshopper now, who's to say he wouldn't be a cow in the future?
When added up, these modest rewards could lead to a considerable harvest.
However, he couldn't help but wonder how the population should grow.
You can't force people to have children.
As expected, there's no such thing as a free lunch, and system tasks aren't that easy to complete.
Wait, Kai rolled his eyes. While forcing others to have children isn't right, encouraging people to get married isn't the same thing.
In Konoha Village, due to the exclusion of the Uchiha clan, no girl in the village wanted to marry an Uchiha. As a result, the birth rate among the Uchiha clan had dropped to an all-time low in recent years.
But this was different. Here was a country of women, and women were the most important thing.
Kai noticed that many women from Nine Snake Island were surrounding the men of the Uchiha clan with great enthusiasm.
There were even some bold women who directly expressed their desire to have a child with specific men.
The Uchiha clan members looked quite embarrassed; they had never encountered anything like this before.
Suddenly, Kai felt that this task didn't seem so difficult after all.
Nine Snake City
"Sister, is it too rash to let these people of unknown origin join Amazon Lily?" Marigold asked, a hint of worry in her voice.
Gong Denghua shook her head helplessly. "It's a blessing, not a curse. A curse that can't be avoided. As you can see, they have no intention of hiding their power, but that's just the power they choose to show."
"And I can sense that the boy I fought against still holds terrifying power. If that power were to break free, I might be easily torn apart."
"Sister Gong Denghua?!" Marigold exclaimed, shocked. Her sister's perception talent was incredibly strong, so if she sensed danger, it meant that boy definitely had extraordinary power.
"Although the boy I faced was powerful, I feel that the strongest one was the boy named Kai, who fought against my sister. His strength is simply unfathomable."
Sister Hancock is one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea. Just earning that title was a testament to her power.
But that boy had easily defeated her powerful sister. They hadn't even seen how he moved; the sense of oppression he exuded was overwhelming.
At that moment, a smile suddenly appeared on Hancock's face. "I understand your worries, but there's really no need to fret. Have you forgotten who I am?"
"I am the Pirate Empress, Boa Hancock. No man can escape from my grasp."
The two sisters, Marigold and Gong Denghua, paused for a moment and then realized, yes! Although that guy was powerful, he was still just a man, and as long as he was a man, he wouldn't be indifferent to their sister's beauty.
If they spent enough time together, he would surely become obedient to her.
By then, Amazon Lily would have a group of powerful allies. It turned out that Hancock had been plotting to bring these outsiders into their fold all along.
"My sister is truly far-sighted!"
The two sisters immediately felt a deep admiration for their elder sister.