Chapter 260: Battle with Lucci
"So what are you going to do in the future? Will you return to the World Government?"

"How is that possible? We are all wanted criminals now. How can we return to the World Government?"

Kalifa shook her head helplessly, with a hint of worry on her face.

You have to know that her father is still an agent of the World Government. Now that she has become a wanted criminal, she doesn't know how the World Government will deal with her father.

"That doesn't matter. Alabasta is one of the member states of the World Government, and one of the most important member states. It's not difficult to talk to the World Government to lift the wanted order for you."

"But Judicial Island..."

"Wasn't it Spandam who did it? Even if Spandam can put the blame on you, anyone with a discerning eye can see the problem."

"At least the admiral Aokiji personally handed the Golden Den Den Mushi to Spandam. Based on this alone, we can determine who called the Demon Slayer Order to bomb Judicial Island."

"Many of you are from spy families, and you are not completely without support in the World Government. As long as Alabasta provides you with a channel to connect with the World Government, it will not be difficult to exonerate you."

"After all..." Uchiha Feiyu looked at Kalifa meaningfully: "For the World Government, this itself is not an important matter, right?"

"Agents are tools of the World Government. As long as they demonstrate strong enough power and make the World Government realize that the tools still have value, they will not abandon the tools."

In the past, Kalifa might have refuted a few things, but now the agent remained silent and acquiesced to Uchiha Feiyu's "slander" against the World Government.

As for escaping from betrayal, or even taking revenge on the World Government, none of these agents had ever thought about it. Firstly, it was Uchiha Feiyu's mental suggestion, and secondly, there were inextricable ties between them and the World Government - they couldn't abandon their relatives who worked in the World Government just for revenge!

"Then I'll leave it to you, Mr. Feiyu..."

"It's okay. This is good for me too."

Uchiha Feiyu waved his hand with a calm expression:
"Alabasta is also my country, and as long as it is a member of the World Government, it will inevitably have to deal with the World Government. When you return to the World Government, it will be equivalent to having more channels to understand the situation of the World Government and be able to communicate with the World Government."

In the past, upon hearing such words of "disloyalty", these agents of the World Government would have jumped up and down, but now these agents just nodded, looking as if they agreed with it.

Seeing their performance, Uchiha Feiyu also calmed down. It seemed that the World Government, which was once the supreme belief in the hearts of these agents, has now turned into an ordinary company boss who exploits them.

It is almost impossible to ask these agents to betray their beliefs, but to betray the company boss...that is a matter of whether to pay more or not.

As descendants of the 20 kings, the royal family of Alabasta is easily able to contact the World Government while being wary of it.

Just like Doflamingo, the former Celestial Dragon, although he is always under the watchful eyes of the World Government and may be killed by the World Government if any problems arise, at the same time, he can also exert some influence on the World Government on some non-principle issues.

The same is true in Alabasta today, and the problems faced by these agents are non-principle issues.

After all, to put it bluntly, these agents did not make any mistakes other than failing to defeat the Straw Hat Pirates. The one who really made a mess of the situation was the idiot Spandam. As long as the World Government conducted a serious investigation, they would be able to come to a conclusion.

So soon, the wanted warrants for these agents were cancelled. At the same time, they contacted the World Government and were transferred back to the agent organization.

"Congratulations, I heard you guys got promoted. This time it seems like you're going to be promoted to members of the CP0 organization?"

"It's not that easy. As the shield of the Celestial Dragons, the CP0 organization has extremely high requirements for strength if you want to become a real agent who can carry out missions. Otherwise, you can only carry out those rubbish missions to protect the Celestial Dragons."

It was Lucci who answered Uchiha Feiyu. He looked serious at the moment, and there was a hint of worry in his expression.

Although CP0 is a higher-level spy organization than CP9, in fact, because of the Celestial Dragons, the average strength of this organization may not be comparable to that of CP9.

The top strong ones are definitely stronger than CP9, but it is hard to say how strong the CP0 bodyguards are who protect the Celestial Dragons every day and act arrogantly with the Celestial Dragons. Anyway, when the Straw Hat Boy beat up the Celestial Dragons, he didn't see what role those bodyguards played.

If Lucci and the others were really assigned a few celestial dragons to protect them, they might as well become CP9 agents! At least they would be freer and have more time to practice.

It has to be said that after his loyalty to the World Government was shaken and he was able to examine the World Government more calmly, the Celestial Dragons in Lucci's mind were directly downgraded from descendants of God to brainless trash.

"Mr. Feiyu, I have an unreasonable request. I wonder if you can agree to it?"

Seeing the fighting spirit burning in Lucci's eyes, Uchiha Feiyu knew what this unkind feeling was without him saying anything:
"Tell me about it!"

"I want to test my strength and see how far I am from the top level in the sea!"

"Well, as expected... the desert outside is quite spacious, let's go fight there!"

After a few words, Uchiha Feiyu turned into a ball of blood light and soared into the sky. Lucci also turned into a half-human, half-leopard form without saying a word and followed Uchiha Feiyu.

A few minutes later, the two arrived at a desert far away from the capital of Alabasta. Uchiha Feiyu landed immediately and turned to look at Lucci who was rushing over:
"Would you like to take a break? Shaving so many times in a row must have put a lot of pressure on your legs."

Lu Qi's leopard face showed a high fighting spirit, and he spoke excitedly:
"No need. Rather, it's just the right warm-up to allow me to unleash even greater strength!"

"You are quite amazing then."

Uchiha Feiyu said with a smile as he slowly pulled out the Sandai Kitetsu.

However, no matter how bright the smile on his face was, after the Third Generation of Witch Hunters on his waist were unsheathed, Lucci felt a chill from his forehead straight to the tail of his cervical vertebrae, and in an instant, the leopard's fur exploded! Ghosts cried and gods howled, bloody rain and wind, the earth shook, the sun and the moon lost their light... Countless terrible signs appeared in Lucci's eyes, until he bit his tongue and used the pain to drive away the illusion, then he found that he was still in the sunny and warm desert, but the cold sweat all over his body told him how real everything just now was.

“How many people has this knife killed?”

"Hmm? I forgot, probably about a hundred thousand! Mainly because after I got the vampire fruit, I used the knife less often, otherwise I might be able to get 20 heads!"

Lucci felt his mouth dry and his forehead tingling. Even though he was known for his cold-bloodedness in the spy organization, when he heard Uchiha Feiyu say the terrifying number of hundreds of thousands in an indifferent tone, he wanted to say, "You are too extreme."

He now felt that he had made an appointment with this killer in front of him, wasn't it a bit too hasty? The other party wouldn't slip and chop him to death!
He took a deep breath and cleared all distracting thoughts from his mind. After all, Leopard Head was known as a genius CP agent who appeared once every eight hundred years. Even though his mind was shaken just now, he had calmed down his thoughts with his breathing.

No matter who your opponent is, just do it!
With a flash of his figure, Lucci rushed forward, already operating the Navy Six Styles as if by instinct, which allowed him to use the shaving technique and maintain high flexibility even when he remained in the state of a block of iron. He could also continuously use the flying finger gun to test while in motion.

The condensed air bullets bombarded Uchiha Feiyu's entire body, but the opponent seemed to be unable to react and generally did not move at all, causing Lucci's face to show joy.

"Very good, that's it, take this opportunity...where are the people!"

The air bullet left a phantom afterimage, and the standing figure disappeared like a mirage. Alarm bells immediately rang in Lucci's heart.

"Your speed is pretty good, and your strength is OK too. You must have put a lot of effort into the Six Styles! You've honed your skills to the point where they're almost instinctual."

A faint voice sounded behind Lucci. No matter how he spun and jumped, or performed the Moon Step and Shave in the sky and on the ground, the voice still sounded behind him slowly, making Lucci sweat on his forehead.

(Is this... a huge speed difference? No, I can't be so pessimistic. Maybe it's because the other party has some special Devil Fruit ability...)
"Are you done with the exercise? Then it's my turn now."

Uchiha Feiyu's calm voice sounded again. Feeling the biting coldness behind him, Lucci roared wildly, increased his speed to the limit, and used shaving continuously to try to escape the attack.

However, he still felt a tearing pain in his back. Lucci roared angrily and turned around quickly. He thought he would not be able to see Uchiha Feiyu this time, but he found him standing opposite him with a smile on his face.

Just as he saw Uchiha Feiyu's smile, the Third Generation Kitetsu had already transformed into two sword lights, crossing across his chest!
It wasn't that the opponent's weapon could split into two, but because the speed was too fast, the two strikes seemed to be issued at the same time. Lucci only felt a chill in his chest and a pain similar to that in his back.

By the time Lucci reacted and put his hands over his chest, he discovered that the opponent's knife had only cut the fur on his chest. The wound looked big, but in fact it had only penetrated one or two inches into the flesh.

He lowered his head and saw a cross-shaped wound on his chest. Even without looking back, Lucci knew that there should be a similar cross-shaped wound on his back.

Slowly raising his head, a trace of confusion flashed across his eyes, and Lucci whispered:
"I knew there was a gap between us...but I didn't expect it to be this big!"

"I thought I couldn't compete with the top masters in terms of dual-color domineering and fruit ability, but I didn't expect that even my best skill, speed, would be so far behind!"

"Ha, I didn't expect the challenge to turn out like this. I really overestimated my own abilities!"

When he said this, there was only a frustrated smile on Lucci's face, as if even his energy and spirit had been beaten out of him.

"It's not just about speed, there are also some illusion factors mixed in... Of course, in terms of speed, I am indeed much faster than you."

Uchiha Feiyu sheathed his sword and explained openly:
"But don't think that all the top warriors in the sea have such speed. My own nerve reflexes and speed are my strengths. The vampire fruit I ate is a fantasy devil fruit that is more agile."

"Compared to ordinary top masters, it's hard to say about other aspects, but in terms of speed and reflexes, I am definitely second to none. Perhaps only Kizaru, who has the ability of the Flash Fruit, can compare with me."

After listening to Uchiha Feiyu's explanation, Lucci's face finally showed a look of relief, but he still couldn't muster up the energy and looked very listless.

"If you want to increase your strength in the short term, I have a good idea."

After taking a look at the listless Lucci, Uchiha Feiyu touched his chin and suddenly had an idea in his mind.

"any solution?"

Lucci raised his head, his eyes showing his expectation for strength without any disguise. Seeing his eyes thirsting for strength, Uchiha Feiyu smiled immediately:

"I have a method of strengthening. Although it is not dangerous, it will cost a lot..."

"No matter what the price is, I will accept it!"

"Including your freedom?"

"Agents themselves have no freedom! Only when you have strength can you have the right to choose!"

"That's true... I just thought too much."

Uchiha Feiyu said self-deprecatingly that being transformed into a vampire servant is indeed a huge price to pay, but think about the guys in the Beasts Pirates, even for something as weird as an artificial devil fruit, they have to queue up if they want to eat it. His own abilities are much more reliable than artificial devil fruits anyway!
As for the issue of being controlled by himself, he spoke as if Lucci would be able to resist him unless he became a vampire's servant.

In fact, this CP agent is a genius who appears once every eight hundred years. His talent is indeed extremely high. Unfortunately, he ate a cheetah fruit, and was sent by Panstamm to perform undercover missions for so many years. He has no way to practice openly, and his talent has been half wasted. It is impossible for him to enter the first echelon again.

If you want to catch up now, you either have to keep fighting life-and-death battles with powerful enemies to unleash your potential, or you can only rely on some tricks.

(End of this chapter)