Kaze gave the notebook Tama had brought back a cursory read and immediately recognized its value.
Though he still had no idea which important figure it had belonged to,
the notes on the principles behind the Six Powers and the methods for training them were not only complete, but exceedingly detailed!
And according to what was written...
Kaze guessed that the notebook's owner had recorded the Six Powers in such detail because he had intended to promote this set of physical techniques within the Marines.
Thus improving the overall strength of Marine Headquarters!
If Tama truly had the ability to travel to another world, then the One Piece timeline there was probably shortly after Garp had joined the Marines.
Back when Pirate King Roger was still a rookie pirate.
Of course...
What point in that other world's timeline it was at did not matter to Kaze.
After all, he was not the one with the ability to travel between worlds.
"Nicely done, Tama."
Naturally, Kaze was overjoyed to have obtained such a useful notebook.
He immediately praised Tama, then extended his right hand, intending to pat its adorable little head as a reward.
But just as Kaze's fingers were about to touch Tama, it sidestepped and dodged his head pat.
It jumped to the other side of the plate and launched a fierce attack on the crucian carp.
To Tama, the food before it was far more appealing than Kaze's head pats.
Watching Tama feast with such gusto, Kaze could only awkwardly stroke the air.
Of course...
Now that he suddenly had the training methods for the Six Powers, Kaze naturally could not suppress his urge to learn them.
Most importantly...
The Six Powers were unlike the Devil Fruit Tama had brought back before.
Only one person could awaken as a Devil Fruit user.
"This means I can teach the Six Powers to other members of the Uchiha Clan."
An idea struck Kaze.
Imagine it: dozens of young Uchiha elites, their Three-Tomoe Sharingan activated, standing in the sky with Geppo while surrounding Danzo from every direction.
What kind of spectacle would that be?
Give it up, Danzo. The Uchiha are all around you!
"Tama, you really brought me back something incredible this time."
As he spoke, Kaze could barely put down the notebook in his hands.
In truth, Kaze knew perfectly well.
If he wanted to become Hokage, his own strength alone would be nowhere near enough.
Besides being powerful himself, he needed at least three or four trusted subordinates.
Even Madara Uchiha, that man who acted entirely on his own convictions,
had Black Zetsu, Obito, Minato, and the others working beneath him.
Kaze did not actually enjoy picking fights with everyone he met.
He was simply left with no choice.
First, there was the Konoha leadership. They had always looked down on the Uchiha, and their conflict had already reached the point of being irreconcilable.
Then there were Fugaku, Shisui, and Itachi...
"Fugaku isn't an idiot, but as the Clan Head, he offered no resistance to the clan's extermination. That in itself is an original sin."
"Shisui is unwavering in his Will of Fire. According to the original plot, he does not have long to live."
"As for Itachi..."
Just thinking of Itachi's face made Kaze uncomfortable.
The fact that he had killed his own parents alone sent chills down Kaze's spine.
Not to mention that he had not even spared the women and children of his own clan.
And besides...
To put it nicely, Itachi had done it for Konoha's greater good.
But after infiltrating Akatsuki for all those years, what exactly had he accomplished?
In the end, Jiraiya had still paid with his life to bring back information about Pain.
Making someone like that a trusted subordinate would require getting kicked in the head by a donkey.
After thinking it over, Kaze felt that he should still choose his trusted subordinates from among the other Uchiha.
"Come to think of it, tonight's clan meeting is the perfect opportunity to win people over."
However, to avoid attracting attention, Fugaku had deliberately scheduled the clan meeting for ten at night.
As usual, it would be held at Naka Shrine.
Barriers had been set up everywhere around it.
Even Anbu and Root ninja could not get close.
That was why the Konoha leadership had confirmed twice that the Uchiha Clan was going to launch a coup—once based on what Shisui said, and once based on what Itachi said.
"Only six o'clock?"
Kaze glanced at the electronic clock hanging on the wall. There were still several hours until the clan meeting began.
And he was not hungry either.
He might as well use this time to learn the Six Powers.
"I should go outside."
Kaze thought it over briefly.
The last time he had explored the Rumble-Rumble Fruit's abilities, he had accidentally blown up Fugaku's house.
Worried that experimenting with Soru this time might stomp through the floor and cause trouble for the people downstairs,
Kaze decided to go to the open-air Training ground near the Naka River.
That place was originally a free activity area for the Uchiha Clan anyway.
Hmm...
Being far from central Konoha was not without its benefits.
The forests surrounding the Uchiha Compound were all considered Uchiha territory.
With his mind made up, Kaze put away the notebook Tama had brought back, slipped on a loose haori, and headed for the open-air Training ground near the Naka River.
What Kaze had not expected, however, was...
that when he arrived alone at the open-air Training ground, he happened to spot a familiar figure.
It was none other than the man known as the Uchiha prodigy.
Uchiha...
Shisui!
At that moment, Shisui was neatly flinging a Shuriken at a wooden post twenty meters away.
Then he rapidly formed hand seals with both hands.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Several clouds of smoke appeared out of thin air around the flying Shuriken, and one razor-sharp black Shuriken after another shot out from within the smoke.
Together with the Shuriken Shisui had thrown, they struck the wooden post in a rapid barrage.
What astonished Kaze the most was...
that the entire process had been smooth and fluid, taking almost no more than the blink of an eye.
The Shuriken had sunk a third of their length into the wooden post.
If the target had been a ninja, they would definitely have collapsed by now.
What an impressive Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique.
Seeing Shisui's display, Kaze could not help praising him inwardly.
Although Kaze and Shisui stood on irreconcilable sides, he still greatly acknowledged Shisui's strength.
Otherwise, he would not have regarded Shisui as his primary hypothetical enemy.
Whenever Kaze thought of Shisui's eventual fate, he could not help feeling a pang of regret.
However, Shisui had always been perceptive. The moment he noticed someone entering the Training ground, he immediately stopped training.
He turned to look at the newcomer.
When he saw that it was Kaze, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.
"Kaze? Why are you here?"
As Shisui remembered, Kaze rarely came here and had never shown much enthusiasm for daily training.
Shisui truly had not expected him to suddenly show up.
"Oh, I came here to play."
Kaze answered unhurriedly, gesturing for Shisui not to mind him and to continue.
Kaze also tactfully kept some distance from Shisui.
He planned to practice Soru.
Shisui, on the other hand, fell into thought.
"There are still several hours before tonight's clan meeting. Why not use this place..."
"to test Kaze's strength?"
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