My Heart and Actions Are as Clear as a Mirror; All That I Do Is Justice!

"Ninja Way?"

Kaze, who had been prepared for battle, suddenly froze.

He had never really considered the question of a Ninja Way.

After all, he was not from this world, nor was he a proper ninja.

Before Shisui raised the question with such a serious expression, Kaze had never thought about his own Ninja Way.

For a moment, he fell into deep thought.

Still, although Kaze had never seriously considered the matter, he was not completely ignorant of what a Ninja Way was.

A Ninja Way was both a kind of will and a spiritual anchor. More than that, it was a unique faith.

So...

What exactly was his will?

"Do whatever it takes to survive in this world?"

Kaze thought to himself.

But as soon as the thought emerged, he shook his head, feeling that it was wrong.

Before obtaining the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, he had indeed agonized for a long time over how to survive the Night of the Uchiha Clan Downfall.

But now...

Having become a Rumble-Rumble Fruit user, he possessed the ability to protect himself even in the world of Naruto.

If survival were his only goal, he could simply leave and become a Missing-nin.

He could find somewhere to lie low for ten years.

Once the Fourth Great Ninja War ended, there would be nothing wrong with living freely and carefree.

Then...

Why had he chosen to stay?

Why did he want to take part in the political struggle between the Uchiha Clan and the Konoha leadership?

Why was he still plotting against Shisui here?

Why was he still fooling Fugaku and saying those things to him?

If his Ninja Way was simply about staying alive, what motivation drove him to keep doing all of this?

"Kaze?"

Shisui, who had been scrutinizing Kaze, furrowed his brow.

He had never expected Kaze to fall into thought because of his question.

"Good question."

After about half a minute, Kaze's thoughts returned from contemplation to reality.

He raised his head, met Shisui's gaze, and a faint curve formed at the corner of his mouth.

"Shisui, that truly was a good question."

"My Ninja Way is..."

"My heart and actions are as clear as a mirror; all that I do is justice."

Kaze did not speak loudly, but every word rang with strength.

It was worth Mentioning that Kaze had not come up with those words himself.

They came from the seventh part of a work titled "JOJO's Bizarre Adventure."

They were the famous words of its villain, the President!

When Shisui asked him what his Ninja Way was, those words had somehow flashed through Kaze's mind.

Although, considering the context of the original work and the President's motives, the words carried a certain ironic meaning.

They were also the truest reflection of Kaze's heart!

My heart and actions are as clear as a mirror; all that I do is justice!

Whether it was plotting against Shisui.

Or fooling Fugaku.

Or attempting to seize power from the Konoha leadership.

Kaze believed that his conscience was clear!

What he did was what was right and just!

"My heart and actions are as clear as a mirror; all that I do is justice?"

In an instant, Shisui's eyes widened rounder than a cow's, his black pupils trembling violently as he kept muttering Kaze's Ninja Way under his breath.

According to the worst scenario Shisui had imagined.

Kaze's Ninja Way would have merely been the same as those of the other Uchiha Clan members.

Something like, "My Ninja Way is to become the strongest in the Shinobi World!"

Yet Kaze not only believed his conscience was clear, but also believed that his own actions were justice!

What an...

Incomparably arrogant Ninja Way!

"Haah."

Shisui let out a helpless sigh.

Sure enough, aside from himself and Itachi, none of the other Uchiha could break free from the limitations of their clan.

They could not understand the dreams and broader vision brought by the Will of Fire.

At that moment, he instead felt that words were pale and powerless.

His expression abruptly turned serious.

He pushed off the ground with his heels, sending his body flying backward.

At the same time, Shisui raised his hands before his chest. He formed hand seals so quickly that afterimages appeared.

It was as though five or six pairs of hands were forming seals at the same time.

The next instant, Shisui gathered his Chakra in his throat and unleashed the Fire Release the Uchiha Clan excelled at most!

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"

A terrifying amount of Chakra transformed into crimson flames, condensing in midair into an enormous fireball with a radius of three or four meters!

It roared straight toward Kaze!

"Just as expected of Shisui, known as the strongest Uchiha..."

"It's clearly only a C-rank Ninjutsu, yet it has such terrifying power in his hands."

As the heat wave rushed toward him, several beads of sweat immediately appeared on Kaze's forehead and ran down his cheeks.

If it had been before, Kaze would never have taken this attack head-on.

But now...

A powerful competitive spirit surged within him.

Kaze planted his left foot firmly in place, drew his right foot slightly back, and twisted his core.

Then he clenched the five fingers of his right hand into a fist and guided the blue current flowing across his body toward it!

Lightning surged.

It immediately overwhelmed the firelight emitted by the Great Fireball.

Kaze neither dodged nor retreated. He threw out a fierce punch!

The lightning he had compressed into his right fist burst forth at that moment, colliding head-on with the incoming fireball in a forceful clash!

Boom!

Amid an ear-splitting roar, the Great Fireball Shisui had expelled was directly scattered by Kaze's lightning, turning into clusters of small fireballs no bigger than human heads that flew in every direction...

Blown apart with one punch!

"This..."

Shisui stared blankly at the scene before him, an expression as though he had seen a ghost appearing in his eyes.

"What just happened?"

Shisui found it difficult to understand.

At the instant Kaze attacked, he had not sensed the slightest Chakra fluctuation.

If he had not seen that dazzling lightning, he would likely have thought Kaze had used Taijutsu.

"Come to think of it, when Kaze fought Aburame Ryoma, I didn't sense any Chakra fluctuations from him either..."

Suddenly, Shisui recalled what had happened at the Hokage Building during the day.

When Aburame Ryoma had been killed in reverse by Kaze, he had likewise not sensed much of a Chakra fluctuation.

At the time, he had assumed the battle had ended too quickly.

That he simply had not reacted in time.

But now it seemed...

Kaze appeared to be hiding some kind of secret.

"Could it be that what Kaze used wasn't Lightning Release?"

Shisui frowned slightly.

But immediately afterward, Kaze's voice reached his ears.

"Shisui, when you're fighting me, you'd better not get distracted."

"What?!"

Shisui's face instantly turned several shades paler, because he suddenly realized that Kaze's voice had come from behind him!

While blowing apart the Great Fireball Technique with one punch, Kaze had flashed behind him at a speed too fast for the naked eye to catch!

This was...

The Body Flicker Technique!