Don't Learn Tekkai

By evening, they had finished purchasing supplies.

They loaded them straight onto the ship.

Tekka, Inabi, and Izumi were assigned to leave that very night and take the supplies back.

Including Uchiha Tamaharu, twenty people stayed behind: thirteen with Three Tomoe and seven with Two Tomoe.

"They move pretty fast. The battle was this morning, and the Marines showed up by evening."

Uchiha Tamaharu remarked as he watched the warships moored at the Marine-only harbor, not far from the port.

Three warships had arrived, which was quite a lot.

But capturing CP9 was out of the question.

"You really intend to seize a warship and leave?"

"That'll cause trouble."

Kalifa frowned as she spoke.

Her Seastone Handcuffs had been removed. Only Rob Lucci was still locked up.

As for the others, Uchiha Tamaharu and Shisui could subdue them in an instant. They could control them immediately with their mental power, so they weren't concerned.

Uchiha Tamaharu didn't want to waste combatants who could match Jonin.

"You're the ones seizing the warship. What does that have to do with me?"

Uchiha Tamaharu asked, puzzled.

Kalifa stared at Uchiha Tamaharu, her chest heaving. In the end, she managed to suppress her anger.

What a shameless man!

"It's done."

A short while later, Shisui returned.

He had used genjutsu to control the Rear Admiral in charge, ordering him to take every Marine from the ships and the base inland to search.

The entire base was practically empty. Even the cooks had been taken away.

"Let's go."

Uchiha Tamaharu nodded.

Then he called for his clan members to set out.

Why waste money buying a ship when they could take a Marine warship for free?

Kaku and the others were furious, but dared not say a word.

Two Three Tomoe users were watching Rob Lucci, leaving almost no chance of rescuing him.

They had no choice but to follow Uchiha Tamaharu's orders.

They seized a warship without a hitch. It was well stocked, so there was no need to waste money.

The CP9 agents were amazed that the Marine Base had been so careless as to leave no one behind on the warships.

"This is our target. Straw Hat Luffy and his crew should be here."

Uchiha Tamaharu said to Kaku and the others.

Naturally, they were put in charge of sailing the ship. The Uchiha still had plenty to learn.

But they learned quickly, since they all had Sharingan. What was yours became mine. Copy Ninja Kakashi had made his name by copying techniques, after all.

Kaku and the others were surprised that the Uchiha had even entrusted them with steering the ship.

But they really did want to capture Straw Hat Luffy, the man who had humiliated them.

So they didn't try anything and remained cautious.

They had still tested the waters along the way, hoping to rescue Rob Lucci, but never found an opportunity.

Ninja weren't inferior to the agents trained by their intelligence organization. If anything, they were even more capable.

"Rankyaku!"

Uchiha Itachi swung the short sword in his hand, sending a slash of flying energy across the sea.

It traveled less than fifteen meters before vanishing.

"This technique takes a lot of stamina, but combining it with Fire Release should make it even stronger. It might reach the power of an A-rank Ninjutsu."

Uchiha Itachi said.

Beside him, Kaku wore a numb expression.

He'd only demonstrated it a few times, yet this child had already learned one of the Rokushiki, Rankyaku—and even improved it by using a weapon to unleash it.

But things like this had happened many times over the past few days. The Rokushiki seemed to pose no challenge at all to these people. They learned them with ease.

Now this one was already being modified.

"Don't learn Tekkai. It's too stupid."

"Learn the others if you can. Just focus on gaining some experience with Taijutsu."

Uchiha Tamaharu wasn't particularly surprised.

After all, the people of this world were far too physically strong, which made things difficult for ninja.

As they traveled toward the waters around Thriller Bark, he had the clan members train to build their strength. Every morning, they began with intense physical exercises.

The main goal was to improve their physical fitness.

As their bodies grew stronger, they could also produce more Chakra.

Chakra was extracted from the body's cellular energy and spiritual energy.

The Uchiha had powerful spiritual energy. Anyone who awakened the Sharingan had two or three times as much as an ordinary ninja. Now that their physical fitness was improving, they could extract more Chakra.

Most importantly, they needed to make up for the years Konoha had practically imprisoned the Uchiha ninja, causing many of them to lose their combat abilities.

They had to use this time to restore their clan members' strength—and even make them stronger than before.

"Yes!"

The others had no objections.

Many of them wanted to grow stronger. They didn't want to suffer the same humiliation at Konoha's hands again.

"What kind of monsters are these people?"

"They train every day and never seem to get tired."

Jabra was also wrapped in bandages. He was deeply wary of these red-eyed people.

"Shut up. Once we finish this mission and capture Straw Hat Luffy, we'll have nothing more to do with them!"

After observing them for several days, Kalifa had grown deeply wary of these people.

Too many of them were at least as strong as the CP9 agents.

She felt that at least two, maybe even three, could fight Rob Lucci.

Rob Lucci was the greatest genius the Cipher Pol organization had produced in five hundred years!

She had no idea where these people had come from, but they acted so fearlessly because they must have had the strength to back it up.

If they didn't want to be betrayed at the last moment, they'd better behave.

"They must belong to a powerful faction. They even managed to track down Straw Hat Luffy."

"Looks like there's a lot about this world that we don't know."

Kaku came over and spoke quietly.

After five days, he had realized that these people could remember almost anything, including the details on nautical charts.

They had even picked up the ship-repairing knowledge he'd learned in Water 7 with ease.

Their talent was terrifying—and there were so many of them.

"Let's focus on capturing Straw Hat Luffy first."

Kalifa had no choice but to agree.

Who could have expected to run into monsters like these?

For now, she could only hope they would keep their word and let the CP9 agents go afterward.

They sailed for about eight days.

They passed Water 7, and didn't run into any pirates foolish enough to throw themselves at them.

Before long, they entered the waters around Ghost Island. Thick clouds and dense fog shrouded the area, making it nearly impossible to see a hundred meters ahead.

"Itachi, take ten people and spread out. Search through this fog for an island formed from the wreckage of ships. Contact me as soon as you find it."

As soon as they entered the area, Uchiha Tamaharu began giving orders.

Their target this time was Luffy.

The best option was to swoop in after Luffy defeated Moria and take advantage of the situation.

He didn't want any Uchiha casualties in a fight like that. Their bodies were still too weak; even though they were agile, one solid hit could kill or cripple them.

"Yes!"

Itachi had no objections.

He immediately picked ten people, jumped off the ship, and scattered to search for the island Uchiha Tamaharu had described.

The CP9 agents watched, dumbfounded.

"They're... running on the sea?"

Fukuro was stunned.

The other CP9 agents stared at the scene in amazement, too.

They could use Geppo to leap through the air, but running across the sea was a first for them!

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