On the Sky Canopy, the story of Indra and Asura continued.

The scene returned once again to the daily life of Ninshū.

Beneath the setting sun, the entire training ground was dyed an orange-red.

Indra stood in the center, coldly scanning the members of Ninshū before him.

"What is it? Is no one going to be my opponent?"

Hearing Indra's words, most of the Ninshū members in the buildings wore expressions of resentment, but none dared to cross him. After all, Indra's Ninjutsu talent and combat capability were unmatched within Ninshū.

Indra's gaze swept over those lowered heads, a cold sneer slowly curving the corners of his mouth.

"Trash!"

Seeing that the Ninshū members present didn't even dare to reply, he was immediately filled with disappointment. With an angry rebuke, he turned and left, leaving behind a group of at-a-loss Ninshū members.

Just as Indra was about to walk out of Ninshū, Asura's figure followed. Gazing at Indra's back, he mustered his courage and questioned:

"Brother... why?"

"You said you would consider it!" This referred to how Asura had previously suggested to Indra in private that there was no need to be so strict with the Ninshū members.

But Indra's state of mind had clearly changed at this moment, "Asura, without the Sharingan, you won't understand. What binds the world is power, the rules created by power!"

"One day I will inherit Ninshū and carry out this ideal."

Hearing these words, Asura could hardly believe they were spoken by the loving and kind-hearted brother of not long ago.

Clearly, his brother had been the picture of a perfect successor to Ninshū just before—why had his ideology undergone such a drastic change?

Asura only felt that something was fracturing between them, and an unbridgeable chasm was forming.

Seeing that Asura stammered and dared not reply, Indra turned around and walked alone into the forest, preparing to train by himself.

His back was drawn out long under the setting sun, filled with solitude.

At this moment, the Sky Canopy zoomed out its perspective.

Only to see, atop a distant tree, Black Zetsu's flickering figure stood at the highest treetop, watching this scene with a smile.

Year 60 of Konoha, Mount Myōboku.

Kakashi and Sasuke's expressions both darkened at the same time.

Kakashi's gaze fell upon that ruthless figure on the Sky Canopy, a strange sense of familiarity rising in his heart.

He couldn't help but speak: "Sasuke, don't you think Indra's posture is a lot like yours?"

"The Sky Canopy played it before. In the future, you said things like 'The Sharingan is the proof of the Uchiha; as a Ninja from an outside clan, I shouldn't flaunt that eye.' That arrogant posture is practically identical."

He paused and added another sentence, "Even that look-down-on-people tone is almost the same."

Sasuke expressionless: "That is the future me, not the present me."

But in his heart, he recalled the question Itachi once asked him — "Just how far can those eyes of yours see?"

Bad luck, as if learned from somewhere, their demeanor was simply identical.

...

Year 1 of Konoha, the high platform outside Konoha.

Senju Tobirama looked at Indra's Three-Tomoe Sharingan on the Sky Canopy and gently shook his head.

The negative emotions brought about after awakening the Sharingan...

Even Indra, the primordial ancestor, couldn't resist them?

However, this guy's ideology is also quite interesting.

As someone who revered power, after being negated by the even more powerful Sage of Six Paths, according to his ideology, shouldn't he have acknowledged the Sage of Six Paths's concept of spiritual bonds even more?

On one hand, he revered power and wanted to use it to create rules; on the other hand, when he lost a fight he refused to accept it, and was unwilling to obey the rules of the stronger... Isn't this just his left and right brains fighting each other!

But it feels like the Sage of Six Paths's concept also has problems. Didn't he fail to form a spiritual bond with his own mother as well, ending up just sealing her away?

Sure enough, when it comes to ideologies, there is never who is right or wrong. There is only who is more persistent and who is more powerful.

...

Amidst the thoughts across various Shinobi World spacetimes, the Sky Canopy images shifted once again, and the subsequent content further demonstrated the ideological conflict between Indra and Asura... or rather, with the Sage of Six Paths.

As the sun set, inside a cave.

Inside a somewhat dim prison cell, a Ninshū member was locked up.

Suddenly, a burst of footsteps sounded, and Asura quietly arrived in front of the cell door.

The sound startled the Ninshū member inside the cell. Raising his head, he immediately discovered Asura unlocking the door.

"...Asura?"

"Hush, I'm letting you go."

"But..."

"Never mind that, I will bear the responsibility afterward."

With that, Asura supported this nameless Ninshū member and slowly walked out of the cell.

Just as the two walked to the cave entrance, a familiar figure blocked their path—the newcomer was none other than Indra.

"Brother..." Asura was somewhat at a loss.

"Asura, what do you want to do with him?" Indra looked at the two expressionlessly.

"Let him go, Brother. He has no malicious intent!" Asura said.

Until this moment, the people of the Shinobi World still didn't know what crime this Ninshū member had committed, but they also knew that this passerby wasn't important; it was presumably still about the two brothers' ideological conflict.

"Rules are rules," Indra replied coldly.

"If it's for the sake of a warning, isn't this enough?" Asura supported the person and continued walking outward.

"This is not something you can decide." Indra's eyes shifted for a moment, and the people of the Shinobi World only then discovered that at some unknown point, his eyes had already turned into the shape of Three-Tomoe.

Asura ignored Indra, let this Ninshū member escape on his own, and blocked Indra by himself.

"Since you want to break the rules, then you shall atone for his sin in his stead," Indra said to Asura, ignoring the person who fled.

Finished speaking, Indra, who had previously cherished Asura immensely, actually charged proactively toward Asura and kicked him flying, sending him crashing into a tree.

Just as Asura slid down along the tree trunk, Indra slowly walked over.

"Asura, why do rules exist? Why does the power of Ninshū exist? If you cannot arrive at the answer yourself, then you just need to obey me."

"Calm down."

Having said that, he ignored Asura's injuries and walked straight away.

And in a place where neither brother could see, the Sage of Six Paths leaned on his walking stick, expressionlessly watching the scene of the brothers' first battle.

Year 60 of Konoha, Kumogakure, Raikage's Office.

Seeing this scene, the Fourth Raikage, although unaware of the full picture of the matter, immensely approved of Indra's approach based solely on these contents.

"If someone violates the rules, they must receive punishment when it's due. It's impossible that just because they have a good relationship with Asura, they don't have to be punished, right? Indra did the right thing; rules are rules, and nothing can be accomplished without norms."

His gaze fell outside the window, "Hidden Cloud has been able to reach today also relying on rules and discipline."

He was also clear in his heart that Asura's approach had its reasoning; it was simply that he identified more with Indra's method.