84
Hidekazu
The master flicked a bolt of scorching ki at Hidekazu, sending him flying into the opposite wall. Hidekazu stifled a yelp when he collided with the wood and collapsed to the floor. He struggled into a bow, pressing his forehead to the tatami, daring not to raise his eyes again.
“You forget who you are, what you made yourself.” Barame loomed, hands folded as though he hadn’t struck his student across the room. “What is your new name?”
“Shi... Shizu Hidekazu.”
“Why?”
“I am dishonourable, unworthy of my father’s respected name.”
Electric energy hovered like a halo around Barame’s head. “You disappeared for over a month. My best Shadows could not find you.”
Dishonour. The consequence of trying to do good. But the mission that had sent Hidekazu, Masanori, and Aihi beyond the
