Yes."
She studied him, unsure.
Not suspicious—
but aware that her son was growing beyond anything the League understood.
"Come," she said at last.
"Ra's wants to brief you on the next mission."
Damian followed.
The fire in his blood burned quietly, unseen.
The Sun Shadow Had Become Something New
A demon slayer with Sun Breathing.
The Sun Shadow Had Become Something New
A demon slayer with Sun Breathing.
A devil fruit user made of fire.
A warrior with Transparent World.
A child assassin raised by the League.
And still…
Batman had no idea he existed.
Age: 9 → 13 | Mastery, Independence, and Almost Caught)
The Sun Shadow disappeared from the world for years.
To the League, to Batman, to Gotham, to every assassin organization—
he simply vanished.
But Damian didn't vanish.
He evolved.
Year 1 — Fire and Sun Become One (Age 9 → 10)
Damian isolated himself deep in the mountains once ruled by the League.
He didn't rely on Talia, Ra's, Shiva, or anyone else.
Fire and Sun Breathing opposed each other at first.
Sun Breathing was elegance, discipline, a rhythm of life.
The Mera Mera no Mi was chaos, heat, destruction.
They clashed inside him like two beasts fighting for dominance.
Damian forced them to sync.
He spent months learning:
how to ignite without explosion
how to breathe without overheating
how to extinguish flames in milliseconds
how to merge flame form with Sun Breathing footwork
how to stay human while being made of fire
When he first managed "Flame-Enhanced Sun Breathing",
he burned half a forest down by accident.
On purpose?
…maybe.
Year 2 — 100% Yoriichi Template Achieved (Age 11)
On a dawn morning, he inhaled—
and the world changed.
The Transparent World became permanent.
His body moved with identical precision to Yoriichi.
His blade could cut air so cleanly it left vacuum scars.
His heartbeat slowed to a slayer's calm rhythm.
A notification echoed in his mind:
Template: Yoriichi Tsugikuni — 100%
Integrated
Full Transparent World unlocked
Full Sun Breathing unlocked
Sun Breathing + Fire Integration: Compatible
Next Template: Pending (3 years required)
Damian opened his eyes.
He was no longer becoming Yoriichi.
He was himself—
with the strength and clarity of the strongest demon slayer in history.
And that was when he left the League.
Breaking Ties With the League
Talia begged him to stay.
Ra's ordered him to stay.
Shiva challenged him to stay.
Damian simply said:
"You do not command fire."
Ra's tried to restrain him with elite assassins—
Damian walked through them like light passing through fog.
No killing.
No brutality.
Just overwhelming skill.
Talia watched him leave with emotion she'd never admit.
Ra's watched him leave with something close to fear.
And Damian—
he walked forward without looking back.
Year 3 — Fire Shadow Emergence (Age 12)
And Batman Almost Catches Him
Damian moved through Gotham in secret,
wiping out human-trafficking rings,
destroying Black Mask's operations,
burning Joker's hideouts before the clown returned,
ending crimes before they started
Gotham believed a new vigilante had emerged.