Konoha: The Absolute Justice of the Uchiha

Chapter 133 "Jiraiya, are you still going to stop me?", a bewildered Fugaku!
The simultaneous appearance of Yamanaka Inoichi, Nara Shikaku, and Akimichi Choza surprised even Hiruzen Sarutobi.

However, he quickly realized why the three of them had come to this place so late at night.

I am afraid……

It's probably to side with Chi Quan!
After all, some time ago, Inoichi had already made the decision to side with [Absolute Justice]. And as allies of the Yamanaka clan, the Nara and Akimichi clans would naturally make the same choice as Inoichi.

Thinking of this, Hiruzen Sarutobi's expression turned somewhat unpleasant.

However, Hiruzen Sarutobi's bad mood was not directed at Ino, Shika, and Cho, nor at Izumi Uchiha.

It was aimed at Danzo, who was already dead!
If Danzo hadn't fought Izumi Uchiha, which affected the Yamanaka clan's territory and nearly wiped them out, it would have highlighted Izumi's decision not to harm any members of the Yamanaka clan. Why would the Yamanaka clan have abandoned him, the Hokage of Konoha, and stood on the side of absolute justice?
Hiruzen Sarutobi was so angry he wanted to grind his teeth.

Unfortunately, Danzo is already dead...

Otherwise, he would have to verbally torture Danzo severely and vent the pent-up anger in his heart.

"Lord Hokage." Suddenly, a voice, cold yet tinged with a touch of childishness, rang out from somewhere. It was Uchiha Itachi, who had finally arrived at the Sarutobi clan's residence in time.

Fugaku, who was following far behind on the right, did not approach the Sarutobi clan's residence, but instead stood on a building not far away.

Fugaku gazed at the Sarutobi clan's encampment, and the view from this vantage point was perfect, offering a panoramic view of the encampment.

He met many unexpected people.

"Hokage-sama, Koharu-sama, Jiraiya, Kakashi Hatake, Tsunade, Orochimaru's disciple, Yamanaka Inoichi, Akimichi Choza, Ikezumi, Nara Shikaku..." Fugaku's eyes showed a hint of astonishment. Were there too many people showing up tonight?

In addition, there was a large group of ANBU ninjas and a large group of Root ninjas.

It's likely that more than half of Konoha's elite fighting force has been gathered here!

……

"Kid, what's going on here?" Tsunade took a step forward.

She first glanced at Koharu Utatane with displeasure, then casually patted Izumi Uchiha on the shoulder, unable to contain her curiosity, and asked, "You brought these two brats carrying ninja swords to the old man's house in such a menacing manner, it couldn't possibly be a simple late-night visit, could it?"

"And what's going on with you old men?" Tsunade looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi and directly addressed the Third Hokage and former teacher as "old man."

However, Hiruzen Sarutobi didn't seem bothered by this "impolite" address, clearly having already gotten used to it.

Tsunade glanced at everyone and said, "Bringing so many Anbu ninjas and Root ninjas here, it can't be just because you want to have a late-night chat with Uchiha Ikezumi, right?"

"besides……"

Tsunade glanced back at Jiraiya, who looked somewhat grave, and asked, "Why are you here too? Besides Shizune, weren't you the one who was following me from behind?"

One question after another came from Tsunade's mouth, posing one question after another to everyone present.

However, this did ease the tense atmosphere somewhat.

"Humph!"

Koharu Utatane snorted and explained, "If this brat hadn't gone mad tonight, would I have bothered to mobilize so many Root ninjas in the middle of the night?"

If it were someone else asking the question, Xiaochun from the next dorm wouldn't even bother to explain.

But since it was Tsunade's question, she still gave Tsunade face.

Koharu Utatane gritted her teeth, her expression clouded with hatred: "That brat killed a lot of people tonight! Including members of the Utatane and Mitomon clans, a dozen or twenty people in total! And now, he's going to target the Sarutobi clan!"

"If Hiruzen and I hadn't mobilized the Root and Anbu together, the Sarutobi clan would probably have met their end tonight! Yet... even this mad brat has people supporting him. It's utterly shattered! Morally bankrupt!"

“Some people, who were clearly raised under the influence of the ‘Will of Fire,’ have yet tonight shown not a single trace of that will in them!”

Koharu Utatane's sarcastic remarks were directed at the Ino-Shika-Cho trio of ninja clans, as well as at Anko Mitarashi.

but.

Her sarcastic tone was clearly harmless; none of the people she spoke to showed any particular change in expression.

Koharu's words startled both Tsunade and Jiraiya.

Tsunade muttered, "I was right, this brat... really did come to 'carry out justice.' And he made such a big commotion all at once, he really doesn't care about anyone!"

Jiraiya, with a serious expression, took a deep breath, walked past several people, and stood in front of Uchiha Ikezumi.

His serious gaze fell upon Ikezumi's eyes, and he asked in a deep voice, "Ikezumi, is what Advisor Koharu said true? Although I rarely interfere in Konoha's affairs now, and sometimes even if I happen to witness them, I won't intervene. But, it depends on the severity of the situation. Tonight, I, Jiraiya, have no choice but to get involved."

"Killing over twenty Konoha comrades in one night—this is the kind of heinous act only a serial killer would commit. It undermines the foundation of Konoha and weakens its power. Ikezumi, is this the justice you claim to uphold?"

Uchiha Ikezumi raised his eyelids and stared coldly at Jiraiya. He said, "To see evil and refrain from killing is a necessary act of forbearance when justice is still weak."

"When justice possesses an absolutely firm hand and is no longer afraid of any storm, if it fails to judge the evil it sees when it encounters it again, it will become a faded justice."

“Once justice fades... there will be no one to uphold justice for the many victims in the ninja world who died with resentment and could not rest in peace.”

Although there were many people present, only Uchiha Ikezumi spoke, and his voice reached everyone's ears.

Uchiha Ikezumi's gaze passed over Jiraiya and landed on a Sarutobi clan ninja behind Hiruzen Sarutobi.

He said coldly, "Sarutobi Kyouya."

When he uttered the name, the Sarutobi clan ninja suddenly froze, his face filled with disbelief. Almost instinctively, he took a few steps back, trying to curl up and hide behind the others.

pity.

When Uchiha Ikezumi said his name, many people who knew him couldn't help but turn their attention to him.

Such stares also attracted the attention of others who didn't recognize him. And so... the eyes of everyone present fell on the ninja named "Sarutobi Kyoya".

Jiraiya also turned his head and glanced at it in confusion.

"Nine years ago, during the Third Shinobi World War, Konoha sold a piece of war intelligence to the Hidden Cloud Village ninja for ten million ryo. This led to Konoha's defeat at a certain defensive point, resulting in the death of one Konoha Jonin and seven Konoha Chunin."

The voice of Uchiha Ikezumi continued to echo softly: "Four years ago, you cooperated with the Cloud Village ninja to kidnap Hinata Hyuga from within. But when Hiashi Hyuga was fighting the Cloud Village ninja, you realized that your plan had been exposed and fled out of guilt."

“A year ago, the Third Hokage instructed you to oversee and execute a Konoha infrastructure project and allocated seven million ryo. You pocketed four million ryo and built a shoddy project. As a result, one day during a heavy rain, the building collapsed and killed an innocent passerby.”

With each sentence spoken by Uchiha Ikezumi, the face of the Sarutobi clan ninja named Sarutobi Kyoya paled.

By the end, his face was ashen, his back was soaked with sweat, and he was drenched in sweat all over.

"Jiraiya."

Uchiha Ikezumi slowly said, "Do you think that the act of wanting to execute him out of a sense of justice has shaken the foundation of Konoha? Or is it his past actions that have shaken the foundation of Konoha, as you say?"

Jiraiya, with a serious expression and a posture of full readiness, stood frozen in place.

"Wait a minute!" Sarutobi Kyoya, noticing the strange looks he was receiving from many people, hurriedly called out, "What are you saying...?"

“The Yamanaka clan will provide evidence,” Yamanaka Inoichi said from behind Uchiha Ikezumi.

Yamanaka Inoichi said solemnly, "Don't worry, the Yamanaka clan's secret technique won't have a significant impact on your will and spirit. You just need to let the Yamanaka clan investigate your memories, and everyone will know whether you were wronged or if it really happened."

Sarutobi Kyoya's mouth was dry, and he couldn't utter a single word.

Upon seeing this, Hiruzen Sarutobi's rather gloomy expression was gradually replaced by a helpless sigh of disappointment.

Uchiha Ikezumi continued, "Sarutobi Mezuki."

He called out another name, a commoner woman from the Sarutobi clan, who suddenly froze on the spot. Her beautiful eyes widened, and the fear in them was impossible to hide.

"Twelve years ago, due to her chaotic private life, she gave birth to a baby girl without telling her fiancé. She then drowned the baby girl in a public toilet in Konoha, dismembered her body, and flushed it down the toilet."

With a "thud," the Sarutobi clan woman named Sarutobi Mezuki collapsed to the ground, terrified and powerless.

Sarutobi Mezuki muttered nervously, as if explaining something, or perhaps trying to convince herself: "She...she didn't remember anything back then. How can an infant who doesn't remember anything be considered a person? Since she's not considered a person, what I'm doing isn't murder, right?"

When she looked up blankly, she saw her honest husband beside her staring at her with a look of utter shock.

She couldn't help but look to the Hokage for help.

But she discovered that the Hokage, who was from the same clan as her and even had some kinship with her, glanced at her briefly before closing his eyes with a look of disappointment.

Sarutobi Mezuki stood there dumbfounded, as if she had been scared out of her wits.

"Jiraiya," Uchiha Ikezumi asked, "Do you think the justice that wants to execute her is that of a serial killer, or is it that she, who killed her own daughter, is the serial killer?"

Jiraiya was speechless.

He could tell from the woman's reaction that this terrible past incident was definitely true.

“Sarutobi Kazuki”.

When Uchiha Ikezumi pointed out the name, Sarutobi Mezuki's "honest husband" raised his head in panic.

But Uchiha Ikezumi continued, "Three days ago, on the night your wife publicly stated that you were impotent, in a state of extreme psychological distortion, you entered your daughter Buddha's room and physically assaulted and emotionally humiliated her, venting your pent-up frustration through domestic violence." (Edited)
Sarutobi Mezuki, who was slumped on the ground with a look of despair on her face, suddenly paused for a moment.

After realizing what had happened, she looked at her husband with a mixture of shock and anger.

"Sarutobi Kazuki!" Ignoring the many important figures gathered there, she shouted angrily, her emotions running high, "I knew it was you who had been acting so strangely these past few days, and why she had so many bruises on her body! No matter how I asked her, she wouldn't say a word!"

"You beast! You animal! You are her father, her biological father! And she is only a ten-year-old child! What are you doing?! Are you even human? You beat her like that, do you have any shame or morality?"

"Am I a beast? Am I an animal?" Sarutobi and Ki, their faces flushed with panic, retorted angrily, "How do you explain the fact that you kept it from me and had a child with another man?"

"You even dismembered that child! You flushed him down the drain! Aren't you more of a beast than me? Aren't you more of an animal than me? You're the most inhuman one!"

"Besides, maybe Sakura is also your bastard child with another man! Maybe she's not my biological daughter at all!"

Sarutobi Mezuki's neck veins bulged as she screamed, "That's our daughter! Don't I know if she's your biological daughter? You beast!!!"

She suddenly unleashed astonishing power, and as she stood up, she reached out and grabbed a kunai tucked into the waistband of a Sarutobi clan genin next to her.

With her face contorted in a ghastly grimace as she drew her kunai, she stabbed her husband without hesitation.

Poof——

The kunai pierced her husband's abdomen, causing the man named "Sarutobi Kazuki" to contort in pain, and he let out a terrified scream.

"Hiss! Are you crazy?!" Sarutobi and Ji Fenli kicked their wife over and frantically pulled out the kunai from her abdomen.

As a result, blood gushed out with a "plop".

Sarutobi Mezuki, disheveled, scrambled to her feet and lunged at him again: "You beast! Die!!!"

Startled and panicked, Sarutobi and Kijima, their faces contorted in pain, held their blood-stained kunai and plunged them into their wives' hearts.

Poof——

This entire scene lasted a full thirty seconds. Yet, no one present, including the Sarutobi clan ninja standing beside them, stopped this bloody farce.

The Sarutobi clan ninjas all looked at this couple, whose relationship was difficult to describe, with very complex expressions.

They watched helplessly as Sarutobi Mezuki collapsed to the ground, her eyes glazed over.

Then he watched helplessly as Sarutobi and Kijima clutched their bleeding abdomens in panic, eventually collapsing to the ground in despair.

The stench of blood permeated the air.

It stimulated the nasal cavity of everyone present.

Hiruzen Sarutobi had already closed his eyes in anguish; he couldn't stop it all from happening. His moral compass made it difficult for him to speak or intervene. This also shows that Hiruzen Sarutobi believed what Izumi Uchiha said.

Koharu, the girl in the tether, didn't know what to say. She could only watch helplessly as Uchiha Ikezumi once again stood on the side of "righteousness."

The key point is that she never expected the Sarutobi clan to be hiding such sordid things.

Could it be that Hiruzen was too busy being Hokage and no longer had time to manage his clan members?
Xiaochun, who was turning over to her new room, suddenly fell silent for a moment.

because……

She discovered that the dozen or so members of her clan who had been killed by Uchiha Ikezumi's subordinates were probably no better off than the Sarutobi clan, only the degree of depravity of their crimes differed.

"Jiraiya. Do you think my actions are worthy of the justice I claim to uphold?" Uchiha Izumi's calm and collected tone pierced Jiraiya's heart. Jiraiya opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a single word.

Jiraiya remained silent for several seconds before finally letting out a sigh.

Then he silently took two steps to the right, making way for them.

His action made Xiaochun, who was switching dorms, widen her eyes in surprise.

"Jiraiya..."

Koharu had barely uttered three words when Jiraiya interrupted her in a low voice: "Koharu, I'm sorry. This situation... is beyond my control. While Izumi's actions are certainly extreme, Konoha's tolerance of these people is equally inappropriate. Don't put me in a difficult position."

At this point, Jiraiya suddenly realized why the ninja world needed a prophetic child, why it needed a savior.

As Izumi said, this ninja world is distorted and pathological.

Everyone's thoughts and morals have been affected by this abnormal ninja world.

Jiraiya took a deep breath, which intensified his urgent determination to find the prophesied child.

The ninja world needs the positive changes brought about by the Child of Prophecy!
And I will be the guide of the prophesied child!

Seeing Jiraiya's attitude, Koharu Utatane couldn't help but turn her gaze to Tsunade: "Tsunade!"

"Don't call me." Tsunade's beautiful eyes were clouded with gloom. She was facing away from everyone, her fair skin trembling slightly—because the blood in the room was stimulating her.

She forced her slightly trembling gaze to fall on the bright moon in the sky and said, "From beginning to end, I have always felt that brat Uchiha Izumi did nothing wrong. The chaos in the ninja world is like a chaotic era. If a chaotic era is not changed with severe measures, how can it be changed?"

“…Hiruzen!” Koharu Utatane turned her head again to look at Hiruzen Sarutobi, who had already closed his eyes beside her.

"call……"

Hiruzen Sarutobi exhaled a heavy breath. When he opened his eyes, Koharu Utatane saw a look of desolation in his eyes, and even a deep sense of self-reproach.

Hiruzen, he was probably provoked by the sordid chaos within his clan!

As Xiaochun turned to her new room, a bad feeling rose in her heart.

"Take him away..." Hiruzen Sarutobi finally spoke.

This was said to Uchiha Ikezumi.

"Take him to the police force..." Hiruzen Sarutobi looked several years older as he sighed in front of everyone, "Investigate him thoroughly. If any evidence is found, deal with him accordingly."

The words fell.

Several Sarutobi clan ninjas whose names hadn't yet been called by Uchiha Izumi widened their eyes in surprise.

They realize.

Their own Hokage... abandoned them all!

"Hokage-sama!" Sarutobi Kyoya, who was first called out by Uchiha Ikezumi, was the most panicked. Having lived in Konoha, he had naturally heard of Uchiha Ikezumi's extreme methods. If he were taken away by Uchiha Ikezumi and his memories were searched by the Yamanaka clan, thus exposing the evil deeds he had committed…

He simply couldn't imagine how miserable his fate would be!

At this moment, the corpses of the couple lying on the ground could very well be his own fate!
Sarutobi Kyoya hurriedly exclaimed, "I am a ninja of the Sarutobi clan! We are related! My cousin's uncle is your cousin's husband! We... we must have an inseparable kinship, right?"

"I can give you all the money I've embezzled over the years, I can give the family of that passerby who was run over and killed back then a generous compensation, and I can tell you all the information I know about the Cloud Village spies..."

"me……"

Terrified, he pushed his way through one Sarutobi clan ninja after another, staggering to Hiruzen Sarutobi's side: "I can stay in Konoha Prison for ten years! Twenty years, even thirty years!"

—Anyway, as long as I behave well in prison, I can at least reduce my sentence by half. Even if the maximum sentence of thirty years is reduced by half, I'll only have to serve fifteen years. After fifteen years, I'll only be in my forties…

Of course, Sarutobi Kyoya would never say those last few words of wishful thinking to Sarutobi Hiruzen's face.

otherwise.

Such a shameless attitude would probably earn him a slap from the Hokage, who is also a member of the Sarutobi clan.

--Snapped! ! !

The sudden, crisp sound made Sarutobi Kyoya freeze.

The pleading look on his face also froze.

His head was slapped hard to the side by Hiruzen Sarutobi, leaving a very noticeable five-finger mark on his face.

The burning pain completely stunned him.

"My Sarutobi clan... has no place for a scoundrel like you who betrays the village for money!" Under such public scrutiny, Hiruzen Sarutobi could not possibly protect his clansman, and the anger on his face was genuine: "Kyouya! You have disappointed me greatly. Your actions are no different from those of a Konoha traitor!"

The most fundamental interests of Konoha must not be harmed—this is Hiruzen Sarutobi's bottom line when protecting others, and it is also the bottom line that enabled him to repeatedly protect Danzo back then.

however.

Sarutobi Kyoya's actions have clearly crossed the line in Sarutobi Hiruzen's mind.

Thinking about how he had gathered the entire Dark Guard here tonight just to protect these clansmen...

Moreover, so many people witnessed his intentions.

Hiruzen Sarutobi's old face burned with embarrassment.

I've utterly disgraced myself as Hokage!
My credibility has been severely damaged once again!

Own……

Once again, we had no choice but to "compromise" with Chi Quan!

“Traitor…traitorous ninja…” Sarutobi Kyoya’s face, already deathly pale, seemed to turn even paler now. He suddenly realized that Konoha had abandoned him.

"Why... why am I considered a Konoha traitor for what I did? Wasn't Uchiha Izumi a Konoha traitor too? He killed so many of his fellow villagers!"

Sarutobi Kyoya gritted his teeth and pointed at Uchiha Ikezumi, but in the instant he raised his hand, less than a second later...

Poof——

A sharp ninja sword flashed past in the corner of his eye.

A single index finger is tossed high into the air.

Then it fell to the ground.

"Don't point your filthy hands at Senior Ikezumi." The girl expressionlessly flicked away the blood stained with the blade of her ninja sword. She looked at Sarutobi Kyoya, who was hurriedly covering his right hand in pain and whose face was full of agony, with disgust.

Izumi's sudden act of cutting off a finger caused Hiruzen Sarutobi to frown. He felt that Izumi's subordinates seemed to have also been influenced by Izumi's extreme personality.

But at this moment.

Uchiha Ikezumi's voice rang out: "But the Third Hokage's demeanor doesn't seem to suggest that he wants me to take your clansmen away."

Hiruzen Sarutobi was taken aback.

He took a deep breath, made a simple gesture, and a group of ANBU ninjas tacitly retreated to the left and right sides, without protecting the Sarutobi clan members.

Then, Hiruzen Sarutobi turned to Koharu Utatane beside him and said, "Koharu, have your people... leave as well."

Koharu Utatane could tell that Hiruzen Sarutobi's tone was full of exhaustion.

She gritted her teeth and took one last deep look at Uchi Izumi.

She said in a deep voice, "Get out of the way!"

The Root ninjas didn't say much either, remaining silent and retreating to the left and right sides like the Anbu ninjas.

Uchiha Ikezumi began calling out names one by one with a blank expression.

"Sarutobi Kyouya."

Izumi immediately stepped forward, took out handcuffs from the ninja tool kit provided by the police force, and forcibly twisted Sarutobi Kyoya's hands, which had lost a finger, behind his back before handcuffing them tightly.

“Sarutobi Tsunayuki”.

Among the crowd, a Sarutobi clan ninja trembled slightly.

When the other members of the Sarutobi clan looked at this person with astonishment, Izumi knew who the senior Ikezumi had chosen was.

Without hesitation, she stepped forward and, once the handcuffs were gone, took out a long ninja tool wire and used it to bind the other person's wrists.

"Sarutobi Koji."

Mitarashi Anko took the initiative to step forward, bypassing Sarutobi Hiruzen, and captured another Sarutobi clan ninja who was the focus of everyone's attention.

When the other person tried to struggle, she hardened her face slightly and snapped the other person's wrist without hesitation.

"Ah ah ah ah ah!!!"

The other party's shrill screams did not win Hongdou's sympathy.

"Sarutobi Rina".

After knocking out the screaming Sarutobi clan ninja with a chop to the neck, Anko's gaze shifted to a pale-faced middle-aged woman, from whom a white snake emerged from her sleeve.

Before the middle-aged woman could react, the white snake shot out and bit her shoulder.

"what!"

The middle-aged woman screamed and hurriedly tried to shake off the white snake, but suddenly felt weak and powerless all over.

He collapsed in terror.

"Take them all away."

Uchiha Ikezumi said.

……

"Ikezumi... has won again." Not far away, Fugaku, who had witnessed everything, slowly took a deep breath.

He couldn't understand why Chi Quan always won against the Hokage, while he couldn't win no matter how much he compromised.

A hint of confusion about his choice finally appeared in his eyes.

My efforts over the years...

Did we really take the wrong turn?

……

……

P.S.: There were indeed quality issues the other day, I deeply regret it! Better to have less than to have something of poor quality! I'm going to give myself an extra four hours of writing time every day, so I have more time to think things through!
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