Konoha: The Absolute Justice of the Uchiha

Chapter 23 He wasn't "loyal" enough to the Uchiha clan!

Uchiha Setsuna unconsciously gripped the top of his cane tightly, his five fingers, covered with the marks of time, turning quite white from the excessive force.

A pair of cloudy eyes had turned crimson, and those three-tomoe Sharingan eyes were fixed on Uchiha Ikezumi in front of him.

"Chi Quan, you... say it again?!" His tone was slightly deep, and his gloomy expression looked quite oppressive.

Uchiha Ikezumi did not repeat what he had asked.

However, he also activated a pair of three-tomoe Sharingan.

But this attitude and meaning are also very clear.

“Uchiha Ikezumi! Are you still a member of our Uchiha clan?” Another hawkish elder of the Uchiha clan pointed at Uchiha Ikezumi.

He said angrily, "Everything we're doing now is for the future of the Uchiha clan! Are you trying to betray the Uchiha by blocking my way?"

"Furthermore... you were the one who captured the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and brought him to the Uchiha clan's territory. Now you're turning around and trying to stop us from going to find that demon fox incarnation? What exactly do you mean by this?"

Although he said a lot, he didn't dare to take another step forward.

Uchiha Izumi finally spoke: "In your eyes, everything I'm doing right now seems contradictory?"

The other party glared and sneered, "Hmph! It's a contradiction from the start!"

Uchiha Ikezumi calmly said, "But your smooth brain, without a single wrinkle, seems to have never considered another aspect—that I have never been on the same side as you scourges of the ninja world."

As he spoke, he walked slowly forward: "But don't misunderstand, I am not on the same side as the head of the family."

Uchiha Setsuna's eyelids twitched violently: "Insect... beast..."

He considered himself to be working diligently and conscientiously for the future of the Uchiha clan, and believed he had a clear conscience.

Back then, he was even imprisoned in Konoha's dungeon by the damned Second Hokage for this.

As a result, in Uchiha Izumi's eyes, he became a ninja world insect?

Uchiha Setsuna was about to lose his temper.

"You bastard!!" The remaining hawkish Uchiha were indignant.

Uchiha Izumi narrowed his eyes, his gaze lingering on the vital areas of the group, such as their necks, chests, and foreheads.

"enough!!!"

A loud shout rang out from behind Uchiha Izumi: "What kind of decorum would it be if outsiders saw our Uchiha clan fighting amongst ourselves? Put away your ninja swords!!!"

Fugaku Uchiha, who had noticed the commotion outside, appeared.

He walked to Uchiha Ikezumi's side, stared at the several hawkish elders in front of him, and said with a stern face, "Gentlemen, I am the current head of the Uchiha clan. I have my own considerations regarding the conflict between the village and the Uchiha. As for Naruto Uzumaki, no one is allowed to touch him!"

“Fugaku…” Uchiha Setsuna frowned.

But before he could finish speaking, Fugaku interrupted him, saying, "Senior Setsuna, I respect your seniority within the clan and can address you as 'senior,' so please respect my choice as well."

"Moreover, I did this for the greater good of the Uchiha clan. Besides, I've already sent Naruto Uzumaki to Konoha Prison, so there's no point in you coming here."

Fugaku had long anticipated that this situation would occur.

So he immediately sent someone to take Naruto away.

Ignoring the gloomy expressions of the hawkish elders, Fugaku turned to Uchiha Ikezumi and said firmly, "Ikezumi, put your sword away too. This is the head of the clan's order."

Uchiha Ikezumi's words went in one ear and out the other.

Fugaku: “…”

He noticed that the murderous intent in Uchiha Ikezumi's eyes had not diminished at all.

He even had the illusion that if he said just one more word to him, Ikezumi would turn around and slash at Fugaku.

There was such a subordinate...

This is such a headache!

"Setsuna-senpai, you should leave now." Fugaku changed his target, staring directly at Uchiha Setsuna, and said in a deep voice, "Do you still want to confront Izumi and me here?"

"Fugaku."

Uchiha Setsuna took a deep breath: "You're too indecisive. One day, you'll regret the decision you made today. You're pushing the Uchiha's future into the abyss."

“Senior Setsuna, I am the head of the family.”

The fierce-eyed Fugaku is obsequious to outsiders, but ruthless to his own people. At least...

He hasn't been completely pushed to his limit by the hawkish forces yet.

"Humph!!!"

Uchiha's gaze, shifting rapidly between light and shadow, lingered for several seconds on Uchiha Ikezumi's indifferent young face.

It seemed they wanted to remember this unique and unconventional young man from the Uchiha clan.

"let's go!"

……

"call……"

The tense atmosphere had made Quan so nervous that she almost collapsed, but now she could finally catch her breath.

She was afraid that after fighting a bloody battle with the Root ninjas, Senior Ikezumi would now have to fight another battle with her own clansmen.

That kind of life, which believes in "absolute justice," is just too exciting.

It's like everyone in Konoha is an enemy!
"Ok?"

"Eh!"

Suddenly, Izumi noticed that Senior Izumi had tossed her ninja sword. Startled, she quickly reached out and caught the hilt, then carefully sheathed the sword.

At this time.

Izumi heard the head of the Fugaku family speak: "Ike Izumi, were you serious about your killing intent towards them just now?"

Uchiha Ikezumi replied, "I always keep my word. If they take another step forward, they will die."

Fugaku took a deep breath: "Although their methods may be somewhat extreme, they are still of the same race as you. Sometimes, you don't need to show this kind of hostility to your own people."

Fugaku's words were actually pointed at Uchiha Ikezumi's inexplicable hostility towards his eldest son, Uchiha Itachi.

At least, Fugaku still couldn't figure out what Itachi had done to offend Izumi.

He remembered that Itachi wasn't the kind of person who liked to offend others.

Uchiha Ikezumi said indifferently, "If I've already explained it once on the same day, I don't want to explain it a second time."

Fugaku was stunned.

"You mean... [Absolute Justice] has no distinction between public and private?" He recalled the words that Uchiha Izumi had said to him.

"Phew, you really are serious after all..." Even though he had already guessed that Chi Quan was serious, the psychological impact of guessing in his mind and actually seeing it was two completely different things.

Fugaku remained silent for a long time.

He added, "Although you and I have different ideologies, at least you also have different ideologies from them. At the very least, you don't want the village to fall into chaos. But you'd better be careful; Uchiha Setsuna and the others can be quite extreme at times."

Uchiha Izumi countered, "Among the Uchiha clan members who have awakened their Sharingan, which one isn't extreme?"

Fugaku choked for a moment.

like……

Indeed.

Uchiha Ikezumi also coldly reminded him, "I still suggest that you have your son see a psychologist. I've always suspected that he has some mental problems."

Fugaku: “…”

……

"Never before has a junior dared to look down on me like this! That guy... that look in his eyes just now, he even looked like he wanted to kill me!"

Uchiha Setsuna, who had already gone far away, was pounding the ground hard with his wooden cane, making a series of rapid "bang bang bang" sounds.

A gloomy expression hung over an old face covered in wrinkles.

"He...is disloyal to the Uchiha clan!!!"

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(End of this chapter)