Konoha: The Absolute Justice of the Uchiha

Chapter 37 Itachi Uchiha Returns to the Village!

Quan, you guessed right.

The secret she blurted out in her excitement seemed to have spread throughout the streets and alleys of Konoha in less than a few hours.

Wherever she followed her senior, she could hear the villagers talking about how the topic had changed from Ikezumi-senpai to the Hokage's eldest son.

Clearly, the other ninjas of the Uchiha clan had no responsibility or obligation to keep the secret of the Third Hokage's eldest son.

When they realized that the eldest son of the Hokage, Sarutobi Shinnosuke, harbored this special secret, they became excited instead.

And without hesitation, they passed on these "secret intelligence" information.

Rumors involving Naruto always spread very quickly.

Moreover, the rumors have become increasingly outrageous, with some people even embellishing the stories during the discussions.

"I heard that it was because the Hokage's eldest son killed many war orphans that the Uchiha police force, that scourge, killed the Hokage's eldest son!"

"No wonder so many war orphans from the Konoha orphanage disappeared without a trace. It turns out... it turns out they were turned into test subjects for human experimentation?"

"Will the village eventually become dissatisfied with using those war orphans as experimental subjects...?"

"Is the Hokage condoning this kind of thing? Otherwise, why would his eldest son become the mastermind behind human experimentation?"

"Stop discussing this nonsense. From now on, keep a close eye on your own children. Those high and mighty people will only treat us like waste materials."

"I heard that the Hokage's eldest son killed many villagers from Konoha."

——"..."

"I'm sorry, senpai..." Izumi lowered her head and apologized, "I didn't know things would turn out this way. It seems I've ruined your teacher's reputation...

She wanted to cry but had no tears.

She never expected that these rumors would spread so far that they seemed to have even affected the Hokage.

This is only half a day in.

If it were a few more days...

Would that be terrible?
For the first time, Quan felt the terror of "public opinion." An endless stream of malicious public opinion began to rush towards a deceased person, and even she, as an observer, felt a chill run down her spine.

She couldn't imagine how painful it must be for a living person to be subjected to such malicious public opinion.
"When Shinnosuke-sensei did those things that violated justice, he should have expected that this would happen today."

Uchiha Ikezumi said calmly, "Newcomer, you did nothing wrong."

Quan was startled.

Uchiha Ikezumi looked at some villagers who, during the discussion, suddenly became indignant about Sarutobi Shinnosuke's actions.

"Even if the facts are inaccurate, it has made some people realize just how terrifying the 'evil' in the ninja world really is."

Uchiha Ikezumi said, "They are beginning to learn to distinguish between justice and evil because of your 'leaking secrets'. If they take this as a warning and despise evil, then there is still hope for the ninja world."

"This is a good thing."

"You did very well."

Quan's eyes, which had almost lost their luster, suddenly brightened, and a faint mist appeared in her watery eyes.

She hurriedly wiped her eyes.

"Um!!!"

Quan didn't know why, but he just wanted to respond forcefully.

Maybe……

It's because I finally! Finally! Finally got praised by my senior!
“Senior, I think that in the future, whatever we do, we should tell the truth behind it. And we should not only tell a few people, but let everyone in the village know the true face of ‘evil’.”

"Senior...would this be better?"

Quan gradually grew bolder.

But she had only grown a little, not much. Realizing she seemed to be instructing her senior, she hurriedly changed her tune, saying, "This is just my humble opinion, please disregard it, senior..."

"it is good."

"Eh?"

……

"Lord Hokage, it seems that many rumors that are detrimental to Shinnosuke's reputation are spreading rapidly in the village. Some of these rumors do indeed touch on the truth... but most of them are exaggerated as they are passed down from generation to generation."

At the Hokage Building, an ANBU ninja found Hiruzen Sarutobi and whispered a report to the Third Hokage.

Hiruzen Sarutobi took a deep breath.

He hadn't dealt with a single one of the mountain of documents piled up on his desk.

The negative emotions of losing a child lingered in my heart.

When he spoke, his voice was extremely hoarse and filled with exhaustion, as if he had aged several years overnight: "What rumors?"

The ANBU ninja explained it in detail.

Upon hearing this, Hiruzen Sarutobi frowned deeply.

"Where did the rumor originate?" Hiruzen Sarutobi asked.

The ANBU ninja replied, "It seems to have originated from the Uchiha clan."

Hiruzen Sarutobi fell silent.

The Uchiha clan...

"Lord Hokage, should we stop them?" the ANBU ninja asked.

Hiruzen Sarutobi rubbed his temples, looking troubled, and said, "The more we try to stop them, the more they'll believe those things. Just like Naruto, when we try to stop the villagers from discussing that he's the incarnation of the demon fox, they only become more convinced that he is."

……

root base.

"Lord Danzo, the tide of public opinion seems to have turned," a Root ninja reported to Shimura Danzo. "Last night, as you ordered, we spread many rumors about Uchiha Izumi throughout the village. But..."

"It seems that after rumors about Sarutobi Shinnosuke suddenly surfaced, the villagers were more concerned about the dirty deeds that the eldest son of the Hokage had done."

"As for Uchiha Ikezumi..."

"It seems that he has done so many of these things that the villagers have become somewhat numb to him."

Danzo snorted coldly.

In fact, he knew that such a propaganda offensive would not have much effect on Uchiha Ikezumi. After all, Uchiha Ikezumi was not Hatake Sakumo, and that Uchiha brat did not seem to be so sensitive.

He sent ANBU ninjas to spread the rumors, simply to further alienate Uchiha Ikezumi and Sarutobi Hiruzen.

He simply hadn't anticipated the shift in public opinion and was somewhat unable to grasp it.

but……

"Heh, Sarutobi Shinnosuke's reputation has been ruined, and his father, the monkey, will definitely be affected as well. Whether it's that inherently evil Uchiha brat who's affected, or the monkey who's affected, it's not a bad thing for me."

Danzo said quietly, "Give them a push and make sure Sarutobi Shinnosuke's reputation is completely ruined. It would be best to pin some blame on that monkey."

"Yes, Lord Danzo!"

……

One day passed.

In the eyes of the villagers of Konoha, Sarutobi Shinnosuke has become an evil scientist who "captures his own villagers to conduct evil human experiments and also harms special bloodline limit ninjas".

Even though Hiruzen Sarutobi wanted to salvage some of his deceased eldest son's reputation.

But public opinion has completely spiraled out of control.

Just like the situation that Hatake Sakumo encountered back then.

And in the process.

someone...

Back in the village.

"Phew, it's been half a month." Itachi Uchiha stood quietly outside the village gate with two Anbu ninja subordinates.

A gentle smile appeared on his small, expressionless face.

"I wonder if Sasuke misses me."

……

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(End of this chapter)