Konoha: The Absolute Justice of the Uchiha

Chapter 52 Can't you be a little more rational? - Uchiha Itachi

Uchiha Itachi never imagined that he would receive such a reply from Uchiha Ikezumi.

He looked up and met Uchiha Ikezumi's eyes.

Those sharp black eyes in his line of sight could actually see through the "evil" he was about to commit?
In the future... will I personally annihilate the entire Uchiha clan?
Itachi couldn't express how he felt.

Shock?

stunned?

Horror?

Or rather, does it encompass all these kinds of feelings?
So much so that when Uchiha Ikezumi reached out and grabbed his neck, Uchiha Itachi did not choose to dodge.

Instead, remain motionless and feel the subtle suffocating sensation brought on by the gradual exertion of force from the other person's five fingers.

Itachi's lips trembled slightly as he asked with difficulty, "Is the future you see something that is bound to happen?"

do not know why.

When he discovered that among the people Uchiha Izumi mentioned, his younger brother Sasuke was the only one missing...

I felt a faint sense of relief.

This also proves that, in fact, he already believed that Uchiha Ikezumi truly had the ability to see the evil of the future without even asking the question.

"Itachi-kun, Senpai has never misjudged anyone! Even the Hokage's eldest son, Senpai has seen through his evil! This is an ability that even the Hokage and the others cannot refute!"

The one who answered him was not Uchiha Izumi, but Izumi behind him, whose voice was already choked and trembling.

The girl had long since unconditionally trusted every word Uchiha Ikezumi said.

She believed that Senior Chi Quan wouldn't lie.

That means...

Both he and his mother would die at the hands of Itachi Uchiha someday.

It was hard for her to accept.

Izumi, whose vision had become blurry without her noticing, hurriedly wiped the corner of her eye.

She gritted her teeth and asked the question that everyone, including Fugaku standing beside her, most wanted to ask: "Itachi-kun... why did you do this? I'm your friend! My mother has no grudge against you! And the rest of the Uchiha clan has no enmity with you either!"

"Many people are very kind! Even Senior Chi Quan has never arrested them, which is enough to prove that they are truly kind! Why do you even want to kill these kind people of your own clan?"

"You clearly told me that you love Konoha very much!"

Izumi truly didn't understand. In her memory, Uchiha Itachi, while a bit introverted, was at least a kind person, wasn't he?

He was at least a ninja who loved his village very much, right? So why did he turn his sword against his fellow villagers?

Itachi did not answer.

He was still thinking.

"Itachi..." At this moment, Fugaku Uchiha, who had been silent for more than a minute, suddenly asked with a complicated expression, "If an irreparable conflict were to break out between the village and the Uchiha clan... you would stand on the side of the Hokage, right?"

Itachi was stunned.

He suddenly realized why his "future evil" reflected the tragedy of the Uchiha clan's annihilation.

If the situation truly reaches that point of no return.

Itachi knew that he would not choose the Uchiha clan, but rather the majority of Konoha.

To prevent Konoha from falling into a deadly internal strife, and to ensure that the honor of the Uchiha clan is not tarnished by traitors.

He would choose to be the one to stop all of this.

They would willingly bear all the sins and infamy.

Even if it means being betrayed by everyone, even if it means being branded a rogue ninja, I will not hesitate to choose to protect Konoha.

"……I see."

Itachi Uchiha felt that all his doubts could now be put together.

He understood that he had not offended the other party, but Uchiha Ikezumi was just so hostile towards him.

So this is what my "future" will be like?
Does that mean the conflict between the village and the Uchiha clan is irreconcilable?

Is the future inevitably heading towards armed conflict?
And this "future" is just a year away?

When I realized that the suffocating feeling in my neck had suddenly disappeared.

Itachi Uchiha took half a step back.

He coughed lightly a few times to ease the discomfort in his neck.

"No wonder you wanted to kill me..."

Itachi Uchiha took a deep breath, a strange emotion brewing within him that he couldn't explain. He looked up and met Izumi Uchiha's gaze again, saying, "You think everything about my 'future' was wrong. You think that if you had nipped me in the bud, the 'Uchiha Clan Massacre' wouldn't have happened."

"But, Uchiha Ikezumi, you don't seem to realize that you've unknowingly taken the Uchiha's side. You haven't even considered how terrible the future of Konoha would be if I didn't do this."

"If the Uchiha clan were to engage in a fierce armed conflict with the village, the entire Hidden Leaf Village would be plunged into a terrifying war. At that time, thousands or even tens of thousands of people would die! The Hidden Leaf Village would never recover because of this internal strife!"

“Uchiha Ikezumi, I understand my future actions. This is something I must do, and I have no choice but to do.”

While talking.

Uchiha Itachi smiled slightly. After realizing what he would do in the future, he seemed to be able to empathize with his future self and feel his emotions.

A hint of bitterness lingered in her smile, and two clear, hot tears slid down her face amidst a self-inflicted surge of emotion.

He could almost feel the endless insults and misunderstandings rushing towards him, and he would silently choose to die, carrying with him his original intention to protect Konoha and the secrets he would never tell.

correct……

Perhaps my future self didn't kill Sasuke.

He might leave some contingency plans to nurture Sasuke and make him the new guardian of Konoha.

Let Sasuke protect the future of Konoha.

"Where the leaves dance, the fire will never cease. Whether in the past, present, or future... I am willing to become a withered leaf burned to ashes by the flames, illuminating the future of the village."

“Father, I’m sorry to disappoint you. If you really do that in the future, I will turn against you.”

"This is my unwavering belief and magnanimity."

Itachi Uchiha said earnestly to Fugaku.

Fugaku was speechless.

The way he looked at his eldest son, whom he had always been very proud of, had become strangely unfamiliar, even somewhat chilling.

Fugaku wanted to refute Itachi.

I wanted to slap Itachi Uchiha hard across the face.

I wanted to yell at him and question him: Why are you so cold-blooded? Why don't you even spare your own blood relatives?
but……

Imagine the consequences of a fierce armed conflict between the Uchiha clan and Konoha.

A sense of despair also rose in Fugaku's heart.

Since Itachi has chosen to protect Konoha, this is probably the only choice he can make in the future.

--Snapped! ! !

A sudden, loud slap rang out, and Fugaku saw Itachi's face suddenly turn to the side, revealing a bright red handprint on one of his naturally pale cheeks.

This wasn't Fugaku's doing.

It is neither a pond nor a spring.

"Uchiha Itachi!!!"
With tears in her eyes, Quan glared angrily at the friend in front of her who seemed increasingly unfamiliar to her.

Her chest heaved, and her voice choked with sobs as she shouted, "Is your belief and magnanimity enough to allow you to commit such disgusting and repulsive acts? What are you doing, in the face of 'absolute justice'? How dare someone like you mention the Will of Fire? Can't you, a twelve-year-old brat, have a normal brain? What right do you have to decide the life and death of innocent people?!"

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(End of this chapter)