Chapter 183: Winds Of Absolute Justice Sweep Through Konoha
Sarutobi Hiruzen had been gazing at the situation in the Uchiha Clan Compound.
Fortunately, the two Susanoo were large enough that he could clearly see the distant situation from the Hokage’s Office Building.
After witnessing the dark purple Susanoo being cleaved apart and dispersed by a single strike from the massive crimson Susanoo.
Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn’t help but take a deep breath.
He wasn’t sure if it was an illusion, but he felt this breath faintly carried a hint of sulfur smell, along with a dry heat.
“Fugaku, defeated.”
Sarutobi Hiruzen slowly uttered these words from his mouth, and he could roughly guess Fugaku’s outcome and fate.
After all, both sides had already used Susanoo, this legendary Sharingan Dōjutsu, which basically meant a fight to the death.
And now that the commotion had died down, it could only mean one side had been killed, and the one who died was most likely Uchiha Fugaku.
Sarutobi Hiruzen realized that after tonight, the Uchiha Clan’s stance, situation, and mindset would be completely rewritten.
Within the entire Uchiha Clan, no one could rival Uchiha Ikeizumi anymore.
「Absolute Justice」 would permeate the entire Uchiha Clan!
Whether Uchiha Fugaku, Uchiha Itachi, or Uchiha Setsuna’s efforts, all would become wedding attire for Absolute Justice.
And he, as Hokage, had not prevented any of this from happening.
Or rather…
There was no time at all!
Uchiha Ikeizumi’s strength had once again exceeded Sarutobi Hiruzen’s expectations; he hadn’t expected Fugaku to lose so quickly, so decisively, so utterly without resistance.
“Hah! Someone come.”
As soon as Sarutobi Hiruzen finished speaking, two Anbu Ninja appeared instantly in front of him with a “whoosh.”
Sarutobi Hiruzen said with a grim old face: “Secretly infiltrate the Uchiha Clan Compound and see if you can find Fugaku’s eyes. Based on this old man’s understanding of Fugaku, when he possessed this power, he would never let it be buried with him. He would surely leave this power for… the Village.”
He had wanted to say “Uchiha Clan” at the end, but saying it outright might make his behavior seem a bit unseemly.
Sarutobi Hiruzen still cared about face, so he changed “leave for the Uchiha Clan” to “leave for the Village.”
Dead people won’t come out to refute.
“Yes, Hokage!”
The Anbu Ninja replied in unison.
……
On the other side.
A familiar line of text suddenly flashed before Uchiha Ikeizumi’s eyes.
After successfully carrying out this act of justice, Uchiha Fugaku had “sent” him an unexpected gift just before dying.
—The fusion of Mangekyo Sharingan power!
At this moment.
Uchiha Ikeizumi clearly felt two streams of warmth swirling in his eyes; the Mangekyo Sharingan eye power from Uchiha Fugaku was continuously devoured and assimilated by him, causing him to unconsciously close his eyes.
His whole body seemed frozen in place, motionless for a full ten-plus seconds.
When Uchiha Ikeizumi slowly opened his eyes, the pattern of his Mangekyo Sharingan… quietly underwent a weird change.
The pattern in his eyes was like two different Mangekyo Sharingan patterns overlapping and fitting together, forming a new pattern.
And at this moment, Uchiha Ikeizumi’s eye power began to continuously strengthen, to the point that his eyes felt slightly swollen and painful.
But this swelling pain only lasted a few seconds before dissipating.
He had completely adapted to this brand-new pair of eyes.
“Hah…”
Sensing the changes in himself, Uchiha Ikeizumi murmured: “Even such a distant blood relation… can fuse together? That’s somewhat beyond my expectations.”
As clan members of the same Uchiha Clan, there was definitely some blood relation.
But who would have thought such a shallow blood relation.
Would come with such a huge “gift.”
And after Uchiha Ikeizumi dispelled his Susanoo, a shadow clone that had split off at some unknown time came rushing toward him. The shadow clone extended a hand, with two eyes lying in its palm—these were the Sharingan that Uchiha Fugaku had gouged out before dying.
……
“Hah… one step too late again.”
Tsunade looked at the Uchiha Clan Compound ahead, which seemed somewhat tragic, and at the “empty” scene inside. She raised an eyebrow and muttered: “That guy Ikeizumi still cares quite a bit about ordinary civilians; he must have evacuated everyone in advance.”
Then, she saw a figure walking out from the Uchiha Clan Compound—it was none other than Uchiha Ikeizumi!
Tsunade walked forward.
“Ikeizumi, who was it fighting with this time?” she asked straightforwardly.
“Uchiha Fugaku.”
The response from Uchiha Ikeizumi made Tsunade’s eyelid twitch.
Tsunade asked curiously: “What happened to him?”
Uchiha Ikeizumi explained simply while walking.
Hearing this, Tsunade sighed: “The Uchiha Clan’s ninjas haven’t been this extreme for just a day or two. Your clan’s awakening method dooms most of you clan members to be somewhat abnormal; the usual normalcy is just effortfully suppressing the obsession in your hearts.”
“Cough, I wasn’t talking about you.” Tsunade suddenly realized her mouth had slipped.
“You’re not wrong.”
Uchiha Ikeizumi admitted quite candidly: “Only extreme sinful soil can breed extreme Absolute Justice.”
Then.
Uchiha Ikeizumi suddenly said: “One Police Force Ninja was severely wounded by Uchiha Fugaku’s dojutsu. The medical team ninjas at Konoha Hospital probably won’t be able to heal him. Don’t worry, it’s just mental trauma, no blood involved.”
Tsunade nodded knowingly.
“I’ll go take a look.”
……
In the distance.
The dispersed Uchiha clan members were all gathered here, not just Uchiha civilians, but also many Police Force Ninjas.
Uchiha Izumi was among them.
“It’s over…”
A trace of complexity flashed across Izumi’s delicate little face; she could tell Senior Ikeizumi had won, and Uchiha Fugaku had lost. That meant Uchiha Fugaku had already gone to the Pure Land.
She couldn’t help looking ahead, her gaze falling on Uchiha Mikoto and Uchiha Sasuke, this mother and son pair.
Would Senior Ikeizumi killing Uchiha Fugaku make Uchiha Mikoto hate her senior?
Would this make Uchiha Sasuke waver in his belief in Absolute Justice?
But there was no way around it. Uchiha Fugaku had crossed the bottom line of justice, so justice had to sanction him. They couldn’t just let him off because he had a wife and son, right?
That way…
It wouldn’t be justice.
“Mother…” Sasuke truly looked up at his mother’s profile; he could clearly see the tears in Uchiha Mikoto’s eyes could no longer be held back, continuously dripping down.
And a sudden sense of emptiness also made Sasuke abruptly realize something at this moment.
“Father…”
Sasuke turned his head and stared blankly at the distant night sky; he couldn’t describe what his current mood was like.
And at this moment, Sasuke suddenly recalled some rumors about Teacher Ikeizumi.
He had heard…
That Teacher Ikeizumi had personally executed one of his blood relatives after they committed evil.
Teacher Ikeizumi’s mood at that time, and his mood now…
Were they exactly the same?
Sasuke suddenly felt his vision blurring.
His nose also felt a bit sour.
And at this moment, he suddenly felt a soft, warm hand gently stroking his head.
Looking up.
He saw his mother, who had wiped the tears from her face and was forcing a smile: “Sasuke, don’t be confused. You absolutely cannot ignore someone’s wrongs just because you have a good relationship with them; that’s not right. An excellent ninja must first be able to distinguish right from wrong.”
Sasuke could hear the slight choke in his mother’s tone.
Rather than saying his mother was comforting him, Uchiha Sasuke.
It was more like she was comforting herself.
“…Mm.”
Sasuke nodded heavily.
Uchiha Izumi, taking all this in, sighed softly in her heart.
Such scenes actually played out on different people almost every time justice was executed.
But just as Uchiha Mikoto said.
Right and wrong cannot be ignored!
Family ties cannot interfere with justice!
Mikoto truly was a good mother; she was enduring the grief in her heart, teaching her second son by word and example. But for some reason, her eldest son Uchiha Itachi hadn’t learned even a shred of her virtues from his mother.
Izumi didn’t understand.
At that moment, Izumi was suddenly startled; in her line of sight, a familiar figure appeared.
“Senior Ikeizumi!”
……
And at this moment, Uchiha Mikoto also noticed Uchiha Ikeizumi.
When she saw only Uchiha Ikeizumi walking over alone, she knew her guess had come true.
“Fugaku, he…”
Uchiha Mikoto asked with a slightly trembling voice: “Did he leave anything behind? Or… say any last words?”
Uchiha Ikeizumi stood in front of her and handed over the two Mangekyo Sharingan in his hand to Uchiha Mikoto.
He said: “These are what he left for Sasuke.”
Uchiha Mikoto was stunned.
The two Mangekyo Sharingan had been wiped clean, with no bloodstains left. These were Uchiha Fugaku’s eyes, the only “corpse” he left behind.
Uchiha Ikeizumi continued: “In the last moment of his life, he only said to give these eyes to Sasuke. But he’s still a child, a child whose mind is not mature. Possessing this power… will most likely only breed disaster.”
“As for when he qualifies to possess and use these eyes, that depends on your decision as his mother.”
Uchiha Mikoto stiffly took the pair of Mangekyo Sharingan.
“…I understand.”
She whispered.
……
The next day.
Morning.
The news that the Uchiha Clan’s former clan leader Uchiha Fugaku had been executed by 「Absolute Justice」 instantly exploded throughout Konoha Village! To many, he was absolutely one of the village’s big shots!
And a ninja clan like the Uchiha Clan had long been at the center of the village’s public opinion storm; any minor disturbance was enough to spark discussion among many Konoha villagers.
Let alone the death of a former clan leader who had been forced to step down!
“This couldn’t be some sinister political struggle, could it? After that Uchiha Plague God took power, did he just find an excuse to eliminate dissenters and take the chance to get rid of Uchiha Fugaku?”
Konoha rabble-rousers were never absent.
Many times, without anyone deliberately stirring things up, strange conspiracy theory trends would unknowingly spread underground.
“It’s entirely possible! Otherwise, why so coincidental? And Uchiha Fugaku was the former clan leader, even if he did something wrong, wasn’t there a chance for leniency? Only when eliminating dissenters would they strike so ruthlessly!”
“I heard Uchiha Fugaku’s wife was involved too, tsk tsk, what a vicious woman! The Uchiha Clan really is a bunch of lunatics, not even sparing the women.”
“It’s that Uchiha Ikeizumi using justice to eliminate dissenters! He definitely isn’t doing this for the first time; quite a few Uchiha clan members have died by his hand, right?”
“…”
However, the Police Force was no longer the Police Force of old.
In the past, when such seemingly credible rumor-mongering conspiracy theories circulated in the village, the Police Force Ninjas were mostly indifferent.
Because Uchiha Fugaku, as Captain of the Police Force.
Didn’t care about these so-called rumor-based conspiracy opinions.
But now it was different.
When two Konoha rabble-rousers were discussing heatedly, even embellishing rumors.
“Hey!”
A voice full of suppressed displeasure rang out from behind them: “What are you talking about? Can I join in?”
The two Konoha rabble-rousers looked back in doubt.
They were immediately scared out of their wits.
“Police…”
“Police Force!!!”
A Police Force Chunin expressionlessly placed his hand on his ninja sword, the blade already half-drawn from his waist, and said coldly: “Deliberately spreading rumors in the village and causing extremely malicious rumor-mongering public opinion impact on others—do you really think the Police Force will turn a blind eye?”
The two Konoha rabble-rousers froze.
“Before… you never cared…” one of them said tremblingly, like a grieving soul.
“We care now! Because the Police Force is no longer managed by that cowardly sinner Uchiha Fugaku! The current Police Force has fully aligned with Lord Ikeizumi’s Absolute Justice!”
“You filthy-mouthed bastards, don’t think you can keep spreading rumors behind people’s backs and get away with it!”
“Lord Ikeizumi has said that tragedies like Hatake Sakumo’s will not happen a second time!”
The Police Force Chunin said coldly.
……
“…That kind of thing won’t happen anymore?”
Not far away.
Kakashi, taking all this in, had a complex look flash in his eyes.
“With Ikeizumi’s extreme methods, perhaps… he really can curb this rumor-spreading unhealthy trend in the village.”
Kakashi’s mood was complex.
The Konoha leadership that Kakashi served loyally had not stopped the immense public opinion pressure on his father. In fact… they might have even fanned the flames.
On the contrary, Uchiha Ikeizumi, who had no connection to him, mentioned his father’s ordeal in front of Police Force Ninjas.
And ordered his subordinates to stop this unhealthy trend.
A doubt arose in Kakashi’s heart.
—Who exactly… is truly doing good for the Village?
……
……
