Chapter 106: You Can Never See The Heights Senior Ikeizumi Stands At!
Whether it was Uchiha Ikeizumi’s appearance or Uchiha Sasuke’s appearance, both were beyond the three’s expectations.
The opponent brazenly came uninvited, even walking precisely into this underground secret room, which meant they definitely knew in advance that the three of them had privately stored a large amount of contraband drugs!
The problem is…
How did the opponent know?
There’s a traitor?!!!
The moment this thought suddenly emerged, the three Uchiha ninjas simultaneously retreated half a step each, pulling a bit of distance between themselves while their eyes were filled with vigilance.
Among them.
Uchiha Hayata cautiously glanced at the other two, his face tense as he took the initiative to step forward two steps, blocking Uchiha Ikeizumi, and sternly shouted with a grim face: “Hey! What’s the deal with you guys? We didn’t invite you over, did we?”
He then shifted his gaze to Naruto, using it as the point of verbal attack: “This kid isn’t from our Uchiha Clan, right? Bringing an outsider into the Uchiha Clan Compound—what do you take the Uchiha Compound for, some amusement park anyone can stroll into?”
“Uchiha Ikeizumi…”
Uchiha Hayata’s eyes revealed hostility as he warned: “I advise you not to meddle in others’ business. That nosy nature of yours has already upset many clan members.”
However.
What he didn’t expect was that the Uchiha Ikeizumi in front of him completely ignored his warning, and the opponent began speaking on his own.
“Uchiha Hayata, Uchiha Tadashi, Uchiha Naoto.”
Uchiha Ikeizumi, who named the three, already had chilling killing intent brewing in his cold eyes.
“Suspected of illegal smuggling and trafficking of contraband drugs, with an extremely large quantity. Plus, more than a month ago outside the Land of Fire, committing multiple deliberate murder cases, with half the victims being innocent civilians.”
As he said these two sentences, Uchiha Ikeizumi’s right hand was already on the hilt of his ninja sword, making Uchiha Hayata’s eyelids twitch.
Damn it…
It’s been months since they last met, and this bastard is still just as stubborn!
“Uchiha Ikeizumi!” At this moment, someone behind Uchiha Hayata suddenly shouted angrily: “Don’t pretend to be so righteous here! What can you do besides turning that cleaver in your hand against your own clan members? And everything we’re doing is for the future of the Uchiha Clan!”
“We’re raising funds for the Uchiha Clan’s future plan. Once the plan succeeds, all of Konoha will belong to our Uchiha Clan! Then the Uchiha will no longer be ostracized, and the Uchiha will stand above Konoha!”
“And someone like you, full of so-called「 justice」, will definitely be nailed to the pillar of shame in Uchiha Clan history. A freak like you is even more contemptible than Clan Leader Fugaku who leans outwards!”
Sasuke: “…”
Listening to the opponent, in agitated emotion, suddenly shifting the topic to his father.
This gave Sasuke a sudden urge to debate with the opponent.
But reason told him that he, a seven-year-old child, couldn’t possibly out-debate an adult.
“You guys who harm others for the so-called Uchiha future are the ones who should be nailed to the pillar of shame in history.”
The girl’s voice carried coldness: “People like you will never see the heights at which Senior Izumi stands.”
She drew her ninja sword faster than Uchiha Ikeizumi.
Because…
When Izumi held her breath and focused her attention intensely, she also saw the red text floating above the heads of the three people in front of her—that was a record of their crimes!
And they were the inexhaustible sins committed in just a few short months!
If villains who have already fallen into the abyss like this continue to remain in the world.
Who knows how many more people will be harmed by them.
「Absolute Justice」 has the responsibility to purge the ninja world’s villains!
No need for Ikeizumi’s orders.
Izumi took the initiative to attack!
The narrow space wasn’t suitable for Fire Style Ninjutsu, and besides, Izumi wasn’t very skilled in ninjutsu; she was better at taijutsu. With just a Body Flicker, she closed in on Uchiha Hayata, her agile speed having undergone a complete transformation compared to before.
Uchiha Hayata had been guarding against Uchiha Ikeizumi this whole time, but he didn’t expect that not-so-tall girl to strike first!
He instantly activated his Two-Tomoe Sharingan, his eyes immediately capturing Izumi’s movement trajectory.
He drew his sword in an instant, trying to counter-kill this reckless girl.
However.
The moment he hastily met Uchiha Izumi’s gaze, Uchiha Hayata’s pupils suddenly contracted like needles.
—Three-Tomoe Sharingan!!!
Clang!!!
The fierce clash of two ninja swords made Uchiha Hayata and Uchiha Izumi’s arms both jolt, and in his haste, Uchiha Hayata immediately changed his sword momentum, thrusting the tip diagonally downward toward Izumi’s throat.
“Hayata! What are you doing?!” Only then did an anxious loud shout enter his ears, snapping Uchiha Hayata awake.
He realized his sword tip had clearly reached the kid, but it felt like stabbing into air.
It’s a Sharingan Illusion Technique!!!
Uchiha Hayata immediately realized he had been caught in the illusion the instant he met her gaze, and as he gritted his teeth and erupted with his own eye power to break the Sharingan Illusion Technique… his peripheral vision already caught a ninja sword tip just two centimeters from his heart!
Oh no…
Ding—
A flying kunai nailed the side of Izumi’s ninja sword, causing her sword momentum to deviate, leaving only a gash on Uchiha Hayata’s chest that stained with some crimson blood.
It turned out another Uchiha had acted, and the other two simultaneously gritted their teeth and attacked Izumi.
Izumi could only fight the two of them alone.
The stinging pain in his chest made Uchiha Hayata break out in cold sweat, his heart filled with lingering fear, because he had been just a hair’s breadth from death! The opponent was serious!
This guy… Three-Tomoe Sharingan…
Could she be that half-Uchiha? How did she end up with Uchiha Ikeizumi?!
…
“I can’t… see it at all!” Sasuke, standing behind Uchiha Ikeizumi, watched the suddenly erupting battle in shock.
He couldn’t even see the trajectories of their movements clearly!
If even these people are this strong, then how strong is his brother, who will destroy the Uchiha Clan in the future?
Does he have the ability to stop him from making that mistake in the future?
Amid the shock, Sasuke was filled with confusion and helplessness.
“Meow, the rookie is progressing so fast!” Kijiro had already jumped off her shoulder the moment Izumi moved earlier, and it sighed: “She’s already at Special Jonin level, right? Too bad her ninjutsu talent isn’t high; she’s too specialized. If her ninjutsu talent were a bit higher, she’d probably be even stronger now, meow.”
“She’s actually this strong…” Naruto was also quite dumbfounded.
In his stereotypical impression, this girl who was probably only a few years older than him seemed like Teacher Ikeizumi’s secretary or assistant.
Normally just following behind Teacher Ikeizumi to record some notes, basically like a clerical worker.
But now it seems…
His stereotypical impression of Uchiha Izumi was completely unreliable.
“Meow, but fighting one against three… she’s still a bit strained.” Kijiro licked its paw and said: “Two of these guys have Two-Tomoe Sharingan, one has One-Tomoe Sharingan, and they’re all battle-experienced adults. The rookie has Three-Tomoe Sharingan and has received several gifts of justice, but she’s ultimately just a genin who graduated from the Ninja Academy not long ago.”
“And if it affects those contraband drugs, that’d be bad. If the powder flies everywhere, it’ll be a mess, meow.”
With that said.
Just as Kijiro was about to step forward to help, suddenly, it saw a foot step out from the side.
Kijiro was stunned.
Looking up, it could only see Lord Ikeizumi’s tall back.
Kijiro paused, its cat face showing pity—pity for those three Uchihas.
“Meow, looks like no chance to show off in front of that kid. With Lord Ikeizumi personally stepping in, there probably won’t even be intact corpses.”
…
“Phew… these three have great coordination!” After Izumi forced one back with a sword strike, she also threw out several shuriken, forcing the other two to pause their movements.
This allowed her to catch her breath.
“The justice gifts Senior mentioned earlier really boosted my stamina and chakra amount significantly. So I won’t pass out after activating Three-Tomoe Sharingan.”
“But… fighting three coordinated Uchiha ninjas, with just my current self, is it still a bit too much?”
Just as Izumi gritted her teeth, preparing to use Sharingan Illusion Technique again, she suddenly felt her rear collar being grabbed.
Before she could react, her feet left the ground uncontrollably, and her whole body was dragged backward.
She faintly smelled a familiar scent.
—It’s Senior Ikeizumi!!!
Uchiha Ikeizumi, who had picked up the girl and moved her back, released his right hand and glanced forward, seeing the Uchiha ninja Izumi had just forced back now charging with his ninja sword.
However, when the ruthless-faced opponent saw Uchiha Ikeizumi suddenly appear, his eyes also showed astonishment.
Whoosh!!!
A flash of blade light filled this Uchiha ninja’s entire vision. His Two-Tomoe Sharingan didn’t even capture how Uchiha Ikeizumi drew his sword, because in his sight, that sword was still in its sword scabbard!
Uchiha Ikeizumi shifted his step slightly, dodging the opponent’s slash while passing by him.
The Uchiha ninja, whose slash missed, just turned his head in astonishment.
But with that turn of his head, his skull suddenly tilted, a visible ring of bloodline around his neck growing thicker, and crimson blood surged out, staining his upper body’s clothes.
Uzumaki Naruto’s cry of alarm rang out at the same time.
A large head with a frozen astonished expression rolled to the ground, blood spurting skyward from the headless corpse, splattering dense clusters of blood plums on the ceiling of the underground secret room.
“Naoto!!!” Uchiha Hayata shouted in horror.
But before his horror could last half a second, he was shocked to see his other companion seemingly witnessing something weird, suddenly screaming in terror and dodging rapidly to one side.
And the direction he dodged was right where Uchiha Ikeizumi stood, essentially throwing himself right into his arms!
This made Uchiha Hayata instantly realize his companion had fallen for Uchiha Ikeizumi’s Sharingan Illusion Technique!
He hadn’t even noticed when Uchiha Ikeizumi had activated his Sharingan!
“Tadashi! Snap out of it!” Uchiha Hayata hurriedly shouted: “What you’re seeing is an illusion! It’s fake!!!”
But it was already too late.
Uchiha Ikeizumi’s ninja sword casually sliced across the opponent’s neck. A head uncontrollably slid downward, massive blood gushing from the neck!
In less than five seconds, one Two-Tomoe Sharingan Uchiha and one One-Tomoe Sharingan Uchiha had lost all signs of life.
Uchiha Hayata’s eyes were wide, pupils trembling as he watched his childhood playmates and partners beheaded; his hands gripping the ninja sword trembled violently.
“We… we were all for the Uchiha Clan’s future… So the village wouldn’t ostracize the Uchiha, we worked hard to accumulate funds for the coup—what’s wrong with that?!”
Uchiha Hayata’s eyes were bloodshot, the intense emotional stimulation causing his Two-Tomoe Sharingan to evolve.
“Uchiha Ikeizumi, someone like you… is a traitor to the Uchiha Clan! You’ve betrayed your bloodline! You’re even more detestable than the Hokage’s lapdogs!!!”
The two tomoe in his eyes visibly turned into three tomoe.
At this moment.
Uchiha Hayata felt that everything he saw before him had become extraordinary. The surging eye power made him sense his own power’s transformation.
The anger and grief on his face instantly turned into a ferocious grin, until he threw his head back laughing, one hand holding his sword, the other stroking his face.
“Heh heh, heh hahaha! Is this the power of the Sharingan evolved to its limit? I’ve finally felt it! Naoto, Tadashi—they didn’t die in vain. I felt the will they entrusted to me before dying! From them, I got the key to unlocking Three-Tomoe Sharingan!”
“Hahahahaha!!!”
“Uchiha Ike…”
Uchiha Hayata, wildly laughing maniacally in delight at the suddenly surging powerful strength, had just moved the hand from his face, redirecting his Three-Tomoe gaze back to Uchiha Ikeizumi ahead… when his words abruptly stopped, the ecstatic joy in his eyes instantly turning to shock and astonishment.
He saw Uchiha Ikeizumi somehow standing within arm’s reach, his right arm fully lava-ized, the lava forming a terrifying, man-eating Lava Demon Dog that blasted toward him!
Uchiha Hayata, through the Three-Tomoe Sharingan’s super dynamic vision, captured Uchiha Ikeizumi’s movement trajectory.
However…
He was shocked to find his body hadn’t reacted in time!
The glow from the lava had already lit up the front of his body.
The close-range heat made all his body hair curl up.
‘Move! Move already, damn it!!!’
Uchiha Hayata roared madly inside, trying to urge his body to act, but the moment he finally moved to dodge, the hellish man-eating Lava Demon Dog had already punched through his chest!
—Boom!!!
The ninja vest was fragile, unable to block even 0.01 seconds, as the Lava Demon Dog burst out from Uchiha Hayata’s back and blasted a massive lava hole in the underground secret room’s wall!
Uchiha Hayata’s scarlet eyes trembled wildly.
“Puh… puwah!!!” He vomited out large mouthfuls of blood that had been baked into clumps by the heat.
Even around the lava-pierced chest, flames were still burning!
All the strength in his body was instantly drained.
Uchiha Hayata’s face was full of despair and confusion. He had awakened Three-Tomoe Sharingan in grief and rage—why was he still instantly killed by the opponent?
This…
Is this Uchiha Ikeizumi’s Lava Release?
Isn’t it a bit too strong…
When Uchiha Ikeizumi withdrew his lava arm, Uchiha Hayata’s eyes were already lifeless, his whole body collapsing forward powerlessly to the ground, completely devoid of life.
【Ding! You have successfully executed three acts of Absolute Justice! Your chakra amount has gained a small boost! Congratulations, you have obtained: “Full eye power of a pair of Two-Tomoe Sharingan”, “Konoha Flow Sword Technique Experience Book×10”, “Complete list of Konoha contraband drugs smuggling and trafficking personnel”!】
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“Three-Tomoe Sharingan…”
“Dead just like that…”
Sasuke, who witnessed the whole thing, stared in shock and daze at the massive lava hole occupying half the wall, with lava still slowly dripping down beside it.
As one of the Uchiha Clan members, how could Sasuke not know how powerful the Three-Tomoe Sharingan was?
Even he, stimulated to activate only One-Tomoe Sharingan, felt nearly invincible at the Ninja Academy.
Sasuke even had vague thoughts of challenging that guy named Neji Hyuga.
One-Tomoe Sharingan was already like that.
Let alone Three-Tomoe?
However.
Yet such powerful eyes were so vulnerable in front of Uchiha Ikeizumi. When he thought a deadly battle was about to unfold and felt a bit worried for Uchiha Ikeizumi… the “battle” ended abruptly.
“Hm? Who’s there?!” Suddenly, Izumi tensed up with a sense of something, quickly turning her head. Her voice and action startled Naruto and Sasuke.
The two kids immediately turned around too, seeing a masked man standing behind them with one hand in his pocket.
Izumi was stunned: “…Anbu?”
“Ahem!” Kakashi, who had followed, coughed awkwardly.
He noticed Uchiha Ikeizumi’s gaze shifting toward him too, so to avoid unnecessary misunderstanding, he simply removed the Anbu mask, revealing half his face with the covering.
Glancing at the three corpses on the ground, Kakashi decisively explained: “Hokage sent me to supervise Uzumaki Naruto. I heard noises from outside… got a bit worried, so I came down to see what happened.”
Kakashi somewhat regretted impulsively coming down.
But he found Uchiha Ikeizumi directly ignoring him.
Uchiha Ikeizumi held a palm-sized notebook from who-knows-where and tossed it directly to Izumi.
Izumi caught it in a fluster.
“Senior, this is?”
“The list.” Uchiha Ikeizumi said: “Today’s hit list.”
Izumi: “???”
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