Chapter 84: That’s Just How We Konoha Commoners Are
“I heard that Plague God from the Uchiha Clan got into another fight last night. Even the Yamanaka Clan Residence was destroyed, and now the Yamanaka Clan is temporarily staying at the Nara Clan!”
“The commotion last night was really huge… It scared me so much I couldn’t sleep all night.”
“Hokage should just kick out guys like Uchiha Ikeizumi who disrupt the order in the village! Why does his so-called law enforcement have to disturb our rest?”
“Hey, you wouldn’t have done something wrong and are afraid of being caught by Uchiha Ikeizumi, so you’re saying this, right?”
“I heard quite a few people died in that battle last night…”
“Jeez, this group of ninjas only knows how to fight among themselves.”
“…”
“Spreads so fast!” Senior Izumi sighed, while also gritting her teeth in complaint: “Senior Ikeizumi has always been upholding justice in the Ninja World, and he hasn’t done anything to these people who haven’t committed any crimes. Why do they talk about the senior like this?”
Kijiro said, “Every household in Konoha has a TV these years, and what happened last night was on the morning news. Rookie, as a trainee member of the Police Force, don’t you know to watch TV and newspapers for information?”
“As for these people running their mouths… Haven’t you met these Konoha troublemakers for the first time? They always believe every rumor they hear, otherwise Hatake Sakumo wouldn’t have been driven to death by public opinion back then.”
Just as Senior Izumi was about to mutter something, a familiar figure not far ahead caught her attention.
“Ah—it’s Senior Ikeizumi!!!”
Senior Izumi finally saw Uchiha Ikeizumi. She hurriedly ran over, then silently counted the time.
Realizing she had barely avoided being late.
She finally breathed a sigh of relief.
“Eh?”
But he soon noticed that Senior Ikeizumi was carrying a half-grown kid with a head of blond hair.
Isn’t this…
“Uzumaki Naruto?!” Senior Izumi looked in surprise at Naruto, who had a face full of despair and helplessness. She remembered this unlucky kid had been thrown into Konoha Prison by Senior Ikeizumi, right? How could he be here?
“Senior, he…”
“Third Hokage used the Hokage’s special pardon authority to release him.” Uchiha Ikeizumi held Naruto with one hand and said expressionlessly.
Naruto had a mournful little face, with a collapsing expression, anxiously saying, “Grandpa Hokage has already specially pardoned me, and I haven’t caused any trouble recently. Please let me off this time… I really know I was wrong, and Grandpa Hokage has criticized me too…”
Naruto hadn’t expected himself to be so unlucky.
It was finally the weekend with no school, and he had wanted to go out to buy the limited edition instant noodles he had longed for.
Who would have thought…
Early in the morning, he ran into the person he least wanted to see in his life!
The key was that the other party had also spotted him!
So…
Since Naruto failed to escape, it turned into this situation.
However, under Uchiha Ikeizumi’s gaze, Naruto’s voice grew smaller and smaller, until it was as faint as a mosquito’s.
Only because the pressure Uchiha Ikeizumi brought him was countless times greater than the pressure Grandpa Hokage brought him.
Naruto already had psychological trauma.
“It seems under the protection of the corrupt Third Hokage, Konoha Prison can’t hold you.” Uchiha Ikeizumi’s one sentence not only didn’t let Naruto breathe a sigh of relief, but instead made his little face turn pale.
No… If he’s not locking me up in prison, does that mean he’s just going to simply kill me?
Naruto’s legs went weak from fear.
When Uchiha Ikeizumi let go of his hand, and Naruto fell to the ground with a “plop,” he was already scared silly, slumped on the ground motionless.
“Uzumaki Naruto, do you see this street?” Uchiha Ikeizumi said indifferently: “Starting today, come here at this time, and you alone are responsible for cleaning the entire street. The duration is six months; if you miss even one day in six months, clean for another six months.”
“Small evils are still evils. Yours don’t warrant death, but if you don’t learn a lesson, your small evils will one day turn into great evils. Once that day comes, I will kill you without hesitation.”
Uchiha Ikeizumi never believed in the path of the original plot.
His existence had already stirred up enough hurricanes in the Ninja World.
Under the interweaving of countless butterfly effects, could Uzumaki Naruto really be like in the original? Could he really follow the original plot’s development?
Rather than letting Uzumaki Naruto develop into Minato Namikaze.
Better to correct it now with absolute means.
Eliminate all possibilities.
Naruto was stunned for a moment, his teary eyes blinked, and almost instinctively asked: “Not… not killing me?”
As soon as this question came out, Naruto wished he could slap himself.
Aaaah, why did I have to open my mouth!
Uchiha Ikeizumi glanced at him and slowly said: “「Absolute Justice」 is not Blind Justice that kills without asking reasons. Blind Justice only turns justice into a disaster more terrifying than villains. With your past small evils and a blank future of evils, labor reform punishment is already the limit.”
Naruto listened in a daze.
…
At the same time, a group of people entered Konoha through the Konoha Gate.
“Envoy, please go ahead to the Konoha reception inn to rest. I’ll go notify Hokage first.” A ninja said to a young man dressed in luxurious clothes with a plump face.
The young man was sweating profusely from the heat, fanning himself with a folding fan and complaining: “Shouldn’t you have known long ago that I was arriving in Konoha today?”
The ninja lowered his head apologetically: “Mainly because there have been many upheavals inside Konoha these past few days. Hokage might have overlooked some aspects while handling official duties day and night.”
“Very sorry, Envoy. Hokage will surely come to welcome you personally with apologies soon.”
The young man narrowed his eyes but didn’t say more.
Ninjas are ultimately the absolute military controllers of this world.
The Daimyo only plays the role of stabilizing the economy and order.
Falling out with ninjas absolutely won’t end well.
“Wait.” The young man suddenly changed the subject, rubbing the fingertip of his free hand with interest: “Where’s Konoha’s casino? Point me the way, I’ll go take a look.”
“Casino…”
The Konoha ninja’s eyelid twitched. Recalling Elder Koharu’s instructions, he hurriedly said: “Envoy, please absolutely do not approach Konoha’s casino or places like the bathhouse.”
The young man frowned tightly: “Why!?”
“Because…” The Konoha ninja took a deep breath: “There’s a very special ninja in the village. If he encounters you, Envoy, he might without hesitation…”
“…kill you!”
The young man: “…? ? ?”
“You Konoha… have ninjas daring to kill the envoy sent by the Daimyo?!”
A middle-aged man dressed as a vassal interjected in disbelief: “You mean such a dangerous person is wandering around the streets? Hey, why don’t you arrest this guy?”
“If he dares to harm the Envoy, can your Konoha Village bear the responsibility?”
The Konoha ninja’s mouth twitched. How would he know why Hokage was so indulgent toward Uchiha Ikeizumi?
Helplessly, he could only explain: “Konoha doesn’t arrest ninjas without cause who haven’t broken the law. Moreover, the person I mentioned is one of Konoha’s enforcers.”
The young Daimyo’s Envoy gripped his folding fan, a faint unease in his heart making him frown and ask: “What’s that person’s name?”
“Uchiha Ikeizumi.” The Konoha ninja answered.
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