Chapter 36: Senior Ikeizumi Is Clearly Upholding Justice!
Right now, even Anbu probably hasn’t tallied it up clearly. As for the Secret Research Base, no one knows exactly how many people were killed or injured there tonight.
But Uchiha Ikeizumi knows.
A total of sixty-three people died!
The numbers of Anbu Ninjas and researchers were almost split evenly.
Under the scouring of the lava flood, most of the Secret Research Base was “cleansed” by the scorching lava. He didn’t leave a single Red Name—except for the Anbu Ninjas who arrived later.
The “rewards” that those researchers in the Secret Research Base brought to Uchiha Ikeizumi were all “research knowledge,” with the vast majority related to Sharingan and Wood Style Cells.
In addition, there were many human experimentation research results that made even Uchiha Ikeizumi frown upon seeing them.
This made him feel like his mind had become tainted.
However, the “rewards” from the Red Name Anbu Ninjas were much more normal—things like Ninjutsu or Taijutsu Experience Books.
“Also, Teacher Shinnosuke’s ‘inheritance’.”
“S-rank Sealing Technique… Three-Way Seal.”
There was not a trace of a smile on Uchiha Ikeizumi’s face. No matter which time a reward dropped from a Red Name, he wouldn’t feel surprised, nor would he feel joy from it.
The more Red Names there are in the Ninja World, the stronger he can become in executing justice, but this also means the Ninja World is becoming increasingly terminally ill.
Uchiha Ikeizumi removed his outfit.
He walked into the bathroom.
He turned the faucet.
He let the scalding hot water, hot enough to burn an ordinary person’s skin, pour freely over himself.
Uchiha Ikeizumi opened a pair of blood-red Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
Even as the scalding hot water dripped into his eyes.
It was completely fine.
“Teacher Shinnosuke, when justice is limited to the stance of Konoha Village, it is no longer justice. Only by「 Absolute Justice」 purging the entire Ninja World will the Ninja World stop producing more people like you who are trapped in the Abyss without knowing it.”
He murmured.
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The next day.
Early morning.
Senior Izumi was startled awake by a nightmare again. This time, she dreamed that the Hokage gave an order, leading thousands of Anbu Ninjas to capture her and Senior Ikeizumi.
What awaited her and Senior Ikeizumi was the village’s harshest torture!
Even her mother, who depended on her for life, was implicated in the matter and became one of the village’s prisoners.
Then…
Senior Izumi was scared awake.
The moment she woke up, she quickly got up. She pulled open the curtains and cautiously looked outside the window, finding no Anbu Ninjas surveilling her, and only then did she heave a sigh of relief.
“It was a dream!”
Senior Izumi felt lingering fear.
She patted her cheeks, quickly washed up, changed clothes, ate breakfast, said goodbye to her mother Uchiha Hazuki, and the moment she stepped out the door, she suddenly thought of something.
“Hiss!”
“Senior Ikeizumi didn’t say last night where we were supposed to meet!”
Should she go to the Ichiraku Ramen Shop that Senior Ikeizumi mentioned a few days ago?
What if the senior isn’t there?
Hmm…
“Better to go to the senior’s house.” Senior Izumi decided to go ask some of the uncles and aunts in the Uchiha Compound.
After all, the Uchiha Compound isn’t that big; she should be able to find out where the senior lives!
However.
Senior Izumi suddenly noticed that the atmosphere in the Uchiha Compound was off.
Early in the morning, many people were gathering in twos and threes.
These people seemed to be intensely discussing something.
Out of curiosity, Senior Izumi went over to eavesdrop.
“I heard the Hokage’s Eldest Son died… Do you know if this news is true or fake? A lot of people have been talking about it this morning, and I heard the one who killed the Third Son is Uchiha Ikeizumi!”
“Who knows? I just heard about it not long ago.”
“Uchiha Ikeizumi… This guy, he killed Root Ninjas before, and now he killed the Hokage’s Eldest Son. I think this guy supports us Uchiha rebelling against the higher-ups, right?”
“But I heard that several radical Elders led by Elder Setsuna once extended an Olive Branch to him, but he refused.”
“By the way, Uchiha Ikeizumi killed the Hokage’s Eldest Son. The village won’t use this as an excuse to make a move on us Uchiha, will they?”
“Tch, that annoying guy really knows how to stir up trouble…”
“…”
Senior Izumi listened in, sweating profusely.
Oh no!
How did last night’s incident spread so inexplicably?
It had only been one night plus half a morning.
Senior Izumi instinctively felt something was wrong, like someone had deliberately leaked it to the villagers, but she had no evidence.
Senior Izumi walked and stopped along the way, finally asking where Uchiha Ikeizumi lived.
“This is Senior Ikeizumi’s home?”
She doubtfully looked up at the unremarkable two-story house in front of her.
It felt a bit too plain.
“You’re quite early today, rookie.” A sudden voice nearly startled Senior Izumi.
She turned around to look.
And saw that Senior Ikeizumi had somehow appeared behind her!
Senior Izumi hurriedly replied, “I’ve already got zero points in Senior Ikeizumi’s mind. If I’m late again, I’ll probably get negative points. So… so I wanted to head out early.”
Uchiha Ikeizumi nodded and said, “Let’s go.”
“Yes, Senior!”
Senior Izumi carefully followed behind Uchiha Ikeizumi. She was a bit worried that Senior Ikeizumi would hear some unfriendly discussions from clan members, and her worry soon came true.
She and the senior passed by several Uchiha Clan Ninjas, who seemed so engrossed in their discussion that they didn’t notice the two of them.
The discussion was nothing more than rumors from last night.
As Senior Izumi passed by, her delicate eyebrows suddenly furrowed.
After glancing worriedly at the senior’s back, she suddenly gritted her teeth, turned around, and said, “What are you all saying! Senior Ikeizumi didn’t kill the Hokage’s son for no reason! He’s not some murder demon! He was executing justice!”
Oh no… This is bad…
Senior Izumi nearly stopped breathing; she had never thought she would impulsively argue with others without thinking.
When she realized the several Uchiha Ninjas who were debating turned puzzled gazes toward her.
Senior Izumi broke out in cold sweat.
But…
Those Uchiha Ninjas were even more nervous than her; their faces stiffened one by one because they finally noticed Uchiha Ikeizumi was right in front of them!
At this point, Senior Izumi had gone all in. She said, “The Hokage… the Hokage’s Eldest Son was in charge of a Secret Research Base! And he conducted many shady experiments!
“He even killed Konoha Village volunteers who willingly became test subjects! He abducted many war orphans as test subjects! His hands are stained with blood, and his soul has long been corroded by sin!”
“Good is good, bad is bad! He was bad! Even if he was the Hokage’s Eldest Son, that… can’t change the fact! Even the Hokage’s Eldest Son himself admitted it!”
“A person like that has been free in Konoha, and no one ever dared to bring him to justice.”
“Don’t you think that’s tragic, yet you’re saying Senior Ikeizumi killed randomly?”
“What the hell are you all doing!!!”
Done…
She’s done for!
Senior Izumi realized that in her impulsive defense of the senior.
She had unintentionally revealed some things that seemed like secrets.
Hiss.
She seemed to have ruined the Hokage’s Eldest Son’s reputation too.
The things she just said probably won’t…
Spread throughout Konoha in the blink of an eye, right?
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