Chapter 30: The Light Of “volcanic Eruption” Illuminates Konoha
Sarutobi Shinnosuke truly felt a chill of terror, as many secrets buried deep in his heart were laid bare in front of Uchiha Ikeizumi, just like a naked man with no cover at all.
It was as if while he was doing those things, this guy Uchiha Ikeizumi had been secretly observing him in the shadows all along!
He even felt that this possibility was very real.
Otherwise, how else to explain how Uchiha Ikeizumi knew so much?
You have to know…
The “secrets” that Uchiha Ikeizumi spoke of, Sarutobi Shinnosuke had never told anyone, not even his wife, not even the old man, and not even some of his subordinates.
“Uchiha Ikeizumi! You…”
But before Sarutobi Shinnosuke could get a word out, an intense sensation of deathly suffocation surged into his heart in an instant.
Because a head-sized lava bomb suddenly burst toward him!
He decisively shut his mouth, gripping the ninja sword hilt tightly with both hands, as a layer of deep blue chakra clung to the ninja sword’s blade.
“Hah!!!”
Sarutobi Shinnosuke slashed down with one strike, splitting the rapidly approaching lava bomb in two.
Just as he wanted to swing again, he suddenly felt something wrong with the sensation in his hand.
Glancing over, his pupils contracted slightly.
The ninja sword…
Broke!
Even with chakra clinging to the ninja sword, it couldn’t withstand the terrifying high temperature of Uchiha Ikeizumi’s Lava Release lava?
He immediately looked ahead, only to find that Uchiha Ikeizumi wasn’t charging over, but was half-crouching on the ground, one hand slightly lowered, fingertips lightly touching the ground—as if in that brief instant just now, he had already formed the seals.
“Lava Release…”
“Volcanic Marsh.”
A weird “gurgle gurgle” sound entered his ears, and under the horrified gazes of Sarutobi Shinnosuke and the group of Anbu ninjas, the ground centered on Uchiha Ikeizumi’s feet began to rapidly melt from some unknown high temperature, turning into lava!
In almost the blink of an eye, even though Sarutobi Shinnosuke was over twenty meters away from Uchiha Ikeizumi, he noticed a faint reddish glow appearing on the ground under his feet.
“Bad! Retreat!!!”
The instant Sarutobi Shinnosuke decisively gave the order, he led the Anbu ninjas around him in a rapid retreat.
But one Anbu was half a step too late.
He did retreat, but when his feet landed on the ground, this Anbu ninja suddenly lost his balance, his face changing drastically.
“Ah! Hiss!!!”
An indescribable sharp pain came from his ankles, making him hurriedly support himself against the wall while panic-strickenly looking down.
“My feet… are gone…”
In his line of sight, both his feet had vanished at some point! Faint blue smoke rose from the broken ankles, filling the air with the pungent smell of charred meat!
“Captain Shinnosuke! I…”
This Anbu ninja panicked.
However.
Sarutobi Shinnosuke could no longer afford to worry about his subordinate’s injuries, because he discovered that Uchiha Ikeizumi’s terrifying Lava Release power was rapidly destroying this secret research base!
The lava’s horrifying temperature was not only melting the ground underfoot, but even the surrounding walls.
Massive holes had been melted into the walls on both sides of the passage.
Even the metal on the walls was burning with raging flames.
Even from a distance, it made Sarutobi Shinnosuke and the others sweat profusely from the heat.
The temperature here was too high!!!
“Captain Shinnosuke! The lava is acting strange!” One Anbu ninja keenly spotted the abnormality—the bubbling “gurgle gurgle” lava ahead seemed to be surging upward continuously, as if something terrifying was about to burst out.
He was right.
The next second.
—Boom!!!
A terrifying lava flood erupted upward like a volcano, instantly melting everything above their heads.
Under the Anbu ninjas’ horrified gazes, the secret research base was blasted open with a massive hole by the lava!
From the perspective outside the base, a beam of crimson lava could be seen suddenly bursting out of the dense forest and shooting into the sky!
It wasn’t until it reached a hundred meters in the air that the lava turned into a shower of “rain flows,” scattering and falling in all directions below.
But the falling lava bombs were not powerless raindrops!
When a fist-sized lump of lava came down.
An indescribable impact instantly exploded like an explosive tag, blasting a huge hole above the secret research base! It shattered the rocks above the base, exposing the building’s surface.
And such powerful lava bombs…
Looking out.
Numbered in the hundreds!
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Now, it was just past eight in the evening, the time when nightlife was just beginning.
Many Konoha villagers had just finished dinner and wanted to go out for a stroll to digest their food.
But they suddenly saw…
A very conspicuous beam of reddish light shooting up into the sky outside the village.
Then, that beam of light scattered like fireworks.
As if illuminating half of Konoha Village with a faint glow.
“What is that?” A civilian gazed doubtfully into the distance: “Someone setting off fireworks outside the village? Such huge fireworks…”
Someone nearby disagreed: “Do fireworks look like that? It looks more like a volcanic eruption.”
“What are you kidding? Where’s a volcano near Konoha?”
“It’s just fireworks! But, is there some kind of celebration lately? How come I haven’t heard? Without a big occasion, no need for such huge fireworks, right? And they’re setting them off outside the village—what’s that about?!”
“……”
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Besides these civilians who couldn’t use ninjutsu, many ninjas in the village also saw the abnormality in the distance.
Inside the Uchiha Clan Compound.
A flash of surprise passed through Uchiha Mikoto’s beautiful eyes as she said to her husband beside her: “Fugaku, that looks like… lava? Just like a suddenly erupting volcano.”
“……Yeah.”
Fugaku looked up at the distant night sky, his expression slightly grim as he nodded faintly: “If I’m not mistaken, it should be Ikeizumi. With Ikeizumi’s personality, he wouldn’t make such a big commotion for no reason. He’s outside the village, probably encountered a strong enemy.”
“Phew, I need to head out. You stay home and take care of Sasuke.”
Fugaku had already turned back into the house to put on his Police Force uniform.
He explained as he spoke: “Although Ikeizumi and I have many disagreements, there’s one thing I admire about him. He can always see through the ‘sins’ a person has committed, and he’s never been wrong once, never wronged anyone.”
“Over these years, neither the Fourth Hokage nor the Third Hokage has been able to do anything to him, because they couldn’t find any excuse against Uchiha Ikeizumi.”
“After Ikeizumi kills someone, he throws the corpse to us, and we pass it to the Yamanaka Clan. The Yamanaka Clan always finds some horrifying sinful secrets on the corpses.”
Hearing this, Uchiha Mikoto hesitated: “So, he’s probably fighting against evildoers right now?”
“Yeah.”
Fugaku had already changed into his Police Force uniform, his expression steady as he said: “No matter what, he’s still a member of the Police Force. As Captain of the Police Force, I must lead people to support him.”
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