Chapter 6: Our Uchiha Clan Is “thriving”!
The criminal and the victim’s corpse were both carried back single-handedly by Izumi. Along the way, she didn’t know how many people stared at her with strange looks, making Izumi so embarrassed that she didn’t dare to lift her head the entire time.
Fortunately, no one misunderstood her because of it, possibly because of the Uchiha Clan attire she was wearing, which avoided some trouble.
After finally mustering the courage to rush back to the Uchiha Police Force station…
After finally seeing Senior Ikeizumi again.
Izumi’s emotions, which had been tense like a taut string, finally relaxed quite a bit.
But…
Soon she noticed that all sorts of gazes from many seniors in the Uchiha Police Force were focused entirely on her.
This feeling of being stared at like a rare animal was something Izumi had truly experienced once before.
This made her inevitably tense up again.
“Put the corpse here and hand it over to them; someone will take care of it. Now, come with me to see the Clan Head.” Senior Ikeizumi’s cold voice fell into Izumi’s ears, unexpectedly giving her a sense of relief and security.
The inexplicable tension also dissipated quite a bit.
It felt like she suddenly had a backbone to rely on.
“Yes, Senior!!!”
Izumi hurriedly responded.
As Uchiha Ikeizumi walked into the Police Force Headquarters, he asked the black long straight-haired girl behind him without turning his head: “As a member of the Uchiha Police Force, if you encounter a resisting ordinary criminal during law enforcement, what would you do?”
This is…
Is Senior Ikeizumi testing my theory knowledge?
Izumi gained a bit of confidence.
To join the Uchiha Police Force, she had spent a full month memorizing the entire Police Force code of conduct manual, not missing a single word.
Naturally, she had passed the theoretical written exam to qualify for the Uchiha Police Force recruitment assessment.
And…
She had passed with a perfect score!
She clearly remembered the manual stating—during law enforcement, if an ordinary person resists arrest, appropriate control can be applied depending on the severity of the situation.
In simple terms, for those who resist mildly, gentle control can be used; for those who resist excessively, some violent means can be employed, but at most just making the criminal eat dirt.
After all, the criminal is just an ordinary person.
Not a relatively dangerous ninja.
“First try to use milder means to control…” Izumi quickly gave a standard answer.
But just as she said half of it.
She suddenly froze.
Because she recalled what Senior Ikeizumi did today during law enforcement to the short man who tried to sneak away, which seemed completely different from the content in the Police Force code of conduct manual.
Izumi swallowed her words. She always felt that Senior Ikeizumi wasn’t the type of enforcer who followed rules strictly, so she changed her answer and weakly said: “Maybe use some more violent means?”
Just then, Uchiha Ikeizumi paused his steps slightly, because Uchiha Fugaku’s office in the Police Force Headquarters had arrived.
Uchiha Ikeizumi said indifferently: “Rookie, I hope the reason you gave that answer isn’t to flatter me. Remember, 「Absolute Justice」 comes from absolute law enforcement intensity. The intensity of law enforcement varies in different times.”
“Now… is the moment when the Ninja World is most severely eroded by ‘evil.’ In chaotic times, heavy codes are needed. Even for minor ‘evil,’ we must strike with iron fists and show no leniency.”
Answered…
Answered correctly.
Although this answer wasn’t the standard one from the code of conduct manual.
However…
Izumi always felt that Senior Ikeizumi’s ideas were too extreme. She believed the Ninja World’s chaotic times had long ended; the Third Shinobi World War had been over for several years, and the Nine-Tails incident had also passed for several years.
The current Ninja World still had some minor frictions, but it wasn’t at the level of chaotic times, right?
At least…
Taking the Uchiha Clan as an example, wasn’t everyone thriving? Weren’t days getting better and better?
Senior Ikeizumi seemed a bit too pessimistic!
Of course.
The thoughts in her mind, she only dared to filter through internally. She absolutely wouldn’t dare say them out loud.
Knock!
Knock!
Knock!
The knocked door interrupted Izumi’s thoughts. When Fugaku’s steady and powerful “Come in” voice came from inside, Uchiha Ikeizumi brought the slightly nervous girl through the door.
“Ikeizumi? And… Uchiha Izumi?” Fugaku was slightly stunned.
“You speak.” Uchiha Ikeizumi casually said it, then found a chair to sit down. He crossed his legs, boredly rubbing and playing with the chair armrest that was almost polished to a shine.
“Ah?”
When Fugaku’s gaze fell on Izumi, she realized that Senior Ikeizumi was speaking to her.
And Clan Head Fugaku seemed accustomed to Senior Ikeizumi’s somewhat impolite behavior.
Because Senior Ikeizumi hadn’t even greeted Clan Head Fugaku!
Could there be some conflict between them?
A strange thought flashed through her mind, and Izumi hurriedly said: “Lord Fugaku, today I was with Senior Ikeizumi…”
Thus.
Izumi had no choice but to recount today’s events in detail.
Fugaku listened with furrowed brows, showing an expression almost identical to the Third Hokage’s.
“Ikeizumi, your actions are a bit too extreme.” Fugaku sighed, his face turning serious as he said in a deep voice: “This is exactly why the village is wary of us Uchiha. I know you’re enforcing justice and have your own views on justice. But sometimes, justice needs to be tempered by the times.”
“You should also be aware… the village has become increasingly distant from the Uchiha, right? Our Uchiha Clan has even been forced to relocate to the village’s outermost edge, with no further retreat possible, so we can only take some measures to salvage a bit of our reputation.”
“But you doing this…”
Looking at Uchiha Ikeizumi, this young Uchiha Jonin, Fugaku felt a headache coming on.
He thought Uchiha Ikeizumi was excellent, having awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan very early, with the very special “Lava Release,” the only dual bloodline limit ninja in the Uchiha Clan.
Perhaps this child could one day awaken the legendary Mangekyo Sharingan.
Becoming another pillar of the Uchiha Clan.
But…
This excellent Uchiha’s ideals clashed with his own.
No!
Uchiha Ikeizumi’s Absolute Justice ideology even clashed with the entire Uchiha.
Whether it was the hawks who advocated clashing head-on with the village to the end, even wanting him, the Clan Head, to plot a coup; or the doves who advocated negotiations with the village leadership to peacefully resolve issues… none shared common ground with Uchiha Ikeizumi.
Because Uchiha Ikeizumi’s justice stance wasn’t on the side of the Uchiha Clan, but on the side of the “principle” and “justice” in his heart.
He formed his own faction single-handedly within the Uchiha Clan.
That’s why he was solitary.
That’s why he didn’t fit in.
Uchiha Ikeizumi lifted his eyelids, meeting the gaze of this famous 「fierce-eyed Fugaku」, and said: “You want me to show some consideration, selectively compromise during justice enforcement to ease relations with the village, right?”
Fugaku said: “No need to put it so harshly.”
But he tacitly agreed.
“My style won’t change. Instead of advising me to restrain myself, you should control your beast of a son. It’d be best if he saw a psychologist; I think it’s very necessary.” Words not matching led to no further talk, and Uchiha Ikeizumi stood up to leave.
Fugaku’s expression stiffened.
Insulting a father’s child right in front of him.
Even Uchiha Fugaku couldn’t help but feel a surge of anger.
But…
This kind of thing seemed to have happened many times already. For some reason, Uchiha Ikeizumi just couldn’t stand Itachi.
Once, he had even attacked Itachi; if Shisui hadn’t been there, Itachi might have been in trouble.
Fugaku’s face darkened as he stared at Uchiha Ikeizumi’s departing back.
Izumi was completely dumbfounded, looking left and right.
She could feel the tense atmosphere in the office, and Clan Head Fugaku’s suppressed anger; she even secretly glimpsed his quietly clenched fist.
She didn’t know why Senior Ikeizumi had such a big issue with the Clan Head’s son.
Huh?
Wait!
The Clan Head Fugaku’s son… isn’t that Itachi and Sasuke?
Izumi was stunned.
She seemed to have chosen a formidable assessment officer.
Future looks worrying!
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