Chapter 136: Bad Seed Nurtured In Evil Soil! Justice Cannot Compromise!
“I was just continuing to monitor the Jinchuriki, I didn’t expect something like this to happen… that child, if I remember correctly, she’s the unfortunate child from the Sarutobi Clan from last night, isn’t she?”
At the Ninja Academy, Kakashi, hidden in the shadows, gazed at a corpse that was growing cold not far away.
“Sigh… I wish she and Uzumaki Naruto were in the same class.”
Kakashi didn’t know why he felt a pang of self-reproach.
Perhaps, it was because he felt he had the chance to save her.
After all, as an elite Jonin of the Anbu, if he saw a child wanting to commit suicide, he could always save them. The problem was, he didn’t see it when she took her own life.
Kakashi’s eye was clouded with gloom: “Did she choose to commit suicide because she remembered past traumas? But why choose the Ninja Academy as the location…”
Kakashi couldn’t understand, and he was supposed to be monitoring Naruto from the shadows, so it wasn’t convenient for him to show himself.
He could only silently observe the happenings at the Ninja Academy, watching all the teachers with anxious expressions.
And…
Watching Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke standing not far from the corpse of Sakurako Sarutobi!
“Using a kunai to cut her own throat…” Sasuke stared at the bloodstained kunai clutched in Sakurako Sarutobi’s hand, unable to imagine the resolve it took to inflict such harm upon oneself: “She must have been incredibly sad before she died. Because on her face, there are still two clear tear streaks.”
“Tch! It’s a shame these Ninja Academy teachers aren’t letting us get too close.”
Sasuke pouted unhappily, feeling that as the second son of the Uchiha Clan Head, even though he wasn’t in the Police Force, he was familiar with some of their procedures.
If he could examine it closely.
Perhaps he might discover something new.
“Dead last, what do you think?” Sasuke said to Naruto beside him.
“I told you not to call me dead last,” Naruto grumbled unhappily before looking to his right, narrowing his sapphire blue eyes, and then saying, “I don’t know if it’s just an illusion, but I have a feeling it has something to do with those guys over there.”
“Those guys?” Sasuke followed Naruto’s gaze and saw a few Ninja Academy students, two or three years older than them, watching them from that direction.
When they noticed Naruto and Sasuke’s gazes, they were startled and quickly averted their eyes, pretending to be nonchalant.
Even Sasuke found their reaction somewhat strange.
“Naruto! Sasuke!” Suddenly, both Naruto and Sasuke felt their collars being tightly gripped.
It was as if they were being lifted up, accompanied by a scolding: “Didn’t I tell you not to get so close? The teachers will handle this matter, you two go back to your classroom and study!”
Sasuke struggled, gritting his teeth, “We believe in 「Absolute Justice」, and we have an obligation to participate in the investigation!”
Naruto, with his feet off the ground, also chimed in: “Exactly, Iruka-sensei, hurry up and put us down.”
“No!”
Iruka, with his darker complexion, put on a stern face: “I don’t care what you believe in, but at least in the Ninja Academy, you have to listen to me. This is not some ninja playing house game. Don’t participate in such serious matters with a playful attitude, understand? This is disrespectful to the deceased!”
With that said.
Iruka, while dragging the two of them towards the classroom, turned his head and looked deeply at a female Ninja Academy teacher.
He paused, and suddenly said in a low voice, “Teacher Kaede, this female student is from your class, right? Do you have any clues as to why she inexplicably chose to end her beautiful life?”
Izushima Kaede was startled and shook her head with sadness: “I don’t know either. When she came to the Ninja Academy this morning, she seemed to be in a bad mood. Perhaps… perhaps something happened at home?”
“Is that so…” Iruka nodded: “Although I’m just a newcomer among the Ninja Academy teachers, I’d still like to advise you, senior – as a teacher at the Ninja Academy, you are responsible for every student.”
“When the Police Force Ninjas arrive for the investigation, please, Teacher Kaede, do not conceal anything. This way, the truth can be brought to light, and the deceased child can rest in peace.”
Izushima Kaede suddenly frowned: “Teacher Iruka, what do you mean by that? Are you suspecting that Sakurako did not commit suicide?”
Iruka shook his head: “I didn’t say that.”
He said no more and directly left, dragging Naruto and Sasuke away.
No matter how much the two brats fussed in his hands.
He did not let go.
…
“…Found him!” On the other side, the Anbu Ninja dispatched by Hiruzen Sarutobi had been searching the village for nearly ten minutes before finally spotting Uchiha Ikeizumi.
He took a deep breath and instantly appeared in front of Uchiha Ikeizumi.
After stopping him, to avoid misunderstanding, the Anbu Ninja spoke rapidly: “Uchiha Ikeizumi, the Hokage requires you to handle a special case!”
Kijiro narrowed his cat-like eyes: “The Third Hokage is personally asking Lord Ikeizumi to handle a case? That’s as likely as the sun rising from the west.”
“What kind of case did that old man give this brat?” A sudden female voice startled the Anbu Ninja.
Immediately afterward, he felt a pat on his shoulder.
This made him jump in alarm – as an Anbu Ninja, he hadn’t sensed someone approaching from behind him?
When he turned back warily, he saw Tsunade, one of the Konoha Sannin!
Besides her, there was also her disciple, Shizune.
“Lady Tsunade?” The Anbu Ninja was taken aback. Although he was surprised that Tsunade and her disciple were with Uchiha Ikeizumi, he quickly responded to Tsunade’s question: “It’s related to a child named Sakurako Sarutobi. Shortly after the Hokage sent her to the Ninja Academy… she took her own life at the Ninja Academy, cutting her throat with a kunai.”
Tsunade: “!!!”
Shizune: “!!!”
Uchiha Ikeizumi showed no emotional fluctuation, but Tsunade and Shizune’s eyes widened simultaneously. Tsunade, even more agitated, grabbed the Anbu Ninja’s collar, her terrifying strength lifting the Anbu Ninja entirely.
“What exactly is going on?” Tsunade exuded an extremely dangerous aura, her teeth gritted: “How could that child have had suicidal thoughts?”
The Anbu Ninja broke into a cold sweat, he truly felt the killing intent erupting from a Konoha Sannin at close range.
“I don’t know… nor does the Hokage.”
Driven by a strong survival instinct, he immediately explained: “The Hokage was also very angry upon hearing the news. That’s why he sent me to invite Uchiha Ikeizumi to investigate this matter…”
“Lady Tsunade, calm down…” Shizune held Tonton in one arm and tugged on Tsunade’s clothes with the other.
Tsunade took a deep breath, her face grim, and released her grip.
The Anbu Ninja’s feet finally touched the ground.
“Brat, we must…” Just as she turned to say something to Uchiha Ikeizumi, she found that Uchiha Ikeizumi and his orange ninja cat had already disappeared.
“Shizune! Follow!”
“Yes!”
…
Soon.
Ninja Academy.
Three Uchiha Police Force Ninjas, stationed near the Ninja Academy, had already arrived before Uchiha Ikeizumi.
The teachers at the Ninja Academy would have certainly informed the Sarutobi Clan.
Naturally, they would also inform the Uchiha Police Force.
After all, a life had been lost, and it was a ten-year-old child with many witnesses. Such a matter could not be hidden, nor did the Ninja Academy teachers dare to hide it.
“The deceased, Sakurako Sarutobi, a member of the Sarutobi Clan. Ten years old, female, a fourth-year student at the Ninja Academy. The fatal wound is a laceration on the neck; the cause of death is suffocation and excessive blood loss due to a throat incision.”
One of the three Police Force Ninjas, while crouching to carefully examine the body, said calmly: “The weapon is most likely this kunai in her hand, which is a teaching tool from the Ninja Academy.”
“No other fingerprints were found on the kunai. Judging by the angle of the neck wound, it was indeed self-inflicted.”
“Logically, it can be ruled out as murder and confirmed as suicide. However, I found…”
He said sternly: “There is residual Eye Power from the Sharingan on the deceased, meaning she was under a Sharingan Illusion Technique within the last twenty-four hours!”
A Police Force Ninja responsible for recording paused, frowned, and asked: “Are you sure you’re not mistaken?”
“It’s impossible to be mistaken.” The Uchiha Ninja examining the body said: “I was surprised at first and checked it several more times, but I found no errors.”
The third Police Force Ninja, with his arms crossed, said: “So, the deceased’s suicide has something to do with us Uchiha? But why use the Sharingan’s illusion to control a child from the Sarutobi Clan?”
“And, who within the Uchiha Clan…”
Before he could finish his sentence, a cold voice interrupted him, cutting in: “The residual Eye Power on the deceased is from my Mangekyo Sharingan.”
The three Uchiha Ninjas: “!!!”
All three were suddenly shocked and immediately turned to look in the direction of the voice, seeing Uchiha Ikeizumi!
Uchiha Ikeizumi did not let their astonishment last long: “However, I only used the Sharingan’s illusion to make her forget some psychological shadows she shouldn’t recall. I did not use the illusion to control her into ending her life. Of course, I have no evidence for this statement, so you are free to reasonably suspect I am lying.”
“…We would suspect you least of all,” one of the Police Force Ninjas said, taking a deep breath. “Then the residual Sharingan Eye Power on the deceased can be explained.”
The Police Force Ninja squatting on the ground slowly stood up and said, “Everyone knows that Uchiha Ikeizumi, who believes in 「Absolute Justice」, never speaks lies.”
The Police Force Ninja with his arms crossed also lowered them and did not adopt such a posture in front of Uchiha Ikeizumi.
He looked at Uchiha Ikeizumi and said, “I didn’t expect this would be our first meeting after your return to the village. I wonder if you’ve heard of us three; we were the first to leave the night Uchiha Setsuna held the Clan Meeting.”
“We also exchanged words with your subordinate, Uchiha Izumi. We wanted to meet you if we had the chance. But I never imagined the opportunity would come in such a tragic way.”
Uchiha Ikeizumi did not respond. He walked past the three and stood beside the corpse of Sakurako Sarutobi, which had collapsed on the ground.
He gazed at the young face, marked with two tear streaks and now extremely pale from excessive blood loss.
For some reason.
The three Uchiha Police Force Ninjas nearby could clearly feel a murderous atmosphere pervading the air.
Even though the three of them were Jonin of the Uchiha Clan, elite Uchiha Ninjas within the Police Force.
At this moment.
They could still feel an immense pressure rushing towards them.
To the point that their palms involuntarily began to sweat a little.
This was not because they felt fear in their hearts.
It was their bodies sending instinctive signals.
This was completely uncontrollable.
Just then, the three of them suddenly saw two more people rushing over. The moment those two stopped, they immediately recognized Tsunade, the one with the most prominent chest.
“…” The bright red blood on the ground caused Tsunade to freeze abruptly. Every inch of her skin trembled, and her pupils quivered incessantly.
In the past, she would have definitely closed her eyes or looked away, forcing herself not to look at the blood.
But now.
Tsunade forced herself to stare intently at the small corpse on the ground with trembling eyes.
“Hoo… hoo…” She panted rapidly, and her back was now soaked with sweat. Her extremely unusual reaction caused Shizune, who was panting behind her, to look on with full of worry.
“Brat, did she… did she really commit suicide?” Tsunade gritted her teeth, mustering her willpower, and turned to look at Uchiha Ikeizumi.
“Yes.”
Uchiha Ikeizumi nodded slightly and said, “She ended her life decisively, without the slightest hesitation.”
She gazed at Uchiha Ikeizumi’s expressionless face.
“You… you don’t have any emotional reaction to her death?” Tsunade couldn’t help but ask this question.
“I do.”
Uchiha Ikeizumi said indifferently: “But 「Absolute Justice」 cannot show personal emotions, otherwise it will be seen as weakness.”
Tsunade was stunned.
Then she heard Uchiha Ikeizumi continue coldly: “Although her death was suicide, it was not a death for no reason. There were underlying causes, and sin was at play.”
Tsunade vaguely sensed that Uchiha Ikeizumi’s tone seemed colder than before.
So.
This brat did have emotional fluctuations in his heart, and perhaps not a small amount, but as he said, he didn’t show it.
“Sin?” Shizune carefully interjected: “Was someone instigating this child to commit suicide?”
She looked at Sakurako Sarutobi’s corpse, feeling that such a method of suicide would be impossible without absolute determination.
“Some people know better than we do.” Uchiha Ikeizumi said, his gaze falling on the group of Ninja Academy teachers not far ahead. Especially on a female teacher who was looking down and not looking this way.
【 Kaede Izushima – Today, after learning of Sakurako Sarutobi’s tragic experiences from a junior of the Sarutobi Clan last night, she deliberately brought up the matter of Sakurako’s mother’s infidelity after engagement and the drowning of her newborn infant to provoke Sakurako and encourage her to commit suicide, causing Sakurako to develop suicidal thoughts and ultimately act on them. 】
【 Severity of Sin: Red Name! 】
A line of bloody text was exceptionally clear in Uchiha Ikeizumi’s eyes.
His actions also made Tsunade realize something?
“Ikeizumi, your eyes… did you see sin?”
Although Tsunade’s voice was not loud at this moment, it was still heard by the group of Ninja Academy teachers not far away. For a moment, several Ninja Academy teachers froze, and they suddenly noticed that Uchiha Ikeizumi’s eyes were looking in their direction.
Their faces immediately became shocked and suspicious, and they quickly scanned their colleagues with vigilant eyes.
Especially when scrutinizing “Kaede Izushima”!
Because she was Sakurako Sarutobi’s teacher, and after Lady Tsunade’s voice fell, Kaede Izushima’s already somewhat unnatural expression became even more unusual!
Her facial muscles were stiff, her eyelids twitched uncontrollably, and her eyelashes trembled slightly.
“Teacher Kaede…”
A Ninja Academy teacher exclaimed, “You…”
Kaede Izushima seemed to have lost all her strength. She couldn’t help but reach for the Konoha headband tied to her arm, as if only that headband could give her a sense of security.
She opened her mouth, intending to try to explain, but when her peripheral vision inadvertently caught sight of Uchiha Ikeizumi.
Her face immediately turned deathly pale.
As the object of attention, Kaede Izushima could more truly feel Uchiha Ikeizumi’s gaze. The whole person felt like she had fallen into an ice cave, and all sorts of deeds of Uchiha Ikeizumi flooded her mind, her defenses instantly collapsing.
“I…”
Her hand trembled as she covered half of her face: “I didn’t know she was so fragile. I just hated her mother so much… because the infant her mother drowned back then… should have been the descendant of my older brother. It was the only bloodline my brother left behind before his unexpected death, but she still…”
“I only learned about this today. It was three children from the Sarutobi Clan in my class who were discussing it… They revealed many ‘secrets’ about Sakurako Sarutobi in public, some even in front of Sakurako herself.”
“I was just angry at her mother, so I repeated some of the things I heard in front of Sakurako Sarutobi. I, I just…”
“Did you really just repeat it?” Uchiha Ikeizumi, who had appeared in front of her at some unknown time, asked.
Kaede Izushima looked up in shock and moved her hand away from covering half of her face, only to see those very cold Sharingan eyes.
“I… I…”
Kaede Izushima’s eyes were filled with tears, which flowed down uncontrollably: “I also said a lot of foul language. And I told her… you’ve been through this, you have parents like this, you might as well just die…”
She clutched her head in pain: “I didn’t know it would turn out like this. I don’t know why I said such vulgar things to a child, things that even adults couldn’t bear to hear. I didn’t mean for this to happen, I wasn’t intentional, I truly regret it.”
Uchiha Ikeizumi’s indifferent words interrupted her pretense: “You only regret that things have escalated. Take away that hypocritical look of yours, it just makes me feel sick.”
Uchiha Ikeizumi never believed the tears of any villain.
Even less did he believe any words of regret they uttered.
Because they did not regret their original actions.
They only regretted being noticed by justice!
“Hey!” Suddenly, Tsunade’s voice rang out. She walked over, her face clouded with gloom, her gaze falling on the hypocritical Kaede Izushima, and coldly questioned, “Where are the three Sarutobi Clan children you just mentioned?”
“Lady Tsunade…”
Shizune behind her couldn’t help but swallow. As Tsunade’s disciple, she naturally understood Tsunade very well. She could already tell that Lady Tsunade was now harboring killing intent!
…
On the other side, in Iruka’s classroom.
“Damn it, with Iruka-sensei watching me, I can’t leave at all!” Naruto sat in his seat, gazing longingly out the window. Just as he was eager to stand up, Iruka Umino, standing at the podium, shot him a fierce glance.
“Ahhhhh—”
Naruto clutched his head, vigorously rubbing his hair, and let out a low, helpless wail: “Who would have thought that the greatest obstacle to justice would be Iruka-sensei!”
Sasuke crossed his arms and cupped his face, his expression a little cool as he said in a low voice, “We’ll just have to wait until class is over.”
Just then, he seemed to notice something through the window.
Sasuke frowned and poked Naruto’s arm.
“Talon-head, are those three guys the same three we saw before?” Sasuke asked in a low voice. “The ones you said might be related to them?”
“Huh? Where?” Naruto ignored Iruka, whose face suddenly darkened on the podium, and he also looked over.
“It really is them!” Naruto recognized them. He muttered, “It’s class time now. Even if their teacher isn’t here, they should be studying in the classroom, right? Those three guys seem to have been sneaking around outside from the very beginning.”
Sasuke suddenly said with urgency, “Talon-head, are they walking towards the main gate of the Ninja Academy?!”
Naruto was stunned: “It really seems so…”
“Wait!”
Naruto exclaimed, startled, and suddenly stood up. “Could it really be related to them? Are they trying to run away?!”
Sasuke also stood up immediately. “We have to stop them.”
“Naruto!!!”
“Sasuke!!!”
The veins on Iruka’s forehead were throbbing. He finally couldn’t hold back anymore: “You two, you’re not allowed to go anywhere! Stand in the back and reflect, right now! I’ve told you before, this isn’t something you kids can get involved in. The Uchiha Police Force Ninja will handle it!”
Naruto: “…”
Sasuke: “…”
In the classroom.
All the students’ attention was drawn to Naruto and Sasuke.
“When did Sasuke-kun and Naruto become such good friends?” Haruno Sakura grumbled enviously and confusedly. “And I always feel like they’ve been together these past few days, leaving me no chance to interact with Sasuke-kun. And even I can’t sit next to Sasuke-kun or whisper to him privately during class…”
Haruno Sakura couldn’t help but inquire about information from her “love rival”: “Ino-pig, do you know what’s going on with them?”
“Ino… Ino-pig?!” Yamanaka Ino, who was composed and seemingly lost in thought, suddenly widened her eyes.
“Damn forehead! Who wants to play this boring childhood game of unrequited love with you!” Ino rolled her eyes. “How would I know why they’re so close?!”
“Sakura!”
“Ino!”
Iruka had already snapped the chalk in his hand, the veins on his forehead still prominently visible. “You two, stand at the back and reflect! You’re not allowed to give classmates such nasty nicknames!”
Yamanaka Ino: “…”
Haruno Sakura: “…”
The two of them stood obediently at the back of the classroom. Sakura couldn’t help but look at Ino curiously.
She didn’t know if it was an illusion or for some other reason, but she felt that Ino had also been a bit off these past few days.
Normally…
Didn’t Ino also like Sasuke, and hadn’t she developed from a good friend to a “love rival” overnight?
But now, she didn’t seem too interested in Sasuke? And she seemed to be lost in thought, looking absent-minded in class every day.
Sakura was very confused.
She felt like everyone she knew at the Ninja Academy was undergoing strange changes, and she knew nothing about it.
Sasuke glanced at Sakura standing next to him and Ino standing a bit further away. He couldn’t be bothered with these two girls and was about to go talk to Naruto when.
Suddenly.
Sasuke suddenly looked at a window on his right. His cool little face could no longer hold its composure. He once again ignored Iruka at the podium and said in surprise, “Talon-head! It’s Teacher Ikeizumi!”
Naruto was stunned and also looked over in a hurry. “It really is Teacher Ikeizumi!”
Ikeizumi…
Teacher?!
Sakura, standing beside them, was filled with confusion. She then keenly noticed that Ino, standing to her right, suddenly trembled all over.
Ino also knew this “Teacher Ikeizumi”? Was there such a teacher at the Ninja Academy?
She also looked over with confusion.
Upon seeing this.
Sakura was so terrified she was stunned!
…
*Thwack—*
A sharp, gleaming silver ninja sword pierced a smaller palm and was driven firmly into the ground.
Just as a pained, ear-splitting scream was about to follow, a foot stepped on the person’s head and ground down with force.
It caused the side of a young member of the Sarutobi Clan’s face to make intimate contact with the ground, rubbing fiercely. Half of his face was covered in bloody scratches, looking quite gruesome.
This effectively choked back his screams.
Uchiha Ikeizumi slowly withdrew his blood-stained ninja sword, but the foot still on the person’s head did not move.
He asked coldly, “Your two calves ran pretty fast, but why aren’t you running anymore?”
Not far away on the other side.
Tsunade, with a grim expression, held a young member of the Sarutobi Clan in each hand and tossed them several dozen meters away, causing them to cry out in surprise and roll in front of Uchiha Ikeizumi.
The fall injured the two young Sarutobi Clan members quite badly. One was covered in abrasions, with small grit embedded in his flesh; the other had a broken arm and couldn’t help but cry out in pain.
“Ikeizumi… are these three brats?” Tsunade asked, taking a deep breath and not looking at the Sarutobi Clan members whose palms were bleeding.
“Mm.”
Uchiha Ikeizumi looked down at the three students of the Ninja Academy.
【 Sarutobi Kuranosuke — Widely publicized the deeds of Sarutobi Sakurako’s parents at the Ninja Academy, using it to bully Sarutobi Sakurako, reopening a ‘shadow scar’ that Sarutobi Sakurako could not yet recall. This led Sarutobi Sakurako to have suicidal thoughts and act upon them. 】
【 Severity of Sin: Red Name! 】
【 Sarutobi Terushi — In front of more than ten students at the Ninja Academy, maliciously and intentionally pulled down Sarutobi Sakurako’s pants, exposing Sarutobi Sakurako’s still-healing wounds. 】
【 Severity of Sin: Red Name! 】
【 Sarutobi Katsuji — While Sarutobi Terushi was pulling down Sarutobi Sakurako’s pants, he restrained Sarutobi Sakurako’s hands, making it difficult for her to resist, causing Sarutobi Sakurako’s emotions to approach collapse. 】
【 Severity of Sin: Red Name! 】
“Ikeizumi, what did they do?” Tsunade took a deep breath. She knew it wasn’t good for her to be so angry at three brats, but she could hardly suppress the anger building up inside her.
She had thought she could save that child. Last night, she had even suppressed her fear of blood to personally treat the child’s wounds and used medical ninjutsu she hadn’t used in years.
However.
Sarutobi Sakurako’s already cold corpse told her that her efforts last night were useless! She couldn’t stop the sins of the ninja world from approaching that child!
“Don’t mind me…” Tsunade added, “You can tell me all the evil deeds they committed. *Hoo…* I can control my emotions.”
But Uchiha Ikeizumi didn’t consider her feelings at all.
He was silent…
Simply because he was reading through each line of shocking text.
After he finished reading those lines of bloody text, Uchiha Ikeizumi calmly relayed them. Each word was like a cold blade piercing Tsunade’s heart, causing her expression to falter for a moment.
Tsunade had participated in the Ninja Wars, undertaken many ninja missions, and met all sorts of people.
That night on Tanzaku Street, she thought she had been numbed by the sins of the ninja world.
But now she realized she couldn’t be numb.
Her gaze no longer averted the Sarutobi Clan members whose palms were still bleeding. The psychological fear of blood brought on by her hemophobia couldn’t suppress the rage rising in her heart.
“You three…”
“Evil children!”
The words were squeezed out through gritted teeth.
…
Behind them.
Several ninja academy teachers who had rushed over were also stunned.
Because they had all heard Uchiha Ikeizumi relay the evil deeds!
They couldn’t imagine that students of this age at the ninja academy would do such things. They were at most a year or two away from graduating from the Ninja Academy!
They didn’t even know whether to criticize their bullying behavior or their own failure as teachers to control their students.
Moreover… it was difficult to understand that a few immature ninja academy students would do such things, but it could still be explained by “they weren’t taught well.”
But what about Izushima Kaede?
As a ninja academy teacher, she not only failed to stop such evil deeds but even condoned them happening right under her nose.
Even…
She participated!
“…Sigh!” Looking at the ninja academy student crying while holding her hand pierced by a blade and even casting a pleading gaze in their direction, a ninja academy teacher closed his eyes and shook his head.
…
“Those three are from the Sarutobi Clan…” Kakashi, hidden in the Anbu, was silent for a moment. His moral compass prevented him from feeling any pity for those three brats.
However, as an Anbu Ninja directly under the Hokage, seeing such a situation involve three young members of the Third Hokage’s clan.
He still needed to quickly relay the information to the Hokage.
Kakashi bit his thumb and directly summoned a ninja dog.
After briefly explaining the situation to the ninja dog, he said with a complex tone, “Go inform the Hokage.”
The ninja dog immediately jumped down from the tree.
It ran towards the Hokage’s Office Building.
…
In Iruka’s classroom.
Haruno Sakura’s face was ashen, and she looked as if she had been scared silly because she had personally witnessed Uchiha Ikeizumi pierce someone’s hand with a sword and grind half of their face into a bloody mess.
“Iru…”
“Iruka-sensei!”
Finally snapping back to reality, Haruno Sakura urgently called out to Iruka at the podium, “Someone outside is hurting ninja academy students! Iruka-sensei, should we go out and save them quickly?”
Iruka’s mouth twitched. He maintained a stiff expression and said rigidly, “Pay it no mind, and don’t look. I’ve told you many times, this has nothing to do with you children.”
If Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura… Ino’s previous behavior was merely disruptive to classroom discipline.
Then Sakura’s current behavior was asking him to go to his death!
Iruka didn’t need to guess that the screams outside were definitely related to someone named Uchiha Ikeizumi. That man was probably “taking vigilante justice” in broad daylight again!
Going out to save them would undoubtedly be obstructing his absolute justice.
Iruka felt he was still young, hadn’t found a girlfriend yet, and wanted to live a few more years.
Haruno Sakura was stunned.
She completely didn’t understand why Iruka-sensei didn’t want to save someone.
…
“Ikeizumi, these three people…” Tsunade, having calmed down slightly, suddenly felt at a loss. If these were three ninjas, she would have wished to break every bone in their bodies.
But these were just three ninja academy students.
They were younger than Nawaki…
“Life for life.”
“Blood debt must be paid.”
Uchiha Ikeizumi said coldly, “If justice’s judgment is weakened due to various factors, then it is no longer absolute justice, but merely justice that compromises with evil.”
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