Chapter 17: Is The Hokage Going To Interfere With Executing Justice Too?
“Jinchuriki… Naruto?”
Sarutobi Hiruzen was stunned. He didn’t expect Danzo and Uchiha Ikeizumi’s conflict to actually involve this child Naruto.
But facing Danzo’s one-sided statement, Sarutobi Hiruzen wasn’t particularly inclined to believe it.
After all, Danzo had always viewed the Uchiha Clan through colored glasses.
“Ikeizumi, you…” When Sarutobi Hiruzen looked toward Uchiha Ikeizumi, he suddenly discovered that Uchiha Ikeizumi was actually continuing to walk toward Danzo, the murderous intent in that pair of Sharingan eyes undiminished in the slightest.
Sarutobi Hiruzen had a headache. Because he remembered that as long as Uchiha Ikeizumi targeted someone and made a move against them, he would basically latch onto the other party and not let go.
Until the enemy in his eyes was thoroughly “eliminated.”
Unless he encountered true force majeure would he stop.
“Ikeizumi! Wait a moment!”
Sarutobi Hiruzen felt a tightness in his chest and immediately shouted: “There must be some misunderstanding here. The village also has rules that do not allow ninjas to engage in private fights that go too far! You and Danzo are both Konoha Ninjas. How can there be infighting between Konoha Ninjas?”
He had no choice but to stand between Uchiha Ikeizumi and Danzo with over a dozen Anbu Ninjas.
Thereby separating these two people.
“Ikeizumi, give this old man some face and first sort out what happened.” Sarutobi Hiruzen looked straight at Uchiha Ikeizumi and said patiently.
Uchiha Ikeizumi glanced at the red box floating above this Third Hokage’s head, his eyes narrowing slightly: “So, does the Hokage intend to use the Hokage’s authority to protect the sinful one who hinders the execution of justice?”
Sarutobi Hiruzen felt that Ikeizumi’s words were a bit harsh, but his face remained composed as he said patiently: “Ikeizumi, this is just a misunderstanding.”
Over a dozen Anbu Ninjas had already subtly surrounded Uchiha Ikeizumi and Danzo respectively.
“The Hokage abusing authority for personal gain and shielding those who hinder justice. I will remember this debt.” Uchiha Ikeizumi dispelled his “Lava Release Chakra Body,” the lava flowing over his body slowly receding.
That pair of Three-Tomoe Sharingan also turned into ordinary black pupils.
Sarutobi Hiruzen: “…”
He had a strange feeling that Uchiha Ikeizumi’s words were not a joke, but extremely serious.
But… he was the Konoha Hokage. How exactly would Ikeizumi keep this debt?
At most, it would be forgotten with the passage of time.
Sarutobi Hiruzen breathed a sigh of relief, then turned back and glared at Danzo: “Danzo! Put away your kunai! Do you want to escalate this unnecessary conflict further?”
Danzo: “???”
Why was the monkey so polite when speaking to that innately evil Uchiha, but so aggressive when speaking to him?
This extremely double-standard behavior…
Made Danzo’s fists clench hard.
After giving Uchiha Ikeizumi a deep, sinister look with his eyes, Danzo put away the kunai in hand and said coldly with an ugly expression: “Sarutobi, you want to sort out what happened? The evil Uchiha wanted to control the Nine-Tails. This old man stopped him and even sacrificed two capable subordinates for it. That’s all there is to this matter.”
With that said, Danzo couldn’t help but grit his teeth in resentment: “If you hadn’t suddenly appeared, this old man would only need one minute to kill this evil Uchiha brat!”
Damn it, he’d already been forced to expend one Sharingan.
And then this monkey suddenly appeared, making his one-minute “Izanagi” completely lose its intended effect.
Even…
Exposing one of his trump cards to Uchiha Ikeizumi!
Sarutobi Hiruzen didn’t know what Danzo was thinking. He was only focused on Danzo’s mention of “two subordinates died.”
“Ikeizumi, why did you…”
Just as he wanted to ask Uchiha Ikeizumi, he didn’t expect Uchiha Ikeizumi to speak indifferently: “Those who hinder justice are my enemies and should be thoroughly purged with absolute means!”
“Root tried to take away the offending Uzumaki Naruto. In my eyes, they hindered justice and were fostering the growth of ‘evil.'”
“That’s the reason I acted. If the Hokage feels this reason is insufficient, you can expel me from the Police Force at any time.”
Sarutobi Hiruzen fell silent.
Still the same as before—even before he could voice his question, this child Ikeizumi already knew what he wanted to ask and directly gave the reply upfront.
This feeling…
Was just like talking to him, this Hokage, made this child Ikeizumi extremely impatient.
He selectively ignored Uchiha Ikeizumi’s last sentence.
His focus was on the phrase “Naruto committed an offense.”
In that case, Ikeizumi and Danzo’s accounts conflicted.
Danzo thought Ikeizumi deliberately wanted to control the Nine-Tails.
Ikeizumi, on the other hand, seemed to have no such idea at all and simply thought Naruto had caused trouble and needed to be apprehended.
“Where is Naruto?” Sarutobi Hiruzen pondered for a moment and asked the Anbu Ninjas.
Soon.
The Anbu Ninja responsible for monitoring the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki quickly brought over the frightened Naruto.
Sarutobi Hiruzen half-squatted down, ruffled Naruto’s golden hair, trying to soothe the child in this way.
“Naruto, what happened just now? Why did this Police Force law enforcement officer suddenly try to grab you?”
Sarutobi Hiruzen tried to make his tone gentler.
Naruto instinctively turned his head to look at Uchiha Ikeizumi, but was so scared by that cold gaze that he quickly lowered his head.
Naruto’s little face paled, trembling as he said: “Grandpa Hokage, I, I think I committed a crime…”
“Today, I pulled a prank…”
He recounted the cause and course of events in detail.
In front of Uchiha Ikeizumi, Naruto didn’t dare tell a single lie, because the other would really throw him into prison! He’d pulled so many pranks before and nothing happened!
Evidently.
Uchiha Ikeizumi’s earlier words about locking Naruto up for a few months had thoroughly scared this child Naruto.
Naruto’s account was fairly logical and clear, making Sarutobi Hiruzen’s old face grow increasingly strange in expression.
Danzo couldn’t help but stand there stunned.
“…Danzo.” Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at Danzo with a somber gaze: “Sure enough… this was all just your malicious speculation, wasn’t it! The source of all this conflict was started by you, right?”
Danzo’s expression was uglier than eating shit.
He clenched his fists, his face gloomy.
Not saying a word.
“This farce is over! Danzo!” Sarutobi Hiruzen said with a slightly cold expression: “This old man will absolutely not tolerate you viewing loyal ninjas to the village like Ikeizumi through colored glasses!”
Danzo gritted his teeth: “Then what about my two dead guards?”
Sarutobi Hiruzen questioned: “Isn’t all this fault on you?”
Danzo’s fists clenched with a “crack,” his chest heaving unevenly, his gaze shifting unpredictably.
“Hmph!!!”
He turned angrily and left,
…
Sarutobi Hiruzen didn’t try to keep him. After breathing a sigh of relief in his heart, he promised Uchiha Ikeizumi: “Ikeizumi, Root indeed went too far. Not giving you a chance to explain and instead framing you. Rest assured, this old man will deal with them later.”
Sarutobi Hiruzen paused.
He coughed lightly and said: “This old man will compensate for the damages caused by this child’s prank. As for throwing him into Konoha Prison… let’s drop this matter. He’s still a child; there are other ways to make him learn a lesson.”
Uchiha Ikeizumi’s eyes narrowed slightly.
He said something Sarutobi Hiruzen completely didn’t expect: “Does the Hokage also intend to hinder the execution of justice?”
For some reason.
Sarutobi Hiruzen sensed that the atmosphere had become heavy.
Uchiha Ikeizumi said slowly: “Hokage, gentle methods cannot educate a brat whose thinking has gone astray. Only by relying on absolute justice—being strict in every way and showing no leniency—can his thinking be set straight and make him a proper person again.”
“Only then…”
“Will it honor the Fourth Hokage’s sacrifice, don’t you think?”
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