Chapter 179: Fugaku, Are You Going To Kill Sasuke?!
Uchiha Ikeizumi had just returned to Konoha when he learned that Uchiha Fugaku had already resigned from his positions as Clan Leader and Captain of the Police Force.
This also meant that the entire Uchiha Clan was currently in a state without a leader.
But surprisingly, the leaderless Uchiha Clan and Konoha Military Police Force showed no signs of chaos.
Everything’s order remained as orderly as ever.
This situation perfectly highlighted Uchiha Fugaku’s dispensability.
“Senior Ikeizumi, that’s how things are.”
After Izumi spoke until her mouth was dry, she continued to add: “Senior, many Uchiha Clan Members now hope that you can take the position of Captain of the Konoha Military Police Force, leading the Konoha Military Police Force toward Absolute Justice. As for the vacant position of Uchiha Clan Leader, the clan members are still discussing who should take it.”
“Lord Ikeizumi, I think you really should take the position of Captain of the Police Force.” A Uchiha Jonin spoke up: “Only you can command everyone’s respect. If it’s you sitting in that position, no one will have any objections.”
Another Uchiha Jonin advised: “If Lord Ikeizumi doesn’t take that position, the Uchiha Fugaku who was forced off the stage might become restless again.”
“That guy still retains a bit of prestige in the Uchiha Clan. If he makes a comeback in his position, his ideology will definitely hinder the Uchiha’s Absolute Justice.”
Uchiha Ikeizumi was too lazy to refuse, whether in the short term or the long term.
Him sitting in the position of Captain of the Konoha Military Police Force would indeed help the power of Absolute Justice take root and spread in Konoha.
“Fine.”
When this short sentence came out of Uchiha Ikeizumi’s mouth.
It meant the position of Captain of the Konoha Military Police Force had truly changed hands.
And this news quickly spread throughout Konoha Village.
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The first to learn the news was Sarutobi Hiruzen. He slowly stood up, hands behind his back, and walked to the window, gazing at the scenery outside.
From the high place in the Hokage’s Office Building, he could overlook most of Konoha Village.
Looking at the bustling crowds on the streets inside the village, Sarutobi Hiruzen took a deep breath and murmured: “Some rules and some structures of Konoha will have to be rewritten after today.”
The Captain of the Konoha Military Police Force has certain authority to independently formulate laws unique to Konoha Village.
The former Uchiha Fugaku had never abused this power.
Because Uchiha Fugaku felt that casually revising laws would definitely arouse the wariness of the village’s top echelons, and all his efforts would be wasted due to his own behavior.
It was also Uchiha Fugaku’s “restraint” that made Sarutobi Hiruzen appreciate him.
But now, the “restrained” Fugaku had been forced to step down.
Replaced by the “radical” Uchiha Ikeizumi.
“Hoo…” Sarutobi Hiruzen exhaled another breath of turbid air: “With Ikeizumi’s extreme personality, he will definitely issue a series of very extreme laws in the village next, to match his Absolute Justice. The biggest problem is, this old man can’t oppose him easily, because it’s his right. At the same time, opposing him will inevitably lead to conflict.”
Sarutobi Hiruzen had another sentence he didn’t say—those trying to oppose Uchiha Ikeizumi’s Absolute Justice, looking across the entire Konoha Village, there were probably only a few!
If he, Sarutobi Hiruzen, took the lead in “charging forward,” there probably wouldn’t be many people standing with him behind!
That was the most fatal part.
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“What? Uchiha Ikeizumi is taking the position of Captain of the Konoha Military Police Force? Did he get the Hokage’s approval? Did he get the approval of the senior advisors? He just became Captain?!”
Inside Konoha Prison.
Although Koharu Utatane and some Root Ninjas were temporarily imprisoned inside, there were still some Root Ninjas who could act as Koharu Utatane’s eyes and ears, passing external information into Konoha Prison one by one.
Koharu Utatane had long known that Uchiha Fugaku was forced to step down.
But she hadn’t expected the replacement for Fugaku to be Uchiha Ikeizumi.
“Doesn’t Hiruzen plan to stop it? Letting that extreme justice kid take the stage, how can that be allowed? The position of Captain is already one of the top high-level positions in Konoha, second only to the very top!”
Koharu Utatane’s face flickered with uncertainty.
A Root Ninja lowered his head and reported: “Currently, we haven’t seen any actions from the Hokage. He seems to have chosen to remain silent and observe, neither agreeing nor opposing.”
Koharu Utatane felt a slight headache.
“Hiruzen… he’s so tough when dealing with his own clan members, even with this old lady. But when it comes to Uchiha Ikeizumi, why does he become indecisive?”
“Is he ultimately still wary of that kid’s strength? Or has he given up resisting Absolute Justice? Isn’t he afraid that the Will of Fire will be supplanted by Absolute Justice?”
Koharu Utatane gritted her teeth.
Koharu Utatane had never felt that Sarutobi Hiruzen, this Hokage, was so inadequate as he was today.
In the history of Konoha, which Hokage had ever been forced by a Uchiha Ninja to shrink back like this? If Teacher Tobirama were alive, he’d probably be pissed to death by Hiruzen!
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While this news was circulating in the village, another equally bombshell piece of news left everyone in the village dizzy.
—The culprit who killed the Hokage’s daughter-in-law has been identified. It was all a farce self-directed by Sarutobi Fujiko, with the purpose of plunging the village into internal chaos to borrow a knife to kill! Several ninjas from the Sarutobi Clan were heavily involved, even conspiring with spies from the Hidden Cloud Village!
The entire Konoha was instantly in an uproar!
The Sarutobi Clan Members who had been emotionally agitated and ready to make trouble earlier now suddenly became mute one by one.
The gate of the Sarutobi Clan Residence was tightly closed.
All Sarutobi Clan Members held a Clan Meeting.
A Clan Meeting without Sarutobi Hiruzen.
“…This is the truth uncovered by the Hokage’s Anbu Ninjas, and the Hokage has directly made the truth public. Our Sarutobi Clan’s face has been completely lost.”
An elder of the Sarutobi Clan said with a somber old face: “In others’ eyes, three rogue ninjas have appeared in our Sarutobi Clan. Everyone, share your thoughts.”
After this elder finished speaking.
A relatively young Sarutobi Clan Ninja couldn’t wait and stood up directly.
He clenched his teeth and said: “I don’t believe this so-called truth! The Hokage must have been deceived by false information. There must be ninjas in Anbu who hate our Sarutobi Clan! They’re framing our Sarutobi Clan!”
“Lady Fujiko and her husband are the Hokage’s left and right arms. She is absolutely loyal to Konoha and thoroughly upholds the Will of Fire! How could she collaborate with spies from the Hidden Cloud Village just for revenge?”
“Moreover, the so-called evidence is just the memories searched out by the Yamanaka Clan? Who doesn’t know that the Yamanaka Clan has now become the lapdogs of Absolute Justice?”
“Evidence provided by a bunch of justice lapdogs—how could the Hokage believe it so easily? I don’t understand!”
After saying this, he sat down gasping for breath.
At this point, another Sarutobi Clan Ninja said in a gloomy tone: “Even if the Hokage doesn’t want to believe it, he has no choice but to believe. Because Uchiha Ikeizumi’s power has grown so great that even the Hokage’s power cannot contend with it.”
He spoke shocking words without restraint: “This is the Hokage’s indecisiveness due to his own weakness! He is already old!”
No one refuted what the Sarutobi Clan Ninja said.
Even if some showed hesitation.
They didn’t say much.
The thoughts of the Sarutobi Clan crowd were nothing more than—even stepping back ten thousand steps, even if the Sarutobi Clan really was wrong, aren’t you, the Hokage, also from the Sarutobi Clan? What’s wrong with covering for your clan members? If you can’t even do that, it means you don’t care about the ninja clan at all!
Just as Sarutobi Hiruzen had first foreseen, no matter what choice he made, it would trigger certain negative effects.
And this time, his reputation and prestige within the Sarutobi Clan had dropped to rock bottom.
Whether he did right or wrong, his behavior, in the eyes of many Sarutobi Clan Ninjas, was already that of the highest-status person in the Sarutobi Clan leaning outwards!
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Evening.
When he heard the sound from outside the door, Uchiha Fugaku had a tense face. As the footsteps approached, he said coldly without turning his head: “Why are you back so late again today?!”
Uchiha Sasuke was slightly stunned. His father had never asked him this question before.
Why did Father seem a bit abnormal?
With this doubt in mind, Sasuke felt he might be overthinking it.
Sasuke brushed aside the stray thoughts in his head and was about to answer when he was directly interrupted by Uchiha Fugaku’s cold tone: “Did you go with Uchiha Ikeizumi again to carry out so-called justice?”
Uchiha Fugaku’s tone made Sasuke frown slightly.
But he still answered honestly: “Yes, Naruto that dead last and I on the way home from school…”
“Enough!”
Uchiha Fugaku turned around, his eyes staring straight at Sasuke, and said in an unprecedentedly stern tone: “From today on, you don’t need to go to the Ninja Academy. I will teach you ninjutsu, taijutsu, and ninja theory myself. Until you become an excellent Uchiha Ninja recognized by me, you are not allowed to step out of the house.”
“That’s decided!”
These words from Uchiha Fugaku made Sasuke’s eyes widen involuntarily.
In the past, Sasuke would definitely have been delighted.
Because he would think that Father was finally willing to teach him carefully, which meant Father finally recognized him and placed him on the same level of concern as his brother.
But now Sasuke was thinking more.
If he couldn’t step out of the house, how could he carry out Absolute Justice? And how could he follow Teacher Ikeizumi to become stronger?
“Father…”
Sasuke’s small hand clenched into a fist. He mustered his courage, tensed his little face, and said: “Please allow me to refuse!”
Sasuke’s response stunned Uchiha Fugaku’s face.
He had never expected this weak youngest son to refuse his order with such a tough attitude.
And the reason Fugaku decided to personally train Sasuke was because today, in front of Uchiha Itachi’s gravestone, he had figured it out.
—No matter how weak Sasuke was, no matter how his talent fell short of Itachi’s, he was still his son! And he was the one in the entire Uchiha Clan most likely to uphold his and Itachi’s will.
He couldn’t let Sasuke continue to be brainwashed by Ikeizumi’s Absolute Justice!
He would pour all of his own capacity and Itachi’s capacity into Sasuke alone.
Only then could the Uchiha Clan retain a last thread of future.
Not be completely overtaken by Absolute Justice!
However…
Fugaku hadn’t expected… that he would end it right at the start.
Uchiha Sasuke was even more disappointing than he had imagined!
Fugaku’s face had completely darkened.
He thought he could stay calm, but his slightly quickened breathing and more heaving chest indicated that Uchiha Fugaku’s pent-up anger was starting to become uncontainable.
Sasuke didn’t notice the abnormality in his father’s expression.
He gritted his teeth, lowered his little head, and said in a low voice: “Father, I have already decided to walk the path I choose myself. Only then can I live up to your expectations for me. And only the power of Absolute Justice can let me surpass…”
Before he finished speaking, Sasuke suddenly widened his eyes, a flash of bewilderment and shock deep in his pupils.
His feet involuntarily left the ground.
Sasuke hurriedly reached out his small hands to tightly grab Uchiha Fugaku’s palm, trying to pry open the large hand choking his neck.
But it was completely useless!
The intense suffocation had already made Sasuke’s little face turn bluish.
He was even more shocked to see Father’s eyes had turned into scarlet Sharingan!
And it wasn’t Three-Tomoe Sharingan, but a weird pattern he had never seen before!
Uchiha Fugaku stared at his struggling young son in his hand.
“You haven’t even understood what it truly means to live up to my expectations! Sasuke, you disappoint me greatly!”
Just as this sentence came out of Fugaku’s mouth.
A startled cry came from the other side: “Sasuke? Fugaku! What are you doing? Are you going to kill Sasuke? Put Sasuke down now! He’s about to suffocate!”
Uchiha Mikoto’s anxious voice and the sound of hurrying footsteps made Uchiha Fugaku slowly take a deep breath.
He casually flung, directly slamming the nearly suffocated Sasuke against the wall, making Sasuke’s little face grimace in pain.
And Mikoto finally arrived, standing between Fugaku and Sasuke.
Just as she was about to speak, she was interrupted by Uchiha Fugaku in advance.
“No need to make dinner for me tonight.” Fugaku said coldly: “Also. Sasuke, you have no right to free choice. What I say goes. Only as your father can I train you to be infinitely close to Itachi.”
“Your house arrest order takes effect now! If you violate the house arrest order, even if you are my son, I will punish you in the most severe way, except I won’t kill you.”
“This…”
“Is also the test Itachi went through back then.”
Watching Uchiha Fugaku turn and leave, Uchiha Mikoto stared dazedly at her husband’s back.
She felt Fugaku had become even stranger.
Even a bit more extreme.
If this continued…
There would be trouble!
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