Chapter 180: Extreme Fugaku! Violent Resistance To The Law!
After finishing dinner at home, Uchiha Mikoto did not eat with Uchiha Sasuke. Instead, using the excuse of taking out the trash, she unknowingly arrived in front of the Police Force Headquarters.
Uchiha Mikoto didn’t know why she had come here until she looked up at the building in front of her, and she suddenly came back to her senses.
That’s right…
It was because she didn’t want Sasuke to be hurt again by Fugaku’s extreme control. In her eyes, Fugaku’s current state was extremely off.
In Uchiha Fugaku’s eyes, Itachi seemed irreplaceable, yet indispensable to the village.
So he wanted to train Sasuke into a second Uchiha ninja who was infinitely close to Itachi, but not Itachi.
Sasuke in that situation would best meet this father’s expectations.
But…
Would Sasuke still be Sasuke like that? This behavior was almost erasing Sasuke’s humanity that belonged solely to himself and imposing someone else’s humanity onto Sasuke.
In the end, Sasuke would only become a puppet.
Uchiha Mikoto didn’t know why, but a voice in her heart was calling to her, urging her to stop her husband.
She took a deep breath and walked into the Konoha Military Police Force Headquarters.
Even though it was night, the Police Force Headquarters was still quite lively because many petty thieves had been caught. Since Uchiha Fugaku stepped down, many Uchiha ninjas had been particularly enthusiastic when enforcing justice in the village.
Of course, they had also become even more merciless.
Behaviors that were once overlooked with one eye closed, the Police Force ninjas now caught the offenders without hesitation.
“Mikoto?” A doubtful voice drew Uchiha Mikoto’s attention. Turning her head, she saw it was Uchiha Izumi, the Uchiha girl who followed Senior Ikeizumi.
Izumi walked over holding a document and curiously asked Uchiha Mikoto, “Why are you here?”
Uchiha Mikoto pursed her lips.
She steeled herself mentally and said, “I hope the Police Force can help me restrict some of my husband’s extreme behaviors. Because my child has already been harmed by his actions. Sasuke tonight was nearly strangled to suffocation by Fugaku.”
Izumi: “!!!”
Uchiha Izumi never expected that shortly after Senior Ikeizumi took the position of Captain of the Police Force, 「Absolute Justice」 was about to clash with the previous Captain of the Police Force.
Moreover.
The one reporting the case was actually his wife! This was enough to show that this former clan leader and former Captain had not only lost support within the clan. In the family, he had also failed as a father and husband.
Realizing the matter was significant, Izumi said seriously with a pretty face, “Alright, I’ll take you directly to see Captain Ikeizumi!”
“…Okay.” Uchiha Mikoto knew that after coming here, she had no way out.
‘Sorry, Fugaku. I’m doing this for Sasuke, and for our family that’s already falling apart.’
She silently recited this in her heart.
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Sasuke sat alone on the chair, puffing his little face in sulk, sullenly staring at the dinner on the table that had gone cold.
He didn’t understand why Father was so stubborn.
After days of contact with 「Absolute Justice」 and gradually understanding what justice was, Sasuke’s idea had shifted from simply “gaining power from justice” to “striving to improve oneself to uphold justice, and not always being outdone by the dead last.”
Maybe…
One day, if he found that enforcing justice didn’t bring power, he would still unhesitatingly continue devoting himself to the cause of justice.
Sasuke couldn’t help but touch his neck, feeling some lingering fear.
Because in that moment before, Sasuke couldn’t even tell if Father really wanted to kill him or just teach him a lesson.
Maybe…
It was just a lesson? After all, he was his biological son; he couldn’t possibly harbor killing intent toward his own son, right?
“Ahem, by the way…” Sasuke couldn’t help coughing twice, clearing his somewhat uncomfortable throat, and muttered doubtfully, “Didn’t Mother say she was just going out to throw away the trash? It seems… it’s already been half an hour, right?”
Just as this thought flashed through Sasuke’s mind.
He heard familiar footsteps and instinctively looked up, only to see his father walking over with a cold face.
Uchiha Fugaku glanced at the untouched food.
Uchiha Fugaku said expressionlessly, “You have three minutes to finish dinner immediately, then go to the backyard to train. I require you to master the Chakra water-walking and tree-climbing techniques within half a month.”
“If you can’t, training time increases by five hours a day; if still can’t, add another five hours, until twenty-four hours with no rest at all.”
“Also.”
Fugaku took a deep breath and added, “Don’t mention the words Absolute Justice in front of me. I am no longer the Uchiha clan leader, nor the Captain of the Police Force.”
“I no longer bear the pressures I once bore, which means I no longer need to fear what I once feared. The barefoot one is now me, and the one wearing shoes is Ikeizumi.”
Uchiha Fugaku didn’t care if Sasuke understood those last few sentences.
Just as he tensed his face to turn and leave.
A sudden noise from outside the house alerted Uchiha Fugaku, making him frown slightly.
Fugaku could tell it was the footsteps of many people approaching.
The other side seemed to have directly intruded into his mansion!
“Stay here and don’t come out.” After leaving this instruction to Sasuke, Uchiha Fugaku went out the door. But the scene he saw made him freeze.
He saw…
One after another fully armed Uchiha Police Force ninjas surging into his mansion.
Some stood on the eaves, some on treetops, some blocked the door, and others lurked in invisible shadows.
They had almost completely surrounded the entire mansion, sealing it airtight, not even a mosquito could get out.
Uchiha Fugaku also saw many Police Force ninjas with hands on their hilts, poised as if ready to strike at any moment.
His stern face immediately darkened.
His extremely displeased gaze fell on the leading Uchiha ninja.
Uchiha Fugaku suppressed his anger and asked the expressionless Uchiha Ikeizumi in front, “Ikeizumi… what is the meaning of this? I handed the Captain position to you, yet you bring so many clan members to surround me at night. Is it because you see me as your only threat and want to eliminate me?”
It was impossible for Fugaku not to conspiracy theorize.
Because he couldn’t imagine what he had done wrong to require so many Police Force ninjas to surround him.
The only possibility was…
「Absolute Justice」 was finally baring its fangs, preparing to eliminate dissenters within the Uchiha Clan!
The radicals led by Uchiha Setsuna had already been purged by Absolute Justice; the remaining last faction, the moderates led by himself, was probably next to face their poison.
“Uchiha Fugaku, a filthy heart sees everything as filthy.”
The speaker was not Uchiha Ikeizumi, but a Police Force ninja.
He stepped forward, stared at Fugaku, and said expressionlessly, “Captain Ikeizumi has come this time to arrest you and send you to prison. Because this evening you committed the crime of intentionally harming a child, or rather… you intended to kill, but the murder was attempted!”
“You strangled your own son nearly to suffocation. If your wife hadn’t stopped you in time, would you have let go? Do you dare guarantee you had no killing intent at all then? Do you dare swear to the heavens in the name of the Uchiha name?”
The questioning from the Police Force ninja shook Fugaku to the core.
How did outsiders know about what happened in his home?
What exactly was going on?
“…Ikeizumi, this is just my family matter. Sasuke wasn’t harmed; he’s still alive and well. Neither intentional harm nor attempted murder applies to me.”
Uchiha Fugaku took a deep breath, calmed slightly, and said, “A parent’s strict discipline of their own child, under Konoha’s laws, is at most domestic violence at the highest penalty.”
He grew calmer and calmer, until he recited a law once formulated by the Uchiha Clan.
“For lighter domestic violence, oral education and warning shall be the main approach; for heavier cases, fines plus oral warning, and fifteen days detention suspended. And that is the maximum penalty.”
His gaze swept around: “But from your current stance, you seem to be violating Konoha’s laws yourselves. Enforcing justice by breaking the law—is that really justice?”
Uchiha Ikeizumi said expressionlessly, “Weak laws are a second harm to victims and protection for perpetrators. They only dust justice with an indelible layer of grime.”
“The moment I took this position, I began revising the Konoha Military Police Force’s enforcement statutes. And reasonably amending some of Konoha’s unreasonable laws.”
“Uchiha Fugaku, your current behavior allows no leniency. At minimum, you need three years in Konoha Prison to reflect.”
Uchiha Fugaku: “!!!”
“Ikeizumi! You’re abusing the authority of the Police Force Captain!”
He hadn’t expected Uchiha Ikeizumi to immediately use the Police Force’s power to amend Konoha laws!
In all his years as Captain of the Police Force, he had never abused that power!
When some statutes needed updating, he always consulted the Hokage first, and only amended after the Hokage nodded.
But Uchiha Ikeizumi’s actions were clearly unauthorized amendments!
And without consulting anyone!
This was outright dictatorship!
“Ikeizumi…” Uchiha Fugaku gritted his teeth: “If I don’t go with you, are you going to order the Police Force ninjas to attack me? Force it with violence?”
Uchiha Ikeizumi said, “Yes.”
This straightforward response instead threw Uchiha Fugaku off.
Just as Uchiha Fugaku tensed his expression, he suddenly heard a slight noise behind him, and his gaze involuntarily shifted back.
He saw Uchiha Sasuke ignoring his warning, coming out and peeking half his body outside.
Uchiha Fugaku suddenly had an idea, and said stiffly, “What if Sasuke doesn’t think I harmed him? What if my wife testifies I didn’t harm Sasuke?”
“Fugaku, no need for this.” The familiar voice made Uchiha Fugaku stiffen all over.
He watched his wife slowly walk out from behind Uchiha Ikeizumi and stand in front of him.
A flash of insight crossed Fugaku’s mind.
“…Mikoto, you reported it?” The words he spat out word by word were filled with the unthinkable.
“Yes.”
Uchiha Mikoto’s expression was complex: “I can’t let you continue being obsessed like this, nor let you train Sasuke into a second Itachi. Sasuke shouldn’t inherit Itachi’s extreme ideas. I won’t listen to your excuses—you did harm Sasuke. I think you need some time alone to cool down properly.”
“This is protection for Sasuke, and protection for our family. Sorry, Fugaku. If you hate me, then hate me. I’m doing it for Sasuke’s good. In this family now, the only one who can protect him and wants to is me.”
Uchiha Fugaku stood there stunned and dazed in place.
He felt naked betrayal, betrayal from family, hitting him harder than any betrayal.
His fist hidden in his sleeve clenched tightly, and Uchiha Fugaku felt like his first half-life had been lived in vain.
He had toiled for the Uchiha Clan and family for so long.
What for exactly?
For betrayal?
Itachi… at most just differed in ideals. Even if one day he and Itachi fell out, it would be different paths and stances, nothing more.
But Mikoto.
She should clearly be on the same side as him in path and stance.
How dare she treat him like this?
“Click”—
With a light sound, a crack suddenly appeared in the ground under Fugaku’s feet, a sign of Chakra surging wildly in his body.
This also showed his own formidable strength.
“Uchiha Fugaku, what do you want?” A Police Force ninja narrowed his eyes, immediately drawing his sword from his waist, very vigilant as he said, “Retract your restless killing intent. Are you trying to resist arrest violently?!”
“Resist…”
A trace of bewilderment flashed across Uchiha Fugaku’s stiff expression.
But in an instant, the bewilderment faded, and his expression gradually became calm.
He said slowly, word by word: “I am upholding the Uchiha Clan’s last traditional stance. As former clan leader, I take pride in upholding the Uchiha Clan’s true mission.”
“I absolutely will not allow the Uchiha Clan to have only one voice. I will become the only second voice. Your Absolute Justice ‘laws’—I, Uchiha Fugaku, do not acknowledge them!”
The moment the words fell.
Uchiha Fugaku’s eyes flashed scarlet, and the Police Force ninja who questioned him suddenly stiffened, as if seeing something utterly terrifying, collapsing into screams.
“Aaaah!!!”
With the scream, all Police Force ninjas’ expressions changed.
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