Chapter 26: Distinguishing Good And Evil Comes From My Heart And Actions, Clear As A Bright Mirror
“Senior, this is the research material on the Uchiha Clan’s Sharingan that the Hokage instructed me to deliver. At the same time, three Three-Tomoe Sharingan have also been sent over.”
In the hidden experimental base, an Anbu Ninja from Konoha spoke to an Anbu Ninja in the base.
“It’s from the old man…”
The Anbu Ninja in the base took the document files and also took the three Sharingan soaked in test tube nutrient solution.
Looking at those three Three-Tomoe Sharingan emanating a weird aura.
Sarutobi Shinnosuke’s eyes flashed with a hint of unusual color, and he asked in doubt: “Where did the old man get these Sharingan from?”
The Anbu from the village thought for a moment, feeling that the man in front of him was the Hokage’s eldest son, a senior in Anbu, and also one of the Hokage’s right-hand men.
Telling him some information shouldn’t be a problem.
He replied in a low voice: “From Shimura Danzo of Root.”
“Danzo…” Sarutobi Shinnosuke suddenly realized: “I see. The old man is very conflicted. He’s clearly interested in many things, but he always feels that as Hokage, he shouldn’t do those things. He shouldn’t go so far as to steal the Uchiha Clan’s Sharingan.”
“The one who could do such a thing in the village is probably only that Konoha’s Darkness, the Root Leader ‘Shimura Danzo’.”
Sarutobi Shinnosuke shook his head, speaking without reservation: “However… he’s just half of the old man’s black glove. All the dirty work the old man doesn’t want to do himself, he tacitly allows him to do.”
The Anbu Ninja from the village didn’t dare to speak.
“Tell him—we will try our best to thoroughly study these Sharingan research materials.”
“Yes, Senior.”
……
The village’s Anbu Ninja walked out of the secret base. He looked back at the ordinary dense forest behind him, reached out and lightly touched the air, and ripples appeared in the air.
“What brilliant Illusion Technique. As expected of the Hokage’s eldest son.”
He shook his head, clearing his miscellaneous thoughts, and was about to hurry back to Konoha when…
He suddenly heard a very abrupt cat meow.
“Meow~”
The Anbu Ninja frowned, his gaze quickly turning toward the direction from which the cat meow came.
—What a fat cat!
That was his first thought.
The next instant!
A sharp breaking sound rang out from one side, startling the Anbu Ninja into crouching down sharply. Three shuriken whizzed past his face, one of them cutting the strap of his mask, forcing him to reveal a young face.
“Enemies!?”
In the instant he swiftly drew his ninja sword, his vision was occupied by two scarlet Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
“Uchiha…”
The Anbu Ninja’s pupils contracted, and almost instinctively, he wanted to shift his gaze to avoid eye contact with the Sharingan.
Puchi!!!
The intense pain from his chest made the Anbu Ninja dazedly look down, only to find that the ninja sword in his hand had never been drawn at all—the sound of drawing the sword he heard was from the opponent.
And a ninja sword had already pierced through his heart at this moment.
It’s an Illusion Technique!
【Ding! You have successfully executed one Absolute Justice in the Ninja World! Your chakra has gained a small boost! Congratulations, you have successfully obtained: “Konoha Style Swordsmanship” Experience Book ×10!】
“The fourth one.” Uchiha Ikeizumi pulled out the ninja sword, his tone eerie: “Rookie, you’ve failed to seize four chances in a row. Your shurikenjutsu should be remade from scratch.”
“S-sorry, Senior…” Izumi walked out from behind.
Full of guilt, she also looked at the Anbu Ninja collapsed on the ground with trepidation.
This was the fourth Anbu that Senior Ikeizumi had killed tonight.
The first three were the Anbu ninjas on sentry duty outside.
Watching the Anbu Ninja’s heart “gurgle” as blood gushed out, watching that young face that had lost its luster and was only a few years older than her, Izumi felt a moment of confusion: “Senior… are they really all evil people?”
“Yes.”
Uchiha Ikeizumi flicked the blood from the ninja sword. He stared at the “dense forest” in front. In front of this pair of Three-Tomoe Sharingan, any profound Illusion Technique seemed like showing off one’s skills before an expert.
Izumi didn’t know where she got the courage from, but she actually asked Senior Ikeizumi this question: “Senior… how do you judge others’ evil…”
Uchiha Ikeizumi said: “A heart as clear as a bright mirror.”
Izumi was stunned.
Uchiha Ikeizumi walked straight toward a large tree in front. Half of his figure merged into the tree, and his voice reached Izumi’s ears: “I have a special ability. My eyes can see through the ‘evil’ of all living beings in the world. The foundation of this special ability to discern good and evil is my heart and actions as clear as a bright mirror. It is based on my three views and morals to discern sin.”
Izumi’s beautiful eyes widened. Could this… be the power of the Sharingan?
“Rookie. Do you think a ninja who has to pick up weapons and go to the battlefield to protect his family, even killing many people, counts as an evil person in my eyes?”
As Uchiha Ikeizumi posed the question, his body had already fully entered the dense forest Illusion Technique.
Izumi hurriedly followed, pursed her lips, and replied in a low voice: “Senior, I don’t think so.”
“Indeed not.”
Uchiha Ikeizumi said indifferently: “Its judgment standard is my standard of good and evil before awakening this ability. One must make the ability arise from oneself, not oneself arise from the ability. Otherwise, 「Justice」 will become evil in sheep’s clothing.”
The moment Uchiha Ikeizumi finished speaking, the scene in front of him underwent earth-shattering changes.
A secret base of no small scale appeared in front of him.
The air was filled with the smell of various strange medicines.
There was even a faint hint of blood mixed in.
“Who are you people?!” A sudden exclamation came from in front of Uchiha Ikeizumi.
Only to see…
A Konoha Ninja looked shocked in this direction, especially when he saw Uchiha Ikeizumi’s pair of scarlet Sharingan—his breathing stopped for a few seconds in shock.
【Inuzuka Maki—Anbu secret research base researcher, participated in seventeen human experiments over the years, was once one of Orochimaru’s many assistants, directly or indirectly killed eleven war orphans. Sin Level: Red Name!】
“I remember you.”
Uchiha Ikeizumi’s eerie tone was like the Shinigami walking out from the underworld. He stepped forward step by step and said: “A few years ago, when the Third Hokage raided Sannin Orochimaru’s human experimentation lab, I was there. What a coincidence, I saw you then.”
“It seems the Third Hokage didn’t keep the promise he made to me to secretly execute all of you. Instead, he sheltered you and kept you here for waste utilization.”
“…It’s you? That Lava Release ninja?!” Inuzuka Maki’s distant memories exploded in his mind like a cannonball.
He widened his eyes.
Full of horror on his face.
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