Chapter 31: Are You Going To Become A Rogue Ninja? Uchiha Ikeizumi!
Root Base.
“Lord Danzo, the location where Uchiha Ikeizumi is, is very likely the secret research base outside the Village!” A Root Ninja lowered his head and knelt halfway as he reported to Danzo.
He added, “It’s the secret base outside the Village that the Third Hokage ordered to be established a few years ago, where many scientific researchers left behind by Orochimaru are ‘confined’.”
After this Root Ninja’s reminder, Danzo also remembered.
The monkey did establish such a base outside the Village back then.
At that time, he wanted to get involved, after all, with so much research data and scientific researchers left by Orochimaru, he, Danzo, deserved at least one-third of the credit.
In the end, he was ruthlessly rejected by that old bastard monkey.
The monkey even joined forces with Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado to pressure him, Danzo, forcing him to abandon that idea.
These past few years.
Danzo had also thought about sending Root personnel to infiltrate it, but unfortunately, the monkey guarded that secret research base very tightly, leaving him no chance to succeed.
“Heh.”
Danzo suddenly felt gloating, a sneer curling at the corner of his mouth.
Gazing at the lava falling in the distance, he mocked to himself, “That innately evil Uchiha brat… has finally developed evil thoughts toward the ‘Hokage’. Monkey, I warned you long ago, if you don’t get rid of him, you’ll regret it.”
The Root Ninja kneeling halfway on the ground hesitated and asked, “Lord Danzo, does our Root need to intervene?”
Danzo narrowed his eyes.
Killing intent suddenly arose.
He had long wanted to dismember Uchiha Ikeizumi.
“No.”
Danzo said with a sinister look in his eyes, “Let Uchiha Ikeizumi make a fuss. The bigger he makes it, the deeper his conflict with the monkey. If I remember correctly, that base is guarded by Sarutobi Shinnosuke. Heh heh… the innately evil Uchiha brat is now in conflict with the monkey’s eldest son!”
“What we need to do… is to first stop all those who want to intervene and halt the conflict.”
“Pass on my orders!”
“—All Root mobilize collectively! Guard all exits leaving Konoha. Except for those Anbu Ninja by the monkey’s side, no one else is allowed to leave the Village!”
“Yes!”
A group of Root Ninjas quickly turned into streaks of afterimages and left the Root Base.
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“Dad, that should be someone’s ninjutsu, right?”
On the rooftop of a house in the Nara Clan Residence.
The seven-year-old Nara Shikamaru was already quite precocious, wearing a world-weary face paired with dead fish eyes unlike those of his peers, making people doubt his real age.
“Mm.”
Nara Shikahisa, standing on the rooftop with his son, had his hands half in his pockets and said in a deep voice, “It’s Lava Release.”
“…Lava Release?” Shikamaru was stunned.
Nara Shikahisa slowly said, “You’ve heard of Uchiha Ikeizumi, right?”
Shikamaru nodded, “I’ve heard of him. He seems like a troublesome person; many in the Village are afraid of him. But there are also some who respect him a lot.”
“So…”
Shikamaru asked, “Is this ninjutsu used by Uchiha Ikeizumi?”
Nara Shikahisa nodded, “Most likely. And that location… the Hokage is going to have a headache tonight.”
He chose not to run over to see what was happening.
He had already seen that it was a muddy water he couldn’t touch.
It was best for the Nara Clan not to stir up trouble.
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“I heard Hiruzen has personally led the Anbu out.”
Koharu Utatane took advantage of the night to visit Homura Mitokado’s home.
She said to Homura Mitokado, “I knew that Uchiha Ikeizumi was a scourge. With his so-called「 Absolute Justice」… I’m afraid every person in the research base is a thorn in his side.”
“Unfortunately, Hiruzen has repeatedly indulged him. I can’t understand what value an uncontrollable Uchiha like this has that makes Hiruzen value him so much.”
Homura Mitokado clasped his hands behind his back and said in a deep voice, “He is indeed a scourge, but at the same time, he is a double-edged sword. Hiruzen indulges him because Uchiha Ikeizumi’s「 Absolute Justice」 is extreme enough.”
“At least… one thing we can’t deny is that Uchiha Ikeizumi has indeed made many people with impure thoughts restrain themselves.”
Koharu Utatane said, “But this time, he has gone too far, daring to attack a place like the secret research base!”
Homura Mitokado said, “This time, persuade Hiruzen to be ruthless. Previously, Uchiha Ikeizumi was relatively weak and still within the Village’s controllable range, so we could grasp this double-edged sword and use it well. But now…”
A hint of wariness flashed in his eyes, “He has gradually grown his wings.”
The last Uchiha who made the two of them feel uncontrollable was named “Uchiha Shisui”.
Uchiha Shisui made them wary because of those eyes.
The main reason Uchiha Ikeizumi made them wary…
Was that Absolute Justice that didn’t care at all about the Village’s politics.
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Boom!!!
Boom!!!
Boom!!!
The continuously falling lava made the entire secret research base shake violently, with raging flames already burning, and some of the fallen lava even piercing through the ceiling above the secret base.
Sarutobi Shinnosuke, located inside the base, realized that this base was probably already riddled with holes.
The entire base was almost scrapped, and many important scientific research equipment were probably melted by the lava.
“Uchiha Ikeizumi! Are you insane!!!”
Sarutobi Shinnosuke ripped off the obstructive Anbu mask on his face.
At this moment, his facial skin could be clearly seen scalded by the steam permeating the air, showing an abnormal red flush.
Even more visible was the fury filling his face, which resembled Sarutobi Hiruzen’s to some extent.
“This is Konoha’s base! I don’t know how you learned about those things, but I can tell you that everything my subordinates and I have done is for Konoha!”
“We live up to the Will of Fire, we live up to the deceased predecessors, and we especially live up to everyone in Konoha from top to bottom!”
“The people who died because of what we did are not from Konoha, not even from the Land of Fire. What the hell are you, Uchiha Ikeizumi, meddling in!?”
“Where is your「 Absolute Justice」’s loyalty to Konoha? Are you going to become a rogue ninja? Uchiha Ikeizumi!”
Sarutobi Shinnosuke roared in fury.
Uchiha Ikeizumi stood up, the surrounding lava unable to harm him at all, and he calmly stared ahead.
Drop after drop of lava liquid fell from his body.
“Teacher Shinnosuke, the「 Absolute Justice」 I believe in has never been out of loyalty to Konoha from beginning to end. Whether I am a rogue ninja or not is not something you can define with a single sentence.”
Uchiha Ikeizumi walked forward.
“It’s only because you were once my guiding Jonin that I’ve said so much to you, so you can die knowing the truth before you die.”
Uchiha Ikeizumi suddenly used Body Flicker, instantly appearing in front of an Anbu Ninja, and under the other’s pupils contracting in horror, one hand had already sliced off half of the Anbu Ninja’s head.
—This was the Anbu Ninja whose legs had been burned away by lava; he no longer had the ability to dodge.
“The「 Absolute Justice」 I believe in is because I think the Ninja World is already sick to the point of distortion, and the sick Ninja World breeds countless ‘evils’, filling the Ninja World with pain and tragedy…”
Uchiha Ikeizumi’s body suddenly became transparent, the whole person evaporating like he had suddenly disappeared from the world.
—This was his first time using the Moonlight Clan’s “Light Release”!
This also made the remaining Anbu Ninjas panic and look around.
Trying to find traces of Uchiha Ikeizumi who had suddenly vanished.
Until his voice sounded behind an Anbu Ninja.
“And this evil includes, but is not limited to, the Daimyo with exorbitant taxes, power-corrupted higher-ups, beasts who slaughter entire clans, brain-diseased simps… including the things you did, Teacher Shinnosuke.”
“Ugh!!!”
The Anbu Ninja suddenly grunted, looking down in horror at the inexplicable large hole broken open in his chest.
“When「 justice」 is absolute enough…”
Uchiha Ikeizumi fired a Lava Bomb through the air, instantly engulfing an Anbu Ninja who was trying to form seals.
“The ‘evils’ of the Ninja World will be purged.”
Uchiha Ikeizumi’s arms surged with rolling lava, which rushed like a flood or tsunami toward the other three Anbu Ninjas who could see nothing but feel the heatwave in the air.
When only Sarutobi Shinnosuke remained in front of him, gripping half a ninja sword, his face full of shock and horror…
Uchiha Ikeizumi released the Light Release.
“I… fell for your Sharingan Illusion Technique?”
Sarutobi Shinnosuke widened his eyes, unable to believe someone could have three bloodline limits, instinctively thinking he might have been hit by genjutsu.
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Writing and writing, couldn’t hold back, one chapter almost reaching three thousand words, ah—
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