Chapter 44: Uchiha Ikeizumi’s Blood Relatives
Izumi found it somewhat difficult to associate Clan Head Fugaku’s stern poker face with the word “coward.”
After all, in her eyes, Uchiha Fugaku still had a strong sense of pressure.
Even standing in front of that Clan Head, she could feel the pressure.
“Kijiro, why does Clan Head Fugaku want to see Senior Ikeizumi?” Izumi shook off the strange idea in her heart, and sudden curiosity dispelled much of the murderous aura from when she had just killed someone. She asked again.
“Rookie, call me Senior meow! I’ve been following Lord Ikeizumi for many years before you!”
Kijiro emphasized somewhat dissatisfiedly.
Then he replied: “I’m not too clear on the specifics, but it seems to be because of some case?”
Izumi’s heart skipped a beat.
Could it be that Clan Head Fugaku’s intelligence was so good that he already knew Senior Ikeizumi and she had directly barged into the funeral of the Hokage’s eldest son, and also knew that she had executed a scum at the funeral?
Could Clan Head Fugaku want to call them back to reprimand them?
Izumi felt uneasy.
Compared to Uchiha Ikeizumi, who had long stopped caring about Uchiha Fugaku’s clan head status; Izumi actually still somewhat feared and respected Uchiha Fugaku.
Not long after.
They returned to the Uchiha Clan Compound, and the continuous fine rain finally stopped.
Izumi shook the water droplets off her head, feeling increasingly uneasy in her heart, and followed Senior Ikeizumi into the Police Force Headquarters.
Then, she saw Senior Ikeizumi push the door open without knocking and enter the Uchiha Police Force office belonging to Fugaku’s family.
Izumi had no choice but to steel herself and follow.
“Lord Fugaku.” She greeted politely, but she noticed that Senior Ikeizumi beside her remained silent.
“Mm.”
Fugaku nodded to Izumi, then looked at Uchiha Ikeizumi, his stern face showing complex eyes as he said: “Ikeizumi, there’s bad news. You might need to prepare yourself mentally.”
“Speak.” Uchiha Ikeizumi said straightforwardly.
Fugaku hesitated for a moment and said: “Do you know ‘Uchiha Onigawara’?”
Uchiha Ikeizumi raised an eyelid.
Fugaku sighed, his face clouded over, and slowly said: “Something happened to him. A month ago, he went out of the village on a mission with two companions, but only he returned. His excuse at the time was that his two companions were both killed by the enemy.”
“But, after the Police Force investigation, the person who actually killed his two companions was him. Moreover, it wasn’t in self-defense, but a deliberate sadistic killing with sick malice.”
“Ikeizumi, since he’s your blood relative, I notified you to come and ask for your opinion.”
If it were just an ordinary Uchiha Clan clan member, Fugaku could have handled it himself.
But…
When it involved Uchiha Ikeizumi.
Things became not so simple.
“Blood relative to Senior Ikeizumi…” Izumi behind him was stunned for a moment. She had always thought Senior Ikeizumi was all alone in the Uchiha Clan with no kinship relations.
“Meow, it’s just that Lord Ikeizumi is too lazy to contact them.”
Kijiro saw through the girl’s unconcealed doubt at a glance.
It leaped onto the girl’s shoulder, the weight making Izumi’s left shoulder sink a bit.
Kijiro whispered: “Uchiha Onigawara is the younger brother of Lord Ikeizumi’s deceased mother, but he’s not a member of the Uchiha Police Force; he’s an Anbu ninja like Uchiha Itachi.”
“But it seems because of a mission a month ago, his two companions died too suspiciously, so he’s temporarily suspended for investigation.”
Izumi suddenly understood.
She then realized that this Ninja Cat senior Kijiro knew so much strange information!
He even knew about this!
“Evidence conclusive?” Uchiha Ikeizumi simply asked, without raising any questions. Fugaku also didn’t see a trace of anger on this young man’s face.
Fugaku said: “His statement is as follows.”
“Then kill him.”
“Okay… Huh???”
Fugaku suddenly reacted, his poker face finally showing some abnormality fluctuation. He looked at Uchiha Ikeizumi in great surprise and reminded: “Ikeizumi, he’s your mother’s younger brother. In terms of seniority, he’s your uncle, and you’re his nephew.”
Uchiha Ikeizumi asked: “Does that have anything to do with ‘kill him’?”
Fugaku was stunned and hesitated: “At least go see him in person and check if there’s any misjudgment?”
Uchiha Ikeizumi said: “For such a small matter, if they can misjudge, the Police Force can disband.”
Fugaku: “…”
For a moment, he couldn’t figure out Uchiha Ikeizumi. Could he be this cold-blooded even toward his own blood relatives?
However.
Thinking carefully, he had never seen Uchiha Ikeizumi conflict with anyone related to him by blood, so there was no precedent for him to understand Ikeizumi’s views on this.
Now, Fugaku understood—Uchiha Ikeizumi would unhesitatingly swing the cleaver even at blood relatives!
But at this moment, he heard Uchiha Ikeizumi say: “If because he’s closely related to me, I indulge him to survive in the world, Absolute Justice will become a joke in the Ninja World.”
Again because of the Absolute Justice he believed in?
Fugaku was silent for a while, then slowly said: “Ikeizumi, you should still go…”
—Boom!!!
The sudden rumbling roar shook the Police Force Headquarters, choking back what Fugaku wanted to say.
Fugaku’s expression changed slightly.
Izumi almost couldn’t stand steady.
Then another Police Force member rushed in hurriedly, and he urgently reported in a panic: “Lord Fugaku! Something happened! Uchiha Onigawara killed a clan member guarding him and broke through the detention room wall to escape!”
Fugaku abruptly stood up.
His face extremely grim.
Although many Uchiha Clan clan members already had unstable mental states, a guy like Uchiha Onigawara who not only sadistically killed his own Anbu companions but also killed a Police Force clan member guarding him just to escape… in the Uchiha Clan, was an extreme case rarely seen once in a decade.
Fugaku hadn’t expected him to be so bold! Doing this almost tore the face off with both the village and the Uchiha.
That meant…
—Uchiha Onigawara was going to defect from Konoha!!!
At this time when there were serious misunderstandings between the village and the Uchiha.
If a Uchiha Clan ninja defected and left Konoha.
The entire Uchiha Clan couldn’t wash itself clean even if they jumped into the river.
“Order all Police Force members to act immediately! Capture Uchiha Onigawara!” Fugaku gritted his teeth, his face dark as he said: “At all costs, make sure to stop him before he leaves Konoha!”
“Ikeizumi, you too… Hm?”
Fugaku then noticed in shock that Uchiha Ikeizumi, who had been in the office, was already gone.
“Meow, Lord Ikeizumi left five seconds ago.”
Kijiro said while licking his paw.
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