Chapter 73: Ikeizumi, You Must Understand Me As Hokage
Pain! Sadness! Despair! Loneliness… Endless negative emotions crazily poured in, with countless pains all concentrated on one body, nearly ravaging Lord Danzo’s soul into fragments.
The Judgment Eyes from Hell can make the victim endure all the despair and pain of those harmed by him. Moreover, this despair and pain will be amplified by a hundredfold.
“Aaaaaaaahhhhh!!!”
Lord Danzo’s shrill screams lingered endlessly. In real time, every second that passed felt like a full year of endless pain within the Mangekyo Dōjutsu.
All the physical pain and emotional despair endured by those who died directly or indirectly because of him were experienced by him several times over.
The deeper the sins, the longer the pain endured by the soul.
Under the intense torment of pain, Lord Danzo even lost control of his bowels and bladder.
Filthy substances seeped from his crotch, filling the air with a stench that made people hold their breath.
This was also the first time everyone present had seen the leader of Konoha’s Root in such a disheveled state.
This made the crowd present even more deeply wary of this weird ability.
After all, someone as strong as Lord Danzo had been instantly brought down!
They couldn’t even understand the principle behind this Dōjutsu.
Was it an Illusion Technique so powerful it couldn’t be resisted?!
Or a special Dōjutsu that could make the body feel extreme pain?!
It had to be said that, just looking at Lord Danzo’s miserable state, it was impossible to analyze the specific ability of Uchiha Ikeizumi’s Mangekyo Sharingan.
“Lord Danzo!!!” Several Root Ninjas wearing masks similar to those of the Anbu Ninjas but with different designs finally arrived late.
These few Root Ninjas…
Were also among the few elites left in Root, because in Uchiha Ikeizumi’s hunting today, most of Root had died!
The Anbu Ninjas noticed the Root Ninjas but did not stop them, allowing the Root Ninjas to enter the encirclement.
…
Sarutobi Hiruzen snapped out of his shock.
Seeing Lord Danzo kneeling on the ground, clutching his head and trembling nonstop, gave him an inexplicable sense of sorrow for a fallen comrade.
Sarutobi Hiruzen’s old face was grim, but when he saw Uchiha Ikeizumi actually moving toward Lord Danzo, he was immediately startled.
At Sarutobi Hiruzen’s gestured signal, the Anbu Ninjas understood and immediately blocked Uchiha Ikeizumi’s path forward, with even the Hokage himself stepping in front to intercept him.
Times were different now.
Last time, although Uchiha Ikeizumi was very strong, in Sarutobi Hiruzen’s eyes, his wings weren’t fully grown yet; he only needed a small group of Anbu Ninjas to forcibly resolve the conflict.
But this time, he felt that only the entire Anbu mobilized could stop Uchiha Ikeizumi who had awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan!
Ikeizumi’s growth speed was a bit too astonishing.
How many days had it been?
Not even a month!
At the same time, Sarutobi Hiruzen quickly shouted a command to those tardy Root Ninjas: “Take this Konoha criminal away! I will personally judge his crimes!”
The Root Ninjas first looked toward Uchiha Ikeizumi, who was blocked by a large group of Anbu Ninjas.
Sarutobi Hiruzen’s old face immediately darkened.
He was almost amused with anger.
“I mean Lord Danzo!” He felt that if Lord Danzo wasn’t taken away soon, he would definitely die at Uchiha Ikeizumi’s hands!
Although Sarutobi Hiruzen also wanted to kill Lord Danzo… because after Lord Danzo’s deeds were exposed, the best solution was to kill him to stabilize the various forces in Konoha.
But after Sarutobi Hiruzen’s rapid weighing of pros and cons, he felt that given Lord Danzo’s personality, he must have left plenty of countermeasures in Konoha against being discarded and killed like a donkey after grinding.
Ikeizumi’s uncertainty and danger level were temporarily “visible” and “out in the open.”
And it only posed a threat to a few people.
It wouldn’t threaten the entire Konoha.
Lord Danzo’s uncertainty, however, was “invisible.” Given Lord Danzo’s dark personality, Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn’t guarantee whether the countermeasures he left against being discarded and killed would affect the entire Konoha.
The inner conflict lasted less than half a second before Sarutobi Hiruzen pinched his nose and decided 「 to temporarily spare Lord Danzo 」.
He quickly glared at those Root Ninjas.
“Speed!!!”
The Root Ninjas said no more and immediately lifted the suffering Lord Danzo, attempting to leave this place of trouble.
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“Ikeizumi!” Fugaku no longer cared about hiding his Mangekyo.
The tomoe in his eyes gradually coalesced, transforming into a sharp, blade-like eerie Mangekyo pattern!
“The Uchiha Clan cannot have fundamental conflict with the village. The Uchiha Clan cannot end up in the future you spoke of!”
Fugaku gritted his teeth, chakra surging through his body, Eye Power continuously gathering in a pair of Sharingan.
Two pairs of Mangekyo Sharingan were now staring at each other.
“Ikeizumi, Lord Danzo has been taken away. There’s no need for you to persist. I have my ways to execute Konoha’s justice, and I have the authority to decide who executes this justice.”
Sarutobi Hiruzen unexpectedly glanced at Fugaku, masking the wariness in his eyes, then said in a deep voice to Ikeizumi: “The power you now wield should not be used on fellow village Ninjas.”
He made another promise: “I will properly handle Lord Danzo and give you a perfect reply.”
“Ikeizumi…”
Sarutobi Hiruzen took a deep breath; the Anbu Ninjas and Fugaku were all restless; the Konoha Ninjas outside the Uchiha Clan hesitated, unsure what to do.
Sarutobi Hiruzen then said solemnly with bated breath: “I won’t hold you responsible… No, I should say you didn’t commit any wrong today. Because you were indeed executing your justice, just as I was executing my own justice.”
“The village needs stability and balance. I hope one day you can stand in my position to view these problems; then you would understand what I did today.”
He earnestly tried to reason with Uchiha Ikeizumi.
But when he saw Uchiha Ikeizumi’s icy cold gaze.
Sarutobi Hiruzen knew his words…
Probably weren’t very effective.
“Ikeizumi, I…” Just as Sarutobi Hiruzen wanted to say more, he suddenly felt his hair stand on end—because he clearly saw a trickle of bright red blood slowly flowing from Uchiha Ikeizumi’s right eye!
Sarutobi Hiruzen was so startled he rapidly retreated.
“Ikeizumi!!!” Fugaku’s expression turned extremely ugly as he decisively formed seals, trying to stop Uchiha Ikeizumi.
The remaining Anbu Ninjas all drew their blades and charged!
The powder keg…
Seemed to have exploded.
“Wait!!!” Sarutobi Hiruzen’s sudden shout made everyone on the scene freeze.
The powder keg…
Suddenly fizzled out.
“I’m fine…”
Sarutobi Hiruzen’s unsettled expression was somewhat strange.
He could tell that Uchiha Ikeizumi had definitely used the Mangekyo Sharingan Dōjutsu from his other eye. But he felt nothing, so who was it used on?
Or rather…
Was his Dōjutsu really just used in the previous second?
Wait…
A flash of insight struck Sarutobi Hiruzen’s mind.
“Lord Danzo!!!”
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