Chapter 75: Uchiha Ikeizumi’s Justice Will Not Be Co-opted
Sarutobi Hiruzen was starting to waver. With a few glances from him, several Anbu Ninjas immediately broke away from the team and rushed swiftly toward the direction where Lord Danzo had been taken earlier.
When Sarutobi Hiruzen noticed that Kakashi was also making a move.
He immediately called out to him.
“Kakashi, you stay here.” This simple sentence from him made Kakashi, who was preparing to set off, halt his steps.
This was because Sarutobi Hiruzen, out of caution, did not want Kakashi to go looking for Lord Danzo. After all, Uchiha Ikeizumi had just declared in front of so many people that Hatake Sakumo’s death was related to Lord Danzo.
He was worried that Kakashi would be blinded by hatred.
Even though he knew Kakashi was not that kind of person, he still had to be cautious.
After all…
Sarutobi Hiruzen was almost developing a psychological shadow from Uchiha Ikeizumi!
Every time he thought he could predict what would happen, something unexpected occurred instead.
Subsequently.
Sarutobi Hiruzen, with a grim face, gave Uchiha Ikeizumi a deep look. His voice slightly heavy, he said: “Ikeizumi… I hope that you, who wields such a threatening power, will not use it on ninjas from your own village. I know you want to carry out justice, but justice must be based on protecting the village.”
He knew Ikeizumi would not listen to these words.
But what he said was for the others to hear— this way, in the ears of others, it would not seem like the Third Hokage was shielding Lord Danzo out of personal favoritism, but rather doing so for the village.
As for whether to severely punish Uchiha Ikeizumi, who had defied his order as Hokage in public?
Sarutobi Hiruzen dismissed this dangerous thought that surfaced.
Lord Danzo’s miserable state was still fresh in his mind.
If he were to completely fall out with the now stronger Ikeizumi… Sarutobi Hiruzen did not dare to guarantee how many people would have to die tonight to take him down.
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“It seems the dust has settled for now…”
Hyuga Hiashi, hearing no more major disturbances, murmured.
His low whisper could only be heard by the group of Hyuga Clan ninjas behind him: “Hokage, tonight counts as a compromise toward Uchiha Ikeizumi. But he did not fully compromise, only halfway, since he still wants to protect Lord Danzo.”
“Lord Hiashi.” A Hyuga Clan jonin said in a low, worried voice: “Might Lord Danzo have also tried to steal our Hyuga Clan’s Byakugan?”
Hyuga Hiashi was silent for half a second, a shadowy expression flashing in his eyes.
This dissatisfied emotion was directed only at Lord Danzo.
Hyuga Hiashi said expressionlessly: “The Byakugan of the branch family are all engraved with the Caged Bird Seal. Lord Danzo could not possibly decipher the Caged Bird technique.”
That Hyuga jonin also fell silent.
Because he was a member of the Hyuga Branch Family.
Caged Bird…
It was the shadow looming over every Hyuga Clan branch family member.
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“Uchiha Ikeizumi… he has awakened the highest level of power of our Uchiha Clan’s Sharingan, right? That’s the legendary… strongest heavenly eye that can peer through the three realms, the Mangekyo Sharingan with earth-shattering dojutsu power!!!”
The attention of most Uchiha Clan Police Force Ninjas was focused on this.
Compared to the Mangekyo Sharingan, they could hardly continue paying attention to what fate had befallen Lord Danzo.
A living Mangekyo Sharingan wielder was right in front of them!
“Clan Head Fugaku, he… seems to have this legendary power too! I just overlooked from a higher position and saw his eyes—his eyes are different from the normal three-tomoe Sharingan!”
This left the Uchiha Clan ninjas completely dumbfounded.
In one night, two Mangekyo Sharingan wielders!
Was their Uchiha Clan finally going to turn things around and seize real power in Konoha Village?
“Lord Fugaku… he just held us back, not letting us help Uchiha Ikeizumi.” Finally, someone coldly and ruthlessly shattered the illusory fantasy: “He… is standing on the Hokage’s side, not the Uchiha Clan’s side.”
Many radical Uchiha were instantly silenced.
The one leaning outwards was their Uchiha Clan Leader.
Was there anything more tragic than this?
“As for Uchiha Ikeizumi… hmph!” A Police Force Ninja calmly said: “Is this man someone who can be swayed?”
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When the fourth Sharingan on his arm slowly closed, it meant that Lord Danzo had already activated the forbidden secret technique “Izanagi” four times in just one night!
However…
The Heavenly Punishment Fire clinging to the depths of his soul could not be shaken off for some reason!
As a result, in this short span of less than two minutes.
Lord Danzo experienced countless cycles of being burned by the Heavenly Punishment Fire into the Avici Hell, only to rewrite the unfavorable reality with the invincible time manipulation of “Izanagi.”
Such repetition tormented Lord Danzo’s body and mind.
“Is there any way…”
“What the hell is the way AHHHHHH!!!”
The Sharingan on his arm had only five left, plus the transplanted one in his eye socket—he only had six minutes left.
When he saw a mass of crimson flames surging out from his feet once more, the reflection in Lord Danzo’s pupils revealed infinite despair.
The searing pain of the flames piercing his flesh and soul was something he could neither get used to nor numb himself against.
His entire body instantly burst into flames!
“AHHHHHH!!!”
Equally anxious as Lord Danzo were the several Root Ninjas around him.
They had exhausted every method at their disposal, including but not limited to—medical ninjutsu, sealing ninjutsu, Water Release ninjutsu. They had nearly depleted their lifetime of expertise, yet still could not extinguish that extremely weird Heavenly Punishment Fire for Lord Danzo!
Even attempting to seal the flames into a scroll was futile.
When the power of “Izanagi” took effect once more.
Lord Danzo reached out and grabbed his wrinkled, contorted old face.
His fingertips clawed deep bloody marks into his face.
Despair and anxiety brewed madly, to the point that he even had the thought of giving up—just let it be.
“No! That flame… even if burned into the Avici Hell, it will follow and torment my soul!”
A terrified look flashed in Lord Danzo’s eyes.
“Soul…”
“Body…”
He immediately clenched his teeth so hard that he even shattered one tooth.
But before he could grasp that fleeting inspiration, the spontaneously igniting Heavenly Punishment Fire once again enveloped his body and soul completely, the indescribable agony interrupting his thoughts.
“AHHHHHH!!!”
When his intact body reappeared, Lord Danzo glared with lingering fear at a bewildered Root Ninja—the most talented Root Ninja in the entire Root Organization with sealing ninjutsu, aside from Shimura Danzo himself.
Lord Danzo had once secretly copied many forbidden jutsu from the Sealing Book without Sarutobi Hiruzen’s permission and given them to this Root Ninja to study, all to cultivate him.
“Gen! Use that technique!”
With the fourth Sharingan’s Izanagi about to end, Lord Danzo swiftly formed the “Izanagi” seal, unwilling to waste even a second, his eyes bloodshot as he urgently shouted: “Use the Reaper Death Seal!”
“Lord Danzo, I haven’t mastered that technique yet…”
“Shut up!!!”
Lord Danzo wished he could kill this fool wasting time.
His face flushed red, he roared furiously: “Use it on me! The flames started from my legs! Use it to sever the souls of my legs, you bastard… AHHHHHH!”
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In my previous life, I was deceived by a bad woman, leading to my dad marrying her, and she squandered all his gold coins.
In this life, I will strike back hard and definitely find a good stepmom for myself. I think this Aunt Bai is pretty good.
Thus, a kindergarten classmate who doesn’t speak became my sister.
