Chapter 77: Absolute Justice Needs More Believers
“Dad, who is he…” Ino, who was accompanying Yamanaka Inoichi to see Uchiha Ikeizumi off as he turned to leave, had a puzzled little face and finally couldn’t help but quietly ask Yamanaka Inoichi.
Yamanaka Inoichi withdrew his gaze and said, “His name is Uchiha Ikeizumi.”
After saying that.
He half-squatted down and said earnestly to his seven-year-old daughter, “Ino, sometimes the village’s adults make some mistakes, but Uchiha Ikeizumi is different. This man’s beliefs and persistence ensure he won’t make any mistakes that violate justice.”
Yamanaka Inoichi sighed, “Because he is one of the few good people in Konoha. He might use some extreme methods that you can’t understand, but such methods will never target kind people.”
A trace of a smile appeared on Yamanaka Inoichi’s serious face. “So when Ino grows up, she must also become a kind person!”
Ino nodded as if she understood but didn’t fully.
Then, she couldn’t help but look back at the “home” that had turned into ruins, aggrievedly saying, “But… where are we going to live tonight?”
Witnessing those terrifying gashes cut by wind blades inside the Yamanaka Clan Headquarters, a shadow flashed in Yamanaka Inoichi’s eyes.
He, who already had no favorable impression of Danzo and Root.
Now had his impression of Root directly turn negative.
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On the other side.
Izumi, carefully following behind Uchiha Ikeizumi, felt somewhat guilty because she hadn’t been able to play any role the entire night.
She also wanted to charge into the encirclement of Root Ninjas like Clan Leader Fugaku, but not to stand on Hokage’s side targeting Senior Ikeizumi like Clan Leader Fugaku, but to stand on Senior Ikeizumi’s side.
Unfortunately, that was just a delusion. With her small arms and legs and weak strength, she couldn’t break into the Anbu Ninjas’ encirclement at all.
Not dragging her senior’s feet was already her limit.
When Izumi looked up at Uchiha Ikeizumi’s profile, she noticed two bright red bloodstains clearly visible on Senior Ikeizumi’s cheeks, so she hurriedly pulled out a white handkerchief with a faint fragrance from her bosom.
Just as she mustered the courage to hand the handkerchief to Senior Ikeizumi…
She suddenly heard footsteps coming from behind.
“Tch…” Izumi heard Kijiro, squatting on her shoulder, disdainfully mutter, “A cat-hating guy has come. Even smelling his scent makes me feel uncomfortable all over, meow.”
Then, Izumi heard Fugaku’s voice from behind. “Ikeizumi…”
Izumi’s delicate eyebrows furrowed immediately as well.
Tonight…
Her impression of Uchiha Fugaku had already reached an extreme low. Izumi couldn’t imagine how Clan Leader Fugaku, as the clan leader, could stand on the opposite side of her senior amid such conflict?
Fugaku behind saw that Uchiha Ikeizumi didn’t stop walking, as if he hadn’t heard his voice at all.
A flash of helplessness crossed his stern poker face.
“Ikeizumi, like you, I don’t want the future Uchiha to die in a clan extermination tragedy.” Fugaku said in a deep voice to the back ahead, voicing his innermost thoughts. “And the source of the clan extermination tragedy is the conflict between the village and the Uchiha Clan.”
“Only by eradicating the conflict in advance can tragedy be avoided. This is the peace I, as the Uchiha Clan Leader, uphold. In your words, isn’t this also a form of justice?”
Uchiha Ikeizumi’s voice slowly rose. “Do you want me to agree with your pathetic compromise and cowardice toward the evil of the Ninja World?”
“Is justice coming out of your mouth some kind of ‘don’t laugh’ challenge?”
He said, “You almost made me laugh.”
Fugaku fell silent.
It seemed that Ikeizumi, who pursued Absolute Justice「 in an extreme way」, would never understand his ideas.
Uchiha Ikeizumi didn’t continue to pay him any mind.
He walked on by himself.
Izumi hurriedly followed with Kijiro.
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Uchiha Ikeizumi could know exactly how many Sharingan Danzo had consumed during the process of using the “Izanagi” secret technique to survive, through the golden finger prompts for killing red name holders.
Tonight, there were a total of four prompts of Danzo being “killed.”
Two of them were killed by Uchiha Ikeizumi’s Lava Release.
The remaining two were definitely burned to death by “Heavenly Punishment Fire.”
But Danzo was only burned to death twice before the kill prompts stopped, indicating that the Heavenly Punishment Fire had been dodged by the opponent in some way.
But this kind of “dodging” couldn’t truly escape the Heavenly Punishment Fire.
Danzo had already been deeply branded with the Mangekyo Sharingan. Every second, he had to pay the price for his sins, and Uchiha Ikeizumi could faintly feel the position of the brand.
Danzo’s soul would be burned every moment.
He would eternally experience the pain of soul-burning.
This bone-deep pain, whether alive or dead; whether in the Ninja World or the underworld, could not be avoided.
“Uchiha Izumi.” — The voice from Uchiha Ikeizumi made Izumi, who was clutching the handkerchief, shudder.
Izumi immediately shouted, “Here!!!”
Uchiha Ikeizumi asked indifferently, “If one day, I give you the chance to personally kill Shimura Danzo once, would you dare to strike at a former Konoha high-ranking official with the blade of justice in your hand?”
Izumi answered without hesitation, “Yes!!!”
Then, she heard Senior Ikeizumi say something she didn’t quite understand. “Then you can prepare in advance. The inexhaustible ‘evil’ on Danzo is, to「 Absolute Justice」, a dragon ‘treasure’ trove that hasn’t been fully excavated yet.”
Uchiha Ikeizumi glanced at the uneasy girl and said in an emotionless tone, “Whether the new sprout of「 Absolute Justice」 can thrive depends on what you can dig up from the dragon’s ‘treasure.'”
Danzo’s nature in Uchiha Ikeizumi’s eyes had already changed.
If he could die at the hands of the new sprout of「 Absolute Justice」, that would be Danzo’s only value contributed to the Ninja World.
Izumi then vaguely realized something.
“Senior, is Danzo still alive?”
Uchiha Ikeizumi said, “He’s barely clinging to life with some petty tricks for now, but he’s most likely worse than dead, reduced to a cripple.”
Izumi suddenly understood and murmured thoughtfully, “Then he can’t do evil anymore…”
Uchiha Ikeizumi suddenly asked, “Rookie, a villain who is enduring extreme torture every moment and can’t continue doing evil. Do you think justice requires purging him?”
Izumi was startled. She realized her senior was testing her.
“Yes, it does!”
Izumi nodded firmly, her little face serious. “Without killing the villain, we can’t deliver justice for the innocent! We are merely executors of justice and have no right to forgive the perpetrator on behalf of the victims!”
“Correct answer. You’re barely a qualified follower of「 Absolute Justice」.”
Uchiha Ikeizumi wouldn’t stint on praise.
Even if his tone was ice-cold.
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At the same time.
Sarutobi Hiruzen, who had finally caught his breath, didn’t head back to the Sarutobi Clan Residence first but went to the Anbu Base.
Because Anbu Ninjas had told him that Danzo had been brought to the Anbu Base, though Danzo’s condition was a bit off.
As soon as Sarutobi Hiruzen walked in, he heard faint wails of agony.
He felt the voice sounded somewhat familiar.
When he reached a secret chamber, Sarutobi Hiruzen was completely stunned.
Because he saw 0.5 Danzos.
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