Konoha: The Absolute Justice of the Uchiha

Chapter 100 Danzo's End [1] (5000 words)
By the time Naruto returned home, it was already dark.

Looking at the extremely messy bedroom, Naruto collapsed onto the bed, utterly exhausted.

Even now, he is still in a daze.

He didn't know how long he lay on the bed before he sat up again, lifted his shirt, and looked at his unremarkable belly.

"There is a nine-tailed fox spirit inside me..."

Naruto poked his belly, but didn't feel anything unusual.

Logically speaking.

He should be terrified to learn that a terrifying nine-tailed fox is sealed inside him.

But for some reason, Naruto didn't feel panicked; he felt a strange sense of security.

This sense of security...

The source wasn't the Hokage, but that terrifying man—a man who dared to confront the Hokage alone in front of many people, and the only man in Konoha to uphold "absolute justice." Perhaps such a terrifying man was even more powerful than the demon fox within him?
"I think his name was Uchiha Ikezumi?!"

"...Absolute justice!"

Naruto looked up at a crack in the ceiling, bewildered. He didn't know why he had suddenly blurted out those words.

It's like, because you've gained someone's approval, you desperately want to please them and don't want to let them down.

Moreover, what he had said before was truly what he felt in his heart.

There is nothing fabricated about it.

Naruto also recalled the words his grandfather, the Hokage, had said to him after escorting him back.

"Naruto, Izumi's sense of justice is essentially rigid, inflexible, inflexible, and difficult to communicate with. Moreover, it deviates somewhat from Konoha's Will of Fire. Everyone's sense of justice is different; you can't simply copy Izumi's 'absolute justice'."

"If you truly decide to make 'justice' and 'Hokage' your future ninja way, Grandpa Hokage suggests that you develop more of your own opinions in the future. Perhaps you can try to combine the Will of Fire with justice."

"Only justice that has a positive effect on Konoha Village can truly gain everyone's approval. A rigid justice like that of Izumi is unlikely to be accepted by everyone, otherwise he wouldn't always be alone."

"Ahem! I didn't actually mean to speak ill of him, but I was just saying that good justice cannot be separated from the Will of Fire, and the two shouldn't be opposed, right?"

"Ugh! This is so complicated!!!"

Seven-year-old Naruto hugged his head and gave up thinking.

He just felt that the world of these adults was beyond his comprehension.

So, all I need to do from now on is get up early every day to clean the streets, then rush to the Ninja Academy, and after school I can go find Uchiha Izumi, right?

Ah! What about my own rest time?!

Naruto finally realized what was happening.

……

under night.

Uchiha Izumi immersed herself in the bathtub, half of her pretty face submerged in the hot water, with bubbles rising continuously.

Quan always felt that his strength was still too weak.

When Senior Ikezumi confronted the Fugaku family head, the Hokage, and advisor Koharu Utatane, even though he stood firmly on his senior's side and glared at them angrily, none of those important figures turned their attention to him.

If I were stronger, they certainly wouldn't ignore me, right? They would definitely realize that Senior Chiquan isn't alone, and that [Absolute Justice] has its supporters, right?
now……

As the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, Naruto Uzumaki, influenced by his seniors, seems to be throwing himself into the arms of absolute justice.

Although Naruto Uzumaki is very young, his identity is so special that his presence is still stronger than Naruto's.

Quan sighed softly, and a huge bubble rose from the bathtub.

Just then, she suddenly noticed a small dark shadow reflected on the surface of the bathtub, which startled her so much that she quickly covered herself.

When I quickly looked up, I saw a white ninja cat sitting on the slightly open bathroom window.

"Newcomer, Lord Chi Quan wants you to gather around. Tonight, we have something important to do that concerns you."

The white ninja cat calmly said, "Don't be nervous, I'm a female cat."

As Izumi breathed a sigh of relief, she began to have some doubts about what the white ninja cat had said—was it about something important concerning her?
She racked her brains but couldn't come up with a solution.

She could only hurriedly stand up, dry herself off, and change her clothes.

Then they hurriedly went out and followed closely behind the white ninja cat.

Not long after...

Quan met Senior Ikequan in a rather dark alley corner.

"Check your ninja tools." Uchiha Izumi glanced at Izumi, lingering for half a second on the girl's still slightly damp hair, and then said something shocking: "Tonight we're going to kill Shimura Danzo. You'll be the one to do it and dig out this rare 'treasure of evil'."

Quan was suddenly shocked: "!!!"

—Kill Danzo!!!

She remembered that Senior Chi Quan had said something similar to her, and she also recalled that when she followed her senior in believing in "absolute justice," she always felt that she had become a little bit stronger after personally killing a villain that her senior had mentioned.

The elders said that this is a gift from [absolute justice] to believers.

That is to say...

Quan couldn't help but widen her bright eyes; she felt as if she had stumbled upon another secret of her senior!
of course.

It seems the senior didn't treat the secret as a secret, after all, he had said something similar to me before.

With a mix of anticipation and curiosity, Izumi hurriedly checked the ninja tools she carried, and then boldly asked in a low voice, "Senior Izumi, do you know where the Hokage hid Danzo Shimura?"

"I have a faint feeling."

Uchiha Ikezumi said calmly, "My eyes left an imprint on his soul, and I can barely sense his approximate location. What's a bit strange is that I sensed two different locations. Perhaps his soul was split in two, in order to avoid being consumed by the soul-devouring flames of divine retribution."

Quan suddenly felt that the former leader of the Root was somewhat pitiful.

After exhausting all sorts of methods, even splitting his soul in two, he barely managed to escape his predecessor's last "hunt."

As a result, I've still been targeted by my seniors.

but……

That guy deserved it. If he hadn't done evil, how could he have been judged by absolute justice?

"Meow, newbie, we've got to go big tonight. Maybe the Third Hokage has already arranged for a lot of ANBU ninjas to protect that half-dead old dog Danzo." As soon as Tachibana Jiro's voice rang out, Izumi felt a sudden weight on his shoulder.

"Last night, Lord Ikezumi really angered the Third Hokage; he tormented him again during the day; if he does it again tonight, I wonder if the Third Hokage will have a heart attack from the shock."

Tachibana Jiro's tone was somewhat gloating.

She straightened her slumped shoulders with effort and said helplessly, "Tachibana Jiro-senpai, why did you switch sides this time?"

Tachibana Jiro patted her shoulder with his paw and said, "I'm just trying to prevent you from getting uneven shoulders! I've heard that you human girls care a lot about that, so how about that? Aren't I thoughtful, meow!"

spring:"……"

That was so "thoughtful"! She felt that her shoulders were already aching terribly before she even made a move after seeing Danzo.

……

at the same time.

ANBU base.

"Huff... Huff..." Danzo, now only half a body, lay listlessly on the cold iron bed. The excruciating pain from the depths of his soul was inescapable no matter what he tried, almost driving him to the brink of mental collapse.

He could no longer scream; his voice had been hoarse for who knows how long, and now he could only gasp for breath with a ferocious expression.

Only one of his eyes remained in his eye sockets—his other Sharingan had been taken away by a medical ninja under the pretext of "the Hokage's orders," which nearly made Danzo faint with anger.

Because of the Sharingan inside its eye socket...

It's Shisui's Mangekyou Sharingan!
Having fallen to such a state, he was powerless to resist and became a piece of meat on a chopping block, at the mercy of others.

IV tubing was attached to his body, allowing him to barely survive even though he couldn't drink or eat.

This situation...

It would be better to just die and be done with it!
However! The intense resentment and hatred in his heart made Danzo unwilling to end his own life. Moreover, suicide would not bring relief; the excruciating pain in his soul would follow him to the very end of hell!
This kaleidoscope ability was so terrifying that it drove Danzo to despair.

Danzo placed all his hopes on Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Suppose...

The monkey realizes that Uchiha Izumi's evil eyes are enough to threaten anyone in the village, including his so-called Hokage. The monkey then tries to kill Uchiha Izumi. In this situation, will the Mangekyou Sharingan's special ability automatically deactivate?
After all, he stole my Kotoamatsukami! Shouldn't he take the money and do his job to kill Uchiha Izumi for me?

Despite this hope, Danzo did not give up his will to survive.

He still has a chance!
He hasn't lost yet!
How could Danzo Shimura possibly fall if he didn't completely eradicate the inherently evil Uchiha clan from the ninja world?
He inherited the final will left behind by Tobirama-sensei!

He's aiming to become the next Hokage!

I'm going to change the future of Konoha!

thump.

thump.

thump.

A faint sound reached Danzo's ears, causing him to become somewhat dazed. He shifted his bloodshot and weary gaze to the left and saw an old acquaintance—Mitomon Homura!
Mitomon Homura pulled up a chair, sat down next to Danzo, and adjusted his reading glasses.

He slowly began to speak: "Danzo, the medical ninjas of Konoha have tried every possible method, and Itachi Uchiha has also done his best, but to no avail. Perhaps, only Izumi Uchiha has a way to remove the Mangekyou Sharingan he implanted in your body."

Danzo's facial muscles, which had been somewhat numb, twitched violently. He wanted to angrily denounce the medical ninja for their incompetence and to condemn Uchiha Ikezumi for being a menace.

But at that moment, he couldn't utter a single word.

Mitomon En looked at his former colleague with a complicated expression.

It's inevitable that a sense of shared sorrow or sympathy lingers in the air.

"Danzo, even though you're bedridden and can't move, it's still better to tell you about what's been happening lately. Uchiha Izumi has recently caused quite a stir in Konoha. And it's even involved the Daimyo and a Jinchuriki."

Mitokado slowly recounted what had happened in just two days.

Even Danzo, who was suffering greatly, was momentarily stunned.

That naturally evil Uchiha brat seems to be getting more and more troublesome!

And absolutely no one can control him!
No! If that monkey were determined to be disciplined, he definitely could be, but he's too indecisive!
Just because we're afraid of causing too many sacrifices, should we just ignore Uchiha Izumi? This hesitation won't solve the problem; it will only make us stuck in one direction and end up with nothing to do with it.

Danzo was so angry that he wanted to grind his few remaining teeth to dust.

That angry monkey is so unruly!

"Danzo, there's no need to think so much before you recover. It's getting late, I should be going." Just as Mitokado Homura stood up to leave, a sudden, deafening roar and an exaggerated, earth-shaking tremor caused Mitokado Homura's expression to change abruptly.

He quickly steadied himself and looked up.

Suddenly, the ceiling above turned a bright orange-red.

Mitomon En's pupils contracted, a strong sense of alarm sending chills down his spine. He burst forth with astonishing speed, rapidly retreating backward!

In that instant, the orange-red ceiling was instantly melted, and a torrent of magma carrying terrifying force plunged down, carving a giant magma hole deep into the ground!

The lava that splashed in all directions ignited many combustibles, setting off multiple flames inside the base.

The pervasive smell of magma terrified Mitokado En.

"Uchiha Izumi!!!" he exclaimed in surprise.

Also at this moment.

A rather young, yet somewhat familiar voice coldly rang out: "So that's how it is. It turns out that it relies on the forbidden technique of Corpse Demon Sealing to cut the soul that is being burned by the Heavenly Punishment Fire in two, so that the Heavenly Punishment Fire will not affect the other half of the soul."

"My stereotype of you is... someone who occasionally makes stupid mistakes, after all, you even managed to pull off a kunai-stabbing Susanoo. But it seems you do have some cleverness after all."

"Unfortunately, the pain connection between the two halves of the soul cannot be severed by the Corpse Demon Sealing Technique. That is why you are now lying in bed as a cripple."

"Your clever little trick not only failed to free you from endless pain, but instead made you feel even worse than if you were dead."

“Am I right? Lord Shimura Danzo?”

Uchiha Ikezumi went to two places tonight. One was the Uzumaki clan's Namendo in Konoha Village—he could clearly sense that half of Danzo's soul was nearby.

At that moment, he realized what method Danzo had used.

The second place we were heading to was the secret service base here!
At the very moment his voice fell, Mitokado Homura, not far away, saw with his own eyes a figure standing in the rolling lava.

He stared wide-eyed at Uchiha Ikezumi.

"What are you doing!?"

While on high alert, Mitokado Homura anxiously shouted, "Uchiha Ikezumi, this is the Anbu base! You've trespassed into the Anbu base and even damaged the base buildings. What are you trying to do?!"

Mitokado Homura saw that the rolling magma on the ground had subsided and all of it had gathered into Uchiha Ikezumi's body.

Upon seeing the other person again, they shifted their cold gaze towards them.

Mitomon was startled and immediately turned his head away before the two sides confronted each other.

Danzo's tragic fate was still fresh in everyone's mind. Like Hiruzen Sarutobi, Homura Mitokado was also very wary of Izumi Uchiha's Mangekyou Sharingan.

"Eliminate the evil of the ninja world." Faced with Mitokado Homura's anxious questioning, Uchiha Ikezumi's reply was concise and to the point.

Mitomon felt a chill run down his spine.

Could it be that this guy still doesn't want to let Danzo go?

The key question is, how did he know that Danzo was hiding here?

Also at this time.

Suddenly, Mitokado Homura saw a large hole blasted out by lava above him, and two figures jumped down—a girl dressed in Uchiha police uniform and an orange ninja cat.

"Meow, this is Anbu territory, isn't it?" Tachibana Jiro squinted and muttered, "These Anbu ninjas react really fast!"

I saw...

Many ANBU ninjas were attracted by the commotion, and within seconds, seven or eight ANBU ninjas gathered and stood behind Mitokado Homura.

It was precisely because of the appearance of this group of ANBU ninjas that Mitokado Yan, who was so tense that he was sweating profusely, finally felt a little safe.

The group of Anbu ninjas were also taken aback when they saw Uchiha Ikezumi.

No one expected that they would run into each other again so soon after they parted ways.

Moreover, it was done in such a special way.

“Uchiha Izumi… Danzo is no longer able to do evil. He no longer controls Root in Konoha, and Hiruzen has removed him from all his positions. He is no longer a high-ranking official in Konoha.”

Mitokado Yan concealed the shock on his face. He took a deep breath, but was choked by the pervasive, pungent smell of sulfur.

After coughing heavily a few times, he said in a deep voice with a complicated expression, "In this situation, do you really have to make it a fight to the death? Can't you at least leave some room for maneuver for the sake of being from the same village?"

"If your sense of justice were a little more tactful, many people in the village would probably find it easier to accept your 'absolute justice'."

The ANBU ninjas behind him looked surprised; they roughly understood why Uchiha Izumi was here.

The enemy has been relentlessly pursuing Shimura Danzo!

Danzo really messed with Uchiha Ikezumi...

Uchiha Ikezumi countered with a question: "When Shimura Danzo committed his atrocities, did he ever think about leaving himself an escape route?"

One sentence left Mitokado Hōsuke speechless.

If Danzo had left a way out, he wouldn't be Shimura Danzo!
"[Absolute Justice] will eradicate a huge cancer of evil in the ninja world." Uchiha Ikezumi, alone with his sword, took a step forward, blocking the path of all the ANBU ninjas with his own body.

"Anyone who obstructs the execution of justice will be regarded by me as an enemy of justice and an accomplice to evil."

"This road is blocked tonight."

"Danzo must die."

……

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(End of this chapter)