Konoha: The Absolute Justice of the Uchiha

Chapter 109 Assassination of Uchiha Ikezumi? Three Bloodline Limits? (5000 words)
The phrase "I don't want to see internal strife within the Uchiha clan" instantly made the Uchiha, whose face was extremely gloomy, laugh in anger.

He looked up and stared intently into Fugaku's calm eyes.

"Fugaku, are you threatening me? If I don't do as you say, are you going to arrest me?"

Uchiha Setsuna uttered a hoarse question.

Fugaku Uchiha said, "If after a thorough investigation we find that Setsuna-senpai was not involved in smuggling or selling illegal drugs, then naturally we won't take action against you. I simply don't want the Uchiha clan to descend into chaos, that's all."

Uchiha Setsuna clenched his teeth so tightly that blood was spilling from his gums.

Feeling the metallic taste of blood in his mouth, Uchiha Setsuna said in a low voice, "Heh heh... So you don't want things to get chaotic! Fugaku, you're quite the 'competent' head of the clan."

"But you only think about threatening me, yet you don't have the ability to stop Uchiha Ikezumi? If Uchiha Ikezumi hadn't meddled in my affairs, would I have been this angry?!"

"You can't control him, can you? If you could, my grandson wouldn't have died at his hands, right?"

Fugaku fell silent.

Because Uchiha Setsuna was right, between Uchiha Setsuna and Uchiha Izumi, the one who was the weaker party was Uchiha Setsuna.

He couldn't control Uchiha Ikezumi, but he could control Uchiha Setsuna by virtue of his power as the head of the Uchiha clan.

"Hmph, I was still a step too slow."

Uchiha Setsuna stopped looking at the man with fierce eyes, lowered his head slightly, and said in a hoarse voice, "If I had been one step faster, my grandson would not have died."

The two seemingly random sentences caused Fugaku to frown slightly.

"Fugaku, I have some information that might interest you."

Uchiha Setsuna lowered his head and said to himself, "Uchiha Izumi's Lava Release does indeed have the strange ability to be immune to most physical attacks. However, this ability is not passive. It requires him to form hand seals in advance and use a technique called 'Lava Release Chakra Body,' which is a Lava Release technique he created himself."

"I've gone to great lengths to target him before he can deal with me! Tell me... if I had laid out a large number of explosive tags beforehand and detonated them before Uchiha Izumi used the Lava Release technique, would he have been killed?!"

Fugaku's pupils contracted slightly without leaving a trace.

Uchiha Setsuna wouldn't have said those things to him for no reason!
Could it be that……

A possibility that seemed unbelievable arose in Fugaku's mind.

"Of course I don't have that many explosive tags. Besides, the Uchiha clan's explosive tags are all used to deal with the Hokage of Konoha. How could I waste them on a brat?"

"However, there was a ninja clan that found me this morning. They want to kill Uchiha Ikezumi with me. Heh heh... Although they only have a few big cats and little cats left, they still have some resources."

"pity……"

Uchiha Setsuna sighed, "Some of the young men under my command have been brainwashed by Uchiha Ikezumi's so-called 'absolute justice.' Even if I wanted to cooperate with that ninja clan, those young men under me wouldn't agree."

For some reason, Fugaku breathed a faint sigh of relief.

Chi Quan was indeed a headache for him. Sometimes he would even feel dissatisfied with some of Qi Quan's extreme behaviors, and even have murderous intent towards him.

But once he calmed down, Fugaku realized that his Uchiha clan couldn't do without Izumi.

Because Chi Quan's formidable strength is a solid foundation!

Even if the Konoha leadership wanted to take action against the Uchiha clan, and even if they knew that Izumi wouldn't actually side with the Uchiha clan, they would ultimately refrain from using force against the Uchiha clan for Izumi's sake.

After all, it's better to be safe than sorry...

No one can guarantee that Uchiha Izumi won't suddenly stand up for the Uchiha clan out of nowhere.

This is also one of the reasons why Fugaku repeatedly tolerated Ikezumi.

"Although we cannot cooperate, I am old and carelessly let slip that Ichiha Izumi's 'weakness' may or may not actually exist to that ninja clan."

Uchiha Setsuna raised his eyes and said, "I had no intention of killing him, nor did I cooperate with them. Even Uchiha Ikezumi's eyes, which can see through evil, probably wouldn't be able to see any wickedness in me. You agree, right, Fugaku?"

It was at the very moment that Uchiha Setsuna finished speaking.

Suddenly!
A deafening explosion rang out from a direction less than a few hundred meters away!

Immediately following was a series of continuous explosions.

The explosion illuminated half the sky above the Uchiha clan's stronghold.

This also alarmed the entire Uchiha clan.

The flames from the explosion illuminated Fugaku Uchiha's profile.

His unpleasant expression was clearly visible in profile.

"Setsuna-senpai..." Fugaku's face tightened as he questioned, enunciating each word clearly, "You let outsiders into the Uchiha clan's territory and allowed them to set up explosive tags on Uchiha grounds?!"

Uchiha Setsuna said expressionlessly, "Don't wrong me. If even you, the clan head, don't know, how would I know how they infiltrated the Uchiha compound?"

"As for how exactly they carried out their plan to assassinate Uchiha Izumi, hehe, I have even less to say."

Fugaku didn't want to waste another word with this old man whose mind was full of coups and infighting.

He immediately led the police ninjas towards the direction of the explosion.

Furthermore, Fugaku remembers that the Jinchuriki was always with Ikezumi! And Sasuke was also always with Ikezumi!
If those two kids haven't gone back yet...

Fugaku couldn't bear to imagine what would happen next.

……

the other side.

Uchiha Izumi and Tachibana Jiro, the human and the cat, have completed the task assigned to them by Uchiha Izumi and returned to the Uchiha clan's residence.

But at that moment, a deafening explosion not far away startled them, and even Tachibana Jiro was so shocked that his hair stood on end.

The big orange ninja cat shuddered and muttered, "Who's using explosive tags in the middle of the night, meow!"

"Tachibana Jiro-senpai, that looks like..."

Izumi stared in shock at the flashes of light from the explosion ahead, muttering, "It looks like... the direction of Izumi-senpai's house, doesn't it?"

Tachibana Jiro was taken aback and quickly looked in that direction.

"Meow! Newcomer!" Its cat face immediately turned ugly: "Someone is trying to harm Lord Chi Quan! We must go and support Lord Chi Quan!"

Say it.

Tachibana Jiro jumped off Izumi's shoulder, disappearing in an instant as if he were an orange arrow shot from a bow.

Izumi was surprised by Tachibana Jiro's incredible speed, but even more shocked by the series of explosions.

She followed without hesitation.

……

Hokage Building.

Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was silently waiting for the "victims of absolute justice" to arrive tonight, was suddenly startled by the sound of an explosion in the distance.

And it wasn't just one explosion, but a series of explosions!

Hiruzen Sarutobi suddenly stood up and walked to the office window.

His gaze was fixed on the distant bursts of flame.

Hiruzen Sarutobi frowned deeply: "That is..."

Beside her, Koharu Utatane's voice came: "It's the Uchiha clan's headquarters. If I'm not mistaken, that explosion sound... seems to be the sound of explosive tags exploding."

Xiaochun, who was turning over a new room, was also drawn to the explosion.

Hiruzen Sarutobi frowned even more deeply.

He couldn't understand what the Uchiha clan was up to.

An explosion of that size would probably affect several houses, right?

It's unclear whether there will be any casualties.

"and many more!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi suddenly felt a pang of unease, a possibility that filled him with a bad premonition: "Could Naruto be there?"

……

"Cough! Cough cough..."

Naruto clutched his head in pain, then suddenly felt something warm and damp on his palm. He moved his hand away and looked down in the light of the explosion, only to be shocked to find his hand covered in blood!

The ringing in his ears made him unable to hear anything.

When Naruto looked up in confusion, he was horrified to see that several houses in front of him were engulfed in flames!
Large amounts of debris from the bombed buildings have been scattered throughout the street.

The dizziness made Naruto unable to react for a moment.

Naruto vaguely remembered that Izumi-sensei had said to wait at his house for Izumi and Tachibana Jiro to come and meet him. So, he and the arrogant Sasuke followed Izumi-sensei to his house once again.

But the moment the door opened, Izumi-sensei suddenly picked herself and Sasuke up and threw them out.

Then I seemed to hear an explosion, and then it felt like I was being swept away by an invisible gust of wind.

Then, his head was hit and started bleeding...

"Hiss!" Naruto gasped as memories flashed through his mind, snapping him back to reality. He hurriedly stood up and looked around blankly. He saw Sasuke standing not far away, staggering and leaning against the wall to get to his feet.

"Huh...huh..."

Sasuke was breathing heavily, his face still showing signs of shock.

Upon seeing Naruto stand up, he immediately straightened up, trying to appear better than Naruto. But as soon as he moved, he gasped in shock.

A series of pains made Sasuke purse his lips tightly. When he looked down, he saw that the skin on both of his knees was scraped raw.

There were many abrasions and bruises on her fair arms and legs.

"What's going on?" Naruto asked, rubbing his head with both hands, as he walked over, feeling dizzy.

Sasuke rolled his eyes: "How should I know?"

……

Not far away, Kakashi wiped the bloodstains off his palm.

Judging from the speed at which Naruto and Sasuke were swept away by the blast wave, serious injury would be the least of their worries. The reason they seemed unharmed was clearly because Kakashi intervened at the crucial moment and caught them both.

At this moment, Kakashi was gazing at the retreating figures in a hurry.

His eyes narrowed slightly: "The Shimura clan..."

Just now, after catching Naruto and Sasuke, Kakashi didn't have time to be shocked by the explosion of the explosive tags, nor did he have time to wonder who wanted to assassinate Uchiha Ikezumi. He immediately noticed that someone had taken advantage of the explosion to escape.

When he tried to chase after the two kids, he realized it was too late; the other side had clearly planned their escape route.

but……

The shockwave from the explosion briefly lifted the mask on the other person's face.

In that brief instant, Kakashi's eyes immediately caught a glimpse of one of the people's profiles—because he had removed his Konoha headband, revealing his three-tomoe Sharingan!
Coincidentally, Kakashi knew that person.

The opponent is a ninja from the Shimura clan!
"I should go back and report to the Hokage." Kakashi muttered to himself. He covered his Sharingan, let out a deep breath, and looked back at the several houses that had been destroyed. "If it were me, I would probably be dead by now. Even if I were lucky enough to survive, I would have to lie in a hospital bed for several years."

"Speaking of which, this guy wouldn't possibly..."

"Um?!!"

……

"Hey, you loser, what's wrong with you?!" Sasuke, who was enduring the pain on the other side, suddenly noticed that Naruto's expression was a little strange.

He turned his head to look in the direction Naruto was looking.

His eyes widened involuntarily.

In Sasuke's line of sight—a terrifying figure of flowing lava was vaguely reflected in the raging sea of ​​fire filled with smoke and dust. The figure appeared to be "incomplete" at first glance, but those "incomplete" parts were visibly filled in by the rolling lava.

In less than a few breaths, the "incomplete" figure formed from magma transformed into a perfectly complete human form.

Suddenly, several collapsed houses nearby made a loud bang, and one after another, spheres made of vines burst through the ruins.

Furthermore, one can see that each vine-like sphere has a tendril extending from it, connecting with the deep well where lava flows.

The intricate vines slowly receded, revealing that each vine sphere contained a living person!

They were all Uchiha clan civilians living in the surrounding area!
They included the elderly and the young, and everyone's face showed fear and uncertainty.

But everyone survived the explosion.

"Sizzle..." Uchiha Izumi emerged from the sea of ​​fire, leaving a trail of lava shoe prints on the ground. Lava dripped from his body, each drop causing the stone slabs on the ground to ignite.

After the lava receded, Uchiha Izumi's figure appeared.

……

"Completely unharmed!" Kakashi, not far away, stared at Uchiha Ikezumi emerging from the sea of ​​fire, his eyes filled with a hint of shock: "He even managed to save seven people from his neighbors on both sides at the same time. Oh right... he also saved two brats beforehand."

He was genuinely shocked; he guessed that it was unlikely that Uchiha Izumi could be assassinated so easily.

But he felt that even if the other party survived, they should be seriously injured.

Is this what serious injury should look like?!

It seems like only the hem of her clothes is a little dirty?
"But... where did those vines come from? Is this Uchiha Izumi's doing?!" A word popped into Kakashi's mind, startling him.

——Wood Escape Blood Succession Limit! ! !
The word had barely popped into his head when he immediately dismissed it.

It's simply impossible. How could a ninja from the Uchiha clan possibly master the Wood Release technique of the First Hokage? The Uchiha clan would never intermarry with the Senju clan, and it's impossible for Uchiha Izumi to have the bloodline of the First Hokage.

Moreover, he was already a very rare double bloodline limit ninja, so how could he possibly have another bloodline limit?
but……

Kakashi then remembered Shimura Danzo, who had studied Wood Release cells.

He suddenly fell into deep thought.

"Three blood inheritance limits..."

"real or fake?!"

……

"Senior Chi Quan!"

"Lord Chiquan!"

Uchiha Izumi and Tachibana Jiro, the man and the cat, finally arrived.

They couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they saw that Uchiha Ikezumi was unharmed.

But when they saw the several damaged houses, their expressions turned serious.

It really was Izumi-senpai's/master's house that had an accident—this was the thought that popped into Izumi and Tachibana Jiro's minds at the same time.

"forward……"

Izumi only managed to utter one word before Uchiha Izumi coldly interrupted him, "Have all the villains on the list been executed?"

Izumi hurriedly replied, "I and Tachibana-senpai have executed them all, leaving no survivors! Moreover, Tachibana-senpai even sent his subordinate ninja cat to notify the Yamanaka clan to collect the bodies."

At that moment, Naruto and Sasuke also walked over.

"Lord Ikezumi, what happened to you?" Tachibana Jiro asked hesitantly.

Uchiha Ikezumi calmly said, "I was assassinated. At least a hundred explosive tags were planted on me. Fortunately, the other party gathered all the explosive tags together in order to kill me. Otherwise, it wouldn't just be these few houses nearby that would be damaged; the whole street would have been blown up."

Everyone: "!!!"

After taking a deep breath, Tachibana Jiro quickly asked, "Lord Ikezumi, do you have any clues?"

"No, but someone will." Uchiha Izumi's gaze suddenly shifted in one direction, colliding with Kakashi's complex gaze in mid-air.

Kakashi: "..."

resignedly.

Kakashi had no choice but to show himself and come forward.

"I don't think you would cover up for villains who disregard the safety of innocent civilians, would you, Kakashi Hatake?" Izumi Uchiha said slowly.

Kakashi felt that if he concealed the truth, he might be subjected to severe interrogation by Uchiha Ikezumi.

Of all the people in Konoha, the one he least wanted to be enemies with was Uchiha Ikezumi.

not to mention.

I still owe Obito a favor because of what happened.

Although people like Uchiha Izumi might not care about human relationships at all.

He suppressed the complex emotions in his eyes and replied, "The Shimura clan."

Uchiha Ikezumi asked again, "Which way did you go?"

Kakashi replied again, "To the west, in the direction of the Shimura clan's territory."

"It's that old dog Danzo again!" Tachibana Jiro blurted out in a vulgar voice, "He's supposed to be dead, but I didn't expect that his ninja clan members are no pushovers either."

While cursing and swearing, Tachibana Jiro saw Uchiha Ikezumi walking alone in the west direction.

"Lord Chiquan, I..."

"Keep an eye on those two brats, and check if those civilians are injured," Uchiha Ikezumi interrupted indifferently.

Just as he was about to set off to follow, Tachibana Jiro had no choice but to stop: "Yes, Lord Ikezumi."

Naruto asked in astonishment, "What is Ikezumi-sensei trying to do?"

Izumi took a deep breath: "Senior Izumi..."

"We must uphold [absolute justice]!"

……

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(End of this chapter)