Konoha: The Absolute Justice of the Uchiha

Chapter 131 Dawn's Actions! Justice Needs to Break Through the Filter of Power (A Long Chapter of 10,000 Words)

"Tch... I never thought I'd have to wear the Rain Village headband and this ridiculous gas mask. It's really annoying... It lowers my own standards."

The Land of Fire, somewhere near Konoha.

Wearing a black gas mask, Juzo Biwa looked utterly displeased.

Pipa Juzo never expected that he would be assigned such a strange task so soon after joining that strange organization.

—Illustrated as an envoy from Amegakure to Konoha, he took the opportunity to contact "Uchiha Ikezumi" in Konoha.

He glanced again at the several Chunin from Amegakure who were following him.

He narrowed his eyes slightly.

The Akatsuki's control over Amegakure was somewhat beyond his expectations; these Amegakure ninja were surprisingly obedient to that woman's orders. When that woman gave orders, they didn't even utter a single word of doubt or dissent.

It seems...

He had joined a very impressive organization. However, he didn't understand why that woman wanted him to infiltrate Konoha and even contact the village's "Lava Release Beast" to extract secrets about "Uchiha Madara" from it.

Uchiha Madara...

Wasn't this legendary man already dead?

Some of the things Konan had said to him also flashed through Biwa Juzo's mind.

"This is a top-secret mission of the organization. No one knows about it except me, the leader, and you. And you must never tell anyone about the purpose of the mission, even if the other party is also a member of Akatsuki. You must remain silent."

"—Uchiha Izumi of Konoha knows the secrets about 'Uchiha Madara,' and I need you to get your hands on those secrets."

"Why were you sent? Although you are known throughout the ninja world for your cruelty, your cruelty is limited to the battlefield, and you only inflict it on enemy villages and enemies. In Uchiha Izumi's eyes, you are not a villain."

"According to the intelligence Akatsuki currently possesses, Uchiha Izumi cannot tolerate even a villain who commits arson, murder, robbery, and kidnapping. He will kill any villain who appears before him without hesitation."

"The rest of Akatsuki are not suited for this mission. Their sins are too deep to be cleansed, and they would be immediately treated as enemies by that man if they appeared before him."

—"Remember, keep your mouth shut about everyone."

"Once this task is completed, you will be a core member of our team, no longer a newcomer who has only recently joined."

After a series of thoughts flashed through his mind, Pipa Juzo pouted unhappily.

He himself was one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.

He can't even be considered a "villain"?
but……

The woman wasn't wrong. Juzo Biwa's cruel nature would only be used by him on the battlefield of the ninja world. Apart from that, he had always kept his cruel nature well under control and wouldn't let it affect people unrelated to him.

"So in the eyes of that 'Molten Release Beast,' ninjas who kill enemies on the battlefield for their country are not considered villains? Or is it that as long as innocent civilians are not harmed, they are not villains?"

Pipa Juzo clicked his tongue.

"Absolute justice, what a strange ninja way. Uchiha Izumi is also a strange Konoha ninja."

He casually asked a Chunin from Amegakure standing nearby, "How much longer until we reach Konoha?!"

The Rain Ninja Chunin replied, "Two days."

……

“Uchiha Izumi knows too many secrets about me. If he reveals them, all my preparations will be in vain.”

Meanwhile, elsewhere in the ninja world.

Obito Uchiha sat on a large rock covered with moss.

He said coldly, "Especially when Nagato and Konan realize that I am not 'Uchiha Madara', and even know about my Mangekyou Sharingan abilities... Nagato might not do anything, but that woman Konan is very likely to attack me."

“The way she looks at me every time is very strange. I can still vaguely sense that wariness and distrust. And... I suspect that Uchiha Ike Izumi knows more than just this. He may know more secrets about me.”

At this point, he looked at the black and white Zetsu before him: "He might even know about your existence, which is why I need Akatsuki's power to investigate that guy."

"I need to gather information about him and then eliminate him from the ninja world, completely removing this lingering threat that makes me uneasy."

Zetsu pondered for a moment and said, "Obito, when you ask them to investigate Uchiha Ikezumi, they might realize that Uchiha Ikezumi definitely possesses something."

"Neither Nagato nor Konan will investigate according to your wishes. They will probably investigate secretly, trying to find out your motives for doing so."

Obito frowned: "Unlikely. What motive could they possibly have for me?"

Zetsu shook his head: "You yourself said that Konan is very wary of you. In my opinion, everything you do is seen as having a deeper meaning and impure motives. Especially for someone like you, 'Uchiha Madara,' why would you inexplicably investigate a junior member of the Uchiha clan?"

Upon hearing this, Obito's expression became somewhat unusual.

He felt he had been wary enough of Xiao Nan's distrust.

Is that woman really that meticulous?

Zetsu continued, "As long as Konan harbors such doubts, she will definitely try to investigate from this angle. Obito, I warned you long ago not to be so impatient."

There was a hint of helplessness in Zetsu's eyes. The Uchiha Obito in front of him was only in his early twenties.

In the eyes of this being who has lived for thousands of years, everything Obito did was too hasty and childish, which led to the current passive situation.

At the end of the day…

Obito Uchiha was merely a cheap substitute for Madara Uchiha.

He's not even a tenth as good as Madara Uchiha.

Now that Obito Uchiha's impatience has caused a mess that could potentially expose his secrets, I have to comfort him and tell him not to be so impatient and agitated...

If it were Madara Uchiha, would I have to be so mentally exhausted?

Jue sighed softly in his heart.

“However, the problem shouldn’t be too big,” Zetsu said. “Konan might not find out anything. After all, even we don’t know why Uchiha Ikezumi knows so many secrets. By the time she realizes what we’re planning, by the time she realizes she needs to make other plans, it will be too late.”

Obito breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Zetsu advised, "Obito, if you want to investigate Uchiha Izumi, or even kill him, it will definitely be very difficult to get to him. That guy is quite formidable."

"but……"

"If he were alone, it would indeed be difficult to find his weakness, but he has a subordinate. That kid who was the first in your Uchiha clan's history to awaken the three-tomoe Sharingan."

"Uchiha Izumi!" Before Zetsu could finish, Uchiha Obito squinted and slowly uttered the last name.

……

Konoha, the home of the Hyuga clan.

Uchiha Ikezumi is gone, Sarutobi Hiruzen is gone, and the Anbu are gone too.

Only the silent members of the Hyuga clan and the bloodied corpse of a junior member of the Hyuga clan remained.

Feeling the gazes of his clansmen, Hiashi Hyuga sighed helplessly in his heart, but said calmly, "Take the body inside and find a day to give him a proper burial."

"Master Hiashi..."

A Hyuga clan ninja tried to say something, but was interrupted by Hyuga Hiashi with a cold face: "Let's just let this go, it's best to pretend none of this ever happened. If we delve into this matter, it will not do our Hyuga clan any good."

"The result of further investigation is that the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, the Hokage, Izumi Uchiha, and the Uchiha clan... will all stand on the opposite side of the Hyuga clan."

Just thinking about that scene.

Hijika felt a chill run down his spine.

Although the Hyuga clan always boasts of being the greatest ninja clan in Konoha, they only dared to claim this title after the Uchiha clan was constantly marginalized by the village. Before that, the true greatest ninja clan in Konoha was undoubtedly the Uchiha clan.

If the Hyuga clan is also ostracized by various factions in the village.

Hiashi Hyuga dared not imagine what kind of third-rate ninja clan the once mighty Hyuga clan would become.
The Hyuga clan tolerated what happened in Kumogakure back then. So many years have passed, and they act as if nothing ever happened.

Today, it was just the death of a junior member of the Hyuga branch family.

The Hyuga clan can endure anything without any pressure.

"Take this child back." Facing the gazes of some of the clansmen, Hiashi Hyuga's tone turned slightly cold as he reiterated his statement.

"……Yes!"

The events that occurred outside the camp quickly spread throughout the entire Hyuga clan's camp.

A young member of the Hyuga clan, a prestigious ninja clan of Konoha, was killed right at the gates of their own clan.

Logically speaking, we should definitely demand an explanation from the Hokage and the culprit, right?

But their own clan leader chose to swallow his anger.

Anyone would be furious in this situation!

"Even if Naruto Uzumaki is very likely the Jinchuriki of the Nine-Tailed Fox, even if that Uchiha brat is really the second son of the Uchiha clan head... does that mean they can kill a Hyuga clan child in broad daylight? Does that mean they can disregard the laws of the Land of Fire?"

A Hyuga clan ninja gritted his teeth and said, "The Hokage has always reminded us ninja clans to behave properly within Konoha Village. We've been well-behaved enough, so why are those who don't follow the rules riding roughshod over us? Can't we, who follow the rules, even resist?"

He grew angrier and angrier as he spoke. If he were a Uchiha clan ninja, he would probably be so indignant that he would almost open his eyes: "The one who was killed was a member of our Ichihga clan! He was just a child! Even if he did something wrong, he shouldn't have been killed!"

Beside him, a cold-faced Jonin from the Hyuga clan's branch family stood with his arms crossed, saying expressionlessly, "I'm afraid in the Hokage's heart, the Hyuga clan is just a tool."

Someone pursed their lips and said, "The Hokage doesn't dare to show his displeasure to Uchiha Ikezumi, but he shows it to us instead..."

"That's because Uchiha Izumi is strong enough. If our Hyuga clan had such power, we would probably be the number one ninja clan in the true sense, surpassing the Uchiha clan. At that time, the Hokage would probably have to treat us differently."

"..."

The murmurs of discontent subsided as Hyuga Hiashi "accidentally" passed by.

Listening to the indignant discussions among the clansmen.

The Japanese team felt quite helpless.

If the Hyuga clan possessed power like Uchiha Izumi, the Hokage and the others would indeed treat the Hyuga clan differently, but this preferential treatment would be derogatory.

The clan members probably don't understand why the Uchiha clan is being ostracized.

It's because they are too strong that they have enough capital to be on the table, and they are strong enough to affect some people's rule over Konoha!
As the clan leader, he chose to remain patient at the last moment.

The goal is to prevent the Hyuga clan from becoming a target like the Uchiha clan.

Being too prominent is not a good thing.

pity.

Some of the younger members of the clan may not understand their actions, but once they have a better understanding of the situation in Konoha, they will appreciate their good intentions.

Unlike Uchiha Setsuna, Hyuga Hiashi did not aspire to lead the Hyuga clan to even greater glory.

Unlike Fugaku Uchiha, he did not want to maintain a balance between the Uchiha and Konoha.

He just wanted to keep a low profile.

Only in this way... no matter who becomes the Hokage of Konoha, the Hyuga clan will still be one of the top ninja clans in Konoha.

but.

His behavior was also observed by Hyuga Neji.

"The Zong family..."

"Father……"

Neji watched Hiashi Hyuga's retreating figure, clenched his fists tightly, and slowly took a deep breath. After thinking for less than two seconds, he turned and walked out of the Hyuga clan's compound.

He remembered that Naruto Uzumaki had left in this direction.

As for why not go directly to Uchiha Ike Izumi?
Neji's deepest fear unconsciously led him to eliminate this option.

Even he himself didn't know why.

……

Inside the Uchiha clan's compound.

By the time Yamanaka Yoshinobu had taken Naruto home and then Sasuke to the Uchiha clan, it was already completely dark.

Sasuke watched the ANBU ninja disappear in an instant, a hint of envy for the ANBU ninja's strength flashing deep in his eyes.

But the envy quickly dissipated.

Because Sasuke knew that one day he would be just as strong, and might even surpass him! His goal wasn't just a nobody like Yamanaka Yoshinobu, but Uchiha Itachi!

“That loser was right… upholding justice really can bring the reward of [absolute justice]!” Sasuke muttered to himself, a hint of shock in his eyes.

Sasuke still clearly remembers the moment when the sharp kunai in his hand pierced the back of that Hyuga clan villain.

The moment the other person died, he clearly felt a power that did not belong to him surge up in his body, and this power instantly transformed into his own.

The most noticeable change is that the amount of chakra in the body has increased!
This greatly shocked Sasuke.

Executing a villain yielded more rewards than a month of arduous self-cultivation!
This……

Is this absolute justice?
In a daze, Sasuke had unknowingly arrived at his front door. As he stepped inside, he suddenly remembered something, and was immediately horrified, quickly looking down at his blood-stained hands.

Before he could even clean the blood off his body, his mother's voice reached his ears: "Sasuke, why are you so late tonight? Did you go to see Izumi because you found out he returned to Konoha? You... um? Sasuke, why are you covered in blood? Are you injured?"

Not long after.

At the dinner table, Sasuke, who had wiped the blood off his body and changed his clothes, sat upright and knelt beside the table.

On the left is my mother's worried gaze, and on the right is my father's stern gaze.

This put Sasuke under immense pressure.

After thinking it over carefully, he realized that what happened today couldn't be kept secret any longer, and that his father and mother would definitely find out eventually.

Therefore, Sasuke could only whisper the truth, but he kept the matter of the gift of [Absolute Justice] a secret.

Before Mikoto Uchiha could react after hearing this, Fugaku Uchiha couldn't sit still any longer.

"Sasuke...you killed someone in the village?!"

Fugaku took a deep breath, his face stern, and looked at his good-for-nothing second son with disbelief: "He killed a junior member of the Hyuga clan?!"

"……Yes."

Sasuke lowered his head even further; the lingering authority of his father's strictness and harshness was not so easily worn away after all.

"The Hokage was there too?" Fugaku was already feeling extremely exhausted. "And you were with Naruto Uzumaki when you killed that Hyuga clan junior?!"

"……Yes."

Sasuke's response caused Fugaku to close his eyes in pain.

Now things are really messed up. Even their own second son is betraying the Uchiha clan, making it even harder for the Uchiha clan to gain the trust of the higher-ups!
When his eldest and second sons, as the clan leader, are both equally extreme, even if Uchiha Setsuna is dead, can the Hokage still trust him? Can he still trust the Uchiha clan?

Just as Fugaku slowly opened his eyes, about to say something reprimanding him with gritted teeth in anger, Uchiha Mikoto suddenly interrupted him.

"Fugaku, after learning that Sasuke chose to follow Izumi's absolute justice, you should have known this day would come. You can understand Itachi, so why can't you understand Sasuke?"

Mikoto Uchiha stood on Sasuke's side and spoke up.

“You said you were proud of Itachi, even if he did what Izumi predicted. Because of the magnanimity that Itachi showed, you were very proud.”

"Right now, Sasuke's magnanimity may not be as great as Itachi's in your eyes. But this is also his magnanimity. When he chooses to do such a thing for the absolute justice he believes in."

"As his father...shouldn't you be proud of him?"

"Furthermore, Sasuke did nothing wrong. If he had done something wrong, the Hokage present wouldn't have allowed him to return."

Sasuke's mother's words made him lift his head slightly from his deep bow.

“Mikoto, you spoil him too much!” Fugaku frowned. “He’s different from Itachi. Itachi did it for Konoha, but he does it for Ikezumi.”

“But Izumi is doing this for the sake of the ninja world,” Mikoto said. “Sasuke follows his ninja way, ultimately for the peace and stability of the ninja world. Sasuke’s goal is the ninja world, is his capacity really inferior to Itachi’s?” Mikoto paused slightly, then continued, “Besides, it’s not so much that I’m spoiling Sasuke, but that you’re spoiling Itachi.”

Fugaku's brows furrowed deeper and deeper. He always felt that his wife, Mikoto, was always biased towards Uchiha Ikezumi.

Sasuke suddenly realized... there seemed to be a hint of discord in the atmosphere of his father and mother's conversation.

Both seemed to be suppressing their anger, but because of their marital relationship, they did not show it.

……

at the same time.

Naruto's house.

"This should be that guy's residence, right?" Neji looked up at the very simple house in front of him. He had chased Naruto for half the distance before losing track of where he had gone, and had only managed to find his way here by asking everyone he met along the way.

Neji, who was standing there, suddenly paused for a moment, a question arising in his mind—why did I come here?
The reason he left the Hyuga clan's territory was because he could not stand seeing the huge Hyuga clan being managed by a weak main branch.

It was also because the hatred in my heart was stirred up at that time.

In this emotional state, he suddenly remembered what Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha had said that evening.

"I remember now..."

Staring at the building before him, Hyuga Neji murmured to himself, "I am interested in their ninja way. Because their ninja way has many similarities with my own ideas, and even many things that I had never thought of before but make a lot of sense."

"Do not……"

"I used the word 'interested' because I didn't want to lose face. To be precise, their ninja way aroused a sense of longing in me."

Standing alone in front of Naruto's house, Hyuga Neji truly faced his own heart.

This finally dispelled the slight confusion on his face.

Unbeknownst to Neji, as he murmured these words, Yamanaka Yoshinobu, who was still monitoring Naruto from the shadows, stopped in his tracks, preparing to have him intercept Naruto.

Prior to this, Neji, a member of the Hyuga clan, was considered a suspicious figure by Yamanaka Yoshinobu.

He was even suspected of coming to take revenge on the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

Unaware of this, Neji took a deep breath.

He stepped forward.

And ring the doorbell.

The dull, hoarse ringing of the doorbell indicated that it hadn't been replaced in a long time and was quite old.

"Wait a minute!" came a shout from inside the house, followed by a series of "crashing" sounds, as if someone had fallen down inside, hurriedly grabbed the furniture to get up, and then accidentally knocked the furniture over again.

Click...

The door opened.

"Eh?"

Naruto's face was filled with astonishment as he opened the door. Before opening it, Naruto had considered many possibilities—the Hokage, Izumi-sensei, the arrogant Sasuke, Iruka-sensei, Izumi-senpai, or the ninjas sent by the Hokage to monitor him...

But they were completely wrong.

"You are……"

As Naruto looked somewhat suspicious, he suddenly noticed Neji's very unusual eye color!

Naruto suddenly became alert.

He immediately took half a step back, even though some parts of his body were still aching, he still adopted a serious stance: "Your eyes look like you're from the Hyuga clan, hey! You're not here looking for revenge, are you?"

"No."

Neji replied expressionlessly, "That guy was killed by you, and he deserved it. He brought it upon himself. It was also because he was not skilled enough. At the same time, it was his fate."

"A poor caged bird...it's better to die at the hands of outsiders than at the hands of its own kind. At least, its soul can be freed."

Naruto:"???"

I could understand the first few sentences this guy said, but what is he babbling on and on about afterwards?!
"You...come in and sit down?" Naruto was at a loss.

"No need."

Neji stared into Naruto's azure eyes with his Byakugan, his small face solemn as he asked, "How do you judge whether a person is truly evil? And how do you judge whether a person's actions are truly evil? Using extremely vicious methods to carve a terrible curse mark on one's own clansmen, isn't that an evil act that deserves a price?"

Naruto:"???"

Faced with one question after another, Naruto brainstormed for a while.

He hesitated for a moment before replying, "Of course, a person who does bad things is an evil person! The bad things an evil person does are evil deeds! Especially when someone does something that harms innocent people, whether directly or indirectly, as long as they do it with malicious intent, then they have definitely done something bad!"

"As for the vicious curse you mentioned... if it really is a vicious curse that has harmed many innocent people, then the person who did such a thing must not be a good person either, right?"

Seeing that Neji's cold little face looked a little off, Naruto quickly added, "On the premise that you didn't hide any details from what you told me."

"And it would be best to let Teacher Chi Quan take a look. Because Teacher Chi Quan has the power to see through the evil of others' past and future."

"...Ikezumi-sensei?" Hyuga Neji, who had regained his senses, noticed the address.

"That's the famous Uchiha Ike Izumi!"

Naruto grinned and said, "Even the Hokage has many arguments that he can't win against Ikezumi-sensei!"

Neji asked, "Is he your teacher?"

Naruto nodded: "He is my teacher on the path of justice!"

"justice……"

Neji considered the word carefully.

"Phew!" He suddenly exhaled a breath of stale air and said, "Then I have a general understanding."

Say it.

He turned to leave.

Before leaving, Neji coldly added, "You don't need to be puzzled by my arrival. I just wanted to use you to get to know him. The 'he' I'm talking about is the Ikezumi-sensei you mentioned."

Naruto:"……"

"Why are so many people as arrogant as Sasuke?" Naruto muttered discontentedly as he watched the other person's retreating figure. "Honestly, they have no manners at all. They don't even say thank you."

……

"Hiruzen, I've heard about it!"

Inside the Hokage Building, Koharu Utatane, her face dark, said to Hiruzen Sarutobi, "The Nine-Tails Jinchuriki killed someone in the village. Right? And what's more, he killed a Hyuga clan ninja! Hiruzen, this is the danger of Uchiha Ikezumi's 'Absolute Justice'!"

"Under the negative influence of 'Absolute Justice,' even Jinchuriki have learned to kill. Can you guarantee that in the near future, Jinchuriki won't do anything even more extreme?"

At this point, Koharu Utatane continued with a gloomy expression, "Also, that kid Fugaku, wasn't he involved too? Not only did he not stop the Jinchuriki, but he also killed people with the Jinchuriki, and it's even possible that he was the one who instigated the Jinchuriki."

"I'm starting to doubt whether Fugaku is truly on our side. Otherwise, how could he have raised such a son who incites Jinchuriki to kill?"

"I've begun to suspect that Uchiha Setsuna's death was premeditated, perhaps to make us lower our guard against the Uchiha clan."

"When the opportunity arises, will the Uchiha clan still launch a coup without hesitation?"

"Furthermore, was this coup led by Uchiha Ikezumi?"

As Komura's story became increasingly absurd, eventually bordering on pure conjecture, Hiruzen Sarutobi frowned deeply.

He wearily interrupted Koharu Utatane: "Don't say things that are just speculation. Koharu, Konoha is already chaotic enough. Don't add more chaos out of thin air."

Hiruzen Sarutobi said in a deep voice, "I never expected that Naruto's sense of justice would also become so extreme."

"but……"

Hiruzen Sarutobi suddenly remembered something: "Didn't I already arrange for Kakashi to oversee Naruto's justice?"

On the other side, Mitokado Homura, who hadn't spoken before, spoke up to answer, "During the time you left Konoha, didn't you arrange for Kakashi to monitor the Uchiha clan's movements?"

"Perhaps... it was during these brief few days that Naruto's values ​​underwent some subtle changes, making him more deeply influenced by absolute justice."

"Moreover, because Kakashi had other missions to attend to, no one could stop Naruto's change of heart."

Sarutobi Hiruzen: "..."

The blame had taken a dramatic turn, unexpectedly returning to him and landing on his shoulders as the Hokage of Konoha.

"Hiruzen, although we can't stop Naruto from believing in 'absolute justice,' why can't we use other methods to divert his attention and make him focus on other things?"

Mitokado Homura suddenly continued, "Naruto is still young, and his values ​​are not yet fully formed. Even if he makes a mistake today, it can be corrected."

Hiruzen Sarutobi was taken aback: "What method?"

Mitokado Homura said, "Besides being very interested in absolute justice, that kid still really wants to become the Hokage of Konoha, right?"

As Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded, his tone carried a hint of confidence: "My efforts over the years have not been in vain. Becoming the Hokage of Konoha is Naruto's greatest dream in life. It is also an ideal that I have instilled in him since he was a child."

Mitokado Homura said leisurely, "In that case, let's train this child ahead of time. Hiruzen actually wanted to train him to be the Fifth Hokage of Konoha, right?"

"When you decide to train him ahead of time, Naruto Uzumaki has a lot to do. Although he can't shake off his pursuit of 'absolute justice'..."

"But at least, as I said, we can divert some of his attention so that he doesn't get too caught up in absolute justice."

“Training them in advance…” Hiruzen Sarutobi took a deep breath: “Haru, what do you think?”

Koharu Utatane said, "Naruto Uzumaki's father was the Fourth Hokage, so it's not impossible to train him to be the Fifth Hokage. But he must abandon the so-called absolute justice, otherwise, if he becomes the future Fifth Hokage, Konoha will be destroyed by absolute justice."

Although Koharu made the conditions for changing dorm rooms, at least she didn't object.

Hiruzen Sarutobi rubbed his temples and said, "We can give it a try."

However, he also had a question in his mind—he had told Chi Quan in the evening that his indulgence of Naruto's behavior was like pulling up seedlings to help them grow.

Am I doing this in a way that's counterproductive?

……

late at night.

While Uchiha Izumi was sound asleep, a sudden knocking sound startled her awake. She immediately reached for the ninja sword lying beside her.

At the same time, he activated the three-tomoe Sharingan without hesitation.

His gaze turned toward the direction from which the sound came.

"Tachibana... Tachibana Jiro?!" Izumi's hand paused, as she was shocked to see Tachibana Jiro squatting outside the closed window, gently tapping the windowpane with his paw.

Outside the window, Tachibana Jiro seemed to hear the girl's mutterings and immediately said with displeasure, "What Tachibana Jiro? You should call me Tachibana Jiro-senpai, meow! Have some manners, newbie!"

Quan quickly opened the window.

Before she could even ask any questions, Tachibana Jiro cut to the chase, saying, "Lord Ikezumi asked me to call you out. Lord Ikezumi also said—the time to carry out justice has come."

The word "justice" immediately jolted Quan completely awake from his drowsy state.

"it is good!"

She wasted no time; too lazy to even take off her pajamas, she simply put on the police uniform. She patted her face to clear her head, then jumped out the window.

"We need to call one more person."

As Tachibana Jiro added this sentence, he skillfully jumped onto Izumi's shoulder.

Quan was startled: "Who!?"

" Mitarashi Anko."

……

Hongdou couldn't sleep all night. She hadn't expected so many big things to happen in just one day.

Moreover, every single thing is related to Uchiha Ikezumi, and even Mitarashi Anko personally participated in it.

Anko stood on the balcony of the Jonin apartment, gazing at the night view of Konoha.

"Is there really so much evil in Konoha, or even the entire ninja world? But if there isn't that much evil, then what kind of evil did Uchiha Izumi witness?"

She could hardly imagine that the place where she grew up harbored so many heinous crimes.

"Huh? Who?!"

Suddenly, Mitarashi Anko immediately became alert, her gaze falling on the roof of a building directly in front of her.

A figure suddenly appeared there!
"It's me." Quan's voice came from the other side: "Senior Ike Quan discovered a villain who needed to be executed and ordered that you be taken along as well."

Red Bean remembered, this was the Uchiha girl next to Uchiha Ikezumi, she looked quite cute.

She still remembered the other party's sharp skills in the Uchiha clan's territory, which left a deep impression on her at the time.

Moreover, the opponent seems to possess the three-tomoe Sharingan of the Uchiha clan, and their strength is probably not much weaker than mine.

Or, is someone a little better than myself?
If Orochimaru were still in Konoha, perhaps Izumi Uchiha would have been one of Orochimaru's experimental subjects... When such a strange thought flashed through Anko's mind, a somewhat uneasy gloom appeared in her eyes.

Although Orochimaru erased his memories, the deepest influences were hard to eliminate, and these strange thoughts would always pop up inexplicably.

This made Hongdou feel a little down.

After gathering her thoughts, Mitarashi Anko nodded solemnly, indicating that she understood, and then asked curiously, "What villain?"

"do not know."

Quan answered frankly.

……

When Tachibana Jiro, Izumi, Anko, and their cat met with Uchiha Ike Izumi, it seemed as if they could read each other's thoughts.

The moment they stopped, Uchiha Ikezumi's quiet voice drifted over: "The Utatane clan."

"The Tōsei clan?" Izumi was taken aback. "Senior, are you referring to the location of the villains?"

"Hmm," Uchiha Ikezumi said calmly.

"Tornament..." Anko exclaimed in surprise, "Isn't this the ninja clan where Koharu, the counselor for tornament, belongs?"

She was a little dazed.

Today, first the Uchiha clan, then the Hyuga clan, and now the Utatane clan...

It feels like we've offended every ninja clan in Konoha after this whole trip.
"Meow, no need to be surprised." Tachibana Jiro said while licking his paws and grooming the fur on his face, "The Utatane clan is just our first stop tonight."

Uchiha Ikezumi slowly said, "The second stop is the Mitomon clan; the third stop is the Sarutobi clan. Tonight, I will only help you two stop those who are not yet your match."

Mitarashi Anko: "!!!"

Uchiha Izumi: "!!!"

This practically includes all the ninja clans of the three high-ranking officials of Konoha!
Red Bean seemed to realize something, and she couldn't help but gasp. Trembling with fear, she tentatively asked, "Ike Izumi, are you asking me and Uchiha Izumi to execute the villains among these three ninja clans?!"

"Correct."

Uchiha Ikezumi said indifferently, "Back in the Hyuga clan, I noticed that you still have a kind of apprehensive filter regarding the Hokage of Konoha... or rather, regarding the higher-ups in Konoha's power structure. What you need to do is shatter that filter in your hearts."

"If you don't even dare to execute members of their own ninja clans, how will you have the courage to turn the blade of absolute justice against them in the future?!"

"This is the test that absolute justice is giving to you. Most importantly, it's you, Mitarashi Anko. You're the oldest, and you're also the one most deeply influenced by the three of them."

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(End of this chapter)