Konoha: The Absolute Justice of the Uchiha

Chapter 142 The Whirlpool-Faced White Zetsu! Obito, Questioning His Existence! (8,000 words)
"Wood Release! It's definitely the legendary Wood Release!" Abandoning his Executioner's Blade and using his Water Clone technique to deceive Obito and Zetsu, Juzo Biwa didn't linger in the fight; he simply turned and ran.

A look of horror flashed in his eyes. What else could the ability to control plants be but Wood Release?

This is the legendary power of the god of the ninja world! How could someone from the Akatsuki organization possess such power?

Pipa Juzo connected the dots and realized that Obito Uchiha was impersonating Madara Uchiha.

So, could that pitcher plant be impersonating Hashirama Senju?

One has a Sharingan, the other has Wood Release; they look so much like those legendary figures from many years ago in the ninja world.

"Um?!"

Suddenly, Pipa Juzo's pupils contracted slightly. He abruptly ducked and rolled several times on the ground, disregarding his disheveled appearance.

Suddenly, a white figure swept past him, its sharp white limbs nearly slicing through Hibiki Juzo's skin.

"Wow, you react so quickly! If you react so fast, do you poop really fast too? Speaking of which, why can't I poop? It's so frustrating!"

When these strange words were spoken, Pipa Juzo saw the white figure clearly.

"That is……"

"What kind of creature is that!?"

Pipa Juzo looked at the white humanoid figure with great astonishment. The figure looked like a human, but was unusually pale, giving the impression of a humanoid figure made of plaster.

Moreover, the face without features was even more terrifying. He could also vaguely see strange swirling patterns on the other person's face, with the hollow center of the swirling pattern converging on the other person's right eye.

Pipa Juzo immediately recognized that this was definitely not human!
"Lord Madara specifically asked me to kill you! Will you be so scared that you lose control of your bowels before you die?"

The strange creature with swirling patterns on its face suddenly clapped its hands together.

With a "snap," a giant wooden figure suddenly appeared behind Biwa Juzo, much to his astonishment!

The enormous wooden figure, over twenty meters tall, displayed an angry Vajra expression, and fiercely slammed one of its fists toward Pipa Juzo!

"It's Wood Release again!!!"

Pipa Juzo was stunned. Was the legendary Wood Release Kekkei Genkai now being sold in bulk in the ninja world?

How come anyone can do that?

"Damn it!" He hurriedly leaped to the side, and the wooden dummy's giant fist swept past his body and slammed heavily into the ground.

--boom! ! !

Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the huge crater that had been blasted into the spot where he had been standing. As his eyelids twitched, he gritted his teeth and his hands rapidly formed hand seals.

"Water Release: Hidden Mist Technique!!!"

As Pipa Juzo opened his mouth and spat out, the already dark and gloomy environment instantly became shrouded in thick fog, concealing his body within layers of mist.

"Water Release: Water Blade Fang!!!"

He quickly formed hand seals again, and two streams of water transformed into sharp fangs, which swooped down towards the vortex-faced Bai Jue like drills.

"Hey, pretty impressive..." The giant wooden figure behind Bai Jue with the vortex face raised its hands to protect itself. Two streams of water slammed heavily into the back of the wooden figure's hands, creating two dents and cracks.

But less than a second later.

The dense cracks were stitched back together by chakra, and the two craters blasted out by the water were also filled in as before.

Just as the vortex-faced white-faced Zetsu was about to make another move.

He suddenly paused, startled.

"Ran?"

Juzo Biwa wouldn't engage in a prolonged fight, knowing there were two pursuers behind him. Every second he lingered would put him at a disadvantage, one against three.

Neither the Mist Concealment Technique nor the Water Blade Fang were merely tools to stall that vortex-faced creature. Even his feigned readiness to fight to the death was just an act.

Just as he expected, he escaped less than two seconds later.

Obito and Zetsu had already arrived.

"Where is he?" Obito immediately questioned Zetsu, whose face was pale and swollen.

"Ah! He's a bit cunning." White Zetsu scratched his head awkwardly. "I thought he was going to fight me to the death. I was even looking forward to seeing if he would be so scared that he would poop before he died. Who would have thought that he would run away after only interfering with me with two ninjutsu?"

"Then! Why aren't you! Chasing after them!"

Obito almost fainted from anger.

……

"What...is that?" Neji, who was already several kilometers away from the village, stared dumbfounded at the giant wooden figure in the distance.

The wooden figure, over twenty meters tall, was quite conspicuous even in the dense forest outside Konoha.

It was several meters taller than some of the nearby trees.
Under the moonlight, the large head was very conspicuous.

"That's the First Hokage's Wood Release ninjutsu." A very solemn voice suddenly rang out behind Neji: "If I'm not mistaken, it should be the legendary Wood Release: Wood Release. It's just much smaller than the First Hokage's Wood Release: Wood Release as recorded. Judging by the size, it's only about twenty-three to twenty-four meters."

"Who?!"

Neji was startled and quickly turned around, drawing his kunai from his waist, his small face filled with horror.

Someone had been following him the whole time without him noticing until the person spoke to him.

Does that mean that if the other party wanted to kill me, I might have already died ten minutes ago?
Neji broke out in a cold sweat.

"Who?" Jiraiya, who had somehow appeared behind Neji, immediately smirked and struck a pose: "That is none other than the unparalleled Legendary Sannin of Konoha, the Great Sage Jiraiya!"

"Ding ding ding!" Jiraiya even added his own entrance music.

Ningji: "..."

“Little Jiraiya, this child is looking at you like you’re an idiot,” said Shima.

Neji immediately looked at Jiraiya's left shoulder and spotted the talking green toad.

At this moment, the sage Fukasaku also said, "Little fellow, that's not a place you can go. If Jiraiya doesn't step in and stop you, you might end up dead."

Neji was taken aback. He suddenly realized something: "You guys were following me from the beginning? The reason why the Konoha patrolling ninjas didn't discover that I had secretly sneaked out of the village was because of your interference?"

"Very smart."

Fukasaku sighed and said frankly, "Indeed, I used genjutsu on those patrolling ninjas, otherwise they would have discovered you before you ran two hundred meters."

Neji gripped his kunai tightly. Even though he knew the other person might be a Konoha ninja and a big shot in the village, he did not let his guard down.

He gritted his teeth: "What is your purpose?"

"We're observing you," Master Shima explained. "My wife, Jiraiya, and I have no ill intentions towards you. We just want to see if you're the person we're looking for, nothing more."

Neji didn't quite believe it.

"Ahem!" After realizing that his stance hadn't intimidated the brat, Jiraiya straightened up and said seriously, "No matter how you see me, you can't go any further ahead. It will be dangerous for your life."

"The children should hurry back to the village and find the old man... cough, I mean, find the Third Hokage and tell him what happened immediately. Because from now on, it's the adults' turn."

"Master Shima, could you please look after him?" Jiraiya said to Master Shima.

"Jiraiya, are you sure you can manage all by yourself?" Shima asked, puzzled.

Fukasaku the Hermit said, "Don't worry, I'll be with Jiraiya."

“Alright.” Shima-sensei said, “Honey, you old bones, don’t push yourself too hard if you encounter something you can’t handle.”

Having said that, Shima, ignoring Neji's objections, leaped directly onto Neji's shoulder. Before Neji could instinctively shove it away in surprise, it said, "Little one, show some respect to an old man who's over eight hundred years old."

Neji was taken aback.

Jiraiya had already passed Neji and was heading towards the wooden doll.

For Jiraiya, finding the Child of Prophecy was important, but there was also the possibility of an unknown entity threatening Konoha...

That's also very important!

……

"Huff, huff..." Juzo Biwa was panting slightly. He had already used all his strength to run away at his fastest speed. If he was given a little more time, he could escape to Konoha Village.

however.

The speed of the three pursuers behind him far exceeded his expectations. Before he could even catch his breath, he felt a wave of heat surging down his back!

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!!!"

A giant fireball hurtled towards Juzo Biwa, forcing him to rapidly form hand seals, turn around quickly, and spit it out.

"Water Release: Water Turbulence!!!"

A stream of water gushed from Biwa Juzo's mouth, colliding violently with the Great Fireball. The two different chakra natures even caused an explosion, and the shockwave forced Biwa Juzo to fly backward.

"You run really fast with so much poop in your belly! If you pooped it all out and lightened your load, would you be able to run even faster?"

The quirky voice made Hibiki Juzo's pupils shrink—that vortex-faced guy had caught up too!
Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a white figure's arm, which had transformed into extremely sharp wooden spikes.

The wooden spike was already hurtling towards him, so fast that Juzo realized he couldn't dodge it. He could only barely avoid the vital parts of his body to prevent being killed by the opponent's attack.

"Meow, it's so lively!" Just then, a voice with an even stranger tone than the vortex-faced White Zetsu suddenly rang out: "On such a lively night, can I join in?!"

This surprised everyone present.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Juzo Biwa quickly rolled away, narrowly avoiding the attack from the vortex-faced White Zetsu. He then immediately created distance, his face covered in cold sweat, ready for battle.

"Someone's coming?" Obito frowned and looked in the direction of the voice, but what he saw startled him. He realized that the speaker wasn't a person, but a cat.

A ninja cat that looks really fat!
The other person was squatting on a tree branch, which was bent under its weight, showing just how fat it was.

"That orange cat..."

Juzo Biwa was startled. He immediately recognized Tachibana Jiro: "It's that cat that Uchiha Ikezumi kept, the one that dared to talk back to Jiraiya!"

"Lord Madara." At this moment, Zetsu, whose body was black and white, also arrived. He narrowed his eyes and said to Obito, "That ninja cat is Uchiha Ikezumi's summoning beast. That means Uchiha Ikezumi is nearby, and he may have witnessed everything."

Obito realized what was happening and frowned deeply: "He's using Juzo Biwa as bait to lure us in?! He knew all along that we wanted to harm Juzo Biwa?!"

“He probably guessed our purpose,” Jue Youyou said. “Do you remember when he met you a while ago? You said that he looked at you with eyes that wanted to kill you. It seems that he really wanted to kill you. As for the reason, we don’t know. Maybe it was for his so-called absolute justice.”

Speaking of it.

Zetsu suddenly realized that... back then, Madara Uchiha should have chosen Izumi Uchiha as his successor, which would have been the most correct decision.

Instead of Uchiha Obito, who always acted on impulse and caused all sorts of trouble.

"Lord Madara, we'd better leave," Zetsu warned.

"Why?" Obito asked coldly.

Jue explained, "Since he knew we were coming, he must have been prepared to keep us here. We weren't prepared to deal with him; we were originally targeting one of his subordinates. In this way, we are actually at a disadvantage."

Just as Obito was about to say something, he faintly heard light footsteps, which immediately alerted him.

When everyone looked in the direction of the sound, a figure holding a ninja sword came into view.

"Uchiha..."

"Chiquan!!!"

Obito's face was grim as he spat out the name, almost word by word, through gritted teeth. He felt no goodwill towards this person who knew so many of his secrets; all he felt was murderous intent.

"That's Uchiha Ikezumi!" The mischievous White Zetsu with a swirling face was already standing beside Obito. It was sizing up Uchiha Ikezumi, rubbing its chin and muttering, "Lord Madara, he seems to be better looking than you! Speaking of which, Lord Madara squats for over twenty minutes to poop. He's also from the Uchiha clan, so how long does he squat for each time?"

It was actually counting on its ten fingers.

It seemed that this problem was very important to it, and it didn't notice at all that Obito's face under the mask had darkened.

Zetsu was also staring at Uchiha Ikezumi at that moment.

Will this Uchiha brat, who knows so many secrets, know the secret of being "Black Zetsu"? Will he know anything about the Sage of Six Paths and his mother?
"Uchiha Obito." At this moment, Uchiha Ikezumi's cold voice slowly rang out: "It's been a long time. Every time I see a beast like you in person, I can't help but feel a killing intent."

After saying that, Uchiha Ikezumi glanced at the other two oddly-looking guys.

"Discovering one beast and getting two more as a bonus—wouldn't that be considered an absolutely righteous and lucky day?"

Before Zetsu and Fei could react, Obito's forehead veins were already bulging.

Obito had encountered some truly nasty enemies, but none of them had ever called him a "beast." Only Uchiha Izumi in front of him would use such a vulgar insult!
"Lucky day, ho ho..."

Even knowing that the other party might have known his true identity all along, Obito still spoke in a hoarse voice: "A junior of the Uchiha clan, is it possible? Today is not your lucky day. Today is your death anniversary. I think those who believe in justice will miss you dearly on this day in the future."

Zetsu, standing nearby, was taken aback and immediately realized that Obito might not want to leave. It looked at Obito and said, "Lord Madara..."

"Shut up." Obito glared at it and said, "I have my own reasons."

Absolute: "..."

……

"call!"

Inside Konoha, Uchiha Izumi slowly let out a sigh of relief. She clapped her hands and said to Naruto and Sasuke behind her, "You two kids, you can't be discouraged just because you didn't encounter any murderers today. That kind of reaction is very wrong."

She poked Sasuke's forehead, then patted Naruto's head, and earnestly admonished him with her pretty face: "I have a question for you two—do you think it's better to encounter murderers every day and be able to uphold absolute justice every day? Or is it better to be like tonight, wandering around Konoha and only catching two thieves?"

The question about Izumi caused Naruto and Sasuke to exchange bewildered glances.

Sasuke frowned and muttered, "If we don't encounter murderous villains... how can we uphold absolute justice? Isn't the absolute justice we believe in Teacher Ikezumi?"

Naruto quickly retorted, not to be outdone, "Isn't justice about punishing murderers with absolute and thorough measures?"

Just as Sasuke didn't want to be constantly overshadowed by Naruto, Naruto didn't want to be suddenly surpassed by Sasuke. For some reason, there was a strange competitive mentality at play between them.

"You two brats, your way of thinking is very wrong!"

Beside her, Mitarashi Anko, arms crossed, said, "True justice is about making the ninja world and Konoha better and better. If we encounter those vicious murderers every day, is 'absolute justice' useful or useless?"

"The purpose of enforcing justice with absolute measures is to reduce the countless evils in the ninja world. The fact that we only caught two thieves in one night means that Izumi's absolute justice has played an extremely positive role in maintaining order in Konoha."

Naruto and Sasuke, who were only seven years old, had not yet fully developed their correct moral values.

They only half understood what Hongdou was saying.

They probably only understood one thing—the ninja world will truly be better when they no longer encounter murderous villains.

"That……"

Naruto muttered weakly, "If we kill all the murderers we encounter, wouldn't that be the same as not encountering any murderers at all?"

Hongdou: "...You little rascal! You should read more books! It seems you didn't listen to a word I said!"

She grabbed Naruto and dug two fingers into his temples, causing him to scream in pain.

"Speaking of which..."

Watching this scene, Izumi shifted her gaze to the distant full moon and murmured, "Why haven't I seen Izumi-senpai and Tachibana-senpai since we parted ways at the police station building?"

……

Outside the leaves.

Holding his ninja sword, Uchiha Izumi stopped arguing with Obito, who was still putting on airs and pretending to be "Uchiha Madara." With his free hand, he quickly formed a hand seal: "Fire Release: Fire Dragon Melting Bullet!"

As Uchiha Izumi opened his mouth and spewed out a large ball of magma, it transformed into a scorching magma dragon in mid-air, lunging towards the direction where Uchiha Obito was.

Obito, Zetsu, and Tobi all had a sudden change in expression.

They immediately dodged in three different directions.

boom! ! !
The magma dragon crashed heavily into the ground beneath its feet, melting a crater several meters in diameter in the terrifying heat.

Wisps of flame still rose from the edge of the crater, and some orange-red magma was slowly flowing inside. The heat wave that hit us made us not dare to underestimate the temperature of the magma.

"They're two really hard to communicate with." Zetsu's words referred not only to Uchiha Izumi, but also to Obito Ken.

After landing on the ground, it slapped the ground with both hands: "Wood Release!"

In an instant, tree roots hidden underground burst forth from the soil, writhing and twisting like a dense mass of giant pythons, a sight that sent chills down one's spine.

Countless tree roots attempted to swallow Uchiha Ikezumi whole.

the other side.

White Zetsu Tobi, with his swirling face, chuckled and immediately retaliated. The giant wooden figure behind him, over twenty meters tall, clenched its fist and punched Uchiha Ikezumi.

Obito's face beneath the mask darkened slightly. He snorted coldly, and his right eye transformed into the Mangekyou Sharingan. The space around his body visibly distorted, and a large number of giant shuriken shot out from the Kamui dimension toward Uchiha Ikezumi!

He himself approached Uchiha Ikezumi at high speed without any fear.

"Tch, you want to take on three against one? Uchiha Izumi, I'll take your place..."

Seeing this, Pipa Juzo was about to go up and help when he suddenly noticed that the moonlight above was shrouded in a shadow.

When he looked up, his eyes widened in surprise.

Suddenly, a gigantic cat appeared above his head, heading straight for the wooden man's fist.

Bang! ! !
The giant cat's head collided with the wooden figure's fist. After landing on all fours, the giant cat's body was uncontrollably pushed backward for dozens of meters, but it still managed to block the punch.

"Damn it... Don't underestimate the ninja cat as a formidable enemy, meow!" Tachibana Jiro's fur stood on end, his face contorted in a ferocious expression.

Pipa Juzo immediately realized—this was still Uchiha Ikezumi's ninja cat!
This cat can actually grow bigger using ninjutsu? It looks somewhat like the Expansion Technique of the Akimichi clan in Konoha.

"Wood escapes the blood inheritance limit..."

On the other side, Uchiha Ikezumi looked down at the dense, churning tree roots beneath his feet. He completely ignored the large number of giant shuriken flying from behind him, and simply squatted down slightly, placing one hand on a surging tree root at his feet.

"That's quite a coincidence."

"I have it too."

In an instant, Zetsu was shocked to find that he seemed to have lost control of part of the tree roots. He saw that a part of the tree roots that were churning the earth in front of him suddenly stretched out to a height of more than ten meters and rushed towards Uchiha Ichisen's back after he had made a turn.

Countless tree roots collided immediately with the giant shuriken shot out from Obito's Kamui dimension.

"Wood Release!!!"

Zetsu suddenly realized what was happening, its black and white face showing astonishment: "Uchiha Ikezumi has a Wood Release bloodline limit?!"

Obito, standing behind Uchiha Izumi, was also taken aback.

But he didn't stop, because the tree roots that were thrusting at him posed no threat whatsoever. They simply passed right through his body, without even touching him.

"Humph!"

In the blink of an eye, Obito had closed in on Uchiha Ikezumi. He immediately stretched out a hand, his crimson Sharingan filled with killing intent, and tried to touch Uchiha Ikezumi's back with his palm.

But the next second, Obito suddenly saw Uchiha Izumi turn around and decisively slash at his palm with her ninja sword.

puff-

Obito's eyes widened as he watched a severed hand fall to the ground. He then incredulously shifted his gaze to Uchiha Izumi's cold, expressionless face.

The other ability and weakness of Kamui's right eye...

They saw right through us!!!

When this shocking thought flashed through Obito's mind, he realized the situation was extremely dire. He had originally intended to touch Uchiha Izumi's body, attempting to directly absorb her into the Kamui dimension.

In this situation, even if Uchiha Izumi possesses an elemental transformation ability similar to the Water Transformation Technique, so what? This elemental transformation cannot withstand the power of space-time eye techniques.

But the prerequisite is that he needs to extend his palm out of the Kamui dimension, because only in this way can he touch Uchiha Izumi and activate his eye technique to suck her in.

But who could have imagined that in the eyes of the other party, the power of his right eye was like a naked little girl?

There are absolutely no secrets!

This guy seems to have known all along that he would need to materialize part of his body in order to activate the "Kamui" ability!
The issue is……

How did he know that?!

How could he possibly know?
It felt as if hundreds of bombs had been dropped into Obito's heart. Fortunately, the incredulous look on his face was completely hidden by his mask, otherwise he would have lost all the decorum befitting the Uchiha clan.

Just then, Uchiha Izumi's eyes met Uchiha Obito's. The already shocked expression in Obito's eyes became even more horrified.

"Mangekyo Sharingan!!!"

"Judgment." Uchiha Ikezumi slowly uttered the two words, a little blood overflowing from his left eye and sliding down his face.

As Obito's pupils contracted sharply, he hurriedly shifted his gaze. Even though he knew that he was virtually invincible in his Kamui Hollowfication state, he still retreated rapidly out of fear.

"Looks like it's no use."

On Uchiha Izumi's expressionless profile, there was a slight flow of magma, and the spilled blood was quickly evaporated by the high temperature of the magma.

He calmly looked at Obito, who showed no signs of distress, and realized that his Mangekyou Sharingan ability could not be implanted into Obito, who was now completely Hollowfied.

However, this was within his expectations; it was just a small experiment by Uchiha Ikezumi. If the experiment succeeded, he would make a fortune; if it failed, he wouldn't lose anything.

For him, the weakened vision from using the Mangekyou Sharingan, which could even lead to blindness, was not considered a side effect.

Because he occasionally revealed many rewards related to "enhanced visual acuity" while upholding justice in Konoha.

"call……"

On the other side, Obito, who had retreated more than ten meters away, slowly exhaled. Only then did he realize that he had been so frightened that he was drenched in sweat.

He almost thought he was about to be hit by the opponent's kaleidoscope eye technique!

Wait, when did I become so insecure about my Kamui abilities?
damn it.

It must be because Uchiha Izumi knows too many of my secrets, which has made me suddenly a little insecure.

"whispering sound!"

Obito immediately suppressed his discomfort, a mocking smile playing on his lips as he attempted to reshape Madara Uchiha's image: "A junior of the Uchiha clan. It seems that, in the end, my eye technique is still superior to yours!"

"Then what were you hiding from just now?" Uchiha Izumi's calm and collected question made Obito's facial muscles stiffen.

His expression was unpredictable.

For a moment, they didn't know what to do with Uchiha Ikezumi.

The other party knew everything about my right eye's Kamui ability. Unless Uchiha Izumi was an idiot, he would never give me any chance.

However, without using the power of his right eye's Kamui, Obito found himself unable to defeat Uchiha Izumi. Izumi's Lava Release elemental transformation was so overpowered that Obito didn't know how to proceed.

Furthermore, the fact that the opponent had just seemingly used a Wood Release-like ability made Obito feel even more troubled.

"Ho ho..."

Obito chuckled coldly: "Looks like we're at a stalemate. You can't do anything to me, and I'm unlikely to be able to take down a brat like you anytime soon. Tsk, it seems that the Uchiha clan has finally produced a genius who is second only to me and a brat over the years."

"You're the brat you're talking about, aren't you?" Uchiha Izumi's words punctured Obito's boasting.

Obito: "..."

That bastard, he's just like Jue, always sabotaging people!

"Lord Ban, he's calculating the duration of your ability. He probably already knows exactly how long your ability lasts."

Unbeknownst to them, Obito had already arrived beside him and whispered, "His Mangekyou Sharingan won't work on you while your ability is active. But if it's two more minutes, you probably won't be able to withstand his eye technique."

“I told you long ago that we are not ready to deal with him yet. Of all our plans from the beginning, killing Uchiha Izumi was the last one on our list. This also shows that the feasibility of this plan is extremely difficult.”

Obito's face twisted in frustration; he had never felt so aggrieved before: "The problem is, how did he even know that?!"

During the Nine-Tails Night, when he ambushed Minato, the two fought, and that's when Minato noticed a flaw in his right eye's Kamui ability.

But Uchiha Ikezumi...

Obito simply couldn't understand where the other party had gotten that information!

Jue shook his head: "I don't know."

It paused.

One more thing: "It wasn't me."

Because Zetsu noticed that Obito's gaze towards it was filled with suspicion again.

"Hmm?" Suddenly, Zetsu frowned, as if sensing something, and immediately said, "Lord Madara, we can't stay any longer. A white Zetsu told me—Jiraiya is here. He'll probably be here in less than half a minute. There's a toad on his shoulder, probably a toad from Mount Myōboku."

Obito realized that the whole world seemed to be working against him.

Ever since I met Uchiha Ikezumi, not a single day has gone smoothly!
He's starting to have some doubts about life.

"……withdraw!"

Obito gritted his teeth and squeezed out the word.

……

……

(End of this chapter)