Konoha: The Absolute Justice of the Uchiha

Chapter 154 Third Generation: "How could I possibly be sinful?"

Inside the police force building.

By blocking Uchiha Ikezumi's path and loudly questioning him with a stern face, Uchiha Fugaku successfully attracted the attention of a group of dejected Hyuga main clan ninjas.

"What are we doing? Obviously, we're here to arrest criminals."

Uchiha Ikezumi calmly met Fugaku's gaze and said indifferently, "Of the thirty-four members of the Hyuga clan's main family, the one with the most severe punishment will be sentenced to twenty years in prison, while the one with the least severe punishment will be imprisoned for several months."

"Oh, right."

Uchiha Ikezumi paused, and under the astonished gaze of Uchiha Fugaku, he said coldly, "There are still two corpses of the Hyuga clan. If you have time, you can arrange for someone to clean them up."

At this moment, Tachibana Jiro, who was following closely behind Uchiha Ikezumi, added, "Nya, sending one person is enough. Because those two corpses only have two heads left, naya."

Uchiha Fugaku: "..."

What exactly is going on?

Fugaku was completely dumbfounded.

Seeing this, Hyuga Naruto, the head of the Uchiha clan, leaning on his cane with a gloomy face, had a thoughtful look on his face. He could clearly see that Uchiha Fugaku, the head of the Uchiha clan, seemed to be at odds with Uchiha Ikezumi.

Right.

It is rumored that Itachi Uchiha, who was destined to wipe out the entire Uchiha clan, was killed by Izumi Uchiha.

In this situation.

How could Fugaku Uchiha possibly give a friendly face to the enemy who killed his son? The reason he didn't turn hostile was probably simply because Itachi Uchiha was in the wrong, since massacring a clan was a morally reprehensible act.

Hyuga Mei suddenly tapped his cane lightly, attracting Fugaku's attention.

Logically speaking, to avoid suspicion, the Hyuga clan should stay away from the Uchiha clan's higher-ups.

But he couldn't worry about that now. He didn't want to spend twenty years in Konoha prison. He was already in his seventies or eighties; was he sure he could live that long in prison? Would he die there?

As the former head of the Hyuga clan's main branch, I am now a retired elder of the Hyuga main branch.

If he died in Konoha Prison...

That life's illustrious reputation was ruined!

Realizing he couldn't remain silent, Hyuga Naruto coughed and said to Fugaku, "Ahem! Clan Head Fugaku..."

"This is an absolute and just judgment, and it's also the Third Hokage's will, meow." Tachibana Jiro gave Hyuga Naruto a disdainful look with his cat eyes, interrupting him directly, and then said to Uchiha Fugaku without any politeness, "Uchiha Fugaku, are you going to be an enemy of Lord Ikezumi's absolute justice, and also an enemy of Konoha's Will of Fire?"

Hyuga Naruto and Uchiha Fugaku's expressions both froze at the same time.

damn it!
It's that ninja cat again!

Hyuga Naruto was so angry he felt like cursing. His sinister gaze swept over Tachibana Jiro. But to his surprise, this arrogant ninja cat, oblivious to his place, glared back at him.

"...What the Third Hokage means." Fugaku Uchiha suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

He stormed over to stop Ikezumi to prevent the Third Hokage's side from misunderstanding the Uchiha clan.

But who would have thought.

It wasn't just Uchiha Ikezumi who was targeting the Hyuga main family.

The Hokage also wants to suppress the Hyuga main family, and this time he even used Izumi's iron-fisted methods to do so!
Fugaku Uchiha was immediately embarrassed and stood there awkwardly.

dilemma.

"Captain Fugaku, please move aside." A calm voice reached Fugaku's ears, and a police ninja walked over and said to Fugaku, "We also need to cooperate with Lord Ikezumi to record the Hyuga main family's criminals."

"If Captain-Commander Fugaku really has nothing to do, he can go through the backlog of case files and see if he can solve a few old cases. In those long-ago cases, the Uchiha's justice may have been delayed, but we cannot ignore them just because they were delayed."

The speaker was a special Jonin from the police force, and when he turned to speak to Uchiha Ikezumi, his attitude was completely different.

"Lord Chiquan, please rest assured, we will keep accurate records and will not misremember the sentences of any villain!"

A hint of admiration appeared on his face.

And from his constant talk of "justice," it's clear that he's already a ninja in the police force who pursues "absolute justice."

Such people are becoming more and more common in the Uchiha clan, especially after Uchiha Izumi displayed the legendary Susanoo of the Uchiha clan and powerfully killed Uchiha Itachi.

Hinata Naruto: "..."

Upon witnessing this scene, Hyuga Naruto realized that within the Uchiha clan, the clan head Fugaku might not have as much influence as Uchiha Ikezumi.

He glanced at Hyuga Hiashi, who was usually silent and had retreated to the point where he had nowhere left to retreat.

Then he looked at Fugaku Uchiha, who had been spoken to so harshly by his subordinates but remained silent.

He was completely heartbroken.

……

Night falls.

Hundreds of members from the Hyuga clan's branch families gathered together, including even children as young as three or four.

Whether it was the perverse sense of humor of the branch family or the branch family ultimately giving the main family some face, the few remaining members of the main family who had not been taken away were also invited.

Among them were Hyuga Hiashi's two youngest daughters, and most of them were weak women and children.

Seven-year-old Hinata Hyuga had a worried expression on her face, with tear tracks still visible in the corners of her eyes. She kept her head down anxiously, holding her younger sister Hanabi, who was a few years younger than her, in her arms, not daring to look up at anyone from the branch family.

She had learned about the situation of the Hyuga main family from a member of the main family, and also learned that her father had been arrested by the police.

This left Hinata very confused, unable to understand why the Hyuga clan had changed so much in just one afternoon.

"Hinata, no matter what they say to you, don't pay any attention to them or say anything."

A ninja from the main branch sighed, his face weary, and said to Hinata in a low voice, "If anyone speaks ill of your father, do not argue with them. Things are different now. Your father will not be able to protect you for the next ten years. I am alone and cannot contend with so many members of the branch family."

This main branch ninja is the only special Jonin from the Hyuga main branch who "survived".

He never imagined that he was originally just a nobody in the main family. He usually had a very low profile, no interpersonal relationships, and it was impossible for him to use the Caged Bird Seal on the branch family.

As a result, this very person inexplicably became the pillar of the Hyuga main family.

Before leaving, the clan chief Hiashi reminded himself to take good care of Hinata and Hanabi.

This put him under immense pressure.

"Hmm..." Hinata nodded gently, then asked with some confusion, "Will Hanabi and I still be members of the main clan?"

"I don't know either." The main family's special ninja shook his head with a complicated expression.

at this time.

A short figure walked over and sat down silently next to Hinata. When the main branch's special Jonin saw the newcomer, his expression changed slightly, and he revealed the newcomer's name.

"Hyuuga Neji..."

Everyone in the Hyuga clan knows that it was Hyuga Neji who dragged Uchiha Ikezumi into this matter. To the main branch ninja, Hyuga Neji is naturally the "culprit".

At this moment, Hyuga Neji's expression was quite complicated. He said, "I didn't know before that some people in the Hyuga branch family are similar to some people in the main family. I only realized today that what they care about is not the equality between the main family and the branch family, but who is qualified to become the main family of the Hyuga clan."

"Some people in the family do not hate their fate of being enslaved, nor do they hate the cage that imprisons them."

"What they hate is that they are not members of the main family, that they are not qualified to enslave others, and that they are not qualified to lock others in cages."

Hyuga Neji slowly exhaled a breath of stale air; being so young, this was the only level of understanding he could reach.

Otherwise, he wouldn't know how to explain why this happened.

"Hyuga Neji, this is the result of your choice," the main branch's special Jonin said in a distant tone. "You should indeed feel remorse."

"I have no regrets."

Neji shook his head. He turned his head and stared at the main branch ninja with a look of astonishment on his face, and said, "This simply means that the evil hidden in the Hyuga clan has not been completely eradicated. Not only does the main branch of the Hyuga clan harbor evil, but some members of the branch families also have a tendency to fall into the abyss of evil."

Neji tried his best to view the Hyuga clan from the perspective of Uchiha Ikezumi.

The Hyuga clan is examined using the extreme standard of "absolute justice".

Finally, he uttered a few words.

"That means we didn't kill enough!"

As soon as he said those words, most of the bewilderment in Hyuga Neji's eyes disappeared.

Without needing to ask anyone else, Neji found the answer—he shouldn't stand on the side of the Hyuga branch family.

Because if you're on the side of splitting up the family, you'll inevitably lean towards that line of thinking. This will cause the balance to tip.

That's not absolute justice.

……

Konoha Prison.

Hiashi Hyuga never imagined that one day he would be wearing prison clothes. He rubbed the extremely poor-quality fabric on his body and then looked at the dark and damp interior of the cell in front of him.

The faint musty smell lingering around his nose made Hiashi Hyuga sigh deeply.

in fact.

It would be impossible to confine him in such a prison.

Hiashi Hyuga has at least ten ways to leave Konoha Prison.

The problem is, he can't afford the consequences of escaping.

Hiashi Hyuga's mind was still filled with the words that many of his main clan members had said to him before they were imprisoned, unable to contain their emotions.

"Hiashi, you are the head of the main clan. Why do you keep looking like you want to say something but can't? Your concessions didn't earn that Uchiha brat's forgiveness. Instead, they emboldened him and wiped out the entire main clan!"

"—Clan Head Hiashi, our main clan could easily use the lives of branch family ninjas as leverage to force Uchiha Ikezumi to abandon his attack on the main clan. Why didn't you issue that order?"

"—Lord Hiashi, I'm going to be imprisoned by those madmen of the Uchiha clan for a full nineteen years! Nineteen years later...nineteen years later, I'll probably be fifty or sixty years old..."

"—Hyuga Hiashi, as the head of the main clan, don't you have any sense of protecting your clan members? How could we have been so blind as to elect you as our head?"

"Heh heh, once this is over, neither of your two daughters will have to have their portraits carved on the rooftop bird anymore. You wouldn't be thinking of doing that, would you?"

"call……"

A look of deep remorse flashed across Hiashi Hyuga's face; he had indeed failed to fulfill his responsibilities as clan leader.

I have indeed let down all my clan members.

Some of the main clan members, whose defenses had crumbled, said things that Hyuga Hiashi couldn't refute. He knew he had no right to refute them and could only silently endure it.

Hiashi Hyuga sat cross-legged on the cold ground.

He fell into a deep silence.

……

"Hiruzen!"

Tonight, while Hiruzen Sarutobi was working overtime on official business, he encountered Koharu Utatane, who stormed into his office in a fit of rage.

Koharu Utatane pushed open the door and entered, asking Hiruzen Sarutobi, "How could you tolerate Izumi Uchiha to this extent? Even if you want to suppress the Hyuga main clan, you can't do it this way, can you? At least you can't exploit his absolute justice, can you?"

Koharu Utatane took a deep breath and said earnestly, "Once you become overly reliant on the absolute justice of Uchiha Ikezumi, you will be influenced by his extreme black-and-white thinking."

"Have you forgotten how much pain his extreme justice caused Konoha? I don't understand why you and Yan did this."

After Xiaochun finished speaking, her angry and aggressive demeanor finally eased a little.

Hiruzen Sarutobi tapped his fingertips on the desk.

He looked weary and asked, "Besides Izumi, who else in Konoha can still use this skill?"

"Besides..."

"Even if I don't make the best of a bad situation, do you think I can stop it by sending someone to stop it? What if I stop it today? What about tomorrow? What about the day after tomorrow? What about the day after that? One day I will be too late. Since that's the case, I might as well let Chi Quan run free this time."

Koharu Utatane frowned: "Hiruzen, I just hope you can distinguish between using and depending on someone."

"do not forget……"

Koharu Utatane cautioned, "Uchiha Ikezumi has always been very rude to you. Maybe in his eyes, you're no different from Danzo or Uchiha Itachi. The only reason he lacks motivation is because you've always had a group of ANBU members by your side."

Hiruzen Sarutobi paused for a moment, not refuting Koharu Utatane's words.

Because he also felt that Chi Quan had probably been eyeing him for a long time.

But then again.

How could I, the Hokage, possibly harbor any sins?
"you think too much."

Sarutobi Hiruzen said.

……

Meanwhile, the Hyuga clan's clan meeting began.

Neji guessed almost correctly that within just half a day, the family had split into several different factions.

Some factions are led by highly respected branch family elders, while others are led by powerful branch family Jonin.

They openly argued their case at the clan meeting.

Kneeling on a prayer mat, Hyuga Neji watched helplessly as many members of the branch family revealed their rather ugly faces. Neji felt that their faces looked somewhat familiar, as if they were the faces of some arrogant and domineering main family ninjas.

Neji was very disappointed by the farce unfolding before him.

He stood up silently, and his movement stood out conspicuously when everyone else was kneeling.

It successfully attracted the attention of a group of family members.

An elder from a branch family who had just been arguing heatedly with someone forced a smile at Neji: "Neji, you are the greatest contributor to the Hyuga main family today, you..."

But he hadn't even finished saying his sentence.

He was immediately interrupted by Hyuga Neji, whose face was icy cold.

"What you want is not justice at all."

"All you want is the power of the main family."

Neji's childish voice sounded exceptionally clear in the clan meeting room.

"Justice is watching you."

"You can take care of yourself!"

He stood up and left without hesitation, making no attempt to hide the disappointment on his face.

They completely ignored the astonished expressions on the faces of the other branch family ninjas.

……

……

PS: I went on a long trip today... Sitting on the high-speed train for so long, my head has been buzzing all day, my eye pressure is also very high, and I feel dizzy and lightheaded. I'll see if I can update more tomorrow.

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