Konoha: The Absolute Justice of the Uchiha

Chapter 156 Orochimaru: "Ikezumi, we meet again!"

Uchiha Ikezumi did not want to make the same mistake twice.

If the tragedy that happened to Sarutobi Sakurako were to repeat itself, then the absolute justice that fails to learn from past mistakes would seem laughable.

Today, the Hyuga main family has only a few women and children left, and they are barely holding on to the position of a special Jonin.

If a branch family ninja, in a moment of madness, were to attack women and children...

Hinata, who was only seven years old, absolutely could not have survived.

As for whether anyone in the Hyuga branch family is really out of their mind?
Uchiha Ikezumi firmly believed that it would happen! Because in this twisted and morbid ninja world, there are always people with exceptionally strange thought processes and people with extremely distorted values ​​and morals.

While this may sound somewhat realistic, not all victims are innocent and kind—this is the answer Uchiha Ikezumi arrived at after witnessing countless instances of distorted humanity.

His cold words left Hinata Hyuga, whose lips still had a little soup on them, completely stunned.

Hinata Hyuga glanced furtively at Izumi Uchiha with a hint of fear.

Faced with the "order" from this terrifying man whom his father had imprisoned in Konoha Prison.

Hinata Hyuga dared not refute or refuse.

Just like how she didn't dare refuse being treated to so much ramen.

"But……"

Hinata's face showed a conflicted expression. She placed her hands under the table, her fingers intertwined, and with what seemed like an immense amount of courage, she said in a voice barely audible, "I... I can't abandon Hanabi. She's my sister, and she's five years younger than me."

"She's only two years old and still needs someone to take care of her and teach her how to live. Usually, her father takes care of her, but her father has already... Ah!"

Hinata was startled by her own careless words.

Her voice became louder and her speech quickened.

“I didn’t mean to say anything bad about you, nor did I say that it was a bad thing for you to have Father arrested… I just wanted to say that I need to take care of Hanabi, so…”

"Take your sister with you."

Uchiha Ikezumi interrupted expressionlessly: "Take the rest of the women and children from the Hyuga main family with you. Meet me at Ichiraku Ramen before 8 p.m.

Hinata paused for a moment.

Even though this terrifying man's words weren't intimidating, his calm tone only made Hinata more nervous. Besides, this was someone even her father couldn't handle.

"Gudong..."

Hinata, who secretly swallowed a mouthful of saliva, nodded like a chick pecking at rice.

"……it is good."

She didn't dare to refuse.

"Go to school." Hinata sprang to her feet instantly at Uchiha Ikezumi's words, as if the chair beneath her was a branding iron.

"Okay!" Hinata shouted hurriedly, then ran out of Ichiraku Ramen without looking back and headed towards the Ninja Academy.

Anyone who didn't know better would think there was a man-eating beast behind her.

I watched helplessly as the little brat ran away in a panic.

Tachibana Jiro muttered in bewilderment, "Nyan, Hyuga Hiashi is definitely abusing her, isn't he? Otherwise, how could such a tiny child eat so much? How long has she been starving? Has she not eaten for a month, nymph?"

Jiro Tachibana was deeply shocked today.

It shook its head, and just as it was about to say something to Uchiha Ikezumi, Tachibana Jiro suddenly paused. It stared at Hinata Hyuga's receding figure, its cat eyes narrowing slightly.

"Master Chiquan..."

Tachibana Jiro said, "This brat seems to have a 'tagalong' following him around, and he doesn't look like he's from the Hyuga clan."

“A rat that has infiltrated Konoha.” Uchiha Izumi stood up, looking at the conspicuous red square above the other’s head. He placed the ramen money on the table and slowly said, “However, he is also a rat that is somewhat useful.”

Tachibana Jiro was a little confused.

Then he heard Uchiha Ikezumi continue, "It seems to be a spy Orochimaru has sent to Konoha. He's birds of a feather with Orochimaru and was once an unforgivable villain."

"And the evils of the future..."

Uchiha Ikezumi paused for a moment, then continued, "He tried to help Orochimaru seize the Byakugan from the Hyuga main family. He didn't want any survivors; he wanted to kill his target, gouge out the Byakugan, and then escape from Konoha."

Tachibana Jiro suddenly realized.

It licked its paws, then gently stroked its cat face with them, and spoke in human language: "Perhaps we can use him to find Orochimaru. Lord Ikezumi has been eyeing Orochimaru for a long time now."

……

'Hoo... First, use genjutsu to control Hinata Hyuga, then use her to find her younger sister, Hanabi Hyuga. After that, just kill those two brats and gouge out their Byakugan.'

'Only this way can I leave Konoha safely. Otherwise, with two young kids like me, I can't run very fast or very far before the Konoha ninja capture me.'

'If I have the chance to come into contact with other members of the Hyuga clan during the process, I'll kill them all as well... The more Byakugan I bring back, the more Lord Orochimaru will appreciate me.'

"At that time, I won't just be a tool Orochimaru planted in Konoha, but rather his right-hand man!"

The spy ninja, silently lurking far behind Hinata Hyuga, was currently devising a rather crude plan.

With most of the Hyuga main family members imprisoned, it's estimated that not many people are paying attention to Hinata and Hanabi, so the chances of success are quite high.

Even though he knew that a rough plan might lead to failure, if he delayed any longer, it would be difficult to take action later.

With an unremarkable appearance, he wore a slightly sinister smirk, a smile that was clearly a deliberate imitation of Orochimaru: "Kid, don't blame me for dying, and don't blame Lord Orochimaru either. Blame that Uchiha Izumi."

"after all……"

"After all, if it weren't for me, Orochimaru wouldn't have coveted the Hyuga main clan's Byakugan, because the chances of succeeding were slim. And by imprisoning most of the Hyuga main clan's ninjas in Konoha, I gave Orochimaru a perfect opportunity."

"—That's what you wanted to say."

"Right?"

The sudden sound rang out not far behind the spy ninja, instantly making the hairs on his body stand on end, his pupils contracted instantly, a layer of cold sweat quickly gathered on his forehead, and every muscle in his body stiffened involuntarily.

Have I been exposed? Why? When? A series of questions flashed through my mind like lightning.

The moment he turned around like a cat with its fur standing on end, he saw the man he least wanted to see.

The spy ninja's breath hitched.

I almost had a heart attack from the fright!
"Uchiha..."

"Chiquan!!!"

……

The land of rain.

The overcast sky was filled with a light drizzle, which quickly soaked the wood clones of Kizo and Izumi Uchiha.

Pipa Juzo spat out a standard wild grass stem from his mouth and said, "This is the Land of Rain. It rains for at least 300 out of the 300+ days of the year. The Land of Water is considered to have abundant rainfall. But compared to the amount of rain in the Land of Rain, the Land of Water is like it never rains all year round."

"And the Akatsuki headquarters is in the Land of Rain. Of course, you probably already knew this information."

Juzo Biwa paused, then asked, "In your eyes, is the Akatsuki an organization full of evil?"

"Calculate."

Rainwater streamed down his forehead and into his eyes, but Uchiha Ikezumi's wood clone didn't even blink.

He said coldly, "Even without mentioning the twisted will that Akatsuki pursues, its actions of stirring up wars between small countries throughout the ninja world and profiting from it alone mean that Akatsuki is an organization that gathers the evil of the ninja world."

Pipa Juzo chuckled softly, "Should I be glad I'm just a newcomer and haven't gotten too involved with them yet? Otherwise, would I have already died when I first met you?"

"Yes."

The answer from the Wood Clone was as frank and straightforward as ever.

Pipa Juzo's expression stiffened slightly.

The thrill of stepping right across the gates of hell and then pulling back left him feeling uneasy.

After thinking for a moment, Juzo Biwa revealed the information he had been keeping to himself: "That woman told me that as long as I return to the Land of Rain, I should go to a place she told me about, and she would be waiting for me there. I think she probably wants to be wary of Obito Uchiha and secretly gather information at that location."

"Then go ahead."

The wooden clone said.

……

Konoha Village.

Hinata Hyuga ran back to the Ninja Academy, panting heavily. She was so out of breath that she had to lean against the wall for a while to catch her breath, and during that time she couldn't help but secretly look back.

Hinata Hyuga finally breathed a sigh of relief after realizing that the terrifying man hadn't followed them.

"Hey, you're Hinata Hyuga?!"

A sudden sound rang out not far from Hinata.

Startled and still in shock, she shuddered and quickly looked over, only to find that they were two senior students from the ninja academy, each a head taller than her.

Hinata Hyuga saw them approaching and standing in front of her, looking down at her from a high position.

"……Yes."

Hinata nodded.

"Heh, I heard that your entire Hyuga main clan has been captured by Uchiha Ikezumi. That Uchiha plague god only arrests the most vicious criminals, right? Your father, as the head of the Hyuga clan, was also imprisoned, which means he's no good either!"

A ninja academy student, speaking with a mocking tone, forcefully tapped Hinata Hyuga's head with an origami fan folded in his hand.

"The daughter of a bad person is bound to be a bad seed. Who knows, one day you might go on a killing spree at the ninja academy and become a vicious murderer!"

Hinata Hyuga realized that she was being bullied. She remembered being bullied by several children from Konoha when she was younger.

But at that time, a person named Naruto Uzumaki saved him.

Hinata Hyuga instinctively tried to find Naruto.

But they couldn't find it.

She could only purse her lips in grievance, not daring to look up and meet the eyes of the two ninja academy students, and whispered, "I...I won't kill anyone...and I'm not a bad seed..."

"You think you can just say it isn't?" Another ninja academy student pursed his lips and said, "Before a bad seed reveals its true nature, no one can tell that it's a bad seed. But you're different. Your father is a bad seed, so you definitely are too."

"I..." Hinata Hyuga's eyes were already filled with tears, which she couldn't hold back as she tried to explain herself again.

But the question is, am I really not a bad seed?
After all, Father has already been arrested.

But if I am a bad seed, why didn't that terrible man capture me? Instead, he arranged for me and Hanabi to be separated from the Hyuga clan in order to protect me?
"Hinata Hyuga, you..."

Just as the two were trying to say something to Hinata, a sudden whooshing sound came from afar.

What followed was a painful scream.

Hinata looked up in surprise.

They saw a man crouching on the ground, clutching the back of his head in obvious pain. Another man hurriedly turned around, only to let out a scream as well, clutching his head and crouching down, his body trembling with pain.

Hinata also saw two objects fall down, and upon closer inspection, they turned out to be two wooden kunai. The tips of the wooden kunai were blunted and had a faint trace of blood on them.

Those two blows probably broke their heads.

"You're still so cowardly." A familiar voice reached Hinata Hyuga's ears as she saw Neji Hyuga approaching.

"Ningji-nii-san..."

Neji Hyuga ignored the two ninja academy students who were covering their heads. He stood in front of Hinata Hyuga and said expressionlessly, "No one can protect you for a lifetime, and even justice is difficult. If you don't want to be bullied, then drop the airs of the main family's young lady and abandon that meaningless cowardly thought of 'not wanting to hurt others'."

After saying that, he lowered his head slightly and said to the two people, "Next time, if I see you verbally bullying your fellow students at the Ninja Academy again, it won't be as simple as having your heads broken by wooden kunai."

The two ninja academy students had already recognized him as Hyuga Neji, the academy's number one genius.

One of them covered his forehead and gritted his teeth, saying, "Aren't you a member of the Hyuga branch family? Why are you helping this young lady from the main family? Didn't your branch family already defeat the main family? Or have you been protecting her for so long that you've gotten used to being the Hyuga main family's dog?"

The other person was stunned by their companion's reckless words.

If Hyuga Neji gets angry about this, then the two of them will definitely get beaten up!

However, Neji Hyuga said without any change in his expression, "I stepped forward to stop your bullying of her from the standpoint of 'absolute justice,' not to protect her as a member of the Hyuga branch family. There is a fundamental difference between the two."

Neji's tone was somewhat like that terrifying man's; it seemed he was deliberately imitating him, but not quite mastering it—such a thought flashed through Hinata's mind.

Subsequently.

Then he heard Hyuga Neji speak to him: "If you encounter something like this again next time, you can just tell me."

Hinata watched helplessly as Neji walked around her after he finished speaking.

like……

Neji-nii isn't as averse to me as he used to be.

Hinata murmured to herself.

……

"What...are you saying that I don't understand?" He Chuan Shang's innermost garment was already soaked with sweat.

However, he was ultimately a spy carefully cultivated by Orochimaru, so his acting skills were naturally up to par.

His facial expression didn't reveal any flaws.

He feigned a slight panic, as if only then realizing that Uchiha Ikezumi was wearing a police uniform. Speaking with a foreign accent, he hurriedly said, "Um... I didn't accidentally break some of Konoha's rules, did I? I haven't been in Konoha for long, and there are many rules I don't know. I guess Konoha also advocates 'ignorance is no excuse'?"

"The acting is so fake, cat."

Tachibana Jiro ruthlessly exposed He Chuan Shang's lie, saying disdainfully, "Your acting skills and subtle expressions can only fool some inexperienced ninjas. I can smell your emotions. You're shocked right now, aren't you?"

"You're shocked that Lord Ikezumi was able to find your trail, shocked that Lord Ikezumi knew you were related to Orochimaru, and even more shocked that Lord Ikezumi caught you before you could do anything about the Byakugan."

"Meow, Orochimaru may have been expelled from Konoha, but he's doing pretty well outside. He manages to send a few spies over every now and then."

With sweat beading on his buttocks from tension, He Chuan Shang took a few steps back in terror, staring at Tachibana Jiro in disbelief.

"Cat...this cat..."

"It spoke!?"

“Lord Ikezumi, it seems he hasn’t given up,” Tachibana Jiro said.

“Take him and hand him over to the Yamanaka clan,” Uchiha Izumi said slowly. “Let the Yamanaka clan ninjas look at his memories, and they’ll know whether he’s a spy Orochimaru sent to Konoha.”

He Chuan Shang: "!!!"

Damn!

Although he had learned in Konoha that Uchiha Izumi was an extremely extreme person, he only realized how outrageous the other party was after he became the "victim" of absolute justice.

Are the ninjas of Konoha just going to let this guy run rampant in the village?
Without Lord Orochimaru, Konoha is in complete chaos!
With a thousand thoughts flashing through his mind, He Chuan Shang suddenly gritted his teeth.

He bit down on one of his large teeth and crushed it. In an instant, a cloud of black smoke filled his mouth. He took a deep breath through his nose and exhaled the black smoke. In the blink of an eye, half the street was shrouded in thick black smoke.

He Chuan Shang turned and ran without hesitation!
He was actually confident that he could hold his own against Konoha's elite Jonin, but he didn't even have the desire to fight in front of Uchiha Izumi. This extreme Uchiha's strength had long exceeded the scope of Jonin.

It's definitely not something I can handle on my own.

Damn...

Lord Orochimaru had just given him his mission, and he'd already messed it up. Now all he could do was bury his head in his hands and run away, wondering how he could possibly escape Konoha.

whoosh-

Just then, an orange figure tore through layers of black mist and chased after Tsuruga no Hisashi like an arrow released from a bow.

Tachibana Jiro's cat paw suddenly became extremely large.

It slapped down on He Chuan Shang with one paw.

Bang! ! !
He Chuan Shang's body turned into white mist and dissipated—it was a shadow clone.

"Huh...huh..."

In a secluded alleyway in Konoha, He Chuan Shang, drenched in cold sweat, slowly exhaled, still shaken.

'The ninja cats around this monster are all monsters themselves. If it were to slap me, it would probably turn me into a meat patty.'

Just when he thought he was temporarily out of danger.

A clear voice rang out from beside me: "What are you doing sneaking around here? You look a bit unfamiliar! And you have a scent that I find very familiar."

He Chuan Shang: "!!!"

He immediately looked in the direction of the sound and saw a female Konoha ninja with short hair walking towards him. Behind her was a female ninja dressed in Uchiha police uniform.

"Is it my imagination?"

Mitarashi Anko's beautiful eyes narrowed deeply as she stared at the unremarkable man before her, then blurted out, "I smell a scent on you that's very similar to mine. Or rather... this scent originates from Orochimaru!"

This guy……

It's Mitarashi Anko! She's Orochimaru's disciple in Konoha!
hiss!
In other words, the female ninja from the police force who followed her was Uchiha Izumi, a subordinate of Uchiha Izumi.
Oops!

"Anko, wait a minute!" Uchiha Izumi called out to Anko from behind. One hand was already on her ninja sword, her eyes fixed on Kagawa Hisashi, and she quickly reminded Anko, "This isn't your imagination. You didn't smell it wrong, he smells like Orochimaru. He's Orochimaru's spy!"

He Chuan Shang: "???"

No.

It's one thing that Uchiha Izumi could see right through me at a glance without any reason, but how could you see right through me too? Do I have the word "spy" written on my face?

He is numb!

"Heh heh, there's no need to keep up the act." A sinister voice rang out: "Once you're targeted by Uchiha Izumi, you can't escape either."

An extremely small and slender white snake emerged from He Chuan Shang's sleeve.

And along his arm.

She climbed onto his shoulder.

The very next second after the white snake finished speaking, Uchiha Izumi's voice rang out behind Kagawa Hisashi: "Orochimaru, it's been so many years. Although I can only hear your voice, it still stirs up my killing intent as always."

"Senior Chi Quan!"

"Chiquan?"

Izumi and Anko also discovered Uchiha Ike Izumi.

The slender white snake raised its upper body, its scarlet eyes scrutinizing Uchiha Ikezumi for a moment before speaking in human language again: "Ikezumi, do you still hate me so much? I've never offended you, is it because of your so-called 'absolute justice'?"

"Heh heh, it's no use trying to kill me. Even if you kill me, how much change can you make for the hopeless ninja world? Your ninja way can't save this twisted world."

The white snake paused, flicking its tongue, and continued, "To be honest, you have indeed exceeded my expectations. I wonder how you managed to turn me, your former disciple, into your vassal."

Mitarashi Anko clenched her fists, gritted her teeth, and interjected, "Orochimaru, where are you hiding?!"

"Won't you call me Orochimaru-sensei? I'm really disappointed, Anko."

The white snake said in a rather mocking tone, "I've never been hiding; it's just that your Konoha doesn't have the ability to find my trail."

After saying that, it looked at Uchiha Ikezumi again.

"Chiquan, your talent shouldn't be wasted on useless time. If you're willing to cooperate with me, I'll make you realize what the true essence of a ninja is, and I'll also let you know what a powerful ninja should truly pursue."

"Hehe, you must be..."

Swah——

A flash of light streaked past, and a snake's head, barely larger than a thumb, was tossed high into the air.

Uchiha Izumi, too lazy to listen to Orochimaru's nonsense, took a step forward.

He grabbed He Chuan Shang by the throat with one hand.

As the other person stared wide-eyed, seemingly suffocating, he slashed open their shirt, revealing a large patch of eerie curse marks on their chest.

Uchiha Ikezumi released his ninja sword, and his slightly bent fingers, wreathed in chakra, struck Hekawa Hisashi's chest heavily.

"Ninja..."

"King Kong Unsealed!"

……

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(End of this chapter)