Konoha: The Absolute Justice of the Uchiha

Chapter 161 The Construction of the Uchiha's Ideology of Justice
The next day, Fugaku Uchiha felt that the clansmen in the police force seemed a little strange.

Although he knew that he had no authority in the Uchiha clan, and that many clansmen were unwilling to call him clan leader.

But I still have to call myself "Chief," right? After all, my position in the police force is real.

But when Fugaku Uchiha arrived at the police station building today, he found that one police ninja after another only glanced at him indifferently before looking away, without even showing any interest in talking to him.

This……

Could it be that something has happened recently that has caused his authority to be greatly diminished once again?
Despite harboring such doubts and a heavy heart, Fugaku Uchiha outwardly showed no emotional fluctuation.

He walked past one tribesman after another, and came alone to the office of the chief of police.

At the same time, he also summoned the ninjas from the police force he trusted most.

The other party was also a Jonin of the Uchiha clan.

He's considered a veteran in the police force, even older than Fugaku.

"What's been happening in the clan lately?" Fugaku Uchiha asked directly, getting straight to the point.

His intuition told him that something he didn't know must have happened to the Uchiha clan in the last two days.

The police force's Jonin hesitated for a moment.

Remembering that Fugaku Uchiha had indeed been quite kind to him, he sighed inwardly and replied to Fugaku Uchiha, "Clan Head Fugaku, last night, some of the Uchiha clan's police ninja held a clan meeting in private. There were no moderates or radicals among the Uchiha present; there were only those who wanted to follow the absolute justice faction led by Izumi Uchiha."

Upon hearing this, Fugaku remained silent for a few seconds.

"As expected, as it should be." After a long pause, he finally said this, then looked up at the police ninja in front of him: "You must have participated too, right? Otherwise, you wouldn't know so much. They would definitely have kept it from the others."

With the other party remaining silent, Fugaku Uchiha shook his head and said, "I don't blame you for favoring Ikezumi. Although I think it's a wrong choice, it's your own right."

"I did participate," the police force ninja admitted.

With a stern face, Fugaku Uchiha asked again, "What did you all talk about? Can you tell me? If there are any secrets, you can tell me some that aren't really secrets."

"as well as……"

He paused, then continued, "Was this clan gathering, which was supposed to be all-powerful, initiated by Chi Quan himself?"

The police ninja shook his head: "Actually, we didn't notify Uchiha Ikezumi because we all know he's very busy and probably wouldn't have time to attend this kind of clan gathering."

Fugaku paused, taken aback.

In other words, without Izumi's active call, the Uchiha clan members who were willing to believe in absolute justice had already moved towards Izumi's direction of absolute justice.
When I called on them to calm down and not be too hostile towards the village, why weren't they so proactive?
Fugaku didn't understand.

"There were no secrets at this clan meeting. Even some clan members who did not believe in absolute justice heard some rumors. The reason why you, Clan Chief Fugaku, knew nothing about this is probably because no one came to inform you."

The truth was a swift blade that silenced Fugaku Uchiha.

The other person continued, "We are discussing—what constitutes Uchiha Izumi's absolute justice? How should the Uchiha clan fulfill its duty of justice to be considered absolutely just? Everyone is brainstorming and sharing their opinions, and we are recording the useful ones in a booklet."

"According to the initial plan, this booklet will be a 'Handbook of Absolute Justice Law Enforcement' similar to the law enforcement code of the police force. Of course, before this handbook is finalized, we need to let Uchiha Izumi take a look at it so that he knows what true absolute justice is."

At this moment, Fugaku Uchiha was at a loss for words.

This group of people is far too proactive.

If they had focused their efforts on "how to make the Uchiha clan even more glorious and great while maintaining peace with Konoha," the Uchiha clan wouldn't be in this predicament!
"Chief Fugaku, there's something I need to tell you... I don't know if I should."

Since you asked, you must want to tell me something.

Fugaku said in a deep voice, "Speak."

"Actually, we invited your wife, Lady Mikoto, but she declined, perhaps because of her somewhat awkward position. However, Chief Fugaku didn't know about this, which means she didn't tell you. Perhaps she had her own reasons."

Fugaku was stunned.

What kind of logic is this? The hoe of absolute justice has once again struck at the very corner of the Uchiha Fugaku clan's wall?!

First, they kidnapped his second son, Uchiha Sasuke.

Now he's set his sights on his wife, Uchiha Mikoto?
He's getting a little red.

……

"The Absolute Justice Enforcement Manual..." Uchiha Ikezumi looked indifferently at the few drafts handed to him, glanced at them casually, and then looked at the three Jonin from the police force in front of him.

"Who did this?" His brief question made the three Uchiha Jonin break out in a cold sweat.

One of them took a deep breath and replied, "It was compiled from the collective wisdom of all the Uchiha clan members who were willing to follow you, and it referenced many real cases of your execution of justice."

"Phew, rather than being a law enforcement manual, most of its contents are a replica of your real experiences."

Uchiha Ikezumi glanced at the document casually and realized that what the other person said was indeed correct.

If you change some of the wording in the draft, someone else might take a look and think it's Uchiha Ike Izumi's law enforcement diary!

Among them, the summary of the concept of absolute justice is also quite good.

This group of people were indeed discussing things very seriously, and they didn't impose any overly personalized or extreme ideas on "absolute justice."

In other words...

No personal bias added!

“If there’s anything wrong, we can fix it immediately!” said a Jonin from the police force.

“It’s quite good.” Uchiha Ikezumi said slowly, “Since you’re going to write something like this, it means you’re prepared to dedicate your lives to justice. In that case, you can invite me to the next clan meeting.”

Three high-ranking ninja from the police force: "!!!"

hiss!
What does Uchiha Ikezumi mean by these words?
Are we going to start indoctrinating these Uchiha ninjas who are willing to follow absolute justice with ideas of absolute justice?

Is he finally going to start promoting "absolute justice"?

One of them, both surprised and delighted, hurriedly asked, "Does this mean that absolute justice has already accepted us as members?"

"Let's see if you can pass the test," said Uchiha Izumi. "Both Uchiha Izumi and Mitarashi Anko have undergone the rigorous test of absolute justice. Justice never needs charlatans. Justice needs ninjas with sincere hearts."

At this moment, Uchiha Ikezumi paused, then said expressionlessly, "Perfect timing, there's a test that's perfect for the three of you."

The three police force ninjas immediately became solemn.

He adopted a posture of attentive listening and even put away the arrogant attitude that belonged only to the Uchiha clan.

Those who didn't know better might think that Uchiha Ikezumi was the captain of the police force and the head of the Uchiha clan. "You know the big businessman Gato, right?"

Uchiha Ikezumi asked a question.

“I’ve heard of him.” One of them nodded. “He’s a guy who’ll do anything to make money, with a terrible reputation. But because he’s so good at making money, quite a few people in the ninja world still cooperate with him, even some from Konoha. But…”

The thought flashed through the mind of this police ninja: "Most of those people have committed crimes to some extent. They have either been killed by you or imprisoned in Konoha's jail."

But he didn't say it outright.

“I have the whereabouts of one of Gato’s trusted men,” Uchiha Izumi said slowly. “Find him, use him to find Gato, and then cut off Gato’s head. If you complete the test I’ve given you, then Absolute Justice will have achieved half of its approval.”

Finally, he added, "If you find it difficult or troublesome, you can just go home."

"Phew... We three will take on this challenge!"

A police force ninja.

……

After returning home at noon, Fugaku Uchiha immediately sought out Mikoto Uchiha and asked her the question he most wanted to ask: "Why did you keep the matter of the clan meeting from me?"

Mikoto Uchiha could hear the emotional fluctuations in her husband's tone.

Clearly, Fugaku Uchiha was puzzled and angry about Mikoto Uchiha's act of concealing the truth.

However, since the two had consummated their marriage, Fugaku Uchiha could only suppress his anger and coldly question, "Last night, you were also invited by them to the clan meeting for absolute justice, right? But you didn't tell me about this. Am I, as the head of the Uchiha clan, the last person in the entire clan to know about this?"

“Sasuke doesn’t know either, and I didn’t tell him.” Mikoto Uchiha sighed softly. “Since you know I was invited, you should also know that I didn’t attend, right?”

“That’s not the point. The point is that you kept it from me.” Fugaku Uchiha said in a deep voice, “You should know that I am your husband, and I am also the head of the Uchiha clan and the captain of the police force. No matter which of these three identities I used to meet you, you should have informed me of this beforehand.”

Mikoto Uchiha said, "There's a reason for that."

"Speak!" Fugaku took a deep breath; this time he was truly enraged.

He is good at compromising, good at backing down, and good at backing down.

That doesn't mean he wasn't angry.

Especially since this matter involves his wife.

"Fugaku, haven't you noticed that something is really wrong with you? You weren't like this when Itachi was alive."

Mikoto Uchiha sighed and said, "If I tell you about this and you barge into the clan meeting, I can't guarantee that you, in your current emotionally unstable state, won't do something extreme or rash. That's what I'm worried about."

"In that case, it's better not to tell you in advance. You'll naturally find out about it once it happens."

Fugaku Uchiha gave Mikoto a deep look.

"So, you suspect I might do something irrational?"

Mikoto Uchiha frowned slightly: "I'm really doing this for your own good, Fugaku. Your lack of willpower might lead you to take extreme actions, making you unbearable for absolute justice."

Absolute justice...

Absolute justice again!

Sasuke is like this, and now Mikoto is like this, and most of the clan members are even more so. But have they ever considered that it is Izumi's absolute justice that is making the village increasingly strange?

It was also Ikezumi's absolute justice that made the Uchiha clan subtly and further stand on the opposite side of the village.

after all.

Absolute justice will almost certainly clash with the Hokage and his allies; there are probably very few clean figures among Konoha's high-ranking officials. When justice gains momentum, the conflict will inevitably escalate to an irreconcilable stage, dragging down the entire Uchiha clan.

In other words, the impact of Izumi's absolute justice and Uchiha Setsuna's coup d'état ideology on the Uchiha clan was not fundamentally different.

Uchiha Fugaku slowly closed his eyes.
When he opened his eyes.

His eyes were filled with disappointment.

"I'm going back to the police force now. You don't need to cook dinner for me tonight, and you don't need to tomorrow morning either," Fugaku Uchiha said slowly.

He could sense that a rift had formed between the couple, a rift that was likely irreparable.

This made her too lazy to say anything more to Uchiha Mikoto.

"Fugaku..."

Before Mikoto Uchiha, whose expression was quite complicated, could continue speaking, Fugaku Uchiha turned around and interrupted her.

“I know what you’re trying to say. But I can tell you clearly that I don’t believe in absolute justice. My perspective is completely different from yours.”

“I am speaking from the position of the clan leader. What I see is the deteriorating relationship between the Uchiha and the Konoha leadership. No matter what efforts I make, Izumi will negate them.”

"Instead of wasting your time trying to persuade me, you might as well go and visit Itachi at the Konoha Cemetery. You haven't seen him since his cenotaph was built, am I right?"

"Because you are very disappointed with Itachi's behavior and thoughts, but admire Sasuke's choice instead."

"call……"

Fugaku Uchiha's mood grew even heavier.

He discovered that his wife's change in mentality was inextricably linked to Uchiha Ikezumi.

"Ultimately, it's because you're not on my side at all. Your perspective is too narrow-minded."

Fugaku's tone became much colder.

Mikoto Uchiha frowned more and more. She felt that she, as a mother/wife, could no longer understand the thought processes of either Itachi Uchiha or Fugaku Uchiha.

This father and son...

Although they have slightly different views, their personalities seem to be cut from the same mold.

They are both very stubborn.

……

……

(End of this chapter)