Konoha: The Absolute Justice of the Uchiha

Chapter 168 Fugaku Resigns!

The look of astonishment froze in Orochimaru's golden vertical pupils as he gripped the Kusanagi sword tightly and stared intently at the sky.

A thousand meters above, deep within the thick clouds, which were translucent from the scorching magma and seemed to flow with dark red blood, countless crimson lights suddenly lit up!
Like a patch of crimson stars in the night sky.

wrong……

Those weren't just stars; they were something even more breathtaking!

next moment.

scoff!

scoff!

scoff-

A sharp, piercing sound, like countless bolts of brocade being brutally torn apart, suddenly ripped through the frenzied and noisy night! Huge, crimson "wounds" were roughly ripped open on the surface of the clouds!

coming!

Orochimaru's pupils contracted to pinpoints at that moment! What pierced through the tear in the clouds, pouring down like a waterfall, like a torrential downpour, like a torrent, was a volcanic lava bomb, as if a natural disaster had struck!
Giant spheres of lava, each seven or eight meters in diameter, are enveloped in extreme heat and immense kinetic energy, reminiscent of volcanic eruptions.

They tore through the sky, leaving long, brilliant crimson tails, and crashed down on the earth, covering everything in their path!
Countless magma bombs completely enveloped the area within a radius of several kilometers in a despairing, constantly twisting and churning infernal red light!

The air was compressed to the point of producing a real explosion!

"Ninjutsu of this scale..."

Even Orochimaru, one of the legendary Sannin of Konoha who had witnessed several brutal ninja wars and experienced the devastation of the Nine-Tails, couldn't help but murmur in disbelief from deep within his throat.

His hoarse voice even had a hint of dryness.

This has transcended the realm of combat; it's more like facing a natural disaster!
"How can this kid have so much chakra..."

"Could he be a tailed beast in disguise?!"

call out--

Just then, a sharp shriek, almost piercing the eardrum, came from afar, and Orochimaru's eardrums couldn't help but buzz.

A lava meteor, trailing a huge crimson tail, crashed down on the base building just two hundred meters away from Orochimaru, like a javelin thrown by an angry god!

Boom boom boom——!!!!

The point of impact seemed to detonate many explosive tags, and the deafening explosion made the ground beneath Orochimaru's feet tremble violently. His already buzzing eardrums almost went deaf.

The next second, a destructive heat wave, hot enough to instantly carbonize hair and mixed with shockwaves and flying lava fragments, swept violently from the right like a world-ending hurricane!

Orochimaru's long hair was whipped wildly by the impact, his clothes fluttering and almost torn apart.

He could even feel the burning pain on his face from the scorching waves.

Orochimaru suddenly turned his head to look—

At the center of the impact, a fiery red mushroom cloud, carrying fragments of rock and steel and molten lava, was roaring and expanding upwards, with shockwaves visible to the naked eye spreading out in a ring.

Wherever it passed, whether it was the hardest base fortifications or complex and fragile instruments, they were all tossed about like fragile toys.

A-rank ninjutsu?
S-rank ninjutsu?
Orochimaru felt as if his heart had been struck by a heavy hammer, for this was only the power of a single magma bullet!
Boom! ! !
Another magma bomb crashed down, and the shockwave from the impact instantly destroyed the swamp that Uchiha Izumi had created using Earth Release, completely evaporating it into white vapor.

The terrifying heat generated at the same time silently melted away the hundreds of cursed black snakes that were still struggling on the edge of the swamp, along with the weapons in their mouths.

The incredibly sturdy main structure of the base groaned in pain before this force.

The massive alloy beams were easily bent and torn apart by the lava shockwave, like twisting a rope.

The flowing red lava was like a bloodthirsty beast.

It began to greedily devour everything around it!
Orochimaru finally understood why Uchiha Izumi was given the nickname "Molten Release Beast" by many enemy village ninjas during the Third Shinobi World War.

If this isn't a ferocious beast, what else could it be?
but……

This is just the prelude!
Phew—boom! ! !

Phew—boom! ! !

Phew—boom! ! !

It was as if hell had opened all its gates, with more screams and explosions rising and falling.

Like the continuous, thunderous beat of a drum.

It pounded fiercely on the violently trembling earth!
The entire human experimentation research base was shaking, groaning, and collapsing. Looking up, the sky was like a "meteor shower" composed entirely of destruction, with countless crimson trails crashing in all directions with a desperate howl.

As far as the eye could see, there were towering flames, billowing smoke, and torrents of lava flowing everywhere!

This is absolutely an apocalyptic scene!
Whoosh—Suddenly, a lava bullet, trailing an even more piercing whistle, locked onto Orochimaru's head! The terrifying heat and ominous sign of death sent chills down Orochimaru's spine!

"Damn...!"

Orochimaru cursed under his breath, then suddenly pushed off, his body shooting to the side like an arrow! The Kusanagi sword drew a bright silver arc in his hand, barely cutting through a wave of scorching heat that rushed towards him.

Boom——! ! !
The enormous fireball exploded right where Orochimaru had just stood.

A terrifying shockwave caught up with his leaping figure, sending Orochimaru flying several meters away! The remaining alloy floor was instantly melted through, creating a huge crater filled with bubbling hot liquid!
"cough!"

Orochimaru was so shocked that his blood and qi surged, and a metallic taste rose in his throat.

He forced himself to steady himself, and could even smell the burnt smell coming from the ends of his hair.

He was just about to move again...

"呲-"

A faint, unusual sound instantly froze Orochimaru in his tracks.

He looked down and saw that he was standing on a metal plate that was half-melted by lava, barely enough to stand on. It was as if his entire foot was on molten iron.

The molten iron acted like a highly efficient eraser, melting Orochimaru's soles almost instantly upon contact.

There was no blood.

No screams.

There was only a wisp of smoke rising abruptly, and the veins on Orochimaru's forehead suddenly bulging as he endured the pain.

A sharp, piercing pain mixed with a deep-seated sense of crisis rushed to the top of my head.

"What a... reckless brat of justice!"

Orochimaru's distorted face was devoid of any elegance or composure, only filled with utterly enraged fury. The killing intent in his eyes almost solidified into a tangible form in that instant!

Orochimaru suddenly opened his mouth wide, far exceeding his previous limit. A chilling sound of gagging and tearing flesh came from deep within his throat.

Ugh!
A brand new "Orochimaru," covered in slippery slime and with limbs intact like a newborn baby, was strangely "squeezed" out of his original body's throat and chest cavity.

With a nauseating stench and slime, the newborn body landed with a nimble flip in mid-air.

The tattered old body, missing its legs and with parts of its torso charred black by the aftershocks of the explosion, lay limply on the scorching ground, like a discarded snake molt.

It was then mercilessly swallowed up by the flowing, scorching lava.

Ultimately, it melts and vaporizes.

boom! ! !
Another magma bomb landed nearby, sending Orochimaru flying. This made the grim-faced Orochimaru realize... he couldn't stay at this human experimentation research base any longer; he could easily be caught off guard by such a large-scale ninjutsu.

……

Konoha Village, police headquarters building.

Fugaku Uchiha had been silent for an unknown amount of time, and he could clearly see that many of his clansmen were looking at him with anger in their eyes.

The undisguised disgust and aversion of the clansmen seemed to transform into a chilling sensation that crept up Uchiha Fugaku's spine.

He tried to ask them to "understand" him as the clan leader, and tried to defend himself in the "greater good" of the village, but every word he uttered, whether he could say it or not, was like grease being poured on the already burning pile of firewood by the Uchiha clan members.

This fueled the flames of "dissatisfaction" to surge even more fiercely.

The era of Uchiha Fugaku...

It seems this is really coming to an end!
An exceptionally clear thought struck Fugaku Uchiha's mind.

Fugaku felt extremely sad, like a savior in a novel wearing a tattered cloak and never being understood. He was not defeated by an external enemy, but abandoned by the people he wanted to protect the most, including many of his former supporters.

A sense of loss and absurdity gripped him, mixed with the bitterness of being betrayed by his people, and... a trace of almost uncontrollable anger.

After all, they were forced into this situation...

How could I not be angry?
But Fugaku Uchiha knew better than anyone that if he vented his anger on these clansmen, he would only tarnish the name "Uchiha" and shatter the pitiful "stability and balance" that he had painstakingly maintained over the years.

at the same time……

It will also cause you to lose the last shred of dignity.

Take a deep breath and then slowly exhale.

With a tense expression and an undisguised complexion in his eyes, Fugaku Uchiha finally spoke: "Since everyone feels that it is time for me to step down from the Uchiha clan's stage, then from today onwards... I, Fugaku Uchiha, am no longer the head of the Uchiha clan, nor the captain of the police force."

"Whether it's the former or the latter, the Uchiha clan and the Konoha leadership will select two people to replace me. I will draft my resignation letter tonight, resigning from both the positions of clan head and captain-commander."

Fugaku Uchiha didn't know how much courage he mustered or how much anger he suppressed to say those words.

How could someone not be angry when forced to step down?

But he knew clearly that he could not vent his anger and dissatisfaction on the members of the Uchiha clan.

He could only give Quan a long, deep look.

This twelve-year-old Uchiha girl, by leveraging the momentum of absolute justice, single-handedly stirred up the emotions of all her clansmen and forced herself to step down.

call……

Chi Quan is truly a "good teacher"!

"..." Uchiha Izumi was also somewhat surprised that Uchiha Fugaku gave up "resistance" so quickly, but she quickly recovered and met his cold gaze without any hesitation, saying to Uchiha Fugaku: "Fugaku-senpai, I hope you can keep your word. Instead of being greedy for power, saying these things today and then pretending you never said anything tomorrow."

Fugaku Uchiha hardened his fist.

“I’m not that kind of person!” he replied curtly.

The other members of the Uchiha clan looked at each other in a daze.

They never expected that this cowardly clan leader, who had made the Uchiha clan increasingly ostracized by the village, would finally resign! This meant that the Uchiha clan would finally no longer have to suffer his misfortunes.

"So……"

Just as many Uchiha clan members were about to rejoice, Tsunade poured cold water on their emotions, saying, "Who will your Uchiha clan choose to lead? Who will you choose to control your police force? Vacant positions should be filled quickly. Otherwise, your Uchiha clan will cause a lot of trouble."

Tsunade's interruption startled Fugaku Uchiha.

Surely this Sannin isn't speaking up for me?
Wasn't she clearly siding with Chi Quan? Could it be that she's changed her mind? Has she realized that absolute justice is unreliable?
But in the end, she was just an outsider.

I'm afraid it won't help me much...

Just as Fugaku was pondering this, Tsunade's voice continued, "I do have a suitable candidate that your Uchiha clan can consider. Uchiha Izumi—what do you think of this candidate? You should be quite satisfied, right?"

Uchiha Fugaku: "..."

"However, based on what I know about that kid, he probably won't become the head of the Uchiha clan, because he would find it too troublesome. But he probably won't refuse the position of Chief of Police, since it's a perfect match for his current position and profession."

Tsunade crossed her arms and spoke to herself.

Others might be hesitant to interfere in the Uchiha clan's internal affairs.

But Tsunade didn't care at all; she said whatever she wanted.

Anyway, she's just giving up now.

"Lady Tsunade, it seems your recommendation of Ikezumi-sama as the head of the police force has really provoked him, meow." Tachibana Jiro's voice rang in Tsunade's ear.

Tsunade raised an eyebrow and looked at Uchiha Fugaku in front of her.

"Tch, it's not like I'll lose a single piece of flesh," Tsunade said nonchalantly. "Doesn't this count as making that righteous brat owe me a favor? After all, I got him a good job. Remember to tell him that favors have to be repaid!"

Tachibana Jiro saw right through her: "Lady Tsunade, you wouldn't be thinking of asking Lady Izumi to cover your debts at the casino someday, would you?"

"...Ahem!" Tsunade, with her thick skin, lowered her voice and said, "To be precise, Ichi Izumi should investigate that casino owner. I don't believe that these guys who rake in gambling money are all clean-cut."

Tachibana Jiro: "..."

It suddenly gave it a whole new understanding of Tsunade's shamelessness.

No wonder Lord Ikezumi once commented that Tsunade of Konoha had the potential to become Hokage.

Becoming Hokage does indeed require this kind of thick skin.

……

……

P.S.: It's the monthly egg-molting season! I'll write more tomorrow to make up for it!
(End of this chapter)