Konoha: The Absolute Justice of the Uchiha

Chapter 184 The Expansion of the Police Force, Radiation of Justice in the Ninja World

Ibiki Morino, who had been outwitting and outfighting ninjas from neighboring countries for years in the border region of Konoha, was sent back to the village after being injured.

Although the Third Shinobi World War ended many years ago, there are still many minor conflicts between different ninja villages.

Every year, many Konoha ninjas are killed because of this.

However, because these ninjas were not active in Konoha Village, even if they died outside, no one cared about or paid attention to them.

Ibiki Morino felt lucky to have survived this time. Of the several Konoha squads he led, only six survived, and he was one of them.

"call……"

Ibiki Morino, with his arm in a cast, walked out of the Hokage Building with a heavy heart.

He also brought back the ashes of many of his subordinates when he returned to the village.

What puzzled him was...

Something seems off about the Hokage.

After learning that so many Konoha ninja had sacrificed themselves for the safety of the Land of Fire's borders, the Hokage didn't say much, only telling him to go back and rest.

Ibiki Morino could tell that it wasn't that the Hokage didn't care about the sacrificed ninjas, but rather that the Hokage was simply too exhausted.

In just two or three years, I felt that the Hokage had aged by more than ten years.

This change in the Hokage...

Is it related to the pond?
He occasionally heard about things happening in Konoha while he was outside the village. Although he didn't hear much, he roughly knew that the Hokage had been troubled by Uchiha Ikezumi's absolute justice.

In this regard.

Ibiki Morino finds it difficult to empathize with the Hokage because he is very familiar with Izumi Uchiha, and they could even be considered friends.

"It seems that Izumi must have caused quite a stir in the village recently, which is why the Hokage is so exhausted, right?"

Ibiki Morino decided to find out what was going on in the village.

But it was this inquiry that led to this discovery.

He was shocked.

—Killing the Daimyo of the Land of Fire, massacring nobles, imprisoning the Hyuga main family, imprisoning the Konoha advisor, killing the legendary Sannin Orochimaru, forcing Fugaku Uchiha to retreat, killing Fugaku Uchiha… One major event after another, any one of them would be enough to shake the entire Konoha, yet all of this happened in less than half a year!

"This guy……"

Ibiki Morino took a deep breath, his fierce face covered in scars filled with disbelief: "No wonder he didn't tell me what he was going to do when we met before. He... was actually going to assassinate the daimyo of the Land of Fire! Indeed, if I had known beforehand, I definitely would have stopped him."

"And afterwards, the Hokage didn't pursue the matter, and the Land of Fire didn't make any statement either. Hiss, that guy Izumi suppressed all the dissatisfaction with absolute force, just like the First Hokage suppressed the entire ninja world back then."

The only difference between the two sides is that Chi Quan's methods are more forceful and extreme than those of the First Hokage.

It's like...

A combination of the First Hokage and the Second Hokage!
After thinking it over, Ibiki Morino decided to go find Izumi Uchiha.

He entered the Uchiha clan's compound.
……

“You’re back in the village earlier than I expected.” Uchiha Ikezumi looked up at Morino Ibiki, gesturing with his eyes: “Aren’t you going to sit down?”

“The difference in status between you and me is too great.” Ibiki Morino shook his head and said, “If I were to sit and talk to you, it would damage your authority if your subordinates in the police force saw us.”

Morino Ibiki remarked with emotion, "Who would have thought that in less than half a year, you would transform yourself into the head of the Konoha Police Force?"

"Furthermore, when I entered the Uchiha clan's compound, I discovered that there were quite a few non-Uchiha people there. It seems that your influence is not limited to the police force; you are influencing the entire Uchiha clan. The Uchiha clan wasn't so open-minded in the past."

Uchiha Ikezumi said calmly, "Most of the outsiders who come here are just here to report a crime."

Ibiki Morino smiled, but the smile didn't look quite right given the scars on his face.

“Chiquan, you are too modest. For a conservative and xenophobic ninja clan, this is already a big change.”

Uchiha Izumi changed the subject: "Did the Third Hokage assign you any new tasks?"

Ibiki Morino shook his head: "Not for now. The Hokage seems to be having a lot of headaches because of you. He's preoccupied with a lot of trivial matters and doesn't have time to pay attention to someone as insignificant as me."

Uchiha Ikezumi said, "Then come and help me."

Ibiki Morino was taken aback.

Uchiha Ikezumi extended an olive branch directly, saying expressionlessly, "After several purges, the police force has lost a lot of personnel. Nowadays, the police force is struggling to even protect the justice of a small village like Konoha. Let alone extend justice beyond Konoha, radiating to the entire Land of Fire, and even the ninja world."

"The police force needs people like you, people I approve of."

Uchiha Ikezumi was very frank; he didn't beat around the bush and didn't hold back in praising an excellent ninja like Morino Ibiki.

"what……"

Ibiki Morino was surprised: "Someone with your personality would actually invite someone to join you in upholding justice? Izumi, you seem to have changed a lot. This change is a positive feeling for you, for the absolute justice you believe in."

When did this change begin?

Uchiha Izumi paused, remained silent for two seconds, and said, "Let's start by acknowledging a little girl who is often reckless but occasionally has some bright spots. At least, she lets me know that there are many people in the ninja world who yearn for [absolute justice]."

Ibiki Morino seemed to be deep in thought.

"What's your decision?" Uchiha Ikezumi asked him.

"...I've thought it through."

Ibiki Morino said, "As long as you Uchiha clan ninjas don't discriminate against or isolate me, an outsider, that's fine. I don't like office politics; it annoys me."

He agreed.

He changed jobs.

……

"Ah sneeze!!!"

After bringing a Konoha resident who had been spreading rumors in the village into the interrogation room, Uchiha Izumi suddenly felt a lump in her throat.

After sneezing uncontrollably, she rubbed her sore nose.

"Have a cold?"

Izumi muttered to herself, "Anko said that I already have the strength level of a special Jonin, and I'm quite good at taijutsu, so I shouldn't catch a cold so easily, right?"

……

Snapped! ! !
"Old man, why not approve a medical ninja squad to be stationed in the Konoha Police Force? This is a proposal I came up with after thinking about it all night. Police ninjas are already in a very dangerous situation in relatively peaceful times, and getting injured is commonplace."

"If the police force has its own medical ninja squads, then police ninjas won't need to be transported all the way to Konoha Hospital after they are injured. The medical ninjas within the police force can treat their own ninjas."

"This way, the injured can receive treatment more quickly. Isn't this a great proposal?" Tsunade slammed her hand on the Hokage's desk, leaving a clear handprint.

She bombarded Hiruzen Sarutobi with a series of questions.

Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyelids twitched slightly.

This desk is worth a lot of money... He specially spent a large sum of money to hire a carpenter to make it using relatively precious wood.

But then she remembered that the person in front of her was Tsunade...

Hiruzen Sarutobi could only suppress his heartache.

He took a deep breath, looked up at the aggressive Tsunade, and asked a probing question: "Tsunade, if I remember correctly, you once told me that you would no longer interfere in Konoha's affairs. But your recent behavior shows that you have been interfering in Konoha's affairs one after another. Why is that?"

Tsunade said expressionlessly, "If a person can always hold onto a single idea, then the situation of 'being decisive in one's prime and indecisive in old age' will not occur."

After making a sarcastic and pointed remark.

Tsunade continued, "You can think of me as intervening in ninja affairs again. So, my demands in the proposal aren't unreasonable, are they?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi rubbed his temples: "Things aren't as simple as you think. The police force is already under the control of the Uchiha clan, which is a very powerful force. This is already the most leniency the village can give the Uchiha clan."

"If a police force like this also has a medical unit, Tsunade, who in the village will be able to keep them in check? I know you're acting for justice, but..."

"Managing a village and upholding justice are not the same thing. You need to learn to balance them, you need to learn..."

Tsunade interrupted without hesitation: "Old man, if you could really balance the power of the various factions in the village, do you think the village would still be like this? Since you don't have the ability to balance it, it's better to let the capable people in the village do as they please and give the right to choose to the young people now."

Sarutobi Hiruzen was stunned.

"Tsunade...you've become a bit of a stranger to me."

Sarutobi Hiruzen said.

Tsunade paused for a moment, then said, "As I said before, people can't stay the same forever. I just want this ninja world to be a little different from what it is now, that's all."

Hiruzen Sarutobi probably understands Tsunade's thoughts.

After Nawaki and Dan died on the battlefield of the Ninja World War.

Tsunade has developed a deep aversion to the conflicts in the ninja world.

She was dissatisfied with the current state of the ninja world.

But she never harbored any intention to change the ninja world; instead, she chose to escape herself. She remained in a small side street in the Land of Fire, constantly indulging in gambling, borrowing money, paying off debts, and running away from them…

Perhaps it is because they cannot see the future of the ninja world that they are running away like this.

And now.

Tsunade seemed to see a glimpse of the future of the ninja world in Uchiha Ikezumi's absolute justice, a future that seemed to be exactly what she longed for in her heart.

So she chose to stop running away.

Tsunade may have experienced many twists and turns in her heart that he, as the Hokage, was unaware of, but the outcome should be correct.

Even though he thought he understood Tsunade, Hiruzen Sarutobi still firmly shook his head: "No. Konoha has already reached the limit of tolerance by allowing the Uchiha clan to control the police force. If the Uchiha clan is given more power, the village will fall into chaos."

Tsunade stared into Hiruzen Sarutobi's cloudy eyes.

"Old man, even if the police force ninjas are likely to suffer injuries that don't receive timely treatment, thus endangering their lives, are you still going to try to maintain a balance that you can't possibly maintain?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi repeated, "Managing a ninja village is not as simple as you think. You are still too young."

……

After Tsunade came out of the Hokage Building, she hugged Shizune, who was carrying Tonton, and came running over to her.

"Tsunade-sama?"

Upon seeing Tsunade's expression, which looked like someone owed her millions of taels of silver, Shizune felt a little uneasy.

She felt that Lady Tsunade and the Hokage must have had a conflict.

"The old man refused." Tsunade said expressionlessly, "In his eyes, equipping the police force with a medical team would pose a great threat to Konoha."

Shizune hesitated weakly, then asked, "So, Lady Tsunade, what are you going to do next?"

Tsunade clicked her tongue and said nonchalantly, "What I want to do is none of that old man's business! Since he, as Hokage, is unwilling to do it, then I will do it. In the end, he simply doesn't trust Uchiha Ikezumi."

"He thinks that once the police force under Izumi's control has an independent medical unit, Konoha will completely lose control of the police force. As if he can control it now."

"If he won't mess with me, I'll mess with him myself!"

Seeing Tsunade's expression suddenly brighten and a fighting spirit emerge, Shizune said weakly, "Lady Tsunade, why are you going to such lengths for that Uchiha Ikezumi? Your actions are as if you're doing him a favor."

Tsunade paused.

She said casually, "I just want to see a ninja world that is different from the one we have now, a ninja world where loved ones don't die one after another on the battlefield... and that kid seems to be able to do that."

"and……"

"The Slug Sage has already acknowledged him. Even considering the relationship with the Slug Sage, we're on the same side now."

……

at the same time.

The land of rain.

"What's going on?!" Kabuto Yakushi asked in confusion. He adjusted his glasses, frowned, and muttered, "Why can't we get in touch with Lord Orochimaru... Could it be that Lord Orochimaru is currently in seclusion conducting some kind of human experiments?"

Kabuto Yakushi intended to pass on information about the country to Orochimaru, but to his surprise, all the messages disappeared without a trace.

He received no reply from Orochimaru.

Meanwhile, a sense of foreboding arose in Kabuto's heart.

"Perhaps we can communicate with the snakes in Ryuji Cave to ask them what's going on; they should know something."

But when Kabuto bit his thumb, preparing to summon his own summoning beast...

But there was no sound at all!

He was stunned.

"Where is my summoned beast?!"

……

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(End of this chapter)