Konoha: The Absolute Justice of the Uchiha

Chapter 190 The Third Hokage: I am the True Hokage
Inside Konoha Prison.

Hiashi Hyuga stared at the water droplets that had condensed on the leaking prison ceiling, watching them drip down and form small puddles on the damp floor.

The water stains were enough to barely reflect his haggard face.

Although he had been imprisoned in Konoha Prison for less than a month, a sense of bewilderment was already brewing in Hiashi Hyuga's heart.

Perhaps it's because he doesn't need to do anything while squatting here every day that he has so many thoughts on his mind.

Hiashi Hyuga began to wonder if the Hyuga main family had really made a mistake in all these years.

He looked down at the water stains on the ground, and the face reflected in the water appeared somewhat blurry and distorted, causing him to suddenly hallucinate Hyuga Hizashi's face, which also made Hyuga Hiashi's pupils shrink slightly.

then.

Did the Hyuga clan really not put pressure on Hyuga Hizashi?
Did Hiashi Hyuga truly have no fear of death?
Does the Hyuga clan really need to care about the pressure exerted by the Hidden Cloud Village? The Hokage at the time had already hinted to the Hyuga clan that Konoha would take a tougher stance against the Hidden Cloud Village on this matter.

In the end, the Hyuga clan still succumbed, and Hizashi ultimately died in his place.

What did I do before that?
—Completely indifferent!
—Ignoring everything!
"Hoo..." Hiashi Hyuga slowly exhaled a breath of stale air with a complicated expression.

He seemed to have figured out a lot.

Complete indifference...

It stems from one's own weakness, from one's own fear of death.

If I were truly to sacrifice my life to avert the impending conflict between Konoha and Kumogakure, I could have acted decisively and chosen suicide directly. There wouldn't have been so many subsequent events, Hizashi wouldn't have died for me, and the conflict would have been resolved.

"turn out to be……"

"This is my true nature, this is my true heart," Hiashi Hyuga murmured absently.

After truly seeing himself clearly, Hiashi Hyuga felt a surge of guilt and shame, causing his face to flush.

He fell silent, sinking into a deep silence.

……

In another prison not far from the prison where Hyuga Hiashi was imprisoned.

Koharu Utatane has learned what happened in the village from the Root ninja.

Koharu Utatane remained silent for a long time before finally sighing helplessly, "Alas... Hiruzen ultimately paid a heavy price for his indecisiveness and excessive indulgence."

She had already warned Hiruzen Sarutobi to stop indulging Uchiha Ikezumi.

Even if it comes at a terrible cost, even if it means mutual destruction, we must eliminate that menace, Uchiha Izumi.

Otherwise, the other party's absolute justice would definitely backfire on Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Hokage.

After all, these two people can't possibly stand on the same side.

The reason they hadn't attacked each other before was simply because the conflict hadn't escalated to a deeper level.

Now that we've reached that level, it's too late to stop Uchiha Ikezumi's absolute justice!
That's too late!

Although Koharu Utatane was quite dissatisfied with some of Hiruzen Sarutobi's recent actions, they had reached a consensus over the years, and she couldn't help but feel a sense of shared sorrow.

"Hiruzen has probably truly realized that Uchiha Izumi has become a threat to everything in the village. In fact, that person has already extended his tentacles to the very foundation upon which Konoha was built."

Koharu Utatane gritted her teeth: "Once everything that we, the Konoha elders, have built up over the years is destroyed by the other side, then this Konoha will no longer belong to the Senju, nor to the Sarutobi. This Konoha will become the backyard of the entire Uchiha clan!"

"Those extreme, psychotic ninjas from the Uchiha clan will become the true elites of the village. They will ride on everyone's heads, wielding a whip called justice, and enslave everyone!"

Koharu, who turns her dormitory, keeps speculating about absolute justice in the worst possible way.

This made her realize that the situation in the village had reached a critical point and could no longer continue like this.

Something has to be done.

Even if it costs everything, even one's life, as long as it achieves the goal, as long as it preserves Konoha, as long as it stops the evil Uchiha brats, wouldn't it be worth it?
"Somebody come!"

Although they were in Konoha Prison, Root had already quietly planted a lot of people in the prison.

As soon as Koharu Utatane uttered those two words, three Root ninjas instantly appeared outside the prison.

"Lord Koharu."×3
With a gloomy old face, Xiaochun slowly said, "Open the cell door and let this old woman out."

The three Root ninjas were taken aback.

"speed!"

Upon hearing Xiaochun's urging, they didn't think too much and directly opened the cell door, releasing Xiaochun.

"Pass down the order: all Root ninjas, assemble at Root headquarters immediately!"

"Turn to bed," Xiaochun said coldly.

"Yes! Master Koharu!"

After watching the three Root ninjas fly away, Koharu Utatane walked down the corridor of Konoha Prison, trying to walk outside. But just then, she stopped, turned around, and looked at a cell.

Through the iron bars of the prison cell, she could clearly see the person sitting inside, a familiar face.

"Rizu..."

Koharu turned around to face Hiashi Hyuga in the prison and spoke.

"Any interest in standing on my side? Your Hyuga main clan has been tormented by Uchiha Ikezumi, hasn't it? Don't you feel even a little bit of anger inside?"

"As far as I know, the Hyuga branch family is preparing to select a new main family to replace you. At that time, you members of the Hyuga main family will be caught in the middle."

Xiaochun, turning to her room, said quietly.

"Hiashi, some members of your Hyuga main clan only need to serve a few months in Konoha Prison before they can be released, right? Do you really want them to find themselves at the bottom of the Hyuga clan after they get out, suffering discrimination all the time?"

"Do you really want them to be branded with the Caged Bird Seal by the Hyuga branch family and suffer the curse of the Hyuga clan?"

"Hiashi, I can release you, and I can release everyone in the Hyuga main family. As long as you support me, I will naturally seek justice for your Hyuga main family."

When Koharu was getting a little hoarse from talking, she finally saw Hiashi Hyuga, who had been silently lowering his head, slowly raise it.

When she saw the other person's extremely haggard face, Koharu was almost startled.

Hiashi Hyuga looks like he's aged more than ten years.

"So... in Koharu-sama's eyes, the Caged Bird of the Hyuga clan is also a curse... I see! Ah, I see, I understand now, I finally understand."

Tsubaki, turning the bed, heard Hiashi Hyuga say something in a hoarse voice.

Koharu, who switched dorm rooms: "???"

No.

What exactly did you understand?
Koharu found that Hiashi Hyuga seemed somewhat difficult to communicate with these days, and he didn't seem to be willing to take her side.

—This guy has probably been driven mad by Uchiha Ikezumi! If I had been imprisoned for that long, I probably would have become mentally unstable like Hyuga Hiashi!
Koharu, after turning the bed around, gave Hiashi Hyuga a deep look.

She did not speak.

He turned around and left immediately.

"...It seems that the Hokage's Anbu is nothing special. After Lord Izumi put some pressure on the Hokage, the Hokage didn't dare to utter a word and simply let us take the criminal Anbu ninja away."

"Hehe, next we need to interrogate those ANBU ninjas. Of course, we need to have the Yamanaka clan ninjas come over and check their memories first."

Inside the police force, a police ninja stood with his arms crossed, his face filled with excitement and anticipation.

How long?
How long has it been since the Uchiha clan has felt so proud and dignified?
In the past, when facing the Hokage of Konoha, the Uchiha clan could only retreat step by step, and had even retreated to the edge of Konoha.

If it retreats further...

They'll probably all be expelled from Konoha!
now.

The Uchiha clan finally launched a counterattack, leaving the Hokage speechless and forcing him to back down. It even made those arrogant Anbu ninjas understand that the Uchiha clan, who now believed in absolute justice, were not to be trifled with!
Beside him, a police ninja with a senbon needle in his mouth reminded him, "Don't get too cocky. Don't take any extrajudicial action against those ANBU ninjas because of personal grudges. Everything must be done according to the rules and regulations, otherwise it's doing evil in the name of justice. Such behavior is worse than pure evil."

After hearing his reminder, the rather agitated police ninja took a deep breath and calmed down a bit.

"clear."

After suppressing my excitement...

He nodded.

He clearly knew why the Uchiha clan could hold their heads high.

[Absolute justice] is the source of the Uchiha clan's confidence.

Only by upholding justice and believing in it wholeheartedly, without any ulterior motives, can the Uchiha clan maintain a commanding position.

"Ah...we've finally arrived."

Just then, an incongruous voice rang out, and a man walked into the police force building.

The ninjas in the lobby of the police station immediately focused their wary gazes on the other party.

The fact that the other party made no attempt to conceal his face and that conspicuous large sword immediately allowed the police ninjas to recognize his identity.

"The Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist..."

"Loquat Ten Treasures?!"

Feeling the gazes of countless Sharingan eyes, Juzo Biwa, who was venturing alone into the heart of the Uchiha clan's territory, was still a little nervous.

But Juzo Biwa forced himself to remain calm, a slight smile playing on his lips as he said frankly, "No need to be so wary. I'm not here to cause trouble, otherwise I wouldn't be so swaggering around."

"Hehe... I'm quite familiar with Uchiha Ikezumi. I came here specifically to find him. So, where is he?"

……

at the same time.

Hokage Building.

After Hiruzen Sarutobi silently approved the resignations of the three Yamanaka clan ninjas and watched them leave, he suddenly saw a familiar figure barge into the Hokage's office.

"...Xiaoharu?"

Looking at Koharu Utatane in front of him, Hiruzen Sarutobi's already somewhat confused mind almost couldn't process what was happening for a moment.

"Shouldn't you be in Konoha Prison?"

That's why he asked such a foolish question. After asking it, Hiruzen Sarutobi immediately realized his mistake.

He frowned and said, "You used the power of the Root organization to get out of prison directly? Xiaochun, if Chi Quan finds out about this, a conflict is inevitable."

Koharu Utatane said with a cold, old face, "Hiruzen, senior, if I don't come out soon, Konoha will be doomed! And if you keep worrying about conflict, it will only make you more indecisive and unable to make decisive choices."

"Hiruzen, I need your cooperation," Koharu Utatane said earnestly.

Sarutobi Hiruzen was stunned.

He vaguely guessed what was going on, took a deep breath, and his expression gradually became more composed. He said in a deep voice, "Are you really prepared to risk everything? Actually, you don't need to do this. I can still manage to stabilize the current situation."

Koharu Utatane said, "Hiruzen, stop being so stubborn. If you can maintain stability, Uchiha Ikezumi won't be able to ride roughshod over you, the Hokage."

Hiruzen Sarutobi opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a single word.

In the end I could only sigh.

"As long as it doesn't cross my bottom line, you can tell me whatever you need." At this moment, Hiruzen Sarutobi made his choice.

Koharu Utatane said, "Try to hold off Uchiha Ikezumi for me. As for Yan, you can talk to him."

After saying that, she turned and left.

……

"what?!"

When Mitokado Homura was summoned by Hiruzen Sarutobi and learned from him about Komura's actions, Homura couldn't help but show a look of horror and immediately said, "Hiruzen, why didn't you stop Koharu? She's acting recklessly! She's completely blinded by anger and is doing something irrational!"

"Whatever her plans, she'll eventually have to fight Uchiha Ikezumi. Hiruzen, do you think Konoha can withstand a battle of that magnitude breaking out in the village? You actually let her do this, what are you thinking?"

Mitokado Homura did not understand Hiruzen Sarutobi's actions.

In his eyes, Hizen Sarutobi was simply compromising step by step towards absolute justice.

They've even reached a tacit understanding and achieved a very delicate balance.

As a result, at this point, this delicate balance suddenly became unbalanced.

Hiruzen Sarutobi is trying to refuse to compromise again. What was the story behind his previous steps of compromise?

Are you kidding?

Mitomon thus sensed the gunpowder of war.

I also felt a sense of absurdity.

"Yan, let Koharu go all out." Hiruzen Sarutobi didn't offer much explanation, only saying this to him in a heavy tone.

"Hiruzen..."

Mitokado said earnestly, "You'll regret it if you keep changing your mind like this."

Just as he was trying to persuade someone.

But Hiruzen Sarutobi interrupted him.

"inflammation……"

"I am the Hokage."

Mitokado Yan: "..."

……

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(End of this chapter)