Konoha: The Absolute Justice of the Uchiha

Chapter 207 Do you really think the Mizukage is innocent, meow?

At the severed ends of the three massive tails of the Three-Tailed Beast Isobu, which had been forcibly melted off, the tailed beast's chakra surged and dissipated like a runaway waterfall.

Its agonizing screams, echoing through the sky, created a powerful and impactful scene.

The sound sent chills down the spines of every Hidden Mist ninja who heard it from afar.

Zabuza Momochi stood there dumbfounded, his eyes, which were always filled with killing intent and indifference, now filled with shock and disbelief.

Although he had a premonition that this "Lava Release monster" Uchiha Izumi from Konoha might be the only one who could confront the Fourth Mizukage head-on.

But he never expected that the first clash of ninjutsu between the two sides would end in such an overwhelming manner!
Surprisingly, the one who gained the upper hand was the Uchiha ninja who single-handedly used his own strength!
The Fourth Mizukage, combined with the power of the Tailed Beasts, could practically be considered a two-on-one fight! Yet, before the opponent's Lava Release Kekkei Genkai, which resembled a natural disaster, they appeared utterly vulnerable?!

A drop of cold sweat involuntarily slid down Zabuza Momochi's forehead, tracing a line down his contorted face.

Logically speaking, given his "ghostly" nature, he should have long been accustomed to life-or-death battles.

When facing even the strongest enemy, what should surge forth is a bloodthirsty fighting spirit, not fear.

However, at this moment, an emotion he had not experienced for a long time, called fear, quietly coiled around him like a cold, venomous snake.

For a fleeting moment, his body instinctively warned him—run!
Get out of here immediately!

Although he managed to suppress this momentary impulse with his strong willpower.

But he could not deny the timidity that was quietly growing deep inside him.

"...The Fourth Hokage, who was able to perfectly control the Tailed Beasts, was already a monster beyond reason." Zabuza Momochi's voice was dry and hoarse, carrying a hint of shock that he himself was unaware of.

"That man... Uchiha Izumi... he's even more monstrous than a monster! Without the near-infinite chakra source of a tailed beast, can an ordinary ninja really reach his... inhuman level through training?"

……

Mei Terumi, on the other side, was also feeling the aftershocks of the scorching wind that swept over her, a mixture of sulfurous and burnt smells.

She had to squint to barely make out the battle situation in the distance.

Her beautiful long hair was blown wildly by the strong wind, making her look somewhat disheveled.

Her delicate face was filled with shock, and her smooth skin was covered with fine beads of sweat.

She couldn't even tell whether the sweat was from the scorching heat or from the shock of the scene before her.

"This... could this be Konoha's hidden ultimate weapon...?"

Mei Terumi clenched her fist involuntarily, muttering, "Konoha allowed such an extremely dangerous being to infiltrate the Land of Water. Are they... about to formally declare war on the Land of Water?"

This thought sent a chill down her spine.

She found that her clenched fists were already drenched in sweat and slippery.

……

tick-

tick-

Thick, scorching magma dripped slowly from Uchiha Izumi's elementalized body, hitting the scorched ground with a soft sound and burning small pits.

He walked forward step by step, expressionless.

With each step, the ground beneath their feet melts instantly, leaving a footprint ablaze with flames.

Thick smoke billowed up from his body like smoke signals, and the extreme heat scorched the air around him, causing it to distort and tremble violently.

This made his figure appear exceptionally illusory and elusive to the distant eyes of Mio Isobu.

Like a ghostly figure from purgatory, its exact location is impossible to pinpoint.

The excruciating pain from his tail continued to irritate his nerves, while the deadly premonition of danger stemming from his tailed beast instincts, brought on by the opponent's ever-approaching presence, caused Isobu, the Three-Tails, to feel a strong pang of fear!

Its single pupil trembled violently as a result!

"Roar!!!"

It let out a deafening roar, and the massive tailed beast chakra within its body erupted wildly at an unprecedented speed. At the severed ends of the three tails, fleshy buds and chakra writhed madly.

It regenerates and heals at a speed visible to the naked eye!
At the same time, it made its most instinctive defensive reaction—its pair of thick forelimbs suddenly curled into its thick, spiked carapace, and its ugly, huge head also quickly retracted!
Its massive body twisted and contorted, eventually forming a giant sphere completely encased in an incredibly hard, grayish-white carapace covered with enormous spikes!

It's like a giant steel tortoise that protects all its vulnerable parts.

This is its most prized absolute defensive stance!
It turns out...

Its sense of danger was accurate!
The very next second it curled up—

boom! ! ! ! !
The scorched earth beneath Uchiha Ikezumi's feet suddenly shattered! It was as if a volcano was erupting beneath his feet, unleashing an unparalleled and powerful impact!

His body, completely transformed into molten lava elemental, seemed to be dragged into a crimson torrent of destruction by this force!
To all the onlookers in the distance, all they saw was a blinding red light flash by, faster than the limits of visual perception.

The next moment!
Uchiha Ikezumi's figure appeared like a ghost directly above the Three-Tails Isobu, which was curled up into a ball.

Below him is the Three-Tailed Fox's thick, spiked "shell," which is said to provide absolute defense!
Uchiha Izumi, who was in mid-air, had his right arm, which had been charged up to the limit, now swelled into an enormous lava sphere, like a small sun!

The destructive energy compressed internally caused the surrounding space to tremble slightly!
Without the slightest hesitation, his movements were simple and violent. He slammed his giant lava fist, which contained the power to burn mountains and boil seas, down into the back of the Three-Tailed Isobu below!
—This is clearly the position where the Three-Tails Isobu's defense is strongest, but Uchiha Ikezumi launched an attack right here!

boom! ! !
The moment the fist collided with the shell, a terrifying roar, like a meteorite hitting the earth, erupted.

The impact was so intense that it made the most prized and incredibly hard carapace on the back of the Three-Tailed Isobu emit a teeth-grinding "crack" sound!

One clear crack after another spread rapidly like a spider web from the point where the fist landed!
Even more terrifying, the extremely hot magma energy seeped wildly into the shell through those cracks, scorching the flesh and internal organs of the Three-Tails Isobu, which were made of chakra.

“Hooa ...

The three-tailed Isobu, curled up inside its shell, let out another deafening, shrill scream, a sound filled with unprecedented pain.

But this is far from over!
The shoulder of Uchiha Izumi's right arm, which had been blasted out, began to expand and contract violently once again.

Even more violent lava energy was frantically injected into his arm.

Rumble——! ! !
An even stronger, terrifying impact, like a volcanic eruption, slammed into the carapace of the Three-Tailed Isobu once again, flowing down his right arm!

Pfft——! ! !
This time, a beam of condensed crimson magma, as sharp as a red-hot steel needle piercing through leather, easily penetrated the Three-Tails' thick armor shell defense!

It then forcefully tore through layers of tough flesh and blood tissue made of tailed beast chakra.

then……

It burst forth from below the abdomen of the Three-Tailed Isobu! This stream of magma actually pierced straight through its enormous body!

It formed a terrifying, scorching cave that was transparent from front to back and whose edges were still melting!
"Roar! Ro ...

An indescribable, excruciating pain instantly swept through every inch of Isobu's consciousness.

It could no longer maintain its curled-up defensive posture and began to roll around wildly as if possessed.

Its enormous body was like a giant, out-of-control millstone burning with the flames of tailed beast chakra, crashing and crushing aimlessly in all directions!
Boom! Boom! Boom!

It easily smashed up the mounds and hills.

It plowed out terrifying trenches, some ten or twenty meters deep, into the ground.

It attempts to crush the tiny human being who has brought it endless suffering into dust with this carpet-like, indiscriminate, destructive tumbling!
However, this irrational and insane behavior, besides making the already chaotic battlefield even more devastating and causing the heavily wounded Kirigakure ANBU ninjas in the distance to scramble and flee for their lives...

It posed not even the slightest threat to Uchiha Ikezumi.

His figure had long since disappeared from the spot, coldly looking down at the tailed beast that was suffering.

……

The sweltering heat was almost unbearable, and Tachibana Jiro couldn't help but squint his eyes to make them feel a little better.

Looking at the battered and thrashing tailed beast in the distance, it said, "Meow, Lord Ikezumi once explained the nine tailed beasts to me. I remember the Three-Tails' name is Isobu, and its specialty is various powerful water-style techniques. But..."

It paused, then pointed with its paw at the hellish environment around it: "Lord Chiquan's Lava Release has baked the surrounding environment to almost nothing. The earth is cracked, the air is scorching, and a lot of water vapor has evaporated, meow."

"This prevents the Three-Tails, which is extremely dependent on water, from utilizing the power of the natural environment, thus significantly weakening its Water Release abilities, meow."

"Although in theory, water can suppress lava, Lord Ikezumi was indeed quite wary of ninjas skilled in water-style techniques a long time ago."

Tachibana Jiro licked his nose, which had been dried out by the heat, and continued, "However, when the water in the surrounding environment is far less than the lava... then it's no longer a matter of restraint. Instead, the lava restrains the little water that's left, meow."

"It's like pouring a cup of water into a volcano."

Listening to Tachibana Jiro's words and looking at the pitiful state of the Three-Tails in the distance, Biwa Juzo took a deep breath of the scorching air.

He spoke with mixed feelings, "I suddenly have a question... The Three-Tails, and the Mizukage, were they all puppets controlled by Obito Uchiha using his Sharingan?"

"Their actions are completely beyond their control. In this situation, can everything they do really be considered their 'sin'?"

Tachibana Jiro stopped licking his paws, tilted his head to look at Biwa Juzo, and asked, "What made you have the misconception that the Fourth Mizukage was an 'innocent good person' before he was controlled, meow?"

Its words were like cold needles, piercing through the delicate emotions of Kirigakure: "Didn't you say it yourself? Before Obito Uchiha controlled the Mizukage, Kirigakure had already begun to implement the cruel 'Bloody Mist Policy,' meow."

"Meow, as the Kage of a village, how could you not understand the immense harm this self-destructive policy will cause to the village's future? Yagura Karatachi, during your tenure, did you ever attempt to stop or reform the Blood Mist policy?"

"If he did it, even if he failed, it might prove that he didn't deserve to die."

It paused, its tone turning sharp: "But...did he do it? Could it be that someone held a knife to his throat, forcing him to carry out the Blood Mist policy to the end?"

"Meow, in your Hidden Mist Village, is there anyone who can order a Mizukage who wields the power of a Tailed Beast to do something?"

Jiro Tachibana's series of questions struck Juzo Biwa's heart like a heavy hammer.

This left him speechless once again.

At the same time, it was like a sudden awakening that made him realize something.

"……call!"

Kisame Hoshino let out a long breath, a self-deprecating bitter smile on his face: "I'm afraid... it's indeed because we both come from Kirigakure that I've developed a bit of unrealistic pity for the Fourth Hokage."

His words indirectly answered Tachibana Jiro's question.

--No!
The Fourth Mizukage, Yagura Karatachi, did not attempt to stop or rectify the Blood Mist policy.

On the contrary, they may be its staunch advocates.

Although he was not the originator of the Blood Mist policy, he was a key driver in its continued implementation and deepening.

at this point……

This alone is enough to explain a lot.

Thinking of this, the last trace of hesitation in Biwa Juzo's eyes completely disappeared, replaced by a cold clarity.

He said in a deep voice, "You're right. Yagura Karatachi... he himself was by no means innocent!"

……

"What...what on earth happened here?!"

A figure finally rushed to the scene; it was Qing, who had the white eyes.

However, the scenario he envisioned—encircling and annihilating the rogue ninja Biwa Juzo, and trapping him in a desperate situation—did not materialize.

What came into his view was a scene that resembled the end of the world.

And a huge tailed beast that was rolling around wildly and roaring in pain!

He gasped, nearly scalded by the wave of heat that hit him.

Ao hurriedly turned her gaze to the familiar figure not far away and asked urgently, "Lady Terumi Mei! What happened to the Mizukage?!"

Mei Terumi did not turn around; her gaze remained fixed on the figure in the distance, much smaller than the Three-Tailed Isobu, yet impossible to ignore.

Mei Terumi spoke slowly, her voice tinged with complex emotions: "Lord Mizukage... he's probably about to be killed by that 'Lava Release Beast' from Konoha..."

"What?!!"

Qing's eyes widened instantly, and the white eye under the eyepatch seemed to tremble slightly.

No!

What does this have to do with the Lava Beast?
In the end what happened?
Qing was completely bewildered.

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P.S.: Ah! I made it!

(End of this chapter)