Konoha: The Absolute Justice of the Uchiha

Chapter 29 Cleansing the Ninja World in the Name of Justice
Sarutobi Shinnosuke took a deep breath. Even though he tried to calm himself down, the psychological trauma that Uchiha Ikezumi had once inflicted on him was still too great.

Two of the three Konoha genin he trained died in a fratricidal conflict.

The only surviving "murderer" is still calmly standing in front of him.

This made it impossible for Sarutobi Shinnosuke to suppress his anger.

Anger is a major taboo for ANBU ninjas.

Sarutobi Shinnosuke coldly emphasized, "Everything I have done has been for Konoha from beginning to end, and I have never fallen into the abyss. Uchiha Ikezumi, you are just someone who arbitrarily throws 'evil' onto others out of selfish desires! There's no need to make your homicidal tendencies sound so noble."

"I don't understand why the Fourth Hokage judged your killing of your comrade as excessive self-defense, nor do I understand why the old man hasn't dealt with you all these years."

"but……"

Sarutobi Shinnosuke glanced at the corpses of the Anbu members on the ground.

He never even considered why Uchiha Ikezumi could recognize him at a glance, even though he was wearing an Anbu mask.

He had no idea why Uchiha Izumi would be here.

At this moment, an uncontrollable killing intent raged in his eyes beneath the ANBU mask: "Since you killed a fellow villager in front of me... then today I will cleanse the house for this old man and for Konoha!"

"at the same time……"

"And also to clean house for myself!"

The moment Sarutobi Shinnosuke finished speaking, the six members of the Dark Guard behind him quickly understood.

They worked together seamlessly, using ninja tactics to block all of Uchiha Ikezumi's escape routes while simultaneously launching a preemptive attack with various ninja tools.

Swah——

Swah——

In an instant, a ninja sword and a scythe slashed two extremely ferocious and huge gashes into Uchiha Ikezumi's body.

Other ANBU ninjas threw a large number of kunai and shuriken, all of which accurately hit Uchiha Ikezumi's body.

One of the kunai had an explosive tag wrapped around its end!

"burst!"

Boom, boom! ! !

The deafening explosion caused a slight pain in the eardrums of several ANBU ninjas. They watched helplessly as Uchiha Ikezumi was engulfed by the flames and smoke of the explosion; he should have been blown to pieces.

but……

"No... my ninja sword!"

"My scythe... How could the temperature of his Lava Release be so high? When my ninja tool touched his body, it was only in contact with his body for less than half a second before it melted?"

Two incomprehensible exclamations suddenly rang out.

The ANBU members wielding ninja swords and those wielding scythes were both shocked as they stared at their ninja tools, half of which had been melted away.

You can also see molten iron dripping from the broken parts of the ninja tools.

And when they both looked up at the front.

The billowing crimson lava had engulfed the thick smoke from the explosion, and the entire passageway inside the secret base seemed to be filled with lava.

The flowing magma surged towards the ANBU ninjas like a mudslide, melting the ground wherever it passed.

Shinnosuke Sarutobi's face turned grim: "Lava Release..."

Although he was once Uchiha Ikezumi's mentor Jonin, Sarutobi Shinnosuke rarely saw Uchiha Ikezumi use Lava Release.

All he knew was that Uchiha Izumi's Lava Release technique had an extremely terrifying temperature; ordinary people would almost certainly die upon contact with it.

That's all the information available about Lava Release.

Sarutobi Shinnosuke then realized that he knew absolutely nothing about this former genin student.

Seeing the raging torrent of lava rushing towards them, Sarutobi Shinnosuke calmly shouted, "Take care of him in this passage! We can't let him leave here, otherwise his Lava Release Kekkei Genkai will definitely destroy the entire base! Use Water Release to deal with him!"

The ANBU ninjas immediately understood.

Three Anbu ninjas who knew Water Release techniques immediately began forming hand seals.

In the instant the magma torrent drew near, they simultaneously used the same water-style ninjutsu.

"Water Release·Water Wave!!!"×3
A torrent of water, like a waterspout, rose from the ground and enveloped all the ANBU ninjas. When the water gathered to a certain extent, it surged forward like a raging flood towards the lava ahead.

The instant the two sides collided, the scalding steam that filled the passage caused the expressions of the group of ANBU ninjas to change drastically.

So hot!!!

Uchiha Ikezumi's icy voice echoed eerily in the steam-filled passageway: "Shin-nosuke-sensei, you believe you haven't fallen into the abyss... Then let me ask you. Six months ago, when a 'volunteer' who volunteered to be a guinea pig wanted to quit due to overwhelming fear, who killed him?"

Shinnosuke Sarutobi's pupils contracted as he endured the pain of the steam burn.

"A year ago, when there weren't enough 'volunteers,' who ordered their subordinates to go to the neighboring country of the Land of Fire, kidnap more than a dozen war orphans from that country, and force them to become guinea pigs?"

Sarutobi Shinnosuke's gaze turned somewhat horrified.

Uchiha Ikezumi was like a judge from the underworld, his words aimed straight at Sarutobi Shinnosuke.

"And, two years ago..."

"besides……"

Every word Uchiha Ikezumi said caused Sarutobi Shinnosuke's expression to change, and even the several Anbu members next to him couldn't help but look at their captain with astonishment.

"Shin-nosuke-sensei, you said you wanted to clean house for Konoha... Well, coincidentally, today I'm here to clean house for the ninja world."

……

"Lord Hokage!" At the same time, the ANBU ninja who had been sent back to Konoha by Sarutobi Shinnosuke finally arrived at the Sarutobi clan's residence overnight and called out loudly to Sarutobi Hiruzen.

With a "whoosh," the side door of a house was pulled open.

Hiruzen Sarutobi, dressed in casual clothes and wearing wooden clogs, came out.

He gripped his pipe, his brow furrowed, and asked, "If I remember correctly, you're from Shinnosuke's ANBU... What happened to Shinnosuke?!"

The ANBU ninja quickly organized his thoughts and said, "Lord Hokage, an enemy has attacked the secret base outside the village. Captain Shinnosuke said that the enemy is likely quite powerful, so he asked me to return to the village and request that the Hokage send reinforcements."

"what?!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi felt a chill run down his spine.

After he led his men to destroy Orochimaru's human experimentation laboratory in Konoha, he seized a lot of research data that Orochimaru had not yet taken away or destroyed, and also captured a large number of unforgivable human experimentation researchers.

He originally intended to destroy those documents and had promised Uchiha Izumi that he would secretly execute the researchers.

After all, if these evil research materials fall into the hands of ambitious people, they might give rise to a new Orochimaru.

but……

At the urging and suggestion of Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado, Hiruzen Sarutobi destroyed only a portion of the research data that seemed too evil, while keeping all the rest.

At the same time, he did not keep his promise to Uchiha Ikezumi, but instead moved the researchers outside the village.

To paraphrase Koharu Utatane and Tokiho Mito, "They have committed so many irreparable evils that death is too easy for them. They should be made to pay their debts slowly with their knowledge and their limited lives."

"—Hiruzen, you can't act irrationally just because you made a promise to a young Uchiha. We know you have high hopes for him, but that genius with two bloodline limits is, after all, an Uchiha..."

"Can you guarantee that Uchiha Izumi will bring more benefits to Konoha's future than Orochimaru's subordinates? Their knowledge is the most precious asset in the ninja world."

"Besides, we can just destroy some of the intolerable materials, and make good use of the remaining villages."

Hiruzen Sarutobi was tempted.

So, a secret research base was built in a secluded location more than ten kilometers away from Konoha Village to study some research materials left behind by Orochimaru.

He also entrusted the management of this base to his eldest son, Shinnosuke Sarutobi.

He didn't trust leaving it to outsiders.

However, Hiruzen Sarutobi never expected that the secret research base would run into trouble after only a few years of operation.

An enemy that could make Shinnosuke send someone back to the village to request reinforcements... is probably no ordinary enemy!

"I will personally lead the men there."

Sarutobi Hiruzen said solemnly.

……

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(End of this chapter)