Konoha: The Absolute Justice of the Uchiha

Chapter 35 Hiruzen Sarutobi is absolutely insane!
Fugaku was, after all, the current head of the Uchiha clan. No matter how dissatisfied the Uchiha ninjas behind him were, they could only keep quiet in the face of this stern-tongued head of the clan.

"Lord Danzo."

Before turning away with a stern face, Fugaku said in a slightly somber tone, "The Uchiha clan has no other intentions toward the village, and the village has no need to continue to distrust the Uchiha clan so much."

Say it.

Before Danzo could speak, Fugaku gritted his teeth and turned to leave, leaving Danzo with only a receding silhouette.

Fugaku sighed inwardly.

He knew he had backed down once again, and in front of so many of his clansmen... This time, his retreat might even leave Uchiha Ikezumi isolated and helpless.

But Fugaku felt that if he didn't back down, the relationship between the village and the Uchiha would be beyond repair.

The village already distrusted the Uchiha clan.

If a violent conflict were to break out between us and the Root ninja now...

Can the Uchiha clan still maintain its foothold in Konoha?
"I'm sorry, Ikezumi..." Fugaku looked up at the full moon in the sky and murmured, "I'm doing this for the greater good. As long as the Uchiha clan can coexist peacefully with the village, I'll bear the blame for whatever happens."

Fugaku felt he saw things very clearly.

The Uchiha clan may seem strong, but compared to the entire village, they are like a mantis trying to stop a chariot.

"I did this simply to protect the Uchiha clan."

The shame in his eyes faded somewhat.

……

"Hmph. Uchiha..." Danzo's eyes grew increasingly sinister, but he wasn't so irrational as to try to forcibly keep Fugaku there.

"Lord Danzo, the Hokage and the others are back!" Just then, a Root ninja suddenly reminded him.

Danzo was taken aback: "So fast?!"

He waited only a few minutes and sure enough, he saw Hiruzen Sarutobi return to Konoha with a group of Anbu ninjas.

"Ok?"

Danzo suddenly realized something was wrong, because he saw many Anbu ninjas carrying "dead bodies" back.

Even the monkey was holding a "dead person" in its arms.

So many dead people!

By the moonlight, his gaze lingered on the corpses, but he failed to find the detestable face he most wanted to see.

The vast majority of these corpses were dressed as ANBU ninjas, while some looked like researchers.

And the way they died was extremely gruesome! Many of the corpses were incomplete, with their body parts scattered and dismembered.

Danzo also smelled a faint burnt smell.

"Hiruzen, where is Uchiha Ikezumi?!" Danzo frowned deeply, already impatiently opening his mouth to question.

Hiruzen Sarutobi raised his eyelids and glanced at Danzo.

But he silently bypassed Danzo and ignored all the Root ninjas, as if they were invisible.

This made Danzo furious.

"Hiruzen!"

"Lord Danzo." At this moment, an ANBU ninja suddenly blocked Danzo's way and said in a low voice, "The Hokage has just experienced the pain of losing his son. Please do not disturb him."

Loss of a child?

Danzo's pupils contracted slightly.

Doesn't that mean the dead man in the monkey's arms is Sarutobi Shinnosuke? The monkey's eldest son is dead? Dead at the hands of Uchiha Izumi?

Danzo's breathing became slightly rapid.

This must be a blood feud, right? That monkey guy must be so furious that he ordered the ANBU ninjas to surround and kill Uchiha Izumi, right?
"As for Uchiha Izumi..." the ANBU ninja hesitated before continuing, "He left the secret research base and should have already returned to the village. Perhaps he found it too troublesome and just went straight over the village wall, too lazy to go around to the main gate?"

Danzo suddenly froze.

"What do you mean?"

His sinister eyes were filled with disbelief, and the emotional turmoil made it difficult for his old face to maintain its composure. Danzo gritted his teeth and asked with hatred, "You mean... Hiruzen let that inherently evil Uchiha brat go? Even though that evil Uchiha killed his eldest son?"

"Yes," the ANBU ninja replied simply.

Danzo was stunned. He knew that the monkey was old and no longer had the ambition he once had; he had become indecisive.

But he never expected that when faced with the hatred of killing his son, that bastard monkey would still be so indecisive!
How could he let his enemy go free?

Is he a saint?!

"Hiruzen!" Danzo couldn't hold back any longer. His face was so dark he was about to curse, but he managed to suppress it and shouted at Hiruzen Sarutobi's back, "What are you thinking! That inherently evil Uchiha brat killed your son! And so many Anbu ninjas! And you still want to keep that kind of scourge in the village?!"

Danzo didn't understand!
Hiruzen Sarutobi paused slightly.

"I..."

Hiruzen Sarutobi clenched his teeth so tightly that blood oozed from his gums as he looked down at the face of Shinnosuke Sarutobi in his arms.

"I... am upholding Shinnosuke's last will of fire. He does not want to see the village's strength eroded by internal strife, even without external invasion."

"This was his last wish."

“I…” Hiruzen Sarutobi took a deep breath: “I need to fulfill his last wish. Moreover, Uchiha Ikezumi… Uchiha Ikezumi did not… kill the wrong person—this is also what Shinnosuke said.”

Danzo was stunned and wondered if he was getting old and his hearing was failing him.
He thought that Sarutobi Shinnosuke, who was killed by Uchiha Ikezumi, had gone mad!
Hiruzen Sarutobi, grieving the loss of his son, also went mad!
damn it……

Are there any normal people left in Konoha Village?

……

the other side.

Izumi, who had followed Uchiha Ikezumi back to the village, dragged his weary body back to the Uchiha clan's residence. Halfway there, he and Ikezumi parted ways.

"Ah! So tired..."

Quan walked down the dimly lit street, feeling utterly hopeless.

This is a double exhaustion of body and mind.

She couldn't count how many people Senior Chi Quan had killed that night. Especially the moment that wave of lava rain fell, probably very few people survived in that secret research base.

Moreover, even the Hokage's eldest son was killed by Senior Ikezumi.

Is this what "absolute justice" is...?

Even the eldest son of the Hokage cannot have special privileges in the face of justice.

"This... is perhaps why I grit my teeth and try my best to keep up with my seniors, no matter how tired I am?"

Quan was talking to himself.

But at that moment, they almost bumped into a tall figure.

Fortunately, she reacted quickly and stopped immediately.

He quickly took two steps back.

Looking up hastily, Izumi was taken aback and blurted out, "Chief Fugaku?"

Fugaku was also stunned; he recognized the Uchiha girl.

"spring?"

Fugaku suddenly realized something: "Has Ikezumi returned?"

Quan hurriedly replied, "Senior Ike Quan should have already gone home."

"...I see!" Fugaku breathed a sigh of relief.

Chi Quan, he's back alive.

Fugaku felt a little guilty again.

……

at the same time.

Back home, Uchiha Ikezumi focused his attention on the last "legacy" left to him by his former mentor, Sarutobi Shinnosuke—the "reward" obtained from killing a red-named villain.

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(End of this chapter)