Konoha: The Absolute Justice of the Uchiha

Chapter 4 The person who hurt her was her beloved father.

"Lord Hokage, the Uchiha Police Force needs to be disciplined!"

Inside the Hokage Building.

Having just finished processing half of his official documents, Hiruzen Sarutobi was patiently listening to a ninja's complaint: "Today, the Uchiha police force injured someone in broad daylight! They cut off a civilian's leg and dragged him through the streets in a 'parade,' leaving a trail of blood that stretched for hundreds of meters."

"Many villagers witnessed this, and many children saw it too. Hokage, it seems that the actions of the Uchiha Police Department have gone beyond the scope of law enforcement."

"Won't these kinds of law enforcement officers just make the villagers more uneasy?"

A ninja who held no significant position in the village and possessed no extraordinary strength... was able to come to the Hokage to complain in person, entirely because he also shared the surname "Sarutobi".

He is a junior member of the Hokage's family.

Hiruzen Sarutobi frowned and immediately asked, "How is the injured person who was dragged along?"

The ninja shook his head and replied, "Seeing how arrogant the Uchiha clan members were, I couldn't help but come to find you, Hokage, and didn't notice the injured person's condition. However..."

"If a person's leg is severed and they don't receive timely treatment, they may not live for more than a few minutes."

Hiruzen Sarutobi frowned deeply.

Just then, he suddenly remembered something and asked again, "Who are the Uchiha clan members present?"

The ninja hesitated and said, "It's Uchiha Ikezumi... Besides him, there's another Uchiha girl I don't recognize."

"Chiquan?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi's brows relaxed.

Under the astonished gazes of the younger generation of the family, Hiruzen Sarutobi stood with his hands behind his back and said quietly, "If it is Ikezumi, then he must have his reasons for doing this."

"Lord Hokage, but..."

Hiruzen Sarutobi interrupted him directly, saying, "You're in such a hurry to come and tell me this because you think Uchiha Izumi's actions will affect your bathhouse business, right?"

“Go back! This is a matter for the police force. I believe Chi Quan will give me an explanation soon. After all, he has always been so unconventional.”

Hiruzen Sarutobi paused for a moment, then characterized Uchiha Ikezumi's actions: "Ikezumi's actions are indeed extreme. However, over the years, he has never done anything of principle wrong."

"...Yes, Hokage-sama."

The junior member of the Sarutobi clan, whose complaint failed, could only leave dejectedly.

"Chiquan..."

Hiruzen Sarutobi walked to the bedside and looked out the window.

"Do you love the Will of Fire more, or the 'Absolute Justice' you speak of? I've always felt that you and Itachi are the same kind of people, both Uchiha who deeply love the village!"

He muttered to himself.

……

at the same time.

Inside a secluded detached house in Konoha, Izumi, slightly out of breath, loosened the skin of the corpse that had been rubbed raw.

She intended to leave the short man's body where it was temporarily.

However, without orders from a senior...

Izumi was worried that disposing of the prisoner's body without permission might anger his seniors.
then……

She could only mutter "sorry" in her heart while forcing herself to endure the discomfort and dragging the corpse to catch up with Uchiha Ikezumi.

Until they arrived at the short man's house.

She didn't even dare to turn around and see what had happened to the prisoner's body.

Come to think of it...

It's a truly appalling sight, isn't it?
"Do you think he's pitiful?" Uchiha Izumi saw through the girl's thoughts at a glance. Izumi's expression couldn't hide his feelings. He said, "The one who's even more pitiful than him is still in that well."

He looked at the dry well covered by a cement slab, his tone slightly somber, and ordered, "Retrieve the child's body from the dry well."

Izumi was startled by Uchiha Izumi's voice.

"Yes, senior!" She jogged over and suddenly smelled a pungent odor.

Is this... the smell of a corpse?
Quan mentally prepared herself and carefully moved the cement slab aside. The pungent smell was released completely, startling her so much that she instinctively held her breath, but her eyes still stung a little from the fumes.

She gritted her teeth.

He flipped over and jumped.

Just as she was about to fall to the bottom of the well, Izumi immediately used her chakra-based tree-stepping technique to keep her feet firmly planted on the well wall, so as not to accidentally step on the child's corpse in the dry well.

By the sunlight streaming in, she saw a cotton quilt at the bottom of the well, wrapped into a ball, and it seemed there was something inside.

She had a vague suspicion in her mind.

Soon.

Quan then emerged from the dry well carrying a cotton quilt that emitted a strong stench, and tiptoed to gently place it on the ground.

"If you want to vomit, you can. This is what it's like to smell the stench of a corpse for the first time. Even some ruthless ninjas can't resist the physiological reaction of their bodies." Uchiha Izumi glanced at the girl's pretty face, which was almost contorted with rage.

Quan shook his head, his face pale.

She couldn't explain it clearly, but she instinctively felt that she shouldn't do such an indecent thing in front of such a pitiful child.

even if...

The child has been killed.

Then, Izumi saw Uchiha Ike Izumi walk over. She watched as her senior half-squatted down and opened the quilt that was wrapped around him.

Quan's pupils trembled.

She quickly turned her head away.

—She vomited.

Even though she didn't want to do it, and even felt a deep sense of shared sadness, the physical nausea was so overwhelming that she couldn't control herself and vomited up her entire breakfast.

"Keep your eyes on her," Uchiha Ikezumi said. "Don't look away."

Quan wiped his mouth.

She turned around, her trembling gaze fixed on the small corpse.

Uchiha Ikezumi said while half-squatting, "There are no fewer than a dozen marks on his body from being beaten with blunt force; his hands and feet have been fractured several times; many parts of his body are covered in blood and flesh; there are traces of blood seeping from his nose, ears, and corners of his mouth, and his internal organs are probably severely damaged."

He stood up and continued, "The fatal wound was the ligature mark on the neck. The child died a painful death; he suffered at least an hour of agony before he died."

Quan murmured in shock, "An hour... If this child had cried for help during that hour, someone should have come to save her, right? There are some neighbors nearby..."

Uchiha Ikezumi simply said, "The person who hurt her was her biological father. Perhaps, for her, her father is the person she loves most."

Quan was stunned.

"Uchiha Izumi."

"Huh? Here!!!" Quan hurriedly stood up straight and shouted.

Uchiha Ikezumi stared into the girl's eyes and asked, word by word, "Do you still think that man is pitiful?"

Quan pursed her lips and lowered her head.

"Senior, I was wrong."

Uchiha Ikezumi said, "What we, the Uchiha Police Force, must do is to eradicate all of this type of 'evil.' Only by using absolutely thorough methods to enforce our 'justice' can we suppress the morbid and unhealthy trends in the ninja world."

"Take the two corpses back to the police force. Your performance today was subpar, but thankfully it wasn't to the point where I wanted to kill you. Meet at Ichiraku Ramen tomorrow."

Quan shivered.

"Yes, senior."

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(End of this chapter)