Konoha: The Absolute Justice of the Uchiha

Chapter 40 Hatred for Uchiha Ikezumi

Izumi finally ran up to Uchiha Izumi. The girl was out of breath, her face slightly flushed, and she was bent over, panting heavily, but she still quickly handed over the documents.

“S-senpai, this is a list of all the missing persons in Konoha Village over the past five years. To this day, none of the people on the list have been found. There are a total of 176 missing persons.”

When he said the number, even Izumi himself was a little taken aback.

This only includes the officially reported missing persons.

There must be some who haven't been counted, especially some missing ninjas, who may have many secrets to them.

People with secrets naturally won't be on Konoha's missing persons list.

Uchiha Ikezumi did not accept the list of missing persons, because at that moment, another voice came from afar: "Lord Ikezumi, we've found new bones again, and this time we've found quite a lot!"

Tachibana Jiro rushed over with his cats and grandchildren.

Many of the ninja cats were carrying various bone fragments.

"They were all found in the sewers, meow!" Tachibana Jiro nimbly leaped onto Izumi's head, saying, "I'm just not sure if they're the same person's bones."

One after another, the ninja cats put down the bones they had brought.

Uchiha Ikezumi bent down and picked up one of the broken bones.

"Newcomer, temporarily rule out male missing persons."

He said.

Quan was taken aback: "Senior already knows the gender of the person who was killed?"

Uchiha Ikezumi stood up and said, "This is the subpubic angle of the human body. In men, it is generally a narrow V-shape with an angle of less than 90°, while in women it is a wide U-shape or wide V-shape with an angle of more than 90°."

He then pointed to another bone fragment on the ground and said, "That's the brow bone of a human body. In men, it's thicker, more prominent, and tilts backward more noticeably; in women, it's flatter, with the forehead vertical or slightly tilted."

Quan was speechless with astonishment.

Just how many victims' corpses did Senior Ikezumi handle to develop the ability to tell the sex of a corpse at a glance just by looking at the skeleton?

suddenly.

Quan Minjian noticed that Senior Ike Quan's brows were furrowed.

It seems as if some new discovery has been made.

He only saw his senior bend down and pick up two bones with teeth embedded in them. After examining them for a while, he said, "Newcomers, the age range is five to thirty. Pay attention to the photos on the list and pick out the missing women who look slightly protruding teeth."

Quan hurriedly replied, "Yes, senior!"

While hurriedly flipping through the documents, she mustered her curiosity and asked, "Senior, why the year..."

Before he could finish speaking, Senior Chi Quan saw right through his thoughts and said indifferently, "Because there are two different sets of remains. By the way, pay attention to the surnames of the missing persons. I suspect the two sets of remains are mother and daughter."

"Judging from the cross-sections of the two skeletons, the perpetrator must have used the same tool to dismember the bodies, and it is highly likely that the crime was committed by the same person, and they may have even been killed on the same day."

"Judging from the size of the bone fragments, their bodies were dismembered into at least a hundred pieces after they were killed. We were lucky to be able to find some of them."

Quan's hand almost trembled.

Two...two bodies?
Mother...mother and daughter?
“One older, one younger. The older victim should be between twenty and thirty years old, and the younger victim should be between five and eight years old,” Uchiha Ikezumi said calmly.

Quan, feeling a chill run down his spine, hurriedly flipped through the documents in his hands.

Based on the screening information provided by senior Ike Izumi, Izumi quickly found two missing persons with the exact same surname.

"Senior! Found it!"

She tried to calm herself down and quickly said, "Yamada Ryoko, 27 years old, disappeared four years ago, her husband died young, and she has a daughter; Yamada Nobumi, 4 years old, disappeared four years ago, her father died young, and her mother is Yamada Ryoko."

Uchiha Izumi asked, "What do you think we should do next?"

Quan was taken aback, not expecting his senior to shift the problem onto him. Oh, right!

Perhaps this is a test of their abilities by the senior!

Izumi immediately said, "Find their former residence, investigate their relationships with their neighbors and relatives, and also investigate their financial situation. In particular, investigate who inherited the Yamada family's estate after their deaths."

This is a section of the Uchiha Police Force's internship manual on how to solve cases.

Quan still remembered quite a bit of these basic theoretical concepts.

"Let's go." Uchiha Izumi said to Izumi first, then said to Tachibana Jiro, "Take the remains back to the police force."

"Yes, Senior Chi Quan!"

"Yes! Lord Chiquan!"

……

"Hey, Yamada, tomorrow is the funeral of the Hokage's eldest son! What are you daydreaming about?! The Hokage instructed us to make sure the funeral is beautiful and grand, so that the deceased can go to the Pure Land in peace."

"If you're not feeling well, take leave immediately. Otherwise, if something goes wrong tomorrow and causes an accident at the funeral, how can ordinary civilians like us withstand the Hokage's wrath? Our funeral home's reputation will be destroyed!"

The man called "Yamada" suddenly shuddered.

He shook his head and forced a smile, saying, "I probably just didn't sleep well last night, I'm fine."

Even he himself didn't know why he was so restless.

Is it possible...

Do not……

impossible.

“I handled it very cleanly…” Yamada muttered to himself in a voice only he could hear, “Besides, so many years have passed, how could it possibly be discovered?”

……

"Hokage-sama, tomorrow is Shinnosuke's funeral. You are the Hokage of Konoha, so you should at least be in high spirits."

A female ANBU ninja wearing a mask whispered behind Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed deeply.

He turned around, looking at the female ANBU member before him, his expression complex. "You're actually suffering just as much as I am, aren't you? After all... you've been married to Shinnosuke for many years, and your relationship is very good..."

"Lord Hokage, I think suffering is useless. What has already happened cannot be changed. All I can do is let Shinnosuke go to the Underworld in peace, take good care of Konohamaru in the future, and remember this hatred. That's all."

Hiruzen Sarutobi noticed that the other person's voice was somewhat hoarse.

Perhaps this daughter-in-law, who has experienced the pain of losing her husband, has already cried countless times.

Hiruzen Sarutobi remained silent for a long while before saying, "Nadeshiko, I know you hate Uchiha Ikezumi, but..."

"I know."

Sarutobi Nadeshiko said, "Hokage-sama, I will consider the greater good of the village and will not let hatred cloud my judgment. Hokage-sama, I would like to ask for half a day off to go back and spend some time with Konohamaru."

Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed inwardly.

"Go."

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(End of this chapter)