met free Chapter 123 Hiruzen Sarutobi: "Why did you surrender?" Justice against the ninja world!
Chapter 123 Hiruzen Sarutobi: "Why did you surrender?" Justice against the ninja world!
Chapter 124 Hiruzen Sarutobi: "Why did you surrender?" Justice that stands against the ninja world! (10,000 words)
The intense heat of the magma instantly incinerated and carbonized the Fire Country Daimyo's internal organs, and his wolf-fox body, which was turning to flee, froze completely at that moment.
"Listen—cough cough—"
His expression of terror was etched onto his face, and his gradually fading consciousness caused snot and tears to well up in his eyes. His desperate demeanor was utterly utterly distraught.
When the magma hound withdrew from his body, the fire daimyo's body lost all support.
He fell forward uncontrollably and crashed heavily to the ground.
With a dull thud, the face fell to the ground, fracturing the bridge of the nose. Blood immediately splattered all over the face and gradually spread across the floor, seeping into the tiny cracks in the floor.
The daimyo of the Land of Fire uttered not a single scream, for his life had been completely extinguished at that moment.
The Daimyo of the Land of Fire—
Executed!
The entire Daming Prefecture seemed to have been paused, falling into a profound silence. Those separated by the lava...
The samurai, retainers, and servants who dared not approach all stared in horror at the astonishing scene before them.
The daimyo's sons were all stunned, their faces filled with bewilderment and disbelief, some even doubting whether what they were seeing was real.
Even Mitarashi Anko, who was standing behind Uchiha Ikezumi, couldn't help but pinch herself hard with trembling hands.
pain..-..
It hurts a lot.
She felt that the piece of flesh she had pinched was at least bruised and swollen.
This also suggests that this is neither a dream nor an illusion.
The Fire Country Daimyo, a man who stood at the pinnacle of power in the Land of Fire, above everyone else, was killed by Uchiha Ikezumi just like that, as if slaughtering a pig.
It's too simple, too hasty, too rushed.
Shouldn't the death of such an important person be accompanied by a grand ceremony?
wrong!
What am I thinking? Shouldn't I be thinking that someone as important as Yi Yi shouldn't have been killed at all?
Mitarashi Anko's mind was in complete disarray.
She even felt a little dizzy.
"Da--Daimo-sama!!!"
This eerie silence lasted for an unknown period of time, until a heart-wrenching cry rang out, followed immediately by cries of alarm and wailing from the many retainers and servants within the Daming Prefecture.
"Father!!!"
The eldest son of the famous man was also utterly powerless, as if he had lost his father. Even though he had anticipated such a possibility, when this scene appeared before his eyes and he witnessed it with his own eyes, he found that he still could not withstand the mental and psychological impact.
He walked step by step, kneeling as he approached the daimyo of the Land of Fire, hastily kneeling down and trying to help his fallen father up.
As soon as his hands touched the body of the daimyo of the Land of Fire, the daimyo's eldest son couldn't help but cry out in pain.
It's too hot!!!
His hands instantly turned completely red.
I got burned!
Rather than a recently deceased corpse, it was more like a body forged from a branding iron, radiating intense heat from head to toe, leaving the eldest son of the daimyo momentarily at a loss as to where to touch it.
Although he was somewhat at a loss, one thing he was certain of was that his father had indeed been killed!
That Konoha ninja named Uchiha Ikezumi.
There was absolutely no concept of "ruler and subjects"!
When he says "kill," he really means it!
wait·--·
etc·--
The eldest son of the daimyo, suddenly struck by a warning, froze. He mechanically raised his head, his terrified eyes meeting Uchiha Ikezumi's extremely cold gaze.
The eldest son of the daimyo's mind exploded with a "boom," and what instantly overwhelmed him was not anger, but fear!
Cold sweat instantly soaked the back of my clothes.
"I—I—I—" He tried to say something, but he spoke haltingly and stammeringly, unable to utter a complete sentence. He was so anxious that he was covered in sweat and his face turned pale.
"Once a person commits evil, regardless of their status, age, or gender, they must pay the price they deserve." Uchiha Ikezumi's indifferent voice slowly echoed within the Daimyo's mansion: "If you commit a minor evil, you must reflect on your actions in prison; if you commit a major evil, you must atone for your sins with your life."
"You think I shouldn't have killed him. Right? Because you believe his identity is special, that he's different from ordinary people. You believe that normal people's moral compass and sense of justice don't apply to the daimyo of the Land of Fire. Right?"
Each cold, questioning remark sounded like a series of life-or-death questions to the eldest son of the daimyo.
Uchiha Ikezumi might not have meant it that way, but the eldest son of the daimyo felt that if he answered incorrectly, he would die!
They will end up like their father!
The word "famous name" may be very useful in the eyes of others.
But in front of Uchiha Ikezumi, it became a death warrant for him!
"No—no—" The eldest son of the daimyo tried hard to speak fluently, but he couldn't: "The daimyo is also a human being. Father—perhaps he's used to being high above, perhaps he's no longer good at looking down at those below. He—" *gulp*
Everything he did—he might have thought it was nothing, but it was a different story when it happened to someone else.
"Just like that saying, that saying—"
"Huh!" The eldest son of the daimyo suddenly had a mental block. He was so anxious that his whole body was itchy, but he didn't dare to reach out and scratch.
"A speck of dust in the era, a mountain for the common people." Uchiha Izumi coldly added a sentence he couldn't think of.
"Yes! That's it! Father ignored the common people; he only thought about his privileges as a daimyo. That's why he indulged Kyusuke, and that's why he established so many rules that exploited the common people, constantly squeezing them dry—"
"He never considered the terrible consequences of his actions, because it wasn't just his name that would have to pay the price, but the many civilians of the Land of Fire."
"so-
The eldest son of the daimyo was well aware that if what he said got out...
I'm afraid I'll be branded as "unfilial" and "cowardly".
but.
Is it better to have such a reputation than to be killed by the other party?
He's only in his thirties!
He's still very young!
Just as he was getting so nervous his mouth went dry, he heard Uchiha Ikezumi ask him, "So?"
The eldest son of the daimyo gritted his teeth, his will to survive ultimately overcoming his shame, his weakness suppressing his backbone. He lowered his head and hurriedly said, "So, Father, he has accepted this fate, but it is his own fault. He sowed the seeds and reaped the fruit. All of this is simply the destiny he was meant to experience."
These words were spoken.
The retainers, samurai, servants, and other daimyo heirs all looked at the eldest son of the daimyo with disbelief.
With the daimyo killed, he, as the eldest son, should rightfully inherit the daimyo's position and become the next daimyo of the Land of Fire.
And yet, with such a special status, he uttered these words in front of so many people, even in front of his father's killer.
Doesn't this define the nature of the daimyo's death?
They won't even have an excuse to seek revenge later!
The eldest son of the daimyo almost uttered such a cowardly and treasonous statement as, "You were absolutely right to kill him!"
Could it be—
Does this eldest son of a daimyo not dare to harbor even the slightest thought of revenge in his mind at this moment?!
Everyone couldn't help but look at Uchiha Ikezumi.
They all fell silent.
The critical thoughts that had arisen in his mind regarding the eldest son of the daimyo vanished completely.
Because they don't dare either.
Under the gaze of Uchiha Ikezumi, the eldest son of the daimyo, with his head bowed, stared at his father's body lying on the ground. The tension and panic made him feel dizzy.
At this moment, even though Uchiha Ikezumi didn't continue speaking to him, he had already taken the initiative to speak: "The laws of the Land of Fire from now on will definitely need to undergo a more thorough revision than before. The revised laws cannot only consider the upper echelons of the Land of Fire, but also need to consider ordinary civilians, and also need—and also need—"
He cautiously raised his head and glanced at Uchiha Ikezumi.
"A new national policy, more decisive, thorough and absolute than before, needs to be implemented in the name of justice."
Uchiha Ikezumi added expressionlessly, "The Land of Fire, and indeed the entire ninja world, is now severely distorted and morbid due to the lack of justice, giving rise to countless, almost inexhaustible, evils."
"Only by using absolutely forceful and just means to eradicate evil at its root can we turn this vast ninja world around."
"You're right, aren't you, Yasuhito Mienin?"
The eldest son of the daimyo: "!!!"
His cautious gaze instantly turned into one of utter horror.
How did this person know my name? Oh wait, as the eldest son of a daimyo, it seems quite reasonable for the other party to know my name?
"-right!"
His hesitation lasted less than half a second before he nodded frantically, like a chicken pecking at rice.
He quickly added, "Furthermore, the funding that the Daimyo Prefecture has given to Konoha Village this year has been a bit too little. And the funding has been allocated too generally; it should be broken down into more specific categories."
"For example—the Uchiha clan, as part of the Konoha police force, should have their own funding from the Daimyo's office. Perhaps 200 million ryo a year? Or 500 million ryo a year?"
Uchiha Ikezumi's eyes visibly grew colder.
The temperature in the air is also rising rapidly.
A terrifying sense of dread enveloped everyone.
The eldest son of the daimyo: "!!!"
No, his surname is Uchiha, shouldn't he be a member of the Uchiha clan?
He should have given the Uchiha clan extra funding; he shouldn't have waited!
Could it be that Uchiha Izumi is seriously offering suggestions on how to amend the laws of the Land of Fire?
The eldest son of the daimyo suddenly remembered why his younger brother, "Kyusuke Oenin," had died at the hands of Uchiha Ikezumi.
According to his father, who relayed Sarutobi Asuma's words, Uchiha Ikezumi believed in "absolute justice".
That was a very thorough and extreme form of justice.
It is also a kind of justice that is pure and unadulterated.
However, its biggest flaw is that it is too extreme, to the point that it dares to kill even the second son of the daimyo, and today it even dares to kill the daimyo himself!
In other words.
Could it be that Izumi Uchiha's attempt to unilaterally increase funding for the Uchiha clan was seen as bribery?
Having finally breathed a sigh of relief and feeling like he had escaped with his life, the eldest son of the patriarch, sweating profusely, carried the load on his back once again.
The eldest son of the daimyo forced a smile, racking his brains to try and keep up with Uchiha Ike's train of thought. His lips trembled as he said, "Pretend I didn't say those things. Perhaps we should first eliminate all the complicated personnel in the police force of the Land of Fire's capital."
Only those with a sense of justice and integrity will remain.
"Perhaps we should first thoroughly investigate all the powerful figures in the Land of Fire, leaving no henchmen unpunished and no big fish unpunished. Perhaps we should also reopen old cases and seek justice for the innocent victims."
"Perhaps, we still have to—"
the other side.
Konoha Village.
Koharu Utatane rushed to the Hokage's office with a gloomy old face. She didn't see Hiruzen Sarutobi, but she did see Homura Mitokado. Of course, she wasn't surprised.
Koharu Utatane, who had just arrived, confronted Homura Mitokado with a dark expression, demanding, "Why didn't you inform me beforehand that such a major event had occurred in the capital of the Land of Fire?"
Yes.
Neither Hiruzen Sarutobi nor Homura Mitokado informed Koharu Utatane.
Even though Hiruzen Sarutobi gave instructions to many people before leaving the village with the Anbu, Koharu Utatane was not among them.
Xiaochun, who was transferred to another dormitory, almost broke down when she learned about this.
As a result, she was in a terrible mood. Her first concern was not how much trouble Uchiha Ikezumi had caused in the capital of the Land of Fire, but rather why she hadn't been notified.
Mitokado Homura sighed and said, "Haru, ever since you took over Danzo and took control of Root, haven't you noticed that you've become more impatient than before?"
"Hiruzen thought that informing you beforehand would only complicate matters. Besides, don't you already know?"
Koharu gritted her teeth: "If it weren't for that Uchiha Ikezumi being so extreme, would I be so impatient every day?"
She took a deep breath, trying to calm herself, and asked, "So, what's the situation now?!"
Mitokado Homura shook his head: "It's unclear for now. There's been no news from the capital of the Land of Fire yet. And it will take Hiruzen and the Anbu a full day to get to the capital of the Land of Fire."
Koharu, standing uncomfortably, asked in a flustered tone, "Why did Hiruzen release that guy out of Konoha?"
"It's Sarutobi Asuma."
Mitokado Homura sighed again, "In order to lure Uchiha Ikezumi out of the village, he used some excuse to deceive Hiruzen. His impulsive actions have led to irreversible consequences."
Xiaochun, who had just switched dorm rooms, remained silent for a few seconds.
"None of these young successors are easy to deal with!"
She said through gritted teeth.
"Kakashi, why did the Hokage tell us to keep an eye on the Uchiha clan?" Might Guy, standing on the roof of a building, couldn't help but ask Kakashi, who was standing next to him, while looking at the Uchiha stronghold ahead.
"have no idea."
Kakashi replied expressionlessly, "We don't need to speculate on the Hokage's thoughts. He issued such an order..."
He must have his reasons.
Although he said that, Kakashi still had some guesses in his heart.
He did not believe that it was the daimyo who invited Hiruzen Sarutobi to the capital of Wano Country.
After all, the daimyo's second son died in Konoha.
It seems the relationship between the Daimyo and the Hokage has become somewhat strained.
So, who was the Hokage's sudden departure from the village related to?
Who is qualified to make the Hokage personally intervene?
An answer popped into Kakashi's mind.
Uchiha Izumi!!!
The reason why the Hokage is eyeing the Uchiha clan at this moment is probably because he is afraid that the radical faction of the Uchiha clan might do something bad while he is away.
Inside the Uchiha clan's compound.
Several elders from the Uchiha hawk faction gathered together, and Uchiha Setsuna was naturally among them, sitting in the chief seat.
"In an instant, this was absolutely the perfect opportunity!"
An elder with a hawkish stance twitched his face, his emotions running high. "The information that Hiruzen Sarutobi led a large number of Anbu ninjas out of Konoha has been confirmed! Now is the time when Konoha's strength is at its weakest, so weak that if our Uchiha clan were to send out the entire force..."
"They could take control of the entire Hidden Leaf Village within a single day!"
"When Hiruzen Sarutobi returns to Konoha, he will be forced to become the Third Hokage! Then, the Fifth Hokage will take charge of Konoha! And the Fifth Hokage's surname will be—'Uchiha'!!!"
The passionate emotion in his words touched even Uchiha Setsuna.
Uchiha Setsuna was naturally tempted.
This opportunity is so rare, it's like God suddenly gave him a big prize.
Hiruzen Sarutobi is not here, Izumi Uchiha is not here, and neither is the Konoha Anbu.
All that remained were the Root clan, crippled long ago by Uchiha Izumi, and some Konoha ninja clans that couldn't unite. Under these circumstances, it was indeed an excellent opportunity for a coup.
Uchiha Setsuna thought the idea that "you can become Hokage by gaining the approval of everyone in the village" was utter nonsense.
He believed that the ninja clans in the village would only help whoever won.
For example, Uchiha Ikezumi repeatedly defied Hiruzen Sarutobi.
And he won every argument he made.
Didn't Ino-Shika-Cho choose to side with that brat?
If he leads the Uchiha clan to a successful coup, and if he wins, they will all help him.
"good!!!"
Uchiha Setsuna slammed his hand on the table, his old face flushed with excitement.
Just as he was about to say something, a commotion suddenly broke out outside, which made him frown.
Sudden.
The tightly closed door to the hall was forcibly pulled open, and Fugaku Uchiha led a group of Uchiha ninjas in expressionlessly.
Under Setsuna's astonished gaze, Fugaku found a seat and calmly sat down.
"Senior Setsuna, shouldn't such an important meeting be convened by the entire Uchiha clan? So, may I ask what you were talking about just now?"
Fugaku said in a cold tone.
"Fugaku!!!"
Uchiha Setsuna's eyelids were twitching violently.
Although Fugaku didn't say anything else, Setsuna Uchiha could still tell that the other party was just there to cause trouble!
The so-called head of the Uchiha clan.
He looks more like a lackey of the Naruto!
Despite Setsuna's angry glare, Fugaku's expression remained unchanged, for he was already used to it. Moreover, for the sake of ensuring the continuation of the Uchiha bloodline in Konoha, he could only now side with the Hokage.
At least, Fugaku felt that the Uchiha clan had not been forced to the point where a coup was necessary.
Moreover, Uchiha Setsuna's actions will definitely provoke Rin.
Before leaving, the Hokage instructed him to keep a close eye on Itachi.
In this way...
Fugaku had to come personally to stop Uchiha Setsuna's actions.
The atmosphere immediately became tense and confrontational.
It felt like a gun was about to go off at any moment.
On a street somewhere in Konoha, Uchiha Izumi, with a gash on her forehead and blood streaming down her face, plunged the sharp blade of her ninja sword into the chest of a Konoha ninja.
As the other person's eyes gradually lost focus, Quan couldn't help but gasp for breath.
She was quite disheveled, with a shuriken deeply embedded in her left shoulder.
"Today, in the name of absolute justice, I put you on trial."
She mimicked a phrase once spoken by her senior, Ikezumi, and slowly drew her ninja sword, then pushed the villain's corpse forward with one hand.
Peng Yi—
Seeing Toto fall heavily to the ground, Izumi slowly exhaled and said to the dumbfounded Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha, "No matter what the identity of the villain who committed the crime is, even if he is a member of the Sarutobi clan or a relative of the Hokage, [Absolute Justice] will not have the slightest pity for him, nor will it turn a blind eye to the evil he has done."
The Konoha ninja killed by Izumi was none other than a special Jonin from the Sarutobi clan.
She hadn't forgotten the task that Senior Chi Quan had given her.
While upholding absolute justice in the village, we must also properly teach those two brats, Uchiha Sasuke and Uzumaki Naruto, a lesson.
Make them realize the correctness of absolute justice!
"But—" Naruto swallowed hard, then pointed to the ninja lying on the ground beside him, his arm severed, groaning in pain: "He... he shouldn't be a villain, right?"
Naruto remembered clearly that when Izumi Uchiha was fighting against a Sarutobi clan ninja, this ninja suddenly intervened and tried to "break up" the fight.
As a result, Senior Izumi did not hesitate to point his ninja sword at the man and cut off his right hand with one stroke!
That scene really startled Naruto; he had originally thought Izumi Uchiha was a gentle older sister.
But now it seems that her methods were anything but ordinary in their brutality.
"I already warned him not to obstruct the execution of justice, or he would be killed without mercy, but he acted as if he didn't hear me." As Izumi spoke, he drew the shuriken from his shoulder.
The wound on his shoulder was so deep that the bone was visible.
She endured the pain and said in a deep voice, "Since he has made his choice and sided with evil, then I will also make my choice to condone his evil deeds. I am no longer innocent."
"In the eyes of [Absolute Justice], his actions are aiding and abetting evil. [Absolute Justice] will eliminate all obstacles in its path, no matter who they are."
These were words that Senior Chi Quan had once said to me.
Now she is relaying these words to Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha as someone who has been through it all.
This gave Izumi a rather strange feeling.
Don't let her constantly imitate senior Chi Quan in every aspect.
for example-..-
Although her shoulder was very painful, she endured it without saying a word.
Ah!
That's the kind of tough guy my senior is!
anyway.
So much time has passed, hasn't the senior returned yet?
One day later.
Outside the capital of the Land of Fire.
"Huff!" Hiruzen Sarutobi squatted on a thick tree branch, panting heavily. The last time his old bones had exerted themselves this much...
It was on the night of the Nine-Tails' rampage.
Now, several years have passed, and I am much older.
He felt somewhat overwhelmed after rushing from Konoha Village to the capital of the Land of Fire.
If I were young, I wouldn't even break a sweat.
"...You really can't deny getting old."
Hiruzen Sarutobi murmured something in a voice only he could hear.
Behind him were a large number of secret agents.
"Lord Hokage?" a member of the Anbu asked from the side.
Hiruzen Sarutobi maintained a calm exterior, concealing his exhaustion. He straightened up, gazed at the capital of the Land of Fire ahead, and declared, "Enter the capital! Protect the daimyo!"
"Yes, Lord Hokage!"
The defenses of the Land of Fire's capital were practically nonexistent for these ninjas.
After Hiruzen Sarutobi and his group of ANBU ninjas infiltrated the capital of the Land of Fire, the samurai found nothing at all.
After taking only a few steps within the capital of the Land of Fire, Hiruzen Sarutobi could clearly sense that the atmosphere around him was very strange.
The pedestrians on the street were all in a hurry, and you could see a hint of unease on their faces.
Many shops along the street were closed.
In the distance, it seemed as if mournful music could still be heard.
The atmosphere in the entire capital of the Land of Fire looked extremely eerie.
This also made Hiruzen Sarutobi's heart skip a beat.
"Oh no—" As he hurriedly led a group of ANBU ninjas to the Daimyo's residence in the Land of Fire, they suddenly passed by a large estate belonging to a powerful family. When he looked around, he saw samurai carrying out corpses, each covered with a white cloth.
Hiruzen Sarutobi immediately stopped, and a large group of ANBU ninjas behind him also stopped, just like the Hokage.
This group of ninjas startled the samurai of the Untotai.
Hiruzen Sarutobi's old face was filled with complex emotions. He asked directly, "These nobles—were they all killed?"
As the Hokage, his aura is indeed very strong, and the dark cloud that the ninjas have brought to the capital of the Land of Fire has not yet dissipated.
A samurai swallowed hard and quickly replied, "It's a ninja named 'Uchiha Izumi'."
Hiruzen Sarutobi's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, was now completely dead.
Hiruzen Sarutobi felt his mouth was getting dry, and he asked again, "How many people did Ike Ichiha kill?"
"have no idea."
The samurai shook his head like a rattle-drum: "I only heard that many people died yesterday. That ninja? He killed from day to night, and from night to this morning, before finally stopping."
"When I went out today, I felt like the air I was breathing smelled of blood. The officials in Daming Prefecture didn't say much, they just told our police force to dispose of all the bodies."
Slow!
Hiruzen Sarutobi suddenly noticed something suspicious—why did this samurai address Uchiha Ikezumi as "Ninja-sama"?
Didn't the people of Daimyo Prefecture previously call Ikezumi a villainous ninja?
But the other party was just a samurai from the police force.
Hiruzen Sarutobi felt that the other party knew this much as much as they could possibly know.
He quickly thanked them and then led the group of ANBU ninjas away in an instant.
Not long after.
Daming Mansion.
One after another, the ANBU ninjas from Konoha, like a flock of crows descending from the sky, stood in various corners of the Daimyo's mansion, concealing their figures well.
Their different positions, in a way, had already subtly surrounded the entire daimyo mansion.
Hiruzen Sarutobi stood in front of the gate of the Daimyo's mansion.
He was accompanied by only two ANBU ninjas.
"There's a bloody smell—though not as strong as the bloody smell from the residences of the powerful families we passed through before, it's not too different."
When Hiruzen Sarutobi's nose twitched slightly.
His mood grew increasingly heavy.
And for some reason, there wasn't a single samurai or ninja guarding the vast Daimyo's residence in the Land of Fire! Didn't that Daimyo worry about his personal safety at all?
Or perhaps Hiruzen Sarutobi simply didn't dare to think any further.
He walked straight in.
"H-Hokage-sama?!" A clear voice startled Hiruzen Sarutobi. When he looked over, he saw Anko Mitarashi.
"-·red beans?"
Before Hiruzen Sarutobi could react, he saw that next to Anko, there was also Izumi Uchiha standing there!
"Chiquan!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi felt that his ominous premonition had become a reality.
When he saw Uchiha Ikezumi inside the Daimyo's mansion, and when he saw the bloodstains on Uchiha Ikezumi's clothes, he knew that the Daimyo of the Land of Fire might have met with misfortune!
Before Hiruzen Sarutobi could say anything, a tentative question rang out from the other side: "You are—the Third Hokage of Konoha? Hiruzen Sarutobi-senpai?"
When Hiruzen Sarutobi turned his head again, he saw a man who looked somewhat similar to the daimyo of the Land of Fire.
He recognized the other party as the eldest son of a great lord, "Yasuhito Oenin"!
He saw the tired look on the other person's face.
I also noticed the other party's cautious demeanor.
Hiruzen Sarutobi remained silent.
He opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say. He could only nod slightly to the eldest son of the daimyo to indicate that he was the Hokage of Konoha.
The eldest son of the daimyo seemed to have seen through the thoughts of the Konoha Hokage who had suddenly arrived. He forced a smile on his stiff and tired face and said to Hiruzen Sarutobi, "Father, he has already paid the price for his wrongdoings yesterday."
Hiruzen Sarutobi: "!!!"
really!!!
A look of extreme horror flashed deep in Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyes; he felt as if the sky had collapsed.
Even the two ANBU ninjas behind him, as well as the ANBU ninjas lurking all around, changed their expressions slightly at the same time.
next second.
One gaze after another focused on Uchiha Ikezumi, each gaze filled with disbelief.
This is the Uchiha who believes in "absolute justice".
He actually assassinated the daimyo of the Land of Fire with his own hands!
and!
After killing the daimyo of the Land of Fire, the other party actually stayed openly in the capital of the Land of Fire, and even stayed in the daimyo's mansion!
this.-
Is there a more arrogant ninja than this? Is there a more extreme Uchiha clan than this?
Compared to Uchiha Izumi, Uchiha Madara, who had ideological differences with the First Hokage, was probably not so extreme, right?
At the same time, they also understood the deeper meaning behind the eldest son of the daimyo's words.
In particular, does the phrase "wrongdoing" mean that the eldest son of the daimyo, whose biological father was killed, chose to remain silent?
This explains why Uchiha Ikezumi could stand openly inside the Daimyo's residence, while the Daimyo's eldest son said nothing.
hiss!
Hiruzen Sarutobi was terrified. He couldn't even imagine how the powerful figures of the Land of Fire would view him, the Hokage of Konoha, in the future. They would definitely think that Izumi was someone he had ordered.
Especially when he saw that even the eldest son of the daimyo was looking at him with a hint of evasion, Hiruzen Sarutobi felt like the sky had fallen.
Even if he jumped into the Miya River, he probably wouldn't be able to clear his name of the injustice he suffered.
Misunderstanding!
I, the Hokage of the First Leaf, am also a victim of absolute justice!
"Ike Izumi!" Hiruzen Sarutobi, his emotions surging and difficult to calm, turned his gaze to Uchiha Ike Izumi, his old face barely able to contain itself.
If the daimyo's eldest son hadn't been standing next to him, he probably would have lost his composure!
"What exactly are you doing?" Hiruzen Sarutobi practically forced these words out through clenched teeth. "That's a Daimyo, the Daimyo of the Land of Fire! He's like a monarch! Konoha ninjas are the monarch's subjects! They are the monarch's sword for expanding territory and the shield for protecting the country! Not venomous snakes that turn around and bite their monarch!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi was unable to describe his current emotions.
He felt that his eyes must be completely bloodshot right now.
I could even feel my fingertips trembling with anger.
"And you"
Hiruzen Sarutobi felt a little short of breath. He had thought that killing hundreds of people in Tanabata was the limit that Izumi Uchiha could do.
Those hundreds of people were indeed villains, and Hiruzen Sarutobi had decided not to pursue the matter with Ikezumi.
But who could have imagined that after leaving Tanabata Street, Uchiha Ikezumi would pull off a shocking feat for the Hokage that would astound the entire ninja world!
"And you chose to be that venomous snake! You're not upholding justice anymore; you're destroying the order and rules of the entire ninja world."
Do you want to make enemies of the entire ninja world?!
Hiruzen Sarutobi's tone was full of incomprehension.
Uchiha Ikezumi calmly stated, her eyes completely unwavering, "Before this, wasn't I already an enemy of the entire ninja world? Especially in your eyes, isn't 'absolute justice' an ideal you can't tolerate?"
The two short sentences summed up Hiruzen Sarutobi.
"Chiquan! This is different!"
After a moment's pause, Hiruzen Sarutobi said with a grim face, "Before this, your justice was only against evil. But from this point on, both evil and order will be your enemies!"
"The ninja world cannot tolerate a ninja who assassinates a daimyo!"
Uchiha Ikezumi said indifferently, "Let me correct you. I walked in openly and honestly, and in the name of 'absolute justice,' I killed the evil daimyo of the Land of Fire, thus ending the source of this evil."
"Absolute Justice never engages in despicable acts like assassination; even when it comes to wielding a blade against evil, it is done with righteous indignation."
Hiruzen Sarutobi: "...—"
No.
What do you mean by correcting this? So you've completely ignored the real meaning behind my earnest advice?
Hiruzen Sarutobi was almost driven half to death with anger.
The biggest mistake Uchiha Ikezumi made in his previous mishaps was killing the daimyo's second son. While this mistake was significant, it wasn't far-reaching enough to have lasting consequences; otherwise, Hiruzen Sarutobi wouldn't have had the confidence to keep the body hidden until now.
This time, however, he had stirred up a hornet's nest that was so big that even the Hokage of Konoha was helpless.
Ironically, the person who started all of this acted as if nothing was wrong.
How could Hiruzen Sarutobi not be furious?
How could he possibly keep his composure?!
"Ikezumi, I've really spoiled you too much in Konoha!" Hiruzen Sarutobi's expression was uncertain. Just as he was about to grit his teeth and say something, he was interrupted by Ikezumi Uchiha.
"Third Hokage," Uchiha Ikezumi said coldly, "Even his eldest son had no objection to the daimyo dying in the judgment of 'Absolute Justice.' Yet you, as the Hokage of Konoha, are here feeling pity for the death of a villain. Does the Third Hokage of Konoha not even have a proper sense of right and wrong?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi: "???"
He couldn't help but glance at the eldest son of the daimyo next door, and was shocked to find that the eldest son had actually nodded slightly: "Lord Hokage, Father was wrong, and you don't need to make amends for him."
Hiruzen Sarutobi was stunned.
"Your Highness?" Hiruzen Sarutobi suddenly realized what was happening. He said solemnly, "Perhaps Your Highness has some misunderstandings about Konoha. Konoha Village..."
"I've always stood on the side of the Daimyo's forces. Ikezumi's absolute justice doesn't represent Konoha's Will of Fire."
He felt that the eldest son of the daimyo must be worried that he and Ikezumi were in cahoots.
Therefore, Hiruzen Sarutobi sincerely expressed his position.
Ninjas don't engage in production, and without the support of daimyo or powerful figures, he didn't dare to think how long Konoha's economy could be sustained.
The eldest son of the famous man was taken aback.
He couldn't help but glance at Uchiha Ikezumi, whose expression remained completely unchanged, and then at Sarutobi Hiruzen, whose face was as black as the bottom of a pot.
He was somewhat tempted.
However-
Recalling the bloody day in the capital of the Fire Kingdom yesterday, thinking of the noble families who were wiped out one after another, recalling the blood-soaked corpses, the tragic death of her father, and the cowardly words she uttered in front of so many people.
Breathing in the still faint smell of blood in the air, the daimyo's eldest son's budding attraction was instantly extinguished.
He broke out in a cold sweat.
He forced a smile.
"His Hokage father was indeed blinded by the power of the Daimyo, which led him to do many foolish things."
You really don't need to try to make amends for him. As my father's eldest son, I only want to spend the rest of my life making amends for the mistakes he made.
"In this way, the Land of Fire, whose values have collapsed, whose morality has declined, and whose justice is lacking, can regain correct values, correct morality, and the most correct absolute justice."
The eldest son of the daimyo spoke in a dry tone.
It nearly caused Hiruzen Sarutobi's brain to short-circuit.