Konoha: Uchiha’s Absolute Justice Chapter 024

“Uchiha Ikeizumi…” Uchiha Setsuna, his old face grim, enunciated each word through gritted teeth, “He’s already been brainwashed by the Senju’s Will of Fire, just like that Uchiha Itachi!”

“He’s not loyal to the Uchiha clan; he’s loyal to Konoha, loyal to the Senju clan! He’s a traitor to the Uchiha!”

To an extreme hawk-faction elder like Uchiha Setsuna, clan members who didn’t support the coup plan were cowardly good-for-nothings.

And Uchiha who openly sided with the Hokage were those brainwashed by the Will of Fire, almost beyond redemption.

As for Uchiha Ikeizumi…

Uchiha Setsuna maliciously speculated that he was a combination of both types, even surpassing them.

Because that bastard Uchiha Ikeizumi’s killing intent towards him just now was absolutely not fake.

He truly wanted to kill him!

“Elder Setsuna.” At this moment, a hawk-faction Uchiha beside him said, “Uchiha Ikeizumi is very likely to become the biggest obstacle to our plan, just like Uchiha Itachi.”

“That guy, perhaps from the very beginning, was not on the same page as us. His stance has never been on the Uchiha’s side.”

Uchiha Setsuna snorted coldly.

He seemed to be pondering something.

…

On the other side.

After Sarutobi Hiruzen left the Root base, he didn’t return to the Hokage building but instead came to the Konoha Prison and waited silently.

It wasn’t long before Sarutobi Hiruzen was met by an Uchiha Police Force member.

The police force member was bringing the offending Uzumaki Naruto to Konoha Prison—this was an order from Fugaku.

“Hokage…-sama?”

The police force member, upon seeing Sarutobi Hiruzen and the ANBU ninja around him, inevitably became nervous.

After all, he was an Uchiha clan ninja, and the brat he was dragging was the rumored incarnation of the Nine-Tails.

“It’s alright.”

Sarutobi Hiruzen gestured for him to calm down, not being overbearing, and said with a chuckle, “This old man has always trusted the Uchiha clan, believing that you wouldn’t do anything out of line. From the current situation, Fugaku has made the correct choice. You should also be on Fugaku’s side, right?”

The police force member bowed his head and said, “Indeed, Clan Head Fugaku ordered me to transfer Uzumaki Naruto to Konoha Prison in a timely manner, to prevent some clan members from coming into contact with Uzumaki Naruto.”

Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded in satisfaction.

He continued, “Just leave Naruto to this old man.”

The police force member hesitated, “If I leave him to Hokage-sama, what about Uchiha Ikeizumi…”

Uchiha Ikeizumi was an existence that even Clan Head Fugaku couldn’t control.

He was still a bit wary of Uchiha Ikeizumi.

Sarutobi Hiruzen said, “This isn’t a conflict. Ikeizumi’s goal is to teach Naruto a lesson by having him imprisoned in Konoha Prison, and aren’t you bringing Naruto here now?”

“As Konoha’s Hokage, it is my power to pardon Naruto with Hokage’s special privilege and take him from Konoha Prison. Even if Ikeizumi is displeased, he will only come to me, not to you.”

“…Yes, Hokage-sama.” The police force member thought for a moment, then released Naruto.

“Grandpa Hokage!!!”

“Waaah…”

Naruto, who had been on tenterhooks all day and was now finally “rescued,” practically threw himself at Sarutobi Hiruzen, almost in tears.

Sarutobi Hiruzen patted Naruto’s head, his tone turning serious as he instructed the ANBU ninja behind him, “Keep a close eye on Root recently. This old man suspects Danzo won’t let this go. That guy is not someone who can swallow his pride, especially when the one who made him suffer is a genius ninja of the Uchiha clan.”

“Yes, Hokage-sama.”

…

The evening arrived in a blink of an eye.

Uchiha Ikeizumi, who had inadvertently stirred up the situation in Konoha, casually strolled around the village several times with Izumi.

It was as if the shifting winds of the situation had nothing to do with him.

Uchiha Ikeizumi’s calm demeanor even allowed the constantly anxious Izumi to slightly calm her thoughts.

“Newcomer, report count.”

“Yes! Ikeizumi-senpai!” Izumi said, perking up, “Including Uzumaki Naruto, today… we found a total of nine ‘evildoers.’ Among them, three disrupted Konoha’s order, two were involved in theft, two were involved in brawling, and…”

At this point, Izumi’s tone became a little cautious, she said, “And two were involved in obstructing justice. Of the nine ‘evildoers,’ seven were arrested and imprisoned, and two were killed on the spot.”

The two evildoers Izumi mentioned, who were killed on the spot for obstructing justice, were the two Root ninja who died at Uchiha Ikeizumi’s hands.

Uchiha Ikeizumi glanced at her: “You missed a lot.”

“Huh?”

Izumi was momentarily confused; she felt she hadn’t missed anything!

She had even recorded everything that happened today in her small notebook.

But…

Facing Ikeizumi-senpai’s gaze, Izumi suddenly became a little less confident. She couldn’t bring herself to say the words “I didn’t miss anything.”

“Did… did I miss something?”

Izumi asked weakly.

“Shimura Danzo, Sarutobi Hiruzen, and that Uchiha Setsuna, and…” Uchiha Ikeizumi calmly called out name after name, as if he were the King of Hell summoning souls.

He said with a cold expression, “These people stood on the opposite side of justice today, but because our justice wasn’t strong enough, they are still able to roam free.”

“These ‘evils’ that need to be purged…”

“You missed all of them.”

Izumi listened with trepidation. Ikeizumi-senpai had almost named all the high-ranking officials in the village, hadn’t he?

Even several elders of the Uchiha clan were not overlooked by Ikeizumi-senpai.

If all the names Ikeizumi-senpai mentioned were to be “purged.”

Wouldn’t that be equivalent to…

Rebellion?!

“Write these people down too,” Uchiha Ikeizumi said indifferently.

“O-okay, senpai.” Izumi could only take out her small notebook and write down what Ikeizumi-senpai had just said.

But she found that her fingertips were trembling a little as she wrote, especially after writing down Hokage-sama “Sarutobi Hiruzen’s” name; she felt like she couldn’t get off the boat now.

If this small notebook were to be discovered by those ANBU ninja.

Hiss!

She felt like she would spend the rest of her life in Konoha Prison.

As Izumi walked with Uchiha Ikeizumi and recorded things, her peripheral vision suddenly caught a small figure at the street corner ahead.

Izumi’s clear eyes widened slightly.

She watched as the small figure, who had suddenly turned the corner, collided with Ikeizumi-senpai.

Thump!

Without suspense, the other person fell on their backside, and the things they were carrying scattered across the ground.

“Ugh—”

Izumi heard the child’s grunt of pain.

“Sasuke, watch where you’re going.” She heard a gentle voice speak apologetically from further ahead, “I’m sorry, this child is too reckless, he caused you trouble.”

“Oh? You are…”

“Ikeizumi?”

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