Naruto: Uchiha's Absolute Justice

Chapter 46: Evil Will Continuously Breed

For a split second, Fugaku truly wished his hearing was playing tricks on him, rather than Uchiha Ikeizumi harboring such a dangerous thought.

—Wanting to kill the Hokage-sama but not finding a suitable opportunity!

Were these words that could be brazenly spoken in broad daylight?

Even someone as composed as Fugaku nearly lost his composure.

At this moment.

Many Uchiha Police Force members also arrived in succession.

They all blocked every exit, leaving Uchiha Onigawara no chance of escape.

They also cast wary glances at the two figures ahead.

But upon realizing Uchiha Ikeizumi was also present.

They visibly froze.

"Uchiha Ikeizumi? He… he's Uchiha Onigawara's relative, isn't he? If I remember correctly, his nephew?"

A Uchiha Police Force member murmured in astonishment.

...

Equally shocked as Fugaku was Uchiha Onigawara.

He believed that, as Uchiha Ikeizumi's blood relative, he understood Ikeizumi's extreme personality very well.

Only now did he realize…

His understanding of Uchiha Ikeizumi was ultimately too shallow.

This brat was unbelievably extreme!

He dared to kill Uchiha clan ninja, he dared to kill his own blood relatives, and he even dared to kill the Hokage himself!

In the vast ninja world…

Was there anyone he wouldn't dare to kill?

The pain from his mangled fingers blurred Uchiha Onigawara's vision. As Uchiha Ikeizumi stepped forward, he stumbled back a step.

Uchiha Onigawara suddenly cracked a malicious smile, his tone turning vicious: "…Ikeizumi, honestly, isn't your so-called [Absolute Justice] just an excuse for your killings? Besides, you've probably killed no fewer people in Konoha than I have, have you? You and I, we're actually the same! We're blood-related! We're both bloodthirsty!"

"Ikeizumi! Sooner or later, your mask will also be torn! Sooner or later, you'll become exactly like me! No, you'll be even more extreme than me! This is the destiny predetermined by the Uchiha clan bloodline between us!"

Uchiha Onigawara's vision was instantly consumed by surging lava.

With his ten fingers melted by the lava, he was powerless to resist.

The distance between them had closed to the point where he had no chance to even dodge.

"Ikeizumi! I'll be waiting for you in the afterlife!"

—BOOM!

A body, now headless, was instantly drained of all strength.

And collapsed straight backward.

Uchiha Onigawara.

Dead!

[Ding! You have successfully killed a "red-named" villain! Your chakra has received a small increase! Congratulations, you have successfully dropped: "Sharingan Doujutsu power possessed by Uchiha Onigawara"!]

Uchiha Ikeizumi's lava-transformed arm had returned to normal.

He stood still, eyes closed, quietly rooted to the spot.

He could clearly feel a doujutsu power being rapidly absorbed, digested, and integrated into his own Sharingan doujutsu power.

This change lasted only a brief two seconds before ending.

To outsiders…

He merely fell into a deathly silence after slaying his blood relative who had descended into the abyss of evil.

...

"This guy…" A Uchiha clan ninja wanted to step forward to check the situation but hesitated: "He actually killed his own blood relative for his so-called [Absolute Justice]?"

A Police Force ninja remained silent for half a second, then slowly murmured, "It is said that Uchiha Onigawara was Uchiha Ikeizumi's only living blood relative."

"This…"

"No wonder he's called a genius rarely seen in the Uchiha clan for decades. With such capacity, he will sooner or later awaken the legendary Mangekyo Sharingan, won't he?"

"He seems to be closing his eyes… Hey, hey, I remember he had three tomoe. Is he really about to awaken it?"

"Impossible, right…"

"Tch, that [Absolute Justice] he kept muttering about wasn't just made-up after all. Uchiha Onigawara, even in his dying moments, tried to shake Uchiha Ikeizumi's ninja way. He probably thought too much. How could such a person be swayed?"

"…"

Amidst the hushed whispers of the crowd, Izumi, accompanied by Kijirō, arrived belatedly and hastily.

She rested her hands on her knees, panting, her small face pale.

"Meow, Lord Ikeizumi truly acted selflessly to uphold justice, meow…"

Izumi suddenly heard the surprised tone of Kijirō on her shoulder.

She quickly looked up and saw Senior Ikeizumi standing silently before a headless corpse.

A little lava was still flowing on the ground in front.

She said in shock, "That… that body, could it be?"

Kijirō said, "That's Uchiha Onigawara. His head is missing, and his neck looks charred black. No need to guess, he was definitely killed by Lord Ikeizumi's Lava Release, meow."

"Meow, this was Lord Ikeizumi's only living blood relative. Now, Lord Ikeizumi is truly all alone in the world."

Izumi pursed her lips.

"Senior Ikeizumi, is he in a lot of pain right now?"

She murmured.

Izumi couldn't imagine how she would feel if she had to kill her own blood relative.

Sadness?

Pain?

Regret?

Sorrow?

"Ah—" She frantically wiped her moist eyes, and as she turned her head, she met Kijirō's disdainful gaze.

"Rookie, your empathy is too strong. Good thing Lord Ikeizumi isn't looking this way, or you'd lose points, meow."

Izumi defended softly, "But… perhaps only those with strong empathy can truly understand how hard-won justice and fairness are."

She took a deep breath. With none of the Police Force ninja, including Fugaku, stepping forward.

She actively walked towards Uchiha Ikeizumi.

"…Senior Ikeizumi?" Izumi approached Uchiha Ikeizumi, gathering her courage to prompt him.

"Rookie, you've arrived at the right time."

She noticed that Senior Ikeizumi's tone held no sadness; it was as flat as ever, as if he had become numb.

Uchiha Ikeizumi asked, "Which lesson was this, among those I taught you?"

Izumi immediately stood straight, replying, "The fourth lesson! No matter what high-sounding excuses others use to commit evil, one must unswervingly execute Absolute Justice! Even if…"

Her memory was excellent.

She could remember anything Senior Ikeizumi said after hearing it just once.

Izumi's voice dropped slightly in emotion, but then she remembered how those around them never understood the justice her Senior believed in, so she immediately raised her voice, shouting, "Even if the blade of justice must be wielded against the person you are most familiar with, most intimate with!"

"You must not hesitate! You must strike the blade without leniency!"

"Execute justice with absolutely thorough means!"

"To purge the evil of the ninja world!"

Uchiha Ikeizumi glanced at Izumi, whose small face was slightly flushed from shouting, then turned to Uchiha Fugaku, who was not far away, and said, "The rest is for you to clean up and handle."

Fugaku's ears still echoed with the young girl's firm and decisive shouts.

He looked at Uchiha Ikeizumi and Izumi with complex eyes.

Ikeizumi had, after all, passed on his "ninja way" to the new generation!

But, could the "evil" of the ninja world truly be purged?

—Ikeizumi, as long as there are people, evil will continuously breed! You understand this truth better than anyone, don't you?

Fugaku did not speak these words aloud.

But he knew that after today, many within the Uchiha clan would likely change their perception of Ikeizumi.

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