radicalducati Chapter 22: This road is blocked; whoever comes will die.
Chapter 22: This road is blocked; whoever comes will die.
Within the root base.
Danzo stared grimly at the departing figures of Hiruzen Sarutobi and the group of Anbu ninjas.
Wait until the other party has completely disappeared from sight.
Danzo's emotions finally erupted.
"asshole!!!"
All the research data on Wood Release and Sharingan were extorted by that bastard monkey.
Even... Danzo had to hand over the remaining two three-tomoe Sharingan eyes that he hadn't had time to transplant into his body to the other party.
He had secretly acquired all of these Sharingan eyes during the Third Shinobi World War, working diligently with the Root organization.
Now, not only has one of his Sharingan eyes been wasted by Uchiha Ikezumi.
And that bastard monkey even extorted two Sharingan eyes from me!
This was the explanation the monkey wanted to satisfy him.
and.
Before leaving, Hiruzen Sarutobi gave Danzo a warning, which could even be described as a threat.
"Danzo, don't let me know that something like this has happened again. The first time, I tolerated you because you did make many contributions to Konoha. Next time, I won't have that limit of tolerance. If this happens again, you'll have to give up your position as the leader of Root."
Danzo clenched his fists as he recalled what Hiruzen Sarutobi had said.
"This is clearly the root that I painstakingly nurtured with my own hands. What right does it have to threaten my position in the root?!"
He spoke slowly and deliberately, gritting his teeth.
"You damn monkey! And that inherently evil Uchiha brat!!!"
Just then.
An intelligence agent from Root rushed back to Root base and immediately reported the new intelligence to Danzo.
"Lord Danzo, Naruto Uzumaki, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, has been taken to the police headquarters by Izumi Uchiha! I heard that this happened with the tacit approval of the Third Hokage."
Danzo: "???"
……
Inside the Uchiha clan's compound.
"Uchiha Izumi captured that fox demon brat and brought him to the police station building?"
A Uchiha ninja's eyes suddenly lit up, a hint of eagerness in them. He exclaimed, "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! It's said that the Nine-Tailed Fox was sealed inside this brat; he's a Jinchuriki!"
"If we can control the power of the Jinchuriki, who among those old fogies in the village would dare to raise their voice at our Uchiha clan?"
He exclaimed excitedly, "I never expected that Uchiha Izumi, who usually seems so out of place and unsociable, even frequently clashing with his own clan members..."
"But when it really matters, he's actually quite reliable!"
It seems that Naruto Uzumaki is most likely the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki—a fact that appears to be a "secret" known only to the higher-ups of Konoha.
But no one is a fool; rumors have been circulating in the village that this little devil is the incarnation of a fox demon and a jinx.
Most rumors are not lost without reason.
With just a little thought, one can tell that he has an inextricable connection with the Nine-Tailed Fox.
At this moment, another Uchiha ninja nearby frowned and sneered, "I heard that Naruto Uzumaki is in Lord Fugaku's office. Do you think, given Lord Fugaku's personality... ha, he'd let us use Jinchuriki to intimidate the village's higher-ups?"
"That's Fugaku with his fierce eyes, the one who 'puts the greater good' first!"
Another Uchiha ninja gritted his teeth and said, "Hmph! Fugaku Clan Head is just indecisive! But if we gather a group of clansmen and put some pressure on him, do you think he can refuse?"
"If we possess the power of the fox spirit, our planned coup can be implemented some time ahead of schedule."
"We can ask Elder Shaka to help!"
"..."
There were more than twenty Uchiha ninjas gathered together.
These people are all hawks within the Uchiha clan.
They all centered around "Uchiha Setsuna," a hawkish elder of the Uchiha clan who was imprisoned for many years by the Second Hokage for attempting a coup and was only recently released.
However, these relatively young, hawkish Uchiha clan ninjas were still too slow to react.
Several Uchiha hawk elders, led by "Uchiha Setsuna".
They had already headed straight for the police force building!
however……
……
"Uchiha Ikezumi, what do you mean?!" Uchiha Setsuna, who was about the same age as Hiruzen Sarutobi, was leaning on a cane and staring intently at Uchiha Ikezumi, who was blocking the middle of the street.
"Ike...Ike Senpai, what is this...?" Izumi, who was following behind Uchiha Ike Senpai, was also staring at Ike Senpai in disbelief.
All I saw was...
Uchiha Izumi drew his ninja sword from his waist and stood quietly on the street of the Uchiha compound, sword in hand.
The atmosphere instantly became tense and hostile.
Several hawkish elders and their guards also stepped forward to confront the suddenly appearing Uchiha Ikezumi.
Uchiha Izumi ignored Uchiha Setsuna's question. He simply said calmly to Izumi beside him, "Rookie, if 'evil' clashes with 'evil,' the conflict can cause them to both be severely injured, or even perish together."
"But such conflicts can affect many people who shouldn't be affected. Do you think that 'absolute justice' should stand idly by in such situations, or should it intervene to stop them?"
Quan was startled.
She pondered deeply, twirling her fingertips around the ends of her hair, and tentatively said, "Senior, this question is too profound... but I feel that [absolute justice] shouldn't be so ruthless."
Her courage gradually grew: "If...if I were to make the decision, I would choose to stop it!"
Wait a minute...
Senior Chi Quan certainly wouldn't ask me this question for no reason.
In addition, there's what Senior Chi Quan is doing now.
hiss!
Could it be that in the eyes of the seniors, these elderly elders of the Uchiha clan are also "evil" beings?
That other "evil"...
Which side is it this time? Is it Lord Fugaku? Or Lord Hokage?
Quan swallowed hard.
"Newcomer, you've only answered half the question correctly." Uchiha Izumi said slowly, "Absolute Justice has no mercy; it requires utterly ruthless methods to carry it out to the end. The reason we need to stop this from happening is that Absolute Justice will not allow any 'evil' to swagger around in front of us."
Even if you know that allowing 'evil' to fight among itself will only benefit 'justice' and not harm it, allowing 'evil' to run rampant before your eyes is already a betrayal of 'absolute justice'.
"Newcomers, never harbor the idea of indulging one 'evil' and letting it destroy another 'evil.' Even the slightest mishap could prevent them from mutually harming each other..."
"This approach will only allow one of the 'evil's' powers to swell to a point where even 'absolute justice' cannot suppress it."
The Uchiha hawks' coup plan was not considered "evil" by Uchiha Ikezumi, because it was just a plan.
But their reckless, unjust, and distorted behavior during the coup...
In Uchiha Ikezumi's eyes, it was "evil".
The reason he knew so much was entirely because of the red and white squares in front of him.
Evil is vividly displayed in it.
Then.
Uchiha Ikezumi then paid attention to Uchiha Setsuna, whose expression was uncertain.
But his words ignited a surge of rage in Uchiha Setsuna.
"This road is blocked."
"Whoever comes will die."
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