Chapter 76: Uchiha Ikeizumi's Justice
"Daddy, who is he…?" Ino, her small face puzzled, finally couldn't help but quietly ask Inoichi Yamanaka as she watched Uchiha Ikeizumi turn and walk away.
Inoichi Yamanaka withdrew his gaze and said, "His name is Uchiha Ikeizumi."
With that.
He half-knelt, speaking earnestly to his seven-year-old daughter: "Ino, sometimes the adults in the village make mistakes, but Uchiha Ikeizumi is different. This man's conviction and persistence ensure he won't make any mistakes that violate justice."
Inoichi Yamanaka sighed with emotion: "Because he is one of Konoha's few truly good people. He might use extreme methods that you can't understand, but these methods will never be directed at kind people."
A faint smile appeared on Inoichi Yamanaka's usually stern face: "So, when Ino grows up, you must also become a kind person!"
Ino nodded, half understanding.
Then, she couldn't help but look back at their "home," which had turned into ruins, and complained, "But… where are we going to stay tonight?"
Witnessing the horrifying gouges cut by wind blades within the Yamanaka clan compound, a shadow flickered in Inoichi Yamanaka's eyes.
He already had little goodwill towards Danzō and Root.
His perception of Root now plummeted to negative.
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Meanwhile.
Izumi, cautiously trailing behind Uchiha Ikeizumi, felt a pang of guilt because she had been utterly useless all night.
She also wanted to break into the Root ninja's encirclement like Clan Head Fugaku, but unlike Fugaku, she wished to stand with Senior Ikeizumi rather than the Hokage.
Unfortunately, that was just wishful thinking. Her small stature and weak abilities simply couldn't break through the ANBU ninja's encirclement.
Not being a hindrance to her senior was already the limit.
As Izumi looked up at Uchiha Ikeizumi's profile, she noticed the two distinct crimson bloodstains on his cheek. She hastily pulled out a white handkerchief with a faint fragrance from her pocket.
Just as she was about to bravely hand the handkerchief to Senior Ikeizumi…
She suddenly heard footsteps behind them.
"Tch…" Izumi heard Kikujirō, squatting on her shoulder, scoff in disdain: "An annoying fellow is here. Just smelling him makes me uncomfortable, meow."
Then, Izumi heard Fugaku's voice from behind: "Ikeizumi…"
Izumi's delicate brows furrowed in response.
Tonight…
Her impression of Uchiha Fugaku had plummeted to an extreme low. Izumi found it hard to imagine how Fugaku, as the clan head, could stand in opposition to her senior in such a conflict.
Fugaku, walking behind, saw that Uchiha Ikeizumi didn't stop, as if he hadn't heard his voice.
A helpless look flashed across his usually impassive face.
"Ikeizumi, like you, I do not wish to see the future Uchiha die in a clan massacre," Fugaku said in a deep voice to the back of Ikeizumi, expressing his thoughts: "And the source of the clan massacre is the conflict between the village and the Uchiha clan."
"Only by eradicating the conflict in advance can tragedy be avoided. This is the peace that I, the Uchiha clan head, uphold. In your words, isn't this also a form of justice?"
Uchiha Ikeizumi's voice slowly rang out: "Are you asking me to agree with your pathetic compromise and cowardice towards the evil of the ninja world?"
"Is 'justice' coming from your mouth some kind of 'try not to laugh' challenge?"
He stated: "You almost made me laugh."
Fugaku fell silent.
It seemed that Ikeizumi, who pursued Absolute Justice in extreme ways, would never understand his perspective.
Uchiha Ikeizumi didn't bother with him further.
He continued walking on his own.
Izumi, with Kikujirō, quickly followed.
....
Uchiha Ikeizumi could tell how many Sharingan Danzō had consumed to use the forbidden jutsu "Izanagi" to survive, based on the system prompts he received for killing "red-named" individuals.
Tonight, a total of four "Danzō killed" prompts appeared.
Two of them were from being killed by Uchiha Ikeizumi's Lava Release.
The remaining two were definitely from being burned by the Fire of Heavenly Retribution.
But Danzō was only burned to death twice, and the kill prompts stopped, indicating that the Fire of Heavenly Retribution was somehow avoided by him.
However, this "avoidance" couldn't truly get rid of the Fire of Heavenly Retribution.
Danzō had already been deeply branded by the Mangekyo Sharingan. He had to pay the price for his sins every second. Uchiha Ikeizumi could vaguely sense the location of the brand.
Danzō's soul would be burned ceaselessly.
He would eternally experience the pain of his soul being incinerated.
This bone-chilling pain, whether alive or dead, whether in the ninja world or the afterlife, could not be escaped.
"Uchiha Izumi." —Uchiha Ikeizumi's voice made Izumi, who was clutching her handkerchief, flinch.
Izumi immediately shouted: "Present!!!"
Uchiha Ikeizumi asked indifferently: "If one day, I give you the chance to personally kill Shimura Danzō, would you dare to strike a former Konoha elder with your blade of justice?"
Izumi immediately replied without hesitation: "I would dare!!!"
Then, she heard Senior Ikeizumi say something she didn't quite understand: "Then you can prepare yourself. Danzō's countless 'evils,' for Absolute Justice, are an 'evil dragon's treasure' that has yet to be fully unearthed."
Uchiha Ikeizumi glanced at the uneasy girl, his voice utterly devoid of emotion: "Whether the new sprout of Absolute Justice can flourish depends on what you unearth from the 'evil dragon's treasure'."
Danzō's nature in Uchiha Ikeizumi's eyes had changed.
If he could die by the hand of the new sprout of Absolute Justice, it would be Danzō's only contribution to the ninja world.
Izumi then dimly realized something.
"Senior, is Danzō still alive?"
Uchiha Ikeizumi said: "He's temporarily clinging to life with some minor tricks, but he's likely living a life worse than death, becoming a cripple."
Izumi suddenly understood, muttering thoughtfully: "Then he can't commit evil anymore…"
Uchiha Ikeizumi suddenly asked: "Rookie, a villain who is constantly enduring extreme torture and can no longer commit evil. Do you think justice needs to purge him?"
Izumi was startled. She likely realized her senior was testing her.
"It is necessary!"
Izumi nodded heavily, her small face serious: "Without killing the villain, we cannot achieve justice for the innocent! We are merely executors of justice; we have no right to forgive the murderer on behalf of the victims!"
"Correct. You are, marginally, a qualified believer in Absolute Justice."
Uchiha Ikeizumi wouldn't stingy praise.
Even if his tone was cold.
...
At the same time.
Hiruzen Sarutobi, having finally breathed a sigh of relief, didn't return to the Sarutobi clan compound first, but instead went to the Konoha ANBU headquarters.
Because an ANBU ninja had informed him that Danzō had been brought to the ANBU headquarters, but Danzō's condition was somewhat unusual.
As Hiruzen Sarutobi walked in, he heard faint screams.
He thought the sound seemed familiar.
When he reached a secret room, Hiruzen Sarutobi was completely stunned.
Because he saw of Danzō.
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