Chapter 86: No Distinction of Rank Before [Absolute Justice]
When Uchiha Ikeizumi withdrew his arm, Nanma's eyes had already lost their light. He slumped lifelessly to the ground, a large hole in his chest that nearly "severed" him at the waist.
Uchiha Ikeizumi's expression remained unchanged. He felt that this Guardian Shinobi was not as strong as the elite Jonin of Root.
Then his gaze fell upon the group of people in the distance, who were now only backs.
Yes.
The moment Nanma attacked Uchiha Ikeizumi, an intense survival instinct caused the retainers to frantically flee with Gyōen'in Kyūsuke.
In just this short while, they had run over a hundred meters away, shouting for help.
"Murder! Murder, an assassin is trying to assassinate the emissary sent by Lord Daimyō to Konoha! Someone, quick!"
"The Uchiha clan ninja is mad! He's trying to assassinate the Daimyō's son!"
"Where are Konoha's ninjas? Hurry and save us!"
"Where's the Hokage? Where's Konoha's Hokage?!"
The shouting retainers appeared particularly terrified and chaotic.
They clustered tightly around Gyōen'in Kyūsuke, surrounding him in the middle of the group.
They wanted to protect the Daimyō's son in this way.
"Madman he's utterly mad!" Gyōen'in Kyūsuke was drenched in cold sweat, his young face pale.
As he was pushed and pulled by his retainers, frantically fleeing for his life, his lips trembled as he mumbled: "How how dare he I am the Daimyō's son! Even Konoha's Hokage must treat me as a honored guest. How how dare he, a Uchiha ninja "
Gyōen'in Kyūsuke racked his brain, but could only come to one conclusion.
He had encountered a madman!
Suddenly.
Gyōen'in Kyūsuke was startled to see a head, thrown high into the air, appear in his left field of vision.
Immediately after, another head appeared in his right field of vision.
He recognized the owners of these two heads at a glance.
They were his two retainers!
When he turned back in a panic during his escape, he was instantly terrified out of his wits blood spurted two meters high from the necks of two headless corpses. Uchiha Ikeizumi, holding a ninja blade, stood between the two headless corpses, his blade stained with crimson blood!
Especially that pair of scarlet three-tomoe Sharingan, which seemed capable of evoking the deepest fears within the human heart.
It was also at the moment when Gyōen'in Kyūsuke's horrified gaze met Uchiha Ikeizumi's Sharingan.
Genjutsu
It began.
"Waaaahhh!" Gyōen'in Kyūsuke's terrified scream, sharper than a woman's, burst from his mouth. He tripped over his own feet, falling hard on the flat ground.
The remaining retainers around him stopped in shock.
They were stunned to find Gyōen'in Kyūsuke slumped on the ground.
And shouting frantically at the empty air, his face filled with fear and despair.
"Don't come over! Don't you dare come over!" I didn't set the fire! I just sent people to set the fire!
I I didn't know the fire would get out of control, I didn't know it would burn you to death!
You you aren't already dead, are you?
Don't come over, ahhhhh!
His delirious and despairing state made him seem as if he had lost his mind, or as if he was seeing things they couldn't, chilling the remaining retainers to the bone.
It was the first time they had seen Gyōen'in Kyūsuke, the Daimyō's son, so terrified that tears and snot flowed simultaneously.
And when a pungent smell filled the air.
"Lord Kyūsuke he, he seems to have " A retainer stammered dazedly: " lost control of his bladder!"
For some reason.
Hiruzen Sarutobi suddenly had an ominous premonition, especially as he realized he was about to meet the Daimyō's emissary. That strange feeling intensified, until his heart began to feel uneasy.
Several possibilities immediately popped into his mind.
The Land of Fire's budget allocation to Konoha next year will be drastically cut.
The Daimyō plans to hire Konoha ninjas for extremely difficult missions.
Gyōen'in Kyūsuke, the second son of the Daimyō of the Land of Fire, might not be a polite young man.
His meeting with him might not be particularly pleasant.
The Daimyō's emissary encountered an accident!
Hiruzen Sarutobi was abruptly startled, a name flashing through his mind.
"Ikeizumi!"
He finally realized what he had overlooked.
Could the Daimyō's emissary have encountered Ikeizumi? That young man, he shouldn't have committed any evil, right? After all, as the second son of the Daimyō of the Land of Fire, he basically has everything he wants. Why would he commit evil?
But Hiruzen Sarutobi's face grew increasingly rigid.
Because he knew that these thoughts were just him trying to comfort himself.
He knew very well that those pampered nobles, from beginning to end, would not put the law in their eyes.
The law of the Land of Fire
It was only meant to restrict ordinary people.
"Stay close to this old man!" Hiruzen Sarutobi said with a grim face to the two ANBU guards beside him, then instantly vanished from the spot. When he reappeared, he had already Body Flickered dozens of meters away.
The ANBU guards immediately followed suit.
Soon, Hiruzen Sarutobi saw a group of people gathered in the distance ahead. Judging by the location reported by the Konoha ninja earlier, the group ahead should be the emissary sent by the Daimyō.
It was at this moment that a taut string in Hiruzen Sarutobi's heart snapped, and the heavy stone hanging over his heart immediately sank to the bottom.
Because he saw Uchiha Ikeizumi!
His old face suddenly turned a deep shade of black.
" Damn it!" When he saw Uchiha Ikeizumi holding a ninja blade, Hiruzen Sarutobi's last shred of hope, that "maybe Ikeizumi was just passing by," was completely extinguished.
Hiruzen Sarutobi immediately panicked.
"Ikeizumi! Stop!"
He tried to shout a halt.
Pfft Even though he was several hundred meters away, Hiruzen Sarutobi felt as if he heard the illusion of a blade severing a head. He even saw a young man being beheaded by Uchiha Ikeizumi! Judging by that young man's extravagant clothing, distinctly different from the others, he was most likely the Daimyō's son!
Hiruzen Sarutobi was stunned.
He was completely dumbfounded, even his rapidly advancing steps stopped, and he stood petrified on the spot as if struck by lightning.
" Lord Hokage?" An ANBU guard gulped, cautiously asking.
Hiruzen Sarutobi did not respond.
His expression was dazed.
"That was " An inexplicable pang of anger and pain in his heart left Hiruzen Sarutobi's body swaying. A hoarse, dry voice escaped his throat: "That was the second son of the Daimyō of the Land of Fire!"
"What is he doing!"
"Meow, rookie, this is what I told you. In Lord Ikeizumi's eyes, so-called nobles have no special privileges. The [Absolute Justice] that Lord Ikeizumi believes in does not grant pardons to the privileged."
Kikujirō told Izumi: "Whether it's an ordinary person, a ninja, a noble, or even the Daimyō's son. In Lord Ikeizumi's eyes, they are all human. Humans who commit crimes must pay the price."
"And the sins committed by this fellow named 'Gyōen'in Kyūsuke' cannot be atoned for by merely being imprisoned for a few decades. Death is [Justice's] judgment for his crimes."
Although Izumi had somewhat prepared herself mentally.
She was still somewhat dumbfounded at this moment.
After all, the identity of the evildoer was too special. Izumi had never seen a noble from the Land of Fire's outside Konoha in all her life. The most distinguished person she had ever seen was Lord Hokage.
But then she thought about it again: Senior Ikeizumi had even killed Lord Hokage's eldest son, so what was so special about the Daimyō's son?
"That "
Izumi looked back somewhat confused: "Senior Kikujirō, did you just hear someone shout 'stop' from behind?"
Kikujirō said without turning his head: "Yes, it was the Third Hokage's voice. He witnessed Lord Ikeizumi kill the Daimyō's son with his own eyes."
Izumi suddenly understood: "So it was Lord Ho "
" Huh?!"
She exclaimed in shock: "Lord Hokage? He saw everything with his own eyes!?"
Drip
Drip, drip, drops of crimson blood flowed down the blade to its tip, then dripped onto the ground, splashing like blood-red plum blossoms.
Gyōen'in Kyūsuke's head had fallen to the ground and rolled a few times, his face frozen in an expression of unresolved terror, a trace of resignation still lingering in his lifeless eyes.
His headless body swayed left and right before losing all support and collapsing, blood gushing from his neck and spraying the ground.
[Ding! You have successfully killed a 'Red Name' evildoer! Your chakra has received a slight increase! Congratulations! You have successfully dropped: 'Gambling Skill' Experience Book x10!]
"Kyu ? Lord Kyūsuke!"
Accompanied by disbelieving screams, a retainer rushed forward, frantically embracing Gyōen'in Kyūsuke's head, attempting to reattach it to his headless body.
Another retainer pointed a trembling finger at Uchiha Ikeizumi, his eyes bloodshot, and he shouted: "You you you do you know what you've done?!"
"Lord Kyūsuke, he is the second son of the Daimyō of the Land of Fire! He is one of the highest-ranking individuals in the Land of Fire! He is a son deeply beloved by Lord Daimyō! He is one of the Daimyō's sons most likely to become the next Daimyō of the Land of Fire!"
"You why did you harm Lord Kyūsuke?! Do you Konoha Village want to rebel?!"
Uchiha Ikeizumi gently flicked his wrist.
The blood clinging to his ninja blade was flung off.
He spoke expressionlessly: "It is I who execute justice upon evildoers, not Konoha. What delusion makes you think I executed this evildoer on the spot for Konoha's sake?"
Uchiha Ikeizumi's gaze was calm, as if he had not killed the Daimyō's son, but merely an insignificant parasite of the ninja world.
His indifferent voice continued: "Arson, direct murder, indirect murder, body disposal " One crime after another accumulated upon him. If he does not die, justice cannot be served."
"Madman you're a madman!"
A retainer, his face distraught, roared in anger: "Even if the so-called crimes you speak of are true, you are not worthy of executing Lord Kyūsuke! The Daimyō's offspring possess the highest authority in the Land of Fire! Even if he committed murder, so what? Even if he committed arson, so what?"
"The Law of the Land of Fire clearly states! Nobles of the Land of Fire who violate the law have the right to exemption and pardon! The minor mistakes Lord Kyūsuke made when he was ignorant only require a period of confinement!"
"You how could you kill him, what right do you have to kill him? All you Konoha ninjas are insane!"
"I don't know if other Konoha ninjas are insane, but Senior Ikeizumi is the kind of person who possesses absolute rationality!" Izumi bit her silver teeth and stepped forward, saying to the distraught retainer: "Furthermore, the so-called Law of the Land of Fire is a law so weak it's sickening!"
A hint of anger appeared on Izumi's pale face. She didn't know why she was so angry.
Especially upon hearing the phrase, "Nobles of the Land of Fire who violate the law have the right to exemption and pardon."
Izumi simply couldn't suppress the rage bubbling in her heart.
Her voice gradually grew louder: "You ask Senior Ikeizumi what right he has to kill this evildoer, then I ask what right does the Law of the Land of Fire have to exempt nobles who commit crimes and evil?"
"So that's it, then I understand it's because of this kind of unfair existence that there are so many evildoers running free in the ninja world, and it has even become a terrifying, ingrained consensus!"
"I'll tell you on behalf of Senior! [Absolute Justice] will never be limited by the Law of the Land of Fire from beginning to end!
[Absolute Justice] will also not bow to any privileged noble of special status!"
"Before [Absolute Justice, there is no distinction of rank! When a person commits evil, they must pay the price! If justice is absent, someone must stand up and seek justice for the victims!"
"You, the adherents of the evil of the ninja world, are the least qualified insects to question [Absolute Justice]!"
The Uchiha girl, who had spoken so much in one breath, found her voice growing somewhat hoarse.
At this point, she also suddenly came to her senses, realizing that she had once again taken it upon herself to say things for the Senior that he might not have wanted to say.
She cautiously looked up at the Senior's profile.
She found that the Senior's expression showed no unusual change.
Izumi also suddenly realized the Senior was simply too lazy to speak such futile words to this group of insects, words they wouldn't listen to anyway.
But Izumi felt it was her duty to speak these words on behalf of the Senior.
Because
She wasn't saying these words to the adherents of the evil of the ninja world, but to the surrounding Konoha residents. This way, more people could understand the Senior's absolute justice.
The young girl immediately convinced herself in her mind.
"Meow, quite eloquent, aren't you, rookie?" Kikujirō glanced at the bewildered group ahead, then said to Izumi: "You're getting closer to Lord Ikeizumi's passing mark."
"Really?" Izumi's irritation immediately dissipated, a hint of suppressed delight entering her voice.
She sheepishly scratched her head: "I feel pretty good, I just said what I wanted to say." Kikujirō showed a half-moon eye expression and quipped: "Hurry up and control the corners of your mouth, meow."
Just then, figures instantly appeared before everyone.
It was Hiruzen Sarutobi and a group of ANBU ninjas who had arrived.
Actually, Hiruzen Sarutobi had come to his senses five minutes ago.
But realizing Uchiha Ikeizumi was ahead, he forcibly suppressed the impulse to immediately rush over and question Uchiha Ikeizumi because he had only brought two ANBU guards with him.
With such a small number of people, Hiruzen Sarutobi lacked the confidence to directly confront Uchiha Ikeizumi.
The previous warning was Shimura Danzō!
Even if Hiruzen Sarutobi believed he harbored no evil himself.
He still had signals sent to gather nearby ANBU ninjas. It wasn't until a dozen or so ANBU ninjas arrived that Hiruzen Sarutobi led them to the scene.
A headless corpse on the ground, and two headless corpses in the distance, now came into view.
Making Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyelids twitch wildly.
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