Chapter 143: Justice Needs to Break the Filter of Power
At the same time.
Naruto's house.
"This should be that guy's house, right?" Neji looked up at the very simple house in front of him. He had chased him halfway and then lost track of where Naruto had gone. He had to ask people along the way to finally find him.
But Neji, who was standing here, suddenly froze. A question arose in his mind—why did I come here?
The reason he walked out of the Hyūga clan compound was because he couldn't stand the great Hyūga clan being managed by the weak main family. It was also because he was reminded of the hatred in his heart.
And under this emotion, he suddenly remembered the words Naruto Uzumaki and that Sasuke Uchiha had said in the evening.
"I remember now…"
Staring at the building in front of him, Neji Hyūga murmured to himself, "I'm interested in their nindo. Because their nindo has many things that are in line with my thoughts, and even many things that I have never thought of before but make a lot of sense."
"No…"
"The words 'interested' are just because I don't want to lose face. To be precise, their nindo has made a sense of yearning rise in my heart."
Standing alone in front of Naruto's house, Neji Hyūga truly faced his own heart. This also made the slight look of confusion on his face finally disappear.
What Neji didn't know was that when he was muttering these words, Yamanaka Yoshinobu, who was still secretly monitoring Naruto, stopped his steps that were about to stop him. Before this, Neji, a member of the Hyūga clan, was a suspicious person in Yamanaka Yoshinobu's eyes.
He was even suspected of coming to seek revenge on the Nine-Tails jinchuriki.
Completely unaware of this, Neji took a deep breath. He walked forward and rang the doorbell.
The muffled and hoarse "ding-dong" sounds indicated that the doorbell of this house had not been replaced for a long time and was very old.
"Just a second!" A surprised exclamation came from inside the house, followed by a series of "crackle-crackle" sounds, as if someone had fallen inside and was scrambling to get up by holding onto furniture, but then accidentally knocked the furniture over.
Click…
The door opened.
"Huh?"
Naruto's young face was filled with a look of astonishment when he opened the door. Before opening the door, Naruto had considered many possibilities—Lord Hokage, Lord Izumi, Sasuke, Lord Iruka, Lord Ikeizumi, the ninja that Grandpa Hokage arranged to monitor him…
But he guessed all of them wrong.
"You are…"
When Naruto looked a little suspicious, he suddenly noticed Neji's eyes, which had a very unique color! Naruto instantly became alert.
He immediately took half a step back. Even though some parts of his body were still in pain, he still put on a stance of being ready for a fight. "Your eyes look like you're from the Hyūga clan! Hey! You're not here for revenge, are you?"
"No."
Neji replied with an expressionless face, "That guy was killed by you, and he deserved it. It was his own fault for not being skilled enough. At the same time, it was also his destiny."
"A pitiful caged bird… dying at the hands of an outsider is actually better than dying at the hands of his own clan members. At least, his soul can be freed."
Naruto: "???"
He could understand the first few sentences, but what was this guy rambling about after that?!
"You… want to come in and sit down?" Naruto was completely confused by him.
"No need."
Neji's Byakugan stared at Naruto's azure eyes. His young face had a very solemn expression as he asked, "How do you judge whether a person is a villain or not? And how do you judge whether a person's actions are evil or not? Using a very vicious method to place a terrifying cursed seal on one's own clan members, does this count as an evil act that should be paid with a price?"
Naruto: "???"
Faced with these questions, Naruto's mind was in a whirlwind for a while.
He hesitated and replied, "Of course, a person who does bad things is a villain! A bad thing that a villain does is an evil act! Especially if a person's actions hurt innocent people, whether directly or indirectly, as long as he does it with a malicious mindset, then he must have done something bad!"
"As for the vicious cursed seal you mentioned… if it's really a very vicious cursed seal and it hurts many innocent people, then the person who did it is definitely not a good person, right?"
Seeing that the expression on Neji's cold young face was a little strange, Naruto quickly added, "The premise is that you didn't hide any details in what you told me."
"And it's best to let Lord Ikeizumi take a look. Because Lord Ikeizumi has the power to see the past and future evils of others."
"…Lord Ikeizumi?" Neji, who had come back to his senses, noticed this title.
"He's the famous Uchiha Ikeizumi!"
Naruto grinned and said, "Even Grandpa Hokage can't win an argument with Lord Ikeizumi most of the time!"
Neji asked, "Is he your teacher?"
Naruto nodded. "He's my teacher on the path of justice!"
"Justice…"
Neji mulled over this word.
"Hmph!" He suddenly let out a breath and said, "Then I probably understand a little now."
After saying that, he turned to leave.
Before leaving, Neji added coldly, "You don't have to be confused by my visit. I just wanted to use you to learn about him. The 'him' I'm talking about is your so-called Lord Ikeizumi."
Naruto: "…"
"Why are there so many people who are as cocky as Sasuke?" Looking at the other party's back as he walked away, Naruto grumbled unhappily. "Seriously, he doesn't have any manners. He didn't even say thank you."
"Hiruzen, I've heard everything!"
In the Hokage's office, Koharu Utatane said to Hiruzen Sarutobi with a grim face, "The Nine-Tails jinchuriki killed someone in the village. Right? And he killed a Hyūga clan ninja! Hiruzen, this is the harm of Uchiha Ikeizumi's 'Absolute Justice'!"
"Under the negative influence of 'Absolute Justice,' even the jinchuriki has learned to kill. Can you guarantee that in the near future, the jinchuriki won't do something even more extreme?"
At this point, Koharu Utatane continued with a gloomy face, "And Fugaku's child, Sasuke, was also involved, wasn't he? Not only did he not stop the jinchuriki, he even killed with him, and it's even possible that he instigated the jinchuriki."
"I'm starting to doubt whether Fugaku is truly on our side. Otherwise, how could he have raised a son who would instigate the jinchuriki to kill someone?"
"I'm also starting to doubt whether the death of Setsuna Uchiha was a deliberate plan. In reality, it was to make us relax our guard against the Uchiha clan."
"When the time is right, will the Uchiha clan still not hesitate to launch a coup?"
"And will this coup be led by Uchiha Ikeizumi?"
Listening to Koharu Utatane's increasingly outrageous words, which were based entirely on speculation, Hiruzen Sarutobi's brows furrowed. He interrupted her wearily. "Don't say things that are just speculation. Koharu, Konoha is already chaotic enough. Don't add to the chaos out of thin air."
Hiruzen Sarutobi said in a deep voice, "I also didn't expect Naruto's justice to become so extreme."
"However…"
Hiruzen Sarutobi thought of something. "Didn't I already arrange for Kakashi to supervise Naruto's justice a long time ago?"
On the other side, Homura Mitokado, who had not spoken until now, answered, "During the time you were away from Konoha, didn't you arrange for Kakashi to monitor the movements of the Uchiha clan?"
"Perhaps… it was during those few days that Naruto's internal values underwent a subtle change, causing him to be more deeply affected by 'Absolute Justice.'"
"And because Kakashi had a mission, there was no one to stop this change in Naruto's mindset."
Hiruzen Sarutobi: "…"
This black pot took a big turn and unexpectedly came back and landed on him, the Konoha Hokage.
"Hiruzen, even though we can't stop Naruto from believing in 'Absolute Justice,' why can't we use other methods to divert his attention and make him focus more on other things?"
Homura Mitokado suddenly continued, "Naruto is still young, and his values have not yet been set in stone. Even if he made such a mistake today, it can still be corrected."
Hiruzen Sarutobi was stunned. "What method?"
Homura Mitokado said, "Besides being very interested in 'Absolute Justice,' that child still wants to become the Hokage of Konoha, right?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded, his tone carrying a hint of confidence. "My efforts over the years have not been in vain. Becoming the Hokage of Konoha is Naruto's greatest dream in his life. It's also an ideal that I've been instilling in him since he was a child."
Homura Mitokado said slowly, "In that case, let's train this child in advance. Hiruzen, you actually want to train him to be the Fifth Hokage of Konoha, right?"
"When you decide to train him in advance, that child Naruto will have a lot of things to do. Although we can't get rid of his admiration for 'Absolute Justice'…"
"At the very least, as I said, we can divert some of his attention so that he doesn't get too deeply involved in 'Absolute Justice.'"
"Train him in advance…" Hiruzen Sarutobi took a deep breath. "Koharu, what do you think?"
Koharu Utatane said, "Naruto Uzumaki's father was the Fourth Hokage, so it's not impossible to train him to be the Fifth Hokage. But he must abandon the so-called 'Absolute Justice,' otherwise, if we let him be the future Fifth Hokage, Konoha will be destroyed by 'Absolute Justice.'"
Although Koharu Utatane had her conditions, at least she didn't object.
Hiruzen Sarutobi rubbed his temples and said, "We can give it a try."
But at the same time, he also had a question in his mind—he told Ikeizumi in the evening that his indulgence of Naruto's actions was like pulling up a seedling to help it grow. And now, was he not also doing the same thing?
Late at night.
When Izumi Uchiha was sleeping soundly, a sudden "knock-knock" sound woke her up instantly. Her first reaction was to reach for the ninja sword next to her.
At the same time, she didn't hesitate to activate her Three-Tomoe Sharingan. She looked in the direction of the sound.
"Ki… Kijiro?!" Izumi's hand froze. She was shocked to see Kijiro crouching outside the closed window, gently tapping on the windowpane with his paw.
Kijiro outside the window seemed to have heard the girl's murmurings and immediately said unhappily, "What Kijiro? You should call me Senior Kijiro, meow! Have some respect, you rookie!"
Izumi quickly opened the window. Before she could ask, Kijiro took the initiative to get to the point. "Lord Ikeizumi asked me to get you. Lord Ikeizumi also said—the time to execute justice has come."
The word "justice" made Izumi completely wake up from her sleepy daze.
"Okay!"
She didn't waste any time. She didn't even bother to take off her pajamas and just put on her Military Police Force uniform. She then patted her face to make herself more alert and jumped out of the window.
"I have to call one more person."
Kijiro added and skillfully jumped onto Izumi's shoulder.
Izumi was stunned. "Who!?"
"Anko Mitarashi."
Anko Mitarashi couldn't sleep all night. She didn't expect so many major events to happen in just one day. And every single one of them was related to Uchiha Ikeizumi, and she, Anko Mitarashi, was personally involved.
Anko was standing on the balcony of the jonin apartment, looking at the night view of Konoha. "Are there really so many evils in Konoha and even the entire ninja world? But if there aren't so many evils, then what are the evils that Uchiha Ikeizumi sees?"
She couldn't imagine that the place where she grew up harbored so many heinous evils.
"Hmm? Who?!"
Suddenly, Anko Mitarashi became alert. Her gaze fell on the roof of a building directly in front of her. A figure had suddenly appeared there!
"It's me," Izumi's voice came from across the way. "Lord Ikeizumi found a villain that needs to be executed and told me to bring you along."
Anko remembered. This was that Uchiha girl next to Uchiha Ikeizumi. She looked quite cute.
She also remembered the girl's sharp skills at the Uchiha clan compound, which left a deep impression on her. And, the other party also seemed to have the Uchiha clan's Three-Tomoe Sharingan. Her strength was probably not much weaker than her own.
Or, maybe she was a little stronger?
If Orochimaru were still in Konoha, Uchiha Ikeizumi might have been one of the experimental subjects he was eyeing… When this strange thought flashed through Anko's mind, a hint of unease appeared in her eyes.
Although Orochimaru had cleared her memory, the deepest influence was hard to erase. These strange thoughts would always pop up out of nowhere, which made Anko's mood not so great.
After collecting her thoughts, Anko Mitarashi nodded seriously, indicating that she understood, and then asked curiously, "What villain?"
"I don't know." Izumi replied honestly.
When Kijiro, Izumi, and Anko met up with Uchiha Ikeizumi, he seemed to be able to read their minds.
The moment they stopped, Uchiha Ikeizumi's faint voice floated over. "The Utatane clan."
"The Utatane clan?" Izumi was stunned. "Lord Ikeizumi, are you talking about the location of the villain?"
"Yes," Uchiha Ikeizumi said calmly.
"Utatane…" Anko was shocked. "Isn't this the ninja clan that Advisor Koharu Utatane belongs to?"
She was a little dazed.
Today, it was the Uchiha clan first, then the Hyūga clan, and now the Utatane clan… It felt like they were going to offend every single clan in Konoha, from top to bottom.
"Meow, don't be surprised," Kijiro said while licking his paw and grooming his face with it. "The Utatane clan is just our first stop tonight."
Uchiha Ikeizumi said slowly, "The second stop is the Mitokado clan; the third stop is the Sarutobi clan. Tonight, I will only help the two of you block those who are temporarily not your opponents."
Anko Mitarashi: "!!!"
Uchiha Izumi: "!!!"
This was practically covering the three clans of Konoha's three higher-ups!
Anko seemed to have realized something. She couldn't help but gasp. In her shock, she couldn't help but ask tentatively, "Ikeizumi, you're telling me and Izumi Uchiha to execute the villains within these three clans?!"
"Yes."
Uchiha Ikeizumi said indifferently, "At the Hyūga clan, I found that you still have a kind of filtered view of the Konoha Hokage… or rather, of Konoha's power structure. What you need to do is to break that filter in your heart."
"If you don't even dare to execute the clan members of the clans they belong to, how can you have the courage in the future to point the blade of 'Absolute Justice' at them personally?!"
"This is the test of 'Absolute Justice' for you two. And it's mainly for you, Anko Mitarashi. You are the oldest, and you are also the person most deeply influenced by the three of them."
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