Chapter 285: Forcing Sarutobi Hiruzen From Office?
"Well, that is naturally because the number of villains in the Land of Water is becoming fewer and fewer!"
Hearing Terumī Mei's query, Kojirō revealed an expression as if looking at an idiot, while the faces of Biwako Jūzō and Terumī Mei at this moment revealed thoughtful expressions.
"The vast majority of places in the ninja world are extremely unsafe for merchants."
"If any merchant caravan wants to transport goods from one place to another, they not only need to hire ninjas, but they also need to give the local nobles a large sum of money; only then can they ensure the smooth progression of their trade."
"Lord Ikeizumi swept clean the villains within the borders of the Land of Water, making it so those merchants no longer need to hire ninjas, which has already saved a very large expense."
"Add to that the fact that the nobles of the Land of Water do not dare to cross the line at all right now, saving yet another massive expense."
"Being able to economize wealth, those merchants will naturally surge toward the Land of Water in an endless stream!"
Kojirō did not keep them guessing either, directly stating the reason why the commerce of the Land of Water was becoming more and more prosperous.
"But, the number of ninja commissions for our Hidden Mist has not decreased—"
Before Terumī Mei's words could finish, she realized something on her own.
"That's it. Because even though the Land of Water has been swept through once by Lord Ikeizumi, everyone yearns for justice even more. Those cities of the Land of Water also know that the remaining ninjas of the Hidden Mist are not villains, so their level of trust toward the Hidden Mist has increased!"
"The number of missions leaving the Land of Water has not decreased but has increased instead, and there are even some commissions that are simply issued directly from various cities."
The look with which Terumī Mei gazed at Uchiha Ikeizumi began to carry a hint of looking up to a high mountain. If all of this was within Uchiha Ikeizumi's calculations, then it meant Uchiha Ikeizumi not only possessed powerful strength but also a sufficiently grand perspective!
"There is no necessity for the ninjas of the Hidden Mist to separate themselves from the entire nation."
"The Ninja Academy of the Hidden Mist can recruit students throughout the entire Land of Water. In the process of studying at the school, let them understand and comprehend Absolute Justice; by the time they graduate, the assessment of justice must also be an important part of the screening."
"Recruiting students from the entire Land of Water can allow the Land of Water to preserve a sufficient amount of viable strength, while assessing justice can allow these students to possess a healthy worldview, allowing them to know what is right and what is wrong."
Uchiha Ikeizumi spoke slowly. To carry Absolute Justice through to the end, what he needed to do was far more than just killing people; the follow-up was also extremely important.
"Once the students of the Ninja Academy graduate, the new academy graduates can be completely deployed into all walks of life. At the same time, we can also select those students who possess a strong concept of justice and have them join the Police Force."
"In the future, the Police Force of the Land of Water will need to maintain justice in various cities, and at the same time, it can serve as the Land of Water's own vital strength."
Uchiha Ikeizumi continued to speak. He had never thought about unifying the Five Great Nations, as there was no necessity in that for him.
Power was not important to Uchiha Ikeizumi; he only wished to implement his Absolute Justice.
"Integrating justice into the Ninja Academy—"
Listening to Uchiha Ikeizumi's words, Terumī Mei once again fell into a state of contemplation.
If another person had said these words to Terumī Mei, she might not necessarily have been able to take them to heart. But the Land of Water, and even the Hidden Mist Village, had actually already suffered defeat at Uchiha Ikeizumi's hands; the Land of Water did not possess any power to haggle over terms.
Let alone integrating his concept into the Land of Water—even if Uchiha Ikeizumi had even more excessive thoughts, the Land of Water and the Hidden Mist Village could only accept them.
And it was precisely while Uchiha Ikeizumi and Terumī Mei were speaking of the future arrangements for the Land of Water that Konoha once again stirred up trouble.
"On what grounds?"
"On what grounds do you forbid our Uchiha clan from leaving Konoha?"
"We are likewise ninjas of Konoha; why is it that other ninjas can leave Konoha, yet only the ninjas of our Uchiha clan cannot leave Konoha?"
Beneath the Hokage building, the clansmen of the Uchiha clan, led by several elite Jōnin, roared in anger.
Add to that the fact that when the Uchiha clan's ancestral Sharingan opened it was a patch of crimson; people who did not know the truth looking at this group of Uchiha clansmen would think they were about to launch a coup d'état again.
"Sasuke, are the clansmen of your Uchiha clan not permitted to leave the village anymore?"
Not far from the Hokage building, Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke stood together. They were maintaining order, worried that some villagers watching the commotion might accidentally get hurt.
"There is such a matter. Lord Ikeizumi wants to establish a Police Force in the Land of Water, and wants to select some people from the clan."
"But the Hokage seems to disagree with Lord Ikeizumi's idea?"
As a part of the Uchiha, Uchiha Sasuke still knew the source of the Uchiha clansmen's rioting this time.
After Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Fugaku died one after another, Uchiha Mikoto and Uchiha Sasuke did not suffer any implication. After all, in the eyes of the Uchiha clansmen, Sasuke had instead practiced Absolute Justice even earlier than they had.
"Establishing a Police Force in the Land of Water?"
"Has Lord Ikeizumi already scattered Absolute Justice to the Land of Water?"
"I really want to go to the Land of Water to take a look, to see what the Land of Water under Absolute Justice actually looks like!"
Listening to Uchiha Sasuke's words, Uzumaki Naruto's eyes could not help but carry a hint of longing. He had grown so big yet had not even seen the ocean; the Land of Water was right on the sea, so the people there should be able to see the sea every day, right?
"There will be an opportunity to see it!"
"Once we graduate from the Ninja Academy, we might be able to enter the Land of Water's Police Force!"
"Even if the Third Hokage does not agree with Lord Ikeizumi's suggestion, once Lady Tsunade succeeds the position, she will definitely support Lord Ikeizumi!"
Sasuke was also somewhat curious about what a place completely covered by Absolute Justice would be like.
"Not good, the number of protesting people is becoming more and more!"
"It's not just that the ninjas of the Uchiha clan are not permitted to go out—all ninjas who have had contact with Uchiha Ikeizumi are completely forbidden from leaving the village!"
On the other side of the Hokage building, Kakashi saw some ninjas from further away walking toward the Hokage building, his expression changing drastically.
"Yamato, go find Lady Tsunade. Only Lady Tsunade can stop these people now!"
Kakashi instructed Yamato beside him. As for himself, he went to the entrance of the Hokage building to maintain order.
"How could the reaction be this grand—"
Inside the Hokage building, the faces of Sarutobi Hiruzen and Utatane Koharu were both ugly to the extreme at this moment. They had still executed the order forbidding Konoha ninjas from going out at will; it was just that they had never imagined in any way that the matter would create such a scene.
"This is forcing the palace!"
"Those ninjas who have already decided to support Tsunade can no longer wait to have Tsunade become the Hokage!"
Utatane Koharu's face was ugly to the extreme. She was actually very clear that her own power came from Sarutobi Hiruzen, and if Sarutobi Hiruzen was no longer the Hokage, all the power she possessed right now would naturally vanish.