Izumi found it hard to associate the intimidating, poker-faced leader, Fugaku, with the word "coward." After all, in her eyes, Uchiha Fugaku was quite imposing. Even standing before him, she felt a certain pressure.
"Kitsujiro, why does Lord Fugaku want to see Senior Akainu?" Izumi pushed away her strange thoughts. A sudden curiosity replaced much of the bloodlust from her recent kill, and she asked again.
"Newbie, you should call me Senior, meow! I've been following Lord Akainu for many more years than you!" Kitsujiro emphasized, clearly annoyed. Then he replied, "I'm not entirely sure about the details, but it seems to be about some kind of incident?"
Izumi's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that Lord Fugaku, with his impressive intelligence network, already knew about Senior Akainu and her crashing the Hokage's eldest son's funeral, and that she'd dealt with a scumbag there? Was Lord Fugaku planning to call them back to hold them accountable?
Izumi felt uneasy. Compared to Uchiha Akainu, who no longer cared about Uchiha Fugaku's standing as clan leader, Izumi still felt a certain fear and respect for him.
Not long after, they returned to the Uchiha clan's compound, and the continuous drizzle finally stopped. Izumi shook the water from her head, her anxiety growing, as she followed Senior Akainu into the Police Force building. She then saw Senior Akainu push open the door to Fugaku's Police Force office without knocking, walking right in.
Izumi had no choice but to brace herself and follow. "Lord Fugaku," she greeted politely, but noticed that Senior Akainu remained silent beside her.
"Hmm." Fugaku nodded at Izumi, then looked at Uchiha Akainu, his stern face showing a complex gaze. "Akainu, there's some bad news. You might want to prepare yourself."
"Speak," Uchiha Akainu said directly.
Fugaku hesitated, then asked, "Do you know 'Uchiha Onigawara'?"
Uchiha Akainu lifted an eyebrow.
Fugaku sighed, his face clouded with gloom, and slowly said, "He's in trouble. A month ago, he went on a mission outside the village with two companions, and only he returned. His excuse at the time was that his two companions were killed by enemies."
"However, after investigation by the Police Force, it was revealed that he was actually the one who killed his two companions. And he didn't do it in self-defense, but with a sick, malicious intent to torture them."
"Akainu, he's a blood relative of yours, which is why I called you here. I wanted to ask for your opinion."
If it were just an ordinary Uchiha clan member, Fugaku could have handled it himself. But when it involved Uchiha Akainu, things became complicated.
"A blood relative of Senior Akainu..." Izumi, who was behind them, was surprised. She had always thought Senior Akainu was alone in the Uchiha clan, without any family ties.
"Meow, it's just that Lord Akainu is too lazy to contact them," Kitsujiro instantly saw through the girl's undisguised confusion. It leaped onto the girl's shoulder, its weight making Izumi's left shoulder dip.
Kitsujiro whispered, "Uchiha Onigawara is Lord Akainu's deceased mother's younger brother. He's not a member of the Uchiha Police Force, but an Anbu ninja, just like Uchiha Itachi."
"But it seems that because of a mission a month ago, his two companions died in a very suspicious manner, so he's been suspended for investigation."
Izumi suddenly understood. She realized that Kitsujiro, this senior ninja cat, knew a lot of strange information! Even something like this!
"Is the evidence conclusive?" Uchiha Akainu simply asked, without even a hint of doubt. Fugaku also didn't see any anger on the young man's face.
Fugaku said, "That's what his confession states."
"Then kill him."
"Okay... huh???"
Fugaku suddenly reacted, his poker face finally showing some unusual fluctuation. He looked at Uchiha Akainu in astonishment, reminding him, "Akainu, he's your mother's brother. If we're talking about seniority, he's your maternal uncle, and you're his nephew."
Uchiha Akainu asked, "Does that have anything to do with 'killing him'?"
Fugaku was stunned, hesitating. "At least go see him yourself, to check if there's any misjudgment?"
Uchiha Akainu said, "If such a small matter could be misjudged, the Police Force might as well disband."
Fugaku: "..."
For a moment, he couldn't quite figure out Uchiha Akainu. Was he really so cold-blooded, even towards his own blood relatives?
However, thinking back, he had never seen Uchiha Akainu clash with his blood relatives before, so there was no precedent for him to understand Akainu's stance on this.
Now, Fugaku understood—Uchiha Akainu would mercilessly swing his blade even at his closest blood kin!
But then, he heard Uchiha Akainu say, "If I were to condone him living in this world just because of our close relationship, 'Absolute Justice' would become a joke in the ninja world."
Was it because of his belief in Absolute Justice again?
Fugaku remained silent for a while, then slowly said, "Akainu, you should still..."
—Boom!!!
A sudden, deafening roar shook the Police Force building, cutting off Fugaku's words. Fugaku's expression subtly changed. Izumi almost lost her footing.
Another Police Force member rushed in, frantically reporting, "Lord Fugaku! Something's happened! Uchiha Onigawara killed one of the clan members guarding him, broke through the detention cell wall, and escaped!"
Fugaku sprang to his feet, his face extremely grim. While many Uchiha clan members were inherently unstable, individuals like Uchiha Onigawara—who not only tortured and killed his own Anbu comrades but also killed a Police Force member guarding him just to escape—were extreme cases, rarely seen even in a decade within the Uchiha clan.
Fugaku never expected him to be so bold! Doing this was practically tearing off all ties with both the village and the Uchiha. That meant...
—Uchiha Onigawara was going to defect from Konoha!!!
At a time when there were serious misunderstandings between the village and the Uchiha, if an Uchiha clan ninja were to defect from Konoha, the entire Uchiha clan would never be able to clear their name.
"Order all Police Force members to act immediately! Apprehend Uchiha Onigawara!" Fugaku gnashed his teeth, his face dark. "At all costs, we must stop him before he leaves Konoha!"
"Akainu, you too... huh?"
Fugaku then noticed with astonishment that Uchiha Akainu, who had been in the office just moments ago, was already gone.
"Meow, Lord Akainu left five seconds ago," Kitsujiro said, licking its paws.
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