RNP Chapter 88's kind of justice only makes me want to vomit.
Chapter 88's kind of justice only makes me want to vomit.
Chapter 89: That kind of justice only makes me nauseous (Part 2, please subscribe)
The crimson blood splattered on the ground constantly stimulated Hiruzen Sarutobi's nerves, and the frozen expression on his head made his hair stand on end. All his thoughts converged into two words: It's over!
Although there is no explicit rule, under the tacit agreement of many powerful figures, the "Short Straight Robe" is a garment that only the most elite members of the ninja world are qualified to wear.
Hiruzen Sarutobi clearly saw that the expensive clothes on the headless body at his feet were in the style of "Kojiro".
He had no more lingering hope; the wrinkles on his face twitched incessantly, and his lips trembled slightly.
I wanted to say something, but it got stuck in my throat.
The expression on his face was frighteningly dark.
"Lord Hokage, we're a step too late," an ANBU ninja whispered. "Even if we manage to reattach the head with the help of medical ninjas, we can only give the corpse a dignified death."
Hiruzen Sarutobi: "..."
"Hokage-sama? You're the Hokage of Konoha?!" One of the retainers, who had been too intimidated to utter a sound by Izumi's impassioned words, suddenly perked up and shouted, "What exactly does Konoha want? Are you planning a rebellion? The Daimyo clearly allocates a large amount of funds to Konoha every year, yet your village's ninjas killed the Daimyo's son!"
He then hurriedly pointed to Uchiha Ikezumi and complained to Hiruzen Sarutobi, urgently saying, "It's this madman from the Uchiha clan! He's the one who killed Lord Kusuke of the Ooenin clan! Your Konoha killed the second son of the Daimyo, can you bear this responsibility?"
"Oh, and two of the daimyo's retainers, as well as one of the Twelve Guardian Ninja, also died at the hands of this madman! He's gone insane! What makes him think he's qualified to judge the daimyo's son?!"
But when Uchiha Ikezumi looked at him with a wary gaze that showed little emotional fluctuation.
The loud-mouthed retainer was so frightened that he shrugged like a duck with its neck being choked.
His mouth opened and closed silently, his face filled with fear.
In the end, not a single sound came out.
Hiruzen Sarutobi: "..."
Anyone could sense that the atmosphere had become very strange. Some sharp-eyed ANBU ninjas also saw that the Hokage was staring intently at his fist, and the veins on the back of his hand were trembling.
It's unclear what exactly angered the Hokage so much that a mere retainer dared to address him, the Third Hokage.
He was still furious that Uchiha Ikezumi had so brazenly killed the second son of the Fire Country's daimyo in the street.
For the first time, Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyes darkened to a grim degree, and he struggled to look away from the body on the ground.
He ignored the famous retainer who was jumping around and shouting in the sun.
Instead, he cast a very dissatisfied look at Uchiha Ikezumi.
Hiruzen Sarutobi exhaled a deep breath, struggling to suppress the anger rising within him. His face stiff, he spoke, "Is your explanation to me still based on your overly extreme 'absolute justice'? Is your 'absolute justice'—is it achieved by sacrificing Konoha's interests and damaging its reputation?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi couldn't even imagine what the powerful figures of the Land of Fire would think of Konoha if this got out.
The powerful Konoha ninjas suddenly turned against the nobles of the Land of Fire, even daring to kill the son of a daimyo!
In this situation...
I'm afraid the entire elite class of the Land of Fire will be filled with unease.
Or would you still be willing to support Hiruzen Sarutobi?
"Ikezumi!" His emotions surging, Hiruzen Sarutobi's voice rose considerably. He gritted his teeth and said, "This young man, Kyusuke Oenin, is the father of the Daimyo of the Land of Fire! He's at the very top of the Land of Fire! He controls the lifeline of every industry in the Land of Fire!"
"Even if Konoha were to re-elect a Hokage, it would depend on which Daimyo he chooses to support. Without the Daimyo's support, Konoha would never have been established, and the ninjas of the Land of Fire would likely still be divided and fighting each other—"
"And you, and you today—"
Hiruzen Sarutobi felt his breathing becoming too rapid.
As a result, I felt a little dizzy.
"So, does the Third Hokage think I should let him go?" Uchiha Ikezumi and Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes met. When Sarutobi Hiruzen saw those dark and deep eyes, he suddenly realized something and quickly looked away in shock.
Hiruzen Sarutobi gritted his teeth and said, "Ikezumi, do you think it's right to sacrifice Konoha's future for your 'absolute justice'? Without the Daimyo's funding, the village's infrastructure, villagers' medical care, and employment will all be insecure."
"This kind of complex problem cannot be solved by your 'absolute justice.' If your extreme actions of justice negatively impact the village, making the lives of everyone in Konoha worse day by day, are you acting just or evil?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi's series of questions were his true feelings.
"Hey! As the Hokage of Konoha, why are you arguing with this lunatic? Shouldn't you just arrest him?"
The group of daimyo retainers behind him, still shaken by the experience, suddenly interrupted.
"Yes! This madman killed Lord Kusuke! Killing the son of a daimyo, isn't that considered being a rogue ninja?!"
"This kind of mentally deranged, crazy ninja should be executed on the spot to avenge Lord Kyusuke, and his family should also be implicated and buried with Lord Kyusuke! Are you even qualified to be the Hokage of Konoha?"
"As the Hokage, you wouldn't be trying to protect a ninja from your village, would you? He's a murderer!"
'
Perhaps it was Hiruzen Sarutobi's appearance that gave them a sense of security and a pillar of support.
But they are not ninjas, and they are not loyal to the Hokage of Konoha; they are loyal to the Daimyo of the Land of Fire.
In the eyes of some Konoha ninja, there isn't much difference in status between the Daimyo and the Hokage. One oversees the economy, people's livelihood, and political power of the Land of Fire, while the other oversees the military.
However, in the eyes of these daimyo retainers, the Hokage of Konoha was ultimately a level below the daimyo.
So much so that even when they find a leader, they aren't very polite.
Each of those words made Hiruzen Sarutobi frown even more deeply.
Hiruzen Sarutobi's cold, brooding gaze swept over the group of daimyo retainers. While the Third Hokage's aura couldn't overpower Uchiha Ikezumi, it sent chills down the spines of the daimyo's retainers.
"This is Konoha's internal affair!" Hiruzen Sarutobi said coldly. "I can handle it however I want. Who do you think you are to criticize me here?"
He stepped aside, his face grim, and said, "If you want to avenge the daimyo's second son, then I won't stop you. The 'murderer' is right here; make your move."
The retainers of the daimyo:
"..."
Seeing that the group had finally quieted down, Hiruzen Sarutobi took a deep breath. The anger that had been burning within him, interrupted by these people, inexplicably dissipated a little.
So much so that when he spoke again, he was less forceful than before.
"Ikezumi, not everyone who makes a mistake deserves such extreme and absolute punishment." Hiruzen Sarutobi gritted his teeth and continued, "The evil in the ninja world cannot be solved by your insane killing spree. What's the use of killing so many people? Even if you can kill a hundred, a thousand, ten thousand—there are far more evil people in this vast ninja world than just a few."
"Making Miya a better place, and making everyone in the village live a better life, isn't something you can achieve by slaughtering evil people. Excessive killing will only exacerbate existing conflicts. And some conflicts, once they erupt, will lead to even more evil!"
"You killed the son of the daimyo today. Do you know how much chaos this will cause? Even the daimyo of the Land of Fire, his sons, are not to be killed!"
Without even realizing it himself, Hiruzen Sarutobi actually started "reasoning" with Izumi Uchiha.
Ultimately, he was too wary of Uchiha Izumi's Mangekyou Sharingan abilities, which led to his lack of confidence.
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For the sake of the daimyo's son, he broke ties with Uchiha Ikezumi, igniting an unprecedented war in Konoha, and would almost certainly drag the Uchiha clan into it.
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As usual.
In reality, Hiruzen Sarutobi only had these two choices.
There's no need to guess what choice he, as the Hokage, will make.
"Third Hokage," Uchiha Ikezumi said coldly, "If my actions cause more evil to grow in the ninja world,
That means those who commit evil are not normal people to begin with; they are born with one foot on the opposite side of absolute justice.
"They just need an excuse to support the evil in their hearts, and my actions just happen to be the excuse they need. Such beings are the hidden enemies of absolute justice."
"They are among the evils of the ninja world that 'absolute justice' must eradicate. If justice chooses to compromise and remain silent because they would bring chaos to the ninja world..."
Uchiha Ikezumi narrowed his eyes and continued, "That kind of justice—it just makes me so disgusted that I can't help but bend over and vomit."
Moreover...
Uchiha Izumi continued, "You think you can change an adult's convictions with just a few words? Third Hokage, aren't you overestimating your 'personal charisma'?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi's expression was slightly stiff, even though he knew he had anticipated Izumi Uchiha's reaction.
But every time he was contradicted in person, it always made him very angry.
Looking across the entire Hidden Leaf Village, only Uchiha Izumi would use such a string of words to describe him, the Hokage.
The key point is that this also means that Chi Quan's "absolute justice" is no longer a double-edged sword that he can control.
once.
Hiruzen Sarutobi was still able to rely on Izumi Uchiha's "Absolute Justice" to intimidate some of the village's treacherous individuals.
just now.
He no longer had the ability to wield it, nor could he see clearly what kind of people in the village this double-edged sword would ultimately strike. "I forgot to remind you, Third Hokage." Just as Hiruzen Sarutobi was caught off guard and speechless, Izumi Uchiha's voice came again: "Those people behind you, except for one of them, are all villains in my eyes."
Hiruzen Sarutobi's pupils contracted, and he realized that Izumi Uchiha's ninja sword had never been sheathed!
"The villains—need to be eliminated."
As soon as Uchiha Izumi finished speaking, the group of Anbu ninjas brought by Sarutobi Hiruzen immediately became alert and quickly formed a human wall, surrounding and protecting Sarutobi Hiruzen.
They had all witnessed Uchiha Izumi's Mangekyou Sharingan abilities.
We absolutely cannot allow that dangerous guy, Uchiha Izumi, to use that terrifying eye technique on the Hokage!
With a whoosh, all the Anbu ninjas, including Hiruzen Sarutobi, watched helplessly as Uchiha Ikezumi's figure vanished in an instant.
The words "stop him" were stuck in Hiruzen Sarutobi's throat.
Because he could clearly feel the killing intent emanating from Uchiha Ikezumi.
A strange thought popped into his mind: if he really let the Dark Guard stop Chi Quan, there would be a certainty that a conflict with heavy casualties would break out here!
It was precisely this hesitation of Hiruzen Sarutobi that led to this.
Uchiha Ikezumi was like a tiger among sheep, his ninja sword slicing through the neck of one of the daimyo's retainers. As he and his opponent passed each other, a head flew into the air.
Hiruzen Sarutobi and the Anbu assassins turned around in surprise to look back.
In sight—
More than a dozen heads, their expressions frozen in terror, were tossed high into the air. The blood sprayed from the headless corpses was like a rain of blood. One drop of blood even pierced through the dense wall of ANBU ninjas and splattered onto Hiruzen Sarutobi's Hokage robe.
There were no screams, no cries of pain, only the muffled thuds of a dozen heads falling to the ground and a dozen headless corpses collapsing to the ground.
"GuluGulu-"
A head the size of a bucket rolled to the feet of an ANBU ninja.
The bone-chilling cold sent shivers down the spines of even this battle-hardened ninja, raising goosebumps all over his body.
Uchiha Ikezumi, this man is simply too dangerous!
This is a consensus among almost all ANBU ninjas.
However, none of the Anbu ninjas secretly criticized or criticized Uchiha Ikezumi for doing something wrong.
After all, no one would question this man's judgment of "evil".
This is also why Hiruzen Sarutobi's expression was so complex.
His ideas were surprisingly aligned with those of some of the ANBU ninjas.
No. Don't.
"Don't kill me—"
Intermittent, terrified sobs broke the eerie silence. The only surviving retainer of the daimyo had lost control of his bladder and bowels. He sat slumped on the blood and excrement, staring in horror at the expressionless Uchiha Ikezumi.
Hiruzen Sarutobi ignored Uchiha Ikezumi completely when he saw him.
The young man, who made his heart clench, turned around and said to him without looking back, "Third Hokage, I don't need to go over their evil deeds one by one, do I?"
Then he saw Uchiha Ikezumi leave.
Hiruzen Sarutobi: "
The blood flowing on the ground had spread to Hiruzen Sarutobi's feet.
He couldn't help but open his mouth.
But he couldn't utter a single word.
"Um—Hokage-sama." Izumi tore off a few pages from the small notebook in his hand, took a few steps forward, handed it to an ANBU ninja, and said, "This is a record of the crimes committed by Kusuke Oenin, all dictated by Senior Izumi. You can send the body to the Yamanaka clan and have them examine the body's memories to see if they match up."
The ninja, his expression strange beneath his mask, accepted the few sheets of white paper covered in writing that the girl handed him.
Then it was passed on to Hiruzen Sarutobi.
Hiruzen Sarutobi reached out and took it, silently gazing at the words on it.
Finally, he let out a deep sigh.