Chapter 152: The Bad Seed Nurtured by Evil!
"I was just supposed to be keeping an eye on the Jinchūriki, but I didn't expect to run into something like this… That child, if I remember correctly, was the poor Sarutobi clan child from last night, right?"
At the Ninja Academy, Kakashi, hidden in the shadows, looked at a body that was gradually turning cold not far away.
"Sigh… I wish she had been in the same class as Naruto Uzumaki."
Kakashi didn't know why he felt a twinge of guilt.
Perhaps it was because he felt that he could have saved her.
After all, as an elite ANBU Jōnin, if he had seen a child trying to commit suicide, he could have saved her at any moment. The problem was that he didn't see her when she took her own life.
A shadow fell over one of Kakashi's eyes. "Did she commit suicide because she recalled the painful past of being hurt? But why would she choose the Ninja Academy for it?"
Kakashi couldn't figure it out, and since he was supposed to be supervising Naruto from the shadows, it wasn't a good time for him to show up.
He could only silently observe the movements at the Ninja Academy, watching the anxious Ninja Academy teachers.
And…
He looked at Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha, who were standing not far from Sakura Sarutobi's body!
"She slit her throat with a kunai…" Sasuke stared at the blood-stained kunai in Sakura Sarutobi's hand. He couldn't imagine what kind of determination it took to do something so cruel to oneself. "She must have been very sad before she died. There are two very clear tear stains on her face."
"Tch! It's a shame these Ninja Academy teachers won't let us get closer."
Sasuke pouted unhappily. He thought that he was, after all, the second son of the Uchiha clan head. Although he hadn't joined the Police Force, he was familiar with some of their procedures.
If he could observe it carefully.
He might find something new.
"Dead-last, what do you think?" Sasuke asked Naruto beside him.
"I told you, don't call me dead-last." Naruto grumbled unhappily, then looked to his right, squinted his blue eyes, and continued, "I don't know if it's just a feeling, but I always feel like it has something to do with those guys over there."
"Those guys?" Sasuke followed Naruto's gaze and saw a few Ninja Academy students, two or three years older than them, secretly watching them.
And when they noticed Naruto and Sasuke's gaze, they were startled and quickly looked away, pretending that nothing had happened.
This reaction made even Sasuke feel that something was off.
"Naruto! Sasuke!" Suddenly, both Naruto and Sasuke felt their collars tighten.
It was as if someone had picked them up, followed by a reprimand: "Didn't I tell you not to get so close? The teachers will handle this. Now get back to your classroom and study!"
Sasuke struggled and gritted his teeth. "We believe in Absolute Justice. We have a duty to participate in the investigation!"
Naruto, who was dangling in the air, also said, "Yeah, yeah, Iruka-sensei, put us down!"
"No!"
The dark-skinned Iruka's face was stern. "I don't care what you believe in. At the Ninja Academy, you listen to me. This isn't some ninja game. Don't treat a serious matter like this with a playful attitude. Do you understand? It's disrespectful to the deceased!"
With that.
Iruka walked toward the classroom, carrying the two, and turned his head to look deeply at a female Ninja Academy teacher.
He stopped and suddenly said in a low voice, "Kaede-sensei, this female student was in your class, right? She chose to end her beautiful life for no reason. Do you have any idea why?"
Izumi Kaede was stunned. She shook her head with a pained expression. "I don't know either. She seemed off this morning. Maybe… maybe something happened at home?"
"Is that so…" Iruka nodded. "Even though I'm a rookie teacher here, I still have to advise you, senior—as a Ninja Academy teacher, you are responsible for every student."
"When the Police Force ninjas come to investigate, please don't hide anything, Kaede-sensei. Only then can the truth be revealed, and the child who died can rest in peace."
Izumi Kaede suddenly frowned. "Iruka-sensei, what do you mean by that? Are you suspecting that Sakura didn't commit suicide?"
Iruka shook his head. "I didn't say that."
He said nothing more and left with Naruto and Sasuke.
No matter how the two little brats struggled in his hands.
He did not let go.
…
"…Found him!" On the other side, the ANBU ninja sent by Hiruzen Sarutobi had been searching the village for nearly ten minutes before he finally saw Uchiha Ikeizumi.
He took a deep breath and instantly appeared in front of Uchiha Ikeizumi.
After stopping him, to avoid being misunderstood, the ANBU ninja spoke quickly. "Uchiha Ikeizumi, Lord Hokage wants you to handle a special case!"
Torajirō's cat eyes narrowed. "The Third Hokage wants Lord Ikeizumi to handle a case? The sun must have risen from the west."
"What case did the old man give this brat?" A sudden female voice made the ANBU ninja pause.
Then he felt a hand pat him on the shoulder.
This made him jump in surprise—As an ANBU ninja, he didn't even notice someone had come up behind him?
When he turned around vigilantly, he saw Tsunade, one of the Legendary Sannin of Konoha!
Besides her, there was also Tsunade's disciple, Shizune.
"Lady Tsunade?" The ANBU ninja was stunned. Although he was surprised that Tsunade and her disciple were with Uchiha Ikeizumi, he quickly recovered and answered Tsunade's question. "It's related to a child named Sakura Sarutobi. Not long after Lord Hokage sent her to the Ninja Academy… she took her own life at the Ninja Academy by slitting her throat with a kunai."
Tsunade: "!!!"
Shizune: "!!!"
Uchiha Ikeizumi's face showed no emotion, but Tsunade and Shizune's eyes widened at the same time. Tsunade was so emotional that she grabbed the ANBU ninja's collar with her monstrous strength and lifted him up.
"What exactly happened?" Tsunade was now exuding an extremely dangerous aura. She gritted her teeth. "How could that child have had thoughts of suicide?"
The ANBU ninja was immediately drenched in sweat. He could truly feel the killing intent emanating from one of the Konoha's Sannin at close range.
"I don't know… Lord Hokage doesn't either."
His strong will to survive made him quickly explain. "Lord Hokage was also very angry when he heard the news. That's why he asked me to come and ask Uchiha Ikeizumi to investigate this matter…"
"Lady Tsunade, calm down…" Shizune, holding Tonton with one hand, tugged at Tsunade's clothes with the other.
Tsunade took a deep breath, and her hand, with a somewhat grim expression, relaxed.
The ANBU ninja's feet finally touched the ground.
"Brat, we must…" Just as she turned to say something to Uchiha Ikeizumi, she found that Uchiha Ikeizumi and his orange ninja cat had already disappeared.
"Shizune! Follow him!"
"Yes!"
…
Before long.
At the Ninja Academy.
The three Uchiha Police Force ninjas closest to the Ninja Academy had already arrived before Uchiha Ikeizumi.
The Ninja Academy teachers must have notified more than just the Sarutobi clan.
They would also have to notify the Uchiha Police Force.
After all, a death had occurred, and it was a ten-year-old child with many witnesses. This kind of thing couldn't be hidden, and the Ninja Academy teachers didn't have the guts to hide it.
"The deceased, Sakura Sarutobi, a member of the Sarutobi clan. Ten years old, female, a fourth-year student at the Ninja Academy. The fatal injury is a laceration to the neck. The cause of death is asphyxiation and excessive blood loss due to her throat being slit."
One of the three Police Force ninjas crouched down and carefully examined the body, speaking calmly. "The weapon is most likely the kunai she's holding, which is a Ninja Academy training tool."
"The kunai has no fingerprints from a second person. Judging by the incision mark on her neck, she definitely cut her own throat."
"By all accounts, this can be ruled a suicide. However, I found…"
He said in a serious tone, "There is a residue of Sharingan chakra on the deceased. The deceased was under a Sharingan genjutsu within the last twenty-four hours!"
One of the Police Force ninjas who was in charge of taking notes paused and frowned. "Are you sure you're not mistaken?"
"Impossible to be mistaken," said the Uchiha ninja who was examining the body. "I was also surprised at first and checked it several times, but I didn't find any mistakes."
The third Police Force ninja, who had his arms crossed, said, "So, the deceased's suicide is related to the Uchiha? But why would someone use a Sharingan genjutsu to control a Sarutobi child?"
"And who in the Uchiha clan…"
He was in the middle of a sentence when a sudden, cold voice interrupted him. "The Sharingan chakra residue on the deceased is from my Mangekyō Sharingan."
The three Uchiha ninjas: "!!!"
The three of them were startled at the same time. They immediately looked in the direction of the voice and saw Uchiha Ikeizumi!
Uchiha Ikeizumi didn't let their astonishment last long. "I only used the Sharingan genjutsu to make her forget some psychological trauma she shouldn't have remembered. I did not use genjutsu to make her take her own life. Of course, I have no evidence to prove this. You can logically suspect that I'm lying."
"…If we were to suspect anyone, it wouldn't be you," one of the Police Force ninjas took a deep breath and said. "Then it makes sense that there's Sharingan chakra residue on the deceased."
The Police Force ninja who was crouching on the ground also slowly stood up and said, "Everyone knows that Uchiha Ikeizumi, who believes in Absolute Justice, never lies."
The Police Force ninja with his arms crossed also lowered his hands. He didn't maintain that posture in front of Uchiha Ikeizumi.
He looked at Uchiha Ikeizumi and said, "I didn't expect to meet you for the first time in such a way after you returned to the village. I don't know if you've heard of the three of us, but we were the first to leave on the night when Setsuna Uchiha held the clan meeting."
"We also talked with your subordinate, Izumi Uchiha. We wanted to meet you if we had a chance. But I never thought that chance would come in such a tragic way."
Uchiha Ikeizumi didn't respond. He walked past the three and stood beside Sakura Sarutobi's body, which had fallen to the ground.
He stared at the small, pale face with two tear stains that had turned extremely pale from blood loss.
For some reason.
The three Uchiha Police Force ninjas could clearly feel a chilling atmosphere lingering in the air.
Even though they were Uchiha Jōnin and elite Uchiha ninjas in the Police Force.
At this moment.
They could still feel a great pressure coming at them.
So much so that their palms were unconsciously sweating.
This was not because they were afraid.
But because their bodies were giving off a primal signal.
It was completely uncontrollable.
Just then, they suddenly saw two more people rushing toward them. When the two people stopped, they immediately recognized the well-endowed Tsunade.
"…" The scarlet blood on the ground made Tsunade freeze. Every inch of her skin was now trembling slightly, and the pupils in her eyes were constantly shaking.
In the past, she would have closed her eyes or looked away, forcing herself not to look at the blood.
But now.
Tsunade forced herself to stare at the small body on the ground with her trembling eyes.
"Hah… hah…" She was breathing heavily, and cold sweat had unknowingly soaked her back. Her extremely unusual reaction made the panting Shizune behind her very worried.
"Brat, was she… really a suicide?" Tsunade gritted her teeth and forced herself to look at Uchiha Ikeizumi.
"Yes."
Uchiha Ikeizumi nodded slightly. "She ended her life decisively, without a single moment of hesitation."
She stared at Uchiha Ikeizumi's calm face.
"Do you… not feel anything about her death?" Tsunade couldn't help but ask the question.
"I do."
Uchiha Ikeizumi said indifferently, "But Absolute Justice cannot show personal emotions, otherwise it will be seen as weakness."
Tsunade was stunned.
Then she heard Uchiha Ikeizumi continue indifferently. "Although her death was a suicide, it was not because she ended her life for no reason. It was for a reason. There was evil at work."
Tsunade vaguely heard that Uchiha Ikeizumi's tone seemed a little colder than before.
So.
This brat did have emotional fluctuations, and they might not have been small. He just didn't show them, as he said.
"Evil?" Shizune asked cautiously. "Did someone encourage this child to commit suicide?"
She looked at Sakura Sarutobi's body and felt that such a method of suicide was impossible without absolute determination.
"Some people know better than us." When Uchiha Ikeizumi said this, his gaze had already fallen on the group of Ninja Academy teachers not far ahead. Especially on the female teacher who had her head down and wasn't looking in their direction.
[Izumi Kaede—Today, after learning about Sakura Sarutobi's tragic experience last night from a young Sarutobi clan member. She deliberately mentioned to Sakura Sarutobi that her mother had an affair after her engagement and drowned her own newborn baby, thus provoking Sakura Sarutobi and encouraging her to commit suicide. This led to Sakura Sarutobi having suicidal thoughts and ultimately acting on them.]
[Severity of Evil: Red Name!]
The line of blood-red text was especially clear in Uchiha Ikeizumi's eyes.
His actions also made Tsunade realize something.
"Ikeizumi, did your eyes… see evil?"
Tsunade's voice was not loud, but it was still heard by the group of Ninja Academy teachers not far away. For a moment, several Ninja Academy teachers were stunned. They suddenly found that Uchiha Ikeizumi was looking in their direction.
Their faces immediately showed astonishment and suspicion. They quickly looked at their colleagues with vigilant and scrutinizing gazes.
Especially at Izumi Kaede!
Because she was Sakura Sarutobi's Ninja Academy teacher, and after Lady Tsunade's voice fell, Izumi Kaede's already unnatural expression became even more unusual!
Her facial muscles were stiff, her eyelids were twitching uncontrollably, and her eyelashes were trembling slightly.
"Kaede-sensei…"
A Ninja Academy teacher said in surprise, "You…"
Izumi Kaede seemed to have been drained of all her strength. She couldn't help but reach for the Konoha forehead protector on her arm, as if only this protector could give her a sense of security.
She opened her mouth, trying to defend herself, but when the corner of her eye involuntarily glanced at Uchiha Ikeizumi.
Her face immediately turned pale.
As the object of his gaze, Izumi Kaede could feel Uchiha Ikeizumi's stare more clearly. She felt as if she had fallen into an ice cave. All the stories about Uchiha Ikeizumi flooded her mind, and her mental defenses instantly collapsed.
"I…"
Her hand trembled as she covered half of her face. "I didn't know she was so fragile. I just hated her mother so much… Because the baby her mother drowned back then… should have been my brother's child. It was the only bloodline my brother left behind before he died from an illness, but she still…"
"I only found out about this today. Three of the Sarutobi clan children in my class were talking about it… They said a lot of 'secrets' about Sakura Sarutobi in front of everyone, some even in front of the child herself."
"I was just angry at her mother, so I repeated some of the things I heard in front of Sakura Sarutobi. I, I just…"
"Did you really just repeat it?" Uchiha Ikeizumi had walked over to her at some point.
Izumi Kaede looked up in shock and moved her hand away from her face, only to see a pair of extremely cold Sharingan eyes.
"I… I…"
Izumi Kaede's eyes were filled with tears, which flowed uncontrollably. "I also said a lot of horrible things. I told her… with what you've been through and having parents like that, you might as well just die…"
She held her head in pain. "I didn't know it would turn out like this. I don't know why I said such horrible things to a child that even adults can't bear to hear. I didn't mean to. I'm really sorry."
Uchiha Ikeizumi's indifferent words interrupted her pretense. "You're only sorry because the matter got out of hand. Stop this act. It only makes me sick to my stomach."
Uchiha Ikeizumi never believed the tears of any evildoer.
And he never believed a single word of remorse they said.
Because they were not remorseful for their initial actions.
They were only remorseful for being noticed by justice!
"Hey!" Suddenly, Tsunade's voice sounded. She walked over, her face dark, and looked at the pretentious Izumi Kaede. She asked coldly, "Where are those three Sarutobi clan children you just mentioned?"
"Lady Tsunade…"
Shizune, behind her, swallowed hard. As Tsunade's disciple, she knew Tsunade very well. She could already see that Lady Tsunade was now feeling murderous!
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