An hour later, Izumi realized that what Senior Chisen had called "strolling around" seemed to be just that – aimlessly wandering through Konoha.
She hadn't seen her senior display any professional investigative skills.
Nor had she seen him look for evidence or clues related to the case.
She felt like they had already walked a full circle around Konoha village with her senior, even circling the Uchiha Clan's residential area and lingering around the Hokage Building.
Izumi remained in a dazed, blank state the entire time, completely unable to understand what her senior was doing or what she was supposed to be doing.
Just as Izumi was about to speak, hesitating…
She noticed her senior had stopped.
Finally!
No more aimless wandering!
Izumi almost shed tears of joy.
"Senior, where is this…" However, she soon realized something was a little off. Izumi curiously looked ahead and saw that this was the Gekko Clan's residential area in Konoha.
Konoha had many ninja clans of varying sizes, and the Uchiha Clan was one of Konoha's top great ninja clans.
The Gekko Clan before her, on the other hand, was a small ninja clan within Konoha.
They had over a dozen ninjas and inherited the "Transparent Release" Kekkei Genkai.
"This is the last location in plain sight that we haven't visited," Uchiha Chisen said calmly. "If the killer isn't here, then it can only be those two places."
"Those two places?" Izumi was curious how Chisen could identify the killer just by wandering around, and even more curious about the two places he mentioned.
"Anbu, Root."
Uchiha Chisen's concise answer left Izumi stunned.
"Hmph? Uchiha Chisen! You cold-blooded creature who kills without batting an eye, how dare you show yourself here!?" Just as Uchiha Chisen was about to step into the Gekko Clan's residential area, a sudden roar echoed from the side.
Turning her head, she saw…
Two Gekko Clan ninjas, wearing Konoha forehead protectors and Chunin vests, were rushing over.
They quickly blocked Uchiha Chisen's path, their eyes glaring at him with pure hatred.
Izumi noticed the tense atmosphere. "Senior, are they…?"
Before she could finish her question…
One of the Gekko Clan ninjas shouted, "Uchiha Chisen! You'd better stay away from here; our Gekko Clan doesn't welcome you!"
Uchiha Chisen's right hand remained on the hilt of his ninja sword the entire time.
He swept his calm gaze over the two and said, "The Military Police Force is investigating. Civilians, retreat immediately. Otherwise, you will be obstructing justice. Those who obstruct justice will be killed without mercy."
Uchiha Chisen's tone was also calm, but the sudden surge of terrifying killing intent made Izumi's hair stand on end.
She noticed her senior's thumb was already pressing against the sword's guard!
The silvery blade had already emerged by one centimeter!
The two Gekko Clan ninjas also felt immense pressure. The cold sweat on their foreheads and their involuntarily clenched fists clearly showed how nervous they were.
But…
This situation not only failed to make them retreat a single step but instead intensified the hatred in their eyes.
"Two years ago… it was the same!" one of the Gekko Clan ninjas gritted his teeth, enduring the pressure, and roared, "You bastard, you also said you were investigating. You brazenly stormed into the Gekko Clan's residential area… killed our clan head at the time, Lord Gekko Yuichiro! And you killed two of our elder uncles!"
Izumi's clear, bright eyes widened gradually.
This…
So, Senior Chisen had such a history with the Gekko Clan!
Hiss! That's definitely a mortal enmity, isn't it?
"Uchiha Chisen, you…"
"No recollection," Uchiha Chisen slowly drew his ninja sword, walking forward unhurriedly, and said coldly, "I never bother to remember who I've killed. Those who obstruct [Justice] don't even deserve to be in my memory."
His gaze passed through the gap between the two Gekko Clan ninjas and landed on a figure within the Gekko Clan's residential area ahead.
[Gekko Seisui – Last night, dissatisfied with his mother's excessive favoritism towards his elder brother, Gekko Hayate, he argued with his mother. Losing control of his emotions, he bludgeoned his mother to death and secretly disposed of the body in the early morning. Sin Level: Red Name!]
The scarlet square was extremely conspicuous in Uchiha Chisen's eyes.
This was also one of the reasons he drew his sword.
"Three seconds. If you don't move, you die," Uchiha Chisen didn't stop. "Three, two…"
"Bastard! You arrogant scoundrel! Do you think our Gekko Clan will…"
Uchiha Chisen had already passed the two Gekko Clan ninjas.
He lightly flicked the blood off his ninja sword.
"One."
His calm, unperturbed eyes, like a judge from hell, fixed on Gekko Seisui, who stood not far ahead, his face filled with terror.
At the same time, neat sounds of bodies hitting the ground came from behind him.
"Rookie, this is the second lesson you need to learn." Uchiha Chisen stepped into the Gekko Clan's compound and said coldly to Izumi, who was completely stunned behind him, "Anyone who obstructs the execution of justice is a minion of 'evil,' an enemy of justice. After the warning was ignored... kill without mercy."
Izumi stared blankly at the two corpses on the ground, their heads severed and blood splattered everywhere.
The spurting crimson blood even splashed near her feet.
Izumi's pupils trembled slightly.
When she stiffly raised her head, she saw that Senior Chisen was already holding his blood-stained ninja sword, casually flicking off the blood clinging to the blade as he walked towards a young man from the Gekko Clan.
Izumi didn't know what possessed her.
On impulse, she walked forward, stepping on the wet ground, over a pool of blood, leaving a long trail of bloody footprints as she followed Uchiha Chisen into the Gekko Clan's compound.
In Izumi's mind, a voice kept warning her—once she went in, there would be no turning back. She couldn't accept this kind of Absolute Justice that Uchiha Chisen embodied.
But... she still closely followed Senior Chisen's footsteps.
And took out a kunai.
Gripping it tightly in her hand.
...
"Phew, I finally managed to get half a day off from Lord Hokage. I haven't seen Mother in half a month. It's the perfect time to pay respects to Father with Mother and Seisui."
Gekko Hayate, a member of the Anbu directly under the Third Hokage.
He was heading towards the Gekko Clan's compound, carrying the offerings he had just bought.
However.
When he arrived in front of the clan's compound, Gekko Hayate froze completely, and the offerings in his hands fell to the ground.
In his line of sight—
Many Konoha villagers were gathered around the gate of the Gekko Clan's compound, trying to peer inside. But they seemed to be wary of something, not daring to get too close, only able to watch from afar.
In front of the compound gate, two headless corpses were particularly striking, with two severed heads lying beside them.
The faces of the heads still held expressions of bewilderment.
Gekko Hayate vaguely heard some villagers discussing something about the "Uchiha" and the "Konoha Military Police Force"...
Moreover, he heard a name that made his pupils constrict sharply.
—"Uchiha Chisen"!!!
This was his...
Father's killer!
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