Chapter 21: [Absolute Justice] Knows No Public or Private (Please Read Vigorously!!!)
A few minutes later, only Uchiha Fugaku, the Uchiha ninja who had previously reported the Gekko Clan case to Fugaku, and Uzumaki Naruto, who had been left there by Uchiha Chisen, remained in the office.
Uchiha Chisen and Izumi had already left the Konoha Military Police Force building.
Fugaku and Naruto were staring at each other.
Looking at the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki's somewhat disheveled, young face, Fugaku saw a shadow of the Fourth Hokage, Namikaze Minato.
When Minato was alive, the relationship between the Uchiha Clan and Konoha was actually relatively eased.
What a shame...
A complex expression flashed in Fugaku's eyes as he recalled the few questions he had asked Uchiha Chisen before he left the office: "Chisen, you are insistent on imprisoning Uzumaki Naruto in Konoha Prison. Are you prepared for the backlash?"
"What you've done today will likely spread throughout Konoha in less than half a day. Everyone will know that you brought Uzumaki Naruto to the Uchiha compound."
"And..."
"Are you prepared to suppress the restless clan members within the Uchiha Clan?!"
If the hawks within the clan were to know that the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was currently within the Uchiha Clan compound...
Their little schemes would likely become active in an instant.
Fugaku couldn't guarantee that extreme situations wouldn't occur.
He remembered Uchiha Chisen's concise reply: "[Absolute Justice] knows no public or private."
Fugaku roughly understood Chisen's meaning.
—If there were truly extreme clan members who intended to use the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki's power for evil acts that trampled on justice, Chisen would not show any consideration for kinship or blood ties.
He would kill them without hesitation, just like he killed the Root ninja!
"Absolute justice..." Fugaku took a deep breath, gazed at Naruto, and murmured to himself, "It's truly quite absolute."
Fugaku remembered even more clearly the shocking piece of information Chisen had uttered the moment he walked out the door.
—Shimura Danzo had transplanted Uchiha Clan Sharingan, and what's more... he had more than one Sharingan.
—He could also use "Izanagi"!
This unbelievable piece of information sent a chill down Fugaku's spine.
Yes.
Uchiha Chisen bore no responsibility or obligation to keep Danzo's secret.
He had directly exposed Danzo's trump card.
...
"You inherently evil Uchiha brat!!!" Even after returning to the Root base, Danzo couldn't suppress the rage in his heart, his teeth almost grinding to dust.
A brief conflict had cost Root two elites.
It had cost him one Three-Tomoe Sharingan and one ear.
Danzo's head was originally wrapped in bandages to conceal his transplanted Sharingan. Now, the bandages were wrapped around his ear to cover the wound that caused piercing pain from time to time.
And...
What was even more unacceptable to him was that the power of "Izanagi" had likely been exposed in the eyes of the other party!
Even for Danzo now, the consequences of his bloodline hunting being exposed were somewhat unbearable.
"Damn it! It's all that monkey's fault for suddenly appearing. If he hadn't intervened, I would have already killed that evil Uchiha brat and nipped the risk of exposure in the bud!"
The more Danzo thought about it, the more agitated he became.
Until a sudden voice rang out: "But if I hadn't appeared in time, you probably would have kept me in the dark until now, and I wouldn't have known you had transplanted Sharingan!"
Danzo's pupils constricted.
He recognized the voice as Sarutobi Hiruzen's.
Looking in the direction of the voice, he indeed saw Sarutobi Hiruzen arriving uninvited.
Furthermore, the two Anbu squads that Sarutobi Hiruzen had brought with him had silently controlled several Root ninja, preventing the Root ninja from notifying Danzo.
"I don't know what you're talking about!" Danzo's first reaction to Sarutobi Hiruzen's words was outright denial.
He said with a dark expression and a sarcastic tone, "You found my new Root base that I only established a few months ago... Hiruzen, you really are well-informed!"
Sarutobi Hiruzen clasped his hands behind his back and said, "I am Konoha's Hokage. It's only natural for the Hokage to know everything in the village, isn't it?"
"Danzō, Chisen has already revealed your secret to me. If you say you don't know what I'm talking about, can you let me see what you're hiding under those bandages?"
His gaze was sharp and fixed on Danzo.
Danzo's expression visibly grew more and more unpleasant.
Sarutobi Hiruzen said gravely, "I've been your comrade for many years. Your expression might fool others, but it can't fool me. Now, give me a reason why I shouldn't dismiss you!"
"You want to dismiss me?" Danzo's face was filled with disbelief. "How many contributions have I made to Konoha over the years? Just because of a so-called Sharingan, you want to dismiss me?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen's gaze was distant as he said, "So, I'll give you a chance. You need to give me an explanation that satisfies everyone."
Danzō suddenly came to his senses and sneered, "Actually, you just want an explanation that satisfies you, don't you?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't take the bait.
He simply continued to gaze at Danzō.
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"Uchiha Chisen... kidnapped the Jinchuriki?" Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura, two of Konoha's high-ranking officials, quickly received intelligence that they found utterly baffling.
While it was called intelligence, the matter had already spread throughout a large part of Konoha.
However, most villagers only knew the rumors that Uzumaki Naruto was like a "demon fox's vessel."
They didn't have much concept of a "Tailed Beast Jinchuriki."
"And... Hiruzen was there too?" Utatane Koharu found it incredibly unbelievable. "How could he let someone from the Uchiha Clan take the Jinchuriki? And take him to the Uchiha compound!"
Utatane Koharu couldn't sit still. She stood up, paced back and forth, and said, "No! We must bring the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki out! We absolutely cannot let him continue to stay at the Uchiha Clan compound!"
"Otherwise..."
Recalling the Nine-Tails' Rampage from years ago, Utatane Koharu couldn't help but shudder.
As she frowned in thought, she noticed that Mitokado Homura, who was beside her, hadn't spoken at all. She couldn't help but glare at him, displeased, "Say something!"
Mitokado Homura said gravely, "Do you think it's that easy to bring back the person Uchiha Chisen kidnapped? He's an Uchiha that even Hiruzen finds troublesome."
Utatane Koharu gritted her teeth, "Are we just going to sit by and let the Nine-Tails' Rampage happen again?"
"We don't need to directly confront Uchiha Chisen."
Mitokado Homura said slowly, "We just need to put pressure on Fugaku. After all, Fugaku is the Captain of the Konoha Military Police Force, and Uchiha Chisen is just a member of the Konoha Military Police Force."
"I believe Hiruzen thinks the same way. There are many ways to get the Jinchuriki back that bypass the so-called [Absolute Justice] that Uchiha Chisen keeps chanting about."
"Our Konoha Village has always been about balance and order, never about Absolute Justice."
Hearing this, Utatane Koharu gradually calmed down.
"Then, it's up to Hiruzen to handle it."
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Recommending a friend's book—
"Uchiha, Starting with Destroying the Ninja World"
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