Inside the Root base.
Danzō stared grimly at the retreating figures of Sarutobi Hiruzen and the Anbu ninjas.
Only when they had completely disappeared from his sight did Danzō's emotions erupt.
"You bas—tard!!!"
All the research data on Wood Release and Sharingan had been extorted by that bastard Sarutobi.
Even... Danzō had been forced to hand over the remaining two Three-Tomoe Sharingan he hadn't had time to transplant onto himself.
These Sharingan had all been painstakingly and secretly acquired during the Third Shinobi World War while he led Root.
Now, not only had one Sharingan been wasted by Uchiha Chisen, but he had also been extorted for two more by that bastard Sarutobi!
This was the satisfactory explanation Sarutobi wanted.
Furthermore.
Before leaving, Sarutobi Hiruzen had given Danzō a warning, or rather, a threat.
"Danzō, don't let me find out about similar incidents again. The first time, I tolerated you because you truly made many contributions to Konoha. Next time, I won't have such restraint. If there's a next time for this kind of thing, you can give up your position as the leader of Root."
Recalling Sarutobi Hiruzen's words, Danzō clenched his fists tightly.
"This Root was cultivated by my own hard work, how dare he threaten my position in Root!!!"
He gritted his teeth and said word by word.
"Damn Sarutobi! And that inherently evil Uchiha brat!!!"
Just then.
A Root intelligence operative rushed back to the Root base and immediately reported the new intelligence to Danzō.
"Lord Danzō, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, Uzumaki Naruto, has been taken to the Konoha Military Police Force building by Uchiha Chisen! I heard this happened with the tacit approval of the Third Hokage."
Danzō: "???"
...
Inside the Uchiha clan compound.
"Uchiha Chisen captured that demon fox brat and took him to the Konoha Military Police Force building?"
A Uchiha ninja's eyes suddenly lit up, a hint of eagerness in his gaze. He said, "This is a golden opportunity that won't come again! I heard that the Nine-Tails demon fox from back then was sealed within this brat, he's the Jinchuriki!"
"If we can control the power of the Jinchuriki, who among the old geezers in the village higher-ups would dare to speak to the Uchiha clan in a condescending manner?"
He said excitedly, "I never expected Uchiha Chisen, that guy, who seems out of place and unsociable on weekdays, even frequently conflicts with his own clansmen..."
"But at a crucial moment, he's actually quite reliable!"
The fact that Uzumaki Naruto was likely the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki seemed like a "secret" only known to Konoha's higher-ups.
But no one was foolish. Rumors had always circulated in the village that this brat was an incarnation of the demon fox, a harbinger of disaster.
Most rumors weren't baseless.
With a little thought, one could tell he had an inseparable connection with the Nine-Tails demon fox, one of the Tailed Beasts.
At this moment, another Uchiha ninja beside him frowned and sneered, "I heard Uzumaki Naruto is in Patriarch Fugaku's office. What do you think, given Patriarch Fugaku's personality... Hmph, would he let us use the Jinchuriki to intimidate the village higher-ups?"
"That's Fugaku the Fierce Eye, who 'considers the overall situation'!"
Another Uchiha ninja gritted his teeth, "Hmph! Patriarch Fugaku is indecisive! But as long as we gather some clansmen and put a little pressure on him, won't he agree?"
"If we possess the power of the demon fox, then our planned coup d'état can be implemented a little earlier."
"We can ask Elder Setsuna to take action!"
"..."
This group of Uchiha ninjas numbered over twenty.
They were all part of the Uchiha clan's Hawk faction.
They were centered around the Uchiha clan's elder hawk, "Uchiha Setsuna," who had been imprisoned by the Second Hokage for many years due to his desire for a coup and had only been released in recent years.
However, these younger Uchiha Hawk ninjas were still too slow to react.
The Uchiha Hawk elders, led by "Uchiha Setsuna,"
were already heading straight for the Konoha Military Police Force building at this very moment!
However...
...
"Uchiha Chisen, what do you mean by this?!" Uchiha Setsuna, who was about the same age as Sarutobi Hiruzen, leaned on a cane and stared intently at Uchiha Chisen, who was blocking the middle of the street.
"Chisen... Senior Chisen, what is this you're doing..." Izumi, who was following behind Uchiha Chisen, also looked at Chisen, dumbfounded.
As it turned out.
Uchiha Chisen drew the ninja sword from Izumi's waist and stood in the street of the Uchiha compound, holding the blade.
The atmosphere instantly became tense.
The guards accompanying several elder Hawks also stepped forward, confronting Uchiha Chisen, who had suddenly appeared.
Uchiha Chisen ignored Uchiha Setsuna's questioning. He calmly said to Izumi beside him, "Newcomer, if conflict arises between two 'evils,' it can leave them both injured or even dead."
"But such a conflict can affect many who shouldn't be involved. Do you think [Absolute Justice] should stand by and watch, or should it intervene?"
Izumi was taken aback.
She thought hard, twirling a strand of her hair with her fingertips, and tentatively asked, "Senior, this question is too profound... but I believe [Absolute Justice] shouldn't be so ruthless."
Her courage grew: "If... if I were to decide, I would choose to intervene!"
Wait a minute...
Senior Chisen wouldn't ask me this question for no reason.
Coupled with Senior Chisen's current actions.
Hiss!
Could it be that in Senior's eyes, these elderly elders of the Uchiha clan are also manifestations of 'evil'?
Then who is the other 'evil'...
Is it Lord Fugaku? Or the Hokage?
Izumi swallowed nervously.
"Newcomer, you've only answered half of it," Uchiha Chisen said slowly. "[Absolute Justice] shows no favoritism; it requires utterly ruthless methods to be fully realized. The reason it needs to stop such things from happening is that [Absolute Justice] does not permit any 'evil' to flaunt itself."
"Even if you know that letting 'evil' fight 'evil' only benefits [Justice] and causes no harm. However... allowing 'evil' to act unchecked before your eyes is a betrayal of [Absolute Justice]."
"Newcomer, never entertain the idea of indulging one 'evil' to let it clash with another 'evil.' If there's even the slightest miscalculation and they don't end up mutually destroyed..."
"This approach will only cause one of the 'evils' to swell in power to a point where even [Absolute Justice] cannot suppress it."
The Uchiha Hawks' coup plan was not 'evil' in Uchiha Chisen's eyes, because it was merely a plan.
But their wanton disregard for justice and their twisted, pathological actions during the coup...
In Uchiha Chisen's eyes, that was 'evil.'
The reason he knew all this so clearly was entirely due to the red and white intertwined boxes before his eyes.
'Evil' was vividly displayed within them.
Afterward.
Uchiha Chisen finally acknowledged Uchiha Setsuna, whose expression was a mixture of emotions.
But the words he spoke made Uchiha Setsuna's anger boil.
"This path is blocked."
"Whoever comes will die."
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