Currently, even the Anbu probably haven't figured out exactly how many people were killed or injured at the secret research base tonight.
But Uchiha Chisen knew.
A total of sixty-three people had died!
The number of Anbu ninjas and researchers was almost a fifty-fifty split.
Under the onslaught of the lava torrent, more than half of the secret research base had been "cleansed" by the scorching lava. He hadn't left behind a single Red Name—except for the Anbu ninjas who arrived later.
The "rewards" that the researchers in the secret research base had brought Uchiha Chisen were all "research knowledge," with the vast majority related to the Sharingan and Wood Release cells.
In addition to that, there were also many human experimentation research results that made Uchiha Chisen frown involuntarily.
It made him feel like his mind had been tainted.
However, the "rewards" dropped by the Red Name Anbu ninjas were much more normal, consisting of ninjutsu or taijutsu experience books.
"Also, Teacher Shinosuke's 'legacy'."
"S-rank sealing jutsu... Three Directions Sealing."
There wasn't a trace of a smile on Uchiha Chisen's face. No matter how many times he received rewards from Red Names, he never felt surprised, nor did he feel any joy from it.
The more Red Names there were in the ninja world, the stronger he could become in executing justice, but it also meant the ninja world was becoming more and more terminally ill.
Uchiha Chisen took off his attire.
He walked into the bathroom.
He turned the knob.
Allowing scalding hot water, enough to burn an ordinary person's skin, to drench him.
Uchiha Chisen's pair of scarlet Three-Tomoe Sharingan were open.
Even when the scalding hot water dripped into his eyes.
It caused no harm.
"Teacher Shinosuke, when justice is confined to the stance of Konoha village, it is no longer justice. Only by cleansing the entire ninja world with [Absolute Justice] will the ninja world cease to produce more people like you, who have fallen into the abyss without realizing it."
He murmured.
...
The next day.
Early morning.
Izumi was once again awakened by a nightmare. This time, she dreamt that the Hokage had given an order, leading thousands of Anbu ninjas to capture her and Senior Chisen.
What awaited her and Senior Chisen was the village's most severe torture!
Even her mother, with whom she lived in dependence, was implicated in this matter and became one of the village's prisoners.
Then...
Izumi woke up startled.
The first thing she did upon waking was to quickly get up. She pulled open the curtains and cautiously looked outside, only to let out a sigh of relief when she saw no Anbu ninjas staking her out.
"It was a dream!"
Izumi was still shaken.
She patted her face, quickly washed up, changed, and ate breakfast. After saying goodbye to her mother, Uchiha Hazuki, the moment she stepped out the door, she suddenly remembered something.
"Hiss!"
"Senior Chisen didn't say where we were supposed to meet last night!"
Should she go to Ichiraku Ramen, which Senior Chisen had mentioned a few days ago?
What if Senior wasn't there?
Hmm...
"I'll just go to Senior's house," Izumi decided to ask some of the uncles and aunties in the Uchiha compound.
Anyway, the Uchiha compound was not that large, she was sure she could find out where Senior lived!
However.
Izumi suddenly noticed that the atmosphere in the Uchiha compound was not quite right.
Many people were gathered in small groups early in the morning.
These people seemed to be discussing something intensely.
Izumi curiously leaned in to listen.
"I heard the Third Hokage's eldest son is dead... do you guys know if this news is true or false? Many people are spreading this news this morning, and I heard that the person who killed the Third Hokage's eldest son is Uchiha Chisen!"
"Who knows! I just heard about it not long ago."
"Uchiha Chisen... this guy, he killed Root ninjas before, and now he's killed the Hokage's eldest son. I think this guy also supports our Uchiha's resistance against the higher-ups, right?"
"But I heard that some radical elders, led by Elder Setsuna, had extended an olive branch to him, but he refused."
"Speaking of which, Uchiha Chisen killed the Hokage's eldest son. Won't the village use this opportunity to target us Uchihas?"
"Tch, that annoying guy really knows how to stir up trouble..."
"..."
Izumi listened, breaking out in a cold sweat.
This is bad!
How did this incident from last night spread so inexplicably?
It's only been one night and half a morning!
Izumi instinctively felt something was wrong, as if someone had deliberately leaked this information to the villagers, but she had no proof.
Izumi walked and stopped along the way, finally finding out where Uchiha Chisen lived.
"This, this is Senior Chisen's house?"
She looked up in confusion at the unremarkable two-story house before her.
It feels a bit too plain.
"You're quite early today, newcomer." A sudden voice nearly startled Izumi.
She turned around.
Uchiha Chisen was standing behind her, she didn't know when he had appeared!
Izumi quickly replied, "I already have zero points in Senior Chisen's eyes. If I'm late again, I'll probably have negative points. So... so I wanted to leave earlier."
Uchiha Chisen nodded, "Let's go."
"Yes, Senior!"
Izumi cautiously followed behind Uchiha Chisen, worried that he might overhear some of the not-so-friendly discussions from some clan members. Her worries soon came true.
As she and Senior Chisen passed by several Uchiha clan ninjas, those ninjas seemed too engrossed in their discussion to notice them.
Their discussion was nothing more than rumors from last night.
As Izumi passed, her eyebrows suddenly furrowed.
After glancing worriedly at Senior's back, she suddenly gritted her teeth, turned back, and spoke, "What nonsense are you talking about! Senior Chisen didn't kill the Hokage's eldest son for no reason! He's not a murderer! He was executing justice!"
Oh... no...
Izumi almost stopped breathing. She never thought she would impulsively argue with others without thinking.
When she realized the ninjas who were discussing heatedly were turning their attention to her, Izumi broke out in a cold sweat.
But...
Those Uchiha ninjas were even more nervous than she was. Their faces all stiffened because they finally noticed that Uchiha Chisen was right in front of them!
At this moment, Izumi had thrown caution to the wind. She said, "The Hokage... the Hokage's eldest son was in charge of a secret research base! And he conducted many unsavory experiments!
"He even killed Konoha volunteers who willingly became test subjects! He also abducted many war orphans as test subjects! His hands are stained with blood, and his soul has long been corrupted by sin!"
"Good is good, and bad is bad! He is bad! Even if he is the Hokage's eldest son, it... doesn't change that fact! Even the Hokage's eldest son himself admitted this!"
"Someone like that has been getting away with it in Konoha, and no one has ever dared to bring him to justice."
"Don't you find this a tragedy, and yet you're still saying Senior Chisen killed someone indiscriminately?"
"What exactly are you doing!!!"
It's over...
I'm finished!
Izumi realized that by impulsively and excitedly defending Senior, she had inadvertently revealed some seemingly secret information.
Hiss.
She seemed to have also ruined the reputation of the Hokage's eldest son.
What if what I just said...
Spreads throughout Konoha in the blink of an eye?
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