Izumi found it difficult to reconcile Patriarch Fugaku's stern, poker face with the word "cowardly."
After all, in her eyes, Uchiha Fugaku was quite intimidating.
Even standing before the patriarch, she could feel the pressure.
"Kijiro, why is Patriarch Fugaku looking for Chisen-senpai?" Izumi shook off her strange thoughts. The sudden curiosity dispelled some of the aggression from her recent killing, and she asked again.
"Newcomer, you have to call me senpai, meow! I've been following Lord Chisen for many years longer than you!"
Kijiro emphasized with clear displeasure.
He then replied, "I'm not too clear on the specifics, but it seems to be about a case?"
Izumi's heart skipped a beat.
Could it be that Patriarch Fugaku was so well-informed that he already knew Chisen-senpai and she had directly crashed the funeral of the Hokage's eldest son, and that she had executed a scumbag at the funeral?
Was Patriarch Fugaku planning to summon them back to settle accounts?
Izumi felt uneasy.
While Uchiha Chisen no longer cared about his family status under Patriarch Fugaku, Izumi still felt some fear and respect for Uchiha Fugaku.
Before long.
They returned to the Uchiha clan compound, and the drizzling rain finally stopped.
Izumi shook the water off her head, feeling increasingly uneasy as she followed Chisen-senpai into the Konoha Military Police Force building.
Then, she saw Chisen-senpai push open the door without knocking and enter Fugaku's Konoha Military Police Force office.
Izumi had no choice but to follow, steeling herself.
"Lord Fugaku." she greeted politely, but she noticed that Chisen-senpai beside her remained silent.
"Mm."
Fugaku nodded at Izumi, then looked at Uchiha Chisen. His stern face held a complex expression as he said, "Chisen, I have some bad news. You might need to prepare yourself."
"Speak." Uchiha Chisen said directly.
Fugaku hesitated, then said, "Do you know 'Uchiha Onigawara'?"
Uchiha Chisen raised an eyelid.
Fugaku sighed, a shadow falling over his face, and slowly said, "Something happened to him. A month ago, when he and two companions went out of the village on a mission, only he returned. His excuse at the time was that his two companions were killed by the enemy."
"But, after an investigation by the Konoha Military Police Force. It was actually him who killed his two companions. Moreover, it wasn't in self-defense, but with a morbid, malicious intent, a deliberate act of torture and murder."
"Chisen, he is related to you by blood, which is why I'm informing you and asking for your opinion."
If it were just an ordinary member of the Uchiha Clan, Fugaku could have handled the matter himself.
But…
When the matter involved Uchiha Chisen.
Things became complicated.
"Related to Chisen-senpai by blood…" Izumi, who was behind them, was stunned. She had always thought Chisen-senpai was alone in the Uchiha Clan, with no relatives.
"Meow, it's just because Lord Chisen is too lazy to contact them."
Kijiro saw through the girl's unconcealable confusion.
It leaped onto the girl's shoulder, its weight making Izumi's left shoulder sink slightly.
Kijiro whispered, "Uchiha Onigawara is the younger brother of Lord Chisen's deceased mother, but he is not a member of the Konoha Military Police Force. He is a ninja in the Anbu, like Uchiha Itachi."
"But it seems that due to a mission a month ago, his two companions died too suspiciously, and he has been temporarily suspended and is under investigation."
Izumi suddenly understood.
She realized then that Kijiro, this Ninja Cat senpai, knew so much strange information!
He even knew about this!
"Is the evidence conclusive?" Uchiha Chisen merely asked, not even raising any objections. Fugaku didn't see even a trace of anger on the young man's face.
Fugaku said, "This is his confession."
"Then kill him."
"Okay… Huh???"
Fugaku suddenly reacted. His poker face finally showed a slight change. He looked at Uchiha Chisen with considerable astonishment and reminded him, "Chisen, he is your mother's brother. By seniority, he is your maternal uncle, and you are his nephew."
Uchiha Chisen asked, "Does that have anything to do with 'killing him'?"
Fugaku was taken aback and hesitated, "At least go see him yourself, see if there was a misjudgment?"
Uchiha Chisen said, "If such a small matter can be misjudged, then the Konoha Military Police Force can disband."
Fugaku: "..."
He was momentarily unsure about Uchiha Chisen. Was he this cold-blooded even towards his own blood relatives?
However.
Thinking about it carefully, he had never seen Uchiha Chisen clash with anyone related to him. There was indeed no precedent to understand Chisen's views on this matter.
Now, Fugaku understood—Uchiha Chisen would not hesitate to wield a butcher's knife even when facing his own blood relatives!
But at this moment, he heard Uchiha Chisen say, "If I indulge him and let him live in this world just because of our close relationship, [Absolute Justice] will become a laughingstock in the ninja world."
Was it again because of the Absolute Justice he believed in?
Fugaku was silent for a long time, then slowly said, "Chisen, you should go and..."
—BOOM!!!
The sudden, deafening roar shook the Konoha Military Police Force building, cutting off Fugaku's words.
Fugaku's expression changed slightly.
Izumi almost lost her footing.
Then, another member of the Konoha Military Police Force rushed in, reporting urgently and flusteredly, "Lord Fugaku! Something has happened! Uchiha Onigawara has killed one of his clansmen who was guarding him and escaped after breaking through the detention room wall!"
Fugaku shot up from his seat.
His expression was extremely grim.
Although many members of the Uchiha Clan were mentally unstable to begin with, someone like Uchiha Onigawara, who not only abused and killed his Anbu comrades but also killed a clansman from the Konoha Military Police Force guarding him just to escape... he was an extreme case, rarely seen even within the Uchiha Clan, occurring perhaps once in a decade.
Fugaku hadn't expected the other party to be so audacious! Doing this was practically tearing down the bridges with the village and the Uchiha.
That meant...
—Uchiha Onigawara was going to defect from Konoha!!!
At a time like this, when there were serious misunderstandings between the village and the Uchiha.
If a ninja from the Uchiha Clan defected from Konoha.
The entire Uchiha Clan would be unable to clear their names, even if they all jumped into the river.
"Order everyone in the Konoha Military Police Force to move out immediately! Capture Uchiha Onigawara!" Fugaku gritted his teeth and said with a dark expression, "Stop him before he leaves Konoha, no matter the cost!"
"Chisen, you too... huh?"
Only then did Fugaku realize with astonishment that Uchiha Chisen, who had been in the office, had already disappeared.
"Meow, Lord Chisen left five seconds ago,"
Kijiro said, licking his paw.
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