"Kill him." Uchiha Chisen's words, devoid of any emotion, caused Izumi's palms to sweat a little.
She knew that Senior Chisen never joked.
Izumi also understood that whether Senior Chisen asked her to interrogate a criminal or execute one...
It was all a test of her resolve towards [Absolute Justice]!
Recalling the photo of the mother and daughter from the "Yamada family" on the missing persons file; remembering the faint smiles on those two delicate faces; thinking of the bone fragments fished out of the Konoha sewers; seeing Yamada Binjiro's unrepentant attitude just now...
Izumi's gaze shifted from hesitant confusion to resolute decisiveness.
"Yes! Senior!"
As she uttered those words, she noticed Senior Chisen had deactivated the Sharingan genjutsu.
Because she saw Yamada Binjiro dazedly snap back from endless illusions of collapse and despair.
He was startled and terrified, his lower body already wet, snot and tears streaming down his face, his expression contorted to a point that was unbearable to look at.
Izumi didn't know what illusions Senior Chisen had made Yamada Binjiro see.
She only heard the man muttering fearfully like a madman.
She only saw him trembling and wriggling with all fours, and she also saw him smear the mud on the ground, the blood on his hands, and even the urine that had flowed out, all over his face.
"Don't kill me, I was wrong... Don't kill me, I regret it... I won't dare again, please... I really regret it... I was wrong, sob sob, I know I was wrong..."
Izumi had never seen anyone debase themselves to such an extent just to stay alive.
"Did you ever think about whether the mother and daughter you killed felt as desperate as you do now before they died?"
Izumi gripped her ninja sword tightly, gritting her teeth. "Do you remember if they begged for mercy from you?"
"And you... did you let them go?"
The force with which Izumi held the hilt of her sword was so great that her fingers appeared pale.
"You're not regretting anything."
"You're just afraid of dying."
"Scum!!!"
Slash—
The ninja sword in Izumi's hand had already pierced Yamada Binjiro's chest. Following the killing techniques she learned in the Ninja Academy, she viciously twisted her wrist, then silently pulled the sword out, simultaneously shifting one step to the right.
A stream of scarlet blood spurted from Yamada Binjiro's chest, and Izumi managed to dodge it perfectly.
She watched as the light in Yamada Binjiro's eyes began to fade.
Until he finally collapsed to the ground, lifeless.
[Ding! Your nurtured believer of [Absolute Justice] has successfully killed a "Red Name" villain! Your Chakra has received a small boost! Congratulations, you have successfully dropped: Corpse Dismemberment Experience Book x2!]
[At the same time, Uchiha Izumi also received a small Chakra boost!]
"Senior Chisen, the culprit in the murder and dismemberment case has been executed by me!"
Izumi took a deep breath, letting the rain wash over the blade. She suddenly had a strange feeling, as if after carrying out justice and killing the criminal, her body felt an inexplicable sense of "relief."
She had felt this strange sensation before, two days ago in the secret research base.
This sent a shiver down Izumi's spine.
Could I be some hidden, innate serial killer?
Frightened by her own wild thoughts, Izumi shook her head and quickly asked, "Senior, how should the body be handled?"
"Let the Konoha Military Police Force collect the body."
"Yes, Senior!"
...
The staff at the Konoha Funeral Hall were all too terrified to make a sound.
Even though they knew the Hokage was within the Konoha Public Cemetery, they still didn't feel any sense of security.
But what they found hard to understand was... amidst this unspeakable fear, they felt a strange sense of peace.
Izumi keenly noticed the fear in their expressions.
She pursed her lips and suddenly spoke, "Yamada Binjiro murdered his brother's wife and daughter, and brutally dismembered them, throwing their body parts into the sewer. The Konoha Military Police Force failed to find the culprit for four years, allowing him to escape justice for so long."
"It wasn't until today that justice for this mother and daughter has finally arrived. This is a dereliction of duty on our part as the Konoha Military Police Force! But I promise here that as long as we uphold [Absolute Justice] to purge evil, similar incidents will occur less and less in the future!"
She wasn't sure if her words had any effect.
Izumi noticed the fear in their eyes subside slightly.
However, they seemed to have gained a bit of confusion.
Izumi didn't know what else to say, so she concluded with one last sentence: "The ninja world, under the baptism of [Absolute Justice], will surely become better and better one day."
Then, she quickly turned and followed Uchiha Chisen.
Izumi lowered her small head, walking nervously behind Uchiha Chisen, her earlier courage completely gone. She apologized in a voice as faint as a mosquito: "I'm sorry, Senior. I took it upon myself to say many things I shouldn't have..."
She only just realized that she had just badmouthed the Konoha Military Police Force.
However.
She didn't hear her senior's reprimand.
Senior Chisen hadn't even said a word.
"...Senior?"
Uchiha Chisen said in a flat tone, "You were just speaking the truth."
...
After seeing off the infamous "Plague God" of the Konoha Military Police Force, everyone at the Konoha Funeral Hall exchanged glances, then fearfully glanced at the corpse on the ground.
They seemed to have understood only two points.
—They were good people, Uchiha Chisen wouldn't trouble them, and now that he was gone, they could relax.
—Yamada Binjiro was an extremely wicked murderer!
"Gulp!" Someone swallowed nervously, finally breaking the eerie, silent tension. "That Yamada guy actually did something like this... I used to go drinking with him all the time. Wasn't I in danger every day?"
"According to that Uchiha ninja, Yamada even dismembered the bodies of his brother's wife and daughter!"
"Hiss, how did I not realize he was like this before?"
"He hid it so well, didn't he? Fortunately, he was caught today... uh, I guess he wasn't actually caught."
"So those two Uchiha were here to investigate the case."
"Speaking of which, that 'Plague God' didn't look as scary as the rumors say. Aren't there rumors that he kills wherever he goes? But it seems we're all still alive..."
"..."
Amidst the murmuring crowd, they had actually forgotten to quickly proceed with burying Sarutobi Shinosuke's coffin.
It wasn't until a ninja from the Sarutobi Clan walked over with a dark expression.
He frowned, first glancing at Yamada Binjiro's corpse, and muttered, "That Uchiha guessed correctly again."
He was referring to Uchiha Chisen's perfect case-solving rate.
Then, the Sarutobi ninja reminded the funeral hall staff, "Isn't it time to bury him?"
The Konoha Funeral Hall staff finally snapped back to reality.
...
Meanwhile, as Uchiha Chisen walked out of the Konoha Public Cemetery, an orange Ninja Cat hurriedly appeared before him.
"Lord Chisen, the 'Cowardly Eye' is looking for you, meow!"
Kijiro said rapidly.
"...Cowardly Eye?" Izumi, who was behind Uchiha Chisen, was stunned.
Kijiro said, "It's Uchiha Fugaku! That's a nickname Lord Chisen gave Uchiha Fugaku a long time ago. I remember, it was about seven or eight years ago, wasn't it?"
Izumi gasped in amazement.
Patriarch Fugaku...
Is he that cowardly?
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