Konoha: The Absolute Justice of the Uchiha

Chapter 43 You don't regret it, you're afraid of dying.
"Kill him." — These emotionless words from Senior Chi Quan caused a few beads of sweat to appear on Quan's palms.

She knew that Senior Chi Quan never joked.

Quan also understood that whether Senior Ikezumi asked her to interrogate prisoners or to execute them...

They are all testing my resolve for [absolute justice]!

Recalling the photo of the "Yamada family" mother and daughter on the missing persons file; remembering the faint smiles on their delicate faces; thinking of the broken bones pulled from the Konoha sewers; seeing Yamada Toshijiro's unrepentant attitude just now...

Quan's eyes had changed from hesitant and confused to resolute and decisive.

"Yes! Senior!"

As she uttered those words, she realized that Senior Ikezumi had dispelled the Sharingan genjutsu.

Because she saw Yamada Toshijiro dazedly come back to his senses from an endless hallucination of collapse and despair.

He was both shocked and terrified. His crotch was already wet, and snot and tears were streaming down his face. His facial expression was so distorted that it was unbearable to look at.

Izumi had no idea what kind of illusion Izumi-senpai had made Yamada Toshijiro see.

All she heard was the other person muttering nervously and fearfully.

She saw the other person trembling and wriggling, using both hands and feet. She also saw the other person smear the mud on the ground, the blood on their hands, and even the urine that had flowed out onto their face.

"Don't kill me, I was wrong... Don't kill me, I regret it... I won't do it again, please... I really regret it... I was wrong, sob sob sob, I know I was wrong..."

Quan had never seen anyone so humble and demeaning in order to survive.

"Have you ever thought about whether the mother and daughter you killed were as desperate as you are now before they died?"

Izumi gripped her ninja sword tightly, gritting her teeth: "Do you remember if they ever begged you for mercy?"

"And you... did you let them go?"

Quan gripped the hilt of the knife so tightly that his fingers turned white.

"You are not regretting it."

"You're just afraid of dying."

"You scumbag!!!"

Poof——

Izumi's ninja sword had already pierced Yamada Toshijiro's heart. Following the killing techniques she learned at the ninja academy, she twisted her wrist hard, then silently pulled the sword out, and immediately moved aside to the right.

A stream of scarlet blood spurted from Yamada Toshijiro's chest, but Izumi just managed to avoid it.

She watched helplessly as Yamada Toshijiro's eyes began to lose their sparkle.

Until he completely collapsed to the ground.

There were no more signs of life.

[Ding! Your trained follower of [Absolute Justice] has successfully killed a "red-name" villain! Your chakra has received a slight boost! Congratulations, you have successfully obtained: Dismemberment Experience Book x2!]

[At the same time, Uchiha Izumi also received a small increase in chakra!]

"Senior Chi Quan, the perpetrator of the murder and dismemberment case has been executed by me!"

Quan took a deep breath, letting the rain wash over the blade. She suddenly had a strange feeling, as if she felt a strange sense of "comfort" after killing the criminal in the name of justice.

She had the same illusion the day before yesterday at the secret research base.

This made Quan shudder.

Could I be some kind of hidden, born psychopathic killer?
Quan was startled by the wild thoughts running through her mind. She shook her head and quickly asked, "Senior, what should we do with the body?"

"Let the police come and collect the body."

"Yes, senior!"

……

The people at the Konoha Funeral Home were too frightened to utter a sound.

Even though they knew the Hokage was in the Konoha Cemetery, they still didn't feel any sense of security.

What they couldn't understand was that... in this state of utter insecurity and fear, they felt a strange sense of security.

Quan keenly noticed the fear in their expressions.

She pursed her lips, then suddenly said, "Yamada Toshijiro murdered his brother's wife and daughter, and cruelly dismembered them, throwing the body parts into the sewers. The police force failed to find the murderer for four years, allowing him to evade justice for many years."

"Justice for this mother and daughter has finally come belatedly. This is a dereliction of duty by our Uchiha Police Force! But I hereby guarantee that as long as we uphold 'absolute justice' and eradicate evil, similar incidents will become fewer and fewer in the future!" I wonder if my words had any effect.

Quan noticed that the fear in these people's eyes had lessened slightly.

They just seemed a bit more confused.

Izumi didn't know what else to say, so she ended with just one sentence: "Under the baptism of [Absolute Justice], the ninja world will one day become better and better."

He then quickly turned around and followed Uchiha Ikezumi.

With her head down, Izumi walked nervously behind Uchiha Ike Izumi. Gone was the courage she had before. She apologized in a barely audible voice, "I'm sorry, senpai. I acted on my own and said many things I shouldn't have..."

She then realized that she had just said something bad about the Uchiha police force.

however.

She didn't hear her senior's reprimand.

Senior Chi Quan didn't even say a word.

"……senior?"

Uchiha Ikezumi said calmly, "You were just telling the truth."

……

After watching the infamous Uchiha police force, known as the "Plague Gods," depart, the group at the Konoha Funeral Home exchanged bewildered glances, then looked with trepidation at the corpses on the ground.

They probably only understood two points.

—They are good people, Uchiha Izumi won't cause them any trouble, and since they're gone, they can rest assured.

—Toshijiro Yamada is a vicious and ruthless murderer!

"Gulp!" Someone swallowed hard, finally breaking the eerie silence: "That Yamada guy, he actually did something like this... I used to go drinking and carousing with him all the time, wasn't I in danger every day?"

"I heard from that Uchiha clan ninja that Yamada even dismembered the bodies of his brother, wife, and daughter!"

"Hiss, how come I never noticed he was this kind of person before?"

"He was hidden so well! Luckily he wasn't arrested today... uh, I don't think he was arrested at all."

"So those two Uchiha were here to investigate a case."

"Speaking of which, that 'plague god' doesn't seem as scary as the rumors say. Aren't there rumors that he kills wherever he goes? But we all seem to be alive..."

"..."

Amidst the whispers, the group momentarily forgot to hurry over and bury Sarutobi Shinnosuke's coffin.

Then a Sarutobi clan ninja walked over with a dark expression.

He frowned, glanced at Yamada Toshijiro's corpse, and muttered, "That Uchiha guessed right again."

He was referring to Uchiha Ikezumi's 100% crime-solving rate.

Then, a Sarutobi clan ninja reminded the people at the funeral home, "Isn't it time for the burial?"

The people at the Konoha Funeral Home finally realized what was happening.

……

On the other side, as Uchiha Ikezumi walked out of the Konoha Cemetery, an orange ninja cat hurriedly appeared in front of him.

"Lord Chi Quan, 'Cowardly Eyes' is looking for you!"

Tachibana Jiro spoke rapidly.

"...Cowardly?" Izumi, standing behind Uchiha Izumi, was taken aback.

Tachibana Jiro said, "It's Uchiha Fugaku! That's a nickname that Ikezumi-sama gave Uchiha Fugaku a long time ago. I think it was about seven or eight years ago?"

Quan was speechless with astonishment.

The head of the Fugaku family...

Am I a coward?

……

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(End of this chapter)