Konoha: The Absolute Justice of the Uchiha

Chapter 44 Uchiha Ikezumi's Blood Relatives

Izumi found it hard to reconcile the dignified, expressionless face of the Fugaku family head with the word "cowardly."

After all, in her eyes, Fugaku Uchiha was still quite intimidating.

Even standing in front of that family head, one could feel the pressure.

"Tachibana Jiro, why did the Fugaku family head want to see Izumi-senpai?" Izumi shook off the strange thoughts that had been nagging at her. The sudden curiosity had dispelled much of the ferocity she felt from killing him, and she asked again.

"Newbie, you should call me senior, meow! I've been following Lord Chi Quan for many years longer than you!"

Tachibana Jiro emphasized this point with considerable dissatisfaction.

He immediately replied, "I'm not too sure about the specifics, but I think it's related to some kind of case?"

Quan's heart skipped a beat.

Could it be that the head of the Fugaku family has such good intelligence that he already knows that Ikezumi-senpai and he directly forced their way into the funeral of the Hokage's eldest son, and that he also knows that he executed a scumbag at the funeral?

Does the head of the Fugaku family intend to summon them back to interrogate them?

Quan was filled with unease.

Compared to Uchiha Izumi, who had long since stopped caring about Uchiha Fugaku's status as the head of the Uchiha clan, Izumi actually still had some fear and respect for Uchiha Fugaku.

Soon.

They returned to the Uchiha clan's residence, and the drizzling rain finally stopped.

Quan shook the water off his head, feeling increasingly uneasy, and followed Senior Chi Quan into the police force building.

Then she saw that Senior Ikezumi didn't knock and just pushed the door open and walked into the Fugaku family's police force office.

Quan had no choice but to bite the bullet and follow.

"Lord Fugaku," she greeted him politely, but she noticed that her senior, Ikezumi, remained silent.

"Ah."

Fugaku nodded to Izumi, then looked at Uchiha Ike Izumi with a stern face and complicated eyes, and said, "Ike Izumi, I have some bad news. You may need to prepare yourself."

“Speak,” Uchiha Ikezumi said bluntly.

Fugaku hesitated for a moment before asking, "Do you know 'Uchiha Kihara'?"

Uchiha Ikezumi raised his eyelids slightly.

Fugaku sighed, a dark cloud settling 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 had been killed by the enemy."

"However, after investigation by the police force, it was found that he was the one who actually killed his two companions. Moreover, he did not act in self-defense, but rather committed a deliberate and morbidly malicious act of torture."

“Chi Quan, he is related to you by blood, that’s why I asked you to come here and ask for your opinion.”

If it were just an ordinary Uchiha clan member, Fugaku could have dealt with him himself.

but……

When the other party involves Uchiha Ikezumi.

Things then become more complicated.

"Related to Senior Chiquan by blood..." Izumi paused for a moment. She had always thought that Senior Chiquan was all alone in the Uchiha clan and had no family ties.

"Meow, it's just because Lord Chiquan is too lazy to contact them."

Tachibana Jiro immediately saw through the girl's barely concealed doubt.

It leaped onto the girl's shoulder, its weight making Izumi's left shoulder sag.

Tachibana Jiro whispered, "Uchiha Kigawara is the younger brother of Lord Ikezumi's deceased mother, but he is not a member of the Uchiha Police Force. Instead, he is an ANBU ninja like Uchiha Itachi."

"But it seems that because of a mission a month ago, the deaths of his two companions were too suspicious, and he has been temporarily suspended from duty pending investigation."

Quan suddenly realized what was going on.

She then realized that this senior ninja cat, Tachibana Jiro, knew a lot of strange and wonderful information!
He even knows this kind of thing!
"Is the evidence conclusive?" Uchiha Ikezumi asked simply, without even raising any questions. Fugaku didn't see a trace of anger on the young man's face either. Fugaku said, "His testimony is as follows."

"Then kill them."

"Okay... um???"

Fugaku suddenly realized something, and his expressionless face finally showed a hint of emotion. He looked at Uchiha Ikezumi with considerable surprise and reminded him, "Ikezumi, he is your mother's younger brother. In terms of seniority, he is your uncle, and you are his nephew."

Uchiha Izumi asked, "Does this have anything to do with 'killing him'?"

Fugaku paused, then hesitated, "Why don't you at least go and see him for yourself to see if there's been a misjudgment?"

Uchiha Ikezumi said, "If we can misjudge such a trivial matter, the police force might as well be disbanded."

Fugaku: “…”

He was a little confused about Uchiha Ichiichi. Could he be so cold-blooded towards his own blood relatives?

but.

Thinking about it carefully, he realized that he had never seen Uchiha Ikezumi have any conflict with anyone related to him by blood, so there was indeed no precedent for him to understand Ikezumi's views on this matter.

Now, Fugaku understands—even when facing his own blood relatives, Uchiha Izumi would not hesitate to raise a knife!

But at that moment, he heard Uchiha Ikezumi say, "If I allow him to live in this world just because he has a close relationship with me, [Absolute Justice] will become a joke in the ninja world."

Is it because of his belief in absolute justice?

Fugaku remained silent for a long while, then slowly said, "Ikezumi, you should still go..."

--boom! ! !

The sudden, deafening roar shook the police station building, silencing Fugaku from saying what he was about to say.

Fugaku's expression changed slightly.

Quan almost lost his balance.

Then another member of the police force rushed in, urgently reporting, "Lord Fugaku! Something's happened! Uchiha Kiwara killed one of his clansmen guarding him and broke through the wall of the detention cell to escape!"

Fugaku suddenly stood up.

His complexion was extremely unpleasant.

Although many members of the Uchiha clan are inherently mentally unstable, someone like Uchiha Kihara, who not only tortured and killed his own ANBU comrades but also killed the police officers guarding him in an attempt to escape... is an extreme case that is so rare that it might only occur once every ten years within the Uchiha clan.

Fugaku never expected the other party to be so audacious! Doing this would practically mean a complete break with the village and the Uchiha clan.

That means...

—Uchiha Kihara is going to defect from Konoha!!!
At a time when there was a serious misunderstanding between the village and the Uchiha clan.

If an Uchiha clan ninja were to defect and leave Konoha...

The entire Uchiha clan would be unable to clear their name even if they jumped into the river.

"Order all police officers to act immediately! Arrest Uchiha Kihara!" Fugaku gritted his teeth, his face dark. "At all costs, stop him before he leaves Konoha!"

"Chi Quan, you too... um?"

Fugaku was then shocked to notice that Uchiha Ikezumi, who had been in the office, had long since disappeared.

"Meow, Lord Chiquan left five seconds ago."

"I'm licking my paws," said Tachibana Jiro.

……

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(End of this chapter)