Naruto: Uchiha's Absolute Justice

Chapter 28: Cleansing the Evil of the Ninja World with Scorching Lava

The sound from behind sent shivers down the spines of the three ANBU ninja; the alarm bells in their hearts rang incessantly.

As their pupils constricted, they instinctively tried to spread out.

But their vision suddenly skewed.

A blurred image of an Uchiha girl entered their field of vision. However, before they could even make out her appearance, three heads had already rolled from their necks.

[Ding! You have successfully killed three "red-named" villains! Your chakra has received a slight boost! Congratulations, you have successfully dropped: ① "Shurikenjutsu" EXP Book ×7; ② "Water Style: Flowing Blade Technique"; ③ "Pleasure District Appraisal Technique" EXP Book ×4!]

The crimson boxes hovering above the three ANBU ninja's heads slowly dissipated.

But killing them was only the beginning. The previous commotion had already alerted the entire secret base.

Well, that was good.

It saved Uchiha Ikeizumi the trouble of flushing everyone out.

...

When more ANBU ninja rushed over.

They found several corpses on the ground and saw an Uchiha ninja holding a blood-stained blade, radiating killing intent.

Though they didn't know exactly what had happened, they were startled enough to immediately activate the base's alarm.

"Woo—woo—woo—"

The piercing alarm startled even Shin'nosuke Sarutobi.

"Enemy invasion?!"

Shin'nosuke Sarutobi's brows furrowed under his ANBU mask. Since this secret research base was established, there had never been an external invasion.

How could something like this happen when the old man entrusted this secret base to his care?

What puzzled Shin'nosuke Sarutobi even more was, who had the audacity to invade a secret base near Konoha Village?

A base built near Konoha Village implied a secret and close connection to Konoha.

Didn't the invaders know this?

Or rather…

Did the invaders simply not care about Konoha?!

"All combat personnel, assemble!" Shin'nosuke Sarutobi's expression gradually grew stern. He commanded, "Immediately proceed to the location where the alarm was triggered inside the base. The invaders…"

He thought of how the exposure of this secret base would likely bring a certain reputational risk to the old man.

Shin'nosuke Sarutobi's eyes flashed with killing intent.

"Whoever the invaders are, once found, kill them without mercy!"

"Yes!!!"

Led by Shin'nosuke Sarutobi, an entire ANBU squad deployed—this secret base was originally guarded by two ANBU squads.

One ANBU squad's duty was to scout outside the base, patrol inside, and transport supplies; the other ANBU squad was responsible for eliminating any threats to the base.

Both of these ANBU squads were under Shin'nosuke Sarutobi's command.

Shin'nosuke Sarutobi felt that the first squad might have already been compromised!

Moreover, the invaders' strength should not be underestimated!

Otherwise, the enemy would never have been able to sneak into the base so silently.

"Wait!"

Shin'nosuke Sarutobi stopped an ANBU. He ordered him, "You don't need to follow. Immediately return to Konoha and inform the old man about this. If no message from the base is sent back to the village within fifteen minutes, it means something has happened here, and it's best to have the old man bring more people."

"Yes!"

Just as Shin'nosuke Sarutobi was about to continue towards the alarm's location, a sudden sense of crisis made his heart leap.

He instinctively roared, "Stop!"

At the same time, he suddenly noticed a faint orange-red glow appearing on the metal-reinforced wall to his right, and he could feel an intense heat emanating from that direction.

---Boom!!!!

The terrifying high temperature instantly melted a huge hole in the metal-reinforced wall. The volcanic-like impact sent molten iron splashing everywhere, and an invisible wave of heat rushed towards them.

All the ANBU ninja immediately bent their knees to steady themselves, their eyes wide with horror as they gazed at the melted hole in the wall.

"That's…"

Shin'nosuke Sarutobi's pupils constricted. He saw "half" a person lying beside the hole in the wall.

The other half of that "person" was nowhere to be seen.

But judging from the clothing, the person was also an ANBU ninja.

Their mask had fallen off, and half of their face was frozen in an expression of indescribable terror, chilling anyone who looked at it.

Drip—

Drip—

A strange dripping sound entered their ears.

The smell of sulfur filled their nostrils.

A name of an Uchiha ninja he despised suddenly popped into Shin'nosuke Sarutobi's mind—Uchiha Ikeizumi!

Just as the thought crossed his mind, a figure with lava slowly flowing over its body stepped out from the other side of the wall.

"—It's Uchiha Ikeizumi!!!" An ANBU ninja behind Shin'nosuke Sarutobi exclaimed, shocked, speaking the opponent's name.

"Long time no see. Shin'nosuke… sensei."

Lava dripped from Uchiha Ikeizumi's body, its molten glow barely concealing the crimson blood-red of his Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

He looked directly at Shin'nosuke Sarutobi, saying, "You, as one of the Third Hokage's right-hand men, have been untraceable for the past two years. I thought you were dead. I didn't expect you, Shin'nosuke-sensei, to be stationed here by the Third Hokage."

Shin'nosuke Sarutobi's fists instantly clenched.

His expression under the mask darkened. He gritted his teeth and said, "The moment you killed two of your comrades, you stopped being my student, and I stopped being your Jonin instructor! Uchiha Ikeizumi! What exactly do you intend to do by coming here?"

Looking at the half-corpse on the ground, Shin'nosuke Sarutobi's mood worsened. He stared intently at Uchiha Ikeizumi: "You still couldn't suppress the demon in your heart, could you? Are you planning to go on a rampage in Konoha, killing these innocent people?!"

The other ANBU ninja behind him were quite surprised.

So, Senior Shin'nosuke and Uchiha Ikeizumi actually had such a past; he was once his Jonin instructor!

Uchiha Ikeizumi calmly asked, "Too much evil of the ninja world has died by my hand. Which two people are you referring to?"

Shin'nosuke Sarutobi's breathing nearly stopped.

"You… have you completely forgotten your comrades?"

"I don't deliberately remember the villains who have died by my hand."

A vein on Shin'nosuke Sarutobi's forehead twitched.

"Shimura Reiya! Uzuki Saku! Surely you remember those two names! They… were once my Genin students, just like you!"

Shin'nosuke Sarutobi couldn't help but recall the "fratricide" incident from years ago that had deeply shaken him.

It was after that incident that he stopped serving as a Jonin instructor for any Konoha Genin.

"Oh… I think I vaguely remember."

Uchiha Ikeizumi said, "Shimura Reiya, who bullied others in the Ninja Academy, leading to the bullied person committing suicide after their complaints went unheeded; Uzuki Saku, Shimura Reiya's accomplice, who continued spreading rumors about the bullied person even after their death."

"It's true that I killed those two. However, they made the first move at the time, which led to the Fourth Hokage defining it as excessive self-defense on my part, but I wasn't held accountable."

Shin'nosuke Sarutobi listened to Uchiha Ikeizumi's emotionless tone, as if "comrades" were expendable to him.

A wave of anger surged in his heart: "Their crimes didn't warrant death!"

Uchiha Ikeizumi said, "Then did the bullied person deserve to die?"

With every step he took forward, a molten crater appeared on the ground.

"In my eyes, your two students were already corrupted by the 'evil' of the ninja world into unforgivable villains. I merely cleanse the unforgivable 'evil' of the ninja world with scorching lava. That is all."

"Shin'nosuke-sensei."

Uchiha Ikeizumi's crimson eyes fell upon a crimson box hovering above Shin'nosuke Sarutobi's head.

"Now, you…"

"Have also fallen into the abyss."

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