Naruto: Uchiha's Absolute Justice

Chapter 29: Cleansing the Ninja World in the Name of Justice

Sarutobi Shinnosuke took a deep breath. Even though he tried his best to calm down, the "psychological trauma" Uchiha Ikeizumi had caused him was still too great.

He remembered the two out of three Konoha genin he had instructed who had died in an internecine conflict.

The only survivor, the "culprit," now stood calmly before him.

This made it impossible for Sarutobi Shinnosuke to suppress the anger in his heart.

Anger, for an ANBU ninja, was a major taboo.

Sarutobi Shinnosuke coldly emphasized, "Everything I have done, from beginning to end, has been for Konoha Village. I have never fallen into darkness. Uchiha Ikeizumi, you are merely someone who, out of personal desire, arbitrarily pins 'evil' on others! There's no need to glorify your homicidal tendencies."

"I don't understand why the Fourth Hokage ruled your killing of your comrades back then as excessive self-defense, nor do I understand why the old man hasn't dealt with you all these years."

"However…"

Sarutobi Shinnosuke glanced at the ANBU corpse on the ground.

He hadn't even considered why Uchiha Ikeizumi could recognize him at a glance despite him wearing an ANBU mask.

Nor had he wondered why Uchiha Ikeizumi was here.

At this moment, an uncontrollable killing intent permeated his eyes beneath the ANBU mask: "Since you've killed a fellow ANBU ninja of this village in front of me… then today, I will cleanse the ranks for the old man, and for Konoha Village!"

"At the same time…"

"I'll cleanse the ranks for myself as well!"

The moment Sarutobi Shinnosuke's words fell, the six ANBU members behind him instantly understood.

They cooperated seamlessly, using characteristic ninja tactical movements to block all of Uchiha Ikeizumi's retreat paths. Simultaneously, they attacked Uchiha Ikeizumi with various ninja tools.

Whoosh—

Whoosh—

A ninja blade and a kama instantly carved out two extremely gruesome, large gashes on Uchiha Ikeizumi's body.

Other ANBU ninja threw a large number of kunai and shuriken, all of which precisely hit Uchiha Ikeizumi's body.

One of the kunai even had an explosive tag wrapped around its end!

"Explode!"

Rumble rumble rumble!!!

The deafening explosion caused a slight pain in the eardrums of the ANBU ninja. They watched Uchiha Ikeizumi being engulfed by the explosion's fire and smoke. Logically, he should have been blown to smithereens.

However…

"No… my ninja blade!"

"My kama… how is his Lava Release so hot? My ninja tools were only in contact with his body for less than half a second at most, and they melted?!"

Two unbelievable shouts suddenly rang out.

The ANBU holding the ninja blade and the ANBU holding the kama both looked in shock at their half-melted ninja tools.

Molten iron could still be seen dripping from the fractured parts of the tools.

And when they simultaneously looked up ahead.

A torrent of crimson lava had already swallowed the dense smoke from the explosion, and the entire passageway inside the secret base seemed to be filled with lava.

The flowing lava surged towards the ANBU ninja like a mudslide, melting even the ground in its path.

Sarutobi Shinnosuke's expression turned grim: "Lava Release…"

Although he was once Uchiha Ikeizumi's Jonin instructor, Sarutobi Shinnosuke rarely saw Uchiha Ikeizumi use Lava Release.

He only knew that Uchiha Ikeizumi's Lava Release had an incredibly terrifying temperature; ordinary flesh would almost instantly melt upon contact.

Beyond that, he had no further information about Lava Release.

Only now did Sarutobi Shinnosuke realize that he knew absolutely nothing about this former Genin student of his.

Seeing the surging torrent of lava approaching, Sarutobi Shinnosuke calmly shouted, "Deal with him in this tunnel! Don't let him leave here, otherwise, his Lava Release Kekkei Genkai will absolutely destroy the entire base! Use Water Style against him!"

The ANBU ninja immediately understood.

Three ANBU ninja capable of Water Style jutsu immediately formed hand seals.

The moment the lava torrent was upon them, they simultaneously unleashed the same Water Style jutsu.

"Water Style: Water Colliding Wave!!!" ×3

Surging water, like a sea tornado, rose from the ground and enveloped all the ANBU ninja.

When the water gathered to a certain extent, it rushed forward like a roaring flood, spreading over the lava.

The moment the two collided, the scalding steam that furiously filled the tunnel made the ANBU ninja's faces change dramatically.

So hot!!!

Uchiha Ikeizumi's extremely cold voice echoed eerily through the steam-filled tunnel: "Shinnosuke-sensei, you believe you haven't fallen into darkness… Then tell me. Half a year ago, when a 'volunteer' who willingly became a test subject became too terrified and wanted to withdraw midway, who killed him?"

Sarutobi Shinnosuke, enduring the pain of steam burns, his pupils constricted.

"A year ago, when there weren't enough 'volunteers,' who ordered their subordinates to go to a neighboring country in the Land of Fire, abducting more than a dozen war orphans from that country and forcing them to become test subjects?"

Sarutobi Shinnosuke's gaze turned somewhat horrified.

Uchiha Ikeizumi was like a judge from the underworld, each word piercing directly at Sarutobi Shinnosuke.

"And, two years ago…"

"And…"

Every word Uchiha Ikeizumi spoke caused Sarutobi Shinnosuke's expression to change, and also made the ANBU members beside him cast astonished glances at their captain.

"Shinnosuke-sensei, you said you want to cleanse the ranks for Konoha… Well, what a coincidence, today, I am here to cleanse the ranks for the ninja world."

"Hokage-sama!" Meanwhile, the ANBU ninja sent back to Konoha by Sarutobi Shinnosuke to report finally arrived at the Sarutobi clan compound that night and loudly called out to Hiruzen Sarutobi.

With a "whoosh," a sliding door of a house opened.

Hiruzen Sarutobi, dressed in civilian clothes, stepped out in wooden clogs.

He held his pipe, his brow furrowed, and asked, "If I recall correctly, you're from Shinnosuke's ANBU, aren't you… What happened on Shinnosuke's end?!"

The ANBU ninja organized his words and quickly said, "Hokage-sama, there's an enemy attacking the secret base outside the village. Captain Shinnosuke said the enemy's strength is likely formidable, so he ordered me to return to the village and request Hokage-sama to send reinforcements."

"What?!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi's heart clenched.

Years ago, after he led his men to destroy Orochimaru's human experimentation lab in Konoha, he confiscated many research materials Orochimaru had not yet taken or destroyed, and also captured a large number of unforgivable human experimentation researchers.

He originally wanted to destroy those materials, and had promised Uchiha Ikeizumi that he would secretly execute those researchers.

After all, if these evil research materials fell into ambitious hands, they might give rise to a new Orochimaru.

However…

Under the persuasion and advice of Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado, Hiruzen Sarutobi only destroyed some of the most obviously evil research materials, keeping the rest.

At the same time, he did not fulfill his promise to Uchiha Ikeizumi, but instead transferred those researchers outside the village.

As Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado put it at the time."They have committed so much irreversible evil; death is too easy for them. Their knowledge and limited lives should be used to gradually repay their debts."

"Hiruzen, you cannot make irrational decisions just because you made a promise to an Uchiha boy. We know you think highly of him, but that genius with two Kekkei Genkai, after all, carries the Uchiha name…"

"Can you guarantee that Uchiha Ikeizumi will bring more benefits to Konoha's future than Orochimaru's subordinates could? Their knowledge is the most precious treasure in the ninja world."

"Besides, we can simply destroy some of the unbearable data; the village can make good use of the rest."

Hiruzen Sarutobi was swayed.

Thus, a secret research base was built at a hidden location several tens of kilometers outside Konoha Village, used to study some of the research materials left behind by Orochimaru.

He also entrusted this base to his eldest son, "Sarutobi Shinnosuke," to manage.

He didn't trust it to outsiders.

However, Hiruzen Sarutobi never expected that the secret research base would run into trouble after only a few years.

An enemy capable of making Shinnosuke send someone back to the village to request reinforcements… was probably no simple foe!

"I will personally lead a team there."

Hiruzen Sarutobi said gravely.

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