Naruto: Uchiha's Absolute Justice

Chapter 30: The Light of a "Volcanic Eruption" Shines Upon Konoha

Shin'nosuke Sarutobi truly felt a chill down his spine. Many secrets hidden deep within his heart were, before Uchiha Ikeizumi, like a naked man with nothing to conceal.

It was as if, when he was doing those things, Uchiha Ikeizumi was quietly observing him from the shadows!

He even felt there was a high probability that this was true.

Otherwise, how could Uchiha Ikeizumi know so much?

One had to remember…

The "secrets" Uchiha Ikeizumi spoke of were things Shin'nosuke Sarutobi had never told anyone, including his wife, the old man, or even some of his subordinates.

"Uchiha Ikeizumi! You…"

But before Shin'nosuke Sarutobi could utter a single word, an intense feeling of suffocating death instantly enveloped him.

Because a lava projectile the size of a human head suddenly shot towards him!

He decisively shut his mouth, gripping his ninja blade's hilt with both hands, as a layer of azure chakra adhered to the blade.

"Hmph!!!"

Shin'nosuke Sarutobi slashed down, splitting the rapidly approaching lava projectile in two.

Just as he was about to swing his blade again, he suddenly felt the grip was off.

He glanced down, his pupils constricting.

His ninja blade…

It was broken!

Even with chakra infused into the blade, could it not withstand the terrifying high temperature of Uchiha Ikeizumi's Lava Release?

He immediately looked forward, only to find that Uchiha Ikeizumi wasn't charging. Instead, he was half-crouching on the ground, one hand slightly lowered, his fingertips lightly touching the ground—it seemed he had already finished his hand seals in that brief instant.

"Lava Release…"

"Volcanic Swamp."

A strange "gurgling" sound echoed in their ears. Under the horrified gaze of Shin'nosuke Sarutobi and the ANBU ninja, the ground, centered around Uchiha Ikeizumi's feet, rapidly melted into lava from an unknown source due to the high temperature!

In what seemed like the blink of an eye, even though Shin'nosuke Sarutobi was more than twenty meters away from Uchiha Ikeizumi, he noticed a faint reddish glow appearing on the ground beneath his feet.

"This isn't good! Retreat!!!"

The moment Shin'nosuke Sarutobi decisively gave the command, he rapidly retreated with the ANBU ninja beside him.

But one ANBU was half a step too late.

He did retreat, but when his feet landed on the ground, this ANBU ninja suddenly lost his balance, his face changing drastically.

"Ah! Hiss!!!"

An indescribable sharp pain shot from his ankle, making him quickly steady himself against the wall as he frantically looked down.

"My foot… it's gone…"

In his sight, both of his feet had, at some point, disappeared! From the fractured ankle, a faint wisp of smoke curled up, carrying the pungent smell of burnt flesh!

"Captain Shin'nosuke! I…"

This ANBU ninja panicked.

However.

Shin'nosuke Sarutobi could no longer care about his subordinate's injuries, because he found that Uchiha Ikeizumi's terrifying Lava Release power was rapidly destroying this secret research base!

The terrifying temperature of the lava was not only melting the ground beneath them but also the surrounding walls.

Huge, astonishing holes had already been melted into the walls on both sides of the passage.

Even the metal in the walls was burning with raging flames.

Even from a distance, Shin'nosuke Sarutobi and the others were all sweating profusely from the heat.

The temperature here was too high!!!

"Captain Shin'nosuke! The lava is moving abnormally!" An ANBU ninja acutely noticed the anomaly—the "gurgling", bubbling lava ahead seemed to be constantly surging upwards, as if something terrifying was about to erupt.

He guessed correctly.

The next second.

---Boom!!!

A terrifying torrent of lava erupted upwards like a volcanic eruption, instantly melting everything above it.

Under the horrified gaze of the ANBU ninja, the secret research base was violently burst open by the lava, creating an astonishing hole!

From an outside perspective, one could see a beam of crimson lava suddenly breaking through the ground in the dense forest and shooting skyward!

Only when the lava reached a hundred meters in the air did it transform into a shower of "rain," scattering and falling in all directions below.

But the falling lava projectiles were not powerless raindrops!

When a fist-sized lava lump fell.

The indescribable impact was like an exploding explosive tag, instantly blasting a large hole in the roof of the secret research base! It blew open the rocks above the base, revealing the building's surface.

And such powerful lava projectiles…

As far as the eye could see.

There were hundreds of them!

....

Currently, it was past 8 PM, just when nightlife was beginning.

Many Konoha villagers had just finished dinner and wanted to go for a stroll to digest their food.

But they suddenly saw…

A very conspicuous beam of crimson light shooting up into the sky outside the village.

Then, that beam of light scattered like fireworks.

It seemed to illuminate more than half of Konoha Village.

"What's that?" A civilian looked at the distance in confusion: "Someone's setting off fireworks outside the village? What huge fireworks…"

Someone nearby had a different opinion: "Do fireworks look like that? It looks more like a volcanic eruption, doesn't it?"

"What are you talking about? Where would Konoha have a volcano nearby?"

"It must be fireworks! But is there some kind of celebration recently? Why haven't I heard of it? If it's not a major holiday, there's no need to set off such huge fireworks, right? And, to set them off outside the village, what's going on?!"

"…"

"…"

Aside from these civilians who couldn't use ninjutsu, many ninja in the village also saw the anomaly in the distance.

Inside the Uchiha clan compound.

Uchiha Mikoto's beautiful eyes flashed with surprise as she said to her husband beside her, "Fugaku, that looks like… lava, doesn't it? It's just like a volcano suddenly erupting."

"…Mm."

Fugaku gazed at the night sky in the distance, his expression slightly grim, and nodded: "If I'm not mistaken, it should be Ikeizumi. Given Ikeizumi's personality, he wouldn't cause such a big commotion for no reason. He might have encountered a strong enemy outside the village."

"Hmph, I need to go out. You take good care of Sasuke at home."

Fugaku had already turned back into the house, preparing to put on his Police Force combat uniform.

He explained as he went: "Although Ikeizumi and I have many disagreements, there's one thing I admire about him. He can always see the 'evil' a person has committed, and he has never made a mistake, never wronged anyone."

"All these years, neither the Fourth Hokage nor the Third Hokage could do anything to him, precisely because they couldn't find any excuse to target Uchiha Ikeizumi."

"After Ikeizumi kills someone, he throws the body to us, and we then pass it on to the Yamanaka clan. The Yamanaka clan always discovers some shocking evil secrets on the corpses."

Hearing this, Uchiha Mikoto hesitated: "So, he might be fighting against evildoers right now?"

"Mm."

Fugaku had already changed into his Police Force attire. He said with a steady expression, "Regardless, he is a member of the Police Force. As the captain of the Police Force, I must lead people to support him.

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