r18novel Chapter 125: Slaying 4756 People! Shaking the Land of Fire
Chapter 125: Slaying 4756 People! Shaking the Land of Fire
Chapter 126: Slaying 4,756 people with his bare hands! This shocks the Land of Fire!
The vast capital of the Land of Fire was already filled with fear and unease.
Many powerful families who survived by chance realized that as long as they did not do evil, they would not incur the wrath of Uchiha Ikezumi, nor would they be purged by the so-called "absolute justice".
But the question is, who can guarantee that they are clean? Or, who can guarantee that their loved ones are clean?
Who can guarantee they won't be killed? And who can guarantee they won't feel any emotional distress when their loved ones are killed?
However, one undeniable point is...
In those few short days, no one in the entire capital of the Land of Fire dared to commit any crime.
The main issue is that one villain after another who has committed numerous crimes has been exposed by Uchiha Izumi. Those who committed minor offenses have been thrown into prison, while those who committed major offenses have lost their lives.
The daily massacres lingered, immersing the entire capital of the Land of Fire in a thick, pungent stench of blood.
This frightened many people who harbored thieving intentions, causing them to lose their courage.
If we ignore the corpse left behind by Uchiha Izumi. If we also ignore the blood that can't be washed off the ground.
The capital of the Land of Fire has indeed been "safe and secure" these past few days!
Ok……
It was so stable that even the daimyo of the Land of Fire was killed.
Amidst this atmosphere of fear and gloom, Hiruzen Sarutobi was also in a terrible mood, as rumors about him, the Third Hokage, had begun to circulate in the capital.
Not long after Hiruzen Sarutobi witnessed the burial of the Fire Country Daimyo, an ANBU ninja rushed to him to report: "Hokage-sama, these are some conspiracy theories we've gathered about you over the past few days. You guessed it, many people believe this matter is related to you, Hokage-sama."
Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyelids twitched. He didn't know how long he had mentally prepared himself before accepting the information handed to him by the ANBU ninja.
As a result, Hiruzen Sarutobi almost fainted after just one glance.
The dense text on it was all shocking.
"The death of the Daimyo must be related to Konoha! Wasn't that Uchiha Izumi just a Konoha ninja? How could he possibly have stormed the Daimyo's residence alone? There must have been other Konoha ninjas helping him from the inside. Didn't you see the Third Hokage of Konoha also appear at the Daimyo's residence?"
"I heard the Third Hokage of Konoha was some kind of legendary ninja... A ninja who turned against a daimyo, that's the first time I've ever seen one. These ninjas are too dangerous, haven't they been planning this for a long time?"
"Is Konoha trying to break free from the Daimyo's control? Is it the ambition of all the ninjas in Konoha, or just the ambition of the Hokage alone?"
"I've heard that the second son of the Konoha Hokage is one of the Daimyo's Twelve Guardian Ninja! The Konoha Hokage has already planted a spy within the Daimyo's residence! He's been plotting this for a long time!"
"—Did His Highness also receive threats from the Hokage of Konoha for choosing to so cowardly swallow his anger?"
"Is the Hokage of Konoha trying to usurp the throne?"
"..."
"Outrageous! Outrageous!" These were the only four words that Hiruzen Sarutobi could keep repeating.
He paced back and forth anxiously, the words on the document making his old face turn bright red with embarrassment.
This caused him to feel intense pangs of conscience.
But the problem is...
These are all unreliable conspiracy theories! Hiruzen Sarutobi didn't think that way at all! This matter has nothing to do with him!
How could he have traveled all that way with his ANBU to the capital of the Land of Fire just to coordinate with Uchiha Ikezumi from the inside?
I'm innocent!
Hiruzen Sarutobi suddenly felt a little scared. He finally understood just how much terrifying public pressure Sakumo Hatake had endured back then.
It should be noted that these opinions were based on fear of this "insidious Hokage of Konoha," and those people did not dare to say anything too outrageous.
otherwise……
Hiruzen Sarutobi felt that he might also be contemplating suicide.
He wanted to prove his innocence by committing suicide!
Fortunately.
He instantly dismissed this irrational thought.
"Can public opinion be controlled?" Hiruzen Sarutobi was so bewildered that he even sought advice from several Anbu ninjas around him.
An ANBU ninja said, "Lord Hokage, some conspiracy theories about you have already spread beyond the capital of the Land of Fire. Moreover, the capital of the Land of Fire is much larger than Konoha, making it several times, even ten times, more difficult to control the spread of public opinion."
"Furthermore, this isn't Konoha Village. Even if we wanted to control public opinion, we'd need the Daimyo's support. But..."
The ANBU ninja hesitated for a moment, but ultimately chose to continue: "However, the current Daimyo's office will definitely favor Uchiha Ikezumi over you and Uchiha Ikezumi."
"Once Uchiha Izumi gets involved, public opinion will still be out of control."
Hiruzen Sarutobi remained silent.
The name "Uchiha Izumi" is probably a nightmare for many people in the capital of the Land of Fire.
It was also Hiruzen Sarutobi's nightmare!
……
at the same time.
the other side.
"Ninja sword." Uchiha Ikezumi simply uttered two words, and Mitarashi Anko quickly took one from the large pile of ninja swords she was holding and handed it to Uchiha Ikezumi.
Then.
She watched helplessly as Uchiha Izumi threw away her dulled ninja sword. Then, with a new sword, she ruthlessly slashed at the neck of a villain, decapitating him!
"The 4,756th person..."
"And the eleventh ninja sword..."
Hongdou swallowed hard, silently reciting the two numbers.
She felt that after these past few days, she should have become numb to Uchiha Ikezumi's extreme behavior.
But as these numbers continued to climb, she discovered that the word "numbness" simply did not exist.
Hongdou is shocked every day and experiences varying degrees of psychological impact.
It's impossible to become numb!
Moreover, behind Uchiha Ikezumi, she saw many villains she had never seen before, and heard countless sordid and evil deeds that she had never dared to imagine before.
Some of the evil deeds committed by the villains still disgust her when she thinks about them now, and they give her nightmares every night.
The concept of red beans has also begun to change over time.
"Perhaps... these people truly don't deserve to live in this ninja world. Their existence only defiles this land; their twisted thoughts only allow evil to spread further..."
Staring at the headless corpse in front of her, Hongdou, who would have felt incomprehensible a few days ago, now felt that it was good that she died!
She had long been so disgusted by the wickedness of these villains that she had lost all empathy for them.
No matter how much they wept and cried before they died.
She wouldn't feel even a shred of compassion or forgiveness.
But Hongdou suddenly felt a little lost. She couldn't help but look at the ninja swords in her arms, then shifted her gaze to her palms, her eyes revealing a sense of helplessness and fear.
"What evil things have I done for Orochimaru? Am I like those people? Have I hurt many people? Do I not deserve to live in the ninja world?"
One murmured question after another relentlessly tormented Hongdou's conscience.
She knew she was Orochimaru's disciple.
However, to prevent certain secrets from being revealed, Orochimaru had already erased some of her memories. Therefore, Anko can no longer recall any of the evil deeds she committed.
"If your evil deeds are as heinous as those of the villains I've personally killed," Uchiha Izumi's voice echoed eerily, "you're already a corpse waiting to be decomposed by microorganisms."
A single sentence from Uchiha Ikezumi jolted Anko awake from her reverie.
Right!
If I were truly that kind of villain, how could I still be alive?
Red Bean took a deep breath, calming her thoughts. For some reason, she mustered up the courage to ask her increasingly fearsome old classmate from the ninja academy, "Ikezumi, you'll find Orochimaru and kill him, right?"
"Although I can't remember those things, but..."
"meeting."
Uchiha Ikezumi coldly interrupted her.
……
The events that occurred in the capital of the Land of Fire inevitably reached Konoha, making it impossible for Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu to keep it a secret any longer.
At this point, trying to suppress the news would only make things worse.
Inside the Nara clan's residence.
The three ninja clan leaders—the Pig, the Deer, and the Butterfly—are currently gathered together.
"Uchiha Ikezumi, he really did something earth-shattering!" Nara Shikaku's eyes flashed with shock. He picked up a cup of tea, took a sip to calm himself down, and sighed, "Inoichi, I can now truly acknowledge his 'absolute justice.' He really doesn't take the fight for justice in the ninja world lightly."
"He even killed the daimyo of the Land of Fire, and wiped out all the nobles in the entire capital of the Land of Fire. It is said that he also thoroughly purged the Tanabata district from top to bottom."
Nara Shikaku could not suppress the shock in his eyes.
Akimichi Choza pondered for a moment and said, "Shikaku, isn't this a problem for the Ino-Shika-Cho trio? After all, Ikezumi has offended all the powerful figures, which will inevitably lead to us being implicated as well."
Nara Shikaku shook his head and said, "If it were troublesome, I wouldn't have said that I endorse his 'absolute justice'."
He said, "Ikezumi, with his absolute power, intimidated everyone in the capital of the Land of Fire who was dissatisfied with him. Even the eldest son of the daimyo gave up on avenging his father. Do you know what that means, Choza?"
Nara Shikaku asked and answered himself: "This means that the upper echelons of the entire Land of Fire's capital have tacitly chosen to initiate this matter, including the sons of the Land of Fire's daimyo."
"They won't cause trouble for Uchiha Ikezumi because of this, and they certainly won't implicate the Ino-Shika-Cho trio."
Choji Akimichi stroked his triple chin thoughtfully and said, "In other words, does this mean they're so terrified of Ikezumi that they've bowed down to him?"
Yamanaka Inoichi interjected, "They just think that Izumi won the fight, so they'll help the winner. As for the daimyo of the Land of Fire who was killed, he's already a loser in their eyes."
He continued expressionlessly, "But one day, if Chi Quan's absolute justice falters, those people will not hesitate to turn against him, targeting Chi Quan and reopening old grievances."
Nara Shikaku smiled and said, "This is the scheme of the 'big shots.' Whatever, it's not a bad thing for now."
"But the Hokage and the others are probably going to have a headache."
……
"It can't be hidden anymore." Mitokado Homura sighed heavily. Standing on the Hokage Building, he looked down at the crowds coming and going below. Listening to the faint gasps and discussions below, he said helplessly, "In less than half a day, the whole village will know what Uchiha Ikezumi did in the capital of the Land of Fire."
"In a few days, his name and his extreme, absolute sense of justice will spread throughout the Land of Fire. It will also reach the ears of many spies from other villages, and eventually even reach other ninja villages."
Beside her, Koharu Utatane rubbed her temples, her face grim, and said, "Besides the rumors about that brat, some gossip about Hiruzen has also reached Konoha..."
Thinking about those outrageous rumors.
Xiaochun's brow twitched as soon as she turned to bed.
She said helplessly, "Some people believe that Hiruzen was behind Uchiha Ikezumi's killing of the Fire Country Daimyo. After all, in the eyes of outsiders, that kid is a Konoha ninja. Those outsiders don't know how much disagreement that kid has with us."
"These rumors and conspiracy theories are not good news for either Hiruzen or Konoha. They will inevitably make many people wary of Konoha and the Hokage."
Koharu Utatane gritted her teeth: "That brat's extreme behavior has almost put Konoha on the opposite side of all the powerful figures!"
"Those powerful figures who control various assets and wield influence in all aspects of the Land of Fire will likely find it difficult to trust us in the future."
"In their eyes, we dare to assassinate even the Daimyo of the Land of Fire, what wouldn't we dare to do?!"
"He has utterly ruined Konoha's reputation!"
Koharu Utatane sounded indignant. Her thoughts were similar to Hiruzen Sarutobi's; they were both worried that these rumors would have a very negative impact on Konoha.
Mitokado Homura was utterly helpless: "The news simply can't be contained, and the rumors can't be stopped. Even if Konoha were to step in and refute the rumors, how many people would believe it?"
"And there's something else very important."
Mitomon Homura said in a solemn tone, "When Ikezumi's concept of 'absolute justice' becomes known throughout the Land of Fire because of this incident, I wonder how many people will be brainwashed by his extreme ideology."
"Especially the young people in the ninja world, even the students of the Konoha Ninja Academy, may be influenced by [Absolute Justice]."
"If many people believed in this black-and-white extreme ideology, the entire Land of Fire would descend into chaos!"
At this point, both Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu fell silent.
They are merely senior advisors to Konoha; raising questions is their forte, while solving problems is Hiruzen Sarutobi's job.
If we ask them to propose solutions to the problem...
The only solution they could think of was to "kill Uchiha Izumi"!
But this is precisely the most unreliable aspect.
……
Leaf.
Inside the Uchiha clan's compound.
Many members of the Uchiha clan were still in shock when several elders of the clan decided to impeach clan leader Fugaku and try to elect a new Uchiha clan leader.
But I never expected it.
They then learned of another piece of news that shocked them even more.
"The Lord Ikezumi whom Izumi followed killed the daimyo of the Land of Fire, because... the daimyo of the Land of Fire committed many evils." Uchiha Hazuki was immediately shocked. She knew that her daughter's boss was not well-liked within the Uchiha clan, and sometimes his actions seemed extreme in the eyes of the Uchiha clan members.
But after a few brief encounters, she felt that Uchiha Ikezumi seemed quite normal, not as scary as the rumors suggested.
But Uchiha Hazuki realized that she might have acted rashly.
Killing a daimyo... This is a major event that will shake the entire nation!
Uchiha Izumi did this. In the Hokage's eyes, wouldn't he be considered a rogue ninja of Konoha? Izumi followed this Izumi-sama, so wouldn't Izumi also be considered a rogue ninja?
No, killing the daimyo of the Land of Fire shouldn't be called "traitorous ninja," because that would be equivalent to treason, right?
This sounds even more serious than the rogue ninja...
Uchiha Hazuki suddenly became worried about her daughter.
This is the most normal thought for an ordinary Uchiha like her.
……
Inside the police force building.
"Ikezumi... Hmph!" Fugaku hadn't expected the Uchiha clan to be in turmoil one wave after another. He was troubled by the impeachment of him by the radical elders led by Uchiha Setsuna.
Uchiha Izumi, in the capital of the Land of Fire, pulled off an even more explosive feat for himself as the head of the Uchiha clan!
Upon hearing this news, Fugaku felt a chill run down his spine.
It felt as if ten thousand silver needles were pricking his cerebral cortex.
"Ikezumi...that's a famous name!!!"
"The Daimyo... we can't kill him!!!"
Fugaku let out a desperate murmur, staring blankly at his desk.
Now...
The Uchiha clan has absolutely no chance of turning things around. After all, no matter what, Izumi is still a member of the Uchiha clan, and the Uchiha haven't completely severed ties with him.
After Izumi killed the Daimyo of the Land of Fire, Fugaku believed that the higher-ups in Konoha would definitely think that the Uchiha clan was involved.
They will interpret Izumi's extremely heinous behavior as the Uchiha clan's ambition that can no longer be suppressed!
At that time.
All the ninja clans in Konoha will target the Uchiha clan.
Because in their eyes, the Uchiha clan dared to kill even a Daimyo. Why wouldn't they dare kill the Hokage? Why wouldn't they dare kill other ninja clans? That's definitely what they'd think!
The pained expression on Fugaku's expressionless face.
He had clearly put in so much effort for the Uchiha clan, just so that the Uchiha clan could continue to exist.
Why are Uchiha Setsuna, Uchiha Izumi... one after another burying the Uchiha clan?!
"How could it have turned out like this..."
Fugaku muttered in a daze.
……
"U! Chi! Wave! Chi! Izumi!"
Meanwhile, Uchiha Setsuna on the other side was almost furious.
He was breathing heavily, like a bellows, his hands gripping his wooden cane tightly, his eyes blazing with rage: "That damned brat, how dare he? How dare he?!"
"How exactly did the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, discipline him? How could he allow this extreme brat to kill a daimyo?"
"Huff, huff, huff..."
Uchiha Setsuna, panting heavily, sat down, leaning on a chair for support.
His old face was as black as the bottom of a pot.
"The most important aspect of my coup plan is gaining the support of the Daimyo and nobles of the Land of Fire. As long as Hiruzen Sarutobi is ousted, and with the support of the Daimyo and nobles, the Uchiha clan can firmly sit in the position of Hokage."
"But……"
Uchiha Setsuna was so angry his liver ached: "That damned brat, for his extreme, absolute justice... not only killed the Daimyo, but also many nobles in the Land of Fire's capital! He even wiped out several entire noble families!"
Uchiha Setsuna couldn't even imagine whether anyone would support the Uchiha as the Hokage of Konoha after such a thing happened.
That damn brat dragged me into this mess from all that way!
……
P.S.: I've been feeling completely out of sorts today. I only managed 5,000 words all day. It feels like those special few days of the month are here again. Consider today's 5,000-word update as a short half-day break.
Ah! I'll resume 10,000-word updates tomorrow!
Rush! ! !
(End of this chapter)