r18novel Chapter 104 Sasuke: I will never forgive Uchiha Itachi!
Chapter 104 Sasuke: I will never forgive Uchiha Itachi!
Chapter 105 Sasuke: I will never forgive Uchiha Itachi! (5000 words)
Seeing Sasuke's adorable reaction of being tsundere but actually being honest, Izumi suddenly felt a little dazed. These two brothers were raised by the same parents, so why are their personalities completely different?
"Let's go."
Uchiha Izumi didn't waste any more words with the two kids. He uttered two words and walked straight ahead.
"payment?"
Naruto looked puzzled. "Where are we going?"
Izumi, standing nearby, explained on behalf of Uchiha Ike Izumi: "The way Senior Ike Izumi taught you about 'justice' and helped you understand 'justice' wasn't by standing in a classroom and giving you a lecture."
Back then, she had also received Chi Quan's "hellish teaching of justice," which greatly stimulated her in the first few days.
Fortunately, as time went by, she finally came to understand just how difficult it was for Senior Chi Quan to achieve absolute justice.
Izumi followed behind Uchiha Ike Izumi, her voice clear and crisp as she continued, "Senior's teaching method leans more towards direct practice. Before you arrived, Senior Tachibana Jiro's ninja cats had already found targets for [justice] to hunt and judge!"
Ninja cat—
Tachibana Jiro.—.
Naruto and Sasuke simultaneously turned their gaze to a large, fat cat sitting comfortably on Izumi's left shoulder.
Tachibana Jiro opened one of his narrowed eyes and spoke in human language: "You two brats, since you've made this choice, you'd better be prepared not to wet your pants from the fear of sin. In particular, don't be terrified by the evil in human nature."
Naruto muttered, "You sound like an old woman."
Sasuke was about to nod in deep agreement when he suddenly realized that if he were to agree with this loser, wouldn't that be tantamount to admitting that he was indeed inferior to this guy?
Sasuke, feeling a surge of competitive spirit for some reason, gave a soft hum and didn't respond to Naruto's words.
Sasuke followed behind, looking around, and then realized something was wrong.
He exclaimed in surprise, "This direction seems to be—"
"It's the Uchiha clan." Uchiha Izumi's cold voice rang out: "The ninja cat discovered a large quantity of prohibited drugs within the Uchiha clan's territory. Coincidentally, three Uchiha clan members returned from a ninja mission this morning, and they are the prime suspects."
Sasuke was shocked; he never expected that the Uchiha clan would be the ones in trouble!
My mother once said that Uchiha Ikezumi would not make an exception for anyone just because they were a member of the Uchiha clan.
Whenever someone commits evil, Uchiha Izumi will strike without mercy, often resulting in death. At this moment, Sasuke is indifferent to the so-called "never showing leniency"—
Suddenly, I had a clearer understanding.
"Banned drugs?"
Naruto was a little confused; his attention was on the other side.
Tachibana Jiro yawned and explained, "It's that kind of monstrous thing that, if you humans get involved with it, your families will be destroyed. It wasn't so rampant before, but since the Third Shinobi World War, it's become increasingly prevalent. I heard that a merchant named Gato is smuggling these things on a large scale."
"A month ago, I sent out five ninja cats to search for information about the merchant Gato outside Miyano and even outside the Land of Fire. Once we have accurate information and pinpoint his location, Lord Ikezumi will come knocking on our door."
Tachibana Jiro paused for a moment, then continued, "The sheer number of contraband items found within the Uchiha clan's territory is likely inextricably linked to that merchant, Gato."
"To do this kind of thing right under Lord Ikezumi's nose, it seems they've been doing missions outside Konoha for too long and haven't heard anything about what's happened inside Konoha in the last month."
"And little did they know that [absolute justice] was becoming unstoppable!"
Tachibana Jiro's words made Izumi realize something belatedly.
It turns out that I haven't even known Senior Chi Quan for a month!
Naruto, who didn't have a very detailed understanding of this, asked curiously, "How many people have been harmed by those banned drugs?"
"...countless."
Tachibana Jiro's tone became slightly less flippant as he spoke, "In Konoha alone, at least six civilians and ninjas died last year due to banned drugs. The number of people still suffering from them is completely uncountable."
Naruto's eyes widened in shock. "Ninjas can be hurt too?"
Jiro Tachibana said, "There are always some naive people who think that with the strong will of a ninja they can resist that kind of physiological and psychological dependence, but in reality they can't resist it at all."
"You two brats, just remember this: when you encounter these illegal drug dealers, whether they're producing, smuggling, or selling them, you must execute them all in the name of justice!"
As they spoke, they had already entered the Uchiha clan's territory.
Naruto never expected that he would visit this place three times in such a short period of time!
Sasuke, standing beside him, remained silent the entire way, but a deep sense of unease was clearly visible on his fair face. He seemed to want to say something, yet hesitated to speak.
Sasuke suddenly noticed that the man named Uchiha Ikezumi seemed to glance at them warily.
He was startled.
They dared not speak again.
Unexpectedly, Uchiha Ikezumi suddenly spoke up: "You believe that even if fellow members of the Uchiha clan commit wrongdoings, we shouldn't use such extreme methods to deal with them. At least leave them a way out, right, Uchiha Sasuke?"
Sasuke: "!!!"
He looked up in shock, staring at Uchiha Ikezumi's back with the eyes of a child who had seen a ghost in broad daylight.
Because what Uchiha Ikezumi said was what he truly felt!
It was as if the voice deep within my heart was being heard!
Uchiha Ikezumi said indifferently, "Evil in the ninja world is divided into different levels. Minor evils, like Naruto's pranks, only require slightly harsher punishments to correct their mistakes. Moderate evils, such as theft and fighting, can be punished with forced imprisonment and rehabilitation in Konoha Prison. Major evils, such as malicious murder, trafficking in prohibited drugs, and human trafficking—must be corrected with death!"
"Justice is non-negotiable and brooks no forgiveness. Uchiha Sasuke, do you think you have the right to forgive and pardon those villains who deserved to pay with their lives, on behalf of the poor, innocent Shinobu whose family was destroyed?"
Uchiha Ikezumi stopped in his tracks, turned around, and looked down at Uchiha Sasuke.
"If your brother, Uchiha Itachi, were to carry out a massacre tonight, wiping out almost the entire Uchiha clan, women, children, and even your father and mother—none of them would escape death."
"At that time, only you and Itachi Uchiha survived from the entire Uchiha clan. When that time comes, will you forgive Itachi on behalf of the deceased Uchiha clan members?"
"Would you forgive your father's killer? Would you forgive your mother's killer? If someone suddenly stood in front of you and said—'The Uchiha are your older brother,' shouldn't you forgive him? Even if he made a mistake, it's not a big deal, is it?"
"In this situation, would you follow that person's advice and choose to forgive the Uchiha who killed the Hikaru Uchiha clan?"
Sasuke's eyes widened as he took several steps back from the barrage of probing questions from Uchiha Izumi.
He was looking directly into the eyes of Uchiha Ikezumi.
At this moment, even Sasuke didn't know why, but the words spoken by Uchiha Izumi began to form images in his mind.
In a brief moment of confusion, Sasuke felt that everything in front of him had undergone a complete transformation.
He quietly found himself in the darkness.
He remembered that the building in front of him seemed to be a building within the Uchiha clan.
Sasuke, bewildered, wandered around looking at the surroundings.
And at that moment, his eyes widened even further.
Under the moonlit night, blood, naked bodies, darkness, screams, pleas for mercy—all sorts of horrifying scenes converged into an extremely gruesome spectacle. Each lifelike corpse had a gruesome death, and the blood seemed to have soaked the earth red.
Sasuke's pupils were trembling.
Because of the relatively bright moonlight, he could clearly see the familiar faces on the corpses, frozen with fear and despair—they were members of the Uchiha clan!
elder.
youth.
Children.
baby.
Everything!
A sudden, almost imperceptible scream sent shivers down Sasuke's spine. He turned around in a panic and saw a Uchiha clan member of similar age being lifted up by a man who had moved his mask to one side of his head. A ninja sword had already pierced through the boy's chest, taking his life.
The ninja sword was slowly drawn.
The body was thrown on the ground.
At this moment, Sasuke, whose body was trembling, finally saw the man's face—Uchiha Itachi!
Before Sasuke could even utter a sound, the scene before him suddenly shifted.
Sasuke found himself inside a house. The dim lighting offered him no sense of security. A soft sound of footsteps and dragging startled him, and he quickly turned around.
Sasuke was shocked to see his brother, Itachi Uchiha, dragging a woman who was on the verge of death. He also noticed that Itachi seemed not to see him as he walked past him.
Uchiha Itachi was seen dragging the woman with one hand and holding a handful of blood-stained kunai in the other. Every few steps he took in the room, he would use the kunai in his hand to cut a wound on the woman's body.
"Aaaaaah—"
The woman's hoarse, heart-wrenching screams caused a faint rustling sound from a wardrobe inside the room.
In his line of sight, Itachi Uchiha slit the woman's throat with a kunai.
He walked up to the wardrobe and expressionlessly pulled it up.
Sasuke discovered a little girl hiding in the closet!
"Brother! Stop!!!" Sasuke tried to shout this, but found that he couldn't make a sound. He could only watch helplessly as Itachi dragged the terrified little girl out of the closet and ended her life with a kunai.
The scene before my eyes changed once again.
Sasuke, his face filled with grief and indignation, saw Uchiha Izumi, Uchiha Izumi, Uzumaki Naruto, and Tachibana Jiro in his line of sight.
Itachi Uchiha has disappeared.
The blood, the bodies, the screams—all of it disappeared.
Sasuke stood there, stunned.
"Did you see that?" Uchiha Izumi's three-tomoe Sharingan slowly returned to its normal form. He said, "If something like that really happened, would you have the right to forgive and pardon him on his behalf? Give me your answer, Uchiha Sasuke."
Sasuke snapped out of his daze: "This is an illusion?"
He was completely stunned. The illusion was so realistic that it seemed as if these tragedies were really going to happen in the future.
He couldn't believe his brother would do such a thing.
But if such a thing really happened, would I have the right to forgive the Uchiha on behalf of the killed clansmen?
Sasuke remembered the peer who had been pierced through the body by a ninja sword.
I remembered the baby lying on the ground, cut in two with a single stroke.
She thought of the woman tormented by pain, and she also thought of the little girl who couldn't help but make noise because she heard her mother being tortured. "Plop"—tears flowed uncontrollably down her face.
Sasuke's blurred vision made him realize that he seemed to be crying.
He hurriedly reached out to wipe the wetness from the corners of his eyes.
Sasuke lowered his head and silently replied, "I have no right to forgive him on behalf of others. In fact—if such a thing were to happen, I myself would not forgive him—"
He suddenly understood something, and with his reddened eyes, he looked at Uchiha Ikezumi. His fear of Uchiha Ikezumi seemed to dissipate somewhat, replaced by a courageous thirst for knowledge: "Did those three clansmen who brought large quantities of prohibited drugs to Konoha also cause such pain to others?"
"Yes." That was a single word in response.
Sasuke was so ashamed that he wished he could disappear into the ground.
".-.sorry."
He apologized in a low voice.
"?!" Naruto was completely bewildered, having no idea what was going on. He couldn't understand why Izumi-sensei had only asked this arrogant guy a few questions, and then the guy inexplicably bowed his head and apologized.
Meanwhile, at the police force building.
"Lord Fugaku, the Jinchuriki has been brought in by Uchiha Ikezumi again. There are also some Anbu ninjas, probably monitoring the Jinchuriki; they've also sneaked in."
When those words reached his ears, Fugaku was completely numb.
This is the third time, isn't it? When are you finally going to take a break?!
Even if Chi Quan, you're not tired.
I'm so tired!
however.
When the next sentence was spoken, Fugaku was taken aback: "Moreover—Lord Fugaku, your second son, Uchiha Sasuke, seems to be with Uchiha Ikezumi as well."
Fugaku: "???"
Sasuke?!
Fugaku racked his brains but couldn't figure out what strange relationship Sasuke and Uchiha Izumi could possibly have.
In his mind, the two were completely incompatible people.
Fugaku frowned, a hint of worry flashing between his brows. He instinctively thought that Sasuke might have done something wrong and been caught by Uchiha Ikezumi!
Although his second son's talent made him extremely disappointed, feeling that he was not even one-tenth as good as his own.
But he is still his son no matter what.
Fugaku stood up and said in a deep voice, "Where is the pond? Take me to see it!"
As for the Anbu that infiltrated the Uchiha clan to monitor the Jinchuriki.
This was then grandly ignored by Fugaku.
On the other side of the Uchiha base.
Inside the basement of a house.
Three Uchiha clan ninjas gathered here. One of them, arms crossed, frowned as he looked at the packages of goods in front of him: "Hayabusa, over a ton of medicine. Can Konoha handle it? It'll take quite a while to use it all up!"
"Don't worry." The young man named Uchiha Hayata smiled and said, "We don't need to use them up in Konoha. We just need to resell them. How they are used up is their business, not ours."
Another person frowned and said, "It's best to be careful. If Uchiha Fugaku finds out, it will be troublesome."
"snort!"
Uchiha Shuta sneered, "What are you afraid of? We're doing this precisely to raise enough funds for the Uchiha clan! As long as we use these funds to buy a large number of explosive tags, we can turn them into the military capital to launch a coup and overthrow the Hokage someday."
"If Fugaku Uchiha, the clan head, were to cause us trouble over such a trivial matter, it would only prove that he's a traitor who sides with outsiders! And it just so happens..."
"At that time, I will directly persuade my grandfather to use this as an excuse to launch a clan election and elect a new clan leader."
"Ha, that's true." Another person said, "Your grandfather is Elder Setsuna, the weak Fugaku certainly won't do anything to you."
"Speaking of which," the man frowned, hesitating slightly, "I haven't been back for months, and something feels off about Konoha. I've also heard quite a few people talking about that dangerous guy. Do you think he might come looking for trouble? After all, that guy's always spouting nonsense about justice and injustice."
Uchiha Shuta said dismissively, "You're being too suspicious. As for that guy you mentioned, how could he possibly know what we did if we don't tell anyone?"
Clearly, all three Uchiha clan ninjas were young and radical.
Just as Uchiha Shunta was about to say something more...
The sudden sound of footsteps above made the three of them shrink their pupils.
Where did those footsteps come from? Did someone break in? — These were the thoughts that popped into the minds of the three of them almost simultaneously.
The three immediately exchanged a glance, and just as they were about to go up from the underground secret chamber, they noticed that the footsteps were getting closer and closer.
In other words, this guy, who somehow managed to sneak in, even headed towards the secret chamber!
A sense of foreboding instantly filled the minds of the three.
When Uchimura Hayata realized who had arrived, alarm bells immediately went off in his head, and he exclaimed in disbelief, "Hiss! Uchimura Ikezumi?!"
Then.
The three of them then moved behind Uchihachi Izumi and brought three more people with them, who were three little brats.
One is a girl in police uniform.
One was a little devil with a hair clip on his head.
another..-·
Ok? !
When they saw Sasuke's youthful face, Uchimura Hayata and the other two were all stunned. They knew what Uchimura Fugaku's eldest son and his son looked like.