In the Name of Absolute Justice!

In the Name of [Absolute Justice]!

Gekko Hayate still clearly remembered how, two years ago... an Uchiha Clan genius named "Uchiha Chisen," dressed in the uniform of the Konoha Military Police Force, had stormed the Gekko Clan compound alone.

The other party had said, "The Military Police Force is investigating a case. All unrelated persons, stand aside. Otherwise, you will be killed without mercy."

Gekko Hayate did not know what had caused that conflict.

He only knew that he had watched his father be killed with his own eyes.

Two clan elders of his uncles' generation had also been killed.

That night...

The Gekko Clan compound had been filled with an intensely pungent sulfurous stench. Scalding Magma flowed across the ground, while the walls of the buildings were covered in blade marks and embedded with Kunai and Shuriken.

Gekko Hayate remembered even more clearly that afterward, the entire Gekko Clan had reported the Uchiha Clan to the Third Hokage.

They had especially demanded that the Hokage arrest and imprison "Uchiha Chisen"!

They wanted to send that Uchiha Clan Demon to the execution block!

Yet...

For some reason...

The matter had simply been dropped.

Some of the Gekko Clan elders had returned from the Hokage's place in disgrace, and they never mentioned the matter again.

Nor did they have any intention of demanding an explanation from the Uchiha Clan.

They had even merely told the younger generation to keep their hatred engraved in their hearts.

Beyond that, they had not asked them to do anything.

And now...

That "Uchiha Chisen"...

Had come again!

"No!!!"

Gekko Hayate suddenly snapped back to his senses. He swiftly drew his Ninja Sword, his movements as he rushed toward home betraying his panic.

But just as he reached the gates of the Gekko Clan compound, a thunderous boom rang in his ears.

Before his eyes, his younger brother, "Gekko Seisui," twisted his face into a savage grimace as he unleashed an Earth Release ninjutsu, attempting to kill a teenage boy and girl dressed in Uchiha Clan Military Police Force uniforms.

He also saw his brother's figure, Kunai in hand, turn transparent in an instant.

Gekko Hayate could not tell whether his brother had used Transparent Release to attack the Military Police Force or to seize the chance to escape...

"Seisui! Don't!!!"

He shouted in a panic.

Because whether it was the former or the latter, he would be killed!

The only chance of surviving at the hands of that Demon, Uchiha Chisen, was to immediately throw down his weapon and surrender!

Inside the compound, Uchiha Chisen grabbed Izumi by the collar and flung her aside. Then, with a light leap, he evaded a flying boulder.

An eerie, chilling crimson had already crept into his eyes, and the pattern of the Three-Tomoe Sharingan slowly emerged over his pupils.

His gaze suddenly flicked to the left. Though there was no figure there, something strange had appeared in the soil on the ground.

"Transparent Release... Hah."

Uchiha Chisen drew several Shuriken and hurled them in that direction in an instant.

The Shuriken tore through the air with piercing whistles, seeming to sink into something invisible within the empty air.

"Urgh!!!"

A muffled groan rang out, and blood suddenly spilled from the air.

"Seisui! Don't run!!!" Gekko Hayate shouted frantically as he dashed toward the bloodstain in the air.

Yet after Gekko Seisui, whose concealed form had been struck by Shuriken despite using Transparent Release, saw his brother appear, he became even more panicked.

He avoided Gekko Hayate.

Enduring the searing pain in his back, he hurriedly fled in another direction.

But before he could escape the Gekko Clan compound—

A sharp Ninja Sword... had already pierced through his back and out his chest!

Gekko Seisui's bloodshot eyes widened to their limit.

His mouth opened, but the blade piercing his heart twisted once before being slowly withdrawn from his body.

Gekko Seisui staggered, unable to keep himself steady.

He hurriedly clutched his chest, blood instantly soaking his palm.

His Transparent Release Kekkei Genkai could no longer be maintained.

His bedraggled figure was revealed.

"Seisui—!!!" His brother's grief-stricken cry drew closer and closer.

But Gekko Seisui's consciousness grew weaker and weaker.

"Gekko Seisui. Your mother's corpse has been found. The evil you committed has been exposed."

Uchiha Chisen's icy voice made despair appear on Gekko Seisui's face in the final moments of his life. "Today, in the name of [Absolute Justice], you are judged."

Clutching his chest, he staggered forward a few steps and struggled to turn around. His vision grew darker and darker. "E... evidence...?"

"You did indeed remove the traces from the corpse, but you cannot erase a corpse's memories." Uchiha Chisen shook the blood from his blade. "The Military Police Force will hand the corpse over to the Yamanaka Clan. You should know something about the Yamanaka Clan's secret techniques."

"As for the evidence you want, perhaps your clansmen will burn it for you after you die. That is, if they can forgive your 'crime of matricide.'"

It was as though all strength had been drained from Gekko Seisui.

He collapsed powerlessly to the ground.

Just as he was about to fall, Gekko Hayate finally arrived. He hurriedly caught his younger brother's body, pressing one hand tightly over the gaping hole in his chest in an attempt to stop the blood loss.

"Seisui! Hold on! I'll take you to a Medical Ninja!"

Smack—

Gekko Hayate froze.

Because Gekko Seisui, in his arms, had slapped his hand away.

"Cough... stop... pretending..."

Gekko Seisui's lips were frighteningly pale as he mockingly said in a weak voice, "If she hadn't favored you so much, I wouldn't have... killed her. How ironic... the father who valued you most died at Uchiha Chisen's hands; the mother who loved you most died at mine... Hehe..."

Under Gekko Hayate's disbelieving gaze, Gekko Seisui spoke his final words. "I was really so jealous of you..."

The light faded from Gekko Seisui's eyes.

His gaze went blank.

His breath ceased!

Ding! You have successfully killed a "Red Name" Evil Person! Your Chakra has increased slightly! Congratulations, you have successfully obtained the "Transparent Release" Kekkei Genkai!

Uchiha Chisen had killed three members of the Gekko Clan two years ago, but what they had yielded him were three ninjutsu, rather than the Gekko Clan's unique "Transparent Release" Kekkei Genkai.

Today.

After executing Gekko Seisui, this Red Name criminal, Uchiha Chisen had gained another Kekkei Genkai after the "Sharingan" and "Lava Release"—"Transparent Release"!

"Senior Chisen..."

Izumi's incredulous voice came from behind Uchiha Chisen. "That corpse... was his mother?"

Clearly.

Izumi, who had followed after them, had heard every word Uchiha Chisen and Gekko Seisui had just exchanged.

It had dealt an enormous blow to her worldview, leaving her whole body somewhat dazed.

"Mm."

Uchiha Chisen gave a brief reply.

Izumi murmured in bewilderment, her little face full of confusion, "He killed his own mother just out of jealousy. This..."

"This is the 'evil' of the Shinobi World."

Uchiha Chisen stared at the corpse, as well as Gekko Hayate, who stood dumbly in place as if his mind had crashed.

He slowly said, "Twisted thoughts, cruel wars... everything magnifies the 'evil' in every person without limit. The power possessed by shinobi makes them naively believe they can escape Justice's judgment."

"This Shinobi World is sick."

"It needs a cleansing!"