Does the Hokage Also Want to Obstruct Justice?

"Jinchuriki... Naruto?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen was taken aback. He had not expected the conflict between Danzo and Uchiha Chisen to involve Naruto.

But faced with Danzo's one-sided account, Sarutobi Hiruzen did not fully believe him.

After all, Danzo had always viewed the Uchiha Clan through prejudiced eyes.

"Chisen, you..." When Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at Uchiha Chisen, he suddenly saw that Chisen was continuing toward Danzo, the murderous intent in those Sharingan not diminished in the slightest.

Sarutobi Hiruzen's head ached. He remembered that whenever Uchiha Chisen set his sights on someone and made a move against them, he would basically latch onto them without letting go.

Until he completely "eradicated" the enemy in his eyes.

He would only stop when faced with truly irresistible circumstances.

"Chisen! Wait!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen's heart tightened, and he immediately shouted, "There must be some misunderstanding here. The village has rules too; ninjas aren't allowed to fight each other too excessively in private! You and Danzo are both Konoha ninjas. How can Konoha ninjas turn on one another?"

He had no choice but to stand between Uchiha Chisen and Danzo with more than a dozen Anbu Ninja.

Separating the two of them.

"Chisen, do this old man a favor and let's first get to the bottom of what happened." Sarutobi Hiruzen looked directly at Uchiha Chisen and spoke patiently.

Uchiha Chisen glanced at the red box floating above the Third Hokage's head, narrowing his eyes slightly. "Then, Lord Hokage, are you planning to use the Hokage's authority to protect a criminal who obstructs Justice Execution?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen found Chisen's words somewhat harsh, but his expression remained unchanged as he patiently said, "Chisen, this is only a misunderstanding."

The dozen-plus Anbu Ninja had already subtly surrounded Uchiha Chisen and Danzo separately.

"The Hokage abuses his power for personal gain and shields one who obstructs Justice. I'll remember this debt." Uchiha Chisen dispelled the Lava Release Chakra Warrior Body, and the flowing Magma over his body slowly faded away.

His pair of Three-Tomoe Sharingan also returned to ordinary black eyes.

Sarutobi Hiruzen: "..."

He had a strange feeling that Uchiha Chisen was not joking when he said that, but was completely serious.

But... he was Konoha's Hokage. How could Chisen possibly remember such a debt?

At most, he would forget it as time passed.

Sarutobi Hiruzen breathed a sigh of relief, then turned and glared at Danzo. "Danzo! Put away your kunai! Do you want to escalate this unnecessary conflict even further?"

Danzo: "???"

Why was Monkey so polite when speaking to that innately evil Uchiha, yet so forceful when speaking to him?

That blatant double standard...

Made Danzo's fists clench.

After giving Uchiha Chisen a deep look with his sinister eyes, Danzo put away his kunai. His face darkened as he said coldly, "Sarutobi, you want to get to the bottom of this? That evil Uchiha wanted to control the Nine-Tails. I stopped him, and two capable subordinates were sacrificed for it. It's that simple."

After speaking, Danzo could not help gritting his teeth in resentment. "If you hadn't suddenly appeared, this old man would only have needed one minute to kill that evil Uchiha brat!"

Damn it, he had already been forced to expend one Sharingan.

Yet Monkey had suddenly appeared, rendering his one-minute Izanagi completely useless.

Worse still...

He had exposed one of his trump cards to Uchiha Chisen!

Sarutobi Hiruzen did not know what Danzo was thinking. He only focused on the fact that Danzo had said, "Two subordinates died."

"Chisen, then why did you..."

Just as he was about to question Uchiha Chisen, Chisen unexpectedly spoke in an indifferent tone. "Anyone who obstructs Justice is my enemy and should be purged by absolute means!"

"Root tried to take away Uzumaki Naruto, who had committed an offense. In my eyes, they were obstructing Justice and encouraging the growth of 'evil.'"

"That is why I acted. If Lord Hokage believes that reason is not sufficient, you may expel me from the Konoha Military Police Force at any time."

Sarutobi Hiruzen fell silent.

It was still the same as before. Even before he had the chance to ask his question, Chisen already knew what he wanted to ask and straightforwardly gave his answer in advance.

That feeling...

It was as if speaking with him, the Hokage, made Chisen extremely impatient.

He selectively ignored Uchiha Chisen's final sentence.

Instead, he focused on the words "Naruto committed an offense."

If that was the case, then Chisen's and Danzo's accounts conflicted.

Danzo believed that Chisen had deliberately wanted to control the Nine-Tails.

But Chisen seemed to have had no such intention at all. He had simply believed Naruto had caused trouble and wanted to arrest him.

"Where is Naruto?" Sarutobi Hiruzen pondered for a moment before asking an Anbu Ninja.

Very soon.

The Anbu Ninja responsible for monitoring the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki hurriedly brought over the terrified Naruto.

Sarutobi Hiruzen crouched down and rubbed Naruto's golden hair, trying to soothe the child that way.

"Naruto, what happened just now? Why did this law enforcer from the Konoha Military Police Force suddenly want to arrest you?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen tried his best to make his tone gentler.

Naruto instinctively turned his head to glance at Uchiha Chisen, only to be so frightened by that cold gaze that he hurriedly lowered his head.

Naruto's little face was pale as he trembled. "Grandpa Hokage, I... I think I broke the law..."

"Today, I pulled a prank..."

He recounted the cause and course of events in full detail.

Before Uchiha Chisen, Naruto did not dare tell even half a lie, because the other man would truly throw him into prison! He had pulled so many pranks before, and nothing had ever happened!

Clearly.

Uchiha Chisen's earlier words about arresting Naruto and locking him up for several months had thoroughly frightened the child.

Naruto's account was fairly clear and logical. As Sarutobi Hiruzen listened, the expression on his old face grew increasingly strange.

Danzo stood there, dumbfounded.

"...Danzo." Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at Danzo darkly. "As expected... this was all merely your malicious speculation, wasn't it? You started this entire conflict, didn't you?"

Danzo's expression was uglier than if he had eaten shit.

He clenched his fists, his face grim.

Without saying a word.

"This farce is over, Danzo!" Sarutobi Hiruzen said with a slightly cold expression. "This old man will never allow you to view a ninja as loyal to the village as Chisen through such prejudiced eyes!"

Danzo gritted his teeth. "Then what about my two dead guards?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen demanded, "Wasn't all of this your fault?"

Danzo's fists clenched so tightly that they crackled. His chest rose and fell violently, while his expression shifted unpredictably.

"Hmph!!!"

He turned away in fury and left.

Sarutobi Hiruzen did not try to stop him. After inwardly breathing a sigh of relief, he promised Uchiha Chisen, "Chisen, Root truly went too far. They wanted to falsely accuse you without giving you a chance to explain yourself. Don't worry, this old man will deal with them afterward."

Sarutobi Hiruzen paused.

He coughed lightly and said, "This old man will compensate Naruto for the losses caused by his prank. As for throwing him into Konoha Prison... let's forget about that. He is still a child. We can use other methods to teach him a lesson."

Uchiha Chisen narrowed his eyes slightly.

Then he said something Sarutobi Hiruzen had never expected. "Does Lord Hokage also want to obstruct Justice Execution?"

For some reason.

Sarutobi Hiruzen realized that the atmosphere seemed to have turned grave.

Uchiha Chisen slowly said, "Lord Hokage, gentle methods cannot educate a brat whose thinking has gone crooked. Only by relying on Absolute Justice, being strict in all matters, and never showing leniency can we set his thoughts back on the right path and make him turn over a new leaf."

"Only then..."

"Can we be worthy of the Fourth Hokage's sacrifice, can we not?"

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