Absolute Justice's New "Disciple"

Chapter 27: Absolute Justice's New "Disciple"

Inuzuka Maki hazily recalled the boy from years ago who had turned Lord Orochimaru's research base into a sea of magma and flames.

Back then... many of his colleagues had died at that boy's hands.

If the Hokage had not appeared in time and stopped that Uchiha youth with Lava Release and the Sharingan—

Even Inuzuka Maki himself would likely have died that night!

Inuzuka Maki had thought he would never see that terrifying Lava Release ninja, who was like a demon, again in his life.

Yet he had not expected...

The other party to be standing before him tonight!

They had met again!

Inuzuka Maki swore he could never mistake that face.

Even though the other party had grown several years older; even though his face had become more mature and lost much of its youthful innocence... its basic contours had not changed.

Inuzuka Maki hurriedly came back to his senses, not even having time to consider how the other party had slipped in without a sound. He quickly reached toward the wall on his left, trying to trigger the alarm mounted there.

"Eh?"

But as his vision suddenly blurred, he saw an arm flying high through the air, filling his sight and blocking the alarm.

That seemed to be...

His own hand!

As spurting blood splashed across his horrified face, a clear bloody line appeared across Inuzuka Maki's neck. Blood soaked his neck like water pouring from an unsealed pipe.

A head with a frozen expression rolled off his neck.

Uchiha Chisen had crossed past the headless corpse at some point.

In a detached tone, he said to Uchiha Izumi behind him, whose pupils were trembling slightly, "Newcomer, this is the iron-blooded method one must possess to uphold Absolute Justice. You must harbor killing intent even more thorough than that of 'evil' itself if you want to eliminate the 'evil' of the Shinobi World one by one."

"And... you must show no mercy!"

As Uchiha Chisen finished speaking, he flicked a sharp Kunai toward his left with a backhand motion.

The Kunai shot through the air and, in the blink of an eye, struck a ninja who had noticed the commotion and come to investigate.

"Urgh!!!"

The ninja hit in the neck by the Kunai hurriedly clutched his throat. The intense suffocating sensation filled him with endless terror.

He could not even understand why "enemies" had attacked today.

Why had the Anbu standing watch outside not sent any warning?

Uchiha Chisen paused briefly, then said to Izumi behind him, "Newcomer, give him a quick death. Let me see whether your resolve for justice is truly as firm as you claim. I can give you a reminder: he took part in inhumane human experiments, and his hands are stained with the lives of war orphans."

Izumi's small, sweat-dampened hand gripped the Kunai tightly.

She walked toward the struggling ninja on the ground, gritting her teeth as she said, "Senior... at first, I was very afraid of you, because there were many bad rumors about you in the Konoha Military Police Force. When I first met you, I had many misunderstandings about you."

Izumi stopped before the ninja clutching his neck, her bright, beautiful eyes staring into a pair of terrified eyes filled with pleading.

"But after these past few days of contact, I know you are completely different from the rumors. You were never the 'murderous demon' they spoke of. Everything you have done was for justice."

She raised the Kunai high with both hands.

Her arms trembled faintly.

"The Absolute Justice you believe in has allowed me to see the true 'light' of kindness in this world. Your justice is also the justice that I, Uchiha Izumi, wish to follow."

Izumi's arms no longer trembled, and her pupils steadied.

Senior had said this person's hands were stained with the lives of war orphans. He had also said this person had participated in inhumane human experiments.

Then...

Before Absolute Justice—

He...

Had to be purged!!!

Izumi viciously drove the Kunai in her hand into the fallen ninja's forehead. The force was so great that it pierced through the thin metal plate of his Konoha forehead protector, plunging into his skull with a pfft.

Ding! The disciple of [Absolute Justice] you cultivated has successfully killed a "Red Name" Evil Person! Your Chakra has received a minor increase! Congratulations, you have successfully obtained: New skill "Dog Training"

At the same time, Uchiha Izumi also received a minor increase in Chakra!

Uchiha Chisen looked at the panting girl's back in surprise.

This was the first strange change his Golden Finger had undergone in many years.

Had Izumi's resolve earned the Golden Finger's approval?

Or...

As he watched the girl unsteadily rise to her feet and saw her blankly lowering her head to stare at the blood on her hands... Uchiha Chisen had already found the answer to the question that had surfaced in his mind.

"Uchiha Izumi."

"Here!!!" Izumi instinctively shouted, then suddenly realized what she had done. Her little face immediately turned deathly pale as she knew she had messed up.

Oh no!

Could that thoughtless shout of hers have ruined Senior Chisen's infiltration plan?

However.

When she came back to her senses in panic and looked toward Senior Chisen, already prepared to receive a furious scolding... she found that the reprimand and condemnation she had expected from him never came.

She heard Senior Chisen say to her in an even tone, "Newcomer, your stupidity alerted the enemy. Deducting one thousand and one points from you."

Izumi's face instantly drained of all color.

Senior had said the full score was one thousand points. She had once received an evaluation of only ten points, and now he was deducting one thousand and one points... Hiss! Wouldn't that make her score negative?

Could the consequence of a negative score be...

Being killed by Senior?

"Your score is now zero." An Anbu Ninja who had rushed over after hearing the commotion had already entered Uchiha Chisen's line of sight.

Izumi froze.

She blankly watched Senior Chisen, alone with one blade, charge without hesitation toward the three Anbu Ninja who had arrived after hearing the noise, while the words "zero points" continued echoing in her mind.

"So... for a moment just now..."

"I had a perfect score?!"

She realized that the psychological trauma of killing someone for the first time had instantly crumbled away.

"You're Uchiha Chisen?" One Anbu Ninja recognized Uchiha Chisen at once, as he was rather well-known in Konoha. Seeing that the visitor meant trouble, he immediately drew his Ninja Sword and confronted him. "Why are you here? I warn you, stop immediately!"

Beside him, another Anbu Ninja's pupils shrank as he urgently warned, "Careful! There's blood on his blade! Don't look into his eyes!"

Unfortunately.

Too late.

Of the three Anbu Ninja who had rushed over after hearing the noise, two suddenly froze, clearly affected by the Sharingan's Genjutsu.

The remaining Anbu Ninja was horrified.

Fortunately, he was Anbu elite and reacted quickly. Before Uchiha Chisen could rush within arm's reach, he immediately formed hand seals and shouted in a low voice.

"Genjutsu Release!"

The Anbu Ninja simultaneously drew two Shuriken and threw them at his companions—not because he had lost his mind, but because he was not confident in dispelling the Uchiha Clan's Sharingan Genjutsu. He tried to make his companions feel pain and forcibly break the Genjutsu that way.

He succeeded.

The other two Anbu Ninja came to their senses in a daze.

But at that moment, Uchiha Chisen, his eyes scarlet, had already arrived in an instant and closed in within arm's reach.

The Ninja Sword in Uchiha Chisen's hand swept toward one of their throats.

Clang—

The metallic collision rang out sharply.

It was blocked.

"Huff, huff..." The Anbu Ninja gripped his Ninja Sword, his arm trembling slightly as sweat drenched his body. "Sharingan Genjutsu... truly terrifying. Fortunately... we're the Anbu Trio, with flawless coordination. Luckily, one of us could help break the Genjutsu."

"Is that so?"

Uchiha Chisen's voice sounded behind all three of them. "What illusion made you think the Genjutsu had been broken?"

What!??