Chapter 10: In the Name of [Absolute Justice]!
Gekkou Hayate still clearly remembered it. Two years ago… a Uchiha prodigy named "Uchiha Ikeizumi," clad in Police Force attire, single-handedly stormed the Gekkou clan compound.
He had declared—"The Police Force is investigating a case. All uninvolved individuals, stand back. Otherwise, you will be killed without question."
Gekkou Hayate didn't know how the conflict had started back then.
He only knew he had personally witnessed his father being killed.
And two elder uncles of the family were also killed.
That night…
The Gekkou clan compound was filled with a pungent smell of sulfur. Scalding hot lava flowed across the ground, and the walls of the buildings were covered in blade marks, riddled with kunai and shuriken.
Gekkou Hayate also remembered that afterward, the entire Gekkou clan reported the Uchiha to the Third Hokage.
They especially demanded that the Hokage-sama apprehend "Uchiha Ikeizumi" and throw him in prison!
They wanted to send that Uchiha devil to the guillotine!
However…
For some reason…
The matter was dropped.
Some of the Gekkou clan elders returned from the Hokage-sama's office crestfallen and never brought up the incident again.
They never even thought about seeking an explanation from the Uchiha clan.
Instead, they merely told the younger generation to engrave the hatred in their hearts.
Beyond that, they told them to do nothing else.
And now.
That "Uchiha Ikeizumi"…
Had come again!
"No! This is bad!!!"
Gekkou Hayate snapped back to reality. He quickly drew his ninja blade, his movements hurried and frantic as he ran towards his home.
But just as he reached the Gekkou clan's main gate, a thunderous "BOOM" echoed.
In his sight—his younger brother, "Gekkou Seisui," his face twisted in a snarl, used an Earth Style jutsu, attempting to kill the Uchiha boy and girl clad in Police Force uniforms.
He also saw his brother's figure, kunai in hand, instantly turn transparent.
Gekkou Hayate couldn't tell if his brother was using Transparent Release to attack the Police Force members or if he was trying to escape…
"Seisui! Don't!!!"
He cried out urgently.
Because whether it was the former or the latter, he would be killed!
To survive the devil that was Uchiha Ikeizumi, the only chance was to immediately drop his weapon and surrender!
...
Inside the compound, Uchiha Ikeizumi grabbed Izumi by her collar and tossed her aside. He himself lightly leaped, dodging a flying boulder.
His eyes had already taken on a terrifying, eerie crimson, the pattern of a Three-Tomoe Sharingan slowly manifesting in his pupils.
His eyes suddenly darted to the left. Though no one was visible there, the soil on the ground showed an anomaly.
"Transparent Release… Hmph."
Uchiha Ikeizumi pulled out several shuriken and instantly hurled them in that direction.
The shuriken tore through the air with sharp whistles, seemingly vanishing into an invisible presence in the unseen air.
"Ugh!!!"
A muffled groan followed, and blood suddenly appeared in the empty air.
"Seisui! Don't run!!!" Gekkou Hayate yelled frantically as he swiftly rushed towards the bloodstain in the air.
But Gekkou Seisui, who had used Transparent Release to conceal himself yet was still hit by the shuriken, grew even more panicked upon seeing his older brother appear.
He dodged past Gekkou Hayate.
Enduring the sharp pain in his back, he immediately fled in another direction.
But he hadn't even managed to escape the Gekkou clan compound.
A sharp ninja blade… had already pierced straight through his back!
Gekkou Seisui's bloodshot eyes widened in horror.
He opened his mouth, but the blade piercing his chest twisted, then slowly, deliberately, pulled out from his body.
Gekkou Seisui's body swayed, unable to maintain its balance.
He frantically clutched his chest, blood instantly soaking his palm.
His Transparent Release kekkei genkai couldn't be maintained either.
His disheveled figure was revealed.
"Seisui—!!!" His brother's mournful cry grew closer.
Gekkou Seisui's consciousness, however, grew fainter and fainter.
"Gekkou Seisui. Your mother's body has been discovered. The evil you committed has been exposed."
Uchiha Ikeizumi's cold tone made a flicker of despair cross Gekkou Seisui's face in his last moments of life: "Today, in the name of [Absolute Justice], I pass judgment upon you."
He clutched his chest, stumbled a few steps forward, and struggled to turn around, the world growing darker before his eyes: "Evid… evidence…?"
"You did indeed dispose of the traces on the body, but you can't dispose of the body's memories," Uchiha Ikeizumi flicked the blood from his blade. "The Police Force will transfer the body to the Yamanaka clan. You should be familiar with the Yamanaka clan's secret techniques."
"The evidence you seek, perhaps your clansmen will burn it for you after you die. Provided they forgive your 'matricidal evil'."
Gekkou Seisui seemed to have all his strength drained.
His entire body collapsed weakly.
Just as he was about to hit the ground, Gekkou Hayate finally arrived. He frantically supported his brother's body, one hand pressing firmly against the gaping wound in his chest, trying to stem the blood loss.
"Seisui! Hold on, I'll take you to a medical ninja!"
Smack—
Gekkou Hayate froze.
Because Gekkou Seisui, in his arms, had slapped his hand away.
"Cough, don't… be so hypocritical…"
Gekkou Seisui's lips were frightfully pale, his voice weak and mocking: "If she hadn't favored you so much, I wouldn't have… killed her. How ironic… Father, who valued you most, died by Uchiha Ikeizumi's hand; Mother, who favored you most, died by my hand… Heh heh…"
Under Gekkou Hayate's incredulous gaze, Gekkou Seisui uttered his last words: "I truly… envied you so much…"
The light in Gekkou Seisui's eyes faded.
His gaze became vacant.
His breath stopped!
[Ding! You have successfully killed a "Red Name" villain! Your chakra has received a slight increase! Congratulations, you have successfully dropped: "Transparent Release" Kekkei Genkai!]
Uchiha Ikeizumi had killed three Gekkou clan members two years ago, but those three had dropped three different jutsu for him, not the Gekkou clan's unique "Transparent Release" kekkei genkai.
Today.
After executing "Gekkou Seisui," this red-named villain, Uchiha Ikeizumi had added another kekkei genkai to his arsenal—"Transparent Release"—alongside his Sharingan and Lava Release!
"Senior Ikeizumi…"
Izumi's incredulous voice came from behind Uchiha Ikeizumi: "That body… was his mother?"
Clearly.
Everything Uchiha Ikeizumi and Gekkou Seisui had just said was heard by Izumi, who had followed closely.
This had a massive impact on her worldview, leaving her in a daze.
"Mm."
Uchiha Ikeizumi replied.
Izumi's small face was full of bewildered confusion as she murmured, "He killed his own mother just because of envy. This…"
"This is the 'evil' of the ninja world."
Uchiha Ikeizumi gazed at the corpse and at Gekkou Hayate, who stood frozen, as if his brain had crashed.
He slowly said, "Distorted thoughts, brutal wars… everything magnifies the 'evil' in each person endlessly. The power ninja possess makes them naively believe they can escape the judgment of justice."
"This ninja world is sick."
"It needs a cleansing!"
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