Chapter 137: The So-Called "Child of Prophecy"!
At that time, he was busy looking for the Child of Prophecy from the Great Toad Sage, and he did put his target on Uchiha Ikeizumi, after all, he was a very rare ninja with two kekkei genkai. Unfortunately, after observing him in secret for a while, he found that this kid's personality was a little too extreme, so he gave up.
But Jiraiya didn't expect that… after all these years, the other party had become even more extreme.
"We did meet," Uchiha Ikeizumi said indifferently. "At that time, I always felt that someone was following me from behind, and I thought it was a human trafficker, until you appeared in front of me."
"Cough, cough!" Jiraiya coughed awkwardly. Just as he was about to quickly explain something, he heard Uchiha Ikeizumi say something that would shock people to death. "I think you were following me because you thought I might be the so-called Child of Prophecy, and you wanted to see if your guess was correct, right?"
Jiraiya: "!!!"
If Jiraiya's expression before was deliberately funny, then the shock on his face at this moment was completely from the bottom of his heart.
Jiraiya stared at Uchiha Ikeizumi. His eyes were full of incredulity. He looked as if he had seen a ghost in broad daylight.
"Child of Prophecy?" Tsunade frowned. She looked back at Jiraiya. "What Child of Prophecy?!"
Jiraiya: "..."
He didn't answer Tsunade's question. Instead, he took a deep breath, tried his best to calm his turbulent thoughts, and then asked Uchiha Ikeizumi with an extremely complicated expression, "Where did you hear that?"
"Have you also been to Mount Myōboku?" Jiraiya asked tentatively again.
"No," this concise answer stunned Jiraiya.
Uchiha Ikeizumi said indifferently and frankly, "There are few secrets in the ninja world that I don't know about." He continued, "If you entrust the future peace or destruction of the ninja world to the so-called Child of Prophecy, then you don't need to look for him. Because the Child of Prophecy you're looking for will uphold justice for the peace of the ninja world even if you don't take him as your disciple. As long as all the evil in the ninja world is completely purged, the entire ninja world will naturally become peaceful."
Uchiha Ikeizumi's words were like a thunderbolt to Jiraiya. His eyes widened even more, and his breathing became rapid.
Jiraiya, in his excitement, revealed the truth of his travels over the years. "If such a 'Child of Prophecy' really exists in the ninja world, I need to guide him on the right path and let him make the truly correct choice in the future."
"So, please tell me, who is he?!"
At this moment, Jiraiya was looking forward to Uchiha Ikeizumi's answer and couldn't help but try to recall the details of the Great Toad Sage's prophecy.
—"A blue-eyed boy laughing and calling out the names of nine beasts."
Nine beasts… a blue-eyed boy…
Jiraiya began to seriously analyze whether there was anyone among the people Uchiha Ikeizumi knew who fit these characteristics.
And Jiraiya's extremely excited words just now left Uchiha Ikeizumi and Kojiro completely unfazed. On the other hand, Izumi, Tsunade, Shizune, and Anko were all shocked.
"Jiraiya," Tsunade frowned and said, "You never told me or Orochimaru about this all these years."
Shizune murmured, "Child of Prophecy… who can make a choice that will either destroy or bring peace to the ninja world."
Anko felt like she had just learned something incredible.
Ikeizumi felt that the "Child of Prophecy" Jiraiya was talking about was unreliable. And that Great Toad Sage. It didn't sound very serious. Besides, from what Lord Ikeizumi just said, it was clear that he wasn't interested in the so-called "Child of Prophecy" or the "prophecy" of the Great Toad Sage.
Lord Ikeizumi firmly believed that only justice could bring peace to the ninja world!
"What's the point of telling you?" Uchiha Ikeizumi's short sentence almost made Jiraiya's brain shut down.
Jiraiya, who had just recovered, quickly said, "Why is there no point? The 'Child of Prophecy' has the power to change the ninja world!"
"So you're going to entrust the future of the ninja world, the fate of everyone, and everything to a so-called 'Child of Prophecy.' Is this your thinking and your mindset, Jiraiya?"
Uchiha Ikeizumi looked at one of the Konoha Sannin calmly. No matter how anxious the other party was, it couldn't affect his state of mind.
Uchiha Ikeizumi said indifferently, "You can't even see why this sick and twisted ninja world has become like this."
"It's not that the birth of the 'Child of Prophecy' brought change to the future of the ninja world. It's that the sick and twisted ninja world will inevitably give birth to many people who try to change this world."
"But most of them will be polluted by the twisted ideas of the ninja world, so much so that their ideas of change are very sick."
Uchiha Ikeizumi paused and continued, "The moment the sick and twisted ninja world is straightened out, anyone in the entire ninja world can be a 'Child of Prophecy' who makes the right choice."
After saying that, Uchiha Ikeizumi no longer paid any attention to the Konoha Sannin and continued to walk toward the Uchiha clan compound.
Kojiro, Ikeizumi, and Anko immediately followed.
"Izu…"
"Enough!" Tsunade directly interrupted Jiraiya. She said, "Didn't you understand what that kid said? In his eyes, the so-called 'Child of Prophecy' is not special. That kid believes that as long as his 'Absolute Justice' purges all the evil in the ninja world, everyone's mindset will become normal."
"And in that environment, there will be countless 'Children of Prophecy' who will bring change to the ninja world. The 'Children of Prophecy' born in that environment will not bring destruction to the ninja world, but only lasting and stable peace."
Tsunade paused and then said, "I don't know what that great toad told you, but if you entrust the future of the entire ninja world to a so-called 'Child of Prophecy'…"
"It's in itself a very irresponsible act. This world is never a world of one person."
Jiraiya, who was about to speak, watched as Tsunade and Shizune also turned and left. He was left standing alone in the street.
"Is my mindset… too small?" Jiraiya muttered in a daze.
Uchiha clan compound.
"Meow, it's been a while since we've been back. I feel like many Uchiha clan members are looking at Lord Ikeizumi with a strange look in their eyes!"
Kojiro, who was squatting on Izumi's shoulder, keenly noticed the gazes from all around. "Could it be because of that failed clan meeting? According to what the rookie said, Lord Ikeizumi didn't even show up, but that clan meeting was ruined by him from a distance, which caused some people's plans to go to waste."
Izumi said, "Probably. Recently, there have been many people in Konoha who approve of Lord Ikeizumi's 'Absolute Justice.'"
She added in detail, "Especially in the Uchiha clan."
As they were talking, Izumi noticed that Lord Ikeizumi, who was in front of them, suddenly stopped. She almost ran into him without realizing it. Fortunately, she also quickly stopped.
When Izumi looked up in confusion, she found that Fugaku Uchiha, whose title as "clan leader" was now an empty name, was standing in front of them at some point. His appearance had blocked Lord Ikeizumi.
"Ikeizumi…"
Fugaku's eyes were filled with a complicated look. He asked, "Why do you have to put the Uchiha clan in such a state? The Uchiha clan's tight rope is about to break… And I was about to loosen it a little, but you made it even tighter."
"Killing the Hokage's son, killing the Daimyō's second son, and even killing the Daimyō and many nobles of the Land of Fire. Although your actions were only based on your 'Absolute Justice,' in the eyes of others…"
"You represent the Uchiha clan. In their eyes, it was the Uchiha clan who killed those people. The Konoha higher-ups no longer trust us at all."
"And Setsuna Uchiha and those people were forced by your actions to carry out their plan ahead of time. I, as the clan leader, no longer have the power to reverse all of this."
After saying all of this, Fugaku let out a heavy sigh. The pressure that had been building up inside him during this time was simply too great. And the source of all this pressure came from Uchiha Ikeizumi. At least, that's how it seemed to him. If it weren't for Ikeizumi's extreme actions leading to things getting out of control, he would have been able to balance the relationship between the village and the Uchiha clan.
However, just when Fugaku thought that Ikeizumi would give him a reasonable explanation or argue with him, he found that Ikeizumi didn't even look at him. Uchiha Ikeizumi had already placed a hand on his shoulder. The force from his shoulder made Fugaku's body lean to the side slightly, and he had no choice but to move out of the way.
"Don't block my way."
His words, which had made him dry, were only met with Uchiha Ikeizumi's cold three words. And this scene happened on the street of the Uchiha clan compound, in broad daylight, and under the watchful eyes of many people. Although many clan members couldn't hear what they were saying, they at least clearly saw the scene of Uchiha Ikeizumi completely ignoring him as the clan leader.
Fugaku was stunned for two seconds. He quickly turned around and looked at Uchiha Ikeizumi's back. He heard Uchiha Ikeizumi speak, but not to him. Instead, he was talking to Ikeizumi Uchiha and Anko. "Check your ninja tools and prepare to 'uphold justice.'"
Uphold… Justice?!
Fugaku's heart trembled slightly. He knew very well that every time Ikeizumi upheld justice, it meant someone was going to die! And this was the Uchiha clan compound. Was Ikeizumi going to raise the butcher's knife of justice against his own clan members again?!
Fugaku also found that… the direction Ikeizumi was walking in seemed to be where Setsuna Uchiha lived.
Was this a coincidence?!
"Elder Setsuna, Uchiha Ikeizumi is back in the Uchiha clan compound!"
On the other side.
When he heard this news, the already uneasy Setsuna Uchiha became even more nervous. But when he saw the dozen or so Uchiha clan ninjas around him, he immediately hid the slightly uneasy look on his face.
"Hmph," Setsuna, who was holding his cane, snorted coldly and said in a deep voice, "A certain person has put the entire Uchiha clan in a situation where they can't recover for the sake of his selfish ninja way. In a certain year in the future, he will definitely be nailed to the pillar of shame in Uchiha history."
"That person did such a thing and is still unaware of it. Instead, he came back to Konoha and the Uchiha clan openly. Perhaps his so-called 'Absolute Justice' has brainwashed himself!"
These words made some of the dozen or so Uchiha ninjas look a little strange. They wanted to say something, but they didn't know what to say. After all, Setsuna Uchiha was the leader of the hardline faction.
And just as Setsuna was about to say something else, a sudden voice from outside almost made him stop breathing.
"Uchiha Ikeizumi? What are you doing here?"
"Gasp!" He couldn't help but take a sharp breath. The unease and shock on his face were finally hard to hide. "That kid is here?"
Setsuna Uchiha had never wished so much that his own clan members were just playing a trick on him. But at this moment, Uchiha Ikeizumi's cold voice faintly came from outside. "The Military Police Force is upholding justice. All bystanders, retreat. Otherwise, you will be killed without mercy."
Setsuna Uchiha: "!!!"
How is that possible?!
Did my words actually come true? Did that extreme kid really follow the trail of Hayata and find me?
I just condoned them to transport contraband drugs to the Uchiha clan compound.
And provided them with some convenience in some areas. Is this kind of small matter also considered a villain in that kid's eyes? Does it also need to be purged by his absolute justice?
Setsuna Uchiha's face became extremely grim. He gritted his teeth and squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth. "Tell the people outside not to let that kid in!"
Setsuna didn't believe it! If they just blocked him and didn't let him in, would that kid attack innocent clan members?
However…
"Elder Setsuna…" a Uchiha hardline ninja hurriedly reported, "the few ninjas outside didn't stop Uchiha Ikeizumi. They let him in!"
Setsuna Uchiha: "???"
No! I called you guys here to protect me from that extreme kid's extreme justice! And you guys let him in?!
What kind of joke is this?!
As Setsuna Uchiha's face was about to twist from anger, he suddenly looked up at the front. His muddy eyes became extremely sharp, and he stared intently at a young man in front of him.
"Uchiha…"
"Ikeizumi!!!"
Uchiha Ikeizumi was also looking at Setsuna Uchiha at this moment. The red box hanging above his head was particularly eye-catching.
Uchiha Ikeizumi spoke coldly, like an emotionless judge from hell. As he walked forward unhurriedly, he listed one shocking crime after another. "Setsuna Uchiha. Sixty-one years ago, you killed your own biological sister to awaken your Mangekyō Sharingan."
"Fifty-eight years ago, to evolve your two-tomoe Sharingan to a three-tomoe Sharingan, you married a wife. On the night she gave birth to a son, you personally strangled her to death."
"Fifty years ago, because a Uchiha clan member's ideology clashed with yours, you became enraged and killed them after you couldn't win the argument. You destroyed the body and made it look like a 'missing person's case.'"
"Forty-seven years ago…"
"Forty-four years ago…"
Although Uchiha Ikeizumi's voice was not loud, Setsuna Uchiha heard it clearly. Many sealed memories in his mind, which Setsuna Uchiha himself couldn't remember, were all brought up. Setsuna Uchiha suddenly recalled… he had indeed done these things before the Second Hokage threw him into prison.
How could that kid's eyes see so far into the past? These are things that happened decades ago!
Moreover, Setsuna Uchiha found that as the kid said more and more, the way the clan members looked at him became stranger and stranger. He was starting to realize that things were not looking good!
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