Moonlight Hayate could still clearly remember — two years ago…A genius from the Uchiha clan named Uchiha Chiizumi, wearing the uniform of the Police Force, stormed alone into the Moonlight clan's compound.
His voice had rung out coldly:
"Police Force investigation. All irrelevant people, clear the area. Otherwise, you will be cut down without mercy."
Hayate never did find out exactly how the conflict had started that day.All he knew was that he had seen, with his own eyes, his father cut down.
Two of his uncles — senior members of the clan — had also been killed.
That night…
The Moonlight compound had been choked with the acrid stench of sulfur.Boiling-hot magma flowed across the ground, while the walls of the buildings were slashed to ribbons, bristling with kunai and shuriken.
Hayate remembered well how, afterward, the Moonlight clan as a whole had gone to the Third Hokage to report the Uchiha.They had especially demanded that Uchiha Chiizumi be arrested and thrown into prison — to put that demon of the Uchiha clan on the execution block!
And yet… for some reason…The matter had simply vanished without resolution.
The elders of the Moonlight clan had slunk back from the Hokage's office in silence, never speaking of it again.
There was no further attempt to demand justice from the Uchiha.
The only thing the younger generation — like Hayate — had been told was to keep that hatred buried in their hearts.Beyond that, they were told to do nothing.
And now…That Uchiha Chiizumi…
…was here again!
"Damn it!!"
Moonlight Hayate snapped back to himself, drawing his ninja blade in a rush, sprinting toward home in barely controlled panic.
But just as he reached the main gate of the Moonlight compound, a deafening BOOM shook the air.
In his line of sight—His younger brother, Moonlight Seisui, face twisted in rage, unleashed an Earth Release technique in an attempt to kill a boy and a girl wearing the Uchiha Police Force uniform.
He saw Seisui's figure, kunai in hand, suddenly turn transparent.
Hayate couldn't tell whether his brother had used Permeation Release to attack the Police Force… or to try and flee.
"Seisui! No!!!"
He shouted in a panic.
Because either way — attack or flee — he would be killed!The only way to survive an encounter with that Uchiha demon was to throw down your weapon immediately and surrender.
…
Inside the compound, Uchiha Chiizumi grabbed Izumi by the collar and tossed her aside, then lightly leapt to avoid a massive rock hurtling toward him.
His eyes had already taken on that chilling, unnatural crimson.The triple tomoe pattern of the Sharingan slowly swirled into view.
His gaze suddenly flicked left.There was no one visible there — yet the earth itself showed subtle disturbance.
"Permeation… hm."
Chiizumi drew several shuriken and hurled them in an instant toward that spot.
The shuriken split the air with a piercing whistle — and seemed to sink into something invisible.
"Ugh!!"
A muffled cry followed, and blood spilled into the empty air.
"Seisui! Don't run!!!" Hayate shouted again as he dashed toward that floating trail of blood.
But Seisui — still hit by the shuriken despite using Permeation to hide — became even more frantic at the sight of his older brother.
He avoided Hayate, gritting his teeth against the stabbing pain in his back, and fled in another direction.
He never made it out of the compound.
A sharp ninja blade punched straight through his back and out his chest!
Seisui's bloodshot eyes went wide.He opened his mouth — and the blade twisted slowly in his chest before being drawn out with deliberate slowness.
His steps faltered, unsteady.
He clutched at his chest, blood soaking his palm in an instant.
The Permeation Release bloodline limit collapsed, revealing his battered body.
"Seisui—!!!" Hayate's desperate cry came closer.
But Seisui's consciousness was already fading.
"Moonlight Seisui. Your mother's body has been found. The evil you've committed is exposed."
Chiizumi's voice was cold as frost.
Seisui's face showed a flash of despair in his final moments.
"Today, in the name of Absolute Justice, I pass judgment on you."
Seisui staggered forward a few steps, clutching his chest, struggling to turn around as the world dimmed before him.
"P… proof…?"
"The marks on the body — you did clean them. But you can't erase the body's memories." Chiizumi flicked the blood from his blade."The Police Force will hand the body over to the Yamanaka clan. You know of their secret techniques."
"The proof you want — maybe your clan will burn it as an offering to you after you die.That is, if they can forgive your matricide."
Seisui seemed to lose all strength at once.He collapsed completely.
At the very instant his body fell, Hayate finally reached him, catching him in his arms, pressing one hand desperately against the gaping wound in his chest to stop the bleeding.
"Seisui! Hold on! I'll get you to a medical ninja!"
Slap—
Hayate froze.
Seisui had knocked his hand away.
"Kh… stop… pretending…"
His lips were pale, his voice weak but mocking:"If she hadn't favored you so much… I never would've… killed her.How ironic… The father who valued you most died at Uchiha Chiizumi's hand…The mother who adored you most… died by mine… heh…"
Under Hayate's disbelieving gaze, Seisui spoke his last words:
"I really… envied you…"
The light left Seisui's eyes.They went dull.His breath ceased.
[Ding! You have successfully killed a "red-named" villain! Your chakra has increased slightly! Congratulations — you have obtained: "Permeation Release" bloodline limit!]
Two years ago, Chiizumi had killed three members of the Moonlight clan — but had only gained three jutsu from them, not the clan's unique Permeation Release.
Today, after executing the red-named criminal Moonlight Seisui, Chiizumi added a third bloodline limit to his arsenal — alongside his Sharingan and Lava Release — Permeation Release!
"Chiizumi-senpai…"
Izumi's voice was full of disbelief from behind him:"That body… was his mother?"
Clearly, she had heard every word of the exchange between Chiizumi and Seisui.It had shaken her worldview to its core, leaving her dazed.
"Yeah."
Chiizumi gave a brief reply.
Izumi murmured in stunned confusion:"Just… jealousy… and he killed his own mother. That's…"
"This is the evil of the ninja world."
Chiizumi gazed at the corpse — and at Hayate, who stood frozen, as if his mind had shut down completely.
"Twisted thinking. Cruel wars… everything in this world magnifies the evil in people's hearts without limit.The power ninjas wield only makes them naively believe they can escape the judgment of justice."
"This ninja world is sick."
"It needs… a cleansing."
(End of Chapter)