LRAB Chapter 244 Konoha is on my shoulders, Hiruzen Sarutobi!
Chapter 244 Konoha is on my shoulders, Hiruzen Sarutobi!
Chapter 244 Konoha is on my shoulders, Hiruzen Sarutobi!
"When he was in Konoha, you wanted him to leave; now that he's not in Konoha, you want him to come back!"
In the Hokage's office, Tsunade looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi with undisguised disappointment in her eyes.
Tsunade originally thought that the old man had called her over for some other reason, and she had even considered the matter of Jiraiya going to the Ninja Academy. However, she did not expect that Hiruzen Sarutobi actually wanted her to call Izumi Uchiha back.
"As you know, the Hokage election is just around the corner, and the Jonin vote is a very important matter."
"No matter what, Izumi is a Jonin of Konoha, and she should have the right to express her opinion on the Hokage election!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi didn't feel guilty at all being looked at like that by Tsunade. Compared to the possibility that Izumi Uchiha might become the Mizukage of Kirigakure, he had no other choice but to resort to this drastic measure.
"I don't have the ability to bring him back."
"You should know better than me that if Chi Quan is determined to do something, no one can stop him."
"Besides, isn't this a good thing?"
"Weren't you always worried that the idea of absolute justice would cause unbearable trouble in the Land of Fire?"
"What Chi Quan did in the Land of Water this time will show you whether absolute justice is a good thing or a bad thing!"
Tsunade looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi and rejected his suggestion without hesitation.
In fact, Tsunade also wanted to see if what Uchiha Izumi did in the Land of Water would make the Land of Water better. If it could make the Land of Water better, then it would prove that her choice was not wrong!
"But what if the pond becomes just a reflection in the water?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed. No matter what, Izumi Uchiha was still a member of Konoha's fighting force. How could she be left to wander outside?
As for whether the Land of Water will get better?
In fact, Hiruzen Sarutobi already had the answer in his heart. If he didn't have the answer, why would he worry that Izumi Uchiha wouldn't come back?
What Hiruzen Sarutobi was worried about was that the Land of Water, under the guise of absolute justice, would become better and better, to the point that Izumi Uchiha would never turn back and would instead spread his absolute justice centered around the Land of Water!
"You actually know that absolute justice will make the ninja world a better place, right?"
Tsunade looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi thoughtfully. She understood Hiruzen Sarutobi's worries to some extent, but she still had no intention of sending a message to Izumi Uchiha.
In Tsunade's view, if Uchiha Izumi's absolute justice could take root in the Land of Water and make a part of the ninja world better, she would accept it even if that place was not the Land of Fire.
"Ninjas from the Land of Lightning, the Land of Wind, and the Land of Earth have begun to gather at the border."
"The Land of Earth has even declared war on Ikezumi on behalf of the entire village!"
"I've been the one shouldering all this responsibility; I've been the one dealing with all the trouble he caused!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi stared intently at Tsunade, determined to bring Izumi Uchiha back to Konoha no matter what. This wasn't just because he was worried that Izumi would become the Mizukage in the Land of Water; Konoha also needed Izumi.
Yes, Konoha needs Uchiha Ikezumi, at least that's how Hiruzen Sarutobi sees it.
The ninjas of the three great nations are constantly increasing their troops on the border. Although it seems that war will not break out in the short term, since there are already signs of war, it is only right for Konoha to recall its main fighting force.
If Uchiha Izumi were in Konoha, her record would be enough to deter the three great nations of Earth, Wind, and Lightning!
"Then go and call Chi Quan back in your name!"
Tsunade stopped looking at Hiruzen Sarutobi, uttered those words, and slammed the door shut as she left.
Just after Tsunade slammed the door and left, Koharu Utatane walked out from the other side of the Hokage's office.
"Perhaps we can take a different approach and simply forbid those Uchiha clan members from leaving Konoha!"
Koharu Utatane offered her suggestion: since Izumi Uchiha wanted to establish a security force in the Land of Water, he would naturally need manpower. As long as the Uchiha clan members were not allowed to leave Konoha, they could force Izumi Uchiha to return.
"They won't let the Konoha ninja leave the village?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi listened to Koharu Utatane's suggestion and seemed to be deep in thought.
At this moment, Uchiha Izumi was unaware that one of his ideas had caused so much trouble in Konoha. He had just finished cleaning up the last city in the Land of Water and had just returned to Kirigakure.
"It's finally over!"
"If this doesn't end soon, I can't take it anymore!"
Standing on Uchiha Ikezumi's shoulder, Tachibana Jiro looked at Kirigakure in front of him and couldn't help but sigh.
Along the way, it followed Uchiha Ikezumi and helped kill quite a few people. To put it bluntly, there were far too many villains in the ninja world, so many that Tachibana Jiro felt disgusted by killing for the first time.
"But the results are also clearly visible!"
"Only the first few cities were afraid when they saw Lord Chiquan. In every city that followed, the common people rushed to report the evildoers to Lord Chiquan."
"Lord Ikezumi's reputation has become even more widespread than his actual name after his journey through the Land of Water!"
Looking at Uchiha Izumi and Tachibana Jiro in front of him, Biwa Juzo's eyes were filled with undisguised respect. After he and Uchiha Izumi conquered Kirigakure, he also led a group of ninjas to follow behind Uchiha Izumi and Tachibana Jiro to clean up their mess.
To outsiders, Uchiha Izumi might seem like a ruthless killer, but Juzo Biwa and Uchiha Izumi could see that every city in the Land of Water was developing in a better direction.
Everyone knew that a righteous ninja had come to the Land of Water, and even if it was just for their own lives, the merchants and nobles would subconsciously restrain themselves.
After all, death happens right before their eyes. If they commit too many evil deeds, they really will die!
"What I don't understand is why the number of merchants from the Land of Water is starting to increase?"
Mei Terumi appeared in front of Izumi Uchiha and the others at some point. If Izumi Uchiha was constantly killing people during this period, then Mei Terumi was constantly handling official business.
It wasn't just the official business of Kirigakure, but also the official business of the cities that had been swept up by Uchiha Ikezumi.
In Mei Terumi's initial thought, after Izumi Uchiha's rampage, it would take at least ten years for the entire Land of Water to recover.
But the reality is quite the opposite. As absolute justice begins to take root in the Land of Water, the number of foreign merchants is increasing, and merchants from smaller countries are even flocking to the Land of Water.
The lives of the common people did not get worse. On the contrary, because of the deaths of a large number of nobles, the expressions on the faces of the common people were no longer numb, and they even had a bit more longing for the future.