socalfunplaces Chapter 38: The Weasel, There is an Insurmountable Wall Between Humans and Animals
Chapter 38: The Weasel, There is an Insurmountable Wall Between Humans and Animals
Upon returning to Konoha, Itachi Uchiha did not rush back to the Uchiha clan's residence, but instead went to the Hokage Building first.
He first found the Third Hokage.
knock knock --
As Itachi Uchiha knocked on the office door, a rather weary voice from inside, Hiruzen Sarutobi, said "Come in," and Itachi, along with two of his subordinates, pushed the door open and entered.
"Lord Hokage."
With his hands hanging down, Itachi Uchiha said earnestly, "The mission you assigned has been successfully completed. Itachi Uchiha, Osawa Hyuga, and Amagawa Sarutobi have rejoined the Anbu team."
"...It's Itachi."
Hiruzen Sarutobi slightly raised his head, trying to force a smile, but he couldn't manage it.
He said, "Not a single teammate was lost; they did a great job."
Itachi Uchiha keenly sensed that something was amiss.
I could also sense that the Hokage's emotions were a bit strange.
"Hokage-sama, has something happened in the village?"
He asked the question himself.
Hiruzen Sarutobi remained silent for a while before saying, "The funeral for Shinnosuke and many other Anbu ninjas will be held this afternoon. Itachi, Osawa, and Amakawa, the three of you have returned just in time. If you wish to attend the funeral, please go back and change your clothes first, and then meet us at the Konoha cemetery."
He didn't say what happened, but the amount of information in his words still made Itachi Uchiha pause for a moment.
Shinnosuke...the funeral of many ANBU ninjas...
He felt that the former's name sounded familiar; as for the latter, what exactly happened to cause so many members of the Dark Guard to be sacrificed?
Uchiha Itachi thought for a moment, but ultimately decided not to press the matter further.
Since the Hokage is unwilling to say, there must be a reason why he is unwilling to say.
He did not cross the line.
"Lord Hokage, I must take my leave now," Itachi Uchiha said.
"Um."
……
After leaving the Hokage Building, Itachi Uchiha prepared to return to the Uchiha clan's residence.
On the way, he suddenly heard some people talking about something.
I walked silently to their side.
After listening to it casually...
He finally realized why the Hokage was in a bad mood, and he also finally realized why the name "Shin-no-suke" sounded so familiar—he was the Hokage's eldest son!
"Uchiha Ikezumi... killed many Anbu members, and also the Hokage's eldest son... and all of this was because Shinnosuke-senpai did many wrong things... Indeed, Uchiha Ikezumi is someone who cannot tolerate such 'wrong things'."
Itachi suddenly fell silent.
Uchiha Ikezumi...
The name vaguely brought back some unpleasant memories.
This man, like Shisui, was once hailed as one of the "Twin Geniuses" of the Uchiha clan. Even on the battlefield of the Third Shinobi World War, his reputation was comparable to Shisui's.
Yet, this very Uchiha clan seems completely out of place with the rest of the Uchiha clan and even the entire Hidden Leaf Village!
At the very beginning.
Itachi Uchiha thought that Izumi Uchiha was the same kind of person as him, because they were both so incompatible.
however……
"I am not the same kind of person as you. There is an insurmountable wall between humans and beasts, Uchiha Itachi."
A cold, detached remark once uttered by Uchiha Ikezumi. For some reason, it surfaced in Uchiha Itachi's mind.
"Shisui, you'll regret saving him."
This sentence comes from the words Ikezumi said after he was saved by Shisui when he was almost killed by Shisui.
A complex emotion flickered in Itachi Uchiha's calm eyes.
He was the person he couldn't understand the most in the entire Uchiha clan.
It's probably Uchiha Ikezumi.
……
On the other side of Konoha.
"Lord Ikezumi, there's a case! Meow!" Tachibana Jiro crouched slightly and leaped onto Ikezumi's head. After licking his paws, he said to Uchiha Ikezumi, "My children have discovered something incredible in the village's sewers, meow!"
Izumi weakly raised her hand in protest, "Senior Tachibana Jiro, when you report cases to Senior Ikezumi in the future, could you please not jump on my head...?"
"Meow, newbie, I'm testing your reflexes! When you can dodge me, you'll be a Jonin!"
Uchiha Izumi interrupted the man and cat with a blank expression: "Be more specific. And lead the way."
As he led the way, Tachibana Jiro quickly said, "It's human remains, meow, but the remains are very broken, and only a small part is left. In my experience, it should be the bone from a human jaw."
"My children searched the entire sewer and found another bone on the other side, also part of a body, possibly from the same deceased person, meow."
"But most of them are nowhere to be found; they may have been washed away or hidden somewhere else."
Quan was horrified: "Dismemberment...dismemberment?!"
Suddenly, something occurred to Izumi, and she hesitated, saying, "Since it's just bones, it must have been dead for a long time. Could it be fragments of corpses from ninjas from other villages during the war? After all, the bodies fell into the sewers, and the village probably didn't have time to clean them up?"
"Oh? You've learned to analyze and think, newbie!" Tachibana Jiro patted Izumi on the head. "You've improved!"
"Go down and see for yourself."
Uchiha Chiquan said calmly.
Not long after.
The ninja cat Tachibana Jiro led Uchiha Ikezumi and Izumi to a relatively secluded street in Konoha Village.
It jumped off Quan's little head, and Quan quickly tidied up her hair that it had messed up.
"Right here."
Tachibana Jiro pointed to the manhole cover that had been lifted.
There were two ninja cats guarding the manhole cover.
"Ikeizumi-sama! Tachibanajiro-sama!"×2
The two ninja cats greeted each other in human language.
"Lord Ikezumi, how about I have the children bring the bones up... Huh?" Before Tachibana Jiro could finish speaking, Uchiha Ikezumi jumped into the sewer without saying a word.
"Lord Ikezumi, wait for me! Meow!"
It immediately followed.
"Ah? Senior Ikezumi, wait for me!" Ikezumi hurriedly jumped in.
……
"...It smells awful." The moment Izumi jumped down, she suddenly felt a little regretful.
She struggled to describe the pervasive smell in the air.
The pitch-black environment made her even more uncomfortable.
Sudden.
She saw a bright light appear, and in the blink of an eye, the light filled the entire area of her vision.
Hiss! Senior Chi Quan's entire hand has turned into magma!
That light was the glow emitted by magma!
"Lord Izumi, this is it." As soon as Tachibana Jiro's voice fell, Izumi quickly moved closer and took a closer look.
"This is..." Quan discovered a palm-sized piece of white bone placed on a relatively clean spot on the ground.
He also discovered that Senior Chi Quan had picked up the bones directly.
"The time of death will not exceed five years."
Uchiha Ikezumi said indifferently, "It has nothing to do with war. This is a murder and dismemberment case. It should have happened between three and five years ago."
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