"Tsunade-sama, do we really not need to intervene?"
No one knew that at this moment, Tsunade was also quietly observing everything from not far from the Hokage building.
Beside her stood Shizune, holding a small piglet.
"Why should we intervene?"
"As long as it hasn't turned into a riot, let the old man deal with the headache himself!"
"And besides, letting this happen once will make the old man realize just how many people in Konoha yearn for absolute justice!"
Tsunade had no intention of stepping in. This situation had been caused by Hiruzen, so naturally, he should be the one to resolve it. She wasn't the Hokage—there was no need for her to clean up after him.
"I don't really understand… Uchiha Keizumi killed so many people, so why aren't people afraid of him? Why do they admire him more and more instead?"
Shizune watched the scene unfolding in front of the Hokage building, still confused.
"When someone has seen the light, how can they continue to tolerate the darkness?"
Tsunade sighed softly. She didn't know exactly what the Land of Water was like now, but she could clearly see what Konoha had become.
The civilians of Konoha did fear Uchiha Keizumi—it was true. But they also knew that as long as they didn't commit crimes, he would never kill indiscriminately.
Under the coverage of absolute justice, everyone in Konoha subconsciously lowered their voices.
No one wanted to accidentally cross the line into wrongdoing. People had become more cautious, but Konoha's public order had improved more and more. Even foreign merchants had begun to arrive in greater numbers.
Just like in the Land of Water—when those clans and those in power no longer dared to act recklessly, even without doing anything extra, the lives of ordinary people at the bottom naturally improved.
"If there were really that many people upholding justice, and similar organizations like the police force were established across the Five Great Nations, then what Keizumi is doing wouldn't be any less than what my grandfather achieved."
"My grandfather ended the Warring States era… but if Uchiha Keizumi can accomplish what he wants, he might truly change the shinobi world."
Tsunade's gaze grew distant. The more she saw of what Uchiha Keizumi had done, the more she understood just how profound its impact on the entire shinobi world could be.
"However… if he truly wants to achieve that, the dangers he will face will only grow greater."
She sighed inwardly. Establishing a police force across the entire shinobi world—how could the ninja villages of the Five Great Nations possibly allow it?
Unless Uchiha Keizumi's power could completely suppress the entire shinobi world, forcing it to accept his absolute justice—only then would it be possible for such an outcome to come true.
…
Land of Rain, Akatsuki.
"Why aren't we accepting the bounty from the Land of Earth?"
"That's three hundred million—three hundred million! Do you know how many black market jobs I'd have to do to earn that much?!"
Within the Akatsuki, Kakuzu was extremely dissatisfied that Nagato and Konan had refused the Land of Earth's commission. That was a full three hundred million! If calculated using Sarutobi Asuma's bounty, that would be ten Asumas!
"If you want to go die, then go take the job yourself."
Konan glanced at Kakuzu. Even she hadn't expected that the Land of Earth wouldn't just talk big—they had actually put up real money, three hundred million, to hire Akatsuki to assassinate Uchiha Keizumi.
What she didn't know was that the daimyo of the Land of Earth had allocated not three hundred million—but a full one billion.
After handing over three hundred million to hire Akatsuki, the cut taken by Iwagakure had already filled their pockets nicely.
"To single-handedly cleanse the Land of Water… that Uchiha Keizumi's strength might already be approaching that of the former God of Shinobi, Senju Hashirama, and the Shura of the Shinobi, Uchiha Madara."
"If it's you, Kakuzu, you might actually have a chance to kill him—after all, didn't you fight Senju Hashirama once?"
Sasori sneered. Everyone in Akatsuki had heard Kakuzu's claim that he had fought Hashirama—but no one actually believed he had the strength to contend with the First Hokage.
After all, Kakuzu didn't possess the power to pacify an entire era.
"Are you questioning me?"
A fierce glint flashed in Kakuzu's eyes. He truly had attacked Senju Hashirama with the dreams of Takigakure on his back. Even if Hashirama had held back—who could say he hadn't fought him?
"That's enough. This commission is settled."
"Inform the Land of Earth—Akatsuki cannot complete this mission."
The Deva Path, under Nagato's control, spoke slowly. Since Akatsuki's founding, this was the first time they had refused a commission—and outright declared it impossible.
'So even the leader isn't a match for that Uchiha brat?'
Kakuzu looked thoughtfully at the Deva Path. He knew a bit about its strength—after all, without a proper beating, how could someone like Kakuzu willingly work for Akatsuki?
...
"A bunch of trash. Nagato is the worst of them all!"
"Give me those Rinnegan, and I'd kill Uchiha Keizumi myself!"
Elsewhere in the Land of Rain, Uchiha Obito had also learned of Akatsuki's decision.
At this moment, he resented his own lack of strength. If he had been stronger, how could Uchiha Keizumi have exposed his identity so easily—raising Konan and Nagato's suspicions?
"Should we think of a way to take Madara-sama's Rinnegan back from Nagato?"
White Zetsu stood beside Obito. Black Zetsu was still being burned by the flames of judgment. The usually brainless Obito and White Zetsu were now being forced to think.
And in Obito's eyes, all of this was Uchiha Keizumi's fault!
"No. Nagato and Konan are already highly wary of me. That bastard Uchiha Keizumi even told them about the weakness of my Kamui."
"Trying to forcibly take the Rinnegan from Nagato isn't realistic."
The more Obito spoke about Keizumi, the more his teeth itched with hatred. He couldn't understand what he had done to provoke that justice-obsessed lunatic into targeting him like this.
"Let Akatsuki handle the tailed beast captures themselves."
"No matter how strong Uchiha Keizumi is, he can't surpass the power of the Eye of the Moon!"
"However… we also need to start preparing another plan."
Obito believed that the current situation in the shinobi world was still within control. Although Uchiha Keizumi's absolute justice was targeting him, it seemed the tailed beasts had not yet attracted his attention.
Obito remained confident—once the Eye of the Moon plan was carried out, even if the entire shinobi world became a realm of absolute justice, it could still be overturned.
"Another plan?"
White Zetsu tilted his head at Obito, wondering if he had secretly grown a brain behind his back.