Sarutobi Hiro's words, heard by the victim's family, were like a bolt from the blue!
"Sarutobi Hiro, you... what did you say..."
The victim's father asked tremblingly, his eyes seemingly having run dry of tears, his expression listless and numb...
Sarutobi Hiro, however, ignored him and stared intently at his son.
"You didn't do it on purpose; you thought it was a wild rabbit in the bush, so you wanted to test the power of Hōen no Jutsu (Great Flame Technique)."
"Therefore, this was a mistaken killing..."
"Wasn't it?!"
Even if Sarutobi Jiro was stupid, he reacted at this moment.
He nodded frantically, screaming loudly:
"Yes... yes!"
"Father, your son didn't know anything at all; this was all just an accident!"
Sarutobi Hiro nodded.
"So that's how it is..."
"It seems this was a tragedy born from an accident..."
"Ah, it's truly heartbreaking!"
He turned around, gripping the father's hands tightly, like iron bands, making him unable to move at all.
"As a father myself, I deeply empathize with your grief!"
"Don't worry, although it was just an accident and a mistaken killing, I will definitely give you justice!"
"I will strictly discipline this little beast and will absolutely make him pay the price and understand the sins he has committed!"
"As for your daughter... the dead cannot be brought back to life..."
"However, no matter how much compensation you want, I will do my utmost!"
The victim's father was completely dumbfounded.
However, the searing pain in his hands made him unable to speak at all...
"You... you..."
At this moment, the old woman who had fallen to the ground crawled over desperately.
"You beasts!"
"We don't want compensation; no amount of money can bring back our little granddaughter's life!"
"I... we just want this little beast to be buried with our little granddaughter..."
Her clothes were tattered, her eyes filled with grief and despair, and she struggled to crawl forward, tightly gripping Sarutobi Hiro's trousers, her grey hair messy like weeds.
Sarutobi Hiro frowned, a hint of killing intent flashed and then quickly returned to calmness.
He sighed: "Grandma, I deeply understand how you feel, but..."
"When will vengeance end?"
"What's more, Jiro also just killed by mistake; he didn't intentionally want to harm your little granddaughter..."
"Don't worry, he will not miss any of the punishment he deserves!"
"However, you cannot use lynching out of anger. If everyone did this, wouldn't the world be in chaos?"
"Don't you think?"
The surroundings were chaotic and noisy.
However.
The old woman's mournful wailing still echoed through the sky.
"Are we, as civilians, subjected to such unfair treatment just because you are ninjas?"
"Are we, as ordinary people without power or influence, allowed to kill him without paying the price just because you are the chief and that beast is the chief's son?"
"Doing this..."
"Is it right?"
"Tell me, tell us..."
"Is this right?!"
She was grieving, she was desperate, her cries reached the sky, yet they faded into the dust.
Heaven and earth were silent.
The surroundings were deathly quiet.
No one answered.
Only Sarutobi Jiro, a hint of a smile secretly appearing at the corner of his mouth.
..
"Wrong!"
In the deathly silence.
Suddenly, a flash of a blade descended from the sky.
Cutting through the crowd, through indifference, through all injustice.
Arriving in an instant, sweeping across the sky, leaving a trace in the void, drawing a sharp arc!
Chirp!
Blood splattered!
A head instantly rolled!
There was no blood on the sword.
That figure had already silently appeared beside Sarutobi Hiro.
What fell with him was Sarutobi Jiro's rolling head.
Trampled heavily under Uchiha Yagami's foot!
Blood gushed from Sarutobi Jiro's headless body, erupting like flames, then scattering like ashes on the barren ground.
"Ahhhhh!"
Someone's scream was the first to break the silence.
Then, the entire crowd gasped, one after another, everyone looked as if they had seen a ghost, horrified.
Sarutobi Hiro turned around blankly, looking at the sudden man, then, following down, looked at the head being trampled under his foot.
And...
The corpse behind him, which had lost its head and was slowly falling to the ground...
His pupils instantly dilated, a burst of explosive fear, anger, grief, and despair, emotions rushed in, overwhelming him like a tide.
"You..."
"What did you do?!"
Sarutobi Hiro had never imagined he could let out such a tragic and piercing roar.
Uchiha Yagami didn't even look at him.
"Executing official duties."
He stepped heavily on the head under his foot, then strode forward, helped up the old woman with grey hair, and nodded to her.
The old woman was terrified, but looking at the rolling head, she felt an endless sense of satisfaction.
"You..."
"Who are you?!"
"Konoha Village Police Force Captain..."
"Uchiha Yagamk."
Hearing this name, the crowd was instantly stirred, and everyone couldn't help but let out another gasp.
The name of a man, the shadow of a tree.
That ninja in the Police Force who was acting strangely, that decisive member of the Uchiha Clan, was known to everyone in Konoha Village.
However, there had never been a moment when his ruthlessness, his extremism, his recklessness...
Would be so satisfying.
At this moment, the same thought arose in the hearts of all the ninjas and villagers...
Had he been the most correct person all along?
There was no answer.
"Beast, beast!"
Sarutobi Hiro finally reacted, filled with grief and rage, instantly drew his samurai sword, and fiercely stabbed towards Yagami's back!
"Yagami-sama, be careful!"
Someone couldn't help but shout out.
Qianyu didn't even turn his head, but his samurai sword in his hand blocked it with a backhand.
Clang!
A spray of sparks instantly intertwined and collided, the sharp edges of the two samurai swords cut and crossed, emitting a brilliant clang!
"I, I'll kill you!"
Sarutobi Hiro roared, as if he had completely lost his mind.
Yagami, however, was as steady and indifferent as ever.
"Obstructing Police Force duties, attacking a Police Force ninja..."
"According to regulations, you can be killed directly."
His Chakra and strength instantly erupted, the blade pressed down fiercely, pushing back Sarutobi Hiro's samurai sword, and then a more ruthless strike chopped down, already aimed at Sarutobi Hiro's vital throat!
As the chief of the Sarutobi Clan, Sarutobi Hiro was certainly no ordinary person.
At that moment, he suddenly flew backward, holding his samurai sword horizontally across his chest, blocking Yagami's vicious strike, but he was still violently pushed back.
But even so, as he retreated, his hands had quickly formed seals, and as soon as his feet landed, a powerful ninjutsu was unleashed.
It was...
"Fire Release! Hōen no Jutsu (Great Flame Technique)!"
In an instant, violent and raging flames spewed from his mouth, covering the sky and boiling the sea, determined to turn that man completely into ashes, leaving no bones behind!
Yagami's reaction was even faster, also forming hand seals, and the same Fire Release ninjutsu shot out.
"Fire Release! Dragon Fire Technique!"
Two scorching flames howled out, like two fire dragons baring their fangs and brandishing their claws, roaring and howling, the power of the flames scorching the sky and baking the earth, for a moment, it was evenly matched!
"Stop!"
Just then, an old but majestic and overbearing voice came from afar.
The crowd instantly parted, bowing their heads respectfully, welcoming the slow and heavy footsteps of this person.
It was the Third Hokage of Konoha Village...
Sarutobi Hiruzen.
Yagami glanced at him, but instead gripped the samurai sword in his hand even tighter.
At the same time.
He heard the prompt in his mind.
Ding!
[You killed Sarutobi Jiro, successfully curing him of his arrogant and overbearing evil deeds. Good, thirty merit points added!]
(End of the Chapter)
(As usual no need to read translator's thought)
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Translator's Note: I dont know if i'm psychopath but i did wish that the author should be more specific on how that head was severed, how the blood flowed and I thought he would step on that rascal's head and crush it...