Naruto: Uchiha Youngjo's Konoha Spring

Chapter 52 Arresting people
Uchiha Douhuan also noticed Nara Shikaku's little move at this time, and naturally understood his little thoughts clearly. He smiled slightly and said, "Nara Fushou, do you think I'm right?"

After being named by Uchiha Douhuan, Nara Shikaku realized that he could no longer stay out of this matter, so he could only bite the bullet and say, "What Patriarch Douhuan said does make sense."

What else could he say? Could he deny the Will of Fire in front of the Third Hokage?
Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't say anything until he finished smoking the pack of cigarettes. Uchiha Dohuan's constant mention of the Will of Fire actually stopped him, a man who always talked about the Will of Fire. After all, the Will of Fire was his base, something he had to maintain. If he couldn't even maintain the Will of Fire, then he, the Third Hokage, would be very close to stepping down.

If there was no one else here at this moment, he would be able to mediate, but under the threat of Kotoamatsukami, every time he had a face-to-face conversation with Uchiha Dohuan, there had to be someone else present.

After a long time, Sarutobi Hiruzen put down his pipe and compromised: "Then let's do it according to what is written above. However, Dou Huan, you still have to be careful when enforcing the law. After all, we are villagers from the same village."

"Understood." Uchiha Douhuan nodded. "Regarding this, the Security Department will strictly discipline itself and abide by the principle of law enforcement with a smile."

……

That afternoon, the police posted notices about the new law in every conspicuous place in the village.

This naturally caused a lot of controversy. Some villagers calmed down a little, but most of them still didn't take it seriously.

After all, the last time the Security Department officially promulgated legal provisions was when the Security Department was first established during the second generation period, and the content was about some trivial matters. In addition, the reputation of the Security Department in the village has become increasingly worse in recent years. Therefore, most villagers do not take the legal provisions issued by the Security Department seriously, but instead join in the Security Department's role in spreading rumors.

"Even the security department is starting to support the murderous maniac who is with the fox demon?"

"Humph, what are you afraid of? We still have the Hokage to back us up. I don't believe they really dare to arrest anyone."

……

As time went by, Kakashi finally understood what his father's situation was like back then. Every time he went out, he would be stared at with strange eyes by the villagers. At the same time, some bolder villagers even dared to come directly to the door of the Hatake family's ancestral home to write graffiti and throw garbage, just like the situation back then.

Naruto, who lived in his house, was also furious about all this, just like he was back then. Whenever he met villagers who spoke ill of Kakashi, he wanted to rush up and argue with them, but every time he got the villagers' shunning looks.

At this moment, Kakashi also understood why his father did not react to this. He then realized that when such rumors formed a certain scale, any defense would seem pale and powerless.

However, his seemingly desperate behavior naturally made the impatient Naruto very anxious.

However, unlike the White Fang incident that year, the Ministry of Security took action on the third day after the bill was promulgated.

That morning, Uchiha Douhuan personally convened a meeting of all members of the security department. "Recently, there have been many rumors circulating in the village regarding the former ANBU captain, Hatake Kakashi. I'm sure everyone is aware of this," Uchiha Douhuan said solemnly from the podium. "Hatake Kakashi is a village hero, having made great contributions at the Battle of Kannabi Bridge, which decided the outcome of the Third Ninja World War between the village and the Iwagakure. But now, he's being targeted by rumors. These rumors are completely groundless!"

"Furthermore, even after we issued the relevant regulations, this rumor not only didn't disappear, but intensified!" Uchiha Douhuan slammed the podium in front of him. "I now suspect that this matter is no longer a simple rumor! It is foreign forces inciting the villagers in an attempt to discredit the great Will of Fire of our Konohagakure Village! In the face of this situation, can we, who are placed high hopes by the Second Daeme, just sit there and wait for death?"

"No!" The crowd below the stage was also very excited. In the past few days, when the team members were on patrol every day, some unruly people would say that their security department was colluding with the murderer, which made everyone very angry.

"Our security team has been a staunch supporter of the Will of Fire since the day it was established at the behest of the Second Daeme! Today, I, Uchiha Dohuan, swear an oath on behalf of the Security Department under the emblem of the Hidden Leaf Village! We, the Security Department, will get to the bottom of all this and make those who intend to subvert the Will of Fire with conspiracy pay the price!"

"Everyone has it!"

Uchiha Douhuan shouted, and all the security personnel in the conference room stood up and stood at attention instantly.

"Salute to the village emblem!"

"Loyalty! Honesty!" All members of the security department saluted and shouted loudly.

"Loyalty!" Uchiha Douhuan saluted as well, then continued, "Today, everyone should put aside what they are doing and thoroughly investigate this matter. Everyone involved in this incident must receive the punishment they deserve according to the law."

Soon, all the nearly 600 members of the security department were dispatched. Even the captain Uchiha Fugaku, who had recently been only in charge of managing the accounts of the security department, was included and personally led a law enforcement team out.

The villagers had not yet realized what had happened and were just chatting about this kind of gossip as a pastime after dinner, as usual.

However, when they just started talking about the topic of fox demons and murderers, members of the security department would arrest them as if they fell from the sky and take them back to the security team.

In just one morning, the Security Department arrested more than 2000 people. Although most of them were released after being fined and given verbal warnings after being asked who told them about the incident, there were dozens of people with more serious offenses who were imprisoned on the spot in the Security Department's prison.

It was not until this time that the villagers of Konoha realized that the Security Department was serious this time.

Soon, the members of the security department also discovered that all the clues they had collected so far pointed directly to the area where the industries owned by Mitomon and Tsunetsugu were located, which was the source of these rumors.

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(End of this chapter)