The Uchiha's Path to the Top, Starting from Konoha

Chapter 23 Uchiha Police Department

"Young Master, if you become Hokage in the future, you must take control of the administration department."

"Chief, I understand."

After greeting the tribespeople they encountered, the two had explored almost the entire tribe's territory.

When leaving the clan's territory, Uchiha Yomo mentioned the rather rudimentary medical facility;

Primarily managed by the Yamanaka clan, the team is tasked with analyzing memories in the minds of their enemies.

The interrogation department that interrogates enemy ninjas.

When the topic of the Ministry of Education came up, Uchiha Takeo asked about this year's Ninja Academy graduations.

"Young Master, are you asking about this because you wish to become a Jonin instructor?"

"If I had the energy, I would definitely like to bring three people."

Uchiha Wu'an recalled the three legendary Konoha Sannin from the original work: Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru. Jiraiya and Tsunade could be dispensed with, but Orochimaru, the future renowned biological scientist who could greatly benefit the Uchiha clan as a whole, had to be acquired!

Uchiha Muan planned to take advantage of the fact that young Orochimaru's values ​​had not yet fully formed, and properly educate him to be in the shape of the Uchiha.

Judging from the original work, this is highly likely.

Orochimaru's heart was warm in the early stages, but it turned cold later mainly because he witnessed too many deaths, realized the fragility of life, and went astray.

In essence, Orochimaru is a good person, but he is too self-centered and stubborn, and his emotions are too rich. If he had been born into the Uchiha clan and witnessed the death of his close friends and relatives, he would have at least developed the Mangekyou Sharingan.

"Young Master's status is not yet that of a regular Jonin, but the Security Department is decided by the Uchiha clan. Once Young Master becomes the head of the Security Department, he will automatically obtain the status of a Jonin."

"After graduation from the Ninja Academy in a few days, either I or Young Master can go directly to Mito Uzumaki to ask for the person."

This can be considered a bone that Tobirama Senju left for the Uchiha clan. His initial idea was to keep the Uchiha clan leader or young lord in Konoha.

Their main job is to maintain security and stability within Konoha Village, and to formulate village rules and regulations related to security and stability, as well as arrest people and ninjas with criminal tendencies. However, the Security Department's authority is also limited; for example, it cannot intervene in matters involving the Anbu.

Theoretically speaking, apart from the Hokage and the Anbu, anyone else can arrest you just because they have a face that looks like you have criminal tendencies. They have their own legislative and law enforcement powers, which are ridiculously large.

From a practical point of view, this has turned the Uchiha clan into a despised and hated group of city management officials.

All matters involving ninjas are considered major events, and major events fall under the jurisdiction of the Anbu.

Ordinary people would leave all the trivial matters to the Uchiha, and coupled with the Uchiha's naturally proud personality, they would mediate the disputes.

I'll teach you to cause trouble for that Uchiha!

A single Sharingan eye technique forced you to confess everything in public, a crude and simple method that left you utterly humiliated.

As more children from ordinary families enrolled in ninja academies, they were influenced by their parents' slander of the Uchiha clan. Over time, the Uchiha's reputation was gradually destroyed.

At the same time, amidst the daily chaos and trivialities, the Uchiha clan's youthful vigor and bravery were inevitably and continuously weakened.

In Uchiha Wu'an's view, this is also one of the reasons why the Uchiha clan repeatedly switched between betraying and not betraying later on—a scholar's rebellion will not succeed even after ten years.

As the two walked, they arrived at the Konoha Police Department, located not far from the Uchiha clan and close to the core area. Above the gate of the police department was a conspicuous sign—a huge shuriken with the Uchiha clan's crest—the Flame Fan—engraved in the center.

"Clan leader, young lord."

In the well-lit hall, a group of Uchiha security team members, who were prepared in advance, greeted the two in unison upon their arrival.

"Um."

Uchiha Yomo looked at the morale of the guards and nodded in satisfaction. "Captains of the four squads, come here."

The group went up to the conference room. Uchiha Yomo added a chair next to the main seat and pulled Uchiha Takeo down to sit with him.

Uchiha Wu'an looked at the four Uchiha who had taken their seats below him. He could sense that they were all quite strong – roughly at the critical point of moving from elite Jonin to Kage level.

If the two of them work together and spare no expense, they are enough to fight to the death with a regular Kage-level character.

Uchiha Yomotsu began his introduction, while Uchiha Takeo listened attentively from the side.

The guard unit has a total of 69 people, and its organization is modeled after the Dark Division. The highest-ranking officer is the head of the guard department, unlike the Dark Division which has a deputy head.

It is composed of four squads in the east, west, south and north, each with 17 people and a squad leader, and each squad has four platoons.

Each class consists of four ninjas, divided into one class leader and three class members.

The class members start at the two-tomoe level, while the class leader is at the three-tomoe level; both are Chunin and Jonin officially registered in Konoha.

This is only a small part of the Uchiha clan's strength, yet it is enough to fight their way in and out of the current Sarutobi and Shimura clans seven times over.

Most of the majority of the forces reside in their clan territories, and are officially recognized as clan ninjas, essentially non-existent in Konoha's ninja register.

It wasn't that the Uchiha clan didn't want to convert their ninjas to Konoha ninjas, but rather that Konoha Jonin inherently had the right to participate in politics. Under the active restrictions imposed by the Senju clan, the total number of Jonin from various ninja clans was promoted proportionally among the major ninja clans.

This was at least true for the Uchiha clan and Sen no Mori.

The two Hokage of the Senju clan did not want to see a sea of ​​Senju and Uchiha people filling the audience at every Jonin meeting, so they strictly disciplined themselves, leaving the Uchiha clan speechless.

This also resulted in the Uchiha clan's voice not being very strong at the higher levels; the others, united, were enough to forcibly ignore the Uchiha clan's opinions.

With the ceiling for advancement looming before them, the Uchiha clan, looking back, realized they were in a dilemma: moving forward meant becoming Hokage, but retreating meant...

The word "retreat" does not exist in the dictionary of the Uchiha clan.

Therefore, the obsession with the Hokage runs deep in the hearts of every Uchiha.

After Uchiha Yomo finished explaining the detailed system and operations of the security force, the squad leaders below began to introduce themselves one by one from left to right.

Time flew by and it was noon. After everyone had lunch together, the Uchiha followed the four squad leaders and spent the afternoon touring the areas under their respective jurisdictions.

Several fights and thefts were also encountered, but Uchiha Muan did not intervene. He calmly watched his subordinates resolve the cases in a manner extremely characteristic of the Uchiha, quick, accurate, and ruthless.

I also personally experienced the awe that the nearby villagers had for the Uchiha clan.

The clan crest on the back of the Uchiha clan resembled a raging flood or a ferocious beast, which made Uchiha Takeo, the young lord of the Uchiha clan, feel somewhat displeased.

Reforms to the security forces are imperative; the blame cannot be placed solely on the Uchiha.

Uchiha Takehiro planned to refer to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department of his previous life. The Uchiha were professional groups who passed the first-class exam in Japan. Their main task was to clock in and relax.

The remaining ninja clan members were the semi-professional group who had passed the second-class exam, and were specifically responsible for bowing and apologizing to outsiders. The commoners were the non-professional group who did odd jobs and patrolled around.

This not only freed the Uchiha from their dull and unpleasant daily routine, but also allowed them to devote more time to their training.

In Uchiha Muan's view, the four squad leaders were definitely being dragged down by the security department. If they were to go out and fight, they would most likely become Kage-level fighters.

In this respect, Tobirama Senju was undoubtedly successful.

With each additional Kage-level member, the Uchiha clan's intangible deterrent power increases.

If someone below is incompetent, and it's the fault of the security department, then the whole process of dismissal and apology is done without the Uchiha clan even having to show their faces.

If it's due to outsiders, the Uchiha's Sharingan can subdue those who are defiant and win over a wave of people's hearts.

(The problem now is, how do we get the rest of the personnel to join the security force and make them unwilling to leave?)

(In addition, the systemic issues within the security department also need improvement.)

As dinner time approached, Uchiha Takeo returned to the clan's territory. Just as he had an idea, the clan head and two elders brought him good news.

(End of this chapter)