My name is Uchiha Touhuan, and I beat the villagers so badly they cried out in pain.

After Uchiha Touhuan gave the order, apart from a few people left in the prison and those maintaining order at the entrance of the security department, all the rest of the personnel rushed to the security department's conference room.

Uchiha Touhuan, his face grim, slammed his hand on the table twice before speaking, "It seems the foreign forces behind this incident are not to be underestimated! They dared to incite villagers to violently resist the police force's enforcement! These are no ordinary villagers!"

"Captain! Give the order!" shouted a civilian ninja who had been pelted with rotten eggs during the standoff. "There are several ninjas among those villagers who are illegally gathering! Although they're not wearing headbands, the way they're throwing things is clearly shurikenjutsu!"

"What?! More ninjas have joined in?" Uchiha Touhuan roared. "Those treacherous foreign forces have actually gone this far? It seems the Security Department has no choice but to act today! For the sake of the village's purity of the Will of Fire! We must crush their conspiracy with swift and decisive action!"

"First, second, fourth squads!" Uchiha Touhuan began calling out names.

"Here!" All members of the squad whose names were called stood up.

"To prevent the other side from inciting more villagers, your three brigades are to issue a martial law order in the village tonight! All villagers are prohibited from leaving their residences; violators will be treated as rioters!"

"Loyalty! Sincerity!" The members of the three battalions, led by their respective battalion commanders, raised their hands in salute.

"Third and Fifth Battalions! I need you to suppress the rioters gathered in front of the garrison headquarters as quickly as possible!"

"Loyalty! Sincerity!" Members of the third and fifth brigades also stood up and raised their hands.

"Sixth Battalion, remain at the garrison headquarters and await further orders."

"loyalty!"

"Of course, in order to control the situation, do not use kunai, shuriken, or other ninja tools, and do not use ninjutsu on your own initiative, understand?" Uchiha Touhuan instructed.

"Understood!" the team members in the meeting room shouted in unison.

After the atmosphere in the meeting room had eased slightly, Uchiha Touhuan continued, "Everyone has worked hard today. To recognize your tireless efforts and sacrifice of your precious rest time to uphold the Will of Fire of the village, the Security Department will be giving everyone two months' salary as a bonus! Meanwhile, Captain-Commander Fugaku is also selecting suitable ninjutsu scrolls for everyone. So, everyone, let's work a little harder and make sure to wipe out these thugs who are tarnishing the Will of Fire!"

As soon as Uchiha Touhuan finished speaking, the crowd below the stage was also in an uproar. Two months' salary plus ninjutsu! They hadn't even spent the first month's salary yet, and they had only just learned the ninjutsu and weren't even proficient yet, and now a new one was coming? The Uchiha clan members were in the same boat. Although they didn't need ninjutsu, their salaries were high. This time, receiving two months' salary as a bonus, they could be considered to have become rich overnight.

"Loyalty! Sincerity!" Salutes rang out again in the meeting room. This time, everyone was giving it their all, otherwise it wouldn't have been enough to show their loyalty. They could never repay the kindness of Vice Captain Dou Huan!

"Security Department! Move out!" At Uchiha Touhuan's command, the Security Department ninjas in the conference room, led by their respective captains, lined up and walked out of the conference room one by one.

……

"Security! Release him!"

"Security! Release him!"

"The security department that colluded with the serial killer! Die!"

As the standoff continued, the villagers' slogans became increasingly unrestrained, and a few of the bolder ones even looked at the cordon set up by the garrison and were eager to try their luck.

However, at that moment, nearly a hundred members of the garrison, dressed in garrison uniforms, wearing headbands, and carrying batons, filed out of the garrison building.

Seeing the guards who clearly had ill intentions, the villagers who had gathered together panicked. But then, a few private ninja soldiers from the Utatane and Mitomon clans, mixed in with the crowd, suddenly shouted, "Don't be afraid! We're all civilians! I don't believe these ninjas would dare to attack!"

However, the only response he received was Uchiha Tessou's dark-faced hand waving lightly, "Security Department! Move out!"

As soon as Uchiha Tetsuyu finished speaking, the security team members behind him rushed forward, charging towards the gathered villagers while also handing batons to their comrades who had been guarding the cordon as weapons.

The villagers at the front of the line wanted to say something, but before they could speak, a police baton came crashing down from the sky.

At the forefront was Masashi Watanabe, a genin who had just graduated two years prior. Since his father died on the battlefield of the Third Shinobi World War, he and his sister had been relying on their mother to make a living by doing odd jobs in the village. Just when he was finally able to graduate and earn money, his mother fell ill due to years of overwork, and he had no choice but to shoulder the burden of the family.

But how much can a genin who spends his days searching for cats and dogs and scavenging for trash earn? What's more, a portion of his meager income has to be handed over to the ninja in charge of the team, plus household expenses and his mother's medical bills. He doesn't even have the qualifications to save money to exchange for ninjutsu and try to advance to chunin!

But what happened after he joined the police force? His monthly income not only allowed his mother to receive treatment at the village hospital, but also enabled him to buy his sister several new clothes that she hadn't worn in years. More importantly, he learned the C-rank ninjutsu he had always dreamed of. Because his chakra nature was fire, his captain from the Uchiha clan would often guide his training. It was the police force and Vice Captain Doo-hwan who gave him the life he has today.

But now, these unruly civilians actually dare to besiege the garrison headquarters! They are showing disrespect to his beloved Deputy Captain Dou Huan!

Thinking of this, Watanabe gripped the baton tightly and increased the speed of his swing; the baton was almost a blur in his hand.

[Vice-Captain Doo-hwan has the legendary Mangekyou Sharingan. No matter how fast I wave it, he can still see my loyalty, right?]

The same scene played out repeatedly in front of the security department. Those who were standing at the front of the rioting group were caught and given a set of bone-setting treatment by the security department.

The people behind finally realized that the police department was serious and scattered like birds, trying to escape. However, the members of the police department were at least genin who had graduated from the ninja academy, and with the training they had received recently, these villagers were no match for them. Those who were a little slower were kicked to the ground on the spot, followed by the police batons being wielded with great force. In no time, these troublemakers who had just been swaggering and claiming that they would make the police department pay the price were bleeding from their heads.