The Fifth Leaf Village

"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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Chapter 53: Arresting People (2)

After coming to the conclusion that this rumor was most likely spread by the Utatane and Mitomon families, the civilian ninjas in the security department were still very panicked. After all, this was one of the largest ninja clans in the village besides the Uchiha and Hyuga clans. With them involved, these civilian ninjas didn't know what to do for a while.

However, the Uchiha captains quickly made these commoner brothers firm in their determination.

"Why are you so timid? Don't forget, when you put on this uniform, you represent the Security Department! Behind you stands the Uchiha clan!" Before leading people to the two families to arrest people, Uchiha Inahori was the first to pick up a baton and walk out after finishing his speech.

The civilian ninjas behind him were moved to tears when they heard this. The Uchiha elder brother was really nice. He would really help when there was something going on.

So, he followed with a baton.

After the security department arrived at the properties of the two tribes, they didn't say much and directly blocked the entire street. Then they named everyone one by one according to the confessions they obtained.

"What are you doing? This is the Zhuanqin family's property!" A member of the Zhuanqin family's outer clan who was in charge of managing the family business could no longer sit still when he saw the family business being sealed off and a large number of his subordinates being arrested.

However, the moment he jumped out, he was stared at by Uchiha Inahiro: "What's your name?"

Just at this moment, a vendor, who had been identified by more than 20 people as a major suspect in the rumor incident and had been beaten with two batons for violently resisting arrest, was crying and dodging the batons while pointing at Zhuan Qinming and shouting, "Sir, stop hitting me, stop hitting me! He's the one who told us to do this!"

Upon hearing this, Uchiha Inahiro clenched his baton and said angrily, "Okay, I was looking for you, but I didn't expect you to dare to jump out!"

After saying that, Uchiha Inahbi stepped forward instantly and knocked Akira Utatane to the ground with just one stick. Akira Utatane was mediocre in strength, otherwise he would not have been sent by the clan to manage the family business. In front of Uchiha Inahbi, who already had the strength of a Jonin but was only a Chunin because of the clan rule that he could not be promoted to a Jonin without three magatama, he was completely vulnerable. After two batons, his eyes became much clearer.

"Damn it, the Security Department has issued a decree but they still don't know how to restrain themselves. Do they really think we, the Security Department, are made of clay?" Uchiha Inahori said while smoking.

"Captain, be careful, enforce the law with a smile, enforce the law with a smile." At this time, a civilian ninja behind Uchiha Inahimi couldn't help but remind him.

"That's true." Upon hearing this, Uchiha Inahimi forced a smile through his Sharingan. Smiling law enforcement was the policy implemented by their respected clan leader, but this did not prevent him from hitting Utane Akira with the next stick.

The situation on the Mitomon clan's industrial side was not much different, but compared to Utane Akira, the person in charge of the Mitomon clan's industry was a little smarter and did not jump out in a swagger. This made Uchiha Zaito, who was in charge of that side, spend a lot of time and effort. Fortunately, the security department's police dog No. 00004 Remaru took action and jumped out and bit Mitomon Masayoshi's buttocks when he was trying to get away with it in the crowd.

After almost all the people were captured, Uchiha Douhuan put them all in the prison of the Security Department and ordered them to be strictly interrogated to uncover the foreign forces behind them.

At this time, the two consultants were still drinking in the family's tea room.

"After this set of attacks, I think Kakashi should have realized who he is." Utane Koharu drank the tea served by the maid, then looked at Mito Menen and smiled.

"If he knows what's good for him, he should stay away from the Jinchuriki." Mitomon En also had a smile on his face, looking very proud.

"That inherently evil Uchiha brat actually tried to interfere in this matter and issue some kind of decree. Will it be useful?" When Utane Koharu mentioned the Uchiha clan, a look of disdain appeared on her face.

"In this village, the only laws that Hiruzen and we agree to are the laws!" Mitomon agreed. "However, after this incident, it's not hard to see that Kakashi is completely untrustworthy."

"Kakashi has been hanging out with that inherently evil Uchiha brat. Isn't it obvious?" Utane Koharu snorted coldly.

"However, we still need to be careful and control public opinion for a few days. If Kakashi commits suicide like his useless father, we won't be able to explain to Hiruzen."

"Hmph, Hiruzen is getting older and more hesitant. He didn't even dare to pursue the matter when Danzo died at the hands of that inherently evil Uchiha brat. As disciples of the Nidaime, we must help him keep a close eye on the inherently evil Uchiha clan at all times." said Utane Koharu.

Just then, the door of the tea room was pushed open, and a ninja from the Utane family ran in in a panic.

"Oh no! Two advisors!"

"Why are you so flustered?" Utane Koharu looked annoyed. It was a disgrace to her that her own ninja was so reckless.

"The Security Department...the Security Department sealed off the family's commercial street and arrested no fewer than 400 people, many of whom were members of the family's outer clans."

"What?" The two advisors were immediately unable to sit still after hearing this. Xiaochun slammed the table in anger, "How dare the Security Department do this!"

"The Uchiha clan is truly evil." Mitomon Yan's expression was also very ugly, "They actually dared to attack civilians."

"What should we do?" asked Utane Koharu.

Mitomon En thought for a moment before speaking: "How many civilians are there who rely on our two clans' industries for their livelihood? Gather them all, find a few ninjas who are not on the official roster, and take them to the security department to protest and force them to release the prisoners. I don't believe that the security department dares to act recklessly in front of so many people! As for the two of us, let's go straight to Hiruzen. This time, we must make the Uchiha clan pay the price!"

At this moment, the lights in the Security Department's prison were bright. Because too many people were arrested at once, even the Security Department's interrogation room could not accommodate them. They had to temporarily open up an area in the prison to perform the most basic patrol tasks in the village. All the members of the Security Department were working overtime to interrogate the people who were arrested this time.

In the temporary office of the prison, Uchiha Dohuan, Uchiha Fugaku, four veteran jonin of the Uchiha clan, and the newly joined Aburame Shihui, Inuzuka Feng and other six captains were reviewing the interrogation results handed over by their subordinates.

"Really? With so many people involved, how long will it take to interrogate them?" Inuzuka Feng couldn't help but complain as he looked at the interrogation records piled up like a small mountain in front of him.

"Brother Feng, we may not be able to find anything useful here." Uchiha Feidao said.

"Really? The Sandaime-sama said before that he would allocate two Anbu interrogation ninjas to our Security Department. It's been so long and they still haven't arrived. Our interrogation methods are still too unprofessional. I must mention this matter to the Sandaime-sama in a few days." Uchiha Dohuan said.

Chapter 54 Forced into the Palace

"Report!" At this time, Uchiha Inahimi suddenly knocked on the office door and walked in.

"A large number of villagers suddenly gathered at the gate of the security department. They blocked the gate and demanded that we release the people." Uchiha Inahimi said.

"What?" Uchiha Tetsuyu, a veteran jonin in the clan with a hot temper and a former core force of the radical faction in the clan, slammed the table on the spot. "How dare they! Do they think our security department is made of clay?"

"Captain Tieyou, please be patient." Uchiha Douhuan said, then looked at Uchiha Inahiro, "What's the situation now?"

"Zaidou has taken two teams of ninjas to the entrance of the security department to maintain order." Uchiha Inahimi said.

"Well done! Calm the villagers down first. I'll be there in a moment." Uchiha Douhuan said, "Tell Zaidou not to resort to violence first."

After Uchiha Inahiri left, Uchiha Douhuan also instructed the other captains in the office: "You stay here and look at these interrogation records. Captain Fugaku and I will go to the door to check."

"Understood!" The six captains in the office nodded.

Afterwards, Uchiha Dohuan and Uchiha Fugaku walked towards the gate of the Security Department together.

Just when the two were about to arrive, Shisui hurried over and stopped them.

"Captain, Vice Captain." Shisui saluted the two.

"Shisui, if you have nothing to do, just step back. Don't you see that the situation is urgent?" Seeing Shisui blocking his way, Uchiha Fugaku looked unhappy and scolded him.

"Captain, Vice Captain, let me go negotiate with the villagers," Shisui said. "If the conflict escalates further, the situation will get out of control."

"This is not something you are in charge of." Uchiha Fugaku said with a stern face.

"It's okay, Captain Fugaku, I think it's a good idea to leave this matter to Brother Shisui." At this time, Uchiha Dohuan said with a smile.

"Dou Huan?" Uchiha Fugaku was a little confused.

"In addition to serving in the Security Department, Brother Shisui also worked for a period of time in the Anbu directly under the Hokage. I think if he comes forward, he can represent the Hokage's intentions to some extent. Moreover, I believe that Brother Shisui can handle this matter without conflicting with the villagers." Uchiha Douhuan smiled and patted Shisui's shoulder, "Brother Shisui, I leave this matter to you."

"Don't worry, Doo Hwan, I will take care of it." Shisui showed gratitude. In this situation, Doo Hwan was still willing to believe him. How could he not be moved?

Seeing that Shisui had already accepted the task, Uchiha Dohuan simply returned to his office with Fugaku.

After arriving at the office, Uchiha Fugaku immediately spoke impatiently: "Do you really believe that Shisui can solve this matter?"

Uchiha Fugaku, who had dealt with the village troublemakers for many years, knew very well how difficult these troublemakers were. Shisui grew up in the war years and went straight into the Anbu without any formal experience working in the security department. How could he deal with these troublemakers?

"Elder Fugaku, I understand what you mean." Uchiha Douhuan said with a smile, "But now that Shisui has returned to the security department, he should try to learn how to interact with the villagers."

Uchiha Douhuan pulled out a thick stack of documents from the filing cabinet, opened them and placed them on the table, then looked up at Fugaku.

"By the way, Elder Fugaku, everyone has worked overtime today and has worked hard. I will give everyone two months' salary as a bonus. In addition, for the civilian ninjas, I will choose a suitable ninjutsu from the family's ninjutsu library and give it to each of them."

"Two months? Isn't that a bit too much?" Fugaku hesitated. Although Uchiha Dohuan got back 15 billion in one go last time, he couldn't squander it like that.

"The people under us follow us just to have enough to eat, but I want to fill their cheeks!" Uchiha Douhuan said, "Besides, money is something that I can always get more of after I get it the first time."

"Okay." Uchiha Fugaku nodded.

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"Security Department! Release them!" Nearly 2000 villagers gathered in front of the security department and shouted deafening slogans.

Uchiha Zaito, with nearly 60 team members, set up a cordon, and formed a human wall in front of the security department with batons in hand.

The two groups were facing each other, and the situation looked very tense.

After obtaining permission from Uchiha Dohuan, Shisui immediately rushed to the front line of the confrontation.

"Everyone, please calm down and go back first. Don't gather in front of the security department." Shisui said sincerely to the few people holding banners standing at the front of the villagers.

"You, the Security Department, dare to arrest people at will. Do you think you have the right to do so? I'm telling you, if you don't release them today, we won't leave!"

"That's right! Let them go! Let them go!" The gathered villagers kept shouting, as if they would not give up unless the security department released them today.

"Everyone, our security department just brought them back for investigation..." Shisui wanted to explain, but before he could finish his words, several rotten vegetable leaves were thrown on his head.

"Don't listen to their explanations! Those arrested are all innocent! I think the security department is just trying to protect the village's murderer! They're bullying us unarmed civilians."

"Yes! That's right! Damn Security Department! Let them go!"

The next moment, a torrent of rotten eggs and vegetable leaves came flying towards Shisui. With Shisui's skills, he could easily dodge these things, but at this moment, he was stunned. He didn't understand why this happened. The Security Department was obviously just protecting the reputation of the village heroes and maintaining the will of fire.

Fortunately, at this time, Uchiha Zaidou took action and pulled Shisui back to the cordon. He glared at the guy and said impatiently: "Why are you causing trouble here?"

Fortunately, although these villagers were quite emotional, they still had basic rationality. Although they were making a lot of noise, no one dared to break the cordon set up by the security department.

"Xiu Ming, go back quickly and report to Vice Captain Dou Huan what happened here." Uchiha Zaidou glanced at the deeply shocked Shisui and ordered his subordinates.

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After returning to the temporary office in the prison, Uchiha Douhuan looked solemn after hearing Sakurai Hideaki's report.

This made the six captains in the office dare not speak for the time being.

After a moment, Uchiha Douhuan said with a gloomy face: "The Security Department is the elite force of our village, and Shisui is an elite jonin among us, but these villagers are not even afraid of ninjas. They are no longer ordinary villagers."

"They are all thugs! Thugs! Looks like we have to strike hard!" Uchiha Douhuan clenched his fist and waved it in the air. "Everyone, except for the most basic interrogators, all other security personnel, gather in the conference room!"

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Chapter 55: A rat comes out of the hole!

After Uchiha Douhuan gave the order, except for some people who stayed in the prison and maintained order at the entrance of the security department, all the other personnel rushed to the meeting room of the security department.

Uchiha Douhuan, sitting on the podium, slammed his hands on the table twice with a sullen expression before speaking, "It seems the foreign forces behind this incident shouldn't be underestimated! They actually dared to mobilize villagers to violently resist the enforcement of the Security Department! These aren't just ordinary villagers!"

"Captain! Give the orders!" shouted a civilian ninja who had just been pelted with rotten eggs during the standoff. "There are still several ninjas among those villagers who are illegally gathering! Although they are not wearing forehead protectors, the way they throw things is clearly shurikenjutsu!"

"What? There are ninjas joining in?" Uchiha Douhuan said angrily, "Those foreign forces with ulterior motives have actually developed to this point? It seems that the Security Department has no choice but to take action today! For the purity of the village's will of fire! We must use thundering means to crush their conspiracy!"

"First, second, and fourth battalions!" Uchiha Douhuan began to call the roll.

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

"To prevent the other side from inciting more villagers, your three brigades will issue a martial law order in the village tonight! All villagers are not allowed to leave their homes. Violators will be treated as rioters!"

"Loyalty! Honesty!" Members of the three battalions raised their hands and saluted under the leadership of their respective captains.

"Third and Fifth Battalions! I want you to suppress the thugs gathered in front of the Security Department's gate as quickly as possible!"

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

"Sixth Battalion, stay at the security headquarters and await orders."

"loyalty!"

"Of course, in order to control the situation, do not use kunai, shuriken and other ninja tools, and do not actively use ninjutsu. Do you understand?" Uchiha Douhuan warned.

"Understood!" The team members in the conference room shouted in unison.

After the atmosphere in the conference room had calmed down for a while, Uchiha Douhuan continued, "Everyone has worked hard today. To commend you for your tireless efforts and sacrificing your precious rest time to safeguard the village's Will of Fire, the Security Department will soon give you two months' salary as a bonus! Meanwhile, Captain Fugaku is also selecting suitable ninjutsu scrolls for everyone, so everyone, please work harder and make sure to wipe out these thugs who are discrediting the Will of Fire!"

As Uchiha Douhuan finished speaking, the crowd in the audience was abuzz. Two months' salary plus ninjutsu! They hadn't even spent their first month's salary yet, and they'd only just learned ninjutsu and weren't even proficient yet, and now a new one was coming? The same was true for the members of the Uchiha clan. Although they didn't need ninjutsu, their salaries were high. With two months' salary as a bonus, they could be considered to have suddenly become wealthy.

"Loyalty! Sincerity!" The sound of salutes rang out again in the conference room. This time, everyone tried their best, otherwise it would not be enough to show their loyalty. They could not repay Vice Captain Doo Hwan's kindness!

"Security Department! Move out!" Uchiha Douhuan gave an order, and the ninjas of the Security Department in the conference room lined up under the leadership of their respective captains and walked out of the conference room one by one.

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