Seeing that Satoshi still didn't quite understand, Fugaku explained Danzo's matter.
"Originally, Uchiha clan members needed to go to Root for questioning. Now that this incident has occurred, I used the excuse of the Konoha Military Police Force being busy and said we would discuss it after the matter concluded."
"Even if Danzo is arrogant, he wouldn't dare to defy Hokage-sama's will."
"So, Satoshi, you are indispensable in this matter."
Satoshi appeared calm on the surface, but his heart was already in turmoil.
Oh no, I accidentally became a great hero of the Uchiha.
"Fugaku-sama, I was raised by the elders of the clan, so it's only right for me to do something for them."
Fugaku poured Satoshi more tea and said, "Since you advocated for this with Hokage-sama, then you will be fully responsible for investigating the spy."
"During this period, all Uchiha clan members are at your disposal, including Itachi and me."
Sasuke pointed to himself and asked, "Father, what about me?"
Fugaku patted Sasuke's head and said, "Sasuke, you are still young. Many things you'll only be able to do when you grow up."
"Oh, okay then." Sasuke pouted, looking not very happy.
Immediately after, Fugaku took out a stack of documents.
Satoshi saw that these were the supplementary clauses for the Konoha Military Police Force regulations he had previously applied for from Fugaku.
Could it be...
Sure enough, Fugaku waved his hand and signed his name on them.
"Although I haven't read them, I think since it's a decision you made, Satoshi, there shouldn't be any problems."
Satoshi hadn't expected that Fugaku could be this frighteningly decisive.
He should have known to write two lines in there: "All assets of the Konoha Military Police Force belong to Satoshi."
Just as Satoshi was regretting being too honest, Fugaku had, at some point, sent Itachi and Sasuke away.
"Satoshi, what do you think of Itachi?"
Satoshi thought for a moment and said, "Hmm, Itachi is very good, better than me. If a few more years pass, he might even be better than the clan head."
Faced with Satoshi's nonsense, Fugaku merely smiled. "Satoshi, I'm going to tell you something from the bottom of my heart, so listen carefully."
"Please speak, Fugaku-sama."
Fugaku sighed slightly and said softly, "Since I became clan head, the entire clan has been restless. Back then, there were still a few elders who offered me advice, but now they are either old or dead."
"Not only that, the village's suppression of the Uchiha has never stopped. Now, it's even intensifying."
"It's also my incompetence. I haven't been able to guide the clan onto the right path..."
For the next period, Fugaku endlessly spouted a bunch of useless platitudes at Satoshi.
Later, Satoshi really couldn't listen anymore. 'Bro, stop blabbering here. I have a ton of other messes waiting for me to clean up.'
"So, clan head, what exactly do you mean?"
Satoshi excitedly rubbed his hands. 'Surely, he's not going to announce that I, Satoshi, am the next clan head and Konoha Military Police Force Chief, is he?'
Facts proved that Satoshi was overthinking.
Fugaku asked, "Satoshi, you will always stand with the Uchiha, right?"
?
Without the slightest hesitation, Satoshi nodded seriously. "I, Satoshi, am eternally loyal to the Uchiha."
"Your words are enough. To revitalize the Uchiha, your generation has an undeniable duty."
The two chatted for a while longer before Fugaku let Satoshi go.
After Satoshi left, Mikoto emerged from the room.
"Fugaku, do you really intend to place the hope of revitalizing the Uchiha on an eleven-year-old child?"
"Besides... our previous contact with him wasn't extensive."
"Once he is bought off or brainwashed by the Hokage faction, won't he become a sharp blade plunged into the Uchiha?"
Fugaku looked a bit helpless. "This is unavoidable. The Uchiha have reached a point of no return."
Then Fugaku changed the subject, "I've already communicated with Itachi. Hokage-sama believes that Itachi's thinking has transcended that of ordinary Uchiha, and he was only temporarily overlooked because Satoshi has been too brilliant recently."
"After a while, Itachi will submit his application to join Anbu. With the intelligence he provides, it will play a crucial role in planning our future actions."
At this point, Mikoto understood.
The so-called plan still referred to the path of a military coup.
She asked, "Fugaku, have you made up your mind?"
Fugaku looked through the window at a small blade of grass by the wall. "I don't know. I'll think about it some more."
—
"I don't know."
"Still not being honest? I think you're just asking for a beating."
In the Konoha Military Police Force's interrogation room, Inaho pinned down the suspect and gave him a good beating.
"Damn it, how many more accomplices do you have?!"
"What accomplices? All of us have been caught by you."
Bang! Bang!
Inaho landed two more punches.
"Do you take me for a fool? Just you two pathetic nobodies managed to infiltrate Konoha? Do you think our Konoha Military Police Force's defenses are just for show?"
Satoshi scratched his head awkwardly. To be fair, they really were just for show. The official members of the Konoha Military Police Force were actually not numerous. Most members were still busy arguing with villagers daily, helping old ladies find their dogs, and so on. Even fewer had time to patrol and do actual work.
Satoshi stopped Inaho. "Take a break. Don't kill him."
He then instructed the medical ninja nearby to perform first aid. "Keep a record of all medical supplies used. We'll need to get reimbursement from Hokage-sama afterward."
"Understood."
"Don't use expensive medicine. Just make sure he can breathe. Don't save him if it's not fatal."
...
Satoshi gathered the members of the Konoha Military Police Force.
"Everyone, with the approval of Fugaku-sama, the Konoha Military Police Force's management regulations have undergone a slight modification."
"I have an original copy here. Please pass it around first."
"Copies will be printed in the next few days. From now on, actions will be based on the regulations listed here."
As he spoke, Satoshi took out seven or eight 'bricks.'
The main regulations hadn't changed much, just over four thousand new additions. The detailed rules were slightly more, twenty-five thousand of them.
It didn't matter if they couldn't understand or remember them, because Konoha Military Police Force held the final right of interpretation.
Shisui flipped through a few pages of the regulations and frowned. "Satoshi, these punishments are too harsh, aren't they? Just for 'inappropriate remarks,' one has to be detained. Even if the prison were doubled in size, it wouldn't be enough."
Satoshi, however, shook his head. "Shisui, you've misunderstood. Are we updating the regulations to punish villagers?"
"No, we are doing it to protect the reputation of heroes."
"Think about it, if these people dare to say I kill indiscriminately today, tomorrow they'll dare to say Hokage-sama betrayed us, and the day after tomorrow..."
"If this continues, will there still be trust among the villagers?"
"If the villagers can't even achieve the most basic trust among themselves, does this village still have hope?"
Shisui made a 'stop' gesture.
Don't say any more. Even if you dare to say it, I don't dare to listen.
Satoshi looked directly into Shisui's eyes and said, "Everything I do is to uphold the burning will of fire."
"Satoshi, I understand."
After spending this time together, Satoshi discovered something.
On the surface, Shisui was loyal to Hiruzen, but in reality, he was loyal to the will of fire. As long as you could attribute something to the will of fire, Shisui would believe it.
It was similar to how if something couldn't be sold, you'd give it the name of love.
Either way, it was just to trick fools.
—
As time slowly passed, Konoha Military Police Force's interrogation made some progress.
They followed the clues and were on the verge of tracing it back to Torune.
This gave Danzo a headache.
Torune was his subordinate after all, and if anything truly happened, it would be difficult to cut ties.
A dangerous thought suddenly appeared in his mind.
What if he killed Torune and then framed the Konoha Military Police Force?
Danzo felt this plan was very feasible.
For the future of Konoha, sacrificing one Torune was a very worthwhile thing.
Not only could it interrupt their investigative leads, but it could also thoroughly disgust the Uchiha.
Perhaps Hiruzen, in his anger, might even revoke Konoha Military Police Force's investigative authority.
What needed to be done next was to find a suitable opportunity and make him die in the right location.
Danzo believed it would be best if Torune died in the Uchiha clan compound.
But that place wasn't so easy to get into. What should he do?
He couldn't exactly say, 'Torune , infiltrate the Uchiha clan compound and then commit suicide,' could he?
Danzo thought for a long time but couldn't find a suitable method.
In a dark corner, a masked man quietly appeared.
"Useless Danzo, just like Kakashi, both are the most useless of the useless."
"It's just killing someone. Does it need to be so troublesome? A bunch of idiots in Konoha have raised even more idiots."
Zetsu slowly emerged from the ground. He wanted to hear what brilliant ideas the clever Obito might have.
"So, what are you going to do?"
Obito slowly disappeared. When he reappeared, there was already a corpse on his shoulder.
"It's time to let this foolish brat know how cruel this world truly is."
—
Late at night, Uchiha clan compound.
Several clan members were still on patrol. Suddenly, a dark, lumpy object fell from the sky, hitting the ground with a thud. They were startled and quickly went to investigate.
"This is, Aburame Torune."
"Quick, go get Fugaku-sama."
(End of Chapter)
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