Soon, three hundred temporary guards officially began their duties across Konoha!
And after the official start of work,
They gradually realized how difficult and exhausting this job truly was!
What bitterness!
How incomprehensible!
For example, when enforcing the law,
They sometimes discovered that the troublemakers were their own friends or clanmates.
So what could they do?
If they carried out the law impartially,
Their friends would call them heartless, betrayers of their own!
But if they showed favoritism,
Other villagers would accuse them of being irresponsible "just like the old Uchiha Police Force!"
Even the more irritable villagers would throw rotten vegetables at them!!
…There was this crushing sense that no matter what they did, they could not win!
And such a dilemma was torturous!
Before even a third of the event had passed, nearly half of the temporary guards couldn't endure the pressure and quit!
The remaining half said, "Then I'll just go with the flow. Whenever trouble comes, I'll pretend not to see it. That way, no one can blame me!"
And so they drifted along,
Thinking this indifference would keep them safe and comfortable.
Wasn't that beautiful?
But as this rot spread through the guards, the security of the Hidden Leaf Village worsened rapidly!
Petty theft, robbery, and drunken fights began breaking out across the market streets.
Before long, even the villagers no longer dared to step outside after sunset!!
And as Konoha's order collapsed, the people's misery deepened!
They crowded into the police station to file complaints!
But when they arrived and looked around,
They suddenly realized something
It was no longer the Uchiha clan enforcing the law!
Faced with this chaos, many villagers began to feel nostalgic for the strict yet reliable days when the Uchiha patrolled the streets…
…
Half a month after the project began, a rumor suddenly spread through the village.
"It's the Uchiha's fault! They're the ones secretly causing trouble so the village will regret removing them! They're behind all this disorder!"
No one knew who started the whisper,
But it spread across Konoha overnight
As if someone was deliberately manipulating things from the shadows.
And once again, the villagers' anger turned toward the Uchiha clan!
Think that the Uchiha caused all this!
Chiya Uchiha, who had been quietly observing everything from the shadows, suddenly felt he understood how Hatake Sakumo must have felt back then…
Don't even think about it, Behind the scenes, it's either Danzō or the Third Hokage manipulating everything again.
In short, those two definitely didn't escape responsibility!
And Chiya soon launched a counterattack of his own!
So one day,
Another voice suddenly began to spread among the villagers.
"First of all! The Uchiha Police Force is only taking an official suspension even the Third Hokage approved that!"
"Besides, when the Uchiha used to patrol the streets, how did you treat them? Now you're suddenly full of regret?"
The villagers who had shouted the loudest before were instantly silenced!
Oh, yes.
Although the Uchiha were law enforcers,
They were still human not made of iron.
They needed rest too.
And besides,
When the Uchiha were enforcing the law before, the villagers mocked them, accused them of arrogance, even refused to cooperate during investigations.
Now you suddenly miss them?
Where was that attitude before?
"I regret it! I shouldn't have criticized the Uchiha when they were enforcing the law!"
"Me too! They risked their lives to protect order in Konoha, yet we treated them like outcasts. We were blind!"
"After all, the Police Force is a thankless job! Always offending people, never being appreciated! Yet the Uchiha served for generations without complaint! Just for that, we have no right to insult them!"
"It really was our small hearts judging their loyal service!"
"..."
At that moment, the villagers finally realized their mistake.
Their impression of the Uchiha began to change, their resentment turning into guilt and shame.
...
By the time two-thirds of the event had passed,
The villagers couldn't endure it anymore.
They jointly petitioned Uchiha Chiya,
Saying they really couldn't stand the worsening situation and begging him to end the event early!
But Chiya just sneered.
"This is where you end up? The bitter fruit you planted yourselves taste it now!"
During that time, Fugaku Uchiha came to meet with Chiya once.
"Maybe it's time to end this early," Fugaku said quietly. "The village is descending into chaos."
As the clan head and former captain of the Police Force, seeing Konoha's security collapse made him deeply uneasy.
But Chiya shook his head.
"No. The event will proceed exactly as planned."
"This is the first major order I've issued since taking this post , if we change it now, it'll destroy the authority of the Uchiha leadership!"
"Besides, we need to use this as a lesson. Unless the villagers truly suffer, they'll never understand the value of what we've done for them!"
Chiya's tone was firm and unyielding.
Hearing this, Fugaku could only fall silent and step back.
...
Finally, one month later
After countless days of chaos and regret,
Under the anxious eyes of the villagers,
The event finally came to an end!
And the Uchiha Police Force officially returned to duty once again!!!
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