When Sasuke saw a corpse missing most of its head collapse to the ground, his little face went white with fear.
He even saw the corpse's sole remaining eye wide open, "staring" in his direction.
Sasuke couldn't help shuddering.
"M-murder..." Nearby, some of Konoha's civilians were also terrified, stammering, "H-hurry, notify the Konoha Military Police Force..."
"We are the Konoha Military Police Force!" After taking a deep breath, Izumi stepped forward and shouted, leaving the nearby civilians speechless.
That was right...
The killer was a ninja from the Konoha Military Police Force. What good would it do to summon other members of the force?
Noticing how many people looked frightened, Izumi raised her voice again. "The man executed was named Aburame Keiya. He was a ninja who forgot the founding ideals of the Will of Fire and harmed innocent lives! His crimes included, but were not limited to-trafficking prohibited drugs, murder, and desecrating corpses..."
"What's more, he attacked first just now, attempting to use force to resist the police's enforcement of the law! The only thing my senior, Uchiha Chisen, could do was execute the resisting criminal on the spot in the name of [Absolute Justice]!"
Perhaps the girl's shouts really did sound righteous.
Perhaps the police force's authority and the legitimacy of their actions made it difficult to object.
Of course, it was more likely that the name "Uchiha Chisen" alone was enough to silence a crying child.
Izumi noticed that some of the nearby civilians no longer looked quite so frightened.
That allowed her to breathe a small sigh of relief.
"Senior, what do we do now...?" Izumi could shout firmly when faced with the Konoha civilians' doubts and fear over her senior's actions, but she lost her confidence when facing the man himself.
"A Ninja Cat will