After concluding that the rumors had most likely been spread at the instigation of the Utatane and Mitokado Clans, the Commoner Ninja within the Military Police Force were still deeply unsettled. After all, aside from the Uchiha and Hyuga Clans, these were among the village's largest ninja clans. Involving them left these civilian-born ninja at a loss over what to do.
However, the Uchiha captains quickly helped their younger civilian-born comrades firm up their resolve.
"Why are you all cowering like that? Don't forget, once you put on this uniform, you represent the Military Police Force! Standing behind you is the Uchiha Clan!" After finishing his speech before leading his men to arrest people in the two clans' territories, Uchiha Inaho was the first to grab a police baton and head out.
The Commoner Ninja behind him were moved to tears. The Uchiha big brothers were truly great—when something happened, they really stepped up.
So they grabbed their own police batons and followed him.
After the Military Police Force arrived at the locations of the two clans' businesses, they did not waste any words. They immediately sealed off the entire street, then called out names one by one according to the testimony they had obtained.
"What are you trying to do? This is Utatane Clan property!" An outer-clan member of the Utatane Clan responsible for managing the family business could no longer sit still as he watched the property get sealed off and large numbers of his subordinates taken away.
Yet the moment he stepped forward, Uchiha Inaho fixed his gaze on him. "What's your name?"
Just then, a merchant who had been identified by more than twenty people and was clearly a major suspect in the rumor-spreading incident—one who had already taken two blows from a police baton for