He frowned slightly, sensing even more Chakra.
"Qianyu Squad..."
"Shut up!"
A deep voice suddenly interrupted him.
Qianyu recognized it as Yakumi Uchiha's voice.
"Are you trying to defy Elder Yashiro's orders?!"
"B-but..."
The door was suddenly shoved open.
Qianyu strode out.
"What is it?"
There was no need to say more. Seeing the fierce struggle among them, Qianyu already sensed a powerful feeling of dread.
"Captain!"
"Captain Qianyu!"
"I..."
Yakumi Uchiha stepped in front of them again.
"Qianyu, you've been suspended, so I can't tell you much about the Police Force for now."
"I'm only following orders. Please understand."
If that were all, Qianyu would not have cared in the slightest.
However, seeing the extreme anxiety on his subordinates' faces, Qianyu knew things were definitely not that simple.
"Where are Aoki and Yamamoto?"
He frowned slightly and asked sharply.
If his subordinates had come looking for him, those two followers who usually admired him most could not possibly have been absent.
"Th-they..."
Yakumi Uchiha flew into a rage. "All of you, shut your mouths!"
"Do you really intend to defy orders?"
Uchiha Qianyu said coldly, "Yakumi, tell me the truth."
"I told you, it has nothing to do with you."
Qianyu pressed closer step by step.
"You should know me. Even if you don't tell me, I'll always find a way to learn the truth."
"This..."
Yakumi Uchiha hesitated.
He did not want to disobey Elder Yashiro's orders, but he also knew...
The man before him would absolutely do whatever he said.
Qianyu really dared to do anything.
Perhaps telling him would actually be a good thing...
Better than letting him cause a complete uproar on his own.
"Qianyu, I can disobey Elder Yashiro's order and tell you, but..."
"You must promise me first that you absolutely won't act rashly!"
Qianyu said indifferently, "I can't promise anything."
"Y-you bastard..."
Qianyu continued pressing him. "Aoki and Yamamoto are both absent, and the order you mentioned came from Elder Yashiro rather than the clan head. Do you think I'm an idiot?"
"What exactly happened to the clan?!"
Qianyu's voice rose uncontrollably.
Yakumi Uchiha sighed. "Fine. Let me explain..."
In the end, he told him the whole truth in full detail.
When Qianyu heard that Yamamoto and Aoki had been severely injured, he clenched his fists. When he then heard that even Clan Head Fugaku Uchiha had been taken away by the Anbu, he could no longer endure it.
Chakra erupted from him in an instant as he prepared to charge out.
Yakumi Uchiha and his men hurriedly formed up to block him.
"What are you doing?!"
Qianyu said coldly, "Those Anbu weren't wearing masks. They were clearly colluding with that female spy from the Hidden Mist to put on an act and frame them. Aoki and Yamamoto are badly injured, and even the clan head has been taken away. At a time like this, do you still want to stop me?"
Yakumi Uchiha's face flushed crimson with urgency.
"You know it's a trap, yet you still want to jump right into it?!"
Qianyu's eyes were as resolute as iron.
"If they want a fight, then I'll give them one."
"If they want to die, then I'll grant their wish."
After saying that, his figure shot out like an arrow. He was as fast as a cannonball, like streaking lightning, slipping between two Police Force ninjas in an instant and breaking through the encirclement.
"Qianyu! Don't be impulsive!"
Yakumi Uchiha was sweating profusely, nearly frantic.
"I'll go after him. You hurry and report this to Elder Yashiro!"
"Yes!"
"Captain Qianyu! We're coming with you!"
The ninjas of the Qianyu Squad followed close behind.
Yakumi Uchiha could not help but curse inwardly...
"Why are his subordinates just like him, so young and hot-blooded?!"
"After him!"
"Yes!"
Yakumi Uchiha led his own men in pursuit as well.
However...
Qianyu did not charge directly toward the Anbu headquarters.
Instead, he first sped toward Konoha Hospital.
"Aoki, Yamamoto..."
"You two idiots!"
His speed increased once more as he streaked through the air like wind and lightning.
Inside Konoha Hospital.
Uchiha Yamamoto, who had lost an arm, had his shoulder wrapped tightly in bandages, yet blood still seeped through them.
Enduring the excruciating pain, he got out of bed and quietly made his way to Aoki's bedside.
However, Uchiha Aoki still had not awakened.
"Aoki..."
"Don't die..."
"I-I still want to follow Captain Qianyu's footsteps with you and keep fighting..."
Large tears streamed down Uchiha Yamamoto's face...
They soaked the blanket on the bed.
Covering his eyes, he had never hated his own incompetence and stupidity so much.
"I'm sorry, Captain..."
"I was too stupid..."
Suddenly, a voice he knew all too well sounded from behind him. "You really are too stupid."
"You fell for such an obvious trap."
Yamamoto was shocked, but then a surge of warmth flooded through his body.
The grief and remorse he had suppressed for so long could finally be released without restraint.
"C-Captain..."
Qianyu stepped forward. Looking at his severed arm, he frowned deeply.
"Your arm..."
"It's fine. It's only an arm. B-but Aoki..."
"What did the doctors say?"
Yamamoto's face was mournful and utterly despondent as he shook his head weakly.
"H-he was pierced through the back by a blade, and his heart and lungs were injured. Although the doctors have done everything they could, b-but whether he can wake up..."
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