Konoha Urban Legend: The Missing Ramen

"The Police Force is here! Everyone, move aside!"

Just then, the Konoha Police Force, having received a report from a kind-hearted passerby, finally arrived.

Since the area around the Ninja Academy had always been one of Konoha's safest districts, few officers were stationed there. The one responding was merely a newcomer who had joined not long ago.

He had short brown hair and a remarkably youthful face, looking about fifteen or sixteen.

Yet judging from the aura emanating from him, he was no ordinary person—at the very least, he possessed Chunin-level strength.

The brown-haired Police Force member narrowed his already slender trilateral eyes and swiftly swept his gaze over the restless crowd.

Upon spotting the trio sprawled across the ground, he sternly demanded in a cold voice,

"Where is the perpetrator who intentionally injured others?"

Cock's Comb Head and his two companions immediately buried their heads against the ground in terror, not daring to make a peep.

Though they were still Ninja Academy students, they were already old enough to be sent to juvenile detention. This time, they probably could not escape punishment.

"Big Brother Yashiro!"

Seeing that the officer was someone she knew, Little Mikoto happily raised her hand in greeting from nearby.

The sweet voice of a child reached Uchiha Yashiro's ears. Even if his heart were eternal, unmelting ice, it would have melted in an instant.

The stern expression on Yashiro's face vanished, replaced by a warm smile.

"Miss Mikoto? And Young Master Fugaku!"

"Mm."

Fugaku nodded calmly and raised a hand to point at the trio lying scattered across the ground.

"The three of them deliberately harmed a new Ninja Academy student. Handle them as you see fit."

"Got it! I'll enforce the law impartially."

"No! We were just trying to scare him!"

Seeing the Police