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News of a Uchiha Police Force member brawling with a Hyuga Clan Jonin in the street quickly spread throughout the village, and the Uchiha Clan, which was responsible for village security, learned of it immediately.

Yet the Uchiha clansmen, including Clan Head Fugaku, did not take it too seriously.

The present-day Uchiha Clan no longer thought much of the Hyuga Clan. Every one of them held their heads high, their eyes fixed solely on the position of Hokage.

But soon afterward, another piece of news reached the Uchiha Clan.

Uchiha Shinji, who had fought the Hyuga Clan Jonin, had been subdued by Hyuga Kagami, the headmaster of the Ninja Academy, and detained at the Ninja Academy. Hyuga Kagami had even declared that the Uchiha Clan Head was to come personally to retrieve him.

"Dammit!"

"Hyuga Kagami has gone too far! Who does he think he is?!"

"How dare he humiliate our Uchiha Clan like this? This time, he must pay the price..."

"I heard Shinji was dragged all the way to the Ninja Academy by him. Hundreds, even thousands of villagers watched along the way. Word has already spread, and this could seriously affect our bid for the Fifth Hokage!"

"That bastard did it on purpose. He definitely did!"

As he listened to the clamoring of the clansmen below, Clan Head Fugaku made no statement. Instead, he slowly turned his gaze toward Shisui, who sat in a corner.

After the village leadership meeting last time, he understood clearly that Shisui's personal friendship with Hyuga Kagami ran far deeper than he had imagined. Thus, he wanted to use this incident to make Shisui understand one thing: Hyuga Kagami was, in the end, a member of the Hyuga Clan. He would only protect the interests of the Hyuga Clan. When clans clashed,