Fugaku Emerges, Ignored by Sarutobi Hiruzen!

Inside the Police Department, everyone was silent as cicadas in winter.

Watching Uchiha Yashiro speak out so directly, everyone could not help but shudder.

Many Genin who had come to air their grievances instinctively changed their minds. No one dared provoke the enraged old man.

But the problem was—

What had originally been an easy matter to settle had become far too complicated for them to handle after Uchiha Jin introduced the new regulations!

Still, there was no helping it!

Compared to being berated by Uchiha Yashiro, it was better to listen to those "troublemakers" nag for a while.

Only the Genin standing at the door, though equally terrified, still gathered his courage and spoke. "Um, Yashiro-sama, the Anbu delivered a notice. They want the Police Chief to make a trip to the Hokage Office."

At this—

The fury on Uchiha Yashiro's face instantly vanished when he heard those words.

The Hokage had summoned them?

He had actually anticipated this. Although the Police Department's procedures had begun to become standardized, they had not truly resolved many issues. Those troublemakers would surely go complain at the Hokage Building.

However—

Though he had been assigned to manage the Police Department, he was not actually the Police Chief. After pondering for a moment, he said, "I understand. You may leave."

The Genin felt as though he had been pardoned.

On the other side—

Uchiha Yashiro pondered for a long time before deciding to consult Uchiha Jin.

A moment later—

He returned to the Uchiha Compound and found Uchiha Jin in the middle of training.

After hearing him out, Uchiha Jin immediately said, "Since the Hokage summoned the Police Chief, let Fugaku make the trip."

Uchiha Yashiro looked utterly bewildered.

"Fugaku?"

"Th-this... will that work?"

Facing Yashiro's stunned expression, Uchiha Jin remained calm. "Fugaku is still the Clan Head, and the village has not removed him from his position as Police Chief."

"You're merely a clan elder, and I'm just an ordinary Chunin. Hokage-sama summoned the Police Chief. If Fugaku does not show up, then who should?"

Uchiha Jin shrugged.

However—

Seeing that Uchiha Yashiro still could not understand, he could not help but sigh inwardly. The Uchiha truly were not good at dealing with such matters.

After rubbing his brow, he began to explain.

"Yashiro-sama, remember this!"

"Our goal is not to solve problems. It is to cause the village as much trouble as possible. The busier the village is, the less time it will have to cause us trouble."

"So does it matter whether Fugaku has the authority or not? Since Sarutobi Hiruzen did not specifically ask for me, let Fugaku, the Police Chief, go."

"As for whether Fugaku can solve the problem, what the hell does that have to do with us?"

"As long as we ensure the procedure is correct and nothing goes wrong, the Village Higher-ups will have no evidence to use against us. What the hell do we care about anything else?"

After hearing this explanation, Uchiha Yashiro suddenly understood.

So—this could be done too?

After nodding, he immediately took his leave.

However—

When he found Fugaku, who was idling at home, Fugaku was dumbfounded upon hearing the news. "I'm fucking sitting idle at home already. What does any of this have to do with me?"

"Listen to Jin. Just consider it doing him a favor." Uchiha Yashiro looked helpless. "Even if you're idling at home, you still have to live in the clan, don't you?"

"It's not wrong to maintain a good relationship with Jin. You know full well what Itachi is thinking. Sooner or later, he'll cause a huge problem."

"Since you can't solve Itachi's issue, it would be better to build a good relationship with Jin now. It'll make it easier for you to plead for mercy in the future."

"What do you think?"

Fugaku fell silent, unable to refute him.

Itachi's situation truly gave him a headache. Especially now that he was idling at home with nothing to do, once he really began paying attention to Itachi, he realized just how serious his son's problems were!

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Especially after joining the Anbu, he had practically become Sarutobi Hiruzen's diehard loyalist!

That was right.

Although Sarutobi Hiruzen had asked Itachi and Shisui to act as spies, the problem was that the Uchiha did not know how. They had no scheming minds and did not understand how to put on an act. In the past, Fugaku had been occupied with the clan's and the village's messes, leaving him no time to care about Itachi's development.

Now that he was idling at home, he noticed the problem immediately!

But unfortunately.

It was already too late for him to intervene now that Itachi's thinking had taken shape.

"Alright, I understand!"

Fugaku took a deep breath, then headed for the Hokage Building.

Wasn't it just putting on an act? Fugaku was good at that!

He had been faking his way through all sorts of things within the clan before. Even if he was now dealing with the Konoha Higher-ups, he could handle it with ease.

On the other side.

Watching Fugaku disappear into the distance, Uchiha Yashiro's expression was complicated.

He had felt a little sympathy for Fugaku before, but now, looking at the man idling at home with his rosy, glowing complexion and no trace of worry between his brows, he looked several years younger than before.

What about himself?

The Police Department's endless messes had left him with dark circles under his eyes.

But—he would endure!

He only hoped Uchiha Jin truly had the ability to change the Uchiha's situation for the better.

Twenty minutes later.

Fugaku arrived at the Hokage Office, and Sarutobi Hiruzen's face went dark!

Sarutobi Hiruzen, wearing the Hokage Hat and smoking, nearly cursed aloud the instant he saw Fugaku.

What the hell, was he sick?

Shisui and Itachi were his spies. Did Fugaku really think he didn't know that Fugaku had no authority left and had long since been kicked aside to idle at home?

What was the point of talking to him?

However.

Thinking of the message he had sent through the Anbu, it did indeed say to find the Police Chief. And although Fugaku had been stripped of power, it seemed Uchiha Jin had not removed his titles as Police Chief and Clan Head...

Fine!

Sarutobi Hiruzen sighed, then rapped on the desk.

"Anbu!"

"Hokage-sama!"

The Anbu hidden in the corner appeared and immediately dropped to one knee.

Sarutobi Hiruzen took a deep breath. "Go find Uchiha Jin for me. Don't get it wrong this time!"

The Anbu bowed and promptly departed.

Fugaku was quite embarrassed by this, but his composure was still decent, and he maintained his expressionless face.

In short...

As long as he wasn't embarrassed, then the embarrassed one had to be someone else!

As for this.

Sarutobi Hiruzen lowered his head to handle official business, too lazy to pay any attention to Fugaku.

He simply ignored him, pretending not to see him!

Twenty minutes later.

Uchiha Jin arrived at the Hokage Office. After greeting Fugaku, he spoke in an extremely respectful tone. "Hokage-sama, what did you need me for?"

Only then did Sarutobi Hiruzen raise his head.

His gaze at Uchiha Jin was profound. After a moment, he spoke in a grave tone. "What exactly is going on with the Police Department? Why aren't you handling the villagers' problems?"

"I'm not the Police Chief, so what the hell does that have to do with me?"

Uchiha Jin rolled his eyes and directly rebuffed him without a second thought.