The Second Floor Must Be Built Above the First Floor

"Loyalty! Greetings, Lord Hokage!"

Inside the Hokage's office, Uchiha Setsuna wore an expression of fervent excitement as he gazed wildly at Uchiha Kazuto seated before him. Finally, someone from the Uchiha Clan had become Hokage—something even Uchiha Madara had never achieved!

To be honest, Elder Setsuna had been somewhat worried before, fearing that Uchiha Kazuto had no intention of staging a coup, or that all those shouts of loyalty had turned him into a true dog of Hiruzen Sarutobi. But now, it seemed his concerns were unnecessary.

A powerhouse like Uchiha Kazuto was not something a mere mortal like him could fathom. As it turned out, as long as he followed behind Uchiha Kazuto, everything would be fine—Uchiha Kazuto's plans would never go wrong.

"Elder Setsuna, take some men and investigate the Sarutobi clan, as well as the families of those former advisors. Konoha has no place for them anymore."

Uchiha Kazuto slid a stack of compiled evidence across the desk to Uchiha Setsuna.

"Yes, Lord Hokage! I'll see to it immediately!"

Uchiha Setsuna replied with unwavering loyalty, then left the Hokage's office.

Next up, the Sarutobi clan, the Shimura Clan, and the other two families were in for a treat.

On Konoha's plaza.

"Lord Sarutobi, damn it, that bastard Uchiha Kazuto..."

A member of the Sarutobi clan clenched his fists in fury, glaring at the severed head hanging in the square. He wanted to rush forward, snatch Hiruzen Sarutobi's head, and take it home for a proper burial, but he couldn't. One Sarutobi member had already tried that—and was promptly arrested and thrown into a cell.

"Found him! Get him!"

Suddenly, several members of the Military Police Force charged at him, batons in hand.

"You—"

Before he could react, batons rained down on him, unleashing an unbearable pain that surged through his body.

"Ah!"

He screamed and collapsed to the ground.

Thump! Thump! Thump!

Six strikes per second battered him until his soul scattered and he nearly blacked out.

In an instant, he was subdued and hauled away.

Normally, as a ninja, his pain tolerance was immense—a mere beating with batons should have been useless. But unfortunately, no matter what, they were all still members of Konoha now, and these combat units possessed a terrifyingly effective ability against Konoha's own.

Soon, the four clans were raided outright. Everyone with direct ties to Hiruzen Sarutobi was arrested, dragged to the square, and beheaded before the entire crowd, their heads stacked into a skull pyramid.

"Not bad at all!"

Uchiha Kazuto smiled as he gazed at the pyramid-like structure. As an ordinary man, a traditional man, a good person raised with a proper education, he found punishments like building skull pyramids, flaying, beheading, burying alive, and slow slicing perfectly normal—instincts flowing through his blood. After all, he came from a peace-loving nation.

Of course, Uchiha Kazuto hadn't slaughtered every last member of those clans. He wasn't Uchiha Itachi, after all—he wouldn't lay a hand on children or defenseless civilians.

"Alright, now it's time to enact my laws."

Uchiha Kazuto looked up at the sky, and his figure vanished.

Not long after, Uchiha Kazuto issued a new set of laws.

Hadn't he gone through all this trouble to become Hokage for this very moment? To fully activate his Dojutsu and let it unleash its power? Otherwise, he wouldn't have bothered becoming Hokage at all.

People must eat; no stealing; as a member of Konoha, no betraying the village or the Hokage; no littering; no defecating or urinating in the streets; no running around naked; no harming others without cause; no killing without the Lord Hokage's permission; no peeping on others bathing; no damaging the Lord Hokage's dignity; no adultery or extramarital affairs; no leaking village intelligence; the faucet must have water.

The second floor must be built above the first floor; the first floor must be built below the second floor; tea must be brewed with water, not urine; sleep requires closed eyes; applause requires hands; eating requires the mouth; breathing is mandatory every day; illegal suicide is forbidden; doctors must know medicine; ninjas must obey the Hokage; teachers must teach students...

One seemingly absurd law after another was decreed. Those who violated them would face punishment.

From uncontrollable weeping to spontaneous combustion, and finally death—the penalties would escalate in severity.

For minor offenses, like littering, the culprit would burst into hysterical sobbing for a period of time until they paid a fine. Otherwise, they'd keep crying until they cried themselves to death.

For serious offenses, like killing someone without Uchiha Kazuto's permission, their body would spontaneously combust and burn to ash.

These punishments were the power of another of Uchiha Kazuto's Dojutsu. He hadn't activated it before—he didn't dare. Activating it would alert the enemy and reveal his Dojutsu's abilities, which would have been disastrous.

But now, it didn't matter. He was the supreme ruler of Konoha, with a loyal squad of Police Officers under his command. He no longer needed to worry about such things.

Though this Dojutsu consumed ocular power during punishment, once the penalty ended and the wrongful behavior was corrected, all the spent ocular power would be fully restored—and even increased.

Moreover, this allowed his other Dojutsu to function more smoothly.

After all, illegal acts hindered the operation of that other Dojutsu, reducing his ocular power gain. If no one obeyed the laws he established, he wouldn't receive any ocular power at all.

These two Dojutsu complemented each other.

And while the laws Uchiha Kazuto had laid down might seem like nonsense, his Dojutsu had no limits. As long as it was a code of conduct, and he had enough ocular power, he could enact ten thousand laws without restriction.

So these laws weren't truly useless. For example, if a law cost five points of ocular power per day to maintain, but brought in six or more points while active, then that law was worth keeping.