If the Home Doesn't Exist, Neither Does the Village!

Following Shisui, the two arrived at Shadow Leaf Lake.

It was the very same small lake where Uchiha Fugaku had taught Itachi and Sasuke the Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu.

"You already know?"

Shisui looked at Roy calmly, asking with a hint of curiosity.

"I know."

Roy knew that the reason Shisui was paying attention to him likely had to do with the attack he had suffered a few days prior.

Otherwise, someone with Roy's mediocre aptitude would never have caught the eye of the clan's genius.

"Then why are you..."

Shisui was somewhat surprised.

One had to understand the typical temperament of the Uchiha clan.

Upon learning that they had been ambushed and that it was the work of someone from within the village, who would remain as calm and indifferent as this?

Coupled with Roy's performance at the training grounds earlier, Shisui found himself even more curious about him.

"Then how do you think I should act, Shisui-sama?"

"Should I report it to the Clan Head, refuse to let it go, and demand an explanation from Konoha?"

"Or perhaps I should blow the matter wide open and let the entire village know?"

Roy couldn't help but sneer.

Shisui was a genius, that much was true, but only in terms of his talent for cultivation.

In other aspects, however...

"Indeed..."

"I am too weak."

Before Shisui could finish, Roy interrupted him, speaking with a face full of earnestness and helplessness.

He was not only helpless regarding his own weakness but also frustrated by the fact that the powerful Uchiha existed yet did nothing.

As the two individuals who openly possessed the Mangekyo Sharingan, both Shisui and Fugaku had been constantly compromising with the village.

Even the rising genius, Uchiha Itachi, was currently siding with outsiders.

"Too weak, you say?"

"But strength is not the solution to every problem."

Shisui felt a sense of melancholy.

At this moment, he already possessed strength at the quasi-Kage level.

Once he awakened his Mangekyo, he would immediately possess super-Kage level strength.

His Mangekyo's ocular technique was no ordinary existence.

But... what use was that?

It could neither change the clan nor the village.

Watching the dejected Shisui before him, Roy began to calculate in his heart.

It would be difficult to make a person like this stand firmly on the side of the clan.

After all, the current clan... was truly hard to rely on.

"Shisui-sama, you didn't bring me here just to talk about this, did you?"

Roy shifted the topic, asking slowly.

"You... Roy, has the Clan Head approached you yet?"

In the end, Shisui asked the question he had been wanting to know.

"No."

Roy shook his head.

Hearing Roy's answer, Shisui could roughly guess Uchiha Fugaku's thoughts.

He likely felt the same way he did.

Such a thing had already happened.

As long as Roy was still alive, there was no need to cause trouble for the higher-ups.

"I understand."

"Roy, holding onto hatred in your heart will not take you very far."

After saying this, Shisui prepared to leave.

He still had many things to do, not only maneuvering between the relations of the Uchiha and the village.

He also had to complete several special missions.

Let the village see that the existence of the Uchiha is not a threat to the village, but a helping hand.

This was the best solution Shisui could think of.

"With the clan on the verge of collapse, which side will Lord Shisui stand on?"

Roy whispered softly.

The voice was not loud, yet it exploded in Shisui's ears like a thunderclap.

"What do you mean?"

Shisui turned around, his Three-Tomoe Sharingan already activated.

He stared at Roy with a burning intensity.

He even suspected that Roy's words were entrusted to him by the clan head.

The goal was to extract an attitude from him.

This kind of probing was not the first time.

It was only natural, after all; a super genius of the Uchiha, the wielder of the Mangekyo Sharingan.

It was impossible for the village high-ups, or even Uchiha Fugaku, not to care.

Not to mention that this guy had actually revealed his Mangekyo ability to both the high-ups and Fugaku.

"I mean exactly what I said."

"Lord Shisui, although I am but an ordinary ninja among the Uchiha."

"I understand one principle."

"If the home does not exist, the village cannot stand."

Roy raised his head, revealing a bright, hearty smile.

That clean smile made it seem as if he hadn't been the one to just speak those words.

"If the home does not exist, the village cannot stand..."

Uchiha Shisui murmured, the expression on his face shifting.

"You are in Captain Natsume's squad, right?"

"I must go complete the mission at hand, but I will come to find you again very soon."

"When that time comes, I hope you won't mind the intrusion."

After Uchiha Shisui finished speaking, he vanished instantly using the Body Flicker Technique.

"Ding, random mission completion at 50%. You may choose to abandon or retain the random mission [30 days]."

Just at that moment, the system's notification sound rang in Roy's ears.

Only 50% completion?

That is to say, the words he just spoke had already planted a seed in Shisui's heart.

Even without completing the mission, this was already excellent.

He didn't have Kotoamatsukami, nor did he have "Talk-no-Jutsu."

After selecting to save the mission progress, Roy returned to his home.

Next came his daily training and participating in the work of the Konoha Military Police Force.

A week passed in the blink of an eye.

"Roy, you are off duty tomorrow, so get some good rest."

"Have you been adapting to the work at the Military Police Force these past few days?"

Uchiha Natsume called Roy into his office and asked with a smile.

"Reporting to Captain, it is going well."

"But I have some confusion: why must we in the Military Police Force always keep such dark faces when dealing with the villagers?"

Roy asked with a look of curiosity.

In truth, he knew perfectly well in his heart, having complained about it countless times himself.

The arrogance of the Uchiha caused them to always maintain a condescending attitude when interacting with the villagers.

Coupled with the fact that they were the Military Police Force, they often had to handle conflicts and disputes within the village.

With such matters occurring frequently, the Uchiha clansmen became annoyed, and at the same time, the villagers' attitude toward the Uchiha became very poor.

Added to historical grievances, this led to the current situation.

The reason Roy asked this was to probe Uchiha Natsume's attitude.

As an elite Jonin of the Uchiha, Natsume still had a certain degree of influence in clan meetings.

"We are the Military Police Force; when they commit errors and resist, naturally we will not give them pleasant looks."

Natsume responded with a smile.

In the three-plus years he had served as captain, this was the first time anyone had asked such a question.

Natsume also found it quite interesting.

"I see."

"Captain Natsume, I'll be heading back now."

After saying this, Roy turned and left the Military Police Force.

Although the clan's residential area had been relocated to the outskirts of Konoha, the Military Police Force remained in the heart of the village.

He walked along the streets of Konoha, looking around at his surroundings.

"BOOM!"

Just at that moment, the sound of an explosion rang out.

Immediately, a powerful surge of chakra fluctuations appeared not far from where Roy stood.

"That's the location of Ichiraku Ramen?"

"Who would be causing trouble here?"

Thinking this, Roy immediately sprinted toward the scene.

Whether as a member of the Military Police Force or out of curiosity regarding Otsutsuki Ichiraku, he had to go.