Reforming the Police Force!

On the outskirts of Konoha, at the training ground in the Uchiha Compound.

The sun gradually rose, and one after another, Uchiha members wearing green flak jackets arrived at the training ground.

They gathered in groups of two or three.

"I heard Uchiha Senya became Vice Clan Head. Do you know about it?"

"Senya? I remember he awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan two years ago. He even completed an S-rank mission on his own."

"Apparently, all the Police Force ninja were notified yesterday and told to gather here this morning. What's this all about?"

In the woods beside the training ground, Senya rested beneath a lush tree in his reclining chair. When the time was right and everyone had arrived, he used the Body Flicker Technique to appear in the middle of the crowd.

"Men and women, separate! Form rows of ten, arranged from left to right by height! Make sure the lines look neat!"

The sudden order left everyone stunned, but they quickly reacted. After all, as ninja of the Uchiha Clan, their discipline and efficiency far surpassed those of civilian ninja.

Senya glanced at the stopwatch in his hand. "10.86 seconds."

The ninja before him stood in rows.

"Inabi Uchiha, step forward. Come over here and see how your lines look."

When Inabi Uchiha heard his name, his heart clenched. He thought he must have done something wrong, but then he heard that he was only being asked to take a look.

He walked over to Senya and looked at the formation of more than four hundred clan members on the training ground.

A bead of sweat slid down Inabi's forehead. He clearly remembered that Senya had just said the formation needed to look neat. He didn't know what that was for, but the sight before him...

Everyone stood a little differently. Taken individually, their stances might have been fine, but with more than four hundred people together, there was only one word for it: "messy"!

Seeing Inabi looking troubled and hesitant to speak, Senya simply asked:

"Say it! What do you think of your formation?"

"Messy! It doesn't look good at all!"

Senya's prompt made Inabi voice his honest opinion.

The crowd began to stir. Quite a few people were dissatisfied with Senya; after all, his appointment as Vice Clan Head had come so suddenly that no one had expected it.

Senya didn't want to waste too much time on the matter. He would convince them with his strength instead.

The Three-Tomoe Sharingan in his eyes spun rapidly, and he snapped his fingers.

Not one of the more than four hundred people had time to react before they fell under Senya's genjutsu.

Their perspective suddenly shifted. They saw the place where they had just been standing and the way they had stood: some with their arms crossed, some with a hand on their hip, and some slouching.

Their viewpoint suddenly pulled back, and the scene widened. More than four hundred people stood on the training ground in complete disarray.

A minute later, Senya dispelled his genjutsu.

"Any objections? If you can do the same—instantly cast a jutsu that traps more than four hundred people in an illusion for a minute—then you can have my position as Vice Clan Head."

"..."

No one dared argue anymore. On a battlefield, the slightest lapse in attention could cost someone their life, let alone a whole minute! If Senya had wanted them dead, he could have killed them dozens of times over.

Looking at the assembled crowd, Senya felt a little satisfied. As expected, once these people understood his strength, everything else would be much easier.

"Anyone willing to volunteer as a squad leader? There are only forty spots, and it's first come, first served!"

At his words, the formation immediately broke apart. Everyone eagerly rushed forward. There were only a little over four hundred people, yet more than a hundred and sixty gathered in front of Senya!

Senya glanced over them. They were mostly people who had attended the clan meeting that night, along with a few unfamiliar faces. They were probably Chunin who hadn't properly gauged their own strength.

He took forty bells out of his ninja tool pouch and showed them to the ninja.

"I'll tie these bells to Kunai and throw them out. Whoever brings me a Kunai with a bell on it will become a squad leader."

"By the way, all you have to do is bring one back to me. Any method is allowed, as long as you don't kill or seriously injure your comrades."

With that, Senya formed Hand Seals.

"Multi Shadow Clone Technique!"

Forty figures appeared, each holding a Kunai with a bell tied to it. They hurled the Kunai out of the training ground.

"Go!"

At Senya's command, the ninja behind him immediately sprang into action. Some had already started fighting before they even left the training ground.

Senya sat down where he was and waited for the results.

"Vice Clan Head! I'm the first squad leader!"

Inabi Uchiha was the first to return. He showed Senya what he had won.

Senya glanced at Inabi. He was one of the few hardline ninja Senya remembered. Although he was rather hot-tempered, he was a good person.

Back when Senya was still a Chunin, Inabi had already become a Jonin. He had taken Senya on several missions, and whenever they encountered an enemy, he was always the first to charge in. Even when he had previously tried to recruit Senya into the hardline faction, he hadn't brought up their past missions.

"Keep it. It's a memento of your becoming a squad leader."

Inabi looked at the Kunai in his hand, then at Senya, and couldn't help recalling their past missions together.

Senya had always been meticulous on missions, and his strength far surpassed that of others at his level. Even then, Inabi had known that Senya would one day become an outstanding ninja of the Uchiha Clan. He hadn't expected him to awaken the Mangekyo now.

He had witnessed Senya's strength growing step by step until Senya had left him far behind. But Senya had never looked down on ninja like him, whose strength had reached its limits. Instead, he had brought the clan new hope for the future.

Inabi Uchiha put away the Kunai. From that moment on, he decided he would follow Senya faithfully, work for the clan, and do his best to complete every mission Senya assigned him.

After Inabi, many other ninja gradually returned in turn.

Senya memorized each of their faces and names. They treated the Kunai in their hands like priceless treasures, because it represented the honor they had earned by becoming squad leaders through their own strength.

Only the ninja who had failed wore disappointed expressions.

But they soon recovered from their dejection and were full of energy again.

"Each squad will have ten members. Every two months, squad members can challenge a squad leader, but they can only challenge the leader of another squad."

The ninja who had become squad leaders suddenly felt a little more pressure. At the same time, the young ninja who hadn't yet come into their own, along with those who had just lost the contest, now had fresh motivation.

Looking at the scene before him, Senya was very satisfied. This method was just right: it would improve the Uchiha's overall strength while giving their battle-loving members an outlet for their excess energy. It was the best of both worlds.