Reform the Police Department!

On the outskirts of Konoha, at the Uchiha clan training grounds.

As the sun gradually rose, Uchiha members clad in green flak jackets arrived at the training grounds one after another.

They gathered in small groups of two or three.

"I heard Uchiha Senya has become the deputy clan head. Did you lot know about this?"

"Senya? I recall he unlocked his Three-Tomoe Sharingan two years ago and even completed an S-rank mission solo."

"Everyone in the Police Force was notified yesterday to assemble here this morning. What could it be for?"

In the woods bordering the training ground, Senya rested under a lush tree with his lounge chair. Seeing that the time was right and everyone had arrived, he used a Body Flicker technique to appear in the center of the crowd.

"Separate by gender! Ten to a row, arranged by height from left to right! Make it look aesthetic!"

The sudden command caught everyone off guard, but they reacted quickly. After all, as ninjas of the Uchiha clan, their execution and efficiency were far superior to those of civilian ninjas.

Senya checked the stopwatch in his hand: "10.86 seconds."

The ninjas before him were now standing in neat rows.

"Inabi Uchiha, step forward. Come to my side and take a look at how your formation is."

When Inabi Uchiha heard his name, his heart tightened. He thought he had done something wrong, only to realize upon hearing the rest that he was fine—he was just being asked to observe.

He walked to Senya's side and looked out at the formation of over 400 clansmen on the training ground.

Sweat dripped from Inabi's forehead. He remembered clearly that Senya had emphasized "aesthetic" at the end. He didn't know what the point was, but the scene before him...

Everyone's posture was slightly different. Taken individually, there might be no problem, but when four hundred people stood together, there was only one word for it: "messy!"

Seeing Inabi looking melancholic and hesitant, afraid to speak, Senya spoke directly:

"Speak up! How is your formation?"

"It's messy! It doesn't look good at all!"

Senya's urging forced Inabi to voice his true thoughts.

The crowd began to stir. Many were dissatisfied with Senya, as his appointment as deputy clan head had been too sudden; no one had expected it.

Senya didn't want to waste too much time on this; it was better to convince them with raw strength.

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

Not one of the four hundred people could react in time; they all fell into Senya's genjutsu.

Their perspectives suddenly shifted. They saw themselves exactly as they had been standing—some with arms crossed, some with hands on their hips, others slouching.

The view pulled back, the image widening to show all four hundred people standing on the training ground in a chaotic mess.

A minute later, Senya released the genjutsu:

"Any more objections? If you can also manage to cast a genjutsu on four hundred people instantly and hold them for a minute, you can have my seat as deputy clan head."

"..."

No one dared to argue anymore. They knew that on the battlefield, a moment of carelessness could cost a life, let alone a full minute! If Senya had any murderous intent, he could have killed them dozens of times over.

Watching the now-settled crowd, Senya felt a sliver of satisfaction. As expected, once these guys understood his strength, everything else would be much easier to handle.

"Any volunteers to be squad leaders? There are only 40 spots, first come, first served!"

Upon hearing this, the formation immediately broke apart as everyone scrambled forward. Out of the four hundred people, over one hundred and sixty gathered before Senya!

Senya took a glance; they were mostly the ones who had attended the clan meeting that night, along with a few unfamiliar faces—likely Chunin who hadn't properly gauged their own strength.

He pulled 40 bells from his ninja tool pouch and showed them to the ninjas.

"I will tie these bells to the back of kunai and throw them. Whoever brings me a bell-attached kunai will be a squad leader."

"Oh, and you can use any method you like to get it to me, as long as you don't kill or severely injure your comrades."

With that, Senya formed hand seals.

"Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu."

Forty figures appeared, each holding a kunai with a bell tied to it, and hurled them violently outside the training ground.

"Go!"

At Senya's command, the ninjas behind him immediately took off. Some even began fighting before they had even left the training grounds.

Senya sat down on the spot, waiting for the results.

"Deputy Clan Head! I am the first squad leader!"

Inabi Uchiha returned first, presenting his result to Senya.

Senya looked at Inabi. This guy was one of the few hardliners he had an impression of. Although his personality was a bit hot-headed and irritable, he was a decent man.

When Senya was still a Chunin, Inabi had already become a Jonin. He had led Senya on several missions, always being the first to charge at the enemy. Even when he had previously tried to recruit Senya into the hardline faction, he hadn't brought up their past.

"Keep it. Consider it a souvenir for becoming a squad leader."

Inabi looked at the kunai in his hand, then at Senya, unable to help but recall the memories of the missions he had once carried out with him.

Meticulous when executing missions and possessing strength far beyond his peers, he had foreseen back then that Senya would surely become an outstanding ninja of the Uchiha clan; he had not expected, however, that Senya would now go on to awaken the Mangekyo.

He had witnessed Senya's strength grow step by step, leaving him far behind, yet Senya had never looked down upon ninjas like them whose potential had already reached its limit, instead bringing new hope for the future of the clan.

Inabi Uchiha sheathed his kunai, and from that moment on, he resolved to follow Senya loyally in the future, striving to complete every mission Senya issued for the sake of the clan.

Following Inabi, many other ninjas arrived one after another.

Senya noted down the face and name of each person; they all held the kunai in their hands as if it were a precious treasure, for it symbolized the honor of each individual—they had become squad leaders through their own strength.

Only those ninjas who had failed wore expressions of regret.

However, they soon shook off their disappointment and were filled with vitality once again.

"Each squad will consist of ten members. Every two months, squad members may initiate a challenge against a squad leader, though they may only challenge the leaders of other squads."

The ninjas who had already become squad leaders suddenly felt a new sense of pressure, while at the same time, the younger ninjas who had yet to mature and those who had just failed the trials found renewed motivation.

Watching the scene before him, Senya was very satisfied. This method was just right; it could both elevate the overall strength of the Uchiha and allow the bellicose Uchiha to release their excess energy through combat—the best of both worlds.