"Er Gou, why aren't you standing in formation yet? As your squad leader, do you want our entire squad to keep getting punished because of you? Get the hell over here already!" Seeing Er Gou swaying his head around, still cluelessly unaware of what was going on, squad leader Er He charged forward with bloodshot, furious eyes and slapped him hard across the face, instantly knocking Er Gou to the ground.
Then Er He immediately gathered the others into his own formation.
He was terrified of being punished by association.
Yes, to prevent these people from being careless in carrying out their duties, slacking off, or showing favoritism toward acquaintances around them, Uchiha Tenshu had directly implemented collective punishment.
If one person in a neighborhood squad made a mistake, everyone in the squad had to share the blame and receive half of that person's punishment. The neighborhood chief and squad leader received double punishment. As a result, everyone in the squad kept watch over one another, making them distrust each other.
At the same time, the neighborhood chiefs and squad leaders strictly monitored every person under them to prevent them from making mistakes.
Thus, after appointing the neighborhood and squad leaders, along with the higher-ranking structure above them, Uchiha Tenshu immediately ordered all neighborhood and squad leaders to lead their members in forming ranks.
It was only a simple formation drill.
Yet it instantly revealed which groups were already well organized and which were foolishly disordered. Then, using rewards and punishments as incentives and deterrents, he swiftly won over the hearts of the entire force and made them understand that they had to obey orders and submit to their superiors' arrangements.
Unfortunately—
Er He's squad was one of them. Just now, Er Gou had not been ready and had failed