Do You Want to Lose Your Other Arm Too?

Uchiha Yan looked at Izumi's face and couldn't help rubbing her cheek again.

Only when she gave him an unhappy look did he finally let go.

Three days later.

During that time, Uchiha Yan had made a token effort to look for Itachi and Shisui, deliberately leaving traces of his presence in black markets and other shady places outside the village.

Of course, he had returned empty-handed.

This time, he met with Uchiha Fugaku in the Konoha Military Police Force office.

Uchiha Yan put on a dejected expression in front of Fugaku.

"Clan Leader Fugaku, I've searched the black markets and questioned the information brokers all over the Land of Fire, but none of them has seen the two Uchiha clan members."

"However, I asked an acquaintance in Anbu, and he said he didn't know where Uchiha Shisui or Uchiha Itachi were. He didn't even know they'd been sent on a mission."

Fugaku's brows knitted together when he heard Uchiha Yan's report.

He looked at Uchiha Yan, knowing that he had already done everything he could.

Uchiha Yan had practically covered the entire Land of Fire.

As for Uchiha Yan's acquaintance in Anbu, Fugaku had a good idea who it was.

Most likely, his old classmate.

Fugaku nodded and forced a smile. "I understand, Yan. Go back and get some rest. The Chunin Ninja Exams are about to begin, and the candidates will start arriving tomorrow. We still have to maintain order in Konoha."

Uchiha Yan nodded and left the office of the Konoha Military Police Force captain.

The next day, Uchiha Yan patrolled the streets with several members of the Uchiha Clan.

Since people from many other ninja villages would be entering Konoha, the Uchiha Clan had expanded its patrols.

Just then, a loud argument broke out at a nearby shop.

Uchiha Yan saw what was happening and hurried over with several others.

A few candidates from Kumogakure were having a heated argument with a Konoha villager.

He walked over expressionlessly, ignoring the dark-skinned shinobi from Kumogakure, and turned to the villager. "What happened?"

The Konoha villager looked at Uchiha Yan and stammered, "Yan-sama, they deliberately bumped into me while walking."

He pointed to a broken piece of pottery on the ground. "Then they said I knocked it over and demanded compensation. Of course I refused, so..."

Uchiha Yan nodded and patted him on the shoulder. "You're not hurt, are you? Are you sure you're not dizzy?"

The Konoha villager immediately clutched his head. "My head... I'm so dizzy!"

Uchiha Yan then turned to the Kumogakure shinobi, who were wearing brazen expressions, his gaze turning cold.

He said flatly, "You assaulted someone. Come with me."

The Kumogakure shinobi sneered at his words. "Konoha shinobi, I suggest you watch your step. I'm a shinobi of Kumogakure."

"Oh?" Uchiha Yan raised an eyebrow slightly.

The Uchiha clan members behind him understood at once: someone was about to get in trouble.

Uchiha Yan slowly walked up to the shinobi and looked down at him. In a frigid voice, he asked, "Where's your jōnin instructor?"

Seeing the killing intent in his eyes, the Kumogakure shinobi swallowed.

He couldn't help taking half a step back.

But he quickly recovered, and his momentary cowardice made him furious.

He stared straight into Uchiha Yan's eyes. "You're not qualified to see our instructor."

He pointed at Uchiha Yan as he spoke.

Seeing the Kumogakure shinobi's arrogant behavior, the Konoha villagers began to stir.

They looked at the shinobi with open resentment.

At the same time, they waited to see how Uchiha Yan would react.

Previously, whenever conflicts broke out with shinobi from other villages, Konoha's Anbu had usually tried to smooth things over.

They told the villagers to consider Konoha's overall interests and not act on impulse.

They always tried to make a big deal small and a small deal disappear.

Of course, it was usually the Konoha villagers who ended up losing out.

As a result, the villagers had grown resentful of both the foreign shinobi and Anbu.

Uchiha Yan stared at him expressionlessly.

A flash of white light streaked past.

The arrogant Kumogakure shinobi let out a howl of pain.

A severed hand fell to the ground.

The shinobi dropped to his knees, clutching the hand he had lost.

Large beads of sweat ran down his forehead.

The other two Kumogakure shinobi were stunned by what they saw.

They stared blankly at the scene before them.

The war had ended long ago, and these shinobi might as well have been flowers raised in a greenhouse.

They had completed a few missions, but they had always killed others under the protection of their instructors.

Seeing one of their own injured left them dumbfounded.

Uchiha Yan kicked the arrogant Kumogakure shinobi to the ground.

He ground his shoe into the shinobi's face.

Just then, someone shouted, "Uchiha Yan, why are you picking on a junior?"

Uchiha Yan looked over and saw another dark-skinned shinobi standing before him, one of his arms missing.

He said evenly, "Darui, long time no see. Want to lose your other arm too?"

Darui's forehead creased with irritation at Uchiha Yan's words.

There was no need to rub salt in the wound. Uchiha Yan had cut off that very arm with a single slash on the battlefield.

Darui retorted stubbornly, "Uchiha Yan, if I hadn't let my guard down, do you really think I'd have lost an arm?"

Though Darui talked tough, his body told another story.

He lowered his head, afraid to meet Uchiha Yan's gaze and fall under his genjutsu.

Uchiha Yan simply held out his hand.

Darui stared at it, bewildered.

Uchiha Yan said matter-of-factly, "Your student injured a Konoha villager. He should pay compensation, shouldn't he?"

Darui was about to argue, but the other man had the upper hand.

He gritted his teeth. "How much?"

Uchiha Yan said, "That'll be 50,000 ryō."

Darui's brow twitched at the figure.

To be fair, the amount wasn't too high or too low.

It wouldn't cripple him financially, but it would still sting for a long time.

Still, to avoid trouble, he gritted his teeth, swallowed his objections, and paid up.

Uchiha Yan took the money and handed it straight to the villager who'd been extorted.

"Count it and make sure it's all there."

The villager took the money with trembling hands and counted it carefully, miscounting once along the way.

When he was done, he nodded. "Reporting to you, Yan-sama. The amount is correct."

Uchiha Yan nodded. "You're free to go. This has nothing more to do with you."

The Konoha villager thanked him profusely and left.

Uchiha Yan turned to leave and continue his patrol.

But Darui stopped him.

Gritting his teeth, Darui asked, "What about my student's hand?"

Uchiha Yan shrugged and said flatly, "You can ask Konoha's Anbu to negotiate with me."