An Unexpected Surprise—His Eyes Were About to Evolve!

In any case, meeting Danzo and the Third Hokage alone was out of the question.

Trying to deal with him the same way they dealt with that fool Shisui? No chance.

"Take them away!!!"

Since the captain had ordered them detained and sent to prison the next morning, they would be locked up. Zhiyan left with his men.

After the crowd dispersed, Fugaku stepped out.

Yan stopped once again and asked with a smile, "Why has the clan head come? Is it because I did something wrong?"

Search your conscience and tell me—did you do the right thing?!

Fugaku took a deep breath. "They are Danzo's men."

"So what?"

Yan burst out laughing and raised his right index finger, pointing at the ground. "This is the territory of our Uchiha Police Department. Unknown individuals attacked me, so they should be arrested. I don't know who Danzo's men are, but they are definitely spies. They wore Anbu equipment, yet carried no Anbu identification."

Why did Yan dare arrest them?

Because Root could not stand in the light. So what if they wore Anbu equipment? Where were their identification marks?

As for whether Root's men had invoked Danzo's name to prove their identities, Yan could simply say they had not, or that he had not heard it.

Even if this matter reached the Hokage Office Building, Yan would not be the least bit afraid.

He had already pinned the charges on them. Even if the heavens themselves came, they would still be unknown individuals.

"Clan Head, although I am not part of the Hardline Faction, I have always believed that blindly yielding is not a good thing. Give some people an inch, and they will take a foot—even a mile."

Staring directly into Fugaku's eyes, Yan gritted his teeth and said, "We have no room left to keep retreating."

"Do you intend to lead the clan into opposing the village?"

Fugaku activated his Sharingan. His three-tomoe Sharingan stood out sharply in the night.

Yan spread his hands innocently. "How is arresting criminals of unknown identity opposing the village?"

Fugaku did not answer, and Yan fell silent as well. The two simply stood in the street, staring at each other.

After an unknown amount of time, Fugaku deactivated his Sharingan and turned to leave. Before departing, he said without looking back, "I hope you know what you are doing. The Uchiha cannot stand against the village, and I will not permit anyone to lead the Uchiha into the abyss."

The Uchiha could not stand against the village, but they could stand against a certain person—for example, Danzo.

Yan smiled.

It seemed tonight's trouble had not been entirely bad. At the very least, Uchiha Fugaku, the clan head, had once again chosen to yield.

Yielding, yielding, always yielding. Just how far were you going to retreat?

What a pity.

Such a vast Uchiha clan, yet it had ended up with a clan head like this.

Fortunately, there was still room to turn things around.

Danzo, would you like this surprise?

Elsewhere, Danzo had brought quite a few subordinates with him, waiting for Yan to walk into the trap. As time continued to pass, he also realized that tonight's arrest operation had failed.

Yan had not fallen for it at all. Even the men Danzo had sent out had failed to return.

His men had either been killed outright or arrested.

"Evil Uchiha brat!!"

"Withdraw!"

Since the arrest plan had failed, there was no point continuing to wait. As for what had happened to his men, he would find out tomorrow.

What Danzo had not expected was that Zhiyan was even more diligent than he had imagined.

Yan had said they would be sent to prison the next day, but Zhiyan could not wait. He had them thrown into prison overnight.

"We are Lord Danzo's men!!!"

Even after entering the prison, Root's men kept declaring their identities, but no one paid them any attention.

They had no identification, no Anbu markings, and they were even wearing Anbu equipment. That alone was a serious crime.

Not to mention that the charge accompanying their transfer was attacking the captain of the Police Department.

Thus, Danzo's men proudly became part of the prison population and were locked in cells.

As for how long they would be held, that depended on how quickly Danzo and the Third Hokage reacted.

New prisoners who could not verify their identities but kept shouting that they were Danzo's men—that was highly unusual. The prison's ninja would certainly report it to the Third Hokage.

Sure enough, early the next morning, the Third Hokage had barely arrived at the Hokage's office and had not even warmed his seat before receiving the report.

"Unknown individuals wearing Anbu equipment attacked the captain of the Police Department?"

The Third Hokage's expression became very strange.

There was no doubt about it—these were Danzo's men. Only Root would end up in such an absurd situation where they could not prove their identities, and only Root would wander around wearing Anbu equipment.

Root, which had always succeeded without fail, had run into a wall this time. They had been arrested and thrown into prison.

The Third Hokage was speechless.

Since when had Danzo become so unreliable?

"Go bring them out and send them to Danzo. Tell him to be more careful next time."

What else could the Third Hokage say at this point?

He could only release them and put an end to the matter.

He could not even hold Yan accountable, because Yan had done nothing wrong, and Root could not be exposed.

This kind of matter could only be handled discreetly. Once Danzo and Root were dragged into the sunlight, it would invite unnecessary trouble.

Danzo had no choice but to swallow this loss.

What irritated the Third Hokage even more was that an Anbu ninja came to report that Uchiha Yan had gone to eat outside the Ninja Academy gates yet again.

Copy successful. Obtained a portion of Indra's chakra. Fuse?

There had been quite a few critical-hit rewards lately, and this was a portion of Indra's chakra, not merely a small amount.

Yan had not expected to receive such an unexpected surprise so early in the morning.

"Fuse."

After fusing with the rewarded Indra chakra, Yan suddenly felt his eyes swelling.

Was this a sign that they were about to evolve?

Before reaching three tomoe, the Sharingan's evolution had not felt particularly noticeable. As his spiritual power and Sharingan ocular techniques continuously grew stronger, evolution had come naturally and smoothly.

So smoothly that Yan had barely felt anything.

Others needed stimulation or constant training to improve their strength and spiritual power before their Sharingan could evolve. Yan only needed to camp out every day.

The feeling was simply incredible.

"As expected, hard work and sweat cannot beat talent. But hard work and sweat combined with talent still cannot beat having cheats."

With his goal achieved, Yan happily set down the money, got up, and returned to the Police Department.

As for Second Pillar, who had already entered the Ninja Academy with his little backpack, he still did not know that he and Naruto had long since become Yan's personal tools.

"Captain!!"

The synchronized greeting in the Third Squad's break room nearly made Yan think he was hallucinating.

Since when had these troublemakers under his command become so coordinated?