"Shut up! Who the hell is your brother? You attacked our captain for no reason, and so many people saw it. Are you saying I'm slandering you?"
"I fucking didn't attack him! I only gave him a shove..."
Shimura Jiro spun around anxiously. At that moment, he felt that even ten mouths wouldn't be enough to explain himself. The people around him hurriedly kept their distance, their gazes full of bewilderment, as if they were saying: You've got guts. You even dared to attack someone from the Police Department.
In Konoha, attacking a member of the Police Department was no minor charge, especially when it happened openly on the street.
With so many people watching, no one would believe Shimura Jiro even if he claimed he was innocent.
"Take him down!!!"
Surrounded and with nowhere to argue his case, Shimura Jiro ultimately chose to surrender.
He had merely shoved someone casually, yet he had ended up saddled with the charge of attacking a Police Department captain.
If he dared resist, it would probably count as resisting arrest, and his charges would only get worse.
Even though he had been terribly wronged.
He obediently cooperated, determined not to provoke these Uchiha lords any further. Once he got to the Police Department, he would honestly submit to the investigation.
Shimura Jiro believed that, as an innocent man, he would be released soon enough.
It was all just a misunderstanding.
It was true that the Shimura clan had Danzo backing them, but that did not mean they could run rampant through the village. On the contrary, they needed to keep a low profile.
Because Danzo's status and position were too sensitive, if the Shimura family name became too conspicuous, Danzo himself would probably be the first to turn on the clan.
"Just stay