Uchiha Clansmen Join the Merchant Guild, Fugaku Returns to the Military Police Force!

Uchiha Clansmen Join the Merchant Guild, Fugaku Returns to the Military Police Force!

Join Uchiha Hanjō.

Who wanted to go with them?

Those words exploded in everyone's minds. They had never expected such an outcome.

Hadn't the captains just gone to apologize to the people who reported them? How had they fallen out so completely, even deciding to join Uchiha Hanjō?

What exactly had happened?

"Captain Xia, what happened? Why are we joining Uchiha Hanjō?" Of everyone present, he was the only one who had been here the whole time and did not know what had happened. As they looked toward the captains, their eyes were full of curiosity and confusion.

Why had they agreed to apologize yesterday, only to return in such a rage today?

"I won't hide it from you. Today, the Hokage and those thugs went too far! From this day onward, I, Uchiha Xia, will never stand with a coward like Uchiha Fugaku again!" Uchiha Xia shouted furiously, then recounted everything that had happened in the Hokage's office and Konoha Medical Room.

The crowd was immediately enraged as well.

"We could have tolerated being assigned to manage the civilian district, but they actually let those lawbreakers humiliate our clansmen like this!"

"Damn it!"

"That's right! We can't keep doing this job. We have to quit!"

"Xia Ge, I'll join Uchiha Hanjō with you!"

"Me too!"

Once the events in the Hokage's office and the Medical Room were revealed, the hundred or so people erupted. Some began stating their positions.

It was not only because of what had happened in the Medical Room. More importantly, the benefits offered by the Uchiha Hanjō Merchant Guild were far better than those of the Military Police Force.

Some people simply wanted to use this opportunity to join Uchiha Hanjō. That way, they could also escape the trouble of the Military Police Force.

In their eyes, the Military Police Force had become a burden. Some of them had wanted to leave for a long time, but if they had rashly quit before, they would have been looked down upon by their clansmen. But joining Uchiha Hanjō alongside these people was different.

Even if Uchiha Fugaku blamed someone, he could not pin it on them.

Of course.

Only half the clansmen had been stirred up so far. The other half was still hesitating and did not want to go.

Uchiha Xia's eyes flickered before he continued, "You'd better think this through. If you continue serving as Military Police officers, you'll have to avoid those thugs at all costs. Who knows when you'll be made to apologize and offer compensation again? Most importantly, your income will be even lower than before!"

Uchiha Xia looked at them one by one as he explained, trying to persuade them all.

He was certain that if they remained in the Military Police Force, their lives would become even harder than they were now. They might as well join the Merchant Guild together.

"You'd better think carefully!" The other seven captains spoke up as well, looking at their former subordinates.

"I'll go with you."

"Me too."

With the captains' persuasion, several dozen more people decided to join the Merchant Guild with Uchiha Xia.

They were utterly determined.

At this moment, the divide was crystal clear. One camp had more than eighty people, while the other had only a dozen or so left.

Those dozen or so people all belonged to the Conservative Faction led by the Second Elder. They leaned toward seeking peace with them, and did not mind enduring a little unfairness for that purpose.

"You don't intend to leave with us?" Uchiha Xia looked at the remaining dozen or so people, pity in his eyes. If they stayed, what awaited them would likely be even more difficult.

"Great Captain, please don't make things hard for us. I'm sure you know that we can't possibly leave," one of the remaining people said with a bitter smile.

Although they knew that following Uchiha Xia might be the right choice now, his belief was to give everything for the Uchiha. He could not leave now.

"Fine. Then tell the Clan Head on behalf of the brothers who are leaving." Uchiha Xia did not force them. After saying that, he looked at the people behind him. "Come with me!"

With that—

Uchiha Xia led eighty or ninety people in a grand procession toward the Merchant Guild.

Inside the Merchant Guild...

Today, Xuanyu had unusually not gone to train. Instead, he was eating Roasted Chicken in his father's office while continuing to cultivate Nurturing Spirit: Great Chiliocosm.

He had a feeling that something good was about to happen.

"Xiao Yu, do you really think people will come join our Merchant Guild today?" Uchiha Hanjō had spoken with his son for a long time yesterday and drawn a conclusion from their conversation: quite a few Uchiha clansmen might join the Merchant Guild today.

Yet Uchiha Hanjō remained doubtful. Given the Uchiha clansmen's proud nature, even if they wanted to join his Merchant Guild, they would probably go home and think it over for several days before coming back to join.

"Don't worry, Dad. They should come!" Xuanyu said, his gaze drifting toward the window. Suddenly, his eyes lit up. "They're here!"

Within his sight, a large group of Uchiha clansmen was marching toward the Merchant Guild.

"Uh, they're here?" Uchiha Hanjō came over as well. When he saw the vast group of Uchiha clansmen outside the window, his eyes lit up.

They really had come.

Half an hour later!

In a hall, the group led by Uchiha Xia sat together. Uchiha Kai and Uchiha Hanjō personally received them.

They discussed their future.

Uchiha Hanjō did not pressure them. Instead, he offered them the same benefits the Uchiha clansmen had received before, while the captains would receive even better terms.

Once the benefits were revealed—

Everyone who had come brightened at once. The treatment was far better than what they had received in the Military Police Force, and if they went out to carry out missions, they would also receive mission bonuses—higher even than what ninja missions paid.

After all, Konoha took a cut whenever it accepted a mission, but Uchiha Hanjō gave that portion of the profits to them.

They were all very satisfied and signed the contracts together.

Military Police Force.

Uchiha Fugaku arrived with a grim expression alongside two captains. They had just finished apologizing and paying fifty thousand ryo each. For those thirteen people, that came to a total of six hundred and fifty thousand ryo.

Uchiha Xia had actually dared to incite the other captains to leave the Uchiha Military Police Force. After dealing with the thugs, he had come to the Military Police Force intending to punish Uchiha Xia and the other captains.

This time, Uchiha Xia and the other captains had to be demoted, and their income had to be reduced as well. Compensation for those people had to be deducted from the Military Police Force's earnings, meaning everyone's wages would be lowered. But the captains who had abandoned their posts had to have their pay docked at double the rate.

Thinking that, they entered the Military Police Force.

But the moment he stepped inside, he was stunned. Where was everyone? The Military Police Force had once had over a hundred people, yet now only a dozen or so sat there listlessly, sighing and lamenting.

When they saw Uchiha Fugaku, they weakly greeted him, "Clan Head Fugaku!"

"Where are the others? Out on patrol?" Looking at the empty hall, Uchiha Fugaku snorted coldly. "Hmph. Uchiha Xia knows enough to hide. Is he afraid I'll reprimand him?"

"Go! Bring Uchiha Xia back!"

He still did not know that Uchiha Xia had already left. He thought Xia was merely avoiding him.

"Clan Head..." But the leader of the dozen or so people who remained in the Military Police Force spoke up.

With things having reached this point, who would still be thinking about patrolling?

Uchiha Fugaku was already angry, and he glared at him. "Whatever it is, say it later. Go bring them back immediately. I'm stripping them of their captain positions!"

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