"Probably not... Today, they brought Yamanaka Sandan over. Although all his teeth had been knocked out, he was still completely obedient!"
Uchiha Fugaku shook his head, then added that last sentence. His tone still carried suspicion and disbelief.
Could Yamanaka Sandan really confess that easily?
What?
Uchiha Itachi frowned as well. The only thing he could think of was that Uchiha Hanjō had paid money. Otherwise, Xuanyu might have received even harsher punishment from Hokage-sama.
"Could it be that he used money to suppress the matter after resorting to violence?" The more Uchiha Itachi thought about it, the more something felt wrong. He could not help frowning as he continued, "No, I need to ask Yamanaka Sandan. If Xuanyu really enforced the law violently and then used money to settle it, that would damage the Uchiha Clan's reputation. We must warn Xuanyu and the others!"
Uchiha Itachi had not considered that his father, Fugaku, had already been punished several times for violently enforcing the law and paying compensation.
And every time, it had caused such a huge commotion. Was that not damaging the Uchiha Clan's reputation?
Just as they were discussing how to punish Xuanyu, Uchiha Da Ming, who had gone to gather information, returned.
At that moment,
Uchiha Da Ming's eyes were shining, but when he heard Fugaku and his son Uchiha Itachi still discussing how to warn Xuanyu, his expression turned strange.
He had just returned from the Merchant Guild's Military Police Force. He had seen Xuanyu's open Archive Room and heard the praise from the surrounding civilians. This was how Uchiha Xuan Yu had changed the civilians' view of the Military Police Force.
It was clearly beneficial to the Uchiha Clan.
Yet now he heard Fugaku and Itachi planning to punish Xuanyu, and he felt embarrassed for