"Hokage-sama, what do you mean?"
Hyuga Wuye was slightly surprised upon hearing the Third Hokage's words.
Good grief. Not only was he preparing to suppress the Uchiha Clan and the Hyuga Clan, was he planning to go after every clan?
He'd gone mad...
"It isn't just your Hyuga Clan and the Uchiha Clan that have violated village regulations. All the other major clans have done so to varying degrees..."
Sure enough, the Third Hokage slowly spoke as he walked and puffed on his pipe. "It isn't that I was unaware of these matters. It was simply inconvenient to settle accounts during wartime. But now, it is time for that reckoning."
If he had been the old Hyuga Wuye, he would certainly have pretended to obey every word.
But now...
"Hokage-sama, I want to resign from my post in the Konoha Police Force," Hyuga Wuye suddenly said.
The Third Hokage's smoking hand froze. "What?"
"Mm, I said I don't intend to keep serving in the Konoha Police Force," Wuye repeated.
The Third Hokage finally confirmed what he had heard. He stopped, turned to look at him, and his expression no longer seemed quite so calm. "Why? Haven't you been doing well?"
Hyuga Wuye spread his hands with a smile. "Hokage-sama, have you forgotten why I joined the Konoha Police Force in the first place? It was to clear Tsunade's name! And now, I've done it."
The Third Hokage was speechless.
He truly had not expected Hyuga Wuye to so casually relinquish power after using his authority to suppress the Uchiha Clan.
"You really have no desire to continue?"
After thinking for a moment, he subtly reminded him, "If you control the Konoha Police Force, you control more than half of the Uchiha Clan's strength."
"What would I want the Uchiha Clan's