"The Hokage Office has handled what it promised you. Lord Hokage hopes you will honor your promise, coordinate the Police Force as soon as possible, and accept the shinobi assigned by the village into the Police Force."
"Oh, and the bodies of those people and their guards were taken away by Jingyi's puppets. They aren't in our possession."
After conveying these words to Fugaku Uchiha, Mitokado Homura decisively left.
"It's finally over."
Looking up at the sky blanketed by dark clouds, the worry in Fugaku Uchiha's heart finally settled.
"Tomorrow should be bad weather."
Several troublesome elders had already been dealt with, but the Uchiha's internal affairs would not end here. There was still much waiting for Fugaku Uchiha to handle.
As for the bodies—
Fugaku Uchiha did not care.
As long as the village higher-ups had not taken them, it was fine. As for Jingyi taking them, it did not matter.
If the bodies could be returned, they would be buried in secret. If not, they would pretend nothing had happened.
Whether Jingyi wanted to conduct experiments or make use of the bodies, Fugaku Uchiha did not care.
Less than three minutes after Mitokado Homura left, a shadow entered the clan head's compound. The shadow entered Fugaku Uchiha's courtyard, left behind a scroll, and departed.
Fugaku Uchiha picked up the scroll and glanced at it.
As expected, the scroll contained the bodies of the elders and their guards.
Not one was missing. Even their Sharingan were intact.
Except for one Sharingan that had been removed.
Only then did Fugaku Uchiha understand why Jingyi's puppets had taken the bodies away.
The removed Sharingan had most likely been taken by the village higher-ups. The prime suspect was undoubtedly Shimura Danzō.
The puppets had collected the bodies only to prevent the corpses