Konoha Military Police Force

Tai Yong's whole body convulsed under Kanami's humiliation, but he did not say a word.

It was not that he did not want to speak, but that the pain was too intense for him to say anything. His mind had gone blank, and every nerve in his body was sounding an alarm.

Seeing that his opponent had completely stopped resisting, Kanami suddenly lost all interest.

He stood up and walked toward the Yuzuki sisters.

"How about we call our team the Team of Courage?"

Before Yuzuki could speak, Fūka nodded like a pecking chick.

"I think the name Kanami gave us is great!"

After seeing Kanami make his move, he had gone straight from "hmph" to "big brother" in her heart.

The corner of Kanami's mouth curved slightly upward.

The contrast in this girl's attitude had truly captured the essence of Sichuan face-changing.

Just then, several figures dressed in Konoha shinobi uniforms suddenly appeared.

There were five of them in total. One stopped the crowd that was about to leave, while the remaining four split into two groups and went respectively to the man lying on the ground and Tai Yong.

The man at the entrance stopped everyone.

"Please wait where you are."

Although he said please, his tone carried unmistakable force.

From the crowd's hushed whispers, Kanami learned that they were from the Konoha Police Force.

Ever since the Uchiha had been wiped out, Konoha's police department had been made up of all kinds of capable people.

To put it plainly, anyone could potentially join the police department.

This was also Hiruzen Sarutobi's tacit way of limiting the police department's power, preventing another clan like the Uchiha from monopolizing authority.

Yuzuki and Fūka looked at Kanami with some concern.

These police officers had most likely come because of what had just happened.

Yuzuki leaned close to Kanami and quietly apologized. "I got you involved."

Kanami waved his hand and spoke calmly.

"It's fine. This was self-defense."

Yuzuki looked back at Tai Yong, who was still sprawled on the ground, then looked at Kanami again.

This... should count as excessive self-defense, right?

In Kanami's eyes, this was self-defense. He could not exactly wait until a dog bit him before beating it to death, could he?

Would that still count as self-defense? At that point, it would be called revenge.

After receiving treatment from the police force's medical ninjutsu, the unconscious man was the first to recover.

Over on Tai Yong's side, they seemed to have run into a problem.

One of the police officers grabbed the shoulder of another man treating Tai Yong and asked anxiously.

"What do we do? Can it still be saved?!"

The man treating Tai Yong shook his head and sighed. "No. I'm afraid he'll only be able to live with his head lowered from now on."

"Baka!"

The man cursed, seemingly venting his frustration.

Hearing the familiar greeting, everyone turned to look at the police officer.

"Takeshi, what's wrong?" the man blocking the exit asked with a frown.

As the man approached, Kanami found his face strangely familiar.

!!

He looked so much like Tai Yong, as if they had come from the same mold.

Could he be his son? Or was he his father?!

At last, Tai Yong's earlier shout of "You wouldn't dare!" had a reasonable explanation.

Kanami had been wondering about it then. Normal people begged by shouting "Don't," but Tai Yong had uniquely shouted, "You wouldn't dare!"

He was either truly stupid or had someone backing him.

It was the same as saying, "My father is Zhang Erhe."

Then tears streamed down Takeshi's face.

"Captain Shunta Shimura, you have to stand up for me."

"Speak. What happened?"

"He's my son. H-He... someone hit his dick crooked. Wuwu... it'll never raise its head again."

Everyone lowered their heads and held back their laughter.

They felt he deserved it.

Especially the unconscious man. Upon hearing that Tai Yong's dick could no longer raise its head, he immediately came back to life. His back no longer hurt, and his legs no longer ached.

He stood up and burst into loud laughter.

"HAHAHAHA!"

Nobody else was laughing, yet you were?

Takeshi cried out, "It must have been him who hurt my son!"

As the captain, Shunta Shimura rebuked him.

"What are you crying for?! Cry again and go home to do your old job!"

Upon hearing this, Takeshi immediately fell silent, not daring to make another sound.

He himself was only at Genin level. To get into the police force, he had sold off nearly half his family's possessions.

He knew that as long as he held an official position, even if he was weak, no one would dare bully him or his son again because of his status.

What he had not expected was that this had made his son arrogant and tyrannical, leading to today's outcome.

Shunta Shimura then instructed the other two men, "Bring that man over."

The man being held down by the police force was utterly confused.

I'm obviously the victim, so why are they holding me down?

Shunta Shimura stared at the man coldly. "Was it you who hit him?"

The man shook his head in confusion.

"He hit me. I didn't hit him."

"Then who hit him?"

"I don't know. I was lying on the ground the whole time."

Shunta Shimura's face darkened as he said impatiently.

"Take him back and detain him for a week!"

"Why? I'm the victim! I'm the victim!!"

"One month! Say he interfered with the police force in the performance of official duties!"

Upon hearing this, the man's face turned ashen as the two men dragged him away.

Meanwhile, the man who had been treating Tai Yong shouted, "Captain, he seems to be about to die!"

Seeing his son in danger, Takeshi hurriedly ran over, slung him over his back, and rushed toward the hospital.

Shunta Shimura's eyes were filled with disgust as he watched.

The police department had now become even more detestable than the Uchiha had been.

When the Uchiha had been in charge, they had at least been equally strict with everyone in the village except themselves.

But now, every clan and civilian group had people connected to the police department, making crime management increasingly difficult. There were cover-ups and personal vendettas from time to time.

Shunta Shimura let out a long breath and swept his gaze across the crowd.

"Do any of you know exactly what happened just now?"

Everyone looked at one another in discomfort. No matter which side they considered, they did not dare offend anyone lightly.

Tai Yong's fate was still fresh in their minds, and they had just witnessed the police force's methods.

Seeing that no one spoke, his expression darkened as he threatened them.

"Three counts. If no one talks, I'll take all of you back and detain you for a week on charges of aiding and abetting."

"Three."

"It was him!" A man in the crowd lowered his head, trembling as he pointed at Kanami.

"Tai Yong insulted those two girls, so he crippled Tai Yong."

Seeing someone take the lead, everyone else quickly nodded in agreement.

"Yes, he was the one who hit him."

"That's right."

Kanami cast a cold glance over the crowd. As his gaze swept across them, the noisy voices gradually fell silent.

Shunta Shimura turned and stared at Kanami, asking in a low voice.

"Do you have anything to say?"

Kanami raised his head, casually glanced at him, and said blandly, "No."