Minato Namikaze's brows drew together.
With every sentence Jin spoke, the resistance in his heart grew stronger.
After Jin had laid it all out, he held his tongue for a long while before shaking his head and speaking.
"I can't accept what you're saying."
"There have certainly been some misunderstandings and friction between the Uchiha and the villagers."
"But some Uchiha really are inconsiderate when enforcing the law. You can't deny that, can you?"
"As for wiping out the clan, that's taking things way too far."
He shook his head as he spoke.
Clearly, he wasn't buying a single word of Jin's argument.
He even wondered whether Jin was suffering from a touch of paranoia.
Yet Jin's expression didn't change at all.
How could someone like Minato be swayed by just a few words?
He hadn't expected it in the first place.
A smile tugged at his lips, and he spoke at an unhurried pace.
"If you're really interested, Minato, how about we work through this one issue at a time?"
"All right. Go ahead."
Minato agreed.
He didn't believe Jin's claims, but he wasn't the sort who refused to listen.
He suppressed the indignation in his chest, his expression growing even more serious.
Justice could stand up to scrutiny. Wrong couldn't become right, and right couldn't be twisted into wrong.
He believed that.
"Good. First point."
Jin raised one finger.
"You said the Uchiha are rigid and inconsiderate when enforcing the law."
"You grew up here in the village, Minato, and you come from a civilian family. Give me one concrete example."
"Whose money has the Konoha Military Police Force embezzled? Have they taken bribes? Or have they botched a case?"
Minato was immediately at a loss for words.
He searched his memories for a long time, but all