Never mind that ANBU operative.
In the Hokage's office, Hiruzen Sarutobi's face was also filled with shock.
Good grief!
What exactly was that brat Jin Uchiha trying to do?
He went through the orders he had just received, one by one.
Every member of the Police Force was strictly ordered to slack off. No one was allowed to do anything useful for the villagers.
If villagers came knocking, they were to politely find all sorts of excuses to turn them away.
They were even supposed to let the village descend into as much fucking chaos as possible.
Once things really got out of hand, they would issue a statement saying the village had provided no funding, leaving the Police Force helpless.
Members of the Police Force had to make a living, too.
So, since the Police Force could no longer pay their wages, they had all gone out to take private jobs and earn some extra money.
He really could not find a hole in that line of reasoning.
This was clearly aimed at him.
And he had to admit it.
If the Uchiha really kept playing this game, he, Hiruzen Sarutobi, would have no grounds to hold them accountable.
Because they were telling the truth. The village had not given them a single penny in years.
In fact, one could put it this way.
Apart from the first few years after the Police Force's establishment, when the Second Hokage Tobirama Senju was still in office and provided reasonably adequate funding, things had only gone downhill.
After Hiruzen Sarutobi took office, funding for the Police Force had grown increasingly scarce. In recent years, it had stopped altogether.
His original plan had seemed sound enough.
The Uchiha were stubborn and single-minded anyway. As long as he kept pleading hardship, what could