Jin Uchiha wore a faint smile.
He seemed not to have heard the slightest hint of a threat in Hiruzen Sarutobi's words.
What a joke.
He always secured his way out before acting. If he dared to kill someone, he already had his explanation prepared.
He intended to use this incident to make Hiruzen Sarutobi understand one thing.
He was different from those single-minded Uchiha. So you wanted to go after the Uchiha?
Fine. No problem.
But you had to follow the rules.
If you made an overt move, like Root sneaking over tonight, then sorry—reach out a claw, and he would dare to chop it off.
What the hell was Root, anyway?
A bunch of vermin hiding in filthy gutters, unable to face the light. They weren't even on Konoha's ninja roster.
Trash like that had no place in public affairs.
Take this very moment, for instance. He had killed them all, but would Hiruzen Sarutobi dare investigate?
Even if he had the nerve to investigate and uncover the truth, would he dare announce it to the village?
Root?
There was no such organization in Konoha's administrative structure.
Although the Konoha High Command and the major clans privately acknowledged its existence.
The rules were still there. Roots could only rot underground, never see the light.
Just like now: Root had attacked the Konoha Military Police Force in the dead of night. What justification could Hiruzen Sarutobi produce?
Could a dirty business like this be discussed in the open?
Whatever schemes he harbored to destroy the Uchiha, publicly, the Uchiha were one of Konoha's Shinobi Clans, and the Konoha Military Police Force was a legitimate department personally established by Second Hokage Tobirama Senju and formally included in Konoha's administrative structure.
Why had the feudal dynasties in his previous life issued