When the Risk Self-Assessment Report reached the clan meeting, many clan members frowned at first glance.
Self-assessment.
Those words sounded awful.
It was as though the Hokage Building wanted the Uchiha to write out their own charges before it had even declared them guilty.
Uchiha Jun slapped his pen onto the table.
"Isn't this just making us admit we're wrong?"
Gen looked at him.
"Admit specific problems, not inherent guilt."
The same words had come up many times lately.
But each time, they carried more weight.
Fugaku sat at the head of the table without suppressing the clan members' discontent.
He let them speak first.
The Conservative Faction worried that the leadership would use the report to restrict the Konoha Military Police Force.
The Radical Faction believed they should not list any risks.
The Moderate Faction felt that, since they had already agreed, they had to write it carefully.
Che took notes beside them, his hand moving quickly.
By now, he could tell which remarks were emotional outbursts and which could be turned into actionable entries.
Only after everyone had finished did Gen place the blank report template in the center of the table.
First field: description of risk.
Second field: causes.
Third field: measures already taken.
Fourth field: cooperation required from the village.
Fifth field: review interval.
Uchiha Jun studied it for a long time.
"Why is there a section for cooperation required from the village?"
"Because the Uchiha aren't solely responsible for creating these risks."
Gen pointed to the first entry.
Residents of the Resettlement Zone were afraid of registration by the Konoha Military Police Force.
The causes were laid out clearly.
Following the Night of the Nine-Tails, the Resettlement Zone had long lacked consistent administration. Residents were sensitive to intervention by shinobi clans, and someone had exploited