Only the Uchiha had been magnified.
Fugaku had not said that.
It was the conclusion the review table itself revealed.
The same post-disaster chaos.
The same agitated villagers.
The same disputes caused by scarce resources, blocked roads, and heavy casualties.
For other departments, these were recorded as stress incidents.
For the Uchiha, they were recorded as risk incidents.
That was the difference.
Stress incidents meant a burden shared in the aftermath of disaster.
Risk incidents meant something that had to be managed.
Gen wrote both terms on a sheet of paper and slid it over to Fugaku.
After reading it, Fugaku's gaze grew steadier.
He did not respond with anger in the Hokage Building.
He only said, "In the supporting documents for the Relocation Order, incidents involving the Uchiha were assessed using different statistical criteria."
That statement carried more weight than an accusation.
Because it could be verified.
Mitokado Homura did not bring up the post-disaster chaos again.
He stared at the comparison table for a long time before saying, "No one made a comparison like this back then."
When Gen heard the account, he understood perfectly.
It was not that no one could make the comparison.
It was that no one back then had been willing to let the Uchiha participate in it.
The Uchiha had only seen the outcome.
Relocation.
Isolation.
Suspicion.
But the documents preceding that outcome had already paved the way.
Utatane Koharu asked, "Does this prove the Relocation Order was wrong?"
Fugaku answered, "No."
That single word surprised quite a few people.
Fugaku continued, "But it does prove that the supporting documents for the Relocation Order were biased. That bias must be acknowledged."
Gen nodded.
That was how to hold steady.
They could not rush to demand that the Relocation Order be overturned now.
That