Uchiha Jin watched the people kneeling before him, their faces full of fear, their bodies trembling uncontrollably under the weight of his killing intent.
He nodded in satisfaction, the corners of his mouth lifting slightly, his tone mocking.
"I'm curious who gave you the nerve to come looking for trouble with me."
Given his reputation in the village over the past two years, no one should have been foolish enough to provoke him.
He was the kind of ruthless man who dared to cut down the Hokage's nephew in public.
Shouldn't people normally have kept their distance, just as they had before?
Why would anyone come looking for trouble?
After turning it over in his mind, he could only attribute it to his gradually improving reputation.
In the past, he had been infamous, "arbitrarily" arresting criminals in the name of enforcing justice.
The villagers had feared being dragged in for no reason, so no one had dared to provoke Jin.
Later, they had realized that Jin did not seem to arrest people indiscriminately.
Even when he arrested someone, he only arrested criminals.
If there were no criminals involved, there was no need to fear Uchiha Jin at all.
Perhaps that was precisely why they had stopped fearing him.
After hearing someone say that Uchiha Jin was the culprit who had released the Nine-Tails, they had let themselves be stirred up, rushed over in the heat of the moment, and blocked the entrance to the clan grounds.
To put it bluntly, they had taken him for a pushover.
At that thought, Uchiha Jin shook his head lightly.
He had never claimed to be a good person...
He was not some bleeding heart like the protagonist, Naruto Uzumaki.
Although he would not kill people arbitrarily when he had nothing better to do,