Upright? Did you see it yourself?

"The Uchiha Clan is killing people!"

A middle-aged woman clutched a young member of the Uchiha Clan by the leg, sitting on the ground and throwing a tantrum, her face bruised and swollen, blood seeping from the corner of her mouth.

The people around them buzzed with discussion.

"What happened?"

"Apparently, this old lady's husband got drunk and beat her, so some kind soul called the Konoha Military Police Force Troops to deal with it."

"The Konoha Military Police Force Troops restrained her husband for her, and the moment she saw him arrested, she was delighted."

"What a pair those two are."

"Let's see how the Konoha Military Police Force Troops handle this."

"Let go."

The member of the Uchiha Clan wanted to pull free, but he was afraid of hurting an ordinary civilian.

The other member of the Uchiha Clan looked flustered. Clearly, this was his first time encountering such a situation.

They were new trainees who had only recently joined the Konoha Military Police Force Troops, and this had happened on their very first solo patrol.

Things had always gone smoothly when they went out with their squad leader before.

Was this the difference between veterans and rookies?

Just then, the crowd parted of its own accord.

Uchiha Jin surveyed the scene before him. One clansman was restraining a man, while a woman covered in injuries clung to the other clansman's leg and wailed.

"What's going on?"

If he hadn't been able to see the sin values above the two clansmen's heads, he might have thought the Uchiha Clan was brutalizing civilians while enforcing the law.

"Commander, sir."

The two members of the Uchiha Clan looked as though they had found their pillar of support.

"This is what happened..."

Uchiha Clan Kawa gave him a rough account of the situation.

They had received word that someone was abusing his wife, so they had gone to the house and restrained him. Under the law, they had to take him back into custody.

Besides, the woman's injuries were truly severe.

Not only was her face bruised and swollen from the beating, but her head had struck the corner of a table, leaving blood pouring from the wound.

If they hadn't arrived in time, someone might have died.

Who could have imagined that the moment they restrained the abuser, the woman who had been lying on the floor wailing would suddenly object?

She had blocked the two of them, refusing to let them take her husband away.

That had led to the scene just now.

"The Uchiha Clan is killing people..."

The woman was still sitting on the ground, wailing. With her face covered in blood, anyone who didn't know better might really have thought the Uchiha Clan had committed some heinous crime.

"Shut up."

Uchiha Jin's voice was icy as he looked down at her.

The woman, who had been wailing at the top of her lungs, met his cold gaze and immediately fell silent, as though someone had seized her by the throat.

That gaze was terrifying. He felt like a murderous fiend.

She was only a middle-aged woman who had long suffered abuse from her husband. Although she liked throwing unreasonable tantrums, when actually confronted with such a powerful ninja, she didn't dare show her shrewish side.

She had only dared stop the two members of the Uchiha Clan earlier because they looked young and easy to bully.

"You are suspected of slandering the Uchiha Konoha Military Police Force."

Uchiha Jin's voice was cold.

"Now it isn't just your husband being arrested. You're coming with us too."

The Uchiha Clan's reputation in the village was already poor.

If they let this old woman keep squawking and spreading lies, it would only cause more trouble once the story spread.

These troublemakers never considered the consequences when spreading rumors.

They could twist white into black.

People like this needed to be taught a lesson. A few days in a detention cell would straighten her out.

"What?!"

The middle-aged woman was utterly dumbfounded.

She had only wanted to use this method to stop the Konoha Military Police Force Troops from taking her husband away.

Throwing a tantrum was always the best approach.

It attracted other people's attention, making the Uchiha Clan afraid to arrest people at will.

Who could have imagined that the member of the Uchiha Clan who suddenly appeared would want to arrest not only her husband, but her as well?

"There's no justice!"

The middle-aged woman sat on the ground, slapping her thighs hard as she wailed.

"How can you arrest people just like that?"

Although her husband often got drunk and beat her, she had never considered having him arrested.

Wasn't getting beaten normal for a woman?

Which damned bastard had called the police for her?!

"Just like that?"

Uchiha Jin said irritably, "Uchiha Law Enforcement guarantees fairness and impartiality. If you have any objections, you can appeal to the Third."

"Take them back."

The two Uchiha Clan trainees immediately grew firm at his words.

They escorted the couple away.

The woman's husband had gotten drunk and beaten his wife in a drunken rage. When the two tried to stop him, he had attacked them.

Then they had put him to sleep...

"The Uchiha Clan is arresting people indiscriminately! The Uchiha Clan is abusing its authority!"

Uchiha Jin's expression grew uglier and uglier.

He didn't believe the woman would behave this way without someone directing her.

As for who had done it?

The Hyuga, Sarutobi, and Shimura-all the clans he had offended were possibilities.

The prime suspect was none other than Shimura Danzō.

That old dog had always targeted the Uchiha Clan, both openly and covertly. Now that Jin had offended him, he would surely retaliate like mad.

And out on the street, they couldn't silence the woman in front of everyone.

They could only hurry back with them for questioning.

Word soon spread that the Uchiha Konoha Military Police Force had beaten villagers and made arbitrary arrests.

"I heard two trainees who had just joined the Konoha Military Police Force Troops beat up a married couple, and Uchiha Jin showed up and took them away without even finding out who was right or wrong."

"Really? Wasn't Uchiha Jin supposed to be upright? He even executed Lord Hokage's nephew according to the law back then."

"Upright? Did you see it yourself?"

"Maybe Uchiha Jin deliberately did that to embarrass Lord Hokage. They're the Uchiha Clan, after all. If you know, you know..."

"You've got a good point!"

After this incident, the reputations of Uchiha Jin and the Uchiha Konoha Military Police Force slipped once again.

They were branded as disrespectful toward the Hokage and arbitrary in their enforcement of the law.

The ninja and clans Uchiha Jin had offended seized the opportunity to kick him while he was down, submitting petitions to the Hokage demanding his punishment.

The Hokage's Office.

Looking at the pile of documents from the various clans criticizing Uchiha Jin on his desk, Hiruzen Sarutobi rubbed his brow with a headache.

These people really weren't afraid of making a spectacle worse.

Uchiha Jin had been with the Konoha Military Police Force Troops for less than a month, yet he had already offended so many ninja clans...

It seemed he really was enforcing the law "justly."

He admitted that, at first, he had thought Jin was rather extreme and would be difficult to control, since he wouldn't even show the Hokage any consideration.

But now, he realized he had been wrong.

That brat simply didn't show anyone any consideration.

And so he had offended a whole crowd of people...

Otherwise, there wouldn't have been so many documents on his desk.

It could be said that Uchiha Jin had single-handedly united the various ninja clans, which had been disunited for years.

He had learned the truth of the matter immediately.

As for the rumors circulating in the village...

He didn't even need to guess to know they were a certain person's handiwork...

"Danzo really knows how to make trouble for me."

Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed helplessly.

With retirement approaching, he truly didn't want to provoke the Uchiha Clan.

It would be troublesome if they were pushed too far.

"These are rumors."

In the end, Hiruzen Sarutobi personally stepped forward and issued a statement declaring that these were rumors.

He made it clear that he would find those spreading the rumors and punish them severely!