Early the next morning.
The clear cries of the Love Newspaper Office's newsboys woke Konoha from its slumber.
"Extra! Extra!"
"S-rank missing-nin! Obito Uchiha! To be executed today!"
"The execution will take place in the square outside the Konoha Military Police Force Building!"
"Extra! Extra-"
As the newsboys called out, they handed out free newspapers to the villagers around them.
This was standard practice for the Love Newspaper Office.
Whenever a major event occurred, the Love Newspaper Office would rather forgo those newspaper sales and deliver the big news free to everyone who ought to know.
But this time was somewhat different.
The villagers of Konoha showed little enthusiasm for the newspapers the newsboys were distributing for free.
That was because the Love Newspaper Office had been reporting on matters concerning Obito Uchiha for the past several days.
For the villagers of Konoha.
The newsboys' cries did not mean "big news," but a "signal."
A signal to gather in the square outside the Konoha Military Police Force Building!
And at that very moment.
The square outside the Konoha Military Police Force Building was already packed with Konoha villagers, a dense sea of people.
Uchiha Minamoto stood by the window in the Commander-in-Chief's Office, looking down at the densely packed heads of all kinds in the square below.
"Almost everyone in the village has come to the square to watch."
Uchiha Minamoto spoke without turning around.
"Big Brother Rai, if the Seventh Squad doesn't have enough people, you can transfer members of the First, Third, Sixth, and Eighth Squads to the square to maintain order.
"I don't want to see any accidents."
Konoha's Military Police Force had only ten squads in total.
Uchiha Minamoto meant that he did not want any accidents, even if it meant committing half the Military Police