The wicked villager, who had been thoroughly controlled by the Yamanaka Clan's secret mental technique, had also suffered considerable negative effects on his mind.
It was not enough to fry his brain and leave him in a vegetative state.
But dizziness, headaches, impaired memory, and cognitive dysfunction were all possibilities...
In short, he had won himself a mental illness package!
"Big Bro!"
Seeing "Racket Big Bro" leave, Naruto Uzumaki immediately trailed after him like a tail.
"Where are you taking this guy?"
"Didn't I just tell you?"
Uchiha Minamoto was exceptionally warm and friendly toward this "super XP fodder" who had provided a thousand Great Love points in one go.
"We'll take him to the Konoha Military Police Force Prison. With the help of a police baton, his head might clear up a little."
Straight to prison?
Naruto Uzumaki's expression stiffened, and he suddenly grew a little uneasy.
"Won't that hurt him too much?"
He had only just been bullied, yet he was already worrying about his abuser's safety...
That was Naruto Uzumaki for you!
Despite being shunned and bullied by the villagers since childhood, he had somehow never gone astray, instead growing into a new "towering tree" that supported the village!
"Kid."
Uchiha Minamoto did not agree with Naruto Uzumaki's excessive kindness, and he earnestly cautioned him.
"If you repay malice with kindness, how will you repay kindness? Repay malice with justice, and kindness with kindness."
Hearing this, Naruto Uzumaki raised his head blankly. His clear blue eyes sparkled with the innocent beauty of a mind never polluted by knowledge.
"Huh?"
"Uh..."
Taking Naruto Uzumaki's level of education into account, Uchiha Minamoto switched to a more straightforward explanation.
"A tooth for a tooth. Pay them back tenfold!"
But Naruto Uzumaki still looked utterly blank and bewildered, his two big eyes sitting on his big head like a salted fish about to drown in an ocean of knowledge.
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Kid, you're unbeatable...
Uchiha Minamoto smiled in acceptance.
He reached out to pat Naruto Uzumaki's head and gave him the simplest possible example.
"If a dog bites you, don't bite it back. Just kill it with a stick!"
"So that's what you mean!"
Understanding dawned on Naruto Uzumaki, but he immediately grew puzzled again.
"But what if I don't have a stick?"
Is the stick really the issue here?
Uchiha Minamoto could barely maintain his friendly smile.
"Then kick it to death!"
"Yes, Big Bro!" Naruto Uzumaki straightened his back and answered loudly.
"Good! That's the spirit!"
Uchiha Minamoto rubbed Blondie's head again. That fluffy hair really did feel nice.
"See you next time, kid. We have work to do."
"Naruto!"
Naruto Uzumaki gave him a bright, sunny smile.
"Big Bro! My name is Naruto Uzumaki!"
"All right, Naruto Uzumaki."
The police officer did not disappoint Blondie. He solemnly began his chant—scratch that—self-introduction.
"My name is Uchiha Minamoto (Woo-chee-ha Mee-nah-moh-toh). I'm thirteen years old, and I live in the new Uchiha compound on the outskirts of Konoha. Unmarried. I work for the Konoha Military Police Force. Every day, I do good deeds until nine at night before going home..."
"Big Bro!"
Naruto Uzumaki could hardly wait to declare his dream.
"When I grow up, I'm going to join the Konoha Military Police Force too!"
His chant interrupted, Uchiha Minamoto faltered for a moment.
But Naruto Uzumaki's next declaration, that he wanted to "become an Uchiha when he grew up," made him lose it even harder.
No... no... I can't laugh yet... I have to hold it in... Count prime numbers. Two, three, five, seven...
"Hehahaha... ahahahaha!"
Uchiha Minamoto laughed. He laughed loudly, throwing his head back and roaring with laughter.
"That will! That dream!
"I acknowledge you, Naruto Uzumaki!
"Naruto! You absolutely have to join the Konoha Military Police Force!"
For the first time in his life, someone had placed such expectations on him, and Naruto Uzumaki could not help laughing too.
The Konoha Military Police Force building was just ahead.
Naruto Uzumaki considerately waved goodbye.
Watching Blondie's happy figure skip away, Uchiha Izumi, who had held her tongue the entire way, finally spoke.
"Minamoto, do you really like that child?"
Because of her past experiences, Uchiha Izumi was rather sensitive to anything related to the "Nine-Tails."
She had also heard a few things about Naruto Uzumaki and knew that many villagers called the child the "Child of the Fox."
She would not go so far as to openly shun or bully Naruto Uzumaki like the other villagers.
But Uchiha Izumi still did not have a particularly favorable impression of Blondie.
She had never expected Minamoto to be so friendly with him...
"Of course! I really do like that child!"
Uchiha Minamoto readily admitted it. Remembering the piece of [High-Purity Chakra Metal] he had yet to claim, his smile grew even brighter.
"That child, Naruto Uzumaki, possesses the power to change the world!"
"That's a bit of an exaggeration..."
Uchiha Izumi discreetly pursed her lips.
She certainly did not like Blondie!
He had not even been willing to call her "Sister-in-Law"!
Just then, a rich, resonant voice rang out.
"Minamoto, Izumi, why are you two still here?"
Uchiha Hazuki happened to walk out of the Konoha Military Police Force building and spotted the two-person team "blocking" the entrance.
Uchiha Minamoto and Izumi answered simultaneously.
"Captain Hazuki!"/"Mom!"
"Use my title when we're working."
Uchiha Hazuki extended her index finger and gently tapped her daughter's head with its pale, delicate tip.
She had exquisite features and slender, willow-leaf brows, with the same cinnabar-red beauty mark beneath her right eye. Every smile and frown held considerable charm.
In appearance, Uchiha Hazuki looked like a larger version of Izumi.
No.
An extra-large version of Izumi would be more accurate!
Uchiha Minamoto's gaze was involuntarily drawn toward those two full moons.
The Senju had their own fat sheep.
The Uchiha had their own moons too!
The moon's gravitational pull was simply too powerful!
Uchiha Minamoto dropped the mask shop owner he was holding and used the time spent reporting the situation to compose himself.
"...That's what happened."
"All right, understood. Leave this man to me."
Uchiha Hazuki's expression did not change in the slightest, as though she did not care about this "minor matter" at all.
"Continue your assignment! Routine street patrol involves plenty of tedious details. It's fairly hard work."
Hard work?
Why did Uchiha Minamoto feel like he was farming rewards instead?
Chapter 7: From This Moment On, Let the World Feel Great Love!
[Apprehended a petty thief... You received 4 Great Love points!] [Captured an illegal vendor... You received 6 points...] [Arrested a street thug... 8 points...]
As Uchiha Minamoto took up his post, notifications from the [Great Love System] refreshed madly like a waterfall.
Although the targets of each act of Great Love were only ordinary villagers, and the points he received were few.
The frequency more than made up for it!
In just one morning.
Uchiha Minamoto had earned nearly a hundred [Great Love points]. Now that was efficiency!
Rounding it off.
That was a brand-new D-rank Ability!
It was just that, while he was at work.
A Blondie tended to randomly spawn nearby.
When Uchiha Minamoto mediated neighborhood disputes, Blondie stood nearby enjoying the gossip;
when Uchiha Minamoto quelled drunken disturbances, Blondie stood nearby watching the show;
when Uchiha Minamoto caught a peeping Tom at the women's bathhouse, Blondie stood nearby holding...
"Jiraiya's Icha Icha Paradise?"
Returning from escorting the offender, Uchiha Minamoto snatched away the novel Naruto Uzumaki was using to hide his face, rolled it up, and tapped him on the head three times.
"At your age, at this stage of your life, you're reading this kind of book? Confiscated!"
[Protecting the mental health of Konoha's children!] [You completed an act of Great Love!]
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