"Damn Uchiha Kinya! If he hadn't taken in those rogue ninjas who left the Police Force, our Police Force wouldn't be in such a sorry state now!"
Uchiha Fugaku listened to this news, his eyes blazing with anger. He hated Uchiha Kinya to the core.
Kinya had taken away the backbone of the Uchiha clan.
Now, even if Fugaku wanted to recruit new members for the Police Force, no one dared to join after hearing about its current state. Moreover, even if people did join, they would just be ordinary civilians or Genin ninjas, which would be of no use!
*Ding-ling-ling!*
As Fugaku was angrily cursing, someone ran in breathlessly: "Clan Head, there's trouble in the North District. Our people stopped it, but—"
"And then?" Hearing this, Fugaku had a bad feeling and his eyelids kept twitching.
"The man pretended to be hurt and was taken to the hospital. He caused a disturbance in the Hokage's office, and now our Police Force are keeping him there. The Hokage wants you to bring 100,000 ryo to cover his medical expenses to get him released!"
The messenger looked anxious, as if pleading.
"Injuring people? Violent law enforcement?" Fugaku's anger flared. He glared at the messenger and said, "Didn't I tell you not to use violence on civilians?"
It was frustrating to see his own clan members so inept after just receiving a reprimand.
"I understand, Clan Head. We were only trying to stop the troublemakers, but they attacked us first!" The messenger's face showed sadness. "As soon as we intervened, those two fell to the ground, and civilians even teamed up with the troublemakers to take us to the Hokage's office!"
His words were full of despair and helplessness.
They had been very careful on patrol. When they saw the troublemakers, they only wanted to stop them. However, the troublemakers were very arrogant and ignored their authority, even trying to attack them.
They had no choice but to act!
Despite their efforts, the troublemakers and surrounding civilians resisted and brought them to the Hokage's office to protest against the Uchiha Police Force's violent enforcement!
Moreover, the Hokage directly decided that the head of the Uchiha clan should pay 100,000 ryo as compensation to those who were injured.
The most heartbreaking part was that they wanted to protect the civilians' interests, but the civilians had turned against them, which was truly pitiful!
He even regretted not leaving with Uchiha Shin and the others a few days ago. He had seen how well they were living during patrols these past two days.
He truly regretted it.
"Clan head, let's take the money and free our brothers!" The clan member spoke urgently, looking at Fugaku.
"The Police Force is out of money right now. Go tell Lord Hokage that this ransom will be deducted from the Police Force' wages!" Uchiha Fugaku hesitated for a moment, then wrote a note: "Take this note to Lord Third Hokage. He will release them!"
It wasn't that Fugaku didn't want to go himself; the current Police Force couldn't afford to lose unnecessary manpower.
"But that's one hundred thousand ryo!" The clan member hesitated, thinking about how they already owed a lot to those thugs. Adding another one hundred thousand ryo would only make things worse.
If this continues, they might not have wages and would still owe the thugs. Doesn't Lord Hokage know that those thugs are specifically targeting our Uchiha Police Force?
"Listen to me, go," Fugaku said with a frown, glaring at the person who seemed to want to argue.
In the end, the person had no choice but to take the note and head to the Hokage's office.
Time was ticking away!
Days passed, and Genya had been in the hospital for seven days.
"Genya-sama, I feel like I can walk now!" Senju Hayashi looked at Genya with anticipation.
He had been lying in bed for four days since waking up, even refining chakra while lying down. He was becoming very frustrated.
"If you don't want you and your sister to be targeted by those schemers, just stay in bed quietly and don't show any signs of being unusual!" Genya reminded the increasingly impatient youth.
Recently, Genya had noticed many unfamiliar figures around the hospital. It wasn't clear whether they were watching the Senju siblings or him. These people were very cautious, hiding in obscure corners. If it weren't for Genya's Dual Pupil ability, he might not have noticed them.
If he wasn't mistaken, these people were Root members, watching the Senju siblings. They appeared only after Hayashi woke up.
Could Danzo suspect that Hayashi has a special bloodline and want to capture him for experiments?
The more Genya thought about it, the more it seemed likely.
The disappearance of the thug who captured Hayashi confirmed his suspicion—it was Danzo's doing. Danzo was most interested in two types of experiments: the Uchiha clan's Sharingan and Senju Hashirama's cells. If there was a special Senju with unique traits, Danzo would certainly want to capture them.
So, Genya wanted Hayashi to keep up the act.
"Genya-sama, my body, especially the wound area, is itching a lot. It's really uncomfortable!" Hayashi scratched his head, finding the itching from his body's recovery hard to endure.
Genya looked at Senju Hayashi and saw his broken bones healing rapidly, likely because of his training; they were almost fully restored.
"Rest for two more days. After that, I'll take you back home, and then you'll be able to move again!" Genya signaled that they should stay calm for two more days, assuring them that once they were home, no one would be watching them.
"You can move around a bit."
"I understand!" Hayashi nodded.
"You stay here and rest. I'll go buy some food!" Genya glanced at the sky and told the siblings to rest in the room while he went to get food. Their appetite had increased significantly due to their training.
"Genya-sama, I want to go with you!" Hikari hopped off the bed and followed Genya.
After her brother woke up and called Genya as 'Genya-sama,' Hikari also started calling him 'Genya-sama.' Genya preferred them to call him by his name, but the siblings insisted on calling him 'Genya-sama,' so he reluctantly accepted it.
Once outside, Genya and the little girl enjoyed a lot of delicious food until they could eat no more. They then packed some food to take back to the hospital.
"Move aside, I need to bring these three in for treatment!" When they reached the hospital, they saw a security ninja stopping an old man with three children who were on the brink of death.
The three children were likely civilians, dressed in rags with pale faces.
"Dr. Toshi, it's not that I don't want to let you in, but over the past month, you've brought more than a dozen civilians here for treatment and only paid for the cost of the medicine!" The security guard looked at the old man helplessly and said, "The director has already issued an order—you cannot bring any more patients into the hospital!"
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