Chapter 112: Emptying the Rat Hole, Re-Emerging!
Chapter 112: Emptying the Rat Hole, Re-Emerging!
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"So this was your intention. But, unfortunately for you, you won't live to see that day." Suddenly, a third person's voice echoed in the secret room where the two were conspiring.
"Who's there?" Utatane Yuta and Mitokado Isao turned simultaneously towards the source of the voice.
Kakashi walked in through the secret room's main door, his face cold.
"Kakashi?" Seeing him, the two knew their plot was exposed. They immediately drew kunai, intending to resist.
However, Kakashi merely flashed the red light in his left eye. The space around the arms holding their kunai twisted, snapping them cleanly in half. The two men screamed, clutching their spurting, severed limbs. Their kunai clattered to the ground.
"I warn you, don't be mischievous," Kakashi said with a cold smile. "Confess your crimes honestly, and you might still have a way out alive."
After Kakashi finished speaking, the Anbu waiting outside began to act, apprehending everyone within the compounds of the two clans. Any who resisted were killed on the spot.
"Take them away!" Kakashi waved his hand, then led the team, escorting the captured ninjas towards the Security Department headquarters.
After receiving the news that Kakashi had captured the main culprits of this riot, Uchiha Douhuan also stood up from his office chair, walked to the window, looked down at the situation below, and asked, "Inahi, how are the preparations on the Security Department's side?"
Upon hearing this, Uchiha Inahi summoned his ninja cat, glanced at the message it carried, and then replied, "The Security Department is ready and can mobilize at any time."
"Have the Anbu go out first and explain the situation to the villagers. Tell them this matter is a dispute instigated by other ninja villages, advise them not to be deceived. If they leave now, I can still act as if nothing happened," Uchiha Douhuan said.
Soon, the Anbu, having received their orders, appeared before the gathered villagers.
"Lord Fifth Hokage has already investigated thoroughly. This incident was instigated by foreign ninja villages inciting/agitating you. Disperse now, and Lord Hokage can still pretend nothing happened," an Anbu member announced coldly from the front of the cordon to the banner-waving villagers.
"You think we'll believe you?" The man at the very front, wearing a white ribbon on his forehead inscribed with "Respect the Kage, Punish Traitors," immediately cursed upon hearing the Anbu's words: "Uchiha Douhuan, a guy who came to power through a coup, what right does he have to be Hokage! Only Lord Third can lead us! Uchiha Douhuan! Step down!"
"So, you intend to persist in your mistake to the very end, is that it?" The eyes under the Anbu member's mask narrowed slightly as he spoke coldly, memorizing the faces of the ringleaders. He also noticed that the hands of these leaders were covered in calluses and scars, clearly from shuriken practice, meaning most of these ringleaders were ninjas.
"Hmph! What, is he, Uchiha Douhuan, planning to send the Security Department to beat us all up again?" the leader retorted defiantly. After speaking, he turned around and waved his arm, "Everyone, don't be afraid! We must let Lord Third see that we all support him! Only Lord Third can lead us to victory!"
"Uchiha Douhuan! Step down!"
"Uchiha Douhuan! Step down!"
Incited by him, the villagers behind surged with emotion and shouted forcefully.
Soon, someone looked up and saw Uchiha Douhuan watching from the window. An egg immediately flew towards the Hokage Building, shattering on the glass right before Uchiha Douhuan's eyes. Mixed egg yolk and white slowly trickled down the glass. Uchiha Douhuan's expression darkened.
"Lord Hokage, please calm down. The Security Department will arrive shortly," Uchiha Inahi quickly stepped forward and said.
"Angry?" Uchiha Douhuan sneered. "I'm not angry at all."
"What, these villagers don't even fear the Anbu?" Uchiha Douhuan returned to his desk and said coldly.
The vast Hokage office instantly fell silent. No one dared to speak at this moment.
"They don't even fear the Anbu; these are no ordinary villagers anymore," Uchiha Douhuan said with a dark expression. "They are rioters! Thugs!"
"If we just concede like this, the village's ninjas will lose all face! We can't hesitate any longer! We must strike hard!" Uchiha Douhuan slammed the table. "Inahi!"
"Present!" Uchiha Inahi stepped forward.
"Tell the Security Department to move faster!" Uchiha Douhuan ordered.
"Yes!"
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Over at the Security Department, the members were already seething with indignation. Upon learning that their beloved Lord Fifth was besieged in the Hokage Building by a mob of troublesome citizens, every Security Department member wished they could rush to the scene immediately and vigorously teach these villagers the meaning of loyalty with their batons.
However, since Lord Hokage hadn't given the order, they could only wait on standby.
Soon, the Security Department Vice-Captain, Aburame Shiho, having received the reply from the ninja cat, walked out of his office with a grim expression and issued the command: "All units! Target: Hokage Building! Security Department! Move out!"
The next moment, without needing further words, all members grabbed their batons and poured out of the Security Department headquarters like a torrent.
Quickly, nearly a thousand Security Department members arrived in front of the Hokage Building.
Seeing the menacing arrival of the baton-wielding Security Department, the protesting troublesome citizens instantly fell into disarray.
But soon, the few disguised ninjas from the Utatane clan at the forefront stepped out first, shouting, "Everyone, don't be afraid! With so many of us, I refuse to believe they dare to attack!"
However, upon arriving, the Security Department ninjas didn't even wait to form proper lines. The first few to reach the scene impatiently charged forward with batons raised.
"Aren't you ninjas of commoner origin! Are you going to be accomplices for Uchiha Douhuan?" questioned a villager who had been particularly vocal earlier, standing on two handcarts procured from somewhere and waving a flag.
However, Sakurai Hideaki, charging at the very front, saw the slogan on the flag in the man's hand—"Murderer Uchiha Douhuan Get Out"—and became instantly enraged. He cursed on the spot: "A person like you, who doesn't know Lord Fifth's kindness, is fit to be a villager of the Hidden Leaf? Get down here!"
With that, Sakurai Hideaki accelerated, leaped up, kicked the man off the handcart, and struck his leg heavily with the baton.
After suppressing the riot last time, the Security Department had internally summarized a set of experiences for dealing with such troublesome citizens causing mass disturbances. The first strike targets the legs to prevent escape; the second strike targets the mouth to prevent pleas for mercy; the third strike targets the hands to prevent resistance. As for the remaining strikes, they are all expressions of loyalty to Lord Fifth Hokage!
Sakurai Hideaki's three strikes in less than half a second incapacitated the arrogant rioter. He then delivered a silky smooth six-hit combo in one second before moving on to the next rioter nearby.
Once the Security Department started taking action, the hidden private soldiers of the two ninja clans within the crowd immediately began forming hand seals, attempting to counterattack with ninjutsu.
However, before they could complete their seals, they were spotted by the prepared Anbu and elites within the Security Department. Various ninjutsu techniques whistled out, achieving precise kills. The Utatane ninja who had been the most disruptive earlier was directly blown to pieces by a Great Fireball Technique.
"They're killing people! The Security Department is killing people!" Seeing someone killed instantly by ninjutsu naturally caused a huge shock to the hearts of these troublemaking citizens. Previously arrogant and defiant, they were now all scared shitless, scattering like birds and beasts.
Witnessing this, the newly promoted squad leader Watanabe Masashi roared at the new members lagging behind: "What are you all doing! Move faster! Have you forgotten what you learned during training? Swing your batons with force! Kick with accuracy! Raise your hands high! This is how we show Lord Fifth our attitude!"
"Moving so sluggishly, are you worthy of Lord Fifth?" Just then, Fujiwara Youki, who had undergone a transformation after training under Uchiha Zaito for a period, also roared after striking down a rioter: "Move faster! Let Lord Fifth see our loyalty!"
"Loyalty!" Inspired by them, the newly joined Security Department members also swung their batons vigorously, quickening their pace in pursuit of the fleeing rioters.
A unique chase, where running fast yielded no reward but running slow incurred punishment, officially commenced with the Hokage Building as its starting point.
Soon, only a few scattered individuals remained in front of the Hokage Building. The rioters who were struck down first were tied up and dragged back to the Security Department headquarters.
At this time, Kakashi, having finished dealing with the remnants of the Utatane and Mitokado clans, returned to the Hokage Building to report.
"How did it go, did you get anything out of them?" Uchiha Douhuan asked.
"Mm." Kakashi nodded. "Utatane Yuta and Mitokado Isao confessed under interrogation that they received help from Iwagakure spies to incite the villagers."
"Damn it, that old geezer Onoki! I wasn't even planning to bother him yet, and he dares to come knocking first!" Uchiha Douhuan said through gritted teeth. He had wondered how these two clans, after Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado were arrested and most of their clan assets confiscated, still had the guts and resources to incite so many troublesome citizens. So it turned out old man Onoki was involved.
"Old geezer, just you wait. Playing these games with me, huh? Let's see who outplays whom," Uchiha Douhuan said fiercely.
After taking a deep breath, Uchiha Douhuan looked at Kakashi: "Have the members of those two families been dealt with?"
Kakashi nodded. "Since they already colluded with Iwagakure, there's nothing more to say. All ninjas were killed on the spot. The elderly and children have been arrested and taken to the Security Department's prison, awaiting the village's judgment."
"Well done! That's exactly how traitors who eat the village's food yet collude with other villages should be treated, with no mercy shown," Uchiha Douhuan nodded in approval.
"But, Douhuan, how should these rioters be handled?" Kakashi asked. "Although these rioters were incited by others, this kind of behavior isn't the first time. If anyone with ulterior motives can easily incite them, it will cause significant trouble for the village's order."
"Regarding this point, I already have a plan," Uchiha Douhuan said.
"I plan to establish a specialized department within the village to thoroughly educate these rioters, both physically and mentally. As for the name, let's call it the Samcheong Re-education Corps," Uchiha Douhuan stated. "Kakashi, help me get a copy of Guy's daily training plan."
"I understand," Kakashi nodded. Although he didn't know what use Uchiha Douhuan had for Guy's training plan, Kakashi knew that Uchiha Douhuan definitely had his reasons.
Just then, the medical-nin on duty in the Hokage Building came to report.
"Lord Hokage, Elder Hyuga has regained consciousness."
"Is that so?" Uchiha Douhuan frowned, then said to Kakashi, "I'll have to trouble you to make another trip. Take this old fellow, go rescue Clan Head Hiashi who was imprisoned during the internal clan coup. While you're at it, tell the other old geezers in the Hyuga clan that Iwagakure instigated this. If they dare to remain obstinate, deal with them directly as traitors."
"Yes," Kakashi nodded.
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Because there were simply too many people involved in the disturbance this time, and many had fled directly home afterwards, even with the entire Security Department mobilized, they had only managed to capture about half of the rioters by midnight.
However, the order from above was clear: not a single person who participated in the attack on the Hokage Building could be let go. Therefore, the Security Department members voluntarily split into two shifts: one continued searching the village through the night, while the other went home temporarily to rest.
Watanabe Masashi happened to be one of those assigned to the rest shift.
After apprehending over ten rioters today, Watanabe Masashi was exhausted. He returned home weary, planning to rest well tonight and continue working tomorrow.
"Brother! You're back!" As soon as he got home, Watanabe Masashi's younger sister ran out, warmly welcoming her brother home.
"Meko, brother is very tired today, so I can't play with you," Watanabe Masashi smiled as he gently set his sister back down.
"Masashi, you're back," Just then, an elderly woman with a somewhat sickly appearance walked out from a room.
"Mom, you didn't go out today, did you?" Watanabe Masashi asked.
"No, your sister and I stayed home all day. We even postponed the appointment with the doctor. However, your Chuunin captain did come by the house today. He brought me some medicine bottles and gave Mei some snacks," Watanabe Masashi's mother said.
"Captain?" Watanabe Masashi was stunned upon hearing this. He quickly changed his shoes and walked into his own room.
However, upon returning to his room, the first thing he saw was a red envelope lying beside his pillow, thicker than the pillow itself.
Seeing this, Watanabe Masashi forcefully slapped himself twice across the face, said nothing, picked up his baton again, and walked back out the door.
(End of Chapter)
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