In the 57th year of Konoha, one year before the night of the clan's extermination.
At the Konoha Police Force station, Uchiha Fugaku held a list in his hand. With a stern face, he surveyed the young generation of the Uchiha clan before him.
These children, aged 12 to 16, are the future of the Uchiha clan.
Uchiha Fugaku said in a deep voice, "Next... Uchiha Izumi."
"Ah? Here!!!"
The 12-year-old Uchiha girl hurriedly raised her hand to respond.
Fugaku stared at the girl and asked, "Are you determined to participate in the Uchiha Police Force recruitment assessment?"
Uchiha Izumi said solemnly, "I am ready!"
Fugaku nodded, "The assessment time is one month. During this month, a formal member of the police force will serve as your assessor and conduct a recruitment assessment on you."
"If he thinks your performance can pass the assessment, you can officially join the Uchiha Police Force and become Konoha's law enforcer."
Fugaku pointed to the names written on the wooden board behind him.
Many names have been circled.
Fugaku continued, "You can choose an examiner for yourself, but you can only choose names that are not circled."
Izumi looked up at the densely packed names above.
——Uchiha Shun, Uchiha Tsukimu, Uchiha Ikeizumi, Uchiha Ishishin...
The girl found that she didn't know any of them!
"Then... this Ikeizumi-senpai?" Izumi said weakly in a low voice. She chose this senior simply because his name was very similar to her own.
Uchiha Izumi, Uchiha Ikeizumi, only one letter different.
Fugaku was stunned.
"Ikeizumi..." His eyes flashed a complicated look, and he asked suggestively, "Are you sure? You can't change it after you choose it."
Izumi didn't catch the hint from the head of the family and thought he was urging her.
"Confirmed."
She hurriedly knocked the hammer for her choice.
Fugaku thought for a moment and reminded, "Uchiha Ikeizumi is an elite ninja in the police force. His assessment requirements for you will probably be more stringent than anyone else. Remember, don't disobey his orders if you want to survive."
Izumi was stunned.
She swallowed her saliva secretly.
The head of the family didn't remind other clan members like he reminded her before. Does this mean she made the wrong choice?
The girl began to panic.
...
Izumi was still a little dazed when she walked out of the police force.
She had a "Test Commission" in her hand. As long as she handed this commission to Senior Ikeizumi, she would have to undergo the hellish assessment of the police force in the next month.
"Itachi-kun would be great if he was here. I could ask him what kind of person Senior Ikeizumi is."
Izumi muttered softly.
She wanted to ask other clan members for information, but then she remembered that she was not familiar with others in the Uchiha clan.
It was because Izumi was the only outlier in the Uchiha clan, and she couldn't play with her peers in the clan at all.
Her mother is from the Uchiha clan, but her father is a civilian ninja. Before she was five years old, Uchiha Izumi took her father's surname.
Until the night of the Nine-tailed Fox, her father died to protect her, and her mother took her back to the Uchiha, and she changed her surname to her mother's.
"Calm down, calm down... As long as I have a good attitude, even if Senior Ikeizumi is very strict, it shouldn't be too awkward."
Izumi decided to buy a gift first.
However.
Before she could take action, there was a cry of surprise from not far away: "The ninjas of the police force are back!"
Izumi turned around and saw a group of Uchiha police force members coming in groups - they were all wearing ninja combat uniforms and many ninja tools on their bodies, and each of them was full of aura and majesty.
I'm afraid it's too late to buy a gift. If Senior Ikeizumi is in the crowd and I don't meet him in time, I'm afraid I'll leave a bad impression on him.
Izumi hurried over and summoned the courage to ask them, "Excuse me, which one of you is Uchiha Ikeizumi?"
She nervously showed the letter of authorization in her hand, "I am a student who is taking the assessment for the police force recruitment. My name is Uchiha Izumi."
The ninjas of the Uchiha police force stopped.
Pairs of surprised eyes focused on her.
It was as if they were staring at a rare summoned beast.
Among them... a female member of the Uchiha police force walked up to Izumi and asked the girl with a strange look on her face, "Did you choose Uchiha Ikeizumi as the examiner?"
"Yes." Uchiha Izumi nodded.
"...Take care of yourself." The female Uchiha patted Izumi's shoulder, her tone full of sympathy: "He's not here. If you want to find him, you can try your luck in the most chaotic streets in the village. He will probably be there."
"Good luck to you. Sometimes being able to survive is also a kind of luck."
Izumi: "???"
Izumi's face turned pale with fright, and she quickly asked: "Senior, is Senior Ikeizumi very strict with us newcomers?"
The female Uchiha shook her head and said, "It's not a question of strictness. He is...how should I put it, he's probably not very sociable. Even Lord Fugaku finds it difficult to give him orders. Let me give you a suggestion, you'd better prepare a suicide note first. Believe me, this suicide note will come in handy soon."
Izumi: "..."
She found that the seniors from the police force looked at her with a bit of pity in their eyes.
…
At the same time.
In the famous "bathhouse, casino, and wine" street of Konoha Village, a young man dressed in police uniforms arrived.
The moment he arrived here alone, the air in the whole street seemed to quiet down.
After three full seconds, the panicked noise exploded.
"Oh no! That Uchiha God of Plague is here again! The last time he came, he stuffed more than 50 people into Konoha Prison! Quick, go inform the boss and close the casino!"
"Why is he here again? How long has it been? A month?"
"Hey! Uchiha Ikeizumi! Don't go too far. We are all operating legally. Konoha does not ban gambling or pornography, and even only a few illegal drugs are banned. Why do you keep staring at us?"
"Shh - do you want to kill yourself? If you mess with this Uchiha God of Plague, you will be locked up in the small dark room of Konoha Prison for life."
"You, don't look at me, I'm just passing by!"
"…"
Uchiha Ikeizumi relaxedly put one hand on the handle of the ninja sword at his waist, and his eyes wandered around, looking for prey that his eyes could "see."
Suddenly.
Uchiha Ikeizumi paused: "I found a little mouse."
In his sight, a short man was lowering his head, carefully hiding in the crowd on the street. At first glance, he seemed inconspicuous.
But in Uchiha Ikeizumi's eyes...
the short man was like a firefly in the night, making it hard to ignore him.
Because he could clearly see that there was a red box hanging above his head, and there were lines of red text in the box.
[Akiyama Jiro - Two days ago, he drank to relieve his boredom due to gambling losses. After getting drunk, he violently abused his four-year-old child until he died. Crime level: Red name!]
This...
is also Uchiha Ikeizumi's golden finger in this life.
Uchiha Ikeizumi walked towards the man with an expressionless face, and a group of passers-by were scared and scattered, fearing that this plague god from the Uchiha police force would find them.
Just when the man wanted to leave in a hurry with the crowd.
Uchiha Ikeizumi spoke up: "Akiyama Jiro, where do you want to go?"
He lowered his eyes and looked down at the short man.
His eyes were calm, as if he was looking at a dying man.
At this moment.
"Finally... I found it!"
The girl's breathless voice suddenly sounded behind Uchiha Ikeizumi: "Excuse me, are you Uchiha Ikeizumi-senpai?"