Uchiha Clan Compound, Radical Faction station.
Compared to half a month ago, the station has already doubled in size.
No way around it!
Too many people have joined the Radical Faction recently, so they naturally had no choice but to forcibly expand the station, which entailed redesigning the barrier, and reorganizing the patrol teams, open sentries, and covert sentries.
As for—the Police Force?
Hehe.
From the moment Uchiha Jin truly took power, he made everyone in the Radical Faction withdraw. Now, with the addition of many members from the Moderate Faction and Moderate Faction, Uchiha Jin immediately issued an order, directly forcing this group to withdraw from the Police Force.
The Police Force is now just an empty shell.
Although the Police Force still exists in name, and Fugaku is still the Captain General of the Police Force, and there are people on duty in the Police Force building, in reality, no one is actually doing any work anymore.
What?
They can't possibly let Fugaku, the Captain General, plus a few elders and elites from the two factions, actually run around the streets doing the work of city management, right?
Fugaku and the others wouldn't dare lose face like that!
...Hokage Office.
Hiruzen Sarutobi's expression was extremely grim. He looked at Fugaku, who was standing below him, and couldn't help but slam his hand heavily on the desk.
"Clan Head Fugaku, this is going too far!"
"Can you still perform your duties as the head of the police force? Look at the chaos the Village is in!"
"Where are the people from your Police Force? Why is no one enforcing the law right now?"
He was furious!
Although he knew the Uchiha were unstable, with fierce internal factional struggles, and Danzo was frequently assassinating Uchiha members, practically treating the Uchiha Clan Compound like a field of chives.
However.
That is no excuse for the Police Force's inaction!
In Hiruzen Sarutobi's imagination, before the Uchiha were completely wiped out, they absolutely could not abandon the normal duties of the Police Force. Otherwise, if the Uchiha didn't continue to offend the civilians, where would he find the moral justification to continue targeting the Uchiha?
But, unfortunately.
Regarding Hiruzen Sarutobi's anger, Fugaku's expression remained quite calm.
He merely glanced indifferently at Hiruzen Sarutobi, and then spoke with a look of utter helplessness: "Currently, the vast majority of Uchiha have defected to the Radical Faction. I can now only command Shisui, two or three elders from the Moderate Faction and Moderate Faction, and six or seven Jonin elites under these two factions."
"Shisui belongs to Anbu, and those six or seven Jonin elites are needed to look after the elders of the two factions, and they also have to guard against the 'enemy Village spies' who frequently appear at night."
"I can't possibly, as the Clan Head, take several elders out on patrol, can I?"
Fugaku spread his hands, entering a state of complete slacking.
Yes.
He was also helpless and despairing!
Meanwhile, on the other side.
Hiruzen Sarutobi was immediately choked up, unable to utter a single word for a long time.
This, damn it!
If he thought about it carefully, what Fugaku said seemed true.
This so-called Uchiha Clan Head before him had long since become a commander without troops.
Silently taking a puff from his pipe, Hiruzen Sarutobi hesitantly asked: "Don't you have any means of counterattack prepared?"
"No, I can't think of any." Fugaku shook his head without even lifting his eyelids. "Uchiha Jin is using an overt scheme; naturally, I accept my defeat wholeheartedly."
He truly had no options, so he naturally chose to accept it calmly.
This was just his personality; in the original work, he accepted the situation just as calmly when facing Uchiha Itachi.
Hiruzen Sarutobi: "..."
The corner of his mouth twitched violently; he wished he could just slap Fugaku across the face.
Damn it.
He had never met such a useless person. Although he also believed Fugaku was no match for Uchiha Jin, Fugaku couldn't just surrender without even putting up a fight, could he?
This makes things difficult now.
If Fugaku doesn't compete with Uchiha Jin, then once Uchiha Jin controls the entire Uchiha clan and frees up his hands, won't he start causing trouble again?
No, absolutely not!
It seems Fugaku is now useless and clearly cannot be relied upon at all. Even if he was unwilling, he had to fight for Fugaku one last time.
At the very least.
He needed to win over a group of people for Fugaku, so that infighting could continue within the Uchiha clan.
Thinking this, he couldn't help but sigh softly in his heart.
He had never thought he would one day actively help this guy Fugaku, but the extent of Fugaku's uselessness truly shocked him. It seemed he would have to find a way to make Shisui help him more in the future, and also find him more helpers besides that.
Knock, knock, knock!
Hiruzen Sarutobi knocked on the desk, and an Anbu member respectfully knelt on one knee.
"Hokage-sama."
"Go find Uchiha Jin for me and tell him to come to the Hokage Office immediately."
The Anbu member nodded and left directly.
With the Anbu member gone, the Hokage Office returned to quiet. Hiruzen Sarutobi had no intention of dealing with Fugaku, so he just smoked and contemplated.
During this time, he needed to think carefully.
What rhetoric should he use later to make Uchiha Jin concede?
...Meanwhile, on the other side.
Radical Faction station, in the core courtyard.
Standing before Uchiha Jin was a young Uchiha Jonin, but what truly interested him was the man's identity.
Uchiha Inaho, Fugaku's absolute confidant!
He was also the person Fugaku trusted the most, and one of the strongest Uchiha members.
"You, defecting to me?"
"Honestly, I really can't figure it out. You are Fugaku's core confidant, why would you think about defecting to me?"
"As Fugaku's absolute confidant, it should be quite simple for Fugaku to protect you, right?"
Uchiha Jin's eyes flickered.
He was truly hesitant to trust this Uchiha standing before him, as his identity was too awkward.
As the absolute confidant of Fugaku, the Clan Head, he was now directly defecting to him, an Elder of the Radical Faction?
No matter how you looked at it, something wasn't right, was it?
In response to this.
Inaho's expression remained unchanged, and his tone was still very calm.
"I have a younger sister, and the Clan Compound is not very safe."
"I need to guard the Clan Head every day and don't have time to look after my sister. Of course, this is just the superficial reason."
"In reality, I have lost all hope in the Clan Head. The day Lord Jin first became a Radical Faction Elder and established the Radical Faction station, I felt the Clan Head should have stopped Lord Jin's actions at all costs, even if it meant a fight within the clan."
"Because the Clan Head was indecisive, he missed the best opportunity."
"Now, whether it's the slanders against the Uchiha in the Village or the Uchiha clan members who go missing every day without reason, Fugaku, as the Clan Head, simply cannot find any way to stop it."
"Even though Lord Jin's methods have proven feasible, Fugaku, the Clan Head, has not made up his mind to imitate them."
"This made me truly see him clearly: Fugaku, the Clan Head, has no ambition whatsoever."
"Whether it's war or peace, you should at least make a decision!"
"Given his hesitant personality, combined with the complex relationship between the clan and the Village, I believe that following Fugaku as Clan Head means we are doomed."
"Therefore, my defection to the Radical Faction this time is truly sincere."
"Fugaku is not fit to be the Clan Head. I want to support Lord Jin as the Clan Head!"
"I don't know if the Uchiha's situation will change after you become Clan Head, Lord Jin, but in my opinion, it will at least be better than under Fugaku."
"That—is enough!"