Uchiha's personal opinion

If the Uchiha clan abandons its policy of external expansion and participates in the village's internal struggles, how much benefit will the various clans and commoner ninjas of Konoha have to give up to feed them?

……

With Mimura Yoru's imprisonment, the streets of Konoha visibly became desolate again, even in broad daylight.

Jiraiya was walking down the street, thinking he had nothing to do, so he went to the hot spring area to study art. But then he remembered what Orochimaru had said earlier, and looking at the many Heavenly Eyes on the street, he decided to give up.

"...Damn Uchiha brat!"

Jiraiya muttered to himself.

He had been back in the village searching for the so-called "savior" for some time now, but due to the wide scope of the so-called "prophecy" of Mount Myōboku, coupled with the fact that he was currently restricted in his actions within the village and could not summon his contracted summoning beast, the toad, to search for him, he had made little progress.

He was naturally extremely disgusted by the purge launched by Uchiha Tokumitsu.

When Mimura Yoru initiated the disarmament proposal in the House of Representatives, he regarded it as a banner for the "ninja village faction" to oppose the Uchiha clan's oppressive rule. However, he did not expect that the banner of the opposition would be cut down by the Uchiha clan so quickly and ruthlessly.

"Co-governance is boundless, republicanism lacks courage!"

Jiraiya continued muttering to himself.

The villagers of Konoha who heard what he said along the way quickly avoided him as if they had seen a plague god, and dared not approach him any further.

This scene made Jiraiya even more indignant.

The Uchiha clan's control is so severe that the villagers of Konoha dare not speak out against it!

"...Captain, are you really not going to make a move?"

On a rooftop by the roadside, a group of police ninjas watched Jiraiya, who was going mad the whole way.

"Don't underestimate him. After all, he's a famous Jonin in the ninja world... and he's just a fool whose brain has been corrupted by a summoning beast. There's no need to pay him any mind..."

The leading Uchiha ninja shook his head.

"How about I give him a warning?"

A young police officer was eager to try.

"Need not……"

The Uchiha ninja said, "Remove the barrier and give him a little shock!"

Upon hearing this, a red-haired Uzumaki ninja in the group chuckled and casually formed hand seals to dispel the chakra wave shielding barrier surrounding them.

"what!"

A massive surge of chakra suddenly appeared from behind, making Jiraiya's hair stand on end. He quickly leaped to the side of the street and twisted his body in mid-air to look back.

"Good day, Jonin Jiraiya~"

Captain Uchiha of the police department nodded slightly to the frightened Jiraiya, then led his men away.

"Uchiha and Uzumaki..."

Jiraiya breathed a sigh of relief, then took a look at the composition of the police patrol team.

It wasn't just composed of Uchiha clan ninjas, but also ninjas from the Uzumaki and other ninja clans...

"So now we've become the minority..."

Jiraiya smiled helplessly.

……

"Jonin Leaf Scroll, please come with us!"

Inside the correctional facility prison, a team of fully armed Uchiha ninjas opened the iron gate of a cell and coldly addressed the bedridden Mimura Yomi.

Mimura Yomi didn't show any resistance. She obediently got up, walked to the door, and was taken away after being shackled.

This time, Uchiha Tokumitsu is going to interrogate Mimura Yomaki, who has been escorted to prison.

After walking down a gloomy corridor, Mimura Yomi was led into an interrogation room.

Uchiha Tokumitsu was already standing in the room with his hands behind his back, seemingly examining the various torture instruments on the wall.

"Mr. Ye Juan, please have a seat..."

Upon hearing footsteps, Uchiha Tokumitsu turned around and spoke calmly to Mimura Yoru.

Mimura Yomi sat down in the chair in silence, quietly gazing at Uchiha Tokumitsu.

"...Why bother?"

After the two stared at each other for a while, Uchiha Tokumitsu asked coldly.

"It seems that Lord Deguang is used to ruling with brutality..."

Mimura Yomi shook the shackles on her hands. "You've so easily crushed the existence of us opposition figures. Aren't you very pleased with yourself?"

"No, because it's too easy, there's not even the slightest challenge."

Uchiha Tokumitsu said calmly, "Besides, given the current atmosphere in Konoha, why would you object?"

Does the House of Representatives have the power to propose motions?

Mimura Yoru asked dismissively.

"Yes."

Uchiha Tokumitsu nodded without hesitation.

"Then what's wrong with my proposal?"

Mimura Yoru continued to press for answers.

"Because you have violated the fundamental interests of the Uchiha clan."

Uchiha Tokumitsu said matter-of-factly, "Jonin co-governance is not a reason to allow enemies to confront the Uchiha clan, so it is only natural that your proposal has been retaliated against and attacked."

"It seems that in the eyes of the Uchiha clan, the Will of Fire is nothing more than a worthless fig leaf!"

"Not useless, because the Uchiha clan doesn't need useless people!"

"...So the idea of ​​Jonin co-governance is just empty talk?"

Mimura Yoru clearly hadn't expected Uchiha Tokumitsu to be so candid.

"Co-governance also goes beyond the red line of the Uchiha clan, otherwise this would be the outcome we see today."

Uchiha Tokumitsu found it a bit boring.

I had hoped to get some inside information, but it turned out to be just the self-righteous behavior of a veteran figure with the Will of Fire in his mind.

Although the purge did indeed deter the hidden opposition forces in the village, the fact that the apparent leader of the opposition was such a muddle-headed person left Uchiha Tokumitsu feeling rather bored.

"Whether it was the Second Shinobi World War or the period of coexistence under the Shogunate, I pride myself on treating Yoru-kun well. I never imagined that after the village's reorganization, things would turn out this way..."

Uchiha Tokumitsu shook his head.

"What I want, you can't give me; what you give, I don't want..."

Mimura Yomi shrugged, appearing quite relaxed.

Things have come to this point, and neither his old friends, Kōdō Kōdō nor Sakumo Hatake, have come to visit him. He knows he is doomed, so he doesn't care anymore.

"What do you want? The Hokage position? Do you think you deserve it?"

Uchiha Tokumitsu frowned and retorted, "When you were demoted by Sarutobi to the harsh western border defense forces, you didn't have this attitude!"

"The past is the past; now I want more."

Mimura Yomi admitted.

"You can only take what I give you; you can't take what I don't give you!"

Uchiha Tokumitsu snorted coldly: "If that's all there is to it, then I'll just have to send you to meet the old monkey."

"..."

Mimura Yomi remained silent.

"...I will leave you with some dignity."

Uchiha Tokumitsu turned around, his back to Mimura Yoru, and said, "Your title of Shogun will be retained, and you can go home to settle your family before taking your own life, but you will not be included in the Heroes' Memorial..."

"...How enviable! Is this the mercy of the victor?"

Mimura Yoru gave a self-deprecating laugh.

"If you're not satisfied, I can change it to beheading in public."

Uchiha Tokumitsu composed himself, looked at Mimura Yoru, and said, "But it's time for this farce to end..."

"...What about my subordinates, and those ninjas sentenced to death?"

Mimura Yomi was silent for a while before asking quietly.

“They were executed by tithe and then sent to a penal camp.”

Uchiha Tokumitsu provided the answer.

"It's not a bad ending, after all, they were only implicated because of me..."

Mimura Yoru nodded, seemingly accepting Uchiha Tokumitsu's answer, "Then I'll choose the dignified ending bestowed upon me by Tokumitsu-kun."

Uchiha Tokumitsu waved his hand, signaling his subordinates to take Mimura Yoru away.

"The Ninja Village Faction..."

The interrogation room fell silent again.

"It's time for education reform..."

Uchiha Tokumitsu stroked his chin thoughtfully.

Since the implementation of the bicameral system, the only thing that still retains traces of the old era is the Ninja Academy, which was shelved because of the uncertainty of how to allocate its resources.

Uchiha Tokumitsu originally thought that with his own police training school, the Konoha Ninja Academy, which only provided basic ninja education, was not a problem. But now he realizes that as the largest ninja education institution in Konoha, if it is not reformed, similar problems may continue to arise for decades to come.

Moreover, simply eliminating the "residual poison of the Third Hokage" from the Konoha Ninja Academy is not enough. The ideological education of ninjas may need to be strengthened, otherwise the territory they have given up will sooner or later be occupied by the enemy.

"Let's discuss it with Sakumo-kun later..."

Now Uchiha Tokumitsu has remembered his ally who had been deliberately neglected for a while.