Chapter 138: Hiruzen abdicates and Tsunade delegates power to the Police Department

When you are about to be interrogated, no matter how angry you are, when you see the person interrogating you with a blank expression and rude actions, your heart will skip a beat and you will feel vaguely uneasy.

Are things getting serious?

Yan took advantage of this and took the lead.

As expected, Hong was shocked.

Even though he was full of anger, he could only sit still and wait for Yan's interrogation.

"I'm sorry, there was an announcement at the Hokage's office building that the Hokage has admitted that the village is conducting human experiments. Now everything is in chaos outside, so I'm very busy.

Your interrogation will begin immediately. You will have five minutes of personal time. The restroom is on the right after you exit the house. "

"......"

I always feel like you are fooling me.

After hesitating for a moment, Hong stood up, said thank you, and ran towards the bathroom.

As for the announcement in the Hokage office building, she no longer cared about it.

After sitting all day, my bladder is about to explode. Who has the time to pay attention to those things?

Five minutes passed quickly. After solving his personal problems and simply washing up, Hong returned to the interrogation room.

Yan motioned for her to sit down.

After Hong sat down, he got straight to the point.

"Yuhi Kurenai, what is your relationship with the prisoner Makino?"

"Father and Makino's parents are friends. After my father passed away, I received a lot of care from his family, so we have a good relationship."

Hong answered truthfully.

Yan quickly recorded it and continued to ask:

“When I brought people to your house, you promised that you would personally arrest Makino and bring him to the police department, but why did you hesitate?

Do you know how serious the consequences will be if you let him run away?

You will also be implicated, and you might even be locked up in Konoha Prison for a while."

"Now the families of the deceased hope that Makino, the murderer who killed a ninja from the same village, will be severely punished. Do you understand the seriousness of the matter?"

"I didn't mean to protect Makino. I just hesitated."

Hong felt as if all the bones in her body were pulled out. She leaned softly against the chair and said in pain:

"I just don't want to see his family disappointed. When Makino tried to escape, I was ready to arrest him, but..."

"But you didn't expect that I was waiting outside? You caught the criminal first?"

"........"

Hong nodded and said no more. She didn't want to say anything anymore, nor did she want to argue.

"All right."

Yan quickly wrote down the record and closed the document.

"???"

Is this the end?

It's very different from what I imagined.

Hong has heard a lot that those who take over the interrogation in the police department face endless digging-style interrogations, and they will not stop until they have dug up all your ancestors.

In serious cases, they will even use illusions to control you and make you confess everything. Not to mention secrets, they will even make you reveal the color of your underwear.

"follow me."

"???"

Hong walked out of the police department in a daze, and followed Yan in a daze, to the barbecue restaurant where the meat was cut last night.

It was not until the aroma of barbecue filled the air that Hong came back to her senses.

Shouldn't I be locked up and sent to Konoha Prison?

Why are you sitting in a barbecue restaurant!

"You've been locked up all day, aren't you hungry?"

Yan picked up the barbecue with chopsticks and blew on it.

"So, I'm okay now?"

Being able to leave the police department means that Makino’s affairs have nothing to do with her anymore, but Hong is not sure and looks at Yan cautiously.

While chewing the barbecue, Yan replied with a half-smile:

"It depends on my mood."

red:"......."

You are dereliction of duty!!

Hong really wanted to accuse Yan of malfeasance, but she found herself unable to say anything because Yan was the one who committed malfeasance and she was the beneficiary.

"......"

Hong clenched her fist tightly on the table. She was silent for a moment, unclenched her fist, and exhaled heavily.

"What about Makino?"

Yan raised an eyebrow: "It depends on my mood."

In fact, it really depends on his mood. If he is in a good mood, everyone is happy. It is impossible for him to run away, and it is impossible for him to be innocent.

At most, the crime would be lighter and he would not be executed. He would be thrown into Konoha Prison and would be released after ten years.

If it's more serious...you'll spend your whole life in jail if you don't die.

At this moment, Hong was completely numb.

Thinking back to his past ideals, Hong felt it was a little ridiculous.

"Look at it more positively. Think about Shimura Danzo, our Hokage's assistant. He has done so many unscrupulous things, but just because he is a good friend and teammate of the Hokage, not only is his life not in danger, but he is also imprisoned in Konoha Prison and is enjoying his retirement."

"If you take some things too seriously, you will end up hurting yourself."

"Don't look at me. If you want a drink, get it yourself."

Why do all the women I know like to drink?

Yan said he couldn't understand.

Yuhi Hong, who usually doesn't like sake, drank a lot, even more than last night. Looking at the table full of wine bottles, Yanren felt numb because he also drank some.

The atmosphere was right and before we knew it, we both started drinking one glass at a time.

In the end, Yan didn't know where to go. He just carried a drunkard home to sleep.

The next day, Konoha, which was in the vortex of public opinion, once again issued a new announcement.

In the announcement, the Third Hokage explained to the villagers that he was old and felt unable and ashamed to continue to serve as Hokage, so he chose to resign. The candidate for the Fifth Hokage was Princess Tsunade.

The announcement did not contain much content, but after it was released, it caused an earthquake in Konoha.

Issuing such an announcement means that the Third Hokage has decided to retire and the person in charge of Konoha in the future will be the Konoha Princess Tsunade.

From admitting the guilt, to removing himself invisibly, to retirement, it can be regarded as an explanation to the village and Daming Prefecture.

No matter how dissatisfied the daimyo was, he had no choice but to accept this result.

Fortunately, the fifth Hokage is Tsunade, who can be considered half of their own, and the daimyo is also happy to accept Tsunade as the Hokage.

They even sent an envoy group to Konoha to congratulate Tsunade, and brought the funds that had been delayed for a long time, and even doubled them.

Looking at the scroll sent by the daimyo, the Third Hokage almost couldn't carry it in one breath.

For a little money, for funds for the village's development, I begged everyone and everyone for help, but the Daming Prefecture refused to give me anything and made a big fuss.

Now, I just announced my retirement, Tsunade became the candidate for Hokage, and the money came, and it was doubled!!!

Never mind. It’s already like this. There’s no point regretting it.

The Third Hokage can only hope that after Tsunade becomes Hokage, she will not bring up old scores, nor will she wipe out people like Utatane Koharu.

As for him, he can only go home and retire with peace of mind.

Tsunade is not Minato, so she will not give him the opportunity to retire openly and still cause trouble secretly.

The only choice for the Third Hokage was to go home and retire.

The Third Hokage is retiring and Tsunade is about to become the Fifth Hokage. The village needs to arrange a lot of things and the work of the police department will become busy.

And the rope that was strangling Uchiha had loosened.

Although the rope has not been taken away yet, at least it will no longer be tightly around the neck like before.

Allowing Uchiha to expand their patrol area and handle more things is the best proof.

In the past, these matters were handled by the Anbu, and the police department had no right to interfere.

Tsunade has begun to delegate power.

Some of the rights that belonged to the Anbu were transferred to the Police Department.

I have been looking forward to it day by day and night by night, and now the dawn has finally come.

At this moment, Fugaku was full of energy.

As the police department's powers expand and the number of things it can handle increases, it also needs to make many adjustments.