Chapter 57: Chief Shimura: I let him go, but I didn’t let him go completely! It’s so painful!

"Yes."

Upon hearing this, Chief Shimura's face lit up with joy and he left happily.

"Send the Uchiha clan leader over here."

"Yes, Hokage-sama."

Upon receiving the order, the Anbu members immediately went to inform Fugaku.

Fugaku knew everything that happened in the police department, but the team leader under him did not report it, and he treated it as a normal public security case.

The lounge of the third team.

A group of team leaders gathered together.

Yan, one of the leaders, asked nervously:

"Yan, we've captured quite a few people. What should we do next? Should we convict them directly?"

The Ministry of Police has such power.

Interrogate, convict, and then throw him into prison. Afterwards, write a report and send it to the Hokage's office building.

If we just do this, it won't stand up to scrutiny afterwards, and once the Hokage's office investigates it, we'll be in big trouble.

After all, some of them were only brought back under the pretext of investigation and questioning.

"Convicted? Convicted of what?"

Yan smiled slightly and asked curiously:

"Have you forgotten the procedures of the police department?"

"Yan! Now is not the time to joke."

Yan couldn't help but frown.

Everyone was waiting for you to speak, but instead you started making a joke.

"Yeah, Yan, now is not the time to joke."

"Everyone is waiting for your countermeasures. Now that the person has been caught, what should we do next to convict him?"

It is not a problem to arrest someone with a random excuse or charge and have them go to the police department to cooperate with the investigation, but it is a problem to convict someone arbitrarily.

This is why everyone is anxious.

The people have been captured and cannot be allowed to leave easily.

"I'm not kidding."

Yan put away his smile and said seriously:

"Those who have insufficient evidence or whose crimes are not proven are simply released."

"Then we've been working in vain?"

"Yes, if that's the case, why arrest people?"

After hearing Yan's words, everyone couldn't sit still.

"Quiet!!"

Yan slapped the table and shouted:

"What's the point of making such a fuss? Since you are willing to believe me and trust me, then just listen to me. If there is insufficient evidence and the charges are not established, just release the person."

"If the charges are proven, we will just follow the normal procedures."

"If you want to cause trouble, you have to do it step by step. You can't do it all at once. Otherwise, it's not causing trouble, but deliberate provocation."

"If I'm not mistaken, someone from the Shimura clan might have already reported it to the Hokage's office building."

"Of course, we can't justify charges against all the people of the Shimura clan and arrest them, so..."

“Those who should be released must be released.

However, since it is a target, we cannot let it go casually.

Ladies and gentlemen, the initiative is in our hands. It will be the same if we let them go today and catch them again tomorrow. At the very least, we will not let the Shimura clan have an easy time.

The original intention of our gathering was not to throw all the Shimura clan members into prison."

If there is a charge, the trial will be conducted according to the procedure.

Not guilty, insufficient evidence?

Then just let him go.

Catch them again another day, or ask them to cooperate again.

In short, just play with them slowly. As long as the situation doesn't get out of hand, what can it do even if you report it to the Hokage's office building?

How could the Third Hokage continue to care about such a trivial matter?

“By the way, after releasing the person, remember to write a report and hand it over to the clan leader.

If someone from the Shimura clan complains, the clan leader will definitely go to the Hokage's office building. This will prevent the clan leader from being embarrassed or passive, and at the same time, he will be able to give an explanation to the Hokage."

Not only did he cause trouble, he also wanted to shut up the Third Hokage.

All those who can be released have been released, and those found guilty have not yet been tried. The Third Hokage has absolutely nothing to say.

Knowing that the Uchiha were deliberately looking for trouble and targeting the Shimura clan, as long as it wasn't excessive, they could only turn a blind eye.

"Hahaha, let's do it!!! Let the Shimura clan know that we Uchiha are not easy to bully. It's best to let them have conflicts among themselves."

The anxiety and uneasiness in everyone's hearts were quickly calmed down under Yan's leadership. As if they had taken a reassurance pill, they all went forward to make preparations.

As for the clan leader who needs to go to the Hokage office building to be questioned...

It has been forgotten by everyone.

The clan leader did nothing and didn't let us do anything. It shouldn't be too much to let him take the blame, right?

Soon, many members of the Shimura clan who were captured or brought in to cooperate with the investigation were released.

"......"

After seeing the reports submitted by each team, Fugaku fell silent. He felt that he was about to become the new generation of scapegoat.

"Patriarch Fugaku, the Hokage wants to see you."

Before Fugaku could calm down, the Anbu people arrived.

Silently putting away the documents on his desk, Fugaku followed the Anbu ninja to the Hokage's office building.

"Fugaku, I heard that your police department arrested a lot of people from the Shimura clan today?"

When Fugaku arrived at the Hokage's office, the Third Hokage didn't waste any time and asked directly.

"Yes, Hokage-sama."

Regardless of whether it was Uchiha Fugaku's intention or not, he could only bear it at this time:

“I only found out about this after reading the reports submitted by the various teams, but most of these people had been released before I came to the Hokage’s office building.

The rest are those who have been convicted and need to go through the process and go to trial.”

"If Hokage-sama thinks it's unnecessary, I can go back immediately and ask the clan members to release them."

"Has it been released?"

The Third Hokage was stunned for a moment:

"Well, just let him go. Although it involves a public security case, if you arrest people without evidence, it will have a significant impact and will also discredit the police department. As for those who are found guilty, let's just go through the procedures."

This is the responsibility of the Ministry of Police and the Ministry of Police has the right to do so.

The Third Hokage could certainly ask the Police Department to release the person, but there was no need for him to do so, otherwise it would easily attract gossip.

The charges have been established, and a case file and report will be written. Just take a look at it when the time comes.

Make a big show of asking the police department to release him?

The Third Hokage was not the Shimura clan's nanny, and being able to do this was already giving enough face to the Shimura clan.

"Fugaku, the most important thing for the village right now is to get the Daimyo's forgiveness and deal with the assassination of the Daimyo. I think you understand what I mean, right?"

Necessary knocking is definitely indispensable.

The Third Hokage didn't want to create any more trouble at this critical juncture.

"I will take care of it, don't worry Hokage-sama, you can trust the Uchiha completely."

After expressing his loyalty, Fugaku returned to the police department as if nothing had happened, which made many team leaders who were worried that the clan leader would blame him breathe a sigh of relief.

I couldn't help but give Yan a thumbs up in my heart, and my belief in Yan gradually increased.

Yan said there would be no problem, and sure enough, nothing unexpected happened, and the clan leader did not intend to blame them.

Even as if nothing happened.

Many members of the Shimura clan were released, but the chief of the Shimura clan was not happy.

Because the people who were proven guilty were still imprisoned in the police department, especially the senior ninjas from the two families, who were charged with assaulting the captain of the police force, and it happened in the street in full view of everyone.

As long as the Police Department keeps on chasing them, these two Shimura clan jonin will inevitably have to spend some time in Konoha Prison.