Chapter 44 The Patriarch Must Be Sensible And Courageous

Itachi and Shisui saw Uchiha Fugaku personally leading the team, and they both watched Uchiha Fugaku's every move.

They very much hope that Uchiha Fugaku can handle this matter impartially.

However, when they saw the expression on Uchiha Fugaku's face, he looked very solemnly and even looked at the surrounding villagers with a little dissatisfaction.

The mood of both of them suddenly changed, and their brows couldn't help but frown.

Lin Yan's expression was slightly playful.

Because he knows more about the situation than Itachi, Shisui, Kakashi and others.

His Observation Haki has clearly heard Uchiha Fugaku's inner thoughts at this moment.

"These unscrupulous people...are really hopeless!"

"The work of the security force is already tedious and arduous. Now the Uchiha clan has not completely emerged from the shadow of the damage caused by the Third Ninja World War, and their vitality has not yet been restored."

"The security force itself is seriously short of manpower, which has greatly increased the workload of the team members."

"Why can't they put themselves in our shoes and think about it for us!"

Uchiha Fugaku Although on the surface, nothing seems to be going on.

But at this moment, all kinds of negative thoughts kept popping up in his heart.

These inner true thoughts were completely heard clearly by Lin Yan using Observation Haki.

After a while, Uchiha Fugaku digested the negative emotions in his heart.

He took a deep breath, suppressed his anger, and politely stepped forward to untie the tightly tied vendor.

Then he said to him: "I'm sorry that my subordinates were too harsh."

"But you are indeed suspected of colluding with foreign enemies. We need you to go back and cooperate with the investigation."

The vendor was a little surprised when Uchiha Fugaku untied the rope from his body.

I thought this man was more reasonable.

He also didn't want to make the matter a big deal, lest the conflict between the two parties further expand.

I just wanted to complain a few words to vent my inner dissatisfaction and then leave.

But when he heard Uchiha Fugaku saying that he should go back for investigation, the vendor suddenly became anxious again.

"Are you kidding! How is this possible!"

"I am definitely not a spy. Why should you take me back without evidence? I refuse to cooperate!!"

"This is my right!!"

The vendor protested loudly.

At the same time, he kept shouting around, trying to resonate with the crowd.

And sure enough, the crowd watching around him was once again excited and agitated.

In fact, the reason why they were so excited and even willing to cooperate with this vendor to criticize Uchiha Fugaku and his team members is of course not without reason.

You can learn a thing or two through their scolding and criticizing voices.

"Your security forces are so chaotic!! We don't have any problems ourselves. We are all aborigines who have lived in the village for generations. How can we be spies?"

"That's right! You say that every time! You all say that we are suspected of colluding with foreign enemies. You take people back and imprison them for several days, torture and even torture and beat them. In the end, nothing is found, but you don't even apologize. nothing!!"

"Get out! We will never believe your nonsense anymore. You are clearly abusing your power. The Uchiha clan better get out of Konoha!!"

"There are many outstanding ninjas in our village, and there are many families that can replace the Uchiha clan! We don't need you to serve as the security force!"

"They must be released today. We will never compromise again or be bullied by you again!!"

"..."

It was obviously not the first time that these villagers had been treated like this.

So at this moment, the public was furious, and everyone was angrily scolding the Uchiha clan's security forces for being unreasonable.

Many people accuse them of often arresting villagers at random on trumped-up charges and then imprisoning, interrogating, and torturing them.

Faced with these accusations, Uchiha Fugaku and the eight men around him looked very ugly.

The men looked like they were about to lose their temper.

But Uchiha Fugaku is still very restrained.

He still tried to communicate with the villagers, and patiently explained: "Everyone, there may be a misunderstanding here."

"Our security force has always worked like this. You should also know that the environment in the ninja world is very complicated and the situation is very dangerous."

"Although the Third Ninja World War is over, other ninja villages are still eyeing us Konoha and constantly sending spies here to try to steal our intelligence information..."

"Faced with external pressure and needing to protect the tranquility of the entire village, the security forces had to take some relatively severe measures."

"I hope you can really understand that our work is not easy. In addition..."

Uchiha Fugaku said this and took a deep breath.

He glanced at the surrounding villagers calmly and seriously, and said again: "I would like to apologize to you on behalf of all my team members and the entire Uchiha clan."

"We would like to express our sincerest apologies to everyone for our previous rude behavior and unreasonable work attitude."

"I'm really, really sorry."

"I solemnly promise you that starting from today, our security force will seriously review our mistakes and strive to avoid doing anything similar to unreasonable handling of work in the future..."

At this moment, Uchiha Fugaku completely let go of his arrogance and his pretensions as the leader of the clan.

He bowed repeatedly to the surrounding villagers.

Sure enough, after seeing these words and deeds of Uchiha Fugaku, all the emotionally excited villagers around him became quiet.

Although the expressions on everyone's faces are still slightly dissatisfied, they seem to agree with Uchiha Fugaku's actions.

At this time, everyone no longer criticized the actions of the Uchiha security forces, nor the entire Uchiha clan.

Even the vendor who was still fighting and yelling just now expressed his understanding of the work of Uchiha Fugaku and his team members.

Itachi, Shisui, Kakashi, and Lin Yan, who were hiding in the dark and silently observing all this, were all very surprised by Uchiha Fugaku's performance.

At the same time, when Itachi looked at his father's back, there was a hint of understanding and a bit of relief in his dark eyes.

Shisui also expressed his approval for Uchiha Fugaku's approach.

"Sure enough, Master Fugaku's handling method is more reasonable."

"If every member of the security force could have such patience and boldness in handling problems, I'm afraid this conflict would not have occurred..."

Shisui said with emotion.