"So that was your plan... but unfortunately, you won't live to see it through."
Suddenly, a third voice cut through the silence of the secret chamber where the conspirators were plotting.
"Who's there?!" Yuta Utatane and Isao Mito spun around, their faces pale.
Kakashi Hatake stood in the doorway, his expression as cold as ice. His left eye flashed a dangerous crimson.
"Kakashi...?" Before they could even raise their kunai to resist, the space around their left arms distorted violently. With a sickening crack, their limbs were snapped in half by the Kamui. Screams of agony filled the room as they collapsed, clutching their mangled arms while their weapons clattered to the floor.
"I'd advise you not to be 'naughty'," Kakashi said with a chilling laugh. "Confess your crimes honestly, and maybe—just maybe—you'll find a way out of this."
Outside, the Anbu moved like ghosts. They swarmed the territories of the two clans, capturing everyone in sight. Anyone who dared to resist was executed on the spot.
"Take them away!" Kakashi waved his hand, leading the escort of captured traitors toward the Security Force headquarters.
...
In the Hokage Building, Uchiha Touko (Touhuan) received the news. He rose from his chair and walked to the window, looking down at the chaotic streets below.
"Inahime, what's the status of the Security Department?"
Inahime glanced at a message from her ninja cat. "The Security Team is fully prepared and awaiting your command."
"Have the Anbu go out and explain the situation," Touhuan ordered. "Tell the villagers this riot was instigated by foreign spies. If they disperse now, I can pretend this never happened."
The Anbu quickly moved to the front lines, facing the angry mob. "The Fifth Hokage has investigated the matter. This riot is the work of foreign villages! Disperse immediately, and the Hokage will show mercy."
"Lies! Do you think we're fools?" a man at the front shouted. He wore a white ribbon that read 'Respect the Kage, Punish the Traitors'. "Uchiha Touko is a usurper! He took power through a coup! Only the Third Hokage can lead us! Touko, STEP DOWN!"
"So you choose to die for your mistake?" the Anbu's eyes narrowed. He noticed the leaders weren't ordinary civilians—their hands were covered in the calluses of a ninja.
"What, are you going to send your dogs to beat us?" the leader sneered, waving his arm. "Don't be afraid! Let the Third Hokage see our support! Uchiha Touko, STEP DOWN!"
The crowd's emotions boiled over. Someone threw an egg that shattered against the glass of the Hokage's window, right in front of Touhuan's face. The yolk dripped down slowly.
Touhuan's face darkened into a mask of cold fury.
"Hokage-sama, please calm down," Inahime said quickly. "The Security Force is coming."
"Angry?" Touhuan sneered. "I'm not angry. I'm enlightened. These aren't villagers... they're thugs! Thugs! If we hesitate now, the village's law becomes a joke. We must strike hard! Inahime! Tell the Security Team to MOVE!"
...
The Security Force was already vibrating with energy. Hearing that their beloved Fifth Hokage was being harassed by a mob, every member was itching to teach them a lesson in "Loyalty" with their batons.
"All personnel! Target: Hokage Building! Security Force, MOVE OUT!" ordered the deputy captain, Aburame Shihai.
Nearly a thousand officers flooded the streets. Seeing them approach with heavy batons, the protesters wavered.
"Don't be afraid! They won't dare attack so many of us!" an Utatane ninja in disguise shouted.
But the Security Force didn't wait for ranks. They charged.
"You're commoner ninjas! How can you be accomplices to a murderer like Touko?" a man on a handcart shouted, waving a banner.
Sakurai Hideaki, at the front, saw the banner and turned red with rage. "You don't even know the Hokage's kindness! You don't deserve to be a villager! GET DOWN!"
He kicked the man off the cart and delivered a brutal strike to his leg. Following the "New Protocol" of the Security Force:
* First strike to the leg (to stop them from running).
* Second strike to the mouth (to stop them from begging).
* Third strike to the hand (to stop them from resisting).
* All remaining strikes are expressions of loyalty to the Fifth Hokage!
Hideaki delivered a smooth six-strike combo before moving to the next rioter. When the Utatane ninjas tried to use jutsu, the Anbu and elite Uchiha sniped them instantly. A Great Fireball Jutsu blasted a group of leaders into ash.
"MURDER! THE POLICE ARE KILLING PEOPLE!" the crowd shrieked. The sight of ninjutsu being used for execution broke their spirit. They scattered like terrified birds.
"Don't let them escape!" Watanabe Masashi, the newly promoted squad leader, yelled. "Show the Hokage your attitude! Swing those batons with force!"
"LOYALTY! SINCERITY!" the officers roared, chasing the thugs through the streets. It was a one-sided chase where the slow were "educated" with heavy wood.
...
Later, Kakashi returned to the office to report. "Yuuta Utatane and Isao Mito have confessed. They were funded and incited by spies from Iwagakure."
"That old bastard Onoki!" Touhuan growled. "He wants to play games in my village? Let's see who outmaneuvers whom."
"What about the thugs?" Kakashi asked. "Many were just followers, but they keep causing trouble."
"I have a plan," Touhuan said, his eyes glinting. "We'll establish a special department to 're-educate' them—physically and mentally. We'll call it the Three Pure Ones Education Team. Kakashi, get me Might Guy's daily training plan."
Kakashi nodded. He didn't know what Touhuan wanted with that hellish training regime, but he knew these rioters were about to enter a world of pain.
"Also," Touhuan added, "take the Hyuga Elder and rescue Hiashi. Tell the rest of the Hyuga old fogies: this was Iwagakure's doing. If they keep resisting, treat them as rogue ninjas."
...
By midnight, half the rioters had been captured. The Security Force worked in shifts, hunting the rest through the night.
Watanabe Masashi returned home, exhausted. His little sister welcomed him, and his sickly mother told him his squad leader had dropped by with medicine and snacks.
When Masashi entered his room, he found a red envelope—a bonus—lying on his pillow. It was thicker than the pillow itself.
Masashi didn't say a word. He slapped himself twice to wake up, gripped his baton, and walked back out into the night to continue the hunt.
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