Just by looking at the first article, Setsuna's pupils suddenly shrank to pinholes, and his breathing instantly became rapid.
Konoha Act Article 1: The Konoha Military Police Force has the highest law enforcement authority within Konoha Village!
Everyone is under Konoha law — including the Hokage, Hokage Assistant, Council of Elders, Jonin Commander's Office, and Anbu members!
All Konoha residents, regardless of status, must unconditionally obey the law. For those who violate the law, the Konoha Military Police Force has the right to carry out all punishments within the provisions of the criminal law without any interference!
"This... this is..." Setsuna's hands trembled uncontrollably; he could hardly believe his eyes.
Highest law enforcement authority!
Even the Hokage is bound by it?
This is no longer a simple revision of the criminal law, but a complete takeover of Konoha's order by the Military Police Department!
He couldn't wait to flip down, every article making his heart pound and his blood boil.
Konoha Act Article 2: In the process of law enforcement, members of the Konoha Military Police Force have the right to take all necessary measures against violators, including but not limited to restraint, detention, and killing, without the need to report to any department!
Konoha Act Article 3: The Konoha Military Police Force has the highest law enforcement priority!
Anyone who fails to report to the Military Police Department and takes it upon themselves to obstruct law enforcement will be regarded as a village traitor and identified as a spy suspect!
Police force members can directly arrest and bring them to justice for indefinite interrogation without the need for approval from judicial departments!
Konoha Act Article 7: All ninja clans within Konoha Village must unconditionally cooperate with the police force's law enforcement and must not conceal or protect violators!
Otherwise, they will be considered accomplices of the entire clan, their resource allocation within the clan will be reduced, and in severe cases, they will be expelled from Konoha!
...A full 1,300 articles of the act were densely written on the scroll, clearly defining all possible illegal scenarios, law enforcement powers, and punitive measures.
This was no mere criminal law revision; it was clearly turning the Konoha Military Police Department into an "altar of law enforcement" that stood above all power!
Through this act, the Uchiha would completely control the order of Konoha!
Setsuna felt hot all over, so excited he almost laughed out loud.
He had lived his whole life and never imagined that the Uchiha could possess such terrifying power!
"Shain!" He suppressed the wild joy in his heart, yet his voice still trembled, "Hiruzen Sarutobi... will he agree? This act is practically stripping him of his Hokage power!"
Shain heard this and glanced up at him with a hint of speechlessness, yet he didn't criticize him—he always maintained a trace of respect for this old Elder who had been loyal to the Uchiha since the Warring States Period and witnessed the Family's ups and downs.
"Does it matter to us whether he agrees or not?" Shain's voice remained calm, yet it carried an unquestionable dominance. "Have you forgotten the proposal when the Second Hokage Tobirama Senju established the Konoha Military Police Force?"
"It's written clearly in there: The Konoha Military Police Department has law enforcement authority over all Konoha residents, the right to revise the Konoha criminal law, and absolute authority over the interpretation and execution of the law—this was Tobirama's command, an iron rule from when Konoha was founded."
He paused, his lips curling into a cold arc, his words like the sharpest blade piercing the heart: "What is Hiruzen Sarutobi? Does he want to defy his own teacher's orders? If he dares, tell him—"
"First, as the Personal Disciple of the Second Hokage, defying his mentor's final commands makes him a Rebellious Disciple himself!"
"Second, back then when the Second Hokage led them on a mission, even Tobirama, a Kage-level powerhouse who mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique, died in battle, yet Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzo Shimura, Homura Mitokado, and Utatane Koharu—these four members of the Hokage Guard Platoon—managed to survive unscathed and even claimed they were ordered by Tobirama to return and succeed as Hokage. This in itself is highly suspicious!"
"You can ask him, does he dare to let the Military Police Department investigate the truth of that year?"
"Ask him, how did the Sarutobi Clan grow from a small ninja clan in the Warring States Period to a scale comparable to the Uchiha in just a few decades? What did they rely on?"
"Ask him, why did the Senju Clan end up with only Senju Tsunade as the sole survivor, to the point where they don't even dare mention their surname anymore?"
"Ask him, why was Sakumo Hatake's top-secret mission exposed village-wide the very next day after it failed, eventually driving him to his death?"
Every word Shain said was like a heavy hammer striking Setsuna's heart.
The more he listened, the more excited he became, his whole body shaking uncontrollably, a fanatical light shining in his eyes—every word was heart-piercing!
This was not a negotiation at all, but an open scheme! It was putting Hiruzen Sarutobi on the grill!
He instantly understood Shain's layout:
If Hiruzen Sarutobi admitted he was a Rebellious Disciple who defied his mentor's final commands, his legitimacy as the Third Hokage would completely collapse. Everyone would question the truth of his succession and the inside story of the Second Hokage's death.
At that time, the Military Police Department would have sufficient reasons to launch an investigation. Once the dirty laundry of the Sarutobi, Shimura, Mitokado, and Utatane clans was exposed, the four clans would have to go to the front lines to atone for their sins, and those four old fogies might even be hanged at the entrance of Konoha Village!
If he didn't dare to admit it, he would have to accept this act and acknowledge the absolute law enforcement authority of the Konoha Military Police Department—otherwise, it would confirm his status as a "Rebellious Disciple," which would also trigger a crisis of trust and threaten his position!
Either way, Hiruzen Sarutobi wouldn't gain anything! He had no choice at all!
"Good! Good! Good!" Setsuna said "good" three times in excitement, tightly clutching the scroll in his hand, his crimson Sharingan flashing with a mad light. "Shain! I'll get right on it! I want to see how that old fogey Hiruzen Sarutobi handles this move!"
Watching Setsuna's hurried departure, Shain picked up his teacup and took another sip.
The warmth of the tea could not warm his cold eyes in the slightest.
Hiruzen Sarutobi was just the first stepping stone for him to control the Ninja World.
The Konoha Military Police Department, this power forgotten by Tobirama, would eventually become the blade with which he would overturn Konoha's order and control the entire Ninja World.
And inside the Hokage Building at this time, Hiruzen Sarutobi was facing the new criminal law scroll sent by Setsuna, his face as pale as paper, his hands clutching it so tightly that his knuckles turned white and were almost about to snap.
He looked at the domineering articles of the act on the scroll and thought of the questions Shain might throw at him, feeling a surge of blood rush to his head and his chest tightening until it was about to burst.
He knew he had fallen into Uchiha Shain's open scheme trap, caught between a rock and a hard place.
The sky of Konoha was about to change.
And all of this had just begun.
Inside the office of the Hokage Building, the air was as deathly silent as a tomb.
Hiruzen Sarutobi gripped that thick criminal law scroll tightly with both hands, his knuckles turning white from the force, even trembling slightly.
The ink on the scroll seemed to have thorns, and every article of the act was like a sharp blade, stabbing deep into his heart and making his blood churn...
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