Faced with Sakurai Hideaki's obvious threat, the fortune teller's heart tightened at first. However, recalling the arrangements made by those nobles before he left the Land of Fire, he couldn't help but think:
[These people, judging by their attire, are probably ninjas. They probably wouldn't dare do anything to me in the village, but if I fail to fulfill the orders from the nobles of the Land of Fire, I'll be in big trouble.]
Therefore, the fortune teller took a deep breath and said, "I don't see the need for this. Please go back."
It can only be said that this fortune teller hadn't been in Konoha Village long enough. If he had inquired more about the reputation of the Security Department, he wouldn't have had such thoughts.
Sure enough, after being refused, Sakurai Hideaki flew into a rage and grabbed the man's collar.
"Damn it! Give me another good look! How dare you say his face is bad?"
Sakurai Hideaki's sudden outburst terrified the fortune teller, who hurriedly said, "Just tell my face, don't hit me!"
"Guards! Take him away!" Sakurai Hideaki sneered, and the guards behind him stepped forward, grabbing the fortune teller's arms on either side, and dragging him out of the shop amidst the man's terrified screams.
Sakurai Hideaki carefully put away the photo of Uchiha Touhuan on the table, carefully storing it before getting up and following them.
Similar scenes were happening in every corner of the village. This group of clergy from the City of Fire was all arrested by the guards and taken to the new prison by the Naka River in less than an hour.
In a small interrogation room, these clergy from the City of Fire sat huddled against the wall, dressed in various attire, including priests and shrine maidens. If someone who didn't know what was going on came in, they would probably think this was the scene of some theological exchange seminar.
The interrogation room door opened, and Uchiha Zaito walked in with Sakurai Hideaki and Fujiwara Yoki.
Seeing them, the group of charlatans felt a sudden chill.
Uchiha Zaito swaggered onto the interrogation table and gave the two a meaningful look.
Sakurai Hideaki, seeing this, took the photograph again and approached the fortune teller he had brought back.
"Take another good look at this gentleman's face. Can he become Hokage?"
Perhaps clinging to the hope that ninjas couldn't harm ordinary people, or perhaps he was a seasoned practitioner of superstition, the fortune teller glanced at the photograph, gritted his teeth, and said, "I've looked at it many times, still no good."
"You're asking for it!" Sakurai Hideaki slapped the fortune teller to the ground with a powerful blow, then proceeded to beat him mercilessly.
The scene in the interrogation room immediately descended into chaos, filled with screams and cries.
...
Before long, the clergy were all kneeling obediently against the wall.
At this moment, Sakurai Hideaki approached the man again with the photograph: "So, what do you say now?"
"I... I've looked at it carefully, this gentleman is definitely destined to become Hokage." After being beaten, the old charlatan finally understood the principle of divine right of kings and said honestly.
"You rascal, why do you keep giving different opinions every few days? Is your face reading accurate or not?" Sakurai Hideaki gently patted the man's face and asked. The trembling face reader, fearing another round of Nakagawa bone-setting therapy, quickly added: "This man's face is that of a dragon among men, born to be a superior being!"
Hearing this, Sakurai Hideaki nodded in satisfaction and turned to a shrine maiden beside him.
"Hey, what do you think?"
The shrine maiden, already trembling with fear, glanced at the photo after being called upon by Sakurai Hideaki and hurriedly said, "This person's face is truly divine! He's definitely destined to become Hokage."
"Really?"
"Of course, I guarantee it with my own deity," the shrine maiden quickly replied.
Sakurai Hideaki and Fujiwara Yoki then asked several more people, receiving satisfactory answers from all of them.
At this moment, Uchiha Zaito, who had been sitting at the table in the interrogation room, finally spoke, "Very good. From now on, you must be good at reading faces, understand?"
"Understood..."
"Okay..."
"Understood..."everyone hurriedly responded.
"Why are you speaking so softly? Have you not eaten? Did you even hear me?" Fujiwara Yoki shouted.
"Yes! We understand!" the charlatans hurriedly replied loudly.
...
After that day, the rumors in the village changed. Under the watchful eye of the police force, the fortune tellers began to spread the word that Uchiha Touhuan was the most suitable candidate for the Fifth Hokage. At the same time, the police department also released news that Uchiha Touhuan was about to become the Fifth Hokage.
However, the unruly villagers were buzzing with gossip.
"Have you heard? The captain of the police force is going to be Hokage!"
"Really?"
"My neighbor, Mrs. Yuzuru's cousin's second uncle is a Chunin in the village. The information he told me should be true."
"Those guys in the security force are already so unreasonable. What will happen if their captain becomes Hokage? No way, I absolutely don't agree with this!"
"What's the use of you disagreeing? You're not a ninja!"
"We can just go to the Hokage Building to petition! I heard that this security force captain is the one who ordered martial law and beating people last time."
"What, is that true?"
"No, we have to stop them!" "
But the security force really does beat people!" "
Hmph, I don't believe it. If we all unite, would the security force dare to lay a hand on all the villagers?"
"That's right! We can't let the security force continue to be so arrogant!"
...
Putting the villagers' discussions aside, Kakashi, who went to the Land of Fire to investigate, also sent back a secret message two days later via Pakkun.
It turns out that these officials and nobles who opposed Uchiha Touhuan becoming Hokage all had close ties with the Utatane and Mito clans. The two clans would send them hundreds of millions of ryo annually in exchange for official favors. However, after Uchiha Touhuan dealt with the two clans, this financial chain naturally broke. Now that Uchiha Touhuan wanted to become Hokage, these people naturally jumped out to obstruct him.
"Interesting." Uchiha Touhuan coldly burned the secret letter Kakashi had sent back, then looked at Pakkun, who was showing off the police dog food in his office, and asked, "Slow down, no one's going to take it from you."
"Your police dog food is really too good. I even want to bring my seven younger brothers here to be police dogs," Pakkun said while eating.
"Come if you want," Uchiha Touhuan laughed. "After I become Hokage, Brother Feng will be transferred to another place, and his Mokumaru will go with him. The position of Captain-Commander of the Police Dog Squad will be reserved for you."
"That's a deal!" Pakkun said. "By the way, is there anything you want me to tell Kakashi?"
"Just tell Kakashi to handle it himself. The distribution ratio will be the same as last time," Uchiha Touhuan said.
"I understand." Pakkun nodded, finished his food, and ran out of Uchiha Touhuan's office.
…
That night, Kakashi led his men to tie up the officials and nobles who had petitioned against Uchiha Touhuan appointment as the Fifth Hokage, along with their families, and took them to a cave on the outskirts of the Land of Fire.
While the guards of these nobles and officials were fairly strong among samurai, they were no match for the elite Uchiha clan members Kakashi had brought.
A campfire burned in the cave, and Kakashi leisurely added firewood.
Soon, the first person to be bound, Kikuchi Tomokane, the Minister of Construction of the Land of Fire, slowly awoke.
However, he quickly realized his situation was dire; his hands and feet were bound, and he couldn't move, as were some of his colleagues.
"Who are you? How dare you kidnap an official of the Land of Fire? Aren't you afraid the Hidden Leaf Village ninjas will raze your stronghold?" Kikuchi Tomokane questioned, staring at Kakashi's back.
"A Hidden Leaf Village ninja?" Kakashi turned around, looking at him with a half-smile.
Kikuchi Tomokane's pupils constricted when he saw the headband on Kakashi's forehead.
"Who are you? A rogue ninja from Konoha?" Kikuchi Tomokane demanded.
"Let me introduce myself. I am Kakashi Hatake, captain of the Nakagawa Special Division of the Konohagakure Security Force." Kakashi pulled out a kunai, scratched its blade with his finger, and tested its sharpness.
"A Konohagakure ninja?" Kikuchi Tomokken looked at Kakashi in disbelief, and after a while, he spoke, "Do you lowly ninjas even know what you're doing? Attacking us, are you trying to betray the village?"
"It seems our Minister of Construction hasn't realized his current situation yet. Inahi, let's make our Minister of Construction wake up." After Kakashi finished speaking, Inari, who had been guarding outside the cave, walked in and revealed his Sharingan.
"Sharingan? You're from the Uchiha clan?" Kikuchi Tomokken exclaimed in horror, but the next moment, under the Naraku Sight Technique activated by his Sharingan, he saw the thing he feared most in his life.
Soon, the others in the cave also slowly awoke. Following the principle of sharing the spoils, Kakashi had Inari use the Narakujutsu on each one who woke up.
Screams erupted throughout the cave. Kakashi nodded in satisfaction and said to Inari, "Well done, Inahi."
"Hehe, you flatter me, Lord Kakashi," Inari laughed.
"Don't say that. You're much more reliable than your clan head in this regard. Last time I went out with him, this genius of the Uchiha clan actually needed me to use genjutsu," Kakashi chuckled.
Inari's lips twitched. It wasn't a secret within the clan that their clan head had never passed genjutsu lessons since childhood, but while Kakashi could say that, he dared not accept it.
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