Chapter 66: Riot

In the Hidden Leaf Village, there are two prisons.

One is the Police Force Prison.

The higher-ups, under the guise of monitoring prisoners, set up the Police Force and the prison in the same location, blatantly pushing the Uchiha clan to the outskirts of the village.

Even so, the Leaf's higher-ups, led by the Third Hokage, still believed that the Uchiha, who controlled the prison, had too much power.

To divide the power of the Police Force, the higher-ups established another prison specifically for serious criminal ninjas, under the pretext of helping the Police Force handle prisoners.

This was taken over by the Anbu, who managed the serious offenders.

From that time on, the Police Force's prison only held minor offenders.

The two hundred or so prisoners in the cells were mostly street thugs who fought and brawled, drunken ronin causing trouble, and some lower and middle-ranked ninjas who had committed crimes.

There were very few prisoners of the Jounin level.

For the Uchiha, managing such a motley crew was quite easy.

At least since the establishment of the Police Force, there had been no major issues with the prison.

But it was precisely because of this that the Uchiha let their guard down when managing the prison.

And tonight, with most of the clan attending the clan meeting, the defense of the Police Force Prison was at its most lax.

In the dark cells, the sound of snoring was everywhere. The prisoners, with no entertainment, had healthy routines and were already asleep.

Suddenly, a small, unimpressive prisoner got out of bed without making a sound, stood in front of the iron bars of his cell, and looked at the cell opposite.

Like him, there were three others who were also awake.

The four of them exchanged glances through the bars of their cells and nodded at each other.

Their apparent identities were civilians of the Leaf Village, who had been arrested by the Police Force for rioting three days ago and were locked up.

But in reality, these four were all Root ninjas.

"Move!"

With a low shout from one of them, the eyes of the four suddenly became sharp.

A few minutes later, there was a loud bang.

The main gate of the Police Force Prison collapsed with a loud noise, accompanied by rising flames and rolling smoke. The more than two hundred prisoners ran out, shouting and screaming.

"Hurry up and catch them!"

About ten Uchiha prison guards chased after them in a rage, trying to re-arrest the prisoners.

But the disparity in numbers made their efforts futile.

Even if there were more than two hundred pigs, it would take ten people half a day to catch them, let alone cunning prisoners.

Moreover, during this process, these Uchiha prison guards were ambushed by Root ninjas and knocked down one after another.

"The Uchiha ninjas have all gone to the clan meeting, there are not many people in the Police Force building now, let's burn this place down together!"

"Revenge on the Uchiha who have oppressed us, let off some steam!"

Several Root ninjas mixed in the crowd, stirring up the crowd while making hand signs.

In an instant, Fire Release and Wind Release ninjutsu, along with kunai and shuriken with exploding tags, were all thrown at the Police Force building.

Seeing this, the prisoners became even more excited, shouting and attacking the Police Force.

Of course, there were also some smart prisoners who took advantage of the cover of darkness to escape in all directions.

The mission was complete.

The four Root ninjas saw this, exchanged a glance, and quietly withdrew.

This operation was a strict order from Danzo, not to leave any evidence for the Uchiha to find.

Doing this much was already enough.

In the infirmary of the Police Force building, Shisui was lying on a hospital bed, his eyes wrapped in white bandages, seeping dark red blood.

For the Uchiha, who were inherently proud, losing the Sharingan was no different from death.

So, Itachi had been staying by Shisui's bedside, fearing that the latter might do something drastic.

"Itachi, you should go to sleep, don't worry about me," Shisui said softly, even managing a smile.

"I'm not tired," Itachi insisted, determined to take care of Shisui.

Just then, there was a loud bang from outside the window, followed by the sound of fighting and chaos.

"What's going on?" Shisui asked in surprise.

"I'll go check," Itachi said, standing up. He had just reached the window when his pupils contracted.

A kunai broke through the glass and flew into the infirmary, heading straight for Itachi, who caught it in his hand.

He turned his head and quickly said to Shisui, "There's trouble at the prison, I'm going to check it out."

As soon as he finished speaking, Itachi leaped out of the window, landing in the open space in front of the Police Force building.

At this time, Tetsuhi, who was in charge of guarding the Police Force, was leading a few Uchiha ninjas to guard the entrance, fighting fiercely with a group of prisoners.

"Take down that kid!" Several prisoners shouted and rushed towards Itachi after seeing him.

Itachi immediately activated his Sharingan, and with a few quick punches and kicks, he knocked down these criminals, who lay on the ground wailing.

Several shuriken came flying out of the darkness, but Itachi drew his own kunai and deflected them.

He had just locked onto the attacker with his Sharingan and was about to strike when a figure silently appeared behind the enemy and knocked him out.

It was Shisui.

"Shisui, how did you get out?" Itachi was surprised.

"Itachi, go inform the clan leader, I'll handle things here," Shisui said, forming a hand sign and instantly creating several illusionary clones, charging towards the enemy crowd.

Even without his Sharingan, Shisui's strength was still above that of a Jounin and not to be underestimated.

He could use his senses to replace his eyes, and he had more than enough skill to deal with these criminals.

"It's Shisui of the body flicker!" One of the prisoners shouted in panic, causing a commotion.

A person's reputation precedes them.

Even though Shisui was blindfolded and had become blind, his reputation was enough to easily intimidate these criminals.

Seeing that Shisui had stabilized the situation, Itachi gritted his teeth and immediately broke out of the encirclement of the prisoners, rushing towards the Naka Shrine at the fastest speed.

In the Naka Shrine, inside the secret chamber, if it were normal times, the clan members would certainly be very concerned about why the stone tablet left by their ancestors was missing.

But at this moment, the Uchiha were busy indignantly accusing the Leaf's higher-ups.

"The higher-ups are deliberately spreading rumors, making the entire village more hostile to the Uchiha. In this way, even if we don't want to rebel, we will be forced to sooner or later!"

"They control the public opinion, they used rumors to slander Hashirama Senju in the past, and now they are slandering the Uchiha, their methods haven't changed over the years."

As the crowd was getting heated, the door to the secret chamber was suddenly kicked open, and Itachi rushed in, shouting, "There's a riot at the prison, all the prisoners have escaped!"

The room instantly fell silent.

Fugaku's face changed, and he spat out one word, "Return!"

In a small alley, at the gym, Samui woke up from her sleep.

She looked out the window and saw flames rising towards the sky in the direction of the Uchiha district, accompanied by the sound of noisy commotion.

What's going on?

Samui quickly got out of bed, put on a tank top and shorts, and ran to the rooftop to see.

Two minutes later, Samui knocked on Dan's door, saying anxiously from outside, "Boss, something seems to have happened at the Police Force, there's a riot at the prison."

After a few seconds of silence, a calm voice came from the room, "It's none of our business, go back to sleep."