Naruto: I'm in Konoha, my name is Uzumaki Menma

Chapter 42: Police Department Wanted, Konoha's Number One Thief

Konoha Commercial Street, the "Tententen" ninja tool shop.

Because a month ago, most of the ninja tool shop was mysteriously robbed, resulting in the loss of ninja tools worth 30 million yen, Tenten's parents have been dealing with ninjas from the Konoha Police Department ever since.

"These are the current investigation results, and that's about it." The Eighth Hokage of Chiha, with short brown hair, wearing a Jonin vest, and squinty eyes, handed the final investigation results to Tenten's parents along with two other Uchiha members.

Although the owners of the "Tengengeng" ninja tool shop are not ninjas, they are backed by a powerful family that is famous for its expertise in making ninja tools.

The theft at the ninja tool shop resulted in the loss of 30 million worth of ninja tools, a considerable sum. In wartime, these ninja tools would have been enough to sustain a small-scale local war.

Even Asuma, a Konoha Jonin who served as one of the Twelve Guardians, only had a bounty of 35 million ryo on his head when he was put on the black market.

Therefore, the theft of the ninja tool shop can be said to be the biggest theft case since the founding of Konoha. The Konoha Police Department took it very seriously and dispatched an investigation team composed of Jonin Uchiha Hachika and several Chunin.

However, after a month of meticulous investigation, no clues about the thief were found.

This investigation result is actually just a police department investigation process; it has no conclusions whatsoever.

Tenten's parents stared intently at the investigation report handed to them by Uchiha Hachimoku, their eyes red and swollen: "Is that all?"

If no suspects are found and no criminals are caught, then they will have to bear the losses themselves.

Uchiha Yatsuhoshi shook his head with some reluctance: "Let's leave it at that for now. If there are any other leads, feel free to contact the police department. We'll also notify you as soon as we have any new findings."

After all, losing ninja tools worth 30 million taels is an astronomical sum for most ninjas.

Even Tian Tian's family was heartbroken.

Aside from the clan's own base for forging ninja tools, the ninja tool shops in Konoha had the largest stock. As a result, ninja tools worth 30 million were stolen in one go, and it will take Tenten's clan a long time to recover.

"Mom..." Four-year-old Tiantian, with her hair in two buns, looked at her parents who were hugging each other and crying, feeling somewhat lost.

She clutched the hem of her mother's clothes every day, still not understanding why her parents were trembling in front of a few pieces of paper.

But the empty ninja tool boxes on the shelves serve as a reminder that the places that should have been filled with kunai and shuriken are now only covered with dusty hooks.

The Eighth Hokage gave the two Uchiha men a look, and the three of them slowly left the ninja tool shop.

"Captain Hachigo," a Chunin Uchiha said to Hachigo on the street, "those bandits are really too cunning. If we close the case so hastily, it will be difficult to explain to the Captain-Commander."

The Eighth Generation was a squad leader, and his subordinates would naturally address him as "Captain" in public. The Captain-General, on the other hand, refers to Fugaku Uchiha, the Captain-General of the Konoha Police Department.

"The case isn't closed, it's just..." Uchiha Yatsushiro was also helpless. There weren't many traces left at the scene. They investigated for a month, but they couldn't even find many suspicious people.

Although several suspicious individuals were arrested and interrogated, none of them were actually criminals, and they were eventually released.

Although the Uchiha were arrogant, and the police department, as enforcers, were disliked by everyone in the village and were also hurt by rumors, the Uchiha disdained to arrest people to take the blame.

"There's another suspect, but..." Uchiha Yasho recalled his conversation with Captain-Commander Fugaku about the case.

Captain-Commander Fugaku stated that on the day of the incident, a mysterious ninja attacked the Hyuga clan's territory, dumping the body of the Cloud Village's special envoy leader there in an attempt to frame the Hyuga clan. The two Hyuga brothers were severely injured, one seriously and the other slightly.

Although the Uchiha clan was excluded from the upper echelons of Konoha, Fugaku, as the clan leader, still had many ways to find out what happened that night.

Furthermore, it's no secret that the Hidden Cloud Village was later attacked by a mysterious ninja, leading to a ceasefire between the Hidden Cloud Village and the Hidden Leaf Village.

"Never mind, I'll report to the Captain-Commander myself." Yashiro shook his head, filled with doubts, and headed towards the Konoha Police Department building.

The surrounding villagers, especially some of the merchants, looked somewhat timid when they saw that the people were Uchiha clan members from the police department.

As the Konoha Police Department responsible for maintaining order within the Hidden Leaf Village, the Uchiha clan practically treated it as their own private property, and were known for their ruthless and merciless approach to law enforcement.

In addition, Danzo, that old cunning bastard, spread rumors, and the Third Hokage pretended to be deaf and dumb.

This has led to a great deal of resentment among the villagers of Konoha towards the Uchiha clan of the police department.

Maintaining internal order is a thankless task; no matter what you do, someone will be dissatisfied.

When the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, established the Konoha Police Department and entrusted it to the Uchiha clan, there must have been a reason for his trust in Kagami Uchiha.

But isn't this also a way of deliberately keeping the Uchiha clan at a distance from ordinary villagers and small-to-medium-sized ninja clans?

After returning to the Konoha Police Department building, Uchiha Yasho let his two subordinates do as they pleased, while he went to the Captain-Commander's office.

Boom!Boom!Boom!

After the knocking, Fugaku's voice rang out from inside the office.

"Come in."

squeak-

"Captain-Commander." Uchiha Yasho entered Fugaku's office and placed an investigation report in front of him.

"The theft at the Tengeng Ninja Tool Shop is temporarily closed. We really can't find the culprit, or rather..." Yashiro's unique lines around his eyes were slightly furrowed, and he looked worried.

"Yes, thank you for your hard work." Fugaku did not blame Yatsushiro, but simply nodded.

"Since there are no other suspects, let's list 'Shura' as a suspect and report to the Hokage." Fugaku's face darkened as he looked at the investigation report on the table.

"But why would such a powerful person steal ninja tools?" Yashiro asked, expressing his doubts.

Although those ninja tools were worth 30 million, a strong person of that level would have plenty of other ways to get money, even if they wanted it. Besides, only one ninja tool shop was robbed; there were several other ninja tool shops in Konoha that were not robbed.

Moreover, according to the investigation, the ninja tool shop only lost some kunai, shuriken, explosive tags, sealing scrolls, etc., the most expensive of which were the dozen or so sealing scrolls, worth nearly ten million.

"Who knows?" Fugaku was also very puzzled.

Just as the two were discussing how to report to the Hokage and issue a warrant for the arrest of this notorious thief, there was another knock on the door.

"Captain-Commander!" A Chunin Uchiha who had just gone to the "Tenten Ten Ninja Tool Shop" with Yasuo pushed open the door and entered.

He brought astonishing news: "The owner of the Turbulent Ninja Tool Shop has come to report a crime! They found a box in the basement containing thirty million taels of silver!"

"What!" Fugaku, who was sitting in the chair, suddenly stood up.

Yashiro's eyes, which had been squinting, suddenly widened.

A ninja who can come and go freely in Konoha without anyone noticing!

That guy called "Shura" is here again?!