"Clan heda, it's not good. They've activated a barrier around the clan's territory. The barrier covers the entire clan's territory. We can't get out now."
Hiruzen closed his eyes, frowning slightly. "I understand."
He slowly walked out the door and saw that the Utatane clan's territory on the left and the Mito clan's territory on the right were also covered by barriers. There was no mention of this in the previous agreement.
So, Hiruzen walked to the clan's gate and angrily cursed, "You Uchiha, are you trying to go back on your word?"
Shun sat on a chair, crossing his legs. "You can take your money. According to the regulations, ninja tools such as kunai and explosive tags are strategic materials and are prohibited from being carried out of the village by private individuals. Non-clan secret Ninjutsu are the common property of the village and require memory seal after review."
(Shun's plan: Deliberately letting them take the money was to confuse them. First, let them lower their guard, and then, after collecting evidence, settle accounts with them slowly.)
Hiruzen could only suppress his anger. "We have a lot of property and need some storage scrolls to transport the goods."
Shun smiled and said, "No, if we find you carrying storage scrolls, they will all be confiscated. However, I allow your clan members to transport items back and forth multiple times. You must remember, after today, everything inside will no longer belong to your Sarutobi clan."
Hiruzen's voice was unusually calm. "Shun, we have already admitted defeat, why must you be so ruthless?"
Shun snapped his fingers, and more than twenty Uchiha ninjas immediately stepped forward, the light of Three-Tomoe Sharingan flickering in each of their eyes. There were also more than twenty Hyuga nearby, and they also had their Byakugan activated.
"We Uchiha, and the Hyuga, will assist you with inventorying your property so don't hide anything. Anything carried that shouldn't be will be confiscated."
Upon hearing this, Hiruzen 's face instantly turned pale. He finally understood how malicious the Uchiha's plan was. Not only were they forcing them to leave Konoha, but they also wanted them to expose all their dirty wealth to the light of day, under everyone's watchful eyes.
Damn it, these evil Uchiha, Tobiram-sensei was right to curse them.
Amidst countless curses, Hiruzen walked back to his secret room, looking at the mountain of cash and gold and silver. He bit his finger, slapped it on the ground to use Summoning Technique, but there was no reaction at all.
At this moment, he remembered that the barrier around the clan's territory had black patterns, which looked like a contract seal.
Hiruzen cursed again in his heart, 'Damn it, they added contract seal to the barrier, no wonder even Summoning Technique couldn't be used.'
At this moment, a Sarutobi clan member outside the room frantically shouted, "Clan head! It's not good! The secret passage has been discovered by the Hyuga clan members, and they used Gentle Fist to collapse the entire tunnel."
With their retreat cut off, a commotion broke out within the Sarutobi clan's territory.
Seeing Hiruzen return, Shinnosuke quickly came up to him. "Father, we've tried, even Summoning Technique can't be used. What should we do now?"
Hiruzen's fists clenched in his sleeves, his fingernails digging deep into his palms. "First, let some civilian clan members take their property and try to leave Konoha, to see if they really will let people go."
The Sarutobi clan currently had 1,590 ninjas and 1,808 civilians, so the numbers were quite large.
Shun flicked his finger, and twenty openings appeared in the barrier.
Twenty Sarutobi civilians, carrying their bundles, walked out timidly.
The more than twenty Hyuga Clan members nearby immediately activated their Byakugan to inspect them for hidden items. After confirming nothing was amiss, Hizashi nodded slightly.
Immediately after, twenty Uchiha activated their Three-Tomoe Sharingan and used Genjutsu to interrogate them, checking for any illegal or disorderly conduct.
In this era that valued military strength, even the civilians of the Sarutobi clan lived quite difficult lives. After they spat out some saliva, these twenty people were easily allowed to pass.
As several hundred Sarutobi civilians successfully left one after another, Hiruzen's tense mood gradually relaxed.
Before long, they allowed some Sarutobi civilians to carry storage scrolls, attempting to sneak them through, but they were all discovered by the Hyuga clan members. The final result was that the people were let go, but the storage scrolls were all confiscated.
After a while, inside the Sarutobi clan's territory, only a large group of ninjas remained.
Hiruzen thought for a moment and selected 20 ninjas with relatively clean backgrounds for a test. They walked out of the Sarutobi clan's territory with trepidation.
The interrogation of the Genin and Chunin quickly passed, while the 3 Jonin were slower.
Tekka read aloud, "Registrant: Sarutobi Goken, Jonin, carrying 430 million Ryo in cash, various gold and silver jewelry..."
The crowd of onlookers immediately erupted.
"430 million? How can a Jonin have so much money? I wouldn't earn a fraction of that in a lifetime of missions."
Goken held his head high, seemingly trying to maintain his last shred of dignity. "This is all what I earned from missions, risking my life for over twenty years."
Tekka activated his Three-Tomoe Sharingan and interrogated him with Genjutsu. "How did you earn this money? Did you use any specific methods?"
Goken vaguely replied, "I earned it doing missions for over twenty years. There are people from the Sarutobi clan at the mission assignment office. Every time I finish a mission, I give him a sum of money, so he always saves the safer, high-reward missions for me."
Tekka continued to ask, "Have you learned any Ninjutsu not belonging to the Sarutobi clan?"
Goken said blankly, "I know Fire Release: Great Flame Technique, Earth Release: Earth Dragon Bullet, Earth Release: Earth Style Wall, Earth Release: Earth Flow River, Shadow Clone Technique!"
After the interrogation, it was known that he had learned several Ninjutsu that did not belong to the Sarutobi clan, so he was taken aside for memory seal.
In the end, he was still allowed to leave with 430 million Ryo, but because the money was too much, he transported it back and forth multiple times.
"Registrant: Sarutobi Miyagi, 29 years old, Jonin, carrying 345 million Ryo in cash..."
Miyagi, under Genjutsu, honestly confessed, "Embezzled logistics supplies three times. Privately hoarded twenty thousand explosive tags. Secretly learned the Uchiha clan's Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique..."
The Uchiha ninja responsible for recording quickly wrote it down. When he heard "Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique," he immediately had two Yamanaka clan members step forward and escort the dazed Miyagi to the sealing platform nearby.
Inoichi formed hand signs. "Hold his temples, Mind Body Transmission: Memory Seal!"
Miyagi let out a painful howl, veins bulging on his forehead.
Three minutes later, he collapsed to the ground like a rag doll, drooling.
"Registrant: Sarutobi Yoshiko, 20 years old, Jonin, carrying 224 million Ryo in cash..."
Yoshiko's eyes became hollow. "Through fake marriages, I monopolized the property of 7 fallen Jonin..."
The villagers watching immediately burst into an uproar.
"So greedy. I've seen the earrings she's wearing, they're worth 2.3 million Ryo. The necklace she's wearing is worth twelve million Ryo..."
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