The domineering Uchiha drove the Third Hokage mad!

"Chieftain, something terrible has happened! They've erected a barrier around the clan's territory... the barrier has completely enveloped the territory! We can't get out now!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi closed his eyes briefly and frowned slightly. "I understand."

He slowly walked out of the door and found that the Utatane clan's territory on the left and the Mito clan's territory on the right had also been enchanted.

There was no such provision in the previous agreement.

So, Hiruzen Sarutobi walked to the entrance of the clan compound and angrily shouted, "Are you Uchiha trying to go back on your word?"

Uchiha Mitsunori sat in a chair, crossing his legs: "You can take the money. According to the regulations, kunai, explosive tags, and other ninja tools are strategic materials and are prohibited from being taken out of the village by private individuals; non-secret ninjutsu of our clan are the common property of the village and their memories must be sealed after review."

(Intentionally allow them to take the money away, entice them to voluntarily expose the embezzled funds, forcing them into social death, then rob them of their money and slowly torture them to death.)

Given the current situation where the enemy is stronger and we are weaker, Hiruzen Sarutobi could only suppress his anger: "We have a lot of assets and need some storage scrolls to transport supplies!"

Uchiha Mitsumine said ruthlessly, "No, if we find any of you carrying storage scrolls, we will confiscate them all. However, I will allow your clansmen to transport them back and forth multiple times. Remember, after today, everything inside will no longer belong to your Sarutobi clan."

Hiruzen Sarutobi's voice was surprisingly calm: "The three peaks of the Uchiha clan have already admitted defeat, why must you be so ruthless?"

Uchiha Sanfeng snapped his fingers, and more than twenty Uchiha ninjas immediately stepped forward, each with a three-tomoe gleam in their eyes.

There were also more than twenty Hyuga clan members nearby, who were also using Byakugan.

"We, the Uchiha and Hyuga clans, will assist you... in taking inventory of your assets... so don't hide anything... anything you bring that you shouldn't will be confiscated!"

Upon hearing this, Hiruzen Sarutobi's face turned deathly pale.

He finally understood how vicious the Uchiha's plan was: not only to force them to leave Konoha, but also to expose all their dirty wealth to the public eye.

Damn it, damn it, those are truly evil Uchiha clans! The teacher was right to scold them!

Amidst countless curses, Hiruzen Sarutobi returned to his secret chamber, gazing upon the mountain of banknotes and gold.

He bit his finger and slapped it on the ground: a psychic spell, but unfortunately there was no reaction at all.

At this moment, he remembered that there were black patterns on the barrier surrounding the clan's territory, which looked like a contract seal.

Hiruzen Sarutobi cursed inwardly again: Damn it, damn it, they added the contract seal to the barrier, no wonder I can't use the Spirit Connection Technique.

Just then, a Sarutobi clansman outside the door cried out in a panic, "Clan Chief! Something terrible has happened! The Hyuga clan has discovered the secret passage, and they've used Gentle Fist to collapse the entire passage!"

With their escape routes blocked, a commotion broke out in the Sarutobi clan's territory.

Upon seeing Hiruzen Sarutobi return, Shinnosuke Sarutobi quickly approached him: "Father, we've tried everything, but we can't use Spirit Link. What should we do now?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi clenched his fists tightly inside his sleeves, his nails digging deep into his palms: "Let's send some civilians out of Konoha with their possessions and see if they really will release the people!"

The Sarutobi clan still has 1590 ninjas and 1808 civilians, making its numbers quite large.

Uchiha Mitsumine flicked his finger, and twenty cracks appeared on the barrier.

Twenty Sarutobi civilians, carrying bundles on their backs, walked out cautiously.

The twenty-odd Hyuga clan members nearby immediately activated their Byakugan, scrutinizing them to see if they were hiding anything.

After confirming that everything was correct, Hyuga Hizashi nodded slightly.

Immediately afterwards, twenty Uchiha clan members activated their three-tomoe Sharingan and used Sharingan genjutsu to interrogate them, investigating whether they had committed any illegal or disorderly acts.

In this era that reveres martial prowess, even the commoners of the Sarutobi clan face considerable hardship.

After listening to them spit some saliva, the twenty people were easily let go.

After several hundred Sarutobi civilians successfully left, Hiruzen Sarutobi's tense mood gradually relaxed.

Before long, they sent some Sarutobi civilians with storage scrolls in an attempt to smuggle them through, but the Hijikata clan members found out. In the end, the civilians were released, but the storage scrolls were confiscated!

Soon, only a large group of ninjas remained inside the Sarutobi clan's territory.

After some thought, Hiruzen Sarutobi selected 20 ninjas with relatively clean backgrounds to test them out. They made their way out of the Sarutobi clan's territory with great difficulty!

The interrogations of the genin and chunin were completed quickly, but the three jonin were slower!

Uchiha Tetsuka loudly read: "Registrant: Sarutobi Takenori, Jonin, carrying 4.3 million ryo in cash, and a quantity of gold and silver jewelry..."

The crowd immediately erupted in uproar.

"4.3 million? How could a Jonin possibly have that much money? I couldn't earn a fraction of that in my entire life doing missions!"

Sarutobi Takenori held his head high, seemingly trying to maintain his last shred of dignity: "This is all I've earned over twenty years, risking my life on missions!"

Uchiha Ryūka activated his three-tomoe Sharingan and used genjutsu to interrogate him: "How did you earn this money? Did you use any methods?"

Sarutobi Takenori replied absentmindedly, "I've earned this money from doing missions for over twenty years! There are members of our Sarutobi family at the mission distribution point. Every time I finish a mission, I give them a sum of money, so they always save the safest, high-paying missions for me!"

Uchiha Ryuka continued, "Have you learned any ninjutsu outside the Sarutobi clan?"

Sarutobi Takenori said blankly, "I know Fire Release: Great Flame Technique, Earth Release: Earth Dragon Bullet, Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall, Earth Release: Earth Flow River, and Shadow Clone Technique!"

After the interrogation, it was discovered that he had learned several ninjutsu that did not belong to the Sarutobi clan, so he was taken aside and his memories were sealed.

In the end, he was allowed to leave with 4.3 million taels of silver, but because there was so much money, he had to move it back and forth many times!

"Registrant: Sarutobi Miyagi, 29 years old, Jonin, carrying 3.45 million ryo in cash..."

Under the influence of genjutsu, Sarutobi Miyagi honestly confessed: "I embezzled logistical supplies three times... hoarded 20,000 explosive tags... and secretly learned the Uchiha clan's Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique..."

The Uchiha ninja next to him, who was in charge of recording, wrote quickly. When he heard "Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique", he immediately ordered two Yamanaka clan members to step forward and carry the dazed Sarutobi Miyagi to the sealing platform next to him.

Yamanaka Inoichi formed a hand seal: "Press his temples, turn your heart around, seal your memories!"

Sarutobi Miyagi let out a painful howl, veins bulging on his forehead.

Three minutes later, he collapsed to the ground like a limp rag, drooling.

"Registrant: Sarutobi Yoshiko, 20 years old, Jonin, carrying 2.24 million ryo in cash..."

Sarutobi Yoshiko's eyes became vacant: "Through a fake marriage... I seized the assets of seven fallen Jonin..."

The villagers who had been watching were immediately in an uproar!

"Even women are so greedy! I've seen her earrings; they're worth 2.3 million taels! Her necklace is worth 12 million taels..."