Naruto: The Strongest Sage.

The liquidation operation, which lasted for more than half a month, finally reached a climax.

On this day, the villagers of Konoha clearly saw that Konoha had assembled hundreds of Anbu members and blocked a residential area.

Most people don't actually know who lives here. Only a few people know that it is the Sarutobi clan that lives here.

Deep in the residential area, there is a compound similar to the Uchiha family's.

At this time, the current patriarch of the Sarutobi clan, Sarutobi Hien, was looking at Tsunade and the Anbu in front of him with an angry face.

"Hokage-sama, Hiruzen has only been dead for a few days, and you are so impatient to take action against our Sarutobi clan?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen was not a fool, and he wanted to use the dead Sarutobi Hiruzen to catch Tsunade. But unfortunately, Tsunade had already completely taken the initiative.

"The Sarutobi clan? I'm sorry, this operation is not aimed at the Sarutobi clan. It's aimed at a group of dangerous people hiding in Konoha and pretending to be from the Sarutobi clan."

"..." Sarutobi Hien never dreamed that Tsunade would give such an outrageous reason.

"That's nonsense. Our Sarutobi clan has been thriving in Konoha for decades. Do you think that just because you're the Hokage, you can just frame us?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen was really furious. He could barely understand Tsunade's attack on the Sarutobi clan. But he couldn't stand the fact that he was no longer a member of the Sarutobi family in just one sentence.

But the next second, he was stunned. Because the Anbu next to Tsunade took off his mask. That face turned out to be Asuma Sarutobi.

"...Asuma, you..." Sarutobi Hien seemed to realize something.

Asuma said to Tsunade beside him.

"Hokage-sama, I have counted and accounted for all the members of the Sarutobi clan over the past few days. These in front of me...are not on my roster."

"!!!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen and the conservatives behind him were stunned. They realized a terrifying problem. Tsunade did not come for the Sarutobi family's industries this time. Or rather, it was not just for those industries.

She came to settle accounts, a real settlement. And at some point, the young faction in the clan actually joined forces with Asuma and directly joined Tsunade. Overnight, the powerful elders in the Sarutobi clan were directly expelled from the ancestral home of the Sarutobi clan, and even became dangerous elements! !

The dangerous elements mentioned by the Hokage are no joke. Look at the Anbu behind Tsunade, they are the elite troops directly under the Hokage. In other words, Tsunade is ready to play hard.

Sarutobi Hien trembled as he pointed at Asuma, wanting to say something, but his trembling lips ultimately made him unable to utter a word.

Many conservative ninjas from the Sarutobi clan rushed forward and confronted Konoha's Anbu.

At the same time, there were also many conservatives who quietly hid in the corners, acting as if they couldn't see me.

Aoba, who was standing behind Tsunade, signaled the assistant next to him to record the scene in front of him. Those who stood up to oppose the Anbu and those who hid in the corner and did not speak were sorted into a book.

Afterwards, Aoba walked out of the Anbu team and stood beside Tsunade. His appearance directly reduced the momentum of the conservatives by more than half.

There was no way, the reputation of Konoha's top master still had some effect. At least those conservative ninjas knew that they were no match for the Hokage.

Aoba had no intention of taking direct action. Although he had done some public opinion control, it would still be inappropriate to start a massacre in the Sarutobi clan compound.

The main reason is that Tsunade has been in power for too short a time, and such drastic measures will affect the trust of other Konoha ninja clans in the Hokage lineage.

Seeing Kamikawa Aoba appear, Sarutobi Hien finally realized that the situation on his side was hopeless.

He wanted to shout and fight them, but he looked around him. Under Asuma's leadership, most of the young ninjas joined his side.

Although he still had a lot of fighting power on his side, and if he dragged them out, they would be a medium-sized ninja clan. But it was really a bit unreasonable to want to fight against the Anbu led by Kamikawa Aoba.

Finally, Sarutobi Hien fell to his knees in despair.

"Please have mercy, Lord Hokage."

In the end, there was no direct armed conflict, which was what Aoba and Tsunade wanted to see. However, it was also necessary to deal with these conservatives.

Following Aoba's suggestion, Tsunade split up this conservative faction and integrated them into Konoha, just like the Senju clan before.

However, the entire process will be under the surveillance of the Anbu. At the same time, not everyone will be separated.

Those who did not directly step forward during the previous confrontation will be given a chance. As long as they are willing to join Asuma's branch and acknowledge Asuma's position as the leader, they can continue to keep the Sarutobi surname. But as a price, they will be completely tied to the Hokage lineage.

Thus, with the cooperation of Aoba's powerful fighting power and Tsunade's reputation, the liquidation operation went very smoothly.

During this period, there were a few small families who didn't know what was good for them, and the Anbu also saw blood a few times. Of course, the people of Konoha didn't know about this.

All they knew was that Konoha was preparing to re-plan the commercial district. The large amount of land and shops that had been taken back by the village would be open to bidding by all Konoha villagers.

This bidding is not absolutely fair as stated in the announcement. After all, if it were absolutely fair, how could the common people of Konoha be the opponents of the ninja clan?

Qingye had already reached an agreement with the major families before, they would get some benefits as a reward for supporting the Hokage lineage, but the rest, they couldn't just do it casually.

Hundreds of shops and a large amount of land were leased or sold to the villagers of Konoha in the name of the village.

The village provides various low-interest loan services, helping many civilians to build their own businesses.

In this way, the village will be able to receive much more rent from these lands and shops than before.

However, no matter how much these rents are, they cannot compare with maritime trade. But Qingye still tries his best to promote this matter. The purpose is to increase the activity of Konoha's economy and create more jobs.

This will boost the economic development of Konoha, and this development will attract people from the surrounding Fire Country to settle down in Konoha.

These people will bring more consumption and more business opportunities. This virtuous cycle will gradually allow Konoha to break away from the category of "village".

Qingye has never demonstrated his ambition for great change. It's just that the people in this world have little experience and can't understand it.

What he is doing now is actually digging into the corners of the Fire Country, or even its foundation. It is easy to kill the daimyo, but if you want the people to adapt to the days without the daimyo, you have to start preparing now.