Inside the Military Police Force chief's office, Hashirama Senju of the Impure World Reincarnation had already used the Transformation Technique to take on the appearance of an ordinary Konoha shinobi.
Short brown hair, an unremarkable face—the only thing unchanged was that pair of deep, profound eyes.
Uchiha Sanpo took a large stack of property registration forms and signed documents from his drawer, records the four clans had filed when they left.
He handed the documents to Hashirama, his voice low and restrained. "Lord First, please look at these. These are the property lists and signed confirmations registered when the Sarutobi, Shimura, Utatane, and Mito Clans left Konoha."
Hashirama Senju accepted the documents, and the instant his fingertips touched the paper, a faint chill crept over them.
His gaze swept across the first page. Dense rows of entries were neatly arranged: the Sarutobi Clan, 37.36 billion ryō in cash; the Utatane Clan, 13.78 billion ryō in cash; the Shimura Clan, 19.53 billion ryō in cash; the Mito Clan, 12.98 billion ryō in cash. Registered cash totaled 83.67 billion ryō, a staggering amount.
Every sum bore a shinobi's handwritten signature, the strokes brazen and overbearing, as if mocking something.
Uchiha Sanpo walked to Hashirama Senju's side, his long fingers pointing to one line. "This is evidence of their betrayal of Konoha. Sarutobi Hiruzen alone registered 24.7 billion ryō in cash, 110,000 taels of gold, and 1.59 million taels of silver. However, through a wagered duel, I took 20 billion ryō back from Sarutobi Hiruzen. He carried the rest away. All this money was embezzled from Konoha's public funds."
Hashirama Senju's brows gradually knitted tight, and a vein bulged at his temple.
When he turned to the final page and saw the total, the temperature in the office seemed to plunge several degrees.