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"Has there been any unusual activity?" Xuanyu was asking about the Sarutobi Clan and the three clans close to Sarutobi Hiruzen: the Utatane Clan, the Mito Clan, and the Shimura Clan.
The Four Great Clans were closely connected.
Back then,
when Sarutobi Hiruzen was Hokage, he had secured no small number of benefits for those clans.
Especially their clan heads, who held multiple positions within Konoha and controlled its power. If they dared cause trouble while he was dealing with Sarutobi Hiruzen and the others, Xuanyu would not mind teaching those clans a small lesson.
After all,
they had been throwing their weight around for many years. It was time they learned a lesson.
"In reply to the Young Clan Leader, aside from the Sarutobi Clan causing some unrest at first, which stopped after several of them were killed by our clansmen, they have all quieted down," Uchiha Xia said slowly. "They witnessed the Young Clan Leader's strength at the scene. They are probably trembling in their homes now!"
"They are afraid the Young Clan Leader will launch a purge against them!"
As Uchiha Xia described Konoha's situation, someone had already given him a brief report on the Four Great Clans when he returned to the Merchant Guild.
Those clans had been fairly obedient.
"Oh, is that so? Then dismiss everyone from the Four Great Clans who holds a post in Konoha," Xuanyu said after considering it for a moment. "Send word that we will investigate violations committed by members of every clan in Konoha and deal with them all in a unified judgment!"
"New people, new atmosphere. Let Father use this matter to establish his authority!"
Xuanyu muttered to himself. He wanted his father to use this cleansing of Konoha to establish his authority and win more public