"All units, move out and annihilate the Uchiha, leave no survivors."
"Have Danzo find a way to locate who cast the space-time Ninjutsu and the Uchiha Clan's escape location, then pursue them!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi stood up directly and gave the command decisively.
If the Uchiha stayed within Konoha, they would be like Huskies kept in a pen, easily dealt with at any time.
But if the Uchiha left Konoha, they would become hungry wolves, capable of tearing off a large chunk of Konoha at any moment.
The Uchiha Clan escaping was something he absolutely could not accept!
This would bring Konoha an enemy that it would constantly have to guard against!
"Yes!"
Nara Shikaku was also startled upon hearing Hiruzen Sarutobi's words.
However, he quickly used Inoichi Yamanaka's Ninjutsu to directly transmit the message to the frontline Anbu and Danzo.
The Anbu who received the message were all surprised.
Because they also sensed that the Uchiha didn't seem to have much fighting intent; they were mostly just trying to tie them down.
So the Anbu hadn't been too aggressive, mostly trying to gather intelligence and figure out what was happening.
Now that they had received orders from the Sandaime, they naturally couldn't continue to slack off.
Having joined the Anbu, they knew what they would face. Although they weren't sure why they had to treat the Uchiha this way, they still moved out.
"Has the barrier been broken?"
"There are still ten minutes left for evacuation. Over four hundred people have already been brought out, with half remaining. Time is tight!"
Uchiha Tamahiko stood on the rooftop, observing the situation outside with his Sharingan activated.
He knew that the upcoming period would be the most difficult to get through.
The portal couldn't be hidden at all; with the Byakugan, it would be easily found. So from the start, Uchiha Tamahiko chose to place the portal in the most convenient location for escape.
"They've gotten ruthless. Are they going to wipe out the Uchiha completely?"
"Then don't blame me."
Uchiha Tamahiko quickly noticed that the battle at the front lines had become extremely fierce.
Ninjutsu and explosive tags detonated one after another.
He knew this was Hiruzen Sarutobi's choice, unwilling to let them leave.
If Konoha, after knowing the Uchiha's objective, had chosen to abandon the pursuit this time, there might have been a chance for peace in the future.
But now, Uchiha Tamahiko had no hesitation.
He directly remotely detonated the Konoha Prison!
Although the number of prisoners held inside was much smaller than usual, there were still many rogue Ninja from Konoha imprisoned there.
At this moment, Uchiha Tamahiko unhesitatingly chose to release them.
"Genjutsu: Sharingan!"
Meanwhile, Shisui on the front line also noticed the Anbu's fierce assault.
His heart immediately sank, knowing that Konoha had chosen not to let them leave, which disappointed Shisui.
He had originally thought that if Konoha knew the Uchiha wanted to leave and avoid war with Konoha, Konoha would agree to it.
But now, it seemed he had thought too much!
So Shisui also began to act more decisively, no longer holding back.
Like a Shinigami, he used extremely fast Body Flicker Jutsu to quickly appear among the Anbu and eliminate them.
However, he still intentionally spared their lives, not going for lethal blows, but this also made him extremely strained.
"Detonate the first line of defense!"
Uchiha Fugaku directly gave the order.
Konoha had always been wary of the Uchiha setting up anything within the Village.
They had indeed set things up, but all within the Uchiha district.
This time, a large number of explosive tags were used; all these houses were to be blown up, leaving nothing for Konoha!
Leaving Konoha with only ruins.
Detonating them now would also make it harder for the Anbu to invade.
After all, the Uchiha only needed to buy time. During the evacuation, they had started from the outermost perimeter, so the outer areas were already empty.
"Boom boom boom!"
The vibrations from the explosive tags' detonation almost woke up all of Konoha's residents.
At this time, it was less than half an hour until dawn, when most people were sound asleep.
This sudden vibration made the villagers of Konoha recall the tragic scene of the Nine-Tails Disturbance, and they ran out of their houses in a panic, seeking refuge.
"It's finally started, has it!"
"Next, will it be the Hyuga Clan's turn?"
Hyuga Hiashi wasn't asleep.
He had a grim expression, observing the situation in the Village with his Byakugan.
He naturally also noticed the dozen or so Anbu hiding around the Hyuga Clan, to prevent them from backstabbing.
Seeing these Anbu, Hyuga Hiashi was very displeased. He knew that those higher-ups in Konoha had never trusted the Hyuga Clan.
After losing the Senju and Uchiha as targets, he suspected that the next target could very well be the Hyuga Clan!
"So this was the Uchiha's plan!"
"They are indeed the evil Uchiha!"
"Mobilize all Ninja to the front line. Tell them that killing an Uchiha Ninja will earn them an A-rank mission reward!"
Danzo, through the Hyuga Clan Ninja within his Root, also learned of the Uchiha Clan's plan to retreat using space-time Ninjutsu.
This enraged him!
He felt that Hiruzen Sarutobi's hesitation was what led to this situation.
If he had acted earlier, things might not have turned out this way.
"Yes!"
The five Root members kneeling on the ground immediately used Body Flicker to leave and mobilize more Ninja.
"Prepare to set up a combined Ninjutsu to destroy that space-time Ninjutsu as quickly as possible. It cannot be allowed to continue existing!"
Danzo continued to command.
He felt that by the time they broke through with a direct assault, it would be too late.
It wasn't that no one wanted to push through, but in this darkest hour before dawn, visibility was very poor, yet it had almost no effect on the Uchiha Clan.
Coupled with the numerous traps set, the Anbu simply couldn't break through the defenses quickly.
Even if they managed to get through, they would be blocked by the Uchiha near the teleportation channel.
So Danzo prepared to use a massive long-range combined Ninjutsu to destroy what he believed to be the space-time Ninjutsu!
However, before Danzo could act, Uchiha Tamahiko also activated his final prepared countermeasure.
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Jutsu!"
Uchiha Metsu consecutively released three Great Fireball Jutsu, launching them towards three different directions in the sky.
Since they weren't attacking people, no one naturally stopped this Ninjutsu.
"It's troublesome to tamper with things under Konoha's strict surveillance."
"But the weather, indeed, was not discovered."
"Combining the Kirin developed by Sasuke with a larger-scale weather Ninjutsu, let Konoha experience what pain is!"
Current surged from Uchiha Tamahiko's right hand.
But his eyes had already transformed into the Mangekyo Sharingan.
Over the past two days, quite a few rain clouds had gathered in the sky, completely unnoticed.
This was Uchiha Tamahiko's doing, slowly evaporating lake water daily to gradually form cumulonimbus clouds. Before yesterday evening, he had even almost completely evaporated a lake within the Uchiha Clan compound.
Konoha's Ninja had no idea about this.