Uchiha Hiko had previously decided to find the best candidate and make him Emperor. This was no empty title; it was something that needed to be put into practice and completed as soon as possible.
But he had yet to find the person he was looking for, so he was at a loss over how to proceed with the matter.
Ever since he had taken charge of the palace, he had not discovered anyone truly suitable. This was a major matter, and a troubling one. Uchiha Hiko wondered where he should begin so that he could find the right candidate.
There was no time to waste. Dragging things out like this was certainly not a solution, so Uchiha Hiko decided to start among those with relatively high-status public identities.
He knew that if he was choosing someone for the throne, that person had to be exceptionally noble. Naturally, such a noble person would have to be selected from the Imperial Harem.
However, the chosen candidate had to be male, because he knew that tradition here did not permit a girl to be chosen as ruler.
Moreover, Uchiha Hiko was even more worried that choosing a woman as ruler would make the situation harder to control, leading to even more unimaginable consequences.
Yet even now, he had not found a young man who truly suited his tastes, so he felt that this matter would not be so simple to accomplish.
Uchiha Hiko also had to consider carefully how, if he found a young man he liked, he could draw him to his side.
Then he would slowly train him as his successor, to take over as ruler of the mortal realm. Uchiha Hiko had to plan all of this in great detail.
After much thought, Uchiha Hiko decided that if he