Regarding his transfer from Deputy Commander of the Northwest Border Defense Force to Deputy Commander of the newly established Mobile Unit, Uchiha Tokimitsu had discussed the matter with his father, Uchiha Nakagen.
Uchiha Nakagen voiced his opinion rather cautiously. Though it could not exactly be called a promotion, it was still a comparatively better posting. At the very least, Tokimitsu would no longer have to remain stationed abroad year after year, surrounded by unpredictable dangers.
His mother, Emiko, was quite optimistic about it. She believed her precious son would be able to spend more time in the village from now on, which brought her, as his mother, some comfort.
Elder Setsuna, meanwhile, believed that the Uchiha Clan had used its control of the Northwest Border Defense Force to quietly gain influence in the Land of Grass. They had received a great number of missions issued by everyone from the Daimyo of the Land of Grass to wealthy merchants, reaping considerable profits in the process. Those profits would not be damaged by Uchiha Tokimitsu's transfer back to the village. Although some Uchiha ninja would return and members of other ninja clans or Civilian Ninja would be transferred in to dilute their influence, the commander of the Garrison Camp in the Land of Grass would still be Uchiha Kamon. That was still acceptable to the Uchiha Clan.
There was also one especially crucial factor: Uchiha Tokimitsu's age.
He was so young that "young" was not even enough to describe him.
A ninja army commander under the age of ten would have been a rarity even in the war-torn Warring States period, let alone in this relatively peaceful era of the Five Great Nations. It was somewhat inappropriate to keep sending a child onto the battlefield.
In a few years, when the Second