"Sending nine ninja out all at once... no, counting the daughter he brought back, that makes a full ten, all going to the Land of Lightning..." Hiruzen Sarutobi felt a headache coming on as he read Jiancheng's "application."
With the "rotation" at Hell Valley coming up early next month and departure set for late this month, Jiancheng had already drawn up the list-although the mission itself had nothing to do with Konoha, the ninja going were still Konoha ninja, so the Hokage had to be notified first.
"Ten people? Including Akashi Uchiha?" Utatane frowned at the list. "Fugaku and Mikoto are on here too, and the other six are all rising talents of the Uchiha Clan."
Clearly, Utatane strongly opposed the Uchiha Clan diverting so many elite ninja to a mission in the Land of Lightning-she had wanted the Uchiha Clan to cancel this damned mission ever since her teacher died, but...
The Uchiha Clan paid her no attention at all, only invoking "the Uchiha Clan's credibility" and "the First Hokage's promise" to overrule her.
They made no attempt to avoid close contact with the Land of Lightning, even with relations between Konoha and Kumogakure so tense!
"Hm? Even her daughter is going... Uchiha Hikari was only just brought back. She shouldn't be all that strong, should she? As expected, Hell Valley, or rather the Chinoike Clan, must be of great use to the Uchiha Clan too," Mitokado remarked.
To this day...
Within the Uchiha Clan, and in the eyes of certain people "in the know," Uchiha Hikari was Kensho Uchiha's "illegitimate daughter from outside."
Since Uchiha Hikari had remained in Rōran even after officially joining Konoha's ranks, "the clan leader's illegitimate daughter" was also the only impression others had of her. Everyone assumed she could not be very strong;