The Cursed Seal couldn't be modified overnight.
Nor could the clan system be changed with the same thoughtless, heavy-handed approach as before.
Fortunately, Xingzhuo was still young. He didn't mind taking more time to change everything gradually, quietly, and without anyone noticing.
At least some things had already changed. He'd heard that the Branch Family was rarely treated with humiliation anymore.
A month later, the date of the Five Kage Summit was drawing ever nearer.
Xingzhuo, who had been spending his free time at home studying Sealing Techniques, suddenly received an emergency mission.
The messenger was an Anbu Ninja wearing a fox mask.
He suddenly appeared in Xingzhuo's courtyard and knocked on the door.
When Xingzhuo opened it, the man handed him a mission scroll and said,
"This is a mission scroll from Lord Senju Tobirama. He asked me to deliver it to you and hopes you can set out immediately."
"An emergency mission?" Xingzhuo asked curiously as he took the scroll.
Technically, he hadn't graduated or joined Konoha's ninja ranks yet. For now, he was a clan ninja, so the Hokage and the village had no authority to assign him missions.
But the one assigning this mission was his master, so he had no reason to refuse. Their master-disciple relationship was right there for all to see.
[S-Rank Emergency Support Mission: Hatake Saku's squad sent a distress signal before going missing in the Land of Wind. Find them and bring them back safely.]
That was all the scroll said. Xingzhuo finished reading it, puzzled.
The Land of Wind was so vast. Where was he supposed to look for Hatake Saku's squad?
Fortunately, the Anbu Ninja immediately provided him with additional information.
"This information was sent back by the Ninja Cat summoned by Uchiha Setsuna, a member of Saku's squad.