Uchiha Shunichi had always assumed that the passage to the moon would be within the Hyuga clan's compound. After all, the two clans shared the same roots, so it would have been perfectly normal for them to stay in contact.
But that was not the case. The passage to the moon was somewhere within the Land of Fire. Although no one lived anywhere nearby, the place did not look desolate.
The Land of Fire covered a vast territory, but because of war and other factors, its total population was not particularly large. It was only natural that some areas remained uninhabited.
That was also why the other members of the Five Great Nations always coveted the Land of Fire's territory.
Of course, they coveted the populated areas. Those uninhabited forests were not among them.
After all, ordinary people were the ones who needed land and resources, and they struggled to deal with the powerful beasts in the wilderness.
As for mobilizing ninja to clear new land... there had never been a precedent for that in the entire shinobi world.
"Lord Shunichi, is it really all right for us to sneak out like this?" Karin asked worriedly, curled up in Uchiha Shunichi's arms.
At that moment, the two of them were flying through the sky. Since there was no Flying Thunder God Mark at their destination, Uchiha Shunichi had to fly there himself.
Hyuga Hiashi and the others had wanted to come along, but Uchiha Shunichi had refused on the grounds that they moved too slowly.
"It'll definitely be fine. I'm the Hokage now, after all. I have at least that much authority. Besides, Lady Tsunade has one of my Flying Thunder God Kunai. If something comes up that she can't handle, she can just notify me directly."
"By the way,