After more than two years of silence, the Kara Organization finally emerged and began stirring up trouble throughout the Shinobi World.
But its members clearly knew little of the world and were arrogant to a fault. The moment they appeared, they started causing trouble everywhere, immediately drawing Uchiha Shunichi's attention.
And then... there was no "then."
In terms of strength, these people were at least on par with the Kage of the other villages. But in Konoha as it was now, far too many people could deal with them easily.
So the Kara Organization retreated almost as soon as it emerged. Aside from gaining a small foothold in the underground black market, it had all but vanished.
Uchiha Shunichi did not wipe out the Kara Organization.
After all, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, the man behind it, was still alive. If all his subordinates were killed, he would surely go after Konoha's ordinary citizens.
It was not that Shunichi was afraid. He simply found it troublesome.
Until he resolved the issue of the Ōtsutsuki Clan's Karma, Uchiha Shunichi had no intention of killing him.
"Lord Shunichi, I heard that it's almost time for the Land of Snow's annual Snowmelt Day. Shall we go take a look?" Karin carried a stack of documents over and dumped the whole pile beside Shikamaru.
At the sight, Shikamaru's smile grew even more strained. Over the past two years and more, his daily workload had steadily increased, while Uchiha Shunichi, the Hokage himself, had practically nothing to do every day.
"Oh, is that environmental modification machine in the Land of Snow about to start up?" Karin's words piqued Uchiha Shunichi's interest as well.
However, Karin enjoyed the sudden transformation of the Land of Snow's landscape, while Uchiha Shunichi was more interested in seeing that so-called environmental modification machine.