Besides wiping out that band of thieves, the mission he received from the Hokage included another, higher-priority task.
Kill Leaf Village rogue ninja Uesugi Tōru!
Uesugi Tōru came from a very small clan in Leaf Village. It was so inconspicuous within the village that it had practically faded into the civilian population.
However, Uesugi Tōru was a rare little genius born into this clan. He learned the clan's secret technique for erasing pheromones, and his infiltration abilities were exceptionally outstanding. It was thanks to this ability that he had been rated a Special Jonin.
Unfortunately, after becoming a Special Jonin, all he thought about was restoring his clan's former glory. He gradually became obsessed, developing deep hostility toward the Hokage. He believed that if not for the Hokage's policies, the Uesugi Clan would never have declined to such a state.
He even attempted to assassinate the Hokage. The outcome was obvious.
It was only through his pheromone-erasing secret technique that he had survived the ANBU's encirclement.
The intelligence Hyuga Satoru had obtained now was all inferred by the ANBU after investigating him.
Originally, he had felt a trace of sympathy for Uesugi Tōru. How many small clans like this had faded away in Leaf Village? The Uesugi Clan was far from the only one.
The Katō Clan was also a fine example.
That Katō, not that Katō.
Possessing the rare S-rank soul secret technique known as the Spirit Transformation Technique, and having even produced Dan Katō, who had managed to win over Tsunade, the clan might have had somewhat short-lived members, but there was no denying that the Katō Clan had once flourished before the Second Shinobi World War.
Yet due to the combined effect of various causes, the clan now could not even produce a single Jonin in Leaf