The Uchiha system reforms had been carefully considered by Uchiha Gen. In the original history, they had followed an elder system until Fugaku Uchiha emerged and was elected clan head again.
Now, however, Uchiha Gen had established ten elders. On one hand, there were simply too many clan members, and now there were also matters within Konoha to handle.
On the other hand, Uchiha Gen was planning to run away. Once Konoha was on track, he had no intention of participating in what came next, so he might as well dump everything and leave cleanly.
In the end, no matter how the clan members discussed it, Uchiha Gen went straight to Hashirama the next day to talk about handing over ninjutsu.
Bang bang!
After knocking twice just for show, Uchiha Gen pushed the door open and walked in.
"Hashirama Senju! We Uchiha..."
The moment the words left his mouth, Uchiha Gen froze at the sight inside.
"Big... sister-in-law?"
He had originally meant to call him Big Pillar, but his brain short-circuited and he called her sister-in-law instead.
"Hm? You're Uchiha Gen, right? I often hear Hashirama mention you."
Uzumaki Mito was still very young at the time, at the height of her charm. Uchiha Gen saw a lunch box on the table and assumed she had brought Hashirama a meal.
As for Hashirama mentioning him? That was probably just polite talk. Uchiha Gen did not take it to heart.
"You two chat. I'll come back this afternoon."
Without giving the two of them a chance to stop him, he shut the door behind him.
"This... Hashirama, he's quite an interesting person. No wonder he was the one who said the Uzumaki Clan owed him a favor."
"Hahaha, that guy is half like Madara and half like Tobirama. He really is