Mikoto was busy cooking in the kitchen. At the table in the living room, Shinji glanced around and discovered that, apart from Sasuke outside the door, there was no one else home.
"Just a moment, Shinji! The last dish is almost ready!"
"Aunt Mikoto, is Uncle Fugaku out?"
Holding a pan, Mikoto twisted around at his question and gave a soft laugh. "Fugaku? He went out on a mission..."
"Oh..."
Shinji nodded. He did not know exactly what the mission was, but he imagined it had something to do with the recent reforms and the implementation of unification.
Shisui and Tobirama Senju sent reports from time to time on their overall progress. Although the Daimyō were under control and they held actual authority over the Five Great Nations, there was more to consider.
Shinobi clans were not the only families in the Shinobi World. Among each country's nobility, there were also powerful families with complicated networks of status and connections.
They had largely retained their ways from the Warring States period, with large numbers of elite samurai gathered under them.
They were one of the obstacles to advancing the plan.
Quite a few opposed it in their families' names. Some major clans had risen in revolt, and no shortage had raised armies and caused chaos under the pretext of saving the Daimyō.
That was why Tobirama Senju and the others occasionally requisitioned manpower from Konoha.
Especially genjutsu specialists and shinobi skilled in assassination... Well, in a sense, any shinobi could be considered an "assassin," but the gap between individuals was still enormous.
Even greater than the differences between the Hyuga and the Uchiha.
Overall, the Uchiha were fairly well-rounded when it came to assassination and genjutsu.
"Uncle Fugaku should still be in the Land of Fire, and his targets should