After reviewing Senju Nawaki's graduation application, Yanbai felt much better and continued reviewing the other graduates' applications to graduate from the Ninja Academy.
Then he saw...
Hmm...
Uchiha Mikoto: applied to teach in a border town called "Hanamaki."
Because of the spread of compulsory education throughout the Land of Fire and the characteristics of the Uchiha Clan's dōjutsu, newly graduated members of the Uchiha Clan generally started out teaching at schools.
Although the population of Konoha Shinobi Village was growing by the day, the Uchiha Clan's numbers were also steadily increasing.
Besides, letting the Uchiha Clan monopolize all the teaching positions for first and second grade wasn't ideal. So, every so often, some Uchiha Clan graduates would be sent to teach in various parts of the Land of Fire for six months or a year. Afterward, they would be transferred back to Konoha Shinobi Village and assigned new work according to their abilities.
Yanbai stared at Uchiha Mikoto's information. As he read, he involuntarily picked up Senju Nawaki's graduation application.
These two had applied to go to the same town.
Was that a coincidence?
Yanbai took a deep breath and swept his brush across the page. "Denied!"
Itachi's mom had better not go wandering off.
Uchiha Mikoto, teaching out on the border?
She looked like a female Sasuke Uchiha. Besides, if she went there alone, never mind the locals-even her suitors from Konoha Shinobi Village would form a long line.
If something happened out there within those six months, would Itachi still be born?
Holy shit! Yanbai screamed inwardly.
Sure enough, arriving in this world too early was no good. With all these butterfly effects, there was no telling whether the named characters from the original story could even be born.
A few years earlier, Uchiha Akira had specifically sought