With something to look forward to, Uchiha Takashi felt that reviewing the pile of documents in front of him wasn't so tiring anymore.
After a long day's work, Master Tian could finally put down his burdens and return home.
Walking home, Uchiha Takashi felt as if he were in a dream. In his previous life, he had spent 20 years in Mui, but in less than 14 years after his reincarnation, he had already become the lord of a country.
Although the pressure of this country's territorial expansion is immense, turning it into a pressure cooker, it's still... a height he could never have dreamed of reaching in his previous life.
Looking back now, it all seems a bit like a dream.
Looking back, when I first transmigrated, I developed my own consciousness for the first time—in other words, I became intelligent. Even then, I was already struggling to survive.
When he first stepped onto the battlefield, the terrifying and oppressive atmosphere almost suffocated him.
When he became the Third Elder, the Uchiha was still a small, isolated family. In just four short years, the Uchiha had become a behemoth! The number one nation in the Shinobi World!
Uchiha Takashi felt increasingly superior, his steps became lighter, and his overall mindset improved considerably.
"I'm back." Soon, Uchiha Takashi returned to his home, and as soon as he entered, he smelled a strange odor.
"Strange, did someone blow up the kitchen?" Uchiha Takashi followed the smell to the kitchen, and he was certain that the smell was coming from there.
Just then, a series of rustling sounds came from the kitchen. Uchiha Takashi opened the door with a puzzled look, and a dusty-faced child appeared before him.
"Holy crap!" The sudden appearance of the dark-faced child nearly scared Uchiha Takashi away. When he looked closer, he realized it was Uchiha Hikari!
"Hikaru, what are you doing in the kitchen?" Uchiha Takashi looked into the kitchen with a puzzled expression.
Uchiha Hikari quickly raised her hands, trying to block Uchiha Takashi's view. She blocked Uchiha Takashi's view to the left when he looked to the left, and to the right when he looked to the right.
However, Uchiha Takashi was still several heads taller than Uchiha Hikari, and no matter how hard Uchiha Hikari Uchiha Takashi to stop him, Uchiha Takashi could still see the whole scene in the kitchen.
Upon seeing the scene in the kitchen, Uchiha Takashi's expression immediately became indescribable.
"Did you blow up the kitchen?" Uchiha Takashi frowned, looking at the mess in the kitchen. Half-burnt firewood was piled outside, and the stove was stuffed with smoking dry grass.
On the nearby vegetable stand, there were many dark-colored things, which looked like charcoal...
The entire kitchen walls were covered in soot, and smoke from incomplete combustion, specifically carbon monoxide, filled the air.
Uchiha Takashi silently shook his head, walked into the kitchen, flung open the window for ventilation, then turned and pointed to the pile of charcoal on the counter, asking, "You need charcoal to blow up the kitchen?"
At this moment, Uchiha Hikari was clutching his clothes tightly, not daring to raise his head. Uchiha Takashi, with his sharp eyes, noticed that Uchiha Hikari's face was completely red, even the tips of his ears were flushed.
Uchiha Takashi then realized something was amiss: the charcoal on the counter looked suspiciously like charred food.
Uchiha Hikari bit her lower lip hard, looking ashamed. "This isn't charcoal, it's the food I made..."
Uchiha Takashi stared at the charred remains on the counter, so unrecognizable that it was no longer any kind of food, and his expression gradually turned to horror.
"Is this the legendary moment of judgment? Legend says that whoever eats it, no matter how powerful they are, will be instantly defeated." Uchiha Takashi wiped the sweat from his forehead.
However, his words struck Uchiha Hikari Uchiha Hikari a heavy hammer, shattering his confidence in cooking.
"Stop... stop talking," Uchiha Hikari whispered shamefully from the side. His voice was so faint it was barely audible; if Uchiha Takashi hadn't had such good hearing, he wouldn't have been able to hear a thing.
It was only then that Uchiha Takashi realized his emotional intelligence seemed to have plummeted. He'd even called Fū Uchiha a blockhead before, but now his emotional intelligence was practically nonexistent.
Thinking of this, Uchiha Takashi tentatively reached out and patted Uchiha Hikari on the shoulder. " Little Hikari, what about that? Actually, you did a really good job. For your first time cooking, to be able to do this well is already... exceptionally talented."
Uchiha Takashi said this with his eyes closed, because he knew he couldn't lie with his eyes open.
But Uchiha Hikari didn't know that, so she looked up at Uchiha Takashi with a hopeful expression and said, "Really?"
Looking at Uchiha Hikari's expectant face, Uchiha Takashi suppressed the unease of lying and turned his head away. "Yes, yes, that's amazing for your first time."
Just then, Hyuga Yō suddenly appeared out of nowhere, pinching her nose and frowning as she shouted, "What's going on? Who blew up the kitchen?"
However, as soon Hyuga Yō stepped out, she bumped into Uchiha Takashi's thigh. Looking up, Uchiha Takashi frowned and made a shushing gesture. "How can you say that?"
Hyuga Yō saw that it was Uchiha Takashi, she immediately covered her mouth. To be honest, she was a little afraid of Uchiha Takashi.
Although Uchiha Takashi felt quite good about her, she couldn't help feeling very afraid, and she didn't know why.
It might be because Uchiha Takashi was much older than her.
On the contrary, Hyuga Yō wasn't as afraid of Uchiha Hikari, and her relationship with Uchiha Hikari was more like that of friends.
Just as Uchiha Takashi was thinking about how to Uchiha Hikari, a voice came from the front door of the house.
"Ugh, there's a weird smell in this house. Did someone blow up the kitchen?"
Upon hearing this, Uchiha Hikari's face, which had finally been appeased, immediately fell again, and her eyes instantly filled with tears.
Uchiha Takashi suddenly felt exhausted. Well, all his efforts to appease him had been in vain. He turned to look at the source of the voices; they were his two seniors, Kyō Uchiha and Tatsu Uchiha.
Upon seeing these two, Uchiha Takashi was quite surprised. What surprised him even more was that Fū Uchiha and Tsukina Fujiwara were also following behind them.
Uchiha Takashi asked with considerable confusion, "Seniors, Kaze, Miss Tsukina, what brings you to my house? What do you want with me? Is something wrong with your clan? Or is something wrong with the country?"
Kyō Uchiha waved his hand dismissively. "Hey, kid, who said we came to see you because something happened to the clan? Can't it be a personal matter? But this matter is both official and personal."
Uchiha Takashi was even more puzzled upon hearing this. He was the clan head, and the people who had come were all high-ranking officials from the country and the clan.
They came to see me not for family or country, but for personal matters. What personal matter, other than a meeting, could have brought this group of people together?