Konoha, a remote corner, the home of the Uchiha clan.
In the elegant courtyard, with flowers in full bloom and the sliding door open, a young couple was kneeling on either side of a low-legged dining table, quietly enjoying their meal without any intention of talking.
There was no conflict between the couple, but the Uchiha family was a large one with good family education, and not talking while eating was just the basic rule.
The sitting posture, the way of holding chopsticks, the rhythm of eating, all these are governed by etiquette.
Her husband's name is Uchiha Fugaku, and he is 26 years old.
He is of noble birth, the son of the clan leader, and very powerful. He is not only a Jonin but also the head of the Konoha Security Department.
And being the head of Konoha's Security Department meant that he was not far from succeeding the position of the Uchiha clan leader.
His wife's name is Uchiha Mikoto, she is 21 years old this year. She is not only a beauty of the Uchiha clan, but also very powerful and a Jonin.
After dinner, Uchiha Mikoto cleared the dishes on the table, and the two sat at the table drinking tea.
They were chatting and laughing, Fugaku was talking about the strange cases he encountered in the Security Department, while Mikoto was talking about the funny things that happened to her when she went grocery shopping today.
As they talked, the two talked about Mikoto's ninja work again.
Fugaku suggested that Mikoto retire, but Mikoto didn't want to retire just like that. He had just become a jonin not long ago, and didn't want to become what others called a fake jonin.
Fugaku frowned but didn't say anything more on that front.
In fact, this is not the first time they have talked about this, but Mikoto's answer is always the same.
To be honest, he was already a little impatient.
Although it is normal for a married female ninja to go out on missions, he is the future clan leader and the head of the security department, and his wife only needs to stay at home and take care of the husband and children.
"Are you going on a mission tomorrow?" Fugaku asked.
"Well, it's an ordinary B-rank mission, going to the Land of Hot Springs to wipe out the bandits." Mikoto replied.
"How many days will it take?" Fugaku frowned again and asked unhappily.
"If it's fast, it may take seven or eight days, and if it's slow, it may take half a month." Mikoto answered with her head down.
Fugaku didn't continue talking. He drank his tea with an unhappy look on his face.
Ten days or half a month, and he has to stay alone in the empty room again?
Although sexual desires can be satisfied by finding a prostitute, can a prostitute be the same as a wife?
Eating, sleeping, chatting, are these things that prostitutes can solve?
The sun was slightly slanting, and Fugaku had to go to work at the security department in the afternoon, so he stood up and left.
Mikoto looked very guilty. She helped Fugaku straighten his clothes, then kissed him and watched him leave with a smile, doing exactly what a wife should do.
but...
After Fugaku left, the smile on Mikoto's face slowly faded, her brows drooped, and there was helplessness in her eyes.
She and Fugaku are very close in front of other people, and she is also a wife who loves her husband very much in front of Fugaku.
But these are all superficial. In fact, she is not close to Fugaku, and she does not love her husband.
At the beginning, she relied on her beauty, strength, and scheming to successfully snatch Fugaku, the future clan leader, from the hands of many women.
However, although she thought she would reach the peak of her life, she found that her married life was not as happy as she had imagined at the beginning.
During Fugaku's pursuit of her, he was very caring and concerned about her, and seemed to want to hear her opinion on everything.
However, after they got married, he no longer cared about her well-being, never asked for her opinion on matters big or small, and did his best to restrict her from going out.
Fugaku is just too arrogant, too self-centered, and too possessive.
She seemed to be treated by Fugaku as his private property, like a pet.
Even the pet cat can go outside to catch mice to relax, but she is like a dog on a chain or a canary in a cage.
She thought that she had become a jonin and the wife of Fugaku, and that this would be the starting point of her brilliant life, but she did not expect that this would actually be the most brilliant moment in her life.
Fortunately, she is now a jonin, and fortunately Fugaku has not yet become the patriarch of the Uchiha clan.
During Fugaku's final days as clan leader, she was able to enjoy the feeling of freedom for a while.
On the third day, Uchiha Mikoto and her teammates left Konoha and headed for the Land of Hot Springs.
In the country of Tang, bandits have been rampant recently in the territory of Tang, and the shadow guards of the daimyo of Tang actually feel that they are unable to deal with these bandits.
The Konoha side was a little surprised by this, and finally guessed that in the last Ninja World War, the ninjas of Yu no Kuni suffered too many casualties, and now they can no longer take care of everything in the country. Maybe meeting those ministers is already the limit for the Shadow Guard.
In reality, this was because Kaito had diverted most of the Shadow Guards' power to flip the scrolls, so Mito's control over social security became weaker, causing wandering ninjas, bandit groups, and ronin groups to emerge one after another.
Mito also knew that the reason why Kaito transferred the Shadow Guards to turn the scrolls was for her, so she couldn't complain and could only hire more people from Konoha.
After Uchiha Mikoto came to the Land of Hot Springs, she met Uzumaki Mito.
She didn't know Mito's identity or name, but she knew that the old lady in front of her, whose entire body was covered tightly by clothes, was the real administrator of the Kingdom of Hot Springs and was also known as the First Lady by the people of the Kingdom of Hot Springs.
She had some intelligence about the Kingdom of Tang in her hands. She knew that the Daimyo of the Kingdom of Tang had two wives. The Daimyo himself had not been involved in state affairs for many years, and domestic affairs were managed by the First Lady. Even the Kage Guard, a ninja organization, seemed to be managed by the First Lady.
Uchiha Mikoto was very envious of this, this was her ideal life.
If she could manage the Uchiha clan, if she could have the same power as the first lady, if she could fully display her talents, if she could be trusted by her husband...
"Uchiha clan..." Uzumaki Mito spoke with some surprise. Her voice sounded a little old, but still clear, and one could tell that she still had a lot of strength in her voice.
"Yes." Uchiha Mikoto knelt in front of Mito and bowed.
"I didn't expect that Konoha would send a Jonin from the Uchiha clan to complete such a small commission. It really surprised me. I thought they would send a Chunin team." Mito sighed.
In fact, the Third Hokage did want to send a team of Chunin over, after all, it was just an ordinary mission to wipe out bandits.
However, Mikoto happened to be there looking for a mission, and in order to prevent any accidents from happening to the future wife of the Uchiha clan leader, Sarutobi Hiruzen gave this simple task to Mikoto.