“Young Master Senya, please follow me.” Senya smiled brightly.
“Uncle Hikura, I am your junior.
Please don’t call me ‘Young Master.’ Just calling me by my name is fine.” A person needed to have self-awareness.
His family background was ordinary, and his strength was nothing special.
On the other hand, although Uchiha Hikura was Uchiha Setsuna’s butler…
As the old saying goes, even the servant of a powerful man commands great respect.
Moreover, given the custom of early marriage and childbirth in this world, his children were more than likely older than Senya.
The man was just being polite by calling him ‘Young Master.’ How could he take it seriously?
Seeing Senya’s sincere expression, which didn’t seem faked at all, Hikura smiled.
“How could I do that?
Lord Setsuna thinks very highly of you.” “Uncle Hikura, please just treat me as your junior, otherwise I’ll feel really uncomfortable.” After saying that, Senya put on a nervous expression and asked, “Does Lord Setsuna really think highly of me?” Uchiha Hikura nodded affirmatively.
“It’s true.
I haven’t seen Lord Setsuna treat anyone like this in a long time.
Even Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Itachi fall a bit short in comparison.” Those words…
were best taken with a grain of salt.
Senya wasn’t foolish enough to actually believe them.
It was better to take advantage of their currently harmonious relationship and cash in on it as much as possible!
“Uncle Hikura, war will likely break out before long.
My strength is low, but I still want to do my part for the clan.
Could I ask for your guidance during this time?” While his predecessor hadn’t exactly fought a hundred battles, his combat experience was still quite rich.
However, after Senya crossed over, viewing his predecessor’s memories was like watching a movie.
Although it felt immersive, there was always a layer of separation.
He needed a sparring partner to convert the combat experience his predecessor had accumulated into his own!
Hikura agreed generously.
“No problem.
I won’t hold back anything I know.” With age comes shrewdness.
He could clearly see how much Uchiha Setsuna valued Senya.
As long as the clan could survive this crisis and Senya didn’t make any major mistakes in the process, he would undoubtedly skyrocket to success and become a rising star within the clan!
For the sake of his own underachieving children, building a good relationship with Senya in advance was definitely the right move.
Besides, refusing Uchiha Senya would be pointless anyway.
The math was simple.
Senya only needed to mention it to Uchiha Setsuna.
As long as the request wasn’t excessive and Senya still held significant value, Uchiha Setsuna absolutely wouldn’t refuse.
If that happened, he would have offended Senya for nothing, which wasn’t worth it.
With both of them intentionally making conversation, the atmosphere along the way was very harmonious, and their exchange was quite pleasant.
Upon arriving at the courtyard, Senya couldn’t help but marvel inwardly.
The ‘courtyard’ Uchiha Setsuna had mentioned covered an area of roughly four hundred square meters.
The garden was filled with lush green grass, blooming flowers, and dense trees.
Rugged rocks were nestled among the vegetation, complementing each other perfectly.
The melodious chirping of birds could be heard from time to time, making for a beautiful environment.
Further ahead stood a delicate wooden bridge, under which a clear artificial stream flowed gently.
A shishi-odoshi occasionally struck a smooth, round rock, producing a crisp, rhythmic clack.
Crossing the bridge and passing through the trees, the view suddenly opened up, revealing a typical two-story Japanese-style mansion.
Admiring flowers in spring, listening to the rain in summer, bathing in the breeze in autumn, and watching the snow in winter.
It was the epitome of comfort and leisure.
“Young Master Senya, Lord Setsuna specifically instructed that this courtyard belongs to you from now on.” Uchiha Hikura took out the property deed.
“This is Young Master Uchiha Senya.
From now on, you are to serve him just as you would serve Lord Setsuna.
Is that clear?” “Good day, Young Master Senya,” the servants bowed and greeted in unison.
There were both male and female servants standing in the clearing, totaling a full ten people.
Gardeners, chefs, a butler, footmen, and maids.
As a side note, they were all middle-aged professionals with solid skills.
Senya nearly gasped, his emotions somewhat complicated.
‘To think that in my previous life, I was cramped in a cage of a few square meters, toiling away all day just for a concrete apartment.
Who would have thought that on my second day after crossing over, I’d be living in a legendary mansion with servants waiting on me hand and foot.
Life truly is full of unexpected twists…’ Senya quickly adjusted his mindset.
While these things were nice, he needed to be alive to enjoy them.
By accepting the deed, he would inevitably attract more attention.
If anything went wrong, he would definitely be the first one on the chopping block!
But if he didn’t accept the deed, who knew what Uchiha Setsuna would think.
Everything had its pros and cons; it all depended on how he handled it.
Uchiha Hikura wasn’t finished after taking out the deed.
Like presenting a treasure, he pulled out a bank card.
“Young Master Senya, there are ten million ryo in here.
You can use it as you please.
If it’s not enough, just let me know.” Ten million ryo was no small sum.
It should be noted that after the main plot officially began, Sarutobi Asuma’s bounty would be thirty-five million ryo.
Ten million ryo, rounded up, was roughly equal to 0.3 Asumas.
Gifting a house, gifting money, gifting cultivation resources.
The only thing missing was gifting him a girlfriend.
This level of generosity…
…was truly beyond words.
‘I guess I won’t screw Uchiha Setsuna over after all.’ He would still find a way to acquire Uchiha Shisui’s Kotoamatsukami, but he wouldn’t secretly scheme to turn Uchiha Setsuna into a cyclops.
‘Looks like I need to rethink my plan,’ Senya sighed softly in his heart.
The man had treated him quite well, and he couldn’t be an ungrateful wretch who bit the hand that fed him.
“Uncle Hikura, please tell Elder Setsuna that I will do my absolute best and never let the clan walk down a path of ruin.” “I will pass your exact words on to Lord Setsuna.” Uchiha Hikura chuckled and changed the subject.
“Senya, I don’t have much going on right now anyway.
If you have any questions, we might as well discuss them while we have the time.” Senya’s eyes lit up.
He really did have a pile of questions he wanted to ask someone about.
The Experience Panel was the cheat he had designed for the protagonist of his new book before crossing over.
He had only drafted a rough outline of the settings and crossed over before filling in the details.
Therefore, he still had to confirm the specific traits of his cheat through practice.
The outline was very concise, consisting of only two points: 1.
Methods of acquiring experience points.
2.
Skill levels.
Setting the second point aside for now, let’s talk about the first point— Methods of acquiring experience points.
After crossing over, his free time had been limited, and he had only trained for a few hours.
The methods he had figured out were limited: 1.
Hard, solitary training.
As long as he completed a full practice session, his experience points would increase.
The advantage was stability; effort yielded rewards.
The disadvantage was that it was too damn stable!
The growth of experience points was slow.
It wasn’t that Senya was insatiably greedy and never satisfied.
It was simply that the outside world was turbulent, and the time left for him was limited.
He had to maximize the efficiency of every minute and every second to grasp that sliver of possibility!
As everyone knows, when a person is pushed to their limits, they can do absolutely anything—except math!
Thus, Senya had discovered a shortcut— Practicing in practical application.
His Acting and Voice Mimicry experience points had skyrocketed.
Aside from the minor cheat of using shadow clones, the main reason was that he was practicing them in live situations!
Acting in front of Uchiha Setsuna, persuading Uchiha Setsuna, holding a mobilization meeting for the entire clan, and so on.
All of these had provided him with a substantial amount of experience points.
Among them, Uchiha Setsuna had been continuously milked by Senya, generously contributing batch after batch of experience points.