Mito uzumaki.

A lot of readers are asking:

"Where is Mito Uzumaki?"

"Shouldn't she be living in the Senju compound?"

"Why isn't she training Ren?"

Let me clear this up directly.

Mito Uzumaki is dead—and has been dead long before Ren was ever reincarnated.

In canon, Mito lived well into her old age, but she passed away before the Second Great Ninja War began. Her final act was transferring the Nine-Tails to Kushina Uzumaki, who became the next Jinchūriki. That was the end of Mito's role in the story.

Now, Ren—my main character—is born after the Second Ninja War ends. That's nearly a full decade of separation between Mito's death and Ren's reincarnation. So no, she wouldn't be around. She wouldn't be in the compound. She wouldn't be training Ren or influencing the plot directly.

This is intentional, not an oversight.

The Senju clan is nearly extinct in the timeline I'm working with. The compound is quiet. Abandoned. Tsunade lives there, focused on her own goals. Ren is the only next-generation Senju actually doing something about the clan's future.

There's no emotional drama about Mito here. No long grieving arcs. She died. That's how life works, and the world moved on. The story picks up much later.

So again, to be crystal clear:

Mito Uzumaki is dead before the main story begins.

She is not part of the current cast.

Her absence is intentional and follows canon timeline logic.

The Senju compound being mostly empty is by design.

Hope that clears it up.

—Dreaming_Dragon97