"It's appeared again, this unlucky thing."
"Heh, even if he has Uchiha blood, he's still just a stray dog!"
"Shh, are you trying to die? If they hear you, you might end up in prison."
"The descendant of a rogue Ninja will definitely be a Traitor in the future. Hokage-sama is too kind, taking in this guy."
…Sora walked down the streets of Konoha, his head slightly bowed, his expression dark.
Sora had been in this world for nine years, and he had spent five of those years in Konoha.
In those nine years, Sora's initial excitement had turned into resentment.
Just as the villagers who mocked him said, Sora had the blood of the Uchiha Clan flowing through him.
However, Sora was not acknowledged by the Uchiha Clan.
Because to protect the integrity of their bloodline, the Uchiha Clan only practiced in-clan marriages.
But Sora's parents were not.
Sora's mother was from the Uchiha Clan, while his father was a Senju Clan member with the bloodline of the Senju Clan.
If Sora's father had been an ordinary person, Sora's life might not have been so miserable; perhaps the Uchiha Clan would have acknowledged him.
But Sora's father happened to be from the Senju Clan, the Uchiha Clan's sworn enemy.
When Sora's mother became pregnant with Sora, and the clan head and elders of the Uchiha Clan found out, they immediately confined Sora's mother and even wanted her to abort Sora.
Upon learning this, Sora's father secretly snuck into the Uchiha Clan's territory, took Sora's mother, and left Konoha.
Of course, the Uchiha Clan could not allow the bloodline of an Uchiha Clan member to be lost, so they immediately reported it to the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi.
Hiruzen Sarutobi immediately declared Sora's parents rogue Ninja and dispatched Anbu to pursue them.
Sora's parents still managed to escape and lived in seclusion in a Village without Ninja. After Sora was born, they lived happily together for four years.
Those were also Sora's happiest four years.
But then an accident occurred.
A group of powerful wild beasts invaded the Village. In a Village with no Ninja, no one could resist the beasts.
Sora's mother was forced to use her Sharingan, and together with Sora's father, they repelled the beasts.
However, this also sowed the seeds of disaster.
Those Ninja, like hyenas scenting prey, all sought out Sora's mother, wanting to seize her Sharingan.
In a fierce battle, Sora's father sacrificed himself to protect Sora and Sora's mother.
Sora's mother was also severely wounded. She endured her injuries and brought Sora to Konoha, begging Konoha for refuge.
Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed to Sora's mother's request. Although Sora's parents were rogue Ninja, they had not done anything harmful to Konoha. Also, Sora had the bloodlines of both the Uchiha Clan and the Senju Clan, and he might awaken a Bloodline Limit in the future, so he could not be allowed to remain outside Konoha Village.
And so, Sora stayed in Konoha.
Hiruzen Sarutobi sent someone to take Sora to the Uchiha Clan's territory to ask if they were willing to take him in and acknowledge his Uchiha identity.
But the Uchiha Clan did not acknowledge Sora's Uchiha identity.
So, after Konoha arranged a dilapidated house for Sora, no one bothered with him anymore.
Sora didn't actually care about this.
He clearly understood the conflict between the Uchiha and Senju. With the bloodline of the Senju Clan in him, it was normal for the Uchiha Clan not to acknowledge him.
But at that time, Sora, who didn't know his parents were Konoha rogue Ninja, thought everything would get better once he came to Konoha.
Sora naively believed that as long as it didn't involve a Jinchuriki, the Konoha villagers should still be quite friendly.
Sora, who wanted to start a new life, was completely broken down later.
Because almost all the villagers hated him.
Later, Sora finally understood why the people of Konoha Village hated him.
Reason one was that Sora's parents were rogue Ninja.
Reason two was the Uchiha Clan, or more accurately, the Konoha Military Police Force controlled by the Uchiha Clan.
At this time, the Uchiha Clan's prestige and power in Konoha had reached its peak due to the Konoha Military Police Force.
The main job of the Konoha Military Police Force was to maintain internal security and stability within Konoha Village, responsible for establishing Village regulations, strengthening and maintaining order and security in the Konoha Hidden Village, and arresting people and Ninja with criminal tendencies.
The arrogant Uchiha Clan would arrest anyone who spoke ill of them, on the charge of having criminal tendencies.
This made the villagers of Konoha Village extremely resentful of the Uchiha Clan.
However, the Uchiha Clan was a large and powerful clan, the largest Ninja clan in Konoha, so no one dared to provoke them.
This resentment was then transferred to Sora, a child with half Uchiha blood and no surname.
Sora was not Naruto; he didn't possess Naruto's extreme kindness.
Living in this environment for five years, even the most optimistic person would have their mentality collapse.
Sora truly couldn't understand how Naruto, growing up in such an environment from a young age, managed to choose to forgive.
Not to mention the villagers, even Hiruzen Sarutobi himself was not as benevolent, tolerant, and friendly as Sora remembered him to be.
In the five years Sora had been in Konoha, Hiruzen Sarutobi had seen him bullied by villagers more than once, but Hiruzen Sarutobi only glanced at him and ignored him, leaving as if he saw nothing.
Gradually, Sora became certain that Hiruzen Sarutobi's benevolent appearance was an act.
Now, Konoha was a prison for Sora.
But Sora couldn't leave this prison.
Because Konoha would not let him leave, and even if Sora could leave Konoha, he had no power to protect himself.
Although the current Konoha, in Sora's eyes, was not a good place, it had to be said that Konoha was the safest place for Sora.
Sora was very confident that he could change this situation in the future.
Sora's confidence did not come from his Uchiha bloodline or Senju bloodline.
With only half a bloodline, Sora might never awaken the Sharingan or Wood Release Bloodline Limit in his lifetime.
Sora's reliance was a system called 'Witness.'
As long as he witnessed events, he could gain Witness Points.
However, to activate the system, a prerequisite of 100 Witness Points was needed.
In these five years, Sora had only accumulated 50 Witness Points out of 100.
This was thanks to Sora enrolling in the Ninja Academy three years ago and witnessing Minato Namikaze's enrollment, which earned him 50 Witness Points.
As for the other 50 Witness Points, Sora couldn't seem to get them.
This was all because of Sora's current awkward status in Konoha, which prevented him from getting involved in other events.
Moreover, it was peacetime now, and the Third Great Ninja War was still far away, so there were no events that could earn Sora Witness Points.
However, an opportunity was now presenting itself to Sora: Uzumaki Kushina was about to arrive in Konoha and transfer to the Ninja Academy.
As long as he witnessed Uzumaki Kushina's enrollment, he should be able to get 50 Witness Points and activate the Witness System.