"It appears again, this unlucky thing."

  "Hehe, even though he has Uchiha blood, he's not a lost dog!"

  "Shh, do you want to lose your life? If they hear you, you might be thrown in jail."

  "The desdants of defected shinobi will surely remain insignifit iure. Hokage-sama is still too kind to take this guy in."

  ...

  Sora lowered his head slightly and walked through the streets of Konoha with a gloomy expression.

  It had been nine years since Sora came to this world and five years since he arrived in Konoha.

  In these nine years, Sora went from initial excitement to bitter rese.

  Just as the vilgers who s him said, the blood of the Uchiha flowed in Sora's body.

  But Sora was nnized by the Uchiha bsp;

  In order to protect the purity of their bloodlihe Uchiha strictly practised intermarriage within the bsp;

  But Sora's parents did not follow this tradition.

  Sora's mother was from the Uchiha , and his father was a member of the Senju bsp;

  If Sora's father had been an ordinary person, Sora's life might not have been so miserable if the Uchiha might have aowledged him.

  But Sora's father was from the Senju , the Uchiha 's mortal enemies.

  When Sora's mother became pregnant, the Uchiha 's leader and elders discovered it and immediately fined her, demanding that she abort the child.

  Upon learning this, Sora's father infiltrated the Uchiha 's territory, rescued her, and fled Konoha.

  Of course, the Uchiha could not tolerate the blood of the Uchiha flowing outside the , so they reported it to the Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen.

  Sarutobi Hiruzen decred Sora's parents traitors ahe Anbu to hunt them down.

  Sora's parents narrowly escaped a into hiding in a remote vilge without shinobi. After Sora was born, they lived happily together for four years.

  Those four years were the happiest of Sora's life.

  But disaster struexpectedly.

  A group of powerful beasts attacked the vilge, and without shinobi, no one could defend against them.

  Sora's mother was forced to use the Sharingan, and together with Sora's father, fought off the beasts.

  However, this act drew unwatention.

  Like hyenas sting prey, rogue shinobi desded upon the vilge, seeking Sora's mother for her Sharingan.

  In the ensuing battle, Sora's father sacrificed himself to protect Qianyu and his mother.

  Gravely injured, Sora's mother mao send Qianyu to Konoha, begging them to take him in.

  Sarutobi Hiruzen agreed to her request.

  Although Sora's parents had been decred traitors, they had not harmed Konoha.

  Moreover, Sora possessed the blood of both the Uchiha and Senju s. If he awakened his ied bloodline abilities, it would be dangerous for him to live outside Konoha.

  Thus, Sora remained in Konoha.

  Sarutobi Hiruze people to take Sora to the Uchiha d asked if they were willing to take him in and reize his identity as a Uchiha.

  However, the Uchiha refused to aowledge Sora's identity as one of their own.

  After that, Konoha arranged a dipidated house for Sora, and no one cared for him further.

  Sora didn't mind this mubsp;

  He clearly uood the deep-seated flict between the Uchiha and Senju s. With Senju's blood in his veins, it was natural for the Uchiha ot to accept him.

  But at that time, Sora, unaware that his parents had been belled as Konoha's rogue shinobi, believed that everything would improve once he arrived in Konoha.

  Naively, Sora thought that as long as he stayed away from issues involving Jinchūriki, the people of Konoha would be kind and weling.

  That hope was quickly shattered.

  Nearly all the vilgers despised him.

  Eventually, Sora realized why he was hated.

  The first reason was that his parents had been belled as rogue shinobi.

  The sed reason stemmed from the Uchiha —more specifically, the Konoha police force they trolled.

  At this time, the Uchiha 's reputation and power in Konoha had peaked due to their trol of the police forbsp;

  The Konoha police force's primary responsibility was maintaining security and stability within the vilge, establishiions, upholding order, and apprehending individuals with criminal tendencies.

  The Uchiha , filled with arrogance, would often arrest anyone for even the smallest offences or suspis doing.

  This made the vilgers harbour intense hostility toward the Uchiha bsp;

  However, the Uchiha was the rgest ninja Konoha, and no one dared to front them directly.

  Instead, this rese was redirected toward Sora, a child with half Uchiha blood and no surname.

  But Sora was not like Naruto—he cked Naruto's unyielding kindness.

  After enduring su enviro for five years, even the most optimistic person would have a broken spirit.

  Sora couldn't prehend how Naruto, who had grown up in such ditions, mao choose fiveness.

  Even Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was ohought of as kind and tolerant, proved indifferent in Sora's eyes.

  On more than one occasion, Sarutobi Hiruzen witnessed vilgers bullying Sora, but he merely g the se and walked away as if nothing had happened.

  Over time, Sora became certain that Sarutobi Hiruzen's kind demeanour was nothing but a fa?ade.

  Now, Konoha felt like a prison to Sora.

  Yet, he couldn't leave this prison.

  Konoha would never allow him to leave, and even if he did, Sora cked the power to protect himself.

  Despite his disdain for Konoha, he had to admit it was the safest pce for him at the moment.

  However, Sora was fident that he could ge his situation iure.

  This fidence did not e from his Uchiha or Senju bloodlines.

  Sora khat with only half of each bloodline, he might never awaken the Sharingan or the Wood Release bloodline limit in his lifetime.

  Instead, his fideemmed from a system called "Witness."

  The system granted witness points for signifit events.

  Sora needed 100 witness points to activate the system.

  Over the past five years, he had only accumuted 50 points.

  This was thanks to his enrollment in the Ninja Academy three years ago, where he witnessed Namikaze Minato's enrollment, earning 50 witness points.

  However, Sora had no way of obtaining the remaining 50 points.

  His awkward status in Konoha left him uo access nifit events.

  Furthermore, it was a time of peace, far removed from the Third Shinobi World War, leaving Sora with few opportuo witness events that could earn him points.

  Now, however, an opportunity y before him: Uzumaki Kushina's immi arrival in Konoha arao the Ninja Academy.

  If Sora could witness Uzumaki Kushina's enrollment, he might gain the remaining 50 points and finally activate the Witness system.