Konoha, Year 48
Uchiha Clan Territory
Ancestral Hall
The ancestral hall was crowded, with many Uchiha clan members gathered, engaged in a heated discussion.
"Dual pupils?"
"He's a monster of the Uchiha clan! We can't keep him!"
"Yes, he's a disgrace to our clan!"
"Kill him!"
The conversations all carried the same message: a monster had appeared in the Uchiha clan, and he couldn't be allowed to live. It seemed the decision had already been made.
"Enough! The life or death of my child is not for you old men to decide!" A fat man suddenly stood up and shouted, cutting off the discussion in the ancestral hall.
"Uchiha Kinya, do you realize what you're saying?" An elder glared at the man who had spoken. "Your son is a monster, with dual pupils in each eye. He's no longer part of our noble Uchiha clan!"
"Exactly," added another elder, more calmly, "If you hadn't insisted on marrying a woman from the Senju clan, this wouldn't have happened!"
"Your child is a monster, a stain on the Uchiha bloodline!"
Despite their harsh words, the elders were cautious, seeing the anger in Uchiha Kinya's eyes. After all, Uchiha Kinya was the wealthiest man in the Uchiha clan. During the war, he had provided supplies to the clan for free, helping them survive.
Even though the war was over, the Uchiha clan couldn't sustain itself on the small income from the police force alone—they still relied heavily on Kinya.
"Hmph, I don't care what you think. Genya is my son, and you shouldn't entertain any inappropriate ideas!" Uchiha Kinya glared at everyone in the room.
The atmosphere grew tense as people exchanged uneasy glances, many looking toward the middle-aged man in the central seat—Uchiha Fugaku, the head of the Uchiha clan.
Fugaku frowned. "Kinya, your son lacks even the eyes, the symbol of our clan. This is a bad omen!"
Standing behind Fugaku was a child of about five or six years old, his pupils flickering as if deep in thought. This was none other than Fugaku's eldest son, Uchiha Itachi.
"Get lost, Fugaku. Do you want me to kill my own son?" Kinya's eyes burned with anger as he glared at Fugaku, a mocking smile playing on his lips as he glanced at the child behind him. "If I asked you to kill Itachi, what would you do?"
Fugaku's face hardened, unsure how to respond.
After all, that "monster" is still Kinya's child. If he was to kill Itachi then...
"Uchiha Kinya! How dare you compare that monster to Itachi!" one of the elders scoffed. "Itachi is a genius of the Uchiha clan! He unlocked his Sharingan at such a young age. How can that beast compare to him?"
Itachi is the future of the Uchiha!
"Hmph, Genya is my child. If anyone dares to touch him, don't blame me for what happens next!" Uchiha Kinya retorted coldly, leaving the elders behind as he stood up and walked out.
The elders were left fuming in the ancestral hall.
"I think Uchiha Kinya has lost his mind, raising a monster like that!" one elder muttered disdainfully. "Our Uchiha clan will never accept him!"
"Even if Kinya raises that monster, we will never accept him!"
"Exactly!"
Several other elders nodded in agreement.
"Just recently, Uchiha Kinya built a training ground for his son and even hired three Jonin from our clan to teach the younger generation!" another elder added. "Are we going to stop our children from training there just because of that monster?"
Silence fell upon the room.
The elders hesitated. The training ground was a valuable resource for the clan. They didn't want to give it up just because of Kinya's son.
"Hmph! That monster thinks he can train like the rest of us? Ridiculous!"
"Absolutely ridiculous!"
"What's the harm in letting him train there? He might not even survive long enough to use it!"
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On the outskirts of the Uchiha clan's territory stood a grand mansion. Uchiha Kinya was Konoha's wealthiest merchant. Yet, because the Uchiha clan valued strength above all, they looked down on merchants like him. As a result, Kinya's clan was pushed to the fringes of the clan, both in status and in location.
As he walked into the room, he saw a beautiful but tired-looking woman lying on the bed, holding a newborn baby.
The baby had a rosy face and was making a lot of noise from his cradle. His curious eyes wandered around the room, taking in everything, including the lady and Uchiha Kinya, who had just entered.
But something strange made people frown—this baby had two pupils in each eye! A dual pupil!
"Is this my cheap dad? He's kind of chubby!"
"It's a shame... My beautiful mom ended up with him. But wait, didn't I just hear that my dad went to a Uchiha clan meeting?"
"Hold on... Uchiha?"
Genya's mind raced as he suddenly realized something important.
Is this the Naruto world?
No way! He had just stayed up late watching the Naruto finale and then fell asleep. How did he end up in the Naruto world?
And...
Born into the Uchiha clan?
Also, what year is it in Konoha?
How much time until the night of the Uchiha clan's destruction?
As Genya was deep in thought, the beautiful woman on the bed spoke, gently stroking his baby clothes. "How was it? Did those stubborn old Uchiha elders give you a hard time?"
She wasn't originally from the Uchiha clan. Usually, the Uchiha elders looked down on people like her, a merchant's daughter. But she didn't get angry; she just smiled and let it go!
But this time!
They were targeting her son. She wouldn't let that slide.
"I am Uchiha Kinya. How dare those old guys give me trouble?" Uchiha Kinya snorted coldly, clearly annoyed with the elders who called his son a monster!
But when he looked at Genya's chubby face, his expression softened, and he wanted to kiss him!
But Genya kicked him away, pulling himself closer to his mother!
"Haha! Look how strong my son's little feet are!" Uchiha Kinya looked at Genya, liking him more and more. "Those old fools said my son's a monster, but I think he's a genius!"
"The Uchiha are powerful because of their special eyes, and my son has two pairs of them!"
"Ha ha!"