"Haaah… There they go again. Damn it."
"Even though I have Uchiha blood, to them, I'm nothing but a stray dog."
"Shhh! Don't say that out loud! You trying to get yourself killed? If they hear you, you'll end up in jail."
"A traitor's descendant is still a traitor. The Hokage was too kind letting that kid stay here."
Chiba kept his head down as he walked through the streets of Konoha. His steps were slow, his eyes blank, his face gloomy.
It had been nine years since he arrived in this world, and five years since he came to Konoha. At first, he thought things might get better. But reality crushed that hope into bitterness.
Just like the whispers behind his back said, Chiba carried Uchiha blood. But that didn't mean the clan accepted him.
In the Uchiha clan, blood purity was everything. Marrying outside the clan was unthinkable.
But Chiba's parents broke that rule.
His mother was an Uchiha. His father—was a Senju.
The moment the clan elders found out she was pregnant, they locked her up. They wanted to get rid of the child before it was born.
But Chiba's father didn't stand by. He snuck into the Uchiha compound, freed her, and they fled Konoha together.
Unfortunately, the shinobi world is no place for runaways. The Uchiha immediately branded them as traitors, and the Third Hokage—Hiruzen Sarutobi—sent the Anbu after them.
Still, they managed to escape and hide in a small, peaceful village far from the ninja world. That's where Chiba was born. For four years, they lived quietly, happily.
Four years that would become Chiba's most treasured memories.
But happiness never lasts.
One day, a horde of wild beasts attacked the village. With no shinobi to defend it, no one could stop them.
Chiba's mother had no choice—she awakened her Sharingan to fight. She and his father protected the village with everything they had.
But the moment that eye opened, it drew a different kind of beast.
Ninjas, like wolves catching a scent, came for her eyes. They didn't care who she was—they only saw power they could steal.
In the chaos, Chiba's father died shielding them. His mother, gravely wounded, held on long enough to bring Chiba back to Konoha and begged the Hokage to take him in.
Hiruzen agreed.
Even if his parents were labeled traitors, they never harmed the village. And Chiba, with blood from two great clans, was too valuable to abandon.
But the Uchiha refused to recognize him. No one in the clan wanted anything to do with a Senju child.
So Chiba was placed in a small home at the edge of the village—alone.
He grew up there, in silence.
Chiba understood, to a degree. He knew the history between the Uchiha and Senju. Even he wasn't sure if he belonged to either clan.
But as a child, he didn't know any of that. He believed Konoha would be a warm place. A place he could live peacefully.
He couldn't have been more wrong.
The villagers despised him. Maybe it was because of his "traitor" parents, or maybe because of the Uchiha blood in his veins. He couldn't tell.
And the Uchiha, who controlled the Konoha Police Force, only made things worse. Their arrogance fueled the village's hatred. They could arrest anyone just for speaking badly about them. The people were angry—furious—and Chiba became the perfect outlet.
Unlike Naruto, who smiled through his loneliness, Chiba wasn't someone who could laugh off the pain.
He remembered the way the Third Hokage would see him being bullied—yet say nothing. Not even a single word of comfort.
That day, Chiba realized the Hokage's kind smile was just a mask.
Konoha wasn't his home—it was a cage.
And the worst part?
He couldn't leave.
Even if he tried to escape, Konoha wouldn't let him live. And he wasn't strong enough to survive on his own yet.
But that didn't mean he would stay weak forever.
Chiba had a trump card—the Witness System.
A mysterious system that gave him points every time he witnessed important events.
But to activate it, he needed 100 points.
After five years… he had only 50. Most of those came three years ago, when he witnessed Minato Namikaze enrolling at the Ninja Academy.
Since then, nothing significant had happened.
Konoha was at peace. The Third Great Ninja War hadn't started yet. There was nothing worth witnessing.
But now, a new opportunity was approaching.
Uzumaki Kushina—the future jinchūriki—would soon arrive and enroll in the Academy. If Chiba could witness that moment…
His system would fully activate.
And once it did, everything would change.
Not because he was Uchiha.
Not because he was Senju.
But because of his own power.