The Surname, Uchiha

"Ugh."

As Uchiha Yue exerted all his strength to open his eyes, the Japanese-style tatami mats immediately reflected in his pupils. The familiar sight left him slightly stunned, but he quickly turned his head to look, and sure enough, he found a man and a woman in the room, both watching over him with deep concern.

"Father, Mother."

Looking at those two familiar figures, Uchiha Yue managed to pull a faint smile and said in a soft voice.

"Yue, you're finally awake!"

Hearing his voice, his mother, Minako, was the first to turn around. She then pulled Uchiha Yue's frail body into her arms and said with joy.

However, the moment Minako held Uchiha Yue, her expression suddenly darkened. She looked at Uchiha Yue's father beside her and said with a tone of reproach: "It's all your fault for teaching Yue chakra cultivation techniques! If we hadn't arrived in time today, Yue might have fallen to his death! From now on, you are not allowed to train Yue without my permission!"

Hearing Minako's complaint, Uchiha Nara awkwardly rubbed his nose and wrung his hands, casting a look of appeal toward Uchiha Yue.

Seeing his father's gaze, Uchiha Yue gently broke free from his mother's embrace and hurriedly comforted her: "Mother, it was I who pestered Father to train me; please don't blame him. I didn't expect mastering chakra to be so difficult, otherwise I wouldn't have fallen from the tree today. Please, don't be angry with Father."

"Hmph, since Yue is pleading for you, I'll spare you this time!"

Hearing this, the look in Minako's eyes softened, and she pulled Uchiha Yue back into her arms.

Seeing this, Uchiha Nara stepped forward and wrapped his arm around his wife's shoulders, smiling apologetically: "Minako, if the Ninja Academy weren't opening soon, I wouldn't have taught him chakra cultivation so early. But our Yue truly has the makings of a ninja; he cultivated chakra in just three days. In the future, Yue will surely become an outstanding ninja, perhaps even surpassing me, his father!"

"Mm, as long as Yue is safe and sound, that's all that matters!"

Every mother loves to hear others praise her child, and even coming from the boy's father, Minako felt a warm glow in her heart.

However, when Uchiha Yue heard the words "Ninja Academy," a thought-provoking glint flashed in his eyes.

"It's already the 8th year of Konoha. Time flies so fast; the Ninja Academy is about to open again!"

Finally, will I be able to see you? The genius of Konoha's new generation. Hatake Kakashi!

As he thought this to himself, the image of Hatake Kakashi appeared involuntarily in Uchiha Yue's mind.

At the same time, Uchiha Yue's thoughts drifted far away...

In truth, Uchiha Yue had always hidden a secret in his heart, one he could not tell even his doting parents: he did not originally belong to this world.

In his previous life, Uchiha Yue lived on a blue planet called Earth, a world with highly advanced technology. Being an orphan didn't cause him much inconvenience; in the 21st century with its well-established social systems, he could enjoy every right except for familial affection.

Having grown up in an orphanage, Uchiha Yue's personality was somewhat withdrawn and shy.

But it was precisely because of this that the young Uchiha Yue became adept at observation, displaying a maturity far beyond his peers from a young age. Yet, Uchiha Yue never imagined that a sudden car accident would send his soul to the heavens. When he opened his eyes again, he found he had transmigrated into the body of an infant, arriving in a world that was both familiar and strange: the world of Naruto.

In his past life, Uchiha Yue loved reading novels and manga when he was bored. Naruto was one of his favorite manga series. Although it told the story of ninjas, the various bonds depicted within were the kind of emotions the lonely Uchiha Yue longed for most.

Therefore, when he first transmigrated as an infant, Uchiha Yue might have felt a bit of hesitation and fear. Moreover, due to being in an infant's body, he encountered all sorts of inconveniences, once nearly dying from thinking too much. But once he learned the language of this world and realized he had transmigrated into the Naruto universe, he gradually began to accept the world before him, and even more so, the parents of this life.

Four full years had passed since his arrival in the Naruto world, and Uchiha Yue had become accustomed to his identity in this life.

In this life, Uchiha Yue's mother, Minako, was a fairly ordinary chunin of Konoha.

However, Uchiha Yue's father, Uchiha Nara, was a renowned elite jonin in Konoha, possessing quite a reputation in the ninja world.

The 4th year of Konoha was the period of the Second Shinobi World War, which was exactly when Uchiha Yue had first transmigrated.

An elite jonin like Uchiha Nara, who had rendered countless meritorious services in the war, should logically have been highly valued in Konoha.

However, contrary to what Uchiha Yue had imagined, despite his father's formidable strength, Uchiha Nara was never well-liked in Konoha. Even when he was an infant and his father would take him out for a stroll, all he saw were the cold, indifferent gazes of the villagers and even the Uchiha clan itself. The reason for this was entirely due to Uchiha Yue's ancestor: Uchiha Madara!

Uchiha Madara was one of the most famous ninjas in the Naruto world.

When Uchiha Yue first learned that his ancestor was the legendary Uchiha Madara of the Uchiha clan, he couldn't find any words other than "excited" to describe his feelings. After all, besides uniting the Uchiha clan, Uchiha Madara had co-founded the first ninja village, Konoha, alongside the First Hokage, Senju Hashirama!

Unfortunately, Uchiha Madara had defected from Konoha long ago, and during his defection, he had fought a fierce battle with the First Hokage, Senju Hashirama, with both of them falling at the Valley of the End. It was then that Uchiha Yue finally understood why his father was treated with such coldness in Konoha, and why even his own clansmen shunned him.

As a descendant of Uchiha Madara, Uchiha Nara lived under immense pressure in Konoha.

Within the Uchiha clan, the members viewed Uchiha Madara as a traitor, so Uchiha Nara, as the descendant of a traitor, was naturally ostracized.

And within Konoha, all the ninjas and villagers revered the First Hokage as a god, making them hate Uchiha Madara all the more.

It is no exaggeration to say that Uchiha Nara was even more hated and shunned than a jinchuriki.

Thus, one could imagine Uchiha Nara's life in Konoha; it was a miracle he had survived this long.

During his infancy, aside from the occasional smile he saw on his father's face, Uchiha Nara spent most of his time moping at home, drinking in misery. The treatment Uchiha Nara received in Konoha directly affected the family's life. When his mother, Minako, tucked him in at night, Uchiha Yue had seen her secretly weeping several times.

His status as an orphan in his previous life made Uchiha Yue cherish his doting parents deeply.

Seeing his parents living unhappily in Konoha, Uchiha Yue secretly made up his mind to find his own way to cheer them up.

Then, Uchiha Yue began to display his talent, and in a short time, he was dubbed a genius by his clansmen.

From then on, the smiles on Uchiha Nara and Minako's faces indeed became more frequent, and even their bitter life became harmonious.

In Uchiha Nara's eyes, nothing was more important than his child's talent, and all other miseries were naturally cast aside.

Seeing her husband no longer depressed and her child hailed as a genius, Minako's mood improved significantly as well.

It was precisely because of his parents' smiles that Uchiha Yue became determined to live up to the title of "genius" and found the motivation to grow stronger.

But...

Perhaps only Uchiha Yue knew just how undeserved his reputation as a genius truly was.