"Mom, there's something I want to ask you," Uchiha Cheng said as he ate.
The past three days had left him with a lot of questions. He wanted to get some answers and find out whether they were true.
"Are you descended from the Senju Clan or the Uzumaki Clan?" Uchiha Cheng asked.
This was what he wanted to know most of all. He had never heard his mother mention it, but according to the Sage of Six Paths, she was a member of the Senju Clan.
"I really am descended from the Senju Clan. But why are you suddenly asking about this?"
Uchiha Mika looked puzzled. She had never told anyone else about it, so why had her son suddenly brought it up?
The Sage of Six Paths really hadn't lied, Uchiha Cheng thought.
"An old man told me. He said that because I have Senju blood, I was able to stay alive. I only woke up with his help, too," Uchiha Cheng replied.
He didn't say much more, keeping some secrets to himself. He knew his mother felt guilty for failing to protect him, and he hoped this explanation would comfort her.
"Really?" Mika's eyes lit up. The guilt in her heart eased considerably. Her bloodline had protected her son.
"Then that old man must have been a god. Only a god could bring someone back to life. I wonder which god he was. I really should go and thank him properly."
Seeing that his mother was feeling a little better, Uchiha Cheng chatted with her.
They were both still worried. The danger hadn't passed. That scumbag would come back, and it wouldn't be long. He had run out of money, after all, and the only reason he'd backed off this time was that he was afraid of causing a death. He had nearly beaten Uchiha Cheng to death this time. What would they do if it happened again?
"Mother, we can't go on like this. We have to find a way to solve this. If nothing else, we should leave."
Uchiha Cheng spoke firmly. He couldn't accept living with no security, worrying every day, and watching helplessly as his mother was hurt.
Mika rubbed the boy's head and said helplessly,
"Xiao Cheng, there are some things you don't understand yet. I've thought countless times about leaving and divorcing that beast. But I could never bring myself to leave you behind."
The boy's eyes lit up. He hadn't expected his mother to want to leave, too. It matched exactly what he had in mind. The Uchiha Clan would eventually face the disaster of a massacre, after all. Leaving this place of trouble as soon as possible was the best course.
"Mother, I can leave with you."
Mika said helplessly,
"It's not that simple. You inherited the Uchiha Clan's bloodline, so you're a member of the Uchiha Clan and will inevitably be subject to its authority.
"And the Uchiha Clan is powerful. If I divorce that beast, there's a good chance the Uchiha Clan will interfere and keep you in the clan.
"Then you'd have to live with that beast, and I'm afraid I'd never see you again."
Uchiha Cheng fell silent. Coming from Earth, he clearly couldn't understand how powerful the Uchiha Clan was in every respect. He hadn't realized that he himself was the one tying his mother down.
But if the normal route wouldn't work, he still had other means at his disposal. Was his Rinnegan supposed to be nothing but decoration? The Sage of Six Paths had personally chosen him as his successor, and he was someone born with an ancestral bloodline.
"Then, Mother, I want to learn ninjutsu. I want to gain the strength to protect us."