The Reason

The sound of burning wood occasionally rang out in the silent room as Hayato calmly began recounting his past. "Your mother was not a member of the Uchiha Clan, and that was the source of everything that happened," Hayato said flatly.

"Hm? Was Mother's identity special?" Miao asked in confusion. "Somewhat. Your mother carried the bloodline of the Uzumaki Clan," Hayato said slowly, a trace of sorrow in his voice.

"The Uzumaki Clan?" A Surprised Look flashed across Miao's face. He knew that the protagonist of Naruto was named Uzumaki Naruto. Could there be some connection between them?

"This can be traced back to the Warring States Period before Konoha was founded. The Uchiha Clan and the Senju Clan were originally the two strongest clans of that era, but they were also mortal enemies. They were two ninja clans born to oppose one another, locked in endless conflict since ancient times and burdened with countless grudges. Yet Uchiha Madara, the Uchiha Clan's leader and strongest ninja at the time, somehow reached an agreement with Senju Hashirama, the God of Shinobi and the First Hokage. They brought their two enemy clans together, ended the chaotic age, and founded Konoha Ninja Village. That was the original Konoha Ninja Village," Hayato said calmly.

"So that was it. That was how Konoha came to be?" Miao said in surprise. So the Uchiha Clan and that so-called Senju Clan had such a history.

"But what did that have to do with my mother?" Miao asked curiously. "The Uzumaki Clan was also a powerful clan. They excelled at Fuinjutsu and possessed enormous Chakra reserves. They were distant relatives of the Senju Clan, and in the past, they were practically one family. Intermarriage between them was extremely common. Especially during the Warring States Period before Konoha was founded, the Senju Clan's ability to firmly suppress the Uchiha Clan was inseparable from the Uzumaki Clan's full support. That was why the Uchiha Clan deeply hated the Uzumaki Clan, the Senju Clan's relatives," Hayato said with a helpless sigh.

"So that was it. Was the Uchiha Clan the one that forced our family?" Having heard this much, Miao had roughly guessed the reason. His gaze immediately turned cold as he spoke in a low voice.

"That was part of it. The Uchiha and Senju were like fire and water. Even after Konoha Ninja Village was established, their struggles never ceased. They had merely changed from open slaughter during the Warring States Period to fighting for power within Konoha. The hatred between the two clans had never truly been resolved. Especially during the dispute over the First Hokage's position, nearly all the ninja clans and Villagers in the village overwhelmingly supported Senju Hashirama becoming the First Hokage. Uchiha Madara lost the political struggle and left Konoha. In the end, the Battle of the Valley of the End, which shook the Ninja World, took place. That was the history between the Senju and Uchiha," Hayato said slowly.

"As an elite ninja of the Uchiha Clan, I fought for Konoha in the Third Great Ninja War. During the war, I saved your mother. But at the time, I did not know that she was an orphan of the Uzumaki Clan. Gradually, feelings grew between us. In the end, I even defied the Uchiha Clan's rules and married her. Then you came along. It was only after we returned to Konoha that her Uzumaki bloodline was confirmed." As Hayato spoke, ripples rarely appeared in his unfocused eyes.

"So the Uchiha Clan persecuted Mother, right?" Miao let out a deep sigh. He had already roughly inferred the outcome.

"That's right. But because your mother carried the Uzumaki Clan's bloodline, they disliked her for two reasons. First was her identity as an Uzumaki. Second was the pride ingrained in the Uchiha Clan's bloodline. They would not allow their bloodline to be tainted. Even within the Uchiha Clan, only a tiny fraction of clan members could successfully achieve Opening Eyes for their Kekkei Genkai, the Sharingan. Even pure-blooded Uchiha had such a low chance of Opening Eyes, let alone mixed-blood descendants. If, after you were Grown Up, you married a Woman from the Uchiha Clan, the chances of your descendants Opening Eyes would be even lower. They would never allow such dilution of their bloodline. In truth, it was not only the Uchiha Clan. The other Kekkei Genkai Family clans had similar rules, though none were as arrogant and extreme as the Uchiha Clan."

"After your mother became pregnant, they even demanded that I get rid of you in her womb. But I refused. To protect your mother, I fell out with the entire clan and even severed ties with them. Because the First Hokage's wife was also from the Uzumaki Clan, and because the Uzumaki Clan had once been closely connected to Konoha, the Uchiha Clan did not dare go too far." At this point, Hayato's voice began to grow agitated. Even Miao, listening at his side, could clearly feel the hatred in his father's heart.

"Although I broke with the clan to protect your mother, I never regretted it. To avoid the clan's scorn, I took your pregnant mother and moved out of the clan's settlement, settling down in an ordinary district of Konoha. But then something happened that I never could have expected." Hayato's tone gradually calmed, while his eyes suddenly became incomparably sharp.

"Hm?" Miao looked at his father in confusion. "Konoha's High-Level officials intervened. They saw the chance when I fell out with the Uchiha Clan. Their target was your mother—no, to be precise, it was you in your mother's womb." Hayato took a deep breath, and a chill flashed across his face.

"What? Why was I their target?!" Miao froze, utterly unable to understand.

"That begins with the relationship between Konoha and the Uchiha Clan. Since Konoha was founded, the relationship between the Uchiha Clan and Konoha's High-Level officials had always been poor. Because of Uchiha Madara's rebellion, Konoha's High-Level officials had always maintained deep wariness toward the Uchiha Clan. During the Second Hokage's era, the Uchiha Clan was even placed in charge of the Konoha Military Police Force. Though it appeared to grant the Uchiha Clan greater authority and show trust in them, it was actually a way to exclude them from the center of power. Their settlement was openly driven to the edge of the village. The Uchiha Clan was likewise dissatisfied with the Senju Clan monopolizing Konoha, further intensifying the conflict between the Uchiha Clan and Konoha's High-Level officials. After the Second Hokage died, the situation only worsened. Nearly all of Konoha's High-Level officials belonged to the Senju faction. The Third Hokage and Konoha's High-Level advisers were all disciples of Senju Tobirama, the Second Hokage. They had inherited Senju Tobirama's way of thinking and distrusted the Uchiha Clan in every possible way. But because it was wartime, the conflict was temporarily suppressed," Hayato said slowly as he looked at Miao.

"However, because of Konoha's High-Level officials' attitude, the other ninja clans and Villagers were unknowingly influenced as well. They began to exclude and distrust the Uchiha Clan. So although the Uchiha Clan appeared glorious and was called the Ninja World's foremost noble clan after the Senju Clan declined, life within Konoha was actually far from easy for them," Hayato said mockingly.

"Konoha claimed to be the most peaceful and prosperous village among the Five Great Nations, preaching the Will of Fire to the outside world. But the more peaceful its exterior appeared, the more turbulent it was within. Conflict never ceased. Konoha, including the Uchiha Clan, had long since rotted away. Now that the war had ended, the struggles within Konoha were probably even more intense."

Miao pondered for a moment, then his eyes turned cold. "So that was why Konoha acted against Mother and me..."

"That's right. Your surname is Uchiha, but you might also inherit the Uzumaki Clan's bloodline. The Uzumaki bloodline not only possessed powerful vitality and enormous Chakra reserves, but their constitution could also suppress Tailed Beasts!! What would it mean to Konoha's High-Level officials, who stood in direct opposition to the Uchiha Clan, for an Uchiha to inherit the Kekkei Genkai of both the Uzumaki and Uchiha clans? You should understand."

"Everything had two sides. As a mixed-blood child, you might inherit both clans' bloodlines, but you might also be unable to awaken either due to impure blood. But to Konoha's High-Level officials, danger had to be strangled in the cradle. So long as the possibility was not zero, you had to be eliminated. Aside from the Third Hokage, who opposed the proposal, the other advisers all supported the decision. The most active among them was a Konoha High-Level official named Danzo, the leader of Konoha Root, a man known as The Darkest Part of Konoha. Every action against your mother and you was proposed and planned by him." Hayato's voice had become incomparably sharp, and a Horrified Aura slowly radiated from his body.

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