The Uchiha Guard Division's Dire Predicament!

"Transformation Technique!"

Today, more than half of the class had already learned the Transformation Technique.

To "learn" meant to successfully use the Transformation Technique.

It didn't guarantee the success rate of the transformation, nor did it guarantee that the transformed form would be the same as the intended one. It only guaranteed that there would be a change after using the technique.

Uchiha Setsuna formed the hand seals.

The next moment, he had transformed into someone else's appearance.

"Classmate Setsuna, congratulations."

Iruka noticed that Uchiha Setsuna had successfully used the Transformation Technique.

The completion wasn't very high, but he had finally learned it.

Uchiha Setsuna returned to his seat.

Not many people paid attention to Uchiha Setsuna.

"Congratulations."

Yamanaka Ino flashed a smile at Uchiha Setsuna.

"Thank you."

After Uchiha Setsuna took his seat.

"Congratulations!"

A voice as light as a mosquito's hum sounded.

It was Hyuga Hinata's voice.

"Thank you."

Uchiha Setsuna nodded at Hyuga Hinata.

By now, the Ninja Academy had taught several courses: Chakra extraction, cultural studies, physical training, ninja tool class, and the Transformation Technique.

Uchiha Setsuna's performance in all of them had been mediocre.

In a class, there were usually two types of people who attracted attention.

One was the exceptional genius.

The other was the dead last.

In between were the nobodies, ignored by everyone.

Uchiha Setsuna's performance was slightly better than a nobody.

After all, Uchiha Setsuna came from the Uchiha clan. If his performance were too poor, it would still attract attention.

Even if it was just an unintentional glance.

But once noticed, for the real-world Uchiha Setsuna, it would be a huge blow.

In the real world, Uchiha Setsuna had no chance to start over.

Uchiha Sasuke glanced in Uchiha Setsuna's direction.

However, ever since Uchiha Setsuna had spoken those harsh words last time, Uchiha Sasuke had never approached Uchiha Setsuna again. Even if he saw him, he would pretend not to.

Though both came from the Uchiha clan, they were like strangers who didn't know each other.

This kind of relationship reminded Hyuga Hinata of her relationship with Hyuga Neji.

"Among the Uchiha clan, is the relationship between the clan head and other ordinary members also so bad?"

Hyuga Hinata thought again of her own sister, Hyuga Hanabi.

Currently, both Hyuga Hinata and Hyuga Hanabi were from the Main Family.

But according to the rules of the Hyuga Clan, only one of them could become the head of the Main Family, and the other would have to become part of the Branch Family, just like Hyuga Hiashi and Hizashi Hyuga back then.

Hyuga Hinata herself didn't want to become part of the Branch Family, but she also didn't want Hyuga Hanabi to become part of the Branch Family.

The dismissal bell rang.

Uchiha Setsuna left the Ninja Academy. This time, he didn't immediately return to the Uchiha compound. Instead, he went to the streets.

A dango shop.

Uchiha Setsuna didn't particularly like eating dango. The reason he came here was entirely because of the Guard Division base not far opposite this dango shop. This was Konoha's Guard Division.

But all the members of the Guard Division were members of the Uchiha clan.

This was a scheme by Konoha's higher-ups.

The tasks assigned to the Guard Division involved interacting with Konoha's ordinary villagers, mainly to restrict them and make them obey the village rules set by the Konoha leadership.

However, these rules were not necessarily reasonable.

And they conflicted with the interests of some villagers.

Even if these villagers obeyed the rules, they would still harbor resentment in their hearts.

However, these grievances would not be directed at Konoha's higher-ups.

Instead, they would target the Uchiha who directly interacted with them.

Over time, this could even erupt, leading to conflicts with members of the Guard Division.

Furthermore, most of the Uchiha had fiery tempers.

Therefore, when carrying out Guard Division duties, it was easy for contradictions to arise.

The relationship between the Uchiha and those villagers became worse and worse.

As for the other villagers, even if they hadn't had conflicts with any Uchiha, upon hearing these things, they would instinctively side with the ordinary villagers.

Unreasonable, only class-conscious.

Under these circumstances, the relationship between the Uchiha and Konoha's ordinary villagers could not possibly be good.

A large part of the discriminatory gazes from Konoha villagers that Uchiha Setsuna felt were due to this.

"Uchiha Yashiro..."

Uchiha Setsuna looked in the direction of Konoha's Guard Division.

There was no one at the entrance.

The members of the Guard Division themselves knew they were unwelcome in Konoha.

Just as Uchiha Setsuna was about to leave, a villager came to the entrance of the Guard Division and knocked. Soon, a Guard Division member came out, and the villager seemed to be reporting something to them.

He saw the villager lead the Guard Division member to the entrance of a shop.

Most likely, this person had a conflict with the shop owner while buying something.

Before long, the dispute was resolved.

The Guard Division member returned to the Guard Division.

People centered around the shop owner began to complain about the Guard Division and the Uchiha, speaking ill of them.

More crucially, the person who was helped by the Guard Division member was also speaking ill of the Uchiha.

This person reached a reconciliation with the shop owner, and they even seemed to have become friends.

Suddenly, the only bad guys were the Uchiha.

Uchiha Setsuna sneered upon hearing this.

"This is Konoha!"

"These are Konoha's villagers!"

"This is the life Konoha has given the Uchiha."

"Truly, wonderful!"

Uchiha Setsuna stood up and walked out of the dango shop.

Returning home, Uchiha Setsuna saw that Uchiha Kayan was not busy and had taken his words to heart, which greatly improved Uchiha Setsuna's mood.

"Grandpa, I'm back."

"You're back. What do you want to eat?"

"Anything is fine. I brought some dango back."

"Alright then, I'll just make something simple."

Although Uchiha Kayan said it was simple, it wasn't really.

He still put effort into it, just in a smaller portion.

"Grandpa, what do you think of the Uchiha nowadays?"

Uchiha Kayan was taken aback.

"Why the sudden question? Did someone say something to you outside?"

"No."

Uchiha Setsuna shook his head.

"It's just that when I went to the dango shop today, I saw the Guard Division across the street. Their situation in Konoha doesn't seem very good. I heard many people cursing them behind their backs."

Uchiha Kayan fell silent for a moment.

"Setsuna, don't worry about these things. The Clan Head will handle them."

"Mm, okay."

Uchiha Setsuna didn't continue the topic.

He only mentioned it to Uchiha Kayan on a whim.

As for Fugaku Uchiha, whom Uchiha Kayan had expectations for, Uchiha Setsuna held no hope at all.

Uchiha Setsuna had already been disappointed in Fugaku Uchiha during his life simulations.

"Most ordinary Uchiha members probably have the same mindset as Grandpa."

"It's normal for them to think that way."

"But they don't know that the one they place their hopes on is completely unqualified."