"Transformation Technique!"
More than half the class had already gotten the hang of the Transformation Technique today.
Getting the hang of it meant being able to successfully use the Transformation Technique.
It did not guarantee a high success rate, nor did it guarantee that the result would match what one intended to transform into. It merely guaranteed that some change would occur after using the Transformation Technique.
Uchiha Setsuna formed hand seals.
The next moment, he transformed into someone else.
"Setsuna, congratulations."
Iruka noticed that Uchiha Setsuna had successfully used the Transformation Technique.
The completion level was not particularly high, but he had gotten the hang of it nonetheless.
Uchiha Setsuna returned to his seat.
Not many people paid attention to Uchiha Setsuna.
"Congratulations."
Yamanaka Ino smiled at Uchiha Setsuna.
"Thank you."
After Uchiha Setsuna sat down.
"Congratulations!"
A voice as soft as a mosquito's buzz sounded.
It was Hyuga Hinata's voice.
"Thank you."
Uchiha Setsuna nodded at Hyuga Hinata.
The Ninja Academy had already taught several subjects: Chakra extraction, academic classes, physical training, Ninja Tool classes, and the Transformation Technique.
Uchiha Setsuna's performance in all of them was middling.
In any class, there were usually two kinds of people who drew attention.
One was the outstanding genius.
The other was the dead last.
Those in the middle were the invisible ones, ignored by everyone.
Uchiha Setsuna performed slightly better than an invisible student.
After all, Uchiha Setsuna came from the Uchiha Clan. If he performed too poorly, he would still attract attention.
Even if it was only a passing glance.
But once he was noticed, it would be a devastating blow to the Uchiha Setsuna of the real world.
In the real world, Uchiha Setsuna would not have a chance to start over.
Second Pillar glanced in Uchiha Setsuna's direction.
However, ever since Uchiha Setsuna had said those harsh words last time, Second Pillar had never taken the initiative to approach him again. Even when he saw him, he acted as if he had not.
Both came from the Uchiha Clan, yet they were like strangers who did not know each other.
Their relationship reminded Hyuga Hinata of her relationship with Hyuga Neji.
"Is the relationship between the Clan Head and the other ordinary members of the Uchiha Clan also that bad?"
Hyuga Hinata thought again of herself and her younger sister, Hyuga Hanabi.
At present, both Hyuga Hinata and Hyuga Hanabi belonged to the Main Family.
But according to the Hyuga Clan's rules, only one of them could remain in the Main Family. The other had to become part of the Branch Family, just as Hyuga Hiashi and Hizashi Hyuga had back then.
Hyuga Hinata did not want to become part of the Branch Family, but she also did not want Hyuga Hanabi to become part of it.
The dismissal bell rang.
Uchiha Setsuna left the Ninja Academy. This time, instead of immediately returning to the Uchiha compound, he went out onto the streets.
To a dango shop.
Uchiha Setsuna did not particularly like dango. He had come solely because the Military Police Force headquarters was not far across from the shop. This was Konoha's Military Police Force.
Yet every member of the Military Police Force was an Uchiha Clan member.
This was an open scheme by the Konoha High Command.
The tasks assigned to the Military Police Force all involved dealing with Konoha's ordinary villagers. Their primary responsibility was restricting those villagers and making them obey the village rules established by the Konoha High Command.
But those rules were not necessarily reasonable.
And they conflicted with the interests of some villagers.
Even if those villagers obeyed the rules, they would still harbor resentment.
But that resentment would not be directed at the Konoha High Command.
Instead, it would be directed at the Uchiha, who dealt with them directly.
Over time, it might even erupt, causing conflicts with Military Police Force members.
On top of that, most Uchiha had rather hot tempers.
Therefore, conflicts easily arose while carrying out Military Police Force duties.
The relationship between the Uchiha and those villagers only grew worse and worse.
And even villagers who had never clashed with an Uchiha would instinctively side with the ordinary villagers whenever they heard such stories.
They did not care about reason, only class.
Under such circumstances, it was impossible for the relationship between the Uchiha and Konoha's ordinary villagers to be good.
A large part of the discriminatory looks Uchiha Setsuna received from Konoha's villagers stemmed from this.
"Uchiha Yashiro..."
Uchiha Setsuna looked toward the Konoha Military Police Force.
There was no one at the entrance.
The Military Police Force members themselves knew that they were unwelcome in Konoha.
Just as Uchiha Setsuna was preparing to leave, a villager came to the Military Police Force entrance and knocked. Soon, a member came out, and the villager seemed to be reporting something to him.
Then Uchiha Setsuna saw the villager lead the Military Police Force member to the entrance of a shop.
Most likely, the man had gotten into a dispute with the shop owner while buying something.
Before long, the dispute was resolved.
The Military Police Force member returned to the headquarters.
People gathered around the shop owner and began grumbling about the Military Police Force and the Uchiha, badmouthing the Uchiha.
More importantly, the person whom the Military Police Force member had helped was also badmouthing the Uchiha.
That person reached a settlement with the shop owner and even seemed to have become friends with him.
In an instant, the Uchiha had become the only villains.
Hearing this, Uchiha Setsuna sneered inwardly.
"This is Konoha!"
"These are Konoha's villagers!"
"This is the life Konoha has brought the Uchiha!"
"How wonderful."
Uchiha Setsuna stood and walked out of the dango shop.
When he returned home, Uchiha Setsuna saw that Uchiha Kayan was not busy working. He had taken his words to heart, which improved Uchiha Setsuna's mood considerably.
"Grandpa, I'm back."
"You're back. What do you want to eat?"
"Anything simple is fine. I brought back some dango."
"All right, I'll make something simple."
Uchiha Kayan said simple, but it was not truly simple.
He still prepared the meal with care, only making a smaller portion.
"Grandpa, what do you think of the Uchiha Clan now?"
Uchiha Kayan froze for a moment.
"Why are you suddenly asking that? Did someone outside say something to you?"
"No."
Uchiha Setsuna shook his head.
"It's just that when I went to the dango shop today, I saw the Military Police Force across the street. Their situation in Konoha seemed pretty bad. I heard many people cursing them behind their backs."
Uchiha Kayan fell silent for a while.
"Setsuna, don't concern yourself with those matters. The Clan Head will solve them."
"All right."
Uchiha Setsuna did not continue the topic.
He had only brought it up with Uchiha Kayan on a whim.
As for the Fugaku Uchiha that Uchiha Kayan placed his hopes on, Uchiha Setsuna had no expectations whatsoever.
During the Life Simulation, Uchiha Setsuna had already been disappointed in Fugaku Uchiha.
"Most ordinary Uchiha Clan members probably think the same way Grandpa does."
"It's normal for them to think that way."
"But they don't know that the person they place their hopes in is completely unworthy of it."
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