Konoha Year 43.
Spring.
Kiyohane’s life in Konoha wasn’t exactly… well, it was actually fairly ideal.
“If kekkei genkai were ranked from trash to absolutely busted, my bloodline would be busted as hell.”
Kiyohane rubbed the spot between his brows, feeling a headache coming on.
If the shinobi world had a bloodline tier list, he would probably count as an extremely rare breed.
Right now, though, Kiyohane really wanted a card check.
Something was wrong with this hand!
Legend had it that when the Uchiha and Senju bloodlines combined, one could obtain the power of all creation.
Any single kekkei genkai was enough to make someone the Lu Bu among shinobi, the Red Hare among horses.
Even if he became some three-timing servant and pledged loyalty to another ninja village for a green card, he would still be a hot commodity.
Kiyohane, meanwhile, had skipped twenty years of struggle entirely.
In one step, he had become a mixed-blood child of the Uchiha and Senju clans.
Uchiha gave mechanics.
Senju gave stats.
Put the two together, and it was basically high damage in the left hand and even higher damage in the right.
The only flaw in this otherwise perfect setup was…
“I am the fruit of sin.”
Kiyohane sighed.
Unless his father was Hashirama Senju and his mother was Madara Uchiha, there was no way he was passing any political background check.
Kiyohane had not originally belonged to this world.
One moment, he had been driving along a national highway; the next, he had been hit by a heavy truck and sent spinning like a top.
After that, he transmigrated into someone from Konoha.
Having lived his second life in reverse, Kiyohane had undoubtedly obtained the answer to the current version of the game in this bloodline-dominated shinobi world.
His father was an Uchiha.
His mother was a Senju.
Just as Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju had their so-called “bond,” his parents had also taken one look at each other and fallen head over heels, putting on their own little Romeo and Juliet act.
Madly in love, Kiyohane’s father inherited the Uchiha clan’s obsessive side.
Without hesitation, he decided to leave his clan and elope with Kiyohane’s mother from the Senju clan.
At the time, the Senju clan was already on the verge of disbanding.
When they learned that some yellow-haired Uchiha brat had actually gotten the Senju family’s precious good girl pregnant, the entire Senju clan flew into a rage.
The incident nearly sparked another conflict between the two clans.
From a biological perspective, it was powerful—a union of strength with strength.
From a political perspective, it was a disaster.
The Uchiha and Senju were absolutely forbidden from… intermarrying!
As for why, it all traced back to the era of the Sage of Six Paths.
Their ancestors had started fighting over an unfair division of family inheritance between brothers, and that endless feud had continued all the way through reincarnations until the end of the Warring States Period.
They were, in every sense, enemies of a thousand years.
Later, because the Uchiha clan head, Madara, lost to the Senju clan head, Hashirama, the two clans finally shook hands and made peace.
They invited other ninja clans to join them and together founded the ninja village.
That said, it had only been a little over forty years.
How could there not be lingering problems left over from history?
But the rice had already been cooked.
Kiyohane had been born.
Unfortunately, it had happened during the Second Shinobi World War, so neither clan had the time to deal with it.
By the time they finally looked back and thought about cleaning up the mess, they discovered that Kiyohane’s parents had both died on the battlefield and become heroes.
In an instant, Kiyohane turned into a hot potato no one knew how to handle.
In the end, it was Tsunade who took pity on him.
With Nawaki’s death still fresh in her heart, she brought Kiyohane to her side and raised him.
“Still, when the Uchiha clan gets wiped out, I shouldn’t be included, right?”
Kiyohane thought it over.
His household registration wasn’t even with the Uchiha clan anymore.
It was still listed under the Senju clan.
His name was Senju Kiyohane!
A naturally evil… no, a naturally righteous little Senju brat!
“Brat, today is your first day at the academy.
Don’t forget.”
A voice interrupted Kiyohane’s thoughts.
Before he even saw the person, two enormous shadows fell over his head.
“I know, Tsunade-nee.”
Kiyohane looked up at Tsunade, who was wearing a teal-green haori.
Compared to the mature, stunning beauty she would become in the future, Tsunade was still in the prime of her youth.
Her long golden hair was tied back into a ponytail, and the blue-purple mark of the Strength of a Hundred Seal was visible on her forehead.
Of course, the most eye-catching part of her was still the unmatched assets that remained towering even when she was lying down.
No further explanation was needed.
She could be called the tallest mountain and the longest river in the shinobi world.
“As long as you know.”
Tsunade flicked Kiyohane on the forehead.
Kiyohane clutched his forehead.
He was genuinely afraid Tsunade might forget to hold back.
…
Ten minutes later.
Under Tsunade’s lead, Kiyohane headed to the Ninja Academy for enrollment.
It was early April, the first day of school.
In the shinobi world, the new academic year began in April, not September like in Kiyohane’s previous life.
Kiyohane looked around and found that there were quite a lot of people.
He even spotted a number of familiar faces.
Kurenai Yuhi, Rin Nohara, Kakashi Hatake, Obito, Genma Shiranui, and others.
The place was packed.
Kiyohane and Tsunade could only line up at the back.
Just as Kiyohane was idly wondering whether he should step into the Ninja Academy with his left foot first or his right foot first, he suddenly heard a sound.
[Trait System awakened.]
[You may pick up dropped traits.
By meeting the required conditions, traits can be synthesized into higher-quality traits.]
“?”
Kiyohane was one question mark away from having it written across his forehead.
He had already figured out how to rely on his Uchiha and Senju bloodlines to survive all the way to the Fourth Shinobi World War, and now a system had appeared?
[Collectible trait detected: D-rank trait.]
[D-rank Trait: Lonely Genius.]
[Effect: Training efficiency increases by 40% when training alone.]
What did that mean?
Kiyohane looked up in surprise.
Where had this trait come from?
The moment he raised his head, he saw a white-haired man walking toward them while holding the hand of a white-haired child.
“Yo, Tsunade.”
Sakumo Hatake greeted Tsunade.
“Sakumo-senpai.”
Tsunade clearly had a good relationship with Sakumo Hatake and gave him a slight nod.
“This is Tsunade, one of the famous Sannin.”
Sakumo lowered his head and spoke to his son, Kakashi Hatake.
“Lady Tsunade.”
Kakashi greeted her.
Then his gaze shifted to Kiyohane, who was standing beside Tsunade.
Black hair, black eyes, and a handsome face.
Kakashi couldn’t help thinking that he looked like the very picture of a classic Uchiha.
Compared to the hot-blooded Senju, Kiyohane’s appearance alone fit the traditional image of an Uchiha far better.
Kakashi knew a little about Kiyohane’s background.
“My son Kakashi is also enrolling today.”
Sakumo rubbed Kakashi’s head, then looked at Kiyohane.
“Please get along with him.
I’ll be counting on you to look after him.”
Sakumo smiled.
Although he looked tall and imposing, his personality was as gentle as Minato Namikaze’s.
“I will, Lord Sakumo,” Kiyohane nodded.
He more or less understood where that trait had come from now.
The moment Kiyohane saw Kakashi wearing that black face mask, he knew Kakashi’s level of melancholy was above his own.
“Huh?”
Kakashi let out a confused sound and looked at his father.
“Don’t get too proud just because you got into the Ninja Academy, Kakashi.
Kiyohane’s potential might be greater than anyone’s.”
Sakumo spoke from the heart.
In all his years, he had never once seen a shinobi who carried both Uchiha and Senju blood.