Ninja School, Class A classroom.
Renye found a seat and subtly observed the children around him.
These guys would be his classmates from now on.
"Since it's the first day of school and everyone's still unfamiliar, let's go around and introduce ourselves," the homeroom teacher said, crossing his arms. "I'll start. My name is Senju Takuma, and I'll be your homeroom teacher for the next six years."
Renye raised an eyebrow. He wondered why the homeroom teacher seemed somewhat familiar; it turned out he was a member of the Senju Clan. Perhaps he had encountered him before.
"You can start," Senju Takuma casually pointed to a Byakugan child in the front row.
The child stood up and proudly surveyed his surroundings: "My name is Hyuga Yushu, and I'm from the Hyuga Clan."
Some children immediately showed envious expressions.
"Wow, the Hyuga are a big clan!"
Hyuga Yushu's lips curved upward, taking in the envy of those around him.
"Tch, is that all?"
At this moment, a disdainful snort suddenly echoed through the classroom.
As soon as these words were uttered, the classroom instantly fell silent, and everyone looked in the direction of the sound.
In the back row of the classroom, a little brat was staring coldly at Hyuga Yushu, his eyes filled with deep disdain.
His gaze seemed to be looking at an ant.
The Uchiha Clan's fan symbol was embroidered on his clothes.
Clearly, this was someone from the Uchiha Clan.
Not only that, but three other children wearing the Uchiha fan symbol were also sitting around him, two of whom also showed disdainful expressions.
"Uchiha?" Renye was a bit surprised; he hadn't expected there to be three other clan members in his class.
The orphanage director had once told Renye that children from the orphanage wouldn't attend the Ninja School but would be tutored by Jonin from the Police Force and would directly join the Police Force in the future.
That meant there was a high probability that Uchiha Shun could secure a stable job in the Police Force.
The origin of the Police Force differed from what Renye knew.
In the original work, the Police Force was established during Senju Tobirama's tenure. At that time, Konoha was plagued by internal and external troubles, and the Uchiha gradually became dissatisfied with the Senju's sole dominance of Konoha. Thus, Senju Tobirama established the Konoha Police Force, with its main duties primarily handled by Uchiha Clan members, to express trust in the Uchiha.
But here, the Police Force was established at the very beginning of Konoha's founding.
The four Uchiha noticed Renye's gaze; three of them showed contemptuous and disgusted looks, while only the last one smiled and nodded at him.
Renye: "???"
What's going on?!
Why do these guys have such great animosity towards him?
Renye: I've never provoked anyone!
Hmm... Danzo Shimura doesn't count; that Old Man deliberately caused trouble!
Hyuga Yushu was furious, but seeing that the other party had strength in numbers, he could only sit down, fuming.
"Nara Hon'ya, likes quiet, hates trouble."
"Homura Mitokado."
"Utatane Koharu."
Renye looked at the two, pondering, "Are these the future two Hokage Advisors?"
If he remembered correctly, these two seemed to live quite long.
"Hiruzen Sarutobi."
"Danzo Shimura."
Halfway through the self-introductions, it was Renye's turn.
"My name is Uchiha Renye."
After speaking, just as he was about to sit down, he heard a highly sarcastic remark from behind him, "Hehe, Uchiha? I think it's Senju!"
Renye's eyes narrowed slightly, and he turned to look at the Uchiha who had spoken.
He finally understood why these guys were so hostile towards him; they had taken him for a traitor to the Uchiha!
"Clean up your mouths, or you'll regret it!" Renye said coldly.
"Haha, that's hilarious."
"A traitor is a traitor, and we're not allowed to say it?"
The Uchiha exchanged glances and couldn't help but laugh, not putting Renye in their eyes at all.
Renye, as an Uchiha, being adopted by the Senju, was practically a slap in the face to the Uchiha Clan; he was a disgrace to the Uchiha!
"You guys shouldn't be like this..." The Uchiha who had smiled at Renye earlier tried to stop them.
"We were so busy talking about him, we forgot about you. You're also a disgrace to the Uchiha!"
"How can you guys be like this..."
"Alright, everyone quiet down!" Senju Takuma frowned and scolded.
Hearing this, the Uchiha brats reluctantly shut up.
"Uchiha Renye, you can sit down now."
Renye gave the three Uchiha an annoyed look and sat back in his chair.
Damn it! Bullying, and they're bullying him!
He had to make them understand why flowers are so red!
Finally, it was the turn of those Uchiha to introduce themselves.
The leading Uchiha, acting like he owned the place, proudly declared, "My name is Uchiha Refū!"
The other two were the same.
"Uchiha Hiko!"
"Uchiha Rin!"
To Renye's surprise, even with these three acting so arrogant, no one dared to stand up and express dissatisfaction.
It seemed they were intimidated by the Uchiha Clan's background.
Renye sighed helplessly, "Now I finally understand why Senju Tobirama always guarded against the Uchiha..."
The Uchiha Clan members are powerful and very arrogant, with personalities prone to extremism, and they can do dangerous things if they're not careful.
The clan's public image was ruined by these guys.
Coupled with the position of the Police Force, it's inherently easy to incur resentment.
If things continued this way, the Uchiha Clan would be finished sooner or later!
Renye couldn't help but admire Senju Tobirama's political acumen.
Knowing the Uchiha's difficult personalities and still assigning them to the Police Force—that's truly a clever tactic!
This way, the Uchiha would be out of contention for the Hokage position.
Uchiha Madara might have seen through this scheme, which is why he planned to take his clan members and leave to establish their own faction.
Unfortunately, no clan members were willing to follow him.
Both were clans that co-founded Konoha, yet the Uchiha Clan, let alone the Hokage position, didn't even get an Advisor position. How miserable is that?
Speaking of misery, the Senju Clan wasn't much better off.
The Three Great Ninja Wars directly wiped out the Senju Clan.
However, the Uchiha Clan didn't last many years before following in the footsteps of the Senju Clan... they were annihilated.
It's quite abstract when you think about it.
The two most powerful clans in the Warring States Period jointly established Konoha Village, and their ultimate fate was annihilation.
"Hello everyone, my name is Uchiha Kagami!"
At this moment, the introduction of the last Uchiha brought Renye back to his senses.
"So this guy is Uchiha Kagami!"
Uchiha Kagami's personality was nothing like an Uchiha.
No wonder he would later be taken as a disciple by Senju Tobirama.
Self-introductions concluded.
"We won't have classes this morning; everyone can get to know each other. We'll officially start classes this afternoon," Senju Takuma said. "A few students can come with me to move books."
After speaking, he left the classroom with a few students.
Renye stared out the window, bored, his face full of impatience.
"School is the most annoying thing."
Normally at this time, he would be training in the training ground, but now he had to sit miserably in the classroom.
And his classmates were all problem children...