Naruto: The Traitor Starting from Kushina Uzumaki

Chapter 1: The Witness

"Here it is again, that unlucky thing."

"Hmph, even though he has Uchiha blood, he's nothing more than a stray dog!"

"Shh, are you trying to get us killed? If they hear you, we might end up in prison."

"Descendant of a rogue ninja—he's definitely a traitor too. Lord Hokage is too kind to have taken him in."

...

Chiba walked down the streets of Konoha with his head lowered and a dark expression.

Chiba had been in this world for 9 years and had spent 5 of those years in Konoha.

In those 9 years,Chiba's feelings had shifted from initial excitement to deep resentment.

Just as the villagers who sneered at him said,Chiba had Uchiha blood flowing in his veins.

But the Uchiha clan did not acknowledge him.

To preserve the purity of their bloodline, the Uchiha clan practiced internal marriage.

Chiba's parents did not.

Chiba's mother was from the Uchiha clan, while his father was a member of the Senju clan.

IfChiba's father had been an ordinary person, his life might have been less miserable, and the Uchiha clan might have accepted him.

But unfortunately,Chiba's father was from the Senju clan, the Uchiha clan's arch-enemies.

WhenChiba's mother became pregnant with him, the Uchiha clan's leader and elders immediately placed her under house arrest and even wanted her to abort the child.

WhenChiba's father learned of this, he secretly infiltrated the Uchiha compound, took his wife, and fled Konoha.

The Uchiha clan, of course, could not allow the Uchiha bloodline to be lost outside their control, so they reported the matter to the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Hiruzen Sarutobi immediately declaredChiba's parents as rogue ninjas and sent Anbu to hunt them down.

Despite this,Chiba's parents successfully escaped and went into hiding in a village without ninjas. They lived happily together for four years afterChiba was born.

Those were the happiest four years ofChiba's life.

But then disaster struck.

A group of powerful wild beasts invaded the village. Without ninjas, no one could resist them.

Chiba's mother was forced to use her Sharingan and, together withChiba's father, drove off the beasts.

But that was when the trouble began.

The ninjas seemed to have sensed the prey and all targetedChiba's mother, hoping to take her Sharingan.

In the fierce battle,Chiba's father sacrificed himself to protectChiba and his mother.

Chiba's mother was also severely injured, and despite her condition, she managed to bringChiba to Konoha, begging for refuge.

Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed to her plea. Although Chiba's parents were rogue ninjas, they had not committed any acts that harmed Konoha. Additionally, with both Uchiha and Senju bloodlines, it was possible Chiba might awaken a Kekkei Genkai in the future, so he could not be left outside Konoha.

Thus,Chiba remained in Konoha.

Hiruzen Sarutobi sent someone to take Chiba to the Uchiha clan compound to see if they would accept him and acknowledge his Uchiha identity.

But the Uchiha clan refused to recognize Chiba as one of their own.

So Konoha arranged for Chiba to stay in a dilapidated house, and no one cared for him after that.

Chiba was indifferent to this.

He understood the conflict between the Uchiha and Senju clans. With Senju blood in him, it was natural for the Uchiha clan to reject him.

At that time, not knowing his parents were rogue ninjas,Chiba had hoped things would improve once he came to Konoha.

Chiba naïvely believed that as long as he wasn't involved with the Jinchuriki, the villagers of Konoha would be fairly friendly.

However,Chiba's hopes were soon shattered.

Almost all the villagers harbored animosity towards him.

Eventually,Chiba understood why the people of Konoha disliked him.

The reasons were twofold: his parents were rogue ninjas and the Uchiha clan, specifically the Uchiha-controlled Konoha Police Force.

At this time, the Uchiha clan's prestige and power had reached its peak in Konoha due to the police force.

The Konoha Police Force's main tasks were to maintain internal security and stability, establish village regulations, reinforce and uphold order, and arrest those with criminal tendencies.

The influential Uchiha clan, whenever anyone spoke ill of them, would use any excuse of criminal tendencies to arrest them.

This led to widespread hatred among Konoha's villagers towards the Uchiha clan.

But the Uchiha clan was too powerful to provoke, being the foremost ninja clan in Konoha.

The resentment thus shifted toChiba, a child with half Uchiha blood and no surname.

Chiba was not like Naruto; he didn't possess Naruto's boundless kindness.

After living in such an environment for five years, even the most optimistic person's mindset would collapse.

Chiba couldn't understand how Naruto could choose forgiveness after growing up in such an environment.

Even Hiruzen Sarutobi, whoChiba remembered as compassionate and tolerant, seemed different now.

Over these five years in Konoha, Sarutobi had seenChiba being bullied by villagers multiple times, but merely glanced at him and ignored him, leaving without any intervention.

Gradually,Chiba became convinced that Sarutobi's display of kindness was merely a façade.

Konoha had become a prison forChiba.

Yet, he could not leave this prison.

Konoha would never let him go. Even ifChiba managed to escape Konoha, he would have no means of self-defense.

Although Konoha seemed terrible toChiba, it was undeniably the safest place for him.

Chiba had confidence that he could change his situation in the future.

His confidence did not come from his Uchiha or Senju bloodlines.

With only half of each bloodline,Chiba might never awaken the Sharingan or Wood Release Kekkei Genkai in his lifetime.

Chiba's hope lay in a system called the "Witness."

By witnessing events, he could earn Witness Points.

However, to activate the system, he needed 100 Witness Points.

In the past five years,Chiba had only earned 50 points.

This was thanks to witnessing Minato Namikaze's enrollment at the ninja academy three years ago, which earned him 50 points.

The other 50 points remained elusive.

This was because Chiba's awkward position in Konoha prevented him from encountering other events.

Moreover, in peacetime, with the Third Shinobi World War still distant, there were few events that could earn him Witness Points.

But now an opportunity was on the horizon: Kushina Uzumaki was about to enter Konoha and transfer to the ninja academy.

Witnessing Kushina's enrollment should earn him 50 Witness Points, enabling him to activate the Witness system.