"Uzumaki Shin, don't you think your introdu was a bit short? Shouldn't you talk about your dreams?"

  Tanaka-sensei looked at Shin expetly.

  "Dreams are fleeting. That's why they're called dreams. Just keep them to yourself, I say."

  "Alright... ."

  Tanaka-sensei shook his head and turo Kushina.

  Kushina looked at the css, feeling nervous. Shily squeezed her hand, reassuring her.

  Kushina rexed instantly.

  "I'm Uzumaki Kushina! I like Shin, I hate Tsunade, and my dream is to be with Shin forever!"

  Kushina decred boldly.

  The css erupted in gasps and whispers. Such a forward decration!

  "She hates my sister?!" Nawaki gaped, shocked that Kushina disliked Tsunade.

  Tanaka-sensei sighed. Kids these days were so precocious.

  Shin looked at Kushina, who had buried her fa her hands, her cheeks fming red.

  "Ahem, settle down!"

  Tanaka-sensei cleared his throat and sternly called for order.

  "You two, find ay seat."

  Shin sed the . The oy seats were at the back, so he led Kushina there.

  Akiko and Kai gave their introdus. Akiko's was unremarkable; she came across as a shy, timid girl.

  Kai, oher hand, simply stated his name coldly, giving the impression that he wasn't approachable.

  "They all have the name 'Uzumaki' and the same red hair. Are they all from the same ?"

  A boy with a pineapple-shaped haircut and bored eyes g them.

  "Shikaku, you're awake? That's a rare sight," Inoichi Yamanaka, sittio Shikaku Nara, remarked.

  "I didn't want to wake up, but you were all so loud," Shikaku grumbled.

  "Hi, I'm Uzumaki Shin. o meet you."

  Shiled in his seat o Kushina, greeted the girl with beautiful bck hair sittio him.

  The girl looked surprised, then gave a gentle smile. "Hello, I'm Uchiha Mikoto. o meet you too."

  Shin froze. He had only greeted her because she retty, but he hadn't expected her to be Uchiha Mikoto.

  But something wasn't right. He looked at Kushina, then back at Mikoto. Were they the same age?

  No, that couldn't be right. Mikoto should be older than Kushina. She should have already graduated from the Academy.

  'Maybe it has something to do with me being a transmigrant. In the inal story, only Kushina came to Konoha. Now there are four of us, including me.'

  Even a butterfly fpping its wings could cause a hurrie, let alone a person.

  'Looks like I'm one of those people who iently ge the world.'

  Shi a surge of pride.

  "Ouch! Kushina, what was that for?"

  Shin looked at his arm, which was turning red from Kushina's pinch.

  "Hmph, you lecher!"

  Kushina gred at him. So that was why he had chosen this seat, to be o this pretty girl.

  Shi wronged. He admitted Mikoto retty, but he was just being friendly. He wasn't a pervert! He didn't have any inappropriate thoughts about little girls. He couldn't uand Kushina sometimes.

  But then he remembered Kushina's bold decration in front of the whole css. She was definitely jealous.

  Kids in the ninja world really did mature fast. Obito had a crush on Rin before he was five, and Sakura was infatuated with Sasuke at six.

  "Uchiha-san, why are you sitting at the back?"

  Shin was curious. It wasn't on firls to sit at the back. At least, that hadn't been his experien his past life. The back was usually reserved for the tall kids and the troublemakers.

  "Because no one wants to sit with me."

  Mikoto gave a wry smile. Everyone avoided her, so she had resigned herself to sitting at the back.

  "Why?"

  Kushina, her jealousy momentarily fotten, was also curious.

  "You're not from Konoha, are you?" Mikoto asked.

  "Wow, you're amazing! You figured that ht away!" Kushina excimed.

  Mikoto shook her head. "I'm from the Uchiha . That's why they avoid me."

  Kushina looked at her, fused. Shin, however, had an idea.

  The Uchiha 's reputation in Konoha was... plicated. They had basically offended every other d even the civilians.

  The Uchiha were known for their arrogance. Mikoto didn't seem arrogant, but it was a on trait among the Uchiha.

  Their arrogance made them unpopur, and their tendency to act superior only worsehings.

  The Uchiha was in charge of the Konoha Police Force, an importament responsible for maintaining w and order within the vilge.

  This position required them to i with the other s and the civilians.

  For other s, it would have been an opportunity to build retionships and gain favor. For example, if someone from another itted a minor offehey could turn a blind eye and earn their gratitude.

  But the Uchiha, with their strict adhereo the rules and their tendency to escate minor offenses, had made themselves unpopur. And when it came to their own members, they were le, often turning a blio their wrongdoings.

  This behavior naturally led to rese from the other s and the vilgers.

  But the Uchiha owerful. With the dee of the Senju, they were the stro Konoha. No one challehem or even speak ill of them, for fear of being summoo the Police Force headquarters for "Questioning."

  If they couldn't fight them, they would avoid them. The Uchiha was isoted, which was exactly what some people wanted.

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