Chapter 4: Childhood Sweetheart
Uchiha Tenmei immersed himself in the "blueprint for constructing the divine kingdom in the dream world," and time passed quickly during his classes at the Ninja Academy.
Soon, school ended in the evening. The first-year students, still filled with a sense of novelty and excitement, happily ran out of the school, eager to get home and share what had happened on their first day at the Ninja Academy with their parents.
Uchiha Tenmei didn't want to make himself stand out too much, so he mimicked his classmates and ran home happily as well.
The Nine-Tails Rampage was still decades away. Currently, the Uchiha Clan Compound was still located in the core area of Konoha Village. Uchiha Tenmei's adoptive father and family lived in a small courtyard on the relative outskirts of the Uchiha Clan Compound.
As he got closer to home, Uchiha Tenmei saw a figure about his own age waiting for his return at the front door.
That was Uchiha Miki, the biological daughter of his adoptive father, Uchiha Tetsu. She was born a few months later than Uchiha Tenmei. Due to the Uchihabloodline, Uchiha Miki was very delicate and cute.
The two were brother and sister, but also childhood sweethearts.
Uchiha Tenmei had heard his adoptive father mention that he and Tenmei's biological father had once made a pact: if their children were a boy and a girl, they would become in-laws.
If no accidents occurred, Uchiha Miki would become his wife in the future.
Uchiha Miki was also six years old, but she had no desire to become a Ninja. Uchiha Tetsu and Uchiha Keiko didn't want their daughter to become a Ninja and get involved in fighting and killing either; they felt it was fine for her to be an ordinary person, to eventually marry and raise children.
Throughout the entire Ninja World, the number of male Ninjas significantly outnumbered female Ninjas.
Three-man squads were either composed entirely of male Ninjas or two males and one female.
Soon, Uchiha Miki noticed Uchiha Tenmei returning from school.
Uchiha Miki called out "Brother" and ran happily toward Uchiha Tenmei, finally throwing herself into his arms.
Fortunately, Uchiha Tenmei had already begun training in advance. If he hadn't, with his relatively fragile body in this life, he might have been knocked to the ground by Uchiha Miki's pounce.
"Brother, is the Ninja Academy fun?" Uchiha Miki asked curiously.
Uchiha Tenmei thought for a moment and replied, "It's not fun, but you can get to know quite a few people your age."
Uchiha Miki nodded; since the Ninja Academy wasn't fun, she didn't have much interest in it.
As for meeting peers, given the Uchiha Clan's isolation within Konoha Village, Uchiha Miki didn't have any friends outside of the Uchiha.
Moreover, for Uchiha Miki, having her brother by her side was the most wonderful thing.
The young boy and girl walked home hand in hand.
Having such a childhood sweetheart made Uchiha Tenmei feel very good; it was a feeling he had never experienced in his previous life.
Upon returning home, Uchiha Tenmei greeted his adoptive father and mother who were inside.
His adoptive mother, Uchiha Keiko, was making dinner, and his adoptive father, Uchiha Tetsu, had already finished work from his clerical position in the Konoha Military Police Force.
Uchiha Tetsu asked Uchiha Tenmei about his first day at the Ninja Academy. Uchiha Tenmei pretended to be somewhat excited as he told Uchiha Tetsu about his studies and life at the school.
Soon, dinner was ready. The family of four ate a reasonably delicious meal. After dinner, Uchiha Tenmeiplayed with Uchiha Miki for a while to help digest the food, and then he followed his usual habit of training in the courtyard.
Having awakened his memories from his previous life and possessing a powerful cheat, Uchiha Tenmei's strength was still weak. He needed to hide himself and didn't want even the family he lived with to find out. Therefore, he had to maintain his previous lifestyle habits, which would not change in the short term.
It wasn't until his training ended and he had washed up and returned to his room to rest that Uchiha Tenmeicontinued to conceptualize the "blueprint for constructing the divine kingdom in the dream world."
Conceptualizing at the Ninja Academy during the day and continuing at night, time passed day by day. In the blink of an eye, a month had gone by.
In the past month, Uchiha Tenmei hadn't learned any new knowledge at the Ninja Academy, but he had made a friend.
The knowledge Uchiha Tenmei hadn't learned yet wouldn't be taught until at least the second year.
The only friend he made was Minato Namikaze.
As a member of the Uchiha Clan, whether they were students from Ninja Clans, Ninja families, or Civilianbackgrounds, none were willing to associate with Uchiha Tenmei. Only Minato Namikaze was an exception.
Even after Minato Namikaze started interacting with Uchiha Tenmei, classmates would warn him and speak ill of the Uchiha Clan, but Minato didn't mind.
Minato Namikaze was also a resident of Konoha. Based on what he saw with his own eyes, he didn't believe the Uchiha Clan was inherently bad, nor did he think all Uchiha were bad people.
Though Minato Namikaze was young, he was very intelligent and could, to a certain extent, distinguish truth from rumors.
After a month at the Ninja Academy, Minato Namikaze's talent as a Ninja had quickly become apparent. Among students from Civilian backgrounds, Minato was already at the forefront, catching up to students from Ninja Clans and Ninja families.
Since others didn't welcome him, Uchiha Tenmeinaturally wouldn't take the initiative to reach out. However, he was very interested in Minato Namikaze—the father of the Naruto protagonist Uzumaki Narutoand the future Fourth Hokage—so he became friends with him.
Currently, the two were just ordinary friends who chatted frequently. Occasionally, Minato Namikazewould ask Uchiha Tenmei for advice on Ninjaknowledge.
In fact, Uchiha Tenmei was currently Minato Namikaze's only friend from a Ninja Clan or Ninja family background.
Minato Namikaze had only just begun to stand out among students of Civilian origin; he wouldn't be accepted by students from Ninja Clans or Ninja families in the short term.
In the future, once Minato Namikaze fully revealed his talent, combined with his looks, even girls from Ninja Clans would be attracted to him.
Amidst his mundane school life, Uchiha Tenmei first finished drafting the "blueprint for constructing the divine kingdom in the dream world" and then began to implement it.
The first step of the "blueprint for constructing the divine kingdom in the dream world" was to build a Dream Divine Kingdom within the dream world.
Uchiha Tenmei needed to consume his mental energy to drive the dream godhead to build the Dream Divine Kingdom. Recovering mental energy mainly relied on sleeping.
Consequently, without making major changes to his daily habits, Uchiha Tenmei tried to go to bed as early as possible and wake up as late as possible.
Since Uchiha Tenmei already knew the knowledge currently being taught at the Ninja Academy, once the blueprint was finalized, he would sleep in the classroom to recover his mental energy.
First, a tiny Dream Divine Kingdom was constructed within the dream world.
As the mental energy Uchiha Tenmei invested increased, the scale of the Dream Divine Kingdom gradually expanded.
After a month of studying at the Ninja Academy, the first scene of the Dream Divine Kingdom was finally completed. He could now pull people into the Dream Divine Kingdom.