Recaps

After awakening as the sickly seven-year-old Gekkō Byakuya in Konoha, Byakuya received a Soul Reaper system gift and attended a dream lesson taught by Sōsuke Aizen. He woke with a Zanpakuto and began Jinzen, determined to survive his Bloodline Disease and the coming war.

• Byakuya realized he had transmigrated into the Naruto world as a Gekko clan heir whose Bloodline Disease had nearly killed him.
• The system awarded Byakuya a Zanpakuto and night-session access to Shin'ō Academy, and he converted his family sword into an Asauchi.
• Byakuya entered a dream classroom, where Aizen taught him about Reiatsu, Zanpakuto, and Jinzen.
• Aizen confronted Byakuya about recognizing him, but the system intervened when Aizen tried to restrain him and altered Aizen's memories.
• Byakuya woke beside his younger brother Hayate and began practicing Jinzen with the sword across his lap.

Byakuya began his second year at the Ninja Academy despite his lingering illness, using his sword to frighten off a bully and draw the attention of Kakashi and Hatake Sakumo. In class, he struggled to extract Chakra and wondered whether Medical Ninjutsu could help his failing body.

• Byakuya completed Jinzen, gained a small amount of soul strength, and left for school after reassuring his worried mother and taking Hayate's hand.
• Three boys confronted Byakuya at the Academy, and he dropped their leader with his sheathed sword before drawing his blade and making the boy faint.
• Hatake Sakumo watched Byakuya's controlled sword movements, while Kakashi bristled at his father's praise of the sickly student.
• Byakuya sat alone in class and struggled with Chakra extraction because his body remained weakened by his bloodline disease.
• Byakuya considered seeking Tsunade's Medical Ninjutsu and thought of the word "Kaido."

Baiye strengthened his soul and trained in both Konoha and the Shin’ō Spiritual Arts Academy, where Aizen revealed he knew Baiye had an outside body and warned that Kaidō alone could not cure his illness. Later, Kakashi challenged Baiye to prove himself, and Baiye used Bakudō to restrain him before surrendering from exhaustion.

• Baiye noted that his soul strength had risen to 31, helping suppress his bloodline disease as he reflected on Konoha’s future and the coming Third Shinobi World War.
• At the Shin’ō Spiritual Arts Academy, Aizen taught Kaidō, then told Baiye that he had noticed Baiye’s altered memories and suspected he had a body in the outside world.
• Aizen warned Baiye that his curse affected both soul and body, so healing it would require treating both at once.
• Baiye practiced Shunpo and Hakuda outside Konoha, combining spiritual pressure with Chakra to improve his techniques.
• Kakashi challenged Baiye to a fight before graduating from the Ninja Academy, hoping to become the undisputed number one.
• Baiye knocked away Kakashi’s weapons, restrained him with Bakudō number one, Sai, then surrendered because he had run out of strength.

In Konoha Year 44, Baiye continued training as a medical-nin while war loomed and his ties with Obito, Might Guy, and his family deepened. The chapter ended with Baiye defeating Hayate during their nighttime training and suspending him from a tree with Bakudō.

• Baiye left Konoha Hospital and teased Obito about visiting Rin, then told him Kakashi had not been to the hospital recently and might become a Jonin.
• Might Guy challenged Baiye to a youthful duel after learning from Kakashi that Baiye had beaten him, but Baiye fled using Body Flicker Technique.
• Baiye promised Hayate they would train after dinner, and his mother worried about the strain Baiye carried despite his improved health.
• Baiye checked his status in the forest and saw that his soul strength had reached 10th-grade Reiatsu as he continued investing fate points in Kaidō and other skills.
• Hayate ambushed Baiye during training, but Baiye blocked his attack, caught him, and bound him with Bakudō #4: Hainawa before hanging him from a tree.

Baiye comforted Hayate about being called a coward for studying Medical Ninjutsu, then treated Minato and learned that rumors were being spread against Hatake Sakumo. He agreed to help Minato, and his Reiatsu Detection revealed Root agents watching the Hatake home as the pressure campaign continued.

• Baiye explained to Hayate that medical-nin would eventually serve on the front lines, and Hayate admitted he had fought someone who called Baiye a coward.
• Hayate told Baiye that Shisui Uchiha had subdued him and another boy, and Baiye urged Hayate to save Transparent Release for a crucial moment.
• Baiye found Kakashi looking devastated, then later learned that rumors blamed Hatake Sakumo for abandoning a mission to save his comrades.
• Minato visited Baiye to treat a Chakra burn from developing a new jutsu, and Baiye teased him about his proposed name for it.
• Baiye told Minato that the rumors against Hatake Sakumo seemed deliberately fueled, and Minato said Sakumo had done nothing wrong and asked for help.
• Baiye agreed to help Minato and later detected Root agents near the Hatake home, deciding to act in his own way.

Baiye secretly saved Hatake Sakumo from the poison he had taken, but the treatment left Sakumo unable to refine Chakra or continue as a ninja. Kakashi found his father alive and resolved to identify the person who saved him.

• Baiye used Transparent Release to enter the Hatake Clan's courtyard and found Sakumo beside an empty poison bottle.
• Baiye fought Sakumo, disarmed him, and used Bakudō to restrain him and stop the poison from spreading.
• Baiye treated Sakumo through the night, removing the poison while suffering bleeding eyes and a severe headache.
• Baiye told Sakumo he would make him an ordinary person and that Kakashi would not lose his father, then left.
• Kakashi returned home, learned Sakumo had taken the poison and could no longer refine Chakra, and decided to track down the unfamiliar Chakra presence he had sensed.

After saving Hatake Sakumo, Baiye discovered a brief predictive ability from combining Reiatsu and Chakra, then drew Gin Ichimaru’s Shinsō and learned to use it. Meanwhile, the Third Hokage and Danzo confronted each other over Sakumo’s downfall, leaving the Third to face his own role in it.

• Baiye reflected on how fusing Reiatsu and Chakra let him predict Hatake Sakumo’s strike, then received 480 Fate Points for changing Sakumo’s fate.
• Baiye used a lottery ticket and met Gin Ichimaru, who taught him Shinsō’s extension technique and gave him a boost to his soul strength and swordsmanship.
• Baiye obtained Gin Ichimaru’s Shinsō with one use and spent 300 Fate Points to gain healing technique experience.
• The Third Hokage told Danzo that Sakumo had survived his suicide attempt but could no longer use Chakra, and Danzo accused him of letting the rumors destroy Sakumo to protect his own interests.
• Danzo left after declaring that he was Konoha’s root, while the Third Hokage reread Tsunade’s report and realized he had grown old.

Byakuya encountered Kakashi, Rin, and Obito, then reflected on the first time he helped Tsunade during a hemophobia episode. Tsunade acknowledged Byakuya’s involvement in what happened to Sakumo, gave him notes on the Mystical Palm Technique, and assigned him to care for Sakumo in the hospital.

• Kakashi asked Byakuya where he had been three nights earlier, and Byakuya said he had stayed home with Hayate.
• Obito dragged Kakashi away to eat ramen and warned Byakuya to stay away from Rin.
• Byakuya recalled how, as a trainee, he had calmed Tsunade’s hemophobia and treated her injured hand after an operation.
• Tsunade told Byakuya she knew he had acted against the people behind Sakumo’s situation and trusted him not to harm Konoha.
• Tsunade gave Byakuya her Mystical Palm Technique notes and told him to oversee Sakumo’s continued hospital observation.

Baiye visited Hatake Sakumo, who had accepted living without Chakra for now, and later reassured Minato that Sakumo could regain his strength. After learning Minato would become a supervising Jonin as the Third Shinobi World War approached, Baiye reflected on how to grow stronger and began planning his training.

• Baiye found Hatake Sakumo recovering in the hospital and heard him say he wanted to live as an ordinary person and be a proper father for a while.
• Minato Namikaze visited Sakumo, who encouraged him to lead Konoha, then invited Baiye to barbecue with him.
• Minato asked Baiye whether Sakumo could recover, and Baiye admitted he had given Sakumo a way to step back and that his return remained uncertain.
• Minato told Baiye that the Third had asked him to become a supervising Jonin, and Baiye realized Kakashi, Rin, and Obito's team was coming as the Third Shinobi World War drew closer.
• After training in Shin'ō Academy and considering Aizen's advice, Baiye decided to strengthen his body and Chakra through Taijutsu and began forming a training plan.

In Konoha, Baiye helped Hayate improve his Three Body Technique, then won a lottery that granted him Rukia Kuchiki’s Sode no Shirayuki Shikai. He sparred with Might Guy and asked him to teach him Taijutsu, leaving Might Guy eager to outfit him in a green bodysuit.

• Baiye trained Hayate in the Three Body Technique and showed him how to use it as a trump card, earning a fate point reward and a lottery ticket.
• Baiye used the lottery and received Rukia Kuchiki’s Sode no Shirayuki Shikai, along with increased Soul Strength and Hadō and Bakudō experience.
• Baiye met Might Guy and tested his Taijutsu against him, using Shunpo to evade Guy’s powerful attacks before calling the spar to a stop.
• Baiye asked Might Guy to teach him Taijutsu, and Guy happily agreed before trying to give him a green bodysuit.

Baiye trained with Might Guy, discovered that Medical Ninjutsu could aid recovery from extreme exertion, and began adapting Shunpo for Chakra. When Root tried to take him to Danzo, Baiye knocked out the agent and asked Tsunade to intervene in exchange for helping suppress her Hemophobia.

• Baiye learned that Might Guy's team included Genma Shiranui and Ebisu, then joined Guy for strenuous training and found traces of the Eight Gates' effects in his chakra pathways.
• Baiye used Medical Ninjutsu and Kaidō to help Guy recover, and proposed training together once every three days.
• Baiye tested a Chakra-powered version of Shunpo, which propelled him forward explosively but proved difficult to control.
• A Root ninja approached Baiye and ordered him to meet a certain lord, so Baiye incapacitated the agent and carried him to Tsunade's office.
• Baiye asked Tsunade to handle the Root agent and offered to suppress her Hemophobia; Tsunade agreed to take the agent while privately resenting Baiye's transactional approach.

Danzo tried to recruit Gekkō Byakuya into Root because of his talent for Transparent Release, but the Third forbade Root from contacting him again. After learning Byakuya’s Chakra could suppress Tsunade’s fear of blood, Danzo decided to approach an Uchiha descendant to investigate the boy further.

• Aburame Ryoma reported that Hatake Sakumo had lost his Chakra and that Kakashi Hatake had joined Minato Namikaze’s squad, while Danzo explained why he wanted Gekkō Byakuya for Root.
• Tsunade confronted Danzo after she knocked out a Root ninja who had tried to take a hospital doctor without permission.
• Danzo injured his own hand while punishing the unconscious subordinate, and the Third ordered him to take the man away and stop Root from troubling Gekkō Byakuya.
• Tsunade told the Third that Byakuya’s unusual Chakra could suppress her fear of blood, and the Third promised to deal with Danzo before urging her to consider Konoha’s future.
• Danzo told Aburame Ryoma to put the recruitment attempt on hold and chose an Uchiha descendant, whom he called the descendant of an old friend, to make contact with Byakuya.

Byakuya joined Konoha’s special medical team and began a Chunin assessment application while continuing to train his Hadō. After an unidentified Uchiha watched him at the training ground and left, Byakuya memorized the visitor’s soul signature, expecting they would meet again.

• Tsunade appointed Byakuya to the special medical team and signed his Chunin assessment application.
• Byakuya learned that Yakushi Nonō had returned to Konoha as director of the orphanage and noted her connection to Root.
• Byakuya used Kaidō to calm Tsunade’s troubled soul, then met Shizune and told her to call Tsunade auntie.
• Byakuya discovered that Chakra strengthened Shō but interfered with Byakurai, so he repeatedly practiced Byakurai to improve his lightning nature transformation.
• An unidentified child with a restrained, blade-like soul watched Byakuya from the trees, then left; Byakuya recognized the visitor as likely Uchiha and memorized their soul fluctuations.

Gekkō Byakuya took a hastily arranged Chunin assessment and defeated the veteran Chunin Kumazaemon in the practical test. Shikaku Nara and Inoichi Yamanaka suspected Byakuya had concealed much of his strength and wondered what he was pursuing.

• Gekkō Byakuya completed the written exam, which included basic ninja knowledge and medical questions.
• Shikaku Nara and Inoichi Yamanaka began Byakuya’s practical assessment against Kumazaemon.
• Byakuya evaded Kumazaemon’s attacks with the Substitution Technique and used the Transformation Technique to catch him off guard and win.
• Shikaku told Inoichi that Byakuya had held back, then questioned what goal had brought him close to Minato and earned Lady Tsunade’s recommendation.

Baiye received his Chunin promotion, demonstrated Transparent Release to the Third, and learned that Guy was training in the Eight Gates. On his way home that night, Baiye sensed a strange presence in a shadow and prepared to draw his sword as black shadows surged toward him.

• Shikaku reported to the Third that Baiye had defeated a veteran Chunin using taijutsu and the Three Basic Techniques, and the Third concluded Baiye was ready for promotion.
• The Third promoted Baiye to Chunin, asked about Tsunade’s hemophobia and the Gekko Clan’s bloodline disease, and watched Baiye demonstrate Transparent Release.
• At Konoha Hospital, Rin congratulated Baiye, while Obito boasted that he would surpass Baiye and Kakashi; Rin mentioned that Minato was training a technique and that Jiraiya had visited.
• During a training session, Baiye detected injuries in Guy and learned that Guy had hurt himself while breaking through the third gate of the Eight Gates; Guy ran off to ask his father, Might Duy, about teaching Baiye the technique.
• Walking home that night, Baiye sensed a strange presence in a tree’s shade, and several black shadows stretched toward him as he reached for his sword.

Baiye fought Shikaku Nara’s Shadow Clone and subdued it with his Soul Reaper techniques. Before he could meet Shikaku’s original, he sensed the Nine-Tails awakening and rushed toward it.

• Baiye detected Shikaku Nara’s Shadow Clone attacking him with the Nara Clan’s Shadow Imitation Technique and escaped toward an open clearing.
• Baiye held back the shadows with his Reiatsu, fired Hadō #31, Shakkahō, and used the blast to close in on Shikaku.
• Baiye immobilized Shikaku with Bakudō #30, Beak-Piercing Triple Flash, and used Bakudō #58, Kakushitsuijaku, to locate the original.
• Baiye sensed the Nine-Tails’ immense, violent soul fluctuation and ended the encounter with Shikaku’s Shadow Clone.
• Baiye headed southwest, hoping to see the Nine-Tails, Minato, and Kushina.

Baiye intervened when Kushina’s Nine-Tails transformation nearly overwhelmed her and Minato, healing Minato and restraining the Nine-Tails with Kidō. After Minato and Kushina survived, Baiye returned to Konoha with the others, drawing attention from Orochimaru and the village’s Jonin.

• Baiye rushed to the river clearing, concealed himself, and healed Minato while calming Kushina’s soul with healing Kidō.
• Inside Kushina’s inner world, Minato defended her as Kushina bound the Nine-Tails with Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Baiye used Six Rods Prison to restrain the Nine-Tails while Minato struck it with a Rasengan as it formed a Tailed Beast Bomb.
• After Minato and Kushina lost consciousness, Baiye urged the Nine-Tails to remember the Sage of Six Paths’ words before Kushina’s inner world faded.
• Kushina’s Tailed Beast Transformation receded, and Baiye told the arriving Jiraiya and Tsunade that Minato still needed treatment.
• Orochimaru expressed interest in Baiye’s Medical Ninjutsu, and Baiye returned toward Konoha as his Zanpakuto’s Shikai reached 20%.

After the Nine-Tails attack, Konoha’s leaders debated Kushina’s security and Danzo sought information about Gekkō Byakuya. The Third chose to ease Kushina’s confinement, while he began considering how Byakuya and Minato might help Konoha control the Nine-Tails.

• Tsunade reported that Kushina was out of danger and Minato was recovering, and Jiraiya recounted how Kushina’s escape led to the Nine-Tails running wild and Gekkō Byakuya helping stabilize Minato.
• Danzo urged the Third to transfer Kushina to Root, but the Third instead expanded her living space, reduced her guards, and increased Sealing Squad patrols.
• Danzo questioned Aburame Ryoma about Orochimaru’s Wood Release experiments and ordered him to keep watching Gekkō Byakuya.
• Jiraiya warned the Third that Danzo would not let the incident go and suggested rewarding Gekkō Byakuya for saving Minato and Kushina.
• The Third considered whether Byakuya’s chakra could soothe Jinchūriki and whether Minato and Byakuya could help Konoha master the Nine-Tails.

Baiye investigated a new presence in his Zanpakuto, which he believed had come from the Nine-Tails and might advance his Shikai. At Shin'ō Academy, Aizen noticed Baiye's growing Reiatsu and renewed his probing, leaving Baiye to wonder whether the blade's new energy could serve as a trump card against him.

• Baiye sensed an elusive presence in his Zanpakuto after the Nine-Tails' rampage, but Jinzen and Reiatsu could not draw a response from it.
• Baiye concluded that the presence might stem from the Tailed Beasts' dual nature and considered visiting Kushina or seeking out other Tailed Beasts to increase his Shikai progress.
• Baiye resumed classes at Shin'ō Academy and listened as Aizen taught Kidō theory.
• Aizen remarked on Baiye's Reiatsu growth and said he was increasingly curious about Baiye's secrets.
• Baiye redirected Aizen by asking how Reiatsu affected Kidō, then wondered whether the red energy in his Zanpakuto could fool Aizen and become his trump card.

Baiye visited the recovering Minato and met Kushina, Tsunade, and Jiraiya before Minato woke. He secretly spoke with the Nine-Tails through his Zanpakuto, then reassured Minato that he acted on his own to save them, leaving their friendship stronger.

• Baiye arrived at Minato's hospital room, where Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Kushina thanked him for helping save Minato.
• Minato woke and reunited with Kushina while Baiye sensed the Nine-Tails speaking to him through the Zanpakuto.
• Baiye and the Nine-Tails argued privately, and Baiye learned that the Nine-Tails' Chakra could not raise his Shikai progress beyond twenty percent.
• After Jiraiya and Tsunade took Kushina away, Minato asked Baiye how he knew she was the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Baiye told Minato that he was not acting on Konoha's orders, and Minato accepted his answer and thanked him.

Might Guy taught Baiye about the Eight Gates and demonstrated how to open the Gate of Opening. Baiye located the gate in his own body and began forcing it open.

• Might Guy warned Baiye about the dangers of the Eight Gates, including the fatal cost of opening the Eighth Gate, but Baiye insisted on learning.
• Might Guy explained that opening the Gate of Opening removed the brain's suppression of the body's strength and demonstrated its effects.
• Baiye used his Reiatsu and Chakra to locate the Gate of Opening deep in his brain.
• Baiye gathered Chakra at the gate and forced open the restraint on his strength.

Baiye treated Minato’s healed injury and learned Kakashi was searching for the mysterious swordsman and healer who had defeated him. At dinner, Minato shared that he planned to marry Kushina next year and gave Baiye an introductory Sealing Jutsu scroll, while the approaching war weighed on Baiye’s mind.

• Baiye confirmed Minato had fully recovered as Kakashi asked him to help find a sword-and-healing expert, whom Baiye secretly knew was himself.
• Baiye and Minato discussed Kakashi’s suspicions, and Minato left the hospital to find Kushina.
• Minato was released from the hospital, and Baiye joined him for barbecue after villagers recognized Baiye as the Strongest Chunin.
• Minato said he and Kushina hoped to marry next year, and Baiye thought of the Third Shinobi World War beginning in Konoha Year 45.
• Minato gave Baiye a basic Sealing Jutsu scroll, told him Kushina had agreed to help, and revealed that Kushina had named his new jutsu Rasengan.
• Baiye walked home with the scroll and his Zanpakuto, calculating the time remaining before the war and quickening his pace.

Baiye waited outside the Ninja Academy for Hayate’s graduation and spoke with Shisui, who apologized for interfering in Hayate’s earlier conflict. After the boys made peace and acknowledged each other as rivals, two Uchiha Chunin from the Konoha Military Police Force confronted Baiye.

• Baiye waited outside the Ninja Academy and spoke with Uncle Uzuki while Hayate took his graduation exam.
• Shisui approached Baiye and apologized for stepping into Hayate’s earlier conflict without knowing what had happened.
• Shisui praised Hayate’s fundamentals and said further training could make him a stronger opponent.
• Hayate graduated, accepted Shisui’s apology, and promised he would win their next fight.
• Two Uchiha Chunin arrived with malice, and the man in front demanded to know what Baiye was doing there.

Baiye defended Hayate when two Uchiha Chunin confronted them, then urged Shisui to recognize how others might exploit his heritage. After Hayate admitted he wanted to surpass Shisui, Baiye promised to teach him a new technique and headed home with him.

• Baiye deflected an Uchiha Chunin’s attack and subdued him, while Shisui stopped the other Chunin from joining the fight.
• The first Chunin’s Sharingan Genjutsu rebounded against Baiye, leaving him in pain, and Baiye treated him before sending the pair away.
• Baiye reminded Shisui that people might approach him because of his identity and what stood behind him, and Shisui accepted the warning.
• As they left, Hayate realized Shisui had never fought him seriously and told Baiye he wanted to surpass him.
• Baiye promised to teach Hayate an effective technique, used a substitution to evade his eager grab, and called him home for dinner.

Baiye warned Shikaku that Rōran’s Dragon Vein could draw Sunagakure’s attention and secured a place on a reinforcement mission. He prepared to leave Konoha, while Hayate continued training in Shunpo.

• At Ichiraku, Shikaku told Baiye that Rōran’s former queen had died, leaving her daughter Sara on the throne, and that Minato’s team had already gone there.
• Baiye explained that Rōran’s Dragon Vein might provoke Sunagakure to investigate and volunteered to join a reinforcement mission.
• Baiye reviewed his progress in Sealing Jutsu, the Eight Gates, and his Shinigami powers as he prepared to pursue a chance to meet Shukaku.
• Baiye trained Hayate in Shunpo, and Hayate asked whether Baiye was leaving the village; Baiye told him to keep practicing until he returned.
• The Third approved the mission, and Shikaku assigned Baiye to Tsume Inuzuka’s five-person reinforcement squad, which planned to depart the next morning.