Chapter Summaries

Liuyun and Asuka tricked Kushina into revealing herself after she hid nearby to overhear their conversation. Kushina fled in a disguise, but Liuyun and Asuka recognized her and closed in on her.

• Asuka asked Liuyun to invite Kushina to lunch, but he refused and pretended to fear that Kushina would attack him.
• Kushina secretly listened from the bushes, first feeling touched by Asuka's praise and then panicking as Liuyun described her as a dangerous attacker.
• When Asuka approached the bushes, Kushina used the Transformation Technique to disguise herself as a red-haired old woman and ran away.
• Liuyun used the Body Flicker Technique to intercept Kushina and demanded an apology for frightening Asuka.
• Kushina accidentally said her catchphrase, and Asuka and Liuyun identified her and advanced as she backed away.

Liuyun ambushed Kushina with Asuka's transformation disguise, tied her up, and tormented her with paint and tickling until she begged for mercy. As he began to untie her, he sensed her anger returning and stopped, leaving Kushina afraid he would continue.

• Liuyun and Asuka tricked Kushina with a fake Aunt Asuka, and Liuyun carried the unconscious Kushina to the riverside training ground.
• Kushina woke tied up, but Liuyun stuffed a tomato into her mouth when she shouted at him.
• Liuyun painted a tomato and a pig head on Kushina's face, then stopped himself from spanking her when she began to cry.
• Liuyun tickled Kushina's sole with a brush until she laughed and begged him to forgive her.
• Liuyun started untying Kushina, but stopped when he sensed her anger returning, and Kushina pleaded with him again.

Liuyun trapped Kushina in an illusion where she brutally beat him, then released her and demonstrated how his eye contact let him control her. Confused by his repeated behavior and unable to tell reality from illusion, Kushina agreed to make up and stop fighting for now.

• Liuyun used an illusion to make Kushina believe she had beaten him to death, then released her and revealed that he had never untied her.
• Kushina realized Liuyun had controlled her through eye contact and asked how he had done it.
• Liuyun pressed his forehead to Kushina's and showed her that his eyes enabled the illusion.
• Liuyun apologized and freed Kushina, but she suspected his actions were another illusion and demanded that he remove it.
• Liuyun denied casting another illusion and repeated his earlier words, leaving Kushina unable to distinguish reality from illusion.
• Kushina gave in and agreed to make up, deciding to avoid fighting Liuyun until she learned his skills.

Liuyun reconciled with Kushina before they resumed training, and he learned that Uchiha Clan members had visited while he was away. The next day, he attended the midyear clan meeting on his mother's behalf, brushing off the registrar's questions as he entered the Clan Shrine.

• Kushina noticed paint on Liuyun's collar, knocked him down, and ordered him to wash the paint from her face.
• Liuyun resumed training, with a Shadow Clone helping Kushina practice Tree Climbing and another testing a Lightning Release technique on river fish.
• Kushina failed to master Tree Climbing after a full day, but Liuyun encouraged her.
• Liuyun learned that two Uchiha Clan members had visited his home, and he recognized the visit as connected to the coming clan meeting.
• Liuyun entered the Clan Shrine as Uchiha Asuka's representative and ignored the registrar's reprimand about missing the previous meeting.

At the Uchiha Clan's Mid-Year Clan Meeting dinner, Liuyun provoked a group of Genin after Uchiha Shou mocked him, then joined Uchiha Qingmang's table. Uchiha Kazuhiko challenged him again while Uchiha Fugaku watched, leaving Liuyun poised to respond.

• Liuyun arrived late at the clan dinner and ignored Uchiha Shou's taunt with a cutting retort.
• Liuyun confronted Uchiha Shou and the other Genin, reminding them of his reputation and intimidating the younger students.
• Uchiha Shou backed down, and Uchiha Qingmang called Liuyun over to join his table.
• Liuyun declined the food offered by his new companions, claiming his stomach was upset.
• Uchiha Kazuhiko told Liuyun to leave, while Uchiha Qingmang warned him that Kazuhiko had allied himself with Uchiha Fugaku.
• Uchiha Fugaku silently urged Uchiha Kazuhiko to provoke Liuyun and watched for his response.

Liuyun openly confronted Uchiha Kazuhiko and mocked Uchiha Fugaku at the clan gathering after Fugaku tried to silence him. Fugaku and his followers grew furious, while Liuyun continued provoking them without backing down.

• Liuyun called Uchiha Kazuhiko an ungrateful wretch and reminded him that he had once begged for forgiveness.
• Uchiha Kazuhiko tried to attack Liuyun, but a companion restrained him, and Uchiha Fugaku ordered him to calm down.
• Uchiha Fugaku reprimanded Liuyun for bringing up old grievances, so Liuyun pretended not to know him and asked Uchiha Mikoto who he was.
• Liuyun mocked Fugaku as merely a grandson after one of Fugaku's followers pointed out his status as the Elder's grandson.
• Uchiha Fugaku and his followers threatened Liuyun, but he kept grinning and provoking them.

Liuyun provoked Uchiha Fugaku and his followers at the clan gathering, using the clan rules to prevent them from attacking while challenging Fugaku’s accusation of insulting Uchiha Kazuhiko. As Liuyun mocked Kazuhiko, Kazuhiko’s anger awakened his Sharingan.

• Liuyun faced a crowd of Uchiha youths and warned that anyone who attacked him would break the clan’s rules for the gathering.
• Uchiha Fugaku stopped his followers and revealed his One-Tomoe Sharingan, then declared that Liuyun deserved ten slaps for insulting others.
• Liuyun clapped sarcastically, rejected Fugaku’s charge, and argued that Fugaku was using the clan rules to settle a personal grudge.
• Fugaku confronted Liuyun over his remarks about Uchiha Kazuhiko, but Liuyun called Kazuhiko an ungrateful wretch and mocked Fugaku for defending him.
• Uchiha Kazuhiko flew into a rage and awakened his Sharingan.

Uchiha Kazuhiko awakened his One-Tomoe Sharingan after arguing with Liuyun, earning praise from the clan while Liuyun regretted provoking him. Liuyun’s Shadow Clone fled a group of Uchiha Genin sent after him, while his real body enjoyed the night market with a girl.

• Uchiha Kazuhiko awakened his Sharingan during an argument with Liuyun, and the clan elders celebrated the achievement.
• An Elder brought Uchiha Kazuhiko onto the platform and praised him in front of the clan members.
• Uchiha Kazuhiko taunted Liuyun and thanked him for helping awaken his Sharingan, while Liuyun shook off his sweaty hand.
• Liuyun left the Clan Shrine and noticed Uchiha Fugaku’s Genin followers pursuing him.
• Liuyun’s Shadow Clone fled as fifteen Uchiha split into three groups to surround him, while Liuyun’s real body scooped goldfish with a girl at the night market.

Liuyun used a Shadow Clone to lead a group of Uchiha Genin into mistaking the patrolling Uchiha Chen for him. After Chen exposed Liuyun’s hiding place in a trash bin, the Genin found cat litter and feces instead and attacked Chen in anger.

• Liuyun spotted Uchiha Chen on patrol and climbed into a trash bin while the pursuing Genin closed in.
• The Genin surrounded Chen on a rooftop and accused him of being Liuyun in disguise.
• Chen told them Liuyun was hiding in the trash bin, but a Genin dismissed him and called him a bastard.
• Chen slapped the Genin off the rooftop after he was insulted again.
• The elite Genin found cat litter and cat feces in the bin, then ordered the others to beat Chen.

Uchiha Liuyun learned that his Shadow Clone had beaten the wrong person and provoked the Uchiha, while he continued hiding his involvement from Kushina. Sarutobi Hiruzen and the others watched the pair with a Telescope Technique and discussed Liuyun’s Senju blood, mission experience, and unusual talent.

• Uchiha Chen sent an emergency signal after Genin beat him, and Uchiha clan forces began closing in as the attackers fled.
• Liuyun received his Shadow Clone’s memories and realized it had insulted Uchiha Fugaku and helped Uchiha Kazuhiko awaken the Sharingan.
• Liuyun told Kushina that Uchiha Kazuhiko had awakened the Sharingan as they walked home together.
• Liuyun sensed someone watching from above but kept talking with Kushina, suspecting Sarutobi Hiruzen’s Telescope Technique.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen, Tsunade, Jiraiya, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura watched Liuyun and Kushina and discussed Liuyun’s Senju blood and B-rank mission with Orochimaru.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen asked Tsunade why she had remained silent with her head lowered.

Tsunade reflected on Uchiha Liuyun’s hidden strength and kept his abilities secret, while Liuyun escorted Kushina home and discovered Brother Duy on a date. Liuyun and Kushina bickered over romance until their insults turned into a fight that startled Brother Duy.

• Tsunade worried about Liuyun’s talent, secretive training, and potential danger, but kept quiet because Mito Uzumaki had told her to protect his secret.
• Liuyun took Kushina home and spotted Brother Duy sweetly dating a woman in a small park.
• Liuyun teased Brother Duy’s romantic tastes, and Kushina challenged Liuyun’s claim that he understood romance.
• Liuyun suggested watching the sunrise together, but Kushina scolded him for asking her out without romance.
• Liuyun and Kushina traded insults until Kushina attacked him, startling Brother Duy during his date.

Liuyun joined Orochimaru and Nawaki on a dangerous A-rank mission to eliminate Kobo Rebel Ninja near the border of the Land of Waterfall and the Land of Fire. After reaching a small village, Orochimaru detected approaching strangers and ordered the boys to stay hidden until he gave the signal.

• Liuyun and Kushina went for an early-morning run after watching the sunrise, but Kushina left angrily when Liuyun joked about carrying her as a weight.
• Liuyun visited Orochimaru, who invited him to join a new mission with Nawaki and told him to inform his mother, Asuka, before leaving the village.
• Liuyun created a Shadow Clone, informed Asuka, and prepared for the trip while Orochimaru and Nawaki waited for him at the village gate.
• Orochimaru led Liuyun and Nawaki on a forced march to a village near the Land of Waterfall border, where they prepared to ambush Kobo Rebel Ninja.
• After detecting a group of approaching strangers with his summoned snakes, Orochimaru told Liuyun and Nawaki to hide and wait for his signal.

Orochimaru ambushed Takigakure Village ninja and sent Nawaki and Liuyun after their fleeing Genin. Liuyun used skilled throwing techniques to kill one pursuer, while another charged at him.

• Manjiro led Takigakure Village ninja and bandits into the village, where Orochimaru ambushed them and killed a Chunin.
• Manjiro ordered his team to retreat, and Orochimaru blocked their escape with Shadow Clones before sending Nawaki and Liuyun after the Genin.
• Liuyun warned Nawaki to watch for traps, but Nawaki rushed ahead and attacked the fleeing Genin with an Exploding Tag kunai.
• Liuyun wounded one Genin with shuriken and used a precisely timed kunai throw to kill another with a throat strike.
• The surviving Genin charged at Liuyun, determined to fight him at close range.

Liuyun defeated a Takigakure Village Genin, while Nawaki and Orochimaru finished their battles against the other attackers. After the team cleared a nearby bandit den, Orochimaru led the boys into another country instead of returning to the village.

• Liuyun fought the Takigakure Village Genin, evaded his surprise attack with an illusory clone, and killed him with a Lightning Strike Technique and a final kick.
• Nawaki defeated three Genin and finished fighting the last one after three minutes.
• Liuyun, Nawaki, and Orochimaru regrouped and found that Orochimaru had killed Manjiro, while a Takigakure Village Chunin died by biting into hidden poison before he could be interrogated.
• The three rested overnight in the village, and Nawaki learned where a nearby bandit den was located.
• Orochimaru and the two boys slaughtered everyone in the bandit den, then traveled into another country instead of returning to the village.

Orochimaru revealed that the S-rank mission involved using Ryūchi Cave’s snakes to devour the inhabitants of Black Cloud Fortress, not simply killing bandits. Liuyun and Nawaki refused to help with the sacrifice, and they watched as Orochimaru’s snakes attacked the fortress.

• Orochimaru explained that clearing bandits was the mission’s main objective, while withholding its other reasons.
• At Black Cloud Fortress, Orochimaru ordered Liuyun and Nawaki to guard the exits while Ryūchi Cave’s snakes dealt with the bandits.
• Liuyun resisted helping the snakes eat people, and Nawaki also hesitated to agree.
• Orochimaru let the two youths watch, then created Shadow Clones to block the escape routes and summoned a white snake.
• After half an hour, Ryūchi Cave’s giant snakes stormed the fortress while Orochimaru’s clones forced fleeing bandits back inside.

Liuyun, Nawaki, and Orochimaru completed their missions in the Land of Sound, earning generous rewards and securing the region by eliminating bandit dens. Back in Konoha, Liuyun found his mother and Kushina missing, then guessed that his mother was at her newly opened flower shop.

• After defeating Black Cloud Fortress, Liuyun and Nawaki scavenged its valuables, and Orochimaru divided the proceeds among the three.
• Liuyun asked Orochimaru to help him obtain a chakra-conducting weapon, and Orochimaru agreed to look for one after they returned to Konoha.
• Orochimaru met privately with the Land of Sound daimyo while Liuyun and Nawaki were entertained at the daimyo's residence.
• After Orochimaru returned bloodstained, the daimyo treated the group more warmly, and Orochimaru led them to clear more than half the bandit dens in the Land of Sound.
• After more than a month away, Liuyun returned to Konoha, found Asuka and Kushina absent, and headed to the Yunxiang Flower Shop, where he suspected his mother was working.

Liuyun returned home after a month-long mission and reunited with Asuka and Kushina, then learned that Might Duy had gotten married. He planned to visit Duy with another wedding gift and agreed to teach Kushina Water Walking training the next day.

• Liuyun reunited with Asuka and Kushina at the flower shop, and Asuka closed up so they could go home together.
• Liuyun gave his family a vague account of his mission, then made a Shadow Clone to resume writing Dragon Ball after hearing that Toriyama Akira had been waiting for new chapters.
• Asuka told Liuyun that Might Duy had married a few days earlier and that she had already given his wife a wedding gift on Liuyun's behalf.
• Liuyun decided to visit Might Duy and bring him another wedding gift.
• Kushina said she had mastered Tree Climbing training, and Liuyun promised to teach her Water Walking training the next day.

After visiting Might Duy, Liuyun was summoned to the Hokage’s office, where Sarutobi Hiruzen and Danzo questioned him about his high-rank missions and offered him early graduation. Liuyun refused, played down his role in the missions, and left Danzo frustrated as the questioning dragged on.

• Liuyun visited Might Duy with a gift, then encountered an Anbu member who escorted him to the Hokage’s office.
• Liuyun found Sarutobi Hiruzen and Danzo waiting for him, and Hiruzen explained that his B-, A-, and S-rank missions had been added to his record.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen offered to approve Liuyun’s early graduation, but Liuyun refused and claimed he had only done menial work on the missions.
• Danzo ordered Liuyun to describe the S-rank mission, and Liuyun recounted the bandit raids while minimizing his own involvement.
• Danzo grew impatient with Liuyun’s lengthy explanation and left the office; Liuyun asked Sarutobi Hiruzen whether he had said something wrong.

Liuyun refused Sarutobi Hiruzen’s repeated offer to graduate early, agreeing instead to stay away from Orochimaru’s high-rank missions for a year. After returning home, he learned that Uchiha Fugaku was preparing to retaliate against him and found an anonymous warning letter.

• Liuyun told Sarutobi Hiruzen how he had met Orochimaru through Kushina and declined to graduate early.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen forbade Liuyun from joining Orochimaru on missions above C-rank, and Liuyun said he would wait a year before going on missions again.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen reminded Liuyun to keep mission details secret, then sent him home.
• A clan Chunin informed Uchiha Fugaku that Liuyun had returned, and Fugaku ordered him to notify Uchiha Aoki.
• Liuyun asked Asuka about a letter warning him to beware of Fugaku-sama, and he recognized it as a woman’s anonymous note.

Liuyun struggled with his unease about the war and his recent killing, then trained Kushina in Water Walking and discovered that someone was watching him. Suspecting Uchiha Fugaku had sent the watcher over their month-old conflict, Liuyun decided to deal with the matter while Kushina waited at his home.

• Liuyun reassured Asuka about Fugaku, then lay awake thinking about his killing, the Second Shinobi War, and his lack of strength.
• Kushina visited Liuyun, and he helped her practice Water Walking at the river.
• After training, Liuyun noticed a black-haired watcher flee and suspected Uchiha Fugaku had sent him.
• Kushina washed and changed at Liuyun's house, then offered to teach him Sealing Technique that afternoon.
• Liuyun told Kushina he had to go out for about an hour to take care of something, intending to address Fugaku's trouble.