Chapter Summaries

Konoha began training students with strong Chakra control as Medical Ninja to address wartime shortages, and Liuyun joined the course with Kushina. Uchiha Toyo summoned Liuyun and offered him resources in exchange for loyalty, but Liuyun laughed at the demand.

• Xiaotian announced that Konoha needed more Medical Ninja and selected students who could attach Chakra to their hands for medical ninjutsu training.
• Xiaotian promised that students who mastered medical ninjutsu could become Genin early, prompting Liuyun and Kushina to join the course.
• Uchiha Chiya told Liuyun that Uchiha Toyo wanted to meet him after hearing that he had defeated Fugaku.
• Liuyun met Uchiha Toyo, who asked why his family had left the Uchiha Compound and then offered to provide training and other resources.
• Uchiha Toyo demanded Liuyun's loyalty in exchange for everything he wanted, and Liuyun burst out laughing.

Liuyun demanded money and Fire Release techniques from Uchiha Toyo in exchange for his loyalty, but Toyo refused and sent him away. The next day, Kushina faced Minato in the Academy Ranking Tournament, where their fight began with a direct clash.

• Liuyun asked Uchiha Toyo for five hundred thousand ryo and several Fire Release ninjutsu or genjutsu in return for serving him.
• Uchiha Toyo rejected Liuyun's demands and ordered him out, and Liuyun left the Uchiha Compound cursing him.
• At the Ninja Academy, Xiaotian announced Kushina Uzumaki's match against Minato Namikaze in the Ranking Tournament.
• Liuyun advised Kushina to use her strengths, then encouraged and massaged her shoulders before the match.
• Kushina and Minato exchanged bows and took their stances, and Kushina challenged Minato to attack.
• Minato rushed at Kushina, who coated her fist with chakra and met his punch head-on.

Kushina used the strength and ninjutsu she learned during summer training to gain the upper hand against Minato, while Liuyun argued with classmates who mocked him for cheering her on. The chapter ended with Kushina surrounding Minato with three Shadow Clones.

• Minato evaded Kushina's first punch, but she caught him in midair with an Adamantine Fist and sent him flying.
• Kushina proudly credited Liuyun for her summer training, and she and Minato continued their fight with kunai.
• Liuyun cheered for Kushina and traded insults with classmates who mocked him, including Sato and the little turtle boy.
• Several angry girls rushed at Liuyun before Xiaotian rebuked the crowd and restored order.
• Kushina used the Shadow Clone Technique to create three clones and surround Minato.

Minato narrowly defeated Kushina in the Ranking Tournament after escaping her Shadow Clones with a smoke bomb and Wind Release. Liuyun then faced Sato, who had initially surrendered, and challenged him to a fight without using his hands or feet; Sato accepted, leaving Liuyun poised to fight with his head.

• Kushina tried to finish Minato with Shadow Clones, but Minato used a smoke bomb and Wind Release: Great Breakthrough to knock her down long enough to win.
• Kushina protested the result, but Liuyun comforted her, and she exchanged a reconciliation seal with Minato before promising to beat him next time.
• Kushina confronted the girls who had insulted Liuyun, while Liuyun provoked them in turn.
• Sato surrendered when he was matched against Liuyun, but Liuyun refused to let him leave and offered to fight with one hand, then one hand and one leg, then neither hands nor feet.
• Sato withdrew his surrender and accepted the challenge, while Kushina tried to stop Liuyun and Liuyun implied he would fight with his head.

Uchiha Liuyun won his fight against Sato by using headbutts after agreeing not to use his hands or feet, and Xiaotian stopped his final attack before it could kill Sato. Afterward, Liuyun and Kushina used Shadow Clones to attend a Medical Ninjutsu class while their real selves went home together.

• Sato attacked Liuyun with hidden weapons and a kunai, but Liuyun dodged until Sato grew tired.
• Liuyun knocked Sato unconscious with two headbutts and prepared a dangerous final strike before Xiaotian caught his legs and stopped him.
• Xiaotian declared Uchiha Liuyun the winner, and the students applauded and praised his hard-headed fighting.
• Kushina ran over to Liuyun and praised him as the outdoor class ended.
• Liuyun and Kushina left for home while their Shadow Clones stayed behind to attend the Medical Ninjutsu class.

After injuring himself while experimenting with lightning, Uchiha Liuyun returned to Konoha Hospital and arranged private medical ninjutsu lessons with the young Medical Ninja who treated him. He planned to ask Orochimaru for advice before continuing his dangerous training and wondered how Konoha was faring in the Rain Country war.

• Uchiha Liuyun retained third place in the class rankings while Minato Namikaze stayed first and Kushina Uzumaki placed second, then sent a Shadow Clone to school.
• Uchiha Liuyun electrocuted himself while testing ways to use lightning to strengthen his body and returned to Konoha Hospital for treatment.
• Uchiha Liuyun offered the young Medical Ninja payment to teach him medical ninjutsu, and she agreed to give him private lessons at night.
• Uchiha Liuyun sent a letter to Orochimaru asking for guidance before pursuing his lightning training further.
• Uchiha Liuyun wondered about the war in the Rain Country, where Konoha had repeatedly retreated when facing the demigod and his Salamander Poison.

Orochimaru sent Liuyun advice on developing lightning techniques and invited him to the Rain Country battlefield, while Liuyun continued training instead. Half a year later, Minato prepared to graduate early to help Konoha, and Liuyun challenged Kushina’s ambition to become Hokage.

• Orochimaru received Liuyun’s letter on the Rain Country battlefield and replied with a scroll of ninjutsu advice, including guidance on using electricity to temper the body.
• Orochimaru invited Liuyun to join the war, but Liuyun declined for the time being and tested a controlled electric current on himself.
• Liuyun used Shadow Clones to train multiple skills, including electrocuting and healing fish, while one clone attended the Ninja Academy.
• Half a year later, Minato told Kushina and Liuyun that he had passed the Genin examination and planned to graduate early to help Konoha’s understaffed forces.
• Kushina said she wanted to become Hokage, and Liuyun argued that he did not need the village’s recognition and wanted to protect her from sacrificing herself for Konoha.

Konoha graduated Liuyun, Kushina, and twenty-eight other students early to ease its wartime manpower shortage, then assigned them to Genin teams without Jonin leaders. Liuyun prepared to join Orochimaru at the Rain Country battlefield, while Kushina lamented that they had been placed on separate teams.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen granted thirty top students early graduation and personally gave them Konoha Forehead Protectors.
• Liuyun pretended to be happy about graduating to show his support for Konoha, then teased Kushina about the work awaiting them.
• The instructor assigned Minato to a team with Tokai and Uchiha Mei, and Kushina to a team with Inuzuka Ran and Uchiha Mikoto.
• Liuyun was assigned to a team with a Sarutobi clan member and an Aburame clan member, and the thirty new Genin received no Jonin leaders.
• Liuyun told Kushina he had agreed with Orochimaru to join him after graduation and planned to travel to the Rain Country battlefield.
• Liuyun comforted Kushina over their separate teams as they walked together toward the Senju Clan Grounds.

After Nawaki’s death, Mito Uzumaki grew withdrawn, while Kushina and Liuyun visited and shared dinner with her. Liuyun revealed that he planned to go to the Rain Country battlefield, leaving Kushina distressed but Mito convinced he had Jonin-level strength.

• Mito Uzumaki’s grief after Nawaki’s death deepened, and her Mind’s Eye ability stopped working.
• Kushina told Mito that she and Liuyun had graduated early and would begin missions the next day.
• Mito urged Kushina to ask the Hokage to place her and Liuyun on the same team.
• Liuyun told Kushina and Mito that he planned to go to the Rain Country battlefield under an agreement with Orochimaru.
• Kushina protested and wanted to accompany Liuyun, but he told her she was not strong enough to protect herself there.
• Mito said she believed Liuyun already had the strength of a Jonin.

Liuyun convinced Kushina and Mito Uzumaki to accept his decision to go to the battlefield in the Land of Rain, though he planned to hide the danger from his mother. On the rooftop, he drew close to Kushina and decided to risk another slap to kiss her.

• Liuyun told Mito Uzumaki and Kushina that he had a compelling reason to go to the battlefield and insisted he could protect himself.
• Mito Uzumaki reminded Kushina that Liuyun was reliable, and Kushina ultimately accepted his decision.
• Liuyun told Kushina he planned to deceive his mother, Asuka, by describing the trip as a minor mission so she would not worry.
• Kushina questioned what else Liuyun had hidden, but he reassured her by saying he had told her about the battlefield before telling his mother.
• Liuyun leaned toward Kushina under the pretense of checking her face, then resolved to kiss her even if she slapped him.

Liuyun and Kushina discussed the Uzumaki Clan’s sealing techniques and his upcoming journey to the Rain Country. Kushina agreed to let him kiss her cheek if he delayed his departure, and Liuyun kissed her before she slapped him.

• Liuyun told Kushina that the moon might have been created with a powerful Sealing Technique, and they discussed her clan’s inherited techniques.
• Kushina revealed that Grandma Mito knew she had been teaching Liuyun Uzumaki Sealing Techniques and had praised his talent.
• Kushina explained that she did not consider Liuyun an outsider and said the clan’s secret techniques needed to be passed on.
• Kushina asked Liuyun to delay his trip to the Rain Country, and they settled on him leaving in ten days if she let him kiss her.
• Kushina offered her cheek, but Liuyun kissed it so forcefully that she pushed him away and slapped him.

After graduating, Liuyun learned he would begin ninja work immediately and prepared to leave for the Rain Country in ten days to meet Orochimaru. His first D-rank mission was scooping waste, and he ended the chapter by settling with his teammates that Sarutobi Satoshi would do it.

• Liuyun told Asuka about his forced graduation and agreed to work for Konoha for six years, then wrote Orochimaru that he would leave for the Rain Country in ten days.
• Utatane Koharu assigned the newly graduated Genin difficult D-rank jobs, including moving goods, clearing weeds, and cleaning latrines.
• Kushina laughed at Liuyun's mission to scoop waste while Uchiha Mikoto and Inuzuka Ran tried to keep the exchange civil.
• Liuyun and his teammates rejected one another's attempts to avoid the unpleasant work and agreed to decide it with rock-paper-scissors.
• Sarutobi Satoshi lost the game and became the team's poop scooper.

Liuyun prepared to leave for the Rain Country battlefield by collecting combat supplies from Konoha’s military depot and spending time with his mother and Kushina. He told Asuka he would leave the village the next day for a mission that might keep him away for many days.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen granted Liuyun two days off and permission to choose equipment before his deployment to the Rain Country.
• At the military supply depot, Liuyun fought and defeated a Chunin who tried to restrict his equipment choices.
• Liuyun collected weapons, Soft Armor, Soldier Pills, and other supplies, then had them registered under his name.
• Liuyun visited the flower shop and played Fight the Landlord with Asuka and Kushina.
• Liuyun told Asuka he was leaving the village the next day for a long mission, and she asked what mission it was.

Liuyun lied to Asuka about accepting a safe C-Rank bodyguard mission outside the village, and Kushina nervously watched as Asuka questioned him. Their card game turned into a battle of bluffs, and Asuka insisted on continuing after Liuyun exposed her trick; Kushina was left worried about losing money between the two schemers.

• Liuyun told Asuka he had accepted a low-risk bodyguard mission and planned to leave the next morning.
• Asuka supported the mission because it would spare Liuyun from exhausting labor missions.
• Asuka bluffed by playing a bomb and claiming she still had another, then rushed Liuyun to make his move.
• Liuyun countered with his jokers, saw through Asuka's bluff, and won the round.
• Asuka admitted defeat, paid up, and angrily demanded another game while Kushina feared losing even more money.

Liuyun arrived at the Rain Country battlefield and reunited with Orochimaru, demonstrating his newly developed Chidori Current. Jiraiya was surprised to find Liuyun at the front, and Liuyun told him he had come of his own accord.

• Liuyun left for the battlefield after Kushina tearfully urged him to return alive.
• Liuyun joined the Hidden Leaf army's main camp in the Rain Country and met Orochimaru, who greeted him warmly.
• Liuyun demonstrated Chidori Current by striking Orochimaru with lightning, then healed his chest wound with medical ninjutsu.
• Orochimaru praised Liuyun's technique and recognized it as an evolution of Chidori.
• Jiraiya arrived, questioned why Liuyun had come to the battlefield, and Liuyun said he had chosen to come himself.

Liuyun accompanied Orochimaru and Jiraiya to see Tsunade’s preliminary antidote for Salamander Poison, which could prevent Hanzo’s toxin from being fatal if administered in time. After Tsunade sent the formula to Konoha, Orochimaru invited Liuyun on a dangerous mission that night, and Liuyun accepted.

• Liuyun told Jiraiya he wanted to go to the battlefield, and Orochimaru defended his disciple.
• Jiraiya took Orochimaru and Liuyun to Tsunade’s laboratory, where Tsunade learned Liuyun had graduated early and examined his armor and Chakra Blade.
• Tsunade presented an antidote that could keep Salamander Poison from being fatal if given promptly, though rare ingredients would hinder mass production.
• Tsunade said she had encrypted the formula and sent it to Konoha, while Orochimaru and Jiraiya disagreed over how far victory remained.
• Orochimaru invited Liuyun to join him on a high-risk mission that night, and Liuyun accepted despite Jiraiya and Tsunade’s concerns.

Orochimaru and Liuyun launched a nighttime raid on a Rain Ninja outpost to assassinate a newly arrived Elite Jonin and obtain his intelligence. As Orochimaru fought the officers, Liuyun slaughtered the outpost’s defenders, and the battle continued with more Rain Ninja closing in.

• Orochimaru assigned Liuyun to distract the outpost’s defenders with Shadow Clones while he infiltrated and assassinated the Rain Ninja higher-up.
• Liuyun created four Shadow Clones, and they split into groups to attack the outpost with Exploding Tags and draw the Rain Ninja away.
• Orochimaru slipped into the outpost inside a snake and began fighting the Elite Jonin as Liuyun moved in after seeing Orochimaru’s fire signal.
• Liuyun killed Rain Ninja with his Chakra Blade, cutting through ordinary weapons and defenders as he advanced through the outpost.
• A returning Rain Ninja Jonin confronted Liuyun, who used Lightning Release: Earth Run Technique to paralyze the soldiers before charging into the crowd and killing more of them.

Liuyun and Orochimaru destroyed a Rain Ninja outpost in a five-minute battle, with Liuyun using his Sharingan and Lightning Release to help kill the remaining Jonin. After they escaped, Orochimaru praised Liuyun and promised to teach him advanced Lightning Release techniques and help him learn Water Release.

• Liuyun activated his Three-Tomoe Sharingan to fight the Rain Ninja in the darkness and evade their Water Release attacks.
• Orochimaru summoned a giant snake and fought the remaining Rain Ninja as a powerful Great Waterfall Technique flattened the outpost.
• Liuyun used Chidori to pierce the final Rain Ninja Jonin's heart after Orochimaru's snakes forced the Jonin to move.
• Orochimaru and Liuyun fled the outpost and slowed down only after running more than ten miles.
• Liuyun asked Orochimaru to teach him more Ninjutsu, and Orochimaru promised him two advanced Lightning Release techniques and guidance in Water Release.

After returning to Konoha's main camp from a bloody mission, Liuyun rested and began plotting to find Nagato Uzumaki and steal his Rinnegan. He decided to send out Shadow Clones to search for Nagato before taking further action.

• Orochimaru and Liuyun returned to camp, and Orochimaru handed a Hidden Rain Village officer's corpse to a Jonin for interrogation.
• Tsunade checked Liuyun for injuries, scolded him and Orochimaru, then left after Orochimaru said Liuyun could treat himself with medical ninjutsu.
• Orochimaru told Liuyun to change clothes, eat, rest, and avoid missions during the day.
• As he rested, Liuyun considered Nagato Uzumaki, the Rinnegan, and the threat posed by Madara Uchiha and Black Zetsu.
• Liuyun decided to search for Nagato with Shadow Clones and steal his eyes if he found an opportunity.

Konoha launched a large-scale assault on a Rain Ninja camp after intelligence suggested Hanzō of the Salamander was not there. Liuyun fought cautiously from range as the Three Ninja discovered the camp’s Hanzō was an impostor and Konoha gained the upper hand.

• Orochimaru warned Liuyun to stay with the others and prioritize survival as Konoha prepared to attack.
• The Three Ninja summoned their beasts and led Konoha in a frontal assault on the Rain Ninja camp.
• Liuyun used thrown weapons and Exploding Tag kunai against Rain Ninja, then evaded an explosion that killed a poisoned Genin beside him.
• Liuyun heard Hanzō of the Salamander’s voice and feared Konoha would lose, but the Three Ninja revealed that the man was an impostor.
• Jiraiya killed the impostor, and the Three Ninja’s Summoning Beasts overwhelmed the Rain Ninja, leaving Konoha close to victory.