Chapter Summaries

After two of his students were hospitalized during the bell test, Kakashi considered whether to keep Kitagawa Gen as a student. Kitagawa persuaded him that he valued his comrades and wanted to become a ninja, then received his beginner gift pack and a reward for becoming Kakashi's only disciple among this year's graduates.

• A Medical Ninja told Kakashi that the two injured students were fine and reproached him for being too harsh.
• Kitagawa Gen defended Kakashi and asked whether he had passed the test, but Kakashi pointed out that only one member of the three-person squad remained.
• Kitagawa Gen explained that he had handed the two bells to his teammates to show trust and sacrifice, and said Guy had taught him to treasure his comrades.
• Kakashi told Kitagawa Gen to go home while he reported to the Hokage, and Kitagawa agreed to prepare for a harder life as a ninja.
• Kitagawa Gen completed the main quest stage of becoming a ninja and the side quest of becoming Kakashi's only disciple among that year's graduates, earning a Beginner Gift Pack and Kakashi's Sword Techniques.

Kitagawa Gen passed Kakashi’s assessment and returned home to open the beginner gift pack he had waited thirteen years to receive. It gave him a blank-slate Otsutsuki Clan Bloodline, and he collapsed as the reward took effect.

• Kitagawa Gen checked his status after leaving the hospital and learned that Kakashi had approved him as a student.
• Guy checked on Kitagawa Gen, then suggested they run laps to celebrate; Kitagawa refused a related Side Quest, and Guy ran twenty laps on his hands instead.
• Kitagawa Gen hurried home and opened his beginner gift pack.
• The system awarded Kitagawa Gen the Otsutsuki Clan Bloodline, described as a blank slate, and he collapsed onto his bed.

After Kakashi reported the failed team assessment, Hiruzen approved his plan to keep Kitagawa Gen as his student. Gen recovered from his transformation with Jonin-level chakra and a new Jonin goal, then told Naruto how he had graduated and got him to pay for the ramen.

• Kakashi told Hiruzen that the students had attacked one another, and Hiruzen agreed to let him keep Kitagawa Gen on the team while the other places were filled later.
• At Ichiraku Ramen, Kitagawa Gen saw that his transformation had given him an Otsutsuki Clan blank-slate bloodline, Jonin-level chakra, and all seven chakra attributes.
• Kitagawa Gen received a new Main Quest to become a Jonin and sensed two unusual auras coming from Naruto.
• Kitagawa Gen told Naruto that he had graduated after beating his teammates into the hospital, and Naruto resolved to train so he could graduate that year.
• Ayame stopped Naruto as he tried to leave Ichiraku and told him that he had agreed to treat Kitagawa Gen.

Kitagawa Gen planned to gather powers connected to the Otsutsuki, then pressed Kakashi to find him missions. When Kakashi taught him Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall, Gen copied it immediately and altered the wall, astonishing his teacher.

• Kitagawa Gen reflected on Naruto’s chakra and decided to seek out powers potentially related to the Otsutsuki, including the chakra of Indra and Asura, the Tailed Beasts, and the Byakugan.
• Kitagawa Gen confronted Kakashi at a training ground after Kakashi admitted he had not decided what missions suited Gen.
• Kitagawa Gen proposed attacking Gato to take his money for the village, but Kakashi refused to act without an official mission.
• Kakashi began teaching Kitagawa Gen Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall as a defensive technique.
• Kitagawa Gen copied the technique after watching Kakashi’s hand seals and raised a wall of his own.
• Kitagawa Gen refined the Earth Flow Wall until portraits of the Past Hokages appeared on its surface, leaving Kakashi astonished.

Kitagawa Gen demonstrated his exceptional talent to Kakashi during a fight, learning from Kakashi’s movements as they battled. Kakashi decided to take him out of the village the next day, and Kitagawa received Kakashi’s Lightning Release as a quest reward.

• Kitagawa Gen impressed Kakashi by copying his Earth Release Barrier and explaining that he had encountered the technique before.
• Kakashi tested Kitagawa Gen’s limits, and Kitagawa Gen dodged his strike before attacking with kunai and Fire Release techniques.
• Kitagawa Gen and Kakashi exchanged fireballs and fought with kunai, while Kitagawa Gen adapted to Kakashi’s movements.
• Kakashi ended the fight after realizing Kitagawa Gen was learning from him and said they might leave the village the next day.
• Kitagawa Gen completed the side quest and received Kakashi’s Lightning Release.

Kitagawa Gen absorbed Kakashi's Lightning Release knowledge and realized his bloodline let him modify the techniques with ease, though he still needed to keep their origins secret. He explained the harsh realities of becoming a ninja to Naruto and the others, then revealed he might leave the village on a mission the next day.

• Kitagawa Gen returned home with Kakashi's Lightning Release knowledge and realized he could adapt techniques such as Chidori Stream and Purple Electricity using his bloodline.
• Kitagawa Gen worried about concealing where his techniques came from while Danzo remained a potential threat.
• Naruto, Kiba, Shikamaru, and Choji confronted Kitagawa Gen, and Naruto demanded repayment for a celebration he had paid for.
• Kitagawa Gen told the children about the difficult path of becoming a ninja, prompting Naruto to reaffirm his resolve to become Hokage.
• Kitagawa Gen surprised the group by saying he might leave the village on a mission the next day and declared that his goal was both fame and fortune.

Kitagawa Gen joined Kakashi for a series of missions toward the Land of Waves, and the two talked about Naruto and Kakashi’s fallen teammates. The system then offered Gen an exclusive quest to help Kakashi find Obito Uchiha.

• Kitagawa Gen saw Naruto fall from a second-floor window, then left him with a reminder to water the flowers.
• At the cemetery, Kakashi gave Kitagawa Gen five Rank C missions and one Rank B mission and warned him to prepare for training.
• Kitagawa Gen and Kakashi departed Konoha for the Land of Waves, discussing the dangers of the ninja world along the way.
• Kitagawa Gen asked Kakashi about Obito Uchiha and Rin Nohara, and Kakashi called them heroes and stressed the importance of friendship.
• Kitagawa Gen’s system offered an exclusive quest to help Kakashi find his friend, Obito Uchiha.

Kitagawa Gen impressed Kakashi with his rapid progress as they completed their Rank C missions and prepared to take a Rank B assignment in the Land of Waves. Meanwhile, Biwa Juzo and Itachi Uchiha accepted a separate mission to hunt a noble there.

• Kitagawa Gen used a modified Great Fireball Technique to eliminate all thirteen bandits, and Kakashi praised his progress.
• Kitagawa Gen asked Kakashi to teach him Lightning Release before they traveled to the Land of Waves for their Rank B mission.
• Kakashi explained that the mission involved a noble with a high bounty and Chakra-using samurai guards, making its danger uncertain.
• Biwa Juzo and Itachi Uchiha collected payment for a completed mission at an underground exchange in the Land of Hot Water.
• Biwa Juzo accepted a mission to hunt a noble in the Land of Waves and reminded Itachi that they took commissions without questioning their purpose.

Kitagawa Gen recognized two Akatsuki members near the Land of Waves and warned Kakashi, while the pair joined a mission escort and discussed Gen’s plans for developing Purple Electricity. The chapter left them facing the two cloaked men, one of whom greeted Kakashi as an old acquaintance.

• Kitagawa Gen spotted two powerful men wearing Akatsuki cloaks and saw his system flash.
• Kakashi and Kitagawa Gen joined the escort mission, and Kakashi dismissed the samurai’s complaints as they set out with a concealed noble in a palanquin.
• Kitagawa Gen told Kakashi about the dangerous men and asked whether Konoha had sent reinforcements.
• Kitagawa Gen discussed developing Purple Electricity through shape transformation and nature transformation, and Kakashi noted how difficult the technique would be.
• Kakashi and Kitagawa Gen came face-to-face with the two Akatsuki members, and one addressed Kakashi as a senior he had not seen in a long time.

Kitagawa Gen and Kakashi faced Itachi Uchiha and Biwa Juzo after their samurai escorts were killed. Kitagawa Gen fired a signal flare and fought to stall Biwa Juzo while Kakashi clashed with Itachi, and a new side quest tasked Gen with making Kakashi realize who mattered more to him.

• Itachi Uchiha and Biwa Juzo killed the four samurai who charged them.
• Kakashi told Kitagawa Gen to flee, but Gen fired a signal flare to summon Konoha reinforcements and taunted the enemies.
• Biwa Juzo attacked Kitagawa Gen while Itachi Uchiha blocked Kakashi and fought him.
• Kitagawa Gen accepted the side quest “Kakashi's New Moonlight” and prepared to test his Purple Electricity against Biwa Juzo.
• Biwa Juzo struck at Kitagawa Gen again, but his own expression turned strange.

Kitagawa Gen used purple lightning to counter Biwa Juzo while Kakashi fought Itachi Uchiha. Itachi trapped Kakashi in Tsukuyomi, but a flicker of purple light appeared inside the Genjutsu as Itachi prepared to continue.

• Kitagawa Gen used an Earth Clone to evade Biwa Juzo, then attacked him with hidden weapons and a Great Fireball while Biwa Juzo blocked and countered with Water Release.
• Biwa Juzo shattered Kitagawa Gen’s Earth Flow Wall with a Water Dragon Bullet and rushed him, only to find Kitagawa Gen surrounded by strange purple lightning that surged through the water droplets.
• Kakashi and Itachi Uchiha exchanged techniques, with Kakashi’s Lightning Clone trapping Itachi’s Shadow Clone before it exploded and forced Kakashi back.
• Itachi Uchiha revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan and trapped Kakashi in Tsukuyomi, where he repeatedly stabbed him while controlling the world around them.
• As Itachi raised his blade to continue the attack, he paused when an eerie purple light flickered within the Genjutsu.

Kitagawa Gen used his Purple Electricity to disrupt Itachi Uchiha’s attack and overpower Biwa Juzo, allowing Kakashi to recover. Itachi Uchiha and Biwa Juzo retreated before Konoha’s Anbu arrived, while Kitagawa Gen silently doubted Biwa Juzo would survive long enough for another encounter.

• Itachi Uchiha held Kakashi under Tsukuyomi while Kitagawa Gen fought Biwa Juzo with his new Purple Electricity jutsu.
• Itachi Uchiha realized Kitagawa Gen had turned Biwa Juzo’s Water Release against him and recognized the unusual power of the Lightning Release technique.
• Kitagawa Gen and Biwa Juzo separated after their fierce clash, leaving Biwa Juzo badly wounded and Kitagawa Gen with only minor injuries.
• Kakashi recovered from Tsukuyomi and stood in front of Kitagawa Gen, while Kitagawa Gen pointed out that Anbu reinforcements were coming and that the sides were now evenly matched.
• Itachi Uchiha and Biwa Juzo decided to retreat, and Kitagawa Gen silently thought Biwa Juzo should survive the Fourth Mizukage first.

Kitagawa Gen helped Kakashi survive a dangerous encounter with Itachi Uchiha and Biwa Juzo, earning Kakashi’s trust and completing a side quest. A reward about the Totsuka Blade and Yata Mirror led Kitagawa Gen to suspect the artifacts were connected to the Uchiha or the Sage of Six Paths, while Itachi and Biwa Juzo retreated to report their failed mission.

• After Itachi Uchiha and Biwa Juzo left, Kakashi warned Kitagawa Gen that disobeying orders could have gotten him killed, but Kitagawa Gen said he would not abandon a comrade and went to check on their employer.
• Kakashi recalled losing loved ones and recognized that Kitagawa Gen’s words echoed Obito Uchiha’s, then felt that this encounter marked a new beginning.
• Kitagawa Gen completed the side quest Light in Kakashi's Heart and received information about Divine Artifacts, including the Totsuka Blade and Yata Mirror.
• Kitagawa Gen reasoned that the artifacts might have existed in the ninja world long before Itachi Uchiha found them and could be linked to the Uchiha Clan, Indra, or the Sage of Six Paths.
• Itachi Uchiha and Biwa Juzo discussed their injuries and the failed mission, then left to report that they had encountered Kakashi Hatake and a talented young ninja.

In the Land of Waves, Kitagawa Gen and Kakashi recovered from their clash with Itachi Uchiha and Biwa Juzo, and Jiraiya arrived as they discussed Kitagawa Gen’s new Lightning Release technique. In Kirigakure, Obito Uchiha learned that Kakashi had protected a student and was shaken by the news.

• Kitagawa Gen helped an injured Kakashi head toward town after they ended their mission following the encounter with Itachi Uchiha and Biwa Juzo.
• Kitagawa Gen demonstrated a blade of Purple Electricity, and Kakashi praised his talent after hearing how he had developed the technique.
• Jiraiya appeared and surprised Kitagawa Gen and Kakashi.
• Obito Uchiha complained about the Akatsuki’s slow growth and Nagato’s need to restore the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Black Zetsu told Obito Uchiha that Kakashi’s student had discovered Itachi Uchiha, held off Biwa Juzo, and helped Kakashi survive.
• White Zetsu remarked that Kakashi had protected the student without losing him, and Obito Uchiha reacted with visible surprise.

Jiraiya treated Kakashi’s injuries and told him and Kitagawa Gen about Orochimaru’s mysterious organization. Kitagawa Gen received a quest to bring Jiraiya back to Konoha and began steering the conversation toward the danger posed by other rogue ninja in the Land of Waves.

• An old man said he could not treat Kakashi’s mental injuries, so Jiraiya planned to take him back to Konoha.
• Jiraiya warned Kitagawa Gen against risking his life after he tricked Itachi Uchiha and Biwa Juzo into leaving.
• Jiraiya said he was still investigating Orochimaru and had heard that Orochimaru had joined a mysterious organization.
• Kitagawa Gen received a quest to bring Jiraiya back to Konoha and tried to persuade him by pointing out Kakashi’s vulnerability.
• Jiraiya told Kakashi that Orochimaru had reportedly been seen near a harbor in the Land of Waves.
• Kitagawa Gen noted that Itachi Uchiha and Biwa Juzo were also in the Land of Waves and suggested other powerful rogue ninja might join forces too.

Kitagawa Gen and Kakashi persuaded Jiraiya that the powerful organization might be connected to Kirigakure and that investigating it alone was too dangerous. Jiraiya agreed to return to Konoha, and Kitagawa Gen received Jiraiya's Sage Arts as a quest reward.

• Kakashi and Jiraiya considered Kitagawa Gen's theory that a powerful organization was suppressing the Land of Waves and might be tied to Kirigakure.
• Kitagawa Gen and Kakashi warned Jiraiya against investigating Kirigakure alone and urged him to return to Konoha for help.
• Jiraiya reluctantly agreed to travel back to Konoha with Kakashi and Kitagawa Gen.
• Kitagawa Gen's system completed a side quest and awarded him Jiraiya's Sage Arts.

Kitagawa Gen received Jiraiya's Sage Arts knowledge and returned to Konoha with Jiraiya and Kakashi, then began studying Sage Chakra at home. He ended the chapter with a first sign of Sage Mode appearing as red eye shadow formed around his eyes.

• Kitagawa Gen received Jiraiya's Sage Arts knowledge and considered how he might learn to use Natural Energy safely.
• Jiraiya, Kakashi, and Kitagawa Gen returned to Konoha, where Jiraiya invited Kitagawa to a celebration for his first completed mission.
• Kitagawa returned home and found Naruto waiting after watering his flowers without a key.
• Kitagawa gave Naruto a kunai and a scroll, invited him to dinner, and went inside to study Jiraiya's knowledge.
• After an hour of reviewing the Sage Arts, Kitagawa felt an unusual aura and developed red eye shadow.

Jiraiya asked Hiruzen Sarutobi to investigate suspicious events in Kirigakure, and Hiruzen decided to seek Danzo’s help. Meanwhile, Kitagawa Gen discovered that learning Sage Mode had advanced his Otsutsuki bloodline, leaving him eager to pursue his plan to become a complete Otsutsuki.

• Jiraiya told Hiruzen Sarutobi that his suspicions about Kirigakure were serious, and Hiruzen agreed to investigate while ordering him not to act alone.
• Kakashi asked whether Anbu operatives in Kirigakure could provide information, prompting Hiruzen to consider seeking Danzo and Root’s intelligence network.
• Jiraiya took Kakashi to the hospital and planned to celebrate Kakashi’s disciple’s first successful mission.
• Kitagawa Gen realized he had mastered Sage Mode on his first attempt and believed it gave him a stronger means of attack.
• Kitagawa Gen checked his panel and discovered that using senjutsu had raised his Otsutsuki bloodline development to five percent and his total Chakra to S-.
• Kitagawa Gen concluded that his bloodline could help him safely pursue his plan to become a complete Otsutsuki.

Kitagawa Gen invited Naruto to celebrate his first successful ninja mission and brought him to visit Kakashi in the hospital, where Jiraiya and Guy were also present. Jiraiya recognized Naruto as Minato Namikaze’s son and was moved by the resemblance, ending the chapter by praising his name.

• Kitagawa Gen visited Naruto and declined his limited-edition ramen gift, asking instead for Naruto’s kunai when he completed his first mission.
• Kitagawa Gen and Naruto went to the hospital to visit Kakashi, and Gen reassured Naruto that the people he would meet were good people.
• Kitagawa Gen greeted Kakashi and Guy, then invited Guy to join the celebration before Jiraiya appeared and offered to make Kakashi cover any expensive bill.
• Kakashi and Guy recognized Naruto, and Jiraiya realized the boy was his beloved disciple Minato Namikaze’s child.
• Kitagawa Gen explained that Naruto was his longtime friend, and Jiraiya studied Naruto’s face before saying that he had a good name.

Obito Uchiha spied on Kitagawa Gen and decided to test him while gathering information on Sasuke Uchiha. After the celebration, Kitagawa Gen walked Naruto home, encouraged him to learn from Jiraiya, and spotted Sasuke ahead.

• Obito Uchiha watched Kitagawa Gen through an izakaya window, while Black Zetsu warned that Gen’s aura felt familiar and strange.
• Obito Uchiha planned to gather information on Sasuke Uchiha and test Kitagawa Gen as an accompanying warning to Itachi Uchiha.
• Kitagawa Gen and Naruto left the celebration, and Jiraiya, Kakashi, and Guy praised Gen and reflected on meeting Naruto.
• Kitagawa Gen told Naruto that Jiraiya could help him improve and suggested a Transformation Technique to trick perverts.
• Kitagawa Gen stopped when he noticed Sasuke walking alone beneath the moonlight.