Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Kiyoshi tested the Body Nourishment Technique and sharply improved his physique and Chakra reserves, while discovering that his Sharingan was beginning to awaken. He suppressed the awakening and went to school, determined to gain enough strength to control the Sharingan before using it.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi performed four Circulation Cycles with the Body Nourishment Technique, nourishing his cells and raising his Chakra reserves to 5.7 Ka, with a potential maximum of 7.4 Ka.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi nearly lost himself in the pleasure of his body improving, then warned himself to remain in control as he studied the technique's effects.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi checked his status the next morning and found his Chakra reserves had risen from just over 3 Ka to 5.7 Ka, while his Chakra control had also improved.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi sensed signs that his eyes were beginning to awaken, but suppressed the urge because he wanted enough strength to control the Sharingan first.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi completed some simple training, prepared breakfast and a lunchbox, and happily went to school.

Uchiha Kiyoshi hunted a powerful beast in Konoha's Back Mountain to obtain food and test his combat skills, then sought treatment for his injuries at Konoha Hospital. He returned home with the beast and bought a barbecue grill, while planning to pursue paid work at the hospital.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi explained his understanding of Kekkei Genkai to Nawaki as the Third Hokage and his disciples watched through a crystal ball, and Orochimaru became interested in his ideas.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi set traps in Konoha's Back Mountain and lured a cow-like beast into them after his kunai barely pierced its hide.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi dodged the beast's attacks and led it into a trap-filled pit, but its tail struck him when he approached, leaving his arms numb.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi waited for the beast to die, confirmed it was dead, and carried its body home before visiting Konoha Hospital to check his injuries.
• Keiko found no hidden injuries, and Uchiha Kiyoshi encouraged her to see him as a future medical ninja while considering how he might get paid work at the hospital.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi bought a barbecue grill for fourteen thousand ryo on his way home.

After killing a beast, Uchiha Kiyoshi drew the attention of Danzo and the Third Hokage, but neither acted against him. Three months later, Kiyoshi had strengthened his body and Chakra control and began practicing the Hemostasis Technique during the Academy break.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi stored the beast meat, cultivated the Body Nourishment Technique, and went to sleep.
• Danzo sent Hei 7 to investigate how Uchiha Kiyoshi had killed the beast, and Hei 7 reported that Kiyoshi had avoided being struck until the fight’s end.
• The Third Hokage learned that Root had investigated Kiyoshi without reporting to him and considered warning Danzo, but neither side took action against Kiyoshi.
• Over three months, Uchiha Kiyoshi improved his physical fitness and Chakra control, hunted weekly for nutrition, and built goodwill with Keiko at Konoha Hospital.
• During the Academy break, Uchiha Kiyoshi prepared to practice the Hemostasis Technique he had borrowed with Uemura Naoki’s help, planning to replenish his Chakra by eating beast meat.

Uchiha Kiyoshi practiced the Hemostasis Technique and joined Nawaki and their classmates for a Back Mountain hunt, where his trap-based strategy led to a successful gathering. After Nawaki was injured by a wounded beast, Kiyoshi used the technique to stop his bleeding, and the group returned to the village after eating together.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi began practicing the Hemostasis Technique, and half a month later Nawaki invited him to a classmate gathering in Konoha's Back Mountain.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi warned the children that they could not safely fight wild beasts head-on, then agreed to hunt while they watched and helped prepare traps.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi guided the children in setting ten traps as an Anbu ninja secretly observed and recorded their work.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi lured a rabbit-like wild beast into a trap, but Nawaki jumped into the pit and was badly injured when the beast struck him.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi reset Nawaki's arm and used the Hemostasis Technique to stop his bleeding, exhausting his Chakra in the process.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi and the children hunted four beasts, removed the traps, shared a barbecue, and returned to the village as the Anbu ninja went to report to the Hokage.

After learning that Uchiha Kiyoshi had mastered the Hemostasis Technique, Sarutobi Hiruzen and the other Konoha higher-ups recognized his medical talent, while Uchiha Kai decided the clan should support him. Uchiha Kai summoned Kiyoshi and promised him training resources and a free Ninjutsu, leaving Kiyoshi delighted as he returned home.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen shared the report of Uchiha Kiyoshi's Hemostasis Technique with Danzo, Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura, and the young Sannin, and resolved to encourage Kiyoshi's medical training.
• Uchiha Kai read the report and decided the Uchiha Clan should support Kiyoshi's talent and help strengthen his ability to survive.
• Uchiha Kai sent Uchiha Ryuichi to summon Uchiha Kiyoshi to the Clan Head's Residence.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi confirmed to Uchiha Kai that he had learned the Hemostasis Technique.
• Uchiha Kai promised Kiyoshi ten packets of Medicinal Bath ingredients each month and one free Ninjutsu of his choice.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi returned home happily, excited by the clan's support.

Uchiha Kiyoshi began his second year at the Ninja Academy after six months of intense training, having reached Genin-level strength but choosing not to graduate early. He met new student Minato Namikaze and started building a friendship with him, then continued training over the next three years.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi's Chakra rose above twelve cal, and he improved his Taijutsu, evasion technique, and Basic Sealing Jutsu.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi returned to the Ninja Academy and chose to remain a student rather than graduate early.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi met new student Minato Namikaze, directed him to the first-year building, and offered to help him in the future.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi gradually built a good relationship with Minato Namikaze while continuing his training.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi rarely saw Minato Namikaze after Minato became busy, and three years passed as Uchiha Kiyoshi continued training with clan-provided medicinal baths.

Three years of training brought Uchiha Kiyoshi to graduation age with Chunin-level strength, while the destruction of Whirlpool Country convinced him that another war was near. He continued preparing for the coming conflict, refining his techniques as Konoha’s leaders watched his unconventional use of Fire Release.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi reached ten years old with more than seventy Ka of Chakra and gained access to clan techniques, choosing a medical Ninjutsu, Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu, and the Fire Sealing Method.
• Kirigakure and other nations destroyed Whirlpool Country, and Uzumaki Kushina arrived in Konoha and moved into the Senju Clan.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi concluded that the attack on Whirlpool Country tested Konoha’s strength and that war would begin within the next few years, as Uzumaki Mito’s decline weakened Konoha’s deterrence.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi trained toward awakening his Sharingan, while Nawaki improved to experienced Genin strength despite his vast Chakra reserves.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi refined his Substitution Technique to cover up to ten meters with enough Chakra and developed Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu into a lethal attack, though Konoha’s higher-ups were baffled by his unusual applications.

Uchiha Kiyoshi took the Ninja Academy graduation exam, hoping to join Orochimaru’s squad and advance his training through missions. He demonstrated exceptional skill in the Three Basic Techniques and left with a perfect evaluation.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi prepared for graduation and thought about joining Orochimaru’s squad with Nawaki.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi finished the written exam early and waited for the Three Basic Techniques assessment.
• Nawaki joined Uchiha Kiyoshi and loudly declared that he would become Hokage.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi performed the Clone, Transformation, and Substitution Techniques before the teachers and an Anbu examiner.
• The examiners praised Uchiha Kiyoshi’s technique and Chakra control, and he received a perfect evaluation.

Uchiha Kiyoshi became an officially recognized Konoha Genin and was assigned to Team 3 with Nawaki and Sarutobi Saku, under Orochimaru’s supervision. After Orochimaru sent them away with instructions to meet the next morning, the three introduced themselves and began forming their team.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi returned to the classroom after passing his assessment and waited with Nawaki for the team assignments.
• Orochimaru named Nawaki, Uchiha Kiyoshi, and Sarutobi Saku as Team 3 and took them aside to introduce himself as their supervising Jonin.
• Orochimaru told Team 3 to meet at Konoha Training Ground 7 at nine the next morning, then vanished in the form of a small snake.
• Nawaki proposed that the teammates introduce themselves, and he declared that he intended to become Hokage.
• Sarutobi Saku introduced himself as a Wind Release specialist who wanted to become strong and protect Konoha, while Uchiha Kiyoshi apologized for Nawaki’s disrespectful address.

Uchiha Kiyoshi, Nawaki, and Sarutobi Saku faced Orochimaru in a practical combat exercise after he canceled their assessment. They coordinated attacks and briefly caught Orochimaru off guard, but he defeated all three, leaving their promised reward undecided.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi, Nawaki, and Sarutobi Saku met Orochimaru at Training Ground 7, where he replaced their assessment with a team fight against him.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi proposed that he hold Orochimaru off while Nawaki and Sarutobi Saku supported him from the sides.
• Orochimaru launched a surprise kunai attack, and Uchiha Kiyoshi blocked it before using his Reaction Propulsion Technique to evade.
• Nawaki and Sarutobi Saku threw kunai and used Water Release: Water Arrow Technique and Wind Release: Great Breakthrough, while Uchiha Kiyoshi redirected Orochimaru’s Wind Release with a Fireball Jutsu.
• Orochimaru struck Nawaki and Sarutobi Saku from behind, eliminating both, then defeated Uchiha Kiyoshi after his Chakra ran low.

After Orochimaru defeated Team 3 in a brief spar, he warned them about their lack of combat experience and assigned them tailored training. Three months passed as Uchiha Kiyoshi, Sarutobi Saku, and Nawaki trained while completing missions.

• Orochimaru overwhelmed Uchiha Kiyoshi, Sarutobi Saku, and Nawaki in five minutes and intimidated them with his killing intent.
• Orochimaru criticized their tactics and combat experience, then ordered them to spar every day.
• Orochimaru gave Sarutobi Saku Ninjutsu training notes, Nawaki combat technique notes, and Uchiha Kiyoshi an Earth Release scroll.
• Orochimaru left the three to train, and Nawaki and Sarutobi Saku talked about how frightening their teacher was.
• Three months passed as Team 3 followed Orochimaru's training and completed missions, with Uchiha Kiyoshi struggling under the workload.

After three months of intense training, Uchiha Kiyoshi had increased his Chakra reserves and learned a simplified Earth Style Wall. He mastered Earth Release: Earth Spikes and realized that his research into Chakra circulation could help him learn Ninjutsu more efficiently.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi, Sarutobi Saku, and Nawaki made rapid progress under Orochimaru's training, though Nawaki's Chakra reserves dwarfed the others'.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi learned the simplified Earth Style Wall and later received an Earth Release: Earth Spikes scroll from Orochimaru.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi applied his system for studying Chakra circulation patterns to form the seals and guide Chakra for Earth Release: Earth Spikes.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi successfully raised three earthen spikes from the ground and connected his findings to how the Sharingan copied Ninjutsu.

Uchiha Kiyoshi learned the Earth Spike Jutsu quickly, and Orochimaru judged Team 3 ready for a C-rank mission. The team accepted a bandit-suppression mission near Ryūgetsu Village, where suspected Genin-level samurai made the assignment unusually difficult for rookies.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi demonstrated the Earth Spike Jutsu, impressing Nawaki and Sarutobi Saku with how quickly he learned it.
• Orochimaru praised Uchiha Kiyoshi's Ninjutsu talent and told the three that they were ready for a C-rank mission.
• Orochimaru led Team 3 to the Mission Office, where they chose a mission to eliminate bandits near Ryūgetsu Village.
• Team 3 learned that samurai comparable in strength to Genin might be among the bandits, and Uchiha Kiyoshi worried about the rookies facing their first kills.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi saw Nawaki's excitement and began to understand why Orochimaru had selected the mission.

Orochimaru and Team 3 accepted a mission to stop bandits attacking Ryūgetsu Village and learned that the bandit leaders might include a samurai and two brothers. The group left Konoha and reached the village without incident, where they could begin investigating the bandits.

• Orochimaru met the farmer from Ryūgetsu Village, who reported that bandits from Green Mountain repeatedly raided the village.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi questioned the farmer and learned that the bandit leader was said to be a samurai, with two brothers called the Third King and the Fourth King.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi decided the group should depart immediately, and the farmer joined Orochimaru and Team 3 on the journey.
• After registering at Konoha's entrance, the group left the village, and Nawaki marveled at the world outside while Kiyoshi explained that books described distant places.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi watched for possible ambushes as the group traveled, and the five arrived safely at Ryūgetsu Village.

Uchiha Kiyoshi investigated the bandits on Green Mountain, learned that four samurai leaders kept to a restricted area, and killed a captive before returning to Ryūgetsu Village. That night, he and his two teammates reached the bandits’ hideout, where careless sentries left Kiyoshi uneasy about the operation.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi sent Nawaki and their other teammate to search the surrounding area while he went to Green Mountain to gather information.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi captured and interrogated a bandit, learning that the group was led by four samurai brothers who rarely emerged from a forbidden area on the mountain.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi killed the captive and erased the traces before returning to Ryūgetsu Village, unaware that Orochimaru’s Shadow Clone had watched him.
• Nawaki and the other teammate returned without finding anything unusual, and Uchiha Kiyoshi briefed them on the four leaders before ordering them to move that night.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi and his teammates arrived at the bandits’ hideout and spotted sentries whose careless behavior made him worry that something might go wrong.

Uchiha Kiyoshi, Nawaki, and Sarutobi Saku attacked the Matsuoka Brothers’ stronghold, clearing out the bandits before confronting the four leaders. After the brothers were badly injured, Matsuoka Seiichi triggered an explosion that engulfed the courtyard, and Orochimaru rushed toward the blast.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi warned Nawaki and Sarutobi Saku to prepare for the shock of killing, then used Earth Spike Jutsu to kill two sentries and led the attack.
• Kiyoshi, Nawaki, and Saku split up and killed the bandits in their assigned areas; Kiyoshi helped Nawaki finish his opponents, leaving all three shaken and nauseated.
• After recovering, the three found the Matsuoka Brothers cultivating Chakra in the restricted area and launched a coordinated Ninjutsu ambush.
• Nawaki killed Matsuoka Seishi and helped Kiyoshi against Matsuoka Seiji, while Sarutobi Saku defeated Matsuoka Seizo.
• As the brothers’ defeat became clear, Matsuoka Seiichi lured Kiyoshi closer and detonated an explosion; Kiyoshi warned the others, and Orochimaru rushed toward the courtyard.

After bandits detonated Explosive Tags, Orochimaru found Team 3 alive but injured, and Uchiha Kiyoshi had to exhaust his Chakra to escape the blast. The team treated its wounded, completed the mission, and headed back to Konoha while Kiyoshi reviewed his mistakes.

• Orochimaru found Nawaki and Sarutobi Saku alive after the explosion, then located an exhausted Uchiha Kiyoshi behind a wall.
• Orochimaru gave Kiyoshi a Soldier Pill, and Kiyoshi used the Healing Technique to stabilize Sarutobi Saku and treat Nawaki.
• After receiving proof from Ryūgetsu Village that the mission was complete, Team 3 set off for Konoha the next day.
• Sarutobi Saku woke up bandaged and in pain while Kiyoshi reviewed his mistakes, including overlooking the threat of Explosive Tags and relying on the original story to judge Nawaki’s safety.

After a mission left Sarutobi Saku badly injured, Uchiha Kiyoshi and Nawaki brought him to Konoha Hospital while Orochimaru reported evidence of Amegakure's activity to the Third Hokage. The chapter ends with Saku recovering from surgery and Kiyoshi gaining new insights into Medical Ninjutsu.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi and Nawaki carried Sarutobi Saku back to Konoha and went with him to the hospital for examinations.
• Orochimaru told the Third Hokage that the Matsuoka Brothers likely received supplies from Amegakure, leading them to suspect the village was gathering intelligence and preparing for war.
• The Third Hokage considered war increasingly unavoidable and dismissed Orochimaru, who then hurried to the hospital.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi and Nawaki watched Konoha medical ninja operate on Sarutobi Saku, while Kiyoshi studied their techniques and gained insight into the Delicate Illness Extraction Technique.
• The doctors stabilized Sarutobi Saku and ordered him to stay in the hospital and avoid missions for half a month.

After Sarutobi Saku recovered, Uchiha Kiyoshi reflected on their dangerous mission and planned to strengthen his survival skills while staying hidden from Uchiha Madara. He assessed his growing abilities and possible Sharingan awakening, then returned to training.

• Sarutobi Saku recovered from surgery after more than half a month in the hospital, and Orochimaru put him through harsh training.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi resolved to keep a low profile because Uchiha Madara was still alive and could target a talented Uchiha.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi planned to improve his defensive Ninjutsu and modify his Substitution Technique to use a thrown kunai.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi credited the Body Nourishment Technique with improving his physical abilities and Chakra, and judged himself close to Elite Chunin level.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi recalled sensing a possible Sharingan awakening during the mission’s Explosive Tag blast, then set aside his thoughts and began training.

Uchiha Kiyoshi developed a low-cost Earth Shield technique and advanced his elemental training while researching a sealed-kunai version of the Substitution Technique. Team 3 was restricted to training inside the village for six months after Tsunade forbade Nawaki from going on missions.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi tested a sturdy Earth-Style Wall and his newly created, chakra-efficient Earth Shield, which could rotate around him for full coverage.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi reviewed his progress, having mastered scorching Fire Release Nature Transformation and begun training in hardening Earth Release Nature Transformation.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi refined his plans for the Substitution Body Flicker Technique, aiming to seal chakra inside kunai so they could serve as replacement objects.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi continued researching chakra-sealing methods after obtaining Basic Sealing Jutsu from Orochimaru.
• Tsunade forbade Nawaki from leaving the village on missions, and the Hokage and Orochimaru arranged for Team 3 to train in the village for the next half year.