Chapter Summaries

Lin Xiao was pulled into the Naruto world and woke up as Uzumaki Naruto, whose memories revealed the cruelty and hunger he had endured. After catching and roasting a fish to survive, Naruto activated a God-tier Mission System.

• Lin Xiao lost his promotion match in a Naruto mobile game, smashed his keyboard, and was sucked into a vortex from his computer screen.
• Lin Xiao woke in Naruto's body, merged with Naruto's memories, and learned how badly the villagers had treated the hungry orphan.
• Naruto calmed the Nine-Tails' red Chakra and went to a nearby stream to catch food.
• Naruto accidentally speared a fish and activated the God-tier Mission System.
• Naruto made a fire, roasted the fish, and ate it until only bones remained.

Naruto caught fish in the forest while Hiruzen and Danzō argued over whether he should be raised as a child or controlled as a weapon. After villagers stoned him, Iruka and Mizuki took him to the hospital, and Iruka’s kindness left Naruto deeply moved.

• An Anbu reported to Hiruzen that Naruto had caught fish and was safe, and Hiruzen ordered continued surveillance while allowing other hardships to go unchecked.
• Danzō accused Hiruzen of wanting to control Naruto’s power, but Hiruzen insisted Naruto was Minato and Kushina’s son and rejected Danzō’s demand to take him into Root.
• Naruto caught several fish and headed home, where villagers and their children insulted and stoned him, leaving his head bleeding.
• Iruka shielded Naruto from the villagers, and Mizuki helped Iruka take him to Konoha Hospital.
• A doctor treated Naruto after an Anbu intervened, and Iruka paid the medical fees from his own salary.
• Naruto asked Iruka’s name and thanked him as Iruka and Mizuki left, and Iruka concluded that Naruto was not the Demon Fox.

After returning home, Naruto waited for the Anbu to leave before contacting the God-tier Mission System and opening his Novice Gift Pack. He gained supplies and a safe way to begin training, then decided to sleep rather than push himself on his first night.

• Naruto cleaned his poorly furnished home and waited in bed until the Anbu stopped watching him.
• Naruto summoned the God-tier Mission System and learned that it rewarded him for completing randomly issued missions.
• Naruto opened his Novice Gift Pack and received three crates of Nutritional Cans, 20,000 Ryo, the God-tier Chakra Extraction Technique, and Heavenly Mouth.
• Naruto decided the Chakra Extraction Technique would let him train discreetly while appearing asleep, and he chose to rest for the night.

Hiruzen Sarutobi investigated Umino Iruka after Naruto was injured and decided to enroll Naruto in the Ninja Academy’s elite class with Iruka as its teacher. The next morning, Naruto successfully extracted Chakra for the first time while Hiruzen headed to visit him.

• An Anbu reported that villagers’ children had struck Naruto with a stone, and Hiruzen Sarutobi asked whether the Nine-Tails had gone out of control.
• Hiruzen read Umino Iruka’s file, recalled their conversation about the Will of Fire, and chose him to teach the incoming class.
• Hiruzen added Uzumaki Naruto to the elite class list and decided to visit him, thinking his relief money might be running low.
• Naruto pretended to sleep while following the God-tier Chakra Extraction Technique and produced his first wisp of Chakra.
• Hiruzen learned that Naruto had supposedly been sleeping since eight and left the Hokage’s Office to see him.

Hiruzen Sarutobi visited Naruto, gave him his monthly relief money, and took him to Ichiraku Ramen, where he encouraged Naruto to attend the Ninja Academy. After Naruto enjoyed two bowls of ramen, the system issued a quest for him to make Hiruzen pay for a bowl, leaving Naruto ready to act.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi visited Naruto and gave him his monthly relief money while Naruto pretended to be grateful.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi took Naruto to Ichiraku Ramen, where Uncle Teuchi served them Miso Ramen.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Naruto about attending the Ninja Academy, and Naruto agreed after Hiruzen promised to arrange his enrollment.
• Naruto praised the ramen, ate two bowls, and thanked Hiruzen Sarutobi for the meal.
• The system issued Naruto a repeatable quest to have Hiruzen Sarutobi pay for a bowl of ramen.

Naruto manipulated Hiruzen Sarutobi into paying for his ramen, convincing him that Naruto was content and trustworthy enough to reduce his surveillance. After unlocking the Mind's Eye of the Kagura, Naruto used the new ability to locate his watchers and planned to train while they were less attentive.

• Naruto cried over how rarely he could afford Ichiraku Ramen, and Uncle Teuchi offered him a free meal once a week.
• Naruto appealed to Hiruzen Sarutobi's sympathy, and Hiruzen agreed to put Naruto's ramen on his tab.
• Hiruzen sent Naruto home and ordered Anbu surveillance reduced to two rotating guards, then rejected Shimura Danzō's demand to give Root a larger role.
• Naruto realized Hiruzen had believed his act of being untroubled by the villagers and noticed that fewer people were watching his home.
• Naruto claimed his mission reward and awakened the Uzumaki Clan ability Mind's Eye of the Kagura.
• Naruto used the ability to sense two groups of ninja near his home, then decided to extract Chakra under his blanket while pretending to sleep.

After training and eating system-provided canned food, Naruto met the Nine-Tails in a dream and repeatedly surprised it by resisting its temptation and naming Uchiha Madara and Hashirama Senju. The system rewarded him with the Complete Uzumaki Clan Physique, and Naruto discovered his vitality, Chakra reserves, Adamantine Sealing Chains, and Mind's Eye of the Kagura had improved.

• Naruto ate Nutritional Cans and extracted Chakra until he fell asleep.
• Naruto encountered the Nine-Tails in his dream and pretended to approach the seal before pulling back to surprise it.
• Naruto asked whether the Nine-Tails could help him defeat Uchiha Madara and Hashirama Senju, provoking its anger before it expelled him from the dream.
• Naruto claimed the system reward and gained the Complete Uzumaki Clan Physique, along with awakened Adamantine Sealing Chains and enhanced Mind's Eye of the Kagura.
• Naruto regretted not surprising the Nine-Tails more often, then ate four cans to satisfy his intense hunger.

Naruto’s strengthened body sharpened his senses as he went to Ichiraku Ramen, where Uncle Teuchi defended him from hostile diners. Akimichi Choza and Choji joined him, and Naruto and Choji began a ramen-eating contest.

• Naruto slept after eating another can while the Nine-Tails sensed that Naruto’s body and seal had grown stronger and regretted driving him away.
• Naruto headed to Ichiraku Ramen, dodged a stone thrown by village children, and frightened them with a glare.
• When diners demanded that Uncle Teuchi throw Naruto out, Naruto offered to leave, but Uncle Teuchi silenced them by invoking the Third Hokage’s permission.
• Uncle Teuchi served Naruto a deluxe bowl of ramen, and the other diners soon left rather than challenge the Hokage’s orders.
• Akimichi Choza and Choji arrived, sat with Naruto, and started competing with him to see who could eat more ramen.

Naruto and Choji bonded over a ramen-eating contest, while Choza reported their friendship to Hiruzen Sarutobi. Hiruzen then assigned Kakashi to protect Naruto until he graduated from the Ninja Academy, hoping the duty would help Kakashi recover from his grief.

• Naruto ate eight bowls of ramen and defeated Choji, who ate seven, and the two promised to eat together again.
• Choza encouraged Choji by saying Akimichi clan techniques would help him beat Naruto, then went to the Hokage's Office to report that the boys liked each other.
• Hiruzen reflected on how he had concealed Naruto's identity for political reasons and felt conflicted about his past actions.
• Hiruzen summoned Kakashi, criticized his increasingly ruthless methods, and ordered him to protect Naruto until Naruto graduated from the Ninja Academy.
• Kakashi accepted the assignment, and Hiruzen hoped Naruto's optimism would help Kakashi emerge from the shadows of his losses.

After Hiruzen assigned Kakashi to protect Naruto, Kakashi watched the isolated boy and felt sympathy for him. Naruto recognized Kakashi, accepted his barbecue gift, and continued secretly building his strength while Kakashi resolved to care for him.

• Hiruzen ordered Kakashi to take primary responsibility for Naruto's safety, with Anbu support.
• Kakashi watched Naruto at home, and Naruto used his Mind's Eye of the Kagura to recognize him.
• Naruto pretended to sleep while extracting Chakra, and Kakashi mistook his quiet routine for a sign of loneliness.
• Kakashi left Naruto a package of Konoha barbecue with a note wishing him a healthy life, and Naruto recognized the gift came from him.
• Naruto ate the barbecue and trained until night, while Kakashi vowed to take care of Minato's son.

Naruto left his home after a week of recovering and met young Kiba and Akamaru, earning the puppy’s affection and becoming friends with Kiba. He gained the Animal Affinity reward and invited Kiba and Akamaru to Ichiraku Ramen.

• Naruto spent a week recovering at home while Kakashi brought him food and supplies, and his strength and nutrition improved.
• Naruto went out for a walk, hoping that meeting people from the original story would trigger new system quests.
• Naruto met Kiba and Akamaru, calmed the puppy with a call, and won him over by petting him.
• Naruto introduced himself as a future Hokage, and Kiba declared that they were friends and rivals in pursuing the same goal.
• Naruto completed the quest and received Animal Affinity, which made Akamaru even more attached to him.
• Naruto invited Kiba and Akamaru to Ichiraku Ramen, and Kiba agreed to go.

Naruto met Uchiha Itachi and Sasuke while they were buying sweets, and Itachi treated him to Tricolor Dumplings. The brothers left after a brief conversation, while Kakashi continued monitoring Naruto and went to report the encounter to Hiruzen Sarutobi.

• Naruto ate ramen with Kiba and Akamaru, then said goodbye to them and headed home.
• Naruto noticed Uchiha Itachi and Sasuke at a dessert shop, and Sasuke felt an inexplicable familiarity with him.
• The system gave Naruto a quest to have Itachi treat him to Tricolor Dumplings, and Itachi invited him to join them.
• Naruto told Itachi that shopkeepers had given him dumplings mixed with sand, so Itachi bought him several portions of Tricolor Dumplings.
• Sasuke complained that Itachi was favoring Naruto, then accepted his own dumplings and said goodbye with his brother.
• Kakashi reassured the nearby Anbu, then left to report the encounter to Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Naruto reflected on Uchiha Itachi and the Uchiha Clan’s fate, then received the Shadow Clone Jutsu and Uchiha bloodline from the system. After Naruto fell asleep, Kakashi reported his meeting with Itachi and Sasuke to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who sent him back to guard Naruto.

• Sasuke and Uchiha Itachi separately thought about their encounter with Naruto on the way home.
• Naruto ate the Tricolor Dumplings and decided he might try to change the Uchiha Clan’s tragic fate.
• The system rewarded Naruto with the Shadow Clone Jutsu and the Uchiha Clan bloodline, and he fell asleep as his body began to change.
• Kakashi Hatake told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Uchiha Itachi had treated Naruto to dumplings after they met by chance.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi discussed the strained relationship between the Uchiha Clan and Konoha, then ordered Kakashi to continue protecting Naruto.

Naruto awakened his Sharingan and learned to deactivate it, then joined Kiba, Akamaru, Choji, Shikamaru, Ino, and Sakura for a day of games and ramen. He completed the system’s Hokage role-playing quest and ended the day with new friends among the village clans’ children.

• Naruto noticed his body had grown stronger, awakened a single tomoe Sharingan in each eye, and discovered he could switch the eyes off at will.
• Naruto met Kiba and Akamaru on the street, and Kiba brought him to meet Choji, Shikamaru, Ino, and Sakura.
• Naruto greeted the group, and they agreed to play a Ninja Game; the system issued a quest for him to become Hokage in the game.
• Naruto assigned roles to the children, making Kiba his general, Ino his secretary, Shikamaru his advisor, Sakura a chunin, and Choji the villain.
• Naruto promised to treat everyone to ramen, and the group ate together before heading home at sunset.

Naruto received the Perfect Transformation Jutsu and Improved Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu, then used them to slip away from Anbu surveillance and train freely. He mastered tree climbing, struggled through water walking until dawn, and fell asleep in the forest while his Shadow Clones kept watch.

• Naruto received the Perfect Transformation Jutsu and Improved Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu as system rewards.
• Naruto used Shadow Clones as decoys, transformed into a fly, and escaped his house without alerting the Anbu.
• Naruto reached Konoha's Small Forest, sensed that no one was nearby, and began training with Shadow Clones.
• Naruto discovered that the Nine-Tails was no longer disrupting his Chakra flow and quickly mastered tree climbing.
• Naruto trained in water walking through the night and finally succeeded shortly before dawn.
• Naruto released most of his Shadow Clones, left two to guard him, and fell asleep in the forest.

Naruto met Kurama inside the sealing space and used his knowledge of the Tailed Beasts and the future to win Kurama’s attention. Kurama became curious about Naruto’s claim that he was the Child of Prophecy and asked him to explain what would happen to the ninja world.

• Naruto entered the sealing space and remained unfazed when Kurama tested him with its overwhelming aura.
• Naruto called the Nine-Tails Kurama, surprising it by knowing its name and the names of Hagoromo Otsutsuki and the other Tailed Beasts.
• Kurama confirmed that Hagoromo had given it slightly more Chakra than the other Tailed Beasts.
• Kurama sensed no malice in Naruto and wondered whether he could be the Child of Prophecy.
• Naruto claimed he could foresee the future, and Kurama asked him to describe what would happen to the ninja world.

Naruto told Kurama how Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Obito planned to use the Ten-Tails and Infinite Tsukuyomi to end war, then promised that they would become friends. Kurama offered to help Naruto, leaving their relationship warmer than before.

• Naruto told Kurama that Uchiha Obito had started the Fourth Great Ninja War and attacked Konoha after witnessing Rin Nohara's death.
• Naruto explained how Uchiha Madara awakened the Rinnegan, manipulated Obito, and planned to cast Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Naruto described Madara's plan to have Obito revive him so he could reclaim his Rinnegan, become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, and cast Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Kurama pressed Naruto for more details, but Naruto stopped revealing the future and said he would prevent those events.
• Naruto told Kurama they would become comrades and friends, and Kurama offered to help him if anything happened.

Naruto received the Wood-Style Senju Clan bloodline after earning Kurama's acknowledgment, then returned home to sleep. At the Hokage's Office, Kakashi's report and a Root agent's testimony helped Hiruzen defeat Danzō's attempt to take Naruto into Root, clearing the way for Naruto to enter the Ninja Academy.

• Naruto received the Wood-Style Senju Clan bloodline and went home to eat before falling asleep.
• Kakashi left Naruto under Anbu watch and went to meet Hiruzen Sarutobi, Shimura Danzō, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu.
• Kakashi praised Naruto's kindness, gratitude, and friendships, while Danzō accused him of making things up.
• A Root ninja reported that Naruto showed no disloyalty and was friends with Nara Shikamaru, Inuzuka Kiba, Yamanaka Ino, and Akimichi Choji.
• Hiruzen admitted he had encouraged clan heads to let their children interact with Naruto, and Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu supported Naruto's enrollment in an elite Ninja Academy class.
• Danzō left angrily after losing the argument, and Hiruzen told Kakashi to continue watching over Naruto until the academy opened.

After Naruto’s bloodlines fused, he sneaked out at night and met Rock Lee training in the Small Forest. Naruto sparred with and defeated Lee, then encouraged him to keep pursuing taijutsu before returning home.

• Naruto woke after sleeping for more than ten hours and sensed that his Uzumaki, Senju, and Uchiha bloodlines had fused.
• Naruto used a Shadow Clone and Transformation Jutsu to slip past the guards and go to the Small Forest.
• Naruto found Rock Lee training and encouraged him to pursue taijutsu despite lacking talent for ninjutsu.
• After the System issued a quest to defeat Rock Lee, Naruto accepted Lee’s sparring challenge and quickly overpowered him.
• Naruto encouraged Rock Lee to keep training, advised him to rest and protect his health, and left without revealing his name.
• Rock Lee took Naruto’s advice and went home to rest, determined to continue training the next day.

Naruto received basic taijutsu techniques from the system, then overheard two spies exchanging intelligence in the forest. After a system quest prompted him to act, he defeated both men and took their scroll, but sensed a powerful Chakra nearby as he was about to leave.

• Naruto received the Konoha Basic Taijutsu Compendium and learned several taijutsu techniques.
• Naruto overheard two middle-aged spies discuss exchanging Konoha intelligence and learned that they planned to meet again in a month.
• The system ordered Naruto to kill the spies and recover the Intelligence Scroll, so he used a transformed Shadow Clone to distract them.
• Naruto attacked the spies with taijutsu, knocked both unconscious, and recovered their scroll.
• Naruto stored the Intelligence Scroll in the system and sensed a powerful Chakra fluctuation nearby.