Chapter Summaries

Three-year-old Naruto discovered that Konoha’s villagers hated him as the Nine-Tails Fox and fled to the mountains to survive. After setting up a shelter and catching fish, he was startled by an old man emerging from the bushes.

• Naruto was shoved away from a sweets shop, and the shopkeeper and villagers insulted him as the Nine-Tails Fox.
• Naruto realized the villagers’ hatred was not a misunderstanding and suspected it came from his unknown parents.
• Naruto summoned a system that gave him the mission to refine Chakra, but he did not know what Chakra was.
• Worried that villagers might attack him, Naruto packed his belongings and moved to a hidden shelter in the back mountain.
• Naruto gathered mushrooms, caught five fish, and cooked one over a campfire.
• An old man appeared from the bushes and claimed he had lost his way while observing the stars.

Naruto met Hiruzen Sarutobi in the forest, shared food with him, and learned about ninja, Chakra, and the Chakra Refining Technique. Hiruzen told Naruto that his parents were heroes, but Naruto remained doubtful and ended the night feeling somewhat comforted by the old man.

• Naruto met a hungry old man in the forest and gave him grilled fish.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi explained the Will of Fire, ninja strength, immortality, and Chakra to Naruto.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi taught Naruto the Chakra Refining Technique while they ate.
• Naruto asked about his parents, and Hiruzen Sarutobi called them heroes, but Naruto doubted him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi pointed out the stars and helped Naruto feel lighter about his troubles.

Naruto struggled to refine Chakra until he completed the system’s initial mission and unlocked Naruto Online. The system offered him three powerful novice rewards, and he weighed the choices before making his decision.

• Naruto put out the mountain fire, returned to his shelter, and began trying to refine Chakra.
• Naruto realized his first warm sensation was the urge to pee, then postponed taking revenge on the shop owner because it was too risky.
• Naruto trained for three days and received a notification that he had completed the initial mission.
• Naruto opened the novice gift pack, but its reward draw stalled while the system tried to load.
• Naruto later received three reward choices: an SSSSSS-Rank Talent, Infinite Chakra, or a fully awakened Nine-Tails summon.
• Naruto compared the options and chose one, though the chapter did not reveal which reward he selected.

Naruto chose the unique SSSSSS-rank talent, gaining powerful chakra and ninjutsu bonuses, then explored the game's paid features. He discovered that he could top up the game using the ryo he had in the real world and spotted a First Charge Gift Pack in the shop.

• Naruto rejected the limited infinite-chakra and Nine-Tails options and chose the unique SSSSSS-rank talent for its potential to grow with him.
• The game granted Naruto all seven chakra attributes, major proficiency and chakra bonuses, guaranteed success in learning compatible ninjutsu, and a higher talent cap.
• Naruto inspected his status panel, noticed his Uzumaki Bloodline, and found that the game's shop and Skill House required payment.
• Naruto discovered that the shop sold goods for ryo and could convert his sixteen ryo into a 1.6-yuan balance.
• Naruto checked what he could afford and noticed a First Charge Gift Pack in the shop.

Naruto opened the First Charge Gift Pack, learned three basic ninjutsu with his talent, and resisted recycling the sealed Nine-Tails. He entered the Training Ground, where a gigantic Nine-Tails appeared and approached him.

• Naruto bought the First Charge Gift Pack for 10 taels and received three basic ninjutsu techniques, kunai, and shuriken.
• Naruto learned Clone Technique, Substitution Technique, and Transformation Jutsu at Master proficiency thanks to his SSSSSS Talent.
• Naruto saw that the sealed Yang Nine-Tails was recyclable for a large sum, but chose to leave it alone until he understood why it was inside him.
• Naruto entered a randomly generated 100x100 Training Ground and marveled at how real its terrain and sensations felt.
• A huge Nine-Tails emerged beyond the forest, noticed Naruto, and slowly walked toward him.

Naruto used his Training Space to shrink the Nine-Tails and share Pepsi with it before training his basic ninjutsu to perfection. After returning to reality and going to sleep, he woke in a damp space, unsure where he was.

• Naruto overcame his fear of the Nine-Tails, shrank it with the Training Space’s power, and offered it Pepsi.
• The Nine-Tails drank the cola while Naruto reasoned that its presence in the Training Space came from its seal inside him.
• Naruto practiced the Clone, Substitution, and Transformation techniques until he perfected all three.
• Naruto left the Training Space, returned to reality, cooked, washed up, and went to bed.
• Naruto woke in a damp space and wondered where he was.

Naruto met the Nine-Tails inside his mind and negotiated daily visits to the Training Ground, becoming acquainted with it as Kurama. Kurama secretly supplied Naruto with purified Chakra, and Naruto set off disguised as Hiruzen Sarutobi to collect his living expenses.

• Naruto found the Nine-Tails in its cage and offered to bring it to the Training Ground for an hour a day.
• Naruto learned the Nine-Tails was named Kurama and promised it a two-hour visit the following day in celebration of their friendship.
• After Naruto left, Kurama converted its leaking Chakra into pure Chakra and released it for Naruto to absorb.
• Naruto discovered that Kurama's Chakra had doubled his reserves and reviewed his growing attributes.
• Naruto used Transformation Jutsu to disguise himself as an old man, then headed home in the appearance of Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Naruto impersonated the Third Hokage and experienced the village’s respect before learning the Hokage’s identity. After earning a prank reward, he asked Hiruzen Sarutobi how to become Hokage, but Hiruzen’s lengthy answer left him with a headache.

• Naruto used the Transformation Jutsu to look like the Third Hokage, and the Anbu reported the impersonation to Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Naruto walked through the village, receiving warm greetings and respect from the villagers before realizing the Hokage Rock depicted the man he had copied.
• Naruto ended the transformation in an alley and received a Skill Point, a Prank Novice Badge, and access to the Prank Star Quest Chain.
• Naruto returned home, where Hiruzen Sarutobi warned him not to transform into other people and explained how he had become Hokage.
• Naruto asked how he could become Hokage, and Hiruzen described the strength, perseverance, and recognition the role required, leaving Naruto overwhelmed by the lecture.

Naruto spent his allowance on the Flying Thunder God Technique and other ninjutsu, then spent months training while hiding his talent. After hearing that the Land of Lightning had sent a negotiation team, he went to investigate but abandoned teleporting when he noticed his two escorts following him.

• Naruto decided to act like an idiot to avoid drawing attention and divided his allowance between living expenses and shop purchases.
• He bought and learned the Flying Thunder God Technique, customized its mark, and purchased offensive ninjutsu and ordinary kunai.
• Naruto spent months training his soul in the Training Ground while his ninja, illusion, and Chakra Attributes improved.
• At Ichiraku Ramen, Naruto worried about whether starting taijutsu training at four years old would stunt his growth.
• After hearing that the Land of Lightning had sent a negotiation team, Naruto sensed unfamiliar Chakra signatures and prepared to teleport toward them.
• Naruto noticed two familiar signatures following him, abandoned his Flying Thunder God plan, and decided to sneak toward the visitors.

Naruto met a lonely Hyuga girl and escorted her home, then two years later defended Hinata from boys who mocked her Byakugan. He left before realizing she was the same girl, while Hinata watched him go.

• Naruto found a crying girl with Byakugan and walked her to the Hyuga estate, talking to her along the way.
• Two years later, Naruto heard boys calling Hinata a monster and demanding to see her Byakugan.
• Naruto confronted the boys and slapped all three, making them flee.
• Hinata thanked Naruto, and he waved goodbye before remembering that he had escorted her home two years earlier.
• Hinata watched Naruto walk away.

Naruto trained with Kurama, then attended the Ninja Academy hoping to make friends. After the opening ceremony, he recognized Uchiha Sasuke as the protagonist and finally found him.

• Naruto and Kurama destroyed training targets with powerful attacks, including Naruto’s Majestic Fire Destruction.
• Naruto promised Kurama he would teach Uchiha Madara a lesson for causing his parents’ deaths.
• Naruto told Kurama he wanted to attend school and make friends, then woke up and prepared for the Academy.
• Naruto sat apart from the children and parents as the Third Hokage announced the new Ninja Academy class.
• Naruto completed the main quest to enter the Academy and received skill points, experience, and a title.
• Naruto heard Uchiha Sasuke introduce himself and stared at him, recognizing the protagonist.

Naruto began selling discounted snacks and drinks to his classmates, using the business to make friends and provoke Sasuke. After a prank drenched Teacher Oda, Naruto was sent into the hallway and slipped away to go fishing.

• Naruto introduced himself to the class and approached Choji with chips and Happy Water, offering him a discount on future snacks.
• Shikamaru warned Choji about Naruto, but Choji enjoyed the snacks and reflected on how Naruto's resilience inspired him.
• Naruto sold snacks to his classmates and goaded Sasuke into buying a large bottle of cola for ten tael.
• Naruto gave Hinata milk tea and charged her fifteen tael.
• A basin of water drenched Teacher Oda as he entered the classroom, and Naruto was sent into the hallway before sneaking away to go fishing.

Naruto studied the history of the ninja world and asked the Nine-Tails about the First Hokage, Uchiha Madara, and the Mangekyō Sharingan. The next morning, he bought the Uchiha Bloodline and awakened a Two Tomoe Sharingan.

• Naruto read about the wars among the major nations and questioned why the First Hokage had distributed the tailed beasts instead of unifying the ninja world.
• The Nine-Tails told Naruto that he possessed at least Kage Level strength, but might not defeat Uchiha Madara because of his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Naruto decided to keep training and learn more about the ninja world before trying to change it as a teenager.
• Naruto considered the Uchiha Bloodline in the shop, thinking of Uchiha Madara, Uchiha Sasuke, Itachi Uchiha, and Body Flicker Shisui.
• Naruto purchased the Uchiha Bloodline, gained its bonuses, and unlocked the Sharingan skill.
• Naruto saw that his SSSSSS-Rank Talent had advanced the Sharingan to Two Tomoe and examined his changed eyes in the mirror.

Naruto explored his Sharingan, schemed to change teachers, and continued pranking the Academy and painting Hokage Rock. After maxing out Painting, he caught a giant fish and shared his cooking with Choji and Shikamaru.

• Naruto discovered that the Sharingan sharpened his vision and could cast genjutsu, then went to the Academy intending to change homeroom teachers.
• Naruto talked with Choji and approached Sasuke, who silently put money on his desk before class began.
• Naruto's trap drenched Teacher Oda, and a second prank involving a venomous but nonlethal snake sent Oda to the hospital.
• Naruto painted the Hokage statues in absurd styles and discovered that his Painting skill had reached its maximum level.
• Choji and Shikamaru admired Naruto's roadside artwork, then found him fishing and watched him haul in a fish longer than himself.
• Naruto grilled the fish at his campsite, and Choji declared him his lifelong best friend while he and Shikamaru eagerly ate.

Naruto protected Hinata from bullies, then fused Earth and Water Chakra in his Training Space to awaken Wood Release. He tested his new power against Kurama and easily subdued him with wooden dragons.

• Naruto enjoyed self-study with Shikamaru and Choji, bought Sasuke's cola, and drove off three bullies who had cornered Hinata.
• Naruto complimented Hinata's Byakugan, and she blushed so intensely that she fainted; he and his friends took her to Konoha Hospital, where doctors found nothing seriously wrong.
• That night, Naruto fused Earth Attribute and Water Attribute Chakra in his Training Space and gained proficient Wood Release Chakra.
• Naruto challenged Kurama to spar and overwhelmed him with nine wooden dragons, leaving Kurama lamenting Hashirama's power.

Naruto welcomed a new homeroom teacher, Umino Iruka, and was surprised when Iruka ignored his prank instead of punishing him. After school, Naruto’s business plans for Old Daddy Fast Food took shape as he considered expanding the clone-run stores and finding a way to make his clones real.

• Naruto reflected on his failed attempts to evolve his Sharingan through intense emotional fluctuations and resolved to gain the Mangekyo through experience points.
• Choji bought snacks from Naruto, and Hinata visited for milk tea while acting shy around him.
• Naruto drenched Umino Iruka with a prank, but Iruka followed another teacher’s advice and ignored him rather than confronting him.
• Shikamaru and Choji bet that Iruka would last at least three months, with Choji wagering a family bucket from Old Daddy Fast Food.
• Naruto explained that a Wood Style Clone ran Old Daddy Fast Food under an assumed identity and that the shop’s inventory and party chat could support expansion.
• Naruto considered how to make his clones real, suspecting that Yang Release held the answer.

Naruto awakened a Mangekyō Sharingan with the powers of attraction and repulsion, then discovered the costly upgrades and abilities available through the game. He considered buying the Eternal Mangekyō to avoid blindness and wondered what powers Sasuke’s Mangekyō would have.

• Naruto secretly checked that Kurama was playing in the Training Space before using his experience points to complete his Sharingan’s awakening.
• Naruto wished for a fundamental force and gained Mangekyō abilities that manipulated attraction and repulsion, naming them Lord Dun and Uncle Tan.
• The game unlocked the Mangekyō Store and a Rinnegan evolution path, while warning Naruto that overusing his Mangekyō could make him blind.
• Naruto saw that the Eternal Mangekyō cost 1,000,000 ryo and considered relying on his fast-food clone to earn enough for it.
• Naruto browsed the store’s other Mangekyō abilities, each priced at 1,000,000 ryo, and wondered what abilities Sasuke would receive.

Naruto learned that the Uchiha clan had been wiped out and discovered that Itachi Uchiha was responsible, while Sasuke survived as the sole known Uchiha. Later, Naruto’s chip-selling business led him into a fight with older students, and Choji and Shikamaru rushed to join him.

• Naruto confirmed through his clone that the Uchiha clan had been exterminated and found Sasuke alive in Konoha Hospital.
• Naruto learned from a wanted poster that Itachi Uchiha was the culprit and decided to keep his distance from him.
• Naruto resolved to stop collecting protection fees from Sasuke and continued watching him for clues about becoming stronger.
• Choji and Shikamaru arrived at school hoping to buy Naruto’s chips, then heard that Naruto was fighting Dubon and his group.
• Choji charged into the fight to help Naruto, and Shikamaru joined after a flying shoe struck him in the face.

Naruto dealt with prejudice after the fight, while Iruka apologized and resolved to treat him with more care. Naruto gained a school reputation as Uzumaki the One-Man-Army, avoided Rock Lee’s challenge, and Shikamaru decided to become his friend.

• Naruto, Shikamaru, and Choji laughed together outside the Hokage's Office, and Naruto brushed off the people inside calling him the Nine-Tails Fox.
• Iruka apologized to Naruto for neglecting him and offered to take the three boys for ramen, but ordered them back to class first.
• Naruto returned to Class One and charged his classmates chips and cola to hear his story about holding off seven older students.
• Rock Lee challenged Naruto, but Naruto walked away because he wanted to keep a low profile and eat ramen with Iruka.
• Shikamaru asked his father why people avoided Naruto, then decided to become good friends with Naruto.

Naruto cleaned his paint from Hokage Rock after Iruka caught him, then passed the Clone Technique graduation exam and received his forehead protector. He learned that graduating from the Academy had not completed his main quest, which would require his team leader’s recognition as a Genin.

• Iruka confronted Naruto about painting Hokage Rock and ordered him to clean it before evening, promising to treat him to ramen if he finished.
• Naruto noticed that only about thirty students remained for the graduation exam, then passed the Clone Technique test and received his forehead protector.
• Naruto sensed malice from Mizuki as he left the exam room and wondered why his main quest still showed as incomplete.
• Shikamaru explained that Naruto needed his team leader’s acknowledgment to become a Genin and complete the quest.
• Naruto joined the others for a group photo wearing his new forehead protector.