Recaps

Hoshiryu Uchiha strengthened his Sharingan through the AFK System, survived an attack by spies, and became Mito Uzumaki’s adopted son. He settled into the Senju compound while building alliances and weighing his growing power against his ambition to become Hokage.

• Hoshiryu Uchiha joined the Ninja Academy, met Tsunade and Mito Uzumaki, and asked Mito to direct her offer of free meals toward the orphanage children.
• Hoshiryu Uchiha began studying medical books and training his Sharingan, which advanced to three tomoe as his chakra and combat power grew.
• Hoshiryu Uchiha’s Sharingan evolved into a Mangekyō that granted him Susanoo, healing and destructive flames, and the ability to accelerate his own time.
• Hoshiryu Uchiha killed two spies who attacked him, then confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo when the ANBU brought him to the Hokage’s office.
• Mito Uzumaki announced that she would adopt Hoshiryu Uchiha, while the Uchiha clan learned of his three-tomoe Sharingan and debated how to bring him back to the clan.
• Mito Uzumaki completed Hoshiryu Uchiha’s adoption and welcomed him into her household, where he moved into a room beside Tsunade’s.
• Hoshiryu Uchiha considered how his allies and growing strength could help him become Hokage, then agreed to play dice with Tsunade.

Hoshiryu Uchiha began his studies at the Ninja Academy, built friendships with Tsunade, Orochimaru, Uchiha Chiri, and Yakushi Nonō, and helped Nonō after discovering Root had threatened her. When Root attacked Hoshiryu, Tsunade, and Nonō, he defeated the attackers, and Mito Uzumaki called a Jonin Council.

• Hoshiryu Uchiha received the Senju Clan's ninjutsu collection from Yosuke Senju and lost more than a hundred dice rounds to Tsunade, leaving her with a study debt that Mito Uzumaki enforced.
• Hoshiryu Uchiha and Tsunade started at the Ninja Academy, where Hoshiryu met Uchiha Chiri, Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Yakushi Nonō and helped Chiri awaken her Sharingan.
• Hoshiryu Uchiha befriended Orochimaru and offered to teach him how to study ninjutsu in exchange for copies of his research, while Tsunade lost another bet and agreed to train Monstrous Strength.
• Uchiha Ang and the Uchiha clan leaders learned that strong emotional shocks could awaken the Sharingan and planned staged parental deaths to trigger more awakenings.
• Hoshiryu Uchiha took Tsunade to Hokage Rock and set off fireworks for her, while Mito Uzumaki concealed his role from Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Hoshiryu Uchiha suspected that Danzo had threatened Yakushi Nonō, brought the matter to Mito Uzumaki, and helped her arrange for the Uchiha to monitor Danzo and his allies.
• Hoshiryu Uchiha hurried to protect Nonō after remembering that Danzo knew she was a witness, then escaped a Root ambush with Tsunade and Nonō after defeating the attackers with Susanoo and Brahma's flames.
• Mito Uzumaki concluded that Hiruzen Sarutobi was involved in the attack and ordered Yosuke Senju to summon the clan heads and Jonin for a Jonin Council.

Mito Uzumaki exposed Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzō, became the Fourth Hokage, and led Konoha toward peace through a joint Chunin Exam. Hoshiryu Uchiha prepared to protect Konoha at the exams, then staged Chiri’s kidnapping to provoke Uchiha Ang, leaving Ang grieving over a fake death.

• Mito Uzumaki brought Hoshiryu Uchiha and Nonō to the Jonin Council, where Danzō admitted he had targeted orphans and Hiruzen Sarutobi had helped him, before Hoshiryu killed Hiruzen and the council sentenced Danzō to execution.
• Mito Uzumaki became the Fourth Hokage with the Daimyo’s approval, secured wartime compensation for Konoha, and arranged a noble title for Tsunade.
• Hoshiryu Uchiha revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan to Uchiha Ang, rejected an engagement to Uchiha Chiri, and won the Uchiha Clan’s pledge of support.
• Mito Uzumaki prepared for the Five Kage Summit while Hoshiryu Uchiha learned Flying Thunder God and introduced Tsunade and Nonō to the Shikkotsu Forest summoning contract.
• Jiraiya accidentally reached Mount Myoboku, met the Great Toad Sage, and was named the teacher of the Child of Prophecy.
• At the Five Kage Summit, Mito Uzumaki helped end the war by proposing a Chunin Joint Examination in Konoha, while Hoshiryu’s Mangekyō deterred the Third Raikage from escalating their dispute.
• Mito Uzumaki asked Hoshiryu Uchiha to protect Konoha during the exams, and Hoshiryu recruited Uchiha Chiri, Tsunade, and Nonō into a scheme against Uchiha Ang’s matchmaking plans.
• Uchiha Sen, Tsunade, and Nonō tricked Uchiha Ang into believing Chiri had been kidnapped, and Hoshiryu staged her apparent fatal stabbing before Chiri vanished and the others revealed the prank.

Hoshiryu Uchiha exposed his power to Konoha and dominated the Chunin Exams, forcing the other villages to pay for their scrolls. As the exams reached the finals, four Sharingan-marked Tailed Beasts attacked Konoha, and Hoshiryu sent them away before an unseen speaker used an Ice Release technique.

• Hoshiryu Uchiha revealed that he had eliminated the White Zetsu in Konoha, and Mito Uzumaki announced he would compete in the Chunin Exams under his true appearance.
• Hoshiryu Uchiha gave Tsunade a Wood Release Training Scroll, apologized after mocking her first attempt, and celebrated New Year with Tsunade, Nonō, and Uchiha Chiri.
• The other villages formed an alliance against Konoha, but Hoshiryu Uchiha intimidated Roshi and subdued the Four-Tails inside its sealing space.
• Hoshiryu Uchiha defeated the Cloud Ninja team, collected all twelve exam scrolls, and auctioned them to the other villages after killing the Kusagakure team and overwhelming the Mist and Sand Shinobi.
• Hoshiryu Uchiha warned Mito Uzumaki that the Mist Village’s Jinchuriki and forces in the Land of Whirlpools could signal a major threat, then gave Flying Thunder God Kunai to his companions.
• Hatake Sakumo defeated Red Sand, and Dodai surrendered to Hoshiryu Uchiha before their match could begin.
• The Three-Tails, Seven-Tails, and Eight-Tails appeared near Konoha as the Four-Tails broke free from Roshi, and Hoshiryu Uchiha used an Armored Susanoo to deflect their Tailed Beast Balls and teleport all four beasts away.
• An unseen speaker shouted, “Ice Release Secret Technique: Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals!”