Chapter Summaries

The Uchiha Clan’s leaders agreed to stop trying to prevent Mito Uzumaki from adopting Hoshiryu Uchiha and instead planned to lure him back with the Sharingan’s secret techniques. Uchiha Ang told his son Uchiha Sen what had happened, unaware that Hoshiryu already possessed the Mangekyo and that someone small was listening outside the door.

• Uchiha Ang urged the clan leaders to let Hoshiryu Uchiha’s adoption go, but Uchiha Setsuna objected.
• Uchiha Ang explained that Setsuna’s proposal to send clan orphans to the Ninja Academy had helped bring Hoshiryu and Mito Uzumaki together.
• Uchiha Setsuna proposed telling Hoshiryu to return to the clan if he wanted to learn the Sharingan’s secret techniques, and the leaders accepted the compromise.
• The Uchiha meeting ended, and Hoshiryu Uchiha’s name began spreading among the clan’s upper ranks.
• Uchiha Ang told Uchiha Sen that Hoshiryu had awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan and been adopted by Mito Uzumaki.
• Uchiha Ang and Uchiha Sen discussed the lack of ways to bring Hoshiryu back while a small figure listened outside their door.

Uchiha Chiri learned that Uchiha Hoshiryu was exceptionally talented and resolved to surpass him. Meanwhile, Mito Uzumaki officially adopted Hoshiryu and asked whether she could trust him, and he accepted her as family and promised not to betray his intentions.

• Uchiha Chiri overheard Uchiha Ang and Uchiha Sen discussing Uchiha Hoshiryu, grew jealous, then vowed to surpass him and went to train.
• Mito Uzumaki completed the paperwork to adopt Hoshiryu Uchiha and walked home with him.
• Hoshiryu asked Mito why she had not questioned him, and she told him that he could share his secrets when he wished.
• Mito recounted Hashirama Senju's regret over failing to bring Madara Uchiha back to his original path and asked Hoshiryu if she could trust him.
• Hoshiryu promised Mito he would never betray his original intentions and accepted her in his heart.

Hoshiryu Uchiha reflected on Mito Uzumaki’s support for his ambitions and told her about the attack he had survived. Mito praised his talent and led him to her home, where they arrived together.

• Hoshiryu Uchiha realized that Mito Uzumaki trusted him and would support him even if he became Hokage.
• Hoshiryu Uchiha told Mito Uzumaki about the attack, and she anxiously checked that he was unharmed.
• Hoshiryu Uchiha explained that his Sharingan and Fire Style had helped him fend off the two attackers.
• Mito Uzumaki praised Hoshiryu Uchiha’s talent and asked him to train Tsunade in the future.
• Hoshiryu Uchiha hurried along with Mito Uzumaki, who took his hand and led him to her courtyard.

Hoshiryu Uchiha moved into Mito Uzumaki’s compound after she adopted him, and Tsunade showed him around his new home. He settled into his prepared room and concluded that the attackers who destroyed his former home had been spies.

• Mito Uzumaki asked Tsunade whether she had mastered the sealing techniques, prompting Tsunade to flee back inside.
• Mito Uzumaki introduced Hoshiryu Uchiha to Chika and confirmed that his adoption was complete and his room was ready.
• Hoshiryu Uchiha asked whether Mito Uzumaki was now his family, and she assured him that he belonged with her.
• Mito Uzumaki sent Tsunade to show Hoshiryu Uchiha around the compound before taking them out to dinner.
• Tsunade showed Hoshiryu Uchiha his room beside hers, and he settled in while reflecting on the spies who had destroyed his former home.

Hoshiryu Uchiha reviewed how his growing influence could help him become Hokage while examining new changes to his system. Tsunade interrupted him to demand a game, and Hoshiryu prepared to turn her dice into a bet.

• Hoshiryu Uchiha reasoned that Mito Uzumaki, the Uchiha Clan, the Senju Clan, and civilian support could help him secure the Hokage position, though he still planned to pursue a hands-off life.
• Hoshiryu Uchiha checked his System Panel and realized that his Mangekyō Sharingan and Indra's Bloodline complemented each other, while his increased combat power had accelerated AFK training.
• Hoshiryu Uchiha concluded that the system was still developing as he grew stronger and wondered whether it might eventually let him travel to other worlds.
• Tsunade asked Hoshiryu Uchiha to play with her, but he reminded her that Mito Uzumaki would check her Sealing Techniques training that evening.
• Tsunade insisted on playing and brought out a die, so Hoshiryu Uchiha agreed to a dice game and began proposing a bet.

Hoshiryu Uchiha learned that his actions had kept Tsunade’s parents from going to war, and Mito Uzumaki gave him the Senju Clan’s complete ninjutsu collection. He considered how to repay Mito and decided Tsunade could learn Adamantine Sealing Chains.

• Hoshiryu Uchiha won Tsunade’s snacks at dice, and Chika brought them to lunch.
• Yosuke Senju and Seisetsu Senju told Tsunade that Mito Uzumaki had kept them from leaving for the front lines because they needed to witness Hoshiryu’s adoption.
• Tsunade thanked Hoshiryu, who tried to reclaim the snacks he had promised to waive, and she refused.
• Yosuke Senju gave Hoshiryu a scroll containing the Senju Clan’s entire ninjutsu collection on Mito Uzumaki’s behalf.
• Hoshiryu reflected on Mito’s kindness and considered teaching Tsunade Adamantine Sealing Chains.

Hoshiryu Uchiha persuaded Yosuke Senju to let him help Tsunade study the Adamantine Sealing Chains scroll. Tsunade lost a dice-betting streak and was left owing hundreds of days of study, with Mito Uzumaki ensuring she would honor the wager.

• Hoshiryu Uchiha explained how the Adamantine Sealing Chains could strengthen Tsunade and told Yosuke Senju he would make sure she studied.
• Yosuke Senju gave Hoshiryu Uchiha the scroll, and Hoshiryu told Tsunade they would study it together.
• Tsunade proposed a dice bet to avoid studying, and Hoshiryu wagered that each loss would cost her three days of proper study.
• Tsunade lost more than a hundred rounds as she and Hoshiryu played until evening.
• Hoshiryu asked Mito Uzumaki to enforce Tsunade's study debt, and Mito agreed while Tsunade cried over her lost time.

Hoshiryu Uchiha and Tsunade prepared for the Ninja Academy, with Tsunade spending three days studying to fulfill their wager while Hoshiryu trained his Chakra and abilities. On the way to school, Tsunade caught up with Hoshiryu after he ran ahead and tried to bargain for a reduction in her punishment.

• Mito Uzumaki told Hoshiryu Uchiha and Tsunade that the Ninja Academy would begin in three days, and Hoshiryu looked forward to starting his plans there.
• Mito Uzumaki made Tsunade study five or six hours a day for three days to fulfill her wager with Hoshiryu.
• Hoshiryu Uchiha practiced tree climbing and water walking, mastered Chakra control, and raised Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique to lv10.
• Hoshiryu Uchiha and Tsunade refused Yosuke Senju's offer to escort them and set off for the Ninja Academy on their own.
• Hoshiryu Uchiha ran ahead when Tsunade seemed angry, and she chased him until they reached the Academy.
• Tsunade accepted Hoshiryu Uchiha's water, then threatened to tell Mito Uzumaki he had nearly left her behind unless he cut her ninety-nine-round wager in half.

Hoshiryu Uchiha attended the Ninja Academy entrance ceremony, where Hiruzen Sarutobi delivered a speech about the Will of Fire, then joined his elite class for a grueling first lesson with Tsukiji. After twenty laps around the training ground, Hoshiryu remained effortlessly composed and noticed several classmates with exceptional stamina, including Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and a brown-haired girl with glasses.

• Hoshiryu Uchiha rejected Tsunade's attempt to renegotiate their agreement, and they entered the Ninja Academy together.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi gave the new students a speech about the Will of Fire while watching Hoshiryu, who showed no visible reaction.
• Tsukiji introduced himself as the elite class's homeroom teacher and ordered the students to run twenty laps, increasing the distance to twenty-five when they hesitated.
• Tsukiji explained that physical training could improve Chakra and said his class would run every time they met.
• Hoshiryu Uchiha finished the run without showing fatigue and noticed that Jiraiya, Orochimaru, clan members, and a brown-haired girl with glasses also had strong stamina.
• Uchiha Chiri looked at Hoshiryu Uchiha with unwillingness and felt a trace of bitterness.

Hoshiryu Uchiha attended his first Academy class, where he met Tsunade and Uchiha Chiri and wondered whether his unusually fortunate circumstances were being arranged by a higher power. He decided to test the Great Toad Sage's prophecies by helping Jiraiya reach Mount Myoboku earlier.

• Uchiha Chiri recognized that Hoshiryu Uchiha currently surpassed her, but resolved to surpass him someday.
• Tsukiji led the exhausted students to their classroom and asked them to introduce themselves.
• Tsunade introduced herself and shared her dream of becoming Konoha's first female Hokage, while Uchiha Chiri said she wanted to surpass someone and glanced at Hoshiryu Uchiha.
• Hoshiryu Uchiha recognized Uchiha Chiri's talent and considered whether the Great Toad Sage's prophecies could account for his presence in the Ninja World.
• Hoshiryu Uchiha decided to help Jiraiya reach Mount Myoboku early so he could test whether the Great Toad Sage's prophecy would change.
• Hoshiryu Uchiha introduced himself and said his dream was to become the Hokage's man, after which Tsukiji dismissed the class for a break.

Hoshiryu Uchiha drew the attention of his classmates, including Uchiha Chiri and Orochimaru, as Konoha increasingly saw him as a hope for peace. He ended the chapter by offering to reveal his strength’s secret if Chiri sang for him in front of the class.

• After Tsukiji left, the students crowded around Hoshiryu Uchiha, but Tsunade drove most of them away.
• Uchiha Chiri told Hoshiryu Uchiha she would surpass him, then grew embarrassed by her awkward introduction.
• Orochimaru approached Hoshiryu Uchiha because his parents had urged him to form a bond with a powerful teammate.
• Hoshiryu Uchiha welcomed Orochimaru and Uchiha Chiri as friends, while Tsunade silently worried that he would tease Chiri.
• Hoshiryu Uchiha asked Uchiha Chiri to sing in front of the class in exchange for revealing the secret of his strength.

Hoshiryu Uchiha tested whether intense emotional fluctuations could awaken the Sharingan by making Uchiha Chiri sing in front of her classmates, then teasing her with a fake training secret. Chiri awakened a one-tomoe Sharingan, accepted Hoshiryu’s apology, and he left feeling his hypothesis had been confirmed.

• Hoshiryu Uchiha persuaded Uchiha Chiri to sing before the class, hoping the emotional contrast would awaken her Sharingan.
• Uchiha Chiri overcame her shyness, sang beautifully, and gained confidence when her classmates applauded.
• Hoshiryu Uchiha gave Chiri a mock secret to getting stronger, making her furious enough to awaken a one-tomoe Sharingan.
• Hoshiryu Uchiha apologized and explained that his training method was much like hers; Chiri forgave him but warned him not to prank her again.
• Hoshiryu Uchiha concluded that strong emotional fluctuations could awaken the Sharingan, while Orochimaru began to regard him as a friend.

Hoshiryu invited Jiraiya and Yakushi Nonō to join his group after their strong performances in the physical test, then reflected on Nonō’s future as a renowned spy. The class settled down when Tsukiji arrived, but Jiraiya pointed out that the students had no textbooks.

• Hoshiryu invited Jiraiya and the brown-haired girl with glasses to join Tsunade, Uchiha Chiri, and Orochimaru’s group.
• Jiraiya introduced himself, prompting displeased looks from Tsunade and Uchiha Chiri when he mentioned his interest in peeping.
• Yakushi Nonō introduced herself and said she dreamed of becoming Hokage, and Hoshiryu recognized her as the future Wandering Miko.
• Tsukiji entered the noisy classroom, ordered the students to sit quietly, and began a lesson on Konoha’s founding.
• Jiraiya told Tsukiji that the class had no textbooks, and Tsukiji asked whether he had not told them to get them.

Hiruzen Sarutobi signed Danzo's order to target shinobi from small and medium clans, hoping to reinforce his authority as Hokage. Meanwhile, Hoshiryu Uchiha returned home after a successful day at the Ninja Academy and discovered Orochimaru was following him.

• Danzo urged Hiruzen Sarutobi to use Root to seize shinobi from smaller clans and demonstrate the Hokage's authority.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi signed a transfer order for Danzo, then pretended to be angry when Danzo argued that the clans needed a harsher warning.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi reflected that he was constrained by Mito Uzumaki and the Senju and Uzumaki clans, and chose to make an example of clans outside his faction.
• Hoshiryu Uchiha left the Ninja Academy, pleased with his new connections, and decided not to interfere with Might Duy's training.
• Hoshiryu Uchiha sensed Orochimaru following him on his way home.

Hoshiryu Uchiha accepted Orochimaru’s request for training and invited him to stay at his home. After Tsunade returned to the Senju residence and received a promised day off, Hoshiryu introduced Orochimaru to Mito Uzumaki.

• Orochimaru emerged from hiding, bowed to Hoshiryu Uchiha, and asked him to guide his training.
• Hoshiryu Uchiha called Orochimaru a friend, agreed to help him improve, and invited him to stay over.
• Orochimaru was moved to tears, and Hoshiryu comforted him while Tsunade urged them to head home.
• Tsunade returned to the old Senju Clan residence, where Mito Uzumaki praised her and promised her a day off.
• Hoshiryu Uchiha promised to take Tsunade out and give her a surprise, then introduced Orochimaru to Mito Uzumaki.

Hoshiryu Uchiha brought Orochimaru to the Senju Compound and considered how to develop the boy’s talent. He offered to formally train Orochimaru using the Senju Clan’s ninjutsu collection, but said Orochimaru would have to give something in return.

• Mito Uzumaki welcomed Orochimaru and agreed to let him call her Grandma.
• Hoshiryu Uchiha took Orochimaru to the training grounds after Mito Uzumaki and Tsunade left.
• Orochimaru told Hoshiryu Uchiha that he had learned several basic techniques and dreamed of learning every ninjutsu.
• Hoshiryu Uchiha decided to teach Orochimaru to study how ninjutsu worked, not merely how to use it.
• Hoshiryu Uchiha offered Orochimaru formal training with the Senju Clan’s ninjutsu collection in exchange for something in return.

Hoshiryu Uchiha traded access to the Senju Clan's collection for Orochimaru's future ninjutsu research insights, then took Orochimaru and Tsunade out to play a new card game. Tsunade eagerly wagered on Fight the Landlord and lost until she collapsed on the floor.

• Orochimaru chose the Senju Clan's collection and agreed to provide Hoshiryu Uchiha with copies of the ninjutsu he researched.
• Mito Uzumaki approved Hoshiryu Uchiha's arrangement with Orochimaru and encouraged him to take Tsunade and Orochimaru out to play.
• Tsunade asked to gamble, and Hoshiryu Uchiha introduced her and Orochimaru to Fight the Landlord.
• Hoshiryu Uchiha secretly instructed Orochimaru to bid for landlord first, then stop bidding once they played for stakes.
• After winning several early rounds, Tsunade proposed wagers and took the landlord role, but lost repeatedly until she collapsed.

Tsunade realized Hoshiryu Uchiha had tricked her into another 300-day bet, then accidentally destroyed his bed while practicing Monstrous Strength. Hoshiryu gave Orochimaru C-rank-and-below ninjutsu scrolls to study, while Tsunade trained and Chika called her in for dinner.

• Tsunade realized she had been tricked into another 300-day bet, and Hoshiryu Uchiha laughed at her predicament.
• Tsunade accidentally used Monstrous Strength and broke Hoshiryu Uchiha's bed, then agreed to practice the technique as part of the bet.
• Tsunade left to train, and Hoshiryu Uchiha gave Orochimaru ninjutsu scrolls in exchange for Orochimaru's future research.
• Orochimaru began studying the scrolls, Hoshiryu Uchiha read about Sealing Techniques, and Tsunade practiced outside.
• Chika finished preparing dinner, remembered Mito Uzumaki, and called Tsunade in from training.

At dinner, Hoshiryu Uchiha decided to use his Sealing Techniques training to try to create Medical Talismans that could save Senju lives. Meanwhile, Uchiha Ang summoned the clan elders and heads again, prompting complaints as the meeting began.

• Yosuke Senju told Mito Uzumaki that the Senju Clan had suffered heavy battlefield casualties, and they discussed compensation for the fallen families.
• Hoshiryu Uchiha considered sealing the Mystical Palm Technique into medical supplies and switched his AFK Slot to Sealing Techniques.
• Mito Uzumaki welcomed Orochimaru to dinner, and the family shared a cheerful meal.
• Uchiha Ang called another gathering of Uchiha elders and clan heads, who complained about being summoned so often.

Uchiha Ang revealed that intense emotional upheaval, rather than actual deaths, could awaken the Sharingan, prompting the Uchiha leaders to celebrate and reward Hoshiryu Uchiha. The clan then considered using staged death notices and mourning halls to awaken more members.

• Uchiha Ang told the clan leaders that Uchiha Chiri had awakened her Sharingan after Hoshiryu Uchiha provoked her.
• Uchiha Ang explained that three Uchiha had awakened their Sharingan after being falsely told their relatives had died in battle.
• The clan leaders celebrated the discovery and agreed that Hoshiryu Uchiha deserved a reward.
• A clan member proposed giving Hoshiryu Uchiha the Sharingan manual, and most of the leaders supported the idea despite Uchiha Setsuna's objection.
• Uchiha Ang suggested staging more convincing death notices and mourning halls to awaken additional Uchiha.