Chapter Summaries

Uzuki Yugao asked Asuka to accept her as a disciple so she could learn Medical Ninjutsu without giving up swordsmanship. Asuka agreed, leaving Yugao set to begin training with him the next morning.

• Asuka woke up, and Uzuki Yugao accidentally entered his room and saw him with a magazine.
• Yugao cooked breakfast for Asuka, then asked whether he had studied swordsmanship.
• Yugao explained that she wanted to learn both Medical Ninjutsu and swordsmanship, and asked Asuka to take her as his disciple.
• Asuka agreed and told Yugao to come make breakfast at five the next morning, though he was stunned to have gained a disciple so quickly.

Asuka taught Uchiha children his view of the Will of Fire, urging them to protect their own companions and reject sacrificing their clan for others’ ideals. In the Grass Country, Madara read a report about Asuka and ordered White Zetsu to investigate him again.

• Asuka explained to Yu Yan that Uchiha became less cheerful as they grew stronger, then took her to the Uchiha Clan School to fill in for two hospitalized teachers.
• Asuka brought the children to the plaza, handed out fried chicken, and taught them that the Will of Fire meant protecting the next generation.
• Asuka contrasted the different wills of Madara, Hashirama, and Tobirama, and told the children to choose their own ideals rather than accept others’ demands for sacrifice.
• Asuka dismissed Itachi’s recitation of the Third Hokage’s Will of Fire and led the children in chanting for Family Buckets.
• Madara read a report describing him as favoring unification and lasting peace, then asked White Zetsu to gather information on Asuka.
• White Zetsu reminded Madara that Asuka had once been investigated while practicing Medical Ninjutsu, and Madara concluded Hashirama had not influenced him.

Asuka bought discounted medicinal herbs from Nara Yoshino and secretly treated Nara Ryoko’s son, while devising a cover story to keep Danzo from discovering his connection to Ryoko. The treatment was working, and Asuka planned to claim he was seeking a marriage alliance between the Nara Clan and Uchiha Fugaku.

• Asuka bargained with Nara Yoshino for medicinal herbs to help his new apprentice, and Yoshino asked how his investigation was progressing.
• Asuka visited Nara Ryoko at night and explained that Yoshino suspected they were involved, while Ryoko said she cared only that he cured her son.
• Ryoko told Asuka that her son’s condition had improved and that a few more treatments should let him move normally.
• Asuka proposed telling Danzo that Ryoko’s son improved because he was sincerely arranging a marriage between her and Fugaku, giving them a cover story.
• Ryoko worried Fugaku would punish Asuka, but Asuka dismissed the concern and insisted he could handle the Clan Head.
• Ryoko realized Yoshino had sent Asuka to investigate her and angrily cursed Yoshino.

Asuka sent Uzuki Yugao, Hyuga Hanahana, and Iruka on a D-Rank mission to investigate a client's girlfriend, while he stayed behind to read about Medical Ninjutsu. The investigation uncovered a disguised Sunagakure ninja who had entered Konoha without proper identification, turning the simple assignment into a potentially dangerous mission.

• Asuka explained the character investigation mission and told his students that interrogation meant using Taijutsu, then sent them to investigate the client's girlfriend.
• Uzuki Yugao and Hyuga Hanahana followed the woman to a bathhouse while Iruka waited outside, and they entered the women's bath to continue the investigation.
• Hyuga Hanahana discovered the woman was bathing with a man disguised by a Transformation Technique and demanded to see his identification.
• The woman revealed that the man was a Sunagakure ninja who had come to Konoha, and Hyuga Hanahana and Uzuki Yugao drew kunai as they prepared to deal with him.

Uzuki Yugao, Hyuga Hanahana, and Iruka encountered a Sand Ninja during a D-Rank Mission, and Uchiha Asuka captured him after protecting his students. The confrontation escalated when Pakura attacked Asuka, and Minato Namikaze intervened as the two prepared to unleash enormous fire techniques in Konoha.

• Uzuki Yugao and Hyuga Hanahana fought the Sand Ninja while Iruka charged him, but the enemy injured Iruka and planted an Exploding Tag on Hanahana.
• Uchiha Asuka shielded the students from the explosion, captured the Sand Ninja, treated their injuries, and arranged compensation from the Barrier Team.
• Ebizo arrived and claimed the captured ninja belonged to Sunagakure's negotiating delegation, while Asuka and Ebizo exchanged pointed remarks about the negotiations and espionage.
• Pakura attacked Asuka after he redirected her fireball, and they traded blows before launching massive fire techniques toward each other.
• Minato Namikaze stopped the fireballs, and Asuka urged him to kill the Sunagakure delegation while Danzo encouraged Minato to let Pakura and Asuka fight for intelligence.

Asuka carried the defeated Pakura through Konoha and told her about the village, Might Guy, and the Eight Gates. That night, he treated Nara Ryoko’s son and said six more treatments should let the boy live normally, while Tsunade remained away from the village.

• Kakashi tried to avoid competing with Might Guy, but Asuka riled Guy up until he carried Kakashi off to fight.
• Asuka explained to Kakashi and Guy that he had defeated Pakura after she attacked him outside the village, then carried her to the hospital.
• Asuka told Pakura that Might Guy’s father, Might Duy, had crippled three and killed four of Kirigakure’s Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.
• Pakura asked Asuka about Konoha and his strength, and he joked that opening the Eight Gates required a father who could open them.
• Asuka treated Nara Ryoko’s son and said six more treatments would let him live normally, with follow-up observation still needed.
• Asuka told Ryoko that Tsunade would probably return within half a year after running short of money.

Uchiha Asuka joked about his Medical Ninjutsu training with Uzuki Yugao before heading to the Nara Clan Grounds to treat Nara Ryoko’s son. There, he discovered that Ryoko and several clan women were waiting in hiding to catch the supposed intruder, unaware that Asuka himself was the culprit.

• Asuka praised Uzuki Yugao’s fish-stewing while she lamented her slow progress in Medical Ninjutsu.
• Asuka compared himself with Chiyo and Tsunade, then left to finish treating Nara Ryoko’s son.
• Asuka entered Ryoko’s room, but she mistook his calm arrival for evidence that he had figured out the clan’s plan.
• Ryoko told Asuka that the Nara Clan members had set a trap for the intruder and urged him to hide with them.
• Asuka found the Akimichi Matron, Nara Matron, and Yamanaka Matron concealed in the room and wondered whether to reveal himself.

Asuka suspected that the Yamanaka Matron was using Nara Ryoko’s body as bait, but a Root ninja arrived and summoned Ryoko for a psychological evaluation. Asuka was forced to accompany her and watched her choose Danzo’s interests in the questionnaire, leaving him confused about who was controlling her.

• Asuka realized that the person posing as Nara Ryoko might be controlled by the Yamanaka Matron and headed toward her.
• A Root ninja entered and told Nara Ryoko to complete a final psychological evaluation before reporting for duty the next day.
• The Root ninja insisted that Ryoko bring Asuka, and she carried him to the living room for the questionnaire.
• Asuka whispered for Ryoko to fill out the questionnaire herself, but she warned him not to cause trouble for Ryoko or anger Danzo.
• Ryoko immediately chose answers prioritizing Danzo and Root, leaving Asuka wondering who was possessing her.

Nara Yoshino exposed Asuka’s disguise and pressed him to explain why he had approached the Nara Clan. Asuka revealed his interest in a Uchiha-Senju marriage alliance, secured Yoshino’s conditional support for Tsunade, and left her with a cryptic note.

• After the questioning, Yoshino recognized Asuka beneath his disguise and confronted him about deceiving her.
• Yoshino used the Ino-Shika-Cho clans’ shared secret techniques to identify her role in the interrogation and demanded to know why Asuka had approached the Nara Clan.
• Asuka claimed he was arranging a marriage alliance, and Yoshino realized he meant the Uchiha Clan Head’s possible divorce and remarriage.
• Yoshino deduced that Asuka had targeted Ryoko because she was a Root member and suspected he planned to move against Danzo, but Asuka gave her no direct answer.
• Asuka made Yoshino promise conditional support for Tsunade as Fifth Hokage and asked her to persuade Mikoto to divorce, then vanished.
• Yoshino read Asuka’s parting note, which said, “Your daughter-in-law is gone!”

After befriending Nara Shikamaru, Uchiha Asuka claimed his system rewards and received a Kusanagi Sword through the mysterious exchange voucher. The sword vanished from Mitarashi Anko’s bed in Grass Country, and Orochimaru suspected their base had been discovered.

• Asuka considered Sunagakure’s history of betraying Konoha and recalled Nara Yoshino telling him to wait.
• The system offered Asuka rewards for becoming friends with Nara Shikamaru, including Sharingan progress and a mysterious exchange voucher, and he claimed them.
• Asuka’s Sharingan awakening progress increased, and he used the voucher to obtain a Kusanagi Sword after his other weapon requests failed.
• Mitarashi Anko discovered that the Kusanagi Sword she had been hugging in bed had disappeared and ran to tell Orochimaru.
• Orochimaru reassured Anko that he had more weapons, suggested a concealed shinobi had taken the sword, and told her to pack because their base might have been discovered.

Asuka received a letter from Uchiha Izuna and abandoned a mission to win over Nara Yoshino, then accepted a new mission to earn Kakashi’s recognition. He went to the Hatake House the next morning, but his teasing of Mikoto ended with her warning Itachi to stay away from him.

• Asuka read Uchiha Izuna’s letter about his failing eyesight, the Mangekyo, and his wish for Madara to inherit his eyes.
• Asuka abandoned the mission to make Nara Yoshino his steadfast supporter because she was married.
• The system assigned Asuka a mission to obtain Kakashi’s recognition, and Asuka decided to visit Kakashi the next day.
• Asuka greeted Mikoto and praised Itachi while heading toward the Hatake House.
• Mikoto took Itachi inside, shut the door on Asuka, and told Itachi not to spend too much time around Uchiha Asuka.

White Zetsu brought Uchiha Madara a letter written by Izuna, prompting Madara to recall their past and wonder whether he would meet his brother after death. In Konoha, Asuka rejected Shisui’s concerns about his methods and defended his plan to break the Uchiha’s deadlock by making Fugaku divorce.

• White Zetsu found a letter in Asuka’s room, concealed its connection to him, and carried it to Madara in the Grass Country.
• Madara read Izuna’s letter and recalled his younger days, then wondered if he might see Izuna again after death.
• Shisui found Asuka outside the Hatake House and told him that Fugaku wanted to see him.
• Asuka urged Shisui to train in the Eight Gates Release Formation and argued that its power could resolve the Uchiha’s predicament.
• Shisui asked whether the rumors about Asuka’s role in the clan’s conflict were true, and Asuka dismissed them as slander.
• Asuka defended his plan as a peaceful way to break the deadlock and challenged Shisui to offer better ideas when he became a jonin.

Asuka visited Mikoto’s home, where a misunderstanding over her terrible pastries left him doubting his medical skills. Fugaku told him to report to the Anbu the next day, while Minato and Kushina discussed Asuka’s mental state and possible assignment.

• Asuka ate Mikoto’s failed pastries while praising them, and Mikoto also tried them before worrying that something was wrong with her sense of taste.
• Asuka examined Mikoto’s tongue and, finding no illness, was left questioning his medical skills as she hurried to the hospital.
• Fugaku told Asuka that Hokage-sama had ordered him to report to the Anbu the next day and urged him to remain diligent while keeping the clan’s interests in mind.
• Kushina asked Minato whether Asuka was mentally well, and Minato said he had been tested and that taking on an apprentice could help him avoid darkness.
• Minato suggested assigning Asuka to a role like Kakashi’s, but Kushina doubted the Konoha Higher-Ups would let an Uchiha near the Nine-Tails.

Asuka brought Kakashi ramen at dawn and tried to lure him into sparring with three homemade magazines, then reported to the Anbu and learned about its ranks and leadership. He left his registration complete but still needed the Hokage’s approval before joining a group.

• Asuka brought ramen to Kakashi and asked him to spar, but Kakashi refused because he had a long-term mission.
• Asuka gave Kakashi three homemade enlightenment magazines and arranged to meet him in the woods that night.
• Asuka went to the Hokage Building to report to the Anbu and shouted that he would become the Fifth Hokage when asked about his dream.
• An elderly Anbu registrar recorded Asuka’s details, welcomed him pending Hokage approval, and explained the Anbu ranks and its powerful leaders.
• Asuka asked about the Anbu’s senior figures and learned that Third Hokage-sama’s Right-Hand Men held important, powerful positions.

Asuka learned that Konoha was sending him to Sunagakure as an openly stationed spy under the pretext of medical exchange, tasked with relaying intelligence through his Ninja Cats. His Captain warned him not to retaliate if Suna’s ninja mistreated him, then demonstrated the rule by having him punch her and getting launched through a wall.

• Asuka joked with his new teammates, including Yuhi Kurenai, while learning their Anbu code names from Captain Night.
• Captain Night explained that Konoha would send exchange personnel to Sunagakure to monitor the village as negotiations neared their end.
• Night assigned Asuka the S-Rank mission of posing as a medical exchange representative and using his Ninja Cats to send intelligence to Konoha.
• Night told Asuka not to retaliate if Sunagakure’s ninja bullied or attacked him, warning that violence could reignite the war.
• At Night’s instruction, Asuka punched her hard enough to send her through a wall, and she calmly repeated that he must not fight back in Suna.
• Night returned to the break room, then went to the restroom and wailed after her period unexpectedly began.

Asuka visited the still-hospitalized Pakura and found her healed but reluctant to leave amid Konoha’s hostility. He told her he would soon travel to Sunagakure as a medical representative and invited her to see Konoha with him, leaving Pakura quietly thinking of her village and student Maki.

• Asuka tried to befriend the new Anbu recruits, then walked with Yuhi Kurenai and learned their squad leader was the Third Hokage’s daughter-in-law.
• Asuka showed his assignment document to a Konoha ninja and entered Pakura’s ward to visit her.
• Pakura discussed the war’s changing balance before noticing Asuka peeling an apple beside her bed.
• Asuka used a quick technique to place the peeled apple in Pakura’s hand, then told her he would travel to Sunagakure for a medical exchange.
• Pakura warned Asuka that Konoha’s past exchange representatives had suffered suspicious accidents and joked that he could become her slave.
• Asuka invited Pakura to tour Konoha, and she accepted the apple while thinking that her student Maki would like it.

Uchiha Asuka joked with Pakura about Konoha and the Hyuga before receiving Kakashi’s recognition and claiming his reward. The reward advanced his Mangekyo progress, gave him a mysterious key with no known box, and produced an enormous bowl of Luosifen.

• Uchiha Asuka and Pakura watched Kakashi and another ninja settle their contest with rock-paper-scissors, and Pakura laughed at Kakashi’s behavior.
• Uchiha Asuka explained to Pakura why the Uchiha Clan had accepted Kakashi keeping his gifted Sharingan.
• Hiashi escorted his pregnant wife past Uchiha Asuka and Pakura, who then criticized the Hyuga Clan’s rules and discussed rumors about Uchiha Asuka.
• After Kakashi recognized Uchiha Asuka’s talent, the system offered him a reward, and he claimed it, increasing his Mangekyo progress to 3320.5/10000.
• The system gave Uchiha Asuka an antique key to a mysterious Uchiha secrets box, but he could not find the box and planned to search the clan treasury.
• The system produced an enormous bowl of Luosifen, and Uchiha Asuka happily ate it.

Uchiha Asuka searched for a way to increase his Chakra before going to Sunagakure and attended a clan meeting where Fugaku’s family prepared for Itachi’s first battlefield experience. Asuka fed the Uchiha clan Luosifen, whose stench overwhelmed the meeting, and Mikoto ended the night vowing revenge after dreaming of pots boiling shit.

• Asuka visited the Great Elder to search the clan treasury for a way to increase his Chakra, then learned Fugaku planned to take Itachi to the battlefield.
• Asuka resumed physical training at Naka Shrine while the Uchiha jonin waited for the clan meeting.
• Asuka served Luosifen to Ryoichi, the Great Elder, and the other Uchiha, who praised its taste despite its overpowering stench.
• Fugaku, Mikoto, and Itachi arrived, and Asuka summoned three bowls of Luosifen for them before Fugaku briefly addressed the clan and dismissed the meeting.
• Mikoto stayed awake watching Asuka’s house and told Itachi she dreamed that every pot in the kitchen was boiling shit.

Uchiha Asuka left Konoha with the Sunagakure delegation, while Pakura misread his complicated feelings about Uchiha Mikoto and her family. On the road to Sunagakure, Pakura charged Asuka for better lodging and quietly pocketed his money to help the poor village.

• Uchiha Asuka said goodbye to Uzuki Yugao, Iruka, and Hyuga Hanahana as they saw him off from Konoha.
• Uchiha Mikoto watched Asuka leave, and Pakura wrongly concluded that he had abandoned her after getting her pregnant.
• Pakura offered Uchiha Mikoto money and support, but Mikoto explained that she hoped everyone would return safely and tried to correct Pakura’s misunderstanding.
• Asuka explained to Pakura that Mikoto was seeing her husband off and that his unease came from the Uchiha Clan’s fate turning toward disaster.
• Pakura warned Asuka that Sunagakure’s lodging could be dangerous unless he paid, then pocketed his money and planned to use the savings to support the village’s orphans.

Uchiha Asuka arrived in Sunagakure, where he learned that the Kazekage had been uncovering gold in the desert and began his medical exchange with Chiyo. Chiyo warned Pakura that the alliance was temporary and that war would come again, urging her to put Sunagakure’s needs first.

• Asuka arrived in Sunagakure with Ebizo and Pakura, then left the group to explore the village.
• A bun seller told Asuka that the Kazekage had found gold in the desert, keeping many of Sunagakure’s shinobi busy searching for more.
• Asuka met Chiyo, who arranged a medical exchange that would have Asuka teach Sunagakure students while learning from her.
• Chiyo told Pakura that the alliance was only a formality and that another war would eventually come.
• Chiyo urged Pakura to set aside her pride and gather resources for Sunagakure, while Pakura suspected the village had suffered a serious loss in the negotiations.