Recaps

Uchiha Chen used his system and relentless training to rise above his classmates, then dominated the Academy’s tournament while catching the attention of the Sannin. The arc ended with six finalists set to compete for private instruction, as Tsunade declared that she wanted Chen as her student.

• Uchiha Chen unlocked his system, improved his Taijutsu, and accepted a mission to raise an attribute to Level 8 before graduation or face a humiliating penalty.
• Uchiha Chen won the Academy entrance run ahead of Senju Nawaki, earned Ninja Points, and defeated Uchiha Liang, Uchiha Feng, and Uchiha Ling when they challenged him.
• Uchiha Chen trained through his first Academy year, became the strongest student in his grade, and learned that the top three students would receive instruction from the Konoha Sannin.
• Uchiha Chen dispelled Jiraiya’s Genjutsu during the tournament and defeated Minato Namikaze with Genjutsu after countering Minato’s defenses.
• Uchiha Chen won three cross-grade matches with Genjutsu, while Tsunade treated the contestants and Orochimaru scouted promising students.
• Himeji Hyuga and Hiashi Hyuga fought to a draw after exchanging powerful techniques, and Uchiha Chen told Minato Namikaze that he did not know his own Ninja Way.
• Nawaki told Uchiha Chen that Tsunade wanted him as her student, and Orochimaru announced the six finalists who would compete for private instruction from the Sannin.

Uchiha Chen wins the academy tournament, becomes entangled in the Uchiha Clan’s plans, and trains under Tsunade. The stretch ends with Kushina joining the class and struggling through her first shuriken test.

• Uchiha Chen defeated Hyuga Himeji, Minato defeated Shimura Miya, and Mikoto defeated Aburame Shibi to claim the tournament’s top three places.
• Hyuga Himeji told Uchiha Chen about the Caged Bird Seal and asked how she could save her brother from it, and Chen urged her to gain the strength to change the clan.
• Uchiha Yama claimed Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzo were responsible for Uchiha Kagami’s death, urged Chen to pursue Orochimaru as a mentor and spy, and Chen concealed his doubts.
• Tsunade tested Chen in a fight, accepted him as her student, and spent a week improving his Chakra control while warning him to value his companions.
• Chen accidentally found Kushina crying in his room, and Tsunade mistook the scene for him harming her and knocked him unconscious.
• Kushina explained the misunderstanding to Chen, then joined the Ninja Academy and declared that she wanted to become Hokage, earning Chen’s public support.
• Chen’s system began upgrading after he spent 12,000 Ninja Points on Taijutsu, while Minato attempted to summon a tiny tadpole-like creature.
• During the class’s final outdoor training session, Kushina threw shuriken wildly and nearly hit Teacher Nishimura, then walked away dispirited.

Uchiha Chen trained Kushina, joined Orochimaru’s squad, and began preparing for the war as tensions rose between neighboring lands. Team One’s survival training led into a mission against dangerous forest creatures and a surprise test from Orochimaru, which ended with snakes surging toward Chen, Mikoto, and Nawaki.

• Uchiha Chen helped Kushina improve her chakra control and taught her the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, which she planned to use for studying.
• Kushina accepted Mito’s request to become the next Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, while Mito encouraged her to pursue Uchiha Chen.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen assigned Orochimaru to lead Uchiha Chen, Mikoto, and Nawaki, while other students joined teams led by Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Kato Dan.
• Orochimaru led Team One out of Konoha, tested their stamina, and sent them to find food and water after claiming he had poisoned their rations.
• Uchiha Chen, Mikoto, and Nawaki survived Orochimaru’s traps and learned field survival skills before receiving a mission to eliminate bandits in the eastern Land of Fire.
• Team One defeated a Scizor and a Venusaur, then set a camp trap that Mikoto, Uchiha Chen, and Nawaki used to attack Orochimaru during another test.
• Orochimaru resisted Uchiha Chen’s genjutsu, dodged his kunai, and sent snakes surging toward the three students.

Uchiha Chen’s team completed a brutal mission in Windmill Village, then joined Tsunade and Orochimaru in investigating a suspected Gold Mine. When Sand ninja appeared, Chen fought their leader Sakamoto and was poisoned, leaving him to face a hallucination of Mikoto’s death as he charged into battle.

• Orochimaru made Uchiha Chen, Mikoto, and Nawaki carry out the Windmill Village mission, where Chen killed the scarred man who had captured Mikoto and the team was ordered to kill the surviving bandits and their families.
• Uchiha Chen persuaded Orochimaru to spare the innkeeper couple by sealing their memories, then traveled with the team toward Konoha before Orochimaru redirected them to investigate a Gold Mine.
• Madara learned that Orochimaru and Tsunade had been sent to investigate the mine, while Uchiha Chen spent Ninja Points to strengthen his Yin and Yang Release.
• Tsunade treated Uchiha Chen’s chest wound and reported that her squad had found no evidence of a Gold Mine, so Orochimaru organized a wider search of the area and its transport routes.
• Uchiha Chen’s team monitored the outer routes, found hidden paths, and set traps while waiting through several days of patrols without signs of the suspected ninja squad.
• Sakamoto led three Land of Sand ninja toward the area, and Uchiha Chen’s team confronted them before Chen separated Sakamoto from the others and sent him into a trapped explosion.
• Sakamoto survived the blast and poisoned Uchiha Chen with a blade, while Chen used a Shadow Clone to mislead him as the poison took hold.
• Sakamoto found Uchiha Chen as his poison-induced hallucinations worsened, taunted him with Mikoto’s apparent corpse, and Chen awakened into rage and charged with Chidori.