Recaps

Uchiha Chen fought Hyuga Himeji in the tournament, using Lightning Release and a huge fireball before revealing his high-speed movement and confusing her Byakugan with clones and afterimages. He repeatedly struck Himeji and left her unable to resist.

• Uchiha Chen drew Number One, while Mikoto drew Number Three and Minato drew Number Two, then faced Hyuga Himeji as the crowd rallied behind their favorites.
• Uchiha Chen and Hyuga Himeji exchanged Shuriken, Kunai, and close-range attacks, with Himeji pressing her Gentle Fist advantage.
• Uchiha Chen secretly coated his Kunai in Lightning Release to paralyze Himeji, then sent a Great Fireball at her, which she blocked with Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven.
• Uchiha Chen created multiple apparent copies and used an ultra-high-speed movement he had learned from his father's Scroll to evade Himeji's attacks and land several blows.
• Uchiha Chen told Himeji, "I am both real and not real," as she was left unable to resist his assault.

Uchiha Chen defeated Hyuga Himeji and urged her to recognize herself rather than seek others’ approval. Minato Namikaze then began his match against Shimura Miya, and the two entered a fierce fight.

• Uchiha Chen overwhelmed Hyuga Himeji with his Body Flicker and Uchiha Lion Combo, winning the match.
• Uchiha Chen helped Hyuga Himeji to her feet, formed a reconciliation seal with her, and advised her to recognize herself and grow stronger.
• Orochimaru declared Uchiha Chen the winner, while Hizashi Hyuga checked Himeji and confirmed she was safe.
• Minato Namikaze and Shimura Miya took the platform for the second match and began exchanging attacks.
• Minato and Shimura Miya traded shuriken, Substitution Jutsu, and kunai strikes before launching into a fierce close-range battle.

Minato defeated Shimura Miya by disguising himself as a log with the Transformation Jutsu and exploiting Miya’s mistaken belief that he had used Substitution. After Minato went to seek treatment, Mikoto began the final match against Aburame Shibi.

• Shimura Miya pressed his stamina advantage and wounded Minato with Wind Release: Wind Cutter.
• Minato endured the attack, then used smoke and the Transformation Jutsu to make himself appear to be a log and trick Miya into lowering his guard.
• Minato struck with Wind Release: Wind Cutter, and Orochimaru declared him the winner.
• Uchiha Chen supported the injured Minato and explained his risky trick to Nawaki.
• Orochimaru announced the final match, and Mikoto and Aburame Shibi took their positions before the fight began.

Uchiha Mikoto defeated Aburame Shibi in the outdoor class battle and joined Uchiha Chen and Minato among the top three, earning the promise of guidance from the Sannin. After returning home, Uchiha Chen looked forward to tallying his points.

• Aburame Shibi trapped Mikoto with his bugs and sent a swarm after her, but she used Lightning Release, a Smoke Bomb, and a clone to escape and destroy the bugs with Explosive Tags.
• Mikoto bound Aburame Shibi with Shuriken threads and struck him with Lightning Release, winning the match.
• Orochimaru announced Mikoto as the winner and said the winners' training arrangements would be given to their teachers the next day.
• Mikoto explained her tactics to Nawaki, while Uchiha Chen, Minato, and Mikoto celebrated making the top three.
• Uchiha Chen returned home after the group ate at Ichiraku Ramen and prepared to tally his points.

After completing his school-wide trial mission, Uchiha Chen spent most of his reward points improving his abilities and went for a nighttime walk. On a secluded path, he encountered Hyuga Himeji, who was blocking the intersection and insisted their meeting was a coincidence.

• Uchiha Chen received 8,000 Ninja Points for completing the trial mission, including a first-mission bonus.
• Uchiha Chen spent nearly all his points raising Taijutsu to Level 7 and improving several other attributes.
• Uchiha Chen discussed training and rest with the System, then went out for a nighttime walk toward Hokage Rock.
• Uchiha Chen found Hyuga Himeji blocking a secluded intersection and suspected she had come to take revenge for his victory.
• Hyuga Himeji claimed their meeting was a coincidence, but Uchiha Chen challenged her explanation.

Hyuga Himeji explained how the Hyuga Clan’s Caged Bird Seal and main-branch system oppressed the branch family, and asked Uchiha Chen how to save her second brother from becoming branch family head. Uchiha Chen urged her to gain power and become Hokage to change the clan’s future, leaving her to consider the possibility.

• Hyuga Himeji told Uchiha Chen that the Caged Bird Seal had been created to protect the Byakugan and was used to control branch family members.
• Hyuga Himeji explained that the clan chose close relatives of the main family to lead the branch family, and that her twin second brother had been selected for the role.
• Hyuga Himeji protested the unfair system and asked Uchiha Chen how she could prevent her second brother from being branded with the seal.
• Uchiha Chen said that Hyuga Himeji needed strength to change the Hyuga Clan, and suggested that becoming Hokage or gaining absolute power could alter its future.

Uchiha Yama told Uchiha Chen that Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzo had arranged Uchiha Kagami’s death, then urged him to seek revenge and become Hokage with the clan’s help. He ended by asking Uchiha Chen to choose Orochimaru as his Jonin mentor.

• Uchiha Kan intercepted Uchiha Chen on his way home and brought him to Uchiha Yama.
• Uchiha Chen passed Uchiha Fugaku training in the clan head’s courtyard before meeting Uchiha Yama.
• Uchiha Yama claimed that Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzo had leaked information that led to Uchiha Kagami’s death.
• Uchiha Yama urged Uchiha Chen to inherit his father’s will, become Hokage, and rely on the clan for revenge.
• Uchiha Yama asked Uchiha Chen to choose Orochimaru as his Jonin mentor.

Uchiha Yama tried to recruit Uchiha Chen as a spy by urging him to become Orochimaru’s disciple and gather intelligence, while Chen distrusted Yama’s motives. After Chen left, Yama revealed his plan to exploit Chen’s grief over Uchiha Kagami’s death and use him against Orochimaru.

• Uchiha Yama urged Uchiha Chen to pursue Orochimaru as a mentor and spy on him for the Uchiha Clan.
• Uchiha Chen concealed his distrust and told Uchiha Yama that Tsunade had already asked him to become her student.
• Uchiha Yama told Uchiha Chen to maintain ties with Tsunade and Nawaki, while arranging for him to become Orochimaru’s disciple after graduation.
• Uchiha Yama privately told Uchiha Kan that he wanted to use Uchiha Chen as an intermediary and plant suspicion of Sarutobi Hiruzen in his mind.
• Uchiha Yama revealed that he also wanted intelligence that could undermine Orochimaru, whom he viewed as a rival to Fugaku’s path to becoming Hokage.

After Uchiha Yama named Uchiha Chen the Uchiha Clan’s future Hokage, Chen resolved to uncover the truth about his father’s death while building his strength. The next morning, Mikoto visited him before school, and Chen tried to trade information with Nawaki, who was secretly excited about getting a little sister.

• Uchiha Chen accepted a Sharingan experience Scroll from the clan and left, doubting Uchiha Yama’s account of Uchiha Kagami’s death and vowing to discover the truth.
• Uchiha Chen practiced fine Chakra control with a gentle Wind Release, then got ready for the day after Mikoto entered his home and made breakfast.
• Uchiha Chen and Mikoto walked to the Ninja Academy and met Nawaki, who acted unusually happy and guarded.
• Uchiha Chen tried to coax information from Nawaki by offering to share news about women in short skirts, and Nawaki hurried him toward the shop to investigate.

Uchiha Chen accompanied Nawaki and Mikoto to the Ninja Academy, where they waited for the Three Sannin to arrive and Chen learned that Nawaki’s cousin Uzumaki Kushina was coming to the village. Jiraiya finally appeared at the classroom door, wrapped in bandages, after Chen joked that the Sannin might have been arrested.

• Nawaki tried to investigate a suspected spy den, but Uchiha Chen persuaded him to go to school instead.
• Nawaki explained that his cousin Uzumaki Kushina was coming, and Uchiha Chen realized her arrival meant Uzumaki Mito’s health was failing.
• Uchiha Chen, Nawaki, and Mikoto arrived early at the Ninja Academy, where their classmates and Teacher Nishimura were surprised to see Chen there so soon.
• Uchiha Chen and Nawaki waited through most of the morning for the Three Sannin, while Chen joked that Orochimaru and Jiraiya might have been arrested.
• Jiraiya appeared at the classroom door with his head wrapped in bandages and defended his conduct as gathering material for performance art.

Jiraiya assigned the students to a week of training, sending Minato with himself and Mikoto with Orochimaru while Tsunade claimed Uchiha Chen for her own instruction. Chen was left to face Tsunade at the Senju Clan Compound, fearing she would beat him and make him pay for treatment.

• Jiraiya arrived at the classroom bandaged and claimed his injuries came from an ultra-S-rank mission.
• Nawaki told Jiraiya about a shop with girls in short skirts, and Jiraiya planned to investigate it with the Third Hokage.
• Jiraiya said he, Orochimaru, and Tsunade would guide the students for a week, then took Minato as his student.
• Orochimaru took Mikoto for training and promised Chen he could seek his guidance afterward.
• Jiraiya sent Chen to meet Tsunade at the Senju Clan Compound and warned him to bring money for treatment.

Uchiha Chen entered the Senju grounds to meet Tsunade, only to find her asleep amid liquor bottles and gambling books. At the training ground, Tsunade threatened to stab him repeatedly as punishment, and Chen faced her “discipline.”

• Uchiha Chen walked to Nawaki’s home after reflecting on the Senju Clan’s decline and finding no one answering the door.
• Uchiha Chen climbed over the wall and entered Tsunade’s room through a window.
• Uchiha Chen discovered Tsunade asleep, with gambling books, empty liquor bottles, and food containers scattered around her home.
• Tsunade woke up, asked why Uchiha Chen had arrived early, and then took time to get dressed.
• Tsunade brought Uchiha Chen to the training ground and threatened to stab him up to thirty times without hitting a vital point.

Uchiha Chen fought Tsunade at the Training Ground, using shuriken, clones, and a genjutsu feint to land a combo. His final kick struck a Shadow Clone, leaving Tsunade's real whereabouts unknown.

• Uchiha Chen decided to fight Tsunade after his attempt to negotiate failed, despite knowing he could not overpower her directly.
• Tsunade blocked Chen's thrown weapons with a stone slab, then swept him off balance and flung him away.
• Chen used wrist-mounted ninja-tool bands to unleash a Rain of a Thousand Shuriken Jutsu, forcing Tsunade to defend with an Earth-Style Wall.
• Tsunade cracked the ground and charged through Chen's clones, but Chen used genjutsu to fool her and land a series of kicks.
• Chen performed the Uchiha Lion Combo, but Tsunade turned into smoke, revealing that he had kicked a Shadow Clone.

Uchiha Chen defeated Tsunade’s Genin Level Shadow Clone and earned Ninja Points, then Tsunade praised him and tried to recruit him as her student. Their training plans stalled when Tsunade demanded tuition, while Jiraiya and Minato were caught peeping and fled.

• Uchiha Chen defeated Tsunade’s Shadow Clone and received 5,000 Ninja Points, bringing his total to 5,100.
• Tsunade revealed she had deliberately limited her Shadow Clone to Genin Level and praised Uchiha Chen’s strength.
• Tsunade asked Uchiha Chen to graduate and become her student, but he redirected her toward beginning their training.
• Tsunade demanded tuition for expenses, and Uchiha Chen accused her of wanting money for gambling before joking that she might sell his kidney.
• Jiraiya and Minato watched from nearby, but Jiraiya’s sneeze exposed them, so they ran to avoid being sent to the Police Force.

Tsunade asked Uchiha Chen about his dream, then began training him in precise Chakra control at the Senju Clan's Training Ground. When Chen asked about her own dream, Tsunade answered only that it was a very small one.

• Tsunade asked Uchiha Chen what he wanted from life, and he described a peaceful retirement with a family.
• Tsunade challenged Chen to be more ambitious, but he said he would not pursue becoming Hokage because Nawaki wanted that goal.
• Tsunade took Chen to the Senju Clan's Training Ground and explained that she would train his Chakra control for a week.
• Tsunade explained how precise Chakra control improved ninjutsu, genjutsu, and a ninja's ability to conserve Chakra.
• Chen asked Tsunade about her dream, and she said it was a very small dream.

Uchiha Chen advanced his Chakra control training under Tsunade’s methods while enduring her relentless ambushes and pranks. After a week of intense practice, he returned to his room and found Tsunade was out gambling again.

• Uchiha Chen completed the fourth stage of Chakra control by dividing Chakra into five streams and guiding them through Kunai holes.
• Uchiha Chen practiced controlling Chakra’s direction with a leaf and made gradual progress toward the precision needed for the Rasengan.
• Uchiha Chen decided that developing the Rasengan would not meaningfully improve his current strength or Chakra control.
• Uchiha Chen endured Tsunade’s increasingly bizarre surprise attacks and sparring, improving his Chakra control, trap awareness, tactics, and ability to run away.
• Uchiha Chen returned to his room, found Tsunade absent, and suspected she had gone gambling after previously stealing his money and planting an Explosive Tag in his bedding.

Uchiha Chen mistook the girl in his darkened room for Tsunade and startled her with Mini Explosive Tags. He discovered he had frightened Uzumaki Kushina, whose anger gave way to tears as she said she wanted to go home.

• Uchiha Chen used a Shadow Clone to distract the person in his room while he slipped inside through a window.
• Uchiha Chen threw Mini Explosive Tags onto the bed, thinking Tsunade was pretending to sleep.
• Uchiha Chen turned on the light and realized the person on the bed was the young Uzumaki Kushina.
• Uzumaki Kushina recovered from her shock, threatened Uchiha Chen, and then broke down in tears, saying she hated ninjas and wanted to go home.

Tsunade returned home and found Kushina missing from her room, then misread what she overheard in Uchiha Chen’s room. The misunderstanding ended with Tsunade punching Chen unconscious as Kushina tried to stop her.

• Tsunade came home in a good mood after winning money and went to check on Kushina.
• Tsunade found Kushina’s bed cold and heard a girl crying in Uchiha Chen’s room.
• Tsunade overheard Chen apologizing and promising to take responsibility, then assumed he had harmed Kushina.
• Tsunade kicked open Chen’s door and saw Kushina crying beside a kunai while Chen wiped away her tears.
• Tsunade attacked Chen, knocking him into the air and leaving him unconscious as Kushina lunged toward him.

Uchiha Chen dreamed he had reached the afterlife, then woke after Tsunade revived him with Lightning Release. He recovered in Kushina’s room, where they made peace and learned Tsunade had gone gambling again.

• Uchiha Chen crossed the Naihe Bridge in a dream and fled when the First Hokage, the Second Hokage, and Uchiha Kagami called him toward the afterlife.
• Uchiha Chen woke after Tsunade used Lightning Release to restart his stopped heart, then fainted again when he reached for his kunai.
• Uchiha Chen woke to find Kushina beside him, and they apologized to each other and introduced themselves as friends.
• Kushina told Uchiha Chen that Tsunade had gone gambling while his luck was bad and hers was good.
• Kushina explained that she had entered Uchiha Chen’s room by mistake after getting lost, and that Tsunade’s punch had smashed him through the house.

Uchiha Chen woke to Kushina and Tsunade preparing him for the final day of training, then learned Kushina would begin the Ninja Academy the next day. At the Training Ground, he demonstrated his Chakra control and argued with Tsunade over her beating him the night before.

• Kushina struggled to wake Uchiha Chen, who sprang up when she threatened to hit him with Water Release, and found Tsunade waiting to start his final day of training.
• Tsunade warned Kushina about entering a boy's room and showed her Nawaki's comic book, leaving Kushina blushing and Uchiha Chen embarrassed.
• After breakfast, Kushina said she would study with Grandma Mito before entering the Ninja Academy the next day.
• Tsunade took Uchiha Chen to the Training Ground and asked him to demonstrate his Chakra control, promising to teach him a powerful Ninjutsu if he satisfied her.
• Uchiha Chen explained that he had only promised to help Kushina teach Nawaki a lesson, but Tsunade dismissed her misunderstanding and he threatened to send her to the Land of Water to cut sugarcane.

Tsunade taught Uchiha Chen her Monstrous Strength techniques and warned him not to let clan ties distract him from the people he cared about. After Chen said he only wanted to protect those he loved, Tsunade ended their week of training and offered to keep her Slug summoning contract for him.

• Tsunade demonstrated Monstrous Strength and Heavenly Foot of Pain, then spent the day teaching Uchiha Chen how to gather and release his Chakra.
• Uchiha Chen gradually grasped the technique, and Tsunade told him to continue practicing on his own.
• Tsunade warned Uchiha Chen against becoming fixated on his clan and urged him to value his companions.
• Uchiha Chen told Tsunade he wanted only to protect the people he loved and those who loved him.
• Tsunade ended the week of training, offered to keep her Slug summoning contract for Chen, and asked whether he had a message for Kushina.
• Uchiha Chen asked Tsunade to tell Kushina, "see you tomorrow."

Uchiha Chen went back to school after a week of exhausting training and learned about Minato and Nawaki’s recent troubles. When Uzumaki Kushina was mocked for saying she wanted to become Hokage, Chen publicly supported her, shifting the class’s attention away from her.

• Uchiha Chen met Minato at school and heard that the Police Force had detained him after Jiraiya fled while gathering material.
• Uchiha Chen learned that Tsunade had taken Nawaki away after catching him reading Jiraiya’s comics.
• Teacher Nishimura introduced Uzumaki Kushina as a transfer student from another village.
• Uzumaki Kushina announced that she wanted to become the first female Hokage, and her classmates mocked her for being an outsider.
• Uchiha Chen declared that he supported Kushina becoming the Fourth Hokage, prompting several girls to support her too.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen watched the classroom settle and then quietly left.

Kushina joined Uchiha Chen’s class and took Nawaki’s seat, while Chen and his classmates joked with her and wondered where Nawaki had gone. Nawaki arrived wrapped in bandages, took the seat beside Minato, and Teacher Nishimura left to replace a lectern that broke during class.

• Teacher Nishimura welcomed Kushina and warned her to avoid the class’s problem children before she took the empty seat in front of Uchiha Chen.
• Chen, Minato, Mikoto, and Kushina greeted one another, and Chen asked Kushina whether Nawaki had been sent to the Land of Earth.
• Nawaki entered the classroom covered in bandages, and Chen teased him about his appearance and joked that Uchiha Liang was interested in him.
• Teacher Nishimura ordered the students to quiet down, but the lectern broke into pieces when he struck it.
• Teacher Nishimura left to fetch a replacement, and Nawaki sat beside Minato after Kushina took his seat.

Uchiha Chen spent his Ninja Points to raise his Taijutsu to Level 8, completing a system task that triggered a twelve-hour panel upgrade. During class, Minato demonstrated his newly learned Summoning Jutsu, but summoned a tiny, half-grown tadpole-like Toad that caused Chen and Nawaki trouble.

• Uchiha Chen spent 12,000 Ninja Points to raise his Taijutsu to Level 8 and completed the system's task before graduation.
• The system announced that his panel would upgrade for twelve hours and unlock more attributes and Nature Transformation Fusion functions.
• Uchiha Chen guessed that Jiraiya had taught Minato the Summoning Jutsu, and Minato showed off his attempt to summon a Toad.
• Minato summoned a palm-sized creature that looked like a tadpole with legs, and Chen struggled to avoid mocking it.
• Nawaki asked if the tadpole could be eaten, so Chen hit him with a Great Fireball and the Toad spat water at Nawaki before dispelling the Summoning Jutsu.

Uchiha Chen, Minato, and Mikoto compared what they had learned from the Sannin before their class took a shuriken-throwing test. Kushina performed poorly, and Teacher Nishimura struggled to decide what score to give her.

• Minato lamented that his tadpole had undone the Summoning Jutsu, while Mikoto told Uchiha Chen that Orochimaru had taught her Ninjutsu and survival skills.
• Teacher Nishimura announced that the class’s final outdoor training session would test shuriken throwing, and Uchiha Liang earned an A.
• Uchiha Chen noticed Kushina’s nervousness and asked whether she had practiced throwing shuriken.
• Kushina threw wildly and nearly hit Teacher Nishimura, who used the Substitution Jutsu to avoid being struck.
• Teacher Nishimura considered giving Kushina an A to honor the Hokage’s request, while Kushina walked away dispirited.