Chapter Summaries

Kamishiro Hagoromo reflected on his transmigration into the wartime Naruto world as he approached the Ninja Academy Graduation Exam. He met Might Guy and Uchiha Obito before the students gathered outside for the exam.

• Kamishiro Hagoromo greeted his classmates and thought about how his unusually powerful draws had sent him to the dangerous Naruto World.
• Hagoromo recalled that the Third Shinobi World War had shortened academy training and left him orphaned after his parents died or disappeared on the front lines.
• Might Guy asked Hagoromo whether he was confident about the Graduation Exam, and Hagoromo told Guy and Uchiha Obito to worry about themselves.
• Might Guy hoped the exam would not include ninjutsu or genjutsu, while Uchiha Obito complained about Hagoromo's white hair.
• Hagoromo and the others entered the academy and gathered in the square where the Graduation Exam would take place.

Kamishiro Hagoromo learned that the Graduation Exam would be judged through combat, then faced Yuhi Kurenai in his first match. He closed his eyes to counter her Genjutsu, leaving the battle just beginning.

• Nohara Rin told Kamishiro Hagoromo, Obito, and Kai that the Graduation Exam would be combat, with teachers judging performance rather than wins alone.
• Aizawa Ayumu brought First Class to the Eighth Training Ground and began the exam matches.
• Kamishiro Hagoromo was paired against Yuhi Kurenai and entered the match to test his defenses against Genjutsu.
• When the match began, Kamishiro Hagoromo closed his eyes and told Yuhi Kurenai he was doing so to counter her Genjutsu.

Hagoromo countered Yuhi Kurenai’s attacks with precise shuriken techniques and used a concealed Shadow Shuriken to wound her, though Sarutobi Asuma’s warning kept the strike from deciding the match. He explained his method with confusing references to magnetism and Lightning Release, leaving the class pretending to understand.

• Might Guy thought fighting with his eyes closed could counter genjutsu, while Obito mocked the idea as dangerous.
• Yuhi Kurenai threw shuriken at Hagoromo, and he blocked them before taunting her about relying on ordinary attacks.
• Hagoromo threw paired shuriken in synchronized arcs, and Yuhi Kurenai was grazed while dodging the hidden lower shuriken.
• Aizawa-sensei warned Sarutobi Asuma that his shouted warning had interfered with the duel and could get Yuhi Kurenai disqualified.
• Yuhi Kurenai asked how Hagoromo had used Lightning Release and Shadow Shuriken, and he gave an explanation involving electricity and magnetism that confused the class.

Kamishiro Hagoromo defeated Yuhi Kurenai after resisting her Genjutsu, then faced Might Guy in the second round and overwhelmed him with a lightning-enhanced Taijutsu combination. The match left Guy unconscious in a crater while the stunned spectators watched.

• Yuhi Kurenai used Tree Binding Death on Kamishiro Hagoromo, but Hagoromo resisted the Genjutsu, disarmed her, and knocked her unconscious.
• Aizawa declared Hagoromo the winner, and Medical Ninjas carried Kurenai away.
• Uchiha Obito lost to Anko Mitarashi in seconds, while Hagoromo, Might Guy, and Nohara Rin advanced to the top fifteen.
• Might Guy attacked Hagoromo repeatedly, but Hagoromo caught and threw him aside each time.
• Hagoromo charged his body with Lightning Release Chakra and struck Guy with a series of aerial attacks, ending with Lion's Barrage that slammed Guy into the ground unconscious.

Kamishiro Hagoromo defeated Might Guy in the graduation exam, then forfeited against Nohara Rin and graduated with his classmates. As the others prepared to join wartime squads, Hagoromo was unexpectedly left behind in Konoha.

• Kamishiro Hagoromo knocked Might Guy unconscious with a powerful Lightning Release attack, and Aizawa Ayumu confirmed Guy was not in danger.
• Obito criticized Hagoromo for injuring Guy, while Rin and a Medical Ninja assured them Guy would recover after a few days.
• When Hagoromo faced Nohara Rin, he falsely claimed his Chakra was depleted and forfeited, giving Rin the win by default.
• Nohara Rin lost her next match, and Hagoromo, Rin, Obito, and Guy all graduated from the Academy.
• Rin and Obito were assigned together to join a two-man squad, while Hagoromo and Guy were each assigned alone to join separate three-man squads.
• Although nearly all new graduates were sent to the battlefield, Hagoromo was neither assigned to a frontline squad nor sent to war and had to remain in Konoha.

After the graduation exam, Hagoromo returned home and prepared for the battlefield, unaware that the Hokage planned to keep him in Konoha as a candidate to become Kushina’s disciple and companion. The chapter ended with Hagoromo expecting to go to war while his future assignment had already been decided.

• Hagoromo escorted the injured Kai home, then returned to his residence on Konoha’s outskirts.
• Hagoromo reflected on his orphaned upbringing, the wartime shortage of ninja, and his imminent deployment as a ten-year-old graduate.
• Kushina continued causing trouble in Konoha and repeatedly tried to reach the front lines, forcing the Hokage to find her work and a suitable disciple.
• The Hokage identified Hagoromo as a promising candidate to become Kushina’s disciple, while Hagoromo remained unaware and prepared for battle.

On the second day of the Graduation Exam, Hagoromo waited to learn who would lead his team as Konoha prepared to send new graduates toward the war. Minato Namikaze arrived and called out Obito and Rin, while Obito immediately recognized Kakashi and shouted at him.

• Hagoromo reflected on the war and accepted that newly graduated ninja would soon be sent to the battlefield.
• Hagoromo hoped for a skilled team leader who could teach him ninjutsu, then saw Minato Namikaze enter with Kakashi Hatake.
• Minato called out Uchiha Obito and Nohara Rin as his new team members.
• Obito recognized Kakashi and demanded to know why he was there.
• Minato told Obito and Rin to wait until they left before discussing Kakashi.

Kushina Uzumaki became Kamishiro Hagoromo’s teacher and assessed his intelligence and motives before proposing a test of his strength. The chapter ended with Kushina challenging Hagoromo to take a bell from her.

• Kushina arrived at the classroom and Hagoromo recognized her as the Uzumaki Jonin and Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Kushina led Hagoromo to a training ground and introduced herself as his new teacher.
• Hagoromo told Kushina his goals, and she rejected his ordinary retirement plan and asked him to give a more positive answer.
• Kushina explained that she valued Hagoromo’s intelligence and had selected him after testing him through difficult Academy exams.
• Kushina took out a bell and challenged Hagoromo to snatch it from her hand.

Hagoromo challenged Kushina for the bell and used his self-created Chidori Current to distract her. He successfully took the bell, earning her promise to teach him new ninjutsu.

• Hagoromo asked Kushina to teach him new ninjutsu if he took her bell, and she agreed.
• Hagoromo activated Lightning Release without hand seals and charged at Kushina.
• Kushina caught Hagoromo's fist, but his Chidori Current burned her hand and forced her to throw him away.
• Hagoromo revealed that he had taken the bell while Kushina focused on his attack, then returned it to her.
• Kushina praised Hagoromo's abilities and thought she could beat Minato this time.

Hagoromo began training under Kushina, who taught him the Shadow Clone Technique while keeping him away from the front lines. He mastered it instantly and asked for another lesson, leaving Kushina convinced he could surpass Minato’s disciple.

• Hagoromo stayed in Konoha with Kushina while other teams prepared to head to the front lines.
• Kushina decided to teach Hagoromo the Shadow Clone Technique, and he learned it successfully on his first attempt.
• Hagoromo declared that his proficiency was already maxed out and demonstrated the technique again.
• Kushina accepted Hagoromo’s extraordinary learning ability and began teaching him another ninjutsu.

Kushina taught Hagoromo the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique and the Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique while continuing to train him and work with him on the Reverse Four Symbols Sealing Technique. Three months after Hagoromo graduated, Kushina’s mood suddenly improved, though the sealing technique’s development remained difficult.

• Kushina taught Hagoromo the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, and he mastered it while limiting himself to making no more than five clones at once.
• Kushina then taught Hagoromo the Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique, despite privately worrying that he was learning her techniques too quickly.
• Over the next three months, Hagoromo trained with Kushina and helped calculate improvements to the Reverse Four Symbols Sealing Technique, while staying inside Konoha as his former classmates went to the battlefield.
• Hagoromo noticed that Kushina seemed unusually cheerful and asked whether she had made progress on the sealing technique.
• Kushina and Hagoromo had been trying to adapt the Reverse Four Symbols Sealing Technique for use on a scroll, but its development had proved difficult and often left Kushina frantic.

Kushina took Hagoromo to Konoha’s entrance to welcome Minato back from the war, where they reunited with Minato’s team. Hagoromo shared gossip about Minato and Kushina with Rin, Obito, and Kakashi as the group walked into the village.

• Kushina told Hagoromo to avoid mentioning sealing techniques for three days, then took him to the village gates to wait for Minato’s return.
• Minato returned with Obito, Kakashi, and Rin, and Obito mistakenly believed Hagoromo had come to welcome him.
• Obito bragged about completing an A-rank mission, and Kakashi mocked him for contributing little to it.
• Minato greeted Kushina, and the reunited group walked through Konoha while villagers welcomed him.
• Hagoromo told Rin that Kushina was Minato’s lover, prompting Obito and Kakashi to listen in on their conversation.
• Hagoromo suggested using information about a teacher’s weaknesses to pressure them into teaching desired ninjutsu.

Hagoromo teased Kushina about her romance with Minato, then spoke with Rin about the changes and casualties on the front lines. After learning Minato would only be in Konoha for about a week, Hagoromo prepared to leave the reunited couple alone.

• Obito was stunned by the sealless ninjutsu method and wrote it down while Kakashi looked on contemptuously.
• Hagoromo teased Kushina with gossip about how Minato had fallen for her, and Kushina smacked him after discovering his notebook was blank.
• Minato praised Hagoromo's intelligence-gathering skills, and Hagoromo offered to share more gossip before Kushina stopped them.
• Minato said he would stay in Konoha for about a week, and Rin told Hagoromo that Genin from their graduating class had already died in the war.
• Rin explained that she had begun studying Medical Ninjutsu because medical ninja were scarce, and Hagoromo noticed how much she had changed.
• Hagoromo realized he was intruding on Minato and Kushina's reunion and prepared to take his leave.

At a barbecue with Minato, Kushina urged Hagoromo to demonstrate the new ninjutsu he had developed. Hagoromo revealed Chidori in front of Kakashi and the others, leaving them to witness the technique’s brilliant, dangerous lightning.

• Minato dismissed his students so they could rest during their leave, and Obito reluctantly agreed after Rin told him to go.
• The next day, Minato treated his students and Hagoromo to barbecue in Konoha.
• Kushina told Minato that Hagoromo was developing a forbidden jutsu and praised his talent.
• Kushina ordered Hagoromo to demonstrate his ninjutsu, and he announced that the technique was called Chidori.
• Hagoromo raised his hand and produced a piercing sound as blue lightning flared and danced in his palm.

Hagoromo demonstrated Chidori to Minato and clarified that he could cast it without seals because of his natural Lightning Release affinity. A week later, Kushina and Hagoromo prepared to test her newly completed forbidden sealing technique near Konoha’s barrier.

• Hagoromo formed Chidori without hand seals, impressing Minato, who mistook it for Sealless Ninjutsu.
• Hagoromo explained that Chidori required hand seals and showed Kakashi its seal sequence: Ox, Rabbit, and Monkey.
• Kushina resumed developing the sealing technique after Minato left and completed it over the following week.
• Kushina and Hagoromo went to a forest by Konoha’s northwestern barrier to conduct the experiment.
• Hagoromo placed and unfurled Kushina’s complex sealing scroll at the barrier’s edge, then retreated with her to a safer distance.

The Third Hokage received encouraging reports about Konoha’s fronts against Amegakure and Sunagakure before an explosion alerted him to a breach in the Konoha Barrier. The blast came from Kushina and Hagoromo’s successful test of the Reverse Four Symbols Sealing Technique, which left them facing the consequences as the Hokage arrived.

• A Konoha Intelligence Division ninja reported that Amegakure was preparing to surrender and that Konoha was gaining ground against Sunagakure.
• The Third Hokage ordered Konoha to maintain the ceasefire with Amegakure and considered shifting troops toward the Land of Wind.
• Kushina and Hagoromo retreated to the edge of the barrier and activated their experimental Sealing Technique.
• The Reverse Four Symbols Sealing Technique created a black sphere that erased everything within its range and left a huge crater as lake water poured in.
• Kushina realized the technique had also destroyed part of the Konoha Barrier, and the Third Hokage arrived with four Anbu ninja.

Kushina and Kamishiro Hagoromo faced the Third Hokage after their Reverse Four Symbols Sealing Technique test damaged Konoha’s barrier and terrain. Kushina explained that the S-rank technique had succeeded, revealing Hagoromo’s contribution and drawing the Hokage’s attention to him.

• The Third Hokage brought Kushina and Kamishiro Hagoromo to his office to question them about the damaged terrain and barrier.
• Kushina explained that they had tested the Reverse Four Symbols Sealing Technique near Konoha’s barrier and had not intended to damage it.
• The Third Hokage assumed the technique had failed, but Kushina clarified that it had succeeded and exceeded its intended range, though it required enormous chakra.
• Kushina credited Hagoromo with handling the technique’s calculations, and the Third Hokage turned his attention to the young ninja.

After Kushina and Hagoromo completed the Reverse Four Symbols Sealing Technique, Kushina ran out of techniques she could teach her fast-learning disciple. She told Hagoromo about a place with a miraculous scroll containing powerful ninjutsu, leaving him to consider her proposed next step.

• Kushina presented the Reverse Four Symbols Sealing Technique to the Hokage, who accepted the technique and praised her and Hagoromo.
• Hagoromo’s mission record showed that he had completed an S-rank mission for helping develop the forbidden technique.
• Kushina realized she had taught Hagoromo all the ninjutsu and sealing techniques she could, while some others were too dangerous or required Uzumaki Chakra.
• Hagoromo cooked while Kushina pondered what to teach him next.
• Kushina told Hagoromo that she knew of a place with a miraculous scroll containing many powerful ninjutsu and asked whether he was interested.

Kushina ordered Hagoromo to help steal ninjutsu from the Hokage Office and planned an infiltration with him. Hagoromo proposed entering openly and memorizing techniques, but they still needed to find a safe time and silently deal with the four elite guards, a task left to Kushina.

• Kushina insisted that she and Hagoromo act that night to get ninjutsu from the Sealing Scroll, despite his protests.
• Kushina drew a floor plan of the Hokage Office Building and described its guards and security.
• Hagoromo agreed to help and suggested that Kushina's status would let them enter the building openly.
• Hagoromo proposed avoiding theft of the entire Sealing Scroll and memorizing the ninjutsu they wanted.
• Hagoromo identified the Hokage's departure time and silently neutralizing the four elite guards as their main problems, leaving the guards to Kushina.

Kushina and Hagoromo entered the Hokage Office Building to steal the Sealing Scroll, relying on Kushina’s familiar face to pass unnoticed. After Kushina subdued the four Anbu in the Hokage’s office, she wondered how they could hide their involvement from the Third Hokage.

• Kushina and Hagoromo began their theft operation and walked openly into the Hokage Office Building.
• Kushina led Hagoromo to the Hokage’s office, where four Anbu were on duty.
• Kushina used Adamantine Sealing Chains to bind the four Anbu, and Hagoromo knocked them unconscious.
• Kushina located the Sealing Scroll, then asked Hagoromo how they would keep the Third Hokage from discovering who stole it.