Chapter Summaries

After choosing to be born into the Uchiha Clan, Uchiha Cheng grew into a powerful and feared Ninja Academy student. He ordered his underlings to beat Shibi Aburame, accusing him of stealing a rhino beetle.

• Su Cheng chose the Uchiha Clan and was reborn as Uchiha Cheng, whose Sharingan awakened at birth.
• Uchiha Kagami concealed the news of Uchiha Cheng's unprecedented early Sharingan awakening.
• Over eight years, Uchiha Cheng used system rewards to reach Elite Chunin strength and bullied other students to grow stronger.
• After school, Uchiha Cheng told his underlings to beat Shibi Aburame, claiming Shibi had stolen his rhino beetle.

Uchiha Cheng extorted Shibi Aburame and drew the Third Hokage’s attention, prompting Hiruzen Sarutobi to arrange for Jiraiya and Orochimaru to train Minato Namikaze and Nawaki Senju. The next morning, Cheng arrived at the Academy intending to bully the major clans’ children while hiding his treatment of Shibi from Mikoto Uchiha.

• Uchiha Cheng’s lackeys beat Shibi Aburame, and Cheng demanded five hundred ryo from him each week in exchange for protection.
• Cheng gained a fifty-percent increase to his total Chakra and rewarded his three lackeys with money.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi reviewed Cheng’s file and summoned Jiraiya and Orochimaru to choose promising students as disciples.
• Jiraiya chose Minato Namikaze, while Orochimaru chose Nawaki Senju, and Hiruzen urged them to guide their students carefully around Cheng.
• Cheng arrived at the Academy with Big Bear, Bear Two, and Bear Three, planning to target the major clan children.
• Mikoto Uchiha asked Cheng about Shibi’s bruises, and Cheng claimed Shibi had fallen while climbing a tree.

Kushina Uzumaki joined the Ninja Academy and declared her dream of becoming Hokage, but her classmates mocked her until Uchiha Cheng stood up for her. Kushina sat beside Cheng and befriended Mikoto Uchiha, while Cheng slept through class; the chapter ended as the students rushed home for lunch.

• Shimi Aburame grew angry at Cheng's teasing but calmed himself behind a new pair of sunglasses.
• Nomura-sensei introduced Kushina Uzumaki, who told the class she dreamed of becoming Konoha's first female Hokage.
• The students mocked Kushina, and Uchiha Cheng chose to defend her, earning the Single Hand Seal technique.
• Cheng made a boy give up the seat beside him, and Kushina sat there and thanked him.
• Cheng fell asleep during Nomura-sensei's lesson while Kushina spoke with Mikoto Uchiha, who offered to help her.
• The morning class ended, and the students hurried home for lunch.

Mikoto shared her lunch with Kushina, who was moved by the meal and their kindness. After lunch, Nakai Ishibashi held a practical combat assessment, where Uchiha Cheng challenged Hyuga Hiashi and Nawaki Senju to fight him together.

• Mikoto woke Uchiha Cheng for lunch and invited Kushina to share her food.
• Kushina enjoyed Mikoto's cooking and cried as she recalled how long it had been since she had eaten so well.
• Nakai Ishibashi announced a practical combat assessment and led the students to the central field for one-on-one matches.
• Ishibashi called Uchiha Cheng and Nawaki Senju to fight first, and Hyuga Hiashi asked to switch places so he could challenge Cheng.
• Uchiha Cheng chose to face both Hiashi and Nawaki, taunted them, and entered the field with one hand behind his back.

Uchiha Cheng faced Hyuga Hiashi and Nawaki Senju after provoking the academy students with his one-handed challenge. Cheng defeated both without difficulty, leaving the spectators stunned by his strength and single-handed ninjutsu.

• Hyuga Hiashi accepted Cheng’s challenge, while Nawaki Senju joined him and threw shuriken at Cheng and Hiashi.
• Hiashi attacked Cheng with Gentle Fist, but Cheng blocked his strikes with one hand.
• Nawaki used Water Release—Starch Syrup Capture Field, and Cheng countered with a single-handed Great Fireball Technique.
• Hiashi activated his Byakugan and attacked with Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms, but Cheng seized him by the throat and slammed him into the ground.

Uchiha Cheng dominated a Ninja Academy sparring match against Hiashi and Nawaki Senju, drawing attention from the clans and their families. His father warned him against complacency, while Hiashi and Nawaki faced new training plans.

• Uchiha Cheng defeated Hiashi and Nawaki Senju in a one-against-two match, using one hand and winning the academy examination’s attention.
• Hiashi rose from his defeat and renewed his determination to surpass Uchiha Cheng, while Ishibashi-sensei stopped the argument and called Minato Namikaze and Yuma Nishimura for the next match.
• Hyuga Ashitachi confined Hiashi for three months and said he would personally teach him the fundamentals of the Eight Trigrams Palm.
• Tsunade comforted Nawaki Senju after his loss and arranged for Orochimaru to train him, despite Nawaki’s protests.
• Uchiha Kagami asked Cheng about defeating the Hyuga and Senju students, and Cheng replied that they had been too weak to challenge him properly.

Uchiha Cheng chose genjutsu to improve his skills, while Minato Namikaze learned Chakra control from Jiraiya and intervened when older students mocked Kushina Uzumaki. Cheng arrived to protect Kushina and stopped the bullies, then demanded that they apologize to her.

• Uchiha Cheng asked Uchiha Kagami to teach him genjutsu and received the Naraku Vision Technique and Fox Mind Technique.
• Minato Namikaze learned tree climbing by controlling Chakra after Jiraiya taught him the technique.
• Minato confronted students who mocked Kushina Uzumaki for her red hair and dream of becoming Hokage.
• Uchiha Cheng dropped down in front of Kushina and warned the students that he was protecting her.
• Routa apologized to Cheng, but Cheng told the bullies to apologize to Kushina instead.

Uchiha Cheng made five students who had harassed Kushina Uzumaki slap one another, then answered her question about her hair by kissing her. Minato Namikaze watched Cheng and Kushina leave together, feeling as though he had lost something.

• Uchiha Cheng forced the five troublemaking students to slap one another until they apologized and left.
• Uchiha Cheng received the Shadow Clone Technique from the system and considered how useful it could be.
• Kushina Uzumaki thanked Cheng and asked whether he thought her hair was ugly.
• Uchiha Cheng kissed Kushina and told her that he alone would be allowed to bully her at school.
• Minato Namikaze watched Cheng and Kushina walk away and felt a new ache in his heart.

Uchiha Cheng took advantage of a class marathon to pursue a system reward, switching trail signs and sending a Shadow Clone to mislead his classmates. Shikaku Nara noticed evidence of the trick and questioned whether Cheng had redirected them toward the Lumberyard.

• A masked watcher reported Uchiha Cheng’s closeness with Kushina Uzumaki, while Cheng and Kushina continued bickering in class.
• Nakai Ishibashi ordered a twenty-kilometer race to Shin River Reservoir, and Minato Namikaze arrived late, earned five laps as punishment, and received a black eye after startling Kushina.
• Uchiha Cheng raced ahead, then chose the system option that would earn him Lightning Release: Chidori by switching the signs and sending a Shadow Clone toward the Lumberyard.
• Hizashi Hyuga followed the sign for Shin River Reservoir, but Shikaku Nara stopped Inoichi Yamanaka and Choza Akimichi after spotting disturbed dirt and suspecting Cheng had moved the signs.

Uchiha Cheng used a Shadow Clone disguised as Ishibashi-sensei to divert the students to a lumberyard, while his real body reached Shin River Reservoir for a barbecue outing. The students eventually realized they had been tricked, as the clone led the girls toward the reservoir and left the boys chopping and splitting wood.

• Inoichi Yamanaka, Choza Akimichi, and their classmates debated which route to take before following Uchiha Cheng's Shadow Clone toward the Lumberyard.
• Uchiha Cheng's Shadow Clone disguised itself as Ishibashi-sensei, handed out logging tools, and assigned the students to fell trees and split firewood.
• Shikaku Nara questioned the disguised teacher about Uchiha Cheng but dismissed his suspicions after the clone answered convincingly.
• Uchiha Cheng's real body reached Shin River Reservoir, where Ishibashi-sensei had prepared barbecue grills and fish; Cheng admitted his Shadow Clone had sent the students to the Lumberyard.
• At the Lumberyard, the disguised clone led the girls toward the reservoir, while the boys continued chopping and splitting wood.
• Shikaku Nara realized the students were at the wrong destination and concluded that their teacher was actually Uchiha Cheng in disguise.

Uchiha Cheng tricked the trainees into going to the lumberyard while he and Minato prepared grilled fish at Shin River Reservoir. The exhausted boys arrived late, clashed with the girls over the grills, and eventually built their own.

• Uchiha Cheng used Chidori to catch fish, and Minato Namikaze blew them onto shore with Great Breakthrough.
• Mikoto Uchiha and Kushina enjoyed Cheng's seasoned grilled fish, while Kushina rejected Minato's plainer offering.
• Shikaku Nara arrived carrying the unconscious Nakai Ishibashi as the other boys confronted Cheng and the girls over the grills.
• Uchiha Cheng explained that the first ten arrivals had earned the grills and challenged the boys for falling for his trick.
• The hungry boys accepted Cheng's prepared fish, then built simple grills under Shikaku Nara's lead.

Ishibashi-sensei asked the Third Hokage to let Uchiha Cheng graduate early, and the Hokage arranged an end-of-term exam instead. Months later, Cheng’s Lao Gan Ma drew merchants to the Uchiha compound as a Konoha–Kumogakure academy exchange began with a startling Cloud Village victory.

• Ishibashi-sensei urged the Third Hokage to approve Uchiha Cheng’s early graduation, but the Hokage proposed making it a reward for an end-of-term exam.
• After nearly half a year, merchants gathered at the Uchiha compound to bid for sole agency rights to Uchiha Brand Lao Gan Ma as Uchiha Kagami outlined the arrangement.
• The Third Hokage addressed the Ninja Academy students and invited them to exchange matches with a group of Cloud Village children.
• A Cloud Village girl defeated Konoha’s Kitada Ryo with a single swift strike, shocking the Konoha students.

Hyuga Hiashi entered the inter-village student matches and defeated Takada Asaka after she had won five consecutive bouts, then beat three more Cloud students. The Cloud team sent out the eight-year-old Killer B, whose arrival drew an enthusiastic welcome from his classmates.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi approved Hyuga Hiashi's request to fight Takada Asaka.
• Hiashi used the Gentle Fist: Eight Trigrams Thirty-Six Palms to defeat Asaka and end her winning streak.
• The Cloud students reacted with surprise as Hiashi won three more consecutive matches against their fighters.
• Darui called Killer B into the arena, and the Cloud students loudly cheered for him.

Killer B defeated Hyuga Hiashi and several other Konoha challengers, leaving Konoha’s students and teachers increasingly uneasy. Minato Namikaze then stepped onto the arena to challenge him.

• Killer B fought Hyuga Hiashi with iron bars and an improvised Three-Sword Style, frustrating Hiashi’s Gentle Fist.
• Killer B headbutted Hiashi out of the arena and won the match.
• Killer B continued defeating Konoha challengers in a few moves, while Choza Akimichi was shocked that Shikaku Nara had predicted Hiashi’s loss.
• Minato Namikaze requested a match, received the Third Hokage’s approval, and leaped onto the arena.

Minato Namikaze defeated Killer B’s attack, but Yotsuki Ai entered the match and used a clone and Lightning Release to catch him off guard. Minato escaped with the Substitution Technique and prepared to continue fighting.

• Minato Namikaze overwhelmed Killer B with a Shadow Shuriken Technique and Wind Release, but Yotsuki Ai rescued Killer B and took his place.
• Yotsuki Ai announced his challenge with a dramatic display, while Minato gathered his scattered shuriken before the match began.
• Yotsuki Ai charged so fast that he ran off the arena, leaving a clone behind while his real body disguised itself as a rock.
• Yotsuki Ai struck Minato with Lightning Release: Ground Travel, but Minato revealed that he had substituted a wooden log and faced him again.

Uchiha Cheng arrived as Konoha’s students called for him to challenge Yotsuki Ai, who had defeated nine opponents in a row. He chose to face Ai after letting him recover, then opened the first gate of the Eight Gates Formation as their battle began.

• Minato Namikaze attacked Yotsuki Ai with a barrage of shuriken, but Ai used Lightning Release Armor and later defeated him with his speed.
• The Uchiha Clan granted Uchiha Cheng a share of the Lao Gan Ma profits and a large reward, but Uchiha Kagami took most of his money to save for his future wife.
• Yotsuki Ai defeated nine Konoha students in succession, including Uchiha Yuto, while the crowd called for Uchiha Cheng to fight him.
• Uchiha Cheng accepted Ai’s challenge and told him to take a Soldier Pill before their match, which Ai did.
• The system awarded Uchiha Cheng the Eight Gates Formation, allowing him to open the first two gates without side effects.
• At the start of the match, Yotsuki Ai activated Lightning Release Armor while Uchiha Cheng opened the first gate, and they charged into a direct clash.

Uchiha Cheng defeated A in a taijutsu match, then provoked the Cloud Village Academy students into challenging him together. The Third Hokage allowed the fight to continue as the students rushed into the arena.

• Uchiha Cheng opened the Second Gate and activated his Sharingan, then overwhelmed A with a rapid barrage of punches.
• A admitted defeat and accepted Uchiha Cheng's offered hand, while the Konoha students celebrated.
• Uchiha Cheng urged A to fight again, but Killer B stepped forward and challenged him to face both brothers.
• The system offered Uchiha Cheng rewards for fighting A, the brothers, or all the Cloud Village Academy students, and he chose to take on everyone.
• Uchiha Cheng challenged every student who could fight to attack him together, and the Cloud Village students leaped into the arena.
• Nomura-sensei looked to the Third Hokage to stop the fight, but the Third Hokage let it continue.

Uchiha Cheng fought the Kumogakure Academy students in a one-against-thirty match, overwhelming A, Yotsuki Ai, and Killer B before the class launched a coordinated attack. The leaders realized Cheng had used a Shadow Clone, and the Third Hokage considered advancing plans to weaken the Uchiha Clan as Cheng prepared to show his real skills.

• Uchiha Cheng mastered Fire Dragon Flame Bullet and Healing Technique, then faced A, Yotsuki Ai, and Killer B in the match.
• A, Yotsuki Ai, and Killer B attacked together, but Cheng used ninjutsu, shuriken, and his sword to defeat them and break Killer B's blades.
• Takada Asaka directed the other students to unleash a coordinated wave of ninjutsu, shuriken, and kunai, apparently tearing Cheng apart.
• Takada Asaka warned the students not to relax, while the leaders saw that the destroyed figure had been Cheng's Shadow Clone.
• The Third Hokage considered moving up plans to weaken the Uchiha Clan, and Cheng praised the students' vigilance before preparing to reveal his real skills.

Uchiha Cheng defeated the Kumogakure students with a powerful combination attack, then drew the Third Hokage’s offer of early graduation and Anbu service. He rejected the Hokage’s pitch and appeared set on pursuing a different path, though the chapter ended before he stated his choice.

• Uchiha Cheng revealed that he had transformed into a shuriken, then overwhelmed the Kumogakure students with a combined Fire and Wind technique.
• Matsudaira Kazuto protected the Cloud Village students with a Water Formation Wall and conceded the match, offering to treat Konoha’s teachers and students to a meal.
• Hyuga Hiashi felt frustrated by Uchiha Cheng’s strength, and Hizashi Hyuga promised to follow his brother even if they had to oppose Cheng.
• The Third Hokage asked Uchiha Cheng to graduate early and offered him a place in the Anbu, prompting a choice that included joining the Konoha Military Police Force.
• Uchiha Cheng questioned the benefits of the Anbu and dismissed its dark-sounding name in favor of the Uchiha Clan’s Will of Fire.

Uchiha Cheng rejected the Third Hokage’s attempt to recruit him into Konoha’s special forces and joined his classmates at a victory feast with the Kumogakure students. There, he agreed to guide Kushina Uzumaki’s training, but only after she ate an enormous roasted lamb leg.

• Uchiha Cheng turned down the Third Hokage’s special forces offer, left his ninja tools for the students, and headed to Hundred Delicacies District.
• Uchiha Cheng’s classmates celebrated their victory alongside the Kumogakure students, while Choza Akimichi used his Multi-Size Technique to compete in an eating contest with Killer B.
• Uchiha Cheng ate Mikoto Uchiha’s grilled meat, teased her and Kushina Uzumaki, then grilled food for Mikoto.
• Kushina Uzumaki asked Uchiha Cheng to teach her how to train, and he agreed in exchange for her eating an enormous roasted lamb leg.