Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Cheng helped Kushina finish a huge meal and escorted her home, but he returned after sensing that something was wrong. He found a masked attacker disguised as Kushina, who stabbed him and declared the mission complete.

• Kushina refused Mikoto’s help and ate the entire roasted lamb leg, earning Uchiha Cheng’s promise to guide her training.
• The Kumogakure students departed Konoha, and Uchiha Cheng walked Kushina through the village until she recovered from overeating.
• Uchiha Cheng escorted Kushina home, then noticed the suspicious silence nearby and hurried back to her residence.
• Uchiha Cheng broke into Kushina’s house and found someone disguised as her, who revealed himself as Mizukiro and stabbed him.
• Mizukiro said he had completed his mission and expected Lord Danzo to reward him for killing Uchiha Cheng.

Uchiha Cheng defeated Mizuki Rou and discovered that Kushina had been kidnapped, then pursued her while marking her trail for reinforcements. He caught up with the kidnappers’ route and reached two Root members confronting an Uchiha who blocked their path.

• Uchiha Cheng revealed that Mizuki Rou had stabbed a clone, wounded him, and used a genjutsu to kill him after making him fear Danzo’s disapproval.
• Uchiha Cheng searched the house, found strands of Kushina’s crimson hair, and chose to pursue her while placing kunai beside the trail.
• Uchiha Cheng received the Body Flicker Technique and a fifty percent increase in Chakra reserves, then raced after Kushina.
• Matsudaira Kazuto met the three Cloud Shinobi who had kidnapped Kushina and ordered them to return to Kumogakure, intending to use her as an Eight-Tails Jinchuriki vessel.
• Two Root members spotted Uchiha Cheng in the forest, but an Uchiha with three tomoe blocked their way as they prepared to attack him.

Uchiha Cheng fought the Cloud Shinobi who had kidnapped Kushina, while Kushina faced the prospect of being taken across Konoha’s border. After Cheng appeared to die in an explosion, he emerged from a hidden kunai and helped Kushina stab Matsudaira Kazuto.

• Kushina’s Cloud Shinobi captors discovered her trail markers and prepared to carry her across the border in a sack.
• Uchiha Cheng arrived and killed three Cloud Shinobi with hidden weapons while arranging them in a heart-shaped pattern around Kushina.
• Matsudaira Kazuto survived Cheng’s attack with the Substitution Technique and set off Exploding Tags, making Kushina believe Cheng had died.
• Kushina attacked Matsudaira Kazuto with a kunai, refusing to let go even as her hand bled.
• Cheng emerged from the kunai hidden within the heart-shaped pattern and joined Kushina in stabbing Matsudaira Kazuto in the chest.

Uchiha Cheng outmaneuvered Matsudaira Kazuto in a battle of clones and deception, protecting Kushina and defeating the attacker. The chapter ended with Kushina safe and Cheng badly drained of Chakra but reassuring her that he was fine.

• Matsudaira Kazuto used a Lightning Clone, but Uchiha Cheng and Kushina escaped with the Body Flicker Technique.
• Cheng attacked Matsudaira with Chidori and Fire Dragon Flame Bullet, while Matsudaira used clones and a Lightning Release attack to knock Kushina unconscious and apparently tear Cheng apart.
• Matsudaira revealed that his earlier appearances had been clones and turned to take Kushina away, believing Cheng was dead.
• Cheng, disguised as Kushina, stabbed Matsudaira and revealed that he had used a Shadow Clone and Transformation Technique to deceive him.
• Kushina emerged from the foliage where Cheng had hidden her, and Cheng caught her as she rushed to him and asked if he was all right.

After Uchiha Cheng rescued Kushina from the Kumogakure attackers, Shimura Danzō surrounded them and falsely accused them of treason, setting the stage for a fight with Root. The chapter ended as Danzō ordered an attack and used Wind Release: Vacuum Wave.

• Kushina clung to Uchiha Cheng and cried in relief, then misunderstood his attempt to move Duan Xue as a suggestive gesture.
• Minato Namikaze arrived after following Cheng's trail markers and learned that Kumogakure had tried to kidnap Kushina.
• Uchiha Yuto returned with a masked Root operative's corpse and urged the group to leave, and Cheng recognized the dead man as one of Danzo's subordinates.
• Shimura Danzō's masked forces surrounded Cheng, Kushina, Minato, and Yuto, accusing them of abducting Kushina and killing Konoha's allies.
• Danzō dismissed Kushina's defense as genjutsu and ordered his forces to arrest or kill the group; when Yuto challenged them, Danzō attacked with Wind Release: Vacuum Wave.

Uchiha Cheng, Minato Namikaze, and their companions fought Danzo’s Root forces and fled until Hatake Sakumo arrived with Anbu reinforcements. Danzo withdrew, and Hatake Sakumo escorted the group toward the Hokage’s office as Uchiha Cheng thanked him and promised him a favor.

• Uchiha Yuto, Uchiha Cheng, and Minato Namikaze combined their techniques to hold off Danzo’s forces and escape into the forest with Kushina.
• Danzo’s pursuers caught up, and Uchiha Yuto stayed behind to cover the others’ retreat.
• Hatake Sakumo arrived with Anbu reinforcements and stopped Root’s attack.
• Danzo ordered Root to retreat and said he would meet Hiruzen Sarutobi later.
• Hatake Sakumo told Minato Namikaze that the attackers were Konoha’s Root and said they would investigate the incident.
• Uchiha Cheng thanked Hatake Sakumo for saving them and promised him a favor before Hatake escorted the group toward the Hokage’s office.

Uchiha Cheng used his new role in the Konoha Military Police Force to punish Danzo’s faction and improve the force’s work, while the Third Hokage monitored his growing influence. The chapter ended with the Third discovering that Cheng had rewarded a member with Lightning Release: Chidori.

• After Uchiha Cheng and Uchiha Yuto killed Root members during the incident involving Kushina, the Uchiha Clan demanded an explanation, and Cheng accused Danzō of coveting his Sharingan.
• Uchiha Cheng graduated early, became deputy captain of the Konoha Military Police Force, and ordered a sweep that killed two more Root members before Danzō’s agents vanished from sight.
• The Third Hokage compensated the Uchiha by awarding Cheng six shops taken from Danzō’s hidden businesses, while Danzō smashed research equipment in anger.
• A year later, Uchiha Cheng fined Shimura Joujin for selling defective goods, then arrested him when he offered a bribe; villagers praised the Military Police Force’s service.
• An Anbu member tried to take over the case, but Cheng defended the force’s duties before the villagers and left for the forest behind Konoha.
• The Third reviewed Cheng’s year of accomplishments and learned that his mission-point system rewarded a member with Lightning Release: Chidori.

Uchiha Cheng trained Mikoto Uchiha and Kushina Uzumaki and practiced developing Chidori Stream, then realized he had never checked the girls’ chakra natures. The next morning, a young woman arrived at the Konoha Military Police Force Station with breakfast and asked about the day’s missions.

• The Third Hokage felt burdened by Uchiha Cheng’s growing influence as Danzo requested an audience and the threat of another ninja war loomed.
• Uchiha Cheng watched Mikoto Uchiha and Kushina Uzumaki spar on the river while he practiced Chidori Stream.
• Mikoto produced a weak Chidori that Kushina mocked as “Two Birds,” and Cheng wondered whether Kushina lacked a Lightning nature.
• Cheng decided to test Mikoto’s and Kushina’s chakra natures the next day.
• A young woman hurried into the Konoha Military Police Force Station with breakfast and asked what missions were available.

Uchiha Cheng’s reforms made the Konoha Military Police Force more organized and improved its relationship with villagers. After reviewing children’s books, he chose to write positive ninja-world fairy tales and fables, hoping to earn the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique.

• Uchiha Rinne and her colleagues discussed how serving villagers had changed their attitudes toward the police force.
• Uchiha Cheng led a meeting where squad captains reported district activity, and the teams then deployed across Konoha.
• Uchiha Cheng read a children’s story collection and decided that children needed better books and educational materials.
• The system offered Uchiha Cheng three choices for creating fairy tales, and he selected the option that would earn the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique.
• Uchiha Cheng planned a ninja-world version of Little Red Riding Hood featuring Danzo as the Big Bad Wolf, along with a fable mocking Danzo’s love of snakes.

Uchiha Cheng published a collection of fairy tales under the pen name Magic Brush Ma Liang, then received a mission to identify a spy among three Konoha residents. Disguised as siblings with Uchiha Rinne, he began investigating the suspects and entered the beverage shop beside the bustling beef shop.

• Uchiha Cheng spent ten days revising Ma Liang the Immortal's Fairy Tales, then used his own money and contacts to publish it as Magic Brush Ma Liang.
• Uchiha Rinne brought Uchiha Cheng a report narrowing a long-hidden spy to three suspects, and his choice prompt offered rewards for solving the case himself or leaving it to others.
• Uchiha Cheng learned that the suspects were beef-shop owner Hayakawa Hayato, beverage-shop owner Maruyama Shota, and rancher Uehara Kensho, who supplied both shops.
• Uchiha Cheng and Rinne disguised themselves as siblings and walked to Hayakawa Hayato's shop while Rinne explained the suspects' backgrounds.
• After joking about Cheng's appetite, Rinne kicked open Maruyama Shota's beverage-shop door and demanded that the owner greet them.

Uchiha Cheng helped Maruyama Shota revive his struggling drink shop by inventing fruit-and-milk drinks, then used the free tasting rush to keep himself and Rinne at the shop. The drinks became an immediate hit, and the neighboring beef shop owner, Hayakawa Hayato, invited Cheng to try his cooking.

• Uchiha Rinne and Uchiha Cheng visited Maruyama Shota's drink shop, where Shota served them iced strawberry juice and milk.
• Uchiha Cheng mixed the milk into the strawberry juice and suggested making other fruit-and-milk drinks to attract customers.
• Maruyama Shota tried the new drink, recognized its potential, and promised Cheng a share of the profits, while Cheng asked to drink for free.
• Uchiha Cheng persuaded Maruyama Shota to offer free samples, and he and Rinne helped promote the drinks outside the shop.
• Customers praised the new drinks, and the shop grew crowded as Rinne and Maruyama Shota struggled to keep up with orders.
• Hayakawa Hayato came over to investigate the sudden rush and invited Uchiha Cheng to try his beef dishes.

Uchiha Cheng helped Maruyama Shota’s drink shop attract customers, then visited Uehara Kensho’s ranch and noticed signs that the old rancher was concealing his true condition. Kensho hinted at an old mission and Konoha’s peacefulness, leaving Cheng to watch him with suspicion.

• Uchiha Cheng suggested Exploding Beef Balls to Hayakawa Hayato while observing the beef shop and Shota Drinks.
• Maruyama Shota paid Uchiha Rinne and Uchiha Cheng five thousand ryo for helping his shop, then took them to Uehara Kensho’s ranch for more milk.
• Uchiha Cheng observed Uehara Kensho herding cattle with deliberate, unusually precise steps and suspected his limp was an act.
• While preparing food, Uchiha Cheng questioned Kensho about his leg, and Kensho hinted that he kept old habits to remember his mission and the person who gave him his life.
• Uchiha Cheng, Rinne, and Shota ate at the ranch before leaving by horse-drawn cart, as Cheng called out that they would return the next day.

Uchiha Cheng and his allies exposed Uchiha Dai Boku as the spy behind Uehara Kensho and confronted him on the hillside. Dai Boku unleashed powerful genjutsu and swordsmanship, and the fight continued as Yuto tried to save Suzune from being buried alive.

• Uchiha Cheng revealed that he and Uchiha Yuto had stayed behind while the real Uchiha Rinne returned to surround the impostor.
• The fake Rinne shed his disguise and revealed himself as Uchiha Dai Boku, who accused the Uchiha of betrayal.
• Dai Boku trapped Cheng in a genjutsu that made him appear as a giant beast, but Yuto broke its hold and joined Rinne in battle.
• Cheng activated his Sharingan, Shadow Clones, the Second Gate, and Chidori, then sent his clones to attack Dai Boku with three Fire Release techniques.
• Dai Boku used Earth Release to drag Suzune underground, and Yuto shook the hillside in an attempt to force him out.

Uchiha Cheng survived Da Pu’s deadly sword attacks through substitutions, clones, and an Exploding Tag, while White Zetsu and Black Zetsu discussed their plans from hiding. Da Pu lost an arm but continued fighting, and Uchiha Yuto angrily rejected his offer to recruit Uchiha Cheng.

• Da Pu wounded Uchiha Cheng with his sword techniques, but Cheng escaped his killing grip through a Substitution Technique and a clone carrying an Exploding Tag.
• Uchiha Cheng reappeared and revealed that his Rasengan had failed to break Da Pu’s sword barrier, while White Zetsu and Black Zetsu secretly discussed Cheng’s potential and Madara’s Eye of the Moon Plan.
• Uchiha Dai Boku emerged from the explosion with his left arm missing and faced Uchiha Cheng, Uchiha Yuto, Suzune, and Cheng’s remaining Shadow Clones.
• Uchiha Dai Boku offered to recruit Uchiha Cheng, but Uchiha Yuto cursed him for betraying the Uchiha Clan and mocked his weakness.

Uchiha Dai Boku unleashed his Secret Art: Mirage Moon Wheel, devastating the hill before emerging alive and newly awakened to a higher realm. As Uchiha Cheng and Uchiha Yuto prepared to fight him, Cheng shouted “Madara Uchiha,” and Da Pu’s sword pierced Yuto’s chest.

• Uchiha Cheng, Uchiha Yuto, and Suzune attacked Uchiha Dai Boku together with hidden weapons and combined ninjutsu.
• Uchiha Dai Boku used Secret Art: Mirage Moon Wheel, destroying the hill and overwhelming their attacks with waves of light.
• Uchiha Dai Boku emerged missing his left arm, said he had reached a new realm, and prepared to kill the others.
• Uchiha Yuto challenged Uchiha Dai Boku, while Uchiha Cheng activated Secret Technique: Eclipse Shadow Slash and shouted “Madara Uchiha.”
• Uchiha Dai Boku faltered at Cheng’s shout, but his sword pierced Uchiha Yuto’s chest while missing a vital spot.

Uchiha Cheng killed Da Pu and saved Yuto while Uchiha Rinne fought off Root members who attacked them. After Konoha's Military Police Force and Anbu arrived at the devastated battlefield, Cheng faced a new choice about answering their questions.

• Uchiha Cheng pierced Da Pu and Yuto with Chidori Sharp Spear, killing Da Pu and using Mystical Palm Technique to treat Yuto's wounds.
• Uchiha Rinne and the others observed Madara and Black Zetsu discuss Cheng's potential before two Root members arrived at the battlefield.
• Uchiha Rinne confronted the Root members while Cheng chose to kill them, earning Big Ball Rasengan and the location of Danzo's illegal human experimentation base.
• Uchiha Rinne killed one Root member with Chidori, and Uchiha Cheng killed the other after revealing that he had already healed Yuto.
• Uchiha Rinne confirmed Yuto would recover, then the Uchiha Clan's Konoha Military Police Force and the Hokage's Anbu arrived and asked Cheng what had happened.
• Uchiha Cheng received a choice prompt about how to answer Konoha's inquiries.

Uchiha Cheng led Konoha forces to a hidden base where they found evidence of human experiments and captured Root-like operatives, then Danzo returned to Konoha and was publicly mocked as a child-eating villain. The chapter left Danzo facing an unexplained hostile crowd as he tried to understand what had happened.

• Uchiha Cheng convinced Sarutobi Daisuke that Root-like attackers had killed Uchiha Dai Boku and led the group toward a secret base.
• Uchiha Cheng and the Anbu found a concealed entrance in the hills and broke into the underground facility.
• The attackers captured eight people, but they all killed themselves with poison pills before they could be interrogated.
• Sarutobi Daisuke discovered human corpses in cultivation tanks and imprisoned refugees, and decided to report the experiments to Hiruzen.
• Shimura Danzō returned to Konoha and was hit in the face with a raw egg after a child called him the Big Bad Wolf.

After Danzo attacked Uchiha Cheng in the Hokage’s office, Uchiha Kagami and Danzo clashed, destroying the Hokage Tower before Hiruzen Sarutobi stopped them. Danzo was sent to the Land of Rain for two years, Cheng was confined to the Uchiha grounds for one year, and Hiruzen was left weighing Konoha’s troubles as Konoha White Fang returned.

• Uchiha Kagami demanded an explanation for Uchiha Dai Boku’s death and the corpses of suspected Root members, while Uchiha Cheng and the others maintained their prepared account.
• Danzo denied knowing the dead Root members, then attacked Uchiha Cheng with Wind Release: Vacuum Great Sphere; Cheng countered with Big Ball Rasengan.
• Uchiha Kagami rescued Cheng and struck Danzo with Great Blaze Flower, setting the Hokage Tower ablaze.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned Enma and destroyed the tower while breaking up the fight, then ordered Danzo to the Land of Rain for two years and confined Cheng to the Uchiha grounds for one year.
• Danzo warned Hiruzen that Cheng’s talent could make him another Madara Uchiha, while Hiruzen reflected on Hanzo’s request and Konoha’s internal tensions.
• Konoha White Fang returned to Hiruzen’s side after Danzo and the Uchiha Clan had left.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and Hatake Sakumo arranged for Uchiha Cheng to become Orochimaru’s disciple after his confinement. A year later, Cheng remained confined but kept growing stronger, while Mikoto Uchiha brought him news of Konoha’s graduates and festivities; the chapter ended with the author asking readers to vote on the next storyline’s battlefield.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Hatake Sakumo agreed that Orochimaru would take Uchiha Cheng as a disciple and form a squad with academy graduates after Cheng’s confinement ended.
• Uchiha Cheng practiced his sword techniques and Rasengan counter at the lake, reflecting on Uchiha Dai Boku and the skills he had learned during his confinement.
• Mikoto Uchiha visited Cheng with pastries and her Konoha forehead protector, telling him that her class had graduated and that Minato Namikaze had earned perfect scores.
• Mikoto told Cheng about Konoha’s thirtieth anniversary celebration and Kushina’s summons from Grandma Mito, prompting Cheng to wonder whether Kushina would become the next Jinchuriki.
• The author announced that option A would guide the first main storyline and asked readers to choose among three battlefield routes or a combined route for the second storyline.

After a year of confinement, Uchiha Cheng was summoned to the Hokage's office, where Hiruzen Sarutobi proposed that Orochimaru become his teacher. Cheng refused, so Hiruzen arranged a combat assessment with Orochimaru, which ended with their battle still underway.

• Uchiha Cheng was released from confinement and summoned to the Hokage's office.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi offered to make Orochimaru Uchiha Cheng's teacher, but Cheng refused and said Orochimaru was not much stronger than him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned Orochimaru and ordered him to assess Uchiha Cheng in combat, with an exceptional Jonin promotion at stake.
• Uchiha Cheng and Orochimaru moved to Konoha Training Ground No. 1, where Cheng opened with three Shadow Clones and Orochimaru countered with the Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique.
• Uchiha Cheng's Shuriken destroyed several of Orochimaru's, and their ensuing attacks ended with Cheng's two remaining Shadow Clones launching a Fire and Wind combination at Orochimaru.