Chapter Summaries

Newly graduated Nara Kaikei met Tsunade, whose mistaken suspicion of him ended after he showed his ninja credentials and offered her money. While she escorted him toward home, Kaikei inspected his newly awakened system and discovered a curse in his body and a way to view his Chakra Pathway System.

• Twelve-year-old Nara Kaikei introduced himself as a newly graduated Genin whose weak physique contrasted with his strong ninjutsu aptitude and theoretical knowledge.
• Tsunade mistook Kaikei for Jiraiya and prepared to hit him, but he showed her his headband and graduation certificate, then offered her money to earn her forgiveness.
• Tsunade accepted the money and insisted on escorting Kaikei home to Kikyo Castle, outside the village.
• Kaikei checked his Lazy Ghost system and discovered that he was afflicted with the Six Paths Sage Art: Self-Retribution Curse Technique.
• Kaikei viewed his attributes and activated a human model displaying his Chakra Pathway System and 361 Chakra Acupoints.

Tsunade and Nara Kaikei encountered an Iwagakure spy outside Konoha, and Tsunade exposed him as a ninja before he vanished using a secret technique. Kaikei received a B-Rank mission to defeat the Iwagakure jonin and considered how his panel’s instant-completion option worked.

• Tsunade asked Kaikei whether he had consulted a medical ninja, but he spaced out while looking at his panel, so she slapped his forehead to wake him.
• Kaikei noticed a broad, muscular stranger approaching from Kikyo Castle, while Tsunade recognized his silent steps and steady breathing as suspicious.
• Tsunade attacked the stranger, who escaped her feint with the Body Flicker Technique and was identified as a ninja.
• The stranger recognized Tsunade as one of Konoha's Sannin and used an Iwagakure secret technique to disappear.
• Kaikei received a B-Rank mission to defeat or kill an Iwagakure Jonin and examined the panel's mission rewards and instant-completion option.

Tsunade and Nara Kaikei confronted the invisible Iwagakure Jonin Oishi, but Tsunade’s hemophobia left her incapacitated after she injured him. As Oishi threatened them, Kaikei activated his newly revealed Lacquer Eye and prepared a shadow technique.

• Tsunade explained that she planned to counter Oishi’s invisibility by exposing him and killing him without drawing blood.
• Oishi attacked Tsunade and Nara Kaikei with Earth Release: Earth Rising Spears, and Tsunade swept away the dust to reveal him.
• Tsunade struck the ground with Chakra Enhanced Strength, but Oishi survived underground, and the blood triggered her hemophobia.
• Kaikei covered Tsunade’s eyes and used an Explosive Flash Kunai to overlap Oishi’s shadow with his own.
• Kaikei activated his A-Rank jutsu, Lacquer Eye, and told Oishi to listen because the corpse was talking.

Nara Kaikei killed the Iwagakure Spy and completed his mission, earning an A-Rank Ninja Scroll and learning Camouflage Concealment. After comforting Tsunade and helping her up, he heard someone approaching and recognized Sister Nonou.

• Nara Kaikei restrained the injured Oishi with the Shadow Binding Technique and killed him with the Shadow Stitching Technique.
• The mission panel confirmed Oishi’s death and rewarded Nara Kaikei with an A-Rank Ninja Scroll; his Ninjutsu, Wisdom, and overall evaluation also increased.
• Nara Kaikei opened the scroll and obtained the A-Rank Iwagakure jutsu Camouflage Concealment.
• Tsunade asked whether the enemy was defeated, and Nara Kaikei reassured her about her fear of blood and helped her stand.
• Nara Kaikei heard someone approaching and recognized Sister Nonou.

Yakushi Nonō arrived after Tsunade and Nara Kaikei defeated the Iwagakure spy Oishi, and she arranged for the body and its intelligence to be handled. After Nonō left to prepare a meal at the orphanage, Tsunade began trembling again because blood remained on her hand.

• Yakushi Nonō greeted Tsunade and Nara Kaikei, then followed Tsunade’s orders to summon the Medical Department and Analysis Unit for Oishi’s corpse.
• Yakushi Nonō recognized Oishi as a spy she had encountered earlier and worried that she needed to leave Root to protect the children at Kikyo Orphanage.
• Konoha’s medical and analysis ninjas arrived, removed Oishi’s body, and cleaned the scene.
• Tsunade pulled Nara Kaikei away from Nonō, then shoved him into Nonō’s arms; Nonō checked him for injuries and offered him Soldier Pills.
• Nara Kaikei paid Nonō for a meal at Kikyo Orphanage, and Tsunade joined them so she could wash before meeting the Third Hokage.
• After Nonō left to prepare food, Tsunade trembled and showed Nara Kaikei the dried blood still on her hand.

Nara Kaikei accompanied Tsunade to Kikyo Orphanage, where he explained his lonely place in his parents’ close-knit family. While Tsunade washed up in his room, he used the Lazy Ghost System to learn the A-Rank jutsu Camouflage Concealment, but discovered his Chakra control was too weak to hide more than two fingers; he ended by concealing a kunai.

• Nara Kaikei cleaned the blood from Tsunade’s hand, then accompanied her toward Kikyo Orphanage.
• Nara Kaikei told Tsunade that his loving parents left little room for him, making him feel like a third person in their family, and she laughed at his complaint.
• Nara Kaikei and Tsunade arrived at Kikyo Orphanage and entered his tidy private room, where Tsunade went to wash up.
• Nara Kaikei used the Lazy Ghost System to learn the A-Rank jutsu Camouflage Concealment, but could make only two fingers transparent because his Chakra was insufficient.
• Nara Kaikei concealed a kunai with Camouflage Concealment.

Nara Kaikei developed the C-Rank Wind King Barrier and considered how to combine it with the Nara Clan’s Shadow Gathering Technique. After Tsunade bathed in his washroom and came out wearing Sister Nonou’s clothes, Yakushi Nonō entered and found her holding Kaikei’s hand.

• Nara Kaikei developed Wind King Barrier, which concealed a weapon’s shape, and his Sage Wisdom rose from C to C+.
• Nara Kaikei decided that combining Wind King Barrier with Shadow Gathering Technique was a better direction than relying on close combat.
• Tsunade emerged from the washroom and asked Nara Kaikei for clean clothes, so he passed her Sister Nonou’s nun’s habit.
• Tsunade told Nara Kaikei to collect the hundred thousand ryō she had left in the bathroom and then took his hand to examine him.
• Yakushi Nonō entered with food and found Tsunade sitting on the bed while holding Nara Kaikei’s hand; Kaikei took the food and gained a slight increase to Precision while eating.

Tsunade examined Nara Kaikei and found that his body and chakra were dangerously weak, though treating him would be difficult with war approaching. Kaikei explained that he had requested a post in the Medical Department’s Beast Taming and Rehabilitation Class, and Tsunade seemed to see a way to address his condition.

• Nara Kaikei discovered that eating increased his Precision attribute, while Tsunade praised Yakushi Nonō’s cooking.
• Tsunade examined Nara Kaikei and found his physical energy and chakra far below normal, leaving her worried that battlefield service could endanger him.
• Yakushi Nonō asked which team Kaikei would join, and he explained that he would not be assigned to a regular ninja team.
• Nara Kaikei revealed that he had requested a position in the Medical Department’s Beast Taming and Rehabilitation Class, where his mother had once worked.
• Tsunade questioned how Kaikei could be a medical ninja with so little chakra, then began considering a way to help him.

After Tsunade left Kikyo Orphanage, Nara Kaikei warned Yakushi Nonō about the coming war and offered to help fund the orphanage. He returned home at night, where Nara Pingzi confronted him about the missing Big Horn.

• Nara Kaikei noticed that his meal had increased his Precision by three, while Tsunade and Yakushi Nonō wondered at his appetite.
• Tsunade changed into a Medical First Aid Class uniform and left to report spy intelligence to Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Nara Kaikei urged Yakushi Nonō to remember the Three Rules of Medical Ninja and offered to personally help support Kikyo Orphanage.
• Yakushi Nonō agreed to discuss ways to make money with Nara Kaikei, who then left for home.
• Nara Pingzi met Nara Kaikei in the dark and demanded to know why he had returned without Big Horn.

Nara Kaikei warned Nara Pingzi that Iwagakure spies could make Kikyo Castle unsafe and urged his family to move to Konoha. At breakfast, he told his parents his health had improved, but panicked when Nara Shusuke suggested stopping his secret medicine, which helped raise his [Precision].

• Nara Kaikei told Nara Pingzi that he had returned with Princess Tsunade and described the suspected Iwagakure spy in Kikyo Castle.
• Nara Kaikei urged Nara Pingzi to move the family to their apartment near the Ninja Academy, and she said she would discuss it with Nara Shusuke.
• Nara Kaikei told Nara Shusuke and Nara Pingzi that he had graduated and would intern in the Beast Taming and Rehabilitation Class.
• Nara Kaikei showed his parents his Lacquer Eye technique and said he planned to buy sunglasses and Chakra Paper.
• Nara Shusuke asked whether he could stop preparing Nara Secret Medicine, and Nara Kaikei realized the medicine had increased his [Precision].

Nara Kaikei finished developing the Lacquer Eye technique and planned to submit it to Nara Clan Head Shikano within three days. Tsunade recruited him for a B-Rank mission to capture Iwagakure spies in Konoha.

• Nara Shusuke and Nara Pingzi told Nara Kaikei they planned to move and encouraged him to establish his own household.
• Nara Kaikei said he would submit the completed Lacquer Eye research to Nara Shikano within three days.
• Nara Kaikei rode Big Horn toward the village and considered finding skilled medical ninja to help with Nara Shusuke's research.
• Tsunade met Nara Kaikei on the way to Konoha and insisted he call her Sister Tsunade.
• Tsunade told Nara Kaikei that the Analysis Unit had uncovered locations of Iwagakure spies and invited him to help capture them.
• Nara Kaikei received a B-Rank mission prompt to pursue, apprehend, and kill low-level Iwagakure spies for a B-Rank Ninja Scroll.

Nara Kaikei accompanied Tsunade on a B-Rank mission to apprehend Iwagakure spies, learning that commission missions were easier than battle missions of the same rank. After Tsunade transformed into a child to avoid drawing attention, Kaikei caught a spy with his Shadow Binding Technique, but the spy’s shout attracted the Uchiha Police Force.

• Nara Kaikei realized that B-Rank commission missions involved weaker enemies than B-Rank battle missions, despite offering the same rank of reward.
• Tsunade explained that she had accepted the spy-apprehension mission under her own name and chose Kaikei because he had defeated an Iwagakure jonin.
• Tsunade told Kaikei to skip his Beast Taming and Rehabilitation Class assignment because she was the head of the Medical Department and was taking him on the mission.
• Kaikei persuaded Tsunade to use the Transformation Technique and accompany him disguised as a child while they searched for an Iwagakure spy.
• Kaikei restrained the disguised spy with the Shadow Binding Technique, and the spy shouted for help before Tsunade knocked him unconscious.
• The spy’s shout drew the attention of the Uchiha Police Force.

Nara Kaikei was confronted by Uchiha Inaho while carrying out a mission, but restrained him with the Nara clan’s Shadow Binding Technique. After another Uchiha Police Force member arrived, Kaikei explained what happened and received a D-Rank Ninja Scroll for completing the battle mission.

• Uchiha Inaho threw shuriken at Nara Kaikei and demanded that he surrender, accusing him of injuring a civilian.
• Kaikei explained that the injured man was his mission target, but Inaho drew his wakizashi and attacked with the Body Flicker Technique.
• Kaikei used Lacquer Eye and Shadow Gathering Technique to trap Inaho with Shadow Binding Technique, then closed his eyes to guard against Sharingan genjutsu.
• Another Uchiha Police Force member arrived, and Kaikei explained the confrontation while showing his B-Rank mission scroll.
• Kaikei’s system awarded him one D-Rank Ninja Scroll for speed-clearing the C-Rank Police Force Member mission.

Nara Kaikei completed the B-Rank mission to apprehend Iwagakure spies with help from the Uchiha Police Force, then submitted the mission with Tsunade. Hiruzen Sarutobi recorded their success and reconsidered Kaikei’s potential, though he doubted his prospects because of his low Chakra reserves.

• Uchiha Yashiro apologized for Uchiha Inaho obstructing Kaikei’s mission and arranged for the captured spy to be sent to Konoha Prison.
• Kaikei told Yashiro that Inaho should study the First Hokage’s Will of Fire, and Inaho reluctantly thanked him.
• With the Police Force’s assistance, Kaikei captured the remaining mission targets and received a D-Rank Body Flicker Technique scroll from his panel.
• Kaikei met Tsunade outside the Hokage Building, and they submitted the completed B-Rank mission to Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Hiruzen recorded the mission completion and recalled instructors’ poor evaluations of Kaikei, while recognizing his impressive performance and questioning his future because of his limited Chakra.

Tsunade chose a B-Rank mission to clear out bounty hunters, but Jiraiya’s report that the Third Kazekage had disappeared abruptly ended their plans. As Konoha’s leaders gathered to discuss the crisis, Tsunade gave Nara Kaikei a scroll and told him to study ninjutsu on his own.

• Tsunade selected the B-Rank mission to clear out bounty hunters along the road from Konoha to the Land of Fire’s capital, and Nara Kaikei received a mission notification.
• Jiraiya arrived at the Hokage’s Office and mistook Nara Kaikei for a girl, prompting Tsunade to punch him into the wall.
• Jiraiya announced that the Third Kazekage had disappeared, and Hiruzen Sarutobi dismissed the claim until Shimura Danzō confirmed it.
• Tsunade pulled Nara Kaikei out of the office as Konoha’s leaders prepared to discuss the crisis, and he completed the bounty hunter mission notification for a minor C-Rank reward.
• Tsunade gave Nara Kaikei a pitch-black scroll and told him to learn to study ninjutsu on his own.

Nara Kaikei left the Hokage Building after completing a B-Rank mission and set a goal of reaching B-Rank jonin strength. He reported to the Beast Taming and Rehabilitation Class, where he met Inuzuka Tsume and Lady Cat, and was asked why he had come.

• Nara Kaikei’s resolve strengthened, raising his Wisdom attribute from C+ to B-.
• Nara Kaikei wondered why Shimura Danzō had watched him and whether Yakushi Nonō had returned because of Root intelligence from Iwagakure.
• Nara Kaikei bought tactical sunglasses, Chakra Paper, and a Soldier Pill at Manten Hall, then headed to the Beast Taming and Rehabilitation Class.
• Nara Kaikei met Inuzuka Tsume and Lady Cat, who gave him incense to summon the Ninja Cats for trade.
• After Lady Cat vanished, Inuzuka Tsume asked Nara Kaikei what he was doing at the class.

Nara Kaikei learned that Tsunade had transferred his ninja file, making him her direct subordinate instead of a member of the Beast Taming and Rehabilitation Class. At home, he studied Tsunade’s scroll and used the Lazy Ghost System to learn Super Beast Imitation Painting.

• Inuzuka Tsume explained that her warm attitude came from her former colleague Pingzi and advised Kaikei to keep the incense stick he had received from Nekomura.
• Tsume discussed Soldier Pills with Kaikei, who rejected her dog-food-enhanced pills and learned that the Akimichi Clan made particularly powerful ones.
• Tsume told Kaikei that Tsunade had transferred his ninja file, so he no longer belonged to the Beast Taming and Rehabilitation Class.
• Kaikei considered visiting Tsunade but returned to his apartment and read the scroll she had given him.
• The Lazy Ghost System identified Super Beast Imitation Painting on the scroll, and Kaikei chose to learn the B-rank secret jutsu.

Nara Kaikei opened his remaining Ninja Scrolls and gained Earth Style: Earth Dragon Burrowing Technique and Shadow Clone Technique, then tested his Chakra nature. The Chakra Paper revealed balanced Earth, Water, Wind, and Fire natures, leaving him surprised by his elemental potential.

• Nara Kaikei considered adapting Super Beast Imitation Painting into a Yin Release technique that used shadows instead of ink.
• Nara Kaikei opened a C-Rank Ninja Scroll and received Earth Style: Earth Dragon Burrowing Technique.
• Nara Kaikei opened his final B-Rank Ninja Scroll and received Shadow Clone Technique, then reviewed his growing Jutsu Abilities.
• Nara Kaikei used Chakra Paper to test his nature and found that he had balanced Earth, Water, Wind, and Fire natures.

Nara Kaikei delivered the completed Lacquer Eye Jutsu Scroll to the Nara clan head after learning that the Third Kazekage had disappeared, an omen that war was approaching. Nara Shikano received the scroll with surprise and compared the task of developing the jutsu to an S-Rank Mission.

• Nara Kaikei questioned whether the Six Paths Sage Art: Karma Binding Technique had caused his unusual Chakra natures, then used a Soldier Pill to raise his Precision.
• Nara Kaikei traveled to Kikyo Castle using the Body Flicker Technique and calculated how Soldier Pills could improve his Precision.
• Nara Kaikei told Nara Pingzi that the Third Kazekage of Sunagakure had disappeared, and she recalled being caught in his ninjutsu during the war.
• Nara Kaikei warned Nara Pingzi that war was likely approaching and then went to deliver the Lacquer Eye Jutsu Scroll to Nara Shikano.
• Nara Shikano expressed surprise that Nara Kaikei had completed the Lacquer Eye jutsu and compared the task to an S-Rank Mission.

Nara Kaikei demonstrated that Lacquer Eye let him use Nara shadow techniques without hand seals and with less Physical Energy, but Nara Shikano said the clan was not ready to bear the jutsu and returned its scroll. Shikano nevertheless accepted Lacquer Eye as completing the S-Rank Eye of Shadow mission, gave Kaikei an S-Rank Ninja Scroll, and opened the clan’s secret techniques and medical records to him.

• Nara Shikano asked Nara Kaikei to test his jutsu in combat, and Kaikei used Lacquer Eye to cast Shadow Stitching Technique without hand seals.
• Kaikei speedran the battle mission against Shikano and obtained a C-Rank Ninja Scroll before Shikano called a halt.
• Kaikei explained that Lacquer Eye removed hand seals and reduced Physical Energy consumption, but Shikano said the clan could not yet bear the jutsu and returned its scroll.
• Shikano named the S-Rank mission Eye of Shadow, and Kaikei completed it by submitting the Lacquer Eye scroll and received an S-Rank Ninja Scroll.
• Shikano rewarded Kaikei by opening all Nara Clan secret techniques and medical records to him.