Chapter Summaries

Takeda Shuichi recalled his previous life in China and how an electrical accident sent him into the body of a four-year-old orphan in Konoha. Having accepted his new life during the final stages of the Second Great Ninja War, he began considering what path to take in the dangerous shinobi world.

• Takeda Shuichi remembered growing up in a prosperous family in Peng City, studying abroad, and spending his free time playing games and watching Naruto.
• Takeda Shuichi was electrocuted while gaming after his foot nearly reached a power strip.
• Takeda Shuichi woke in a child's body in a wooden house and gradually realized he had transmigrated into Konoha as a four-year-old orphan.
• Takeda Shuichi learned that his parents, Takeda Kenta and a Chunin mother skilled in Medical Ninjutsu, had died half a month earlier.
• Takeda Shuichi accepted that the Second Great Ninja War was nearing its end and began pondering his future in the brutal Shinobi World.

Shuichi weighed the dangers of becoming a ninja before his newly activated Ninja Growth System appeared and revealed its abilities. After studying the system, he began planning how to use it to survive and grow in the Ninja World.

• Shuichi considered giving up on being a ninja or pursuing the conventional path, then decided that becoming a research ninja offered his best chance to control his fate.
• While complaining that he had no cheat or system, Shuichi triggered the Ninja Growth System by saying "League of Legends" and "system" in one sentence.
• Shuichi read the system's activation conditions and learned that it had been waiting for his soul to merge completely with the original body's soul.
• Shuichi studied the system's yearly attribute point, growth boosts, skill limits, and Flash teleport ability.
• Shuichi planned to organize the information he knew and create a short-term growth plan.

Shuichi planned how to use his stat points and recorded key details of Naruto's future story before going out to explore Konoha. He reunited with Ishikawa Tatsuki and Takashima Shota, and the three headed to a training ground where many ninja and children gathered.

• Shuichi reviewed and recorded as much of Naruto's storyline as he could, then hid his notes beneath his pillow to study and eventually destroy them.
• Shuichi considered how to develop his parents' old connections and maintain a good image in Konoha.
• Ishikawa Tatsuki and Takashima Shota visited Shuichi, expressed relief that he had recovered, and invited him outside.
• Shuichi accepted their invitation, and the three walked through Konoha toward a popular training ground.

Shuichi discovered that his physical talent and throwing accuracy had improved, then spent the day with Ishikawa Tatsuki and Takashima Heijin. After lunch, he visited a toy store and bought two balls while asking the owner to find highly elastic rubber balls for him.

• Shuichi practiced throwing stones with Ishikawa Tatsuki and Takashima Heijin and hit the bullseye with his final four throws.
• Shuichi encouraged Ishikawa Tatsuki and Takashima Heijin to adjust their stances, but they improved only slightly.
• Ishikawa Tatsuki invited Shuichi and Takashima Heijin to lunch at his home, where they met Ishikawa Kyoko.
• Shuichi wandered through Konoha's central district and bought two ball-shaped toys from a toy store.
• Shuichi persuaded the toy shop owner to ask the supplier for highly elastic rubber balls.

Shuichi realized his 2,000-Ryo monthly allowance could not cover the healthy diet he had planned, so he calculated a meager food budget and resolved to find other ways to manage. The next day, he began testing his running stamina and returned to his training route in the afternoon, ready to start adding points.

• Shuichi checked food prices around Konoha and calculated that his monthly allowance would only cover mostly noodles and a little meat.
• Shuichi accepted that money was a problem but decided to handle more urgent matters before seeking a solution.
• Shuichi chose a quiet route in Konoha's outer district and ran laps to gauge his physical stamina.
• Shuichi reviewed the plot, practiced hand seals, and ate lunch after returning home.
• Shuichi returned to the route in the afternoon and declared that it was time to start adding points.

Shuichi tested the effects of upgrading his physical, mental, and reaction skills, then planned how to allocate future skill points. He ended the day by preparing to address his finances and begin a daily training routine.

• Shuichi upgraded Physical Talent Enhancement and found he could run more than twice as many laps before reaching the same level of fatigue.
• Shuichi upgraded Mental Energy Enhancement and noticed sharper senses, easier concentration, and clearer vision of a bouncing ball's trajectory.
• Shuichi upgraded his third skill and found his reaction speed and ability to process information had improved substantially.
• Shuichi decided to alternate future points between his first and second skills and invest in the third skill once for every two points spent on them, while keeping one point in reserve.
• Shuichi went home, read to assess his thinking ability, destroyed his notes about Hokage's future plot and important intelligence, and planned to tackle his financial problems and train daily.

Shuichi trained cautiously and scouted a river for fish before searching Konoha for part-time work. He failed to find a suitable job, but remained confident that he could pursue other ways to earn money as he prepared to become a ninja.

• Shuichi ran in the forest outside Konoha, pacing himself to avoid injury and planning to increase his distance gradually.
• Shuichi surveyed a nearby river and found many small fish, so he decided to buy fishing equipment and try catching some the next day.
• Shuichi visited shops around the village and offered to organize their accounts, demonstrating his quick arithmetic when owners doubted him because of his age.
• Shuichi left the shops after their owners offered too little pay or inadequate meals, and he considered future ways to earn money while focusing on becoming a ninja.

Shuichi found temporary work at Konoha’s largest hot spring inn by persuading the manager that his knowledge and family background made him a promising hire. With food and wages secured, he settled into a routine of training and work, then began the new year and retrieved the bouncy balls he had ordered.

• Shuichi went to Noboribetsu Onsen Takinoya and asked the receptionist for temporary work, claiming he knew the service procedures of high-end hot springs.
• Shuichi told the manager that his parents had died in the war and that his father had been a Jonin, persuading her to hire him for a meal and one hundred ryo a day.
• Kyoko taught Shuichi the inn’s procedures, and he learned them quickly before starting work in an oversized kimono.
• Shuichi served guests through his first shift, helped tidy the inn after closing, and returned home with his living expenses eased.
• After Konoha Year 41 began, Shuichi kept up his training and spent afternoons with Ishikawa Tatsuki and Takashima Shota.
• Shuichi visited the toy shop and apologized to the owner for missing the delivery of his rubber bouncy balls.

Shuichi continued developing his coordination and physical skills while Konoha celebrated the end of the Second Great Ninja War and welcomed home its returning ninja. As the Ninja Academy’s new school year approached, Shuichi prepared to begin classes, confident that his training would help him compete with Kakashi.

• Shuichi trained his reflexes by dodging bouncing balls and practiced juggling, while Ishikawa Tatsuki and Takashima Shota played training games with him.
• After the Land of Fire and the Land of Wind signed a treaty, Konoha’s residents welcomed the returning ninja home.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen and the village’s political advisers greeted the returning forces, including Hatake Sakumo, Konoha’s White Fang.
• Shuichi resumed his training and wondered whether hand signs worked through speed alone or required other factors.
• As April and the Ninja Academy’s opening approached, Shuichi looked forward to learning more and considered Kakashi his main rival.

Takeda Shuichi took the Ninja Academy entrance examination and stood out by finishing the physical test well ahead of the other children. After passing the academic assessment, he waited to learn whether he had talent for Chakra.

• Takeda Shuichi joined a group of children for the physical fitness test and initially ran at a steady pace.
• Takeda Shuichi accelerated after reaching fifty laps, quickly taking first place and disrupting the rest of the group's rhythm.
• The examiner reviewed Takeda Shuichi's file and praised his stamina, running posture, and ability to stay close to the boundary line.
• Takeda Shuichi finished the course first, at least five laps ahead of the runner-up, while several children in his group failed.
• Takeda Shuichi's group completed the academic assessment and moved on to the Chakra test.
• The examiner called Takeda Shuichi seventh in line for an instructor to check his chakra pathways.

Shuichi passed the Ninja Academy entrance test and began his first day, where he observed Konoha’s prominent figures and considered how to build his future as a ninja. The chapter left him entering the academy with his new classmates after Sarutobi Hiruzen’s opening speech.

• Shuichi passed the Chakra assessment and returned home, deciding to follow Konoha’s Will of Fire while prioritizing his ninja career.
• Shuichi learned that Takashima Shota had failed the entrance test, then met Ishikawa Tatsuki and Ishikawa Kyoko on the way to the academy.
• Shuichi and Tatsuki saw Might Duy secure an exception that let Might Guy qualify, and Shuichi watched Kakashi as a potential benchmark.
• Kakashi noticed Shuichi’s unusual maturity and quietly memorized his appearance.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen welcomed the new students with a speech about the Will of Fire, and the students headed to their assigned classes.

Shuichi and Ishikawa Tatsuki joined Konoha’s Elite Class, where Shuichi reunited with Yūhi Kurenai and met the class’s promising young ninja. The class began introductions, and Shuichi presented himself as a boy who wanted to become Hokage and protect the village and the people he loved.

• Shuichi and Ishikawa Tatsuki entered the Elite Class and found classmates from several major clans already seated.
• Shuichi recognized Yūhi Kurenai, sat beside her, and chatted with her about their fathers and his experiences.
• Ishikawa Tatsuki teased Shuichi for neglecting his friend while talking with Kurenai.
• Sanada Tomohisa welcomed the Elite Class and asked the students to introduce themselves and share their dreams.
• Asuma said he wanted to surpass the Third Hokage, Kakashi hoped to become a great ninja like his father, and Shuichi declared his dream of becoming Hokage and protecting those he loved.

On his first day at the Ninja Academy, Shuichi learned about the curriculum and Chakra, then practiced the Chakra Refining Technique at home. After an initial failure, he adjusted his focus and successfully began circulating his own Chakra.

• Sanada Tomohisa introduced the Ninja Academy curriculum, and Shuichi listened while Yūhi Kurenai and Ishikawa Tatsuki took notes.
• Sanada Tomohisa explained Chakra, demonstrated basic ninjutsu, and taught the students the Chakra Refining Technique.
• After school, Shuichi walked home with Ishikawa Tatsuki, who excitedly planned to try extracting Chakra that night.
• Shuichi's first attempt to gather Chakra failed, and he reasoned that he had focused too intensely because his Mental Energy was unusually strong.
• Shuichi tried again with a calmer approach, felt Chakra near his abdomen, and began circulating it through some of his upper-body meridians.

Shuichi reconsidered how to allocate his system points after learning more about Chakra and the demands of ninja training. At school, he listened to Konoha’s history lesson and then told Ishikawa Tatsuki that he had refined Chakra on his first try, leaving Tatsuki stunned by the gap between their talent.

• Shuichi concluded that Chakra dissipated more slowly inside the body, revised his stat-allocation plans, and decided to prioritize school while quitting his part-time job.
• On the second day of school, Teacher Sanada Tomohisa began lessons in Konoha history, Chakra theory, introductory skills, and physical training.
• Sanada described the Third Hokage as Konoha’s strongest Hokage, and Shuichi privately suspected the claim reflected political necessity.
• During the break, Shuichi asked Ishikawa Tatsuki whether he had refined Chakra and claimed that he had succeeded on his first try.
• Ishikawa Tatsuki, who had failed despite practicing all evening, wondered whether Shuichi’s success showed a difference in talent.

Shuichi discussed first-time Chakra refinement with Kurenai before Sanada Tomohisa taught the class about Chakra and the stages of refining it. Shuichi considered the higher levels beyond the teacher's explanation and resolved to advance toward the pinnacle of the ninja world.

• Shuichi asked Kurenai about her Chakra, and she said she had refined it under her father's guidance before school began.
• Shuichi offered to share a trick for successfully refining Chakra as Sanada Tomohisa returned to teach.
• Sanada Tomohisa explained that first-time Chakra refinement depended on personal experience and described several techniques students could try.
• Sanada Tomohisa outlined three stages of Chakra Refining Technique, from remaining still to refining Chakra during combat and ninjutsu.
• Shuichi inferred still higher stages, considered the Chakra abilities of powerful ninjas, and encouraged himself to pursue the path to the pinnacle.

Shuichi used questions about Chakra to show Sanada Tomohisa his talent and careful thinking, then pretended to be short on food so Yūhi Kurenai would share her lunch. Sanada planned to give him special attention, while Kurenai agreed to bring extra food for him.

• Shuichi invented a meditation method for extracting Chakra and explained it to Ishikawa Tatsuki and Yūhi Kurenai.
• Shuichi told Sanada Tomohisa that he had already extracted Chakra and asked about safe practice, prompting the teacher to praise his potential and consider reporting him to Lord Hokage.
• Shuichi learned that Ishikawa Tatsuki had gone to eat at his family's sushi shop and opened his meager lunch beside Kurenai.
• Shuichi claimed that quitting his job had left him able to afford only one meal a day, and Kurenai offered to bring extra food and share it with him.

Shuichi learned the twelve basic hand seals and discovered that ninjutsu speed depended on coordinating seals with Chakra, not just moving quickly. As his Academy studies proved easy, he enhanced his physical talent and began training and studying ahead after class.

• Sanada Shiku taught the students the twelve hand seals and explained that they would be tested on forming them quickly and accurately.
• Shuichi asked Yūhi Kurenai about her family’s training, and she said her father had taught her basic genjutsu as a family secret.
• Shuichi asked Sanada Tomohisa why Jonin performed ninjutsu faster, and Tomohisa explained that hand seals had to coordinate with Chakra flow.
• After a week of classes, Shuichi raised his Physical Talent skill to Level 2, increasing his Body Energy by 200.
• Shuichi continued training in the woods after school and studied later Academy material in the library.

Takeda Shuichi earned first place in the Ninja Academy’s final exams, surpassing Hatake Kakashi and drawing attention from his classmates and teacher. After the students began their month-long break, Sanada Tomohisa reported Shuichi’s talent to the Third Hokage, who ordered an Anbu to investigate or observe him.

• Shuichi excelled in the hand seal and written exams, earning full marks across his subjects.
• Sanada Tomohisa announced the results, placing Shuichi first, Hatake Kakashi second, and Nohara Rin third.
• Shuichi discussed vacation plans with Ishikawa Tatsuki and Yūhi Kurenai, inviting Kurenai to play ninja-training games during the break.
• Sanada Tomohisa reported Shuichi’s abilities and potential to the Third Hokage, comparing him favorably with Kakashi and Namikaze.
• The Third Hokage summoned an Anbu and gave the operative instructions.

After turning five, Shuichi collected his living allowance and learned that his parents’ ninjutsu scrolls would be released to him after he became a Genin. He trained through vacation, then returned to the Academy for the autumn term, where lessons began with geography.

• Shuichi added a point to Mental Energy and spent two days relaxing during his vacation.
• Shuichi collected his August allowance, received his father’s sword, and learned that he could claim his parents’ ninjutsu scrolls after graduating as a Genin.
• Shuichi cleaned and examined the sword, then hung it on his wall as a keepsake.
• Shuichi studied and trained during vacation and occasionally played ninja games with Yūhi Kurenai, Ishikawa Tatsuki, and others, while Takashima Shota worked at a ninja tool shop.
• Sanada Tomohisa welcomed the students back, outlined plans for practical lessons, and began teaching geography.

Shuichi learned more about the ninja world's vast size and shared a homemade lunch with Yūhi Kurenai during the first days of the new semester. His training had brought his Chakra extraction to roughly Chunin level, and the class began preparing for shuriken practice and its public final exam.

• Sanada Tomohisa explained the ninja world's geography, and Shuichi estimated that Konoha and Sunagakure were about three thousand kilometers apart.
• Shuichi shared his homemade dishes with Yūhi Kurenai and offered some to Ishikawa Tatsuki, who had brought lunch from home.
• Sanada Tomohisa taught the class about Kirigakure and Rock Ninja Village and their combat specialties.
• Shuichi returned to daily training and learned to extract Chakra while running, reaching roughly the standard of a Chunin.
• Sanada Tomohisa announced that the students would practice shuriken throwing with soft targets and take a ten-shot final exam in front of the class.