Recaps

Hiko awakened his Sharingan and committed himself to steady training, while his wagers and growing closeness with Tsunade drew attention from their classmates and clans. As he sought money and access to Ninjutsu, Tsunade gave him cash for new tools, leaving him worried about the consequences of accepting it.

• Hiko surrendered to Tsunade during sparring, then drank the God-tier Evolution Potion and awakened his Sharingan the next morning.
• Hiko concealed his new ability and began training daily, while winning a dice wager that made Tsunade obey their agreement.
• Tsunade followed Hiko home, and rumors about them spread through the Senju and Uchiha Clans.
• The Uchiha captain told Hiko that the Great Elder had approved his entry to the Clan Ancestral Hall to choose two Ninjutsu.
• Hiko asked for early graduation so he could earn money, but Teacher refused and urged the Third Hokage to give Hiko special attention.
• The Third Hokage rejected the idea of Hiko graduating early and studied his file after Teacher left.
• Hiko encountered Tsunade carrying money for the casino, and she feared he would reveal where it came from.
• Tsunade gave Hiko money to replace his broken ninja tools, and he decided to return it before either clan learned about the exchange.

Hiko earned early graduation after revealing his Sharingan during the assessment, and the Third Hokage made him captain of a squad with Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru. Their first mission was an unpleasant but simple assignment to scrub public toilets.

• Hiko returned Tsunade’s money, but the Third Hokage rejected his first request for early graduation and placed him under special attention.
• After half a year, Hiko applied again alongside Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru, and the Third Hokage approved his graduation assessment.
• The Third Hokage assigned all four students to one team and tested their judgment before setting them against one another for two bells.
• Hiko awakened his Sharingan during the assessment and defeated the others, earning the Third Hokage’s recognition and his teammates’ acceptance of him as captain.
• The Third Hokage ordered Anbu to watch Hiko closely, while Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru became his training companions.
• Hiko led the newly graduated team to collect their forehead protectors, then received a mission scroll from the Third Hokage.
• Hiko persuaded the team to accept their first assignment, and they covered their faces with bandages as they scrubbed public toilets.

Hiko and his squad trained under the Third Hokage, then faced their first deadly fight while escorting a caravan to the Land of Wind. After returning to Konoha, Hiko provoked Hatake Sakumo’s teammates into a fight and the squad filed another complaint with the Hokage.

• Hiko and the squad completed missions, trained together, and fought two senior Genin at a barbecue restaurant after the men attacked them.
• The Third Hokage began training the squad and took them on a caravan escort mission toward the Land of Wind.
• Hiko explained the dangers of border bandits and rogue ninja, then requested Flying Thunder God as a joke when the Third Hokage offered him a Ninjutsu reward.
• Eleven Desert Bandits surrounded the squad, and Hiko killed the bandit who threatened Tsunade, awakening his Sharingan to two tomoe.
• Hiko and the others killed all eleven bandits, and the Third Hokage worried about Hiko’s bloodlust and the attention his Sharingan could attract.
• After returning to Konoha, Hiko provoked Hatake Sakumo’s teammates when they mocked Jiraiya, and the squad fought them at a barbecue restaurant.
• Hiko fought Hatake Sakumo until the patrol team arrived, then the squad reported the incident to the Third Hokage and received minor demerits while Sakumo’s teammates received major ones.
• Jiraiya bought high-proof alcohol, and Hiko arranged an inn for the three unconscious drinkers before going home.

Hiko faced pressure from the Uchiha, Konoha, and rival villages while agreeing to join the Anbu with his squad. As the Chunin Exam drew the Daimyos to Konoha, he persuaded the Third Hokage to add an Elite Jonin to the practical stage, setting up a challenge aimed specifically at him.

• Hiko returned to the Uchiha Clan Grounds, where Uchiha Shuu arranged for elders to teach him and granted him access to the Clan Ancestral Hall, while the elders suspected he was concealing his true abilities.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi refused Shimura Danzō’s request to recruit Hiko into Root and sent Anbu to protect him as other villages began considering how to assassinate him.
• Hiko became the first Chunin in Sarutobi Squad, then agreed to take the Chunin Exam and join the Anbu alongside Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru.
• Hiko told Orochimaru that he wanted Senju Hashirama’s cells from Root, and Orochimaru agreed to help obtain them while Hiko warned him away from forbidden research.
• Hiko clashed with the Elite Jonin examiner during the written exam, revealing his Three Tomoe Sharingan before Hatake Sakumo stopped their confrontation.
• Tsunade kissed Hiko and said their clans’ affairs should not involve them, while Hiko later warned an Anbu watcher not to follow them again.
• Hiko persuaded Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru to pool their money and convinced Hiruzen to seek approval for adding a powerful examiner to the practical exam so they could profit from the Daimyos’ bets.
• Hiruzen announced that an Elite Jonin could face the examinees in the Final Exam, and Hiko learned that the proctor had been arranged to face only him.