Chapter Summaries

Four-year-old Naruto, a transmigrator ostracized as the Demon Fox, endured villagers’ hostility while buying food and fishing for dinner. On his way home, he helped a lost Hinata return to the Hyuga Compound, then left alone as a system reward gave him winter gloves.

• Naruto bought groceries from a crooked shop owner while villagers blamed and insulted him as the Demon Fox.
• Naruto returned home, left the near-expired food behind, and went fishing; he caught a fish for dinner and reflected on his life as a transmigrator in Naruto’s body.
• Naruto encountered a lost Hinata and agreed to lead her to the Hyuga Compound.
• Naruto brought Hinata to the compound, released her hand as guards gathered around her, and departed without waiting for her to speak.
• Naruto watched the brightly decorated Hyuga Compound from outside, and a system message awarded him winter gloves for earning Hinata Hyuga’s approval.

Naruto discovered that Hinata’s approval had awakened an Approval System, but decided he would not pretend to be the Child of Prophecy to win over people who despised him. When the Third Hokage visited and questioned him about his pranks, Naruto revealed that villagers called him the Demon Fox, prompting the Third Hokage to promise help and order him to stay home.

• Naruto received Winter Warm Gloves after Hinata’s favorability toward him reached approval, and learned the Approval System could grant abilities as favorability rose.
• Naruto returned home, cooked the fish he had caught, and considered relying on the Nine-Tails and Uzumaki Clan physique rather than seeking the villagers’ approval.
• The Third Hokage visited Naruto, inspected his tidy home, and accepted his invitation to dinner.
• The Third Hokage criticized Naruto’s pranks, but Naruto said he treated villagers as they treated him and told the Third Hokage that they called him the Demon Fox.
• The Third Hokage promised that no one would call Naruto the Demon Fox again and told him to stay home while someone brought him food and books.
• After the Third Hokage left, Naruto watched him go and resolved to distinguish between trusting Hiruzen Sarutobi as his father’s teacher and trusting him as Hokage.

While confined to his home, Naruto read books sent by the Third Hokage and judged the Will of Fire to be a useful slogan more often exploited than practiced. The Third Hokage learned that Danzo was linked to the Demon Fox rumors but chose not to clarify them, while a trace of fiery red Chakra escaped Naruto’s seal as he slept.

• Naruto exercised indoors, received books and supplies from the Anbu, and read about the ninja world's geography.
• Naruto found that Konoha's history book downplayed the Uchiha and exaggerated the roles of Hiruzen, Shimura, and the Ino-Shika-Cho clans.
• The Third Hokage learned from an Anbu that village insiders, including someone among the upper ranks, had spread the Demon Fox rumor and suspected Danzo.
• The Third Hokage refused to clarify the rumors, then asked the Anbu to summon the Head of the Nara Clan to discuss finding Naruto friends.
• Naruto finished reading the Will of Fire, decided not to support or openly oppose it, and fell asleep as fiery red Chakra leaked from his Four Symbols Seal.

Naruto encountered the Nine-Tails in the sealing space and resisted its attempt to corrupt him with hatred and promises of revenge. Their argument ended with the fox turning away after Naruto teased it about its gender.

• Naruto arrived in the sealing space and saw the Nine-Tails for the first time.
• The Nine-Tails flooded Naruto with its Chakra and negative emotions, but Naruto regained control of himself.
• The Nine-Tails urged Naruto to accept its Chakra and take revenge on the villagers, but Naruto pointed out that it was trapped by the seal.
• Naruto called the Nine-Tails his tenant and joked about whether it watched him bathe or use the toilet.
• Naruto asked whether the Nine-Tails was male or female, and the irritated fox turned away.

Naruto repeatedly visited the Nine-Tails in the Sealing Space and traded barbs with him, while the Third Hokage encouraged Naruto to leave home and see the village. The chapter ended with Naruto taunting the Nine-Tails about being sealed inside him, leaving the fox sulking as Naruto looked forward to the future.

• Naruto considered the Nine-Tails' strength and potential as an ally before being pulled from the Sealing Space, while the Nine-Tails wondered why Naruto showed him so little malice.
• Over the next month, Naruto visited the Nine-Tails daily, and the fox grew impatient with his jailer-and-prisoner jokes.
• The Third Hokage visited Naruto and urged him to go outside, and Naruto agreed while warning that he would make anyone who cursed him regret it.
• After the Third Hokage left Naruto's living expenses, the Nine-Tails teased him for calling the Hokage Grandpa, and Naruto retorted that the fox was his tenant.
• The Nine-Tails withdrew into his cage after Naruto struck a nerve, and Naruto laughed and looked forward to what came next.

Naruto used the villagers’ hostility and the Hokage’s ban to retaliate against merchants who mistreated him. In the park, he confronted three boys bullying Hinata after they called him the Demon Fox, and knocked their leader down.

• Naruto threatened a merchant with a rumor about the Demon Fox’s curse, bought seasonings, and spread the rumor outside the shop.
• Naruto repeated his revenge trick against several villagers and collected goods, telling Nine-Tails he would repay resentment with fairness.
• Naruto headed toward the wilderness to gather food and mushrooms for his next meal with the Third Hokage.
• Naruto saw three boys bullying Hinata and stayed back while they taunted him and accused him of plotting with her.
• The leading boy swung at Naruto, who knocked him down and advanced on the other two.

Naruto drove off the boys bullying Hinata and helped her back to the Hyuga Compound, earning her trust. Choji and Shikamaru decided to approach Naruto another time, while Naruto received Hinata’s Gentle Fist Training Notes.

• Naruto beat the boys who had attacked Hinata and warned them not to provoke him again.
• Naruto asked Hinata why she had not fought back, and she admitted she would defy her father’s teachings for Naruto.
• Choji and Shikamaru watched Naruto rescue Hinata and chose to wait for another chance to befriend him.
• Naruto escorted Hinata back to the Hyuga Compound, where the guards thanked him.
• The Nine-Tails teased Naruto about Hinata, and Naruto received Gentle Fist Training Notes after her favorability toward him reached Trust.

The Third Hokage mediated complaints about Naruto, then visited him and shared a meal that left them both sick from poisonous mushrooms. He agreed to send Naruto books on wild plants and ninja training, while asking him to keep the mishap secret.

• The Third Hokage calmed parents who complained about Naruto by explaining that their children had bullied Hinata, the Hyuga Family Head's daughter.
• After the parents left, the Third Hokage decided Naruto had acted well by defending Hinata and went to visit him.
• Naruto served the Third Hokage grilled fish, steamed egg custard, and mushroom soup containing poisonous mushrooms.
• Naruto and the Third Hokage spent two hours rushing to the bathroom before recovering from the poisoning.
• The Third Hokage promised to send Naruto books about wild plants and ninja, and asked him not to tell anyone about their upset stomachs.

Naruto received ninja training books from the Third Hokage, extracted Chakra, and began practicing the Three Basic Ninjutsu Techniques. After the Nine-Tails interfered with his Clone Technique, Naruto used his Gentle Fist Training Notes to learn Chakra control and went to sleep facing a growing food shortage.

• The Third Hokage left Naruto's home, and Naruto joked with the Nine-Tails about their encounter.
• Naruto found the training books delivered by the Anbu and extracted Chakra after studying how it worked.
• Naruto lifted a couch with Chakra but exhausted himself and became trapped beneath it.
• Naruto's Clone Technique failed because the Nine-Tails' Chakra disrupted it, and the Nine-Tails taunted him and offered help in exchange for being called Uncle.
• Naruto claimed the Gentle Fist Training Notes and gained training memories about Chakra control and taijutsu.
• Naruto ate dinner, realized his food supplies would run out sooner because his appetite had increased, and fell asleep.

Naruto maintained a strict training routine and used the Nine-Tails’ attempts to disrupt his ninjutsu as practice for controlling Chakra. The Nine-Tails realized Naruto was exploiting its interference, warned him about the Third Hokage’s surveillance, and confirmed that hidden ninjas were nearby.

• Naruto followed a disciplined daily schedule of exercise, study, cooking, and ninja training, drawing the Third Hokage’s approval and the villagers’ wary curiosity.
• Naruto used the Nine-Tails’ Chakra interference to improve his Chakra control and practiced basic Gentle Fist stances in private.
• The Nine-Tails confronted Naruto about using its Chakra to train, and Naruto teased it by calling it Teacher Nine-Tails.
• The Nine-Tails warned Naruto that ninjas were secretly following him on the Third Hokage’s orders and urged him to be cautious.
• Naruto sensed watchers hidden nearby, and the Nine-Tails confirmed that he had guessed correctly.

Naruto trained his sensory abilities with the Nine-Tails’ help, then visited Ichiraku Ramen and discovered he preferred Menma bamboo shoots to narutomaki. The chapter ended with Teuchi defending Naruto as a child blamed by the villagers and a disguised middle-aged ninja hinting at his parents’ unknown past.

• Naruto asked the Nine-Tails to locate the Anbu watching him, and the Nine-Tails reported their positions and numbers.
• Naruto used the Nine-Tails’ guidance to practice sensing the Anbu on his way home, learning that one of the two had left.
• Naruto entered Ichiraku Ramen despite the other diners’ discomfort and asked Teuchi for an extra-large bowl.
• Naruto learned that the Nine-Tails could sense the Third Hokage watching him and asked it to alert him whenever that happened.
• Naruto enjoyed Teuchi’s ramen, preferred the Menma bamboo shoots to narutomaki, paid, and promised to return.
• After Naruto left, Teuchi rejected the villagers’ Demon Fox label, while a middle-aged ninja speculated about Naruto’s parents and what they might think of his treatment.

Naruto befriended Shikamaru and Choji and showed strong ninja talent while playing with them. The Third Hokage refused Danzo’s demand to take Naruto, insisting Konoha needed a Killer B rather than a weapon trained by Root.

• Shikamaru and Choji approached Naruto, asked to be his friends, and agreed to meet him in the grove.
• Shikamaru admitted that he wanted to befriend Naruto sincerely, though his father had also asked him to make contact.
• Naruto met Shikamaru and Choji in the grove and suggested they play Ninja Pretend Play, turning their game into a sparring match.
• The Third Hokage watched Naruto display promising chakra control and taijutsu, and considered him a talent worth cultivating.
• Danzo demanded that the Third Hokage hand Naruto over to Root so he could train him into a weapon.
• The Third Hokage rejected Danzo’s proposal, saying Konoha needed a Killer B and that Danzo’s methods could not produce one.

Naruto spent a peaceful day sparring, eating, and fishing with Shikamaru and Choji while reflecting on their friendship and the village’s treatment of him. He shared the taste of grilled fish with Kurama and gained Malice Perception lv1 when Kurama’s favorability reached recognition.

• Naruto defeated Shikamaru and Choji in a sparring match, then shared rice balls and fried chicken with them.
• Naruto learned that Shikamaru had initially befriended him at his father’s suggestion but later chose to become his real friend.
• Naruto questioned Shikamaru about the village’s treatment of him and his parents, then said he was ready to move past the villagers’ bullying.
• Naruto led Shikamaru and Choji to fish, and the three grilled and ate their catch by the river.
• Naruto used chakra to share the taste of grilled fish with Kurama, raising Kurama’s favorability to recognition and earning Malice Perception lv1.

Naruto discussed improving his strength with the Nine-Tails, then received an admission notice for the Ninja Academy from the Third Hokage. The chapter ended with Naruto planning to master the Shadow Clone Jutsu before school began.

• Naruto told the Nine-Tails he would share delicious food-flavored Chakra, then considered how to improve his strength and avoid surveillance.
• The Third Hokage visited Naruto, who said he had learned the Substitution Technique and Transformation Jutsu but could not master the Clone Technique.
• Naruto told the Third Hokage that he cared about Hinata, Shikamaru, Choji, and him, and asked to learn more ninjutsu.
• The Third Hokage tested Naruto's Chakra nature, found it was Wind, and gave him a Ninja Academy admission notice and the Shadow Clone Jutsu.
• Naruto told the Nine-Tails he was going to school and decided to master the Shadow Clone Jutsu before the academy opened.

Naruto mastered Shadow Clone Jutsu and parted ways with Shikamaru and Choji as they began clan training. He learned the Cloud Village Envoy had arrived and accepted a gift from Hinata, warning her to stay safe.

• Naruto defeated Shikamaru and Choji with Shadow Clones after mastering the jutsu in only a few days.
• Shikamaru and Choji told Naruto they would be training with the Yamanaka Clan's children and could no longer spend time with him, so the three enjoyed one last afternoon together.
• Naruto learned that the Cloud Village Envoy had come to sign a peace agreement and remembered their hidden mission to take the Byakugan.
• Naruto noticed villagers treating him with disgust while welcoming the Cloud ninja, then walked to a secluded park.
• Hinata gave Naruto a gift after waiting in the park for him, and Naruto urged her not to go looking for him alone at night.

Naruto anticipated that the Cloud Village delegation would make a move in Konoha and watched the village at night with the Nine-Tails. As Anbu monitored the Cloud ninja near the Hyuga Compound, the delegation’s real aim emerged: to distract Konoha’s Anbu while its leader tried to obtain the Byakugan.

• Naruto treasured the gloves and blessing note Hinata had given him, then traded teasing remarks with the Nine-Tails about romance.
• Naruto told the Nine-Tails he expected trouble from the Cloud Village delegation and watched figures move through the village at night.
• Gekko Hayate ordered Uzuki Yugao to remain on Naruto’s protection detail while he sought a way to notify Kakashi about suspicious Cloud ninja near Naruto.
• The Cloud squad leader said their mission was to tie down Konoha’s Anbu and give their leader time to obtain the Byakugan, not to abduct Naruto.

Naruto sensed a hostile ninja approaching and prepared to defend himself while the Nine-Tails offered to take control if his life was in danger. The attacker, Tenpu, entered Naruto’s room and stabbed at a decoy in the bathroom, only to be wounded by Naruto, who declared that Tenpu was the one who should not have existed.

• A masked man lured the Cloud ninja into appearing to plot against Naruto, and Gekko Hayate and Uzuki Yugao confronted them.
• Naruto sensed a malicious ninja approaching, learned that the Anbu guarding him had been tied up, and prepared to fight.
• Tenpu entered Naruto’s room and crushed a portrait after recalling how the Fourth Hokage’s death had ruined his prospects.
• Tenpu pushed open the bathroom door and stabbed at a figure in the steam, but his kunai struck empty air.
• Naruto stabbed Tenpu’s foot with a fruit knife and told him that he was the one who should not have existed.

Naruto subdued and interrogated Tenpu, a disgruntled Konoha Chunin who had spread rumors about him and attempted to kill him. After learning that Naruto already knew he was the Fourth Hokage’s son, the Nine-Tails comforted him, and Naruto wounded himself before asking the Nine-Tails to control his body.

• Naruto questioned Tenpu about his identity and why he had targeted him, while Tenpu tried to unsettle him by revealing that he was the Fourth Hokage’s son.
• Naruto used Shadow Clones and Gentle Fist techniques to subdue Tenpu and force him to confess that he had acted out of resentment over his stalled career.
• Naruto killed Tenpu and considered how others had used the Chunin to spread rumors about him, worsening his view of Konoha.
• The Nine-Tails noticed Naruto’s distress over learning his father’s identity and discrimination, but Naruto said he had known for a long time.
• Naruto slashed his own arm with a kunai and asked the Nine-Tails to use its Chakra to control his body.

Naruto used the Nine-Tails' Chakra to destroy a corpse, then lost control and rampaged through Konoha before collapsing in a secluded park. The Third Hokage took charge of the unconscious Naruto as Kakashi suspected someone had attacked him and wondered whether he was the Fourth Hokage's son.

• The Nine-Tails sent Naruto some of its Chakra, and Naruto destroyed the corpse before running toward the outskirts of the village in a rampage.
• Uzuki Yugao confronted the Cloud ninja while Gekko Hayate reported that a black-clad ninja had delayed him from protecting Naruto.
• Naruto's rampage damaged streets and buildings, frightening nearby villagers, while Kakashi tracked him to a secluded park.
• Naruto stopped approaching Kakashi, lost the Nine-Tails' Chakra, and collapsed; Kakashi caught him and inferred that someone had attacked him.
• The Third Hokage arrived with Anbu, took Naruto into his care, and ordered Kakashi to guard the area and report to him later.

The Third Hokage and his advisors debated how to respond to Cloud’s demand that Hiashi be handed over after killing the envoy leader, while weighing the risk of renewed war and Konoha’s strained resources. After the council chose compromise, the Third Hokage confronted Danzo over a missing Chunin linked to the attack on Naruto and warned him, “I am the Hokage!”

• The Third Hokage told Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura, and Danzo that Hiashi had killed the Cloud envoy leader after the envoy tried to kidnap a Hyuga Main Family member.
• Mitokado Homura warned that Konoha’s supplies and funds were strained, while Iwagakure might join the conflict and further cuts could worsen tensions with the Uchiha Clan.
• Danzo urged the Third Hokage to stand firm against Cloud, but Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura opposed continuing the war, and Danzo abstained.
• The Third Hokage decided to visit the Hyuga Compound and ask the clan to hand over Hiashi for the village’s sake.
• The Third Hokage summoned Danzo and questioned him about Tenpu, a missing Chunin whose forehead protector was found near the attack on Naruto.
• Danzo denied involvement, and the Third Hokage warned him that he was the Hokage.