Chapter Summaries

Zhang Ming woke in the body of a young Uzumaki Naruto in the world of Naruto and accepted a system choice to begin a new life, gaining Chakra Mastery. After learning that the system would only appear for major life choices, he went back to bed, resolved to play along with Konoha’s leaders for now.

• Zhang Ming awoke from a nightmare of villagers cursing the Demon Fox and discovered he was in an unfamiliar room with a small body.
• Zhang Ming’s system offered him the choice of returning to his old life or starting anew, and he chose to begin a brand-new life.
• Zhang Ming recognized himself in the mirror as three- or four-year-old Uzumaki Naruto and worried about the Anbu and Sarutobi Hiruzen watching him.
• Zhang Ming received Chakra Mastery and sensed the new energy gathering inside his body.
• Zhang Ming questioned the system, learned it would only issue missions at major choices, and decided to play along with Konoha’s leaders for now.

After experiencing Naruto’s painful memories, Zhang Ming awoke in the Sealing Space and met the Nine-Tails, whom he called Kurama. He claimed the Sage of Six Paths had identified him as Asura’s reincarnation, then asked the lonely fox whether it was bored in the seal.

• Zhang Ming relived Naruto’s first four years of mistreatment and awoke filled with anger toward the villagers and Konoha’s elders.
• Zhang Ming found himself in the Sealing Space and studied the water before speaking with the Nine-Tails.
• Zhang Ming called the Nine-Tails Kurama, startling it by using a name it had not heard in centuries.
• Zhang Ming claimed that the Sage of Six Paths had told him he was Asura’s reincarnation, and the Nine-Tails began to believe him.
• Zhang Ming said he was himself rather than a reincarnation and asked the Nine-Tails whether it was bored in the Sealing Space.

Naruto rejected Asura’s ideal of creating peace through love, arguing that kindness imposed on others was another form of malice and that strength ruled the Ninja World. Nine-Tails empathized with his resentment and asked whether he knew that it had killed his parents.

• Naruto invited Nine-Tails to destroy Konoha with him, then asked what Asura had been like.
• Nine-Tails described Asura as kind, and Naruto questioned whether love could create peace or make him forgive Konoha’s villagers.
• Naruto argued that prejudice could not be moved and that the villagers would not accept him just because he tried to understand them.
• Nine-Tails recalled that it had once lived peacefully in the mountains before people sealed it away because it was considered dangerous.
• Nine-Tails asked Naruto whether he knew that it had killed his parents.

Naruto reassured Kurama that he did not hate him and asked for his power, beginning a connection between them. In Konoha, Danzō tried to take Naruto into Root, but Hiruzen refused and reaffirmed that Danzō would never become Hokage.

• Naruto told Kurama that he would not hate him and asked him to give him power as the Reincarnation of Asura.
• A red thread of Chakra appeared between Naruto and Kurama as Hiruzen considered why Naruto had suddenly learned to extract Chakra.
• Shimura Danzō confronted Hiruzen and demanded that Naruto be handed over to Root for training.
• Hiruzen refused, saying Naruto was Minato's child and should grow up in the sunlight, and he decided to visit Naruto the next day.
• Hiruzen ended the argument by invoking his authority as Hokage, and Danzō left in anger.
• Hiruzen reflected that Danzō would never become Hokage, even after his own death.

Naruto trained in the mountains outside Konoha while Sarutobi Hiruzen visited him and praised his desire to protect the village. After Naruto revealed that he had mastered the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique and the Rasengan, Sarutobi agreed to teach him Chakra nature and shape transformation.

• Naruto caught three fish with a wooden stick and prepared breakfast at his mountain camp.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen arrived, shared Naruto’s roasted fish, and reflected on Naruto’s dedication to Konoha.
• Naruto told the Nine-Tails that he played along with Sarutobi’s Will of Fire talk to avoid being taken to the Anbu.
• Naruto said he wanted to grow stronger so he could protect the village and earn its acceptance.
• Naruto told Sarutobi that he had mastered the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique and the Rasengan, then asked to learn another ninjutsu.
• Sarutobi agreed to teach Naruto Chakra nature transformation and shape transformation.

Naruto discovered his wind nature and quickly mastered the leaf-cutting exercise, then learned Wind Release: Vacuum Bullet from Sarutobi Hiruzen. Hiruzen left Naruto to practice, while Naruto smiled at the Anbu watching from the shadows.

• Naruto's Chakra test paper split in half, and Sarutobi Hiruzen explained that Naruto had wind-nature Chakra.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen demonstrated nature transformation by cutting a leaf, and Naruto soon cut one in half himself.
• Naruto asked to learn a new Ninjutsu, so Sarutobi Hiruzen taught him the long-range Wind Release: Vacuum Bullet.
• Naruto learned the technique on his first try, but his weak shot made only a tiny ripple in the river.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen departed using the Body Flicker Technique, and Naruto smiled toward the hidden Anbu as he prepared to practice.

Naruto demonstrated his powerful Wind Release and combat ability as Sarutobi Hiruzen and Konoha’s advisors watched. Danzo tried to claim Naruto as his disciple, but Hiruzen refused and declared that he intended Naruto to become the next Hokage; Danzo then proposed testing Naruto again.

• Naruto used Vacuum Bullets and a wind-nature Rasengan before emerging from underground to smash a massive boulder with a Chakra-enhanced punch.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura assessed Naruto’s strength while Sarutobi Hiruzen assured them that Naruto’s seal remained secure.
• Shimura Danzō praised Naruto’s Wind Release talent and asked to take him as his disciple.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen refused to let Danzo become Naruto’s teacher, saying Naruto needed a clean political background to become the next Hokage.
• After Koharu and Homura questioned Naruto’s prospects, Hiruzen insisted Naruto would earn the village’s recognition, and Danzo proposed testing the Jinchuriki again.

Naruto reunited with Hinata after finding her surrounded by bullies, then challenged her to stop accepting mistreatment. Hinata defended him against the villagers, but a Hyuga ninja pulled her away as the crowd turned violent and pelted Naruto with stones and refuse.

• Naruto saw several boys shove Hinata to the ground and prepare to throw stones at her, then stepped in and sent them fleeing.
• Naruto criticized Hinata for refusing to use her strength and said he had hoped they could become friends.
• As the villagers gathered and accused Naruto of being dangerous, Hinata bravely declared that he had saved her and was a good person.
• Naruto told Hinata to leave before the crowd became more dangerous, and a Hyuga ninja seized her and ran away.
• The villagers resumed shouting at Naruto and threw stones and refuse at him, while he wiped blood from his face and lamented his weakness.

Naruto rejected the system’s choice to beg for villagers’ forgiveness and instead let Kurama’s Chakra surface, frightening the crowd before he feigned pain and passed out. Sarutobi Hiruzen took Naruto to the hospital, ordered Danzō to ensure Naruto entered the Ninja Academy in two months, and Hinata confronted the boys who had bullied her.

• Naruto chose to use Kurama’s Chakra rather than kneel to the villagers, and a one-tailed cloak drove most of them to flee.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen summoned Enma and attacked Naruto, but Naruto hit a barrier while trying to escape and then pretended to be injured.
• Naruto told Hiruzen that the Nine-Tails had offered to help him gain recognition but wanted to hurt the villagers, then fainted.
• Hiruzen sent Naruto to the hospital and ordered Shimura Danzō to get him into the Ninja Academy within two months or lose Root’s funding.
• Hinata returned to the damaged square, heard the boys call her a monster, and shouted that they were the ones who looked like monsters.

Naruto awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and showed it to the Nine-Tails, claiming that this was what he meant by cheating. He left the Sealing Space eager to test his new strength against Kurama.

• Naruto teased the Nine-Tails for asking what he meant by a cheat and offered to show it.
• Naruto opened his eyes and revealed that his Sharingan had awakened into the Mangekyō after his memories and past suffering replayed in his mind.
• Naruto realized the awakening had boosted his strength and given him two ocular techniques, pushing him beyond his former limits.
• The Nine-Tails suspected Naruto's Mangekyō might mean he had Uchiha ancestry, then awkwardly abandoned the thought when Naruto called it rude.
• Naruto challenged Kurama to spar.

Uzumaki Naruto tested his newly awakened Mangekyō Sharingan against Kurama in the Sealing Space, using its two ocular techniques to conjure powerful attacks and absorb a Tailed Beast Ball. The battle ended with both fighters surviving, and Naruto explained that Bishamonten could absorb energy and strengthen his abilities.

• Naruto taunted Kurama about having been controlled by Mangekyō Sharingan before, then charged into the cage and attacked with Shadow Clones and Wind Release: Vacuum Bullets.
• Naruto used Dōhenmyōshin to pin Kurama with nine torii gates and conjured a giant Buddha with nine wooden hands, but Kurama broke free and formed a Tailed Beast Ball.
• Naruto used Bishamonten to swallow Kurama's first Tailed Beast Ball, then had his clones create a Super Big Ball Rasengan to clash with Kurama's second one.
• The collision destroyed Naruto's conjured Buddha and shook the Sealing Space, but Kurama and Naruto both survived behind their respective defenses.
• Naruto explained that Bishamonten could devour physical, spiritual, and Chakra energy, absorb it, and strengthen his abilities.

After awakening his Mangekyō Sharingan, Naruto recovered in Konoha Hospital and considered how to use his new powers and obtain more eyes. Sarutobi Hiruzen praised him as Konoha’s true hero and urged him to become a ninja, while Naruto secretly planned to make the villagers acknowledge him.

• Naruto woke in Konoha Hospital after escaping his battle with Nine-Tails and reflected on his recovered Mangekyō Sharingan and plans to test its abilities.
• Naruto sensed that two sources of malice had left, likely to notify Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzō, and considered whom to target.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen visited Naruto, noticed his changed form of address, and asked whether he still felt upset.
• Naruto pretended to feel guilty about becoming the Demon Fox as Sarutobi Hiruzen recounted Minato Namikaze’s sacrifice and called Naruto the village’s true hero.
• Naruto declared that he would make everyone acknowledge him, and Sarutobi Hiruzen encouraged him to graduate from the Ninja Academy and become a ninja.

Naruto returned to Konoha and spent the day unsettling villagers who feared him, then visited Ichiraku Ramen, where he reunited with Teuchi and Ayame and met Kakashi Hatake. When a customer insulted Ayame and left without paying, Naruto memorized his scent and decided to go after him.

• Naruto wandered through Konoha, enjoying how villagers feared him and watching the Military Police Force arrest those who openly cursed him.
• Naruto spoke with Kurama about taking revenge on Konoha after nightfall, and Kurama realized Naruto's malice had been unleashed.
• Naruto entered Ichiraku Ramen, where Ayame and Teuchi welcomed him warmly and he met Kakashi Hatake.
• Naruto told Ayame he had learned ninjutsu and was going to enroll in the Ninja Academy, while Kakashi remained quiet beside him.
• A customer insulted Ayame's ramen and left without paying, so Naruto memorized his scent and resolved to pursue him.
• Kakashi patted Naruto's head as he left and paid more than the cost of two bowls, leaving Naruto to watch him disappear into the darkness.

Naruto returned home and confronted an Anbu ninja who hated him for the Nine Tails Rampage. After the ninja attacked, Naruto used genjutsu to make him stab himself, then absorbed his body and blood, gaining the Anbu’s Invisibility Release.

• Naruto returned to his dusty home and sensed an Anbu ninja hiding there with intense killing intent.
• Naruto questioned the Anbu about his Invisibility Release, and the ninja recognized Naruto’s intent to take his bloodline limit and attacked.
• The Anbu accused Naruto of causing his parents’ deaths on Nine Tails Night, then stabbed at him while Naruto was distracted.
• Naruto’s genjutsu made the Anbu believe he had escaped and stabbed Naruto, but the ninja had actually driven his blade into his own chest.
• Naruto removed the Anbu’s mask, absorbed his body and the blood on the sofa, and gained the ability to turn invisible.

Naruto secretly left home, killed an Anbu ninja, and spotted a figure fleeing the Hokage Building toward the Uchiha Clan Compound. He followed Uchiha Shisui into the forest, where Shisui abruptly stopped and dropped down, apparently sensing something.

• Naruto used a Shadow Clone to fake sleep, then left home while hiding his body and suppressing his Chakra.
• Naruto killed a person he considered deserving of death, then stood atop Hokage Rock and discussed destroying Konoha with Kurama.
• Naruto spotted a black-clad figure leaving the Hokage Building and heading toward the Uchiha Clan Compound.
• Uchiha Shisui reflected on the clan's growing support for a coup and his plan to use Kotoamatsukami on Uchiha Fugaku to prevent it.
• Naruto followed Shisui invisibly, but Shisui suddenly paused in midair and dropped into the forest below.

Sarutobi Hiruzen summoned Shimura Danzō after learning of Uchiha Shisui’s Mangekyō ability and fearing the Uchiha clan’s rebellion. Naruto, disguised as an Uchiha, confronted Shisui and revealed Danzō’s hidden Sharingan, but Shisui activated Susanoo as their fight escalated.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen worried that an Uchiha rebellion would provoke war and ordered someone to summon Elder Danzo.
• Naruto appeared before Uchiha Shisui after dropping his invisibility and deflected Shisui’s barrage of shuriken and kunai.
• Shisui accused Naruto of turning the village and clan against each other and demanded to know what he had done to Cat.
• Naruto claimed he had borrowed Cat’s bloodline limit and told Shisui that Shimura Danzō had a Sharingan hidden beneath his bandages.
• Naruto attacked while Shisui was distracted, but Shisui blocked the sword with his first-stage Susanoo.
• Shisui formed a second-stage Susanoo and prepared to defeat Naruto before the village or clan could react.

Naruto confronted Uchiha Shisui over his plan to control Fugaku and his faith in Sarutobi Hiruzen, then revealed his own Mangekyō Sharingan and challenged Shisui’s assumptions about the Uchiha’s prospects. Naruto left without promising to help, warning that Shisui’s naivety and cowardice would bring disaster to him and the clan.

• Naruto dodged Uchiha Shisui’s Susanoo attacks and mocked him for turning his power against a fellow Uchiha.
• Uchiha Shisui used Kotoamatsukami on Naruto, but Naruto awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and formed a black Susanoo.
• Naruto revealed that he knew Shisui intended to control Fugaku, then criticized him for trusting the village over his clan.
• Naruto argued that the Uchiha could seize power and urged Shisui to reconsider his opposition to a coup.
• Naruto said he would not interfere in Uchiha affairs, departed on a growing tree, and warned Shisui that his naivety and cowardice would doom him and the clan.

Sarutobi Hiruzen learned that a masked intruder had killed Cat while targeting Shisui’s Sharingan and rushed to check on Naruto. He found Naruto safe, condemned Cat’s unauthorized close surveillance, and ordered heightened security and an emergency meeting.

• Shisui told Hiruzen and Danzō that an impostor wearing Cat’s mask had attacked him for his Sharingan and used Invisibility Release and Wood Release.
• An Anbu reported that Cat had been assigned to monitor Naruto, prompting Hiruzen and Danzō to rush to Naruto’s apartment.
• Shisui suspected that Danzō possessed an undiscovered Sharingan and might have been involved in the Nine Tails Rampage, but resolved to investigate before confronting him.
• Hiruzen sensed Naruto asleep and learned Cat had been watching him from inside his room, despite orders to keep a distance.
• Hiruzen declared that Cat was dead, ordered stronger village security and protection for Naruto, and summoned clan heads and Jonin to an emergency meeting.

Hinata trained fiercely after Naruto was injured, determined to overcome her timid nature and become his friend. Her father, Hyuga Hiashi, returned from an all-night meeting about a threat to bloodline abilities and found Hinata practicing, but she shrank back into her usual shyness when she greeted him.

• Hinata continued practicing the Gentle Fist, blaming her weakness for Naruto's injuries and resolving to change.
• Hinata asked her mother, Hyuga Keiko, to have extra breakfasts prepared, though she blushed when explaining the request.
• Hyuga Hiashi returned from an all-night meeting about an enemy who could seize bloodline abilities and the defeat of Uchiha Shisui.
• Hiashi saw Hinata's fiercer training and felt satisfied, then remembered she had beaten someone for Naruto's sake.
• Hinata timidly greeted Hiashi, and he told her to go eat.

Hinata learned that her large appetite supported her stamina and Chakra, while her parents regretted failing to notice she had been hungry. She challenged Neji to show her the gap between them, but he defeated her and blocked her meridians; Hinata told him they would meet again tomorrow.

• Hinata ate several extra servings at breakfast, and Hiashi explained that eating replenished the physical energy needed for training and Chakra.
• Hinata admitted to Keiko that she needed three more servings, and Keiko apologized for not realizing she was hungry.
• Hiashi strengthened protection around his family and left with several jonin to monitor the village for the stolen bloodline limit.
• Hinata sparred with Neji, whose Byakugan and Gentle Fist still gave him the advantage, though he noticed her movements had improved.
• Hinata asked Neji to use his full strength so she could understand their difference, and Keiko reluctantly allowed the fight to continue.
• Neji overwhelmed Hinata and blocked her meridians; as he left, Hinata told him, “See you tomorrow.”