Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Gen watched the Ninja Academy's final graduation exam match while reflecting on his system and the advantages he had gained from it. Uchiha Inabi and Sarutobi Enju began a fire-style clash, leaving the winner undecided.

• Nara Shikaku told Uchiha Gen that he had placed first in the written test again, while Gen helped himself to Akimichi Chōza's snacks.
• Uchiha Gen assessed Uchiha Inabi and Sarutobi Enju as contenders for first place in the practical exam and noted that Inabi was holding something back.
• Uchiha Gen reflected on how his Haruno Sakura character card had strengthened his skills and helped him excel in written tests.
• Uchiha Gen recalled that his system came from a half-finished Hokage card game he had worked on before transmigrating to the Ninja World.
• Kurama Murakumo and the other students noticed Uchiha Inabi and Sarutobi Enju forming seals, and the two boys launched Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique and Fire Style: Flame Bullet at each other.

Mokume Koto watched the graduating students and considered how Uchiha Gen might serve as a bridge between the Uchiha Clan and Konoha’s leadership. After Sarutobi Enju defeated Uchiha Inabi, Enju began his match with Gen as Mokume Koto and the Third Hokage watched.

• Mokume Koto arrived beside Chunin Muna and observed Sarutobi Enju and Uchiha Inabi’s Ninjutsu clash.
• Muna identified Uchiha Gen and Utsuki Ruri among the students, while Mokume Koto considered the political purpose behind his assigned team.
• Sarutobi Enju’s Flame Bullet overwhelmed Uchiha Inabi’s Great Fireball, and Enju defeated him after pursuing him across the field.
• Enju challenged Uchiha Gen, rested briefly, then returned to the field and formed the Seal of Confrontation with him.
• Chunin Muna started Enju and Gen’s match as Mokume Koto and the Third Hokage watched.

Uchiha Gen used a Skill Proficiency Card to improve his Great Fireball Technique and unleashed it against Sarutobi Enju during their graduation combat exam. Hiruzen Sarutobi recognized Gen’s exceptional talent and decided the Hokage Faction needed to bring him closer, considering who could help deepen his ties to the Hokage Lineage.

• Sarutobi Enju dodged Uchiha Gen’s shuriken while preparing to exploit his advantage in taijutsu and fire ninjutsu.
• Akimichi Chōza tasted the liquid in Enju’s bottle and discovered it was oil, while Uchiha Inabi and the others realized it strengthened Enju’s Fire Release.
• Uchiha Inabi expected Gen to lose, unaware that Gen had used a Skill Proficiency Card to improve his mastered ninjutsu during training.
• Uchiha Gen drew Enju into close combat, then countered Enju’s attempt to form seals by unleashing a Great Fireball far larger than Inabi’s.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi watched Gen’s Great Fireball through the Crystal Ball, compared his talent to Orochimaru’s, and decided to bind him more closely to the Hokage Faction.

Uchiha Gen won the Graduation Exam practical and took first place, officially becoming a Konoha Ninja and earning a Gacha Pull. Hiruzen Sarutobi reconsidered the newly graduated Genin assignments and summoned Orochimaru.

• Uchiha Gen overwhelmed Sarutobi Enju's Flame Bullet, bound him with shuriken and wire, and won their practical exercise.
• Uchiha Gen told Uchiha Inabi that his father's Training Notes had helped him, and the two agreed to face each other again.
• Chunin Muna announced Uchiha Gen in first place, Sarutobi Enju in second, and Uchiha Inabi in third, then awarded Gen his Ninja Headband.
• Uchiha Gen's completed Graduation Exam mission received an S evaluation and rewarded him with enough Experience Points to reach level 9 and one Gacha Pull.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi crossed out Mokume Koto's name on the Genin assignment sheet and ordered Yoru Kashi to summon Orochimaru.

After graduating first in his class, Uchiha Gen was invited by Uchiha Mikoto to meet the Uchiha Great Elder. As they walked together, Gen focused part of his attention on the system, postponing his planned lottery draw.

• Uchiha Shinno questioned Inaho about his third-place finish and promised to take him to the Clan Vault to choose a ninjutsu.
• Shinno told Gen that Uchiha Mikoto had come to invite him to meet her grandfather, the Great Elder.
• Mikoto invited Gen to the Great Elder's home, and Shinno left with Inaho.
• Gen walked through Konoha with Mikoto while secretly turning his attention to the system.

Uchiha Gen drew a Green Skill Learning Card on his way to meet the Great Elder, then joined Uchiha Mikoto for lunch at her family home. The Great Elder asked Gen about the relationship between the Uchiha Clan and Konoha, and Gen argued that they needed each other.

• Uchiha Gen used his Gacha Pull and obtained a Green Skill Learning Card that could help him learn C-rank jutsu or below.
• Uchiha Mikoto spoke with Gen about the hardships and purpose of life after graduation as they entered the clan grounds.
• Mikoto brought Gen to her home, where he met her mother and the Great Elder and stayed for lunch.
• After lunch, the Great Elder asked Gen how young ninja viewed the relationship between the clan and the village.
• Gen said the Uchiha needed to stand with Konoha for safety and to preserve the clan's standing, while Konoha needed Uchiha strength against rival villages.

Uchiha Gen convinced the Great Elder that he understood the growing conflict between the Uchiha Clan and Konoha, earning the elder’s interest in cultivating him. The chapter ended with Gen asking who else in the Clan had the potential to help revive it.

• The Great Elder rejected Uchiha Gen’s diplomatic answer and asked for his honest view of the Clan’s relationship with the village.
• Uchiha Gen warned that the conflict was moving toward disaster, explaining how the Clan’s power and desire for authority could provoke suppression.
• Uchiha Gen used Sarutobi Enju’s victory over Inaho in the Graduation Exam to explain how struggles for status could grow from small contests into larger conflicts.
• The Great Elder praised Uchiha Gen’s foresight and said he had the potential to shoulder the Clan’s future mission.
• Uchiha Gen asked the Great Elder who else in the Clan had similar potential.

Uchiha Gen discussed the clan’s dangerous future with the Great Elder, who then brought him to the Clan Vault to choose ninjutsu. Gen returned home with scrolls and began planning a balanced combat system, focusing next on learning Wind Release techniques.

• The Great Elder told Uchiha Gen that Fugaku also foresaw conflict between the Uchiha and the village, and warned that Konoha’s leaders would suppress the clan.
• The Great Elder explained that the Uchiha lacked the strength to secure the status they wanted and said he hoped to cultivate capable clan members for the future.
• The Great Elder took Gen to the Clan Vault and explained which floors held different jutsu, advising him to build a personal combat foundation rather than learn too many difficult techniques.
• Gen selected ninjutsu from the vault and returned home with scrolls and training notes.
• Gen assessed his Fire Release skills and decided to learn more Wind Release techniques to broaden his options and strengthen his Fire Release.

Uchiha Gen prepared to strengthen his abilities, contracted with a flock of Ninja Crows, and used a Skill Learning Card to begin learning the Chakra Sensory Technique. At the Ninja Academy, he received his Ninja Number and learned that he had been assigned to Team Seven with Sarutobi Enju and Utsuki Ruri, under Orochimaru.

• Uchiha Gen reviewed his resources and prioritized Uchiha Style Swordsmanship, the Summoning Technique, and sensory ninjutsu.
• Uchiha Gen signed a contract with a flock of Ninja Crows and confirmed that he could summon them.
• Uchiha Gen used a Skill Learning Card to learn the basics of the Chakra Sensory Technique, which let him sense roughly ten meters around himself.
• Uchiha Gen went to the Ninja Academy, received Ninja Number 005486, and attended the team assignments.
• Muna assigned Uchiha Gen, Sarutobi Enju, and Utsuki Ruri to Team Seven, with Orochimaru as their jonin instructor.

Uchiha Gen considered what joining Orochimaru’s squad meant for his place between the Uchiha Clan and the Hokage Faction. At Konoha’s gates, Orochimaru challenged the three new genin to prove they had the strength and ability to survive before he would accept them as students.

• Uchiha Gen reflected that the Third Hokage may have placed him under Orochimaru to cultivate his influence within the Uchiha Clan and the Hokage Faction.
• Sarutobi Biwako led the new Ino-Shika-Cho generation away, and other jonin collected their assigned students.
• Orochimaru summoned Sarutobi Enju, Uchiha Gen, and Utsuki Ruri and led them toward Konoha’s gates.
• Orochimaru told the three genin that he had not accepted them as students and warned that the weak would die on the battlefield.
• Utsuki Ruri insisted that they had the determination to do anything and questioned how Orochimaru could judge their talent.

Orochimaru accepted Uchiha Gen, Sarutobi Enju, and Utsuki Ruri as his squad for a dangerous C-rank mission to eliminate bandits and recover stolen tax funds. At the town, Gen urged his teammates to disguise themselves and gather intelligence before entering.

• Utsuki Ruri and Sarutobi Enju insisted they wanted Orochimaru as their teacher, and Uchiha Gen recognized that Orochimaru had brought them outside the village to test them.
• Orochimaru gave Uchiha Gen a C-rank mission scroll and warned the three Genin to prove themselves or find another Jonin squad leader.
• The squad left Konoha and traveled to a remote town where bandits had robbed merchants and stolen tax funds intended for the Daimyo.
• Orochimaru told the three Genin he would only observe as they approached the town.
• Uchiha Gen stopped his teammates and proposed disguising themselves and gathering intelligence before entering, since the mission was likely more complicated than it appeared.

Uchiha Gen investigated the bandits plaguing River Valley Town and learned that they were miners driven into desperation by high taxes and wartime demands. After his teammates uncovered the townspeople’s ties to the bandits, Gen insisted that their mission still required them to act, leaving Sarutobi Enju asking whether they could capture the bandits alive.

• Uchiha Gen sent Sarutobi Enju and Utsuki Ruri to investigate River Valley Town while his Ninja Crows scouted the area.
• At Lord Hase’s estate, Gen learned from the Ito Family Retainer that the bandits were former miners who had fled harsh work and higher taxes.
• Utsuki Ruri reported that many townspeople were relatives of the bandits and that the tax increase had driven more residents into the mountains.
• Gen regrouped with his teammates at five and explained that Orochimaru had likely designed the mission to test them.
• Sarutobi Enju questioned whether they had to kill the desperate bandits, and Gen said ninja had to prioritize completing their mission.
• Sarutobi Enju asked whether they could capture the bandits without killing them.

Uchiha Gen agreed to let Sarutobi Enju pay off the local steward to spare the innocent child, while warning him about the risks of mercy on the battlefield. He then secured command of the team and began assigning roles as a hidden white snake watched nearby.

• Sarutobi Enju proposed using his savings to persuade the steward to let the child go, and Uchiha Gen agreed after warning him to consider the whole team's judgment.
• Uchiha Gen reflected that Enju's idealism could endanger the team, while also helping him appear receptive to the Will of Fire before Orochimaru and Konoha's leaders.
• Uchiha Gen asked to lead the team, and Sarutobi Enju and Utsuki Ruri both agreed.
• Uchiha Gen began assigning duties to his teammates while a concealed white snake watched from the grass.

Orochimaru and Jiraiya discussed the squad Orochimaru had agreed to lead, and Orochimaru decided Uchiha Gen could help keep it on track. Gen led his team to capture the bandits and recover most of the stolen supplies, then asked Orochimaru whether he approved of their work.

• Orochimaru noticed Jiraiya watching and discussed the promising Uchiha Gen, while Jiraiya reported that Kumogakure was seeking peace talks.
• Orochimaru told Jiraiya he would become a jonin instructor for Sarutobi Enju and criticized Enju's indecisive, reckless nature.
• Orochimaru judged that Gen's intelligence and leadership could make the squad manageable, though he thought Gen was too soft-hearted.
• Gen used Ninja Crows and Sensory Ninjutsu to track the bandits, and his squad captured more than a hundred of them and recovered most of the stolen supplies.
• Gen let Sarutobi Enju speak with the lord's steward, then asked Orochimaru whether he was satisfied with the squad's work.

Orochimaru accepted Uchiha Gen, Utsuki Ruri, and Sarutobi Enju as his students after they passed his test, then discussed their abilities and training with the Third Hokage. As the team waited at the mission hall, Uchiha Gen studied Wind Release: Gale Palm and noted questions for Orochimaru.

• Orochimaru awarded the team seventy-five points and allowed Uchiha Gen and Utsuki Ruri to call him Sensei; Sarutobi Enju learned that he had passed too.
• Orochimaru and the team returned to Konoha and reported the completed mission to the Third Hokage the next morning.
• Orochimaru told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Sarutobi Enju was naive and that Uchiha Gen showed promise as a future link between the village and the Uchiha Clan.
• Orochimaru agreed to guide Uchiha Gen, and Hiruzen Sarutobi said the team still needed to complete required D-rank missions.
• Orochimaru asked Hiruzen Sarutobi for bells, while Uchiha Gen studied a Wind Release: Gale Palm scroll and recorded questions for his new teacher.

Orochimaru divided the mission payment among his students, then began a survival drill in the Forest of Death where they had to evade him and keep their bells. Uchiha Gen sent his teammates off with summoned crows to help them communicate and mislead Orochimaru as the hunt began.

• Orochimaru gave Uchiha Gen, Sarutobi Enju, and Utsuki Ruri the mission payment and announced they would not take another mission yet.
• At the Forest of Death, Orochimaru explained his revised bell test: the first student caught would write reports, while the last would receive ninjutsu training.
• Uchiha Gen, Sarutobi Enju, and Utsuki Ruri rushed into the forest and discussed splitting up to avoid being caught together.
• Uchiha Gen summoned more than a dozen Ninja Crows, assigned crows to Sarutobi Enju and Utsuki Ruri, and explained how they could share information if someone lost a bell.
• Uchiha Gen proposed using the crows to carry his teammates' scent-bearing belongings and lay false trails for Orochimaru.

Uchiha Gen and his teammates scattered through the Forest of Death to evade Orochimaru, who hunted them with summoned snakes. After learning Utsuki Ruri had been eliminated and confronting a Black Scale Serpent, Gen used Fire Oil and the Dragon Fire Technique to set it ablaze.

• Sarutobi Enju and Utsuki Ruri handed their belongings to Uchiha Gen, then scattered while Ninja Crows carried scent-bearing items away as decoys.
• Orochimaru entered the forest, tracked the decoys with snakes, and ordered summoned pythons to capture Sarutobi Enju.
• Uchiha Gen used snake scent, mud, and his Ninja Crows to hide and keep his distance from Orochimaru, while a giant serpent chased Sarutobi Enju.
• Uchiha Gen learned that Utsuki Ruri had been eliminated and found a Black Scale Serpent pursuing him.
• Uchiha Gen trapped the Black Scale Serpent with steel wires and smoke, then used Sarutobi Enju's Fire Oil to strengthen his Dragon Fire Technique and burn it.

Uchiha Gen defeated the Black Scale Serpent and fled through the river, while Orochimaru inspected the battlefield and lost his trail. Orochimaru then turned toward Sarutobi Enju, who was surrounded by snakes and fighting for survival.

• Uchiha Gen scorched the Black Scale Serpent until it dispelled the Summoning Technique, then ran toward the river to hide his scent.
• Orochimaru and Utsuki Ruri examined the battlefield and recognized Uchiha Gen’s tactics from the scattered weapons, wires, and lingering flames.
• Orochimaru followed Uchiha Gen’s scent to the river, where it vanished, and concluded that Gen had escaped through the water.
• Orochimaru summoned a White Phosphorus Snake and headed to find Sarutobi Enju after learning that Enju had been discovered.
• Sarutobi Enju escaped the Two-headed Snake but was surrounded by snake swarms, then fought a desperate battle against three giant snakes.

Orochimaru ended Sarutobi Enju’s trial and intensified the pursuit of Uchiha Gen by unleashing a coordinated swarm of powerful snakes. Uchiha Gen abandoned his Ninja Crows and fled through the forest, hoping to evade Orochimaru long enough to earn the promised ninjutsu.

• Orochimaru judged Sarutobi Enju’s abilities and ended his trial, knocking him unconscious when he refused to stop fighting.
• Orochimaru used the Many-Headed Serpent Formation and sent a much larger, more aggressive swarm of snakes after Uchiha Gen.
• Uchiha Gen noticed the snakes’ speed, toughness, and coordination, then dismissed the Ninja Crows he had used to mislead Orochimaru.
• Uchiha Gen combined shuriken with his unfinished Wind Release: Gale Palm to pierce through the snakes and escape the encirclement.
• Uchiha Gen sprinted away from Orochimaru’s likely route while the swarm chased him through the Forest of Death.

Uchiha Yashiro and the Konoha Military Police Force found Orochimaru testing his new student, Uchiha Gen, in the Forest of Death. Gen fought to survive the overwhelming snake assault, but as the trial intensified, he was forced to spend more Chakra.

• Uchiha Yashiro arrived with a squad and questioned Orochimaru about the disturbance in the Forest of Death.
• Orochimaru explained that the snakes were part of a difficult training exercise for his newly accepted student, Uchiha Gen.
• Uchiha Yashiro ordered Yuto to warn other ninjas away while he stayed to observe Gen's trial.
• Uchiha Gen used a Ration Pill, Elastic Steel Wire, and the Dragon Fire Technique to hold back the snake swarms as he fought with kunai and taijutsu.
• Uchiha Yashiro watched Gen with his Three-Tomoe Sharingan while Sarutobi Enju woke on the Two-headed Snake and watched too.
• When the giant snakes joined the attack, Uchiha Gen stopped conserving Chakra and used the Great Fireball Technique.