Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Gen and his allies finished a training battle before Konoha’s forces swept enemy bases from the Land of Fire and entered the Land of Rain. On the journey, Gen studied Kagami Uchiha’s notes on the Phantom Body Flicker Technique and considered how much of it he could learn.

• Uchiha Gen and Sarutobi Enju used Wind Release to kill an Iwa Shinobi while Utsuki Ruri and Hizashi Hyuga defeated the bearded Iwa ninja.
• Orochimaru’s force regrouped after clearing the stronghold, and the hundred-man unit moved on to another enemy hideout.
• Several thousand Konoha Ninja wiped out nearly all identified enemy bases and underground operations in the Land of Fire.
• Uchiha Gen’s team arrived in the rainy Land of Rain, where Sarutobi Enju complained about the weather and Utsuki Ruri explained the country’s long rainy season.
• Uchiha Gen studied Kagami Uchiha’s notes on the Phantom Body Flicker Technique and resolved that learning its Body Flicker component could still benefit him.

Uchiha Gen arrived at Konoha’s camp in the Land of Rain and worked hard on supply-moving missions to earn experience. He then attended a meeting where Orochimaru introduced the small group of trusted subordinates and allies forming his inner circle.

• Uchiha Gen reached Konoha’s camp in the Land of Rain and helped unload supplies, refusing Minato Namikaze’s assistance so he could earn more mission experience.
• Jiraiya praised Uchiha Gen to Minato Namikaze and connected Gen’s diligence to the Will of Fire and Mito Uzumaki’s recognition.
• After several hours of work, Uchiha Gen saw his experience increase and received Orochimaru’s notice to attend a meeting.
• Orochimaru gathered his trusted subordinates, allies, and three disciples, then asked the attendees to introduce themselves.
• Uchiha Gen learned that Orochimaru’s team included Jonin Mitarai Zixiao and Hirū, five Special Jonin, and members connected to Utsuki Ruri.

Orochimaru explained the team's wartime assignments and gave Uchiha Gen a Chunin Certificate, naming him the team's acting leader when Orochimaru was absent. The group left the meeting room as Utsuki Ruri and Sarutobi Enju congratulated Gen and prepared for the dangers ahead.

• Orochimaru outlined the support units' roles and explained that Uchiha Gen and the others would serve as reserves on the second line.
• Orochimaru gave Uchiha Gen his Chunin Certificate and vest, explaining that his recent missions had provided the military merit needed for promotion.
• Orochimaru assigned Gen to lead the team when he was absent and told Utsuki Ruri and Sarutobi Enju that they could be promoted after gaining more experience and achievements.
• Utsuki Ruri congratulated Gen, and Sarutobi Enju said he and Ruri would catch up to him.
• Uchiha Gen urged them to focus on surviving the war, since they would eventually have to enter more dangerous areas.

Uchiha Gen’s squad stayed away from the main fighting as Konoha pressed its counteroffensive in the Land of Rain, and Gen grew close to reaching level twenty. Meanwhile, Konoha’s offensives drove Sunagakure and Iwagakure to unite with Rain Village against them, leaving the command facing renewed isolation.

• After Mitokado Homura and Orochimaru brought reinforcements, Konoha’s forces in the Land of Rain approached six thousand and began striking out across the region.
• Uchiha Gen’s squad continued guard, patrol, logistics, and escort missions away from the main front as their training time dwindled.
• Over two months, Gen reached level nineteen, improved his attributes, and used Skill Cards to improve his Hell Viewing Technique and Fox Heart Technique.
• After celebrating Gen’s thirteenth birthday, Gen checked his System Panel and expected to reach level twenty within the week, unlocking better Gacha Pools and improved Green Card odds.
• Mokume Koto told the command room that Sunagakure and Iwagakure had united with Rain Village against Konoha, while Mitokado Homura accepted blame for misjudging the situation.

After Chiyo and Iwagakure forces devastated Konoha's positions, Mitokado Homura ordered the second-line units to reinforce the front. Uchiha Gen's unit joined Orochimaru's defensive sector, where their teacher gave them a new summoning jutsu before hurrying back to command the battlefield.

• Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade assessed how Chiyo's attack had exposed Konoha's positions and threatened its supply depots.
• Mitokado Homura accepted responsibility for the losses and ordered manpower transferred from the second line to reinforce the front.
• Uchiha Gen's unit left its rear position and reunited with Orochimaru at the front.
• Orochimaru gave Gen a scroll for Shadow Snake Body and explained how it could lead to the advanced Shadow Multiple Snake Hands technique.
• Orochimaru assigned Gen's unit to Zixiao's defensive sector and told them to signal for reinforcements if they faced danger.

Uchiha Gen’s team received patrol and blockade duties in an oak forest in the Land of Rain, where Gen used his summoned animals to scout while wondering why his Sharingan had not awakened. When one of Utsuki Ruri’s snakes alerted him to enemies, he hurried toward the location.

• Mitarai Zixiao assigned Uchiha Gen’s team to patrol and blockade Areas Four through Six, explaining that sensory ninja had been transferred elsewhere.
• Uchiha Gen and his teammates patrolled the rain-soaked oak forest, using summoned Ninja Crows and snakes to scout for infiltrators.
• During a shift change, Gen checked his progress and considered whether the Sharingan’s power was stimulating his Uchiha bloodline, but he still had not awakened his own Sharingan.
• Utsuki Ruri’s Emerald Green Snake told Gen that Ruri had found traces of enemies, and Gen rushed toward the indicated location.

Uchiha Gen’s squad ambushed four Amegakure ninja carrying intelligence through Konoha’s defensive zone. The fight began with one Rain Ninja dead, another injured, and reinforcements on the way.

• Uchiha Gen spotted the returning Amegakure squad and signaled Utsuki Ruri to alert nearby squads while they followed and prepared a blockade.
• The Rain Ninja captain ordered Yu Lian to use Sensory Ninjutsu while the others stood guard.
• Uchiha Gen attacked Yu Lian with an oil-enhanced Great Fireball, and the Rain Ninja captain countered with Water Style: Water Colliding Wave.
• A stout Rain Ninja shielded Yu Lian with an iron umbrella, but the fireball shattered it and injured him.
• Sarutobi Enju and Utsuki Ruri struck from hiding as Uchiha Gen drew the enemy’s attention, killing one Rain Ninja.

Uchiha Gen and his teammates fought five Rain Village ninja after Sarutobi Enju signaled for help. Gen identified the enemy captain as a highly skilled Water Release user, blocked his attacks with a summoning technique, and turned on a younger Rain Ninja, whose sword broke under Gen’s assault.

• Sarutobi Enju fired a signal flare bearing Konoha’s Uzumaki emblem to alert their teammates.
• Uchiha Gen used Explosive Tags and his Sharingan to fight the Rain Ninja captain and a younger Rain Ninja, while Utsuki Ruri and Sarutobi Enju battled the remaining opponents.
• Gen discovered that the captain’s Water Flow Whip used a powerful Water Release Nature Transformation and narrowly avoided its adhesive pull and a hidden spring blade.
• The captain and his teammate attacked Gen with Water Release techniques, but Gen summoned Twin Rashomon Gates to shield himself.
• Blood Spot and Karasu emerged to hold off the captain while Gen attacked the younger Rain Ninja and broke his inferior sword.

Uchiha Gen killed a young Rain Ninja and joined the battle against the Rain Ninja captain, helping shift the fight as his teammates held their own. The captain launched a powerful Water Release attack and tried to escape, but Gen tracked him and threw explosive-tagged kunai after him.

• Uchiha Gen used the Hell Viewing Technique to break the young Rain Ninja’s resistance, then beheaded him.
• Uchiha Gen assessed the battlefield as Sarutobi Enju and Utsuki Ruri held their opponents in a stalemate.
• After Karasu returned to Ryūchi Cave from its injuries, Uchiha Gen dismissed Rashomon, took a Ration Pill, and attacked the captain with Fire and Wind Release.
• The Rain Ninja captain unleashed Exploding Water Wave, while Uchiha Gen evaded it with summoned snakes and sent Blood Spot back to Ryūchi Cave.
• Uchiha Gen spotted the captain fleeing beneath the flood and hurled several explosive-tagged kunai along his escape route.

Uchiha Gen and the arriving Konoha reinforcements defeated and captured the Amegakure captain Chiyame. The chapter left Chiyame bound and given antivenom so he could be handed over for interrogation.

• Uchiha Gen used explosive kunai to block Chiyame’s escape until Konoha reinforcements arrived.
• Gekko Hakuo and Iwate Kin joined Uchiha Gen in surrounding Chiyame, and Iwate Kin warned them about his Gelification and poison gas bombs.
• The Konoha ninja fought Chiyame for more than ten minutes, leaving him badly wounded and exhausted.
• Uchiha Gen’s snakes paralyzed Chiyame with venom, and Konoha ninja bound him with sealing cloth.
• Uchiha Gen injected Chiyame with antivenom and thanked the reinforcements, while Iwate Kin praised his strength.

Orochimaru assessed his disciples after Uchiha Gen’s team fought Rain Ninjas and promoted Sarutobi Enju and Utsuki Ruri to Chunin. He then asked Gen about facing Chakra Nature Transformation, leaving the team ready to discuss advanced training.

• Gekko Hakuo praised Uchiha Gen’s progress, while Utsuki Ruri and Sarutobi Enju compared themselves with him.
• Orochimaru inspected the battlefield and judged that his disciples could participate in B-rank missions, though they could not lead them.
• Orochimaru recorded the incident as a maximum-level B-rank mission and gave Sarutobi Enju and Utsuki Ruri their Chunin flak jackets and instructions to collect their certificates.
• Orochimaru offered to answer his disciples’ training questions and asked Uchiha Gen how it felt to fight an enemy who had mastered Chakra Nature Transformation.
• Uchiha Gen said the Rain Ninja’s Gelification-nature Water Release was unlike ordinary Water Release and that Nature Transformation made techniques of the same attribute truly differ.

Orochimaru taught Uchiha Gen and Enju about Nature Transformation, introducing the Explosive Nature of Fire Release and assigning Gen its initial training. After Gen’s first attempt, Orochimaru spent the rest of the day and part of the night answering questions and guiding their studies.

• Orochimaru corrected Uchiha Gen’s understanding of Nature Transformation and explained that it required finding common ground between a chakra nature and the property being introduced.
• Orochimaru demonstrated two different Fire Release burning speeds, and Uchiha Gen deduced that compressing rapidly generated heat could create an explosion.
• Orochimaru outlined three training stages for Explosive Nature, beginning with burning paper into ash in an instant.
• Uchiha Gen tried the exercise but burned only half the sheet, and Orochimaru challenged him to master the transformation no slower than Jiraiya had.
• Orochimaru guided Uchiha Gen and the other two through questions about Fire Release, Wind Release, Snake-Style Ninjutsu, Fuinjutsu, and Medical Ninjutsu.

After reaching Level 20, Uchiha Gen awakened his own Sharingan and drew the Young Tsunade Character Card. The system update unlocked Blue Quality Cards, added a card slot, and granted him a lucky bag as he equipped both Tsunade and Young Madara.

• Uchiha Gen unequipped Young Madara's card and confirmed that he had awakened a one-tomoe Sharingan through his own Uchiha bloodline.
• Uchiha Gen used his available gacha pull and received the Young Tsunade Character Card.
• The Level 20 system update unlocked Blue Quality Cards, improved Green Card drop rates, added a card slot, and issued a lucky bag with five Item Cards, including a guaranteed random Blue Item Card.
• Uchiha Gen equipped Young Tsunade and Young Madara, gaining a surge in vitality, chakra reserves, and physical strength.

After equipping Tsunade's Character Card, Uchiha Gen tested her abilities and used his Lucky Bag rewards to accelerate his training. The next morning, he sought out Tsunade to ask for the learning methods behind the Medical Ninjutsu and Super Strength he had gained.

• Uchiha Gen used the Item Lucky Bag and received a Blue Skill Learning Card, two Green cards, Explosive Tags, and elastic steel wire.
• Uchiha Gen used the Proficiency Card on Gale Palm and gained triple training speed for a month from the Training Acceleration Card.
• Uchiha Gen tested young Tsunade's abilities in a clearing, drawing Sarutobi Enju and Utsuki Ruri over with the noise.
• Uchiha Gen returned to camp with his teammates, then searched for Tsunade the next morning so he could ask her for the learning methods for Mystical Palm Technique and Super Strength.

Tsunade recruited Uchiha Gen to help treat wounded ninja and was impressed by his Medical Ninjutsu. She offered to guide his training and bet that he could not learn the Mystical Palm Technique within a month, promising to teach him another ninjutsu if he succeeded.

• Tsunade had Uchiha Gen assist her with surgery after noticing his skill with the Healing Technique.
• Tsunade praised Gen’s talent and offered to plan his Medical Ninjutsu training, including learning the Mystical Palm Technique.
• Tsunade offered to register missions for Gen when he helped at the medical area, including a B-rank mission every three days if he mastered the technique.
• Gen said he was confident he could learn the Mystical Palm Technique within half a month, and Tsunade proposed a bet.
• Tsunade promised to teach Gen a ninjutsu related to the technique if he learned it within a month.

Uchiha Gen mastered the Mystical Palm Technique and demonstrated how far his Fire Style training had advanced. Tsunade revealed that the medical techniques she gave him were part of a deal for Orochimaru to help establish Konoha’s Medical Ninja system, leaving Gen to realize Orochimaru would help design the system as well.

• Uchiha Gen used his accelerated training to master Fire Style nature transformation and destroyed a boulder with an enhanced Great Fireball Technique.
• Uchiha Gen demonstrated the Mystical Palm Technique to Tsunade by healing a wound he had made on his own arm.
• Tsunade gave Uchiha Gen scrolls containing Super Strength and several advanced Medical Ninjutsu, explaining that they were part of her deal with Orochimaru.
• Tsunade said she wanted Orochimaru and his allies to support her proposal to establish the village’s Medical Ninja system at the next Jonin Conference.
• Uchiha Gen realized Orochimaru would need to study the advanced Medical Ninjutsu so he could help establish the system.

Tsunade recruited Uchiha Gen to help build the Medical Ninja system, and Gen treated wounded shinobi in the camp while Yakushi Nonō assisted him. That night, Gen found Orochimaru injured after a mission, and Orochimaru said he had encountered Chiyo of Sunagakure and fled.

• Tsunade explained that Orochimaru’s support would help her establish Medical Ninja despite the resources and resistance involved.
• Tsunade assigned Uchiha Gen to treat a wounded ninja and told Yakushi Nonō to assist him.
• Gen used the Mystical Palm Technique to stabilize the ninja and explained that he would recover with rest, medicine, and proper nutrition.
• Gen treated wounded shinobi throughout the day, spreading his reputation as a skilled Medical Ninja.
• Gen visited Orochimaru at night and found him injured; Orochimaru said he had encountered Chiyo of Sunagakure and escaped without being poisoned.

Uchiha Gen showed Orochimaru that he had mastered the Mystical Palm Technique and Fire Release Nature Transformation in a month. Orochimaru agreed to arrange a new team for Enju and Ruri and planned to teach Uchiha Gen Wind Release Nature Transformation while he treated Orochimaru's injuries.

• Orochimaru tested Uchiha Gen's Mystical Palm Technique and was surprised by how well he had learned it.
• Uchiha Gen told Orochimaru that he had also mastered Fire Release Nature Transformation during the month.
• Uchiha Gen decided to work with Tsunade, and Orochimaru said he would arrange a new team for Enju and Ruri.
• Orochimaru predicted that Uchiha Gen could become a jonin within the year if he accumulated enough missions and military merit.
• Orochimaru asked Uchiha Gen to treat his wounds and offered to explain Wind Release Nature Transformation training.

Uchiha Gen practiced forming a Rasengan and sought advice from Jiraiya and Minato Namikaze on completing the technique. After explaining his training method in detail, he left Jiraiya impressed by how freely he shared a ninjutsu with great potential.

• Uchiha Gen considered whether his improved Shape Transformation and Chakra control were enough to let him use the Rasengan.
• Uchiha Gen met Jiraiya and Minato Namikaze and showed them the rotating Chakra sphere he had developed.
• Uchiha Gen explained the Rasengan’s training process to Jiraiya and Minato as they walked to Jiraiya’s residence.
• Jiraiya remarked that Uchiha Gen had shared a ninjutsu with limitless potential unusually openly.

Uchiha Gen and Minato Namikaze worked with Jiraiya to perfect the Rasengan by figuring out how simultaneous rotation could keep its Chakra stable while creating irregular internal clashes. Gen successfully formed the technique and left with a powerful new close-combat option.

• Minato Namikaze formed a rotating Chakra sphere, but it faded after two seconds.
• Jiraiya suggested using opposing rotations, and Minato Namikaze realized simultaneous rotation could make the Rasengan work.
• Uchiha Gen divided the Chakra into inner and outer layers rotating in opposite directions, then stabilized the sphere with an inward-turning outer layer.
• Uchiha Gen successfully created the Rasengan and considered how it could complement his Uchiha Style Swordsmanship.
• Minato Namikaze proposed an elaborate name, but Jiraiya teased him and said naming things did not suit him.