Recaps

At the graduation ceremony, Akashi Uchiha reflected on his ambitions and the Uchiha Clan’s growing resentment toward Hiruzen Sarutobi. He suddenly became trapped in an unbreakable genjutsu that began an immersive drama about a man pursuing Liu Ru for ten years.

• Akashi Uchiha graduated from the Ninja Academy and looked down on the younger early graduates, including Minato and Kushina.
• Akashi fawned over Mikoto, hoping her connections would help him earn an internal recommendation to the Chunin ranks and the Military Police Force.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi attended the ceremony as Hokage and prepared to give a speech, while Akashi recalled the Uchiha Clan’s complaints about Tobirama Senju and Hiruzen.
• A mysterious platform appeared to Akashi and began an immersive drama experience that he could not escape by disrupting his chakra.
• The platform started a ten-year drama about a man who pursued Liu Ru, was mistreated by her, and developed cancer.

Akashi Uchiha endured a decade-long romance plot in a Genjutsu that forced his emotions to follow the script, then appeared to show fierce loyalty to Konoha during Hiruzen Sarutobi’s speech. His outburst awakened his Sharingan and left Hiruzen wondering whether the Uchiha Clan had been misunderstood.

• Akashi realized the Genjutsu controlled his actions and emotions, forcing him to play a lovesick man through a ten-year romance plot.
• Mikoto and Kushina watched Akashi sob through Hiruzen Sarutobi’s long speech, while Hiruzen mistook his tears for devotion to the Hokage.
• Danzo urged Hiruzen to mention Madara Uchiha and the Valley of the End to test the Uchiha children’s reactions.
• When Hiruzen described Madara’s betrayal, Akashi sprang up and shouted that Madara and the fox woman should be killed.
• Akashi’s eyes turned red and gained tomoe, awakening his Sharingan and convincing Hiruzen that the Uchiha might truly oppose Madara.

After a Genjutsu left him furious, Akaseki awakened the Sharingan in front of Konoha’s leaders and graduates. Sarutobi arranged for Jiraiya to take Akashi Uchiha onto his squad, leaving Akaseki confused about why his assignment had changed.

• Akaseki’s Immersion ended with Hong Yan dying of illness, and his anger triggered his Sharingan to awaken.
• Akaseki’s Sharingan quickly faded when his Chakra ran low, and he wondered whether the Genjutsu had caused the awakening.
• Sarutobi recognized Akashi Uchiha and praised his indignation as loyalty to Konoha.
• Jiraiya named Minato Namikaze, Akashi Uchiha, and Ranwu for his squad after Sarutobi signaled him to include the Uchiha.
• Akashi Uchiha followed Jiraiya after Mikoto nudged him, still puzzled that he had not been assigned to an Uchiha Jonin.

Jiraiya led Akaseki, Minato Namikaze, and Ranwu to Kage Rock and gave them a lesson on Konoha’s history and will. After the three introduced themselves, Jiraiya revealed that Ranwu was the granddaughter of Tobirama Senju, leaving Akaseki horrified.

• Akaseki lectured Minato Namikaze and Ranwu about the Uchiha Clan and its Military Police Force as Jiraiya led them to the academy roof.
• Jiraiya explained Konoha’s founders and its legacy, while Akaseki praised Hashirama Senju and condemned Madara Uchiha.
• Jiraiya asked the students to introduce themselves; Minato Namikaze said he dreamed of becoming Hokage, and Ranwu said she wanted to become a ninja like her grandfather.
• Ranwu criticized clans that threw their weight around, and Akaseki defended the Uchiha Clan and asked whether her grandfather was named Ran.
• Jiraiya revealed that Ranwu’s grandfather was Tobirama Senju, and Akaseki reacted with horror.

Jiraiya introduced Minato, Ranwu, and Akashi as a team and explained that they would have to pass an exam to earn their forehead protectors. After the three returned to the Academy, they found Kushina Uzumaki facing Mito Senju, who had arrived under Anbu protection.

• Ranwu told Akashi that her grandfather was Tobirama Senju, and Akashi declared that he admired Tobirama and wanted to carry on his will.
• Jiraiya asked what mattered most for becoming Hokage, and Akashi insisted that Jiraiya should become Hokage first before Jiraiya explained that a Hokage needed everyone's approval.
• Jiraiya told the team to meet at the Third Training Ground at eight the next morning and warned them that they still had to pass an exam to earn their forehead protectors.
• Minato invited Ranwu and Akashi to eat, and the three agreed to go to Pine Deer Pavilion after Akashi offered to treat them.
• Minato returned to the graduation classroom to check the team assignments, where the three found Kushina Uzumaki facing Mito Senju, who had come with Anbu protection.

Akaseki and his friends celebrated graduating with Kushina, then Akaseki returned to the Uchiha compound and was summoned by the clan leader after awakening his Sharingan. He began explaining the awakening at the graduation ceremony while Kensho and Ranyu watched him closely.

• Mito presented Kushina with her Konoha Forehead Protector and confirmed that she had graduated as a Genin.
• Ranwu invited Kushina to celebrate with her, Minato, and Akaseki at the Pine Deer Pavilion, where Akaseki paid for the expensive meal.
• Minato took Kushina back to Mito's home, and Akaseki chose to walk home alone while Ranwu reminded him not to be late the next day.
• Akaseki returned to the Uchiha Clan Compound and was summoned to meet clan leader Kensho and Clan Elder Ranyu.
• Kensho asked Akaseki about awakening his Sharingan, and Akaseki began recounting what had happened at the graduation ceremony.

Akaseki described being pulled into the strange experience platform again, where he was shocked and awakened Lightning Style chakra nature transformation. Jiancheng and Lanyu could not identify the cause, offered theories about powers beyond ninjutsu, and decided to monitor him before testing his Sharingan.

• Akaseki began explaining the Genjutsu experience, but his consciousness blurred as the platform appeared again.
• A trial shocked Akaseki, and he returned to his senses after awakening Lightning Style chakra nature transformation.
• Jiancheng and Lanyu concluded that the incident was probably not Genjutsu and discussed possible Demon God or reincarnated chakra explanations.
• Akaseki said he had received no guidance, and Jiancheng and Lanyu told him to watch for unusual effects and keep the matter secret.
• Jiancheng asked Akaseki to try activating his Sharingan.

Akaseki awakened a One-Tomoe Sharingan, and Jiancheng and Lanyu tested his chakra natures and the abilities of each eye. They found that his left eye favored copying ninjutsu while his right eye resisted genjutsu, leaving Akaseki curious about rare Sharingan variations and the clan’s secrets.

• Akaseki awakened his Sharingan to the One-Tomoe level.
• Jiancheng tested Akaseki’s chakra paper, which showed Fire, Earth, and potential Lightning chakra natures.
• Lanyu demonstrated the Great Fire Dragon Technique, and Akaseki copied it but could only produce sparks and smoke.
• Lanyu found that Akaseki’s left eye copied simpler ninjutsu while his right eye resisted genjutsu.
• Jiancheng explained that Akaseki’s differing eye abilities were rare and mentioned the Enhancement Eye, while the Mangekyō Sharingan remained a clan secret.

Akaseki was assigned to train with Fugaku and copy techniques suited to his One-Tomoe Sharingan while strengthening his chakra control. The chapter left Akaseki beginning a month of instruction at the training grounds.

• Jiancheng told Akaseki to learn Fire and Lightning techniques from Fugaku and seek out Yashiro later for Earth Style, while focusing on chakra control.
• After Akaseki left, Jiancheng and Lanyu discussed the rarity of the Enhancement Eye and the differences among Sharingan types and Mangekyō abilities.
• Akaseki found Fugaku practicing kunai at the training grounds, and Fugaku agreed to teach him.
• Fugaku explained which ninjutsu, genjutsu, taijutsu, and shurikenjutsu Akaseki could copy, and warned him to learn when and how to use each technique.

After awakening his Sharingan, Akaseki copied ninjutsu, Genjutsu, and Taijutsu from Fugaku, then trained his movements and chakra control. He wondered whether the strange presence inside him could offer more rewards after granting him Lightning Style chakra transformation.

• Fugaku demonstrated Fire Style, Lightning Style, and Genjutsu techniques, and Akaseki copied them until he could no longer keep his Sharingan active.
• Fugaku taught Akaseki five Uchiha Style Taijutsu sequences and explained that the style depended on the Sharingan and extensive practice.
• Akaseki praised Fugaku, who encouraged him to learn from Jiraiya during the team’s test the next day.
• After Fugaku left, Akaseki practiced Taijutsu and worked on chakra control while considering the mysterious presence inside him.
• Akaseki tentatively called out to the presence and wondered whether it could give him rewards beyond the Lightning Style chakra transformation.

Akaseki entered the short drama Family Happiness, where he experienced Hong Yan being mistreated by his family and felt his Dojutsu Power increase under the emotional strain. After enduring 120 hours of the drama, he received a massager reward that restored his training fatigue, leaving him wary of the system but tempted by the prospect of improving his Sharingan.

• Akaseki questioned the system about its ads and rewards, learned that non-members received GG prompts, and limited his immersion to one hour.
• Akaseki entered Family Happiness as Hong Yan, a six-year-old starting elementary school, and watched his family favor Hong Fu and blame Hong Yan for his older brother's theft.
• Hong Yan's family beat and berated him, and Akaseki's emotional response raised his Dojutsu Power as the story continued.
• After Hong Yan refused to write his name on Hong Fu's exam, the long-awaited GG appeared and offered a Wangjie Full-Body Massager.
• The massager trial left Akaseki pleasantly sore before restoring his fatigue and temporarily improving his training results, while the drama's emotional stimulation increased his Sharingan power.

Fugaku discovered Akaseki practicing the Great Fireball Technique late at night and reconsidered his assumptions about Akaseki’s diligence and Sharingan talent. Akaseki kept alternating between training and the short-drama platform’s Wangjie rewards, which restored him or made his workouts more demanding.

• Fugaku saw Akaseki practicing the Great Fireball Technique at the Third Training Ground and admired how hard he worked.
• Fugaku reasoned that Akaseki’s ability to keep practicing copied ninjutsu suggested his dojutsu power recovered faster than expected.
• Akaseki used the platform’s stamina and eye-restoring rewards to resume training copied techniques after each session.
• Akaseki received a Wangjie Posture Corrector trial that made movement harder while preventing injuries, and he used it for extreme training.
• Akaseki continued alternating training with immersion, planning to rest at the Third Training Ground because it was reserved for the next day.

Akaseki, Minato, and Ranwu began their Genin promotion test by trying to steal a bell from Jiraiya. After the three devised a plan, Akaseki launched the first attack with his Sharingan and a Genjutsu, then moved in to fight Jiraiya directly.

• Minato and Ranwu found Akaseki asleep at the training ground, and Jiraiya arrived hours late after Akaseki had slept through the wait.
• Jiraiya announced that the three would pass if any one of them took the bell from his waist before noon.
• Akaseki, Minato, and Ranwu hid and regrouped, then agreed that Akaseki would attack from the front while Ranwu restrained Jiraiya with Water Style and Minato grabbed the bell.
• Akaseki activated his Sharingan and used Demonic Illusion: False Surroundings Technique on Jiraiya, but Jiraiya quickly dispelled it.
• Akaseki appeared in front of Jiraiya and prepared to attack with Uchiha Taijutsu.

Akaseki, Ranwu, and Minato coordinated an attack on Jiraiya during their assessment, but Jiraiya defeated and captured all three. He criticized their teamwork and techniques, then turned to Akaseki.

• Akaseki attacked Jiraiya with the Sharingan and a kunai, but Jiraiya dispelled his Genjutsu and countered his strikes.
• Ranwu used Starch Syrup Capturing Field to trap Jiraiya, while Minato attacked with Taijutsu and Wind Style: Gale Palm.
• Akaseki became stuck in Ranwu's syrup and lunged to grab Jiraiya, who substituted a log and escaped.
• Jiraiya subdued Ranwu and Minato, then Ranwu released her technique to free the trapped Akaseki.
• Jiraiya criticized Ranwu's Water Style and use of Strength of a Hundred, as well as Minato's timing, before turning to Akaseki.

Jiraiya criticized Akaseki, Ranwu, and Minato after their training exercise, then discussed their abilities with Tsunade and Orochimaru. Akaseki remained trapped in a training technique while the Sannin debated which of the young ninjas might become their students.

• Jiraiya told Akaseki that his disorganized fighting and poorly executed Genjutsu had made him the worst performer, and denied him lunch.
• Jiraiya trapped Akashi Uchiha with the Earth Style: Rock Pillar Technique while Ranwu and Minato ate nearby.
• Tsunade explained that she had taught Ranwu chakra control, not Strength of a Hundred, and suggested Ranwu had learned the technique from old records.
• Orochimaru expressed interest in training Minato, but Jiraiya warned him to stay away from his student.
• Tsunade praised Ranwu's advanced Water Style chakra nature transformation, while Jiraiya said Akaseki could improve after recently awakening his Sharingan.

Akashi struggled with hunger while Minato and Ranwu shared their food with him, and Jiraiya’s teammates discussed the growing danger of another war. After lunch, Jiraiya resumed the bell test, and Minato and Ranwu immediately attacked him.

• Minato offered Akashi his leftover lunch, and Ranwu eventually fed Akashi some of her food.
• Orochimaru left, while Tsunade urged Jiraiya to prepare his students for bloodshed as war threatened to return.
• Jiraiya lowered Akashi and announced that the students had one last chance to take the bells.
• Minato attacked Jiraiya, who used the Substitution Technique and kicked Minato after appearing behind him.
• Ranwu reached a treetop and used Water Style: Water Oil Flame Field to send an oil-like chakra net toward Jiraiya.

Minato, Akaseki, and Ranwu passed Jiraiya’s bell test and became his ninja squad. After the others left, Akaseki asked Jiraiya to teach him Earth Style, and Jiraiya demonstrated three B-rank jutsu before explaining their theory.

• Akaseki and Ranwu helped Minato defeat Jiraiya’s defenses and take the bell, earning the three of them a pass.
• Jiraiya gave Akaseki, Minato, and Ranwu Konoha Headbands and told them to meet at the Hokage Building the next morning for a mission.
• Akaseki stayed behind and asked Jiraiya to teach him Earth Style jutsu.
• Jiraiya demonstrated three B-rank Earth Style jutsu, and Akaseki copied two with his Single-Tomoe Sharingan before exhausting his Dojutsu Power.
• Jiraiya gave the exhausted Akaseki a lesson in the theory behind the jutsu.

Jiraiya taught Akaseki how chakra affinities relate to nature and shape transformations, and warned him not to rely too heavily on the Sharingan. Back at the clan grounds, Fugaku revealed that the Uchiha had specialized transformation techniques for Sharingan users and began teaching Akaseki about them.

• Jiraiya explained how Akaseki’s Fire, Earth, and Lightning affinities could guide his training in nature and shape transformations.
• Jiraiya described how Ranwu’s Water Style transformations showed advanced mastery and explained why some techniques could not be copied by the Sharingan.
• Akaseki recovered his Dojutsu Power with a trial Eye Protection Device, then returned to Fugaku to continue copying ninjutsu and Taijutsu movements.
• Fugaku warned Akaseki against overusing the Sharingan, and Akaseki said he would stop once he felt second-level fatigue.
• Fugaku said the Uchiha had specialized techniques for nature and shape transformation that required the Sharingan, then began explaining them to Akaseki.

Fugaku explained how chakra nature and shape transformation worked, including how Uchiha emotions and Sharingan power could alter Fire Release. Akaseki went to test whether emotions from the Immersive Short-Drama Experience Platform could fuel that training, leaving the experiment underway.

• Fugaku explained the three forms of transformation and how chakra changes could give rise to a Kekkei Genkai.
• Fugaku told Akaseki that Sharingan power and strong emotions could alter Fire Release, with different emotions affecting its spread, heat, persistence, and range.
• Akaseki realized that Uchiha Fire Release's weak accuracy and great range reflected the clan's emotional tendencies.
• Akaseki exhausted himself with Taijutsu at an empty training ground, then entered Immersion to test whether induced emotions could aid his transformation training.

Akaseki discovered that emotional peaks during Immersion could gradually change his chakra when he stimulated his Sharingan, and he used a new examination device to measure his progress. The results left him eager to keep training and investigate the unknown chakra changes.

• Akaseki used Immersion and his Sharingan to channel emotional stimulation into his Fire Release Chakra, noticing that his flames burned hotter and were harder to extinguish.
• Akaseki received a Prosperity Realm Physical Examination Device, which took a drop of his blood and returned results after several minutes.
• Akaseki interpreted the results as measurements of chakra changes linked to different emotions and inferred that his Fire Release had six possible change categories.
• Akaseki speculated that the two unknown Fire Release changes were Adhesion and Explosion, while recognizing that the device could help him track slow training progress.
• Akaseki resumed Immersion and trained ninjutsu whenever his Dojutsu Power recovered and Taijutsu whenever his stamina recovered, continuing through the night.

Akashi, Minato, and Ranwu joined Jiraiya to take their first mission, a C-rank assignment to catch thieves in the Flower Capital. After Akashi challenged Jiraiya’s emphasis on completing missions, the team reviewed the job and prepared to leave Konoha.

• Jiraiya led Akashi, Minato, and Ranwu to the mission hall and selected a C-rank notice.
• Jiraiya warned the team after they signed without reading the mission details, and Akashi argued that protecting comrades mattered more than missions.
• Akashi explained that the Uchiha clan taught that the village came first, prompting Ranwu to question what she had heard about the clan.
• Jiraiya showed the team their assignment to help arrest thieves in the Flower Capital, two days away from Konoha.
• Ranwu wished the thieves were bandits, while Minato and Akashi noted that the thieves might have muscle but were unlikely to include enemy ninjas.

Jiraiya left Ranwu, Akaseki, and Minato to handle their first mission alone: investigating a surge in thefts in Flower Capital. After reviewing the case files, Akaseki noticed the thefts had begun declining, leaving the team worried that they might not solve the case before their mission funds ran out.

• Jiraiya gave Akaseki money for expenses and left the three Genin to find the Government Office and meet Chief Naiku on their own.
• Naiku assigned Constable Heiji to assist Ranwu, Akaseki, and Minato with catching the thieves.
• Akaseki requested the case files before visiting Flower Street and arranged to meet Heiji there later that afternoon.
• The three reviewed reports showing that thefts had surged on Flower Street over the past two months, with pickpocketing making up most cases.
• Akaseki noticed the number of thefts had dropped seven or eight days earlier and warned that the team had only three days before their funds ran out.

Akaseki, Minato, and Ranwu searched Flower Street for a thief, but their investigation was interrupted when they helped Jiraiya escape an angry crowd by pretending he was a Sunagakure ninja. Akaseki then deduced how the thief learned about the mission, and Minato came up with an idea to catch them.

• Akaseki took Ranwu and Minato to Flower Street early to look for the thief, and they watched the street while eating at a second-floor restaurant.
• After a commotion broke out at a bathhouse, Akaseki and Minato helped Jiraiya escape by blaming him on Sunagakure, while Ranwu watched in confusion.
• Jiraiya praised Akaseki after the group lost the pursuing crowd, then admitted he had been gathering material at the bathhouse.
• Akaseki worked out that the thief had learned about the mission after Naiku returned from Konoha and passed the news along.
• Minato said he had an idea, and Jiraiya waited to see what he would do.

Minato, Ranwu, and Akaseki used a staged string of thefts to draw out the suspected culprit on Flower Street, while Minato concealed Akaseki’s absence with a Shadow Clone. After they returned to the inn, Jiraiya encountered Hiruko, and Akaseki recognized Yashiro among the Genin with him.

• Minato, Ranwu, and Akaseki patrolled Flower Street with Heiji, where several people reported stolen purses.
• Minato revealed that he had used a Shadow Clone disguised as Akaseki, while the real Akaseki stole purses to provoke the suspected inside man.
• Ranwu reminded Akaseki to keep track of the stolen purses so they could return them later.
• The three returned to the inn, where Jiraiya asked how the mission was going and warned them about their budget.
• Hiruko arrived at the inn with two Genin, and Akaseki recognized Yashiro among them.

Akaseki trained Earth Style techniques with Uchiha Yashiro, who criticized Minato Namikaze’s mission plan and suggested a more direct approach. Akaseki returned to Ranwu and Minato with a revised plan to draw out the suspects by visiting a place where stolen goods were fenced.

• Akaseki recognized Uchiha Yashiro, and Yashiro agreed to help him copy Earth Style ninjutsu after congratulating him on awakening his Sharingan.
• Akaseki and Yashiro practiced outside the Flower Capital, where Yashiro spoke proudly about the Uchiha and asked about Akaseki’s mission.
• Yashiro criticized Minato Namikaze’s plan to catch a thief as too civilian and shared his perspective on how to handle the case.
• Akaseki returned to Ranwu and Minato late that night and proposed arresting and interrogating the suspects, though he acknowledged they lacked suitable techniques and that Heiji was not a Konoha ninja.
• Akaseki suggested going to a place where stolen goods were fenced so local toughs would notice them and help the suspects find them.