Chapter Summaries

Chen freed himself and Shion from their burial and brought her to the Shrine, where she reunited with her mother’s lingering consciousness and recovered her keepsake. Shion then offered Chen a position in the Land of Demons and revealed that the Shrine Maiden could command even the Daimyo and the country’s guards.

• Chen cut through the earth and escaped with Shion, then treated his wound and carried her to the Shrine.
• Chen dismissed Moryo’s threats and told Shion that her power could let her seal the creature away.
• Shion retrieved the bell and saw an illusion of her mother, Miroku, before leaving the Shrine with her mother’s keepsake.
• Shion asked which Shinobi Village Chen belonged to and offered to make him her bodyguard, even proposing to make him Daimyo.
• Shion explained that the Shrine Maiden held the greatest authority in the Land of Demons and that its guards were bound to obey her.

Uchiha Chen told Shion he planned to build his own power and eventually establish a shinobi village in the Land of Demons. Shion offered to help him and remained devoted to him, leaving Chen unsure how to respond to her trust.

• Shion trusted Chen and confessed that she liked him, asking him to stay in the Land of Demons.
• Chen questioned whether Shion’s feelings were genuine, and the system reported that her affection for him had reached one hundred.
• Chen revealed that his name was Uchiha Chen and said he wanted to break away from Konoha and build his own power.
• Chen explained that he planned to use the Land of Demons as his base and eventually take control of its daimyo.
• Shion offered to establish a shinobi village in the name of the Shrine Maiden and provide the money and supplies Chen needed.
• Chen asked whether Shion feared he was using her, and she said she trusted him and would help him regardless.

Chen returned from the Land of Demons after arranging for Shion to build a force there, then came back to Konoha and resumed training. Shisui recognized that Chen had been away and exposed his Shadow Clone, causing the system to brand Chen a Konoha S-rank rogue ninja.

• Shion kissed Chen and declared that he was responsible for her, and Chen completed the task to kiss her.
• Chen escorted Shion back to the Land of Demons, where he received the Flying Thunder God Technique and Pale Fire Drop as mission rewards.
• Chen and Shion arranged for her to recruit capable children and accept shinobi missions, and Chen left her a marked Flying Thunder God Kunai before departing.
• Chen turned in his Underground Bounty Station mission, returned to Konoha, and dispelled the Shadow Clone that had stayed in his place.
• Shisui deduced that Chen had left Konoha by noticing his changed aura and killing intent, and the system declared Chen a Konoha S-rank rogue ninja.

Chen told Shisui that Konoha’s growing rift with the Uchiha would lead to the clan’s destruction and accused Danzo and the Third Hokage of enabling it. The chapter ended with Chen asking Shisui to consider how little the Uchiha mattered to the Hokage.

• Chen admitted to Shisui that he had been away from Konoha and persuaded him to talk privately at a stream.
• Chen said Danzo’s schemes and the Uchiha’s arrogance made the clan’s destruction likely, and asked Shisui whether he agreed.
• Shisui said relations might improve if no one stirred up trouble, but Danzo would keep targeting the Uchiha and the Third Hokage would hesitate to act against him.
• Chen claimed Danzo possessed Kagami Uchiha’s eye and had Sharingan implanted in his arm using Hashirama’s cells.
• Chen argued that the Third Hokage must have known about Danzo’s crimes and asked Shisui how much the Uchiha mattered to him.

Chen tried to convince Shisui that Danzo had helped cause several suspicious deaths and that the Uchiha could not coexist peacefully with Konoha. Shisui remained undecided but asked how Chen could leave the village, while Chen said he planned to take some Uchiha away in three years.

• Chen questioned Shisui about Kagami Uchiha's suspicious death, and Shisui recalled that Kagami's body had been incomplete and his head was missing.
• Chen claimed his eyes let him see the past and future, then revealed that Shisui had recently joined Danzo's Anbu in secret.
• Chen proposed taking the Uchiha who understood the situation away from Konoha and leaving the more arrogant clan members behind.
• Chen accused Danzo of contributing to the deaths of Kagami Uchiha, Sakumo Hatake, Hizashi Hyuga, and the Fourth Hokage, while Shisui silently considered his claims.
• Shisui asked how Chen had left Konoha, and Chen said he could teleport and planned to take the Uchiha away in three years, once he was stronger.

Chen trained after Shisui left, then ate dinner with Izumi before Shisui returned to discuss Chen’s plan. Shisui agreed to help while monitoring Chen, and the system rewarded Chen for gaining his approval with something that angered him.

• Chen returned to Training Ground No. 7 to train and considered developing techniques of his own while arguing with the system.
• Izumi invited Chen to dinner at her home, where he asked whether they should invite Itachi and learned Itachi had just left.
• Shisui visited Chen through his window and said he would neither hand Chen over to Konoha nor join him as an ally, but would help while keeping watch over him.
• Chen accepted Shisui’s terms and hinted that he had a condition and resources Shisui would learn about later.
• Shisui agreed to proceed with Chen’s plan, and the system announced Chen had earned his approval before Chen cursed at the reward.

Chen received useless joke rewards from the system, then went to Training Ground No. 7 and caught Sasuke trying to trap him. After kicking Sasuke and mocking his weakness and bed-wetting, Chen left the young boy in tears.

• Chen completed the quest to earn Uchiha Shisui's approval and received boxes of Durex and Viagra as rewards from the system.
• Chen spotted crude traps at Training Ground No. 7 and kicked the exposed rear end of the child who had set them.
• Sasuke identified himself as Uchiha Itachi's younger brother and explained that he had come to challenge Chen after hearing Itachi praise him.
• Chen called Sasuke weak and teased him about wetting the bed, prompting Sasuke to burst into tears.

Chen tied Sasuke to a tree after Sasuke confronted him, then Shisui arrived and saw Sasuke wet himself and run away in tears. Chen and Shisui discussed Danzo and the future of Konoha, leaving Shisui determined to stay near Danzo and watch him.

• Chen tied Sasuke to a tree and resumed training while Sasuke struggled to get free.
• Shisui arrived, questioned why Sasuke was tied up, and watched as Sasuke wet himself.
• Chen untied Sasuke, but Sasuke challenged him with a kunai before fleeing in tears after Chen mocked him.
• Chen told Shisui he disliked Danzo and was planning to leave Konoha because of the future he had seen.
• Shisui said he still planned to stay with Danzo so he could keep an eye on him.

Chen warned Shisui that Danzo could survive apparent death and that a masked mastermind would try to deceive Shisui and Itachi. When Itachi returned from a mission devastated by his teammates’ deaths, Chen learned he had awakened a Two-Tomoe Sharingan and warned him that the masked man would claim to be Madara Uchiha.

• Shisui agreed to keep watch on Danzo, and Chen cautioned him about Danzo’s Izanagi and a Spiral-Masked mastermind connected to the Nine-Tails Incident.
• Shisui trained with Chen and taught him C-rank Fire Release techniques over several days.
• Itachi returned from a mission grieving the deaths of his teacher and teammates, and Chen saw that he had awakened a Two-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Chen asked whether Itachi had encountered a masked man whose body attacks passed through, then warned that the man would falsely claim to be Madara Uchiha.
• Shisui and Itachi reacted with shock, and Shisui began explaining some of Chen’s plans.

Chen received a thirty-day mission to learn a B-rank elemental jutsu, but he had no source for new techniques while Itachi and Shisui were away. Hinata offered to seek permission for him to use the Hyuga clan’s jutsu collection, while the system teased Chen with a possible mission involving her.

• The system gave Chen thirty days to learn a B-rank elemental jutsu, with failure forcing him to kiss Shisui.
• Chen found that Itachi and Shisui were away on missions and worried about where to find jutsu.
• Hinata thanked Chen for helping her become less timid and said her progress in Gentle Fist had earned her time off.
• Chen told Hinata he wanted to learn powerful jutsu but had little access to them.
• Hinata offered to ask Hyuga Hiashi for permission to let Chen use the Hyuga clan’s jutsu collection and ran to the compound.
• The system teased Chen by saying it would give him a mission to bed Hinata.

Chen obtained ninjutsu scrolls from Hinata and began training Sasuke while practicing Fire Dragon Flame Bullet. He gained Chakra Control LV1 and unlocked a side quest to train Sasuke, though he remained suspicious of the system.

• Hinata brought Chen elemental ninjutsu scrolls, and the system explained that Chen's actions had changed events in the world.
• Chen returned to Training Ground Seven, mocked Sasuke, and offered to help him earn Itachi's approval.
• Chen made Sasuke wear a tight green outfit and run laps around the training ground as stamina training.
• Chen practiced Fire Dragon Flame Bullet and gained Chakra Control LV1, which reduced the chakra cost of elemental ninjutsu.
• The system unlocked a side quest to train Sasuke, and Chen questioned what the system was planning.

Chen trained Sasuke while continuing to study ninjutsu, eventually mastering the B-rank Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet. The system announced his mission reward, but Chen reacted angrily before its name was revealed.

• Chen tested his chakra-saving reward, then carried the exhausted Sasuke home and teased him in front of Izumi.
• Sasuke challenged Chen after learning the Clone Technique, but Chen defeated him with One Thousand Years of Death.
• After Sasuke completed his three-kilometer run, Chen made him practice Taijutsu and repeatedly beat him while considering whether to learn the Eight Inner Gates.
• Chen continued training ninjutsu and using Sasuke as a punching bag until he mastered Fire Dragon Flame Bullet.
• The system announced Chen had completed his side mission and began naming his reward, prompting Chen to curse it.

Chen accepted a bounty mission to kill the Kusagakure rogue ninja Yuzuki Ryoma and left Konoha to pursue it, while deciding to use special seals to secure the loyalty of Shion’s recruits. After Chen took more than a dozen bounty jobs, Kakuzu and Kisame arrived at the Underground Bounty Station and found the easy missions gone.

• The system offered Chen rewards for learning B-rank ninjutsu, and Chen lifted his bad mood by beating Sasuke while claiming he had taught him combat techniques.
• Shion wrote to Chen about training orphans as ninja and asked whether they should receive the special loyalty seals used by the Land of Demons’ samurai.
• Chen decided to approve the seals, then asked the system for a mission outside Konoha and received a bounty to eliminate Yuzuki Ryoma for Water Release: Water Formation Wall.
• Chen left a Shadow Clone in Konoha, traveled to the Underground Bounty Station, accepted more than a dozen missions, and set off for his destination.
• Kakuzu arrived with Kisame and complained that someone had taken the easy bounty missions, then threatened anyone who competed with him.

Chen used kites and steel wires to draw lightning down onto a stronghold full of missing-nin, then attacked the survivors with Fire Release. He left the stronghold engulfed in flames as he moved to finish off the remaining enemies.

• Chen discovered that Yuzuki Ryoma's destination was a stronghold occupied by more than a dozen missing-nin and decided he could not fight them head-on.
• Chen realized he could use kites with steel-wire frames to guide lightning toward the stronghold, then traveled to town to buy the materials.
• Chen sent a Shadow Clone into the stronghold, where it drew out the missing-nin and threw wire-attached shuriken connected to the kites.
• Lightning struck the stronghold, destroying Chen's Shadow Clone and badly injuring many of the missing-nin.
• Chen rushed in and used Fire Dragon Flame Bullet alongside two Shadow Clones' Fire Release jutsu, setting the stronghold ablaze.

Chen finished hunting the rogue ninja and unexpectedly encountered Hatake Kakashi, who mistook him for a threat after the system made him appear to steal Kakashi’s Icha Icha Paradise. The two began fighting, and Kakashi was shocked when Chen’s paired Fire Release techniques overwhelmed his Water Formation Wall.

• Chen received Water Formation Wall as his hunting reward, along with the Body Flicker Technique and Flash Step as bonus rewards.
• Chen collected the rogue ninja’s heads and encountered Hatake Kakashi, who had come to eliminate the border-area rogue ninja.
• Chen explained that he was a bounty hunter, and Kakashi allowed him to leave after deciding he posed no threat to Konoha.
• The system triggered a challenge against Kakashi and placed Icha Icha Paradise in Chen’s hand, making Kakashi suspect him of stealing it.
• Kakashi attacked Chen, who countered with a Flame Bullet and two Great Fireball Techniques formed with his Shadow Clone.
• Kakashi used Water Formation Wall against the fireballs and was shocked when the techniques collided.

Chen fought Kakashi after taking Icha Icha Paradise, using powers the Sharingan could not copy. Kakashi tried to capture him for questioning, but Chen escaped with Flash Step, leaving Kakashi baffled by his abilities.

• Kakashi revealed his Sharingan and fought Chen after Chen’s Fire Release consumed his Water Release.
• Chen used Flash Step and Pale Fire Drop, which Kakashi could not copy, then offered to return Icha Icha Paradise if Kakashi let him go.
• Kakashi attacked with a Shadow Clone and proposed that Chen cooperate with an investigation or join Konoha, but Chen refused.
• Kakashi used Earth Release: Double Suicide Decapitation Technique to pull Chen underground, but Chen reappeared behind him.
• Kakashi questioned Chen about his apparent teleportation, and Chen appeared elsewhere in midair without explaining his ability.

Chen fought Kakashi, who mistook him for an Iwa shinobi, and escaped Kakashi’s Lightning Blade with a mysterious teleportation ability. After Chen attacked again, he and the system argued over Kakashi’s dog-headed Earth Style Wall, prompting the system to assign Chen a forced-kiss mission.

• Kakashi assumed Chen was an Iwa shinobi and attacked him with the Great Fireball Technique, but Chen’s larger fireball overwhelmed it.
• Kakashi charged Chen with Lightning Blade, but Chen vanished before it hit, leaving Kakashi wondering if he had used the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• After Kakashi covered his Sharingan and prepared to leave, Chen reappeared and attacked him with Fire Dragon Flame Bullet.
• Kakashi blocked the attack with an Earth Style Wall bearing a dog’s head, and Chen’s system teased him about it.
• The system ordered Chen to kiss Kakashi by force as a bonus mission, and Chen tried to placate it with an explanation about why he could not hang the system on the wall.

Chen defeated Kakashi and received Ice Release, Earth Style Wall, and the complete Icha Icha Paradise set as rewards. After learning he could transfer system-granted Kekkei Genkai to others, Chen considered building a powerful force, while the system warned that relying on such powers could limit his potential and then offered him another related task.

• Chen persuaded the system to cancel its task, fought Kakashi, and convinced him to admit defeat by offering him Icha Icha Paradise.
• The system rewarded Chen with Ice Release, Earth Style Wall, and the complete set of Icha Icha Paradise.
• The system explained that Chen could give system-granted Kekkei Genkai to others and reclaim them, though most people could only receive one and losing one would cause irreversible damage.
• Chen considered traveling to the Land of Demons and using Kekkei Genkai to build a powerful army.
• The system warned Chen that relying on granted Kekkei Genkai could limit his potential to surpass the Otsutsuki, then issued another task related to Kekkei Genkai.

Chen visited Shion in the Land of Demons and gave her an Ice Release scroll so she could choose shinobi candidates to receive the Kekkei Genkai. Before leaving, he discussed the system's mission to defeat Yuki Haku and learned that Haku would soon meet Zabuza, but Chen refused to add Zabuza to the mission.

• The system assigned Chen a mission to defeat Yuki Haku and kill or subjugate him in exchange for Frost Release, with gender transformation as the failure penalty.
• Chen met Shion, explained how people could gain a Kekkei Genkai, and entrusted her with a scroll for selecting candidates.
• Chen told Shion to choose children for Ice Release training and said he trusted her to make the final decisions.
• Chen promised Shion she could contact him with Flying Thunder God at night, gave her money to help fund the Land of Demons, and planned to leave the next day.
• Chen asked the system about Haku and learned that Haku had not yet met Zabuza but would do so soon.
• The system offered to add Zabuza's assassination to the mission, but Chen refused.

Chen left the Land of Demons and traveled to the Land of Water, where he recruited Haku as his companion. Just as the two headed for the border, Orochimaru appeared and confronted Chen about escaping the effects of his Cursed Seal.

• Chen left Shion while she slept and entered the Land of Water disguised as a refugee traveling with a merchant caravan.
• Chen found Haku on a bridge, offered him food and companionship, and convinced him he would be a companion rather than a tool.
• Chen and Haku left the bridge together, and the system awarded Chen the Frost Release Kekkei Genkai for completing Haku's allegiance mission.
• Chen realized Orochimaru was standing in their path and complained that the system had led him into another encounter.
• Orochimaru questioned Chen about how he had escaped the Cursed Seal's effects.