Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Qingfeng and Uchiha Itachi told their homeroom teacher, Hayama Shirakumo, that they planned to apply for early graduation. After submitting their forms, they left with textbooks to prepare for the graduation assessment.

• Qingfeng told Itachi that Uchiha Izumi liked him, then suggested they inform Hayama Shirakumo about their early graduation plans.
• Izumi passed Itachi a note asking him not to leave after school, but he ignored it and followed Hayama to the office with Qingfeng.
• Qingfeng and Itachi asked Hayama about applying for early graduation, and he reminded them they would need to pass both written and practical exams.
• The two filled out application forms, with Qingfeng listing his strength as Chunin and Itachi listing his as Genin.
• Hayama accepted their applications and gave them written textbooks to study before the graduation assessment.

Qingfeng invited Anko, Uzuki Yugao, Itachi, and Inuzuka Hana to ramen after announcing he had applied for early graduation, then waited at Ichiraku Ramen as the sisters arrived first. The chapter ended with Anko and Uzuki Yugao crowding him from both sides while he wondered whether their talk of being sisters was ominous.

• Anko and Uzuki Yugao invited Qingfeng to ramen, and he offered to treat everyone to ramen and Itachi to barbecue on their day off.
• Qingfeng left to drop textbooks off at the Pharmacy and planned for a Shadow Clone to attend school while he prepared for another possible attack.
• Qingfeng arrived at Ichiraku Ramen first and ordered five large bowls, telling Tezuda Uncle that his friends were coming.
• Anko and Uzuki Yugao arrived before Itachi and Inuzuka Hana, talked about Qingfeng, and began eating the three bowls Tezuda Uncle had prepared.
• Anko and Uzuki Yugao sat close on either side of Qingfeng, prompting him to wonder if their sisterly closeness was something to fear.

Qingfeng returned to the Pharmacy with his friends and discovered that Inuzuka Hana had arranged to replace its missing door. The tension over who was responsible for the old door faded when the new one arrived, but Itachi then revealed Qingfeng’s secret about attending school in his original body.

• Qingfeng left Ichiraku Ramen with Itachi, Inuzuka Hana, Anko, and Uzuki Yugao, who all followed him to the Pharmacy.
• Qingfeng found a crowd outside the Pharmacy and discovered that its door was gone.
• Inuzuka Hana explained that she had paid to replace the door after Anko and Uzuki Yugao had damaged it.
• Anko asked Qingfeng to confirm that he had agreed to the sisters entering his home, but workers arrived with the new door before he could answer.
• As the group watched the door being installed, Itachi asked whether Qingfeng would use his original body to go to school, exposing the secret to Anko and Uzuki Yugao.

Qingfeng revealed to Anko that he and Uchiha Itachi had used Shadow Clones to attend the Ninja Academy, then spent the afternoon copying textbooks with his Sharingan. As night fell, an unknown visitor entered his home and stared at him with greed.

• Qingfeng admitted that the students Anko had spent time with were his and Uchiha Itachi's Shadow Clones, and Anko agreed to keep it secret.
• Inuzuka Hana gave Qingfeng the new front-gate key and said she would visit him after school, while Uchiha Itachi went home to study for the graduation exam.
• Qingfeng wondered who had attacked his Shadow Clone the previous night, then used his Three-Tomoe Sharingan to copy the textbooks Teacher Hayama had assigned.
• After finishing the copying at night, Qingfeng rested with his eyes closed until an unknown visitor entered through the new gate and remarked on his refined tastes.

Orochimaru brought Qingfeng to his underground laboratory, claiming he would show him the Secret Soldier Pill research. Qingfeng followed while secretly preparing an escape route, and Orochimaru revealed that the pills could help him raise his Chakra limit and pursue endless growth.

• Orochimaru accused Qingfeng of leaving the village without permission, but Qingfeng denied the charge and challenged him to report it to the Third Hokage.
• Orochimaru invited Qingfeng to see the laboratory and Secret Soldier Pill research, and Qingfeng agreed while suspecting Orochimaru had attacked his Shadow Clone.
• Orochimaru led Qingfeng through a secluded forest to his personal experimental site and opened a hidden entrance underground.
• Qingfeng secretly tossed a marked Shuriken near the entrance before following Orochimaru into the laboratory.
• As they walked through the vast laboratory, Qingfeng questioned whether Orochimaru had time to train, and Orochimaru explained that developing ninjutsu suited to oneself was also part of improving strength.

Orochimaru confronted Qingfeng with evidence that he had secretly modified the Secret Soldier Pills and offered him Sage Body cells in exchange for the mysterious liquid. Qingfeng denied possessing the liquid and rejected the cells, recognizing them as a dangerous early form of the Curse Mark.

• Orochimaru brought Qingfeng into his private laboratory and showed him liquid extracted from the Secret Soldier Pills.
• Orochimaru explained that the pills contained ordinary ingredients and that their recipe had changed after Qingfeng's grandfather died.
• Qingfeng denied knowing anything about the liquid and prepared to keep the truth hidden.
• Orochimaru offered Qingfeng Sage Body cells as a trade for the mysterious liquid.
• Qingfeng recognized the cells as Jugo's cells and refused to inject them into his body.

Qingfeng refused to give Orochimaru the potion he wanted, despite showing interest in Hashirama Senju’s cells. Orochimaru took him to a training room to fight, leaving their negotiation on the verge of turning violent.

• Orochimaru showed Qingfeng Hashirama Senju’s cells and claimed they could awaken Wood Style after transplantation.
• Qingfeng questioned where Orochimaru had obtained the cells and refused to hand over the potion.
• Qingfeng tried to get Orochimaru to share some cells, but Orochimaru decided to place a Cursed Seal on him.
• Orochimaru led Qingfeng from the laboratory into a training room and announced that their battle was beginning.
• Qingfeng asked to talk things over and become friends, but Orochimaru said it was too late.

Qingfeng escaped Orochimaru’s overwhelming snake attacks with the Flying Thunder God Technique, then returned to propose an alliance. He asked Orochimaru to develop a medicine that guaranteed a firstborn daughter, but Orochimaru left after Qingfeng demanded it be done within ten years.

• Orochimaru attacked Qingfeng with Shadow Snake Hands, and Qingfeng dodged using the Body Flicker Technique without activating his Sharingan.
• Orochimaru unleashed Myriad Snake Formation, and Qingfeng used the Flying Thunder God Technique to escape the surrounding swarm.
• Qingfeng checked himself for snakes in a laboratory corridor, then returned to negotiate cooperation with Orochimaru.
• Qingfeng asked Orochimaru to develop a medicine that would make an ordinary person’s first child a girl.
• Orochimaru said the research was theoretically feasible but would take a long time, and Qingfeng asked whether he could finish it within ten years.
• Orochimaru left in irritation at Qingfeng’s request and deadline.

Qingfeng negotiated a five-year deal with Orochimaru to obtain Sage Cells in exchange for five hundred Secret Soldier Pills, delivered in yearly installments. Orochimaru agreed to provide the cells and let Qingfeng meet their living source after he graduated from the Ninja Academy.

• Orochimaru began experimenting with Qingfeng’s request for cells that could determine a child’s sex and said the work might take up to five years.
• Qingfeng offered Secret Soldier Pills, and Orochimaru demanded five hundred in exchange for the Sage Cells, with one hundred due each year.
• Qingfeng asked for fifty million ryo, Sage Cells, and a chance to meet the living person they came from; Orochimaru agreed and offered to transplant the cells, but Qingfeng declined.
• Qingfeng and Orochimaru settled on the exchange, with Qingfeng delivering fifty pills every six months and taking Sage Cells as part of the deal.
• Orochimaru recognized the pills’ smell and suspected Qingfeng’s supply came from a naturally limited source or a location inherited from his grandfather.

Uchiha Qingfeng traded Secret Soldier Pills to Orochimaru for Sage Cells and a promised fifty million ryo. Orochimaru explained his pursuit of bodily and spiritual immortality, while Qingfeng planned to test the Sage Cells with a Shadow Clone.

• Orochimaru inspected and stored Qingfeng’s Secret Soldier Pills, believing they came from a supply of naturally formed medicinal fluid he called Chakra Water.
• Orochimaru agreed to Qingfeng’s request for a fair trade and promised him fifty million ryo.
• While processing the Sage Cells, Orochimaru explained how his efforts to overcome the limits of ninjutsu and the body had led him toward immortality and Impure World Reincarnation.
• Orochimaru gave Qingfeng a bottle of living Sage Cells and warned him not to open it because the cells could explode.
• Qingfeng planned to test the Sage Cells using a Shadow Clone and reminded Orochimaru to provide the promised fifty million ryo, finalizing their transaction.

Qingfeng completed the first stage of his deal with Orochimaru, receiving fifty million ryō and securing a promise that Orochimaru would develop the Genetic Fertility Potion. As Qingfeng left, Orochimaru examined his Flying Thunder God mark, while Qingfeng wondered whether their arrangement would delay Orochimaru's defection from Konoha.

• Qingfeng accepted fifty million ryō from Orochimaru and reminded him to continue working on the Genetic Fertility Potion.
• Qingfeng used the Flying Thunder God Technique to leave Orochimaru's laboratory after Orochimaru pointed out the mark outside.
• Orochimaru found Qingfeng's marked shuriken beneath the table and speculated about the technique's range and limits.
• Qingfeng considered whether his business with Orochimaru would delay his defection and reflected on why Hiruzen might have driven him from Konoha.

Qingfeng returned to his pharmacy after a long day, hoping to sleep, but found Inuzuka Hana, Mitarashi Anko, Uzuki Yugao, and a dog crowded onto his bed and arguing over who had spent the night there. He dismissed his Shadow Clone and faced the visitors, while the Akatsuki might learn that he had impersonated them.

• Qingfeng reflected on Orochimaru's resentment toward Hiruzen Sarutobi and his eventual defection from Konoha.
• Qingfeng passed the closed Ichiraku Ramen and headed back to the pharmacy, expecting to find it empty.
• Inuzuka Hana, Mitarashi Anko, and Uzuki Yugao argued on Qingfeng's bed about who had caused his late return and who had slept there the night before.
• Qingfeng discovered the three women and Hana's dog crowded onto the bed, then dismissed Shadow Clone One.
• Inuzuka Hana told Qingfeng to lock the new front door so idle visitors would stop entering his pharmacy.

Uchiha Qingfeng tried to send Inuzuka Hana, Anko, and Yugao home after they crowded into his bed, but the women kept competing for his attention. Inuzuka Hana asked him to take her home, and the other two immediately demanded the same.

• Qingfeng told Inuzuka Hana that locks could not keep determined intruders out, then found her and the others in his bed with Hai Maru.
• Inuzuka Hana and the other women competed to look after Qingfeng and refused to leave, while he worried that Inuzuka Gakku might come looking for her.
• The women made room for Qingfeng by tossing Hai Maru off the bed, but he backed away after their teasing showed they were unbothered by his attempt to undress.
• Inuzuka Hana asked Qingfeng to take her home, and Anko and Yugao immediately asked him to take them home too.

Uchiha Qingfeng sent Inuzuka Hana home with her father, then saw Anko and Uzuki Yugao off after explaining their gathering as a mahjong game. Back at the Pharmacy, he planned to spend most of his savings on the System, but discovered it had given him a new assistant and a weekly login event.

• Uchiha Qingfeng took Inuzuka Hana to the door, where Inuzuka Gakku arrived carrying a huge iron chain and prepared to take his daughter home.
• Anko and Uzuki Yugao came downstairs, and Qingfeng explained that the four of them had been playing mahjong; Inuzuka Gakku accepted the explanation and invited himself to join next time.
• Inuzuka Gakku took Inuzuka Hana home, while Anko and Uzuki Yugao left with her; Qingfeng returned upstairs and aired out the bedding before going to sleep.
• Uchiha Qingfeng counted his savings of sixty-three million taels and decided to keep three million while planning to recharge the remaining sixty million for lottery draws.
• Uchiha Qingfeng opened the System and met Xiao Yue, who explained that his assets had qualified him for a returning gift pack and a weekly login event with an Artifact-quality-or-higher reward after ten weeks.
• Uchiha Qingfeng told Xiao Yue he would wait a year or two before recharging his sixty million taels, hoping to learn more about the System.

Qingfeng reached Level 3 after recharging sixty million taels, unlocking a prize draw and upgrading his inventory. He received empty prizes from both free gift boxes and suspected the System had diverted his promised reward to create a returning Warrior event.

• Qingfeng asked Xiao Yue whether she would disappear if he stopped recharging, and she explained that she would return once he reached Level 3.
• Qingfeng recharged sixty million taels, reached Level 3, received a recharge discount, and unlocked the guaranteed prize pool.
• Qingfeng learned that fully upgrading the inventory would cost 609 million Gold Coins and unlocked its first ten slots for 4.9 million taels.
• Qingfeng opened his weekly login gift box and received Thank You for Your Patronage.
• Qingfeng opened his Level 3 membership gift box and also received Thank You for Your Patronage.
• Qingfeng accused the System of taking his promised reward to fund a returning Warrior event, but the System did not answer.

Qingfeng discovered that the System had moved his promised reward into a guaranteed lottery and that the ordinary lottery no longer offered beginner rewards. After losing a million Gold Coins on empty draws, he feared he had lost access to the potions he needed to grow strong enough to awaken Yin-Yang Release.

• Qingfeng confirmed that the System had placed his final login reward in a new event and could not return it because he had already opened the first gift box.
• Qingfeng inspected the guaranteed lottery pool, saw powerful pets, sword techniques, and weapons, but chose not to spend a million taels on a draw.
• Qingfeng opened ten ordinary Treasure Chests, but every one was empty and cost him one million Gold Coins.
• The System explained that ordinary lottery items were beginner rewards and were no longer available now that Qingfeng met its strength and spending requirements.
• Qingfeng worried that the potions he needed for physical training had vanished, leaving his plans to awaken Yin-Yang Release and reach the Six Paths level in doubt.

Qingfeng spent his remaining Gold Coins on the guaranteed draw, hoping to obtain potions that would help him survive in the Ninja World. The chapter left him with no money and a run of useless rewards as he continued opening gift boxes.

• Qingfeng gave Xiao Yue 260,000 Gold Coins and used ten million on ten draws, receiving several skills but no potions.
• Qingfeng threatened to stop spending unless the System confirmed that potions were available, and the System said the advanced draw included all rewards and had no empty rewards.
• Qingfeng received four empty rewards disguised as different results, including “nothing,” “joy,” and “happiness.”
• Qingfeng spent his remaining 48 million Gold Coins on forty-eight gift boxes and began opening them.
• Qingfeng drew a Maserati that the System called a divine artifact but that was unusable in the Ninja World, followed by an Indian War Axe he could use for chopping firewood.

Qingfeng opened his remaining Treasure Chests, gaining a usable artifact weapon and a stock of potions, then considered the dangers of pursuing legendary weapons. He summoned Sven to guard him for the night and planned to train with his new weapon the next day.

• Qingfeng drew four artifact weapons in a row, including the heavy club Second Brother's Inflatable Companion, which he could wield.
• After a long streak of empty draws, Qingfeng used his last ten Treasure Chests to obtain doubled supplies of his regular potions and Shining World Instruments.
• Qingfeng wondered why the System had given him four artifacts and considered searching for legendary weapons, while deciding to avoid the Sage of Six Paths' treasures.
• Qingfeng planned to use Itachi to help locate the Totsuka Blade and Yata Mirror in the future.
• Qingfeng summoned the resentful Crow, Sven, and asked it to guard him overnight, promising to feed it potions the next day.

Qingfeng and Itachi took the Ninja Academy graduation exam, drawing attention as early graduates. While they worked through the written papers, Hiruzen Sarutobi considered how to assign them an instructor and teammate, then sent Kakashi to summon Danzō.

• Qingfeng and Itachi left for the graduation exam as their classmates cheered them on.
• At the examination hall, Qingfeng recognized Yoshizo, a repeater who resented the humiliation he had suffered at the academy.
• Akimichi Torifu announced that the two-day exam began with six written papers, and Qingfeng and Itachi started answering them with ease.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi watched the exam with Kakashi and decided the two Uchiha should stay together with a teammate of comparable strength.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Kakashi to instruct Qingfeng and Itachi, but Kakashi declined and suggested someone stronger teach Qingfeng.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Kakashi to call Danzō over.

Hiruzen Sarutobi took Kano, a Wood Style user from Root, into his care and freed him from Root’s seals. He renamed him Yamato and assigned him to protect Qingfeng and the other Uchiha student, leaving Kakashi to supervise him through Anbu.

• Danzō argued that the Uchiha students should be trained in Root, but Hiruzen Sarutobi refused and asked Danzō to hand over Kano.
• Danzō brought Kano to the Hokage Office, where Hiruzen removed the Root seals from him.
• Kano told Hiruzen that his real name was Tenzo, and Hiruzen said he would start over under the name Yamato.
• Hiruzen told Yamato to thank Kakashi, who had helped him reach the Hokage, and assigned Yamato to Kakashi’s Anbu squad in name only.
• Hiruzen tasked Yamato with forming a three-man team with the two Uchiha students and protecting them when they faced danger.