Chapter Summaries

Qingfeng and Uchiha Itachi finished the theory exam early, then Qingfeng endured a public cheer staged by Uchiha Ishi and walked to lunch with three girls. He spent the afternoon back at the Ninja Academy, considering the importance of the bonds he would leave behind before graduation.

• Qingfeng and Uchiha Itachi handed in their theory exam papers, and Akimichi Torifu told them to return the next morning for the ninjutsu test.
• Uchiha Ishi led Qingfeng’s classmates in chanting that Qingfeng would pass every exam and take first place, so Qingfeng grabbed Ishi and threw him into the corridor.
• Qingfeng left the crowd and saw Uchiha Itachi walking with Uchiha Izumi, then discovered that three girls were following him.
• Qingfeng agreed to move the promised barbecue with the girls to that evening, but still ate lunch with them.
• Qingfeng returned to the classroom for the afternoon and reflected on how comrades, teachers, and students formed important bonds in Konoha.

Uchiha Qingfeng and Itachi attended class after their theory exam, impressing Hayama and Hiruzen Sarutobi, then gathered with friends for the barbecue Itachi had promised. Akimichi Torifu hinted that their graduation assessment would include a special event and reminded them of the three ninja prohibitions.

• Hayama praised Qingfeng and Itachi for returning to class after earning excellent marks on the theory exam, while Hiruzen Sarutobi considered them promising students.
• Qingfeng reminded Itachi of his barbecue promise and urged him to invite Uchiha Izumi, learning that Itachi's Shadow Clone had brought Izumi and her mother to his home.
• Itachi invited Izumi, and the group of six went to the Akimichi Clan's barbecue restaurant, where the girls asked Qingfeng about early graduation requirements.
• Akimichi Torifu met Qingfeng and Itachi at the restaurant, encouraged them to do their best in the next day's assessment, and cryptically mentioned the three ninja prohibitions.

Uchiha Qingfeng and Uchiha Itachi graduated from the Ninja Academy, but their classmates declined to compete for a newly proposed Wall of Honor. Akimichi Torifu turned the contest into a performance by the two early graduates, while the Third Hokage secretly watched to assess their strength.

• Uchiha Qingfeng demonstrated the Three Jutsu flawlessly and received a perfect score on the graduation exam.
• Akimichi Torifu announced that the students had passed the exam but would still need their squad leaders’ approval to graduate fully.
• Akimichi Torifu introduced a competition to choose the class’s top student for the academy’s Wall of Honor, but the students were reluctant to compete against Uchiha Qingfeng and Uchiha Itachi.
• Akimichi Torifu changed the plan and asked Uchiha Qingfeng and Uchiha Itachi to perform for the graduates instead.
• Uchiha Qingfeng asked to be left off the Wall of Honor and out of history books, and Akimichi Torifu agreed while the Third Hokage watched secretly.

Qingfeng and Itachi were forced to spar in front of their teachers and classmates, though they misunderstood each other’s signals about how to fight. Qingfeng handled Itachi’s attacks with ease and revealed his Three-Tomoe Sharingan as he faced Itachi’s third move.

• Itachi asked Qingfeng through winks to go easy on him and prolong the match, but Qingfeng misunderstood and agreed to fight seriously before ending it quickly.
• Itachi opened with a Shadow Clone Jutsu and a shuriken attack, but Qingfeng deflected the weapons and walked through the barrage.
• Itachi used the Great Fireball Jutsu to conceal his movements, while Qingfeng swiftly destroyed Itachi’s Shadow Clone with a kunai.
• Itachi leaped into the air and launched Fire Style: Phoenix Sage Flower Claw Red as his third move.
• Qingfeng revealed his Three-Tomoe Sharingan, dodged through the fireballs, and knocked aside the hidden shuriken without being harmed.

Uchiha Qingfeng defeated Uchiha Itachi in their exhibition match without using ninjutsu, drawing praise from the onlookers and attention from Hiruzen Sarutobi and Kakashi. After the group gathered to celebrate, Qingfeng remembered the unresolved split in the Uchiha Military Police Force and wondered whether Minato Namikaze had handled it.

• Qingfeng dodged Itachi's wide-range ninjutsu with his Three-Tomoe Sharingan and waited beneath him as the attack ended.
• Qingfeng held a kunai to Itachi's throat, and Itachi admitted defeat.
• Akimichi Torifu planned to build a wall of honor for Qingfeng, while Hiruzen Sarutobi and Kakashi discussed Qingfeng's strength and potential.
• Anko, Uchiha Izumi, Inuzuka Hana, Qingfeng, and the others agreed to celebrate Qingfeng and Itachi's graduation over lunch.
• Qingfeng recalled that Minato Namikaze had agreed to address the split in the Uchiha Military Police Force and wondered whether it had been resolved.

Qingfeng and Itachi attended the Ninja Academy graduation ceremony, where the students awaited their Jonin squad leaders. Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived after Akimichi Torifu introduced him, leaving the final test and team assignments still to come.

• Qingfeng advised his friends to train diligently if they wanted to graduate early, but refused to teach them the Three Jutsu because he did not know how to teach.
• Qingfeng and Itachi entered the Academy with four girls after the gatekeeper let them watch the squad leaders choose students.
• Qingfeng drew several students away from the back of the classroom and encouraged the class to talk rather than sit in silence.
• Akimichi Torifu announced the graduates’ final test and introduced the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Uchiha Qingfeng and Uchiha Itachi graduated from the Ninja Academy and were assigned to a squad with Yamato. As Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzō competed to take them as disciples, Hiruzen rejected Danzō’s attempt to claim them.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi gave a graduation speech and announced that the new genin’s squads had been assigned.
• Hiruzen asked Uchiha Qingfeng and Uchiha Itachi whom they wanted as their teacher, then introduced Yamato as their third teammate.
• Qingfeng asked for an elite Ninja squad leader, while Itachi requested one with high intelligence and skill in Genjutsu and Taijutsu.
• Danzō arrived and offered to take the Uchiha as disciples, promising resources and additional teachers.
• Hiruzen refused Danzō’s attempt and told him to focus on managing Root.

Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzō, and Orochimaru contested who would lead Qingfeng and the newly graduated genin. Minato Namikaze arrived and explained that he had promised to teach Qingfeng powerful ninjutsu, leaving Orochimaru to recognize Minato was the best fit.

• Danzō urged Hiruzen Sarutobi to set aside taking disciples, and Qingfeng suggested finding an ordinary elite ninja instead.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi postponed the decision, intending to take the genin as his disciples, but Orochimaru arrived and offered to lead them.
• Danzō supported Orochimaru's offer, while Hiruzen Sarutobi worried about entrusting the genin to him.
• Orochimaru asked Qingfeng directly whether he wanted to become his disciple, but Qingfeng stayed silent.
• Minato Namikaze arrived and said he had promised to teach Qingfeng powerful ninjutsu, and Orochimaru left after realizing Minato was the more suitable teacher.

Minato Namikaze accepted responsibility for training three young disciples and rejected Hiruzen Sarutobi’s suggestion that he resume his Hokage duties. He began their test with a thirty-minute race to a forest, and Qingfeng hurried ahead while keeping his Flying Thunder God Technique secret.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi welcomed Minato Namikaze’s return and asked him to resume his Hokage duties, but Minato said he was not fully recovered.
• Minato Namikaze agreed to train three disciples, and Danzō watched as he led them away from the Ninja Academy.
• Minato Namikaze ordered the students to reach a forest within thirty minutes, and Yamato dashed off first.
• Qingfeng told the four girls they could rest, then urged Itachi to follow before he missed the deadline.
• Qingfeng used the Body Flicker Technique and Taijutsu to race straight toward the forest, accidentally jumping into an old man’s courtyard along the way.
• Qingfeng spotted Yamato racing toward him and planned to stop him so they could enter the forest together.

Uchiha Qingfeng tried to make Yamato travel with him and Uchiha Itachi, but Yamato resisted and the two fought. Qingfeng escaped Yamato’s Wood Style prison and moved to teach him a lesson, while Itachi joined the clash.

• Yamato ignored Qingfeng’s request to report in with him and Itachi, so Qingfeng used the Body Flicker Technique to block his path.
• Yamato tried to escape by leaping away, but Qingfeng jumped above him and kicked him back to the ground.
• Yamato trapped Qingfeng in a Wood Style prison, and Itachi arrived and fought Yamato with his Shadow Clone.
• Qingfeng used Chidori to cut his way out of the prison and rushed at Yamato, who raised his arms to block.

Qingfeng defeated Yamato and persuaded him to commit to working as a squad, then the three passed Minato Namikaze’s test and began training under him. When Qingfeng asked Minato for help with Rasengan, Minato identified a gap in his practice and asked whether he had ever trained with water balloons or rubber balls.

• Qingfeng pinned Yamato and stopped his Chidori just before it struck, then Yamato agreed to work with his squad.
• Qingfeng, Itachi, and Yamato ran to the Ninja Academy and back within the time Minato Namikaze set, passing his test.
• Minato Namikaze appointed himself their squad leader, lectured them about their appearance, and began training them.
• Itachi and Yamato said they did not need to learn more Ninjutsu, while Qingfeng asked Minato for help completing Rasengan.
• Minato watched Qingfeng shape Chakra and asked whether he had practiced with water balloons or rubber balls.

Qingfeng learned that his flawed Rasengan technique came from misunderstanding how its Chakra should rotate, then used Minato Namikaze’s guidance to create a Great Ball Rasengan. After demonstrating its destructive power, Qingfeng felt better prepared for the dangers of the Ninja World but knew he still needed to learn Sage Mode.

• Minato Namikaze explained that the Rasengan required many irregular Chakra vortices rotating inward, correcting Qingfeng’s single-vortex approach.
• Qingfeng applied the explanation and formed a Great Ball Rasengan without first mastering the ordinary Rasengan.
• Minato Namikaze marveled at Qingfeng’s unexpected achievement and told him to test the technique’s power.
• Qingfeng destroyed a tree with the Great Ball Rasengan, stunning Uchiha Itachi, Yamato, and the four little girls.
• Qingfeng made another Great Ball Rasengan and blasted a huge crater into the ground, then considered using the technique against enemies and for digging graves.

Qingfeng planned his future training after learning the Rasengan, while Minato assigned the new team to village missions and afternoon training. Yamato returned to Danzō, who ordered him to report everything he had learned, and Yamato insisted that his name was no longer Kano.

• Qingfeng decided to pursue Sage techniques, Chidori Stream, and Wind Release Chakra rather than develop a Lightning Release Rasengan.
• Itachi asked when Qingfeng had learned the Rasengan, and Minato promised to teach it to the girls after they graduated from the Ninja Academy.
• Minato told the team to meet again the next day for village missions and training, then left to go home to Kushina and Naruto.
• Qingfeng disbanded the group, and Yamato privately called him a hypocrite before using Wood Style to regrow the damaged tree.
• A Root Ninja summoned Yamato to Danzō, who demanded a full report about the day’s events.
• Yamato told Danzō that his name was Yamato, not Kano, but Danzō continued questioning him.

Yamato reported Uchiha Qingfeng’s strength and new mastery of the Rasengan to Danzō, who planned to eliminate Qingfeng and Uchiha Itachi and provoke the Uchiha clan into a coup. Danzō sought Orochimaru’s help, unaware that Orochimaru had already made a deal with Qingfeng and intended to keep him alive.

• Yamato told Danzō that Qingfeng had defeated him easily and mastered both Chidori and the Great Ball Rasengan.
• Danzō decided to target Qingfeng and Itachi outside the village, use Kano as an inside man, and stir up conflict to force the Uchiha into a coup.
• Orochimaru hid his research materials when someone approached his laboratory.
• Danzō confronted Orochimaru about their earlier plan to deal with Qingfeng and claimed Qingfeng had escaped an attack by Orochimaru.
• Danzō outlined his plan to eliminate the Uchiha geniuses and asked Orochimaru to provide manpower, while Orochimaru secretly resolved to keep Qingfeng alive.

Qingfeng’s team visited the Mission Assembly Hall, but all the beginner missions had been taken, and Minato refused to let them accept the only available B-rank mission. The team left without a mission and planned to train that afternoon, while Qingfeng considered using Shadow Clones to finish the required low-rank assignments.

• Qingfeng, Itachi, and Yamato waited for Minato, while Yamato avoided speaking to or looking at Qingfeng.
• Minato arrived and took the team to the Mission Assembly Hall to find work.
• A clerk told Minato that all the D-rank missions were gone, leaving only a B-rank escort mission to the capital of the Land of Fire.
• Qingfeng urged the team to take the B-rank mission, but Minato refused and required them to complete fifty D-rank and C-rank missions first.
• Minato dismissed the team and told them to meet at the usual place for afternoon training, while Yamato left without acknowledging his teammates.
• Qingfeng decided he could use Shadow Clones to complete the low-rank missions while his real body trained.

Uchiha Qingfeng kept up his relentless routine of completing daily low-level missions while cautiously exploring Sage Mode and avoiding dangerous Natural Energy. He, Uchiha Itachi, and Yamato finished another lost-cat mission by using the Sharingan to make the Ninja Cat Little Tiger come to them willingly.

• Shadow Clone One continued lining up overnight so Qingfeng could claim the first mission each morning, earning him the nickname "Lunatic."
• Qingfeng tested Orochimaru's Sage Body cells on Shadow Clone Two, which swelled, and decided to pursue Mount Myōboku's Sage Mode instead of risking uncontrolled Natural Energy absorption.
• Qingfeng collected the day's mission request from Shadow Clone One and met Uchiha Itachi and Yamato to search for Little Tiger, a frequently lost Ninja Cat.
• Qingfeng used his Sharingan to control Little Tiger, and the team made the cat return to them on its own for the mission.

Uchiha Qingfeng began sensing Natural Energy, prompting Minato Namikaze to explain the dangers of Sage Mode and agree to teach him. Minato summoned Gamabunta to take Qingfeng to Mount Myōboku, but Gamabunta said Qingfeng could only enter through its entrance, leaving the journey ahead uncertain.

• Uchiha Qingfeng meditated to sense Natural Energy while Itachi and Yamato watched his unusual training.
• Minato Namikaze noticed Natural Energy gathering around Qingfeng and warned him about the dangers of absorbing it without guidance.
• Uchiha Qingfeng explained that Orochimaru had told him about Natural Energy and admitted he wanted to learn Sage Mode.
• Minato Namikaze explained how Sage Mode worked and agreed to teach Qingfeng before he attempted to absorb Natural Energy alone.
• Minato Namikaze summoned Gamabunta and asked him to take Qingfeng to Mount Myōboku.
• Gamabunta said Qingfeng could not use Reverse Summoning to enter before signing a contract and would have to travel to the entrance.

With Minato Namikaze’s help, Uchiha Qingfeng signed Mount Myōboku’s summoning contract and immediately traveled there to begin training. Sage Fukasaku questioned Qingfeng’s unusual Chakra and Sharingan, leaving Qingfeng worried that Gamamaru might uncover more about him.

• Minato Namikaze arranged for Jiraiya to send the summoning contract scroll through Gerotora, and Qingfeng signed it.
• Qingfeng tested the contract by summoning Gamabunta, then asked to train at Mount Myōboku.
• Qingfeng used the Reverse Summoning Technique to travel to Mount Myōboku with Minato Namikaze and Gamabunta.
• Sage Fukasaku questioned why Minato had taken an Uchiha disciple and noticed Qingfeng’s Chakra seemed unlike an ordinary Uchiha’s.
• Qingfeng opened his Three-Tomoe Sharingan and said he had trained his body because it was once weak, while Sage Fukasaku decided to ask Gamamaru about him.

Jiraiya visited Mount Myōboku to inspect Minato Namikaze’s new disciple, Uchiha Qingfeng, but dismissed him as the Child of Prophecy. The Great Toad Sage then awoke, discovered Minato had survived an event it foresaw as fatal, and suspected Qingfeng was connected to the changes in its predictions.

• Jiraiya arrived at Mount Myōboku, examined Uchiha Qingfeng, and ruled him out as the Child of Prophecy because he was an Uchiha.
• Jiraiya tried to leave before dinner, and Minato Namikaze urged him to visit the Leaf Village, but Jiraiya refused.
• Sage Shima stopped Jiraiya, Minato Namikaze, and Qingfeng to tell them that the Great Toad Sage had awakened.
• The Great Toad Sage recognized Jiraiya and Minato, then questioned how Minato had survived the Nine-Tails’ attack despite its prediction that he would die.
• The Great Toad Sage focused on Qingfeng, asked who he was, and suspected that the unfamiliar Uchiha was behind the changes it could not foresee.

Uchiha Qingfeng learned that the Great Toad Sage could no longer see the Child of Prophecy’s future because Qingfeng had become a variable in the Ninja World. He qualified to learn Mount Myōboku’s Sage Mode but returned to Leaf Village first, leaving his training for later.

• The Great Toad Sage said Uchiha Qingfeng had blurred the future and fallen asleep before Jiraiya could get more answers about the Child of Prophecy.
• Jiraiya left Mount Myōboku to gather material, and Qingfeng asked Sage Fukasaku to teach him Sage Mode.
• Qingfeng sensed Natural Energy with ease, but chose to return to Leaf Village before beginning cultivation.
• Minato Namikaze told Qingfeng to train independently, remember his missions, and notify him before starting Sage Mode training, then hurried home using the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Qingfeng headed back to the Pharmacy and noticed Yamato had restored the trees Gamabunta had crushed.