Chapter Summaries

After years of struggling to extract chakra, Ryōken finally succeeded and unexpectedly activated a League of Legends System. With the Second Shinobi World War approaching, he had feared he would be sent to the battlefield as an outsider with little chance of surviving.

• Ryōken pushed himself through exhausting training at Training Ground Seven and reflected on his difficult life as an orphan from a destroyed shinobi village.
• He worried that the Second Shinobi World War would begin in two years and leave him vulnerable as a Konoha outsider.
• Passersby mocked Ryōken for failing to extract chakra, while Uncle Ichiraku served him a nourishing bowl of ramen.
• Ryōken returned to his hut and focused on extracting chakra, using the energy from his ramen to strengthen his body.
• Ryōken finally produced chakra, and a League of Legends System activated in his mind.

Ryōken activated the League of Legends System and received Garen’s Tenacity talent and Xin Zhao’s Fearless Advance skill. After testing the skill’s speed, stamina cost, and cooldown, he decided to focus on strengthening his body, and the chapter ended as he prepared to resume training.

• Ryōken opened the Beginner’s Pack and obtained Garen’s Tenacity talent and Xin Zhao’s Fearless Advance skill.
• Tenacity strengthened Ryōken’s body and healed injuries left by his training.
• Ryōken tested Fearless Advance, discovering its extreme speed strained his weak body and that the skill had a cooldown of about four seconds.
• Ryōken learned that defeating powerful opponents and advancing his chakra could grant skill draws, while Skill Points could upgrade skills.
• Ryōken decided to train his body before pursuing stronger techniques and prepared to resume training.

After training for half a month, Ryōken confronted a Rain Ninja who had taken Hiwa Hyuga hostage and killed him with Fearless Advance. Danzo learned the Rain Ninja squad had been eliminated and Hiwa had been rescued, then considered retaliating against Konoha’s enemies.

• Ryōken continued training at Training Ground Seven, improving his stamina and practicing Fearless Advance before encountering Hiwa Hyuga held hostage by a Rain Ninja.
• Ryōken recognized that he could not escape and prepared to attack the stronger Rain Ninja, aiming for his throat with his only chance.
• Ryōken used Fearless Advance to move past the Rain Ninja and cut his throat, then disappeared before Hiwa could speak to him.
• A masked ninja reported to Danzo that the Rain Ninja squad had been wiped out and Hiwa Hyuga rescued.
• Danzo ordered the masked ninja to withdraw and vowed to teach Konoha’s enemies a lesson.

After killing an Elite Genin, Ryōken recovered from his near-fatal wound and received a Superior Lottery chance. He drew Fiora’s Grand Duelist Way and Duelist Eye, leaving him with new swordsmanship insights and memories to study.

• Ryōken treated his chest wound after killing the Rain Ninja and learned that Fearless Advance had reached LV2.
• Ryōken discovered that killing the Elite Genin had earned him four Skill Points and a Superior Lottery chance, and he considered how the system awarded rewards for defeating the strongest opponents at each level.
• Ryōken returned to Konoha, noticed Hyuga Ninja searching for Hiwa Hyuga, and went home to use his lottery chance.
• Ryōken drew Fiora’s Grand Duelist Way and absorbed her memories of precise, decisive swordsmanship.
• Ryōken received Duelist Eye as the core skill of Grand Duelist Way.

Ryōken trained for half a month with the Grand Duelist Way inheritance, awakening his Duelist Eye and beginning to use sword techniques such as Sword Ray and Sword Intent. After learning that the academy’s practical ranking assessment was the next day, he remained confident that his performance would silence the villagers who doubted him.

• The inheritance’s energy awakened Ryōken’s Duelist Eye, giving him the ability to analyze movements and spot weaknesses.
• Ryōken practiced sword swings relentlessly for half a month and cut dozens of falling leaves in half as he began to grasp Training Sword Qi.
• Ryōken used his new eyes to spot a Hyuga jōnin hiding nearby, then chatted with Hiwa Hyuga, who had been visiting his training sessions.
• Hiwa told Ryōken that the academy’s practical ranking assessment was the next day and warned him that Minato Namikaze was exceptionally strong.
• As Ryōken and Hiwa walked through Konoha, she grew upset at villagers criticizing him, while Ryōken said the assessment would make them change their minds.

Ryōken attended Konoha’s practical combat assessment, hoping to prove himself and attract better training opportunities. After receiving a bye in the first round, he was matched against Hyuga Chizoku in the second.

• Ryōken decided that he needed combat experience and planned to use the assessment to draw attention from Konoha’s leaders and Hatake Sakumo.
• Ryōken arrived at the Ninja Academy and entered the competition grounds alongside Hiwa Hyuga, while students mocked him and praised Minato Namikaze.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi opened the assessment with a speech urging the students to strive for Konoha’s future.
• Ryōken received a bye in the first round because the third arena had an odd number of students.
• Hyuga Chizoku quickly defeated his first opponent, and the referee announced that he would face Ryōken in the second round.

Ryōken defeated Hyuga Chizoku after easily evading his attacks and striking his knee, shocking the spectators. Hyuga Chizoku then unleashed Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms, leaving the match’s outcome uncertain.

• Hyuga Chizoku and the referee expected Ryōken to surrender, but Ryōken refused.
• Ryōken surprised Hyuga Chizoku with his speed, dodged his Gentle Fist attacks, and criticized his technique.
• Ryōken struck Hyuga Chizoku’s knee with his sword, knocking him down and astonishing the crowd.
• Hyuga Chizoku recovered and revealed Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms, charging at Ryōken as the referee watched tensely.

Ryōken used Sword Intent to break Hyuga Chizoku’s Eight Trigrams Field, then defeated him and everyone else in Group Three to advance. As Ryōken headed to the main arena, Konoha’s leaders learned of his abilities and began considering him a potential rival to Minato Namikaze.

• Ryōken released his Sword Intent, shattered the Eight Trigrams Field, and easily defeated Hyuga Chizoku.
• Ryōken won the remaining Group Three matches and qualified for the main arena, drawing cheers from the crowd.
• Minato Namikaze and Hiwa Hyuga noticed the commotion from the Third Arena, and Hiwa thought of Ryōken.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Jiraiya, Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Hatake Sakumo discovered that Ryōken had advanced instead of Minato.
• Hatake Sakumo reported Ryōken’s background, special eyes, Genin-level strength, and mastery of Sword Intent, while Jiraiya argued that Minato remained stronger.

Ryōken entered the final assessment first, drawing attention from Konoha’s leaders and fellow students. Kouichi Uchiha challenged him, and the first match was announced.

• Ryōken surveyed the arena and recognized Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Sannin, and Hatake Sakumo observing from the platform.
• Minato Namikaze and the other qualifiers arrived, including Hiwa Hyuga, bringing the total to eight students.
• Shimura Danzō joined the platform, and the chief examiner explained that the assessment would be a king-of-the-hill challenge with each student allowed one attempt.
• Ryōken stepped into the arena first, surprising the crowd and prompting concern and criticism from the observers.
• Kouichi Uchiha challenged Ryōken and boasted about Uchiha strength, and the chief examiner announced their match.

Ryōken fought Kouichi Uchiha in the practical combat examination, using their exchange to improve his taijutsu while concealing how easily he could win. Kouichi unleashed a powerful Great Fireball Technique, leaving Ryōken facing a potentially fatal attack.

• Kouichi Uchiha opened with a coordinated kunai barrage and charged, but Ryōken deflected the weapons with his longsword.
• Ryōken and Kouichi exchanged close-combat blows as Ryōken gradually made his movements more fluid and the onlookers realized he was holding back.
• Hiwa Hyuga and the officials recognized Ryōken was toying with Kouichi, while Hiruzen Sarutobi approved of Ryōken and the Uchiha observers grew resentful.
• Kouichi used the Substitution Technique to escape Ryōken’s slash, then attacked from behind with the Great Fireball Technique.
• Kouichi, nearly out of chakra, believed he had won as the enormous fireball bore down on Ryōken.

Ryōken used Laurent Eye of the Mind to split Kouichi Uchiha’s Great Fireball Technique and emerged unharmed, revealing an apparent ocular ability. Hiruzen Sarutobi rejected Danzo’s attempt to place Ryōken in Root, choosing instead to keep him under observation.

• Ryōken spotted the Great Fireball Technique’s weakness and used his sword and Laurent Eye of the Mind to cut through it.
• The flames concealed Ryōken, but he emerged spotless and unharmed, astonishing the crowd and Kouichi Uchiha.
• Orochimaru, Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Hiruzen Sarutobi recognized Ryōken’s ability as a likely ocular technique and considered the implications of his potential bloodline limit.
• Danzo proposed training Ryōken in Root, but Hiruzen Sarutobi refused and said Ryōken would be kept under observation.
• Hatake Sakumo felt relieved that Ryōken would be spared Root’s training and retain the chance to develop as a swordsman.

Ryōken and Minato Namikaze faced off in a highly anticipated contest between Konoha's two leading young geniuses. The chief examiner started their match, leaving the outcome undecided.

• Ryōken's unharmed response to the Great Fireball Technique drew the victors' astonishment, and Minato Namikaze entered the arena to challenge him.
• Senju Shinra and the other students watched the pair with awe, while Jiraiya cheered for Minato and Tsunade told him to behave.
• Kushina Uzumaki backed Minato to win, and Hiwa Hyuga insisted Ryōken would win, sparking a tense stare between them.
• The chief examiner announced Ryōken versus Minato Namikaze, and the two declared that neither would lose.
• The chief examiner ordered Ryōken and Minato Namikaze to begin their match.

Ryōken and Minato Namikaze fought fiercely, with Minato using genjutsu and a clone to counter Ryōken’s speed and swordsmanship. The battle ended on a cliffhanger as Ryōken noticed another Minato appear behind the one preparing a Great Fireball Technique.

• Ryōken charged Minato Namikaze at full speed, startling the spectators and making Kouichi Uchiha realize Ryōken had held back in their earlier fight.
• Minato cast the Hell Viewing Technique and threw a kunai, but Ryōken quickly broke free of the genjutsu and was knocked backward by the attack.
• Ryōken and Minato clashed with their weapons, and Ryōken’s sword split Minato’s damaged kunai before Minato vanished in a puff of smoke.
• Minato formed hand seals and began casting the Great Fireball Technique, while Ryōken spotted another Minato behind him.

Minato Namikaze’s combined Fire and Wind Release drove Ryōken into apparent danger, but Ryōken unleashed a powerful sword strike that split the flames apart. Smoke then obscured the arena as Minato began forming hand seals, leaving the outcome of the match undecided.

• Minato Namikaze combined Wind Release: Great Breakthrough with his Great Fireball Technique, impressing the crowd and the jonin.
• Ryōken refused to surrender as the combined ninjutsu surged toward him, alarming the chief examiner and Hiwa Hyuga.
• Ryōken channeled his will, chakra, and strength into his sword and used Laurent Eye of the Mind to unleash a crescent of Sword Qi that split the sea of flames.
• The audience reacted in shock, and Jiraiya pointed out that the battle was not over as smoke concealed both contestants.
• Minato began forming hand seals while Ryōken appeared to be in worse condition, and the crowd waited tensely for the result.

Ryōken outmaneuvered Minato Namikaze after surviving his powerful ninjutsu and Shuriken barrage, winning their battle. Minato accepted defeat and promised to challenge Ryōken again.

• Ryōken realized the fight was not over and charged through the dust toward Minato Namikaze.
• Minato Namikaze identified the weakness in Ryōken’s defensive move and unleashed the Shadow Shuriken Technique.
• Ryōken used Fearless Advance to evade the Shuriken and pressed a kunai to Minato Namikaze’s neck.
• Minato Namikaze admitted defeat and vowed to challenge Ryōken again.
• The chief examiner announced Ryōken as the victor.

Ryōken won the examination after defeating Minato Namikaze, and the other finalists conceded rather than face him. Celebrated as Konoha’s champion, he left the arena with Hiwa Hyuga and set off to share his news with Uncle Ichiraku over ramen.

• Konoha’s residents erupted in cheers as Ryōken’s victory over Minato Namikaze established him as the strongest genius of the new generation.
• Rosen Senju conceded, and the remaining finalists, including Shibi Aburame, followed suit rather than fight Ryōken.
• The chief examiner announced Ryōken as champion, and the academy students accepted his victory with awe and embarrassment over having mocked him before.
• Hiwa Hyuga congratulated Ryōken, admitted she had worried about him, and wondered whether her father would agree now.
• Ryōken invited Hiwa to Ichiraku Ramen so he could tell Uncle Ichiraku about his victory and repay his past kindness.

After Ryōken won the Ninja Academy’s practical combat assessment, Hiruzen Sarutobi entrusted him to Hatake Sakumo, and the system rewarded him with a subsystem activation right. As Ryōken celebrated with Hiwa at Ichiraku Ramen, Kouichi Uchiha vowed to kill him, while Han Uchiha warned that war was coming.

• Jiraiya lamented Minato Namikaze’s defeat, while Tsunade questioned whether the Senju Clan’s sacrifice for Konoha had been the right choice and renewed her resolve to honor Hashirama Senju’s belief.
• Orochimaru expressed interest in Ryōken’s Bloodline Limit, and Danzo offered to train him as Root’s trump card before Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned him to Hatake Sakumo and urged Sakumo to foster his loyalty to Konoha.
• Ryōken’s victory made him famous across Konoha, and he took Hiwa Hyuga to Ichiraku Ramen to celebrate.
• The system announced that Ryōken had defeated Minato Namikaze and earned one subsystem activation right, but Ryōken focused on eating ramen with Hiwa.
• Kouichi Uchiha promised his father, Han Uchiha, that he would kill Ryōken, and Han warned him that war was coming.

After Tsuki Uchiha brutally intimidated Ryōken over his younger brother, Ryōken resolved to grow stronger and trained in secret. An ANBU summoned him to the Hokage, where he was to receive a jonin instructor after applying for graduation.

• Tsuki Uchiha used his Sharingan and overwhelming aura to torment Ryōken until ANBU intervened under the Hokage’s orders.
• Ryōken vowed not to endure such humiliation again and activated the Summoning System, which would take a month to become usable.
• Ryōken reviewed his weaknesses and trained his sword strikes against a cliff, hoping to gain enough strength before the Second Shinobi World War.
• Ryōken considered using a waterfall to train but lacked a way to create one, then an ANBU summoned him to the Hokage.

At the Ninja Academy, Ryōken chose Hatake Sakumo as his teacher after winning the right to select his own instructor. The remaining students were assigned teachers, and Ryōken followed Sakumo out, unsure what to make of his new mentor.

• Ryōken arrived at the academy and greeted Minato Namikaze, who challenged him to spar and promised to surpass him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi praised Ryōken's performance and granted him the right to choose his own teacher.
• Ryōken asked to study under Hiruzen before naming Hatake Sakumo as his choice, and Hiruzen confirmed Sakumo would mentor him.
• Jiraiya claimed Minato Namikaze as his student, while Tsunade chose Rosen Senju and Orochimaru selected another student.
• Ryōken followed Hatake Sakumo out of the academy, wondering about his new teacher's personality.

Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that Asai Mikado had abducted Hiwa Hyuga and that his brother, Asai Hane, was a remarkable Rain Ninja. Meanwhile, Hatake Sakumo tested Ryōken in a spar, where Ryōken’s sword-drawing attack forced Sakumo back several steps.

• An ANBU ninja reported that three Amegakure death warriors had infiltrated Konoha, and that Asai Mikado had abducted Hiwa Hyuga before dying from a single wound to the throat.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that Asai Mikado’s brother was Asai Hane, the Rain Ninja who had escaped unharmed after attempting to assassinate a Wind Country jonin, and decided to use him to test something.
• Hatake Sakumo brought Ryōken to a forest clearing and told him to fight at full strength so he could plan Ryōken’s next stage of training.
• Ryōken attacked with his sword, but Hatake Sakumo parried him easily and cracked Ryōken’s blade.
• Ryōken gathered and compressed his Sword Intent, then used Fearless Advance and Sword Drawing Technique to strike at one of Hatake Sakumo’s openings.
• Hatake Sakumo accelerated and blocked Ryōken’s strike, but the clash forced him back several steps.