Chapter Summaries

Chiyu endured Konoha’s hostility because of his parents’ past and his mixed Uchiha and Senju blood, while relying on a dormant Witness System as his hope for changing his life. He had earned 50 of the 100 points needed to activate it and expected Kushina Uzumaki’s enrollment at the Ninja Academy to provide the rest.

• Chiyu recalled how his Uchiha mother and Senju father fled Konoha, raised him in a peaceful village, and died after ninja pursued his mother’s Sharingan.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi brought Chiyu to Konoha, but the Uchiha Clan refused to acknowledge him, and villagers shunned him because of his parents and the Uchiha-controlled Konoha Military Police Force.
• Chiyu concluded that Konoha was both a prison and the safest place for him, since he lacked the strength to escape and survive elsewhere.
• Chiyu relied on the Witness System, which required 100 Witness Points to activate; witnessing Minato Namikaze enroll at the Ninja Academy had earned him 50.
• Chiyu expected Kushina Uzumaki to transfer to the Ninja Academy soon and believed witnessing her enrollment would earn the 50 points he needed.

Chiyu suspected Konoha had manipulated Kushina Uzumaki into becoming its next Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, then watched her transfer into the Ninja Academy and get seated beside him. Kushina declared her ambition to become Hokage despite the class mocking her red hair.

• Chiyu considered how Minato Namikaze had rescued Kushina from three powerful Kumogakure ninjas and suspected Konoha had orchestrated their bond to make her accept becoming the Nine-Tails Container.
• Chiyu decided to focus on growing stronger so he could survive the coming Third Great Ninja War and eventually leave Konoha.
• Shota Hayabusa introduced Kushina Uzumaki as a transfer student, and her classmates mocked her red hair after she introduced herself.
• Kushina declared that she would become the village's first female Hokage, and Minato Namikaze announced that he also wanted to become Hokage.
• Kushina noticed Chiyu was isolated, ignored the class's gloating, and took the empty seat beside him.

Kushina Uzumaki sat beside Chiyu on her first day at the Konoha Academy, while Chiyu gained the final Witness Points needed to activate his system. He chose a reward of Thunder Breathing sword forms and Lightning Release techniques but decided to claim it after school.

• Kushina Uzumaki sat beside Chiyu and wondered why the other students had isolated him, while Chiyu noticed her glancing at him.
• Chiyu gained 50 Witness Points for witnessing Kushina Uzumaki enroll and activated the system after reaching 100 points.
• Chiyu checked his character panel and learned that abilities without their required prerequisites cost five times as many Witness Points.
• The system offered Chiyu a two-tomoe Sharingan, Thunder Breathing sword forms with Lightning Release techniques, or a Swim-Swim Fruit.
• Chiyu chose the Thunder Breathing reward but postponed claiming it after learning the system would take control of his body to teach him the techniques.

Chiyu intervened when classmates bullied Kushina Uzumaki, though Kushina quickly defeated them herself. After chasing him to the outskirts of Konoha, she asked to be his friend, but Chiyu warned that associating with him could make her an outcast and gently refused her.

• Chiyu stepped in when classmates mocked Kushina and one boy pulled her hair, but Kushina fought back and beat the bullies herself.
• Kushina watched Chiyu during the afternoon lessons, then chased after him when he hurried home from school.
• At the outskirts of Konoha, Kushina introduced herself and told Chiyu she wanted to be his friend.
• Chiyu explained that he was isolated by the whole village and urged Kushina to seek other friends before leaving her behind.

Chiyu went to a secluded riverbank so the system could simulate Lightning Release techniques and Thunder Breathing without destroying his home. After mastering both Lightning Release transformations and performing all seven Thunder Breathing forms, he left a trail of wreckage and fires that Konoha’s sensor ninja might notice.

• Chiyu declined Kushina Uzumaki’s friendship because associating with him would cause her to be ostracized.
• Chiyu asked the system about the simulation’s impact and moved from his house to a secluded riverbank.
• The system took over Chiyu’s body and simulated Lightning Release Chakra shape transformation and nature transformation, putting him through intense pain.
• Chiyu bought a Standard Tachi for 10 Witness Points, and the system began simulating Thunder Breathing’s sword forms.
• Chiyu’s Chakra ran low after the Fourth Form, so the system spent 30 Witness Points to replenish it and continue.
• Chiyu unleashed the Seventh Form, Fire Thunder God, cutting through trees and rocks while a deep-blue lightning dragon followed his slash.

Chiyu unleashed a devastating Lightning Release attack in the woods, collapsed from the pain, and was rescued by Hiruzen Sarutobi. Meanwhile, Kushina Uzumaki told Mito Uzumaki about Chiyu’s rejection, and Mito reflected on his isolation and her inability to help him.

• Chiyu regained control of his body after the Thunder Breathing simulation, crawled toward a river through the burning woods, and passed out when Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered the Anbu to extinguish the flames and take Chiyu to the Ninja Hospital, while wondering whether Chiyu had caused the destruction.
• Kushina Uzumaki returned to Mito Uzumaki’s residence and recounted being teased, fighting her classmates, and being rejected by Chiyu.
• Mito Uzumaki explained Chiyu’s family history and recalled that Hiruzen Sarutobi had refused her request to adopt him.
• Mito Uzumaki comforted Kushina Uzumaki and lamented that Chiyu had done nothing wrong but remained isolated.

Mito Uzumaki encouraged Kushina Uzumaki to befriend Chiyu despite the hostility he faced, while Chiyu remained unconscious in the Ninja Hospital. After several days of missing him at school, Kushina learned from Mito that she knew where he was.

• Mito Uzumaki told Kushina Uzumaki that Chiyu was lonely and hated because he was caught between two feuding clans, and Kushina resolved to become his friend.
• Kushina went to the Ninja Academy, but Chiyu was absent, so she repeatedly fought the classmates who provoked her.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that Chiyu remained unconscious after four days, with severe chakra depletion and injuries caused by Lightning Release Ninjutsu.
• Kushina threatened Minato Namikaze after catching him watching her, then returned home disappointed that Chiyu had not appeared.
• Mito Uzumaki told Kushina that she knew where Chiyu was.

Kushina Uzumaki learned that Chiyu was unconscious in the Ninja Hospital and went to visit him. She declared that she would work hard to become his friend, leaving Chiyu deeply moved as he lay unable to respond.

• Mito Uzumaki told Kushina Uzumaki that Chiyu had been unconscious in the Ninja Hospital for several days, and Kushina hurried there.
• Mito Uzumaki reflected on Hiruzen Sarutobi's plans for Kushina and hoped Chiyu might become important to her.
• Kushina Uzumaki found Chiyu badly bandaged in a neglected ward and left to buy him flowers.
• Chiyu, conscious but unable to move because the system was simulating powerful techniques, wondered why Kushina had come to see him.
• Kushina Uzumaki returned with lilies and explained that she wanted to be Chiyu's friend despite what others might think.
• Kushina Uzumaki declared that she would work hard to become Chiyu's friend, and Chiyu felt an unfamiliar warmth.

While unconscious, Chiyu heard Kushina Uzumaki choose to be his friend and resolved to help her change her fate. He woke in the hospital, noticed Anbu watching him, and was stunned when Hiruzen Sarutobi came to visit.

• Chiyu considered how befriending Kushina Uzumaki could change his plans, then learned from the system that Witness Points could come from impactful events and that someone destined to fulfill Naruto Uzumaki’s role would be born.
• Kushina Uzumaki told Chiyu about her recent life and said she hoped to see him at the Ninja Academy the next day.
• Chiyu began regaining control of his body and opened his eyes in the hospital.
• Chiyu spotted signs that Anbu were monitoring him and suspected Hiruzen Sarutobi wanted to question him about the forest he had destroyed.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi personally entered Chiyu’s hospital room, leaving Chiyu stunned.

Hiruzen Sarutobi tested Chiyu’s loyalties and offered him a chance to rejoin the Uchiha Clan, but Chiyu refused and declared that he wanted to earn Konoha’s recognition as a ninja. Hiruzen accepted his answer and promised him new accommodations near the Ninja Academy, leaving Chiyu believing he had gained the Hokage’s trust.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi visited the injured Chiyu and asked whether he hated Konoha and the Uchiha Clan.
• Chiyu professed loyalty to Konoha, blamed the Uchiha Clan for his mistreatment, and rejected Hiruzen’s offer to help him rejoin the clan.
• Chiyu said he wanted to become a Konoha ninja and earn the villagers’ respect through his own efforts.
• Hiruzen accepted Chiyu’s decision and promised to arrange a home closer to the Ninja Academy.
• Chiyu concluded that Hiruzen mostly trusted him and that he might join the Hokage’s faction after becoming a ninja.

At the Ninja Hospital, Chiyu explained his Thunder Breathing Sword Style to Hiruzen Sarutobi and offered it to Konoha, hoping to improve his standing. After Chiyu left the hospital, a ninja gave him the key to a house prepared by Hiruzen and told him to report to the Hokage Office once he had recovered.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Chiyu about the destruction in Konoha's forest, and Chiyu claimed he had learned the ninjutsu from a dying rogue ninja through his parents.
• Chiyu told Hiruzen Sarutobi that he had mastered the Thunder Breathing Sword Style and offered it to Konoha.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi praised Chiyu's loyalty, said they would discuss the ninjutsu after his recovery, and left the hospital.
• Chiyu privately decided that Konoha's Lightning Release ninja would learn only Thunder Breathing's form without its breathing method, and resolved to build his importance in Konoha.
• After leaving the hospital, Chiyu followed a ninja to a house near the Ninja Academy and received its key and Hiruzen Sarutobi's order to visit the Hokage Office once he recovered.

Chiyu moved into the apartment Hiruzen Sarutobi had arranged for him, then visited Kushina Uzumaki at the Ninja Academy. They became friends for life, and the chapter left them heading back to class together.

• Chiyu moved his belongings into his new apartment, bathed, and went to the Ninja Academy.
• Chiyu found Kushina Uzumaki beating up a student, and she was delighted to see that he had left the hospital.
• Chiyu took Kushina Uzumaki to the woods and explained that he had heard her visit while he was unconscious.
• Chiyu asked Kushina Uzumaki to be his friend for life, and she accepted his outstretched hand.
• Kushina Uzumaki told Chiyu about earning the nickname Bloody Habanero, and he reassured her that her hair was beautiful and she was the best.
• When afternoon classes began, Kushina Uzumaki took Chiyu's hand and led him back to the classroom.

Chiyu and Kushina Uzumaki became close friends, and Chiyu later gave Hiruzen Sarutobi a scroll containing his Thunder Breathing training method. Hiruzen recognized the sword style as Nintaijutsu that could be passed down as a clan secret technique.

• Kushina Uzumaki took Chiyu into class by the hand, and the two spent the day together before walking home together.
• Chiyu escorted Kushina Uzumaki to Mito Uzumaki's residence, where she happily told her grandmother how they had become friends.
• Over the next few days, Chiyu and Kushina Uzumaki grew inseparable and went to school together.
• Three days later, Chiyu visited Hiruzen Sarutobi and handed him a scroll detailing the Thunder Breathing Full Sword Form.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi read the scroll and concluded that Thunder Breathing was Nintaijutsu suitable for being passed down as a clan secret technique.

After contributing Thunder Breathing to Konoha, Chiyu met with Hiruzen Sarutobi's approval and planned to focus on training. When he arrived for an outing with Kushina Uzumaki, he found her being attacked by a Genin and his younger brother, and prepared to fight.

• Chiyu gave Hiruzen Sarutobi the complete Thunder Breathing Full Sword Form, and Hiruzen praised him and encouraged him to keep training.
• Chiyu left the Hokage Office, lamented his lack of Witness Points, and resolved to become stronger.
• Kushina Uzumaki headed to meet Chiyu, but the brother of a boy who bullied her confronted her and chased her through the trees.
• The Genin used a Substitution Technique to ambush Kushina Uzumaki, then grabbed her hair and mocked her while his brother joined in.
• Chiyu arrived, saw Kushina Uzumaki crying, and drew his damaged Standard Tachi as lightning flickered around him.

Chiyu rescued Kushina Uzumaki from a Genin and his younger brother, then turned on them in fury when he learned they had attacked her with a Kunai. Minato Namikaze intervened, and the chapter ended with Chiyu attacking him with a rapid series of slashes.

• Chiyu used Thunder Breathing to defeat the Genin and frighten his younger brother after finding them bullying Kushina Uzumaki.
• Chiyu prepared to break the two attackers' limbs, but Minato Namikaze intervened by deflecting his strike with a Kunai.
• Chiyu accused Minato Namikaze of watching Kushina Uzumaki get attacked without helping, and Minato explained the Kunai had belonged to her attacker.
• Chiyu charged the Genin and his brother, but Minato Namikaze blocked his sword and urged him to calm down.
• Chiyu used Thunder Breathing Second Form: Rice Soul against Minato Namikaze, who narrowly dodged the five slashes.

Chiyu fought Minato Namikaze after defending Kushina Uzumaki, but Jiraiya and Tsunade intervened before the fight could continue. Tsunade recognized Kushina as an Uzumaki and told Jiraiya to leave the matter to the Hokage.

• Chiyu used Thunder Breathing to overwhelm Minato Namikaze, but Jiraiya protected Minato with Needle Jizo, breaking Chiyu's longsword.
• Chiyu threw the broken blade at an injured Genin, and Tsunade stopped it with a punch to the ground.
• Chiyu accused Minato Namikaze and Jiraiya of ignoring the real kunai thrown at Kushina Uzumaki, while Kushina defended Chiyu.
• Minato Namikaze explained what had happened, and Jiraiya judged that Chiyu had gone too far despite the Genin's wrongdoing.
• Tsunade learned Kushina Uzumaki's name and told Jiraiya to let the Hokage handle the incident.
• Minato Namikaze took the injured Genin and the other boy to the Ninja Hospital, while Chiyu realized he could not continue the fight.

After a confrontation over Kushina Uzumaki, Chiyu prepared to face Hiruzen Sarutobi with Jiraiya and Tsunade. He unexpectedly awakened the Two-Tomoe Sharingan, increasing his confidence before the meeting.

• Tsunade noticed blood from the earlier fight and struggled with her hemophobia, while Jiraiya offered to take Chiyu and Kushina Uzumaki to Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Chiyu tried to go alone, but Kushina Uzumaki insisted on accompanying him so she could explain what happened.
• Kushina Uzumaki noticed Chiyu's changed eyes, and Chiyu used a broken blade to discover he had awakened the Two-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade were shocked to learn Chiyu was only nine years old.
• Chiyu stopped supplying Chakra to his Sharingan, and he and Kushina Uzumaki went with Jiraiya and Tsunade to see Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Chiyu defended his actions against Hiruzen Sarutobi by arguing that protecting Konoha meant protecting comrades from those who attacked them. Hiruzen ordered him to stay home and reflect for three days, and Chiyu then confessed to Kushina Uzumaki that his speech in the Hokage Office had been a lie.

• Chiyu, Kushina Uzumaki, Jiraiya, and Tsunade went to the Hokage Office, where Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Chiyu to explain what had happened.
• Tsunade urged Hiruzen to let the matter go, but Chiyu insisted that he had done nothing wrong and argued that he had been protecting Kushina from someone who attacked a comrade.
• Hiruzen ruled that Chiyu had no right to punish the other student himself, but ordered him to reflect at home for three days before closing the matter.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade praised Chiyu's talent and discussed how his concern for Kushina had awakened his Sharingan, while Hiruzen worried that she might be closer to Chiyu than to Minato Namikaze.
• Chiyu took Kushina home and told her that everything he had said in the Hokage Office was a lie.

Chiyu warned Kushina Uzumaki not to trust Konoha blindly and explained that his apparent loyalty was an act to protect himself. After recovering at home, he returned to the Ninja Academy, where his strength had changed how the class treated him, while Minato Namikaze began training under Jiraiya to surpass him in speed.

• Chiyu told Kushina Uzumaki that he had no affection for Konoha and cautioned her to question the village’s intentions, keeping their conversation secret.
• Chiyu and Kushina Uzumaki promised to see the cherry blossoms together the following year after his three-day confinement ended.
• While recovering at home, Chiyu studied his Two-Tomoe Sharingan and Thunder Breathing, assessed their Chakra costs, and lamented that his sword was ruined and he could not afford another.
• Chiyu returned to the Ninja Academy with Kushina Uzumaki, where the students learned he had defeated a Genin and became afraid to provoke him.
• Minato Namikaze asked to train under Jiraiya early, became his disciple, and chose speed training so he could become faster than Chiyu.

Three years after Minato Namikaze graduated early, Chiyu continued training and prepared for the approaching end of peace while keeping his Sharingan secret. Orochimaru approached him at the training ground and revealed that he wanted to take Chiyu as his disciple.

• Minato Namikaze repeatedly fought Chiyu during Academy drills, losing each time despite rapidly improving his speed.
• Chiyu chose not to graduate early, kept training, and remained wary of Mito Uzumaki while she taught Kushina Uzumaki sealing jutsu.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi kept Chiyu’s awakened Sharingan secret to prevent the Uchiha Clan from seeking him out.
• Chiyu gained 50 Witness Points after witnessing Might Guy’s birth and spent 10 points to obtain another longsword.
• Orochimaru told Chiyu that he had observed him for days and that Hiruzen Sarutobi had asked him to take Chiyu as a disciple.