Chapter Summaries

Qian and Ryosuke launched a night raid on the bandits of Little Black Mountain while Mizutani Shizuko guarded the path down the mountain. After killing most of the camp, they killed the bandit leader and chased the remaining bandits in different directions.

• Qian assigned Mizutani Shizuko to watch the mountain path and took Ryosuke to attack the camp.
• Qian and Ryosuke silently killed bandits in the outer huts until one raised the alarm.
• They fought through the camp and reduced the bandits to the leader and eleven others.
• Qian killed the bandit leader with six Shuriken, causing the remaining bandits to flee.
• Qian and Ryosuke chased the fleeing bandits, leaving those who ran toward the mountain path behind.

Mizutani Shizuko hesitated when a Mountain Bandit begged for his life, but Qian killed both fleeing bandits and reminded her to follow the mission requirements. After Class 17 returned to Konoha, Qian struggled with the memory of killing more than twenty people before resuming his training and falling asleep.

• Mizutani Shizuko ambushed two fleeing Mountain Bandits and wounded the one in front with a Kunai.
• The second Mountain Bandit begged Mizutani Shizuko to spare him for the sake of his children, and she hesitated.
• Qian killed the pleading Mountain Bandit and the wounded bandit, then told Mizutani Shizuko not to overthink during a mission.
• Furukawa led Qian, Mizutani Shizuko, and their teammate back to Konoha, where he gave them three days without missions.
• Qian returned home, reflected on the people he had killed, practiced the Mind Reflection Technique, and fell asleep.

Qian and his teammates resumed easy D-Rank missions while he continued training and tracking his progress. A week later, his Sharingan awakening stalled at 81/100 and his chakra growth fell short as his natural potential neared its limit, leaving him determined to awaken the Sharingan soon.

• Qian, Ryosuke, and Mizutani Shizuko gathered herbs in a forest contracted by the Nara clan while Furukawa supervised their D-Rank mission.
• Qian practiced Chakra Control during the mission and noted that his training had reached lv3, though further progress had slowed sharply.
• Qian and his teammates completed a week of uncomplicated D-Rank missions.
• At home, Qian checked his panel and found that his Sharingan awakening remained at 81/100 despite practicing the Mind Reflection Technique.
• Qian realized his Chakra Refining Technique was yielding less chakra as he approached his aptitude limit, and concluded that awakening the Sharingan was necessary to improve it.

Qian went shopping with Ryosuke and Mizutani Shizuko, where he encountered Kakashi, Obito, and Rin. He suspected they had returned for the upcoming Chunin Exams and worried that his team might soon be sent to the battlefield.

• Ryosuke and Mizutani Shizuko met Qian in Konoha and led him toward a new dumpling shop.
• Qian recognized Kakashi, Obito, and Rin, and Kakashi’s sharp gaze briefly frightened him.
• Obito and Ryosuke chatted while their groups waited in line, but Kakashi and Qian remained silent.
• After Kakashi, Obito, and Rin left, Qian guessed they had returned for the Chunin Exams and feared his own team would soon be sent to war.
• Ryosuke asked Qian what flavor dumplings he wanted, and Qian chose spicy.

Uchiha Qian advanced his Chakra Refining Technique to lv3 and assessed how the improvement affected his chakra recovery and plans for awakening his Sharingan. He concluded that he would focus on Mind Reflection Technique and later learn Body Flicker Technique, then resumed training.

• Uchiha Qian trained until his Chakra Refining Technique advanced to lv3.
• Uchiha Qian checked his Status Panel and found that the technique now recovered chakra faster, though it could not overcome his exhausted potential.
• Uchiha Qian estimated that increased daily chakra use would speed up his Sharingan awakening by helping him train Mind Reflection Technique.
• Uchiha Qian decided Body Flicker Technique would be a useful future skill and noted that his Ninja Tool Throwing proficiency had stalled without the Sharingan.
• Uchiha Qian closed the panel and began training Mind Reflection Technique.

Qian and his teammates hunted wild beasts for a mission while he conserved chakra and focused on awakening his Sharingan before his class was sent to the battlefield. The chapter ended with Ryosuke and Mizutani Shizuko heading to another area after learning the deployment was planned for after the Chunin Exams.

• Qian killed a Giant Wild Boar with a Kunai and Exploding Tag, then checked that it was dead by striking its other eye.
• Ryosuke criticized Qian for wasting an Exploding Tag, and Qian explained that finishing the beast quickly conserved chakra for their mission.
• Qian reflected on a week of training: his Three Body Technique and Basic Body Technique reached lv3, while Mind Reflection Technique raised his Sharingan awakening progress to 87/100.
• Qian left for the Second Area and told Ryosuke and Mizutani Shizuko to drive beasts toward him.
• Mizutani Shizuko told Ryosuke that the village planned to send their graduating class to the battlefield after the Chunin Exams.
• Ryosuke and Mizutani Shizuko headed to the Third Area together.

Qian awakened his Single Tomoe Sharingan after training the Mind Reflection Technique, then examined its abilities and his improved status. He planned to test how to advance the Sharingan and measure its chakra consumption.

• Qian raised the Mind Reflection Technique's proficiency to lv3 (600/1000), triggering his Sharingan's awakening.
• Qian gained a blood-red Single Tomoe Sharingan and tested its enhanced vision and ability to perceive chakra.
• Qian considered the Sharingan's insight, hypnosis, and copying abilities, along with the limits on what he could copy.
• Qian checked his Proficiency Panel and saw his physical constitution, spirit, and other skills had improved.
• Qian planned to test how to develop his Sharingan further and determine how much chakra it consumed.

As the Rain Country deployment approached, Uchiha Qian assessed the dangers of the battlefield and decided he had to follow the village’s orders. He reviewed how the Sharingan consumed chakra and gained proficiency, then planned to learn several techniques before he left.

• Qian considered fleeing Konoha but concluded that his limited strength, the Anbu, and bounty hunters made staying with the village the safer choice.
• Qian checked his panel and found that his Sharingan had reached 30 proficiency after a week of testing.
• Qian determined that the Sharingan consumed little chakra when idle but could drain it rapidly in intense combat, and that keeping it active or practicing the Mind Reflection Technique increased its proficiency.
• Qian planned to train the Body Flicker Technique, two Fire Release techniques, and the Sharingan-specific Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique before deploying.

Uchiha Qian trained Fire Release techniques and tested how the Sharingan improved his attacks and skill growth. After reviewing his progress, he heard someone approach and unleashed a Great Fireball toward the trees.

• Uchiha Qian used the Sharingan to guide Phoenix Sage Fire Technique flames and Shuriken into several trees.
• Qian inspected his Proficiency Panel and reviewed his progress in Fire Release, Genjutsu, Body Flicker, and Sharingan training.
• Qian determined that using the Sharingan intensely raised its Proficiency about twice as fast as keeping it active, but consumed far more chakra.
• Qian practiced Body Flicker Technique until it reached entry level and noted that its chakra cost increased with the technique's level and distance.
• Qian heard a faint footstep, formed hand seals, and fired a Great Fireball that engulfed the trees ahead.

Qian received the Shadow Clone Technique from Uchiha Fei Huo and continued concealing his abilities while preparing to leave for the Rain Country battlefield. At the Konoha gate, he joined the departing group and told Furukawa he had learned the Body Flicker Technique.

• Uchiha Fei Huo praised Qian’s Great Fireball Technique and gave him the Shadow Clone Technique scroll he had requested.
• Qian studied the scroll and considered the risks of revealing his Sharingan or carrying more than two thousand points of chakra into battle.
• Three days later, Qian headed to Konoha’s gate, where ninja and supply carts gathered for the journey to the Rain Country battlefield.
• Qian joined Ryosuke and Furukawa beside a cart, and Furukawa asked how his Body Flicker Technique practice was going.
• Qian checked his Status Panel, saw the technique had reached level two, and told Furukawa he had learned it.

Qian and his unit departed for the Rain Country battlefield, where the long journey and gloomy weather brought them to a canyon that looked ideal for an ambush. An explosion on the cliffs confirmed their fears just as they approached Konoha's Main Camp.

• Qian noticed that Ryosuke felt discouraged after learning Qian had mastered the Body Flicker Technique far faster than he had.
• Mizutani Shizuko arrived late with red eyes, though she claimed she had simply overslept.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen gave the assembled unit a rousing speech before it set out from the Land of Fire.
• Qian's unit spent two weeks traveling to the Rain Country and nearly another week reaching a canyon near Konoha's Main Camp.
• An Exploding Tag detonated on a distant cliff, and a Jonin intervened as the unit panicked at the ambush.

Qian and his companions were caught in a Rock Ninja ambush, and Qian used his Sharingan to spot a falling-rock attack before it struck them. As the battle began, he killed a Rock Hidden Chunin during the enemy’s attempt to break through the Leaf formation.

• The Leaf shinobi formed a defensive line after an explosion sounded from the cliffside.
• Qian noticed Rock Hidden Chunin preparing a rockslide, then pulled Ryosuke and Mizutani Shizuko clear before the falling stones hit.
• Nearly a hundred Rock Ninja closed in from both ends of the canyon, and Qian told Ryosuke and Mizutani Shizuko to stay close.
• The two forces clashed, and over thirty Rock Hidden Chunin used Earth Style to attack the scattered center of the Leaf formation.
• Qian sensed a Rock Hidden Chunin emerging from underground and killed him with two Kunai throws.

Qian fought Ishii Ichiro while keeping him occupied, hoping to survive Iwagakure’s raid without drawing attention until Leaf reinforcements arrived. After Ishii unleashed Earth Release: Earth Mausoleum Spear, Qian evaded it and threw three kunai at him, leaving Ishii wary of Qian’s skill.

• Qian killed Kuroishi, and Ishii Ichiro charged at him in anger.
• Qian and Ishii fought evenly at close range as the chaotic battle left Leaf Genin vulnerable to Rock Ninja attacks.
• Qian chose to maintain a stalemate rather than defeat Ishii outright, and repeatedly interrupted his attempts to cast ninjutsu.
• Ishii used Earth Release: Earth Mausoleum Spear, forcing Qian, Ryosuke, and Mizutani Shizuko to retreat.
• Qian threw three kunai at Ishii, who dodged them and suspected Qian’s skill came from the Uchiha clan.

Qian fought Ishii Ichiro while Ryosuke and Mizutani Shizuko supported him, then revealed more of his abilities after a Rock Ninja attacked. He used genjutsu to trick Ishii Ichiro and kill him, leaving the battle continuing around them.

• Qian and Ishii Ichiro continued fighting as Ryosuke and Mizutani Shizuko helped disrupt Ishii Ichiro’s movements.
• A Middle-Aged Rock Ninja attacked Qian, but Qian countered with shuriken while a Leaf Village Chunin caught up and engaged the attacker.
• Ishii Ichiro used Earth Release: Earth Fissure Palm, but Qian escaped the spreading cracks with the Body Flicker Technique.
• Qian pressed his attack with an Exploding Tag and Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique, scorching Ishii Ichiro.
• Qian used the Mind Reflection Technique to make Ishii Ichiro dodge a false attack, then threw a kunai that pierced his heart and killed him.

Qian fought two Hidden Rock ninja at once and tried to stall until reinforcements arrived. When whistles sounded across the battlefield, the Rock ninja used Earth Release and retreated, leaving Qian relieved that he would not have to reveal his Sharingan.

• Qian killed Ishii Ichiro earlier, forcing two Rock ninja to abandon their opponents and focus on him.
• Qian fought the two Rock ninja in close combat, took several superficial wounds, and held them off while checking that Ryosuke and Mizutani Shizuko were not in immediate danger.
• The Rock ninja tried to pressure Qian into surrendering, but he stayed focused and continued stalling for time.
• One Rock ninja pulled back to prepare ninjutsu while his partner pressed Qian, leaving Qian to consider using his Sharingan.
• Whistles sounded across the battlefield, and the two Rock ninja used Earth Release to retreat.

Orochimaru arrived with the first reinforcements and forced the Iwagakure attackers to retreat, while Qian and his comrades faced the battlefield’s heavy toll. After medical reinforcements treated the wounded, Qian resolved to learn Medical Ninjutsu to prepare for future battles.

• Orochimaru arrived on Manda and stopped many fleeing Rock Ninja, while Leaf fighters captured or drove off more of Iwagakure’s attackers.
• Qian treated his own wounds as Ryosuke and Mizutani Shizuko joined him, shaken by the battlefield’s many casualties.
• Ryosuke asked whether they might die in battle, and Qian told him to do his best to survive.
• The second wave of reinforcements arrived with Medical Ninja, who treated the wounded and healed Qian’s shoulder.
• Qian decided he should learn Medical Ninjutsu for emergencies.

After reaching Konoha’s Main Camp, Qian trained and joined Class 17 on increasingly dangerous patrols. One month later, he advanced the Mind Reflection Technique to Lv4, bringing his Sharingan closer to evolving from Single Tomoe to Double Tomoe.

• Furukawa reunited with Qian, Ryosuke, and Mizutani Shizuko after the battle and told them to prepare to leave for the Main Camp.
• At the Main Camp, Qian decided to strengthen his Fire Release Ninjutsu and Genjutsu to improve his chances of surviving the battlefield.
• Over the following month, Class 17 patrolled increasingly important areas near the Main Camp and faced several dangerous enemy infiltrations.
• During a patrol, Class 17 checked its final mission point, found no sign of enemies, and returned to the Temporary Garrison after handing over to the next squad.
• Qian used the Mind Reflection Technique repeatedly and realized that its Lv4 effect had moved his Sharingan closer to Double Tomoe.

Qian reviewed his gains from a month of training, including stronger fire techniques, improved Sharingan-related skills, and the limits on his chakra growth. He rested after replenishing some chakra so he would be ready for the next day's mission.

• Qian checked his Proficiency Panel and saw Mind Reflection Technique reach Lv4, doubling its effect on Sharingan growth compared with Lv3.
• Qian recognized that his chakra limit had stalled at 5026 and that his daily usable chakra and need for emergency reserves prevented him from spending it freely.
• Qian noted that he had raised three Fire Release techniques to Lv2, while Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique remained at Lv1 and Body Flicker Technique had gained proficiency.
• Qian observed that his Sharingan had helped improve his Ninja Tool Throwing and Chakra Control, while he had abandoned Shadow Clone Technique practice because of its chakra cost.
• Qian meditated until his chakra recovered to around two thousand points, then went to sleep before his mission the next day.

Qian and the First Division responded to a coordinated night raid on the Second Division’s position and set out to support them. Nakajima Hiroshi halted the group near the battlefield when the forest fell unnaturally silent.

• An explosion woke Qian, and fighting broke out in several directions around the temporary garrison.
• Nakajima Hiroshi ordered Okura Seiya and his team to guard the camp while the other teams went to support the Second Division.
• Okura Seiya summoned a night owl and linked his vision to it so he could relay reconnaissance to the Main Camp.
• Nakajima Hiroshi led the support teams together toward the nearest battlefield rather than splitting their forces.
• As the group approached, Nakajima Hiroshi signaled them to stop, and they noticed the forest had gone silent.

Nakajima Hiroshi used Wind Release to repel a barrage of kunai and expose a large force of Rock Ninja, who surrounded Qian’s outnumbered squad. As the battle began, Qian decided to cut down the enemy quickly and killed one young Rock Ninja with an Exploding Tag before attacking another.

• Nakajima Hiroshi unleashed a powerful Great Breakthrough that blew away the kunai and brought more than twenty Rock Ninja into view.
• Qian assessed the enemy’s numbers and worried that Iwagakure could send more fighters once its battle with the Second Division ended.
• The Rock Ninja formed an encirclement and attacked, leaving Qian’s thirteen-person squad badly outnumbered.
• Qian used an opening to plant an Exploding Tag on the young Rock Ninja he was fighting, then escaped before it detonated and killed him.
• Qian struck the Rock Ninja who had warned his fallen companion, wounding him with a shuriken and closing in for another attack.