Recaps

After clicking through a mysterious prompt, Lin Chuan was repeatedly sent into the Naruto world with a mission interface and limited lives. He died almost immediately in the Second Shinobi World War, and the system began randomizing his next transmigration.

• Unemployed Lin Chuan clicked Yes on a strange prompt, lost consciousness, and was killed by a samurai in his first Naruto-world transmigration.
• The system deducted a life and randomized Lin Chuan into the Land of Rain during the Second Shinobi World War, where he awoke as a six-year-old orphan on a battlefield.
• Lin Chuan chose mission six, which required him to eat beef twice, and saw an interface showing no bloodline, talent, strength, or chakra nature.
• Lin Chuan discovered that throwing a stone chip raised his throwing proficiency, but the Rock Ninja's Explosion Corps blasted him apart moments later.
• The system deducted another life and began randomizing Lin Chuan's next transmigration.

Lin Chuan awakened in Konoha as six-year-old Chiba Lin Chuan and chose a task requiring him to eat beef three times, hoping to avoid a fatal failure. He inspected his new life and meager ninja abilities, realizing he had no Life Points to improve his talents as he headed to Ninja Academy.

• Lin Chuan chose the task to eat beef three times rather than refuse beef one hundred times or become a Six Paths-level powerhouse.
• His mother dragged him out of bed and sent him to Ninja Academy on its opening day.
• Lin Chuan realized he had transmigrated into Chiba Lin Chuan, a passerby in Konoha whose parents were alive and whose father was a retired Chunin.
• He inspected his status and found zero Life Points, no bloodline, and eight mediocre ninja attributes rated three each.
• Lin Chuan checked his beginner Three Body Technique skills and poor kunai-throwing proficiency, then decided to train before spending Life Points on talent.

Lin Chuan trained with the Grind Panel while looking for ways to earn Life Points and waiting for a safe chance to target bullies. After three months, he saw three classmates bully Hinata and Naruto, then hurried toward the alley where they would pass.

• Lin Chuan practiced chakra control and kunai throwing, raising his fixed-target throwing skill to Beginner after extensive training.
• He learned that saving or killing characters from the original story could earn Life Points, and decided to focus on growing stronger before taking risks.
• Over the next three months, Lin Chuan trained and considered waiting for the Chunin Exams and the chaos of the Konoha Crush to find opportunities.
• After school, Lin Chuan saw three classmates surround Hinata and call her a Byakugan freak.
• Naruto defended Hinata but was beaten, and the bullies ruined his red scarf before leaving.
• Lin Chuan recognized the bullies as targets and headed toward a small alley he expected them to pass through.

After three months of training, Lin Chuan improved his chakra control, ninjutsu, and kunai throwing before ambushing three bullies and gaining three Life Points. With his strength rising and three chances at resurrection, he decided to stop keeping his head down and make trouble.

• Lin Chuan mastered tree climbing and water walking, raised his ninjutsu to Usable, and pushed fixed-target kunai throwing to Limit Break.
• He trained moving-target kunai throwing to Chunin proficiency and decided to aim for Chunin rank before graduating from the Ninja Academy.
• Lin Chuan prepared an ambush in a snowy alley, covering his face and using disposable tools to avoid leaving evidence.
• He threw kunai at the three bullies and disposed of his glove and plastic bag before returning home as a blizzard began.
• Lin Chuan saw his Life Points increase by three and decided that his resurrection chances meant he no longer needed to endure quietly.

Fugaku investigated the deaths of three bullies, but Hiruzen blamed the ANBU while rumors shifted the blame to the Uchiha Police Force. Lin Chuan stayed unsuspected and discovered that improving his talents required far more Life Points than he had expected, leaving him to consider safer ways of earning them.

• Fugaku found kunai and cigarette butts at the scene, but the snow and the sake scent on the weapons left him without a clear lead.
• Hiruzen told Fugaku to blame the ANBU for accidentally injuring the victims during a pursuit and compensated their families.
• Rumors changed the blame from the ANBU to the Uchiha-run Police Force, inflaming public resentment while Lin Chuan remained unaware of the political fallout.
• At school, Naruto feared he would be suspected, Sasuke heard attacks on the Uchiha, and Lin Chuan concluded that the evidence kept suspicion away from him.
• Lin Chuan tried to raise his Spirit talent but learned he lacked enough Life Points, then calculated that maxing out all his talents might require 392 points.
• Lin Chuan considered earning Life Points by rescuing people such as Gekko Hayate, but decided he would avoid dangerous rescues and wait for easier opportunities.

Lin Chuan joined Naruto in a schoolyard fight and used the punishment afterward to train his chakra control. He planned to grow stronger at the Academy while staying out of the approaching Uchiha massacre.

• Lin Chuan saw Naruto rush to the bathroom and privately blamed Hiruzen Sarutobi for Naruto's miserable circumstances.
• Naruto defended Hinata from classmates who insulted her, and Lin Chuan joined the fight by attacking the loudest bully.
• Choji and Shikamaru were dragged into the brawl after Choji's chips were knocked over, until Iruka stopped the students and ordered them to stand in the hallway.
• While the students shared Choji's chips, Lin Chuan practiced chakra control and told Naruto he was training.
• Lin Chuan considered his chakra reserves, his goal of reaching Chunin level by graduation, and his plan to avoid involvement in the Uchiha massacre.

Lin Chuan shared lunch with Naruto and persuaded him to pay for meals from his family, then skipped physical education to train. Naruto, Shikamaru, and Choji secretly watched his impressive kunai practice before returning to class as Iruka took attendance.

• Lin Chuan traded a sausage with Choji and gave Naruto an extra lunchbox, then offered to provide Naruto’s lunches for eighty ryo each.
• Naruto agreed to pay Lin Chuan for thirty lunches a month and planned to ask Sarutobi for more living expenses.
• Lin Chuan skipped physical education and went to a training ground to practice throwing kunai at a moving target.
• Naruto, Shikamaru, and Choji followed Lin Chuan and watched him hit the moving target with every kunai.
• Lin Chuan checked his training progress, rested, and planned more practice while the three boys returned to class for Iruka’s attendance.

After skipping class, Lin Chuan returned home and continued learning ninjutsu from his father, while Iruka tracked him down and spoke with his parents. Once Iruka left, Lin Chuan prepared to test his chakra nature.

• Naruto, Shikamaru, and Choji hid that they knew where Lin Chuan had gone, so Iruka searched for him after school.
• Iruka visited Lin Chuan's home and learned that Lin Chuan was in the backyard learning ninjutsu from his father.
• Lin Chuan practiced the hand seals for Water Clone and Water Shock Wave, and both techniques appeared on his grind panel.
• Lin Chuan asked to learn the Shadow Clone Jutsu, but his father refused because Lin Chuan lacked enough chakra.
• Lin Chuan apologized to Iruka, and his father promised to discipline him before Iruka left without staying for dinner.
• Lin Chuan returned to the kitchen to test his chakra nature.

Lin Chuan discovered his strong affinity for Water Release and learned how chakra nature transformation worked. He planned an intense training regimen and went to the river to practice his water-based techniques.

• Lin Chuan tested a chakra paper and found that his chakra nature was Water, which appeared on his personal panel as not yet learned.
• Lin Chuan's father explained chakra nature transformation, affinity, and why ninjas began training with their strongest nature.
• Lin Chuan decided to train chakra control, running, kunai throwing, the Body Flicker Technique, Water Clone, and Water Shock Wave.
• Lin Chuan went to the river to practice Water Release, hoping the damp surroundings would make his training more efficient.

Lin Chuan attended class and earned a perfect score on the kunai-throwing test, beginning to build a reputation as a prodigy. Iruka announced his score, leaving the class stunned.

• Iruka accepted Lin Chuan’s kunai practice and taught the class about chakra nature transformation and ninjutsu classifications.
• Lin Chuan shared a paid lunch box with Naruto, then stayed for the afternoon kunai-throwing test.
• Sasuke scored nine points, Shikamaru scored eight, and Naruto failed with one point.
• Lin Chuan threw all ten kunai into the bullseye and scored a perfect ten, astonishing his classmates and Iruka.

Lin Chuan impressed his classmates by winning the kunai exam, while Sasuke faced harsh criticism from Fugaku for taking second place. After school, Lin Chuan continued training and made progress with Water Release ninjutsu, leaving himself with a tree to use as a practice target.

• Lin Chuan explained that daily kunai practice had helped him win, and Naruto asked to train with him.
• Iruka warned students who failed the exam that they would clean toilets if they failed again next month.
• Sasuke told Fugaku that Chiba Lin Chuan had placed first, and Fugaku ordered Sasuke to practice throwing kunai a thousand times.
• Itachi left for an ANBU mission while Fugaku reflected on the worsening tensions between the Uchiha and Konoha.
• Lin Chuan trained by the river, learned Water Clone and Water Shock Wave, and chose a tree as a target for improving the latter technique.

Lin Chuan skipped another academy exam and continued training Naruto, drawing the ANBU’s attention while building a connection between Naruto and his family. After Naruto left for home, an unidentified shadow moved across the treetops outside Lin Chuan’s house.

• Iruka skipped Lin Chuan and Naruto during the kunai exam, while Sasuke earned ten points and grew frustrated that Lin Chuan was absent.
• Lin Chuan and Naruto trained together, and Naruto improved his kunai accuracy enough to score six points, though he missed the exam and received zero.
• Lin Chuan took Naruto fishing and brought him home for dinner, having persuaded his parents that befriending Naruto could win favor with Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Lin Chuan and Naruto completed a weighted five-kilometer run, after which Naruto went home and Lin Chuan continued training alone.
• An unidentified shadow flashed across the treetops outside Lin Chuan’s house while he slept.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō reviewed reports about Chiba Lin Chuan’s talent, while Danzō ordered him observed. At the Ninja Academy, Lin Chuan knocked Uchiha Sasuke unconscious with a swift Body Flicker Technique, leaving Sasuke stunned by his strength.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi read an ANBU report describing Chiba Lin Chuan’s diligence and talent, then took pride in Konoha’s new generation.
• Shimura Danzō reviewed the same intelligence and told a hidden subordinate to continue observing Lin Chuan while he focused on the Uchiha.
• Uchiha Sasuke blocked Lin Chuan from entering the classroom and demanded a kunai-throwing contest.
• Lin Chuan dodged Sasuke’s punch with the Body Flicker Technique and knocked him unconscious with a strike to the neck.
• Iruka reprimanded Sasuke for blocking the doorway and fighting, while Sasuke realized Lin Chuan might be stronger than him.
• Lin Chuan returned to his seat and began chakra control training.

After Sasuke lost to Lin Chuan, Fugaku blamed him and the defeat became a rumor at the Ninja Academy. The next day, Lin Chuan encountered two older Uchiha cornering Sasuke, and they attacked him after recognizing him as Sasuke’s opponent.

• Naruto realized Sasuke had lost to Lin Chuan again, while Sasuke spent the day wondering how Lin Chuan had defeated him.
• Fugaku questioned Sasuke at the Ninja Academy, heard that he had lost to Lin Chuan, and left him waiting for his mother to pick him up.
• Rumors spread that Sasuke had lost a fight, and Lin Chuan continued his school routine and skipped afternoon physical education to train.
• Lin Chuan found two older Uchiha cornering and insulting Sasuke, then denied being the classmate who had defeated him.
• The older Uchiha recognized Lin Chuan and attacked him, but he used the Body Flicker Technique so their punches struck each other.

Lin Chuan defeated Sasuke and two older Uchiha with his Body Flicker Technique and Water Release, then left as ANBU observed. After hearing Tenzō's report, Hiruzen ordered Naruto protected and called for Iruka.

• Lin Chuan used the Body Flicker Technique to make the two older Uchiha crash into walls and each other while Sasuke watched.
• The ANBU captain sent two ANBU to follow Naruto and stayed behind to monitor the fight.
• Lin Chuan countered the older Uchiha's Great Fireball Technique with Water Shock Wave, knocked the three Uchiha down, and mocked them before going home.
• The two older Uchiha sought help from their older cousin, who scolded them and ordered them to train.
• Tenzō reported the incident to Hiruzen, who sent him to protect Naruto and called for Iruka.

Hiruzen Sarutobi visited Lin Chuan’s family, offered his injured father compensation and a clerical job, and showed interest in Lin Chuan after his fight with an Uchiha. Lin Chuan welcomed the attention as protection from Danzo, but knew he still needed a teacher who could keep him safe.

• Lin Chuan went to school and trained as usual, unaware that Hiruzen Sarutobi had asked Iruka about him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shikaku Nara visited Lin Chuan’s home and met his parents before Lin Chuan returned.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi exchanged pleasantries with Lin Chuan and his father, then asked Shikaku what he thought of the boy as they left.
• Shikaku praised Lin Chuan’s talent and hard work, and Hiruzen Sarutobi resolved to nurture him while hoping he would grow up safely.
• Lin Chuan learned at dinner that Hiruzen Sarutobi had offered his father compensation and a Mission Department job, and decided the visit was mainly meant to protect and cultivate him.

During winter break, Lin Chuan reviewed his training progress and decided to seek Maruboshi Kosuke as a Water Release teacher who could help protect him from Danzo. He memorized the forty-four hand seals for Water Dragon Bullet, leaving him to master the technique before asking Kosuke to take him as a disciple.

• Lin Chuan increased the weights on his legs and continued training during winter break, while his Grind Panel showed improved stats and ninjutsu proficiency.
• Lin Chuan concluded that he needed a Water Release teacher with useful connections and chose Maruboshi Kosuke, a former comrade of Sarutobi.
• Lin Chuan showed his cheap dad that he had learned Water Clone and Water Shock Wave, then received scrolls for Water Formation Wall and Water Dragon Bullet.
• Lin Chuan struggled to memorize Water Dragon Bullet’s forty-four hand seals for more than a month but finally learned their sequence.
• Lin Chuan planned to master Water Dragon Bullet and become Maruboshi Kosuke’s disciple so he could learn the simplified hand seal method.

As rumors spread about the Uchiha Police Force and the approaching massacre, Lin Chuan advanced his ninjutsu training and planned to learn from Maruboshi Kosuke. The chapter ended with Maruboshi away on a mission, leaving Lin Chuan to keep practicing until his father could arrange a visit.

• Lin Chuan suspected Danzo of framing the Uchiha to turn public opinion against them and thought about how he would bully Sasuke after the clan was exterminated.
• Lin Chuan skipped afternoon classes to practice Water Dragon Bullet, mastered it after months of work, and broke a large tree with one cast.
• Lin Chuan went to the Mission Department and asked his father to invite Maruboshi Kosuke over after revealing that he had learned Water Dragon Bullet.
• Lin Chuan's father told him Maruboshi Kosuke had left on a mission and promised to invite him home in ten days to half a month.
• Lin Chuan left the Mission Department and continued planning to train with Water Dragon Bullet while Danzo focused on the Uchiha.

Lin Chuan’s family invited Maruboshi Kosuke over so Lin Chuan could learn from him. Lin Chuan demonstrated the B-rank Water Dragon Bullet at age six, leaving Maruboshi Kosuke stunned and concerned for the boy’s safety.

• Lin Chuan’s father invited Maruboshi Kosuke to visit and give Lin Chuan pointers, and Maruboshi Kosuke agreed.
• Maruboshi Kosuke visited Lin Chuan’s home, where Lin Chuan’s mother welcomed him and led him to the backyard.
• Lin Chuan released the Water Dragon Bullet, which rose from the pond and smashed through a large tree.
• Maruboshi Kosuke hurried to Lin Chuan and learned that he was only six years old.
• Maruboshi Kosuke asked why Lin Chuan was attempting a dangerous B-rank ninjutsu.

Lin Chuan impressed Maruboshi Kosuke by revealing that he had taught himself four Water Release techniques, including Water Dragon Bullet, and asked Kosuke to teach him. Kosuke agreed to take him as a disciple and demonstrated a powerful six-seal Simplified Water Dragon Bullet, which Lin Chuan eagerly wanted to learn.

• Lin Chuan explained that he had learned four Water Release ninjutsu on his own and admitted that Water Dragon Bullet consumed too much chakra for battle.
• Maruboshi Kosuke realized Lin Chuan had no teacher and was amazed by his talent and self-training.
• Lin Chuan recognized Kosuke, begged him to teach ninjutsu, and declared him his master; Kosuke agreed to teach him.
• Kosuke demonstrated a six-seal Simplified Water Dragon Bullet, and Lin Chuan excitedly asked to learn it.

Lin Chuan learned the simplified hand seals for Water Dragon Bullet and Water Formation Wall from Maruboshi Kosuke, though he lacked the chakra to test the techniques again. Kosuke accepted Lin Chuan as a talented disciple, and the chapter ended with Lin Chuan’s father explaining why he had asked Kosuke to train him.

• Lin Chuan memorized the six seals for the simplified Water Dragon Bullet and tried to cast it, but his chakra ran out before the technique could form.
• Maruboshi Kosuke confirmed that Lin Chuan had learned the technique and showed him the two-seal simplified Water Formation Wall.
• Lin Chuan recorded the seals, noticed his father had returned, and left without testing Water Formation Wall because he had almost no chakra left.
• Lin Chuan’s Grind Panel recorded Water Dragon Bullet with six seals and Water Formation Wall with two seals.
• Lin Chuan’s father invited Kosuke to dinner and explained that he had sought a teacher because he could no longer teach Lin Chuan ninjutsu.
• Kosuke worried that he would soon run out of techniques to teach his gifted new disciple.

Lin Chuan continued grinding his ninjutsu and combat skills, having learned Shadow Clone and mastered simplified Water Release techniques despite his limited chakra. He headed into the afternoon combat training with classmates expecting him to be a formidable opponent.

• Lin Chuan practiced simplified Water Formation Wall and Water Dragon Bullet, but his chakra reserves limited him to one B-rank technique in battle.
• Lin Chuan improved his shuriken manipulation and hand-to-hand skills while befriending Rock Lee, then learned Shadow Clone from his cheap old man.
• Lin Chuan focused on grinding Shadow Clone and considered how his current body's limits and future transmigrations shaped his plans to grow stronger.
• Lin Chuan practiced carving wooden figures with Chakra Scalpel in class until Iruka announced mandatory combat training that afternoon.
• Shikamaru expected Lin Chuan to overwhelm his classmates in combat training and worried that Sasuke might be the one to face him.

Lin Chuan defeated Sasuke in a training-field spar, leaving Sasuke humiliated and unable to use his Fireball Jutsu. After Iruka declared Lin Chuan the winner, Lin Chuan left to continue his demanding training.

• Sasuke interrupted Iruka's attendance and demanded a spar with Lin Chuan, so Iruka arranged them as the first match.
• Sasuke charged Lin Chuan with a kunai, but Lin Chuan used wire-linked shuriken to trap him against a substitution log.
• Lin Chuan pulled Sasuke and the log toward him and knocked Sasuke unconscious with a powerful side kick.
• Sakura, Ino, and the other girls gathered around Sasuke, who angrily walked back to the classroom without responding to them.
• Iruka declared Lin Chuan the winner, and Lin Chuan left the training field to continue his taijutsu and Shadow Clone practice.

Lin Chuan stayed clear of the Uchiha massacre and learned the next morning that Itachi had killed the clan and Sasuke was hospitalized. He resumed his routine until Shimura Danzō arrived, bringing the danger he had feared to his doorstep.

• Lin Chuan avoided meeting Yota and spent the night of the massacre at home, reviewing his training progress and warning his chakra-capable crow to stay in its nest.
• Lin Chuan watched the Uchiha District vanish behind a dark barrier as crows called, then went inside and slept.
• The next morning, Lin Chuan heard that Itachi Uchiha had massacred the clan and been branded an S-rank rogue ninja, while Sasuke was in Konoha Hospital.
• Lin Chuan continued attending class and training, carving wood with the Chakra Scalpel in the morning and practicing at home in the afternoon.
• Shimura Danzō arrived, and Lin Chuan's long-anticipated danger finally came.

After being stripped of his leadership posts, Danzo began recruiting talented children for Root and selected Fū Yamanaka and Shino Aburame. When Shibi Aburame hesitated to surrender Shino, Torune Aburame volunteered to join Root in his place, and Danzo ordered him to report the next morning.

• Danzo learned that his men had recovered seventeen Three-Tomoe Sharingan and reviewed a list of promising children, circling Chiba Lin Chuan and selecting Fū Yamanaka and Shino Aburame.
• Danzo visited the Yamanaka Clan and took Fū Yamanaka to Root before demanding Shino Aburame from Shibi Aburame.
• Shibi Aburame reluctantly faced Danzo’s demand for Shino, while Shino asked what they were discussing.
• Torune Aburame stepped forward and offered himself, explaining that he was Aburame Shikuroo’s son and could not partner with anyone.
• Danzo accepted Torune Aburame into Root and told him to report the next morning, and Torune returned to pack his things.