Recaps

Lin Chuan used his Grind Panel and relentless training to become a standout young ninja, earning Maruboshi Kosuke as his teacher while drawing the attention of Konoha’s leaders. After the Uchiha massacre, Danzo began recruiting promising children into Root, and Lin Chuan’s anticipated danger arrived.

• Lin Chuan died in his first transmigration, then respawned in Konoha as Chiba Lin Chuan and began training to raise his skills and earn Life Points.
• Lin Chuan ambushed three bullies who had targeted Naruto and Hinata, and the resulting rumors stirred suspicion between Konoha and the Uchiha while Lin Chuan gained Life Points.
• Lin Chuan befriended Naruto, trained with him, and repeatedly demonstrated his skill, including defeating Sasuke and two older Uchiha.
• Lin Chuan learned Water Release techniques on his own, mastered Water Dragon Bullet, and persuaded Maruboshi Kosuke to become his teacher and teach him simplified seals.
• Lin Chuan learned simplified Water Release techniques and Shadow Clone, improved his combat skills, and defeated Sasuke in a school spar.
• Lin Chuan stayed home during the Uchiha massacre and learned the next morning that Itachi had killed the clan and Sasuke was hospitalized.
• Danzo began taking promising children for Root, recruiting Fū Yamanaka and accepting Torune Aburame after Shibi refused to hand over Shino.

Danzo took Lin Chuan into Root, where he survived brutal selection and training before serving on increasingly dangerous missions with Terai and other trainees. After returning from the border, Lin Chuan learned Water Prison Technique and demonstrated it to Leopard.

• Danzo took Lin Chuan to Root, where Lin Chuan met Kabuto Yakushi and began harsh ANBU selection alongside the other children.
• Lin Chuan survived the endurance trial, broke Ryūma Aburame’s genjutsu, chose Water Release: Heavenly Weeping, and endured the Forest of Death with Terai and the other candidates.
• Lin Chuan and Terai survived rival attacks and monthly life-and-death battles, then formed a two-person squad and accepted a mission in Tanzaku Town.
• Lin Chuan and Terai killed a rogue ninja at the casino, where Tsunade recognized them as Danzo’s Root trainees after the mission triggered her hemophobia.
• Lin Chuan and Terai joined Leopard’s border campaign, killed samurai and bandits, and helped search for missing ANBU squads at a noble’s estate.
• Lin Chuan and Fū Yamanaka found the missing ANBU being sacrificed by a Jashin Cult devotee, killed the old man, and freed a bound girl before returning with the team.
• Lin Chuan chose Water Prison Technique, trained it to Usable proficiency, and demonstrated it to Leopard.

Lin Chuan escaped Kusagakure, returned to Konoha, and was reunited with his family before Maruboshi Kosuke trained him in combat. Back at the Academy, he befriended Sasuke and trained with him and Naruto while secretly trading reports on Sasuke with Kabuto.

• Lin Chuan infiltrated Kusagakure as Amu, killed his Grass Ninja teammates and other targets, then fled after Kusagakure identified him as the killer.
• Lin Chuan crossed into the Land of Rain, killed the Grass Ninja pursuing him, and escaped the remaining ANBU by reaching the Land of Fire.
• Lin Chuan collapsed at Konoha’s gate with an intelligence scroll, and Hiruzen Sarutobi recognized him and confronted Danzo about his Root service.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi let Lin Chuan return home, where he reunited with his parents, and Maruboshi Kosuke took charge of his training.
• Maruboshi Kosuke trained Lin Chuan in weapons, taijutsu, and combat for two months before they returned to Konoha.
• Lin Chuan resumed the Academy and befriended Naruto, Shikamaru, Choji, and Rock Lee, while Kabuto recruited him to report on Sasuke in exchange for a Chakra Blade.
• Lin Chuan challenged Sasuke, pushed him to commit to getting stronger and avenging his family, then trained alongside Sasuke and Naruto.
• Lin Chuan gave Kabuto six months of reports on Sasuke and arranged to trade the next set for another Chakra Blade.

Lin Chuan joined Hayama Shirakumo’s squad, completed a dangerous escort mission, and strengthened his Wind Release and swift techniques. He then entered the Chunin Exams, where his actions in the Forest of Death drew Orochimaru’s attention and set up a preliminary match against Kabuto Yakushi.

• Lin Chuan passed Hayama Shirakumo’s bell test and joined his squad after his two teammates failed.
• Lin Chuan escorted a nobleman’s daughter toward the Land of Iron, helped her escape a Rock and Cloud Ninja ambush, and killed the Cloud Ninja who attacked her and a young samurai.
• Lin Chuan received the advanced Body Flicker Technique Flash Step, trained his Wind Release to chunin level, and learned Vacuum Sword from Hayama Shirakumo.
• Lin Chuan helped Sasuke awaken his Three-Tomoe Sharingan through Kakashi’s genjutsu, then spent eight months improving his techniques before Hiruzen Sarutobi approved his recommendation for the Chunin Exams.
• Lin Chuan joined Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura for the Chunin Exams, intimidated the candidates with his chakra, and slept through Ibiki Morino’s written test.
• Lin Chuan entered the Forest of Death, killed several teams, drove Gaara’s team away, and let Hinata, Shino, and Kiba live.
• Lin Chuan killed Dosu, Zaku, Kin, Ryouma, and Misumi Tsurugi, gathered enough scrolls for Naruto and Sasuke’s team to reach the tower, and raised his life points to thirty-seven.
• Gekko Hayate announced Lin Chuan’s first preliminary match against Kabuto Yakushi, whom Orochimaru had ordered to test him.