Chapter Summaries

After transmigrating into five-year-old Asuma Sarutobi, the Hokage’s son feared the coming war until he discovered an unlimited leveling system. He studied its attributes and skills and began planning how to grow stronger, though many of the system’s functions remained unknown.

• Asuma realized he had transmigrated into the Naruto world as the Hokage’s young son and worried about dying in the coming Third Great Ninja War.
• Asuma decided his first goal was to kill Hidan, then discovered a system that awarded attribute and skill points through leveling and achievements.
• Asuma inspected his attributes and concluded he could improve them through training, study, and building his reputation.
• Asuma reviewed his Level 1 skills and wondered how far the system’s levels extended beyond its ordinary ninja classifications.

Asuma trained to build up his strength and learned basic ninjutsu and hand seals from his older brother, Sarutobi Shinya. After earning enough experience to level up, he checked his system and found he had gained one Dopaminergic Attribute Point and one Dopaminergic Skill Point.

• Asuma reassured Sarutobi Biwako that he had recovered, then began physical training and discovered that his gains in experience and Constitution diminished as he repeated the exercises.
• Asuma practiced Tool Throwing Training until his experience total reached 43, then greeted his returning brother, Sarutobi Shinya.
• Asuma shared dinner with Sarutobi Biwako, Sarutobi Shinya, and Sarutobi Hiruzen, then asked Sarutobi Shinya to teach him the Three Basic Ninjutsu and hand seals.
• After an hour of instruction from Sarutobi Shinya, Asuma leveled up and checked his system, which showed one attribute point and one skill point.

Sarutobi Asuma trained for days to improve his abilities before attending his first day at the Ninja Academy. He befriended his classmates and ended the chapter introducing himself with a bold ambition to become Hokage.

• Sarutobi Asuma studied ninjutsu theory, practiced Hand Seals, and trained with Sarutobi Shinya, steadily earning experience and improving his attributes.
• Sarutobi Asuma spent April 4 through April 9 training, studying, and practicing ninjutsu while Sarutobi Shinya carried out a mission.
• On April 10, Sarutobi Asuma attended the academy opening ceremony with Sarutobi Biwako and Sarutobi Shinya, then entered his first-year classroom.
• Sarutobi Asuma reunited with Yūhi Kurenai, encouraged her to become Hokage's assistant, and invited Kakashi, Uchiha Obito, Ibiki, Tsubaki, Rin, and Shizune to train with him.
• After Nishikawa Masato asked the students to introduce themselves, Sarutobi Asuma declared his dream of becoming Hokage and making Konoha the strongest in the shinobi world.

Sarutobi Asuma gained experience by studying, learning Genjutsu from Yūhi Kurenai, and organizing a group training exercise for his classmates. After walking Kurenai home, he reviewed his progress and considered making a five-year plan.

• Sarutobi Asuma declared his Hokage ambition, impressed his classmates, and gained a Charm point.
• Sarutobi Asuma studied his textbooks through the morning and gained experience, Intelligence, and progress in Genjutsu.
• Sarutobi Asuma asked Yūhi Kurenai about Genjutsu and gained more experience from her knowledge.
• Sarutobi Asuma gathered Kakashi, Yūhi Kurenai, Might Guy, and the others to practice dodging fruit within a marked circle.
• Sarutobi Asuma continued physical training with Kakashi, Yūhi Kurenai, and Might Guy, then walked Kurenai home and checked his improved stats and skills.

Asuma followed a demanding three-year training plan while studying at the Ninja Academy. After hearing about the backlash against Hatake Sakumo, he appealed to Sarutobi Hiruzen to recognize Sakumo’s sacrifice as well as punish his mission failure, and the chapter ended with Asuma earning a Savior achievement and falling into the river.

• Asuma planned his studies and training, then began practicing daily with Yūhi Kurenai, Kakashi, Uchiha Obito, and Might Guy.
• By spring of Konoha Year 39, Asuma heard rumors of the Hatake Sakumo incident and sent a Shadow Clone to speak with Sarutobi Hiruzen.
• Asuma argued that Sakumo should be punished for failing the mission but also praised for saving his comrades, and Sarutobi Hiruzen agreed to consider his words.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen shifted public opinion and reassigned Hatake Sakumo to the Ninja Academy as a practical combat instructor.
• Hatake Sakumo accepted the reassignment, while Danzo criticized the decision as softhearted.
• Asuma received the Savior achievement during Water Walking Training, lost focus, and fell into the river.

Asuma gained a swordsmanship reward after saving Hatake Sakumo and began learning directly from him at the Ninja Academy. As Kakashi graduated and the ninja world grew more unsettled, Asuma intensified his training and sought more instruction.

• Asuma opened his Skill Pack and received Basic Swordsmanship Level 3, then resisted spending his accumulated Skill Points to improve his skills.
• Hatake Sakumo became the students’ practical combat teacher, and Asuma impressed him by using proficient swordsmanship against Kakashi.
• Hatake Sakumo began giving Asuma dedicated swordsmanship guidance, adding training with him to Asuma’s routine.
• In Konoha Year 40, Kakashi graduated at six, while Uchiha Obito repeatedly failed his early graduation attempts.
• In Konoha Year 41, Might Guy graduated, and Asuma noticed that Sarutobi Shinya was taking more missions as the ninja world changed.
• After Hatake Sakumo left the Ninja Academy, Asuma felt more urgency, used Shadow Clones to cover classes, and increasingly visited the Hokage Building and private tutors.

Asuma took his Graduation Exam before Konoha’s senior ninja, impressing them with his Three Basic Ninjutsu and earning praise during his combat test. The chapter ended as his combined Fire and Wind Style attack bore down on veteran Chūnin Kazuki.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen approved the early graduation applications and scheduled the exam, which tested combat against veteran Chūnin as well as the Three Basic Ninjutsu.
• Yūhi Kurenai, Rin, Shizune, Uchiha Obito, and the other students passed their exams and graduated.
• Asuma performed the Clone, Transformation, and Substitution Techniques so quickly that Nishikawa Masato and the watching ninja were astonished, earning him three perfect scores.
• Asuma began his combat test by striking Kazuki with a kick after Kazuki broke free of his Hell Viewing Technique.
• Asuma created a Shadow Clone and combined Fire Style: Flame Bullet with Wind Style: Great Breakthrough, sending a massive fire attack toward Kazuki.

Asuma passed his Graduation Exam with full marks, became a Konoha ninja, and used his system rewards to strengthen his abilities. After spending twelve Attribute Points on Constitution, he discovered that his Agility and Intelligence had also increased.

• Asuma defeated Kazuki in the combat assessment, and Nishikawa Masato argued that Asuma deserved full marks for his exam performance.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen approved Asuma's score, and Nishikawa Masato presented him with his ninja forehead protector.
• Asuma received the Konoha Ninja Academy Top Graduate achievement and celebrated with Kurenai and the others before heading to his training waterfall.
• Asuma opened his Graduation Skill Pack, learned Level 3 Body Flicker Technique, and reviewed his character panel and attributes.
• Asuma spent twelve Attribute Points to raise his Constitution to 60.8, then found that his Agility had risen by one and his Intelligence by two as well.

Asuma spent attribute points to raise his Agility and Intelligence, then invested skill points in Chakra Control and Fire Style Chakra Nature Transformation. He tested the improvements at a waterfall, where his Fire Bullet advanced to Level 6 and he resolved to push it toward Level 8.

• Asuma used 11 Attribute Points on Agility and 10 on Intelligence, bringing his average across four stats above 50.
• Asuma reviewed his stalled skills and decided to improve Chakra Control and Fire Style Chakra Nature Transformation to strengthen his ninjutsu.
• Asuma spent 12 Skill Points to raise Chakra Control to Level 8, Fire Style to Level 8, and Wind Style to Level 8.
• Asuma trained with Fire Bullet at the riverbank, and his skill progress accelerated as he repeatedly struck the waterfall.
• Asuma’s final Fire Bullet blasted a gap in the waterfall, and Fire Bullet reached Level 6 at 95%.
• Asuma, exhausted, believed he could raise Fire Bullet to Level 8 within half a year.

Asuma celebrated his graduation with his family, received gifts, and exchanged kisses with Yūhi Kurenai during their final outing before being assigned to classes. Their evening ended when they spotted Shizune and Tsunade in a tavern.

• Sarutobi Shinya gave Asuma a chakra-conducting short sword, and Asuma impressed his family by channeling powerful Wind Release chakra through it.
• Sarutobi Biwako gave Asuma protective arm guards, while Sarutobi Hiruzen warned him not to underestimate enemies and gave him a scroll for the Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique and a hundred Explosive Tags.
• Asuma met Yūhi Kurenai, and they exchanged kisses before walking hand in hand through Konoha.
• Asuma spotted Shizune and Tsunade in a tavern and pulled Yūhi Kurenai inside.

Asuma used a drunken toast to the dead to reach Tsunade, who saw through his act and brought him to the Senju Ancestral Home. There, he challenged her doubts about effort and prepared to confront her directly, leaving their conversation poised for a decisive turn.

• Asuma joined Tsunade, Yūhi Kurenai, and Shizune for drinks, then toasted Dan, Nawaki, and the fallen before pretending to pass out.
• Tsunade sent Shizune away with instructions to tell the Third Hokage's household that she was taking Asuma with her.
• At the Senju Ancestral Home, Tsunade revealed that she knew Asuma was pretending to be drunk.
• Asuma and Tsunade discussed his exam results, his training, and whether effort could overcome what seemed impossible.
• Asuma took the liquor bottle from Tsunade and stared resolutely into her eyes.

Asuma tried to encourage Tsunade to overcome her despair and Hemophobia by pursuing stronger medical techniques, including a method to regenerate organs. He got her talking about her goals, but she remained skeptical, and the next morning she threw him outside after he mistook her for a pillow.

• Asuma asked Tsunade whether she could save Dan now, then urged her to strive toward her grandfather's healing abilities.
• Tsunade explained the Yin Seal and Yin Healing Wound Destruction as Asuma guided her through ideas for healing injuries throughout the body.
• Tsunade's spirits sank as she remembered that saving Dan and Nawaki was no longer possible and that her Hemophobia kept her from returning to the battlefield.
• Asuma drank Tsunade's sake and encouraged her with talk of gradual progress, bringing the dead back to life, and the Rinnegan, while Tsunade continued drinking.
• Asuma became genuinely drunk and missed his evening studies and training.
• The next morning, Asuma nuzzled against Tsunade, mistaking her for a pillow, and she hurled him outside.

Asuma learned that he had been assigned to a team with Yūhi Kurenai and Shizune, led by Hatake Sakumo. At the Seventh Training Ground, Sakumo began assessing them with a bell test.

• After leaving Tsunade’s home, Asuma discovered that his Charm Attribute had risen by two points and went to the Ninja Academy.
• Asuma told Yūhi Kurenai and Shizune that Tsunade had seen through his act and that he had become genuinely drunk.
• Namikaze Minato called Uchiha Obito and Rin away, leaving Asuma, Yūhi Kurenai, and Shizune as the final three students in the classroom.
• Hatake Sakumo was assigned as Asuma, Kurenai, and Shizune’s team leader and led them to the Seventh Training Ground.
• Sakumo asked the three Genin to attack him and take a bell as their test.

Asuma, Kurenai, and Shizune challenged Hatake Sakumo for the bells, using coordinated Fire Style, Genjutsu, clones, and a decoy to overcome his defenses. Asuma’s Shadow Clone took a bell, and Hatake Sakumo praised their teamwork.

• Asuma assigned Kurenai to create openings and Shizune to support the team and heal them.
• Asuma launched four powerful Fire Bullets, but Hatake Sakumo evaded them and deflected the team’s shuriken with lightning.
• Asuma and his Shadow Clones combined Fire and Wind Style, but Hatake Sakumo split the attack with his sword.
• Kurenai’s Genjutsu barely affected Hatake Sakumo, and he countered Asuma’s Wind-enhanced sword strike.
• Hatake Sakumo tried to grab Shizune, who was actually a Wind Style Shadow Clone, while the real Shizune hid as rubble.
• Asuma’s Shadow Clone seized a bell, and Hatake Sakumo praised the team for turning Shizune’s role as a medical ninja to their advantage.

Asuma trained with Hatake Sakumo, received advice from Minato and Sakumo on developing a Lightning Style technique, and prepared for his first mission with his team. The chapter ended as they traveled toward the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Rivers to patrol amid increased Sand Ninja activity.

• Hatake Sakumo praised Asuma’s battle tactics, advised Yūhi Kurenai to use Genjutsu more actively, and urged Shizune to improve her battlefield self-protection.
• Asuma, Yūhi Kurenai, and Shizune trained in taijutsu under Hatake Sakumo, then shared a barbecue with Minato’s team and discussed Kakashi’s Lightning Style technique, which Asuma had proposed.
• Asuma and the others trained for three days before Hatake Sakumo assigned them a border patrol mission because Sand Ninja activity had increased.
• Asuma raised his Constitution stat and traveled with Hatake Sakumo, Yūhi Kurenai, and Shizune toward the Land of Rivers border.

Asuma used Skill Points to raise the Substitution Technique and Chakra Control to Level 10, unlocking a clone-based space-time switch and the ability to use several ninjutsu without hand seals. He and his team reached a Konoha border outpost and began a month of patrols.

• Asuma planned to spend Skill Points on the Substitution Technique and Chakra Control to improve his combat strength.
• Asuma raised the Substitution Technique to Level 10 and learned that it could switch his position with a Shadow Clone within sensing range.
• Asuma raised Chakra Control to Level 10, gaining precise chakra control that let him use several familiar techniques without hand seals.
• Asuma trained during the journey while his team took turns keeping watch and traveling toward the border.
• Asuma, Hatake Sakumo, Kurenai, and Shizune arrived at a Konoha outpost between the Land of Fire and the Land of Rivers and began their month-long border patrol mission.

Asuma and his squad guarded the border outpost, where he ambushed and killed three enemy ninja who tried to cross their line. Sakumo returned after the battle and ordered the squad to reset the traps, while Asuma postponed checking the reward he had received for his First Kill achievement.

• After two days of settling in, Asuma trained at the outpost and finally created a one-handed Rasengan.
• When a distress signal sounded, Sakumo went to provide support and assigned Asuma to guard the line with Yūhi Kurenai and Shizune.
• Asuma disguised himself as a green snake, ambushed three enemy ninja, and killed their Jōnin captain and the two remaining attackers.
• Asuma refused Yūhi Kurenai's suggestion to aid Sakumo because he had received no signal and kept the squad guarding their position.
• After Sakumo returned and the battle temporarily ended, Asuma reported that the enemy had known how to avoid the traps, and Sakumo ordered the squad to reset them.

After surviving a battle and earning a system reward, Asuma trained during night patrols and reunited with his older brother, Sarutobi Shinya. He learned that a long-hidden Sunagakure spy had leaked Konoha’s border deployment and suspected the incident might connect to future events surrounding the Third Kazekage.

• Asuma opened his first-kill Skill Pack, received two Wind Style techniques, allocated an Attribute Point to agility, and reviewed his experience gains.
• Asuma and Hatake Sakumo patrolled through the night while Asuma studied theory during breaks, then Asuma slept and sent a Shadow Clone to practice ninjutsu.
• A Konoha Anbu team arrived, and Asuma caught up with his older brother, Sarutobi Shinya, after the team questioned him about the battle.
• Hatake Sakumo confirmed that a spy Sunagakure had planted in Konoha leaked the border deployment and warned that an attack was possible.
• Asuma recalled the Third Kazekage’s future death and wondered whether Sasori’s actions were connected to the Third Great Ninja War.

After returning to Konoha, Asuma met Tsunade to continue their agreement to study Medical Ninjutsu and Fūinjutsu, and he demonstrated a powerful new Wind Style technique. The chapter ended just after he threw his newly created Wind Style: Rasenshuriken and unlocked an achievement.

• After a month on the front, Asuma and his squad returned to Konoha on June 20th, Konoha Year 42.
• Tsunade confronted Asuma about his promise, then brought him to the Senju Ancestral Home and offered to teach him the Yin Seal.
• Asuma showed Tsunade that he could form a Rasengan quickly and explained how he planned to transform it with Wind Release Chakra.
• At a clearing near the Forest of Death, Asuma created a huge Wind Style: Rasenshuriken and warned Tsunade to retreat before testing it.
• Asuma threw the technique and used the Body Flicker Technique to escape as he unlocked an achievement for creating an S-rank Ninjutsu without hand seals at age nine.

Asuma tested his newly perfected Wind Style: Rasenshuriken, then studied Fūinjutsu and Medical Ninjutsu under Tsunade while growing stronger. After taking a day to rest and claiming a Wind Body Flicker Technique reward, he ran into Jiraiya spying on a hot spring and joined him.

• Asuma's Wind Style: Rasenshuriken created a massive crater, and Tsunade warned him to use the powerful technique cautiously.
• Tsunade gave Asuma books and scrolls on Fūinjutsu and Medical Ninjutsu, and he devoted several days to studying them.
• When Asuma became exhausted, Tsunade told him to take a day off, and he claimed a Level 4 Wind Body Flicker Technique reward.
• Asuma practiced Wind Body Flicker on his way to the Hot Spring District and emerged from a hot spring feeling refreshed.
• Asuma found Jiraiya spying from a hot spring house roof, and the two watched and discussed the view together.