Chapter Summaries

Kirito reflected on how war and the Senju Clan’s legacy had driven the clan toward extinction, and resolved to gain enough strength to prevent it. Back in his basement, he began an experiment to fuse Mito Uzumaki’s cultivated tissue with his own blood.

• Senju Clan members warmly greeted Kirito as he left Nawaki's house, and he thought about how the clan’s fighters had been lost in war while its survivors faced decline.
• Kirito returned to the Orphanage, greeted Yakushi Nonō and the others, and entered his concealed basement using Sealing Jutsu.
• Kirito reviewed his collections of medical, Electrical Science, and biology books, ninjutsu scrolls, and living specimens.
• Kirito examined the tissue grown from a hair of Mito Uzumaki, which had developed vigorous life force and chakra.
• Kirito began his Bloodline Fusion 1.0 experiment by dripping his own blood into the vessel containing the tissue.

Kirito defeated Nawaki in sparring and warned him about his recklessness after Nawaki proposed graduating early to fight on the battlefield. The chapter left Nawaki confronting the danger that his identity would make him a target for enemy assassins.

• Kirito used a Lightning Release: Lightning Ball and a Sealing Technique: Single Lamp Array to defeat Nawaki's shadow clones and bind Nawaki.
• Kirito reviewed the fight with Nawaki, criticizing his wasteful use of shadow clones and urging him to stay vigilant.
• Nawaki insisted he would not die before becoming Hokage and suggested that he and Kirito graduate early to fight the enemy.
• Kirito explained that Nawaki's status as the First Hokage's grandson would make him a celebrated example and a target for enemy Jonin.
• Kirito asked Nawaki whether he could survive an assassination attempt by Jonin, leaving Nawaki to consider the consequences of his plan.

Kirito showed Nawaki a 50-million-yen bounty notice to convince him not to graduate early and risk going to war. After Nawaki resolved to grow stronger before fighting, Kirito gained an Enhancement Point and decided to spend it on Wisdom.

• Nawaki questioned Kirito’s warning that graduating early would put him in danger on the battlefield.
• Kirito summoned a bounty handbook and showed Nawaki the 50-million-yen notice bearing his portrait and information.
• Kirito explained why Nawaki’s lineage and inherited power made him a target, and urged him to grow stronger under Konoha’s protection.
• Nawaki decided to wait until he had Jonin-level strength before going to the battlefield, triggering Kirito’s notification that he had changed Nawaki’s fate and gained an Enhancement Point.
• Kirito reviewed his Attribute Panel and chose to use the point to increase his Wisdom rather than his stamina.

After increasing his Wisdom Attribute, Kirito gained Yin Release Chakra and greatly improved his chakra control, allowing him to deploy a complex sealing technique quickly and use the Rasengan with Genin-level chakra reserves. He also succeeded in manipulating Iron Sand through an electromagnetism-based technique, though the effort left him nearly out of chakra.

• Kirito raised his Wisdom Attribute from 4 to 5, endured severe pain, and gained the ability to use Yin Release Chakra.
• Kirito deployed the Triple Lamp Array in three seconds and created more Lightning Balls with improved chakra efficiency.
• Kirito formed a miniature Rasengan despite having only Genin-level chakra reserves.
• Kirito used a Summoning Card to produce an iron rod, then used Lightning Release Chakra to create a magnetic field and draw Iron Sand from the ground.
• Kirito shaped the Iron Sand into a few forms before exhausting most of his chakra, but he resolved to keep developing the technique.

Mito worried that Nawaki’s immaturity and desire to graduate early would put him in danger, so she decided to push him to grow up while she could still protect him. She also ordered Kirito to receive the same resources as Nawaki, and the chapter ended with Mito remembering Hashirama as winter began.

• Mito punished Nawaki for asking about the bounty and Kirito’s warning, then worried that he was too immature to lead the Senju Clan.
• Mito recognized that Nawaki’s early graduation would make him a target on the battlefield, while her declining health left him little time to grow.
• Mito told Momoka to prepare for Nawaki to grow up quickly and ordered that Kirito receive the same resource allocation as Nawaki.
• Mito watched the tree she had planted with Hashirama and mourned that he had left her behind.
• Nawaki stopped beneath the gloomy sky as snow began to fall.

Two years later, eight-year-old Kirito excelled in the Ninja Academy’s theory classes and studied medicine-making under Shikaku Nara. After Shikaku praised Kirito’s Hemostasis Pill, he asked whether Kirito wanted to join the Medical Unit, leaving Kirito with an opportunity to pursue medical training.

• By Konoha Year 32, Kirito had become one of the top students in the Ninja Academy’s theory classes, while Chizuru and Nawaki skipped lessons to practice ninjutsu.
• Kirito showed Shikaku Nara a Hemostasis Pill he had made and asked him to judge its quality.
• Shikaku tasted the pill, judged it acceptable, and encouraged Kirito to keep improving his medicine-making skills.
• Shikaku, impressed by Kirito’s talent and chakra control, asked whether he wanted to join the Medical Unit to study.

Kirito welcomed the chance to study in the Medical Unit and make medicine for the front lines, though Shikaku Nara had not promised him Medical Ninjutsu training. The Third Hokage watched Kirito and Chizuru spar at the academy and grew wary of Chizuru’s abilities.

• Kirito eagerly agreed to make pills for the front-line heroes, while Shikaku Nara planned to ask the Third Hokage to arrange his Medical Unit studies.
• The Third Hokage reviewed Shikaku Nara’s report and considered Kirito’s medical talent alongside his remarkable combat, Lightning Style, and sealing skills.
• During Practical Combat Class, Chizuru sensed the Third Hokage spying on the training ground, and Kirito recognized the Scrying Jutsu but chose not to react.
• Wasabi Mitarai paired Kirito and Chizuru to spar, while Nawaki complained that he never got to fight either of them in class.
• Kirito and Chizuru traded kunai and fought at a speed most of their classmates could not follow, impressing the Third Hokage and making him wary of Chizuru.

Kirito revealed his apparent Magnet Release during a spar with Chizuru, using iron sand to overpower her attacks. Wasabi Mitarai intervened with a Water Wall when Kirito’s Iron Sand Wave threatened to swallow Chizuru.

• Chizuru used Lightning Release to boost her speed and attacked Kirito with lightning techniques, but he evaded her with the Substitution Technique.
• Kirito summoned a wired iron rod and used electricity to control iron sand, leading the Third and Wasabi Mitarai to identify his technique as Magnet Release.
• Chizuru accelerated with Lightning Release and threw electrified Senbon, but Kirito deflected them and sent an Iron Sand Wave toward her.
• Kirito pinned Chizuru’s foot with an iron-sand hand, and she countered the wave with the Great Fire Dragon Technique, melting some of the sand.
• Wasabi Mitarai raised a Water Wall that weakened the Iron Sand Wave and protected Chizuru.

Kirito defeated Chizuru in their spar, and the next match began between Nawaki and Karen Hyuga. Karen shed her timid demeanor and prepared to face Nawaki seriously.

• The Third Hokage praised Wasabi for protecting Chizuru and sent an Anbu ninja to bring Kirito to him.
• Wasabi declared Kirito the winner, and Chizuru accepted her defeat and thanked Wasabi for saving her.
• Nawaki was chosen to fight Karen Hyuga and confidently underestimated her despite Kirito's warning.
• Kirito wished Karen good luck, and she smiled before activating her Byakugan and taking the Gentle Fist stance.

Kirito watched Karen use Gentle Fist and Water Style: Water Flow Whip to overwhelm Nawaki in their match. The Third Hokage also witnessed Karen’s skill as she continued to suppress Nawaki’s shadow-clone tactics.

• Kirito reflected on Gentle Fist’s abilities and his interest in learning the style despite lacking the Byakugan.
• At Wasabi Mitarai’s command, Nawaki and Karen began fighting, and Nawaki used shuriken before creating shadow clones.
• Karen used the Byakugan to identify Nawaki’s real body and attacked him with a Water Style: Water Flow Whip.
• Karen manipulated the water whip to pierce Nawaki’s clones and repeatedly forced him to dodge or make new ones.
• Their classmates praised Karen as she suppressed Nawaki, while the Third Hokage watched the match through the Scrying Jutsu and admired her talent.

Karen defeated Nawaki in their match, and Kirito was summoned by the Third Hokage. The chapter ended with top-secret intelligence arriving at Sunagakure’s Kage Building.

• Karen used her Byakugan and Water Whips to counter Nawaki’s Shadow Clones, then shocked him through the water after binding him with the whip.
• Wasabi Mitarai declared Karen the winner, and Karen turned toward Kirito after ending the match.
• An Anbu ninja delivered the Third Hokage’s summons to Kirito, who left with him after Wasabi verified the ninja’s credentials.
• Chizuru and Nawaki went home early, while Karen quietly wondered whether Kirito would be happy that she had won.
• A Messenger Hawk carried top-secret intelligence into Sunagakure, and an urgent decrypted report was delivered to the Kage Building.

Kirito met the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, who questioned him about the Magnet Release technique he had used in class. Kirito explained that he had developed it as a teachable Lightning Style Ninjutsu and agreed to hand it over to the village, then asked what rank it would receive.

• Kirito entered the Hokage's Office Building and sensed the Anbu and hidden Sensory Ninjas watching him.
• The Third Hokage apologized for interrupting Kirito's class and asked where he had learned Magnet Release Ninjutsu.
• Kirito said he had developed the technique himself using the principle of electromagnetism and explained that it was Lightning Style Ninjutsu, not a Kekkei Genkai.
• The Third Hokage confirmed through Sensory Ninjutsu that Kirito was telling the truth and recognized the technique's value to the village.
• Kirito agreed to give the ninjutsu to the village, then asked the Third Hokage what rank it would receive.

Kirito earned the Third Hokage’s approval for his S-Rank Magnet Release Ninjutsu and secured a promised reward for contributing it to Konoha. After the Third Hokage verified the technique, Kirito requested the Spirit Transformation Technique.

• The Third Hokage declared Kirito’s Lightning Style method for cultivating Magnet Release an S-Rank Ninjutsu and promised a reward equal in value.
• The Third Hokage agreed to let Kirito choose an S-Rank Ninjutsu from the Scroll of Sealing or a comparable reward once his work was verified.
• Kirito presented a prepared scroll describing his technique, and the Third Hokage used it to make iron objects float.
• The Third Hokage found that the technique demanded exceptional mental calculation, approved its training details, and asked Kirito what reward he wanted.
• Kirito requested the Spirit Transformation Technique.

Kirito asked the Third Hokage to reward him with the Spirit Transformation Technique, but the Third Hokage warned that it could be fatal for anyone without exceptional soul aptitude. He offered the Flying Thunder God Technique instead, while Kirito privately weighed its demanding requirements and remained set on the Spirit Transformation Technique.

• Kirito requested the Spirit Transformation Technique, and the Third Hokage explained its dangers and the rare soul aptitude needed to master it.
• Kirito asked the Third Hokage to test his soul aptitude, but the Third Hokage said only someone who had learned the technique could perform the test.
• The Third Hokage said Dan Katō might not return from the battlefield until the war ended, leaving Kirito unable to get tested soon.
• The Third Hokage urged Kirito to choose the Flying Thunder God Technique and revealed that he had noticed many of Kirito's hidden abilities.
• Kirito considered the Flying Thunder God Technique too demanding and costly in Chakra for now, while believing his combined soul gave him a strong chance of mastering the Spirit Transformation Technique.

Kirito persuaded the Third Hokage to let Mito-sama decide whether he could learn the Spirit Transformation Technique, while Danzō argued for using Kirito as bait to expose a spy in Konoha. The Third Hokage allowed the plan only if Kirito was protected, then ordered Anbu to watch Danzō, who secretly vowed to claim both Kirito and the traitor for Root.

• Kirito pleaded for the Spirit Transformation Technique, and the Third Hokage agreed to grant it only if Mito-sama approved and Kirito would accept another technique if she refused.
• After Kirito left, Danzō emerged from a hidden door in the Hokage's Office and urged the Third Hokage to use Kirito to lure out a spy behind failed operations against Sunagakure.
• The Third Hokage objected to putting Kirito in danger but eventually allowed the plan on the condition that Kirito be protected.
• Danzō rejected the Third Hokage's caution, but the Third Hokage ended their argument by asserting his authority as Hokage.
• The Third Hokage ordered an Anbu ninja to watch Danzō, while Danzō noticed the surveillance and privately vowed to take control of Kirito and the traitor.

Kirito returned to class after leaving the Hokage's Office, then slipped into the village while a large Anbu force secretly tracked him. He led the watchers to Yakushi Gourmet House, where Yakushi Nonō and two disabled men noticed the disguised Anbu entering.

• Kirito left a Shadow Clone in class and wandered through the village, sensing the fifteen Anbu members following him.
• Kirito ate lavishly around the village while the Anbu discussed his wealth and his success making Sealing Talismans and Sealing Scrolls.
• Kirito arrived at Yakushi Gourmet House and told Yakushi Nonō he was bringing her business.
• Several Anbu entered the shop in disguise, prompting Yakushi Nonō and two disabled men to react.

Two years after Kirito’s rise, Yakushi Nonō had built Yakushi Gourmet House into a thriving business that funded the Orphanage and Kirito’s work. Kirito evaded the Anbu by entering the Senju Clan Compound, where he began training and was joined by a man with Byakugan.

• Yakushi Nonō had become a skilled genin and successful restaurant owner, expanding Yakushi Gourmet House to three locations and hiring disabled former ninjas as guards.
• Kirito slipped Nonō a note explaining his situation, then left the restaurant with the Anbu following him; Nonō asked Kumo and Nokira for help.
• Kirito went to the Senju Clan Compound, where Momoka Senju kept the Anbu outside and told him to stay nearby and help teach a child.
• Kirito began Taijutsu training at an unused training ground, and a man with Byakugan suddenly appeared.

Kirito sparred with Hyuga Yama and demonstrated a crude chakra arm guard he had developed from the Gentle Fist, hoping to build chakra armor strong enough to pilot a Gundam. After Yama left, Kirito tested a new ranged chakra strike, leaving his Gentle Fist training pointed toward further experimentation.

• Kirito sparred with Hyuga Yama, who defeated him after using half his Gentle Fist strength.
• Kirito showed Yama a chakra arm guard that resisted a kunai and strengthened his blows, revealing his plan to develop full-body chakra armor.
• Hyuga Yama warned Kirito to stop using the crude technique and ended their training, while privately worrying that the Main House might misunderstand their closeness.
• Kirito gave Yama a Summoning Card containing food for Karen and praised her performance in Practical Combat Class.
• After Yama left, Kirito blasted a distant wooden post apart with a concentrated chakra strike from his palm.

Kirito advanced his Gentle Fist and sealing skills while visiting Mito, where he met Kushina Uzumaki, who distrusted him because he was a Konoha ninja and had offered to teach her. After Kirito demonstrated his sealing ability, Kushina reconsidered him, and Mito watched her reaction from the doorway.

• Kirito raised his Gentle Fist to level 4 and reviewed the ninjutsu and sealing jutsu he had learned over the past two years.
• Kirito visited Mito and encountered Kushina, who warned him to stay away and distrusted his offer to help with sealing jutsu.
• Kirito demonstrated the Quadruple Lamp Array by forming a large sealing formation in five seconds before leaving to bathe.
• Kushina recognized that Kirito was qualified to guide her in sealing jutsu and stopped being angry with him.
• Mito appeared in the doorway and watched Kushina stare at the formation with a faint smile.

Kirito studied the Reaper Death Seal and used its formulas to create a soul-summoning ninjutsu for Mito. He successfully left his body as a solid, freely moving soul, impressing Mito with his powerful soul.

• Kirito found Nawaki struggling with sealing jutsu and went to visit Mito, who was teaching Kushina.
• Mito gave Kirito a scroll containing the Reaper Death Seal and assigned him to develop a soul-summoning ninjutsu before dinner.
• Kirito used formulas from the Reaper Death Seal to create a new technique while Kushina watched him work.
• Kirito activated the formula array and sent his soul out of his body.
• Mito examined Kirito's undissipating soul and was astonished by its strength.