Recaps

Ye watched as Uchiha Fugaku’s strange behavior convinced Hatake Sakumo that the Sharingan caused a severe mental illness throughout the Uchiha Clan. The chapter ended with Fugaku, convinced Sakumo planned to take Ye away, desperately wondering where Nohibi and the reinforcements were.

• Fugaku crushed a teacup in his bare hand, and Sakumo began suspecting that the Uchiha suffered from a bloodline-related illness.
• Sakumo invited Ye and other Uchiha children to visit or train at the Hatake Family dojo, offering to guide them personally.
• Fugaku kicked over the table, activated his Three-Tomoe Sharingan, and swore that no one would take Ye while he was alive.
• Sakumo interpreted Fugaku’s outburst as further proof that the Uchiha Clan was mentally ill and responded with pity.
• Fugaku mistook Sakumo’s sympathy for contempt and silently begged Nohibi to bring reinforcements.

Fugaku mistook Sakumo’s visit for a threat and beat Yehuo for arriving without reinforcements, until Sakumo revealed Yehuo had saved his life. The chapter ended with Yehuo explaining that he had tried to report it, but Fugaku had ordered him to leave.

• Fugaku waited for Yehuo to arrive with the Security Force’s elite, but Yehuo entered the courtyard alone and badly bruised.
• Fugaku demanded to know where the others were, then kicked Yehuo and beat him with a sword scabbard.
• Kakashi watched Fugaku’s attack and concluded that the Uchiha clan was terrifying and merciless.
• Sakumo stopped Fugaku and explained that Yehuo and Ye had rescued him at Warehouse No. 7.
• Fugaku realized Sakumo had come to thank Yehuo, then demanded to know why Yehuo had not reported the rescue.
• Yehuo said Fugaku had ordered him to leave when he tried to report it, so he had assumed he had already told him.

After a misunderstanding with Sakumo was cleared up, Sakumo entrusted Ye with the White Fang Short Sword and chose the Uchiha as Kakashi’s protector. Ye accepted the sword and privately resolved to keep those who should live from dying.

• Fugaku realized Sakumo had come with good intentions, then endured Ye’s teasing by drinking scalding tea and claiming it was fragrant.
• Sakumo decided the Uchiha Clan could protect Kakashi from the Konoha leadership, while Ye privately doubted the clan would survive for long.
• Sakumo solemnly gave Ye the White Fang Short Sword as a sign of inheritance and protection, and Ye accepted it with a deep bow.
• Fugaku promised Ye full access to the clan’s resources, then dragged Nohibi away as Nohibi gave Ye a bruised, triumphant thumbs-up.
• After Sakumo and Kakashi left, Ye held the sword and quietly vowed not to let those who should live die.

Ye encouraged Obito to give Rin a dog-ear headband, which sent her fleeing from the classroom. Kakashi then gave Rin a cat-ear headband she loved, leaving Obito stunned.

• Ye met Obito, took some of his hot buns, and urged him to give Rin the gift Kakashi had chosen.
• Obito gave Rin a spotted dog-ear headband, and she recoiled and rushed out of the classroom.
• Obito convinced himself that he had beaten Kakashi's judgment despite Rin's rejection of the gift.
• Kakashi arrived as Rin reached the back door and gave her a pink cat-ear headband.
• Rin happily put on Kakashi's gift while Obito stared in shock.

Obito realized Kakashi had outmaneuvered him over Rin and awakened a Two-Tomoe Sharingan in his anguish. He attacked Kakashi at school, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Obito saw Rin accept Kakashi’s pink cat ears and concluded Kakashi had tricked him into buying dog ears as part of a scheme.
• Kakashi mistook Obito’s empty hands for proof that his gift had succeeded and smiled at him, deepening Obito’s rage.
• Uchiha Tekka approached Obito, who lamented the cruelty of the world before revealing his Two-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Obito’s sudden speed stunned Tekka, who received system notifications for shock and resentment.
• Obito grabbed Kakashi’s hair and tried to smash him into the floor, but Kakashi substituted a chair and escaped the blow.
• Obito laughed wildly, accused Kakashi of wrongdoing, and demanded to know if he understood why Obito was furious.

Obito attacked Kakashi after misreading his apology and Rin’s gift as proof of betrayal, and their fight escalated in the rain. Rin intervened, but Obito concluded that everyone was protecting Kakashi and threatened them all.

• Kakashi apologized to the newly awakened Two-Tomoe Obito, but Obito took it as an admission of guilt and attacked him with genjutsu.
• Obito and Kakashi crashed through a second-floor window and continued fighting in the Abandoned Training Ground as rain poured down.
• Obito overwhelmed Kakashi with his speed and Sharingan, while Kakashi realized Obito had advanced from One-Tomoe overnight.
• After hearing students gossip that they were fighting over Rin, Rin jumped from the second floor and stood between them, urging them to stop.
• Obito asked Rin if she was afraid he would hurt Kakashi, then accused everyone of protecting Kakashi and threatened to let none of them leave.

Obito and Kakashi fought fiercely until Ye used his new speed and strength to stop them. Obito remained shaken and angry, asking whether Ye had sided with Kakashi and concluding that no one had ever been behind him.

• Obito unleashed a massive Fire Ball Jutsu, and Kakashi blocked it with an Earth-Style Wall before Obito landed a punch.
• Ye spent one million points on ten draws and gained a Three-Tomoe Sharingan, chakra fragments, and several powerful abilities and items.
• As Obito and Kakashi charged for a final clash, Kurenai asked Ye to intervene.
• Ye vanished between the boys, caught their attacks, and sent them tumbling into the mud before ending the fight.
• Obito accused Ye of taking Kakashi’s side, then laughed and said that there had always been no one behind him.

Ye faced Obito and Kakashi when they joined forces against him, then easily outmaneuvered their attacks. As Kakashi launched a surprise sword strike through the steam, Ye used the Substitution Technique, leaving Kakashi’s blade to split a log.

• Obito and Kakashi threatened Ye when he tried to stop their fight, and Ye challenged them both.
• Obito and Kakashi attacked Ye together, but Ye dodged their strikes and made them crash into each other.
• Obito and Kakashi coordinated their next attack as Obito unleashed Fire Release: Fire Style: Fire Ball Jutsu and Ye countered with Water Release: Water Wall.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived with the vice principal and teachers, watched the fight, and focused his attention on Ye.
• Kakashi threw Kunai through the steam and followed with a sword strike, but Ye vanished in a puff of smoke, leaving a substitution log in his place.

Kakashi and Obito tried to coordinate against Ye, whose substitution and three-way attack left Kakashi struggling to identify him. Obito copied Ye’s Water Wall with his Sharingan, allowing Kakashi to launch a Lightning Ball at Ye through the surrounding water.

• Kakashi realized he had struck a Substitute Log and faced three identical Yes charging through the mist.
• Obito used his Two-Tomoe Sharingan to identify the real Ye, and Kakashi trusted him and blocked Ye’s Kunai.
• Obito confirmed Ye was the original body, while Ye taunted the pair and Kakashi proposed using water to conduct his Lightning Release.
• Obito copied the Water Wall technique he had seen Ye use and trapped Ye between four walls of water.
• Kakashi formed a Lightning Ball and sent it toward the water walls surrounding Ye.

Ye revealed that he had used a Shadow Clone to fool Obito and Kakashi, then faced them with five more clones. The chapter ended with six Yes surrounding the two boys and asking who had the advantage now.

• Obito and Kakashi believed they had defeated Ye with a lightning-charged torrent, but the target vanished in a puff of smoke.
• Kakashi realized Ye had used a Shadow Clone, which Obito's Two-Tomoe Sharingan could not distinguish from the real body.
• Obito and Kakashi tried to locate Ye, who then calmly walked out of the mist in front of them.
• Obito claimed that he and Kakashi still had the advantage as a team.
• Ye created five additional Shadow Clones, surrounding Obito and Kakashi with six identical Yes.

Ye overwhelmed Kakashi and Obito by creating five Shadow Clones with the forbidden Multiple Shadow Clone Technique and enormous Chakra reserves. After the clones vanished, Rin arrived and asked why the two had fought, prompting Kakashi to tell Obito to speak first.

• Ye created five Shadow Clones, and Kakashi identified the technique as the forbidden Multiple Shadow Clone Technique.
• Obito used his Two-Tomoe Sharingan to compare their Chakra and found that each Ye had more Chakra than Kakashi.
• Kakashi dropped his sword and fell to his knees in despair after Obito revealed the comparison.
• Ye dispelled his five clones, leaving the class stunned and Kakashi shaken by the joke that one Ye exceeded six Kakashis.
• Rin arrived and asked why Kakashi and Obito had fought, and Obito erupted when Kakashi told him to speak first.

After Ye used the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, Hiruzen confirmed it had been legally taught to him and offered him early graduation and a place in ANBU. Ye chose to stay at the Academy, received Hiruzen’s Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique scroll, and later found that his teacher Gang Ziyun was terrified of him.

• Ye explained to Hiruzen that Big Brother Nohibi had arranged for him to learn the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique through official channels.
• Hiruzen praised Ye’s talent and invited him to graduate early and join ANBU, but Ye refused because he wanted to continue studying at the Academy.
• Hiruzen gave Ye a sealing scroll containing the A-rank Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique, and Ye imagined combining it with his casting-interrupting shuriken.
• Days later, Gang Ziyun taught Ye’s class about shuriken trajectories while nervously trying to avoid angering him.
• Gang Ziyun stopped drawing a parabola, bowed to Ye, and asked whether he saw any problems with its angle.

Ye’s classmates and teachers spent their final years at the Ninja Academy adapting to his overwhelming reputation, turning their class into a model of discipline. At graduation, Gang Ziyun celebrated Ye’s departure with explosive relief, while Ye discovered that a few people could still provide him with points.

• Ye watched Obito and Kakashi abandon their rivalry and treat each other as second-best partners, while Rin and Kurenai showed their awe of him.
• Ye failed to provoke conflict among his classmates, whose fear and respect had transformed the class into a peaceful, obedient group.
• Over two years, Class One became the Ninja Academy’s model class, and graduation season arrived.
• Gang Ziyun lit an enormous string of firecrackers at the graduation ceremony and tearfully celebrated the end of his three years with Ye’s class.
• Kakashi earned Ye 666 Survival Instinct Points, and Gang Ziyun earned him 3000 Relief Points.

On graduation day, Ye tormented Gang Ziyun by accusing him of not caring about his students, then revealed he had applied to repeat the year. Gang Ziyun suffered a complete breakdown and was carried away by medical ninja, while Ye promised to visit him.

• Gang Ziyun celebrated the class's graduation, and Ye slipped away from the line to approach him.
• Ye accused Gang Ziyun of not caring about his students because he was smiling instead of crying like Class Two's teacher.
• Ye showed Gang Ziyun his grade repetition application and asked him to sign it.
• Gang Ziyun broke down, shouted that the doctors had lied to him, and earned Ye a flood of System points.
• Medical ninja restrained Gang Ziyun and dragged him away after he told Ye never to visit; Ye promised he would visit whenever he had time.

Hiruzen Sarutobi struggled to choose a team leader for Uchiha Ye, whose strength and disruptive behavior had left his teacher hospitalized. Danzo demanded that Ye be handed over to Root, but Hiruzen refused and challenged Danzo's judgment.

• Hiruzen reviewed a hospital recommendation for Gang Ziyun's permanent confinement and the Ninja Academy graduates' team assignment roster.
• Hiruzen ruled out several Jonin and settled on Minato Namikaze as the best candidate to lead Uchiha Ye.
• Shimura Danzō stormed into the Hokage's Office and demanded that Hiruzen hand Uchiha Ye over to Root.
• Hiruzen refused, warning that taking Ye would worsen the village's fragile relationship with the Uchiha Clan.
• Danzo argued that Ye's power made him dangerous and that Root could turn him into Konoha's weapon.
• Hiruzen stood up to Danzo and asked whether Danzo knew what he was doing.

Hiruzen refused Danzo’s demand to take Uchiha Ye into Root and added Ye to Minato Namikaze’s squad roster to keep him safe. As Ye’s classmates feared being assigned to his team, three students were called away and fled the classroom in relief.

• Hiruzen confronted Danzo over his schemes and ordered him to leave when he demanded Ye be handed over to Root.
• Danzo warned Hiruzen that he would regret refusing, then slammed the office door as he left.
• Hiruzen added Uchiha Ye to Minato Namikaze’s squad roster, hoping Minato could protect the students if Ye caused trouble.
• Ye sat lazily in the classroom while his classmates sat in fear and he collected their panic points.
• A Jonin instructor called Yamashiro Naoto, Mizutani Mao, and Aoki Ken to follow him, and the three rushed out, relieved to have escaped Ye’s team.

Uchiha Ye watched the graduating students flee their classroom assignments while Kakashi Hatake, Obito Uchiha, and Rin Nohara discussed their goals. Minato Namikaze assigned Ye as the fourth member of their team, leaving Obito and Kakashi stunned.

• Several students escaped Ye’s classroom, and Uchiha Tekka left after Ye told him to visit often.
• Kakashi Hatake, Obito Uchiha, Rin Nohara, and Ye were the last four students in the classroom.
• Rin said she wanted to become a medical ninja, Obito declared he would become Hokage, and Kakashi said he wanted to become stronger.
• Ye said he wanted to live freely and bury anyone who tried to harm him.
• Minato Namikaze named Kakashi, Obito, and Rin as his students, then revealed that Uchiha Ye would be the fourth team member.

Minato brought Ye, Obito, Rin, and Kakashi to Training Ground Three and set a bell test as their final step before becoming Genin. Obito and Kakashi launched a coordinated attack while Ye stayed back, leaving the test underway.

• Minato led the four graduates to Training Ground Three, where other students reacted to Ye's reputation as the Demon King.
• Minato announced that the four had to work together to take four bells from him by noon, or anyone without a bell would return to the Ninja Academy for another year.
• Obito and Kakashi agreed to test Minato first while Ye and Rin held back.
• Obito charged Minato from the front as Kakashi moved through the trees to attack from his blind spot.

Minato tested Obito and Kakashi’s teamwork, easily countering their attacks while offering Obito advice about staying flexible in battle. He stopped Kakashi’s sword with a newly designed trident-shaped kunai and gave it the bewildering name “Instant Light: Swift Thunder Space-Time Trident World Love Sword.”

• Obito ambushed Minato with a Great Fireball, but Minato blew the flames apart with Wind Release and advised Obito against predictable tactics.
• Obito followed up with wire-guided Shuriken, drawing Minato’s attention as Kakashi attacked from a blind spot.
• Minato blocked Kakashi’s White Fang Short Sword with a specially designed trident-shaped kunai.
• Minato revealed the weapon’s long name and suggested they call it the Ninja Love Sword.

Minato overwhelmed Kakashi and Obito, then pushed them into revealing the secret trick they had prepared for Ye. The pair launched a coordinated wire trap against Minato, and the chapter ended as Obito declared they would take the bells.

• Minato used his three-pronged Flying Thunder God Kunai to throw Kakashi off balance and evaded Obito’s shuriken without looking.
• Minato warned Kakashi and Obito that they would not reach the bells by noon at their current level.
• Obito accidentally revealed that he and Kakashi had saved a dirty trick for Ye, embarrassing himself and frustrating Kakashi.
• Kakashi and Obito emerged from smoke bombs as false clones, then attacked Minato with wire-controlled kunai.
• Obito revealed himself from a transformed kunai and tightened steel wires around Minato in a net, announcing that they would take the bells.

Obito and Kakashi unleashed a coordinated attack on Minato but failed to take any bells. Ye then surprised Minato with his speed, leaving Minato's kunai at his neck before revealing himself as the young Uchiha.

• Obito used Sharingan Genjutsu to create an opening while Kakashi charged Minato with a lightning-coated blade.
• Minato blocked Kakashi's strike with his Tri-Pronged Kunai and held him back, keeping all four bells.
• Minato praised Obito and Kakashi's coordination, though Obito was frustrated that they had failed to take a bell.
• Ye used a mastery-level Body Flicker to appear behind Minato as he encouraged Obito.
• Minato reacted by teleporting behind Ye and placing his kunai against the boy's neck, then recognized him as Uchiha Ye.

Ye passed Minato’s bell test by exploiting Minato’s apology, then gave his bell to Rin and helped Obito secure another for Kakashi. He challenged Minato to a real fight and ended the chapter unveiling Ice Release: Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals.

• Ye persuaded Minato to give him a bell as compensation, then tossed it to Rin and promised everyone would pass.
• Obito asked Minato for another bell, received it, and gave it to Kakashi because Kakashi had worked hardest.
• Minato challenged Ye to try to take the remaining bells without negotiating.
• Ye attacked Minato with a rapid taijutsu combination, but Minato evaded each strike with small movements.
• Ye unleashed chilling chakra that froze the training ground and declared Ice Release: Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals.

Uchiha Ye used Ice Release against Minato during the team test, trapping him in a mirror formation and forcing him to defend himself. Minato recognized the power and unusual density of Ye’s chakra, then questioned how Ye had acquired the Uchiha Clan’s unprecedented Ice Release Kekkei Genkai.

• Ye froze the Third Training Ground and surrounded Minato with Ice Mirrors that reflected his clones and illusions.
• Ye attacked Minato from multiple mirrors with Ice Senbon, which Minato dodged with his Tri-Pronged Kunai.
• Minato raised an Earth-Style Wall, but Ye’s Ice Senbon pierced through it and startled the watching Genin.
• Minato examined the chakra in the senbon, dispersed his wall, and studied Ye’s Ice Mirrors.
• Minato asked whether Ye’s Ice Release came from a bloodline mutation or an unknown replication method.

Uchiha Ye passed Minato’s bell test after revealing that he had mastered Ice Release, and Minato took him to report the discovery to Hiruzen Sarutobi. The chapter ended with Hiruzen finally realizing that Ye had awakened an Ice Release Kekkei Genkai and reacting with shock.

• Ye shattered his Ice Mirrors, and Minato ended the bell test, declaring Ye, Kakashi Hatake, Obito Uchiha, and Rin Nohara official Konoha Genin.
• Minato used the Flying Thunder God to take Ye to the Hokage’s Office, where Hiruzen initially feared Minato had brought Ye back to him.
• Minato told Hiruzen that Ye had mastered the Ice Release Kekkei Genkai, but Hiruzen misunderstood and dismissed it as ordinary ninjutsu.
• Hiruzen belatedly understood Minato’s words, damaged his desk in shock, and demanded that Minato repeat what he had said.

Uchiha Ye demonstrated his genuine Ice Release Kekkei Genkai to Hiruzen, who assigned Minato to personally train him and provide whatever reasonable resources he needed. As Minato prepared Team Minato for its first Genin mission, Ye planned to use his mastery of the Rasengan to bargain for the Flying Thunder God scroll.

• Minato confirmed to Hiruzen that Ye possessed a genuine Ice Release Kekkei Genkai, and Ye demonstrated it by forming an Ice Mirror without hand seals.
• Hiruzen became excited by Ice Release's potential, then regretted that his son Asuma could not be married to Ye and resolved to beat him later.
• Ye claimed that he had accidentally fused Wind and Water Chakra while training, and Hiruzen accepted his explanation and made him the core of Minato's team.
• Minato offered to help Ye with Wind Release and mentioned that he was developing a seal-less ninjutsu based on compressed, rotating Chakra.
• Ye recognized Minato's new technique as the Rasengan and planned to reveal his own mastery to obtain the Flying Thunder God scroll.
• Minato told Ye to gather Obito, Kakashi, and Rin at the Third Training Ground at eight the next morning for their team's first Genin mission.