Chapter Summaries

Kakashi and Obito agreed to an Unlimited Battle after Obito taunted Kakashi at the Training Ground. Ye lent Kakashi a remarkably fine short sword, while inwardly anticipating that Obito would be forced to catch it barehanded.

• Obito told Rin Nohara that he would soon show his true self, then argued with Kakashi and challenged him to a fight.
• Kakashi took Obito's taunts as a challenge and requested an Unlimited Battle with him.
• Obito agreed, and Gang Ziyun allowed them to use Ninjutsu and Ninja Tools while warning them not to use heavy attacks.
• Kakashi realized he had no sword for the fight, so Ye tossed him a short sword from his system lottery.
• Kakashi recognized the sword's exceptional quality, thanked Ye, and raised his respect and wariness toward him.
• Ye privately anticipated that Obito would have to catch Kakashi's blade barehanded in front of the class.

Ye secretly planted a Dog-Bark Voice Changer on Obito and encouraged him to show Rin Nohara his true self. During the battle, Kakashi’s sword triggered the Causality Law artifact, which made Obito rush forward, kneel, and catch the blade between his hands.

• Obito protested that Ye had given Kakashi a Short Sword but nothing for him, so Ye praised Obito’s natural self and secretly attached a Dog-Bark Voice Changer inside his collar.
• Obito, moved by Ye’s encouragement, vowed to show Rin Nohara his true self while the class watched in confusion.
• When Rin wished both boys luck, Obito barked loudly at her, and Might Guy interpreted it as a passionate declaration of youth.
• Teacher Gang Ziyun started the unrestricted battle, and Obito began forming hand seals for the Fire Ball Jutsu as Kakashi drew his Short Sword.
• Kakashi’s sword triggered the Causality Law artifact, forcing Obito to rush across the field, kneel before Kakashi, and catch the blade with his bare hands.

Obito repeatedly crossed the training ground and knelt to catch Kakashi’s sword, though he could only bark while under forced control. Kakashi mistook the bizarre spectacle for a display of overwhelming strength and prepared a decisive attack after discovering his sword had cracked.

• Obito suddenly rushed across the training ground, knelt, and caught Kakashi’s blade, then barked in panic as the class watched.
• Kakashi interpreted Obito’s barks as deliberate humiliation and angrily demanded that he speak properly.
• After Kakashi withdrew his blade, Obito escaped, but when Kakashi assumed his sword stance again, Obito repeated the same kneeling catch.
• Obito barked at Kakashi in desperation, while Kakashi grew shaken and retreated to regain his composure.
• Kakashi noticed fine cracks in his sword and concluded that Obito’s catches had damaged it through immense physical strength.
• Kakashi resolved to avoid another blade catch and prepare a lightning-fast, decisive strike.

Obito’s attempt to defeat Kakashi with a golden kunai ended with him involuntarily kneeling and catching Kakashi’s strike, shattering the special sword. Both boys were left mentally devastated as their classmates watched in terror.

• Obito concluded that Kakashi had been disrupting his hand seals, so he abandoned ninjutsu and drew the golden Never-Hits Kunai.
• Kakashi entered a heightened state of focus and charged at Obito with his strongest sword strike.
• Obito involuntarily lunged to his knees and caught Kakashi’s blade between his palms, causing the [100% Blade-Catching Short Sword] to shatter.
• Kakashi dropped his broken hilt and collapsed in despair, while Obito stared at his empty hands and burst into tears.
• The entire class watched the two boys kneel in the sand as despair, humiliation, and terror points were awarded.

Rin Nohara and Asuma misinterpreted Obito’s breakdown, while Ye discovered that the supposedly never-hitting kunai had lodged in Gang Ziyun’s calf. The chapter left Gang Ziyun crouching to hide the injury just as someone called out and caught him sneaking around.

• Rin Nohara wondered why Obito kept barking, and Asuma claimed Obito was expressing his love for ninja dogs.
• Rin imagined Obito romantically barking at a ninja dog and earned Ye a flood of points.
• Ye noticed Gang Ziyun generating an unusual number of points and saw a golden kunai embedded in his calf.
• The Absolute Never-Hits Kunai flew away from the ground and struck Gang Ziyun while he supervised the sparring match.
• Gang Ziyun tried to secretly pull out the kunai, but someone asked why he was sneaking around with his ass stuck out.

Ye exposed Gang Ziyun's golden kunai wound to the whole class, leaving the teacher humiliated and kneeling in the sand. When Rin tried to remove the kunai and bandage him, Ye stopped her and warned that Gang Ziyun's condition was serious.

• Ye caught Gang Ziyun with a golden kunai lodged in his calf and shouted for help across Konoha's Abandoned Training Ground.
• The students saw Gang Ziyun's injury, and he collapsed in humiliation as the class gathered around.
• Rin Nohara hurried over and prepared to remove the kunai and bandage Gang Ziyun's wound.
• Ye grabbed Rin's wrist before she could touch the kunai, then solemnly warned her not to act rashly because Gang Ziyun's condition was serious.

Uchiha Ye convinced the class that Gang Ziyun-sensei had suffered a catastrophic injury, then used a voice changer to make him bark when he tried to defend himself. The panicked students rushed to report that Gang Ziyun-sensei had died in battle, while Ye stayed behind with the collapsed teacher.

• Ye told the girls that the kunai in Gang Ziyun-sensei's calf had injured a major artery and might have damaged his brain, despite Rin Nohara's medical objection.
• Ye secretly attached a voice changer to Gang Ziyun-sensei's collar, making his attempt to deny the injury come out as barking.
• The class mistook Gang Ziyun-sensei's barking for proof of brain damage, and he collapsed after repeatedly trying to speak.
• Ye urged the students to fetch the medical unit and vice principal, and more than thirty students ran in panic toward the Academy offices.
• The students spread increasingly exaggerated rumors, then told the vice principal that Gang Ziyun-sensei had died in battle.

Ye concealed his voice-changer trick as Gang Ziyun was mistaken for a mentally unstable patient and taken to Konoha Hospital. The class was dismissed for the day, and Ye invited his remaining classmates to relax on the Shopping Street instead of training.

• The Medical Corps found that Gang Ziyun had only a tiny calf wound, despite the vice principal having called them in for a life-threatening injury.
• Ye secretly retrieved the voice-changer patch from Gang Ziyun's collar, and Gang Ziyun shouted that he was not sick before his furious appearance convinced the class he had suffered mental trauma.
• The Medical Corps diagnosed Gang Ziyun with severe psychological distress and restrained him for transport to Konoha Hospital's psychiatric department.
• The vice principal dismissed Second Year Class One for the day, and the students praised Ye for securing their unexpected holiday.
• Might Guy urged Ye to run fifty laps around Konoha, but Ye declined and suggested they stroll around the Shopping Street.

Ye took Asuma, Obito, Kakashi, and Might Guy to Konoha Commercial Street and offered to pay for their purchases. In the department store, Kakashi advised Obito to buy Rin a spotted dog-ear accessory, and Obito accepted his advice.

• Asuma and Obito argued over whose romantic gestures had impressed Kurenai and Rin, while Kakashi silently judged them.
• Ye offered to pay for the group’s shopping, using the money his brother Uchiha Yehuo kept giving him.
• Asuma bought an exquisite red rose bookmark, while Obito agonized over choosing between cat-ear and dog-ear accessories for Rin.
• Kakashi advised Obito to choose the black-and-white spotted dog-ear accessory, saying Rin would accept it as a symbol of Obito himself.
• Obito trusted Kakashi’s serious advice and decided to buy the dog-ear accessory.

After a barbecue with his classmates, Ye sensed a hostile pursuer near the Uchiha compound and prepared to fight what he believed was a Root assassination team. The attacker turned out to be Hatake Sakumo, who had followed Ye to keep him safe, while Kakashi arrived close behind.

• Ye and his classmates exchanged gifts and ate barbecue, where Kakashi insisted on compensating Ye for the broken Short Sword.
• Ye agreed to Kakashi's offer, and the group parted ways on the Shopping Street.
• Ye sensed someone tailing him as he walked toward the Uchiha compound and initially assumed it was ANBU surveillance.
• In a secluded alley, Ye recognized the sudden killing intent as Root's and prepared to confront an assassin near the Uchiha compound.
• Hatake Sakumo appeared behind Ye, dispelled the killing intent, and explained that he had followed him for safety.
• Kakashi arrived breathless and complained that Sakumo's Body Flicker Technique had left him behind.

Ye brought Hatake Sakumo and Kakashi into the Uchiha compound, where they encountered Yehuo laughing wildly as he flooded Fugaku’s flowers. Yehuo realized Ye had witnessed his outburst and tried to regain his composure.

• Sakumo explained that Kakashi had insisted on apologizing for damaging Ye’s sword, and Ye welcomed them to the Uchiha compound.
• Ye led Sakumo and Kakashi through the compound while they observed their surroundings and Kakashi awkwardly followed.
• At Fugaku’s home, Yehuo flooded the clan head’s flowers and imagined leading a coup to make Ye the new clan head.
• Ye greeted Yehuo as “Brother Nohibi” and told Sakumo and Kakashi that the Uchiha laughed wildly to express their emotions.
• Yehuo stopped laughing when he noticed Ye passing by and feared revealing his loss of composure to him.

Nohibi mistook his encounter with Sakumo and Ye for Fugaku’s genjutsu, while Mikoto returned to find her orchid ruined and Nohibi acting strangely in the mud. Later, a battered Yehuo entered Fugaku’s office and solemnly reported to a pillar instead of the clan leader.

• Nohibi dismissed Sakumo’s suggestion to eat, then realized he had spoken with the White Fang and Ye inside Fugaku’s courtyard.
• Nohibi concluded Fugaku had trapped him in a genjutsu and spent twenty minutes trying to release himself in the mud.
• Mikoto returned, saw her orchid overturned and Nohibi muttering in the puddle, and furiously shouted at him.
• Fugaku struggled with paperwork and a missing sum in the Security Force accounts when Yehuo limped into his office, bruised and covered in cabbage.
• Yehuo bowed to the pillar beside Fugaku’s desk and announced that he had a matter to report.

Nohibi informed Fugaku that Hatake Sakumo had arrived at the Uchiha compound, but Fugaku learned the visitor had been waiting for thirty minutes after initially dismissing him. Fugaku panicked over the political consequences, while Nohibi again refused to explain why he had delayed the message.

• Fugaku asked Nohibi about his bruised face, but Nohibi refused to say what had happened.
• Nohibi told Fugaku that a visitor had arrived, and Fugaku ordered him to send the visitor away without a meeting.
• Nohibi named Hatake Sakumo, but Fugaku failed to register the name and repeated that he would not see him.
• Fugaku realized the visitor was the White Fang of the Leaf, stopped Nohibi, and asked when Hatake Sakumo had arrived.
• Nohibi said Hatake Sakumo had arrived about thirty minutes earlier, and Fugaku panicked over the diplomatic implications.
• Fugaku demanded to know why Nohibi had waited, and Nohibi again said it was something he did not want to tell him.

Fugaku misread Yehuo’s attempt to understand him, then learned Hatake Sakumo had visited with Ye and became convinced Hiruzen Sarutobi intended to seize the young Uchiha. He charged out with a sword to protect Ye, while Yehuo mistakenly believed he was acting on a false suspicion.

• Fugaku demanded to know what Yehuo had been hiding, and Yehuo told him, “Forgive me, Fugaku. This is the last time.”
• Fugaku tried to ask Yehuo for the medicine in his shirt pocket, but Yehuo misunderstood and offered to invite Hatake Sakumo, so Fugaku slapped him and clarified what he wanted.
• After taking Quick-Acting Heart Rescue Pills, Fugaku asked why Hatake Sakumo had visited the Uchiha compound, and Yehuo said Sakumo had come with Ye.
• Fugaku decided Hiruzen Sarutobi planned to take Ye and ordered Yehuo to gather the Security Force’s elites before charging into the night.
• Yehuo watched Fugaku leave and privately mocked his judgment, unaware that he had never told Fugaku he had saved Sakumo.

Fugaku rushed to Ye’s courtyard fearing Sakumo would take Ye for the Hokage, but found Sakumo peacefully sharing tea with Ye and Kakashi. As Sakumo explained Kakashi’s apology for breaking a borrowed sword, Fugaku misread the visit as a political plot to seize Ye.

• Fugaku hurried to Ye’s courtyard, worried that Sakumo would take Ye into the Hokage’s service.
• Fugaku found Sakumo pouring tea for Ye while Kakashi sat nearby with an apology gift, and he hid the sword he had brought.
• Sakumo praised Ye’s talent, which Fugaku interpreted as proof that the Hokage’s leadership had targeted the Uchiha prodigy.
• Fugaku’s hands shook as he tried to drink tea, spilling it over his crotch and onto Sakumo’s clothes.
• Sakumo explained that Kakashi had come to apologize for breaking a sword Ye lent him, but Fugaku imagined the apology was a pretext to take Ye away.

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.