Recaps

Kazan passed his Ninja Academy Clone Technique test with an average score while relying on his Garp template and training to prepare for the coming war. He left class considering how strong he was and whether to test his fists on Jing Uchiha.

• Kazan performed the Clone Technique and earned 60 points, a passing score.
• Jing Uchiha created seven clones, received full marks, and drew the class's admiration.
• Obito Uchiha blamed his poor performance on having diarrhea, while Might Guy resolved to train and challenge Kakashi.
• Kazan reflected that the Third Shinobi World War was approaching and that he would need Jonin-level combat power to survive the battlefield.
• Kazan wondered how strong his iron fists were and considered punching Jing Uchiha to find out.

Kazan trained to strengthen his body and prepare for the Third Shinobi World War, while his classmates argued over whether Taijutsu could make someone a good ninja. After destroying a wooden post with his fists, he resolved to find the Shadow Clone Technique and use it to accelerate his training.

• Kazan reflected that civilian ninja like him had little protection when war forced children to graduate early, and resolved to rely on his own strength.
• At lunch, Kurenai Yuhi shared her food with Kazan, while Asuma Sarutobi mocked his focus on punching and Taijutsu.
• Asuka Hyuga challenged Asuma Sarutobi to a duel after objecting to his dismissal of Taijutsu, and Asuma accepted.
• Kazan trained alone, completing his demanding routine and punching a wooden post apart before continuing with a fresh one.
• Kazan returned to class and considered seeking the Shadow Clone Technique so he could train more efficiently.

Kazan trained relentlessly with Might Guy at the Ninja Academy while Kurenai Yuhi admitted she liked him. Kurenai recalled that Kazan had once saved her from a vicious dog, leaving Rin Nohara intrigued by their history.

• Obito Uchiha boasted that he would surpass Kakashi, and Rin Nohara scolded him for mocking Lord White Fang before forgiving him.
• Kazan and Might Guy ran laps around the Ninja Academy track while parents mocked their lack of ninjutsu and genjutsu, and Might Duy encouraged his son to catch up.
• Kurenai Yuhi and Rin Nohara watched Kazan train, and Kurenai admitted she liked him when Rin asked.
• Kurenai Yuhi remembered Kazan punching away a vicious dog that had cornered her when she was a young child, then carrying it off as though it might become his dinner.

Kazan left the Ninja Academy and went to the Forest of Death to hunt for the huge amount of food his training required. As he and Hakimi fought a giant Grizzly Bear, Kazan struck it again and pressed the hunt onward.

• Kazan stopped running at the Ninja Academy and headed home, while Might Guy admitted to Might Duy that he feared he could never become a powerful Ninja.
• Might Duy encouraged Guy to follow the path ahead and work out how to surpass his rivals, restoring Guy's determination.
• Kazan entered the Forest of Death and met Hakimi, the tiger he had raised since it was a cub.
• Kazan and Hakimi found a Grizzly Bear, and Hakimi knocked it down before the bear struck him into a tree.
• Kazan hit the Grizzly Bear in the head with a Chakra-reinforced Fist Bone: Impact, then attacked it again as it went berserk.

Kazan hunted and ate a bear in the Forest of Death with Hakimi, then returned to Konoha and ran into Kakashi. The chapter left Kazan eager to test his strength against the masked boy.

• Kazan killed a bear in the Forest of Death and brought it to the outskirts with Hakimi.
• Kazan cooked the bear, shared it with Hakimi, and fell asleep after eating poisonous mushrooms.
• After waking at night, Kazan left Hakimi in the forest and headed home with the bearskin to sell.
• Kazan teased a neighbor on his way through the street, then spotted Kakashi and decided to test his fists against him.

Kazan forced Kakashi into a fight, arguing that Kakashi’s grief over his father had left him lost and unwilling to face his doubts. Kazan knocked Kakashi unconscious and checked that he was still alive just as the Uchiha Military Police arrived.

• Kazan challenged Kakashi to fight, but Kakashi tried to go home and refused.
• Kazan attacked Kakashi in the street, and the two traded powerful Taijutsu blows as residents watched.
• Kakashi used a clone and Fire Release: Flame Bullet, but Kazan dodged the attack and accused him of being lost and too cowardly to admit it.
• Kazan grabbed Kakashi and slammed him into the ground with Undersea Drop, knocking him unconscious.
• Kazan checked Kakashi’s breathing and realized the Uchiha Military Police had arrived.

Hiruzen Sarutobi reprimanded Kazan and Kakashi for their destructive fight, then refused Danzo's request to recruit Kakashi into Root. He agreed to hand over a list of talented shinobi in exchange for an investigation into the Third Kazekage's disappearance, while Kazan's strength drew his attention.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Kazan and Kakashi to repair the damaged street before dawn after they admitted fighting to test their strength.
• Danzo asked Hiruzen Sarutobi to give Kakashi to Root, but Hiruzen refused and confronted Danzo over the rumors that had driven Sakumo to his death.
• Danzo presented a list of talented shinobi from clans aligned with the Hokage and pressed Hiruzen to surrender them to Root.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed to give Danzo the listed shinobi if Danzo investigated the Third Kazekage's disappearance.
• After Danzo left, Hiruzen Sarutobi used the Telescope Technique to watch Kazan and Kakashi and recognized Kazan's strength and Taijutsu talent.

Kazan and Kakashi repaired the damaged road while discussing Kakashi’s father, Hatake Sakumo, and Kakashi asked Kazan what he thought of him. After Kazan defended Sakumo’s choice to save his comrades, Kakashi offered to teach him his father’s solid-clone technique.

• Kazan and Kakashi worked late into the night repairing the road they had damaged, and Kazan complained about the labor.
• Kakashi asked Kazan what he thought of Hatake Sakumo, and Kazan called him a cool guy before Kakashi clarified that he meant his character.
• Kazan said Sakumo had done the right thing by putting his comrades before a mission and promised he would not abandon Kakashi either.
• Kazan asked Kakashi about a way to speed up the repairs, and Kakashi mentioned a solid-clone technique his father had used.
• Kazan asked Kakashi to teach him the technique, and Kakashi considered passing on his father’s Ninja Way.

Kazan learned the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique from Hatake Sakumo’s scroll and amazed Kakashi by creating more than a dozen clones. As they repaired the road, Kazan challenged Kakashi to find a dream and pursue strength and freedom, leaving Kakashi quietly reconsidering Kazan’s potential.

• Kakashi took Kazan to his house and showed him Hatake Sakumo’s Sealing Scroll, where Kazan found the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique.
• Kazan mastered the technique and created more than a dozen Shadow Clones, astonishing Kakashi with his enormous Chakra reserves.
• Kazan left with his clones and returned with Kakashi to repair the road.
• Kazan asked Kakashi whether he had been happy since leaving the Ninja Academy, then urged him to find a dream and become strong enough to live freely.
• Kakashi thought about Kazan’s strength and his father’s warning that Kazan might surpass him, then mocked Kazan for lacking Ninjutsu talent.
• Kakashi asked why Kazan had made only one clone, and Kakashi struggled to explain his own limited Chakra.

After defeating Kakashi, Kazan gained a 10% increase in his Garp Template fusion rate and decided to seek greater fame to grow stronger before the Third Shinobi World War. Meanwhile, Hiruzen Sarutobi planned to assign Minato Namikaze to help Kakashi after another Jonin team leader complained about him.

• Kazan woke to learn that the Famous Across Konoha 1 achievement had increased his Monkey D. Garp Template fusion rate by 10%, and he sent six Shadow Clones to cultivate the Six Powers.
• Villagers spread increasingly exaggerated rumors about Kazan defeating Kakashi, and the gossip followed him into the Ninja Academy.
• Kazan arrived late by jumping through a classroom window, was sent into the corridor as punishment, and considered challenging the Uchiha or Hyuga to gain more fame.
• A Jonin team leader complained to Hiruzen Sarutobi that Kakashi repeatedly ignored orders and disrupted his team's missions.
• Hiruzen decided to have Minato Namikaze guide Kakashi and summoned him to the Hokage's Office.

Hiruzen considered how to assign Kazan and Kakashi to teams while worrying about growing tensions between the Shinobi Villages. At school, Kazan confirmed he had beaten Kakashi, punched Obito out of a window, then trained in the Forest of Death until exhaustion left him asleep under Hakimi’s guard.

• Hiruzen reviewed the graduating students and decided Kazan should not be placed on Minato Namikaze’s team, while he worried about war and Kakashi’s ties to Konoha.
• Kazan returned to class, confirmed that he had defeated Kakashi, and told Rin Nohara that Kakashi was fine.
• Obito challenged Kazan, who knocked him through the classroom window with one punch, and Rin hurried to check on him.
• Kazan shattered a wooden stake during training, sent a Shadow Clone to attend class, and went to the Forest of Death to punch giant trees.
• Hakimi found Kazan training and stood guard after Kazan collapsed from fatigue and fell asleep.

Kazan challenged Jing Uchiha in the street and defeated him, leaving Hiruzen Sarutobi worried that the Uchiha would retaliate. Hiruzen ordered Kazan brought back as he lamented how troublesome Konoha’s geniuses were.

• Kazan released his Shadow Clones, rested, and decided to confront Jing Uchiha the next day.
• Kazan intercepted Jing on his way home, insulted the Uchiha and Hyuga clans, and provoked Jing into attacking.
• Kazan used Fist Bone: Impact and Shave to overpower Jing, evade his Great Fireball Technique, and knock him unconscious through a roof.
• Villagers gathered, cheered Kazan’s victory, and promised to support him because Jing had attacked first.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi heard about the fight and ordered Kazan brought back before the Uchiha could reach him.

Hiruzen Sarutobi reprimanded Kazan for fighting Jing Uchiha and ordered him to repair the damage, while warning him not to pick fights with Konoha's clans. As Kazan repaired the road under ANBU supervision, Kurenai Yuhi and Mitarashi Anko arrived and called out his excuse for being there.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi scolded Kazan for leaving a crater in the street and damaging a house after beating Jing Uchiha.
• Kazan explained that he had wanted to test his strength and noted that returning Ninja seemed troubled by unrest in the Shinobi World.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Kazan to stop picking fights with Shinobi Clans and sent him to repair the damage using Kakashi's technique.
• Kazan realized Hiruzen Sarutobi had taken a personal interest in him and returned to repairing the road while ANBU and Uchiha Ninja watched.
• Kurenai Yuhi and Mitarashi Anko encountered Kazan, and Mitarashi Anko exposed his claim that he had simply come to repair the road.

Kazan kept his use of Shadow Clones secret from Anko and Kurenai, then took Kurenai hunting in the Forest of Death for dinner. After returning home, he found that defeating Jing Uchiha had not completed his achievement and decided to fight Asuka Hyuga next.

• Kurenai recognized Kazan's real body and discovered that he sent a Shadow Clone to Ninja Academy, and she and Anko agreed to keep it secret.
• Kurenai helped Kazan with his punishment and joined him for dinner, where he carried her into the Forest of Death to hunt.
• Kazan tamed a Tiger named Hakimi and hunted an enormous cow while Kurenai watched in astonishment.
• Kazan took Kurenai home, then checked his system and found that beating Jing Uchiha had not completed his second achievement.
• Kazan decided to challenge Asuka Hyuga next and dismissed Hiruzen Sarutobi's attempt to win him over.

Kazan trained his fists in the Forest of Death while Hiruzen considered arranging for Tsunade to teach him the Monster Strength Fist. Later, Kazan confronted Asuka Hyuga after school and overwhelmed him with his speed and raw strength.

• Kazan practiced punching trees while his shadow clone trained in the Six Powers, and Hiruzen observed his unusual talent.
• Hiruzen decided he might ask Tsunade to mentor Kazan in the Monster Strength Fist, or teach him the technique himself if she refused.
• Kazan considered pursuing the Monster Strength Fist, the Eight Gates Released Formation, and Life Return, then planned to fight Asuka Hyuga for another achievement.
• Kazan waited for Asuka after school, and Asuka accepted his challenge, confident in the Hyuga Clan's kekkei genkai.
• Kazan used Shave to rush Asuka and sent him flying with a powerful punch.
• Asuka activated his Byakugan and realized Kazan's attack came from pure physical strength rather than chakra.

Kazan defeated Asuka Hyuga with his Tekkai and overwhelming Taijutsu, drawing attention from Konoha’s villagers and clans. ANBU took him to the Hokage Building, where Hiruzen Sarutobi furiously summoned him, while Kurenai went to seek help for him.

• Asuka Hyuga attacked Kazan with Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms, but Kazan’s Tekkai stopped every strike.
• Kazan overwhelmed Asuka with Infinity and Fist Bone, knocked him through a house, and left him unconscious.
• Villagers praised Kazan’s strength, and the Uchiha were pleased that he had defeated a Hyuga as well as an Uchiha.
• ANBU brought Kazan to the Hokage Building on Hiruzen Sarutobi’s orders, and Hiruzen roared his name.
• Kurenai, Rin Nohara, and Mitarashi Anko guessed Kazan had beaten Asuka Hyuga, and Kurenai went home to ask her father to help him.

Shinku Yuhi told Kurenai that Kazan was safe and believed Hiruzen Sarutobi was protecting him to weaken the shinobi clans and build a more unified Konoha. While repairing the street, Kazan reflected on the village’s political history, then learned he had completed a hidden achievement for defeating Uchiha and Hyuga descendants.

• Shinku Yuhi reassured Kurenai that Kazan was unharmed and said the Third Hokage had protected him from the Uchiha and Hyuga clan heads.
• Kurenai left to help Kazan repair houses, while Shinku Yuhi recognized her real reason for visiting him.
• Kazan repaired the street and suspected Hiruzen Sarutobi was using him to reduce the clans’ influence in Konoha.
• Kurenai found Kazan and urged him not to fight again because the Uchiha and Hyuga were angry with him.
• Kazan realized he had earned the hidden achievement “Sweeping Through the Otsutsuki Descendants 1” and considered which descendants he might still be able to defeat.

After Kazan’s achievement raised his Garp Template fusion to 20%, he decided to begin training Haki and continued his punishing physical training. Hiruzen Sarutobi considered guiding him, but a decoded report from the frontline arrived before he could visit.

• Kazan gained another 10% fusion with the Garp Template, bringing his total to 20%, and decided to start training Haki the next day.
• Kazan and Kurenai shared dinner in the Forest of Death, and Kurenai’s parents teased her after he walked her home.
• Kazan punched the mountainside behind the Hokage Building for two hours, alarming Hiruzen Sarutobi with the noise.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi watched Kazan train and considered developing his strength through Konoha’s Monster Strength Fist or Eight Gates Released Formation.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi set out to visit Kazan, but an Intelligence Department Ninja delivered a decoded report from the frontline.

Danzo reflected on his rivalry with Hiruzen Sarutobi and heard that Kazan had defeated Kakashi and talented Uchiha and Hyuga students. Meanwhile, Kazan trained to master Observation Haki, and the approaching graduation exams brought another challenge from the Uchiha and Hyuga students.

• Danzo received a Root Ninja's report that Kazan had defeated Kakashi and gifted youths from the Uchiha and Hyuga Clans, and he regretted not recruiting Kazan.
• Danzo recalled hesitating when Tobirama Senju asked his students who would stay behind during Kinkaku and Ginkaku's ambush, allowing Hiruzen Sarutobi to earn the Hokage Position.
• Kazan trained Observation Haki by letting his Shadow Clone punch him while he prepared to leave the village after graduation.
• As the Chunin teacher prepared a practical combat assessment, Jing Uchiha and a Hyuga student challenged Kazan to avenge their earlier defeats.
• Jing Uchiha believed Genjutsu would help him beat Kazan, but he had been unable to catch him after class and Kazan had previously ignored his challenges.

Kazan sent his shadow clone to the academy’s practical combat assessment, where it was matched against the Byakugan-wielding Asuka Hyuga. Asuka launched his strongest technique, and the fight remained unresolved as Kurenai worried the clone would expose Kazan’s deception.

• The chunin teacher paired Obito Uchiha with Might Guy, who knocked Obito out with a single roundhouse kick while Obito was distracted by Rin Nohara’s cheering.
• Asuka Hyuga excelled in the assessment, and the teacher eventually matched him against Kazan’s shadow clone.
• Asuka activated his Byakugan and attacked Kazan’s chakra points with Gentle Fist, while Kazan met him with an Tekkai punch.
• Asuka deflected Kazan’s punch and announced that he had seen through Kazan’s technique.
• Asuka began Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms, and Kurenai worried that Kazan’s shadow clone would reveal he had been skipping academy classes.

Kazan’s shadow clone fought Asuka Hyuga during the practical exam and broke through his Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms with a powerful punch. After Asuka exposed the clone, it vanished, and the furious teacher went to report Kazan to the Hokage.

• Asuka Hyuga attacked Kazan with Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms, but Kazan countered with Fist Bone Impact and blasted him back.
• Asuka used his Byakugan to realize Kazan had only a fraction of his usual chakra and accused him of fighting with a shadow clone.
• Kazan admitted the truth, shocking Jing Uchiha, Obito Uchiha, Rin Nohara, and the other students.
• The chunin teacher confronted Kazan for sending a clone to class, but Kazan’s shadow clone released itself and disappeared.
• The teacher canceled the practical exam and rushed to the Hokage Building to report Kazan.

Hiruzen took Kazan as his personal student after seeing his harsh training and agreeing he need not return to the academy. He gave Kazan the Senju Clan’s Monster Strength Fist scroll and began explaining the technique.

• Inoue reported Kazan’s Shadow Clone Technique to Hiruzen and urged him to make Kazan return to the academy.
• Hiruzen led Inoue to Back Mountain, where they found Kazan pounding the mountainside and training through brutal fights with his shadow clones.
• Inoue acknowledged Kazan’s intense training but still argued that he should attend the academy until graduation.
• Kazan refused to return to school and said he would seek early graduation, but Hiruzen offered to teach him personally until he graduated.
• Hiruzen gave Kazan a scroll for the Senju Clan’s Monster Strength Fist and explained that Tobirama Senju had created the A-rank technique.

Hiruzen Sarutobi taught Kazan Chakra-control exercises and spoke to him about sacrifice and devotion to Konoha. After mastering Tree Climbing and Water Walking with the help of Shadow Clones, Kazan began practicing the Monster Strength Fist.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi explained the Monster Strength Fist and had Kazan practice Tree Climbing before attempting Water Walking.
• Kazan used Shadow Clones to practice repeatedly while Hiruzen Sarutobi guided him and told him that his parents had loved him.
• Kazan asked whether war was unavoidable, and Hiruzen Sarutobi promised to teach him until graduation and hoped he would protect Konoha.
• Kazan mastered Tree Climbing in one day and Water Walking in two more days by training with fifteen Shadow Clones.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Kazan to gather and compress Chakra in his fist, and Kazan punched through a tree but found the blow weaker than his raw strength.

Kazan trained under Hiruzen Sarutobi, who summoned him to enter the upcoming Chunin Ninja Exams as tensions rose between the villages. Hiruzen explained that Konoha needed to display its strength to secure support from smaller villages, then gave Kazan his own Forehead Protector and confirmed his early graduation as a Genin.

• Kazan’s early graduation and training under Hiruzen Sarutobi made his classmates jealous, prompting Obito and Asuma to train harder.
• Kazan used Shave enhanced with Chakra to speed past an Anbu Ninja and burst through the window of Hiruzen Sarutobi’s office.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Kazan to participate in the upcoming Chunin Ninja Exams, and Kazan accepted despite the risk of war.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi explained that Konoha needed to demonstrate its strength to win the support of smaller Shinobi Villages if war broke out.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi confirmed Kazan’s early graduation and gave him his own Forehead Protector, which Kazan accepted.

Hiruzen Sarutobi entered Kazan in Konoha’s Chunin Ninja Exams as part of an S-Rank mission to display the village’s strength and attract allies and missions. Kurenai tried to persuade Kazan to withdraw, but he stood by his decision and revealed the Forehead Protector Hiruzen had given him.

• Hiruzen explained that Konoha needed allies and planned to use Kazan’s performance in the exams to demonstrate the village’s strength.
• Shinku Yuhi and his wife realized Hiruzen had personally selected Kazan, and Kurenai overheard them discussing the dangerous exam.
• Kurenai found Kazan training on Back Mountain and urged him to tell Hiruzen he would not participate.
• Kazan told Kurenai he had accepted the mission and explained that the village needed to attract more missions after the war.
• Kurenai noticed Kazan’s Forehead Protector, and Kazan told her Hiruzen had given it to him.