Recaps

Uzumaki Hayashi received a blade from Gekko Hayate and rapidly learned basic swordsmanship, though his body initially struggled to follow what he had learned. After correcting his movements, Gekko Hayate questioned whether the style felt uncomfortable.

• Gekko Hayate gave Uzumaki Hayashi a finely forged blade as a gift and explained that he could not use it safely without swordsmanship training.
• Gekko Hayate led Uzumaki Hayashi into the dojo, where Linshi used his analysis ability to absorb the Basic Swordsmanship Guide almost instantly.
• Uzumaki Hayashi tried to swing a wooden sword, but his body failed to coordinate with his newly learned movements and he nearly fell.
• Gekko Hayate returned after hearing a noise, saw Linshi had finished reading, and began teaching him basic stances and strikes.
• Uzumaki Hayashi improved with each correction until he completed a set of basic movements, prompting Gekko Hayate to ask whether the swordsmanship felt uncomfortable.

Uzumaki Hayashi learned that the Konoha Style swordsmanship did not suit him, then found inspiration to follow his own ideas. After Gekko Hayate defeated him in a practice bout, Linshi asked to try again with his emerging sword moves.

• Gekko Hayate told Uzumaki Hayashi that the Konoha Style constrained his movements and explained that Yugao had created her own Illusion Sword Technique for the same reason.
• Gekko Hayate challenged Linshi to a practice bout using basic swordsmanship, and Linshi's attacks were repeatedly anticipated and deflected.
• Linshi changed an upward slash into a thrust, prompting Hayate to dodge and praise the move before disarming him with a flick of his wooden saber.
• Linshi retrieved his sword and practiced a flourish of his own, then asked Hayate to try another bout while he developed his own sword moves.
• Hayate agreed to spar again, and Linshi declared that he would follow his own ideas.

Uzumaki Hayashi tested his swordsmanship against Gekko Hayate, combining it with taijutsu and ninjutsu until Hayate used Dance of the Crescent Moon to stop his strongest strike. Exhausted but pleased, Linshi asked Hayate what he thought of the move.

• Uzumaki Hayashi charged Gekko Hayate with a fierce sword strike and followed it with a kick, prompting Hayate to say the attack suited him better.
• Uzumaki Hayashi launched a relentless series of sword strikes, then used a kick and a hidden burst of ice spikes to force Gekko Hayate to dodge with the Body Flicker Technique.
• Uzumaki Hayashi charged again, combining kicks, wind release, and an ice-coated sword strike.
• Gekko Hayate created two shadow clones and used Dance of the Crescent Moon to block Uzumaki Hayashi's strongest attack.
• Uzumaki Hayashi collapsed into a panting stance and asked Gekko Hayate how he liked the move.

After Gekko Hayate praised Uzumaki Hayashi’s evolving swordsmanship, Linshi named it Konoha Style-Uzumaki Swordsmanship and learned he would need to improve it through his own training. He shared dinner with Hayate and Uzuki Yugao, then found a small, lonely figure waiting outside his home.

• Gekko Hayate told Uzumaki Hayashi that his swordsmanship had grown beyond Konoha Style and encouraged him to name it.
• Uzumaki Hayashi named his technique Konoha Style-Uzumaki Swordsmanship, and his system confirmed it could only improve through independent training.
• Uzuki Yugao invited Uzumaki Hayashi to stay for dinner, where he enjoyed a home-cooked meal with her and Gekko Hayate.
• Gekko Hayate invited Uzumaki Hayashi to return after school the next day to keep practicing swordsmanship.
• Uzumaki Hayashi left Hayate's home and found a small, lonely figure crouched outside his front door.

Uzumaki Hayashi found Naruto waiting outside his door late at night and invited him in, where he cooked him noodles. Naruto thanked him, said he would soon learn powerful ninjutsu and make everyone acknowledge him, then hurried home, leaving Linshi confused about what he meant.

• Uzumaki Hayashi caught Naruto as he stood up after waiting outside Linshi’s door and invited him inside.
• Naruto admired Linshi’s pink-decorated home and offered to pay for a meal, but Linshi made him noodles instead.
• Naruto cried over the bowl, then ate every noodle and praised Linshi’s cooking.
• Naruto told Linshi that he would soon get powerful ninjutsu and make everyone acknowledge him, then washed his bowl and rushed home.
• Uzumaki Hayashi watched Naruto disappear and wondered what he had meant by powerful ninjutsu.

Uzumaki Hayashi received the completed analysis of Ice Release: One-Horned White Whale and continued his routines at the Academy and in sword practice. Gekko Hayate told him to prepare for his Genin exam and for the mission assigned by the Third, leaving Linshi alert to the possibility that Naruto was in danger.

• Uzumaki Hayashi woke to learn that Ice Release: One-Horned White Whale had finished analysis and added the beginner technique to his jutsu list.
• At the Academy, Uzumaki Hayashi mistook Naruto Uzumaki's secretive behavior for preparation to practice the Sexy Jutsu and praised him.
• Uzumaki Hayashi continued his usual classes, visits with Sakura and Ino, sword training with Gekko Hayate, and sparring with Uchiha Sasuke.
• Gekko Hayate told Uzumaki Hayashi to prepare for his Genin exam and promised him a graduation present.
• Gekko Hayate warned Uzumaki Hayashi to prepare for the mission assigned by the Third, and Linshi remembered his promise to intervene if Naruto was truly in danger.

Uzumaki Hayashi learned that Naruto was considering secretly borrowing a ninjutsu scroll, while the Third arranged for Kakashi to give Linshi a separate Genin examination. The chapter ended with Kakashi tasked with giving Linshi a chance to make a name for himself.

• Iruka announced that the Genin examination would begin the following afternoon, and Shikamaru wondered what it would mean to become Linshi’s comrade.
• Linshi noticed Shikamaru staring, winked at him, and then asked Naruto why he had seemed troubled.
• Naruto asked Linshi whether secretly borrowing and quickly returning a ninjutsu scroll would be wrong, and Linshi advised him to get the owner’s permission.
• The Third watched Linshi and Naruto through a crystal ball as Kakashi arrived at the Hokage’s office.
• The Third told Kakashi to give Linshi a separate Genin examination at the training ground after the other students finished.

On the eve of the genin assessment, Uzumaki Hayashi reassured Sakura Haruno and Ino Yamanaka that he would stay in the village, while his classmates discussed teams and missions. Naruto Uzumaki left school discouraged, and Linshi went to bed looking forward to his private test against Jonin Kakashi.

• Kakashi Hatake left the Third's office, planning to test Uzumaki Hayashi at the training ground after the assessments.
• Sakura Haruno and Ino Yamanaka asked Linshi if he would leave after the exam, and he told them the Third had asked him to stay in the village.
• Ino Yamanaka asked Linshi to join her team, while Naruto Uzumaki learned that new genin would be assigned to three-person squads.
• Sasuke Uchiha mocked Naruto and told Linshi he looked forward to going on missions with him; Shikamaru Nara wished Linshi luck on the exam.
• Naruto Uzumaki left the classroom alone, troubled by Sasuke's remark and uncertain who would be on his team.
• Linshi lay awake thinking about his one-on-one assessment with Kakashi and the pay he would earn from missions, while a faint cold gleam appeared on his Tachi's sheath.

Uzumaki Hayashi arrived at the Genin assessment carrying a Tachi, but learned that he would be tested separately. After defending him from a classmate’s insults, Kakashi Hatake announced that he would personally judge Linshi’s assessment and took him to the training ground.

• Uzumaki Hayashi brought a Tachi to class, drawing the attention of his classmates and Sasuke Uchiha.
• Umino Iruka discovered Linshi was not on the assessment roster, and Linshi explained that someone else would assess him separately.
• Naruto Uzumaki failed the Clone Technique, while Mizuki comforted him and classmates mocked Naruto and Linshi.
• Shino Aburame sent insects onto the loudest heckler, and Linshi made a threatening gesture toward the boy.
• Kakashi Hatake rebuked the heckler, declared that he would personally assess Linshi, and led him to the training ground.

Kakashi Hatake escorted Uzumaki Hayashi to a private genin assessment and promised him a graduation gift if he passed. Their sword fight began with Kakashi testing Linshi’s reflexes, and Linshi launched his own attack.

• Kakashi Hatake took Uzumaki Hayashi from the examination room to the training ground ahead of the other students, drawing an excited crowd’s attention.
• Uzumaki Hayashi complained that the early escort was showy, while Kakashi Hatake said he was following Lord Third’s orders.
• Uzumaki Hayashi mentioned that Teacher Hayate had promised him a graduation present, prompting Kakashi Hatake to promise one of his own if Linshi earned his forehead protector.
• Kakashi Hatake attacked with kunai, and Uzumaki Hayashi used Mind's Eye of the Kagura to detect and block the strike with his tachi.
• Uzumaki Hayashi recovered from the impact and charged at Kakashi Hatake, declaring that he had not let his guard down.

Uzumaki Hayashi used ice, swordsmanship, and Wind Release to trap Kakashi Hatake during their test, then pierced Kakashi’s earthen defenses with vacuum spheres. Kakashi recognized Linshi’s Wind Release nature transformation and stopped holding back, leaving them poised for a serious second round.

• Uzumaki Hayashi launched Ice Release: Swallow Snowstorm at Kakashi Hatake, then attacked him with his tachi and forced him to block two kicks.
• Linshi abandoned his sword in midair and fired Wind Release: Vacuum Sphere at Kakashi from behind and the side, using the ice spikes to block Kakashi’s escape.
• Kakashi raised two earthen ramparts, but Linshi’s vacuum spheres pierced through both walls and carved furrows into the ground where Kakashi had stood.
• Kakashi asked whether Linshi had learned Wind Release chakra nature transformation, and Linshi claimed he had picked it up through practice.
• Kakashi surrounded himself with lightning and adopted a serious fighting stance as Linshi prepared to continue the test.

Uzumaki Hayashi pushed Kakashi Hatake into a fierce fight, displaying powerful Ice Release techniques as their classmates watched. Just as Kakashi seemed ready to end the match, Linshi began unveiling his trump card, the One-Horned White Whale.

• Kakashi Hatake overwhelmed Uzumaki Hayashi with his speed and strength, but Linshi endured the blows and charged back into the fight.
• Their classmates watched Linshi battle Kakashi, while the boy who had jeered at Linshi before the exam slipped away in fear.
• Linshi used a Water Formation Wall to launch himself into an icy sword strike, then countered Kakashi's Great Fireball Technique with Ice Release: Wolf Fang Avalanche.
• Kakashi pierced Linshi's snow wolf with Chidori, stopping the avalanche and leaving both fighters panting.
• As Kakashi appeared ready to call off the match, Linshi raised his tachi and announced Ice Release: One-Horned White Whale.

Uzumaki Hayashi passed Kakashi Hatake’s genin test after creating and shrinking an enormous Ice Release whale to avoid damaging the Ninja Academy. Kakashi made him a Konoha genin, gave him two valuable scrolls, and became his sensei.

• Uzumaki Hayashi summoned an enormous One-Horned White Whale, then cut off its chakra and shrank it before it could hit the Academy.
• Kakashi Hatake declared Linshi had passed the test and tied a Konoha forehead protector around his head.
• The Academy students, including Naruto Uzumaki, Ino Yamanaka, Sakura Haruno, and Sasuke Uchiha, cheered for Linshi as he waved back.
• Kakashi Hatake gave Linshi an Uzumaki scroll found by Lord Third and a second scroll containing Wind Release techniques.
• Kakashi Hatake congratulated Uzumaki Hayashi and told him to call him Kakashi-sensei.

Uzumaki Hayashi celebrated earning his Genin forehead protector while Gekko Hayate and Kakashi Hatake jokingly argued over who counted as his teacher. After reuniting with his classmates, Linshi realized Naruto was missing and went to find him, spotting him alone on a swing.

• Gekko Hayate congratulated Linshi and gave him scrolls containing his Dance of the Crescent Moon and Uzuki Yugao's Oborozukiyo techniques.
• Hayate and Kakashi playfully disputed who had the right to be Linshi's teacher, and Linshi separated them.
• Hayate told Linshi to rest and said he would come get him that night, while Kakashi sent him back to celebrate with his classmates.
• Linshi's classmates congratulated him, and Sasuke challenged him to practice real combat after they had both mastered their techniques.
• Linshi noticed Naruto was absent and went looking for him, finding him sitting alone on a swing.

Uzumaki Hayashi encouraged Naruto Uzumaki after he failed to graduate, then studied the scrolls Kakashi and the Third had given him, discovering the Uzumaki Clan’s Adamantine Sealing Chains. He prepared for a fight that night by restoring his chakra, but a polite knock sounded at his door in the darkness.

• Naruto Uzumaki told Uzumaki Hayashi he had found a way to graduate and rushed off to receive pointers.
• Uzumaki Hayashi returned home and used Kakashi’s Wind Release scroll to learn the jutsu recorded in it.
• Uzumaki Hayashi read the Third’s Uzumaki scroll and discovered the clan’s Adamantine Sealing Chains, a technique capable of restraining a tailed beast.
• Uzumaki Hayashi queued the sealing technique for study, set aside two swordsmanship scrolls, and began replenishing his chakra for the expected fight.
• Someone politely knocked at Uzumaki Hayashi’s door after night had fallen.

Uzumaki Hayashi followed Gekko Hayate to a hidden ANBU position outside Konoha to observe a nighttime operation. Meanwhile, Mizuki manipulated Naruto Uzumaki into stealing the Scroll of Seals, and Naruto set off for the Hokage’s office, convincing himself he would only borrow it.

• Uzumaki Hayashi followed Gekko Hayate through the dark village and sensed ANBU concealed on nearby rooftops.
• Gekko Hayate led Uzumaki Hayashi to a sheltered alley and told him to stay hidden, remain silent, and watch.
• Mizuki urged Naruto Uzumaki to steal the Scroll of Seals, promising that learning its jutsu would help him graduate and join Hayashi’s team.
• Naruto Uzumaki agreed to get the scroll and promised to return it after Mizuki taught him the jutsu.
• After Naruto left, Mizuki wiped his hand with disgust and muttered about the Demon Fox and a greater plan.
• Naruto Uzumaki hesitated outside the Hokage Building, decided he was only borrowing the scroll, and sprinted toward the Hokage’s office.

Naruto stole the Scroll of Seals from the Hokage's office, escaping after using Sexy Jutsu to knock Hiruzen Sarutobi unconscious. Hiruzen sent Hayate and Hayashi after him, and they set out to follow Naruto.

• Naruto searched the Hokage's office for the scroll Mizuki-sensei had mentioned and found the enormous Scroll of Seals.
• Naruto ran into Hiruzen Sarutobi while carrying the scroll and used Sexy Jutsu to transform and make Hiruzen collapse with a nosebleed.
• Naruto changed back, escaped through a window with the scroll, and ran off.
• Hiruzen ordered an ANBU to have Hayate and Hayashi follow Naruto.
• After waiting in an alley, Hayashi followed Hayate onto the rooftops to pursue Naruto.

Naruto Uzumaki stole the forbidden scroll after Mizuki tricked him into believing it could help him graduate, but Iruka revealed that Naruto was the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox. As Naruto fled into the forest with the scroll, Uzumaki Hayashi held back while Gekko Hayate explained that the confrontation was a trial for Naruto.

• Uzumaki Hayashi followed an ANBU and Gekko Hayate across the rooftops and spotted Iruka running through the village.
• Naruto Uzumaki began studying the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique from the stolen scroll, and Iruka arrived to demand it back.
• Mizuki attacked Iruka and Naruto with a giant shuriken, then revealed that Naruto was the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox.
• Naruto Uzumaki fled into the forest after hearing Mizuki's revelation, while Iruka and Mizuki pursued him.
• Uzumaki Hayashi prepared to intervene, but Gekko Hayate stopped him and reminded him that Naruto's encounter was a trial.

Naruto and Iruka were cornered by Mizuki after he exposed his hatred of Konoha and prepared to kill Naruto. Uzumaki Hayashi intercepted Mizuki’s shuriken, reassured Naruto that he was his comrade, and faced the returning blade as it rushed toward his back.

• Mizuki’s giant shuriken struck Iruka as he shielded Naruto, and Iruka told Naruto he had always wanted someone to see him.
• Naruto defended Iruka and charged Mizuki, but Mizuki beat him down and demanded the forbidden scroll.
• Mizuki revealed a dark red pill, condemned Konoha and Naruto, and prepared another attack while Iruka lay wounded.
• Uzumaki Hayashi leapt from the canopy and deflected Mizuki’s shuriken with his tachi, then stood between Mizuki and Naruto.
• Linshi told Naruto he acknowledged him as a comrade, but Mizuki’s giant sword suddenly returned and hurtled toward Linshi’s back.

Uzumaki Hayashi rejected Mizuki’s offer to defect and swiftly defeated him. As Naruto watched in stunned admiration, Mizuki swallowed a dark red pill, triggering a sudden transformation.

• Uzumaki Hayashi blocked Mizuki’s Fūma Shuriken and listened as Mizuki urged him to take the scroll and join him.
• Uzumaki Hayashi refused Mizuki’s offer, saying the village had treated him well.
• Uzumaki Hayashi broke Mizuki’s kunai, kicked him into a tree, and asked Naruto if he still needed to run.
• Naruto stared at Uzumaki Hayashi in astonishment as Mizuki recovered enough to swallow a dark red pill.
• Mizuki underwent a sudden transformation.

Mizuki transformed after swallowing a pill and fought Uzumaki Hayashi, whose attacks repeatedly failed to overcome Mizuki’s rapid healing. Mizuki charged again, and Linshi prepared to test how many times he could recover.

• Mizuki swallowed a pill and underwent a painful transformation into a beastlike form with the Cursed Seal.
• Mizuki revealed his new power and lunged at Uzumaki Hayashi, who blocked him with a Water Release: Water Formation Wall.
• Uzumaki Hayashi struck Mizuki with Wind Release: Vacuum Sphere, but Mizuki healed the bloody wounds within moments.
• Uzumaki Hayashi slowed Mizuki with Ice Release: Wolf Fang Avalanche and cut into his shoulder with an ice-coated sword, but Mizuki regenerated his collarbone and stood again.
• Mizuki charged at Uzumaki Hayashi once more, and Linshi readied his blade to see how many times Mizuki could heal.

Uzumaki Hayashi was badly wounded by Mizuki, but Naruto stood beside him, rejected Mizuki’s taunts, and summoned dozens of shadow clones. As Naruto’s clones overwhelmed Mizuki, Hayashi prepared a moonlit sword strike, leaving the fight poised for his attack.

• Mizuki’s powerful claw strike sent Hayashi flying and left him bleeding and injured.
• Naruto got back up and stood between Hayashi and Mizuki, promising to protect him.
• Naruto remembered Hayashi’s acknowledgment, answered Mizuki’s insults, and used the Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu to surround him.
• Naruto’s clones swarmed Mizuki and opened a path for Hayashi.
• Hayashi raised his frost-coated blade and leaped toward Mizuki, declaring that he would cut through the future he despised.

Hayashi and Naruto combined their attacks against Mizuki after Hayashi’s sword strikes froze his wounds and drained much of his strength. Their barrage left Mizuki battered in a crater, barely alive.

• Hayashi plunged down and stabbed Mizuki twice, freezing his wounds and pinning him to the ground.
• Mizuki revived enough to crawl toward Naruto as his body shrank and his cursed markings continued to writhe.
• Hayashi urged Naruto to attack with his clones, and Naruto set them among the surrounding trees.
• Hayashi blasted Mizuki into the air with Wind Release, and Naruto’s clones battered him before Naruto landed a powerful kick.
• Hayashi summoned a snow wolf that caught Mizuki in its jaws and slammed him into a crater, leaving him barely alive.

Naruto defeated Mizuki with Hayashi’s help, and Iruka awarded him his Forehead Protector and graduation. After ANBU took Mizuki into custody and ordered everyone to keep the incident secret, Naruto headed back to the village wondering which team he would join and whether Hayashi would be on it.

• Naruto relaxed after the fight, and Hayashi checked Iruka’s wound and found that the Fūma Shuriken had missed his vital organs.
• Iruka gave Hayashi a new Forehead Protector to put on Naruto, declaring that Naruto had earned his graduation.
• Naruto celebrated graduating and vowed to earn Konoha’s acknowledgment, while Iruka encouraged him to pursue his own goal.
• Gekko Hayate arrived with ANBU, announced that the Third had ordered no further investigation into the sealing scroll, and had Mizuki bound and taken away.
• A medical ninja treated Iruka, and Hayate ordered Naruto, Iruka, and Hayashi to keep the night’s events secret.
• Naruto walked back to the village with Hayashi and Iruka, learned he still had to attend school for team assignments, and wondered if Hayashi would be his teammate.

Hayashi unlocked a simplified Sage Mode through the reward wheel and looked forward to the Academy’s team assignments. The next morning, Kakashi arrived to take him to choose teammates, leaving the class wondering why Hayashi had not shown up.

• Hayashi returned home and spun the reward wheel, winning a simplified version of Sage Mode that could be activated without chakra balancing for five to ten minutes.
• Hayashi reviewed his system panel and saw Sage Mode added to his abilities while his current mission to help Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha remained in progress.
• The next morning, Kakashi waited outside Hayashi’s home and said he would take him to pick his teammates.
• Kakashi took Hayashi to get food, telling him the others could wait, while Naruto and the other students waited in the Academy classroom.
• In the classroom, Naruto watched the door and Kiba loudly wondered why Hayashi still had not arrived.