Recaps

Uchiha Gua, a boy with supposedly inferior aptitude, began attending the Ninja Academy alongside Uchiha Itachi after years of idling at home and fearing the Uchiha massacre. On his first day, his long-awaited idle leveling system activated, giving him three tenfold-boost idle slots.

• An Uchiha elder judged newborn Uchiha Gua to have inferior aptitude, while Uchiha Itachi was celebrated as a gifted child born beneath a blood-red glow.
• After realizing he had been reincarnated into the Naruto world as an Uchiha, Gua feared Itachi would massacre the clan and spent years idling at home while counting down the days.
• When Itachi invited Gua out to play, Gua planned to kill him before he could become dangerous, but Uchiha Oyama caught him and beat him.
• At age six, Gua went to the Ninja Academy with Uchiha Nai and met Itachi and Uchiha Mikoto at the gates.
• As Gua entered the Academy and stood alone among the other children, his idle leveling system activated and granted him three tenfold-boost idle slots.

Uchiha Gua began his first day at the Ninja Academy and discovered that his system let him idle three different abilities with a tenfold boost. He left school still experimenting with the system while Itachi wondered why Gua seemed to dislike him.

• Itachi called Uchiha Gua to class, where Gua checked his system and sat beside him.
• Gua tried assigning Taijutsu to all three idle slots, failed, then activated boosted idling for Eyesight, Taijutsu, and Perception.
• Funaya Daikoku introduced himself and had the students introduce themselves; Gua gave his name after remaining distracted by his system.
• During the lesson, Gua kept switching abilities between slots while Itachi watched him idle.
• After class, Itachi followed Gua and offered to help with homework, but Gua brushed him off and went home.

After Gua’s first day of school, he used idle training to overcome his difficulty sensing chakra and began learning Chakra Extraction. The next morning, he successfully gathered chakra in his lower abdomen at school, while encountering Shisui and Itachi on the way.

• Gua returned home stronger after a day of idle Taijutsu training and received a teddy bear from Uchiha Nai.
• Uchiha Oyama taught Gua Chakra Extraction, but Gua initially struggled to sense chakra until the system added the skill to his idle-training options.
• Gua replaced Perception with Chakra Extraction on the system panel and set it to train overnight.
• Gua met Shisui and Itachi on the way to school, and Itachi explained that Sasuke had peed on him before he left home.
• Gua sensed chakra gathering near his lower abdomen and mastered the basics of Chakra Extraction.

Uchiha Gua’s tenfold idle training let him refine chakra, surprising Funaya Daikoku and the class. His classmates and teacher assumed he had trained secretly, while Gua insisted that he had cheats.

• After idling through the night, Gua checked his chakra and judged the gains smaller than he had hoped.
• Funaya Daikoku asked his students to demonstrate their chakra refinement, but none succeeded until Uchiha Itachi impressed him with his talent.
• Funaya Daikoku called Gua forward, and Gua successfully refined chakra, shocking the teacher.
• Gua told Funaya Daikoku that he had cheats, but the teacher laughed and praised him for joking.
• Itachi asked whether Gua had secretly trained, and Gua repeated that he had cheats while privately planning to surpass Itachi.

Gua spent a day at school reflecting on his slow chakra training, then encountered children bullying an Uchiha girl on his way home. When they turned on him, he used his improved Taijutsu to knock down their leader, but the bullies still insisted on attacking him.

• Gua noted that nearly twenty hours of Chakra Refinement had barely helped him, while two days of idle Taijutsu training had made him feel stronger.
• Itachi hurried home after school to check on Sasuke, and Gua walked home alone.
• Gua saw children beating an Uchiha girl, but prepared to leave because he thought he was too weak to intervene.
• The girl called out to Gua, and the bullies abandoned her to target him instead.
• Gua caught a pebble thrown at him and kicked the leading bully away when he charged.
• The bullies regrouped and decided to keep targeting Gua despite seeing him defeat their leader.

Gua fought off a group of bullies and walked home with Uchiha Izumi trying to talk to him. At home, he shared dinner with Dashan and Nai, then ended the day idling.

• Uchiha Izumi ran to help Gua, but he told her to stand behind him as the bullies approached.
• Gua easily defeated five or six bullies, then left while Izumi praised him and tried to walk with him.
• Gua ignored Izumi's calls and went home, where Dashan asked about his second day at school and Nai corrected him.
• At dinner, Gua praised Nai's cooking and asked for sake, prompting her to let him have one small cup.
• Gua went to bed on his tatami mat beside his smiling teddy bear and called it another day of idling.

Itachi cared for Sasuke while Gua continued idling through school and improving his chakra extraction, eyesight, and taijutsu. Gua tried to spend his days off at home, but Itachi said Shisui would train them at the Back Mountain and would visit Gua if he refused.

• Itachi returned home early and soothed Sasuke when the baby stopped crying in his arms.
• At dinner, Itachi told Fugaku that Gua had extracted chakra at school, though Fugaku dismissed it as ordinary progress.
• Izumi gave Gua homemade Three-Color Dango and invited him to visit the shop with her, but he declined.
• After a week of idling, Gua found that his chakra extraction, dynamic vision, and taijutsu had improved, though chakra extraction had not reached its maximum level.
• Izumi invited Gua into town on the day off, but he said he wanted to idle at home.
• Itachi told Gua that Shisui had arranged special training at the Back Mountain and would visit Gua if he refused, so Gua reluctantly agreed to go.

Gua trained with Shisui and Itachi on the mountain, defeating Itachi in a taijutsu spar but missing every target during shuriken practice. After seeing the new Shuriken skill appear on his panel, Gua prepared to idle and train it.

• Gua met Shisui and Itachi on the mountain after Shisui had insisted he come to train.
• Gua sparred with Itachi and defeated him with a kick to the chin.
• Shisui demonstrated shuriken throwing, and Itachi hit the targets with all three shuriken.
• Gua dropped one shuriken and missed all three targets, remaining completely unruffled.
• Gua saw the Shuriken skill appear on his panel after watching and trying the technique.

Gua replaced Chakra Extraction with Shuriken and spent the day training with Itachi and Shisui, while Itachi told Fugaku that Gua was outstanding after losing to him in taijutsu. Gua returned home to his worried parents and resolved to rely on his newly awakened system to keep training.

• Gua equipped Shuriken for automatic training and practiced the basic throwing stance while Itachi trained with Shisui.
• Itachi told Fugaku he had trained with Shisui and Gua, then said Gua was outstanding and had beaten him in taijutsu.
• Fugaku questioned Itachi's judgment and told him to keep some distance from Gua, but Itachi defended his friend.
• Gua returned home, where Oyama and Nai welcomed him and Oyama reassured him about his poor shuriken talent.
• Gua reflected that his system had finally awakened and resolved to train automatically until he became invincible.

Gua improved his shuriken skills through idle grinding, while Shisui mistook his progress for hard work and sent him to rest. After worrying about the danger posed by Orochimaru's experiments, Gua returned to school, where Itachi passed Izumi's dango to Hana.

• Gua hit the target with all three shuriken, and Shisui praised his improvement before telling him to rest because he looked tired.
• Gua spent the day idle-grinding while Itachi trained, then learned from Dashan that shinobi had been disappearing and suspected Orochimaru was conducting human experiments.
• Gua slept as his system continued grinding skills, and he dreamed of celebrating New Year with his parents.
• Gua and Itachi went to school together and encountered Izumi, who gave Itachi a skewer of tri-color dango.
• Itachi handed the dango to Hana Inuzuka, who ate two dumplings and gave the last one to her dog.

Uchiha Gua spent a dull day at school and went home to AFK while his parents dealt with work. At a clan meeting about missing ninjas, Fugaku praised Gua to Uchiha Oyama, who struggled to reconcile the praise with what he knew of his son.

• Gua ignored Izumi's attempts to get his attention on the way home, leaving her furious as he walked away with Itachi.
• Gua's mother, Uchiha Nai, checked that he was well and explained that his father might come home late because of police duties related to the missing ninjas.
• Gua sat beside the low table and AFKed while waiting for his father.
• Uchiha clan members argued over whether they could investigate the missing ninjas, but Fugaku ordered them to increase patrols within their limited authority.
• Fugaku stopped Uchiha Oyama and praised Gua's chakra extraction and taijutsu, leaving Oyama confused by the claims.

Uchiha Oyama and Nai learned that Gua had mastered chakra extraction and beaten Itachi in Taijutsu, but they thought he had achieved it through secret late-night training. After they banned him from studying and brought him leisure books, Gua idled until his shuriken skill became extraordinary and left the story with a pheasant he had hit with a pebble.

• Oyama told Nai that Fugaku had reported Gua’s rapid chakra training and victory over Itachi in Taijutsu.
• Gua confirmed the feats, but Oyama and Nai assumed he had trained at night and warned him to rest.
• When Gua said he was using cheats, Oyama and Nai dismissed it as an excuse and forbade him from studying.
• Oyama brought Gua a basket of books, and Gua enjoyed reading Icha Icha Paradise while continuing to idle.
• After a month of idling, Gua tested his boosted shuriken skill by striking a pheasant across the river with a pebble and carried it home for dinner.

Gua’s parents mistook his effortless progress for hard work and filled his home with extracurricular books, while he continued idling his abilities. At school, he turned down Izumi’s invitation and joined Itachi for a shuriken lesson, where their teacher called them to the front.

• Gua came home with a pheasant, surprising Dashan and Nai, who assumed he had been practicing and bought him more books.
• Gua reflected on how his idling had improved his taijutsu, eyesight, and shuriken skills, though his progress was slowing and he still had not awakened the Sharingan.
• Izumi offered Gua Three-Color Dango and invited him shopping, but he declined because Dashan would not let him go out to train.
• Ye Chuan Dahei took the class to the training ground to teach shuriken throwing, and Gua and Itachi stood at the back until their teacher called them forward.

Gua retaliated against Nohara Fat Tiger for mocking him, revealing overwhelming taijutsu and shocking Ye Chuan Dahei. The Third Generation and Danzo watched from a distance, with Danzo accusing the Uchiha of preparing to rebel.

• Gua slapped Nohara Fat Tiger after he mocked Gua to Izumi and the other students.
• When Nohara Fat Tiger refused Ye Chuan Dahei's demand for an apology, Gua slapped him again and kicked him across the crowd.
• Ye Chuan Dahei questioned Gua's strength, and Gua said he had turned on cheats; Ye Chuan Dahei praised his supposed hard work.
• The Third Generation and Danzo observed Gua and Itachi, and Danzo claimed Gua had awakened his eyes and that the Uchiha were plotting a rebellion.

Hiruzen rejected Danzo’s call to treat Gua as a threat, while Gua’s obedience to his teacher failed to keep a classroom fight from flaring up again. The incident ended when Ye Chuan Dahei called it even, and Gua reflected on how his months of idle shuriken training had put him far ahead of his classmates.

• Hiruzen dismissed Danzo’s claim that Gua’s unusual abilities meant the Uchiha would rebel and urged him to take a gentler approach.
• Ye Chuan Dahei told Gua to apologize to Nohara Fat Tiger, and Gua immediately complied.
• Nohara Fat Tiger rejected Gua’s apology and demanded that he insult himself in front of the class, so Gua hit him again.
• Ye Chuan Dahei stopped Gua and said the two boys’ actions evened out, and Gua accepted his teacher’s decision.
• Gua checked his idle training panel and noted that a month of shuriken practice had given him the equivalent of years of training.

Gua made a perfect shuriken throw from far behind the designated line, impressing Ye Chuan Dahei, who praised him as a future outstanding Uchiha. Gua focused on improving his skills and asked Itachi to teach him the Great Fireball Technique, planning to prepare himself before acting against him.

• Ye Chuan Dahei helped Gua and Nohara Fat Tiger make peace, and Fat Tiger apologized before keeping his distance from Gua.
• Gua hit the shuriken target dead center from dozens of meters behind the throwing line, surprising Ye Chuan Dahei and the students.
• Ye Chuan Dahei praised Gua's hard work and called him a future outstanding Uchiha, while Gua decided he would rather pursue a safe, happy life.
• Gua reflected that idling had improved his eyesight but had not awakened his Sharingan, and considered how to deal with Itachi.
• Gua asked Itachi to teach him the Great Fireball Technique, and Itachi agreed to teach him on their next day off.

Gua turned down Izumi’s invitation to buy Three-Color Dango so he could practice Fire Release with Itachi, leaving Izumi furious and hurt. He went home to find his parents, Dashan and Nai, playfully arguing in the kitchen.

• Gua spent another week idling while his classmates practiced and talked about becoming ninjas or Hokage.
• Itachi invited Gua to meet at the Back Mountain the next day to practice Fire Release.
• Izumi asked Gua to go into town for Three-Color Dango, but he chose training with Itachi, and she ran off angrily.
• Izumi returned to ask Gua to choose again, but he repeated that he would practice with Itachi, so she called him an idiot and left.
• Gua went home and found Dashan and Nai cooking together and arguing over which soy sauce to use.

At dinner, Gua asked his father Dashan how to make an angry girl feel better, prompting Dashan to share his advice on wooing girls. Gua took the advice to heart as he prepared to learn fire release the next day, while Dashan and Nai reminisced about how they got together.

• Gua avoided choosing between his parents' sweet and salty soy sauce Beef Hot Pot, and Dashan warned that his indecisiveness would make it hard to find a girlfriend.
• When Nai teased Gua about finding a wife, he thought about the Night of the Massacre and resolved to take assassinating Itachi seriously after learning fire release.
• Gua asked Dashan how to cheer up an angry girl, explaining that she was a good friend from his class.
• Dashan advised Gua to show a girl he cared through small daily gestures, such as bringing her breakfast, and to save a confession for after their feelings had grown.
• After Gua went to bed, Nai teased Dashan about how he used to bring her breakfast, and Dashan promised to make all their Beef Hot Pot with salty soy sauce.

Gua urgently practiced the Great Fireball Technique with Itachi while Orochimaru discussed his human experiments and the Uchiha with Shimura Danzō. The next morning, Gua's parents kept him home for safety, where he continued AFK training.

• Gua went to Itachi's house, joined him at the Back Mountain, and repeatedly failed to perform the Great Fireball Technique.
• Orochimaru told Shimura Danzō that his experiments were progressing smoothly and asked whether he could capture Uchiha; Danzo warned him not to go too far.
• Gua learned from Nai that Dashan was working overtime because ninja were disappearing and the Konoha Military Police Force had increased patrols.
• Gua went to sleep with AFK training active for Taijutsu, Eyesight, and the Great Fireball Technique.
• Nai warned Gua to stay inside, and he spent the day reading an extracurricular book while training AFK.

Gua brought Izumi breakfast to make amends, but he misunderstood her awkward attempt to reconnect and asked if her dango was safe. Izumi stormed off, then found Gua’s warm lunchbox on her desk and broke down in tears.

• After reading Icha Icha Paradise all weekend, Gua took the lunchbox his mother, Nai, had prepared and arrived early at school.
• Gua left the lunchbox at Izumi’s seat, hoping it would make up for their disagreement.
• Izumi arrived with two skewers of Three-Color Dango after waiting for Gua at the school gates, then offered him one when they spoke.
• Gua asked Izumi if the dango was safe, so she ate it, stabbed the bamboo skewer into his desk, and walked away in a huff.
• Izumi found the warm lunchbox bearing the Uchiha clan crest, opened it to find beef rolls, and cried as she remembered her parents’ deaths during the Nine-Tails’ Attack.

Gua tested his Great Fireball Technique after three days of idle-training, surprising Itachi with how proficient he had become. Orochimaru observed Gua and grew interested in him, while Fugaku considered him a promising companion for Itachi.

• After school, Itachi caught up with Gua and offered to help improve his Fire Release practice.
• At the riverbank, Gua performed the Great Fireball Technique with impressive proficiency, stunning Itachi.
• Itachi advised Gua to control his chakra more evenly, then returned with him to the Uchiha Clan Compound.
• Orochimaru watched Gua and Itachi, then wondered whether Gua would give something up for the truth.
• At home, Itachi told Mikoto about Gua and asked whether Gua might surpass him.
• After Mikoto recounted the conversation, Fugaku recognized Gua as a potential companion for Itachi.

Gua invited Itachi to go mountain climbing the next day, intending to stop the future clan massacre before it happened. After Orochimaru followed Gua, Fugaku confronted him and decided to watch Gua and Itachi closely at the Back Mountain.

• Gua finished the breakfast Izumi had prepared and felt that they had made peace.
• Gua invited Itachi to go mountain climbing on Saturday, planning to defeat him and prevent the future massacre.
• Izumi asked Gua to go shopping, but he told her he had plans with Itachi; she called him her best friend before they parted.
• Orochimaru followed Gua on his way home, but Fugaku blocked him and accused him of targeting Gua.
• Orochimaru denied the accusation and left, while Fugaku decided to keep a closer eye on Gua and Itachi at the Back Mountain.

Gua went with Itachi to the Uchiha Back Mountain, intending to assassinate him, but sharing pastries made him hesitate. At the summit, Itachi revealed his Sharingan and asked Gua what he thought the meaning of life was.

• Gua told Dashan he was going climbing with Itachi, and Dashan warned him to stay safe.
• Gua met Itachi and climbed the Back Mountain with him while planning to make his death look like an accident.
• Itachi shared pastries with Gua at the summit, and Gua found it harder to go through with his plan.
• Gua asked Itachi if he had any last words and spoke about people dying without expressing what was in their hearts.
• Itachi briefly revealed his Sharingan, then asked Gua what he thought the meaning of life was.

Gua abandoned his plan to assassinate Itachi after deciding to let the wind choose his fate, and the two returned safely from their climb. Fugaku confronted Orochimaru and believed he had killed him, but Gua later encountered Orochimaru on the way home.

• Itachi told Gua that small moments of beauty had helped him understand the meaning of life, and Gua decided to let the wind determine whether he would kill Itachi.
• The wind came from the north, and Gua chose to let Itachi live as they headed back down the mountain.
• Fugaku watched the boys and mistook Orochimaru’s movements for an attempt to target Itachi, then followed Orochimaru and confronted him.
• Orochimaru taunted Fugaku, but Fugaku caught him in a genjutsu, and Orochimaru collapsed as Fugaku wondered whether the village and the Uchiha could reconcile.
• Gua headed home alone after parting with Itachi, but Orochimaru blocked his path.

Orochimaru abducted Gua and took him to a secret laboratory, where Gua tried to leave a trail for someone to find. Hana Inuzuka unknowingly cleaned up the trail, and Gua ended up teaching Orochimaru about contamination in experiments.

• Orochimaru stopped Gua and said he would take him for the sake of science, and Gua reluctantly agreed.
• Gua dropped scraps of toilet paper along the route, hoping someone would follow them to rescue him.
• Hana Inuzuka found and cleaned up the scraps while running with the three Haimaru brothers.
• Orochimaru led Gua into a hidden woodland base and brought him into a crude laboratory.
• Gua warned Orochimaru that an uncovered petri dish could be contaminated by airborne bacteria, and Orochimaru covered it.