Chapter Summaries

Naruto cared for Sasuke after Sasuke fell ill, then reviewed his plans and used his system reward to create a Super Beeper. He established a forced connection with Orochimaru and sent her a message asking to meet.

• Naruto returned to Sasuke, explained why he had treated Shikamaru roughly, and fed Sasuke Brown Sugar Ginger Soup.
• Sasuke said he still felt some pain, then fell asleep after Naruto tucked him in and promised to stay nearby.
• Naruto checked his system panel and considered collecting DNA samples and planning for his future after leaving Konoha.
• Naruto designed and acquired the Super Beeper, which could force long-range communication and deliver items, with new coordinates available once every three months.
• Naruto entered Orochimaru's details into the Super Beeper, established a forced connection, and sent, "Aunt Orochimaru, wanna meet up?"

Naruto used mysterious messages and a sample of improved Hashirama cells to draw Orochimaru’s attention and convince him that Sixth Brother could help fulfill his research ambitions. Orochimaru rushed to his laboratory to study the sample, while Naruto planned to keep him in suspense before sending Sasuke to train with him.

• A white Origami Crane appeared in Orochimaru’s hand and delivered Naruto’s message, startling him with proof that someone had reached his supposedly secure hideout.
• Naruto identified himself as Sixth Brother and claimed he could guide Orochimaru toward fulfilling his deepest wish, provoking Orochimaru to demand answers.
• Naruto sent Orochimaru a sealed tube of unusual blue liquid, and Orochimaru suspected it contained a more stable form of Hashirama cells.
• Orochimaru hurried to his research lab to examine the sample, while Naruto received a large reward from the system for Orochimaru’s reactions.
• Naruto decided to keep Orochimaru impressed before sending Sasuke to train with him, then went to sleep after Kurama warned him about being late.

Naruto cared for Sasuke through a difficult morning and carried him to school, where the villagers’ hostility and his classmates’ resentment earned him more points. After calling nearly the entire class trash, Naruto accepted their challenge to fight during practical combat class and prepared to speak privately with Orochimaru.

• Naruto woke Sasuke, fed him century egg and pork congee, helped him dress warmly, and carried him to school with sanitary pads in his bag.
• Villagers insulted Naruto and Sasuke on the way, while Naruto reassured Sasuke and promised they would one day witness the villagers’ destruction.
• Orochimaru’s shock and negative emotion points appeared after a night of researching Naruto’s Hashirama cells.
• Naruto entered the classroom carrying Sasuke, called everyone except Hinata and Shikamaru trash, and provoked his classmates into challenging him to a practical fight.
• Naruto returned to his desk and pretended to sleep so he could privately chat with Orochimaru.

Naruto used Origami Cranes to contact Orochimaru, expose the flaws in his body-swapping research, and offer him a method for strengthening his soul. Meanwhile, Naruto slept through class until Iruka announced combat training, where his classmates challenged him and he invited them to line up for a beating.

• Orochimaru studied Naruto's Hashirama cells and ordered Kabuto Yakushi to inject them into Kimimaro to help with his bloodline defects.
• Naruto contacted Orochimaru through Origami Cranes, revealed that he knew about Orochimaru's resurrection research, and sent him footage showing how repeated body transfers eroded the soul.
• Orochimaru panicked after watching the footage, then received Naruto's paper on repairing and strengthening the soul and a suggestion to prioritize his soul's instability.
• Iruka announced practical combat training, and Naruto's classmates tried to provoke him after he woke up.
• Naruto smiled at his classmates and told them to line up one at a time if they wanted a beating.

Naruto joined practical combat training while carrying Sasuke, then challenged Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji to a three-on-one match to test their clan techniques. He split the trio apart and trapped Ino in his Seven-Day Lock of Unbreakable Love, leaving Shikamaru and Choji to decide whether to surrender.

• Naruto carried Sasuke to the training ground and rebuffed Iruka's criticism by pointing out that Sasuke had cared for him during his illness.
• After watching several uneventful matches, Naruto accepted Ino's challenge and invited Shikamaru and Choji to join her for a fee.
• Naruto agreed to a three-on-one match with Ninjutsu allowed, and the trio opened with their clan techniques.
• Naruto blocked Choji's enlarged-hand attack, then ran toward the shade and drew Ino away from Shikamaru and Choji.
• Naruto caught Ino in his Seven-Day Lock of Unbreakable Love and demanded that Shikamaru and Choji surrender.

Naruto won his practice match against Ino and, after half a year of training with Sasuke, reached the Genin Graduation Exam. He recognized Mizuki and planned to use the exam as an opening to steal the Scroll of Seals, while Iruka and Mizuki prepared to test him on the Clone Technique.

• Shikamaru surrendered to save Ino, and Iruka declared Naruto the winner of their match.
• Naruto collected his prize money and handed the three thousand taels to Sasuke to hold.
• After Sasuke's period ended, Naruto trained with him and encouraged him to develop Chidori by imagining lightning gathered in his palm.
• On the day of the graduation exam, Naruto collided with Mizuki and realized Mizuki was still present, renewing his plan to steal the Scroll of Seals.
• Iruka and Mizuki agreed that Iruka would test Naruto on the Clone Technique and Mizuki would later guide him toward the Scroll of Seals.
• Sasuke passed the exam with a worried expression, and Iruka called Naruto in next.

Naruto deliberately failed the Clone Technique exam and acted devastated so Konoha's leaders would believe he craved recognition. After Sasuke silenced the classmates mocking Naruto, Naruto waited outside the Academy under ANBU observation, preparing for the next step in his plan.

• Naruto performed a weak clone and failed the exam, despite Mizuki suggesting that Iruka let him graduate.
• Naruto returned to class and left without looking at Sasuke while the students mocked him.
• Sasuke chased after Naruto, received his secret message to go home, then threatened the classmates into silence.
• After school, Naruto sat alone on a swing while ANBU watched him and nearby villagers spoke contemptuously about his failure.
• Naruto hid a cruel smile as he continued acting heartbroken to convince the Third Hokage he wanted recognition.

Naruto played along with Mizuki’s plan to steal the Scroll of Seals, while secretly preparing to photograph its contents. Under Hiruzen Sarutobi’s supervision, Naruto entered the Sealing Library and found the scroll, along with three elemental ninjutsu scrolls.

• Mizuki told Naruto how to steal the Scroll of Seals and promised to teach him ninjutsu at a cabin in the woods east of the village.
• Naruto discovered that his Super Beeper could take sharp photos on command and prepared to use it on the scroll.
• Iruka and Mizuki reported to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who arranged for the library guards to withdraw and placed the Scroll of Seals where Naruto could find it.
• Naruto sneaked into the Hokage Building, searched the first-floor corridor, and entered the Sealing Library after finding its door ajar.
• Naruto found the Scroll of Seals and noticed scrolls labeled Fire Release, Wind Release, and Lightning Release, deciding to take them as well.

Naruto studied the stolen Scroll of Seals and tested his talent with the elemental ninjutsu scrolls while Hiruzen watched through the Telescope Technique. Hiruzen was impressed by Naruto’s rapid mastery and expected the incident to help him accept the Will of Fire.

• Naruto reached the woods before Hiruzen’s Telescope Technique found him and photographed the Scroll of Seals before reading it three times.
• Naruto identified five techniques in the scroll, including Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, Impure World Reincarnation, Eight Gates Released Formation, Flying Thunder God Technique, and Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags.
• Under Hiruzen’s surveillance, Naruto pretended he could not learn Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, then studied the wind, fire, and lightning scrolls he had taken.
• Naruto mastered Wind Release: Vacuum Sphere and pierced a tree from fifty meters away.
• Naruto followed with Fire Release: Great Fireball, astonishing Hiruzen with how quickly he learned both Wind Release and Fire Release techniques.
• Hiruzen decided Naruto’s performance showed extraordinary potential and believed the staged incident would make him more receptive to the Will of Fire.

Naruto used the Scroll of Seals incident to perform for Hiruzen Sarutobi, revealing the Nine-Tails’ power only when he chose to save Iruka from Mizuki. After defeating Mizuki, Naruto took Iruka’s forehead protector and headed back to the Uchiha Clan Compound, still irritated that Hiruzen’s plan had paid him nothing.

• Naruto pretended to be shocked when Mizuki revealed that the villagers knew he was the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox.
• Iruka shielded Naruto from Mizuki’s kunai, and Naruto laughed, kicked Iruka away, and fled with the Scroll of Seals.
• Mizuki attacked the exhausted Iruka, so Naruto deflected the oversized shuriken with a fire technique and confronted Mizuki.
• Naruto used the Nine-Tails’ chakra to perform the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, and his clones beat Mizuki until an Anbu Elite took him away.
• Naruto took Iruka’s forehead protector and left with the Scroll of Seals for Hiruzen, then walked toward the Uchiha Clan Compound.

Naruto reflected on Konoha’s cruelty and resolved to keep his heart closed to everyone except Sasuke, who remained his sole source of warmth. He returned to Sasuke with proof of his graduation and new Ninjutsu scrolls, leaving them looking forward to training together.

• Naruto found a dead bird outside a shop and stored it in his system space, planning to use it for an experiment with Shino’s tools.
• Naruto recalled how Iruka and the Third Hokage had failed to protect him from Konoha’s prejudice and decided not to let false bonds into his heart.
• Naruto returned to Sasuke, who comforted him and prepared hot water and food.
• Naruto told Sasuke he had graduated and showed him his Forehead Protector.
• Sasuke was delighted by the Fire, Lightning, and Wind Release scrolls Naruto had brought back and said they would help him grow strong enough to kill that woman.

Naruto used the system to buy Orange Chakra Expansion Cards and gave one to Sasuke, then revealed that he had learned the Shadow Clone Technique. He began teaching Sasuke how to use the technique, setting them up to train together.

• Naruto checked his system panel and decided to help Sasuke learn the Shadow Clone Technique, but first increase Sasuke's chakra reserves.
• Naruto redeemed two Orange Chakra Expansion Cards and used one, greatly expanding his own chakra reserves.
• Naruto gave Sasuke the second card, then demonstrated the Shadow Clone Technique by creating nearly twenty clones.
• Naruto offered to teach Sasuke the technique, and Sasuke kissed his cheek before returning to learn the hand signs and chakra circulation tips.

Naruto taught Sasuke how to use the Shadow Clone Technique, and Sasuke mastered it after practicing through the night. Naruto then told him to rest before their graduation party and warned him that overtraining could make him grow up ugly.

• Naruto explained the four key steps for creating shadow clones and taught Sasuke the hand signs.
• Sasuke kissed Naruto's cheek before leaving to practice, while Naruto summoned clones to practice the hand signs for Impure World Reincarnation.
• Naruto visited Kurama and promised to tell him four chapters of a story before narrating Lin Yan and the Three-Tails Fox Demon's escape from the Medusa Fox Fairy Queen.
• At dawn, Sasuke told Naruto he had learned the Shadow Clone Technique and could create fifteen clones.
• Naruto praised Sasuke, told him to sleep until ten thirty, and warned him not to keep practicing or he might grow up ugly.

Naruto sent a thousand Shadow Clones to study Impure World Reincarnation while he reviewed Flying Thunder God, then joined Sasuke and their classmates for a Graduation Party. The group headed to Juxia Tower, with Sasuke privately wondering about Naruto's closeness with Shikamaru.

• Naruto released the twenty Shadow Clones researching Impure World Reincarnation and gathered their notes to hide them from the village's leaders.
• Naruto used the Thousand-Splitting Technique in the Uchiha Fiefdom to create a thousand clones, ordering them to master the forbidden technique before nightfall.
• Naruto woke Sasuke and explained how to increase the number of Shadow Clones as they walked to meet their classmates.
• Naruto reassured Sasuke that a shooting-star wish might keep them from being assigned to different teams.
• Naruto and Sasuke arrived hand in hand at Shikamaru's Graduation Party, where the group chose Juxia Tower as their destination.

Naruto treated his classmates to an extravagant meal at Juxia Tower and used the gathering to persuade Shino to lend him a chakra-bearing mother bug. He left with a sacrifice for his planned Impure World Reincarnation experiment, while Sasuke reacted jealously to his social maneuvering.

• Naruto brought Shikamaru, Hinata, and their classmates to Juxia Tower and ordered a 49,800 set meal, assuring them he would pay.
• Ichiraku and Hongle prepared the lavish meal with their apprentices, and Naruto's classmates were shocked by its cost before enjoying the food.
• Naruto asked Shino for help dealing with mosquitoes, and Shino gave him a chakra-bearing mother bug that could attack other insects.
• Naruto privately planned to use the mother bug as a sacrifice for Impure World Reincarnation and experiment on a dead bird after collecting his clones' training experience.
• Sasuke pinched Naruto's thigh, and Naruto slipped an arm around Ino while holding Sasuke's hand beneath the table.

Naruto used the insights from a thousand Shadow Clones to master the Impure World Reincarnation technique and created a reanimated crow to guard the Uchiha Clan Compound. Two days later, Naruto and Sasuke went to the Ninja Academy for their Jonin Instructor assignments, hoping to be placed on the same team.

• At dinner, Sasuke said he could make thirty-four Shadow Clones and aimed to reach fifty, then returned to training while Naruto cleaned up with a clone.
• Naruto released a thousand Shadow Clones and endured their accumulated exhaustion and training insights before using them to prepare a flawless Impure World Reincarnation formula.
• Naruto sacrificed Shino's mother insect and a dead bird to create an Impure World Reincarnation Crow, then gave it a formula paper and assigned it to guard the compound.
• Sasuke trained for two more days and increased his Shadow Clone count to fifty-five.
• Naruto and Sasuke left for the Ninja Academy on the day Jonin Instructors were assigned, and Sasuke worried that they might be separated.

Naruto and Sasuke arrived at the Ninja Academy for team assignments, where Sasuke beat four students who mocked Naruto. Iruka assigned Naruto and Sasuke to Team 7 with Sakura Haruno, and they went to wait for their Jonin Instructor.

• Naruto picked up a brick outside the Academy and tucked it into his Canvas Bag.
• Sasuke attacked four boys after they insulted Naruto, leaving them beaten at their desks.
• Iruka entered the classroom and began announcing the Genin teams.
• Iruka assigned Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno, and Naruto Uzumaki to Team 7.
• Naruto headed to Classroom 1 to wait for Kakashi, and Sasuke followed while Sakura trailed behind.

Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura met their new Jonin Instructor, Kakashi Hatake, after Naruto set traps for him in Classroom 1. Kakashi assigned Team 7 to meet at the Training Ground at noon the next day for a test, and Naruto prepared to treat Sasuke and Sakura to a feast.

• Naruto and Sasuke waited with Sakura in Classroom 1, then Naruto set a two-stage trap for their late instructor.
• Kakashi spotted the traps, dodged a brick, and introduced himself as Team 7's Jonin Instructor.
• Kakashi took the three students to the rooftop, where they shared their dreams, likes, and dislikes.
• Kakashi told Team 7 to meet him at the Training Ground at noon the next day, bring packed lunches, and skip breakfast.
• Naruto invited Sasuke and Sakura to a lavish meal and told Sasuke to give his all in the fight planned for the next day.

Naruto demonstrated how shadow clones could transmit their training experiences to their originals, then he and Sasuke used the technique to practice ninjutsu through the night. After dispelling their clones, Naruto caught the exhausted Sasuke and carried him inside to rest before their battle with Kakashi.

• Naruto and Sasuke created shadow clones, and Naruto used his clone to share French-kissing experience with Sasuke’s clone before the three-minute dispel.
• Sasuke realized that dispelling shadow clones transferred everything they had learned back to their originals, then used Love Stronger Than Gold: Seven-Day Love Lock on Naruto after he admitted acting on purpose.
• Naruto and Sasuke summoned dozens of clones and practiced ninjutsu, with Sasuke studying Fire Release techniques and Naruto focusing on Wind Release.
• At two in the morning, Naruto and Sasuke dispelled their clones, and Sasuke struggled with the combined training fatigue from his fifty clones.
• Naruto reassured Sasuke about his stamina, kissed him, and carried him back inside to rest.

Naruto arranged to meet Kakashi late, then joined Sasuke in pretending they had gotten lost on the way to the Training Ground. Kakashi gave Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura a two-bell test, but Naruto turned it into a fight among the three, prompting Kakashi to declare them all failed.

• Naruto told Sasuke to set the alarm for eight thirty, then made breakfast and packed lunches before they left.
• Sakura waited nearly three hours at the Training Ground while Kakashi leisurely read a secret manual on his way there.
• Naruto and Sasuke claimed they had wandered lost for two hours, and Naruto persuaded Sakura that the meeting time had been nine.
• Kakashi announced that the three needed to pass his two-bell test or return to the Ninja Academy.
• Naruto suggested the three fight over who would lead, and Sasuke and Sakura agreed before they clashed.
• Kakashi stopped the fight and angrily failed all three, while Naruto demanded that he explain what was wrong with their plan.