Recaps

Wu Tiaowu awoke as Uchiha Satoru in the Naruto world, where a system offered him a Satoru Gojo template but no roleplay points. At five, he teased his older brother Uchiha Itachi and suddenly demonstrated startling speed, leaving Itachi impressed.

• Wu Tiaowu heard adults argue over his white hair and blue eyes before they named him Uchiha Satoru, the second son of Uchiha Fugaku.
• Wu Tiaowu realized he had transmigrated into the Naruto world and examined his system, which showed zero template progress and zero roleplay points.
• Wu Tiaowu suspected the little boy prodding his face was Uchiha Itachi and resolved to earn points so he could live comfortably and eat sweets.
• Wu Tiaowu lounged in a shop after eating sweets as Uchiha Itachi scolded him for gorging himself and forgetting to call him big brother.
• Wu Tiaowu teased Uchiha Itachi about his height, then vanished just before Itachi flicked his forehead and reappeared behind him.
• Uchiha Itachi sensed Wu Tiaowu behind him and praised his unexpected burst of speed.

Gojo Satoru tricked Uchiha Itachi into paying for all the sweets he had eaten, while his teasing earned him a large reward of roleplay points. The shopkeeper’s fear of the Uchiha eased, but Itachi’s wallet was left nearly empty.

• Gojo Satoru shoved Uchiha Itachi forward to pay after the shopkeeper caught him eating without paying.
• The shopkeeper recognized Itachi as an Uchiha and recoiled, reflecting the village’s distrust of the clan after the Nine-Tails’ attack.
• Gojo Satoru joked that Itachi should dress as a girl to pay off the debt, earning 100 roleplay points.
• Gojo Satoru and Itachi’s banter eased the shopkeeper’s fears, and she accepted Itachi’s money pouch.
• The shopkeeper revealed that Gojo Satoru had eaten every sweet in stock and ran off with the payment.

Gojo Satoru approached Naruto Uzumaki after villagers drove him from a shop and treated him like a monster, then took him to Ichiraku Ramen with Uchiha Itachi. After leaving Naruto, Gojo and Itachi discussed how people’s limited understanding shaped their reality.

• Gojo Satoru caught a mask thrown at Naruto Uzumaki and ignored the villagers’ warnings as he approached him.
• Gojo asked Naruto his name, praised his ambition to become Hokage, and invited him to Ichiraku Ramen, saying Uchiha Itachi would pay.
• Naruto enjoyed his ramen and invited Gojo and Itachi to a ramen competition, and Gojo accepted on Itachi’s behalf.
• Gojo and Itachi left Naruto and talked about how people lived within the limits of their knowledge and perceptions.

Gojo Satoru taught Sasuke Fire Release through a reckless demonstration and an incomplete explanation, earning Sasuke’s anger and more portrayal points. After checking his system panel, Gojo realized he had enough points for another shopping spree.

• After Itachi left for a mission, Gojo offered to teach the disappointed Sasuke Fire Release.
• Gojo demonstrated a powerful fire technique across the lake, then explained how to gather Chakra and release it.
• Sasuke produced a tiny flame, but Gojo revealed he had forgotten to tell him to protect his mouth with Chakra.
• Sasuke chased Gojo in anger, earning him 100 portrayal points.
• Gojo checked his system panel, reviewed his Six Eyes and incomplete Blue abilities, and decided he had enough points to shop again.

Uchiha Satoru teased Sasuke from a tree until Uchiha Kong arrived and summoned him to see the Clan Head. Satoru left the tree unharmed, while Kong waited smugly for the Clan Head to deal with him.

• Uchiha Satoru praised Sasuke for reaching the tree, then mocked him until Sasuke angrily challenged him to climb down.
• Uchiha Satoru pretended to fall asleep, and Sasuke realized the exchange had drawn a crowd at the clan's Training Ground.
• Uchiha Kong confronted Uchiha Satoru and burned down the tree with Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique.
• Uchiha Satoru flipped down in front of Uchiha Kong and mocked him for being old and insecure.
• Uchiha Kong restrained his anger and told Uchiha Satoru that the Clan Head wanted to see him.

Uchiha Satoru met with Uchiha Fugaku after skipping the clan lesson, and explained that he had dealt with children demanding candy by giving them sweets and then punching them. Fugaku spoke of the widening rift between the Uchiha and Konoha and his resolve to restore the clan’s pride, but Satoru laughed at his claim that power inevitably made people feared.

• Uchiha Satoru invited Sasuke to join him on the way to their father, but Sasuke refused.
• Uchiha Fugaku asked Uchiha Satoru why he had skipped the clan lesson, and Satoru claimed he had gone looking for experts to spar with.
• Uchiha Satoru explained that he had given candy to children demanding it, then punched them when they asked for more.
• Uchiha Fugaku concluded that Satoru understood the clan’s growing conflict with the village and described his plan to reclaim the Uchiha’s pride.
• Uchiha Satoru laughed and called Fugaku arrogant for saying that greater power inevitably made people fear the Uchiha.

Uchiha Satoru emerged from a private conversation with Uchiha Fugaku and took Sasuke to wait for Itachi near the Hokage Building. As Sasuke warned Satoru not to imitate their older brother, he seemed to realize Satoru might be the one who needed to worry.

• Uchiha Satoru left Fugaku's study looking cheerful while Sasuke tried to find out what they had discussed.
• Fugaku watched Satoru and Sasuke leave and considered Satoru a possible hope for the Uchiha Clan.
• Uchiha Satoru took Sasuke outside the clan compound to ambush Itachi as he returned from a mission.
• Uchiha Satoru noticed Kakashi secretly following them, suspecting the Third had assigned him to watch Satoru because he had approached Naruto.
• Uchiha Satoru and Sasuke hid beside the Hokage Building and bickered about Itachi.
• Sasuke told Satoru to pray for himself, leaving the reason for his concern unstated.

Uchiha Itachi caught Uchiha Satoru and Sasuke fooling around, punished them with extra training, and confiscated Satoru’s limited-edition dango. Naruto Uzumaki arrived and met them, but Satoru’s teasing led Naruto to call Sasuke a shorty, sparking a feud.

• Uchiha Itachi found Uchiha Satoru and Sasuke together and decided to increase their training after Sasuke accused Satoru of never training.
• Uchiha Itachi said he had locked away Satoru’s limited-edition dango and ordered Sasuke to double his taijutsu training.
• Naruto Uzumaki ran up to the group, and Uchiha Satoru introduced himself and Uchiha Itachi.
• Uchiha Satoru teased Sasuke for being short, and Naruto repeated the insult, prompting Sasuke to angrily introduce himself as Sasuke Uchiha.

Naruto and Sasuke argued, then made up after Uchiha Itachi intervened, while Gojo Satoru teased them about being childhood sweethearts. Naruto invited everyone to the upcoming Ramen Competition, and Gojo Satoru began plotting how to liven it up.

• Naruto and Sasuke traded insults until Uchiha Itachi told Sasuke to apologize, and Naruto apologized in return.
• Gojo Satoru called Naruto and Sasuke childhood sweethearts, prompting both boys to vehemently reject the idea.
• Shisui Uchiha arrived and introduced himself to Naruto, Gojo Satoru, and Sasuke.
• Naruto invited Gojo Satoru to the Ramen Competition, which was starting early because of an upcoming change.
• Gojo Satoru invited Sasuke and mentioned that Uchiha Itachi would attend, persuading Sasuke to join them.
• Gojo Satoru smiled as he plotted how to liven up the Ramen Competition.

Uchiha Satoru invited Itachi, Shisui, and Kakashi to a ramen contest, giving Kakashi an excuse to investigate the group. As Satoru led them away, he traded jokes with Kakashi, who was reminded of his own past.

• Itachi resigned himself to watching Sasuke closely, while Shisui joked about Itachi's younger brothers and joined Satoru's outing.
• Kakashi approached Shisui under the pretense of a chance meeting to investigate whether the Uchiha had another plan.
• Satoru called Kakashi “silver hair,” praised his mask, and challenged him to settle their hair-color rivalry over ramen.
• Kakashi accepted the ramen invitation, and Satoru led the group onward.
• Kakashi asked Satoru to remove his blindfold, but Satoru retorted by asking Kakashi to remove his mask, prompting Kakashi to recall his past.

Uchiha Satoru brought Naruto, the Uchiha brothers, Shisui, and Kakashi to a ramen-eating contest, then disappeared with the shop owner. Teuchi revealed that the Hokage, the Uchiha Clan Head, and the Akimichi Clan Head were judges, silencing the venue.

• Kakashi realized Uchiha Satoru had sensory abilities and was not relying on the Sharingan.
• Uchiha Satoru signed the group up for the jumbo ramen challenge and encouraged Naruto to embrace it.
• Uchiha Satoru and the shop owner vanished after leading the group to the competition area, leaving Naruto and the others waiting.
• Teuchi announced the competitive eating championship and introduced the Hokage, the Uchiha Clan Head, and the Akimichi Clan Head as judges.
• The entire venue fell silent at the announcement.

Uchiha Satoru returned and revealed himself as the host of Teuchi’s Ramen-Eating Contest, drawing a huge crowd and startling the contestants. With the contest about to begin, Satoru began reading out the roster of the five Super-Sized Challenge participants.

• Teuchi announced that the Third Hokage, Torifu Akimichi, and Fugaku had arrived to judge the contest, and the venue filled with curious ninja.
• Uchiha Satoru appeared as the contest’s host after arranging for the judges to attend.
• Itachi, Sasuke, Shisui Uchiha, and Kakashi reacted uneasily to Satoru’s return, while Naruto greeted his big brother cheerfully.
• Satoru explained the ramen contest and its thirty-minute limit, then introduced the Super-Sized Challenge.
• Satoru began reading the contestants’ names as the five participants braced themselves.

Uchiha Satoru announced a Giant Ramen contest featuring Naruto Uzumaki, Kakashi Hatake, and three Uchiha, while the Third Hokage and Uchiha Fugaku watched. The contest began with Naruto eager to eat and the Uchiha contestants nervously enduring Fugaku’s stare.

• Uchiha Satoru named Uchiha Itachi, Sasuke Uchiha, Shisui Uchiha, Naruto Uzumaki, and Kakashi Hatake as the contestants.
• Might Guy loudly cheered on Kakashi, who pretended not to hear him.
• The Third Hokage and Uchiha Fugaku discussed why they had come to watch, each concealing his real thoughts.
• Uchiha Satoru declared the contest underway, earning roleplay points as the contestants received their enormous bowls of ramen.
• Naruto eagerly prepared to eat, while Uchiha Itachi, Sasuke Uchiha, and Shisui Uchiha nervously ate under Fugaku’s watchful gaze.

Shisui won the Ichiraku Ramen eating challenge after secretly finishing his bowl, earning the Uchiha some goodwill from the villagers. The Third Hokage wondered whether the contest might help ease the Uchiha-village rift, though he feared the conflict had already gone too far.

• Sasuke and Itachi gave up the eating challenge, Kakashi stopped competing, and Naruto finished his noodles before time ran out.
• Uchiha Satoru announced Shisui Uchiha as the supersized-challenge champion and Fujita Inoue as the regular-contest winner.
• Naruto praised Shisui, and the onlookers showed the Uchiha contestants some temporary goodwill.
• The Third Hokage recalled how Uchiha Satoru and the Ramen Shop Owner had invited him to judge, and how he had learned Naruto had become close to some Uchiha.
• The Third Hokage considered whether the villagers and the Uchiha could reconcile, but sensed that the Uchiha's resentment and ambition had made the rift too deep.

Uchiha Satoru collected a free ramen voucher and a pastry-shop discount from Teuchi, then returned to find everyone waiting for him with resentful stares. He wondered what he had done wrong while proudly thinking about the effort he had put into the family event.

• Uchiha Satoru took the grand-prize voucher from Teuchi, which entitled him to a free bowl of ramen every day.
• Teuchi gave Uchiha Satoru a half-price voucher for the South Street pastry shop, valid for thirty days.
• Uchiha Satoru asked Teuchi his name, then said goodbye and returned to the group waiting out front.
• Naruto greeted Uchiha Satoru as his big brother, and Sasuke reacted sourly to Naruto's words.
• Shisui told Uchiha Satoru that everyone had been waiting for him, while the group glared at him.
• Uchiha Satoru wondered why everyone seemed resentful and proudly recalled arranging the family event and recording it.

After the ramen contest, the Third Hokage arranged for Uchiha Satoru to enter the academy, and Fugaku took him home under an icy glare. Kakashi later reported how Satoru had met Naruto and described him as an unusual Uchiha with possible vision problems.

• The Third Hokage praised Uchiha Satoru for arranging the contest, so Satoru credited Teuchi and invented a story about the ramen shop’s origins.
• The Third Hokage told Fugaku to send Satoru to the academy in a few days, then left with Torifu and Kakashi.
• Fugaku glared at Satoru and ordered him to come along, while the others quietly followed.
• Satoru told Naruto they could meet again tomorrow, and Naruto said goodbye to his big brother.
• In the Hokage’s office, Kakashi explained how Satoru had met Naruto and judged him sociable, unusual, and possibly unable to see.

Uchiha Satoru found the Sage of Six Paths’ stone tablet in Naka Shrine and altered its inscription as a prank. After Sasuke reminded him to register for school, Satoru headed out, already planning to test the patience of his father and the Third Hokage.

• Sasuke found Uchiha Satoru’s room empty and went looking for him on enrollment day.
• Uchiha Satoru examined the stone tablet in Naka Shrine and recognized that Black Zetsu had tampered with its inscription.
• Uchiha Satoru used his cursed energy to change the latter half of the tablet’s writing into a prank about the Uchiha.
• Sasuke found Uchiha Satoru and reminded him that new students had to register that day.
• Uchiha Satoru teased Sasuke, then prepared to go to school while considering how far he could push his father and the Third Hokage.

Uchiha Satoru tried to win over everyone at the Ninja Academy so he could graduate early, impressing the instructors and the Third Hokage. After school, he visited Sasuke at the training ground and prepared to practice shuriken throwing for the graduation exam.

• Uchiha Satoru entered Class Seven while a jealous blond boy complained about the girls admiring him.
• Uchiha Satoru charmed the instructors and students throughout the day, including the blond boy who had insulted him.
• The Third Hokage heard the instructors praise Uchiha Satoru and reconsidered his earlier judgment of him.
• Uchiha Satoru returned to the Uchiha Clan Compound and visited Sasuke at the training ground.
• Uchiha Satoru decided to practice shuriken throwing after learning it was required for the graduation exam.

Gojo Satoru tried to teach Sasuke shuriken throwing despite never attending the lessons himself. His poor aim left a shuriken embedded in his forehead, and he tried to pass off the injury as performance art while Sasuke urged him to get help.

• Gojo Satoru offered to teach Sasuke shuriken tricks and promised to show off his skills.
• Gojo Satoru missed the target with nearly every throw, and the final shuriken struck his forehead.
• Sasuke noticed the shuriken lodged in Gojo Satoru's head and asked if he was all right.
• Gojo Satoru claimed the injury was performance art and blamed his poor aim on low sugar.
• Gojo Satoru spun around to prove he was fine, and Sasuke angrily told him to stop moving.

Gojo Satoru joked about his bleeding wounds while Sasuke bandaged him, then resumed practicing with shuriken. With the Uchiha clan massacre drawing closer, Gojo knew he had little time left to prepare and gather information.

• Gojo Satoru pulled a shuriken from his bleeding head and insisted he was fine, while Sasuke accused him of being careless.
• Sasuke fetched the first-aid kit and bandaged Gojo as he denied that his wounds were real.
• Sasuke recalled how the brothers had cared for tomato seedlings, and how Gojo’s plant had produced bitter fruit despite growing strong.
• Gojo told Sasuke he planned to practice with shuriken and privately resolved to graduate early and prepare for the approaching clan massacre.
• Gojo picked up a shuriken and made it vanish from his palm.

Uchiha Satoru rapidly mastered shuriken throwing while teaching Sasuke, then discovered and killed a white snake sent by Orochimaru. Orochimaru watched from afar and became fascinated with Satoru, while Satoru concealed the encounter from Sasuke.

• Uchiha Satoru adjusted his throwing technique and began hitting every shuriken bull's-eye, astonishing Sasuke.
• Uchiha Satoru teased Sasuke and began to explain his secret trick before sensing something nearby.
• Uchiha Satoru pinned a white snake with a shuriken, recognized Orochimaru's presence, and burned the snake's remains.
• Orochimaru watched from his cave and became eager to study Uchiha Satoru's unusual perceptiveness and learning ability.
• Uchiha Satoru told Sasuke that a snake had choked after swallowing an animal, and Sasuke doubted his story.

Uchiha Satoru checked his roleplay system and gained the Red skill before helping Sasuke improve his shuriken technique. The chapter ended with Sasuke hitting every target and realizing how quickly his brother had spotted the flaw in his form.

• Uchiha Satoru reviewed his system panel, which showed his template progress at 31% and the newly acquired Red skill.
• Sasuke angrily attacked Uchiha Satoru with the Great Fireball Technique, and Satoru dodged while teasing him.
• Uchiha Satoru stopped joking and explained how Sasuke should adjust his stance and use his wrist when throwing shuriken.
• Sasuke followed Satoru's advice and hit every target with his shuriken.
• Uchiha Satoru claimed his Six Eyes let him see how people could best use their strength, calling himself the best teacher.

The Third Hokage heard that Uchiha Satoru had become influential at the Ninja Academy and was spreading ideas that challenged the shinobi world. Worried the students would lose their resolve, he approved Satoru’s early graduation application, just as Satoru had planned.

• An ANBU member reported that students at the Ninja Academy trusted Uchiha Satoru’s judgment over their teachers and were questioning the shinobi world’s rules and wars.
• The Third Hokage recognized the danger he saw in Satoru’s ideas and decided the boy could no longer stay at school.
• The Third Hokage approved Satoru’s application to take the graduation exam early and ordered the approval letter sent to the school.
• Gojo Satoru received the letter and reflected that he had deliberately won over the students and spread new ideas to make the Third Hokage push him out.

Uchiha Satoru concluded that the Third Hokage lacked the resolve to protect the Uchiha Clan and decided they could no longer remain in Konoha. In the Underground Snake Den, Orochimaru heard Satoru's ideas and became eager to meet him.

• Uchiha Satoru reflected that he had tested the Third Hokage by spreading new ideas and gauging his response.
• Uchiha Satoru decided the Third Hokage could not fairly protect the Uchiha Clan and resolved that the clan had to leave Konoha.
• Orochimaru heard Uchiha Satoru's remarks in the Underground Snake Den and found his ideas intriguing.
• Orochimaru compared Uchiha Satoru with Uchiha Itachi and said he could not wait to meet Satoru.

Orochimaru tried to recruit Gojo Satoru as his apprentice, believing that they shared hatred and ambitions. Gojo refused, and Orochimaru left while promising to approach him again.

• Gojo Satoru sensed Orochimaru hiding in a tree and confronted him.
• Orochimaru offered to teach Gojo Satoru, claiming he understood his pain and could help him explore the secrets of life.
• Gojo Satoru rejected Orochimaru's offer and prepared for a fight.
• Orochimaru interpreted Gojo Satoru's refusal as a sign of hidden hatred and vanished into the tree, promising to wait until he was ready.
• Gojo Satoru wondered why Orochimaru's talk of unripe and rotten fruit sounded like dialogue from another anime.