Recaps

With the Uchiha Clan Massacre a year and a half away, Kiyoshi received a system that required him to act like his former-life persona, Jiahao. He made an embarrassing introduction in class and completed the system’s beginner quest, which promised a ten-pull next.

• Kiyoshi realized he had little time to gain strength before the Uchiha Clan Massacre and quietly prayed for a system.
• The Showing "Divinity" in Public System bound to Kiyoshi as Li Jiahao and revealed that public face and awkwardness could earn prize draws.
• After seeing that his simulated survival chance was only 0.0003%, Kiyoshi accepted the system’s demand to play the Jiahao persona.
• Kiyoshi introduced himself to Iruka’s class as someone born to stand at the peak and told everyone to call him Brother Hao.
• Naruto laughed, the class reacted with embarrassment or confusion, and Kiyoshi returned to his seat as the system announced his beginner quest was complete and a ten-pull was coming next.

After a ten-pull awarded Kiyoshi an embarrassment skill, an SSR ability fragment, and a bracelet engraved “Don’t panic,” his unusual classroom introduction drew the attention of Sasuke and spread among the parents. He returned home to his parents, where Kazuhiko remarked on the stir he had caused at school.

• Kiyoshi spent 1000 Awkwardness Value on a ten-pull and received an Embarrassment Wall skill, a Primordial Power Fragment, and several other items.
• Kiyoshi found a black iron bracelet on his wrist, raising his equipment coefficient to 1.2, and read its engraving: “Don’t panic.”
• Sasuke remembered Kiyoshi’s bold introduction and resolved never to embarrass himself that way, while worrying about living up to Itachi’s reputation.
• Mikoto told Sasuke that parents were already discussing Kiyoshi’s introduction and explained that Kiyoshi was Kazuhiko’s son.
• Kiyoshi tested that he could remove and replace his bracelet, then went home and exchanged brief greetings with Misa and Kazuhiko.
• Kazuhiko told Kiyoshi that he had heard Kiyoshi made quite a name for himself at school.

Kiyoshi tested his new system items and learned how the equipment and draw pools worked, while trying to keep his strange behavior secret from his parents. After dinner, he checked his accumulated values and went to bed, leaving chakra extraction and whether to wear the bracelet to the next day.

• Kiyoshi discovered that the Jiahao Bracelet only increased his equipment multiplier while he wore it and that the system answered certain questions through preset text.
• Kiyoshi brought his stored items onto his bed, tested the Echo Kunai, and startled Misa before hiding it and avoiding an awkwardness-value settlement.
• Kiyoshi tested the Automatic Page-Turning Pen and decided to save the Instinct Soldier Pills for the weekend so his parents would not catch him acting strangely.
• At dinner, Misa and Kazuhiko teased Kiyoshi about calling himself Bro Hao at school, and Kazuhiko told him about his ordinary work in Konoha's logistics department.
• Kiyoshi checked that he had 500 awkwardness value and 300 face value, then went to bed without trying chakra extraction or deciding whether to wear the bracelet.

Uchiha Kiyoshi unexpectedly answered Iruka’s chakra theory questions in class, drawing attention from his teacher and classmates. After Iruka asked whether his father had taught him, Kiyoshi returned to class and looked ahead to trying chakra extraction for the first time.

• Kiyoshi finished Iruka’s explanation of chakra and answered a second question about developing physical and spiritual energy.
• Naruto praised Kiyoshi and asked what books he had read, while Shikamaru watched him and Sasuke tightened his grip on his pen.
• Iruka asked Kiyoshi to come to his office and questioned whether anyone at home had taught him chakra theory.
• Kiyoshi said his father had taught him a little, and Iruka praised his answers and invited him to speak up in class.
• The system settled Kiyoshi’s face value and awkwardness points as he returned to the classroom and declined Naruto’s ramen invitation for now.
• Kiyoshi looked forward to the next day’s practical chakra class and wondered who would extract chakra first.

At the Academy training ground, Kiyoshi struggled to extract chakra until he quieted his thoughts and guided a faint current to his fingertips. After the lesson, his system detected his first successful extraction and began assessing his Taijutsu potential.

• Iruka taught the students how to extract chakra and handed out Chakra-Sensing Paper.
• Kiyoshi failed to sense chakra at first, while Sasuke succeeded and drew praise from Iruka and the class.
• Kiyoshi stopped focusing on the instructions, sensed warmth near his abdomen, and guided it to his fingertips to produce a faint glow.
• Iruka praised Kiyoshi, and Naruto continued struggling as the lesson ended.
• Kiyoshi's system awarded Face Value and detected his first successful chakra extraction, then began assessing his Taijutsu potential.

Kiyoshi received a Grade D Taijutsu assessment and began basic training, confronting his weak body and the looming threat of the Uchiha massacre. After noticing claw-like gouges at the training ground, he left with the uneasy feeling that something in the woods was watching him.

• Kiyoshi saw that the system had rated his Taijutsu potential Grade D and watched older students train on his way to school.
• Iruka asked Kiyoshi about chakra extraction and noticed the distinctive bracelet on his wrist, making Kiyoshi worry that someone might discover the system.
• Kiyoshi trained alone at the hilltop training ground, struggling through push-ups, sit-ups, squats, and punching practice.
• Kiyoshi found three claw-like gouges on a wooden post and sensed that something might be watching him from the trees.
• Kiyoshi returned home, checked that his awkwardness value was 820, and resolved to keep training while wondering what had made the marks.

Kiyoshi went through Konoha’s shopping street to farm system coins, gaining awkwardness and face value through embarrassing encounters and helping a lost girl. He reached school with his rewards and supplies left behind, then wondered whether drawing crowds was the best way to earn more.

• Kiyoshi visited the Iron Blade Hall and gained 24 awkwardness value after claiming its kunai was too light.
• Kiyoshi called a vendor’s cabbages wilted, drew a laughing crowd, and gained 192 awkwardness value; the grateful vendor gave him a cabbage.
• Kiyoshi found a lost girl in an alley, led her home, and gained 36 face value after her parents thanked him with snacks.
• Kiyoshi left the cabbage and snacks by a flower bed, reached school, and calculated that he had gained 228 awkwardness value and 48 face value.
• Naruto asked Kiyoshi about his morning detour, and Kiyoshi returned to thinking about how to farm more coins.

Kiyoshi calmly rebuffed Nakajima when he provoked him at school, earning face value and drawing Naruto and Sasuke into the confrontation. After school, Kiyoshi resolved to do what he could to prevent the Uchiha massacre, and he anticipated that Nakajima would retaliate the next day.

• Nakajima confronted Kiyoshi in class, but Kiyoshi accused him of disrupting the peace and suggested he was a spy.
• Sasuke stood up to defend the Uchiha name, and Iruka sent Nakajima back to his seat; Kiyoshi gained 96 face value.
• Naruto praised Kiyoshi and agreed they were friends, while Sasuke later left after Kiyoshi called him a nice guy.
• Kiyoshi thought about preventing the Uchiha massacre and checked that he had enough awkwardness value for a ten-pull.
• At home, Kiyoshi reflected on Nakajima's provocation and looked forward to what might happen the next day.

Kiyoshi braved the rain for intense Taijutsu training and broke through to Cultivation-stage Hao, earning doubled rewards from the system. After returning home, he learned his Taijutsu progress toward C-Rank had reached 27%.

• The system activated a rain-training scenario for Kiyoshi, doubling training effects and rewards and recommending the Instinct Soldier Pill.
• Kiyoshi overcame his embarrassment, swallowed the pill, and practiced punches in the rain despite slipping and scraping his palm.
• Kiyoshi broke through from Beginner Hao to Cultivation-stage Hao while Naruto and Hinata watched, and Naruto asked him to teach him.
• Passersby mocked Kiyoshi, earning him additional awkwardness rewards, while Naruto said he would come watch again after school the next day.
• After showering at home, Kiyoshi saw that his Taijutsu growth toward C-Rank had reached 27%.

Kiyoshi used a system draw to obtain evidence of Danzo’s human experiments and decided Shisui was the person he should eventually show it to. After meeting Shisui at the Training Hall, Kiyoshi kept training and resolved to learn more about the Instinct Soldier Pill before acting.

• Kiyoshi drew two Instinct Soldier Pills, several fragments, and Danzo’s Evidence: Human Experimentation from the Comeback Pool.
• Kiyoshi read that Danzo had conducted Hashirama cells and Sharingan experiments, then stored the evidence and chose Shisui as the person to show it to.
• Kiyoshi put the soldier pill and Mentality Band in a drawer, then went to the Training Hall to train and think about the pill’s effects.
• Shisui met Kiyoshi at the Training Hall, praised his practice, and told him not to train too late.
• After Shisui left, Kiyoshi thought about his coming death and resolved to build Shisui’s trust before showing him the evidence.

Kiyoshi skipped training because he was short on money and went to Ichiraku Ramen, where he treated Naruto to chashu ramen and listened as Naruto talked about practicing his punches. After Kiyoshi returned home, he realized an ANBU was watching him and recording his contact with Naruto, leaving him to consider the meal and his slow progress with the system.

• Kiyoshi noticed Naruto eating alone at Ichiraku Ramen and sat beside him.
• Kiyoshi bought Naruto chashu ramen, and Naruto said Kiyoshi was the first person who had ever bought him ramen.
• Naruto told Kiyoshi he had tried copying his punches and asked if he would come back the next day.
• Kiyoshi left Ichiraku, while an ANBU in a cat mask watched him and wrote notes about his actions.
• Kiyoshi went home, checked his system progress, and lay awake thinking about Naruto and the ANBU's surveillance.

Kiyoshi walked home from school with Uchiha Mikoto and Sasuke, and Mikoto invited him to dinner despite the detour. After Kiyoshi wondered why she had sought him out, Mikoto told Sasuke to spend more time with him.

• Kiyoshi met Uchiha Mikoto outside the school and greeted her formally.
• Mikoto asked Kiyoshi about Sasuke’s schoolwork, then walked with him and Sasuke through the clan compound.
• Mikoto teased Sasuke by revealing that he often talked about Kiyoshi at home.
• Mikoto invited Kiyoshi to dinner, and Misa pointed out that her home was not on the way to his.
• Kiyoshi wondered whether Mikoto had deliberately wanted to see him, while Mikoto told Sasuke to spend more time with Kiyoshi.

Kiyoshi earned an A in Iruka’s Taijutsu assessment, drawing attention to his growing physical skill. Sasuke challenged him to a fight, and Kiyoshi planned to aim for a draw when they met after school.

• Iruka assessed the students’ Basic Fist Technique, and Sasuke earned an A before Kiyoshi performed the set smoothly and received an A as well.
• Kiyoshi noticed that his daily training on the Back Mountain had improved his strength, balance, and control, while his system totals rose.
• Sasuke asked Kiyoshi where he had learned the punches, then challenged him to fight at the training ground after school on Monday.
• Kiyoshi decided he would try to draw with Sasuke, and the system reported that Sasuke taking him seriously had increased his face value.
• At dinner, Kiyoshi told Misa and Kazuhiko about Sasuke’s challenge and said he expected to manage a draw.
• In his room, Kiyoshi felt that he had genuinely grown stronger but put off planning for the fight until the next day.

Kiyoshi took the Instinct Soldier Pill to the Back Mountain and was forced to perform the embarrassing Jiahao Standard Fist Form, where Hinata caught him. After claiming it was secret Uchiha Taijutsu, he helped Hinata improve her Gentle Fist and decided the pill’s strange movements might be useful as a surprise tactic.

• Kiyoshi swallowed the remaining Instinct Soldier Pill in a secluded clearing, and it made him perform the Jiahao Standard Fist Form against his will.
• Hinata saw Kiyoshi’s bizarre routine, and he claimed it was secret Taijutsu passed down among the Uchiha.
• Hinata told Kiyoshi she practiced Gentle Fist alone, and he corrected her stance and demonstrated how to shift her weight forward.
• Kiyoshi watched Hinata practice with improved balance and considered using the pill’s absurd routine to make opponents hesitate in a fight.
• Hinata said goodbye and ran off, while Kiyoshi headed home and decided to test the pill somewhere more secluded next time.

Kiyoshi sparred with Sasuke at the training ground, using taunts and evasive moves to expose Sasuke’s impatience. After Sasuke adapted and landed a punch, the exhausted boys agreed to continue the next day, leaving Kiyoshi wondering how long he could keep up.

• Sasuke summoned Kiyoshi to the training ground after school, and Nakajima followed to watch.
• Sasuke attacked with fast, direct punches and kicks while Kiyoshi dodged and pointed out his openings.
• Kiyoshi provoked Sasuke into becoming impatient, then knocked him off balance with a shove.
• Sasuke steadied himself, began using feints and varied attacks, and landed a punch on Kiyoshi’s shoulder.
• After sparring for about twenty minutes, Sasuke said they would continue tomorrow and left.
• Kiyoshi went home sore and wondered how long he could hold out against Sasuke.

Kiyoshi pretended not to know who had left Hinata Hyuga the wristband, encouraging her to wear it without admitting he had given it to her. After Hinata thanked him and said goodbye, Kiyoshi walked home wearing an identical wristband of his own.

• Hinata asked Kiyoshi whether he had left the wristband embroidered with “The village's hope” for her, and he played dumb.
• Kiyoshi told Hinata to wear the wristband, and she thanked him before running back to her seat.
• Hinata’s classmates teased her about Kiyoshi giving her the wristband, while she denied it and kept touching it.
• After school, Hinata told Kiyoshi she would see him tomorrow, and he returned the farewell before leaving.
• On his way home, Kiyoshi reflected that he had bought and worn an identical wristband himself.

Kiyoshi visited Sasuke’s home, where Mikoto welcomed him and grew warmer toward him as they talked. Mikoto invited Kiyoshi to dinner two days later, leaving him wondering whether he would meet Itachi and Fugaku.

• Kiyoshi arrived at the Uchiha household and tidied the tea set while he waited for Sasuke.
• Mikoto served Kiyoshi tea and asked about his training, then said Sasuke had been training harder and talking about him.
• Kiyoshi praised Sasuke’s quick improvement, and Mikoto’s affection toward him increased.
• Sasuke came out and questioned why Kiyoshi was at his house, but Kiyoshi argued that Sasuke had invited him by asking to continue sparring.
• Mikoto invited Kiyoshi to dinner two days later, and he accepted while wondering if he would meet Itachi and Fugaku.

Uchiha Kiyoshi met Shisui Uchiha at the Back Mountain, where Shisui taught him shurikenjutsu and offered to train him again. Kiyoshi suspected Mikoto had arranged the meeting and wondered what she wanted, while recognizing Shisui could be useful to him later.

• Kiyoshi practiced the Basic Fist Technique at the Back Mountain until Shisui pointed out a flaw in his balance.
• Shisui explained that Mikoto had told him about Kiyoshi and invited him to learn shurikenjutsu.
• Kiyoshi improved his aim under Shisui’s instruction and began hitting the wooden post consistently.
• Shisui said he would return to train Kiyoshi, then left for an Anbu mission.
• Kiyoshi hit the bull’s-eye and left the mountain, thinking about Mikoto’s motives and Shisui’s possible usefulness on the night of the massacre.

Kiyoshi returned Mikoto’s lunch box and stayed for dinner with the Uchiha family, where Fugaku and Itachi questioned him about his studies and ambitions. He maintained his blank expression throughout the meal, even after swallowing scalding soup.

• Kiyoshi visited the Uchiha main house to return Mikoto’s lunch box and found Fugaku and Itachi in the living room.
• Itachi asked Kiyoshi about taijutsu and ninja tools, while Fugaku briefly assessed him.
• Sasuke came out of his room and objected to Kiyoshi staying for dinner, but Mikoto told him to let Kiyoshi eat with them.
• Kiyoshi and Sasuke competed for food as Fugaku asked about Kiyoshi’s Ninja Academy grades and Itachi asked why he wanted to become a ninja.
• Kiyoshi said he wanted to become a ninja to stay alive and do what he wanted, then swallowed Mikoto’s hot soup without breaking his blank expression.
• When Mikoto offered him more soup, Kiyoshi said he would wait until it cooled.

Kiyoshi finished dinner at the Uchiha Main House and met Uchiha Izumi the next day during Taijutsu sparring practice. Izumi was surprised by his skill, and the chapter ended with her handing him water during a break.

• Fugaku invited Kiyoshi to visit again, and Mikoto warmly encouraged him to come play while Kiyoshi helped clear the dinner dishes.
• Kiyoshi received system notifications that he had completed the dinner challenge and raised his Face Value to 1030.
• Iruka announced sparring practice with Uchiha Izumi, and Kiyoshi found her name paired with his on the noticeboard.
• Izumi introduced herself to Kiyoshi and began their Taijutsu practice, initially slowing her attacks so he could study them.
• Kiyoshi kept up as Izumi increased her speed, surprising her with his quick reactions and steady defense.
• Izumi stopped sparring and handed Kiyoshi a bottle of water for a break.

Kiyoshi realized that Uchiha Izumi was the girl destined to die in the Uchiha massacre and resolved to save her. After Izumi overheard part of his promise, Kiyoshi reaffirmed his determination on the way home.

• Kiyoshi recognized Izumi’s resemblance to the unnamed Uchiha girl killed by the Masked Man and decided she would not die this time.
• Kiyoshi held back during sparring with Izumi and refused to tell her where he trained after school.
• Izumi returned after leaving and heard Kiyoshi say, “You won’t die this time,” but accepted his denial that he had said anything.
• A system notification revealed that Izumi had heard at least 70% of Kiyoshi’s statement.
• As the sun set, Kiyoshi repeated that he meant to save Izumi this time.

After school, Kiyoshi sat with Naruto on the playground swings and offered him companionship and encouragement when Naruto admitted that nobody came looking for him. Kiyoshi promised to return the next day, then went home angry about the way Naruto was treated.

• Kiyoshi found Naruto alone on a swing and sat beside him in silence until they began swinging together.
• Naruto told Kiyoshi he often sat alone and wished other people were like him.
• Kiyoshi told Naruto not to fear others’ opinions and encouraged him to become Hokage and prove them wrong.
• Kiyoshi promised Naruto he would come sit with him again the next day, and Naruto eventually headed home.
• Kiyoshi met Mikoto, who asked whether he had made friends and invited him home for grilled fish.
• Kiyoshi remembered Naruto’s mistreatment and angrily blamed the Third Hokage, Danzo, and the villagers.

Kiyoshi stepped in when several children bullied Naruto, then invited him to share lunch at the playground steps. Naruto agreed to meet him there again and planned to join him after school.

• Kiyoshi saw several children surround and insult Naruto during lunch.
• Kiyoshi told the children Naruto was his friend, and they left without continuing the confrontation.
• Naruto thanked Kiyoshi and asked why he had helped; Kiyoshi told him to eat with him at the playground the next day.
• Naruto joined Kiyoshi on the steps, and they agreed to eat there together again tomorrow.
• Sasuke passed by and remarked that Kiyoshi had plenty of free time.
• After the bell rang, Naruto asked if Kiyoshi would go to the playground after school, and Kiyoshi said yes.

Kiyoshi spent the day with Naruto, visiting his secret base and helping add whiskers to the Fourth Hokage’s face on Hokage Rock. After Iruka sent Kiyoshi away, he encountered Hinata and heard villagers insult Naruto, and the system rewarded his silence.

• Naruto took Kiyoshi to his hideout among discarded pipes and then showed him the graffiti he had painted on Hokage Rock.
• Naruto said he wanted to be remembered for himself, and Kiyoshi added a crooked stroke to the Fourth Hokage’s whiskers.
• Iruka caught up with them, questioned Kiyoshi about the graffiti, and sent him away after Kiyoshi called his addition an artistic improvement.
• Hinata noticed paint on Kiyoshi’s cuff and quietly pointed it out before they went their separate ways.
• Kiyoshi overheard two women insult Naruto and stayed silent, earning system notifications for face value and awkwardness.

Kiyoshi comforted Naruto after overhearing villagers insult him, then treated him to dango and renewed their friendship. The next day, Naruto’s pranks drenched Iruka and nearly injured him, while Kiyoshi avoided the traps and warned Iruka about the nails.

• Kiyoshi listened to two women criticize Naruto, then found Naruto hiding in an alley and told him that being the Demon Fox did not make him a menace.
• Kiyoshi invited Naruto to eat dango, and Naruto agreed to visit their Secret Base together again.
• The next morning, Kiyoshi avoided Naruto’s bucket trap by climbing through the classroom window, and Iruka was drenched when he entered.
• Iruka asked Kiyoshi about the trap, but Kiyoshi denied knowing who set it and said he had used the window because it was open.
• Naruto scattered nails in the hallway, but Kiyoshi avoided them and warned Iruka, who picked them up and shouted for Naruto.