Chapter Summaries

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.

Kiyoshi protected Naruto from a dangerous prank and walked home with him, quietly standing up to a villager who showed Naruto hostility. After Naruto parted ways with him, Shisui warned Kiyoshi that people were noticing his friendship with Naruto.

• Kiyoshi watched Iruka catch Naruto after Naruto scattered nails to see whether Kiyoshi would step on them, and Iruka made Naruto stay after school to clean the classroom.
• Naruto waited for Kiyoshi after school and asked why he had warned Iruka; Kiyoshi said he did not want Iruka to step on the nails.
• Kiyoshi stared down an old woman who watched Naruto with fear and disgust, then bought dango for himself and Naruto.
• Naruto said he would tell Kiyoshi about his next trap, and Kiyoshi denied wanting to be an accomplice as they walked home together.
• After Naruto left at an intersection, Shisui warned Kiyoshi that certain people would notice him spending time with Naruto and told him to be careful.

Kiyoshi waited at the Back Mountain, where Shisui arrived to begin teaching him advanced shuriken practice. After Kiyoshi showed an uncanny eye for a shuriken’s construction, he gave Shisui a mysterious explanation for his knowledge, then repeatedly missed a moving target and claimed he was calculating wind drift.

• Kiyoshi waited at the training ground until Shisui arrived in his Anbu uniform with shuriken and kunai.
• Shisui introduced moving-target practice, and Kiyoshi recognized that his shuriken had a sharper bevel and steadier balance than the school ones.
• Kiyoshi told Shisui that a mysterious man he met as a child had given him knowledge of past and future events, and Shisui advised him to keep the story secret.
• Shisui pulled a target from side to side while Kiyoshi threw five shuriken and missed each time.
• Kiyoshi claimed he had been calculating wind drift, and Shisui questioned whether that explained his repeated misses.

Kiyoshi improved his shuriken throwing during one-on-one training with Shisui and admitted that he trained to stay alive. After Shisui left, Kiyoshi landed another bullseye and headed down the mountain, keeping his deeper reasons to himself.

• Shisui demonstrated how to use a wrist twist to guide a shuriken into the bullseye, and Kiyoshi studied his technique.
• Kiyoshi copied Shisui's throw, gradually improved his aim, and hit the bullseye several times despite his sore hand.
• Shisui asked what Kiyoshi was training for, and Kiyoshi answered, "To stay alive."
• Kiyoshi and Shisui agreed to continue training the next day, but Kiyoshi gave no further explanation when Shisui asked what he meant.
• After Shisui vanished into the woods, Kiyoshi threw one last shuriken into the bullseye, collected it, and walked down the mountain.

Kiyoshi impressed the joint first-year Taijutsu test’s Chunin judges and students with clean basics, quick sparring victories, and an unusual self-taught fist routine. As he left for home, an unidentified figure watched him from near the school gate.

• Kiyoshi completed the basic movements cleanly, drawing attention from Teacher Yamanaka and Teacher Kobayashi.
• Kiyoshi defeated Ishikawa in two moves, using a Joint Lock taught by Shisui and then a leg sweep.
• Kiyoshi demonstrated a modified Jiahao Fist Technique, prompting questions from Teacher Kobayashi and whispers from the students.
• Kiyoshi received system rewards for his performance and returned to the classroom, planning to draw somewhere secluded the next day.
• Kiyoshi left school and walked home while an unidentified figure watched him from the shade near the gate.

Kiyoshi used a ten-pull on the Back Mountain and gained a skill slot feature, a chakra refinement boost, a Clone Technique scroll, and several ninja-related items and fragments. An Anbu watched him return home, while Kiyoshi remained unaware and planned his next pulls.

• Kiyoshi left school alone and went to a secluded clearing on the Back Mountain to perform a ten-pull.
• Kiyoshi received an SR Skill Slot feature, a chakra refinement acceleration card, a Clone Technique scroll, a ninja tool pack, and several fragments.
• Kiyoshi activated the refinement card, unlocked two empty skill slots, and stored the scroll, tools, and fragments in his inventory.
• Kiyoshi cleaned the scorched grass, descended the mountain, and returned home without noticing an Anbu watching him.
• Kiyoshi decided to wait before using the Clone Technique scroll and went to bed, unaware that the system displayed his total pulls and next-pull progress.

Kiyoshi discovered that the Chakra Refinement Acceleration Card had made chakra flow more easily and improved his stamina and concentration. At school, he sparred with Izumi again, showing faster reactions but awkward movements as classmates watched.

• Kiyoshi activated the Chakra Refinement Acceleration Card and found that refining chakra felt smoother and his body had more stamina.
• Nakajima told Kiyoshi that Izumi would coach their taijutsu class that afternoon.
• Izumi greeted Kiyoshi by name, drawing curious stares and raising his Awkwardness value.
• Kiyoshi sparred with Izumi, whose strikes and evasions exposed the gap between their skills.
• Kiyoshi accidentally struck a bizarre pose during the match, prompting classmates to mock him and raising his Awkwardness value.
• Izumi said Kiyoshi had improved but needed more combat experience after their three rounds of sparring.

Kiyoshi reflected on his sparring match with Izumi and tested how the Chakra Refinement Acceleration Card improved his training at the Back Mountain. He ended the day with enough awkwardness value for another ten-pull, which he planned to make somewhere secluded the next day.

• Kiyoshi received water from Izumi, who praised his improved movements and offered to spar with him again; he accepted.
• Kiyoshi went to the Back Mountain and found that the acceleration card made his chakra flow and recover faster as he practiced.
• Kiyoshi checked the system panel and saw that his awkwardness value had reached 1215, enough for a third ten-pull.
• Kiyoshi postponed the draw because it was getting dark and the effects might attract attention, then went home and ate the meal Aunt Mikoto had left.
• Kiyoshi went to bed thinking about Izumi, his training, and drawing from the Awkwardness Pool the next day.

Kiyoshi learned the Clone Technique and used an awkwardness-value draw to obtain a Body Flicker Technique Talisman, whose forced finishing pose complicated its lifesaving use. He returned home unaware that a masked watcher was still monitoring him, and ended the day with the talisman and other rewards stored in his inventory.

• Kiyoshi used a Ninjutsu Scroll to improve his Clone Technique and planned to practice somewhere secluded after school.
• Kiyoshi stalled during throwing practice to calculate wind drift, hit the bull's-eye, and earned thirty awkwardness points as classmates laughed.
• Kiyoshi went to the Back Mountain and spent one thousand awkwardness points on ten draws, receiving two Body Flicker Technique Talismans and several other items.
• Kiyoshi tested a talisman, teleported beside a bush, and was forced into a Jiahao-style finishing pose that startled two tits.
• Kiyoshi stored the rewards, including three of five Silver fragments for the Jiahao Bracelet, and hid the Sharingan Eye Drops beside his pillow.
• A masked figure recorded Kiyoshi's movements and watched his home as Kiyoshi went to sleep.

Kiyoshi encountered Izumi after school and, remembering her death in the Uchiha massacre, resolved to find a way to save her before it happened. He returned home still under surveillance and began planning how to obtain a life-saving item through the system or Shisui.

• Kiyoshi noticed that a rooftop watcher had changed shifts as he left school.
• Kiyoshi met Izumi, who teased him about his training ground and offered to bring him dango.
• Izumi asked what Kiyoshi had meant when he said she would not die this time, but he denied having meant anything by it.
• After Izumi left, Kiyoshi checked his fake Sharingan potion and decided he needed an item or ability that could save or transport her.
• Kiyoshi reviewed his system totals at home and considered saving for more pulls or trying single pulls if time ran short.

Kiyoshi successfully produced a perfect Clone Technique in class, though the clone embarrassed him by shouting about a grudge from his previous life. After testing the Shadow Screen at home, he realized a watcher had traced his secret route to the Back Mountain and decided he could no longer go there.

• Iruka taught the class the Clone Technique, and Kiyoshi created a stable clone that shouted about an old grudge, making the class laugh.
• Iruka praised Kiyoshi’s clone as the first complete one in class, while Kiyoshi dispersed it before it could say more.
• Kiyoshi noticed a new masked watcher following him after school, and Shisui’s crow signaled that Shisui had spotted the watcher too.
• Kiyoshi used the Shadow Screen indoors and watched it replay an embarrassing rejection from his previous life, with the crow witnessing the scene.
• Kiyoshi saw someone watching the wall he used to reach the Back Mountain and resolved to stop going there and practice more instead.

Kiyoshi was questioned at his home by a masked Root operative, while Shisui intervened and warned him that he was being watched. Afterward, Kiyoshi moved the evidence against Danzo and his other valuables into his school things, deciding to keep the evidence with him.

• Kiyoshi met a masked man at his gate and answered questions about his routes, the Back Mountain, and his schoolwork.
• Shisui arrived during the encounter, positioned himself between Kiyoshi and the masked man, and saw the man leave.
• Shisui told Kiyoshi the masked man was not Anbu and warned him not to discuss the visit with anyone.
• Shisui told Kiyoshi to avoid his usual route and the old spot on the Back Mountain, promising to show him something elsewhere.
• Kiyoshi hid the evidence against Danzo inside his Clan Studies Primer and placed the Silver Fragment, Teleportation Card, and Soldier Pill in his schoolbag.

Danzo ordered Root to recruit Kiyoshi after Shisui disrupted their questioning, while Kiyoshi noticed Danzo watching him and kept the encounter from Shisui. At the academy, Iruka began handing out midsemester evaluations, and Naruto Uzumaki was called next.

• A Root operative told Danzo that Kiyoshi had answered seven questions and that Shisui had intervened, and Danzo ordered Root to recruit the boy rather than eliminate him.
• Kiyoshi passed a bandage-wrapped, one-eyed man with a cane in an alley and recognized him as Danzo, but did not tell Shisui about the encounter.
• Kiyoshi recounted Root's questions to Shisui, who warned him that he had answered too quickly and advised him to act like nothing had happened during the evaluations.
• Shisui told Kiyoshi to avoid meeting him for a few days and sent him to class for the midsemester evaluations.
• Iruka handed out evaluation sheets, calling Sasuke Uchiha and Hinata Hyuga before calling Naruto Uzumaki.

Kiyoshi handled the embarrassment of his blank guardian signature slip at school, then accepted Mikoto’s invitation to join the Uchiha Family Day dinner. He headed to the river first, carrying a wrapped tin for the evening and still uncertain who would sign his slip.

• Iruka gave Naruto his evaluation sheet and offered to help him catch up, then handed Kiyoshi an evaluation sheet and signature slip.
• When Nakajima drew attention to Kiyoshi’s blank guardian field, Kiyoshi calmly explained that his parents were on duty and would sign it that night.
• Iruka stopped the class from teasing Kiyoshi and made clear that the signature-slip issue was settled.
• At the school gates, Mikoto invited Kiyoshi to dinner for Uchiha Family Day and told him it was fine to leave the signature slip blank.
• Kiyoshi watched Mikoto and Sasuke leave, then took a detour toward the river with a wrapped tin in his bag.

Kiyoshi attended the Uchiha’s Family Day while his parents were on duty, quietly observing the clan and its people. He left with roasted beans and an unsigned form, thinking of those he knew would not survive the future and heading toward the Naka River.

• Kiyoshi arrived at the Uchiha compound, where Sasuke greeted him and criticized his Clone Technique hand seals.
• Mikoto welcomed Kiyoshi, offered him food, and later offered to sign his guardian slip, but he chose to wait for his parents.
• Kiyoshi counted the people at the gathering and recognized Uchiha Itachi, reflecting on the future deaths he remembered.
• As Family Day wound down, Mikoto gave Kiyoshi roasted beans and asked when his parents would return.
• Kiyoshi left the compound and walked toward the Naka River, thinking about someone waiting there with a gift.

Kiyoshi gave Naruto a birthday smoke bomb, and Iruka took the boys to ramen before telling Naruto that he was not to blame for the tragedy on the night he was born. Kiyoshi returned home with his parents’ signed school slip, while an Anbu agent set aside a report about his growing contact with Naruto and Iruka.

• Kiyoshi surprised Naruto by giving him a smoke bomb for his birthday, and Iruka arrived after seeing its colorful smoke over the river.
• Iruka treated Naruto and Kiyoshi to ramen, where Naruto proudly announced his birthday and Kiyoshi’s gift to the shop.
• At the Memorial Stone, Iruka told Naruto that his parents had died the night Naruto was born and reassured him that he was not responsible for the tragedy.
• Iruka walked both boys home, and Naruto asked him to celebrate his birthday with them again next year.
• Kiyoshi found his parents’ signed school slip waiting at home and put it away to hand in the next day.
• An Anbu agent recorded Kiyoshi’s interactions with Naruto and Iruka, then sealed the report separately from routine reports.