Recaps

Lin Guang spent time with Inori Yuzuriha, Shinobu Kocho, and the others after clearing the Guilty Crown world, then spoke privately with Maid Tsunomori about his extraordinary powers. He left with Inori Yuzuriha, while Shinobu Kocho was asked to see Maid Tsunomori and Arisa Shūkyōin off the next day.

• Lin Guang argued with the system about a missing World Treasure Chest, and the system reminded him that he could stay in the Guilty Crown world for seven more days.
• Lin Guang took Inori Yuzuriha outside, where she joined Shinobu Kocho and the others as they played with Pikachu and welcomed her into the family.
• Maid Tsunomori asked Lin Guang whether he came from another world, but he avoided answering and assured her that she need not worry about his origins or powers.
• Lin Guang sent Maid Tsunomori somewhere safe and returned to Shinobu Kocho, who said Arisa Shūkyōin was upset after learning about their relationship.
• Lin Guang asked Shinobu Kocho to see Maid Tsunomori and Arisa Shūkyōin off the next day, then left the alternate space alone with Inori Yuzuriha.

Lin Guang brought Inori Yuzuriha to meet Gai Tsutsugami, hoping to resolve Mana Ouma’s threat before he had to leave the world. When Mana’s will awakened, Lin Guang carried her to the building’s highest floor, where Gai demanded that he return her.

• Lin Guang and Inori Yuzuriha emerged from the Alternate Space and saw that the city remained covered in Apocalypse Virus crystals.
• Lin Guang decided to visit Gai Tsutsugami and froze the sea so he and Inori could cross to the conical building.
• Mana Ouma’s will awakened inside Inori Yuzuriha after sensing the Power of the King in Gai Tsutsugami.
• Inori Yuzuriha yielded control of her body to Mana Ouma, and Lin Guang took Mana’s hand and carried her to the building’s highest floor.
• Gai Tsutsugami asked Lin Guang to give Mana back to him.

Lin Guang absorbed and purified the Apocalypse Virus throughout Japan, saving the infected and weakening Gai Tsutsugami and Mana Ouma. With Mana dormant and Inori exhausted, Gai accepted that the crisis was over and entrusted Inori to Lin Guang as his body began to break down.

• Mana Ouma asked Gai Tsutsugami where Shu Ouma was, and Gai said Haruka Ouma had taken him.
• Lin Guang drew the Apocalypse Virus crystals from across Japan into himself and purified them, curing the infected.
• Gai Tsutsugami and Mana Ouma were overwhelmed by Lin Guang's power, and Mana's consciousness retreated while Inori Yuzuriha fell asleep.
• Lin Guang told Gai that the Apocalypse Virus would never return, and Gai thanked him.
• Gai Tsutsugami, whose body began to break down, asked Lin Guang to take care of Inori.

Lin Guang finished absorbing the Apocalypse Virus and left the collapsing building with Inori Yuzuriha as Japan began recovering. After accepting Arisa Shūkyōin as a subordinate and saying farewell to his friends, he departed for another world.

• Gai Tsutsugami thanked Lin Guang before dissipating, and Lin Guang carried the sleeping Inori Yuzuriha out of the collapsing building.
• Three days later, Japan began restoring order while the Kuhouin patriarch prepared to announce Arisa Shūkyōin's marriage alliance at a banquet.
• Arisa Shūkyōin asked Lin Guang to help her avoid the marriage alliance, and he accepted her as a subordinate who would travel with him.
• Lin Guang reunited with Shu Ouma and the others, explained Gai Tsutsugami's intentions, and said goodbye to Maid Tsunomori.
• Lin Guang activated the passage to the next world and lost consciousness when the system announced the Guilty Crown world was complete.

Lin Guang considered how to build his standing in Konoha so he could unseal his powers, then opened treasure chests from his previous worlds and received powerful rewards. The system sealed all the new items, and Lin Guang left his room in frustration just as Naruto returned.

• Lin Guang decided he needed to earn the Third Hokage's attention and build connections while avoiding Danzo and the Anbu.
• Lin Guang checked his status and opened both World Treasure Chests, gaining Demon Power of the King, Sun Breathing, the Origin Stone, Power of the King, and six Ability Extraction Cards.
• The system fused Lin Guang's Power of the King into King of Thorns, which could spread the Apocalypse Virus and extract infected people's Voids.
• Lin Guang opened the Platinum and Diamond Treasure Chests, obtaining a perfect Venom-Venom Fruit and the Space Stone.
• The system sealed all the newly obtained items, and Lin Guang stormed out of his room, where he encountered Naruto returning.

Lin Guang and Naruto shared ramen before taking the genin exam, where Lin Guang passed and Naruto failed the Clone Technique. That night, after Naruto stole the Scroll of Seals, Lin Guang overheard ninja discussing his capture and set out to find him before Naruto and Iruka were harmed.

• Naruto agreed to keep Lin Guang's outburst secret in exchange for ramen, and the two ate at Ichiraku before rushing to the academy.
• Lin Guang passed the Clone Technique portion of the genin exam, while Naruto's failed attempts led Iruka to fail him.
• After school, Naruto sat alone on a swing and wondered whether he was good enough.
• Mizuki tricked Naruto into stealing the Scroll of Seals, and Lin Guang later overheard two ninja discussing the plan to capture him.
• Lin Guang followed the ninja and decided to find Naruto himself before Naruto and Iruka were put in danger.

Lin Guang tracked Naruto to the grove and arrived as Mizuki attacked Iruka and revealed Naruto’s identity as the Nine-Tails Demon Fox. Lin Guang knocked aside Mizuki’s shuriken and prepared to confront him, while Mizuki dismissed their chances of winning.

• Lin Guang headed for the grove where Naruto often hid, while Iruka searched the village for him.
• Iruka found Naruto learning from the Scroll of Seals and realized Mizuki had tricked him into stealing it.
• Mizuki ambushed Iruka and Naruto, then tried to turn Naruto against Iruka by revealing that the village considered him the Nine-Tails Demon Fox.
• Mizuki threw a massive shuriken at Naruto, but Lin Guang knocked it aside and protected him and Iruka.
• Lin Guang said they had to defeat Mizuki, who mocked Iruka’s lack of equipment and dismissed Lin Guang’s known abilities.

Lin Guang and Iruka fought Mizuki after Naruto was shaken by Mizuki’s taunts. They defeated him before the patrol arrived, and Lin Guang challenged Mizuki’s excuses for betraying Konoha.

• Naruto ran from Mizuki’s giant Shuriken, while Iruka deflected it with a Kunai.
• Lin Guang used the Clone Technique to trick Mizuki, then kicked him in the face from above.
• Iruka caught Mizuki’s punch as Lin Guang struck his chest, and Lin Guang escaped Mizuki’s Kunai with the Substitution Technique.
• Lin Guang stole Mizuki’s Kunai and stabbed his palm, drawing the attention of patrolling ninja.
• Mizuki blamed his lack of talent and his failure to steal the Scroll of Seals, while Lin Guang praised Iruka’s hard work and care for his students.

After Mizuki was arrested for manipulating Naruto into stealing the Scroll of Seals, the Third Hokage sent Iruka and Lin Guang to find Naruto and retrieve it. They found Naruto with the scroll, confirmed he had passed the genin exam, and set off to return the scroll to the Hokage Building.

• Iruka identified Mizuki as the one who had urged Naruto to steal the Scroll of Seals, and ninja took Mizuki and the others to Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Hiruzen ordered Iruka and Lin Guang to find Naruto and have him return the scroll without holding him responsible.
• Lin Guang led Iruka to the grove, where Naruto was waiting with the scroll, and explained that he had used two coughs as a signal for Naruto to escape Mizuki.
• Naruto demonstrated the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, and Iruka declared that he had passed the genin exam.
• Iruka told Naruto and Lin Guang to return the scroll and promised to treat them to Ichiraku Ramen, so the two boys hurried toward the Hokage Building.

After passing the Genin exam, Lin Guang unlocked his Ice-Ice Fruit Ability and was summoned to meet the Third. He arrived at the Third’s office, unsure what the Hokage wanted.

• Iruka treated Lin Guang and Naruto to ramen at Ichiraku before they headed home together.
• The day after becoming Genin, Lin Guang asked the system to unlock an old ability and chose the Ice-Ice Fruit Ability.
• A patrolling ninja told Lin Guang that the Third wanted to speak with him, and Lin Guang went along after worrying briefly that his secret had been discovered.
• The ninja praised Lin Guang’s talent and manners as he escorted him to the Third’s office.
• The Third greeted Lin Guang and looked him over.

Lin Guang met the Third Hokage, who praised his ability and made him his disciple. Lin Guang went with Asuma Sarutobi toward the Sarutobi home, where he would begin learning ninjutsu fundamentals.

• Lin Guang greeted the Third Hokage, who said his appearance and bearing reminded him of Tobirama Senju.
• The Third Hokage told Lin Guang that Mizuki had been imprisoned and asked him to become his disciple.
• Lin Guang accepted, and the Third Hokage invited him to come home for lunch and promised to assess his talent and teach him ninjutsu fundamentals.
• Asuma Sarutobi arrived to call his father home for lunch, met Lin Guang, and was asked to teach him the basics.
• Asuma Sarutobi and Lin Guang left the Hokage's office and walked toward the Sarutobi home.

Hiruzen Sarutobi brought Lin Guang to the Sarutobi Clan compound, where Asuma taught him the basics of ninjutsu and tested his taijutsu. Lin Guang lost their sparring match but impressed Asuma and Hiruzen with his speed and clever use of the Clone Technique.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi took Lin Guang to the Sarutobi Clan compound, where Asuma offered to show him the training ground.
• At lunch, Hiruzen introduced Lin Guang to Konohamaru Sarutobi, who asked Lin Guang to look out for him as a powerful ninja.
• Asuma explained how chakra and hand seals worked, then took Lin Guang to test his taijutsu.
• Lin Guang used clones, speed, and misdirection to surprise Asuma, but Asuma countered with the Substitution Technique and restrained him.
• Asuma praised Lin Guang's skill, and Hiruzen returned to hear Asuma say Lin Guang could outmatch an ordinary genin.

Hiruzen Sarutobi tested Lin Guang’s chakra natures and began teaching him ninjutsu, discovering that Lin Guang possessed water, wind, and ice abilities. Lin Guang mastered the Water Dragon Bullet Technique with astonishing power, and Hiruzen prepared to teach him a difficult Wind Release technique.

• Asuma left to patrol Konoha while Hiruzen Sarutobi checked Lin Guang’s chakra nature.
• Lin Guang revealed water and wind natures, then produced ice, prompting Hiruzen to identify a kekkei genkai.
• Hiruzen explained kekkei genkai and began teaching Lin Guang the Water Dragon Bullet Technique.
• Lin Guang quickly formed a powerful fifteen-meter water dragon and sent it surging into a stream.
• Hiruzen, concealing his shock, decided to teach Lin Guang a difficult B-rank Wind Release technique.

Hiruzen Sarutobi taught Lin Guang Wind Release: Vacuum Wave, then advised him to focus on chakra control before learning more ninjutsu. Lin Guang agreed to complete the three control exercises within three days, and Hiruzen promised to teach him more afterward.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi demonstrated Wind Release: Vacuum Wave and warned Lin Guang about its danger.
• Lin Guang used the technique on his first attempt but lost control, so Hiruzen Sarutobi pulled him to safety.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi recognized Lin Guang's exceptional talent and told him to improve his chakra control before learning more ninjutsu.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned Lin Guang tree climbing, water walking, and ninjutsu scale-control exercises in that order.
• Lin Guang promised to finish the exercises within three days, and Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed to teach him more ninjutsu afterward.

Lin Guang used the Ice-Ice Fruit to master tree-climbing chakra control in minutes, impressing Hiruzen Sarutobi. Hiruzen planned to assign him to the ANBU, while Lin Guang considered the risks of eventually encountering Danzo.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi explained how to attach chakra to Lin Guang’s feet and sent him to practice on a tree.
• Lin Guang struggled to control chakra in his feet, then used ice from his Ice-Ice Fruit to work out the right amount of suction.
• Lin Guang successfully walked up and down the tree and found that his chakra control had improved.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Lin Guang to rest and said he would arrange for him to join the ANBU the next day.
• Lin Guang considered the opportunities and dangers of joining the ANBU, while Hiruzen Sarutobi vowed to protect him and help him inherit the Will of Fire.

Lin Guang mistook Hiruzen Sarutobi and Kakashi Hatake for burglars while they inspected Naruto's living conditions. Hiruzen took Lin Guang to join the ANBU, where Lin Guang was appointed squad leader and chose his teammates.

• Lin Guang returned home and told Naruto that he had spent the day training at the Hokage Waterfall.
• Lin Guang kicked open Naruto's door and discovered Hiruzen Sarutobi and Kakashi Hatake inspecting Naruto's room.
• Hiruzen introduced Kakashi to Lin Guang and explained that Kakashi would teach Naruto while Lin Guang would join the ANBU.
• Hiruzen brought Lin Guang to the ANBU headquarters, appointed him squad leader, and told him to choose two partners.
• Lin Guang selected Hyūga Jō and Satō Maji as his teammates.

Lin Guang challenged his new ANBU teammates Satō Maji and Hyūga Jō to establish his authority as their captain. He defeated them with a Water Dragon Bullet Technique, leaving Satō Maji vomiting water and Hyūga Jō exhausted.

• Satō Maji and Hyūga Jō clashed over their manners, and Lin Guang stopped them before challenging them both to a fight.
• Hyūga Jō activated his Byakugan and saw that Lin Guang had chakra reserves comparable to a Jonin's.
• Satō Maji attacked Lin Guang with his sword, but Lin Guang dodged his slashes and struck his joints.
• Hyūga Jō joined the fight with Gentle Fist, and Lin Guang used the Water Dragon Bullet Technique against both teammates.
• Satō Maji's sword split the water dragon's head but could not stop its current, while Hyūga Jō deflected its tail with Rotation at great effort.
• The water swept Satō Maji aside, leaving him vomiting water and unwilling to fight Lin Guang again.

Lin Guang led Hyūga Jō and Satō Maji through their first squad outing, earning their surrender in a spar and taking them to Ichiraku Ramen. After proving the rookie squad’s strength to the Bird Mask captain, Lin Guang accepted a C-rank mission to deal with bandits near a settlement south of the village.

• Lin Guang defeated Satō Maji and persuaded Hyūga Jō to surrender, then invited both teammates to Ichiraku Ramen.
• Lin Guang told Hyūga Jō that he had guessed his Branch Family background from his behavior and promised to protect him and Satō Maji.
• Lin Guang, Hyūga Jō, and Satō Maji demonstrated their abilities to the Bird Mask captain at the ANBU mission desk.
• The Bird Mask captain offered the squad a C-rank mission against bandits whose leader reportedly had chunin-level strength, and Lin Guang accepted.

Lin Guang led Satō Maji and Hyūga Jō on an ANBU mission to eliminate bandits occupying Xiaojing Village. After discovering wounded villagers, captive prisoners, and disguised combatants, the team entered the village undercover to reach the captives and deal with their guards.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi approved Lin Guang's mission, trusting him and noting that a nearby Jonin could help if needed.
• Lin Guang told Satō Maji and Hyūga Jō to prepare supplies, then led them out of Konoha the next morning.
• After resting near Xiaojing Village, Lin Guang had Hyūga Jō use his Byakugan and learned that the village held twenty-three Genin-level fighters, one Chunin-level fighter, and five tied-up prisoners guarded in a basement.
• Lin Guang had Hyūga Jō disguise himself as a prisoner and a guard, while Satō Maji transformed into a prisoner for their cover story.
• Lin Guang and Hyūga Jō escorted Satō Maji into the village, claiming they had caught him trying to escape and alert others.

Lin Guang, Hyūga Jō, and Satō Maji infiltrated the bandits’ village, rescued the captives, and prepared to capture the bandit chief. They reached the chief’s guarded house and tried to frighten the guards into alerting him.

• Lin Guang and Hyūga Jō used the Transformation Technique to enter the village while Satō Maji remained disguised as a captive.
• Lin Guang and Hyūga Jō tricked Shan Yong and Bin Ti at the warehouse, and Satō Maji killed them when Lin Guang gave the signal.
• Lin Guang and the others freed the villagers from the basement and learned that the bandit chief was the illegitimate son of the daimyo of the Land of Rivers.
• The three disguised themselves as bandits again and headed toward the chief’s house, where they saw bandits robbing villagers.
• Lin Guang warned the four guards that powerful ninja had arrived and killed two bandits, frightening them.

Lin Guang and his teammates infiltrated the bandit hideout and confronted the bandit leader. Hyūga Jō was forced outside by the leader’s Water Release, and the battle continued as Satō Maji’s sword broke the leader’s kunai.

• Lin Guang and his teammates killed three guards, hid their bodies, and disguised themselves as the guards.
• Lin Guang and Hyūga Jō killed another guard, then Hyūga Jō entered the leader’s room to attack him alone.
• The bandit leader countered Hyūga Jō’s Gentle Fist with Water Release: Water Wave Surge, sending him crashing outside.
• Lin Guang and the bandit leader exchanged threats as Satō Maji joined the fight with his sword.
• Satō Maji used Konoha Style Swordsmanship: Flowing Light, and his strike snapped the kunai the bandit leader used to block it.

Lin Guang and his teammates fought twenty bandits after the leader called for reinforcements. Lin Guang killed the leader with his Wind Release, and Satō Maji and Hyūga Jō defeated the rest, though a few bandits escaped.

• The bandit leader whistled for reinforcements, bringing the group surrounding Lin Guang, Satō Maji, and Hyūga Jō to twenty men.
• Lin Guang used Water Release to knock back five bandits, then attacked the leader with shuriken and Wind Release.
• The bandit leader tried to defend himself with Water Release, but Lin Guang's Vacuum Wave badly wounded him and then stripped his flesh from his body.
• Lin Guang ordered his teammates to spare no one, and Satō Maji and Hyūga Jō killed the remaining bandits.
• Hyūga Jō spotted that a few bandits had escaped.

After Lin Guang and his companions killed the fleeing bandits, a powerful ninja destroyed Xiaojing Village with a massive water-release technique. As Lin Guang, Satō Maji, and Hyūga Jō fled, Genma Shiranui intervened, but the masked ninja confronted him and blocked their way.

• Lin Guang split up with Satō Maji and Hyūga Jō to hunt down the bandits, then warned the villagers to evacuate.
• The trio killed the remaining bandits and left for Konoha as Lin Guang's sense of danger intensified.
• A powerful water technique engulfed Xiaojing Village, killing villagers and bandits, while Hyūga Jō spotted the ninja holding the bandit leader's body.
• A Konoha ninja named Genma Shiranui intercepted Lin Guang and his companions as they fled from the masked pursuer.
• The Monkey Masked Man confronted Genma Shiranui, and their powerful auras left Satō Maji and Hyūga Jō barely able to move while Lin Guang resisted the pressure.

Genma Shiranui defeated the Monkey Masked Man before he could complete his Water Release, then sent Lin Guang and his teammates back to Konoha. The Monkey Masked Man reflected on the Land of Rivers’ helpless position between the great nations.

• Genma Shiranui ordered Lin Guang, Satō Maji, and Hyūga Jō to leave while he faced the Monkey Masked Man.
• Genma Shiranui used Secret Technique: Thousand Senbon Stream to pierce the Monkey Masked Man’s chakra points and stop his ninjutsu.
• Genma Shiranui warned the Monkey Masked Man to tell the Land of Rivers’ daimyo not to provoke the Land of Fire, and argued that the strong preyed on the weak.
• Genma Shiranui caught up with Lin Guang and his teammates, told them to conceal their identities, and vanished again.
• Lin Guang and his teammates hurried toward Konoha as the Monkey Masked Man realized the Land of Rivers could not resist the great nations.

Lin Guang’s squad completed its first ANBU mission, and he shared the generous payment evenly with Satō Maji and Hyūga Jō before granting them three days off. Hiruzen Sarutobi planned to send the squad back to the Land of Rivers, while Lin Guang suspected the mission’s circumstances concealed a deeper purpose.

• Lin Guang returned to the ANBU with Satō Maji and Hyūga Jō, received their mission payment, and split the Soldier Pills and Explosive Tags equally despite his teammates’ objections.
• Lin Guang gave Satō Maji and Hyūga Jō three days off while reminding them to keep training, then went alone to Ichiraku Ramen when Naruto had not returned home.
• Genma Shiranui reported to Hiruzen Sarutobi that the guards protecting the Land of Rivers daimyo’s son had worn no village insignia.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Genma Shiranui he had high hopes for Lin Guang’s squad and planned to assign them to the continuing trouble in the Land of Rivers.
• After returning home, Lin Guang questioned why an easy mission had gone to his rookie squad and suspected the Land of Rivers daimyo had deliberately allowed his illegitimate son to leave the country.