Chapter Summaries

Kazuhiko Uchiha chose the Bloodfiend Undying Body and Sunstrider Meditation, then began training both techniques. He ended the day with a new training plan and learned that his medicinal-ingredient refinement task would be completed in a week.

• Kazuhiko Uchiha bought the Bloodfiend Undying Body and Sunstrider Meditation, saving his remaining three gold coins.
• Kazuhiko Uchiha began inscribing demonic seals, enduring severe pain as he completed only a dozen or so before exhausting his energy.
• Kazuhiko Uchiha used Sunstrider Meditation to restore and slightly increase his mental power, and realized a full day had passed without him feeling tired.
• Kazuhiko Uchiha planned a daily routine combining the Eight Gates Released Formation, Taijutsu, Gene Origin Energy Cultivation Method, demonic seals, and meditation.
• Kazuhiko Uchiha received a notification that his task to refine medicinal ingredients had been accepted and would be completed in one week.

Kazuhiko Uchiha and Team Toma began escorting Mr. Kashima’s caravan toward the Land of Lightning, and Kazuhiko learned the Shadow Clone Technique along the way. In the Land of Hot Water, wandering shinobi ambushed the caravan as it passed through a forest.

• Captain Toma introduced Kazuhiko Uchiha, Yū Inuzuka, and Kaori Ikemoto to Mr. Kashima, and Team Toma began the B-rank escort mission.
• Kazuhiko Uchiha and his teammates encountered an arrogant young noble in a town but avoided trouble and continued their journey safely.
• Kazuhiko Uchiha spotted the noble riding toward the caravan with a group, warned Captain Toma and Mr. Kashima, and watched the riders pass without attacking.
• Toma taught the team the Shadow Clone Technique, which Kazuhiko used to train while keeping watch and slowly inscribing the demon mark.
• After entering the Land of Hot Water, Kazuhiko Uchiha sensed danger in a forest and opened the first two gates of the Eight Gates Released Formation.
• More than a dozen wandering shinobi surrounded the caravan and launched a barrage of shuriken and kunai.

Kazuhiko Uchiha and Kaori Ikemoto tried to escape a rogue ninja ambush after Captain Tōma stayed behind to hold off two jonin. Kaori was killed during the breakout, leaving Kazuhiko fleeing alone.

• Captain Tōma raised an Earth wall to protect the caravan as rogue ninjas surrounded the team and revealed that Yū Inuzuka and Jūbimaru had been beheaded.
• Captain Tōma ordered Kazuhiko Uchiha and Kaori Ikemoto to escape while he held off the attackers, and taunted the one-eyed jonin by boasting that he had killed the jonin’s younger brother, Jirō.
• Captain Tōma and his shadow clones blocked the attackers with Earth Release techniques, but Kaori refused to leave until Kazuhiko slapped her and persuaded her to flee.
• Kazuhiko Uchiha opened the Gate of Life and fought through the rogue ninjas while protecting Kaori, who was wounded by a kunai.
• Two chunin rogue ninjas struck Kaori with an Earth Dragon Bullet and killed her before Kazuhiko could save her.

Kazuhiko Uchiha escaped the forest while Captain Tōma sacrificed himself to hold off the rogue ninja. After opening the Gate of Pain, Kazuhiko defeated the black-clad jonin with the Reverse Lotus, but blood-red scales pierced his heart as he approached the crater.

• Captain Tōma trapped the one-eyed jonin and the black-clad jonin in an Earth Prison Dome so Kazuhiko Uchiha could escape.
• The black-clad jonin broke through the barrier and continued after Kazuhiko while Captain Tōma fought the one-eyed jonin.
• The one-eyed jonin revealed his altered body and killed Captain Tōma with the Blood Kirin Poison Formation.
• The black-clad jonin cornered Kazuhiko in a valley, and Kazuhiko opened the Gate of Pain to gain the strength and speed to attack him.
• Kazuhiko overwhelmed the black-clad jonin with the Reverse Lotus and smashed him into a crater.
• As Kazuhiko approached the crater, more than a dozen blood-red scales pierced his heart.

Kazuhiko Uchiha fought the one-eyed Jonin, who transformed into a blood-scaled monster, and killed it with his blood abilities despite suffering a fatal wound. He lost consciousness just as the other Rogue Ninja arrived, and their Chunin leader approached him with a kunai.

• Kazuhiko Uchiha used a Spring Return Pill and Military Ration Pills to recover before attacking the one-eyed Jonin with the Reverse Lotus.
• The one-eyed Jonin survived by using Blood Scale Body, then transformed into a blood-scaled monster with his Ultimate Secret Technique.
• Kazuhiko Uchiha used Blood-Burning Technique to repair his body and battled the monster, but its tail strike broke his ribs and sent him crashing through trees.
• Kazuhiko Uchiha let the monster pierce his heart, held it in place, and used Corrosive Blood Mist and Blood Lance Barrage to kill it.
• Kazuhiko Uchiha sealed the wound over his heart and passed out as the other Rogue Ninja arrived; their Chunin leader approached him with a kunai.

Kazuhiko Uchiha survived his encounter with Orochimaru, who marked him with a Snake Sleep Cursed Seal and ordered him back to Konoha. After recovering, Kazuhiko learned who had caused his team’s deaths and joined the Anbu so he could take part in the mission against the culprit.

• Orochimaru offered Kazuhiko Uchiha a Human Cursed Seal and power, but Kazuhiko refused the seal and agreed to serve him; Orochimaru placed a Snake Sleep Cursed Seal on him instead.
• Kazuhiko Uchiha healed himself enough to leave the cave, returned to Konoha, and received treatment for his injuries.
• Anbu investigators identified Ichirō Ōki as the mastermind behind the attack that killed Kazuhiko Uchiha’s teammates.
• Kazuhiko Uchiha asked the Third Hokage to let him join the operation against Ichirō Ōki, and the Third Hokage told him he would have to join the Anbu.
• Kazuhiko Uchiha agreed to join the Anbu, and White Elephant took him to undergo the Anbu assessment.

Kazuhiko Uchiha passed the Anbu assessment with ease and joined Captain Xinghe’s Third Squad as Blue Hawk. The squad reached Cangdao City in the Land of Lightning to eliminate Ichirō Ōki, and Blue Hawk was assigned to locate the target while his teammates gathered intelligence on the Cloud Ninja guards.

• White Elephant brought Kazuhiko Uchiha to Xinghe, who permitted him to take the Anbu assessment after hearing the circumstances behind his recruitment.
• Kazuhiko Uchiha opened the third gate of the Eight Gates Released Formation and defeated Xinghe’s Shadow Clone with a Reverse Lotus, passing the assessment.
• Xinghe recruited Kazuhiko Uchiha into the Third Squad of the Second Action Team, gave him a temporary mask, and accepted Blue Hawk as his code name.
• Kazuhiko Uchiha completed his Anbu registration, received the B-rank Fire Release: Searing Migraine training scroll, and was ordered to assemble for a mission to eliminate Ichirō Ōki.
• Blue Hawk traveled with Xinghe, Fūren, Kasen, and Green Sparrow to Cangdao City, where they learned that two Cloud Ninja squads guarded Ichirō Ōki.
• Xinghe assigned Fūren and Kasen to investigate the Cloud Ninja squads and sent Green Sparrow and Blue Hawk to locate Ichirō Ōki.

Kazuhiko Uchiha and Captain Xinghe’s squad investigated Ichirō Ōki’s defenses, then attacked the Ōki mansion after midnight. Kazuhiko killed Ichirō, while the battle with the Cloud Ninja continued around them.

• Kazuhiko Uchiha and Green Sparrow used summoned sparrows to locate Ichirō Ōki inside the mansion.
• Fūren reported that eight Cloud Ninja guarded the mansion, and Captain Xinghe assigned the squad their roles for the assassination.
• After midnight, Fūren sensed that only two jonin and two genin guarded Ichirō, so Captain Xinghe split the squad to attack and intercept reinforcements.
• A Cloud Ninja spotted the attackers, and Captain Xinghe’s group launched its assault on Ichirō’s room.
• Kazuhiko Uchiha opened three gates, killed the two Cloud Ninja genin, and reached Ichirō after Fūren kept a jonin occupied.
• Ichirō begged for his life, but Kazuhiko Uchiha struck him down with his tachi.

Kazuhiko Uchiha was assigned an ANBU mission to place in the top three at Kumogakure’s Chunin Ninja Exams, and he studied the rival teams before traveling to the host village. After training raised his primal energy to jonin level, he arrived in Kumogakure, where the system announced a new mission round.

• Captain Xinghe assigned Kazuhiko Uchiha to compete in Kumogakure’s Chunin Ninja Exams and finish in the top three.
• Kazuhiko Uchiha studied intelligence on the likely competitors, including Kumogakure’s Triplet Brothers and Samui’s squad, Sunagakure’s Ye Ming, and Iwagakure’s kekkei genkai team.
• Kazuhiko Uchiha considered the Cursed Seal’s danger and planned to buy a Purity-Breaking Pill before Orochimaru could make him a vessel.
• Kazuhiko Uchiha trained for a week and used an Orchid Ginseng Snake Gallbladder Pill to raise his total primal energy to jonin level.
• Kazuhiko Uchiha traveled with Konoha’s exam candidates to Kumogakure, completed the entry procedures, and received a new system mission notification.

Kazuhiko Uchiha accepted a mission to stop Red Skull and joined Steve Rogers on the assault against HYDRA’s last base. After helping Steve defeat a patrol, Kazuhiko prepared to ride with him toward the base.

• Kazuhiko Uchiha accepted Colonel Phillips’s Black Iron Rank mission to foil Red Skull’s plan in the Captain America 1 setting.
• Kazuhiko Uchiha used the Transformation Technique to disguise himself as an Allied soldier, and Peggy Carter ordered him to join the operation with Steve Rogers.
• Steve Rogers welcomed Kazuhiko aboard the transport plane, and Kazuhiko claimed he had joined the Allies for justice.
• Howard Stark flew the transport through HYDRA’s blockade and dropped Steve and Kazuhiko near the Alps.
• Steve defeated a squad of HYDRA soldiers while Kazuhiko watched, then readied two motorcycles and called him over for the ride to the base.

Kazuhiko Uchiha and Steve fought through HYDRA’s defenses as Red Skull ordered reinforcements and accelerated the charging of the Wings of the Valkyrie. Steve broke away to reach Red Skull while Kazuhiko defeated the remaining force and rode toward the base.

• Kazuhiko Uchiha and Steve fought their way through HYDRA soldiers and energy-powered tanks, with Kazuhiko killing attackers using his shuriken technique and Steve returning fire.
• Red Skull sent out the second battalion and ordered his subordinates to accelerate the charging of the Wings of the Valkyrie.
• As the HYDRA assault intensified, Kazuhiko told Steve to break through and leave the soldiers to him; Steve agreed and rode toward Red Skull’s base.
• Kazuhiko used the Eight Gates Released Formation, shadow clones, and Fire Release to destroy the tanks and rout the HYDRA soldiers.
• After gathering usable weapons and supplies, Kazuhiko rode a motorcycle toward Red Skull’s final base.

Kazuhiko Uchiha joined Steve after Steve was captured by Red Skull, and they fought their way through HYDRA’s base. Steve and Kazuhiko boarded the Wings of the Valkyrie to pursue Red Skull, while Kazuhiko’s attention turned to the Cosmic Cube in the aircraft’s control console.

• Red Skull captured Steve and tried to recruit him, but Steve refused and remained loyal to his Brooklyn roots.
• Kazuhiko Uchiha arrived and eliminated the HYDRA soldiers as Steve blocked Red Skull’s attack and chased after him.
• Red Skull escaped aboard the Wings of the Valkyrie, and Colonel Phillips drove Kazuhiko and Steve close enough to leap onto its landing gear.
• Kazuhiko and Steve fought their way into the aircraft and confronted Red Skull in the cockpit.
• Steve fought Red Skull, while Kazuhiko focused on the glowing Cosmic Cube in the control console.

Kazuhiko Uchiha seized the Cosmic Cube after Red Skull was transported away, then returned to the Naruto World and removed Orochimaru’s Cursed Seal. He chose to use the Cube to upgrade his system, which could eventually let him travel permanently to a higher-level timeline.

• Steve struck Red Skull into the Wings of the Valkyrie’s control console, and Red Skull used the Cosmic Cube before it transported him to an unknown world.
• Kazuhiko Uchiha caught the falling Cosmic Cube, stored it in his system space, and returned safely to Kumogakure.
• Kazuhiko Uchiha recycled weapons for 243 gold coins, bought a Lesser Defilement-Cleansing Pill, and purged Orochimaru’s Cursed Seal and bodily impurities.
• Kazuhiko Uchiha learned the Cosmic Cube could upgrade his system and enable permanent travel to a higher-level timeline, so he ordered the system to absorb it.
• Kazuhiko Uchiha trained until exhausted, bathed, and fell asleep while the system upgrade proceeded.

Kazuhiko Uchiha shopped in the Myriad Worlds Mall, buying a blood-draining saber and a sword art while considering better cultivation methods. After closing the Mall without purchasing an expensive Silver-grade manual, he reported to the Konoha jonin and went to explore Kumogakure.

• Kazuhiko Uchiha compared weapons in the Mall and bought the Black-Winged Blood Blade, testing it by cutting a refined-steel kunai in two.
• Kazuhiko Uchiha purchased the Wind Spirit Sword Art to complement his new saber.
• Kazuhiko Uchiha asked the system for cultivation advice and browsed Silver-grade immortal cultivation methods, but their prices were beyond his means.
• Kazuhiko Uchiha closed the Mall, reported to the Konoha jonin leading the group, and set out to explore Kumogakure.

Kazuhiko Uchiha explored Kumogakure and learned the Chunin Ninja Exams’ three-round format before taking the first round’s written test. He passed with a score of ninety-seven and advanced alongside the remaining candidates.

• Kazuhiko Uchiha familiarized himself with the exam venues, explored Kumogakure, and trained at his inn.
• Kumogakure informed the candidates that the exams would have a written test, a team battle, and individual matches.
• Kazuhiko Uchiha surveyed the candidates gathered at the Cloud Ninja School and noted the different villages’ contingents.
• Cloud Ninja proctors announced the written test rules, and candidates began answering the twenty questions.
• Kazuhiko Uchiha completed the test in half an hour while proctors caught and disqualified several cheating teams.
• Kazuhiko Uchiha received a score of ninety-seven and passed the first round.

Kazuhiko Uchiha and the other candidates learned the rules for the second Chunin Exam stage, a dangerous four-and-a-half-day hunt for one of twelve qualification tokens in the Lota Mountains. The candidates entered the mountains in groups, and the proctors sealed the barrier behind them.

• After the first-stage results, Kazuhiko Uchiha joined the remaining candidates at the Cloud Ninja School training ground.
• Samui explained that candidates had to sign death waivers and obtain one of twelve tokens in the Lota Mountains within four and a half days.
• A purple-haired Rain Ninja asked whether his team could pass by killing every other candidate, drawing the other teams' anger.
• Kazuhiko Uchiha returned to the inn to prepare, then joined the candidates at the Lota Mountains' southern entrance after lunch.
• Samui sent teams into the mountains in groups, and the proctors sealed the barrier after all candidates had entered.

Kazuhiko Uchiha headed straight for the Cloudrock Platform, planning to ambush teams carrying clearance tokens, and demonstrated the power of the Bloodwing Black Blade along the way. After killing a team of Grass Ninja, he reached a valley near his destination and sensed danger ahead.

• Kazuhiko Uchiha killed a giant gray bear with Gale Wind Slash and used Dark Siphon to restore his energy and stamina.
• Kazuhiko Uchiha refused to travel with a Konoha team and continued toward the Cloudrock Platform alone.
• A team of Grass Ninja ambushed Kazuhiko Uchiha and demanded that he hand over his ninjutsu.
• Kazuhiko Uchiha killed the Grass Ninja captain with a kick, then killed the other two when they surrendered in fear.
• Kazuhiko Uchiha reached the outskirts of a valley and grew grave just before entering it.

Kazuhiko Uchiha used the Wind Spirit Sword Art to defeat a group of Cloud Ninja who had ambushed him in the valley. After a Stone Ninja squad killed the two Cloud Ninja who escaped, Kazuhiko recovered with the Bloodwing Black Blade and continued toward the Cloudrock Platform.

• Kazuhiko Uchiha spotted six concealed Cloud Ninja and deliberately entered their ambush to test his sword techniques.
• Domui attacked Kazuhiko with Explosive Thunder Fist, but Kazuhiko evaded him and killed him with Wind Sweeps Away the Clouds.
• Kazuhiko used Thousand-Wind Sword Aura to kill three more Cloud Ninja, while two escaped using lightning clones.
• A Stone Ninja squad intercepted the two fleeing Cloud Ninja and killed them with earth techniques.
• Kazuhiko left the Stone Ninja unharmed, recovered with the Bloodwing Black Blade, and continued toward the Cloudrock Platform.

Kazuhiko Uchiha waited near the eastern road to the Cloudrock Platform, hoping to take qualifying tokens from passing examinees. When a Stone ninja team challenged his claim to the area, he killed their giant ape and demanded to know whether they still doubted his strength.

• Kazuhiko Uchiha reached the Cloudrock Platform and settled near its eastern road, where he trained his mental power and waited for other examinees.
• After spending a day without seeing anyone, Kazuhiko Uchiha learned through a Shadow Clone that Captain Huirang's Stone ninja team was approaching.
• Kazuhiko Uchiha confronted Huirang, Baihui Hanasaki, and Akiyama, ordering them to leave his claimed territory.
• Baihui Hanasaki and Huirang attacked with Earth Release techniques while Akiyama enhanced Little Gold into a giant ape and sent it charging at Kazuhiko Uchiha.
• Kazuhiko Uchiha opened the Gate of Pain, shattered the giant ape's arm with a punch, then killed it with a blow to the skull.
• Kazuhiko Uchiha drew the Bloodwing Black Blade and asked the horrified Stone ninja whether they still thought he was unqualified to claim the area.

Kazuhiko Uchiha killed Little Gold, forced the Stone Ninja to give him three Earth Release techniques, and began hunting other teams for ninjutsu scrolls. As his Shadow Clone continued collecting techniques, two rival teams entered East Avenue Forest, where Kazuhiko Uchiha was staying.

• Kazuhiko Uchiha intimidated the Stone Ninja after killing Little Gold, then demanded one ninjutsu from each of them in exchange for letting them go.
• Huirang gave Kazuhiko Uchiha a scroll containing three Earth Release techniques, which he tested at his campsite.
• Kazuhiko Uchiha sent a Shadow Clone to find other teams, but the Sand Ninja refused his demand for their ninjutsu, so the clone killed them.
• The Shadow Clone defeated a Takigakure team and obtained two ninjutsu scrolls, then helped a Konoha team defeat Cloud Ninja and gained a Lightning Release scroll.
• Two competing teams from different ninja villages entered East Avenue Forest while Kazuhiko Uchiha was staying there.