Chapter Summaries

Tianyun Hyuga, an adult soul in the body of a five-year-old Branch Family child, learned that his Enhancement System required either a million currency or a quest to defeat a Chunin. After fleeing to a nearby wood to avoid his mother, he sorted through the child’s memories and learned it was Konoha Year 54.

• Tianyun Hyuga tried to enhance his strength, but the system demanded a million currency and then assigned him a quest to annihilate an ordinary Chunin.
• Meicun Hyuga questioned Tianyun about money, scolded him for neglecting training, and struck him on the head.
• Tianyun ran from home and climbed a tree in a nearby wood to review the memories in his mind.
• Tianyun learned that it was Konoha Year 54 and recalled his mother, his father Leiyu Hyuga’s reported death, and his Hyuga friends.

Tianyun Hyuga told Pingjing Hyuga he planned to leave the Hyuga Clan compound to study at Konoha Academy and become a ninja. Meicun Hyuga agreed to take him to meet the Clan Head and the Third Hokage so he could begin classes the next day.

• Tianyun Hyuga told Pingjing Hyuga he was leaving for Konoha Academy, and Pingjing worried about losing his playmate.
• Tianyun Hyuga returned home and asked Meicun Hyuga to let him attend Konoha Academy.
• Meicun Hyuga questioned why he would not focus on the Gentle Fist, but Tianyun Hyuga said he wanted to learn other ninjutsu and surpass Neji Hyuga.
• Meicun Hyuga agreed to take Tianyun Hyuga to report to the Clan Head and the Third Hokage, with classes to start the next day.

Tianyun Hyuga persuaded Meicun Hyuga to take him to seek permission to attend the Konoha Academy, but they had to leave the Hyuga Clan Head’s residence and head for the Hokage Building instead. Tianyun prepared to face the Third Hokage, wary that he might see through his act.

• Tianyun ate the food Meicun had prepared and convinced her to take him to see the Clan Head and ask permission for him to attend the Konoha Academy.
• Tianyun changed clothes and planned how to persuade the Hyuga Clan Head and the Third Hokage to accept him.
• At the Clan Head’s residence, Zhongyan told Meicun that the Clan Head was busy teaching the young lady and advised her to speak to Lord Hokage first.
• Meicun took Tianyun into Konoha, where he looked around for familiar faces from Naruto but did not see any of the characters he hoped to find.
• On reaching the Hokage Building, Tianyun focused on meeting the Third Hokage and worried that the man might see through his act.

Meicun Hyuga brought Tianyun Hyuga to the Hokage Building to request that he attend Konoha Academy, and the Third Hokage agreed to consider the request after meeting them. Meicun and Tianyun left to await his decision after he said he would discuss the matter with Hiashi.

• Meicun Hyuga asked the guards to arrange a meeting with the Third Hokage so she could discuss enrolling Tianyun Hyuga at Konoha Academy.
• Yezhen told the Third Hokage that Meicun Hyuga had brought her young child to request academy enrollment, and the Hokage invited them to his office.
• The Third Hokage studied Tianyun Hyuga and became absorbed in the boy's unusual confidence until Meicun stepped between them and called his attention back.
• Meicun explained that Tianyun wanted to become a powerful ninja and that she had obtained the Clan Head's permission to seek academy training.
• The Third Hokage told Meicun he would discuss Tianyun's enrollment with Hiashi and send word, so Meicun led Tianyun home to wait.

After meeting Tianyun Hyuga, the Third Hokage suspected the boy was far more than an ordinary child and ordered investigations into him and Meicun Hyuga. Black Wind reported that Tianyun seemed ordinary, while Kakashi returned from the Hyuga Clan with his findings, leaving the Third Hokage to decide whether to admit Tianyun to the Ninja Academy.

• Tianyun Hyuga and Meicun Hyuga left the Hokage's office, while the Third Hokage ordered Black Wind to investigate them within six hours.
• The Third Hokage sent Kakashi to the Hyuga Clan to discreetly ask Hiashi about Tianyun Hyuga, explaining that Tianyun had given him the same impression of confidence as the First Hokage.
• Black Wind reported that Meicun Hyuga was Leiyu Hyuga's wife, Tianyun was their son, and Tianyun appeared to be an ordinary child with little talent for Gentle Fist.
• The Third Hokage ordered Black Wind to continue investigating Tianyun discreetly and postponed deciding whether Tianyun could enter the Ninja Academy.
• Kakashi returned late and reported everything he had learned during his visit to the Hyuga Clan.

After Kakashi learned that the Hyuga Clan barely paid attention to Tianyun Hyuga, the Third Hokage decided to enroll him in Konoha Academy’s Elite Class. Tianyun understood that the placement was meant to build his loyalty to Konoha and prepared to start classes the next day.

• Kakashi reported that Hyuga Hiashi had no objection to Tianyun attending the academy, but he found little information about the boy while visiting the compound.
• The Third Hokage chose to place Tianyun in the Elite Class and sent Kakashi to tell Meicun Hyuga.
• Meicun excitedly told Tianyun that he would begin attending the Elite Class the next day.
• Tianyun realized the Third Hokage hoped he would form ties to Konoha, then told Meicun he would study hard and surpass Neji Hyuga.
• Meicun hugged Tianyun and lectured him about becoming a ninja, keeping him from leaving.

Hyuga Hiashi sent gifts to Tianyun Hyuga after learning the Third Hokage had arranged for him to join the Elite Class. The next morning, Meicun Hyuga brought Tianyun to the Academy, where Iruka came to escort him to class.

• Hyuga Hiashi investigated Tianyun Hyuga and Meicun Hyuga, then sent them money and household supplies to congratulate Tianyun on entering the Elite Class.
• Tianyun Hyuga planned to make money from the Academy children and eventually expand his business across the shinobi world.
• Meicun Hyuga brought Tianyun to the Konoha Ninja Academy, where a receptionist escorted them to an office to wait for his teacher.
• Meicun Hyuga gave Iruka homemade cookies and asked him to look after Tianyun.
• Iruka took Tianyun to class after Meicun Hyuga finished advising him, and he promised to bring him home that evening.

Tianyun Hyuga enrolled in Konoha's Elite Class and immediately provoked his classmates by declaring himself their boss. After Heigui Inuzuka attacked him, Tianyun used his combat experience to throw him down, and Iruka carried the injured boy to the infirmary as Heigui vowed to challenge Tianyun at noon.

• Iruka led Tianyun Hyuga into the Elite Class, where Tianyun announced that everyone would have to obey him.
• Neji Hyuga invited Tianyun to sit beside him, but Tianyun instead demanded Heigui Inuzuka give up his seat.
• Heigui Inuzuka punched at Tianyun, who redirected the attack and sent him crashing face-first to the floor.
• Iruka took the bleeding Heigui Inuzuka to the infirmary while Heigui shouted that he would challenge Tianyun at noon.
• Tianyun mocked Heigui as Iruka carried him away, making him struggle and rage even more.

Tianyun Hyuga drove Heigui Inuzuka from his seat and challenged the elite class to recognize him as their boss. He defeated Daishi Akimichi and then threw Shingao Uchiha and Ba Uchiha across the classroom, leaving the students wary of him.

• Tianyun Hyuga sat in Heigui Inuzuka's seat after defeating him, and Neji Hyuga wondered whether Tianyun's unfamiliar fighting style was a Hyuga technique.
• Tianyun Hyuga asked Tenten to spend time with him, and she said he had to become the strongest student first.
• Tianyun Hyuga challenged the class to surrender, and Daishi Akimichi attacked him.
• Tianyun Hyuga used Tai Chi to redirect Daishi Akimichi's charge, sending him crashing into two classmates.
• Shingao Uchiha and Ba Uchiha attacked Tianyun Hyuga from opposite sides, but he caught their fists and hurled them in opposite directions.

Tianyun Hyuga drove his classmates from the classroom after defeating Ba Uchiha and Shingao Uchiha, while Tenten and Neji remained behind. After Iruka reported the mass class absence to the Third Hokage, the Hokage ordered Tianyun watched and his new Gentle Fist investigated.

• Tianyun defeated Ba Uchiha and Shingao Uchiha, who left to seek medical treatment instead of attending class.
• Tianyun challenged the class to surrender, and the students fled; Tenten left soon afterward, while Neji stayed to test Tianyun's new martial art.
• Iruka returned with Heigui Inuzuka, found Neji alone, and left to report the class's absence to the Third Hokage.
• Heigui went home, while Neji stayed behind after Iruka left the classroom.
• The Third Hokage told Iruka he would handle the incident, then instructed a mysterious observer to monitor Tianyun and investigate who had developed his new Gentle Fist.

Tianyun Hyuga left the academy after Tenten rejected his attempt to follow her home, then rested and considered how to use his new Gentle Fist method to gain protection and money. When other students recognized him as the boy who defeated the Elite Class, he suspected Hyuga Hiashi would soon take an interest in him and left the academy.

• Tenten turned Tianyun Hyuga away and went home, so he returned to the academy to rest rather than face Meicun Hyuga early.
• Tianyun Hyuga considered how his display of strength and new Gentle Fist training method could make the Third Hokage and Hyuga Hiashi value him and help him.
• At lunchtime, Tianyun Hyuga decided to visit Ichiraku Ramen using the money Meicun Hyuga had given him.
• Two students approached Tianyun Hyuga and asked if he was the one who had beaten the entire Elite Class.
• Tianyun Hyuga realized the news had spread through Konoha Academy and left before the students could question him further.

Tianyun Hyuga met Tenten at Ichiraku Ramen and ordered a bowl while she picked up lunch for her parents. After hearing that Tianyun had defeated the Academy’s Elite Class with a New Gentle Fist, Hyuga Hiashi ordered an investigation and sent Nisshu Hyuga to ask Neji about it.

• Tianyun Hyuga found Ichiraku Ramen, where Tenten arrived to buy lunch for her parents.
• Tenten denied being Tianyun’s friend and ordered three extra-large bowls of Udon Chicken Bone Ramen from Teuchi.
• Tianyun ordered Three-Flavor Seafood Ramen and waited in the shop while Tenten ignored him.
• Hyuga Hiashi learned Tianyun had defeated the Elite Class with a New Gentle Fist and ordered an investigation into his recent contacts.
• Hyuga Hiashi arranged another gift for Meicun Hyuga’s home and asked Nisshu Hyuga to question Neji about Tianyun’s technique.
• Nisshu Hyuga agreed to visit Neji, though he warned Hiashi that Neji might not tell him anything.

Tianyun Hyuga wandered around Konoha and met Naruto Uzumaki outside the Ninja Academy, where he tricked the lonely boy into buying him ice cream as the price of becoming his underling. The chapter ended with Tianyun's mother dragging him away before he could eat it, while Naruto finished the melting ice cream and watched enviously.

• Tenten packed three portions of ramen and left the Ichiraku Ramen Shop after rolling her eyes at Tianyun Hyuga.
• After eating lunch, Tianyun wandered around Konoha before resting beneath a tree near the Ninja Academy.
• Tianyun spotted Naruto Uzumaki watching the students and beckoned him over.
• Tianyun told Naruto to buy him ice cream, and Naruto agreed in exchange for being accepted as his underling and invited along on future outings.
• Naruto returned with the ice cream, but Tianyun accepted him as an underling and told him to eat it himself before leaving.
• Tianyun's mother grabbed him by the ear and dragged him away, while Naruto ate the melting ice cream and watched enviously.

Meicun Hyuga brought Tianyun Hyuga home after hearing he had overwhelmed students in the Elite Class, then questioned him about the fight. Tianyun convinced her he had only defended himself, and he planned to keep settling into Konoha while managing the Third Hokage and Hyuga Hiashi.

• Meicun Hyuga heard that Tianyun Hyuga had swept through the Elite Class and hurried to the academy to pick him up.
• Meicun Hyuga dragged Tianyun Hyuga home after seeing him accept ice cream from another child, then demanded to know what he had done at school.
• Tianyun Hyuga claimed that his classmates had attacked first and offered Neji Hyuga as a witness.
• Tianyun Hyuga said he had fought only two Uchiha Clan children, and Meicun Hyuga believed him and went to prepare a lavish dinner.
• Tianyun Hyuga returned to his adult demeanor and considered how he would handle the Third Hokage and Hyuga Hiashi as he settled into Konoha.

Tianyun Hyuga used the money Meicun Hyuga gave him to enhance his Substitution Technique, gaining enough chakra to use it but not enough to master the other basic techniques. The next morning, he went to Meicun Hyuga while she trained, preparing to try one of his plans to get more money from her.

• Meicun Hyuga gave Tianyun Hyuga one hundred thousand of the money Hyuga Hiashi had sent and saved the rest for his future marriage.
• Tianyun Hyuga deposited the money into the system and learned that the Clone, Substitution, and Transformation Techniques could be enhanced.
• Tianyun Hyuga spent one hundred thousand to enhance the Substitution Technique, which became reliable and gave him enough chakra to use it ten times consecutively.
• Tianyun Hyuga struggled to perform the Clone and Transformation Techniques and decided to wait until he had enough money to enhance them.
• Tianyun Hyuga devised three plans to get more money from Meicun Hyuga, then visited her training ground the next morning as she practiced Gentle Fist.

Tianyun Hyuga persuaded Meicun Hyuga to give him two hundred thousand for medicinal herbs by demonstrating his flawless Substitution Technique. Meicun gave him the money at the Ninja Academy gates, where he joined Neji Hyuga.

• Tianyun Hyuga asked Meicun Hyuga for two hundred thousand to buy Nara Clan medicinal herbs, and she questioned why he needed so much money.
• Tianyun Hyuga said he had mastered the Substitution Technique, then demonstrated it by vanishing when Meicun struck at him.
• Meicun Hyuga agreed to let Tianyun buy the herbs from his Nara classmate after he said the classmate's father had prepared them.
• Meicun took Tianyun to the Ninja Academy, where parents envied her after hearing about his accomplishments.
• When Neji Hyuga arrived, Meicun handed Tianyun two hundred thousand and warned him to be careful with the money and herbs.

Tianyun used disguises to frame Neji for stealing from Uchiha children, then agreed to teach Neji his New Gentle Fist for a fee. After naming a higher price for other students, Tianyun prompted the Elite Class to rush off to gather money.

• Neji learned that Hyuga Hiashi had asked Nisshu about Tianyun and suspected Hiashi wanted to know about the New Gentle Fist.
• Tianyun spent two hundred thousand through the system to learn the Clone Technique and Transformation Technique, then used them to send three disguised copies running in different directions.
• Three Uchiha children accused Neji of assaulting and robbing them, and Neji realized Tianyun had impersonated him before defeating them in the corridor.
• Neji offered Tianyun a hundred thousand for lessons in the New Gentle Fist and hurried home to get the money.
• Tianyun told the other students he would teach them for five hundred thousand, and they rushed out to gather the payment.

On his second day at the Ninja Academy, Tianyun Hyuga collected money from his classmates in exchange for lessons in his new fighting style. After explaining its limits and charging extra for instruction, he led the eager students to a forest behind the school to train.

• Iruka arrived to find the classroom empty except for Tianyun Hyuga, then left to search for the students who had skipped class.
• Neji Hyuga and the other students returned with money, and Tianyun collected 16.6 million while waiving Tenten's payment.
• Neji Hyuga warned Tianyun not to teach a Hyuga fighting style to outsiders, but Shingao Uchiha and the class defended Tianyun.
• Tianyun told Tenten that his fighting style could help someone match a stronger Taijutsu specialist, but could not overcome differences in strength or counter Ninjutsu and genjutsu.
• Shingao Uchiha paid for an immediate lesson, and Tianyun refused Tenten's extra tuition while the other students pooled money for instruction.
• Tianyun took the students to a small forest behind the school to begin training.

Tianyun Hyuga taught his classmates Tai Chi Fist while the Third Hokage learned that he was selling the A-rank New Gentle Fist and ordered its spread restricted. The Hokage sent Lan Xing to alert Hyuga Hiashi, who began investigating Tianyun and his family.

• Tianyun Hyuga brought his class to the training forest, taught them Tai Chi Fist, and personally coached Tenten.
• The Third Hokage heard that Tianyun had sold the New Gentle Fist to his classmates and ordered that its spread be restricted without Konoha approval.
• The Third Hokage sent Lan Xing to notify Hyuga Hiashi and asked Iruka to bring Tianyun to meet him.
• Lan Xing told Hyuga Hiashi that Tianyun was selling an A-rank technique and asked whether Meicun Hyuga's family lacked financial support.
• Hyuga Hiashi ordered Nisshu Hyuga to investigate Tianyun's activities and Meicun Hyuga's family's circumstances.

Shimura Danzō set out to confront the Uchiha Clan while the Third Hokage summoned Tianyun Hyuga to discuss the a-rank taijutsu he had taught at the Academy. Tianyun agreed to give Konoha the technique for ten million and, in return, received permission to choose one a-rank ninjutsu.

• After reading the Third Hokage’s letter about Tianyun Hyuga’s technique, Shimura Danzō left to visit the Uchiha Clan with two Root squads.
• Iruka found Tianyun Hyuga training with Tenten and escorted him to meet the Third Hokage.
• The Third Hokage questioned Tianyun about teaching his fist technique, and Tianyun explained that he needed money for training.
• Tianyun offered to hand the technique over to Konoha for ten million, with future proceeds going to the village.
• The Third Hokage approved the deal and authorized Tianyun to choose one a-rank ninjutsu from the Ninjutsu Room.