Recaps

After waking on Mount Myōboku, Chiba used a check-in system quest to arrange a meeting with Gamamaru. Completing the quest granted him Perfect Sage Mode, and the Great Toad Sage and his aides were stunned by the natural energy surrounding him.

• Chiba woke on Mount Myōboku and learned that a giant toad had brought him there while he was unconscious.
• The check-in system tasked Chiba with meeting Gamamaru at the temple and promised Perfect Sage Mode as his reward.
• Chiba asked Fukasaku and Shima to take him to Gamamaru, claiming a voice in a dream had told him the sage's name.
• Fukasaku consulted Gamamaru, who agreed to see Chiba and said he could not foresee Chiba's fate but sensed his actions would affect the shinobi world.
• Chiba met Gamamaru and completed the check-in quest, receiving Perfect Sage Mode as energy transformed his body.
• Gamamaru, Fukasaku, and Shima reacted with alarm to the unfamiliar natural energy radiating from Chiba.

Chiba mastered Sage Mode after five days on Mount Myōboku, astonishing Gamamaru, Fukasaku, and Shima. Jiraiya began training him and discovered that Chiba could enter Sage Mode in ten minutes, though he called that merely passable.

• Gamamaru concealed his shock at Chiba's unconscious mastery of natural energy and told Fukasaku to leave Chiba with Jiraiya.
• Chiba entered Sage Mode, and Fukasaku and Shima marveled at the five- or six-year-old's achievement.
• Gamamaru recalled a vision of a dark figure with eyes resembling Chiba's and asked whether Jiraiya had been notified.
• Fukasaku took Chiba from the temple and confirmed Jiraiya would come to Mount Myōboku after finishing his business.
• Jiraiya asked Chiba to demonstrate Sage Mode, and Chiba entered it in ten minutes.
• Jiraiya called Chiba's ten-minute entry time passable and agreed to teach him like Minato as a mechanical system voice sounded in Chiba's ears.

Chiba traveled with Jiraiya from Mount Myōboku to Konoha and enrolled in the Ninja School to complete his check-in task. The task was completed upon his arrival, granting him basic mastery of ninjutsu, taijutsu, and genjutsu.

• Jiraiya agreed to take Chiba to Konoha, and Chiba refused Shima's meal of green caterpillars so they could leave quickly.
• Jiraiya offered Chiba a Mount Myōboku summoning contract, which Chiba signed before they used the Reverse Summoning Technique to return near Konoha.
• Jiraiya brought Chiba through Konoha's gates and directly enrolled him in the Ninja School while he went to handle other matters.
• Chiba heard that his check-in task was complete and received basic mastery of ninjutsu, taijutsu, and genjutsu.

Chiba mastered basic techniques and enrolled in Iruka’s class alongside Konoha’s future pillars. After training alone at the academy, he stopped a sneaking Naruto Uzumaki with thrown pebbles, beginning their first proper encounter.

• Chiba learned several basic ninjutsu, taijutsu, and genjutsu techniques through the system and resolved to grow stronger.
• A school administrator assigned Chiba to Iruka’s class after Jiraiya arranged his enrollment.
• Chiba introduced himself to a class that included Naruto and Sasuke, then sat in the back at Iruka’s direction.
• After school, Chiba practiced molding chakra in Sage Mode while waiting for Jiraiya.
• Chiba sensed a figure sneaking up on him and knocked Naruto Uzumaki down with a few pebbles.
• Chiba recognized Naruto and approached him, unconcerned about the nearby Anbu watching them.

Chiba joined Naruto Uzumaki in painting graffiti on Hokage Rock to complete a check-in mission, gaining Jonin-level chakra capacity. The two were caught by Konoha ninja, and Chiba calmly prepared to deal with the consequences while Naruto panicked.

• Chiba met Naruto Uzumaki and learned he planned to paint graffiti on Hokage Rock.
• Chiba received a check-in mission requiring graffiti on Hokage Rock and persuaded Naruto to let him join.
• Chiba climbed the rock face and painted it with Naruto, completing the mission and gaining Jonin-level chakra capacity.
• Naruto finished painting the Third's and Fourth's faces, and Konoha ninja spotted the pair and rushed to catch them.
• Naruto asked Chiba whether they should run, while Chiba stayed calm as the ninja surrounded them.

Chiba and Naruto were caught painting Hokage Rock, but Chiba’s calligraphy and praise for the First and Second Hokage earned Hiruzen’s approval. After assigning Naruto to clean the graffiti and Chiba to write more Hokage biographies, Hiruzen questioned Jiraiya about Chiba, and Jiraiya urged him to let the boy stay in Konoha.

• Iruka arrived and found Naruto and Chiba’s graffiti on Hokage Rock, including Chiba’s neatly written accounts of the First and Second Hokage’s achievements.
• Chiba said Jiraiya had told him the stories, and Iruka took the matter to Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Hiruzen allowed the writing to remain but ordered Naruto to clean the graffiti from the Third and Fourth Hokage statues and Chiba to write their life stories.
• After Iruka, Naruto, and Chiba left, Hiruzen asked Jiraiya whether Chiba had come from Mount Myōboku.
• Jiraiya confirmed it and told Hiruzen that Chiba had potential and should be allowed to stay in Konoha.

Jiraiya persuaded Hiruzen Sarutobi to let Chiba stay in Konoha, then took Chiba and Naruto Uzumaki to Ichiraku Ramen. Chiba’s teasing left Jiraiya demanding to know how Chiba had learned his nickname.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed to let Chiba remain in Konoha and promised Jiraiya he would look after him.
• Naruto Uzumaki complained while cleaning graffiti from Hokage Rock, and Chiba teased him before writing about the Third and Fourth Hokages.
• Chiba added that Minato Namikaze had been a great Hokage but an inadequate father, and Jiraiya noticed Chiba’s unexpected knowledge.
• Jiraiya invited Chiba and Naruto to Ichiraku Ramen, where Naruto asked who Jiraiya was.
• Jiraiya introduced himself as the Toad Sage, and Chiba called him the Pervy Sage, prompting Jiraiya to demand how Chiba knew the nickname.

Jiraiya moved Chiba into a furnished house in Konoha, warned him that his unusual origins could attract danger, and left the village that night. Chiba received a dangerous new check-in mission to repel Orochimaru in the Forest of Death, then began training as unfamiliar ninja appeared nearby.

• Chiba teased Jiraiya about being a Pervy Sage, and Naruto laughed before Jiraiya rapped him on the head.
• Jiraiya brought Chiba to a house, explained that the Hokage knew where he came from, and warned that being special could draw evil to him.
• Jiraiya left Chiba money and departed Konoha that night, while Chiba focused on his new mission to check in at the Forest of Death and repel Orochimaru.
• Chiba weighed the danger of facing Orochimaru against the mission's reward of a Basic Sage Body and decided he needed to grow stronger.
• At dawn, Chiba began training outside Konoha and sensed unfamiliar ninja chakra signatures nearby.

Chiba passed the Ninja Academy graduation exam and received his Konoha forehead protector, while remaining wary of the Anbu watching him and the coming plot around the Sealing Scroll. After Iruka announced that team leaders would be assigned the next day, Naruto approached Chiba.

• Chiba identified the masked watchers as Anbu and worried whether they served Hiruzen Sarutobi or Danzo.
• At the Ninja Academy, Chiba chatted with his classmates while Naruto Uzumaki grumbled that Chiba had taken the spotlight.
• The graduation exam tested the Transformation Technique and Clone Technique; Naruto failed, while Chiba earned full marks.
• Chiba considered stealing the Sealing Scroll but decided the Anbu and Hiruzen Sarutobi's surveillance made it too dangerous.
• Chiba received his Konoha forehead protector and fastened it to his shoulder after Iruka dismissed the class.
• Naruto Uzumaki approached Chiba and called him “Big Brother Chiba!”

Chiba taught Naruto the Clone Technique, then watched as Mizuki lured Naruto into stealing the Scroll of Seals. When Mizuki attacked Naruto, Chiba rushed in and took a giant shuriken to the shoulder for him.

• Naruto asked Chiba to help him practice the Clone Technique, and Chiba agreed in exchange for a favor in the future.
• Chiba taught Naruto the technique and sensed the volatile chakra of the Nine-Tails inside him.
• Chiba watched Mizuki approach Naruto and later followed Naruto as he fled into the woods with the Scroll of Seals.
• Iruka confronted Naruto, and Mizuki blocked his escape and demanded the scroll.
• Mizuki overpowered Naruto, but Chiba charged into the fight and took Mizuki's giant shuriken in his shoulder.

Chiba used a staged act of self-sacrifice to strengthen Naruto Uzumaki's trust, but the shuriken genuinely injured him. After Naruto defeated Mizuki with the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, Iruka took Chiba to the hospital and then brought him to see the Third, where Chiba expected a possible reward.

• Chiba pulled the shuriken from his shoulder and urged Naruto Uzumaki to escape, but Naruto stood his ground to protect him.
• Naruto used the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique to overwhelm and defeat Mizuki.
• Iruka arrived, took Mizuki into custody, and carried the wounded Chiba to Konoha Hospital.
• A medical ninja healed Chiba, and Iruka told him not to recklessly endanger himself again.
• Iruka brought Chiba to see Lord Third, saying Chiba would likely receive a reward.

After Naruto Uzumaki was forgiven for stealing the Scroll of Seals, Iruka treated him and Chiba to ramen. The next day, Chiba learned he had been assigned to Team 7 with Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha, replacing Sakura Haruno.

• The Third forgave Naruto Uzumaki after Iruka explained that Mizuki had misled him, and Naruto thanked Chiba for helping rescue him.
• Iruka took Naruto Uzumaki and Chiba to Ichiraku Ramen, where Naruto did most of the talking.
• At the Ninja Academy, Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha collided and accidentally kissed, throwing the classroom into chaos.
• Iruka announced that Chiba had been assigned to Team 7 with Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha, explaining that the teams were formed for balance based on performance and grades.

After Team 7 was assigned, Chiba tried to steer Naruto away from Sakura Haruno and confronted her for mocking Naruto’s lack of parents. He then outmaneuvered Sasuke Uchiha and held a kunai to his neck.

• Iruka-sensei explained that Naruto, Sasuke, and Chiba were placed together because the team assignments balanced their strengths.
• Chiba found Naruto asking Sakura Haruno on a date, then criticized him for pursuing someone who was not interested in him.
• Naruto tried using the Transformation Technique to invite Sakura to eat, but a stomachache sent him rushing to the bathroom.
• Sakura Haruno insulted Naruto for having no parents, and Chiba leaped down to confront her.
• Sasuke Uchiha blocked Chiba’s attack on Sakura, but Chiba moved behind him and pressed a kunai to his neck.

Chiba threatened Sasuke Uchiha and frightened Sakura Haruno before leaving them with a warning. Later, Kakashi Hatake became Team 7’s leader, and Sasuke began suspecting that Chiba had jonin-level strength.

• Chiba appeared behind Sasuke Uchiha, held a kunai to his neck, and warned him about acting superior.
• Chiba threw a kunai past Sakura Haruno, cutting her hair, then left for his courtyard.
• Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura Haruno returned home shaken, while Naruto Uzumaki was left alone.
• Chiba, Sasuke Uchiha, and Naruto Uzumaki waited for their team leader, and Naruto Uzumaki set a chalkboard eraser trap above the door.
• Kakashi Hatake arrived, introduced himself as Team 7’s leader, and took the three students to the training ground.
• During the bell-snatching test, Kakashi Hatake effortlessly restrained Naruto Uzumaki, leading Sasuke Uchiha to suspect Chiba was already as strong as a jonin.

Chiba, Naruto Uzumaki, and Sasuke Uchiha took Kakashi Hatake’s bell test, and Chiba used a surprise attack and close combat to steal a bell. When Kakashi asked how he would divide the two bells among the three students, Chiba said he would give one to Naruto and the other to Sasuke.

• Kakashi Hatake started the bell test, and Naruto Uzumaki charged him while Chiba and Sasuke Uchiha stayed hidden.
• Chiba struck Kakashi Hatake with Wind Release: Gale Palm, but Kakashi escaped with the Substitution Technique.
• Naruto Uzumaki grabbed Kakashi from behind, giving Chiba a chance to attack with Konoha Gale.
• Chiba took a bell from Kakashi Hatake while the two fought, and Naruto was knocked away.
• Kakashi Hatake asked how Chiba would choose who received the two bells, and Chiba said he would give one to Naruto and one to Sasuke.

Chiba told Kakashi Hatake he would abandon a mission rather than his comrades, prompting Kakashi to reveal the purpose of the test. Kakashi passed Chiba, Naruto Uzumaki, and Sasuke Uchiha, then left with lingering thoughts about his past and Naruto’s heritage.

• Kakashi Hatake asked Chiba whether he would abandon his comrades to complete a difficult mission, and Chiba said he would abandon the mission instead.
• Kakashi Hatake shouted that rule-breakers were trash, and Chiba replied that those who did not value their comrades were worse than trash.
• Chiba’s words reminded Kakashi Hatake of a lost comrade, and Naruto Uzumaki brought him out of his memories.
• Kakashi Hatake announced that all three had passed because the test was about comradeship, while Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha protested that they had not completed it.
• Kakashi Hatake walked away as Naruto Uzumaki vowed to prove himself, reflecting that Naruto was his teacher’s only surviving child.

Team 7 completed a mission to find the daimyo’s wife’s cat, then received a C-Rank escort mission to take Tazuna to the Land of Waves. Chiba’s system assigned him a new mission to sign in there and kill Zabuza Momochi, leaving him confused because he had not completed his previous sign-in mission.

• Kakashi Hatake led Team 7 on a mission to find Little Tiger, and Chiba silenced the cat with his killing intent.
• Naruto Uzumaki returned Little Tiger to Shijimi at the Hokage Office, where the cat quieted again after seeing Chiba.
• The Third offered Team 7 a C-Rank escort mission after Naruto Uzumaki protested about their routine work.
• Tazuna arrived and complained that Team 7 were only children, while Chiba recognized him as the bridge builder from the Land of Waves.
• Chiba’s system issued a mission to travel to the Land of Waves and kill Zabuza Momochi, along with an undisclosed hidden mission.

Chiba learned of a hidden mission to have a nearly completed bridge named after him and prepared for Team 7’s trip to the Land of Waves. At Tenten’s ninja tool shop, he challenged her to a match and got her to agree to a wager.

• Chiba received a hidden mission to have the bridge named after himself, with a C-rank ninjutsu power boost as the reward.
• After Kakashi accepted the escort mission, Chiba set out to buy sturdy shuriken and kunai for the trip.
• Chiba visited Tenten’s Ninja Tool Shop and met Tenten, who owned and ran it.
• Chiba told Tenten he had just graduated, was in Kakashi Hatake’s Team 7, and was a genius.
• Chiba challenged Tenten to a match, and they agreed that the loser would grant the winner one request.

Chiba sparred with Tenten at the training ground behind her ninja tool shop and defeated her quickly. Tenten accepted that he had won and waited to hear what condition he would demand.

• Chiba followed Tenten to the shop's spacious training ground and agreed to spar with her.
• Tenten attacked with a barrage of ninja tools, but Chiba countered with Wind Release: Great Breakthrough and Vacuum Sphere.
• Tenten used Twin Rising Dragons to unleash more weapons, while Chiba escaped their attack with the Substitution Technique.
• Chiba appeared beside Tenten and pressed a kunai to her neck, declaring that he had won.
• Tenten blushed and asked Chiba to let her go, then warned him not to make an unreasonable demand.
• Chiba said he would think about his condition, and Tenten could only wait for him to decide.

Team 7 began escorting Tazuna out of Konoha, and two ninja ambushed them on the road. Chiba defeated the attackers before they could harm Naruto Uzumaki, while Kakashi Hatake praised his swift response.

• Tenten watched Chiba leave her ninja tool shop after he praised the tools he had bought.
• Team 7 assembled at Konoha's gates, and Tazuna doubted the reliability of his escort team.
• Kakashi Hatake led Team 7 and Tazuna along the road, while Chiba recognized signs of danger ahead.
• Two ninja attacked Kakashi Hatake and Naruto Uzumaki, but Chiba knocked both attackers unconscious with a kick each.
• Kakashi Hatake reappeared and praised Chiba's speed and fighting ability.

After Kakashi explained that the Land of Waves mission had become a dangerous B-rank assignment, Naruto, Chiba, and Sasuke agreed to continue. Kakashi told Chiba and Naruto to kill the captured Kirigakure ninja, and Chiba killed one to force Naruto to confront the reality of being a ninja.

• Kakashi judged Naruto and Sasuke slow to react during the ambush, while Chiba encouraged Naruto and considered helping Sasuke change his outlook.
• Kakashi told Tazuna that ninja involvement raised the mission from C-rank to B-rank and raised concerns about the students’ safety.
• Naruto and Chiba asked to continue the mission for the experience, and Sasuke agreed to go on as well.
• Kakashi revealed that the captured attackers were from Kirigakure and told Chiba and Naruto to kill them if they wanted to continue.
• As Naruto hesitated with his kunai, Chiba threw a kunai into one attacker’s forehead and told Naruto to give up on becoming a ninja if he could not face that hurdle.

After Naruto Uzumaki killed a Kirigakure ninja, Chiba comforted him by arguing that strength was necessary to change the world. The group continued its mission to the Land of Waves, where Chiba sensed danger as they entered the forest.

• Naruto Uzumaki killed the last Kirigakure ninja but trembled and questioned whether every ninja had to kill.
• Chiba reassured Naruto Uzumaki and said strength was the foundation for changing the world.
• Naruto Uzumaki regained his composure and admired Chiba, while Kakashi Hatake ended the discussion and resumed the mission.
• Kakashi Hatake's group traveled by boat to the Land of Waves and headed toward Tazuna's home.
• Chiba tensed as the group entered the forest, sensing malice all around them.

Chiba sensed Zabuza Momochi’s ambush and helped Kakashi Hatake’s team defend Tazuna, but Zabuza used the Hidden Mist Technique and a Water Clone to attack. The real Zabuza remained hidden as the mist closed in around them.

• Chiba warned Kakashi Hatake that a powerful presence was nearby, and Zabuza Momochi emerged to demand that they hand over Tazuna.
• Zabuza used the Hidden Mist Technique to vanish, but Chiba sensed his position and directed Kakashi Hatake to attack.
• Zabuza identified Chiba as the main threat and clashed with him while Chiba warned Naruto and Sasuke to stay on guard.
• Kakashi Hatake kicked the Zabuza fighting Chiba, only for the target to dissolve into water as a Water Clone.
• Zabuza’s killing intent spread through the mist again while his real position remained unknown.

Kakashi Hatake and Zabuza Momochi fought through the mist until Zabuza trapped Kakashi in a Water Prison Technique and sent a clone after the others. Chiba defeated the clone and helped Kakashi break free, leaving Kakashi poised to strike Zabuza's real body.

• Kakashi Hatake and Zabuza Momochi exchanged attacks until Zabuza trapped Kakashi in a Water Prison Technique.
• Zabuza left a water clone to attack Chiba, Sasuke, Naruto, and Tazuna while he held Kakashi captive.
• Chiba refused to run and used Wind Release: Great Breakthrough to obscure the clone's vision before killing it with a Refined Kunai.
• Chiba threw shuriken at Zabuza's real body, forcing him to dodge and breaking his hold on the Water Prison Technique.
• Kakashi Hatake attacked Zabuza's vitals as soon as he was free.

Chiba killed Zabuza Momochi’s Water Clone, then got behind the wounded Zabuza and held a kunai to his throat while Kakashi fought him. Before Chiba could act further, two senbon struck Zabuza’s neck.

• Chiba destroyed Zabuza Momochi’s Water Clone with Wind Release and the Hidden Mist Technique, then left the fight to Kakashi Hatake.
• Kakashi and Zabuza exchanged Water Release techniques, and Kakashi’s Sharingan let him anticipate Zabuza’s attacks.
• Kakashi’s Great Waterfall Technique battered Zabuza and left him wounded beside a tree.
• Chiba appeared behind Zabuza and held a kunai to his throat, astonishing Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha.
• Chiba recognized incoming ninja tools but held back, and two senbon struck Zabuza’s neck.