Recaps

Lei Dou activated a damaged skill system whose seven passive slots let him automatically refine chakra, rapidly raising his reserves beyond the Genin threshold. After manually performing a better Chakra Refinement cycle, he updated the skill template, improving all seven slots.

• Lei Dou found himself ranked 170th in the Academy assessment and lamented his poor ninja aptitude and meager chakra reserves.
• The damaged God-Tier Skill System activated, revealing seven empty passive skill slots and three corrupted active skills.
• Lei Dou loaded Chakra Refinement into all seven passive slots, and the system automatically refined chakra without tiring him.
• After sleeping overnight while the skills continued running, Lei Dou woke with reserves far beyond the Genin threshold and decided to test his limits at home.
• Lei Dou manually completed a high-quality Chakra Refinement cycle, updated the skill template, and saw all seven running skills improve.

Lei Dou discovered that duplicate passive skills let him use ninjutsu without spending chakra, while simulated runs improved his skill and physical ability. He set out to find someone who could teach him genjutsu, but a Shimozuki clan member stopped him along the way.

• Lei Dou confirmed that equipping two Clone Techniques let him create a clone without consuming chakra, and learned that changing skills had a cooldown.
• He realized passive runs could improve ninjutsu proficiency and physical attributes, then assigned a slot to Academy-Style Basic Taijutsu and felt his body grow stronger.
• Lei Dou decided to seek instruction in genjutsu to find a way to train his spiritual energy.
• He set six slots to the Chakra Extraction Technique and one to taijutsu, then headed toward the Shimozuki residential area.
• A Shimozuki clan member opened their door, spotted Lei Dou, and asked where he was going.

Lei Dou visited Hayate hoping to learn basic genjutsu, but Hayate offered him swordsmanship lessons instead. After Lei Dou struggled with the fundamentals, his damaged Great Sage skill analyzed the movements and instantly granted him Basic Swordsmanship Mastery.

• Lei Dou learned that Masano was away on a mission, so he asked Hayate to teach him beginner-level genjutsu.
• Hayate tested Lei Dou's chakra and discovered that his reserves exceeded those of an ordinary Genin, but admitted he knew no genjutsu.
• Hayate offered to get Lei Dou basic genjutsu scrolls and invited him to learn swordsmanship at the Public Training Ground.
• Hayate taught Lei Dou basic sword movements, but Lei Dou performed them clumsily and disappointed him.
• Lei Dou's damaged Great Sage skill activated, analyzed Hayate's movements, and granted him Basic Swordsmanship Mastery.

Lei Dou’s damaged Great Sage skill let him master basic swordsmanship and Konoha Style: Swordsmanship almost instantly, astonishing Shimozuki Hayate. Hayate recognized him as a prodigy and promised further training, while Lei Dou resolved to conceal his other abilities and left to investigate the skill.

• Lei Dou unexpectedly used a flawless, powerful sword thrust, leaving Shimozuki Hayate stunned by his sudden mastery.
• Shimozuki Hayate demonstrated the ten forms of Konoha Style: Swordsmanship, and Great Sage analyzed them for Lei Dou.
• Lei Dou performed every form with even greater precision than Hayate, convincing him that Lei Dou was a peerless sword prodigy.
• Lei Dou decided to present himself only as a sword specialist so Danzo and the Third would not target him for his other abilities.
• Shimozuki Hayate called Lei Dou family, promised to teach him a secret technique after graduation, and offered him a chakra-conducting ninja blade; Lei Dou headed home after saying he had plans with a classmate.

Raito discovered that his damaged Great Sage skill could analyze techniques but could not yet optimize them, and learned that growing stronger would help repair it. Meanwhile, Shimozuki Hayate reported Raito’s extraordinary swordsmanship to the Third Hokage, who demanded to know more and listened as Hayate offered to bring the boy in to demonstrate.

• Shimozuki Hayate left Raito at the training ground and hurried to the Hokage Building to draw attention to his swordsmanship talent.
• Raito ran home, ate lunch, and opened a mental dialogue with Great Sage.
• Great Sage explained that its analysis function still worked, but its extrapolation and optimization module was damaged and could not be repaired on a known schedule.
• Raito suspected Great Sage was steering system resources toward its own repairs, but accepted its explanation that restoring it could later help repair the other skills.
• Shimozuki Hayate told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Raito had copied sword techniques after seeing them once and showed potential comparable to Hatake Sakumo.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi questioned Hayate about Raito, and Hayate offered to bring him in for a demonstration.

Lei Dou discovered that idling Water Release: Wild Water Wave taught him beginner Water Nature Transformation and dramatically strengthened the jutsu. After testing it at Konoha Park, he realized its chakra cost was too high and decided to focus on increasing his reserves.

• Shimozuki Hayate persuaded the Third to keep an eye on Lei Dou’s swordsmanship and consider him for the village after graduation.
• Lei Dou installed Water Release: Wild Water Wave in a passive skill slot, and Great Sage analyzed its repeated cycles.
• Great Sage awarded Lei Dou beginner Water Nature Transformation after completing its analysis.
• Lei Dou tested Wild Water Wave at the artificial lake and unleashed a torrent far stronger and faster than before.
• Lei Dou found that the powerful attack drained more than half his chakra and uninstalled Wild Water Wave to focus on building his reserves.

Lei Dou defeated Shimozuki Hayate in a three-move swordsmanship spar, astonishing both Hayate and Hiruzen Sarutobi, who watched through the Telescope Technique. After Hayate revealed his Transparent Release, Lei Dou asked him to teach it, hoping his system could analyze and copy the kekkei genkai.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi watched Lei Dou and Shimozuki Hayate prepare to spar and noticed Lei Dou had adjusted his stance to cover Konoha Style: Swordsmanship's blind spot.
• Hayate attacked with the third form, but Lei Dou read his move, blocked his counterattack, disarmed him, and placed a wooden sword at his throat in three moves.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi recognized Lei Dou as a rare swordsmanship prodigy and considered finding him a good teacher.
• Hayate claimed he had held back, then explained that his Transparent Release and swordsmanship made him dangerous in a real fight.
• Lei Dou asked whether Transparent Release was a kekkei genkai, learned that Hayate was the only member of the Shimozuki clan who could use it, and asked Hayate to teach him.

Lei Dou learned Transparent Release after an hour of instruction, leaving Shimozuki Hayate stunned by his talent. After Lei Dou tried to bargain for more techniques by threatening to tell Yugao about Hayate’s peeping, Hayate fled, and Lei Dou began practicing his new stealth ability.

• Shimozuki Hayate repeatedly taught Lei Dou Transparent Release’s hand seals and chakra circulation while Lei Dou’s system analyzed the skill.
• Lei Dou mastered Transparent Release, demonstrating that he could vanish and conceal every trace of his presence.
• Hayate declared that Lei Dou could help revive the Shimozuki clan and warned him not to use Transparent Release to peep.
• Lei Dou realized Hayate used the ability to spy on women and threatened to tell Yugao unless Hayate taught him the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique.
• Hayate refused, claimed he had an urgent S-rank mission, and escaped with the Body Flicker Technique when Lei Dou asked him to teach it instead.
• Lei Dou settled down to study and practice Transparent Release on his own.

Lei Dou discovered that Transparent Release worked especially well with hidden weapons, then used his passive skill system to rapidly improve his throwing ability. After a night of chakra growth, he arrived at the Ninja Academy in stylish clothes and drew everyone’s attention.

• Lei Dou failed to combine Transparent Release with Water Release, but found he could make Kunai invisible and began training his hidden weapon throwing.
• He loaded Hidden Weapon Throwing Technique into a passive skill slot and rapidly improved his accuracy, range, and throwing strength through repeated simulated runs.
• After three hours of practice, Lei Dou realized that running multiple skills might offset physical and chakra exhaustion, inspiring him to pursue Taijutsu and chakra growth.
• Lei Dou trained for seven hours, then restored Chakra Extraction Technique to his skill slots and went home exhausted.
• The next morning, Lei Dou found his chakra reserves had nearly doubled and headed to the Ninja Academy, where his refined outfit made him the center of attention.

Lei Dou enjoyed the attention his changed appearance drew at school, then received a Fire Release scroll from Masano Shimozuki. Using his system to analyze it, he learned the Fire Dragon Technique and gained fire nature transformation, leaving him eager to explore combining fire and water chakra into Boil Release.

• Lei Dou surprised Shikamaru, Choji, Ino, Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, and Iruka with his confident new appearance at school.
• Lei Dou teased Ino during class, then hurried home after the final bell to work on his skills.
• Masano Shimozuki visited Lei Dou, gave him money for living expenses, and left him a Fire Release scroll.
• Lei Dou used his system to analyze and practice the scroll until he learned the Fire Dragon Technique and fire nature transformation.
• Lei Dou realized the scroll had given him a second chakra nature and considered using his system to combine fire and water into Boil Release.

Lei Dou learned the basics of chakra fusion and used his passive skill slots to improve his ability to transform water and fire chakra. After repeated explosive failures, the Great Sage identified his elemental chakra as too weak for fusion, and Lei Dou spotted Water Release and Fire Release in his skill list as a possible way to strengthen them.

• The Great Sage analyzed Transparent Release and taught Lei Dou the steps required to fuse two chakra natures.
• Lei Dou learned Dual-Nature Chakra Transformation, equipped copies of it in passive skill slots, and quickly improved his ability to control water and fire chakra.
• Lei Dou tried fusing water and fire chakra at home, triggered a blast that damaged the room, and moved his experiments to a grove.
• Lei Dou made dozens of attempts in the grove, but the chakra exploded on contact each time and left his hands injured and his clothes in tatters.
• The Great Sage explained that Lei Dou's water- and fire-nature chakra lacked the strength and balance needed for fusion.
• Lei Dou found Water Release and Fire Release in his skill list and began considering how to use them to strengthen his elemental chakra.

Lei Dou discovered that equipping Water Release in two passive skill slots let him cast it without spending mana, then went to the Ninja Academy exhausted from an all-night training session. After being sent to stand in the hallway with Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke, and Shikamaru, he sensed that his Fire Release and Water Release had grown stronger but were harder to control together.

• Lei Dou tested Water Release in two passive skill slots and unleashed a powerful Wild Water Wave without spending mana.
• At the academy, Ino gave Lei Dou a homemade lunch, while Choji tried to get some and Sasuke criticized their noise.
• Lei Dou and Naruto Uzumaki fell asleep during Iruka's lesson, and Naruto's complaint also got Sasuke and Shikamaru sent to stand in the hallway.
• Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke argued about their rivalry while Lei Dou focused on sensing his fire and water chakra transformations.
• Lei Dou realized his Fire Release and Water Release had become more than twice as powerful, but controlling both opposing natures strained his chakra control and mental energy.

Lei Dou used genjutsu to increase his mental energy and refined his water-fire chakra fusion through repeated experiments. He mastered Boil Release and unleashed its power, launching himself toward an ancient tree.

• Lei Dou found that Basic Visual Genjutsu improved his mental energy and chakra control, though it did not unlock Yin Release.
• Lei Dou experimented with water-fire chakra fusion in a grove, adjusted the chakra ratio, and created a stable Water-Fire Nature Fusion Prototype.
• Lei Dou equipped the fusion skill, then stopped training Water Release so Fire Release could grow stronger than the water nature.
• Lei Dou acquired Boil Release when his chakra boiled and steam burst from his body.
• Lei Dou pushed Boil Release to its limit, shattered the ground with a stomp, and shot toward an ancient tree like a cannonball.

Lei Dou discovered that Boil Release could channel its immense power through swordsmanship, but the force destroyed his wooden sword and injured his arm. At home, Great Sage restored its name and some of its computational abilities, and Lei Dou asked it to optimize his skills.

• Lei Dou pulverized a tree with Boil Release and realized his body could not withstand the recoil, so he considered Wood Release, armor, and other ways to reduce the strain.
• Lei Dou channeled Boil Release through a sword slash, which carved a trench but shattered his wooden sword; he decided to commission a durable Ninja Blade.
• Lei Dou planned to visit Ino on Saturday and find a shop to order a custom blade, while continuing to build his chakra reserves and hoping to learn the Rasengan and techniques from Shimozuki Hayate.
• Lei Dou noticed his physical and mental growth had improved his Chakra Extraction Technique, then saw that his system had restored Great Sage's name and twenty percent of its computation function.
• Lei Dou learned that Great Sage had recovered the previous day and would need about thirty more days to repair fully, then ordered it to calculate skill optimizations.

Lei Dou used the Great Sage to optimize his chakra extraction and swordsmanship, then began developing a Water Release sword technique with its newly restored Thought Acceleration function. The chapter ended with him practicing as blue chakra clung to his blade while the system analyzed the combination.

• Lei Dou completed Great Sage's calculations and updated his chakra extraction technique, more than tripling its efficiency.
• Lei Dou optimized Konoha Style: Swordsmanship, gained new muscle memory, and continued refining the skill through further calculations.
• Lei Dou considered combining swordsmanship with Water Release and went to his secluded training ground to test the idea.
• Great Sage revealed that Thought Acceleration had been repaired and could increase Lei Dou's perception speed a thousandfold.
• Lei Dou activated Thought Acceleration, practiced his sword techniques, and guided blue Water Release chakra onto his blade as Great Sage gathered data.

Lei Dou used the system to develop Water Breathing swordsmanship and began refining it through automatic practice, greatly increasing his chakra reserves. At Konoha’s largest ninja tool shop, he met Tenten, who doubted his skill until he demonstrated extraordinary shuriken control.

• Lei Dou fused Water Release with Konoha Style swordsmanship, unlocked Water Breathing, and tested its forms on wooden targets.
• He placed Water Breathing in a passive skill slot, letting the system optimize the style while each breathing cycle strengthened his body and chakra.
• After sleeping, Lei Dou woke with roughly three hundred and fifty times an ordinary Genin’s chakra and went to buy a better sword.
• Tenten questioned whether the Academy student Shimozuki Raito could handle a ninja blade and refused to sell him one.
• Lei Dou threw shuriken with immense force and precise, coordinated trajectories, leaving Tenten stunned by his skill.

Lei Dou defeated Tenten in hidden-weapon challenges and impressed her with his swordsmanship. Tenten agreed to forge him a custom ninja blade, and the two exchanged introductions as he prepared to leave.

• Tenten challenged Lei Dou to a hidden-weapon contest, but he matched her bull's-eye accuracy and destroyed fifteen moving targets before they could leave the launcher.
• Tenten gave up on the contest and offered Lei Dou a custom-made blade if he could endure her hidden-weapon attacks for ten seconds.
• Lei Dou dodged Tenten's first shuriken without moving his feet, then deflected her barrage of weapons with his sword.
• Lei Dou's distant slash tore a deep fissure in the ground beside Tenten, convincing her of his strength.
• Tenten promised to forge Lei Dou a custom ninja blade and introduced herself before he left.

Lei Dou visited Ino at the Yamanaka residence, where Inoichi sensed his enormous chakra reserves and approved of him as a match for his daughter. After the Great Sage completed its reconstruction of Water Breathing, Lei Dou went to Konoha's Public Training Ground to seek sparring and test his strength.

• Tenten gave Lei Dou finely crafted shuriken, and he hurried to Ino's home with fruit and snacks.
• Inoichi used Sensory Ninjutsu to sense Lei Dou's vast chakra and concluded he could become an Elite Jōnin or even reach Kage Level.
• Ino and Lei Dou studied and flirted in her bedroom, while Inoichi left them alone after hearing their serious discussion.
• At midnight, the Great Sage finished analyzing and reconstructing Lei Dou's Water Breathing sword forms, then advised him to use real combat or sparring to refine them further.
• The next day, Lei Dou went to Konoha's Public Training Ground and provoked a group of Genin by calling them weak.

Shimozuki Raito challenged a hundred Konoha Genin and used his new Water Breathing swordsmanship to defeat their attacks while gaining combat data. After an ANBU reported the fight, Hiruzen Sarutobi used the Telescope Technique to observe Raito.

• Raito caught Jianyi’s punch, knocked him out, and taunted the gathered Genin into fighting him.
• Raito disarmed a speed-focused Genin, repelled a volley of weapons, and quickly defeated three taijutsu attackers.
• Raito cut through a Genin’s Great Flame Bullet with Water Breathing, prompting Great Sage to report a 15% optimization increase.
• Raito fought off the Genin’s combined ninjutsu and sword forms while Great Sage continued recording improvements.
• Shimozuki Hayate returned home and found Raito missing, unaware of the fight at the training grounds.
• An ANBU reported Raito’s battle to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who began observing the training ground with the Telescope Technique.

Lei Dou overwhelmed a crowd of Genin and then fought three Chunin, whose Body Flicker Technique unlocked the system’s real-time skill analysis. Watching through a crystal ball, Hiruzen Sarutobi praised Lei Dou’s swordsmanship and concluded that he had developed it himself, while Hayate was left astonished.

• Lei Dou exhausted the Genin on the training ground, then provoked three Chunin into attacking him.
• The Chunin used coordinated attacks and the Body Flicker Technique, but Lei Dou broke their formation with Water Breathing’s Eighth Form: Waterfall Basin.
• The Great Sage unlocked real-time skill analysis, and Lei Dou began analyzing the Chunin’s Body Flicker Technique.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned Hayate and showed him Lei Dou fighting the three Chunin through a crystal ball.
• Lei Dou defeated the Chunin, and Hiruzen praised his swordsmanship before deciding that Lei Dou had created it himself.

Raito demonstrated his self-created Water Breathing swordsmanship, drew the Third Hokage’s interest, and attracted Danzo’s attention as well. After receiving hundreds of swordsmanship scrolls to study, he spent the night analyzing them and arrived at the Academy with greatly improved swordsmanship and a reputation inflated by rumors.

• Raito defeated the Chunin at the training ground, upgraded Water Breathing, and acquired the Body Flicker Technique.
• Hayate told Raito that the Third wanted to meet him, and Raito explained that he had taught himself Water Release and adapted Konoha Style: Swordsmanship.
• The Third praised Raito’s Water Breathing, approved of his potential, and arranged for Hayate to bring him a large collection of swordsmanship scrolls.
• Danzo learned that Water Breathing could rival A-rank ninjutsu and resolved to obtain it for Root.
• Raito spent the night analyzing the scrolls, further increased Water Breathing’s power, and entered the Academy to find classmates spreading exaggerated stories about his fight.

Lei Dou continued improving his swordsmanship and worked toward developing a Water Release Body Flicker Technique while Great Sage calculated the technique. He collected his custom ninja blade from Tenten, named it Zangetsu, and accepted her invitation to dinner.

• Naruto demanded that Lei Dou teach him after hearing about his strength, while Sasuke dismissed Lei Dou's rumored victory and Shikamaru privately recognized him as the class's real monster.
• Lei Dou practiced Water Breathing with his newly integrated swordsmanship and configured his skill slots to accelerate Great Sage's calculations for a Water Release Body Flicker Technique.
• Lei Dou received Tenten's note that his custom ninja blade was ready and spent the school day eager to collect it.
• Tenten revealed the heavy black blade with blue patterns, and Lei Dou tested its balance and sharpness before naming it Zangetsu.
• Lei Dou thanked Tenten and strapped Zangetsu across his back, and Tenten invited him to dinner that evening.

Lei Dou acquired Wind Release: Beast Wave Palm at the training ground and tested the growing power of his Body Flicker Technique with Transparent Release. He then showed Shimozuki Hayate his Water Breathing swordsmanship, discovering that his Water Release control had sharply improved.

• Lei Dou declined Tenten's dinner invitation, met Rock Lee and Neji, and learned that Neji considered him a rival after hearing about his victory over more than a hundred Genin.
• At Konoha's Public Training Ground, Lei Dou used Great Sage to analyze a Genin's Wind Release and acquired Wind Release: Beast Wave Palm and wind nature transformation.
• Lei Dou practiced combining the Body Flicker Technique with Transparent Release, becoming nearly impossible to see or sense while moving at great speed.
• Shimozuki Hayate waited for Lei Dou and asked to see his swordsmanship, so they went to Lei Dou's secluded training grove after dinner.
• Lei Dou performed his Water Breathing forms with Zangetsu, leaving Hayate unable to understand or learn the sword art.
• Lei Dou noticed that his Water Release control had improved dramatically, allowing him to perform nature transformation quickly and use little chakra for powerful shape transformation.

Lei Dou discovered that his improved Water Release nature transformation multiplied his ninjutsu’s power and let him create water outside his body. After learning about Konoha’s Advanced Training Ground, he sneaked in at night and used Great Sage to copy several Water Release techniques, leaving with his training calculations greatly advanced.

• Lei Dou unleashed a dramatically stronger Water Release: Wild Water Wave, and Hayate explained the private Advanced Training Ground used by chunin and jōnin.
• Lei Dou disguised himself and used Transparent Release to slip past Konoha’s ANBU and the facility’s guards.
• Lei Dou entered a Water Release training room and watched a jōnin practice Water Dragon Bullet, which Great Sage analyzed and copied.
• The jōnin used Water Formation Wall and Water Wave during a training drill, and Lei Dou acquired both techniques, boosting his calculation progress by ten percent.
• Lei Dou prepared to leave after the jōnin finished training, and Great Sage announced that Lei Dou had acquired Advanced Taijutsu.

Lei Dou mastered Water Release: Body Flicker Technique, unlocked several new Water Release techniques by converting other ninjutsu, and learned Great Sage could derive a combat clone from Shadow Clone Technique. He also discovered Great Sage had restored part of its sealless casting function, while his plans for a clone still depended on obtaining a Shadow Clone sample or waiting for a lengthy derivation.

• Lei Dou reviewed his abilities and waited for Great Sage to finish computing Water Release: Body Flicker Technique.
• Lei Dou mastered the technique and learned Great Sage could further derive the Hozuki Clan's Hydrification Technique.
• Lei Dou used Great Sage to convert Earth Replacement, Beast Wave Palm, Fire Dragon Technique, and Earth Rock Thrust into four new Water Release techniques.
• Lei Dou asked Great Sage to improve his Clone Technique, but Great Sage said it needed a Shadow Clone sample or twenty-five days to derive a combat-capable clone.
• Great Sage reported its repair progress had reached 40% and restored Sealless Hand Seal Release to 50%, allowing Lei Dou to cast ninjutsu without hand seals.