Recaps

Lei Dou optimized his Water Release techniques and planned to develop Ice Release and a modified healing technique, then headed for Konoha Hospital to learn the Mystical Palm Technique. On the way, he found Hinata sleeping in a park and learned she had run away after arguing with her family.

• Great Sage optimized Lei Dou's Water Release techniques, greatly increasing their power and reducing the hand seals they required.
• Lei Dou tested his enhanced Water Release: Body Flicker Technique and asked Great Sage to calculate one-handed seals, which let him use ninjutsu while keeping his other hand free.
• Lei Dou considered Wood Release, Ice Release, and the Hydrification Technique, then chose to prioritize Ice Release and pursue a modified healing technique based on the Mystical Palm Technique.
• Lei Dou made plans to sneak into Konoha Hospital to learn the Mystical Palm Technique and set out early the next morning.
• Lei Dou found Hinata asleep on a park bench, and she admitted that she had run away after arguing with her family.

Lei Dou learned the Mystical Palm Technique and Chakra Scalpel, then fused his skills into the Hydrification Healing Technique and Water Release: Riptide Blade. He sought Shimozuki Hayate to learn Shadow Clone, ending with a threat to expose Hayate’s peeping to Uzuki Yugao.

• Hinata thanked Lei Dou for saving her nine years earlier, and he left her after encouraging her to grow stronger.
• Lei Dou secretly observed surgery at Konoha Hospital and learned the Chakra Scalpel, improved chakra control, the Mystical Palm Technique, and Yang Release.
• Lei Dou fused the Mystical Palm Technique with his water-based abilities to create the Hydrification Healing Technique, which let him liquefy and heal injuries.
• Lei Dou combined Water Release with the Chakra Scalpel to create Water Release: Riptide Blade, then imagined using it with a Water Clone.
• Lei Dou found Shimozuki Hayate on a date with Uzuki Yugao and asked to learn Shadow Clone, but Hayate refused.
• Lei Dou threatened to tell Yugao that Hayate had used Transparent Release to spy on the women’s bathhouse, making Hayate jump to his feet.

Lei Dou learned the Shadow Clone Technique from Hayate and gave Hayate and Yugao money for their wedding before developing a powerful Water Clone. As Lei Dou began deriving Ice Release, Hiruzen and Danzo clashed over whether Lei Dou should surrender his Water Breathing swordsmanship scroll to the village.

• Hayate demonstrated the Shadow Clone Technique to Lei Dou, who learned it instantly with the Great Sage System.
• Lei Dou gave Hayate his inheritance money to help him and Yugao afford their wedding, then returned to training.
• Lei Dou developed a modified Water Clone that could fight effectively, use other ninjutsu, and withstand ordinary physical blows.
• Lei Dou started deriving Ice Release and practiced combining his new abilities while the system worked.
• Hiruzen reviewed graduation candidates Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, and Shimozuki Raito before Danzo confronted him about Lei Dou's swordsmanship scroll.
• Hiruzen refused to make Lei Dou surrender Water Breathing, wary of Danzo using the technique to strengthen Root.

Hiruzen refused Danzo’s demand for Lei Dou’s Water Breathing, then considered secretly protecting Lei Dou and his friends. Lei Dou taught Naruto the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique to help him pass the next day’s graduation exam, but a masked attacker abducted Naruto, and Lei Dou pursued them.

• Hiruzen rejected Danzo’s attempt to seize the Shimozuki clan’s Water Breathing and decided to arrange a secret watch over the three youngsters.
• Lei Dou woke stronger and learned that the Ninja Academy graduation exam had been moved to the next day.
• Naruto asked Lei Dou for help passing the exam, so Lei Dou taught him the Shadow Clone Technique at the lakeside.
• Naruto successfully created more than a thousand clones and celebrated his newfound chance to pass.
• A masked attacker knocked Naruto unconscious and abducted him, but Lei Dou pursued them using Water Release: Water Body Flicker.

Lei Dou pursued the kidnapper who had taken Naruto, killed two Kumogakure spies, and caught up with the man in the forest. The kidnapper died by suicide before revealing Naruto’s location, so Lei Dou sent shadow clones to search nearby.

• Lei Dou used Water Release Body Flicker and Transparent Release to kill two Kumogakure spies who tried to delay him, then continued after the kidnapper as ANBU arrived.
• Lei Dou used thought acceleration to track the kidnapper through the forest and discovered that Naruto was no longer with him.
• The kidnapper baited Lei Dou into an attack, but Lei Dou evaded his shuriken and wounded him with a chakra-infused kunai.
• Lei Dou deflected the kidnapper’s projectiles and overwhelmed him with Water Release: Water Wave, then captured him and demanded Naruto’s whereabouts.
• The kidnapper committed suicide before answering, and Lei Dou summoned shadow clones to search the surrounding area for Naruto.

Lei Dou discovered that Danzo’s Root operatives had targeted him for his Water Breathing swordsmanship, while Naruto had been left unconscious in Konoha. At the graduation exam, Lei Dou passed the Clone Technique test with a single-handed seal, astonishing Iruka.

• Lei Dou found Naruto unconscious in Konoha and concluded the kidnappers had used Naruto as a pretext to lure him away and capture him.
• Danzo learned that his Root operatives had been killed and became more interested in Lei Dou’s abilities, while Hiruzen investigated the incident.
• Lei Dou suspected Danzo wanted to extract the secrets of his Water Breathing swordsmanship and noticed ANBU guards watching his home.
• Lei Dou arrived at the Ninja Academy carrying Zangetsu as Naruto came to class looking exhausted.
• During his Clone Technique test, Lei Dou formed a Rat Seal with one hand, created a clone, and passed, leaving Iruka stunned.

After Naruto graduated, Lei Dou secretly received Ice Release and tested its chilling power outside Konoha. He developed Ice Release: Freezing Moment, found it weak and difficult to adapt from Water Release, and began considering how to strengthen and expand his techniques.

• Naruto thanked Lei Dou for helping him train and celebrated passing the graduation exam with him.
• The Third questioned Naruto about Lei Dou and realized that Lei Dou had killed two elite chunin using powerful Water Release.
• Lei Dou left Konoha undetected and received the Ice Release kekkei genkai from the Great Sage.
• Lei Dou froze a river with Ice Release chakra and developed Ice Release: Freezing Moment, but found its short range and slow activation impractical.
• The Great Sage failed to convert Lei Dou's Water Release techniques into Ice Release, so Lei Dou decided to improve his new techniques through skill slots and develop them himself.

Lei Dou developed Ice Release: Snow World by expanding his freezing technique into a controllable field of ice and snow, then went to the Ninja Academy for genin team assignments. The chapter ended with Naruto and Sasuke assigned to Team 7 and Naruto protesting the pairing.

• Lei Dou and Great Sage confirmed that his idea of freezing air moisture into fine ice and snow could convert Water Release and support a new all-purpose jutsu.
• Lei Dou trained with Ice Release: Freezing Moment, expanding its freezing domain to thirty-six meters and improving its speed and precision.
• Great Sage completed the calculation for Ice Release: Snow World, which let Lei Dou create and control ice and snow within his freezing domain at high chakra cost.
• Lei Dou arrived at the Ninja Academy, where Shikamaru noticed his unusual presence and Sasuke secretly watched him.
• Iruka announced the genin team assignments, placing Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki on Team 7, and Naruto loudly objected.

Lei Dou was assigned to Team 7 with Naruto and Sasuke, while Sakura was placed on a hospital-focused Team 9. Kakashi met his new team and began the Bell Test, which ended with Sasuke launching a Great Fireball Technique at him.

• Iruka assigned Lei Dou to Team 7 with Naruto and Sasuke, and assigned Sakura to Team 9 for hospital work.
• The Third Hokage asked Kakashi to lead Team 7 and warned him that Lei Dou might be more remarkable than he expected.
• Naruto's blackboard eraser trap hit Kakashi when he entered the classroom, and Kakashi took the three students to the rooftop for introductions.
• Kakashi brought Team 7 to Training Ground 7 and explained the Bell Test, requiring them to take one of his two bells before noon.
• Sasuke attacked Kakashi with taijutsu and nearly grabbed the bells before Kakashi threw him away.
• Sasuke formed hand seals and unleashed Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique at Kakashi.

Lei Dou overwhelmed Kakashi with Zangetsu and his self-created Water Breathing swordsmanship during Team 7's test. As Kakashi resorted to Earth Release to stop Lei Dou's relentless assault, their fight remained unresolved.

• Sasuke used Fire Release, but Kakashi evaded the flames and buried Sasuke with Earth Release: Headhunter Jutsu.
• Lei Dou drew Zangetsu and challenged Kakashi, then overwhelmed him with speed and powerful sword strikes.
• Kakashi revealed his Sharingan, but Lei Dou unleashed Water Breathing forms that cut through a tree and forced Kakashi to escape with the Substitution Technique.
• Lei Dou continued attacking with Water Breathing, Third Form: Flowing Dance, driving Kakashi into a desperate defense.
• Kakashi formed hand seals and raised an Earth-Style Wall just as Lei Dou's blade struck it.

Lei Dou and Kakashi clashed with Water Breathing’s Tenth Form and Lightning Blade, then Kakashi declared Lei Dou, Naruto, and Sasuke had passed the team test. Lei Dou gained Lightning Release Nature Transformation from the fight, and the group headed toward Ichiraku Ramen as Sasuke hesitated over joining them.

• Kakashi countered Lei Dou’s swordsmanship with Lightning Blade, and Lei Dou met it with Water Breathing’s Tenth Form, leaving both standing after the collision.
• Kakashi explained that Lei Dou’s swordsmanship alone had not met his requirements, but Naruto and Sasuke’s coordinated ambush showed the teamwork he wanted.
• Kakashi announced that all three had passed and told them to meet him the next morning to begin their ninja lives.
• Lei Dou’s system granted him Lightning Release Nature Transformation after analyzing his clash with Kakashi’s Lightning Blade.
• Naruto asked Lei Dou to teach him swordsmanship, and Lei Dou invited Naruto and Sasuke to Ichiraku Ramen before Sasuke hesitated to join.

Lei Dou tested and refined his Ice Release techniques, then learned that repairing his dormant Glutton skill could let him obtain bloodlines such as the Sharingan. He asked the Great Sage when Glutton would become available, but the chapter ended before it answered.

• Lei Dou treated Naruto and Sasuke to ramen, and the two boys competed over who would surpass him while eating through his wallet.
• Lei Dou trained at the waterfall and confirmed that Freezing Moment could freeze targets at range while Snow World let him control lethal ice and snow.
• Lei Dou experimented with Ice Shield, Snow Impact, and Ice Shuriken, then returned his Ice Release abilities to his passive skill slots to keep improving.
• Lei Dou asked the Great Sage to analyze the Sharingan, and it explained that the dōjutsu depended on the Uchiha bloodline.
• The Great Sage revealed that repairing active skill 1, Glutton, could let Lei Dou devour targets for analysis and obtain bloodlines; Lei Dou asked when the skill would be available.

Lei Dou used the Great Sage to develop Lightning Release and test a combination ninjutsu, then planned to fuse Ice Release with Boil Release to accelerate the Great Sage’s repairs. After learning how to boost active training, he began intensive chakra-control practice and left himself training with a seven-hundred-jin boulder.

• Lei Dou obtained Lightning Release: Lightning Strike and combined it with Water Dragon Bullet Technique to create Lightning Water Dragon Bullet Technique, but the Great Sage did not count it as a new skill.
• Lei Dou asked whether two kekkei genkai could be fused, and the Great Sage confirmed the idea was theoretically possible and could aid its repairs as much as developing three new kekkei genkai.
• Lei Dou chose to fuse Ice Release and Boil Release, and the Great Sage advised him to improve chakra control, strengthen both nature transformations, and condition his body.
• Lei Dou discovered that active training and thought acceleration could greatly increase his gains, so he replaced his Breathing Techniques with chakra control in his passive skill slots.
• Lei Dou trained Water Walking with increasingly heavy boulders, improving his balance and chakra control over repeated attempts.
• After three hours of intense practice, Lei Dou continued training in the river while carrying a seven-hundred-jin boulder.

Lei Dou developed Chakra Threads into a powerful Chakra Cloak during a night of training, while Kakashi reported his abilities to Hiruzen Sarutobi. Hiruzen assigned Kakashi’s team a serious first mission, and Lei Dou ended the chapter asleep after training.

• Lei Dou trained his chakra control by extending Chakra Threads, then compressed them to pull a heavy boulder from twenty meters away.
• Lei Dou covered himself in densely compressed chakra, unlocked Chakra Cloak, and found that it could shatter stone and withstand a slash from Zangetsu.
• Great Sage told Lei Dou that his chakra control needed another fifteen meters of thread range before it could support fusing two kekkei genkai, so Lei Dou stopped training to sleep before his first Genin mission.
• Kakashi told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Lei Dou had terrifying combat instincts, had fused elemental transformation with swordsmanship, and might have concealed powerful ninjutsu.
• Hiruzen gave Kakashi a top-secret mission for his team instead of a routine D-rank task, and Kakashi agreed to carry it out.
• Hiruzen watched Lei Dou sleeping in the Crystal Ball after his intense training.

Lei Dou began Team 7’s first C-Rank mission preparations by teaching Naruto Wind Release and debuting the Rasengan. After improving his chakra control, Lei Dou explored how to develop Boil Release techniques, and the Great Sage suggested coating his blade with the nature transformation.

• Danzo learned that Lei Dou could fight Kakashi and decided to wait for a better chance to assassinate him.
• Kakashi assigned Lei Dou, Naruto, and Sasuke a C-Rank escort mission to protect a bridge-building master traveling to the Land of Waves, with departure set for the next morning.
• Naruto asked Lei Dou to teach him stronger ninjutsu, and Lei Dou showed him Wind Release: Beast Wave Palm and recommended training with Shadow Clones.
• Lei Dou comprehended the Rasengan, demonstrated its destructive power, and began teaching Naruto how to make one.
• Lei Dou extended his Chakra Threads beyond thirty-seven meters while Naruto practiced and brought instant noodles to the training ground.
• Lei Dou asked the Great Sage about combining Boil Release with a Rasengan, and it advised him to coat Zangetsu with a chakra membrane and Boil Release instead.

Lei Dou developed and trained Boil Release: Hot Breath Blade until it reached the threshold for fusion, then returned home after Naruto made progress on the Rasengan. Hinata visited to give him a protective charm before his mission to the Land of Waves, but Uncle Masano arrived just as she was preparing to leave.

• Lei Dou created Boil Release: Hot Breath Blade, tested its heat and corrosive power on a tree, and impressed Naruto.
• Lei Dou trained with the technique in a river until Great Sage confirmed his Boil Release strength had reached the fusion threshold; Zangetsu’s blade patterns turned dark red.
• Lei Dou returned to the training ground and found Naruto practicing the rubber-ball stage of the Rasengan.
• Lei Dou declined Naruto’s invitation to Ichiraku Ramen and went home, where Hinata arrived to give him an Omamori for his journey to the Land of Waves.
• As Lei Dou offered to walk Hinata home, Uncle Masano knocked at the door, leaving Hinata panicked about being discovered there.

Lei Dou hid Hinata from Uncle Masano, then she accidentally stayed overnight and left with him at dawn, prompting teasing misunderstandings. He later joined Kakashi, Sasuke, Naruto, and Tazuna for the Land of Waves mission, took charge of the team, and led them into the increasingly dense woods.

• Lei Dou hid Hinata under his covers while Uncle Masano visited, then found her asleep beside him the next morning and sent her home.
• Shimozuki Hayate saw Hinata leaving Lei Dou's house and assumed they were romantically involved, offering to help arrange their marriage.
• At the Hokage Building, Lei Dou rebuked Tazuna for criticizing the Genin assigned to escort him to the Land of Waves.
• Kakashi announced he would not intervene during the mission, and Lei Dou became team leader after Sasuke declined the role.
• Lei Dou assigned Sasuke to scout ahead, Naruto to protect Tazuna, and himself to guard the rear as the group set out.
• As the party traveled through the heat, Lei Dou adjusted his skill setup and the surrounding woods grew denser.

Lei Dou stopped two Kirigakure Chunin ambushing the team, and Sasuke killed the surviving attacker after Lei Dou forced him to make the choice. Near the Land of Waves, Zabuza Momochi attacked, but Lei Dou caught Kubikiribōchō with one hand and stunned him with a powerful counterthrow.

• Lei Dou killed one ambushing Chunin with a thrown kunai while Sasuke defeated the other, then Lei Dou told Sasuke to finish him.
• Naruto recovered from freezing in fear, and the team continued toward the Land of Waves while Naruto and Lei Dou trained during their nightly stops.
• Zabuza Momochi learned his subordinates had been killed and chose to attack the team himself because Sasuke's Uchiha bloodline could bring a high price.
• As Zabuza's spinning Kubikiribōchō swept toward them, Lei Dou caught it one-handed, leaving Kakashi, Naruto, and Sasuke dumbstruck.
• Zabuza confronted Lei Dou, who threw Kubikiribōchō hard enough to slice through a massive tree, then identified himself as Shimozuki Raito, a Genin of Konoha.

Lei Dou overpowered Zabuza Momochi in a sword fight, destroying the Kubikiribōchō and wounding him before Zabuza switched to ninjutsu. Zabuza trapped Lei Dou in a thick mist and began his Silent Killing Technique, while Lei Dou used Thought Acceleration to sharpen his senses.

• Kakashi identified Zabuza as a former Kirigakure ANBU and one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, and kept Naruto and Sasuke back from the fight.
• Lei Dou drew Zangetsu and stopped Zabuza’s two-handed strike with one hand before overpowering him with sheer strength.
• Lei Dou shattered the Kubikiribōchō and wounded Zabuza after outmaneuvering his damaged defense.
• Zabuza offered Lei Dou a place among Kirigakure’s Seven Ninja Swordsmen, but Lei Dou rejected him with questions about social insurance and a housing fund.
• Kakashi warned that Zabuza would turn to ninjutsu, and Zabuza used the Hidden Mist Technique to conceal himself and threaten Lei Dou with Silent Killing.
• Lei Dou activated Thought Acceleration and sensed disturbances in the mist as Zabuza’s voice came from every direction.

Lei Dou used the Hidden Mist Technique and Silent Killing Technique he had acquired to turn Zabuza’s assassination tactics against him, disappearing with Transparent Release and badly wounding him. Zabuza countered with a Great Waterfall Technique and spread water across the ground to track Lei Dou’s footsteps, leaving Lei Dou’s next move unresolved.

• Zabuza attacked Lei Dou from the mist, but Lei Dou accurately blocked the Kubikiribōchō and then intercepted his repeated silent strikes.
• Lei Dou acquired the Hidden Mist Technique and Silent Killing Technique, then combined the latter with Transparent Release to vanish from Zabuza’s senses.
• Lei Dou wounded Zabuza repeatedly while remaining invisible, forcing him to drop his sword and retreat.
• Zabuza unleashed the Great Waterfall Technique to expose Lei Dou, but Lei Dou used Water Breathing’s Second Form: Water Wheel to split the torrent.
• Zabuza used the floodwater covering the ground to track Lei Dou’s footsteps, and Lei Dou realized how he was being located.

Lei Dou used Transparent Release and his swordsmanship to defeat Zabuza, then exposed Haku’s attempt to take Zabuza away. As Zabuza accepted death to protect Haku, Lei Dou began demonstrating his self-created Water Breathing style, leaving Haku mesmerized.

• Lei Dou revealed his Transparent Release, and Kakashi explained its rarity while Naruto and Sasuke watched.
• Lei Dou used Body Flicker and concealed sword strikes to wound Zabuza, who collapsed and lost the ability to fight.
• Haku appeared disguised as a Kirigakure Assassination Squad member, but Lei Dou exposed the ruse by threatening to kill Zabuza.
• Haku pleaded for Zabuza’s life, while Zabuza ordered him to flee and then asked Lei Dou to spare him.
• Lei Dou promised to let Haku live and began demonstrating Water Breathing as he prepared to kill Zabuza.

Lei Dou defeated Zabuza but spared him, prompting Zabuza to abandon his life as a ninja and leave with Haku. After reaching the Land of Waves, Lei Dou agreed to stay three days to help finish the bridge and began special training for Naruto and Sasuke.

• Lei Dou cut Zabuza's neck with Blessed Rain After the Drought, and Zabuza appeared to die peacefully as Haku carried him away.
• Zabuza revived after discovering Lei Dou had only wounded him, then chose to leave the Land of Waves and seek a quiet life with Haku.
• Lei Dou and his team reached Tazuna's village, where Lei Dou agreed to remain for three days until the bridge was finished.
• Lei Dou announced that he would train Naruto and Sasuke, and he called Kakashi out of hiding to help teach them.
• Lei Dou began the training by demonstrating Tree Climbing with chakra control, standing sideways on a tree trunk with his feet.

During Team 7’s training in the Land of Waves, Naruto mastered the Rasengan and Sasuke awakened his Sharingan after Lei Dou defeated and provoked him. After returning to Konoha, Lei Dou’s conditioning met the requirements for fusing Boil Release and Ice Release, and he prepared to begin the process.

• Lei Dou demonstrated tree climbing, then trained his body all day while Naruto and Sasuke mastered tree climbing and water walking.
• Naruto revealed that he had learned the Rasengan, and Lei Dou sparred with Naruto and Sasuke, easily defeating both and provoking Sasuke’s Sharingan awakening.
• A villager delivered Zabuza’s Kubikiribōchō to Lei Dou with Haku’s message that Zabuza thanked him and had done as Lei Dou wished.
• Over the next three days, Lei Dou’s physical conditioning improved until the Great Sage confirmed he met the requirements for fusion; the team returned to Konoha, where Hiruzen upgraded and encrypted their mission report.
• Lei Dou prepared to fuse his kekkei genkai, but the Great Sage recommended that he first master One Mind, Two Uses to improve the fusion’s success rate.

Lei Dou unlocked One Mind, Two Uses after four hours of focused fire and wind training, then tested it by casting ninjutsu and sword techniques simultaneously. He successfully combined Water Release with Water Breathing, but his attempt to maintain Boil Release and Ice Release together caused a dangerous backlash.

• Lei Dou trained fire and wind nature transformations, doubling their power before Great Sage completed its calculations and unlocked One Mind, Two Uses.
• Lei Dou tested the new skill by drawing different shapes with each hand, then casting Water Dragon Bullet and Beast Wave Palm at the same time.
• Lei Dou used the Great Waterfall Technique while wielding Zangetsu, destroying stone pillars with simultaneous ninjutsu and Water Breathing swordsmanship.
• Lei Dou combined Flowing Dance with Water Dragon Bullet to smash a boulder, naming the new attack Water Breathing: Third Form, Modified: Dragon Flowing Dance.
• Lei Dou activated Boil Release and Ice Release together, but their conflicting attributes caused a violent internal surge, forcing him to stop both techniques.
• Great Sage explained that the kekkei genkai interfered with each other, preventing Lei Dou from maintaining their fragile balance.