Chapter Summaries

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.

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.