Recaps

Uchiha Lei left the Ninja Academy for lunch with Kushina Uzumaki, Uchiha Mikoto, and Hyuga Mie while using his plundering ability on them. After Hiruzen Sarutobi explained that Kushina’s engagement to Lei had been arranged by Mito Uzumaki, Shimura Danzō left the Hokage’s office but remained determined to pursue Kushina.

• Uchiha Lei invited Hyuga Mie to lunch, and Kushina Uzumaki and Uchiha Mikoto joined them as the group left the Academy.
• Lei plundered Hyuga Mie’s ocular power and Kushina Uzumaki’s money, then began plundering Uchiha Mikoto’s two-tomoe Sharingan.
• Lei put an arm around Mikoto and Kushina and reassured Mie with praise as the four walked toward the shopping street.
• Hatake Sakumo reported the group’s movements to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who ordered him to continue watching them.
• Shimura Danzō confronted Hiruzen about Lei’s closeness to Kushina, then learned Mito Uzumaki had personally arranged their engagement.
• Danzō left after Hiruzen ordered him to leave the matter alone, but he remained resolved to pursue Kushina.

Hyuga Mie brought Uchiha Lei, Uchiha Mikoto, and Kushina Uzumaki to Teuchi's Noodle Shop, where the group shared a meal and grew closer. After Mie's eating habits were exposed and she became embarrassed, Lei comforted her, and they continued eating together.

• Hyuga Mie took Uchiha Lei, Uchiha Mikoto, and Kushina Uzumaki to Teuchi's Noodle Shop and ordered four deluxe tonkotsu ramen.
• Lei teased Mie about being jealous, then apologized and shook her hand to make peace.
• The system told Lei that his plundering range had increased to two meters after he successfully plundered three targets.
• Kushina and Mikoto eagerly ate their ramen while Mie tried to eat elegantly beside Lei.
• Teuchi exposed that Mie usually ate quickly, leaving her embarrassed and worried that her new friends would reject her.
• Lei held Mie's hand and reassured her, and the group resumed eating after Kushina reminded them not to be late.

Uchiha Lei’s flirtation with Kushina Uzumaki and Hyuga Mie escalated into a public claim over Mie, provoking Hyuga Hiashi. The teacher stopped their fight and sent the class to the training ground, where Hiashi threatened to challenge Lei later.

• Uchiha Lei agreed to have dinner and stay overnight at Kushina Uzumaki’s house, but Hyuga Mie objected to them sleeping together.
• Lei offered to hug Mie before class and kissed her; the system upgraded his plundering method and awarded him 5%.
• Hyuga Hiashi challenged Mie over the Hyuga Clan’s marriage rules, and Lei insulted him while declaring that Mie was under his protection.
• Hiashi activated his Byakugan and attacked Lei, but Sato Ichiro intervened and ordered the students to assemble at the training ground for practical combat class.
• Hiashi threatened to make Lei pay during class, while Lei left with Mie and Kushina Uzumaki.

Uchiha Lei defeated Hyuga Hiashi in a training-ground duel, forcing him to surrender with a genjutsu and kunai. Afterward, Lei comforted Hyuga Mie and offered to ask Mito Uzumaki for her hand, then left the academy with Mie and Kushina Uzumaki.

• Uchiha Lei collected his system rewards while embracing Kushina Uzumaki and Hyuga Mie, then stepped forward to face Hyuga Hiashi.
• Hyuga Hiashi activated his Byakugan, and Uchiha Lei used a Great Fireball Technique that Hiashi dodged.
• Uchiha Lei dodged Hiashi's shuriken, counterattacked, and trapped him with the Shackling Stakes genjutsu before holding a kunai to his neck.
• Hyuga Hiashi surrendered, and Sato Ichiro declared Uchiha Lei the winner as Hizashi Hyuga helped Hiashi leave the arena.
• Uchiha Lei comforted Hyuga Mie, invited her to live with him and Kushina, and promised to bring Mito Uzumaki to ask for her hand.
• Sato Ichiro dismissed the class, and Uchiha Lei left the academy with an arm around each girl.

Uchiha Lei and Hyuga Mie asked Mito Uzumaki to help them marry despite the Hyuga Clan’s opposition. Mito agreed to accompany them to the Hyuga Clan Compound, alerting Konoha’s leaders and clan heads as they set out.

• Uchiha Lei left with Kushina Uzumaki and Hyuga Mie, drawing attention from Konoha’s factions.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi rejected Shimura Danzō’s demand to place Lei in Root and suggested waiting to see what Mito Uzumaki would do about Mie.
• Uchiha Lei and Hyuga Mie asked Mito Uzumaki to propose marriage to the Hyuga Clan, and she agreed.
• Uchiha Lei, Hyuga Mie, Mito Uzumaki, and Kushina Uzumaki headed for the Hyuga Clan Compound, alerting the Hokage, elders, and clan heads.

Mito Uzumaki secured Hyuga Mie's engagement to Uchiha Lei, and Hyuga Hai agreed to let Lei visit the Hyuga Clan freely. Later, Mito arranged for Lei to stay overnight at her home with Kushina, leaving Tsunade and Nawaki to protest and clean up dinner.

• Mito Uzumaki confronted Hyuga Hai over the clan rules separating Hyuga Mie and Uchiha Lei, and Lei revealed his mixed Uchiha and Senju blood.
• Hyuga Hai agreed to Mie and Lei's engagement and promised the Hyuga Clan would keep Lei's heritage secret.
• Hyuga Mie accepted the engagement, and Mito, Lei, and Kushina Uzumaki left the Hyuga Clan Compound.
• Hyuga Hiashi asked his father whether the matter with Mie was resolved, and Hyuga Hai told him to find someone else to like.
• At Tsunade's mansion, Mito approved Lei staying overnight with Kushina, while Tsunade and Nawaki objected and were left to clear the table.

Uchiha Lei and Kushina Uzumaki settled into Kushina’s room at Mito Uzumaki’s mansion, where Kushina worried that her figure could not compare with Lei’s other fiancées. Lei reassured her with affection, and they ended the night feeling closer.

• Kushina Uzumaki showed Uchiha Lei her room, and Lei declined her offer to take off his shoes.
• After Kushina washed up, she visited Mito Uzumaki and asked how to make her figure fuller.
• Uchiha Lei noticed Kushina’s dejection and told her the secret was papaya before embracing and kissing her.
• Kushina Uzumaki asked whether Lei would dislike her figure, and Lei reassured her that love did not need a reason.

Uchiha Lei and Kushina Uzumaki headed to the Ninja Academy, where Lei spent the morning with Hyuga Mie and continued using his plundering system. Nawaki copied Lei’s Body Flicker Technique and decided that strength could bring him attention.

• Uchiha Lei and Kushina Uzumaki got ready, ate breakfast with Mito Uzumaki, and left for the Ninja Academy using the Body Flicker Technique.
• Nawaki followed Lei’s example and used the Body Flicker Technique to travel, enjoying the attention from bystanders.
• At the academy, Hyuga Mie asked Lei to sit beside her, and he hugged her before taking the seat near her.
• Uchiha Lei’s system began plundering Kushina Uzumaki’s money and Hyuga Mie’s Main Family Byakugan, while Hyuga Hiashi sank into despair over Mie’s closeness with Lei.
• Sato Ichiro began a lesson on the Will of Fire, but Lei dismissed the need to listen and told Mie he planned to learn more ninjutsu.

As the Second Shinobi World War approached, the Ninja Academy held early graduation exams for fifth- and sixth-year students. Uchiha Lei waited with Kushina Uzumaki, Hyuga Mie, Uchiha Mikoto, and Minato Namikaze, and asked Minato who he thought would be on his team.

• Hanzō led the Rain Ninja in an invasion of the Land of Fire's borders, prompting Hiruzen Sarutobi to arrange early graduation to strengthen the front lines.
• At the examination area, Uchiha Lei checked his stats panel and lamented that his recent rewards had mostly been ninja tools and money.
• Kushina Uzumaki, Hyuga Mie, and Uchiha Mikoto warned Lei that his open-front outfit could attract unwanted attention and make him vulnerable on the battlefield.
• Lei teased Kushina about their future children and explained to Mie and Mikoto that the outfit was the only handsome ninja clothing he owned.
• Minato Namikaze complained when Lei called him Little Sun, and Lei changed the subject by asking whom Minato expected to be teamed with.

Uchiha Lei defeated Minato Namikaze in their graduation assessment match and reunited with Kushina Uzumaki, Hyuga Mie, and Uchiha Mikoto. The chapter ended with the three girls congratulating Lei after his swift victory.

• Uchiha Lei said he wanted to be on a team with his fiancées, while Kushina Uzumaki told Uchiha Mikoto she might not graduate because of her special status.
• Sato Ichiro called Uchiha Lei and Minato Namikaze into the arena for their assessment match.
• Minato Namikaze attacked with shuriken and the Body Flicker Technique, but Uchiha Lei deflected the shuriken and disarmed him with two sword strikes.
• Minato Namikaze conceded, and Sato Ichiro announced Uchiha Lei as the winner.
• Uchiha Lei returned to Kushina Uzumaki, Hyuga Mie, and Uchiha Mikoto, who praised and congratulated him.

Hyuga Mie defeated Hyuga Hiashi in the second graduation assessment match, leaving him badly injured and unconscious. Tsunade treated him, and Mie returned to Uchiha Lei and the others after winning.

• Tsunade argued with Jiraiya and greeted Kushina Uzumaki in the stands.
• Hyuga Mie faced Hyuga Hiashi and used her Byakugan and Gentle Fist to overwhelm him.
• Mie struck Hiashi with Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm, sending him outside the ring and leaving him unconscious.
• Hizashi Hyuga called for help, and Tsunade used the Mystical Palm Technique to treat Hiashi.
• Sato Ichiro declared Mie the winner and warned the students to surrender rather than risk injury.
• Mie returned to Uchiha Lei, who praised her as Uchiha Mikoto and Kushina Uzumaki congratulated her.

Hizashi Hyuga defeated Kushina Uzumaki in the final assessment, and Uchiha Lei warned Hizashi about a future Kumogakure peace mission. The teachers then settled their student assignments, with Orochimaru agreeing to take Nawaki and Hyuga Mie while Tsunade chose Uchiha Mikoto.

• Sato Ichiro warned Kushina Uzumaki that Hizashi Hyuga had the advantage, but Kushina insisted on fighting after Uchiha Lei and Tsunade told her not to get hurt.
• Hizashi Hyuga used his Byakugan and Heavenly Spin to repel Kushina's Adamantine Sealing Chains, then appeared behind her and forced her to concede.
• Uchiha Lei warned Hizashi Hyuga to watch out for Kumogakure and protect the children and his impulsive older brother; Hizashi passed the warning to Hyuga Hiashi, who agreed the threat was credible.
• After announcing Hizashi as the winner, Sato Ichiro told the students that their teachers would assign their teams.
• Jiraiya claimed Minato Namikaze, Tsunade asked Orochimaru to teach Nawaki, and Orochimaru agreed.
• Tsunade chose Uchiha Mikoto and left Hyuga Mie to Orochimaru, and the three teachers went to find their students.

After the students were assigned instructors, Uchiha Lei confronted Tsunade about dating Dan Katō and forcibly kissed her until she agreed not to seek a boyfriend. The two acknowledged their feelings but decided to keep their relationship private for now.

• Orochimaru chose Hyuga Mie as his student, and she said goodbye to Uchiha Lei, Uchiha Mikoto, and Kushina Uzumaki before leaving with him.
• Tsunade asked Uchiha Lei how he knew Nawaki had followed Orochimaru, then claimed she was dating Dan Katō to tease him.
• Uchiha Lei pulled Tsunade away from the group, kissed her, and insisted she promise not to find a boyfriend.
• Tsunade gave in and kissed Uchiha Lei in return after he promised to care for her and suggested she could preserve her youth with a sealing ninjutsu.
• After Kushina Uzumaki called for them, Tsunade healed Uchiha Lei's lip and agreed to keep their relationship private, allowing him to tell Grandma.

Uchiha Lei and Tsunade made their relationship public to Kushina Uzumaki and Tsunade’s family. The chapter ended with Mito Uzumaki welcoming Lei as her grandson-in-law and Nawaki accepting him after Lei promised to treat Tsunade well.

• Uchiha Lei admitted to Kushina Uzumaki that he and Tsunade were dating, and Kushina accepted their relationship without anger.
• Tsunade assigned Lei, Kushina, and Uchiha Mikoto to her team and told them to meet at the Hokage Building at nine the next morning.
• At Tsunade's Mansion, Nawaki eagerly prepared to meet his sister’s supposed brother-in-law, then learned that Uchiha Lei was the man Tsunade had chosen.
• Uchiha Lei gave Nawaki a hundred thousand ryo, and Tsunade stopped Nawaki from insulting him before introducing Lei to Mito Uzumaki as her grandson-in-law.
• Uchiha Lei kissed Tsunade’s cheek to reassure Nawaki, who praised Lei and resolved to become stronger.

After Tsunade and Uchiha Lei became a couple, the two fought playfully over who would lead their relationship at home before an urgent summons to the front lines interrupted their evening. Tsunade left for the Hokage Office Building with Dan Katō, while Uchiha Lei watched her go, pleased by her devotion to him.

• Kushina Uzumaki and Tsunade argued over whose room Uchiha Lei would sleep in, and Kushina pretended to relent so Tsunade would take him to her room.
• Tsunade accused Uchiha Lei and Kushina of tricking her, then playfully challenged Lei before they kissed and embraced.
• Dan Katō summoned Tsunade to join the medical ninja for an emergency meeting about the front lines, interrupting her time with Lei.
• Uchiha Lei encouraged Tsunade to trust her convictions, and Tsunade kissed his cheek before leaving with Dan Katō.
• Tsunade repeatedly kept her distance from Dan Katō, then snapped at him not to come near her; Uchiha Lei watched from the doorway, pleased.

Tsunade attended a war council where Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned her to develop an antidote to Ibuse’s poison and organize medical ninja for the front. After the meeting, she returned home and confided in Uchiha Lei, who comforted her before they went to sleep.

• Hatake Sakumo reported that Hanzō and Amegakure forces had invaded the Land of Fire’s border and warned that Ibuse’s poison was extremely potent.
• Tsunade agreed to train medical ninja from the academy graduates and regular ninja after Hiruzen Sarutobi and the elders discussed staffing.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi appointed Shimura Danzō commander-in-chief, with Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade assisting him at the border.
• Tsunade left the meeting and hurried home, where Uchiha Lei was waiting for her.
• Tsunade told Uchiha Lei about the meeting and asked whether she had handled the medical-ninja dispute correctly; he reassured her, and they went to sleep.

Konoha's ninja army departed for the front lines under Shimura Danzō, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya, while Uchiha Lei hurried to see Hyuga Mie and Nawaki off. After waking late at Tsunade's home, Lei shared an affectionate moment with Kushina Uzumaki before setting out with her to the village entrance.

• Shimura Danzō led the ninja army toward the Konoha Gate as Jiraiya searched for Tsunade, and Nawaki told him she was probably still in bed with Lei.
• Tsunade remembered the send-off and hurried to get ready while Lei checked his system gains and dressed to leave.
• Lei found Kushina outside her room, apologized for not sleeping beside her, and kissed her; Tsunade emerged and reacted angrily to seeing them together.
• Tsunade told Lei and Kushina to attend the send-off and meet her afterward in the mission hall at the Hokage Office Building.
• Lei used the Body Flicker Technique to carry Kushina toward the village entrance, slowing down when the cold wind made her shiver.

Tsunade publicly confirmed that Uchiha Lei was her man as Konoha’s ninja departed for the front, prompting Jiraiya’s heartbreak and Hiruzen’s disapproval. Tsunade then arranged village missions for Lei, Kushina, and Mikoto before leaving to meet Hiruzen, confident she could resist his objections.

• Tsunade and Uchiha Lei said farewell to the departing Konoha teams, and Nawaki called Lei his brother-in-law.
• Jiraiya confronted Tsunade about choosing Lei, and she declared that Lei was her man and that Jiraiya was worse than him in every way.
• Hiruzen sent the ninja force to the front, then told Koharu and Homura he would tell Tsunade to stay away from Lei.
• Tsunade, Lei, and Kushina met Mikoto at the mission hall, where Tsunade arranged three new village missions for them.
• Lei kissed Tsunade’s forehead and asked if she could handle Hiruzen’s objections, and Tsunade left to meet the Hokage.

Tsunade defended her relationship with Uchiha Lei to Hiruzen Sarutobi, then delivered Genin forehead protectors to Lei, Kushina Uzumaki, and Uchiha Mikoto. Lei completed a cat-catching mission and began cleaning trash from a stream, where Tsunade congratulated him before leaving for work.

• Tsunade rejected Hiruzen Sarutobi’s warnings about Lei and accepted three Genin forehead protectors from him.
• Lei caught Mimi for Grandma Nohara, completed the mission, and headed to the stream to pick up trash.
• Kushina Uzumaki and Uchiha Mikoto mopped the bathhouse as a mission and discussed Tsunade’s relationship with Lei.
• Tsunade gave Kushina Uzumaki and Uchiha Mikoto their Genin forehead protectors, while Mikoto declined to call her big sister.
• Tsunade brought Lei his Genin forehead protector at the stream, and he assured her he would never betray Konoha.
• Lei kissed Tsunade goodbye, and she left for Konoha Hospital.

Uchiha Lei and Uchiha Mikoto celebrated their graduation with Mikoto’s parents, and Uchiha Yama gave Lei the Flame Formation technique. Afterward, Lei gave Mikoto three hundred thousand ryō and reassured her that she was his principal wife; their intimacy began advancing his progress toward plundering her Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Lei parted from Kushina after promising to visit her the next day, then returned home with Mikoto.
• Uchiha Yama gave Lei a scroll containing the Flame Formation as a graduation gift, and Lei memorized its instructions.
• At the graduation dinner, Mikoto asked for her gift, and Lei gave her three hundred thousand ryō to keep for their future.
• Mikoto worried that people would criticize her as Lei’s wife because of Tsunade, and Lei promised to make anyone who criticized her pay.
• Lei and Mikoto went to bed together, and the system reported five percent progress toward plundering Mikoto’s Mangekyō Sharingan.

Uchiha Lei gained more ocular power from the system before taking a herb-gathering mission with Uchiha Mikoto and Kushina Uzumaki. After retrieving the herbs from a dangerous cliff, the group headed to Konoha Hospital to learn Medical Ninjutsu from Tsunade.

• Uchiha Lei woke beside Uchiha Mikoto, gained 5,000 ocular power from the system, and saw his Mangekyō Sharingan progress reach 50%.
• Uchiha Lei and Uchiha Mikoto met Kushina Uzumaki at the mission hall, where she had accepted a mission to gather antidote herbs and learn Medical Ninjutsu from Tsunade.
• Uchiha Lei found the three-flowered purple rue grass growing on a wet cliff and climbed down to collect it while Uchiha Mikoto and Kushina Uzumaki watched anxiously.
• Uchiha Lei returned safely with the herbs, reassured the worried girls, and used the Body Flicker Technique to take them toward Konoha Hospital to meet Tsunade.

Tsunade tested antidotes for Ibuse’s poison gas, and Uchiha Lei brought her the herbs she needed to make progress. After Kushina Uzumaki and Uchiha Mikoto left, Tsunade and Lei became intimate in her office, but Kushina’s return interrupted them.

• Tsunade tried several antidotes on Ibuse’s poison gas, but none neutralized it.
• Uchiha Lei arrived with Kushina Uzumaki and Uchiha Mikoto and gave Tsunade the antidote herbs they had gathered.
• Tsunade sent Kushina and Mikoto home, then pulled Lei close while retrieving the herbs from his clothes.
• Tsunade diluted the herbs into Ibuse’s poison gas and found that the poison no longer diluted the antidote.
• Tsunade and Lei kissed, but Kushina knocked and called for Lei to come home for dinner.

Uchiha Lei left Kushina Uzumaki at home and joined Tsunade and Uchiha Mikoto on a mission to the troubled border. Along the way, he obtained a Wood Release scroll and learned its listed techniques, just as Tsunade spotted watchers nearby and ordered him to attack.

• Uchiha Lei reassured Kushina Uzumaki that Tsunade had delayed him for a mission-related reason, then took her downstairs for dinner.
• A messenger reported that the border situation was worsening, and Uchiha Lei agreed to go with Tsunade and Uchiha Mikoto while Kushina stayed behind.
• Uchiha Lei gave Kushina 300,000 ryo before leaving, and Mito Uzumaki told her it was his betrothal gift.
• At Konoha's entrance, Tsunade asked Uchiha Mikoto whether her sword matched Uchiha Lei's; Mikoto confirmed that it did.
• While traveling, Uchiha Lei asked Tsunade for Wood Release techniques, read her scroll, and learned its three listed jutsu.
• Tsunade noticed someone watching the group and ordered Uchiha Lei to test his new techniques on the nearby enemy.

Uchiha Lei fought an Amegakure squad at Konoha’s border while Tsunade and Uchiha Mikoto watched. After killing the squad’s four genin and three chunin, he faced its two jonin as their water and fire techniques filled the forest with steam.

• Tsunade and Uchiha Mikoto watched as Uchiha Lei challenged nine Amegakure ninja to attack him.
• Four Amegakure genin used Senbon Shower, but Uchiha Lei burned their weapons with Flame Formation and killed them with his sword.
• Uchiha Lei used explosive tags, the Shackling Stakes Technique, and fire ninjutsu to kill three Amegakure chunin.
• The two Amegakure jonin attacked with Water Dragon Bullet, and Uchiha Lei countered with Great Dragon Fire.
• The jonin unleashed Great Waterfall Technique, and their water tornadoes collided with Lei’s fire dragons, filling the forest with steam.

Uchiha Lei defeated two Amegakure Jonin and rejoined Tsunade and Uchiha Mikoto before they reached the Konoha camp. Tsunade presented her antidote for Ibuse’s poison gas to the camp leaders, and Orochimaru offered to take Lei to find Mie and Nawaki.

• Lei used explosive-tag clones to ambush the two Amegakure Jonin, then killed them with his Kusanagi Sword and plundered their supplies.
• Lei searched the defeated Chunin and Genin, then called Tsunade and Mikoto over and continued with them to the Konoha camp.
• Tsunade entered the command tent and showed Orochimaru and Shimura Danzō her antidote by testing it on Ibuse’s poison gas.
• Shimura Danzō ordered Tsunade to produce and distribute the antidote, while Orochimaru agreed to lead her to her quarters after Jiraiya left.
• Lei asked Orochimaru where Mie and Nawaki were, and Orochimaru offered to take him to them.