Recaps

Qianye Lan, a transmigrated Ninja Academy student, secretly refined chakra to earn small system rewards while hiding his abilities and trying to survive the coming war. After he helped Minato Namikaze finish a grueling run, the Third Hokage praised him as an heir to the Will of Fire.

• Qianye Lan pretended to sleep through theory lessons while secretly refining chakra and managing his exam scores to avoid standing out.
• After lunch, Qianye Lan refined chakra and recalled that his Daily Settlement System rewarded activities that indirectly improved him.
• Qianye Lan joined Minato Namikaze and an Uchiha student for physical training, and the three gradually outlasted the rest of the class.
• On the final lap, Qianye Lan was ahead when Minato Namikaze fell, so Qianye Lan stopped and offered him a hand.
• Qianye Lan and Minato Namikaze crossed the finish line together, prompting the observing Third Hokage to call Qianye Lan a fine heir to the Will of Fire.

Qianye Lan won his practical training match, then trained at home while the Third Hokage refused Danzō’s request to recruit him and Minato for Root. The next day, transfer student Kushina joined his class, where Qianye Lan silenced the students mocking her and she sat beside him.

• Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi praised Qianye Lan’s understanding of the Will of Fire, and the practical training teacher declared Qianye Lan the winner over Minato Namikaze.
• Hiruzen considered finding Qianye Lan a mentor, but refused Shimura Danzō’s request to take Qianye Lan and Minato into Root.
• Qianye Lan remembered Hatake Sakumo telling him that Chiyo of Sunagakure had killed his parents, then trained his chakra control and physical fitness at home.
• Qianye Lan received system rewards for chakra control, physical fitness, and mental strength while he slept.
• Kushina introduced herself to the class and was mocked for her appearance and dream of becoming Hokage.
• Qianye Lan told the class to keep quiet, and Kushina chose the seat beside him before falling asleep during the lesson.

Qianye Lan defended Kushina from classmates, shared his lunch with her, and reassured her about her hair. Kushina beat the bullies who targeted her again, and the two began to grow closer at the training ground.

• After class, Qianye Lan confronted the students who had insulted him, then explained to Kushina that he had only wanted them to stop disturbing his sleep.
• Kushina realized she had no lunch, so Qianye Lan gave her his leftovers in exchange for her washing the lunch box; the Third Hokage watched and considered who should guide Qianye Lan.
• The students who had mocked Kushina surrounded her after she washed the lunch box, but she beat them and returned to the classroom.
• The bullies complained to their homeroom teacher, who dismissed them and thought Kushina had done a good deed.
• At the training ground, Qianye Lan told Kushina that her hair looked pretty, and they exchanged their names.

During shuriken practice, Qianye Lan and Kushina impressed their classmates with their skill. After class, Kushina invited Qianye Lan to dinner at her house, and he accepted.

• The practical instructor taught the class basic shuriken throwing, and Genya Uchiha demonstrated by hitting the bull's-eye with three shuriken.
• Minato Namikaze also hit the bull's-eye with all three shuriken he threw.
• Qianye Lan threw five shuriken at once and hit the bull's-eye with every one, astonishing the instructor and the class.
• Kushina hit the bull's-eye with both her shuriken, then joined Qianye Lan as they practiced and talked.
• After practice, Kushina invited Qianye Lan to dinner at her house, and he accepted.

Qianye Lan protected Kushina from Langgu and Shomaru’s group, then went with Kushina to her home and showed her his Water Walking training. Kushina asked him how he managed to walk across the pool.

• Kushina happily accepted Qianye Lan as a friend and led him toward her home.
• Langgu confronted Kushina and Qianye Lan at Shomaru’s urging, but Qianye Lan knocked him unconscious with one strike.
• Shomaru and his lackeys fled, and the Third Hokage’s Anbu took charge of Langgu.
• Qianye Lan and Kushina reached her home, where Mito Uzumaki welcomed them and went to prepare dinner.
• Qianye Lan demonstrated Water Walking to Kushina, who eagerly asked how he had done it.

Qianye Lan trained chakra control and Wind Release while growing closer to Kushina, and Mito Uzumaki privately questioned the Third Hokage about him and her own remaining time. The next day, Kushina brought Qianye Lan lunch, and the two attended a wilderness survival lesson.

• Qianye Lan caught Kushina when she lost her balance trying Water Walking, then practiced chakra control while she worked on Tree Climbing.
• Mito Uzumaki summoned the Third Hokage, confirmed Qianye Lan posed no threat to Kushina, and said she could probably hold on for another year or so.
• Qianye Lan practiced Gale Palm late into the night and received Gale Palm and Rasengan proficiency from his daily system rewards.
• At the Ninja Academy, Kushina copied Qianye Lan and fell asleep during class, then gave him the lunch she had prepared.
• Qianye Lan listened attentively as the class began a wilderness survival lesson about identifying edible things.

Qianye Lan trained with a Shadow Clone after visiting the Memorial Stone, then joined Kushina for the Forest of Death survival exercise. They headed toward a river while a larger team argued over where to go.

• Qianye Lan visited the Memorial Stone and vowed to avenge the dead before returning home to train.
• Qianye Lan learned Shadow Clone and used one clone to accelerate his training, mastering his parents’ C-rank ninjutsu and advancing his Rasengan training.
• The teacher explained the Forest of Death exercise rules, and some students withdrew while the remaining students received equipment and entered the forest.
• Qianye Lan and Kushina chose to work as a pair and set off toward a river after checking their equipment.
• A team of nine argued over its destination while the other teams began moving through the forest.

Kumogakure ninja disguised as merchants entered Konoha and tracked down Kushina in the Forest of Death, where Qianye Lan prepared traps after sensing they were being watched. Their nighttime attack was interrupted by an explosive trap, and Qianye Lan launched a signal flare as the remaining attackers retreated.

• Kumogakure ninja entered Konoha disguised as merchants, rented a warehouse, and used a hidden message to arrange an attack in the Forest of Death.
• Qianye Lan taught Kushina wilderness skills while they traveled, then made a Shadow Clone keep watch as they rested in a tree.
• The Kumogakure ninja searched the forest, found Qianye Lan and Kushina, and delayed their attack because Anbu were protecting Kushina.
• Qianye Lan sensed they were being followed, removed Kushina's equipment, and set traps while the Kumogakure ninja secretly tracked them.
• Anbu accepted payment to leave Kushina unprotected for fifteen minutes, giving the Kumogakure ninja an opening to attack.
• A Kumogakure ninja triggered Qianye Lan's explosive trap, and Qianye Lan launched a signal flare as the survivors retreated.

Qianye Lan and the Konoha teachers dealt with the Kumogakure ninja who had attacked the students and tried to abduct Kushina, while a Danzo spy killed his fellow Anbu to conceal the mission. The Third Hokage learned of the attack and ordered the usual death benefits paid, and Danzo entered his office.

• Qianye Lan used Wind Release: Vacuum Sphere to mortally wound one Kumogakure ninja as another escaped, while teachers and Anbu moved to pursue them.
• The Anbu captain, acting under Root’s orders and fearing for his family, killed his two teammates and destroyed their bodies with explosive tags.
• A fleeing Kumogakure ninja grabbed an Uchiha clan member, who detonated an explosive tag; the ninja survived with severe injuries, and the Anbu took over as the teachers left.
• Qianye Lan received his Shadow Clone’s memories, then told the teachers what had happened; they ended the outing.
• The Third Hokage learned that Kumogakure ninja had tried to abduct Kushina and that three Anbu had died, then ordered the usual death benefits paid.
• Danzo entered the Hokage’s office after the Third Hokage’s Anbu aide left.

Danzo failed to take Kushina into Root, while Mito Uzumaki secured recognition and rewards for Qianye Lan after he protected her. Qianye Lan gained the Uzumaki Constitution and received two scrolls from Mito, including Konoha’s reward, which he could choose from.

• Danzo demanded that the Third Hokage hand Kushina over to Root, but Hiruzen told him to ask Mito and accused him of meddling in the Anbu.
• Mito met with Hiruzen and insisted that Konoha recognize Qianye Lan for protecting Kushina; they agreed to let him choose from a selection of safer forbidden techniques.
• Qianye Lan received Trap Mastery, improved Wind Release: Vacuum Sphere proficiency, and the Uzumaki Constitution, which began fusing with his body over the course of a day.
• Mito visited Qianye Lan with Kushina and gave him Konoha’s reward scroll, telling him to choose a technique and then come to her.
• Mito also gave Qianye Lan a second scroll as a thank-you gift from the Uzumaki Clan and insisted that he accept it.

Qianye Lan spent the day with Kushina, met Tsunade, and received powerful ninjutsu and sealing techniques from Mito Uzumaki. After choosing the Flying Thunder God Technique and improving his Rasengan, he visited Mito the next morning and waited for lunch before beginning his studies.

• Mito Uzumaki gave Qianye Lan a scroll of Konoha rewards and brought Kushina to visit him, where Kushina learned his parents had died in battle.
• Qianye Lan trained his Rasengan while Kushina watched, then went with her to dinner and met Tsunade, who thanked him for protecting Kushina.
• Qianye Lan chose the Flying Thunder God Technique from the reward scroll and found three sealing jutsu in the scroll Mito Uzumaki had given him.
• The system raised Qianye Lan's Rasengan proficiency to proficient after eight hours of practice.
• Qianye Lan visited Mito Uzumaki the next morning, confirmed his choice, and stayed for lunch while Kushina hurried back to her room to get ready.

Qianye Lan chose to learn the Flying Thunder God Technique and received access to Tobirama Senju’s original notes from Mito Uzumaki. Mito invited him to stay at her home for a while so he could study and spend time with Kushina.

• Tsunade teased Qianye Lan and Kushina about how they met, and the pair grew shy as they sat close together.
• Mito Uzumaki took Qianye Lan to the Hokage Building, where he chose the Flying Thunder God Technique and read its entry in the Scroll of Seals.
• Mito Uzumaki told Qianye Lan that Tobirama Senju’s original notes were at her home and let him study them there.
• Mito Uzumaki invited Qianye Lan to stay at her home and spend more time with Kushina, and he agreed.
• Mito Uzumaki told Kushina that Qianye Lan would stay and asked her to help prepare a guest room, making Kushina excited.

Qianye Lan stayed at Mito Uzumaki’s home, studied Tobirama Senju’s notes on the Flying Thunder God Technique, and learned what it would take to master it. After Hatake Sakumo told him the war was nearing its end and apologized for failing to kill Chiyo, Qianye Lan asked him to teach him basic swordsmanship.

• Kushina and Mito Uzumaki prepared a room for Qianye Lan, who settled in and read Tobirama Senju’s detailed notes on the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• The next morning, Qianye Lan resumed studying while Kushina tried to read the notes but could not understand them.
• Qianye Lan learned that the Flying Thunder God Technique required vast chakra, skill in Sealing Jutsu, and strong spatial perception, and he remembered that he had left Mito Uzumaki’s Sealing Jutsu scroll at home.
• Qianye Lan returned home and found Hatake Sakumo waiting to tell him that the war was nearing an official ceasefire.
• Hatake Sakumo apologized for failing to kill Chiyo, and Qianye Lan reassured him before asking him to teach him basic swordsmanship.
• Hatake Sakumo agreed to guide Qianye Lan and left his address before departing.

Qianye Lan advanced his Sealing Jutsu and mastered the Rasengan while staying with Kushina and Mito Uzumaki. After telling Tsunade that he wanted to kill Chiyo of Sunagakure, he began learning poison and antidote techniques from her, and met the young Shizune.

• Qianye Lan studied Sealing Jutsu with Kushina and impressed Mito Uzumaki with his talent.
• Qianye Lan attended the Ninja Academy, raised three Sealing Jutsu to proficient level, and mastered the Rasengan using Shadow Clones to train.
• Qianye Lan demonstrated the Rasengan to Kushina, Mito Uzumaki, and Tsunade, surprising them with its power.
• Tsunade asked Qianye Lan about his dream, and he said he wanted to kill Chiyo of Sunagakure; Tsunade offered to teach him about poisons and antidotes.
• Qianye Lan began studying medicinal ingredients, poisons, and antidotes with Tsunade, who later introduced him to Shizune.

Qianye Lan graduated and attended a memorial for the Second Shinobi World War before the Third Hokage assigned Jiraiya and Hatake Sakumo to instructor teams. The chapter ended with Qianye Lan successfully activating the Flying Thunder God Technique, though he still could not use it in combat.

• Qianye Lan graduated in the top three, and he and Kushina celebrated before Tsunade took them to the war memorial.
• The Third Hokage delivered the eulogy, and everyone placed flowers at the Memorial Stone.
• Jiraiya told Tsunade he planned to travel, but the Third Hokage summoned him and assigned him to instruct Minato Namikaze, Dekai, and Zuo Qing Maoshu.
• Hatake Sakumo volunteered to become an instructor and chose Qianye Lan, then accepted the other students on the Third Hokage's prepared list.
• Qianye Lan used the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport to a coordinate, but he told Kushina he was not yet ready to use it in combat.

Qianye Lan and Kushina waited to learn who would lead their Genin team and were assigned Hatake Sakumo as their instructor. They learned a third teammate would join them the next day, leaving Qianye Lan reconsidering his assumptions about her.

• Qianye Lan reassured Kushina that they would be placed on the same team, and Mito Uzumaki watched them playfully bicker.
• Kushina woke Qianye Lan, caught him changing, and felt embarrassed afterward as they shared a quiet breakfast.
• Hatake Sakumo arrived at the Academy and told Qianye Lan and Kushina he would be their instructor.
• Hatake Sakumo explained that a senior kunoichi would be their third teammate and told them to meet beneath Hokage Rock at nine the next morning.
• Qianye Lan guessed their teammate might be difficult to get along with, but Kushina pointed out that neither of them had other friends and asked why he thought the same of their teammate.

Qianye Lan and Kushina met their new teammate, Uchiha Mikoto, under Hatake Sakumo’s leadership and learned why her previous team had disbanded. The chapter ended with Kakashi resisting his father’s advice about school while Qianye Lan continued training and Kushina wondered about their future missions.

• Kushina tripped while walking backward, and Qianye Lan caught her before she fell; they returned home and told Mito Uzumaki that Hatake Sakumo would lead their team.
• Qianye Lan and Kushina met Hatake Sakumo the next morning, and Uchiha Mikoto joined them as their third teammate.
• Hatake Sakumo explained that Mikoto’s former team had disbanded after her instructor was injured in the Second Shinobi World War, then treated the team to barbecue.
• Hatake Sakumo urged Kakashi to attend the Ninja Academy in person for a year before seeking early graduation, and Kakashi reluctantly agreed.
• Qianye Lan practiced the Flying Thunder God Technique while Tsunade watched, then Kushina asked him what missions their team might receive.

Qianye Lan and Kushina joked together before beginning Team 8’s first mission, a simple job to rescue a cat from a tree. After Qianye Lan retrieved the enormous cat, Kushina laughed at its despairing look as its owner hugged it tightly.

• Kushina questioned Qianye Lan about their upcoming work, then gave him her bankbook when he pretended to need money, but he refused it.
• Qianye Lan guessed that Team 8 would receive escort missions and comforted Kushina before she returned to her room.
• The next morning, Hatake Sakumo assigned Team 8 its first mission: rescuing Mrs. Suzuki’s cat.
• Qianye Lan leapt into the tree, carried the fat cat down, and collected the payment from Mrs. Suzuki.
• Kushina joked that the cat had looked despairing and called Qianye Lan its accomplice.

Qianye Lan, Kushina, and Uchiha Mikoto spent a month completing D-rank missions before taking their first C-rank job escorting a wealthy merchant. After a safe journey through Gale Canyon, Hatake Sakumo let them explore the town, where Kushina tried on a fox mask and picked one for Qianye Lan.

• Qianye Lan, Kushina, and Uchiha Mikoto tilled a large field as part of a D-rank mission, and Uchiha Mikoto struggled with the work.
• Qianye Lan, Kushina, and Uchiha Mikoto completed dozens of D-rank missions over the next month and received their first C-rank assignment to escort a wealthy merchant and his cargo.
• The merchant welcomed Hatake Sakumo, whose reputation reassured him, as the team set out from Konoha.
• At Gale Canyon, Qianye Lan sent a Shadow Clone ahead to scout and confirmed the route had no traps or immediate danger.
• Qianye Lan, Kushina, Uchiha Mikoto, and Hatake Sakumo escorted the merchant safely to his destination, then explored the town together.
• Kushina tried on a fox mask and handed Qianye Lan another mask she thought suited him.

Qianye Lan and Hatake Sakumo discovered and captured two Sunagakure ninja carrying a coded secret letter while staying at an inn. As the group returned to Konoha with the prisoners, Hatake Sakumo sent the letter ahead by ninja bird and explained why such messengers were rare.

• Kushina gave Qianye Lan a wolf mask, and the shopkeeper remarked on their close relationship, embarrassing her.
• Qianye Lan and Hatake Sakumo overheard suspicious men at the inn, knocked them out with knockout powder, and found a secret letter written in Sunagakure's code.
• Hatake Sakumo identified the men as Sunagakure ninja, injured their wrists and ankles, and left them unconscious and bound while he kept watch.
• Uchiha Mikoto questioned Kushina about her relationship with Qianye Lan, and Kushina insisted they were ordinary friends before hiding her flushed face.
• Hatake Sakumo hired a carriage and took the prisoners back toward Konoha, while another group arrived at the inn and found the room empty.
• Hatake Sakumo sent the secret letter to Konoha with a ninja bird and explained that such messengers were rare because they took many resources to raise.

Hatake Sakumo’s team pursued the Sunagakure spies, while the Third Hokage decoded their intercepted letter and discovered Konoha prodigies were being targeted. After Qianye Lan helped capture three more Sand Ninja, Sakumo returned to Konoha and was summoned to meet the Hokage.

• Hatake Sakumo explained that few ninja used the Summoning Technique for messenger beasts, and Qianye Lan reminded Kushina to follow her superior’s orders.
• The Third Hokage had the scrambled Sunagakure letter deciphered and learned that Tsunade had hemophobia and that Konoha prodigies under fifteen were priority targets.
• Three Sunagakure ninja learned that Hatake Sakumo was traveling with three Genin and pursued his team despite fearing the White Fang.
• Qianye Lan detected the Sand Ninja and attacked with Wind Release, allowing Hatake Sakumo to knock them unconscious and capture them.
• Hatake Sakumo handed the five captured spies to an Anbu at Konoha’s gate, dismissed the three Genin for three days, and went to see the Hokage.

Kushina returned home with Qianye Lan, while Hatake Sakumo reported a Sunagakure spy’s secret letter to the Third Hokage. Qianye Lan mastered a combat application of the Flying Thunder God Technique, and Kushina entered his room after bathing.

• Kushina pretended to be exhausted so Qianye Lan would carry her home, then eagerly told Mito Uzumaki about the mission.
• Hatake Sakumo showed the Third Hokage a Sunagakure letter containing sensitive information about Tsunade’s hemophobia, and the Third Hokage ordered the Anbu to root out Konoha’s spies.
• Qianye Lan found a method in Tobirama Senju’s notes for teleporting to a moving Kunai and successfully applied it to the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Tsunade watched Qianye Lan’s progress and briefly considered giving him her necklace before dismissing the thought.
• After training and eating, Qianye Lan returned to his room, where Kushina entered with her wet red hair still dripping from her bath.

Kushina kissed Qianye Lan after he helped dry her hair, and Mito Uzumaki encouraged her to pursue him before privately revealing that her health was failing and asking him to care for Kushina. The next morning, Hatake Sakumo told Qianye Lan that capturing the Sunagakure spy had earned them credit for an S-rank mission, with rewards still to come.

• Kushina asked Qianye Lan to dry her hair, then kissed his cheek and fled, saying she was stamping her mark on him.
• Mito Uzumaki encouraged Kushina to pursue Qianye Lan, then told him her health was failing and left Kushina in his care.
• Kushina woke Qianye Lan and reminded him that they were going to barbecue with Mikoto, then blushed when she saw him without clothes.
• Hatake Sakumo pulled Qianye Lan aside and said the captured Sunagakure spy had earned them credit for an S-rank mission, with cash or ninjutsu likely as rewards.

Qianye Lan spent his day off with Kushina and Uchiha Mikoto, while the Third Hokage confronted Danzo over Root’s actions and removed him from his post. Later, the three girls encountered two green-clad men shouting about youth, leaving Kushina and Qianye Lan stunned as Mikoto asked whether they had seen them before.

• Hatake Sakumo gave Qianye Lan an extra reward for capturing two spies and left before Qianye Lan could say goodbye.
• Qianye Lan, Kushina, and Uchiha Mikoto ate a large barbecue meal, then visited the Yamanaka Flower Shop, where Kushina bought a potted flower.
• The Third Hokage summoned Danzo and confronted him with intelligence linking Root to the deaths and disappearance of Kushina’s Anbu guards and the leak about Tsunade’s fear of blood.
• Danzo claimed his actions had been a plan to lure out spies, but the Third Hokage removed him from his post and ordered two Anbu to take him away to rest.
• Danzo persuaded the Anbu to leave him alone and decided to return to the clan compound for a few days.
• Qianye Lan, Kushina, and Uchiha Mikoto saw two green-clad men walking on their hands and shouting “Youth,” and Mikoto asked if they had seen them before.

Tsunade learned that Qianye Lan and Hatake Sakumo had intercepted intelligence about her fear of blood, then asked how to thank Qianye Lan. He requested special-metal kunai for the Flying Thunder God, and Tsunade found suitable metal for them.

• Kushina and Uchiha Mikoto discussed Might Duy and Might Guy after seeing the odd father-and-son pair.
• The Third Hokage told Tsunade that Hatake Sakumo and Qianye Lan had intercepted intelligence about her weakness, and said Mito Uzumaki had only a few months left.
• Tsunade thanked Hatake Sakumo and praised Kakashi when she encountered them on her way home.
• Tsunade asked Qianye Lan what he wanted as thanks, and he requested special-metal kunai for the Flying Thunder God.
• Tsunade brought Qianye Lan a piece of metal from Tobirama Senju's supply, and he confirmed it would work for making kunai like his custom-made one.