Chapter Summaries

After awakening memories of his past life, Uchiha Xuantou discovered that he had gained a Three-Tomoe Sharingan and bound himself to a Clan System. He decided to strengthen the Uchiha and went with Uchiha Inabi to seek promotion to Jonin, arriving as Danzo argued with the Great Elder Uchiha Somen.

• Uchiha Inabi stopped his Great Fireball Technique when Uchiha Xuantou froze during sparring, and Xuantou collapsed.
• Xuantou regained consciousness and awakened memories of his past life, including his death beneath a transport truck.
• Xuantou discovered that he had awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan, and the Clan System bound itself to him and issued a quest to become a Jonin.
• Xuantou told Inabi he would seek promotion to Jonin, and they went to see the Great Elder Uchiha Somen.
• Danzo argued with Uchiha Somen about sending more Uchiha to the battlefield, then left as Somen called Xuantou and Inabi into his office.

Xuandou sought and received promotion to jōnin from Hiruzen after demonstrating his Three-Tomoe Sharingan, then gained medical ninjutsu mastery through the system. At the Konoha High Command meeting, the leaders discussed the war and learned that the Uchiha clan head had died fighting Kumogakure.

• Xuandou asked Great Elder Somen to help him become a jōnin, and Somen agreed to take him to Hiruzen for an assessment.
• On the way, Somen asked Xuandou what he thought of Shimura Danzō, and Xuandou said Danzō was power-hungry and hostile to the Uchiha Clan.
• Hiruzen reviewed Xuandou’s record, saw his Three-Tomoe Sharingan, and approved his jōnin promotion without an examination.
• Xuandou used his system reward draw and gained Beginner Medical Ninjutsu Mastery, including the Chakra Scalpel, then received a task to dual-cultivate with a talented female ninja.
• At the Konoha High Command meeting, Danzō described Konoha’s heavy losses and criticized the great clans before Hiruzen announced that the Uchiha clan head had died fighting Kumogakure.

After the Uchiha Clan Head died, Xuandou saw a chance to compete for the vacant position and represented the Uchiha at Konoha High Command. He predicted the war would end soon and the Third Raikage would die, and the news of the Raikage’s death immediately proved him right.

• Konoha High Command learned that the Uchiha Clan Head had died and that Uchiha Fugaku had been named acting clan head.
• Xuandou decided to compete for the Uchiha Clan Head position and asked Uchiha Somen for permission to speak for the clan.
• Xuandou told Hiruzen Sarutobi and the other leaders that the war would end that year, citing Minato's destruction of Kannabi Bridge and predicting the Third Raikage would die.
• Danzo dismissed Xuandou's prediction, but a Root shinobi delivered news that the Third Raikage had died after fighting Iwagakure's ten thousand shinobi for three days and nights.
• Hiruzen questioned the idea that the Uchiha had obtained the news in advance and asked Xuandou to continue his analysis.

Xuantou warned Konoha’s leaders that Sunagakure would attack the Kikyo Mountain outpost, and Hiruzen assigned him an S-rank intelligence mission there. Hiruzen gave him a kunoichi partner, whom Xuantou immediately considered a potential match for his system.

• Xuantou argued that the other great nations’ offensives would fade but Sunagakure remained a serious threat, and he criticized Danzo for overlooking the danger.
• Xuantou predicted that Sunagakure would attack the Kikyo Mountain outpost, prompting Hiruzen to reveal that Anbu had already reported suspected enemy activity nearby.
• After the meeting ended, Xuantou planned to improve his strength and earn merits toward becoming Uchiha Clan Head.
• Hiruzen summoned Xuantou, praised his analysis, and assigned him an S-rank intelligence investigation near Kikyo Mountain.
• Hiruzen introduced a kunoichi as Xuantou’s mission partner, and Xuantou viewed her as a possible system target.

Uchiha Xuantou and Kurenai Yuhi investigated suspicious activity near Kikyo Mountain, uncovering signs of Sunagakure teams operating along the border. Xuantou set a trap for one of the enemy ninja, and Kurenai ensnared Iwasaki Shigeru in a tavern-themed genjutsu.

• Hiruzen assigned Xuantou and Kurenai to investigate unusual Sunagakure activity around Kikyo Mountain.
• Xuantou and Kurenai traveled to the area, disguised themselves as Iwagakure ninja, and searched the abandoned castle complex.
• Xuantou spotted disturbed soil, and Kurenai identified cold ash that indicated ninja had camped there about ten days earlier.
• The pair found three more campfire sites and concluded that unidentified ninja were conducting a long-term mission along the Land of Fire's border.
• Xuantou formed a plan, and Kurenai trapped Iwasaki Shigeru in a genjutsu that made him believe he was at the Red Sand Tavern.

Iwasaki Shigeru mistook a brothel for the site of a secret mission and killed a woman while trying to break what he believed was a genjutsu. After paying compensation, he accepted the tavern guard’s advances, and his remaining restraint gave way.

• Iwasaki Shigeru, believing he was trapped in a genjutsu during a mission, used Wind Release: Wind Cutter and killed a woman in the tavern.
• The tavern’s female ninja guard arrived and questioned Iwasaki Shigeru, who could no longer remember any details of his supposed mission.
• The guard suggested his mission stress had caused hallucinations and urged him to relax.
• The guard handed Iwasaki Shigeru a bill for one hundred thousand ryo, which he paid.
• The guard teased Iwasaki Shigeru and offered herself to him, and he began to lose control.

Xuandou and Kurenai learned that Sunagakure planned an attack on the Land of Fire in two months, but a group of Sunagakure ninja ambushed them as they withdrew. Kurenai was poisoned, and Xuandou carried her north while their pursuers closed in.

• Kurenai used an illusion to make Iwasaki Shigeru reveal Sunagakure's secret S-rank supply mission and its planned timing, then Xuandou killed him.
• Ten Sunagakure ninja found Xuandou and Kurenai beside the bodies and attacked, forcing the pair to retreat.
• Xuandou used shuriken and a chakra scalpel to wound several pursuers while Kurenai fled north.
• A Sunagakure ninja struck Kurenai with poisoned senbon, and Xuandou used explosive tags to escape the surrounding attackers.
• Xuandou reached Kurenai, carried her north, and fled with five Sunagakure ninja in pursuit.

Xuandou used his Sharingan to kill the Sunagakure captain pursuing him and Kurenai, then took her to a hidden cave to remove poisoned senbon and treat her wounds. Konoha’s antidote failed to stop the Sand Desire Flower Poison, and Kurenai told Xuandou it was still affecting her.

• Xuandou’s pursuers split up, and their captain continued chasing him alone while the other four returned to the mission site.
• Xuandou trapped the captain with his Sharingan genjutsu and killed him with a kunai, then burned his body with a Great Fireball Technique.
• The remaining Sunagakure ninja found only ashes and reported the captain’s disappearance to Ebizo, who was relieved that the strangers were not Konoha ninja.
• Xuandou carried Kurenai to a hidden cave near the border and removed three poisoned senbon from her chest wounds before dressing them.
• Kurenai took a Konoha Antidote Pill, but her condition worsened, and she told Xuandou the poison was still acting up.

Xuandou realized Kurenai had been poisoned with an aphrodisiac, and she kissed him as the poison overwhelmed her. In Konoha, Hiruzen ordered Asuma to serve as a Guardian Ninja and laid out his plan to make Asuma the next Hokage, using Kurenai’s future and clan support to persuade him.

• Xuandou identified Kurenai’s symptoms as those of an aphrodisiac poison, and she kissed him after dizziness clouded her consciousness.
• Asuma confronted Hiruzen over sending Kurenai on a dangerous mission and refused to leave for the Daimyo’s Residence.
• Hiruzen told Asuma that he planned to step down after the war and could no longer control who became the Fourth Hokage.
• Hiruzen proposed building Asuma’s political support through Guardian Ninja service, an academy teaching post, and marriage to Kurenai.
• Asuma objected to gaining the Hokage position through political maneuvering, but Hiruzen persuaded him by promising Kurenai a safe academy post.
• Hiruzen ordered Asuma to depart that day, and Asuma obeyed while promising himself he would tell Kurenai how he felt when he returned.

Xuandou received S-rank rewards after completing the system’s mission with Kurenai, including Yin Release mastery and an S-rank genjutsu. On their return to Konoha, he asked Kurenai to try dating him, leaving her flustered but quietly hopeful.

• The system rated Kurenai’s aptitude S-rank and awarded Xuandou Yin Release Chakra Essence Mastery and an S-Rank Ninjutsu Creation Card.
• Xuandou used the card to create the S-rank genjutsu Yin Release: Heart's Divergent Gate, which let him enter a target’s mental world through the Sharingan.
• Kurenai woke and felt embarrassed about what had happened between them, while Xuandou prepared to return to Konoha with their mission report.
• On the third day, Xuandou told Kurenai he would take responsibility and asked her to consider dating him.
• Xuandou went to report to the Hokage, while Kurenai watched him leave and wondered if dating him might be good.

Xuandou confirmed that Sunagakure planned to attack Konoha in two months and persuaded Elder Somen to let him coordinate the Uchiha’s available elite forces. At a leadership meeting, the Uchiha backed a forceful response, and Xuandou’s bid to lead the Sunagakure front began.

• Xuandou told Elder Somen that Sunagakure planned a full-scale offensive and argued that the Uchiha needed a major victory to regain their standing.
• Elder Somen agreed to support Xuandou’s mobilization of the Uchiha clan’s remaining available elite forces.
• Xuandou reported the invasion plans to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who called a meeting of Konoha’s senior leaders and jonin.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura urged peace talks, while Shimura Danzō demanded a fight and proposed drawing more manpower from the clans.
• Hiruzen asked the Uchiha for their position, and Elder Somen directed Xuandou to speak for the clan.
• Xuandou declared that the Uchiha would fight Sunagakure, and a system quest appeared directing him to become commander-in-chief of the Sunagakure front.

Xuandou won approval to command Konoha’s forces against Sunagakure and proposed an ambush at Kikyo Pass. After the Ino-Shika-Cho, Inuzuka, Hyuga, and Aburame clans pledged troops, the system announced that Xuandou had completed his mission and earned a prize draw attempt.

• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura resisted sending their clans to war, so Xuandou declared that the Uchiha would lead the fight against Sunagakure.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi approved Xuandou’s request to send three hundred Military Police Force members to the front and appointed him supreme commander.
• Xuandou proposed ambushing Sunagakure’s forces along their planned attack route, and Hiruzen approved the plan.
• Shikaku Nara offered one hundred and fifty troops from the Ino-Shika-Cho Clans, and the Inuzuka, Hyuga, and Aburame clans each pledged fifty more.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura criticized the clans’ decision as Xuandou left, and the system awarded him one prize draw attempt for completing his mission.

Xuandou obtained an improved Soldier Pill recipe and had the Uchiha clan begin producing it as a secret battlefield supply. That night, Kurenai Yuhi visited Xuandou and agreed to date him, and he carried her into his arms.

• Xuandou drew a C-rank reward and received a recipe for improved Soldier Pills that sped chakra recovery and eased fatigue.
• Xuandou gave Zongyan a front-line supply list and asked him to arrange secret production of the pills.
• Zongyan had a clan medicinal food workshop make a batch, tried one, and ordered the recipe and production kept among the clan’s closest secrets.
• Unable to sleep after recalling her encounter with Xuandou, Kurenai Yuhi went to his home late at night.
• Kurenai told Xuandou she was willing to date him, and he drew her close and lifted her into his arms.

Xuandou prepared Konoha’s force for war and persuaded Zongyan to send Shisui to the Sunagakure front rather than the Anbu. After a funeral for the Uchiha Clan Head, Xuandou led the troops to Kikyo Mountain, where they prepared an ambush and learned that a large Sunagakure force was approaching.

• Xuandou reviewed the clan rosters and war supplies as the Hyuga Clan assigned Hizashi Hyuga to serve under him.
• Shisui Uchiha returned with the remains of the Uchiha Clan Head, and Zongyan proposed sending him to the Anbu.
• Xuandou convinced Zongyan to let Shisui join the campaign against Sunagakure and gain battlefield experience.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi led the Uchiha Clan Head’s funeral, after which Xuandou departed with Konoha’s force for Kikyo Mountain.
• Xuandou’s troops secretly gathered at Kikyo Mountain and laid a hundred thousand explosive tags along the enemy’s route.
• A Hyuga reconnaissance ninja reported that a large Sunagakure force was advancing toward the ambush zone.

Xuandou let a cautious Sunagakure advance force pass through his hidden trap, while the invaders looted and attacked Sunasō Town. Iron Sand then ordered the full force to invade, and more than a thousand Sunagakure ninja entered Xuandou’s trap.

• Xuandou received a quest to kill at least five hundred Sunagakure ninja and ordered his forces to let the advance party pass through the trap area.
• The Sunagakure advance force entered Sunasō Town, killed its three Konoha ninja guards, and plundered the town.
• The Sunagakure captain gave his men time to prey on the townspeople while one ninja returned to report to Iron Sand.
• Iron Sand ordered his thousand-plus Sunagakure ninja to invade the Land of Fire at full speed.
• The Sunagakure force rushed across the border and unknowingly entered Xuandou’s trap.

Xuandou’s ambush devastated the Sunagakure main force, and Konoha then destroyed the advance unit that had crossed the border. After the surviving Konoha ninja rested and received Uchiha ration pills, Xuandou began the lottery draw he had earned.

• Hizashi signaled Xuandou that the Sunagakure main force had entered the trap, and Shisui launched a fire dragon into the sky as the signal to detonate the Explosive Tags.
• One hundred thousand Explosive Tags detonated, killing hundreds of Sunagakure ninja and driving the survivors into disarray as Iron Sand ordered a retreat.
• Hizashi fought Iron Sand and two other ninja, while Xuandou arrived and helped kill the two opponents, but Iron Sand escaped.
• Xuandou’s forces swept through the battlefield, and Uchiha Inabi reported eight Konoha dead, forty-seven wounded, and approximately seven hundred and thirty-one Sunagakure killed.
• Xuandou led the Konoha ninja to wipe out the roughly hundred-man advance unit, then ordered the troops to rest and distributed Uchiha ration pills that restored chakra.
• Xuandou withdrew alone and began his lottery draw.

After Sunagakure’s invasion force suffered heavy losses, Xuandou led Konoha ninja into the Land of Wind to plunder five towns, seeking to make the enemy pay and strengthen his standing. At Scorpion Sand City, Sunagakure’s envoy demanded Konoha withdraw and surrender its spoils, and Xuandou challenged his supposed peace terms.

• Xuandou received the C-rank ninjutsu Fire Release: Dustless Bewildering Cover and a quest to plunder five towns in the Land of Wind.
• Xuandou ordered his troops across the border, and they plundered four towns while Shisui questioned whether revenge would end the war.
• Xuandou’s army reached Scorpion Sand City and rested before its planned attack.
• Iron Sand, who had gathered just over two hundred survivors, sent five envoys to demand that Konoha withdraw and apologize.
• Xuandou heard the envoy demand that Konoha hand over its plunder and asked if that was Sunagakure’s attitude toward peace talks.

Uchiha Xuantou brutalized Sunagakure envoys and sent a survivor back with a threat to Iron Sand. Iron Sand fled Scorpion Sand City before Xuantou’s attack, and Konoha looted the city for two billion ryo.

• Shisui and Hizashi Hyuga subdued the Sunagakure envoy, and Xuantou broke his fingers before ordering Yuhi Shinku to trap the other four envoys underground.
• Xuantou killed the four trapped envoys, crippled the surviving envoy, and ordered him to tell Iron Sand that Konoha would attack Scorpion Sand City in one hour.
• Iron Sand heard the envoy’s report, vowed revenge, and withdrew his forces to await reinforcements.
• Xuandou attacked Scorpion Sand City an hour later and found that Iron Sand had abandoned it, leaving civilians and ordinary guards behind.
• Konoha ninja looted Scorpion Sand City for two billion ryo, and Xuandou received a lottery draw for completing his mission.

Xuandou’s army looted towns across the Land of Wind to force Sunagakure into peace talks, while Sunagakure’s leaders struggled to respond to their losses. Chiyo arrived to negotiate with Xuandou, who mocked her and Rasa before she offered to overlook the raids if Konoha withdrew.

• Xuandou received a D-rank reward that slightly increased his chakra capacity, then received a quest to secure at least five billion ryo in reparations from Sunagakure.
• Xuandou led his troops to loot twelve towns and three cities over five days, using Inuzuka ninja dogs to locate targets in the desert.
• Chiyo and Ebizo learned that Konoha’s forces were ravaging the Land of Wind, and Chiyo decided to lead five hundred ninja to negotiate with Konoha alongside Rasa and Pakura.
• Chiyo found Xuandou’s troops looting a town, introduced herself, and Xuandou recognized Pakura as an S-rank kunoichi with Scorch Release.
• Xuandou challenged Chiyo and Rasa’s accusations of cruelty, and Chiyo offered to let Konoha’s raids go if Xuandou withdrew his troops.

Xuandou demanded reparations from Sunagakure and forced Rasa to trade Pakura for half the amount. After Konoha collected five billion ryo and began withdrawing, Xuandou had Pakura brought to his carriage for interrogation.

• Xuandou demanded ten billion ryo in war reparations, threatening to keep pillaging unless Sunagakure paid.
• Pakura criticized Xuandou for harming civilians, and he offered to halve the payment if Sunagakure surrendered her.
• Rasa and Chiyo pressured Pakura to accept the village’s decision, and she reluctantly walked over to Konoha’s forces.
• Hizashi Hyuga sealed Pakura’s chakra, and Xuandou told Rasa to deliver the remaining five billion ryo within three days.
• Rasa delivered the money, and Xuandou ordered Konoha’s forces to withdraw from the Land of Wind.
• Xuandou rode away in a carriage and ordered his people to bring Pakura inside so he could interrogate her.