Chapter Summaries

In Konoha Year 35, Uchiha Meikyō adjusted to life in the Naruto World after being displaced from the Reincarnation Space and inheriting the body of a young Uchiha whose parents had died in the war. He began assessing his situation and searching his home for resources, with little money and a long path ahead.

• Uchiha Meikyō checked his Reincarnator's Wristwatch and found that its connection to the Reincarnation Space main system had been lost.
• He decided not to write down his knowledge of future events because ANBU or the Intelligence Division might decipher his notes.
• Meikyō recalled that his parents had died in a recent battle and resolved to focus on growing stronger despite being too weak to help.
• The next morning, Meikyō searched the house for useful supplies and found that his finances were limited to the support given to Uchiha orphans.

Uchiha Meikyō inventoried his family’s savings and ninja scrolls, then went to the Academy exhausted after staying up to finish his homework. His classmates helped him through a difficult day, leaving him smiling at their kindness.

• Uchiha Meikyō counted a little over seven hundred thousand Silver Taels and found his parents’ collection of Uchiha Fire Style, shurikenjutsu, and swordsmanship scrolls.
• Uchiha Meikyō went to the Ninja Academy after staying up late to finish homework and greeted Inuzuka Tsume and Kibata.
• Inuzuka Tsume stopped Kibata from asking to copy Meikyō’s homework, and Kuroda Ofune let the exhausted Meikyō sleep through the morning lesson.
• Uchiha Meikyō woke at noon and realized he had forgotten his lunchbox.
• Inuzuka Tsume offered Meikyō tempura, and Kibata gave him a box of pastries so he would have food.
• Uchiha Meikyō accepted their help and smiled as Kibata boasted about becoming Hokage.

Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade to lead reinforcements to the Land of Rain as Konoha faced shortages across multiple fronts. Orochimaru proposed seeking an alliance with Hanzo, and Hiruzen allowed it as a backup plan while warning them not to underestimate him.

• After receiving Mitokado Homura’s report that Hanzo might ally with Iwa, Hiruzen summoned Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade.
• Hiruzen ordered early graduation examinations for fourth- and fifth-year Ninja Academy students to address Konoha’s growing shortage of troops.
• Hiruzen assigned the three disciples to lead two thousand reserve ninja to the Land of Rain and help Homura stabilize the front.
• Orochimaru argued that Konoha should seek cooperation with Hanzo, reasoning that Hanzo needed a way to break the stalemate and preserve Amegakure’s strength.
• Hiruzen permitted Orochimaru’s proposal as an alternative plan but warned that Hanzo might be stronger than all three disciples together.

Uchiha Meikyō practiced his clan’s techniques and learned the Great Fireball before arriving at the Ninja Academy to discover that fourth- and fifth-year students would face early graduation assessments. The tests would include a Three Jutsu demonstration and a battle against year-old Genin, with the results influencing their class assignments.

• Uchiha Meikyō trained with shuriken and taught himself the Great Fireball, successfully performing the technique after several days.
• Uchiha Meikyō arrived at the Ninja Academy and noticed that Kuroda Ofune and the other instructors seemed unusually serious.
• Kuroda Ofune announced that fourth- and fifth-year students would undergo early graduation assessments by order of the Hokage's Office.
• Kuroda Ofune explained that students would demonstrate one of the Three Jutsu and fight a Genin who had graduated the previous year, with combat performance helping determine their assignments.

Uchiha Meikyō and his classmates began their graduation assessment, which tested their ninjutsu and combat skills against Genin. After impressing chief examiner Dan Katō with his Transformation Jutsu, Meikyō began his match against Gekko Hayate.

• Uchiha Meikyō drew Transformation Jutsu for the first test, while Inuzuka Tsume drew the Clone Technique.
• Kibata told Tsume that he had held off a Byakugan-wielding Genin for a few minutes before losing to Gentle Fist.
• Tsume took her assessment, then Meikyō's batch entered the training ground to demonstrate Transformation Jutsu.
• Meikyō perfectly imitated Dan Katō's appearance, movements, expression, and voice, earning praise from the chief examiner.
• Dan Katō took charge of scoring Meikyō's match against Gekko Hayate, and Meikyō opened the fight by throwing shuriken.

Uchiha Meikyō fought Gekko Hayate in a sparring match, countering Hayate’s shuriken, invisibility, and swordsmanship with his Sharingan and Fire Style. Dan Katō called the match for Meikyō, who revealed he had used a substitution and questioned whether Hayate accepted the result.

• Uchiha Meikyō used Shadow Shuriken and Controlled Shuriken against Gekko Hayate, who knocked them aside and charged with his blade.
• Gekko Hayate vanished with Obscuring Escape, but Meikyō activated his Sharingan and detected him, forcing Hayate to resume close combat.
• Meikyō created distance and used Fire Style: Great Fireball Style, while Hayate countered with Wind Style: Great Breakthrough.
• Dan Katō raised an Earth Style Wall to stop the ninjutsu and declared Meikyō the winner.
• Meikyō’s apparent defeat turned out to be a substitution, and he emerged from the side to ask whether Hayate agreed with the examiner’s judgment.

Uchiha Meikyō defeated Gekko Hayate in the graduation assessment and graduated, drawing attention for awakening the Sharingan. Afterward, Uchiha Fugaku summoned him to the clan head’s residence and recalled his relationship with Meikyō’s father.

• Dan Katō explained Meikyō’s tactics, and Gekko Hayate accepted his loss and reconciled with him.
• Itai and Inuzuka Tsume praised Meikyō after news spread that he had defeated a Genin senior.
• Kuroda Ofune awarded the graduates their Konoha forehead protectors and told them to return in three days for team assignments.
• A member of the Konoha Military Police Force summoned Meikyō to meet Uchiha Fugaku, and Meikyō prepared and went to the clan head’s residence.
• Uchiha Fugaku welcomed Meikyō, mentioned his parents, and recalled how Uchiha Senji had once looked after him.

Uchiha Fugaku told Uchiha Meikyō that he had awakened the Sharingan and was entitled to clan support, then discovered Meikyō had never received his parents’ death compensation. Fugaku planned to use the embezzlement to challenge the elders’ control and recruit Meikyō as a future ally.

• Uchiha Fugaku offered Uchiha Meikyō a grant, permission to exchange a ninjutsu from the Clan Vault, and an invitation to the clan meeting.
• Uchiha Meikyō revealed that he had never received the death compensation for Clan Brother Senji and Clan Sister Rinna.
• Uchiha Fugaku realized the compensation had likely been embezzled and considered using the issue to reclaim authority from the clan elders.
• Uchiha Fugaku decided to bring the talented Meikyō under his wing and sent a servant after him with a different authorization token.

Uchiha Meikyō accepted Uchiha Fugaku’s token and backing, then visited the Uchiha Clan Vault to collect Ninjutsu. Uchiha Yu recognized Meikyō’s talent and questioned him about awakening the Sharingan at age ten.

• An Uchiha messenger gave Meikyō a token marking him as part of Uchiha Fugaku’s faction and told him to seek guidance from Uchiha Yu.
• Meikyō accepted Fugaku’s patronage while resolving to rely on his own strength in the future.
• Meikyō arrived at the Uchiha Clan Vault and presented his token to Uchiha Yu to collect Ninjutsu.
• Uchiha Yu recognized Meikyō as Senji’s son, praised his talent, and asked about his age and Sharingan awakening.

Uchiha Yu decided to cultivate Uchiha Meikyō and personally taught him foundational Fire Style techniques and training methods. Meikyō finished the day with new instruction from the veteran Jonin, who saw him as a future pillar of the clan.

• Uchiha Meikyō told Uchiha Yu that he had already learned the Great Fireball Style, and Yu explained how the foundational Fire Style techniques led to more advanced jutsu.
• Uchiha Yu took Meikyō to the Naka River and demonstrated the Dragon Fire Style, explaining its hand seals and how to use kunai and wire to focus the flames.
• Meikyō used his Sharingan to study Yu’s technique, then successfully performed the Dragon Fire Style with a kunai and wire.
• Uchiha Yu approved of Meikyō’s attempt and taught him the Phoenix Sage Fire Style, along with further guidance on improving his Fire Style mastery.

Uchiha Meikyō learned more about Fire Style from Uchiha Yu, who revealed their families’ ties to Kagami Uchiha and the newborn Uchiha Shisui. At the clan meeting, Uchiha Fugaku turned the discussion toward an accusation against unnamed clan members, prompting Uchiha Setsuna to challenge him.

• Uchiha Yu taught Meikyō Fire Style training methods and invited him to dinner, where he explained that their families were old friends.
• Uchiha Yu told Meikyō about Kagami Uchiha and said Kagami’s grandson, Uchiha Shisui, had been born the previous month.
• Uchiha Yu brought Meikyō to the clan meeting at Naka Shrine, where Meikyō sat in the last row as a newcomer.
• Uchiha Fugaku honored clan members killed on the battlefield, including Senji and Rinna, then accused some people of tarnishing the Uchiha’s honor.
• Uchiha Setsuna warned Fugaku not to speak carelessly, asserting that no one present would shame the Uchiha bloodline.

Uchiha Fugaku exposed Uchiha Qing for withholding pensions from Uchiha families and challenged him to a duel to punish him and assert his authority as clan head. Uchiha Yu coached Meikyō as they watched, and he judged that Fugaku was close to defeating Qing.

• Uchiha Fugaku confronted Uchiha Setsuna over missing pensions and promised to handle the matter himself as clan head.
• Fugaku named Uchiha Qing as the one who had targeted low-status clan members, and Qing challenged Fugaku's right to lead the clan.
• Fugaku and Qing faced off in the clearing before Naka Shrine as the Uchiha gathered to watch and prevent Qing from escaping.
• Uchiha Yu told Meikyō to study the duel with his Sharingan and explained details of the fighters' techniques.
• After watching for several minutes, Uchiha Yu concluded that Fugaku was strong and Qing was about to lose.

Meikyō watched Uchiha Fugaku defeat Uchiha Qing and considered whether Fugaku had the strength and decisiveness to unite the clan. After receiving money from Fugaku and the clan, Meikyō continued training and went to learn his Genin team assignment.

• Uchiha Yu explained that Fugaku had the advantage over Uchiha Qing, and Fugaku won despite taking injuries from Qing’s final counterattack.
• Fugaku publicly reclaimed Qing’s Three Tomoe Sharingan, while the Uchiha elders and Fugaku prepared to divide Qing’s former power.
• Fugaku’s old servant delivered Meikyō five hundred thousand ryo from the village, three hundred thousand from the clan, and a personal gift of one hundred thousand from Fugaku.
• Meikyō reflected that Fugaku wanted to cultivate him as a loyal subordinate but doubted Fugaku could become a powerful, decisive Clan Head.
• Meikyō trained and visited Uchiha Yu for guidance over the next two days before heading to the Genin team assignments.

Meikyō was assigned to Team 9 with Aburame Nami and Inuzuka Ryo, under Jonin Instructor Dan Katō. After they introduced themselves and shared a barbecue, Meikyō considered Dan’s strength and whether the Third Hokage had chosen him for a particular reason; the team’s combat exercise was set for the next morning.

• Kuroda Ofune read the team assignments, placing Meikyō on Team 9 with Aburame Nami and Inuzuka Ryo.
• Dan Katō gathered Team 9 on the training ground and introduced himself as their Jonin Instructor.
• Inuzuka Ryo, Aburame Nami, and Meikyō shared their interests and ambitions with Dan Katō.
• Dan Katō invited the team to barbecue and scheduled a combat exercise for nine the next morning.
• Meikyō considered Dan Katō's abilities, the Third Hokage's possible motives, and the risk that Dan might die in the Shinobi World War.

Meikyō, Aburame Nami, and Inuzuka Ryo began a bell-grabbing exercise against their Jonin instructor, Dan Katō. After Dan gave them time to prepare, Meikyō gathered his teammates to share information and plan their approach.

• Meikyō arrived at Training Ground 14 with Nami and Ryo, carrying a wakizashi he had recently bought.
• Dan Katō announced that the genin had to take his two bells, with only those who obtained a bell passing, and dodged Nami’s insect attack.
• Meikyō stopped Ryo and Nami from rushing in and explained that they should avoid revealing their abilities through careless probing.
• Dan praised Meikyō’s reasoning, then left for an hour so the team could prepare its tactics.
• Nami shared Dan’s impressive mission record, Ryo added that Dan was skilled in a forbidden technique, and Meikyō asked both teammates to explain their abilities.

Uchiha Meikyō, Inuzuka Ryo, and Aburame Nami tested their teamwork against Dan Katō in a training exercise. Meikyō ended the chapter launching a Great Fireball at Dan Katō after Nami’s insects shielded him long enough to finish his hand seals.

• Meikyō triggered forest traps and led Ryo and Nami in coordinated attacks against Dan Katō.
• Dan Katō easily countered their initial assault, but Ryo used the Four Legs Technique while Meikyō directed shuriken with his Sharingan.
• Meikyō and Nami combined insects, fine wires, and fire techniques to surround Dan Katō, who escaped the flames with a Shadow Clone.
• Ryo and Nami tracked Dan Katō’s hiding place, and Meikyō and Ryo tried to corner him, but Dan Katō knocked Meikyō aside.
• Nami’s insect shield briefly held Dan Katō back, giving Meikyō time to form hand seals and fire a Great Fireball toward him.

Meikyō, Inuzuka Ryo, and Aburame Nami worked together to take Dan Katō’s bells and passed his test. Dan Katō told them to gather at the Hokage Building the next morning for their first mission.

• Dan Katō judged Meikyō’s skills impressive and fought back against the team’s attacks.
• Meikyō combined Wind Style: Great Breakthrough with his Great Fireball while Inuzuka Ryo and Tetsu Maru struck at Dan Katō.
• Tetsu Maru snatched a bell from Dan Katō as Inuzuka Ryo attacked, allowing the team to claim victory.
• Meikyō took a bell from Inuzuka Ryo, cut it in half, and gave half to Aburame Nami so all three had bells.
• Dan Katō declared the team had passed and told them to meet at the Hokage Building the next morning for their first mission.

Meikyō and his teammates spent two months completing D-rank missions under Dan Katō’s guidance, which helped calm Meikyō’s restless mind. Their squad then accepted its first C-rank mission: eliminate Okamoto Ichiro’s bandits and recover stolen supplies.

• Inuzuka Ryo complained about being assigned another tedious mission, so Dan Katō gave him a dog-walking task, assigned herb gathering to Aburame Nami, and left Meikyō with babysitting.
• Dan Katō deliberately assigned the squad repetitive D-rank missions to build their experience and steady Meikyō’s unsettled heart.
• Over two months, Kato Squad completed D-rank missions at more than twice the rate of other squads, sometimes working together on coordination and intelligence tasks.
• Two and a half months after the squad formed, Dan Katō accepted a C-rank mission from Utatane Koharu to eliminate Okamoto Ichiro’s bandits, recover stolen supplies, and deliver them to the Ishihara Family.

Meikyō's squad received a C-rank mission to eliminate bandits near Tetsuseki Town, and Dan Katō assured them the area was safe after Minato Namikaze had defeated Suna's elite squad there. Before departing, Meikyō visited Uchiha Yu, who gave him a genjutsu scroll and urged him to grow strong enough to protect the clan and village.

• Dan Katō assigned his students a mission to eliminate bandits near Tetsuseki Town, explaining that Minato Namikaze had already destroyed the main force of Suna's elite squad there.
• Meikyō questioned the mission's risks, and Dan Katō reassured him that he could protect the team if they encountered strong enemies.
• Uchiha Yu asked Meikyō about his progress in Uchiha Style Swordsmanship, and Meikyō admitted he had learned only the basic forms and part of the Fire Style techniques.
• Uchiha Yu gave Meikyō a scroll of genjutsu and explained how the Sharingan could help him use the techniques during close combat.
• Uchiha Yu urged Meikyō to become strong quickly and protect the clan and village, while worrying that he might not live to see it.

Uchiha Yu worried about the Uchiha Clan’s future and hoped Uchiha Meikyō would become its next powerhouse. On a mission in Tetsuseki Town, Meikyō split up his team to gather intelligence and met Lord Hida Yuichi, who had expected a leading Jonin.

• Uchiha Yu dismissed Meikyō to his mission after expressing concern about the Uchiha Clan’s strength and placing his hopes in him.
• Meikyō met Dan Katō, Inuzuka Ryo, and Aburame Nami at Konoha’s gates, and Dan led the team out of the village.
• In Tetsuseki Town, Dan told the Genin to act independently while he found an inn and evaluated their performance.
• Meikyō assigned Nami to scout with her insects, Ryo to investigate the bandits and recent events, and himself to question the town’s lord.
• At Lord Hida’s mansion, a servant tried to drive Meikyō away until he revealed his Sharingan and identified himself as a Konoha Ninja.
• Hida Yuichi greeted Meikyō and asked where the leading Jonin was, and Meikyō explained that Dan Katō had sent him in his place.