Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Gen watched Kakashi Hatake pass an extraordinarily dangerous early graduation exam and reflected on how bizarrely powerful this version of the Shinobi World was. The chapter left Gen lamenting his transmigration into a world where familiar clans and techniques had become far more extreme than he remembered.

• Kakashi Hatake used sword attacks, Earth Release, and an explosive clone to defeat the examiner in his early graduation examination.
• The examiner conceded, and the referee announced that Kakashi had become a Genin and set the Ninja Academy's youngest-graduate record.
• Uchiha Gen questioned the abnormal exam and the explosive tag that detonated five times.
• Gen recalled that he had transmigrated from his former life as Chen Beixuan and discovered the world's strange differences as a child.
• Gen remembered seeing young Uchiha use Susanoo and learning that the Aburame and Nara clans also possessed extraordinary abilities.

Uchiha Gen reflected on his life in the Uchiha Clan and used his Check-In System before arriving at class, where Obito Uchiha showed up late yet again. The chapter left Obito beside Gen in the classroom after being reprimanded for whispering during the lesson.

• Uchiha Gen returned to his empty home, showered, and checked in to gain a small amount of ocular power.
• Uchiha Gen reviewed his status panel, which listed his abilities, items, and One-Tomoe Sharingan talent.
• Obito Uchiha arrived late to Sarutobi Ichino's class and explained that he had helped an old lady carry a bundle home.
• Obito Uchiha sat beside Uchiha Gen and asked why Gen had left for school without him.
• Uchiha Gen said he had not wanted to be late with Obito, and Sarutobi Ichino struck Obito with chalk when he caught him whispering.

Sarutobi Ichino tested the students’ shuriken skills and chakra control, while Uchiha Gen noticed that Obito Uchiha’s missed throw had briefly turned intangible. The discovery revealed an early manifestation of Kamui, and Obito ended the lesson pleading for another chance.

• Sarutobi Ichino explained that the students’ shuriken accuracy and chakra attachment would both be graded.
• Kurenai Yuhi scored six points for her throw and seven for chakra attachment, and Sarutobi Ichino remarked that her Phantom Eye suited genjutsu better than precision targeting.
• Might Guy accidentally smashed the target with his shuriken, received zero points, and vowed to undertake extreme training after school.
• Obito Uchiha missed the target despite scoring eight points for chakra attachment, then insisted that his throw had been a fluke.
• Uchiha Gen’s Sharingan replayed the throw and showed that Obito’s shuriken had turned intangible as it passed through the target.
• Sarutobi Ichino told Obito to settle down, but Obito pleaded for another chance after glancing at Rin Nohara.

Uchiha Gen earned full marks in the shuriken assessment and defended Obito Uchiha after Asuma Sarutobi insulted him, prompting Sarutobi Ichino to punish Asuma. At home, Gen received his monthly allowance from Uchiha Ganghuo and gained the skill Trick Room through his check-in.

• Uchiha Gen hit the target with five perfectly aligned shuriken and earned full marks in both assessment categories.
• Asuma Sarutobi insulted Uchiha Gen and Obito Uchiha, so Obito grabbed Asuma by the collar and Gen pulled Obito away before mocking Asuma.
• Sarutobi Ichino ordered Asuma to stay after school and clean the toilets for disrupting class discipline.
• Uchiha Ganghuo delivered Uchiha Gen ten thousand ryo in living allowance and explained that the Uchiha Clan supported its orphans.
• Uchiha Gen checked in and obtained the skill Trick Room, which reversed speed-based action order for five turns.

Uchiha Gen visited the waterfall where Shisui Uchiha would die and encountered Kakashi training there. After refusing Kakashi’s challenge, he headed toward home, briefly crossing paths with Guy and his father.

• Uchiha Gen strolled to a waterfall and watched Kakashi cut through its falling water with his sword technique.
• Kakashi asked why Uchiha Gen had not graduated early and challenged him to a fight.
• Uchiha Gen refused to spar and left Kakashi at the waterfall.
• Uchiha Gen saw two green-clad figures race past, then heard Guy and his father shout about youth as they ran.
• Uchiha Gen changed direction and headed home.

Sarutobi Ichino paired Obito Uchiha against Might Guy for a practical combat lesson, and the two began a fierce spar. Guy shrugged off Obito’s fire attacks and kept pressing him with taijutsu as the fight continued.

• Sarutobi Ichino announced the fifth practical combat lesson and assigned Obito Uchiha to fight Might Guy.
• Obito attacked before Sarutobi Ichino called for the match to start, launching a Great Fireball Technique at Guy.
• Guy split the fireball with Konoha Knuckle Cutter and struck Obito with Konoha Whirlwind after Obito used the Substitution Technique.
• Guy attacked again as Obito got up, but Obito narrowly dodged the spinning kick and followed with Fire Release: Flame Stream Song.
• Guy blocked the fire snakes, suffered only minor burns, and charged back into close combat with a chain of taijutsu attacks.

Might Guy defeated Obito Uchiha in the first match, and Sarutobi Ichino then paired Uchiha Gen with Asuma Sarutobi. Uchiha Gen knocked Asuma down before he could finish forming hand seals, but Asuma summoned Sarumaru and prepared to fight back.

• Might Guy overwhelmed Obito Uchiha with taijutsu, won the match, and received a low combat score from Sarutobi Ichino for taking risks.
• Sarutobi Ichino treated Obito Uchiha, warned both students about the dangers of ninjutsu, and announced Rin Nohara versus Qingcheng Pijiu as the next match.
• After Rin Nohara's match, Sarutobi Ichino paired Asuma Sarutobi with Uchiha Gen and privately promised Uchiha Gen he could skip classroom duty if he beat Asuma thoroughly.
• Asuma Sarutobi taunted Uchiha Gen and began forming hand seals, but Uchiha Gen rushed forward and slapped him to the ground.
• Asuma Sarutobi summoned the ape-like Sarumaru and ordered it to turn into a staff.

Uchiha Gen defeated Asuma Sarutobi in a sparring match by outmaneuvering his attacks with a genjutsu and knocking him down. Afterward, he spent the weekend admiring Konoha from the top of Hokage Rock.

• Asuma Sarutobi summoned Sarumaru, who transformed into a staff after he threatened not to summon it again.
• Asuma Sarutobi attacked with the staff, but Uchiha Gen dodged and pinned it beneath his foot.
• Sarumaru and Asuma Sarutobi launched a combined attack, only for the apparent Uchiha Gen to dissolve into crows as a genjutsu.
• Uchiha Gen struck Asuma Sarutobi and kicked him to the ground, and Sarutobi Ichino declared Uchiha Gen the winner.
• Uchiha Gen reminded Sarutobi Ichino of his promise, then later climbed Hokage Rock and enjoyed the view of Konoha.

Uchiha Gen encountered Orochimaru’s hologram after an experiment left technological wreckage near him, then spent the rest of the day with Obito and reading clan records. He discovered that the Hyuga had adapted their Byakugan for ranged combat and wondered what other changes had occurred in the world.

• A device exploded in the woods near Uchiha Gen, and a white snake swallowed the wreckage.
• Orochimaru appeared as a holographic projection, checked that Uchiha Gen was unharmed, and vanished.
• Obito Uchiha invited Uchiha Gen to lunch at his grandmother’s home, where Uchiha Gen ate pig’s trotter soup.
• Uchiha Gen went to the Uchiha library and read records describing the Hyuga’s use of namisun bows and explosive-tag arrows.
• Uchiha Gen learned that the Hyuga used Byakugan power to sharpen their arrows and wondered how Nagato’s Rinnegan had changed.

Uchiha Gen gained Electromaster and learned to use electromagnetic force to control and launch shuriken. Two and a half years later, at age eight and six months from graduation, he worried that his strength would not be enough when the Third Shinobi World War arrived.

• Uchiha Gen checked in and obtained Electromaster, then practiced controlling shuriken with electricity and launching one deep underground.
• Uchiha Gen encountered the hostile drunk Shisun Aoba and electrocuted him as he approached.
• Uchiha Gen continued attending the Ninja Academy and improving through daily check-ins instead of graduating early.
• Uchiha Gen reviewed his abilities and stored items, then worried about the approaching war and the dangers of the Shinobi World.

Uchiha Gen met Hatake Sakumo amid the villagers’ hostility toward the White Fang and accepted his invitation to dinner with Kakashi. At the meal, Sakumo tried to bring the boys together, but Kakashi remained silent, and Gen suspected he was still sulking over an old refusal to spar.

• Might Guy challenged Uchiha Gen to a youthful showdown, and Gen put him off as usual.
• Uchiha Gen met Hatake Sakumo on the street and noticed villagers treating him with contempt.
• Hatake Sakumo dismissed the villagers’ criticism and invited Uchiha Gen to dinner with him and Kakashi.
• At Yakiniku Q, Hatake Sakumo urged Kakashi and Uchiha Gen to become friends, but both boys stayed quiet.
• Uchiha Gen suspected Kakashi was sulking because Gen had refused to spar with him two years earlier.

At a barbecue dinner, Kakashi challenged Uchiha Gen to a fair fight after explaining that he wanted to understand why Hatake Sakumo considered Gen his lifelong rival. Meanwhile, Hiruzen Sarutobi confronted Shimura Danzō over the campaign that had ruined Sakumo’s reputation and wondered what Sakumo would think of his meeting with Gen.

• Hatake Sakumo kept the dinner with Uchiha Gen and Kakashi pleasant by telling mission stories until the meal ended.
• Kakashi told Uchiha Gen that Sakumo had called him a lifelong rival and challenged him to a fair fight beneath the waterfall the next day, with Sakumo as witness.
• Uchiha Gen accepted Kakashi’s challenge after Kakashi provoked him by asking whether he dared.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi confronted Shimura Danzō about his role in tarnishing Hatake Sakumo’s reputation and ordered him to stop acting against Sakumo.
• Shimura Danzō argued that Hiruzen had also benefited from Sakumo losing the chance to become Fourth Hokage, then vanished using a Dream Clone.
• Hiruzen wondered whether Danzō’s Dream Release could create a Dream Clone in reality without Baku and considered what Sakumo would think about meeting Uchiha Gen.

Uchiha Gen and Kakashi Hatake dueled beneath the waterfall, where Gen used his Sharingan, Susanoo armor, and lightning techniques to counter Kakashi’s swordsmanship. The duel appeared decided after Gen broke Kakashi’s blade with a precise counter.

• Hatake Sakumo refereed as Kakashi Hatake launched a swift sword slash at Uchiha Gen.
• Uchiha Gen activated his Three-Tomoe Sharingan and blocked Kakashi’s strike with a Susanoo-armored bracer reinforced by Armament Haki.
• Kakashi unleashed a rapid series of Hatake Style slashes, but Gen anticipated them and stopped them with lightning.
• Kakashi used Hatake Style: Lightning Flash: Breaking Face to thrust at an opening in Gen’s armor.
• Gen’s electromagnetic barrier disrupted Kakashi’s blade and numbed his sword hand, allowing Gen to counter and snap the Ninja Blade.

Kakashi continued fighting Uchiha Gen after his sword broke, revealing his self-created Chidori and Chidori Stream. Uchiha Gen formed an armored Susanoo and reinforced it with Armament Haki, leaving Kakashi’s lightning attacks unable to hurt him.

• Kakashi discarded his broken sword and declared that the fight was not over.
• Kakashi unveiled Chidori, the Lightning Release technique he had created after countless attempts.
• Uchiha Gen formed a half-body Susanoo armored around his torso and arms.
• Kakashi spread his Chidori across his body as Chidori Stream and charged at Uchiha Gen with a Chidori Sharp Spear.
• Uchiha Gen reinforced his Susanoo armor with Armament Haki, and Kakashi’s attacks failed to damage him.

Uchiha Gen defeated Kakashi in a sparring match, stopping only when Hatake Sakumo intervened to protect his son. As the group set off for barbecue, Uchiha Setsuna and the Uchiha elders watched the fight through a Light Mirror and recognized Gen as a great talent.

• Uchiha Gen's Susanoo Armorization withstood Kakashi's Chidori, and Gen's counterattack forced Hatake Sakumo to step in and end the fight.
• Kakashi accepted his defeat and vowed to surpass Gen, while Gen said he looked forward to facing him again.
• Hatake Sakumo invited Gen and Kakashi to barbecue, and the three exchanged teasing remarks as they left the valley.
• Uchiha Setsuna dismissed the Light Mirror after reviewing the fight and called Gen's late discovery a failure in the clan's duty to nurture its young.
• An Uchiha elder judged Gen to have at least a Two-Tomoe Sharingan and called him an absolute genius.

Uchiha Setsuna and the elders discussed Uchiha Gen’s talent and decided to give him special clan support while protecting his secrecy. Setsuna visited Gen and offered him the clan’s resources, asking only that he grow strong and protect the glory of the Uchiha.

• Uchiha Setsuna ordered the elders to give Uchiha Gen access to the clan’s ninjutsu and secret techniques, assign Kōka to protect him, and provide for his needs.
• Uchiha Setsuna sent Old Seven to erase every trace of Uchiha Gen’s fight with Kakashi.
• Uchiha Setsuna left to visit Uchiha Gen, who returned home and found him waiting inside.
• Uchiha Gen asked Uchiha Setsuna what he would have to give in return for the clan’s support.
• Uchiha Setsuna said the clan expected no payment, but urged Uchiha Gen to become powerful and protect the glory of the Uchiha.

As the Ninja Academy graduation assessment approached, Uchiha Gen and his classmates submitted their applications and accepted the risk of the exam. The next day, Sarutobi Ichino explained the forest assessment, and the students prepared to begin their test.

• Asuma Sarutobi taunted Obito Uchiha for forgetting to apply for graduation, and Rin Nohara stopped Obito from fighting him by reminding him of the exam.
• Rin had filled out Obito's graduation application, while Asuma hurried over to Kurenai Yuhi.
• Sarutobi Ichino warned Class A that students had been injured or killed in past assessments, but the class agreed to take the exam.
• Sarutobi Ichino told the students to gather the next day in the clearing by the forest, and Uchiha Gen looked forward to beginning his ninja life.
• At the forest, Sarutobi Ichino explained that students had ninety minutes to identify and record at least twenty intelligence entries while avoiding traps and pursuit by fifteen genin.

Uchiha Gen completed the graduation exam first by navigating the forest and recording its traps, while a Genin sent to pursue him was caught in his Sharingan genjutsu. Sarutobi Ichino declared that every examinee had passed, gave them Konoha Forehead Protectors, and told them to return the next day for squad assignments.

• Sarutobi Ichino explained the graduation exam and handed each student a Record Sheet before starting it.
• Uchiha Gen declined Obito Uchiha’s offer to team up and entered the Dense Forest alone, recording traps and other obstacles.
• Fifteen Genin entered the forest on the [Pursuer] mission, and Uchiha Gen immobilized one with Genjutsu: Sharingan before leaving.
• A blond man released the Genin from the genjutsu and vanished with him using Space-Time Ninjutsu.
• Uchiha Gen emerged first, and Sarutobi Ichino awarded him a Forehead Protector and announced his graduation.
• Sarutobi Ichino declared that all examinees had passed, gave each one a Forehead Protector, and summoned them to the Class A classroom the next day for squad assignments.

Uchiha Gen, Asuma Sarutobi, and Kurenai Yuhi met their jonin instructor, Shibi Aburame, and began Team 8’s combat test. Shibi sent a swarm of insects at them, and Uchiha Gen countered with blue lightning.

• Minato Namikaze collected Rin Nohara and Obito Uchiha, explaining that they had another teammate already serving under him.
• Shibi Aburame introduced himself as Team 8’s jonin instructor and led Uchiha Gen, Kurenai Yuhi, and Asuma Sarutobi from the classroom.
• Asuma Sarutobi described Shibi’s reputation for developing versatile insect techniques, while Shibi modestly called himself an average jonin.
• At the training ground, Shibi had the three students introduce themselves and then announced a combat test against his Insect Clone.
• Shibi unleashed a huge swarm of insects, the students scattered, and Uchiha Gen used blue lightning to stun and burn the approaching insects.

Uchiha Gen revealed mastery of Lightning Release and easily handled Shibi Aburame’s insects, prompting Shibi to summon his new creation, Kazzek. Gen blocked Kazzek’s swift attacks with Susanoo armor and Armament Haki, then struck the insect as Shibi realized Gen could cover his head with Susanoo armor.

• Shibi Aburame recognized that Uchiha Gen could unleash Lightning Release without hand seals and decided to test his subordinate’s true abilities.
• Shibi Aburame summoned a new insect from his Gourd, and the mantis-like Kazzek charged at Uchiha Gen from within the purple miasma.
• Uchiha Gen dodged Kazzek’s first scythe attack with the Body Flicker Technique and identified the insect’s appearance.
• Kazzek attacked again, but Uchiha Gen blocked its scythes with Susanoo armor reinforced by Armament Haki.
• Uchiha Gen extended Susanoo armor over his face and throat to block Kazzek’s stinger, then punched the insect’s flank while Shibi Aburame noticed the armor’s extent.