Chapter Summaries

Ryuto learned that the Senju and Uchiha battle was nearing his village and helped persuade the villagers to flee. As the group headed west, an explosion lit the eastern sky, bringing the war closer.

• Ryuto saw smoke and heard fighting near the village, then rushed back using Ki.
• Hyūga Tenshu detected Ryuto’s strange golden energy signature and ordered his coordinates recorded.
• Ryuto warned the village elders that the battle was only ten li away, convincing Third Elder to evacuate.
• Ryuto thanked Yamano Tarō, packed his belongings and blade, and joined the villagers as they fled west.
• An explosion shook the ground and lit the eastern sky as the group left the village.

Ryuto raced to evacuate the villagers as a battle between Senju and Uchiha forces threatened their home, revealing his unusual golden qi when he blocked a stray Fire Release attack. Hyūga Tenshu recorded Ryuto’s power as potentially more important than the war and withdrew to report it to the clan head.

• Hyūga Tenshu’s team spotted Ryuto moving at abnormal speed and recorded his golden energy as an unknown phenomenon.
• Ryuto reached the village and convinced the elderly villagers to flee west with Yamano Tarō.
• A stray Fire Release attack flew toward the group, and Ryuto blocked it with golden qi from his palm.
• Ryuto told Yamano Tarō he would protect the villagers, and the group continued into the mountains.
• Hyūga Tenshu recorded that Ryuto could block B-rank ninjutsu without hand seals and ordered his team to report their findings to the clan head.

Ryuto helped Yamano Tarō evacuate the villagers while blocking stray attacks from a distant ninja battle. As the fighting neared their hiding place, Ryuto left the cave to draw the ninja away, leaving Yamano Tarō and the others hoping he would survive.

• Ryuto shielded Yamano Tarō and Third Grandpa from stray attacks as they fled toward the woods.
• Hyūga Tenshu observed Ryuto's ki, recorded its properties, and withdrew with his team to report to the clan head.
• Yamano Tarō led the villagers into a concealed cave, where he asked Ryuto about his strange power and thanked him for saving them.
• Ryuto sensed the battle approaching and worried that he could not protect the villagers from the ninja.
• After an explosion shook the cave, Ryuto told everyone to stay inside and rushed into the woods to draw the fighting away.

Ryuto protected the cave from falling rocks and defeated three pursuing Uchiha ninja, discovering that combat rapidly strengthened his ki. After sending the wounded Senju away, he decided to leave the cave and use his growing strength to protect people and seek more battles.

• Ryuto and Yamano Tarō heard fighting approaching the cave and saw wounded Senju ninja fleeing from three Uchiha pursuers.
• An Uchiha fireball struck the cliff, and Ryuto used a ki blast to shatter falling rocks before they could bury the cave.
• Ryuto fought the Uchiha, adapting as his ki surged, and drove them back into the woods.
• Ryuto told Yamano Tarō that fighting had made him stronger and announced he would no longer hide in the cave.
• Ryuto directed the wounded Senju ninja west, then declared that he belonged to neither side and would face the war on his own terms.

Ryuto led the villagers away from their cave, but they became trapped between the Senju and Uchiha forces. He blasted open a path for the survivors, then stopped before the burning woods with no safe destination in sight.

• Ryuto warned the villagers that the fighting would attract more shinobi, and he led them deeper into the mountains with Yamano Tarō bringing up the rear.
• The villagers were caught between clashing Senju and Uchiha forces, with attacks cutting off every escape route.
• Ryuto used Ki Blast to punch through an Earth-Style Wall and knock out a Senju shinobi, then used Flash to evade an Uchiha's fire and defeat him.
• Ryuto shielded the villagers by blasting apart waves of incoming ninjutsu while Yamano Tarō led them through the opening.
• Ryuto and Yamano Tarō escaped with only a dozen injured villagers, and they stopped to rest while the woods burned behind them.

Ryuto led the survivors to a defensible valley and helped them settle there. At dawn, he left to seek strength and find a way to stop the war, carrying Yamano Tarō’s map and rations.

• Ryuto used his Ki to guide the group around battlefield dangers until they reached a secluded valley with water and fruit.
• Yamano Tarō organized the villagers as they built crude shelters and gathered food in the valley.
• Ryuto told Yamano Tarō that he planned to leave, grow stronger, and prevent ordinary people from being caught in the war.
• Yamano Tarō gave Ryuto dry rations and a rough map of the surrounding mountains, asking him to return alive.
• At dawn, Ryuto said goodbye to Yamano Tarō and set off into the forest, extending his Ki senses toward the wider world.

Ryuto traveled through the war-scarred forest toward the Uzumaki Clan, using his ki sense to navigate and considering how to improve his physical training. He camped for the night, resolved to seek training equipment from the Uzumaki, and pushed his ki-sensing range farther.

• Ryuto used his ki sense to run through the forest and studied Yamano Tarō's battered map, which showed the Uzumaki settlement far away.
• Ryuto decided the Uzumaki Clan might help him create adjustable training weights through Sealing Jutsu.
• Ryuto tried fastening rocks to himself with ki, but the rocks broke or his ki ran out, so he abandoned the makeshift weights.
• Ryuto traveled past signs of fierce battles, including scorched ground, severed trees, bloodstained weapons, and damage from Earth Release.
• Ryuto made camp, trained his ki sense through the night, and planned to get equipment and train harder after reaching the Uzumaki Clan.

Ryuto developed localized ki reinforcement while experimenting with makeshift training weights, then used the technique to defeat three unaffiliated ninja who ambushed him. He continued toward the Uzumaki Clan, planning to ask a specialist to make adjustable sealed weights.

• Ryuto abandoned rock weights and discovered that infusing ki into specific parts of his body strengthened them more efficiently than using ki as an adhesive or covering his whole body.
• Three unaffiliated ninja ambushed Ryuto for his rations, and he defeated them in under a minute using localized ki attacks and defenses.
• Ryuto checked the unconscious ninja, found only spoiled food and rusty weapons, and sensed that his ki control had improved after the fight.
• While traveling, Ryuto practiced localized reinforcement and devised sealed weight bands that could switch between light and heavy.
• Ryuto estimated that he was still seven or eight days from the Uzumaki Clan and continued toward it while training.

Ryuto rescued Rena Uzumaki from three Uchiha pursuing her for a clan Sealing Jutsu scroll. Rena and her cousin En brought him toward the Uzumaki settlement, where Ryuto hoped to seek help developing adjustable-weight training equipment.

• Ryuto sensed three Uchiha chasing a weakened Rena, then rushed to her aid.
• Ryuto blocked Scarface's fireball and defeated all three Uchiha with his ki-enhanced strength and speed.
• Rena introduced herself and asked Ryuto to escort her back to the Uzumaki Clan; he agreed and asked about Sealing Jutsu for adjustable-weight training equipment.
• Ryuto and Rena met five Uzumaki ninja led by En Uzumaki, who invited Ryuto to the clan grounds.
• Ryuto followed the group deeper into the forest as he sensed more chakra signatures near the Uzumaki settlement.

Ryuto reached the Uzumaki Clan grounds and asked the elders for help creating training equipment with Sealing Jutsu. Mito Uzumaki secured him a chance to earn basic sealing knowledge by fighting in three border defense battles, and Ryuto settled into the clan’s guest quarters under surveillance.

• Ryuto entered the Uzumaki Clan’s hidden valley with Rena Uzumaki and En Uzumaki, passing its sensory and defensive barriers.
• The elders verified Rena’s recovered scroll and questioned Ryuto about his unusual power and his request for Sealing Jutsu.
• Mito Uzumaki proposed that Ryuto fight in three border defense battles to prove himself and earn consideration for basic Sealing Jutsu knowledge.
• Ryuto accepted the proposal, and En Uzumaki took him to a guest house on the western outskirts of the valley.
• After noticing that clan members were watching him, Ryuto began planning his training before the battles started.

Ryuto joined Mito Uzumaki and Rena to repel an Uchiha attack on Watchpost Three, defeating most of the attackers with his ki while Mito and Rena captured their Jōnin. The Uzumaki held the post, but the Uchiha learned of Ryuto’s unusual power and were likely to target him.

• Mito told Ryuto and Rena that an Uchiha squad had attacked Watchpost Three, and Ryuto agreed to join the defense.
• The three reached the watchpost and found four Uzumaki defenders facing five Uchiha, with wounded people inside the main house.
• Ryuto used his speed, ki shield, and Ki Blast to defeat four Uchiha, while Mito and Rena rescued the defenders and subdued an Uchiha Jōnin.
• Mito warned Ryuto that the Uchiha had recognized him and would likely retaliate, and she cautioned that other clans might view his ki as a threat.
• Ryuto accepted that he had drawn the Uchiha’s attention and vowed to use future clashes to gain experience.

Ryuto sparred with young Uzumaki Clan members and discovered that while his ki made him overwhelmingly strong in physical combat, visual genjutsu could immobilize him. He began studying genjutsu defenses and resolved to train against the weakness, while Mito Uzumaki remained wary but did not consider him an enemy.

• Rena Uzumaki brought Ryuto to the training ground, where he defeated five young Uzumaki Clan members using his speed, ki blasts, and ki shields.
• Shizuka Uzumaki found that basic genjutsu could not affect Ryuto through chakra pathways, but visual genjutsu immobilized him for five seconds.
• Mito Uzumaki warned Ryuto that his physical defenses were strong but his mental defenses were weak, and advised him to study genjutsu principles.
• Shizuka Uzumaki began teaching Ryuto how genjutsu worked and how to recognize and disrupt it, while the young clan members asked him about ki.
• Ryuto decided to practice ki and taijutsu in the morning and study genjutsu defenses in the afternoon.

Ryuto learned how genjutsu worked and trained to defend his brain with a membrane of ki, but complex mental effects still challenged him. With a supply escort mission against possible Uchiha harassment approaching in three days, he began preparing for stronger attacks.

• Rena Uzumaki explained how ordinary genjutsu entered through chakra pathways and how advanced Uchiha genjutsu could force its way into Ryuto's brain.
• Ryuto tried wrapping his brain in ki, briefly making his head glow as he struggled to control the escaping energy, then blocked Rena's Hell Viewing Technique.
• Ryuto trained with Rena over the next few days, improving his ki membrane and resisting basic visual and auditory genjutsu.
• Rena warned Ryuto that mental pressure and emotional manipulation could still get through, while maintaining the membrane remained costly.
• Ryuto learned that a supply escort mission to a frontline outpost was planned in about three days and resolved to speed up his defense and add vibrating ki to disrupt mental effects.
• Mito Uzumaki watched Ryuto train and wondered whether the Uchiha would let him grow so easily.

Ryuto used a ki membrane to resist Huan’s Sharingan genjutsu and helped Mito and Rena defeat and capture an Uchiha squad. The Uchiha Clan learned of his resistance and ordered its forces to investigate and test its limits.

• Mito took Ryuto and Rena to confront an Uchiha squad threatening the supply line, and Ryuto sensed four enemies near a cave.
• Rena ambushed the Uchiha while Ryuto drew their attention, and Huan attacked him with Sharingan genjutsu.
• Ryuto’s ki membrane blocked Huan’s genjutsu, though the mental pressure disrupted his coordination and rapidly drained his ki.
• Ryuto interrupted Huan’s attack with a Ki Blast, knocked him unconscious, and helped Mito and Rena defeat and capture the squad.
• Mito warned Ryuto that the Uchiha would target him after learning he could resist their genjutsu.
• An Uchiha leader ordered intelligence gathered on Ryuto and told frontline forces to test the limits of his resistance.

Ryuto improved his ki defense against genjutsu and began training to sense genjutsu before it struck. After Mito warned that the Uchiha were gathering information about him, Ryuto prepared to train harder for their next encounter.

• Rena helped Ryuto reshape his ki barrier into concentrated shields, sharply reducing its energy cost while maintaining its strength.
• Mito told Ryuto and Rena that the Uchiha were asking about people with abilities like Ryuto's and might develop tactics to counter him.
• Ryuto asked Rena to test whether his ki sensing could detect genjutsu before it was released.
• As Rena performed the Hell Viewing Technique, Ryuto sensed a distinctive chakra fluctuation, reinforced his defense, and blocked the genjutsu.
• Mito cautioned that the successful test had been unusually easy, and Rena agreed to help Ryuto practice recognizing genjutsu under varied conditions.

Ryuto and Mito responded to an Uchiha attack and discovered the enemy was systematically testing Ryuto’s abilities before luring them into an ambush. After escaping, Ryuto decided to disrupt their plans by launching raids and deliberately feeding them misleading information about his techniques.

• Mito told Ryuto that Northern Outpost No. 3 had requested help against an Uchiha squad using repeated probing attacks, and they hurried to the battlefield.
• Ryuto identified the Uchiha’s revised lineup, pierced their earth wall with Dodon Ray, fought their taijutsu specialists, and survived a combined attack with a costly ki shield.
• The Uchiha squad retreated in an orderly fashion, drawing Ryuto, Mito, and several Uzumaki ninja into an ambush by twelve opponents.
• Ryuto broke through the encirclement, and Mito used her Adamantine Sealing Chains to help the group escape.
• Mito explained that the Uchiha had been collecting data on Ryuto, but Ryuto rejected hiding and proposed raiding their outposts while misleading them about his abilities.
• As the group returned, Ryuto considered combining high-speed movement with a smaller, more efficient ki defense.

After completing three border-defense assignments, Ryuto received the Uzumaki Clan’s gravity-training scrolls and moved to a secluded cave to train away from the Uchiha’s attention. He began practicing under doubled gravity and discovered that removing the weight briefly made him move with extraordinary lightness.

• Mito Uzumaki reported that Ryuto had completed all three assignments and that the Uchiha had ambushed him to study his fighting abilities.
• The elder honored the clan’s promise and had Rena Uzumaki give Ryuto scrolls that simulated twofold, threefold, and fivefold gravity.
• Mito suggested Ryuto train in a secluded cave, and the elder sent Rena to guide him there.
• After Rena left, Ryuto covered his body with pieces of the light gray scroll and practiced walking, squats, and push-ups under doubled gravity.
• Ryuto removed the weights at night and found himself moving with remarkable speed, then picked up the light gray scroll and resumed training.

Ryuto continued weighted training in the cave while Mito warned him that the Uchiha were covertly investigating his powers and background. Madara and Izuna reviewed the intelligence and decided to stop provoking Ryuto and have Izuna lead an effort to contact him.

• Ryuto kept his weights on while training and learned from Rena that Uchiha clashes along the border had decreased.
• Mito told Ryuto that Uchiha reconnaissance teams were investigating unusual powers, wandering shinobi, and possible connections to him.
• Madara and Izuna heard the Uchiha captain's report on Ryuto's golden energy, combat abilities, and resistance to Sharingan genjutsu.
• Izuna argued that the Uchiha should seek contact with Ryuto instead of provoking or attempting to eliminate him.
• Izuna ordered the Uchiha to investigate Ryuto's origins and personal ties, and Madara agreed to let him lead the effort.

After half a month of training with triple-weight patches, Ryuto strengthened his physique and began developing a powerful ki attack, but the Uchiha’s investigation was closing in on his past. He decided to accelerate his training before they reached him.

• Ryuto removed his triple-weight patches and found that his body and ki control had grown stronger.
• Ryuto began compressing ki into a golden sphere, creating a rough prototype of a powerful new move that consumed too much energy and took too long to charge.
• Rena warned Ryuto that the Uchiha had greatly expanded their scouting and were investigating the villages connected to his arrival.
• Ryuto realized the Uchiha might soon attack or contact him and resolved to refine his new move and strengthen his body faster.
• After Rena left, Ryuto looked at the fivefold-weight scroll and decided to speed up his training.

Ryuto left the Uzumaki Clan grounds to draw the Uchiha reconnaissance team away, then led them to a valley. Uchiha Izuna followed him there, and the two faced each other without making the first move.

• Rena warned Ryuto that the Uchiha had expanded their search and were closing in on the village where he had once lived.
• Ryuto decided to lure the Uchiha away from the Uzumaki Clan grounds, and Rena agreed to strengthen the clan's defenses.
• Ryuto found a five-person Uchiha team and provoked them into chasing him through the forest.
• Izuna watched the pursuit, ordered the team to stop at a valley, and followed Ryuto himself.
• Ryuto reached the valley and confronted Izuna, and they exchanged words while sizing each other up.