Recaps

After a game streamer named Liu Qiaoyan was electrocuted, he woke up as child Naruto Uzumaki in the Forest of Death and was knocked unconscious by an Anbu who brought him home. Meanwhile, Hiruzen Sarutobi dismissed concerns about Naruto while refusing Shimura Danzō’s demand to take the jinchūriki into Root.

• Liu Qiaoyan lost a Naruto game, then tracked down Tianran and joined others in insulting him until Liu Qiaoyan’s computer exploded.
• Liu Qiaoyan woke up in a forest as child Naruto Uzumaki and feared he had landed in the Forest of Death.
• An Anbu found Liu Qiaoyan, knocked him unconscious, and carried him back to Naruto’s home.
• Liu Qiaoyan woke in Naruto’s home, recognized his new face, and imagined using his knowledge of the Naruto story to become powerful.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi watched Naruto through a crystal ball, then hid what he had been viewing when Shimura Danzō entered.
• Shimura Danzō demanded control of Naruto, but Hiruzen Sarutobi refused and reminded him that he was the Hokage.

Naruto Uzumaki discovered that his system worked like the Naruto mobile game he had played, granting him combat power, recruits, and selectable abilities, though his chosen ultimate skills required points he did not have. After building up the system and its resources, he struggled to buy food in Konoha, caught and grilled fish by a stream, and planned to use his ten Summoning Tickets after eating.

• Naruto loaded the Combat Power Cultivation System, received a bug compensation gift, and saw his combat power rise from 648 to 5024.
• Naruto recruited one-star C-rank Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha, selected Two Thousand Barrage and Chidori, and learned he needed ultimate points to use them.
• Naruto completed daily missions for a time, then went out to buy supplies and was turned away by a shopkeeper.
• Naruto blamed Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo for his poverty while Anbu monitored and followed him.
• Naruto caught several fish in a familiar stream, grilled them for dinner, and checked that he had accumulated ten Shinobi World Summoning Tickets.

Naruto used his first ten-pull, gained Paint Prank, and met Hiruzen Sarutobi, who tried to impress him with the Will of Fire. After Hiruzen left, Naruto received his monthly allowance and continued grinding the system’s daily missions.

• Naruto’s ten-pull yielded only the C-rank Naruto card and a few fragments, so he extracted the Paint Prank skill.
• Naruto tested Paint Prank, discovered its accuracy and short cooldown, and triggered a powerful stench from the paint.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi visited Naruto, tried to build a bond with him, and told him Konoha’s history alongside lessons about the Will of Fire.
• Naruto pretended to be moved by Hiruzen’s attention, then received an extra two thousand ryo from the Anbu after Hiruzen left.
• Naruto completed his daily system missions and struggled through arena battles with only three C-rank ninjas.

Naruto struggled through the arena’s brutal matchmaking, then spent months growing stronger before deciding to save Hinata from the coming Kumogakure abduction. He confronted the fleeing kidnapper at night, calling out to him as the man carried Hinata away.

• Naruto lost nearly every arena match against exceptionally skilled opponents and managed only one win, then discovered that the system had no world chat or friend feature.
• Naruto trained through daily quests and grew stronger, but seeing Hinata reminded him of the planned abduction and the Hyuga Clan’s coming conflict with Kumogakure.
• Naruto checked his status, which showed 10,256 combat power, and decided to test his abilities by stopping the Kumogakure ninja who would abduct Hinata.
• Naruto spotted the Kumogakure delegation in Konoha and noticed Sukisu watching him as the visitors disparaged the village.
• That night, Sukisu fled through the snow with Hinata in a sack, and Naruto called out to him, making the kidnapper cry out in fright.

Naruto rescued Hinata from Sukisu, a Kumogakure ninja, and asked her to keep his involvement secret. Kumogakure then used the envoy's death to pressure Hiruzen Sarutobi into sacrificing the Hyuga, leaving Konoha grieving and Naruto furious.

• Sukisu tried to abduct Naruto after recognizing him as Konoha's Jinchūriki, but Naruto poisoned him and freed Hinata.
• Naruto asked Hinata to conceal who rescued her, promised to save her again if she was in danger, and left her somewhere safe.
• Hiashi and Hizashi found Hinata and Sukisu, then confronted Jessica and the Kumogakure delegation alongside Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Jessica demanded a Hyuga life for the envoy's death, and Hiruzen agreed to give Kumogakure a satisfactory answer rather than risk war.
• Hiruzen urged the Hyuga brothers to sacrifice themselves for Konoha, and the later account said Hizashi killed himself while Hiashi's corpse was handed to Kumogakure.
• Naruto heard what happened, cursed Hiruzen, and lamented that he was still too weak to retaliate.

Naruto Uzumaki began at the Ninja Academy as his system updated with new features, including premium recruitment for [Kizaru] and a check-in reward. He met his classmates and sat beside Hinata, then ignored Iruka’s lesson to prepare for the new recruitment.

• Naruto Uzumaki entered the Ninja Academy, triggering a system update that added new features and [Kizaru] as the premium S-rank recruit.
• Naruto checked in at the school gates and received 30,000 copper coins as Sasuke Uchiha and Uchiha Itachi watched him.
• Naruto greeted Shikamaru, Choji, and Ino, while Shikaku and Inoichi remarked on his resemblance to the Fourth Hokage.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi delivered a speech about the Will of Fire, after which Naruto entered the classroom and sat beside Hinata.
• Umino Iruka began class with introductions and a lesson on the Will of Fire, but Naruto fell asleep and focused on the system’s recruitment rebates.

Naruto spent his first day at the Ninja Academy sleeping through class and failing to recruit enough [Kizaru] fragments, while Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo argued over how to handle Naruto and the Uchiha Clan. The chapter ended when an unexpected visitor arrived in the Hokage's office and caught Danzo's covetous attention.

• Naruto used all his Shinobi World Recruitment Tickets and premium recruitment rebate packs but obtained only 45 [Kizaru] fragments.
• Naruto held Hinata's hand, and she blushed before fainting onto her desk.
• Sasuke mocked Naruto for sitting in the back row, while Naruto slept through the rest of the school day.
• Iruka complained to Hiruzen Sarutobi about Naruto's behavior, and Hiruzen urged him to give Naruto more care.
• Danzo asked Hiruzen Sarutobi to put Naruto under Root's training and to transfer the Uchiha Police Force's authority to Root.
• An unexpected visitor arrived at the Hokage's office, and Danzo looked at them covetously.

Hiruzen rejected Danzo’s attempt to recruit Shisui into Root, then Naruto decisively defeated Sasuke during a Ninja Academy sparring match. Naruto noticed a watcher who was likely Itachi, while Itachi wondered whether Naruto had spotted him.

• Hiruzen reprimanded Danzo for trying to take Shisui for Root, declared his authority as Hokage, and Danzo stormed out.
• At the Academy, Sasuke challenged Naruto to a practical combat match and failed to land a hit as Naruto dodged his attacks.
• Sasuke used Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu, but Naruto escaped with a substitution and kicked Sasuke down.
• Naruto taunted Sasuke with a fake Dust Release technique, and Sasuke fled the school in humiliation as Iruka declared Naruto the winner.
• Naruto noticed a black silhouette disappearing from a tree, while Itachi later wondered if Naruto had seen him.

Itachi comforted Sasuke after Naruto defeated him, then refused to settle the score and promised to train him another time. He left to meet Shisui and asked for guidance about worsening tensions between the Uchiha Clan and the village, but Shisui asked who had told him about them.

• Sasuke came home in tears after Naruto beat him at school, and Itachi comforted him.
• Sasuke asked Itachi to train him so he could defeat Naruto himself, and Itachi agreed to teach him another time before leaving.
• Itachi sensed Shisui's chakra and went to their usual training spot to meet him.
• Itachi told Shisui about the strained relationship between the Uchiha Clan and the village, and Shisui asked who had told him about it.

Itachi learned Shisui’s plan to preserve peace between the Uchiha Clan and the village, while Naruto explored his system’s new features and began ranked matches. Naruto climbed to Chunin III, then suffered a humiliating loss to a powerful Kizaru opponent.

• Shisui tested Itachi with Body Flicker Genjutsu: Eight-direction Interception, defeated him, and explained his views on the village and the Uchiha Clan.
• Itachi returned home determined to grow stronger and help Shisui protect peace, while he continued forgetting Sasuke had been left behind.
• Naruto explored the system’s equipment, secret scrolls, and summons, then used ranked matches to climb to Chunin III.
• Naruto faced a team featuring Kizaru, lost after being trapped in a basic-attack combo, and grew furious when his opponent refused a rematch.
• Naruto argued with the system after it mocked his combat skills in its evaluation.

Naruto struggled to climb the ranked arena, then fell asleep during Iruka’s lesson and caught the eraser Iruka threw at him. After Naruto returned it with an impressive toss, his friends defended him and invited him to lunch.

• Naruto complained to the system about losing every ranked promotion match, and the system mocked him for needing more practice.
• Iruka shouted Naruto’s name and threw a chalkboard eraser at him, but Naruto caught it and tossed it back precisely beneath the lectern.
• The dismissal bell cut short Iruka’s confrontation, and Naruto left the classroom while Hinata, Shikamaru, Choji, and Ino followed.
• Naruto’s friends told him they disliked Iruka’s treatment of him and assured him that falling asleep in class was no big deal.
• Naruto thanked his friends for their support, and Ino pulled him away to eat while Hinata shyly watched.

Naruto shared the mapo tofu he had made with his classmates during lunch on the rooftop. After Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji tried it, Naruto invited shy Hinata to eat with him, then called the others over to share.

• Naruto noticed Hinata trailing behind the group and called her to join them on the rooftop.
• Naruto opened his lunch box, and the smell of his homemade mapo tofu drew Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji over to taste it.
• Naruto took the lunch box back when the three classmates crowded around, and Shikamaru apologized for their eagerness.
• Naruto brought his mapo tofu to Hinata and fed her a bite, then invited her to eat with him.
• Naruto noticed Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji watching them and beckoned them to join the meal.

Naruto tried to determine whether he had entered another world after Iruka harshly scolded him in class, then ignored his teacher and focused on improving his strength. After school, Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji paid him to cook dinner, leaving Naruto holding their money as they went to buy ingredients.

• Iruka praised Hiruzen Sarutobi during class, then scolded Naruto for sleeping and compared him to a rat dropping spoiling a pot of soup.
• Naruto tested Iruka with strange questions, realized he did not recognize the phrases, and returned to ignoring the lesson.
• Iruka resolved to coordinate with the other teachers to target Naruto, while Naruto remained unconcerned about their planned isolation.
• After school, Hinata went home with a Hyuga Clan servant, while Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji followed Naruto and asked to eat at his home.
• Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji gave Naruto money for ingredients and cooking, then hurried off to shop.

Naruto introduced Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji to chicken hot pot, impressing them with its spicy flavor. At school the next day, he took Iruka’s order to leave class as permission to go home, leaving Iruka to discover he had disappeared and head to the Hokage’s office in frustration.

• Naruto made chicken hot pot with ingredients brought by Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji, and the three friends eagerly ate it before cleaning up and leaving.
• Naruto completed his daily system tasks and went to sleep after a round in the arena.
• The next day, Iruka sent Naruto out of the classroom, and Naruto went home to play ranked instead of waiting for him.
• After class, Iruka called for Naruto but found no one outside the classroom and searched the corridor.
• A gate guard told Iruka that Naruto had gone home after saying Iruka had given him time off, so Iruka went to the Hokage’s office in frustration.

During a practical combat lesson, Sasuke challenged Naruto, convinced his training would let him win. Naruto easily overpowered and beat Sasuke until Iruka stopped the match, leaving Sasuke in tears as he was carried to the infirmary.

• Iruka told the students to choose sparring partners, and Sasuke challenged Naruto to a fight.
• Naruto accepted Sasuke's challenge while Shikamaru predicted Sasuke would suffer.
• Naruto rushed Sasuke, caught his punches, and repeatedly thwarted his attacks as Sasuke tried to regain the advantage.
• Naruto slapped Sasuke and overwhelmed him with a barrage of punches until Sasuke surrendered and Iruka intervened.
• Naruto taunted the bruised Sasuke, who was carried to the infirmary in tears.

Fugaku dealt with Sasuke’s humiliating defeat while Naruto lost another ranked match against a far stronger opponent. Naruto later served luosifen to Shikamaru, Ino, and Choji, and the chapter ended with Hinata arriving and recoiling at its smell.

• Fugaku watched Sasuke snivel in Itachi’s arms and resolved to intensify his training after Sasuke’s defeat.
• Naruto entered a ranked match with his improved lineup but was overwhelmed by his opponent’s powerful ninjas and quick reactions.
• After school, Naruto served luosifen to Shikamaru, Ino, and Choji, who overcame their disgust and eagerly asked for more.
• Hinata visited Naruto with permission from Hyuga Hiashi, then asked what he was eating because it smelled so bad.

Naruto’s friends overcame the foul smell of river snail rice noodles and discovered they loved the dish. The next day, Sasuke endured rumors about wetting himself, renewed his resolve to defeat Naruto, and drew the suspicion of a bandaged-eye man who planned to report to Monkey.

• Naruto offered river snail rice noodles to Shikamaru, Ino, and Choji, and Choji tried them rather than waste food.
• Choji praised the noodles, convincing Shikamaru and Ino to taste them; Hinata arrived, tried a serving, and loved it too.
• The next day, Sasuke heard classmates claim he had wet himself during his duel with Naruto, while Naruto silently let the rumors spread.
• Sasuke recalled his clan's scolding and Itachi shielding him, then vowed to become stronger and defeat Naruto.
• A bandaged-eye man suspected the Uchiha Clan Head's son of seeking the Nine-Tails and ordered someone to accompany him to see Monkey.

Danzo tried to persuade Hiruzen Sarutobi that the Uchiha Clan was plotting a rebellion, but Hiruzen refused to act on his accusations. Shisui warned that tensions were rising around the Uchiha, while Naruto spent class playing a game and reached Jonin I.

• Danzo accused the Uchiha Clan of planning to control the Jinchūriki and cause another Nine-Tails' Rampage, but Hiruzen Sarutobi dismissed his claims.
• Shisui told Hiruzen that insults from villagers and a clash involving the Konoha Police Force had angered the Uchiha, and he asked the Hokage to stop the provocation.
• Danzo treated Shisui's warning as proof of Uchiha aggression, but Hiruzen told Danzo not to go too far and let him leave.
• Hiruzen worried briefly that Danzo might destroy the Uchiha Clan, then returned to smoking instead of taking action.
• Naruto played the Naruto game during class, won his matches, and advanced from Chunin rank to Jonin I.

Naruto prepared for the imminent Uchiha Clan Massacre, confident in his growing strength but unsure when the attack would begin. Meanwhile, Danzo learned that Shisui possessed Kotoamatsukami and pushed Hiruzen Sarutobi toward targeting the Uchiha.

• Naruto reviewed his abilities and resources, noting that he had reached one million combat power and believed he could fight Obito for a while.
• Naruto planned to take Sasuke to watch the Uchiha Clan Massacre and wondered whether Danzo had already stolen Shisui's eye.
• Danzo secretly listened as Shisui told Hiruzen Sarutobi about his Mangekyō Sharingan and Kotoamatsukami.
• Hiruzen warned Shisui to keep his ability secret, while Shisui trusted him and hoped to use it to prevent the Uchiha rebellion.
• After Shisui left, Danzo urged Hiruzen to act against the Uchiha and said he would take the blame; Hiruzen sat in gloomy silence.

Danzo confronted Shisui Uchiha and, after challenging his faith that the village would change, stole one of his Sharingan. Shisui escaped Danzo and the Root ninja, but they surrounded him in the woods and demanded he surrender.

• Danzo ambushed Shisui and questioned what he would do if the village's prejudice against the Uchiha remained unchanged.
• Shisui said he trusted Hiruzen Sarutobi and refused to use Kotoamatsukami on Danzo.
• Danzo declared he would take Shisui's Sharingan, broke free of Shisui's Genjutsu, and gouged out one of his eyes.
• Danzo revealed the Sharingan beneath his bandages and ordered Shisui to surrender his other eye as Root ninja closed in.
• Shisui used a Great Fireball Technique to cover his escape, but the Root ninja pursued him into the woods.
• After losing strength while fighting off his pursuers, Shisui was surrounded as Danzo ordered him to surrender.

Danzo’s Root forces attacked the wounded Shisui, who escaped after unleashing Susanoo with his remaining eye. At the Naka River, Shisui gave his last eye to Itachi and jumped to his death, awakening Itachi’s Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Danzo’s Root ninja surrounded Shisui, but Shisui unleashed Susanoo and fought his way out of their encirclement.
• Shisui escaped the pursuing Root forces and waited on a cliff above the Naka River for Itachi.
• Shisui told Itachi that Danzo had stolen his right eye and warned him that the Uchiha Clan was in danger.
• Shisui gave Itachi his remaining eye, asked him to protect himself and the Uchiha, and jumped into the Naka River.
• Itachi watched Shisui fall and awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan at thirteen.
• The outside world was told that Shisui had taken his own life.

After Shisui’s death, Sasuke defended Itachi from clan members who suspected him, while Itachi awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and kept his grief secret. Hiruzen confronted Danzo over Shisui’s death, and Danzo later stopped Itachi to ask whether he had Shisui’s eye.

• Sasuke returned home and stood between Itachi and Uchiha clan members who accused Itachi of killing Shisui.
• Itachi’s Sharingan briefly transformed into the Mangekyō Sharingan as he remembered Shisui’s final words, while Sasuke decided to ask Naruto about the unusual eyes.
• Fugaku questioned Itachi about the truth, but Itachi remained silent and Fugaku dismissed him.
• Hiruzen summoned Itachi, then confronted Danzo and blamed him for Shisui’s death and the end of Kagami’s line.
• Root ninja surrounded Danzo when Hiruzen threatened him, and Danzo later stopped Itachi and asked whether he had Shisui’s eye.

Danzo confronted Itachi over Shisui’s eye and threatened the Uchiha, but Itachi escaped and returned home. At school, Sasuke told Naruto what he had discovered about Itachi, and Naruto confirmed the Mangekyō Sharingan had awakened as Sasuke began imagining his family would all gain one too.

• Danzo demanded that Itachi hand over Shisui’s eye and threatened the Uchiha Clan, but Itachi used an excuse and the Body Flicker Technique to escape.
• Itachi blamed Sasuke’s odd sayings for inspiring his own excuse to bring in the laundry.
• Sasuke woke Naruto with Hinata’s help and took him to the rooftop for a private conversation.
• Sasuke told Naruto what he had discovered and suspected the previous night, and Naruto inferred that Shisui was likely dead and the Uchiha massacre was approaching.
• Naruto told Sasuke that Itachi had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, reassuring him that Itachi had not mutated.
• Sasuke cheered at the prospect of awakening his own Mangekyō Sharingan and imagined that his parents and Izumi would awaken theirs as well.

Naruto told Sasuke that awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan was nearly impossible, while Sasuke remained determined to gain it. Meanwhile, Obito Uchiha confronted Itachi and tried to recruit him into destroying the Uchiha Clan, leaving Itachi enraged when Obito threatened Sasuke.

• Naruto dismissed Sasuke’s questions about the Mangekyō Sharingan and told him they would talk after school.
• Itachi sensed an unfamiliar presence at home, but found no one there when he investigated.
• Obito appeared through a spatial vortex, and Itachi returned to find him; Itachi’s shuriken passed through Obito harmlessly.
• Obito claimed to be Madara Uchiha and criticized the Uchiha Clan, then asked Itachi to help destroy it.
• Obito warned that he would destroy Konoha after the clan and invoked Shisui’s death and Sasuke’s safety; Itachi activated his Mangekyō Sharingan and threatened him.

Obito coerced Itachi into agreeing to purge the Uchiha Clan, then recruited Danzo to keep Hiruzen Sarutobi’s Anbu away. After class, Naruto told Sasuke that someone might be forcing Itachi and offered a plan to save him.

• Obito threatened Itachi through Sasuke and ordered him to purge the Uchiha Clan in two nights.
• Obito approached Danzo, identified himself as Madara Uchiha, and asked him to hold back Hiruzen Sarutobi’s Anbu during the purge.
• Danzo agreed to join Obito’s plan and added it to his list of plans against the Uchiha.
• Danzo blamed a Root ninja for the office’s soundproofing and ordered him taken away for another Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal.
• Naruto pulled Sasuke aside after class, warned that someone might be coercing Itachi, and offered a plan to save him.