Chapter Summaries

Yemo returned to Konoha with Orochimaru, White Fang, and the Anbu after surviving the encounter with the Eight-Tails, while Orochimaru praised his talent and kept him from being detained for the Hokage. At home, Yemo reunited with his worried sister Kushina and realized he had accepted his life and family in the Naruto world.

• Yemo and the group reached Konoha, where villagers wondered why he was accompanying Orochimaru and White Fang.
• Hokage Guard Anbu summoned Orochimaru and White Fang to report, but Orochimaru let Yemo go home despite the Hokage's order.
• White Fang and Orochimaru praised Yemo's talent as he left for home.
• Kushina, who had spent the night searching and worrying, saw Yemo return injured and embraced him in tears.
• Kushina asked Yemo to tell her before going out, and Yemo promised, realizing he was truly part of this world and its family.

Orochimaru brought Yemo to the Hokage’s office for questioning about his battle with the Eight-Tails, where the Third Hokage began asking him to explain unusual details. The chapter left Yemo facing the Third’s inquiry.

• Orochimaru escorted Yemo from Kushina’s home to the Hokage’s office on the Third Hokage’s orders.
• Orochimaru told Yemo that he had noticed Yemo’s extraordinary ambition and confidence during the fight with the Eight-Tails.
• Yemo guessed that the Third Hokage was interested in his unusual Chakra and Wood Release Ninjutsu from the battle.
• Yemo sensed more than twenty hidden Anbu guards as Orochimaru led him through the Hokage building.
• The Third Hokage praised Yemo’s talent, then began questioning him about puzzling details from the previous night’s battle.

The Third Hokage questioned Yemo about his abilities after the battle with Killer B and investigated whether he could use Wood Release. After Yemo clarified that he had only manipulated underground roots, the Third arranged for Orochimaru to take him as a disciple, leaving Yemo stunned and conflicted.

• The Third Hokage asked how Yemo had stayed hidden from Orochimaru and Killer B, and Yemo credited the Uzumaki Clan's Mind's Eye of the Kagura.
• The Third asked whether Yemo's Chakra could suppress a Tailed Beast, and Yemo confirmed that it could.
• The Third questioned Yemo about the roots he had used to block Killer B, and Yemo explained that he had manipulated existing roots rather than used Wood Release.
• Yemo told the Third that his sister planned to send him to the Ninja Academy, but the Third offered to arrange his training instead.
• The Third proposed that Orochimaru take Yemo as his disciple, and Orochimaru agreed while Yemo was left stunned by the offer.

Yemo accepted Orochimaru as his teacher after the Third arranged the apprenticeship, and Orochimaru scheduled their first training for the next morning. Yemo returned home to Kushina and Minato, who were stunned to learn he had become Orochimaru’s disciple.

• The Third offered Yemo the chance to become Orochimaru’s disciple, and Yemo accepted and bowed to his new teacher.
• Orochimaru told Yemo to meet him at Training Ground Three at six the next morning.
• The Third explained to Orochimaru that Yemo’s talent needed guidance and told him to recover before joining Jiraiya at the worsening border battlefield.
• Yemo returned home, where Kushina checked that he was unharmed and asked what the Third had wanted.
• Yemo told Kushina and Minato that Orochimaru had become his teacher, leaving both of them shocked.

Yemo trained with Shuriken while Orochimaru observed, then began a bell-catching test meant to assess his abilities. Yemo’s Great Fireball Technique devastated the training ground, but Orochimaru remained protected beneath a mound of earth, leaving Yemo retreating from a likely counterattack.

• Yemo practiced throwing Shuriken, and Orochimaru surprised him with a volley before arriving at the training ground.
• Orochimaru explained that he would spend two days getting to know Yemo instead of teaching him new techniques, after noticing his weak fundamentals.
• Orochimaru presented a bell-catching challenge and told Yemo to use any method to take the bell from him.
• Yemo attacked with Kunai, but Orochimaru used the Substitution Technique, appeared behind him, and struck him into a crater.
• Yemo unleashed his Great Fireball Technique, destroying a tree, but saw Orochimaru standing behind a mound of earth and quickly retreated.

Yemo used his Yin-Yang Release techniques to counter Orochimaru’s traps and launch him into the air, then bound him with roots. He sent a slender root toward the bells at Orochimaru’s waist, leaving their capture unresolved.

• Yemo escaped Orochimaru’s Earth Swamp by pulling himself free with threads tied to his Kunai.
• Yemo used his Wood Manipulation Technique to catch and destroy Orochimaru’s summoned snakes.
• Yemo used Earth Manipulation to raise the ground beneath Orochimaru and launch him into the air.
• Yemo bound Orochimaru with roots and sent one toward the bells at his waist.

Yemo took Orochimaru’s bell during a training test and learned it had been a lesson about teamwork and a gift passed down from teacher to student. Orochimaru then treated Yemo to ramen at Ichiraku, where their conversation recalled his past meals with Jiraiya and Tsunade.

• Yemo used dense vines to take Orochimaru’s bell, and Orochimaru slipped free of the roots like a snake.
• Yemo asked why Orochimaru had let him take the bell, and Orochimaru explained its original purpose and gave it to him to pass on to a future disciple.
• Orochimaru invited Yemo to lunch at Ichiraku Ramen, where Teuchi greeted Orochimaru as a familiar customer.
• Yemo and Orochimaru ordered their usual ramen, and Orochimaru recalled coming to the shop with Jiraiya and Tsunade.
• Teuchi served the ramen, and Yemo and Orochimaru began their meal.

Orochimaru taught Yemo about chakra and tested his elemental affinities at the training ground. Yemo proved to have all five basic chakra natures, in addition to yin and yang, leaving Orochimaru thrilled that his disciple could inherit everything he knew.

• After leaving Ichiraku Ramen, Yemo went with Orochimaru to the training ground to learn his chakra natures.
• Orochimaru explained chakra and observed that Yemo possessed an extraordinarily vast supply with the power to suppress Tailed Beasts.
• Yemo explained the difference between Shape Transformation and Nature Transformation, impressing Orochimaru with his knowledge.
• Orochimaru gave Yemo chakra sensing paper, which reacted to reveal fire, wind, lightning, water, and earth affinities.
• Orochimaru celebrated Yemo's all-attribute chakra, noting that Yemo also used yin and yang.

After discovering Yemo possessed all Chakra natures, Orochimaru advised him to specialize rather than divide his efforts equally, while Yemo remained committed to Yin-Yang Release. Orochimaru revealed his pursuit of unlimited vitality and mastery of every nature, leaving Yemo wary that his teacher might make him a test subject.

• Orochimaru celebrated Yemo's possession of all Chakra natures and considered him capable of inheriting all his Ninjutsu.
• Orochimaru warned Yemo that mastering every nature could spread his energy too thin, and advised him to focus on one or a few while learning the rest.
• Yemo agreed with the principle of specialization but resolved to pursue Yin-Yang Release as his central path.
• Yemo described how he used Yin Release to shape matter and Yang Release to strengthen and enlarge roots, and believed he could eventually master Yin-Yang Release.
• Yemo asked which nature Orochimaru specialized in, and Orochimaru said he studied all seven while pursuing unlimited vitality to master every Ninjutsu.
• Yemo concealed his alarm at Orochimaru's ambitions and decided to be cautious around his teacher to avoid becoming an experiment.

Orochimaru chose a training field for Yemo and taught him the forbidden A-rank Multiple Shadow Clone Technique from the Scroll of Seals. Yemo mastered it on his first attempt, creating more than ten convincing clones.

• Orochimaru set aside an open field for Yemo's training and promised to teach him all the Ninjutsu he knew.
• Orochimaru chose the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, an A-rank forbidden technique, as Yemo's first lesson and warned him about its Chakra risk.
• Orochimaru demonstrated the technique by creating two physical clones and then dispelling them.
• Yemo remembered the Hand Seals and performed the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique on his first try, producing more than ten clones.
• Orochimaru praised Yemo's talent as the clones looked at one another, and Yemo was briefly startled by how indistinguishable they were.

Yemo trained in the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique under Orochimaru, improving his control before Orochimaru left him to practice. Later, Yemo met Ayame on Konoha’s streets and learned she had just finished classes at the Ninja Academy and was out shopping with Rin.

• Yemo tested the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique and found that his large Chakra reserves let him create many clones, though the technique still consumed substantial Chakra.
• Orochimaru corrected Yemo’s mistakes and taught him his experience, helping Yemo create several times as many clones with the same Chakra expenditure.
• Orochimaru noticed something near a leafy tree, then left Yemo to continue training and told him to return the next morning.
• Yemo walked through Konoha after dark and reflected that he had no plans to attend the Ninja Academy.
• Ayame startled Yemo on the street, teased him for forgetting she attended the Ninja Academy, and said she had come shopping with Sister Rin.

Yemo met Rin Nohara while she was out shopping with Ayame and helped her think about a birthday present for Kakashi. Obito arrived carrying a gift box and looking delighted to see Rin.

• Ayame introduced Rin Nohara to Yemo, who recognized her and startled Ayame by staring until she stomped on his foot.
• Yemo explained that he knew Rin’s name because he was Kushina Uzumaki’s younger brother and had seen Rin’s photo; Ayame apologized for stepping on him.
• Rin invited Yemo to help choose Kakashi’s birthday present, and Yemo suggested that a thoughtful gift would matter more than its price or type.
• Rin thanked Yemo and said his suggestion had helped her realize she had lost sight of her original purpose.
• Obito ran up to Rin carrying a gift box and greeted her warmly.

Yemo met Obito while shopping with Rin and Ayame, and Obito grew jealous when Rin praised Yemo and planned a handmade gift for Kakashi. After learning that Yemo had become Orochimaru’s student, Obito challenged his reputation as a genius.

• Obito arrived late and greeted Rin, then met Yemo, who introduced himself as Kushina’s younger brother and Minato’s future brother-in-law.
• Rin explained Kushina’s insistence that Obito and the others call her “Big Sister,” then told Obito she planned to make Kakashi a crystal sculpture as a birthday gift.
• Obito became upset that Rin’s handmade gift for Kakashi might mean she cared more for Kakashi than for him, and blamed Yemo for suggesting it.
• Obito told Rin and Ayame that Minato had praised Yemo and that Orochimaru had taken him as a student; Yemo confirmed it had happened the previous night.
• Obito questioned whether Yemo really seemed like a genius and challenged Minato’s claim that he was even stronger than Kakashi.

Obito challenged Yemo to prove himself to Rin, and the two fought at a nearby training ground. After Obito's Fire Style overpowered Yemo's, Yemo dismissed the exchange as a warm-up and prepared to continue the fight.

• Rin and Ayame questioned Obito's challenge, but Obito insisted on fighting Yemo, who accepted.
• Rin and Ayame followed Obito and Yemo to a nearby training ground, where they took positions to watch.
• Yemo knocked away Obito's thrown Kunai, and both boys then used Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique.
• Obito's fireball overwhelmed Yemo's, forcing Yemo to retreat as the flames scorched a crater into the training ground.
• Obito boasted about the Uchiha Clan's Fire Style, and Yemo called the exchange a warm-up and said the real fight was about to begin.

Yemo and Obito fought to test the power of Obito’s newly awakened One-Tomoe Sharingan. Obito gained the upper hand in taijutsu and knocked Yemo to the ground, but Yemo remained confident as the fight continued.

• Obito charged Yemo to defend the Uchiha Clan’s honor, and Yemo’s apparent death by Kunai was revealed to be a clone substitution.
• Yemo appeared behind Obito and attacked, but Obito dodged by using his newly awakened One-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Yemo attacked with Kunai, but Obito read his movements and blocked the assault before turning the fight in his favor.
• Obito knocked away Yemo’s Kunai and kicked him across the arena, while Rin recognized that Yemo was not seriously injured.
• Obito mocked Yemo for losing, but Yemo dismissed the One-Tomoe Sharingan as weak, leaving Rin wondering whether he had been holding back.

Yemo defeated Obito by using Yin-Yang Release to shake the training ground and restrain him with Chakra threads. Obito surrendered, and Yemo restored the damaged ground.

• Obito charged at Yemo, but Yemo retreated to avoid fighting him in Taijutsu.
• Yemo activated Yin-Yang Release: Earth Manipulation Technique, making the ground beneath Obito tremble and split apart.
• Yemo used Chakra threads spread through the earth to restrain Obito as he prepared another attack.
• Obito admitted defeat, recognizing that Yemo had outmatched him in strength and tactics.
• Yemo stopped his attack and used Yin-Yang Release to settle and repair the shattered ground.

After their fight, Yemo praised Obito for admitting defeat and teased him until he confessed that he liked Rin. Yemo and Obito introduced themselves as friends, and the story left them with Rin reproaching Obito and Yemo prompting him to apologize.

• Yemo told Obito that admitting defeat in front of someone he liked had changed his opinion of him.
• Yemo teased Obito about his feelings for Rin until Obito admitted that he liked her.
• Yemo told Obito he was not interested in Rin, and the two shook hands while introducing themselves as Yemo and Obito.
• Rin hurried over with Ayame, relieved that Yemo and Obito were unharmed, then reproached Obito for challenging Yemo.
• Yemo prompted Obito to apologize, and Obito bowed his head and promised Rin he would not do it again.

Yemo mastered Lightning Release: Senbon Explosion under Orochimaru’s guidance, using Multiple Shadow Clones to accelerate his training. After Kumo Ninja clashed with Konoha’s Anbu, Orochimaru told Yemo that the Third Hokage had ordered him to the battlefield and began to explain his decision.

• Yemo practiced Lightning Release and successfully used Senbon Explosion, blasting craters into the training ground.
• Orochimaru praised Yemo’s rapid progress, and Yemo credited his Multiple Shadow Clones for helping him train.
• Orochimaru told Yemo that Kumo Ninja had tried to approach Konoha again and fought a fierce battle with the Anbu.
• Orochimaru explained that the Third Hokage wanted him to go to the battlefield because of concerns about the border war.
• Orochimaru said he had first planned to go alone, but had changed his mind and began to explain why.

Yemo agreed to accompany Orochimaru to the border battlefield after learning that Kushina had been persuaded to allow him to go. Because he was not yet a Genin, Orochimaru arranged an exception, and Yemo followed him to the Hokage's office for the Third Hokage's approval.

• Yemo accepted Orochimaru's offer to take him to the battlefield and agreed to prepare for their departure the next morning.
• Yemo asked Orochimaru to speak with Kushina, but Orochimaru revealed that he had already secured her agreement with the Third Hokage's help.
• Orochimaru told Yemo he needed Genin status to go to the battlefield and said the Third Hokage had agreed to let him become one without an exam.
• Yemo accompanied Orochimaru to the Hokage's office, where the Third Hokage was waiting for them.

Yemo was promoted directly to Genin and received his Konoha Forehead Protector from the Third Hokage. After Yemo left, the Third and Orochimaru discussed Danzo’s report about the previous night, while Yemo remained unaware that the Third planned to use his battlefield trip to test Kumogakure’s intentions.

• The Third Hokage promoted Yemo to Genin without an examination and urged him to protect Konoha like Orochimaru.
• The Third gave Yemo a Forehead Protector, and Yemo put it on before leaving the office.
• Orochimaru warned the Third that Danzo’s account and analysis of the previous night might be incomplete or misleading.
• The Third chose to let Yemo go to the battlefield to test Kumogakure’s intentions, despite Orochimaru’s reservations about using his student as bait.
• Yemo admired his new Forehead Protector and ran into Obito, who was astonished and envious that Yemo had become a Genin so quickly.