Chapter Summaries

Yemo ate ramen with Shikaku, Chōza, and Inoichi, who revealed that the Third planned to put him on a Chunin Ninja Exams squad with Hyuga Hiashi and Hizashi Hyuga. Shikaku deduced Yemo’s agreement with the Third involved winning the exams, and Yemo confirmed his guess before they left Ichiraku Ramen.

• Yemo joined Shikaku, Chōza, and Inoichi for ramen and discussed how the Third had allowed him to enter the Chunin Ninja Exams despite the squad registration rules.
• Shikaku revealed that the Third planned to team Yemo with Hyuga Hiashi and Hizashi Hyuga for the exams.
• Yemo expressed surprise at the assignment, while Chōza said the two Hyuga would be better teammates than ordinary Genin.
• Shikaku deduced that Yemo had made an agreement with the Third to win the exams, and Yemo confirmed that his guess was mostly right.
• Yemo and the others spent over an hour eating before leaving when Teuchi closed Ichiraku Ramen.

Minato told Yemo that he would train with Hyuga Hiashi and Hizashi Hyuga for six days before the Chunin Ninja Exams. Yemo met his new teammates and saw their surprise at the vast amount of Chakra inside him.

• Kushina warned Yemo not to follow Jiraiya's lecherous example as they ate breakfast.
• Minato arrived and said he would be Yemo's temporary Jonin instructor and train him for the Chunin Ninja Exams alongside Hyuga Hiashi and Hizashi Hyuga.
• Yemo gathered his ninja gear, grabbed a sandwich, and left with Minato's blessing from Kushina.
• Yemo sensed two people watching him and found Hyuga Hiashi and Hizashi Hyuga using their Byakugan to inspect him.
• Hiashi and Hizashi were shocked by Yemo's immense Chakra, then introduced themselves as his new teammates.

Minato explained that the Chunin Ninja Exams would be a contest among the villages and that Yemo and the Hyuga brothers were expected to win. He took them outside the village for a B-Rank Mission to build basic teamwork, though he admitted six days would not be enough to develop deep coordination.

• Hizashi asked Minato why the Hokage had teamed him and Hiashi with Yemo, and Minato explained the exam’s stakes and their goal of winning the championship.
• Hiashi and Hizashi became excited about competing, while Yemo cared more about passing and becoming a Chunin than winning a title.
• Minato led the three out of the village at a fast pace, and Yemo kept up easily while the Hyuga brothers struggled.
• Minato revealed that he had taken a B-Rank Mission for them and explained that their six days together were meant to develop teamwork rather than teach new techniques.
• Hiashi pointed out that strong teamwork took a long time to build, and Minato said they could still learn basic battle coordination.

Minato led Yemo, Hiashi, and Hizashi to Wolf Fang Mountain to eliminate the bandits terrorizing nearby villages. After Yemo brought down the bandits’ stone wall, the group attacked, and Minato worried that Yemo’s brutal slaughter might consume him.

• Minato’s team reached Wolf Fang Mountain and silently eliminated the bandit patrols they encountered on the way to the settlement.
• The bandits raised the alarm when the team reached the valley gate, and Minato ordered Yemo to remove the stone wall.
• Yemo used Earth Release: Moving Earth Core to sink the wall and the bandits standing on it into the ground.
• Yemo, Hiashi, and Hizashi charged into the crowd after a scar-faced bandit rallied the others to fight.
• Yemo killed dozens of bandits with brutal attacks while Hiashi and Hizashi also cut through the crowd.
• Minato watched Yemo’s bloody fighting and feared that the slaughter could consume his mind.

Yemo fought through the bandits at Wolf Fang Mountain and faced a masked warrior whose Chakra-infused sword revealed him to be a samurai. Yemo killed the samurai with an Earth Release trap and an explosive Lightning Release attack, leaving the slaughter ongoing.

• Yemo killed bandits attacking him and showed no mercy to the men responsible for massacring a village.
• A masked, armored man threw a short blade at Yemo, then charged him with a Chakra-enhanced sword.
• Yemo blocked the samurai’s strikes but was driven back when the warrior’s strength damaged his Kunai.
• Yemo identified the masked fighter as a samurai after recognizing his swordsmanship and the Chakra flowing through his blade.
• Yemo bound the samurai’s legs with Earth Release, then hit him with explosive Lightning Release senbon and killed him.

Yemo and his companions completed several missions before resting in the forest, where a Kirigakure team attacked them with a powerful Water Release. After Hizashi discovered the hidden ninja with his Byakugan, Nagahiro identified the group as travelers heading to Konoha for the Chunin Ninja Exams, and the teams lowered their weapons.

• Yemo, Hyuga Hiashi, and Hizashi Hyuga completed an A-Rank mission by killing a defected Konoha Jonin, while Minato did not participate.
• Yemo and Minato discussed Yemo's Summoning Technique, Gamabunta, and the upcoming Chunin Ninja Exams beside a stream.
• An attacker sent a massive wave at Yemo and Minato, and Yemo raised an earthen wall that stopped it.
• Yemo told Hizashi to use his Byakugan, and Hizashi located eleven hidden enemies, including two with Jonin-level Chakra.
• Nagahiro introduced himself and his Kirigakure team as travelers bound for Konoha's Chunin Ninja Exams, and both groups lowered their weapons.

Yemo and his companions confronted a Kirigakure team after the Mist Ninja launched a sneak attack, and both sides sized up one another’s strongest young fighters. The exchange ended with Yemo Uzumaki and Hozuki Mangetsu introducing themselves as potential rivals.

• Nagahiro and Munashi Jinpachi approached Yemo, Minato Namikaze, and the Hyuga twins with Kirigakure’s exam team after the failed sneak attack.
• Nagahiro introduced himself and Munashi Jinpachi, while Yemo noticed a dangerous girl and a white-haired boy among the nine Genin.
• Minato introduced himself, and Nagahiro recognized Yemo’s powerful Earth Release as the work of a student before Minato clarified that Yemo was not his student.
• Yemo demanded an explanation for the sneak attack, and the white-haired boy admitted he had wanted to test Konoha’s Genin.
• Yemo taunted the Kirigakure team by declaring Konoha superior, prompting the white-haired boy to ask his name.
• Yemo introduced himself as Yemo Uzumaki, and the boy identified himself as Hozuki Mangetsu.

Yemo and Minato encountered a Kirigakure delegation led by Nagahiro, including the renowned young Hozuki Mangetsu, and sensed hostility beneath their polite exchange. After the group left for Konoha, Yemo and Minato discussed the threat of worsening village tensions before considering Mangetsu’s strength.

• Yemo recognized Hozuki Mangetsu as the Kirigakure genius who had made him feel threatened, while the Kirigakure Genin reacted with surprise to Yemo’s reputation for killing a Kumogakure Jonin.
• Nagahiro praised Yemo and suggested that the Kirigakure group travel with Minato and the others, but Minato declined because they still had a mission.
• Nagahiro led the Kirigakure delegation toward Konoha, while Hizashi noted that Anbu were secretly monitoring them.
• Minato and Yemo acknowledged the killing intent between the groups and discussed how the upcoming Chunin Ninja Exams might worsen village conflicts.
• Minato asked Yemo about Hozuki Mangetsu’s strength, and Yemo said he could not judge it without fighting him.

Yemo returned to Konoha and learned that a fight between visiting ninja had led to tighter security at the village gate. As he waited with his companions, a lightning-wreathed attacker struck him, breaking his arm and sending him flying; Yemo recognized the attacker.

• Yemo returned to Konoha with Hizashi, Hiashi, Minato, and another companion, drawing attention when he celebrated beneath the village gate.
• Yemo saw the heavy security at the gate and learned from Uchiha Mikoto that two rival ninja teams had fought there earlier, injuring several people.
• Yemo and his companions waited in the registration line, where Yemo greeted Mikoto before leaving the desk.
• A figure surrounded by blue electricity charged at Yemo, and Minato watched without intervening.
• Yemo blocked the attack with his arm, but the attacker broke it with one punch and sent Yemo skidding backward.
• Yemo looked up and recognized his attacker.

Yemo clashed with Killer B at Konoha's gate, where their fight drew the attention of the village's ninja. Killer B surrendered to the Konoha Military Police Force, while he and Yemo vowed to settle their rivalry later.

• Killer B attacked Yemo with a Lariat, and Yemo blocked it despite breaking his right arm.
• Killer B blamed Yemo for his three-month confinement on an isolated island, and the two traded insults and challenges.
• Yemo reminded Killer B that he was in Konoha, prompting Killer B to notice the watching ninja.
• Anbu Jonin and the Konoha Military Police Force surrounded Killer B and ordered him to surrender.
• Killer B raised his hands and was shackled by the Konoha Military Police Force, then exchanged threats with Yemo as he was led away.

After Killer B injured Yemo at the village gate, Mikoto feared he would miss the Chunin Ninja Exams and suffer lasting damage. Yemo secretly used Yin-Yang Release to heal himself completely, leaving Mikoto amazed and curious about his recovery technique.

• Mikoto examined Yemo's badly burned, fractured arm and insisted he rest, while Sangaku worried that he would miss the exams.
• Yemo pointed to Minato to confirm that his injury could heal quickly, and Minato persuaded Mikoto to take him somewhere private.
• At a nearby training ground, Yemo used Yin-Yang Release: Revival Technique and regenerated his arm in seconds.
• Mikoto asked how Yemo had healed himself and suggested sharing the technique with Konoha ninja.
• Yemo explained that only people with a special bloodline could use the technique, and Mikoto abandoned the idea of teaching it to everyone.

Yemo and Konoha’s fifteen top Genin arrived at the Chunin Ninja Exams, drawing attention from the other villages. The exams began with the participants assembled in the academy auditorium, where rumors about Yemo’s strength spread.

• Soon-to-graduate students and visiting ninja watched as Yemo led Konoha’s fifteen strongest participants to the Ninja Academy.
• Killer B glared at Yemo from the crowd after A had beaten him for disgracing Kumogakure the previous night.
• The academy gates closed after the final teams arrived, and Konoha escorted the visiting Jonin to a separate viewing venue.
• Yemo and the Konoha Genin entered the auditorium and gathered in an unoccupied corner as the other villages watched them.
• Ninja from other villages discussed a report that Yemo had killed a Kumogakure Special Jōnin, and they stared at him in disbelief.

Shikaku briefed Konoha’s Genin on the strongest participants from Kirigakure and Kumogakure, including Hozuki Mangetsu, Mei Terumi, and Yugito Nii. The group learned that Yugito was a Perfect Jinchūriki, making her a formidable threat in the exams.

• A Kumogakure Genin insulted Yemo and questioned how he had killed Daruka, but Yugito Nii rebuked him and urged her team to defeat Yemo in the exams.
• Shikaku explained that the major villages had sent their strongest Genin and began outlining the opponents Konoha should watch.
• Shikaku named Hozuki Mangetsu as Kirigakure’s leading genius and said Mei Terumi had two Kekkei Genkai; Yemo recognized Mei as the kunoichi he had encountered with Mangetsu.
• Shikaku identified Yugito Nii, Samui, and Toroi as Kumogakure’s standout Genin, noting that Toroi had an unknown Kekkei Genkai.
• Shikaku revealed that Yugito was a Perfect Jinchūriki who had earned her Tailed Beast’s recognition, and the Konoha Genin reacted with alarm at her power.

Orochimaru appeared as the chief examiner for the joint Chunin Ninja Exams and announced a three-part format that surprised the assembled Genin. Yemo realized the final, optional tournament would determine the publicly acknowledged number one genius, and he looked forward to competing against the other villages’ young talents.

• Yemo surveyed the gathered Genin and recognized several future powerhouses, while lamenting that many others would die in the Third Shinobi World War.
• Orochimaru emerged as chief examiner, surprising Yemo and the assembled ninja.
• Orochimaru introduced deputy examiners Sarutobi Shinnosuke and Mite Seiun, whose positions showed Konoha’s high regard for the exams.
• Orochimaru announced that passing the first two exams would qualify participants to become Chunin, while a third optional exam would consist of one-on-one matches.
• Yemo explained that the third exam would determine which village had the strongest younger generation, then looked forward to competing for the title of number one genius.

Orochimaru framed the Chunin Ninja Exams as a contest to find the strongest genius, while Mite Seiun explained the first exam’s brutal elimination rules. Yemo recognized that the apparent race to a mountain was not really a test of speed.

• Sarutobi Shinnosuke questioned Orochimaru’s claim that the champion would be the number one genius, and Orochimaru argued that the title would make the competition more exciting.
• Mite Seiun led the first group of Genin to a square outside Konoha and announced that they had thirty minutes to reach a mountain about forty kilometers away.
• Mite Seiun revealed that half the group had to be eliminated and that a pursuit team of four Jonin and eight Chunin would chase them one minute after they started.
• Several Genin protested that the rules unfairly favored fast ninjas, but Mite Seiun told them they could withdraw if they refused to participate.
• Yemo dismissed the protesters and realized that the first exam was not truly a contest of speed.

Yemo and the other contestants began the first Chunin exam, a race in which half the participants had to be caught for the rest to pass. After the contestants entered the forest, Mite Seiun sent twelve examiners to hunt them down, forbidding the examiners from killing anyone.

• Shikaku worked out that the contestants could pass by surviving until half their number had been eliminated, and that they were allowed to attack one another.
• The contestants gathered at the starting line, and the race began after Mite Seiun gave the signal.
• Yemo ran near the front of the group without taking the lead as the contestants entered the forest.
• Several contestants left the main group to pursue opponents, while Yemo stayed near the front and judged their choice reckless.
• Mite Seiun ordered the twelve Chunin and Jonin examiners to hunt the contestants, warning them not to kill anyone.

During the Genin exam, Yemo was attacked by an assassin from the Hidden Village while running through the forest. He defeated the ninja with his Lightning Release and continued on, leaving the exam underway.

• Yemo and the remaining Konoha Ninja ran through the forest as battles broke out among the exam contestants.
• A ninja attacked Yemo with a Kunai, used the Substitution Technique, and struck at him from behind with a sword.
• Yemo formed a lightning sword and wounded the attacker with a thrown Kunai as the ninja tried to flee.
• Yemo caught up to the ninja, cut through his sword with Lightning Release, and knocked him unconscious with a punch.

Yemo defeated a hidden-village ninja and left two Grass Ninja behind, who were then eliminated by a pursuing Konoha Jonin. As Yemo hurried onward, he detected and shattered a Genjutsu, revealing examiner Yūhi Shinku.

• Yemo knocked out the hidden-village ninja who attacked him and spared the two Grass Ninja watching nearby.
• The two Grass Ninja identified Yemo as Konoha's powerful Uzumaki and continued through the forest after he left.
• A pursuing Konoha Jonin trapped the Grass Ninja in Genjutsu and counted them among the eliminated candidates.
• Yemo sensed something wrong in the forest, stopped his Chakra briefly, and shattered the Genjutsu surrounding him.
• Yemo recognized the revealed examiner as Yūhi Shinku and greeted him.

Yemo fought Yūhi Shinku, an Elite Jonin and powerful Genjutsu specialist, during the Chunin Ninja Exams. The exam ended before either could finish the fight, and Yūhi Shinku acknowledged that Yemo had lasted through strength, not luck.

• Yūhi Shinku revealed himself as Yemo’s examiner and challenged him to win the first exam by defeating him.
• Yemo attacked with the Great Fireball Technique, but Shinku’s Genjutsu made the flames pass through an illusion of him.
• Yemo broke the illusion and exchanged Kunai and Taijutsu blows with Shinku, who pushed him onto the defensive.
• Yemo’s fist clashed with Shinku’s, leaving Yemo’s hand mangled while his rapid healing closed the wound.
• As Yemo prepared Lightning Release: Lightning Dragon Bullet, an announcement declared the exam over, and both fighters stopped.
• Shinku told Yemo he had lasted until the final Genin was eliminated because of his strength, not luck.

Yemo learned that Shikaku’s team had been injured by Genin from Star Ninja Village who could shape their Chakra, then waited with the other successful candidates for the next exam. The chapter ended when Mite Seiun announced that three participants had died during the third group’s exam, placing everyone who passed that group under suspicion.

• Yemo reunited with Shikaku, Choji, and Hyuga Hiashi after the first exam, and learned Choji had been injured fighting a team from Star Ninja Village.
• Shikaku explained that the Star Ninja Genin had activated their Chakra and formed it into unusual shapes, catching his team off guard.
• Yemo and the other successful candidates waited in the auditorium as all four groups completed the first exam, leaving just over a hundred participants.
• Mite Seiun arrived late with a grim expression and announced that three ninja had died during the third group’s exam.
• The candidates speculated about the deaths, and those who passed in the third group came under suspicion.