Chapter Summaries

Tsunade fought Hanzō in his poisonous pool, using her modified poison-absorbing technique and Infinite Regeneration to withstand his attacks. After absorbing the poison and forcing Hanzō into the open, she faced a ring of his Water Clones as he tried to stall for his allies.

• Hanzō hid beneath the poisonous water, but Tsunade began absorbing its poison with the Thousand Spider Myriad Poison Hand.
• Hanzō ambushed Tsunade, but she regenerated her severed arm and smashed him apart with a punch.
• Hanzō used a Water Dragon Bullet Technique and Explosive Tags, but Tsunade healed after the explosion and charged him again.
• Hanzō pulled Tsunade's leg underwater with a tongue, while she absorbed the poison and revealed her modified Infinite Regeneration.
• Tsunade endured Hanzō's Water Severing Blade, absorbed all the pool's poison, and struck at him with her poisoned fist.
• Hanzō evaded Tsunade with Water Substitution Technique and surrounded her with Water Clones to stall for his allies.

Orochimaru and the Third Kazekage fought fiercely, with the Kazekage repeatedly destroying the Eight-Headed Serpent while Orochimaru regenerated and counterattacked. Fireworks signaled Konoha’s counterattack, forcing the combatants to withdraw and ending the battle with Ōnoki acknowledging the Legendary Sannin’s strength.

• The Third Kazekage trapped Orochimaru’s Eight-Headed Serpent in iron sand and pierced and crushed its heads, but Orochimaru regenerated them and attacked with multiple elements.
• The Kazekage identified the highest snake head as Orochimaru’s true body and crushed it, but the remaining heads launched a combined assault that he blocked with Iron Sand Defense.
• The Kazekage used Iron Sand Drizzle to cover the serpent in needles, while Orochimaru’s elemental torrent clashed against the iron sand.
• Fireworks displaying the symbols of Iwagakure, Sunagakure, and Kirigakure signaled Konoha’s counterattack, prompting Ōnoki, Hanzō, and the Kazekage to disengage.
• Tsunade and Jiraiya joined the exhausted Orochimaru as the Eight-Headed Serpent vanished, and Ōnoki conceded victory and recognized the three as the Legendary Sannin.

White Fang and Raikage A fought to a standstill until Uchiha Jin arrived after defeating Blue B, and news of Konoha’s victories across the fronts brought the three-year war toward its conclusion. Hiruzen Sarutobi rejected Danzo’s plan to exploit the victory and launch further invasions, leaving Danzo furious.

• White Fang and Raikage A both suffered heavy injuries in their second clash, and White Fang said he had not reached the third layer of Fūinjutsu.
• Uchiha Jin arrived with the unconscious Blue B, and Raikage A retreated with him rather than face Jin.
• Shibi Aburame told White Fang that Konoha’s Three Ninja had driven back Hanzō, the Tsuchikage, and the Kazekage, while Might Duy had driven back the Mizukage.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi credited Danzo’s call for an all-out offensive with forcing the enemy Kage to return to their villages, but said Konoha’s victory did not end the war.
• Danzo urged Hiruzen Sarutobi to invade Sunagakure and then the Land of Earth, but Hiruzen refused because Konoha had lost nearly a third of its ninja.
• Danzo left the Hokage’s office angrily after Hiruzen insisted that Konoha could not continue the war.

As Konoha’s forces withdrew from the front, Uchiha Jin and White Fang raced back to the village and discussed whether Jin wanted to become Hokage. Their rivalry ended with both smashing through the village gate at the same time.

• White Fang mourned the comrades left behind, then led Jin and the returning team away while others stayed to watch the Cloud Ninja.
• White Fang challenged Jin to a race, and the two sped ahead of the team.
• White Fang asked Jin whether he wanted to become Hokage, but Jin refused and said he wanted freedom rather than ties to the village.
• After several days of travel, Jin and White Fang raced each other into Konoha and crashed through the gate, landing sprawled on the ground together.

After Uchiha Jin and White Fang destroyed Konoha’s main gate, Hiruzen Sarutobi made them repair it. Jin later spoke with Hachidai about the Uchiha Clan and promised to lead it to new heights.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi confronted Jin and White Fang over smashing Konoha’s gate, and the two blamed each other before starting a fight.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi stopped the brawl by demolishing much of his office, then ordered Jin and White Fang to repair the gate.
• Jin left with his bruises healed while White Fang went home with black eyes, and Jin teased Uchiha children who asked if they could become strong like him.
• Hachidai asked Jin to help the Uchiha Clan, and Jin promised to lead it to new heights while declaring himself part of the Radical Faction.

After returning home, Uchiha Jin discovered Little Meow and Little White had wrecked the furniture and punished them before heading to his hidden laboratory. He reviewed his abilities and concluded that limited Chakra and insufficient research knowledge were holding back his progress.

• Uchiha Jin returned home, paid his respects at the photograph, and searched for Little White and Little Meow.
• Jin caught Little Meow and Little White hiding the broken furniture they had destroyed while he was away, then hung them from the ceiling as punishment.
• Jin entered the dusty laboratory beneath the house and recorded his combat abilities and research gains on the computer.
• Jin reviewed his techniques, noting that several had become useless or remained inaccessible because of his physical limitations and low Chakra.
• Jin decided he needed to research a way to fuse Six Paths Immortal Thief with the Dark Walker Technique so he could absorb Chakra during battle.

Jin met with the Aburame Clan after Shibi Aburame invited him to their compound. Shikuro Aburame asked Jin to develop a ninjutsu that could help the clan recover its combat strength after heavy wartime losses.

• Shibi Aburame woke Jin and invited him to meet his father, Shikuro Aburame.
• Jin followed Shibi to the Aburame Clan compound and met Shikuro and several clan elders.
• Aburame Mushihime served Jin tea, and Jin recognized her by her distinctive sunglasses.
• Shikuro told Jin that the Aburame Clan had suffered heavy losses, especially on the Iwagakure Ninja front.
• Shikuro asked Jin to develop a ninjutsu for the Aburame Clan to rapidly restore its combat strength.

Uchiha Jin negotiated with the Aburame Clan to develop clan-specific ninjutsu, agreeing to accept 250 million after Aburame Mushihime coaxed him into staying. As Jin considered ways to create Chakra-enhancing pills, Danzo’s ninjas surrounded him and demanded that he meet with Danzo.

• Jin told the Aburame Clan that custom ninjutsu would cost 500 million, and rejected their initial offer of 100 million.
• Shikuro Aburame raised the offer to 250 million while Aburame Mushihime held Jin’s arm, and Jin agreed to deliver the ninjutsu in three days in exchange for payment.
• Jin left the Aburame Clan with local specialties and considered making pills that increased Chakra.
• Danzo’s ninjas surrounded Jin and said that Danzo wanted to see him, and Jin glared at them for interrupting his thoughts.

Uchiha Jin refused Danzo’s order to be confined in Root, recognizing that Danzo was also trying to limit the Aburame Clan. Shikuro Aburame and clan elders intervened, leaving the two sides facing off.

• Jin created a formula for pills that preserved animal and plant Chakra, allowing him to rapidly increase his reserves.
• Jin captured a Root ninja and learned that Danzo wanted to see him, but refused to go and demanded that Danzo come instead.
• Danzo presented a Hokage-sealed order claiming Root would protect Jin by keeping him at its base, and Jin challenged him.
• Shikuro Aburame arrived with members of the Aburame Clan and questioned Danzo for stopping his guest.
• Jin threatened Danzo, and the Root members and Aburame Clan stepped forward as the standoff grew tense.

Danzo backed down after Shikuro Aburame and the clan members confronted him, and Shikuro advised Jin to seek jonin rank. Jin returned home to find Minato Namikaze and Kushina waiting with Chakra Metal, while Konoha’s returning forces and Jiraiya’s absence suggested events were still following their expected course.

• Danzo called the confrontation a misunderstanding and retreated after Shikuro Aburame gave him a way out.
• Shikuro advised Jin to apply for jonin rank soon, and Jin questioned whether the Aburame Clan would deal with its members who had become spies.
• Jin bought supplies and returned home to find Minato Namikaze and Kushina inside after Little White had opened the door.
• Minato Namikaze and Kushina gave Jin two pieces of Chakra Metal, which he accepted to improve his Thousand Blade Demonic Sword.
• Minato Namikaze and Kushina told Jin that Konoha’s main forces had returned, while Jiraiya had stayed away for an important task.

Jin refined two pills that could replenish Chakra, then discovered their taste was revolting after Minato Namikaze tricked him into trying one. The pills worked as expected, but Jin was left questioning whether their awful flavor made them worth using.

• Jin explained to Minato Namikaze and Kushina that he was making a new kind of ninja medicine and heated the ingredients in his chakra-powered cauldron.
• Jin used water Chakra to shape the medicine into pills, but only two formed successfully.
• Jin gave one pill to Minato Namikaze, and Kushina made him swallow it before he could refuse.
• Minato Namikaze confirmed that the pill greatly increased his Chakra, then admitted that it tasted good despite immediately dry-heaving.
• Jin swallowed the second pill, gagged at its bitter, fishy taste, and realized Minato Namikaze had tricked him.

Jin discussed the reformed jonin exam with Minato Namikaze and Kushina, then received a pair of Byakugan from Kiyoshi Hyuga, who pledged himself to Jin. Jin promised to develop a way to undo the Caged Bird seal.

• Minato Namikaze tasted Jin's Chakra-boosting pills and said ninja would likely buy them despite their awful flavor.
• Jin learned that Kushina and Minato Namikaze had been registered for the more difficult, unified jonin exam by Lady Tsunade, and that White Fang would apply for him.
• Kushina told Jin and Minato Namikaze that the funeral for ninja killed in the war would take place the following week.
• Jin made thirteen pills, named them Bitter Ascent Pills, and decided someone else should research how to improve them.
• Kiyoshi Hyuga brought Jin a pair of Byakugan taken from his dying clan brother and pledged his loyalty; Jin accepted the eyes and promised to find a way to undo the Caged Bird.

Jin sought Byakugan for research into awakening the Tenseigan and encouraged Kiyoshi Hyuga to investigate the Hyuga Main Branch’s collection of dying clan members’ eyes. He also converted three Root operatives into informants and delivered a scroll to the Aburame Clan in exchange for 250 million.

• Jin told Kiyoshi Hyuga that he needed many Byakugan and revealed that the Hyuga Clan collected the eyes of dying clan members, prompting Kiyoshi to search for his parents’ eyes.
• Jin spent three days researching in his underground laboratory and prepared a scroll for the Aburame Clan.
• Jin caught three Root operatives monitoring him and used Soul Insight Technique, Memory Alteration, and Cognitive Alteration to make them serve him.
• Jin ordered the Root operatives to bring him vulnerable Root members and monitor Danzo.
• Jin gave Shikuro Aburame the scroll and received 250 million from the Aburame Clan.

Jin sold the Aburame Clan the Falling Life Gu ninjutsu, which Shikuro Aburame and the elders recognized as a technique well suited to their insect-based abilities. After Jin left, Shikuro explained to Shibi why he believed Jin could become a serious candidate for Hokage.

• Shikuro Aburame studied the Falling Life Gu and realized it could let its host survive fatal injuries as long as the gu remained alive.
• The Aburame elders examined the ninjutsu, marveled at its potential, and admitted that the clan might have developed it themselves if they had thought of the idea.
• Jin accepted payment for the technique and left to prepare for his next plans, while Shikuro thanked him and offered the clan's help in the future.
• Shibi Aburame asked why his father treated Jin so warmly, and Shikuro said Jin's ninjutsu talent and support among Konoha's ninja made him a strong Hokage prospect worth backing early.

Jin created a flesh clone with limited Chakra and Wood Release, but it vanished after objecting to being kept in the laboratory. At a funeral for Konoha’s fallen, Danzo reaffirmed his opposition to Hiruzen Sarutobi’s leadership, and White Fang asked Jin what he thought of war.

• Jin used the Golden Finger to develop the Flesh Clone Jutsu and created a clone from his own flesh and Chakra.
• Jin explained that the clone had genin-level Chakra, could use his skills and Wood Release, and could transmit its memories when it died.
• The clone complained that Jin had created it inside the laboratory and turned back into flesh.
• Jin attended a large funeral for Konoha’s fallen alongside Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzo, and other villagers.
• Danzo left the funeral with two Root ninja, criticizing Hiruzen Sarutobi’s softheartedness and declaring that everything was for Konoha.
• White Fang waited outside the cemetery and asked Jin what he felt about war.

At the cemetery, Jin struggled to understand White Fang’s sorrow and belief that the village deserved protection, while Orochimaru explained the funeral and announced he would examine the upcoming jonin assessment. Jin learned nothing about the exam, leaving Kushina anxious that Minato Namikaze and Jin might pass while she failed.

• White Fang asked Jin what he thought of the people buried for sacrificing themselves for Konoha, but Jin said he had no thoughts and could not understand White Fang’s appeal to protect the village.
• Orochimaru joined Jin under an umbrella, said White Fang might love Konoha more than anyone, and explained that the funeral had halted missions after the Third Hokage pushed it through with Danzo’s support.
• Orochimaru told Jin he would be the chief examiner for the jonin assessment, advised Jin to study theory, and asked about his missing Hashirama Cells.
• Minato Namikaze and Kushina approached Jin to ask what the exam would cover, but Jin said Orochimaru had given him no hints.
• Kushina worried that Jin and Minato Namikaze might pass the assessment while she failed, and imagined having Tsunade make Jin lose his memory so he could not mock her.

Jin discovered that White Fang had registered him for the jonin exam but had not been given any details. An Anbu ninja delivered a cryptic notice, which Jin decoded as an exam at six in the morning in the Forest of Death.

• Jin confirmed that White Fang had registered him for the jonin exam, though the Hokage's Office staff gave him no information about the exam's time or location.
• Jin used the Chakra Inner Cultivation Sealing Technique on Little Meow, who fell asleep after a seal formed on its abdomen.
• A nighttime intruder entered Jin's house and was attacked by Little Meow and Little White before Jin discovered he was an Anbu ninja.
• The Anbu ninja handed Jin a blank-paper notice with a leaf and vanished after delivering it.
• Jin worked out that the notice meant the jonin exam would begin at six in the morning in the Forest of Death.

Jin attended Konoha’s first Jonin Exam and learned that the survival assessment would test contestants’ strength in the Forest of Death. The seven-day assessment began after participants drew numbered plates and matching-number slips.

• Jin met Minato Namikaze and Kushina among the hundreds of exam participants, and they discussed how Jin’s techniques had helped make powerful ninja more common.
• Orochimaru arrived with Might Duy and two other ninja, then announced that the exam would consist of a survival assessment followed by a written test.
• Orochimaru explained that contestants had to keep their number plates, find the matching numbers, remain inside the forest, and avoid killing anyone.
• Might Duy drew number plate 39 and revealed that he needed to find number 3, while Jin drew plate 666 and pinned it openly to his chest.
• Orochimaru declared that the survival assessment would last seven days and started the exam.

Team 7 searched the Forest of Death for the numbered tag required by the Jonin Examination as Jin and Minato Namikaze explained its hidden tests. After Jin and Minato fought to a draw, Jin challenged Minato to try ninjutsu.

• Kushina struggled to understand how to find her target tag, and Jin explained that the examination had begun with the letters and tested preparation and analysis.
• Minato Namikaze revealed that Kushina’s target was a bald ninja in blue clothes and that he had watched for her.
• Jin and Minato Namikaze suspected each other of hiding their tag numbers and decided to confirm them by fighting.
• Jin and Minato Namikaze traded taijutsu blows, fell near two tigers, and scared the animals away with a punch and a kick.
• Jin and Minato Namikaze ended their taijutsu fight in a draw, and Jin challenged Minato to a ninjutsu match.

Minato Namikaze, Kushina, and Uchiha Jin searched for their assessment targets in the Forest of Death and encountered two challengers. Jin went to face an Inuzuka Clan ninja while Minato and Kushina were caught in Sarutobi Kiwami's Great Flame Technique.

• Minato Namikaze admitted he lacked confidence against Jin's ninjutsu and gave Jin the number slip for his target, a Kurama Clan ninja.
• Jin warned Minato that his target might be strong, and the three discussed finding their opponents before spotting figures hiding in nearby bushes.
• Sarutobi Kiwami declared that he would become Hokage, while Jin teased Minato and Kushina until Kushina attacked him and Minato held her back.
• The Inuzuka Clan ninja said he wanted the number tag on Jin's chest, so Jin went with him to fight while Minato faced Sarutobi Kiwami.
• Sarutobi Kiwami unleashed his Great Flame Technique, engulfing Minato Namikaze and Kushina.