Chapter Summaries

Kitagawa Gen returned to Konoha with Jiraiya after reflecting on his developing abilities and learning what the Flying Thunder God required. He planned to ask Kakashi about a chunin assessment and wondered whether Yakushi Kabuto would appear in the upcoming exams, while Jiraiya compared him to Minato.

• On the road back to Konoha, Kitagawa Gen considered how his Yin and Yang abilities were developing and wondered about Hamura and the Otsutsuki.
• Jiraiya praised Kitagawa Gen's Purple Electricity and explained that the Flying Thunder God required exceptional reflexes, physical coordination, and chakra control.
• Kitagawa Gen and Jiraiya bickered during their journey and returned to Konoha after several days.
• Jiraiya told Kitagawa Gen to ask Kakashi about a chunin assessment, saying he already seemed qualified to become a chunin.
• Kitagawa Gen left to consult Kakashi and wondered whether Yakushi Kabuto would take part in the Chunin Exams.
• Jiraiya watched Kitagawa Gen leave and said that the boy was unlike Minato, yet also a lot like him.

Jiraiya reported the mission’s intelligence about the mysterious organization to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who decided Konoha needed to investigate Kirigakure. Kitagawa Gen missed Kakashi at the hospital, then encountered Naruto and discovered his plan to cook a basket of colorful mushrooms for the Hokage.

• Jiraiya told Hiruzen Sarutobi that the mission had uncovered information about the mysterious organization and highlighted Kitagawa Gen’s role.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi accepted the intelligence as credible and decided they would have to visit Kirigakure to investigate.
• Jiraiya asked Hiruzen Sarutobi to give the mission a Rank S to improve Kitagawa Gen’s record, then tried to uncover the Crystal Ball.
• Kitagawa Gen went to Konoha Hospital to visit Kakashi but learned that Kakashi had already been discharged.
• Naruto told Kitagawa Gen he had nearly finished developing the requested jutsu and showed him a basket of colorful mushrooms he planned to cook for the Hokage.

Hiruzen Sarutobi received a pot of poisonous-looking mushrooms Naruto had cooked after Kitagawa Gen encouraged him to show respect for elders. The next day, Kakashi confronted Gen about the trouble and resumed training him, while Gen noticed Kakashi's Sharingan might be changing and discussed his chunin application.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi met Naruto outside his home, where Naruto gave him soup made from mushrooms he had gathered in the forest.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi discovered the pot was full of brightly colored mushrooms, then connected the gift to Kitagawa Gen's warning to look carefully.
• Kakashi told Kitagawa Gen that Hiruzen Sarutobi had called a meeting to strengthen education about poisonous substances and responsibility.
• Kakashi said his Sharingan felt strange, and Kitagawa Gen suspected it might be reacting and developing toward a Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Kakashi resumed guiding Kitagawa Gen and agreed he had the ability to apply for chunin, then teased him about having been a jonin at the same age.

Kitagawa Gen trained with Kakashi, who planned to give him a repaired short sword, while Gen developed a Flying Thunder God mark using his Otsutsuki bloodline. A new side quest then directed Gen to Kirigakure to confront Obito Uchiha with the technique.

• Kakashi praised Kitagawa Gen's quick learning and advised him to focus on Flying Thunder God or developing Purple Lightning.
• Kakashi asked whether Gen could use a short sword and decided to prepare his old sword as a gift.
• Gen checked his bloodline development and created a crude Flying Thunder God mark on a Kunai.
• Gen realized he might be able to sense the connected Flying Thunder God mark on Obito Uchiha.
• Gen received a side quest to go to Kirigakure and show Obito Uchiha the power of Flying Thunder God.

Obito Uchiha dismissed Black Zetsu’s warnings about growing unrest in Kirigakure and planned to exploit the rebellion to weaken the village. He also chose Kisame Hoshigaki as a potential recruit and ordered Black Zetsu to arrange a major crackdown, while Danzo received troubling intelligence.

• Black Zetsu warned Obito Uchiha that resistance in Kirigakure was intensifying and that Konoha might be investigating him, but Obito brushed off the threats.
• Obito Uchiha identified Kisame Hoshigaki as a recruitable young ninja and planned to draw him in by offering him purpose and an outlet for his resentment.
• Obito Uchiha said he wanted Kisame inside the Akatsuki to monitor Nagato and help protect the Eye of the Moon Plan.
• Obito Uchiha ordered Black Zetsu to let the rebels gather before suppressing them, intending to weaken Kirigakure and eliminate possible spies.
• Black Zetsu agreed to arrange a larger conflict, and Danzo looked at intelligence with an especially ugly expression.

Shimura Danzō learned that Root’s operatives sent to Kirigakure had disappeared and told Yamanaka Fu to report that Root had completed its mission. At the training ground, Kakashi gave Kitagawa Gen Sakumo’s blade, and Kitagawa Gen revealed he had made progress using the Flying Thunder God Technique.

• Shimura Danzō learned that the Root operatives sent to Kirigakure had all vanished and ordered Yamanaka Fu to tell Hiruzen Sarutobi that Root had gathered enough intelligence.
• Kitagawa Gen met Kakashi and Jiraiya at the training ground, where Kakashi gave him Sakumo’s repaired short blade.
• Kitagawa Gen infused the blade with purple lightning and sensed that it conducted Chakra unusually well.
• Kitagawa Gen marked a kunai with a Cursed Seal, threw it, and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to appear beside it.
• Jiraiya and Kakashi recognized Kitagawa Gen’s technique as reminiscent of Minato just as an Anbu arrived.

Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that Kitagawa Gen had mastered Flying Thunder God and marveled at his potential. Gen planned to seek approval for the Kirigakure operation, hoping to confront Kekkei Genkai users and study their chakra fusion.

• Kakashi and Jiraiya told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Kitagawa Gen had demonstrated Flying Thunder God, leaving Hiruzen stunned and impressed.
• Hiruzen praised Gen’s potential but wished his personality were more like Minato’s.
• Gen returned home and reasoned that Kakashi and Jiraiya’s hurried departure meant the Kirigakure operation was about to begin.
• Gen considered his developing Otsutsuki bloodline and decided to pursue Kekkei Genkai, tailed beasts, and the powers of Indra and Asura.
• Gen resolved to seek permission to go to Kirigakure, where he could fight Kekkei Genkai users and learn their chakra-fusion ratios.

At Ichiraku Ramen, Kitagawa Gen spoke with Hiruzen Sarutobi about his newly acquired knife and asked to join Kakashi and Jiraiya on their mission to Kirigakure. Hiruzen agreed to consider the request, while Teuchi revealed that Naruto and Kitagawa Gen had left without paying for their ramen.

• Naruto complained that Kitagawa Gen had caused his troubles, and Kitagawa teased him while they ate at Ichiraku Ramen.
• Teuchi and Hiruzen Sarutobi recognized Kitagawa Gen's knife and described its former owner and history.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Kitagawa Gen to walk with him and praised him for learning the basics of the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Kitagawa Gen asked to accompany Kakashi and Jiraiya to Kirigakure, citing Obito Uchiha, training, and his wish to support his comrade.
• Hiruzen said he would consider Kitagawa Gen's request, and Kitagawa left with Naruto.
• Teuchi told Hiruzen that Naruto and Kitagawa Gen had not paid for their ramen.

Kitagawa Gen joined Kakashi and Jiraiya on their mission to Kirigakure, and his suspicions about Obito Uchiha led them to focus on the Mizukage. They reached the Land of Waves and began considering how its rogue ninja might help them investigate.

• Kitagawa Gen met Kakashi and Jiraiya at Konoha's gate, and they agreed to protect him on the mission despite their concerns.
• After traveling by boat to the Land of Waves, Kitagawa Gen urged Kakashi and Jiraiya to consider how Gato might use wandering and rogue ninja to control the region.
• Kitagawa Gen suggested that Kirigakure's fleeing ninja might head to the Land of Waves and provide useful information about the village's chaos.
• Kitagawa Gen reminded Jiraiya of his suspicion that someone had incited Obito Uchiha to hate Konoha, and proposed that the Nine-Tails Incident might have been a rehearsal.
• Kakashi and Jiraiya agreed that the Mizukage could be connected to Obito's plans, and Kitagawa Gen resolved to target the Mizukage as someone approached them.

Kitagawa Gen, Jiraiya, and Kakashi encountered Zabuza and Haku on the way to Gato and asked Zabuza to guide them to Kirigakure. Zabuza feared he would be eliminated after helping Konoha, refused, and the two groups prepared to fight.

• Zabuza and Haku traveled through the Land of Waves toward Gato, hoping to earn money and eventually return to Kirigakure.
• Zabuza and Haku met Kitagawa Gen, Jiraiya, and Kakashi, who recognized Zabuza as a rogue ninja from Kirigakure.
• Jiraiya and Kakashi considered hiring Zabuza to guide them to Kirigakure, and Kitagawa Gen made the request.
• Zabuza suspected Konoha would dispose of him after using him, denied understanding their request, and prepared to leave with Haku.
• Zabuza and Haku took combat stances as Jiraiya and Kakashi prepared to fight, and Kitagawa Gen unleashed purple lightning.

Kitagawa Gen fought Haku while Kakashi and Jiraiya engaged Zabuza, pushing Haku to unleash Ice Release. Trapped inside Haku’s Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals, Kitagawa Gen erupted with purple lightning, revealing that Haku’s techniques had helped him.

• Zabuza concealed the battlefield with mist and ordered Haku to capture Kitagawa Gen while he stalled Kakashi and Jiraiya.
• Jiraiya used Wind Release to scatter the mist, and Kakashi and Jiraiya attacked Zabuza together.
• Kitagawa Gen cut through Haku’s senbon with his lightning-wreathed sword, then pressured him with sword strikes and Fire Release.
• Haku defended himself with Ice Release and trapped Kitagawa Gen inside Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals, then attacked with a storm of senbon.
• Kitagawa Gen unleashed purple lightning throughout the ice mirror domain, alarming Zabuza as he fought Kakashi and Jiraiya.

Kitagawa Gen and his companions reached Kirigakure, where a coup against the controlled Mizukage was brewing and Obito Uchiha was manipulating Kisame Hoshigaki. Gen sensed a Flying Thunder God seal inside the village and said it belonged to the Fourth Hokage.

• On the way to Kirigakure, Kitagawa Gen assured Jiraiya and Kakashi that he could use his Flying Thunder God seal to help them escape and reflected on what he had learned about Ice Release and his eyes.
• Ao confirmed to Genji that the Mizukage was under genjutsu, and Genji rallied his followers to act that night.
• Kisame Hoshigaki entered the Anbu base intending to confront Suikazan Fuguki, while Obito Uchiha and Zetsu watched and prepared to exploit the chaos.
• Kitagawa Gen, Jiraiya, Kakashi, and their captive Zabuza arrived outside Kirigakure and considered the difficulties of entering the village.
• Kitagawa Gen told Jiraiya and Kakashi that he sensed a Flying Thunder God seal inside Kirigakure that seemed to belong to the Fourth Hokage.

Jiraiya, Kakashi, and Kitagawa Gen entered Kirigakure amid a violent rebellion and found Obito Uchiha controlling the Fourth Mizukage. Obito confronted Kakashi over Rin’s death, while Kitagawa Gen sensed the Three Tails’ chakra in the Mizukage.

• Kirigakure erupted into a bloody revolt, and Jiraiya, Kakashi, Zabuza, Haku, and Kitagawa Gen moved through the chaos.
• Kitagawa Gen confirmed the Cursed Seal’s location at an Anbu base, which Zabuza identified as Suikazan Fuguki’s base.
• Kisame Hoshigaki killed Suikazan Fuguki and learned that a shadowy Uchiha had been controlling the Fourth Mizukage with the Sharingan.
• Jiraiya, Kakashi, and Kitagawa Gen broke into the base and recognized the Uchiha as Obito, while Kisame had believed him to be Madara.
• Kakashi asked Obito why he had stayed away and changed, and Obito answered that Rin’s death was reason enough.
• Kitagawa Gen sensed a familiar chakra from the Fourth Mizukage and identified it as the Three Tails’ chakra.

Obito Uchiha revealed that he wanted to create a peaceful world where Rin could live forever, while Kitagawa Gen challenged his reasoning. The fights erupted in the Anbu base, and Kitagawa Gen struck Obito with a Flying Thunder God-assisted Rasengan, leaving Obito stunned by memories of that night.

• Obito Uchiha admitted that he had witnessed Rin's death and planned to create a new world where she could exist forever.
• Kitagawa Gen questioned Obito's claim that he wanted peace, and Kakashi confronted him about his attack on Konoha ten years earlier.
• Obito and Kisame attacked, forcing Jiraiya to fight the Fourth Mizukage and Kakashi to face Kisame while Kitagawa Gen engaged Obito.
• Obito used Kamui to evade Kitagawa Gen's attacks, but Kitagawa Gen baited him into striking and then vanished behind him.
• Kitagawa Gen hit Obito in the back with a Rasengan, and Obito recognized the Flying Thunder God technique as memories of that night flooded back.

Kitagawa Gen used the Flying Thunder God Technique to strike Obito Uchiha, while Jiraiya attacked the Fourth Mizukage to weaken Obito’s Genjutsu. Obito intensified the Three Tails’ chakra, causing the underground base to collapse, as Kitagawa Gen received Three Tails Chakra.

• Genji and Mei Terumi watched the battle in Kirigakure as their forces faced fierce resistance and doubts about their rebellion.
• Kitagawa Gen struck Obito Uchiha with a Rasengan, then pressed him with attacks and questions while Obito tried to escape through the Kamui Dimension.
• Jiraiya noticed the Fourth Mizukage’s control weakening after Obito was injured and attacked him with a Flame Bullet.
• The Fourth Mizukage began manifesting tailed beast chakra, and Jiraiya continued attacking to break the Genjutsu.
• Obito Uchiha made the Three Tails’ chakra more violent, causing the Fourth Mizukage to swell and the underground base to collapse.
• Kitagawa Gen completed a side quest and received Three Tails Chakra.

After Obito Uchiha’s control ended, the Three Tails transformed Fourth Mizukage ordered Kirigakure to hunt down the real enemies while Kitagawa Gen, Jiraiya, and Kakashi tried to escape. Kitagawa Gen gained the Three Tails Chakra as a reward, then attacked Obito when their paths crossed again, triggering another clash as his system announced a completed side quest.

• Karatachi Yagura called on Kirigakure to stop fighting and search for the enemies who had orchestrated the chaos.
• Kitagawa Gen, Jiraiya, and Kakashi regrouped in a forest, and Kitagawa Gen revealed that Obito Uchiha had been constrained by Minato’s mark.
• Kitagawa Gen discovered that his reward was the Three Tails Chakra, though he decided to wait before using it.
• Obito Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki appeared nearby, and both groups prepared to leave as Kirigakure’s search party approached.
• Kitagawa Gen suddenly attacked Obito, prompting Obito, Kisame, Jiraiya, and Kakashi to launch techniques at once.
• Kitagawa Gen’s system announced that he had completed Kakashi Exclusive Side Quest 2.

Hiruzen Sarutobi heard Jiraiya, Kakashi, and Kitagawa Gen report that Obito Uchiha had caused Minato’s death and was tied to a dangerous organization, then assigned Danzo to investigate. Kitagawa Gen received approval for his chunin rank and returned home eager to test his new rewards, while Hiruzen unexpectedly offered Jiraiya the Hokage position in front of Danzo.

• Jiraiya and Kakashi told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Obito Uchiha was Minato’s killer and threatened the shinobi world, so Hiruzen summoned Danzo and planned to investigate with Kirigakure and the other villages.
• Hiruzen praised Kitagawa Gen’s role in the mission, warned him to stay in Konoha and improve his abilities, and offered him a reward for the Rank S mission.
• Kitagawa Gen asked to be promoted to jonin, but Hiruzen approved his chunin assessment instead and sent him away with Kakashi.
• Kitagawa Gen learned that he had earned White Zetsu’s Special Yang Release Chakra and looked forward to combining it with the Three Tails Chakra.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi jokingly offered Jiraiya the Hokage position, then noticed Danzo staring at him from outside the office doors.

After returning Kitagawa Gen home, Kakashi sent him to rest and reminded him of their appointment that evening. Kitagawa Gen tested the Three Tails chakra outside Konoha, which raised his Otsutsuki Development Level to 20% and altered his eyes, leaving him wondering whether to call himself Otsutsuki Genshiki or Otsutsuki Genshin.

• Kakashi escorted Kitagawa Gen home, joked with him, and reminded him not to be late for their evening appointment.
• Kitagawa Gen went to Naruto's home, left him a message, then traveled outside Konoha to test the Three Tails chakra.
• The Three Tails chakra surged through Kitagawa Gen's body and eyes, changing his vision and giving him a vague sense of something hidden in the clouds.
• Kitagawa Gen checked his panel and found that his Otsutsuki Development Level had risen from 13% to 20%.
• Kitagawa Gen noticed that his skin had turned white and wondered whether his future name should be Otsutsuki Genshiki or Otsutsuki Genshin.

Kitagawa Gen noticed that his bloodline development had changed his appearance, strengthened his chakra and enhanced his eyes and sensory range. As he and Naruto headed to dinner, they spotted Sasuke, and Kitagawa Gen decided to invite him along while sensing the dormant chakra within both boys.

• Kitagawa Gen realized his twenty-percent bloodline development had made his skin paler, increased his chakra and physical strength, and let him sense Flying Thunder God Seals farther away.
• Kitagawa Gen found that his eyes had Byakugan-like abilities and improved insight, while his eyes and bones had begun absorbing more chakra again.
• Kitagawa Gen joked with Naruto about dyeing their hair white, but Naruto refused and complained about Kitagawa Gen leaving him behind during past outings.
• Naruto told Kitagawa Gen that Sasuke had been training intensely since Kitagawa Gen called him a genius of hard work, and that Sasuke had hurt Naruto in sparring class.
• Kitagawa Gen walked toward Sasuke to invite him to dinner and sensed that the chakra within Sasuke and Naruto had not yet awakened.

Kitagawa Gen met Naruto and Sasuke for a barbecue, where Naruto demonstrated the Sexy Technique just as Jiraiya and the others arrived. In Rain Country, Black Zetsu brought Kisame to Akatsuki and heard Kakuzu propose hunting Obito Uchiha for Konoha’s bounty.

• Kitagawa Gen told Sasuke and Naruto he was too busy to guide their training and urged them to deal with Jiraiya.
• Naruto used the Sexy Technique in front of Kitagawa Gen, and Jiraiya, Kakashi, Guy, and the others entered the room.
• Black Zetsu escorted Kisame toward an Akatsuki base and explained that Obito Uchiha was the organization’s hidden controller.
• Kisame and Black Zetsu discussed Kitagawa Gen’s Flying Thunder God Technique and Black Zetsu’s suspicions about him.
• Kakuzu arrived to recruit a newcomer, then told Black Zetsu that Konoha had placed a large bounty on Obito Uchiha and urged him to find and kill him.