Chapter Summaries

While guarding the morgue, Chiyue passed a dull night with Nawaki and Minato, who discussed their difficulties with Summoning Techniques. Chiyue revealed that his Summoned Beast was a white fox, and Nawaki wondered if it resembled the Nine-Tails before White announced it was awake.

• Nawaki explained that Orochimaru had assigned him to guard the morgue to prepare him for studying corpses.
• Nawaki asked Chiyue whether things were going well with Kushina, leaving Minato embarrassed and dejected.
• Chiyue struggled through the boring shift, while Nawaki passed the time reading and Minato discussed ninjutsu with him.
• Nawaki asked Minato to demonstrate his Summoning Technique, and Chiyue teased him about summoning a tailed toad.
• Minato revealed that Chiyue had a Summoned Beast, so Chiyue said it was a white fox that might still be hibernating.
• Nawaki privately connected Chiyue's white fox to the Nine-Tails, but then Chiyue heard White announce that it was awake.

Chiyue introduced Minato and Nawaki to White, his adorable nine-tailed fox Summoned Beast, leaving them envious and eager to hide their preference for White from their teachers. He later brought oil-splashed noodles to Tsunade, where Orochimaru and Jiraiya had just returned to camp and watched hungrily.

• Chiyue summoned White, who appeared as a small white fox and greeted him as its master.
• White mocked Minato and Nawaki as weak, and Chiyue warned them not to touch it because it was powerful and unfriendly to strangers.
• Nawaki asked how Chiyue had formed a contract with White, and Chiyue explained that White had chosen him.
• Minato and Nawaki agreed to conceal their dislike of their teachers' Toad and snake Summoned Beasts.
• Chiyue brought oil-splashed noodles to Tsunade, who eagerly took his bowl and began eating while Orochimaru and Jiraiya watched.

Tsunade introduced Chiyue to the concept of the Tailed Beasts while Jiraiya and Orochimaru met Chiyue’s Summoned Beast, Little White. The conversation revealed that Konoha possessed the Nine-Tails, and Danzo arrived angrily after Tsunade said so.

• Tsunade refused to share her noodles with Jiraiya and Orochimaru, and Chiyue explained that he had not known they were visiting.
• Little White emerged from Chiyue’s raincoat, warned Jiraiya away because he smelled of toads, and made Tsunade laugh at him.
• Orochimaru recognized Little White as Chiyue’s powerful Summoned Beast, and Jiraiya noted that she resembled the Nine-Tails.
• Tsunade explained that the shinobi world had nine Tailed Beasts and that Konoha possessed the strongest, the Nine-Tails.
• Danzo shouted angrily from outside the tent after Tsunade told Chiyue about the Nine-Tails.

Danzo confronted Tsunade for revealing village secrets, but she rebuffed him and warned Chiyue that Danzo might target him. Chiyue accepted the prospect of conflict with Danzo, then returned to find Minato gone with Jiraiya and Nawaki feeling neglected.

• Danzo entered Tsunade’s tent and angrily accused her of leaking village secrets, but she told him to stay out of her affairs with Kushina.
• Jiraiya intervened and explained that Danzo had called them to headquarters to discuss new intelligence and troop deployments.
• Danzo glared at Chiyue as he left, and Tsunade warned Jiraiya that Danzo was no good before Jiraiya and Orochimaru departed.
• Tsunade cautioned Chiyue to watch out for Danzo, and Chiyue left while thinking that he was ready to face him.
• Chiyue returned to the tent and learned from Nawaki that Minato had gone with Jiraiya, leaving Nawaki resentful that Orochimaru had not visited him.

Danzo sent Root ninjas to capture Chiyue, but Chiyue defeated them and disposed of their bodies. The chapter ended with Danzo attending a command meeting as the Land of Rain battlefield grew more chaotic.

• Chiyue told Nawaki that Orochimaru had gone to the logistics department, then went to sleep with White.
• Angered that Tsunade had told Chiyue about the Nine-Tails, Danzo ordered a Root ninja to teach him a lesson.
• Minato and Nawaki excitedly showed Chiyue the ninjutsu notes Jiraiya and Orochimaru had given them.
• White warned Chiyue that Root ninjas were waiting outside, and Chiyue went out to meet them.
• Chiyue trapped the Hokage-masked Root ninja in Genjutsu and killed the fox-masked ninja after he fell under Chiyue's Sharingan.
• Chiyue sealed both Root ninjas' bodies in scrolls and sent White to destroy them, while Danzo attended a meeting about the expanding Land of Rain conflict.

Tsunade conveyed the Third Hokage’s proposal to negotiate with Hanzō, but Danzo refused to end the war without first testing Amegakure’s willingness. Tsunade prepared to leave camp for the battlefield with Chiyue, Nawaki, and Minato, while Danzo learned that two Root shinobi sent to warn Chiyue had disappeared and ordered an investigation.

• Tsunade told the command center that the Third Hokage wanted peace talks with Hanzō, but Danzo resisted and Jiraiya urged him to contact Amegakure.
• Danzo ended the meeting after agreeing to send someone to contact Amegakure, and Tsunade left to arrange the medical division’s duties.
• Tsunade ordered Chiyue, Nawaki, and Minato to rest, pack, and leave camp with her the next morning.
• Danzo learned that Macaque and Three Li had not returned and ordered Root to investigate Chiyue and their disappearance.
• A Root shinobi reported footprints and bloodstains near the morgue, and Danzo ordered his people to find the bodies and apprehend Chiyue if evidence implicated him.

Chiyue, Minato, and Nawaki left the camp to guard a Rain Country outpost while Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru headed for the fiercest fighting. After Chiyue questioned why Tsunade had been named Konoha Princess but Nawaki had not, a signal flare appeared and Chiyue rushed into the rain to prepare for battle.

• White destroyed the Sealing Scroll and left no trace of the corpses, while Danzo's Root searched the camp without finding evidence.
• Chiyue cooked breakfast for Minato, Nawaki, Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru before they left the camp.
• Tsunade took Chiyue to the logistics department for supplies, then assigned him, Minato, and Nawaki to guard an outpost as their squad leader.
• Chiyue asked Nawaki why Tsunade had received the title of Konoha Princess while he had not, and Minato joked that the daimyo preferred girls.
• Chiyue spotted a signal flare, put on his raincoat, and charged into the rain to meet the approaching battle.

Chiyue, Minato, and Nawaki rescued Konoha ninja from a Sunagakure attack, with Chiyue swiftly defeating the enemy force. After the battle, the three buried the bodies and returned to their outpost.

• Minato, Nawaki, and Chiyue encountered Sunagakure ninja chasing several Konoha ninja and drew the enemy's attention with a Great Fireball Technique.
• Chiyue charged ahead, destroyed a puppet, and killed the Sunagakure chunin leader with a kunai.
• Nawaki raised an Earth Style wall to block the enemy's attacks while Minato and Chiyue joined the fight.
• Chiyue quickly killed the remaining Sunagakure ninja, and the rescued Konoha ninja thanked the three before returning to camp.
• Chiyue told Nawaki to bury the enemy bodies, and the three returned to the outpost after he erased the battle's traces.

Chiyue explained how to strengthen the Body Flicker Technique before Minato hunted a wild boar for dinner with him and Nawaki. Meanwhile, the Third Kazekage publicized Chiyue’s victory over him as a feat worthy of Senju Hashirama, prompting Konoha’s leaders to worry about Chiyue’s power, loyalties, and silence.

• Chiyue told Nawaki and Minato that releasing Chakra explosively beneath their feet could make the Body Flicker Technique faster, though it strained the body.
• Minato went into the forest and returned with a wild boar, which he, Chiyue, and Nawaki grilled and ate.
• The Third Kazekage concluded that Chiyue had concealed the details of their encounter and ordered Sunagakure’s Intelligence Department to publicize him as a genius comparable to Senju Hashirama.
• Sunagakure’s rumors reached Konoha, where Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura questioned the Third Hokage about the claims and Chiyue’s failure to report them.
• The Third Hokage worried that the Uchiha Clan would recruit Chiyue and that his unreported victory could make him a political threat.

The Uchiha Clan and Danzo reacted to reports of Chiyue’s overwhelming strength, while the Third Hokage sent word for Tsunade to verify the intelligence. Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru examined the report and recognized Chiyue as an extraordinary Genjutsu user.

• The Third Hokage ordered the front lines to have Tsunade investigate and verify the report about the Third Kazekage.
• Uchiha Fugaku read that Chiyue had defeated a jonin squad, incapacitated Shimura Shūitsu, and trapped the Third Kazekage with Genjutsu.
• The Uchiha Clan Head told Uchiha Fugaku to keep trying to recruit Chiyue, leaving the task to him as the young clan head.
• Danzo decided not to confront Chiyue, sent the information to Tsunade, and ordered Root to stop monitoring him and avoid provoking him.
• Tsunade questioned the report’s accuracy, while Jiraiya affirmed Chiyue’s talent and Orochimaru wondered what kind of Genjutsu he had used.

Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru visited Chiyue’s outpost to verify the report that he had trapped the Third Kazekage in a Genjutsu. After sharing a meal with Chiyue, Minato, and Uchiha Mikoto, they confirmed the report and asked why Chiyue had not told the village about it.

• Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru left the war zone to find Chiyue and verify what had happened to the Third Kazekage.
• Chiyue, Nawaki, and Minato ate grilled meat made from ingredients sent by the camp, and Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru joined them.
• Minato explained that the camp had sent the meat because their squad had earned battle merits by saving Konoha ninja.
• Tsunade showed Chiyue a scroll reporting that he had hit the Third Kazekage with Sakura Falling, and Chiyue confirmed the story.
• Chiyue explained that the Third Kazekage had let his guard down and that the Genjutsu could leave lasting mental damage.
• Tsunade asked Chiyue why he had not reported the incident to the village.

Chiyue retaliated against the Third Kazekage’s attempt to make him a target by spreading a humiliating story about the Kazekage, leaving his companions shocked and amused. Nawaki suggested the Third Kazekage was trying to put Chiyue on other villages’ assassination lists.

• Chiyue explained that no one would believe his claims about the Third Kazekage unless the Kazekage himself confirmed them.
• Chiyue claimed the Third Kazekage had performed a shameful pole dance, and Jiraiya eagerly wrote the story down to spread it.
• Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru realized Chiyue had fabricated the tale to ruin the Third Kazekage’s reputation.
• When Orochimaru asked where Chiyue had learned about the dance, Chiyue blamed books Nawaki had said Orochimaru gave him.
• Orochimaru denied owning or lending such books, while Jiraiya teased him and was sent flying by Orochimaru.
• Nawaki told Chiyue the Third Kazekage might have spread damaging claims about him to make other villages target him for assassination.

Chiyue decided to intensify the rumors about the Third Kazekage, and the Third Hokage ordered Konoha’s intelligence network to spread them. The fabricated story rapidly spread among Konoha and the forces in the Land of Rain, leaving the Third Kazekage’s reputation under attack.

• Chiyue said he would add fuel to the rumors about the Third Kazekage, while Nawaki and Minato noted how damaging they would be.
• The Third Hokage discussed the shortage of instructors and war supplies with Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura.
• After reading intelligence from the Land of Rain battlefield, the Third Hokage ordered the Intelligence Department to spread it, and Koharu and Homura approved.
• Rumors that the Third Kazekage performed an embarrassing dance spread through Konoha, where villagers and Sunagakure spies reacted with shock and ridicule.
• The rumors reached the Land of Rain camp and spread to Amegakure, Iwagakure, and Sunagakure forces stationed there.

Hanzō and Ōnoki heard rumors that disgraced the Third Kazekage, while Sunagakure intensified its attacks on Konoha. Chiyue’s team was sent to support the front lines, where they ambushed and killed an Iwagakure squad hiding underground.

• Hanzō and Ōnoki verified the rumors about the Third Kazekage, while Chiyo denied them and ordered Sunagakure shinobi not to discuss them.
• The Third Kazekage learned of the rumors, and Sunagakure’s attacks on Konoha grew more frequent as his reputation suffered.
• Chiyue, Minato, and Nawaki traveled through heavy rain toward the front lines after their team was reassigned from an outpost.
• White sensed Iwagakure shinobi waiting in an underground ambush, and Chiyue’s team circled around to approach them.
• Nawaki used Earth Style: Rock Lodging Destruction to collapse the ground over the hidden shinobi, and Chiyue killed those who escaped with Fire Style: Majestic Dragon Flame Jutsu.

Chiyue, Minato, and Nawaki rescued a group of Konoha ninja from pursuing Amegakure forces. Chiyue killed their leader Shang Qianluo with his embarrassing dance Genjutsu, and the rescued ninja joined Minato in pursuing the fleeing enemies.

• Chiyue led Minato and Nawaki toward a Konoha distress signal and found Amegakure ninja chasing a group of Konoha fighters.
• Nawaki used Earth Style: Earth Spike Spear Technique to disrupt the pursuers while Chiyue and Minato moved to help the Konoha ninja.
• The Amegakure Jonin Shang Qianluo warned his men not to look into Chiyue's eyes, but Chiyue caught him in Genjutsu and cut his throat with his own sword.
• The surviving Amegakure ninja fled after Shang Qianluo died, and the rescued Konoha ninja followed Minato to hunt them down.

After helping his squad defeat an enemy unit, Chiyue led them back to camp, where Minato warned that reinforcements were scarce and the fighting would intensify. Chiyue predicted Konoha would eventually negotiate with Amegakure, leaving Nawaki and Minato questioning whether that would count as defeat.

• Nawaki wanted to pursue the remaining enemy shinobi for revenge and military merit after Chiyue killed their jonin.
• Chiyue met Sarutobi Sasaki and was surprised to find a Sarutobi Clan member on the battlefield, prompting Nawaki to reflect on the clan’s civilianization and the Senju Clan’s sacrifices.
• Nawaki joined Minato and the others in hunting down enemies, and the group returned to camp with only one minor injury.
• Sarutobi Sasaki reported that Iwagakure, Sunagakure, and Amegakure were attacking Konoha’s positions and one another, while Orochimaru’s command had held the line.
• Minato told Nawaki and Chiyue that Konoha could not easily send reinforcements because troops were stretched thin across the war fronts.
• Chiyue said Konoha would eventually negotiate with Amegakure, and Nawaki and Minato questioned whether negotiations would mean Konoha had lost.

Chiyue explained why Amegakure was likely to falter in the war, but Danzo assigned his team to destroy supplies being shipped to the Land of Rain. After taking the mission, Chiyue pointed out the family ties behind the Daimyo Residence's trade, leaving Nawaki speechless.

• Chiyue told Nawaki and Minato that Amegakure's dwindling manpower and rising supply costs made its position in the war unsustainable.
• Danzo summoned Chiyue, Minato, and Nawaki and ordered them to destroy grain and ninja-tool supplies purchased by the Daimyo of the Land of Rain.
• Nawaki objected that the Daimyo Residence was aiding Amegakure, but Danzo insisted the supplies were officially intended for starving civilians.
• Chiyue explained to Nawaki that the daimyos were connected by family ties and that the Daimyo of the Land of Rain's daughter had married into the Land of Fire's Daimyo Residence.
• Nawaki fell silent as Chiyue and Minato left headquarters with their mission.

Chiyue and Nawaki ambushed an Amegakure convoy carrying food and ninja supplies to the Land of Rain, scattering its cargo and killing several shinobi. Yoshida Shoichi charged at Chiyue in fury.

• Chiyue, Nawaki, and their companion left camp and prepared traps along the convoy's route.
• Yoshida Shoichi hurried his convoy onward and sent two Amegakure shinobi ahead to scout.
• Chiyue explained to Nawaki that the scouts would circle around rather than approach directly in front of the convoy.
• Nawaki used Earth Style: Earth Spike Spear Technique, throwing the convoy into chaos and scattering its food and hidden Sealing Scrolls.
• Chiyue mocked Yoshida Shoichi and Hanzō for transporting supplies through the Land of Fire, and Yoshida charged at Chiyue with his Ninja Sword.

Chiyue and his teammates destroyed an Amegakure supply convoy, with Chiyue keeping the captured ninja tools for himself. The chapter ended as Hanzō learned the convoy had been wiped out, worsening Amegakure’s shortages.

• Chiyue defeated Yoshida Shoichi with his Three-tomoe Sharingan and promised to bury him properly.
• Minato and Nawaki killed the remaining escorts, though Nawaki felt dejected after Minato outperformed him.
• Chiyue burned the grain, kept the convoy’s sealed ninja tools and Explosive Tags, and had Nawaki help clear the scene.
• Chiyue chose to remain on the transport route to ensure no more supplies reached the Land of Rain.
• Hanzō reviewed Amegakure’s dwindling supplies and casualties before a messenger reported that the supply convoy had been wiped out.

Hanzō learned that Konoha had destroyed Amegakure’s supplies, uncovered Sunagakure’s role in provoking the war, and ordered an attack on Konoha’s position. Meanwhile, Chiyue, Nawaki, and Minato carried out missions against enemy supplies before sheltering in a ruined village, where three children arrived.

• Hanzō learned that an enemy squad had destroyed Amegakure’s supply convoy and suspected Konoha had uncovered the secret purchase through spies.
• An investigation found that some of the ninja who had massacred civilians in the Land of Rain were from Sunagakure, and Hanzō ordered Amegakure to attack Konoha’s position.
• After returning to camp, Chiyue, Nawaki, and Minato were sent to destroy supplies at a Sunagakure camp as Danzo directed attacks on enemy strongholds and supplies.
• The three entered a ruined village to rest, where Minato returned with a python and Chiyue cooked it for their meal.
• Chiyue sensed visitors during dinner, then told Minato and Nawaki that three children were at the doorway.