Chapter Summaries

Might Guy and Obito defeated their Kumogakure opponents with overwhelming speed and strength, while Kakashi struggled against Iraka’s lightning-enhanced swordsmanship. Guy and Obito joined Kakashi’s fight, and Iraka resolved to take at least one of them down with him.

• Might Guy used the Eight Gates and his enhanced physique to defeat Beroka with a punch and a whirlwind kick.
• Obito used Fire Release, shuriken, and Flame Breathing to overpower Hairo, then killed him with Phoenix Sage Fire Claw.
• Obito found Guy had also finished his opponent, while Kakashi was still fighting Iraka and was temporarily on the defensive.
• Guy interrupted Iraka with a Konoha Hurricane, and Iraka decided to sacrifice himself to take down one of Konoha’s young ninjas.

Mu Yue and his disciples defeated the Kumogakure ninja hired by Kawakita Town’s corrupt chief, then uncovered the chief’s crimes and left a Shadow Clone to expose and punish him. Before returning to Konoha, Mu Yue contracted the Giant Eagle as his Summoning Beast and named it Black Feather.

• Iraka tried to trade injuries with Obito, but Kakashi and Might Guy helped defeat him, and Kakashi finished him with False Darkness.
• Mu Yue revealed that his Shadow Clone had watched the battle and told his disciples that the town chief had hired the Kumogakure ninja to remove the Giant Eagle so he could seize land and exploit the villagers.
• Mu Yue and his disciples stayed on the mountain for a week while he tested the Giant Eagle’s temperament and intelligence and trained his students.
• When Mu Yue prepared to leave, the Giant Eagle chose to follow him, agreed to a summoning contract, and received the name Black Feather.
• Mu Yue returned to Konoha with his disciples while a Shadow Clone exposed the town chief’s crimes and dealt with him.

After returning to Konoha, Mu Yue reported the mission and received a reward for his disciples’ success against three Kumogakure ninja. He checked for Minato and found a letter from him at his doorstep, whose contents were not revealed.

• Mu Yue reported the encounter with three Kumogakure ninja, and the registration ninja provisionally classified the mission as B-rank pending examination of the sealed bodies.
• Obito asked to take higher-ranked missions, but Mu Yue reminded him that his team had not completed a C-rank mission and sent him off with a knock on the head.
• Mu Yue dismissed the group training session, but Obito, Kakashi, and Might Guy all headed to the Southern Forest to train.
• Mu Yue received 900 Chakra points for the mission and guessed that rewards depended on how much his disciples contributed.
• Mu Yue checked Minato's home, found him absent, and discovered a letter from Minato Namikaze at his own doorstep.

Mu Yue planned the next stages of his disciples’ training, including helping Obito advance his Breathing Technique and developing Water Breathing for Nohara Rin. After training, Obito recounted his team’s dangerous missions to Rin, while Kakashi listened before leaving.

• Mu Yue planned to train Obito toward Constant Concentration, help Might Guy progress with the Eight Gates, and guide Shisui and Kakashi in their respective techniques.
• Mu Yue found all five disciples training in the Southern Forest and began their lessons, noting their progress in Chakra transformation, Breathing Techniques, Armament Haki, and medical ninjutsu.
• Mu Yue decided to develop Water Breathing for Nohara Rin, whose water affinity could complement her Super Strength.
• Obito excitedly told Nohara Rin about his team’s missions and their encounters with powerful ninja, and Rin praised the team.
• Kakashi stayed to listen to Obito’s account and left after Obito finished.

Mu Yue began training Shisui and Obito to maintain Total Concentration Breathing continuously, explaining how it could strengthen their Breathing Techniques and physical abilities. After a grueling first session, both students were exhausted, and Mu Yue planned to make the training even more intensive.

• Mu Yue explained Constant Concentration training and told Shisui and Obito to practice Breathing Techniques without using Chakra.
• Mu Yue had the students lift heavy stones and do squats while maintaining Total Concentration Breathing; Obito lasted five and a half minutes, and Shisui lasted five.
• Mu Yue praised both students, then had them resume breathing exercises and run until they could no longer maintain the technique.
• Mu Yue put Obito and Shisui through weighted exercises and running, leaving both thoroughly exhausted.
• Mu Yue decided to adjust his schedule because going to sleep at three every day would not work.

Kakashi struggled with insomnia and doubts about whether a ninja should prioritize missions or comrades, as he wrestled with the criticism of his father, White Fang. After Mu Yue explained why White Fang had been condemned and urged Kakashi to trust his conscience, Kakashi finally slept peacefully at Mu Yue’s home.

• Kakashi overheard former teammates criticize his mission-first attitude, which revived his doubts about his father’s choices and a ninja’s duties.
• Kakashi’s conflicted thoughts led to insomnia, repeated lateness, and poor training, while Mu Yue recognized that his distress had returned.
• Mu Yue invited Kakashi and the other disciples to dinner, where Rin revealed that Obito had secretly been worried about Kakashi.
• Mu Yue invited Kakashi to stay at his home and explained that White Fang had followed his own beliefs, while Konoha judged him by its rules and the failed mission.
• Kakashi accepted Mu Yue’s reassurance and fell asleep peacefully beside him.

After Mu Yue’s breakfast helped Kakashi recover and increased his trust, Mu Yue took his disciples to train and announced they would go on a mission. The next morning, he sought a C-rank mission in the Land of Rivers, where the team faced a choice between eliminating bandits and protecting a client.

• Kakashi ate Mu Yue’s breakfast, increased his trust level to 3, and offered to wash the dishes.
• Mu Yue trained with his disciples in the Southern Forest and saw Kakashi argue with Obito as a sign that he was recovering.
• Mu Yue announced that the team would go on a mission the next day, and Obito and Kakashi exchanged taunts while Nohara Rin urged them to be careful.
• Mu Yue brought his disciples to the Hokage Building and asked for a C-rank mission in the Land of Rivers.
• The mission registrar found jobs to eliminate bandits near Sanchuan Town or protect a client returning to the Land of Rivers’ capital.

Mu Yue took Obito, Might Guy, and Kakashi on a mission to eliminate bandits in Sanchuan Town, choosing a destination near the Land of Wind. The team set out while training with Breathing Techniques, and Obito and Might Guy competed as Kakashi resolved to catch up.

• Mu Yue selected the bandit-elimination mission in Sanchuan Town and led his three disciples out of Konoha.
• Obito and Might Guy speculated that they might encounter ninja, while Kakashi insisted their earlier C-rank missions had only been unusually unlucky.
• Mu Yue told the team to use Breathing Techniques as they traveled through the Land of Fire.
• Obito challenged Kakashi to a running contest, but Might Guy accepted instead and Mu Yue started the race.
• Might Guy overtook Obito, who could not catch him, while Kakashi thought about learning Thunder Breathing to keep pace.
• After the team left the Land of Fire, Mu Yue stopped the extreme training and continued toward Sanchuan Town.

Mu Yue and his disciples captured a bandit gang and exposed villagers who had helped them, then traveled west to see the desert. There, Mu Yue spotted the future Raikage racing toward them.

• Mu Yue led Obito, Might Guy, and Kakashi to Siya Mountain to investigate bandits who had been robbing nearby settlements.
• Mu Yue used his Byakugan and a staged interrogation to uncover the bandits' hiding places and the villagers who had been feeding them information.
• Mu Yue captured the bandits, killed most of them, and handed the survivors and their collaborators over to the client.
• Mu Yue took his disciples to the desert, where Obito marveled at the sand and dragged Might Guy and Kakashi into touching it.
• Mu Yue spotted a figure racing across the desert and recognized him as the future Raikage.

Mu Yue encountered a younger Fourth Raikage A and his Kumogakure squad, then led his disguised disciples toward a forest. He confronted A to test his strength, and their fists collided as Killer B and the others arrived.

• Mu Yue appraised Fourth Raikage A, Killer B, and the other Kumogakure shinobi, noting that Killer B had not yet become the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Mu Yue disguised himself and his disciples as Sunagakure shinobi, then led them east toward a forest.
• Fourth Raikage A activated Lightning Release Chakra Mode and raced ahead to intercept Mu Yue's group.
• A stopped the group near the forest and demanded to know their mission, while Mu Yue placed his disciples behind him.
• Mu Yue strengthened himself and attacked A with an Armament Haki-covered fist, and A met the strike with his own lightning-charged fist as Killer B and the squad arrived.

Mu Yue, disguised as Aizen, held off Fourth Raikage A while sending Obito, Kakashi, and Might Guy into the forest to survive and draw away some enemies. Fourth Raikage A prepared to fight him again, unaware of his real identity.

• Fourth Raikage A lost a fist clash with Mu Yue and warned his forces that Mu Yue had powerful Chakra.
• Mu Yue told Obito, Kakashi, and Might Guy to flee, explaining that survival—not defeating the enemy or gathering intelligence—was their mission.
• Obito, Kakashi, and Might Guy ran into the forest, each distressed by their inability to help Mu Yue.
• Fourth Raikage A sent Berkeley and a Chunin after the fleeing students, then faced Mu Yue and asked his name.
• Mu Yue gave the false name Aizen, and Fourth Raikage A readied himself to attack again.

Mu Yue fought Fourth Raikage A, matching his Lightning Release techniques before overpowering him with a direct clash of Lariat. After killing one Kumogakure chunin and forcing Fourth Raikage A to retreat, Mu Yue conserved Chakra and watched Obito’s team struggle against pursuing Kumogakure ninja.

• Fourth Raikage A attacked Mu Yue with Lightning Release Chakra Mode, but Mu Yue matched his hand-blade strike and slightly wounded his palm with Shigan.
• Fourth Raikage A charged again and tried to strike Mu Yue, but Mu Yue dodged both his attack and Killer B’s sneak attack.
• Fourth Raikage A unleashed Lariat, and Mu Yue met his charge with Thunder Breathing: Serious Punch, knocking him out of Lightning Release Chakra Mode and sending him flying.
• Mu Yue dodged Mortem and the Kumogakure chunin’s Lightning Release attacks, then killed the chunin with lightning spears while Fourth Raikage A saved Mortem.
• Fourth Raikage A withdrew with Killer B and Mortem as Mu Yue canceled his Marked State, concealed his aura, and watched Obito’s team face two powerful pursuers.

Kakashi, Obito, and Might Guy were cornered by Berkeley, a Kumogakure jonin, and his chunin subordinate. Guy struggled to hold off the chunin while Kakashi and Obito were overwhelmed by Berkeley, leaving the group in dire straits.

• Berkeley caught up with Kakashi, Obito, and Might Guy, blocked their escape, and identified himself as a Kumogakure jonin.
• Kakashi ordered Guy to fight the pursuing chunin while he and Obito stalled Berkeley, and both sides began battling.
• Guy used Stone Breathing and the First Gate to strengthen himself, but his opponent matched his powerful kicks.
• Guy and the chunin remained evenly matched as Berkeley steadily drove Kakashi and Obito back.
• Kakashi realized they had little chance of winning, while Obito reflected on how powerful Mu Yue-sensei must be.

Might Guy used the Breathing Technique to force open the second Gate and defeated the Kumogakure chunin with his new move, Midday Leopard. He joined the injured Kakashi and Obito to face Berkeley, who remained confident despite losing his subordinate.

• Might Guy struggled against a Kumogakure chunin while Berkeley steadily overwhelmed Kakashi and Obito.
• Unable to open the second Gate through ordinary training, Might Guy used the Breathing Technique to force its restriction open.
• Might Guy opened the Gate of Healing and struck the Kumogakure chunin with Midday Leopard, sending him crashing through trees and rendering him unconscious.
• Might Guy rushed to Kakashi and Obito, and Kakashi warned him about Berkeley's powerful Lightning Release techniques.
• Berkeley dismissed the group’s efforts as futile and prepared to face Might Guy, Kakashi, and Obito.

Obito, Kakashi, and Might Guy fought Berkeley, but Berkeley wounded Kakashi and left him unable to continue. When Kakashi urged Obito and Might Guy to escape without him, Obito awakened his Sharingan and charged back into the fight.

• Obito, Kakashi, and Might Guy attacked Berkeley together with Fire Release, Purple Electricity, and taijutsu, but Berkeley countered their moves and kept fighting at full strength.
• Berkeley evaded Obito’s Phoenix Sage Fire Claw and wounded Kakashi’s left leg with his lightning sword while Kakashi shielded Obito.
• Kakashi told Obito and Might Guy to leave him behind, but Obito refused to abandon his comrade.
• Obito’s intense emotions awakened his Sharingan, and he turned his blood-red eyes toward Berkeley.
• Obito ran back to fight Berkeley as Might Guy struggled against him, while Kakashi watched in shock.

Obito and Might Guy teamed up to overpower Berkeley, while Kakashi watched helplessly from the sidelines. Seeing his comrades risk everything for him, Kakashi rediscovered his resolve, mastered Thunder Breathing, and killed Berkeley, leaving behind the despair that had haunted him for two years.

• Obito used his Two-Tomoe Sharingan to see Berkeley's attacks and fought alongside Might Guy, whose close-combat skill kept Berkeley under pressure.
• Berkeley launched a desperate counterattack, but Obito's flaming shuriken forced him into Might Guy's final Midday Leopard kick, which sent him crashing through trees.
• After Might Guy exhausted himself, Berkeley struggled back to his feet, and Kakashi chose to defend his comrades rather than remain a helpless bystander.
• Kakashi recalled Mu Yue's Thunder Breathing lessons and his father's swordsmanship, then used Thunderclap and Flash to cut Berkeley down.
• Kakashi told Obito and Might Guy that his new strength would grow quickly, reclaiming his confidence as a genius.

Mu Yue rescued Obito, Kakashi, and Might Guy after they defeated a Kumogakure jonin, then treated their injuries and took them toward Konoha. Along the way, Obito awakened his Sharingan and Mu Yue gained a powerful Fire Release reward; the group returned with instructions to conceal their encounter with Fourth Raikage A.

• Obito's intense emotions awakened his Two-Tomoe Sharingan, while Mu Yue received increased Byakugan purity and Chakra.
• Mu Yue used Hidden Mist Jutsu to escape Fourth Raikage A's group, then reunited with Obito, Kakashi, and Might Guy.
• Mu Yue sealed the Kumogakure ninja, summoned Black Feather, and treated his disciples' injuries as they flew away.
• Mu Yue explained that their opponent had been Fourth Raikage A, and Obito told him that the three disciples had defeated a Kumogakure jonin together.
• After landing, Mu Yue taught Obito Demonic Illusion: Tree Binding Death and gained Perfect Grade Fire Release Chakra Nature Transformation.
• Mu Yue told the disciples to conceal their encounter with Fourth Raikage A, and they returned to Konoha with their story agreed upon.

After returning to Konoha, Mu Yue reported his team’s encounter with Kumogakure ninja and received an A-rank mission reward. He later shared a meal with Kushina, who offered to teach him the Uzumaki Clan’s Four Symbols Seal.

• Mu Yue sent Obito, Might Guy, and Kakashi home to rest, then reported their encounter with a Kumogakure jonin and chunin to Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi upgraded the mission to A-rank and awarded the team a 350,000 Ryo bonus, while praising Mu Yue’s students and discussing the next school-break training.
• Mu Yue received mission and disciple-training rewards that raised his Chakra to 43,000, then met Kushina while heading to train Shisui and Nohara Rin.
• Mu Yue rented a restaurant kitchen and cooked for Kushina, later sharing a dish with the curious restaurant owner.
• Kushina asked Mu Yue about his sealing progress and promised to teach him the Uzumaki Clan’s Four Symbols Seal.

Kushina taught Mu Yue the basics of the Four Symbols Seal, while Kakashi refined a Thunder Breathing technique and Obito recovered from his mission. The next day, Obito arrived late to training after oversleeping, then challenged Kakashi.

• Anbu stopped Kushina from taking Mu Yue to the Uzumaki sealing house, so she taught him the Four Symbols Seal in a quiet place instead.
• Kushina promised to bring Mu Yue a training scroll and arranged to eat dinner at his home.
• Mu Yue trained Shisui and Nohara Rin, who said she had worried Kakashi and Obito would argue during their mission.
• Kakashi practiced Thunderclap and Flash, realized its speed made it hard to control, and decided to ask Mu Yue how to make it turn.
• Obito woke at nine in the morning after sleeping nearly a day, rushed to the Southern Forest, and admitted he had overslept.
• Obito challenged Kakashi at noon.

Obito and Kakashi fought a contest in front of their friends, and Obito used his newly awakened Two-Tomoe Sharingan to overcome Kakashi’s tactics and win. Obito celebrated finally defeating Kakashi, while Shisui realized how exceptional Obito’s Sharingan talent was.

• Mu Yue refereed as Obito and Kakashi began a contest, exchanging taijutsu and then using their Breathing Techniques and Ninjutsu.
• Obito’s Phoenix Flower Claw Crimson clashed with Kakashi’s False Darkness, and neither gained a decisive advantage.
• Obito activated his Two-Tomoe Sharingan, startling Shisui, who still had only one tomoe.
• Kakashi used Purple Electricity as a feint and tried to ambush Obito with Thunder Breathing: Thunderclap and Flash.
• Obito read Kakashi’s attack with his Sharingan, dodged it, and pressed his kunai against Kakashi to win.
• Obito celebrated his first victory over Kakashi, while Might Guy recalled the joy of his own first win.