Chapter Summaries

Kakashi demonstrated his wide range of skills against Hyuga Hiashi, then Obito began his jōnin combat assessment against Mimura Hamaki. Obito revealed the strength of his Fire Release and Flame Breathing Chakra Mode, leaving the battle ongoing.

• Hyuga Hiashi activated his Byakugan and used Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms, but Kakashi evaded him with Lightning Shunshin.
• Kakashi traded attacks with Hyuga Hiashi, then used taijutsu, several forms of ninjutsu, kenjutsu, and genjutsu during the assessment.
• Mimura Hamaki began Obito's combat assessment after the referee jōnin called Obito's name.
• Obito attacked Mimura Hamaki with the Great Fireball Technique and shuriken, then blocked Mimura Hamaki's Phoenix Sage Fire Technique with Fire Dragon Flame Bullet.
• Obito and Mimura Hamaki's Great Dragon Fire Techniques collided evenly, and Obito then entered Flame Breathing Chakra Mode and attacked with hand-seal-free ninjutsu and shuriken.

Obito defeated Mimura Hamaki in the Jonin practical assessment with his powerful Flame Emperor technique, then rushed home to study for the written exam. The chapter ended with Obito struggling through difficult test questions and praying for help.

• Obito used Flame Breathing Chakra Mode and increasingly powerful Fire Release techniques to overwhelm Mimura Hamaki.
• Obito unleashed Great Flame Commandment: Flame Emperor, forcing Mimura Hamaki, the referee, Hyuga Hiashi, and Kakashi to intervene to prevent serious injury.
• Mimura Hamaki ended the battle and declared Obito the winner, allowing the examinees to return for the afternoon written exam.
• Obito went home to study, then left for the written exam after reassuring his grandmother that he would pass.
• Obito entered his private exam room and struggled with the tactical and mathematics questions before finding a history question he could answer.
• Obito prayed for wisdom during the exam, but the examiner told him to stop making strange gestures and focus.

Kakashi passed the jonin assessment and became Konoha’s youngest jonin, while Obito failed because of his weak theoretical knowledge. The chapter ended with Hiruko reacting angrily to Kakashi’s promotion and the system granting Kakashi rewards for his achievement.

• Kakashi finished the written exam early, while Obito, Hyuga Aoba, and Sakata Genji submitted their papers at the end of the allotted time.
• The examiners and Hiruzen Sarutobi reviewed the papers; Hiruzen passed Kakashi and Hyuga Aoba but rejected Obito and Sakata Genji.
• Hiruzen considered whether to ease the assessment for Might Guy because of his battlefield contributions, but decided to wait for Guy’s results.
• Obito learned he had failed and hurried to Kakashi’s home to find out whether Kakashi had passed.
• Hiruzen gave Kakashi his jonin identification, and Kakashi promised to protect his comrades; afterward, he teased Obito about finding out he had been promoted.
• Hiruko nearly smashed his laboratory equipment after hearing that Kakashi had become a jonin at ten, and the system awarded Kakashi chakra, a weapon draw scroll, and a Pokémon egg.

Mu Yue received Enma from Kakashi’s promotion rewards and discovered that the blade absorbed Chakra while conducting elemental Chakra exceptionally well. Meanwhile, Obito failed the jonin assessment but eagerly accepted Nohara Rin’s invitation to meet at the park, where he arrived to find the situation worse than if Kakashi had joined them.

• Mu Yue learned that Obito had failed the written portion of the jonin assessment and examined Kakashi’s rewards.
• Mu Yue tested Enma, found that it drained Chakra and wielded Lightning and Fire Release effectively, and decided to give it to Kakashi.
• Orochimaru warned Mu Yue that Kirigakure might have sent reinforcements, possibly including a Jinchuriki, and said he trusted Mu Yue to handle the threat.
• Nohara Rin comforted Obito over his failed assessment, and Obito boasted that he had defeated the practical examiner.
• Nohara Rin invited Obito to meet her under the cherry blossom trees at two, and Obito spent the day excitedly preparing for what he thought was a date.
• Obito arrived at the park on time and discovered that the situation was worse than if Nohara Rin had invited Kakashi.

Obito joined Rin, Asuma, Kurenai Yuhi, and Might Guy to plan a practical gift for Kakashi’s jonin promotion, after mistaking Rin’s invitation for a date. Meanwhile, Hiruko perfected his Chimera Technique through human experiments, then fled Konoha when his crimes were discovered.

• Obito arrived early with snacks for Rin, then learned she had invited their friends to plan a surprise celebration for Kakashi’s promotion.
• Rin and the others agreed to give Kakashi a practical gift, while Obito reluctantly shared his snacks and suggested tempura as a joke.
• Obito told Might Guy that Kakashi wanted to fight him at full strength, prompting Guy to train toward using the Sixth Gate with Stone Breathing Chakra Mode.
• Hiruko abandoned his attempts to steal talent and developed a fusion Ninjutsu that combined people with Summoning Beasts and retained Kekkei Genkai.
• After ninja discovered Hiruko’s human experiments, he escaped Konoha with the Chimera Technique and became a wanted rogue ninja.

Orochimaru tested Mu Yue’s attitude toward human experimentation by discussing Hiruko’s defection, while Shisui’s squad walked into a Hidden Mist Village ambush. Shisui fought through the enemy’s concealing fog, but his teammates came under attack and he realized he could not protect everyone at once.

• Orochimaru told Mu Yue that Hiruko had defected after abducting innocent villagers for human experiments, and gauged Mu Yue’s disapproval of harming innocents.
• Orochimaru praised Shisui’s battlefield reputation, while Shisui’s squad approached an A-rank mission site under Takagi Shinji’s command.
• Shisui spotted Hidden Mist Village ninja waiting in ambush, and his squad’s Shuriken struck some of them before the enemy used Hidden Mist Jutsu to surround them in fog.
• Shisui urged his teammates not to panic, then closed his eyes and used his trained senses to attack a Hidden Mist Village jonin through the mist.
• When Kobayashi Kenji was wounded, Shisui drove back his opponent and rushed to help, but he sensed that the rest of his squad was also in danger.

Shisui awakened the Flame Breathing Chakra Mode during a battle against the Hidden Mist, turning the tide and killing two jonin. After a surviving jonin took Miyashita Yuki hostage, Shisui revealed that the enemy might already be caught in his genjutsu.

• Takagi Shinji urged Shisui to retreat while he and the others held off the larger Hidden Mist force, but Shisui stayed to fight beside his teammates.
• Shisui resolved to become someone his teammates could rely on and awakened the Flame Breathing Chakra Mode as a sudden gale cleared the fog.
• Shisui used his Sharingan and enhanced speed to kill one Hidden Mist jonin, then used Phantom Body Flicker Technique and Fire Release to kill Kirishima.
• A surviving Hidden Mist jonin ordered two subordinates to attack Shisui, then fled and grabbed Miyashita Yuki as a hostage.
• Shisui kept approaching and suggested that the jonin had never truly taken Miyashita Yuki hostage, then crouched and brought his scarlet eyes into the jonin's view.

Shisui defeated the Hidden Mist squad with Mu Yue’s covert assistance, earning the battlefield title “Body Flicker Shisui,” while Might Guy recovered and began his jonin evaluation. Guy opened the first five gates against Hyuga Hiashi, and the evaluation battle was just beginning.

• Shisui killed the final Hidden Mist jonin, helped Kobayashi Kenji turn his fight around, and retreated with Takagi Shinji and the others as the surviving enemies fled.
• Mu Yue’s Shadow Clone revealed that he had dispersed the Hidden Mist with Wind Release, and Orochimaru promoted Takagi’s squad and publicized Shisui’s achievements.
• Surviving Hidden Mist ninja spread exaggerated reports of Shisui, leading the forces on the East Coast Battlefield to call him Body Flicker Shisui.
• After recovering, Might Guy went to challenge Kakashi, but Kakashi refused and redirected him to Obito, who denied responsibility for Guy’s misunderstanding.
• At his jonin evaluation, Might Guy faced Hyuga Hiashi and opened the Eight Gates through the Fifth Gate as the battle began.

Might Guy dominated Hyuga Hiashi in the jonin evaluation’s practical test, but failed to qualify for promotion because of his poor theory score. Kakashi and Obito visited him afterward, and Kakashi turned the conversation toward returning to the battlefield.

• Might Guy activated Stone Breathing Chakra Mode and overwhelmed Hyuga Hiashi, whose Eight Trigrams techniques could not stop Guy’s Konoha Dragon God before the referee ended the practical evaluation.
• Hyuga Hiashi watched Guy leave and hoped the next generation of the Hyuga Clan would produce exceptional ninja.
• Might Guy struggled through the theoretical examination but completed the paper in hopes of earning jonin status.
• A notifying ninja told Might Guy that his excellent practical score could not make up for his insufficient theory score, so he had failed the evaluation.
• Obito celebrated that he and Might Guy had both failed, then proposed changing Konoha’s exams if they became higher-ups.
• Kakashi interrupted Obito and said they should discuss returning to the battlefield.

Kakashi and his teammates returned to the East Coast Battlefield, where Mu Yue welcomed them and gave Kakashi a Pokémon Egg as a jonin promotion gift. The chapter ended with Shisui joining Kakashi’s team and Mu Yue agreeing to prepare difficult test papers for Obito.

• Kakashi led Obito, Nohara Rin, and Might Guy back to the East Coast Battlefield after they recovered.
• At the camp, Mu Yue congratulated Kakashi on becoming a jonin and gave him a Pokémon Egg that could hatch into a powerful Summoning Beast.
• Mu Yue received Mastery-level Kirin as a system reward for giving Kakashi the egg, but decided not to give Kakashi the Cursed Blade Enma yet.
• Mu Yue told Obito that Shisui had earned the nickname Body Flicker Shisui after killing three Hidden Mist jonin during a mission.
• Mu Yue shared battlefield intelligence and reassigned Shisui to Kakashi’s team.
• Kakashi claimed Obito wanted difficult test papers to improve his written skills, and Mu Yue agreed to prepare them despite Obito’s attempt to withdraw the request.

Shisui left Takagi Shinji's squad and rejoined Kakashi's elite team, whose battlefield missions helped Might Guy earn an exceptional promotion to jonin. Mu Yue received a Restoration Elixir reward, tested its healing power, and decided to give the remaining pills to Might Guy and Nohara Rin.

• Shisui bid farewell to Takagi Shinji's squad and joined Kakashi, Obito, Might Guy, Nohara Rin, and the others for missions.
• Kakashi led the team through an A-rank mission, where they defeated Hidden Mist ninja, then took an S-rank mission that required Might Guy to open five gates and finish the fight with a Konoha Dragon God.
• Orochimaru recommended promotions for Kakashi's team, and Hiruzen Sarutobi promoted Might Guy to jonin while authorizing Shisui to begin the jonin assessment.
• Mu Yue received an Elixir Draw Scroll for Might Guy's promotion and drew a Restoration Elixir that could rapidly heal severe injuries.
• Mu Yue tested the elixir on an injured Hidden Mist ninja, confirmed it restored shattered bones, and chose to give the remaining pills to Might Guy and Nohara Rin.

Mu Yue returned to camp, where Might Guy learned he had been promoted to Jonin and received a Pokémon Egg, while Shisui agreed to return to Konoha for the Jonin examination. After giving Guy a Restoration Elixir, Mu Yue tested Kakashi’s progress with a full-power clash and left Kakashi sensing that Mu Yue’s slash was dangerously powerful.

• Mu Yue gave Might Guy a new ninja identification card showing his promotion to Jonin, which shocked Obito and Kakashi.
• Mu Yue told the group that Shisui had qualified to take the Jonin examination, and advised him to return to Konoha and rest; Shisui agreed.
• Mu Yue gave Guy a Pokémon Egg and a Restoration Elixir, then received Mastery Level Gentle Fist as a reward from his system.
• Mu Yue used his Byakugan to inspect Kakashi’s Pokémon Egg and saw the faint outline of a four-legged, doglike Pokémon.
• Mu Yue assessed Kakashi’s skills and asked him to attack with full strength, so Kakashi used Fire Thunder God while Mu Yue met him with a lightning tachi.
• Kakashi sensed that Mu Yue’s slash carried a terrifying technique and felt an urgent warning of danger.

Mu Yue tested Kakashi’s Lightning Release and kenjutsu, then began teaching him Musou no Hitotachi. Back in Konoha, Shisui visited Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Itachi before demonstrating Flame Breathing Chakra Mode against Fugaku.

• Mu Yue’s purple lightning slash overwhelmed Kakashi and cleared the surrounding forest, after which Mu Yue tested Kakashi’s kenjutsu and disarmed him.
• Mu Yue introduced Kakashi to Musou no Hitotachi and used Enlightenment to teach him, but Kakashi gained no proficiency during their brief lesson.
• Shisui returned to his empty home in Konoha, trained, and visited Uchiha Fugaku to see Uchiha Itachi before his upcoming jonin assessment.
• Uchiha Fugaku offered Shisui practical Fire Release guidance, and Shisui agreed to spar with him while Uchiha Itachi watched.
• Shisui entered Flame Breathing Chakra Mode and launched a hand-seal-free Great Fireball Technique, surprising Uchiha Fugaku.

Shisui tested his Fire Release against Uchiha Fugaku, whose strength surprised him but who could offer little guidance. The next day, Shisui completed the practical and written portions of his jonin assessment, with the results still unknown.

• Shisui and Uchiha Fugaku clashed Great Fireball Techniques, and their flames canceled each other out.
• Shisui used Phoenix Sage Fire Technique and Fire Dragon Flame Bullet to pressure Fugaku, who evaded and countered with Great Dragon Fire Technique before Shisui ended the spar.
• Fugaku praised Shisui’s Fire Release and told him to keep training as before, then Shisui spent time with Uchiha Itachi and shared positive stories.
• Shisui began his jonin assessment with Fugaku as his examiner, tested him with varied techniques, and activated Flame Breathing Chakra Mode near the end of their fifteen-minute battle.
• Shisui took the written exam that afternoon and found it much harder than the Chunin Exams.

After Shisui became a jonin, Mu Yue tested the Yin Release-boosting Bent Spoon he received as a reward and gave Shisui a Pokémon Egg, earning Earth Release proficiency in return. Obito learned there were no more eggs available for now, and Kakashi’s egg began glowing fiercely.

• Mu Yue tested the Bent Spoon and found that it enhanced Yin Release Ninjutsu, with its best Chakra efficiency depending on the technique’s power and infusion amount.
• Shisui returned to the battlefield after passing his jonin evaluation, leaving Obito as the only chunin among Mu Yue’s disciples.
• Mu Yue praised Shisui as Konoha’s youngest jonin and gave him a Pokémon Egg, triggering a reward that converted into Earth Release Chakra Nature Transformation proficiency.
• Obito asked for his jonin gift early, but Mu Yue told him no more eggs were available until he became a jonin.
• As Obito accepted Mu Yue’s explanation, the egg Kakashi was holding began emitting a fierce white light.

Kakashi’s Ninja Beast egg hatched into a Rockruff, surprising the team and prompting them to debate what to name it. After Mu Yue guided his disciples, Orochimaru called another emergency meeting, leaving the reason for it unknown.

• A burst of white light startled Kakashi, Obito, Rin, and Guy before a puppy with a large white tail hatched from Kakashi’s egg.
• Rockruff bonded with Kakashi, licked his face, and drew the group’s attention to its unusual bark and the stone around its neck.
• Obito, Guy, Rin, and Shisui suggested names for the puppy, but Kakashi decided not to choose one yet.
• Guy said he wanted to hatch a Ninja Beast of his own, and Mu Yue considered how Pokémon Eggs might relate to their handlers’ abilities.
• Mu Yue gave his disciples guidance, and Orochimaru called another emergency meeting that evening.

Orochimaru, Shikaku Nara, and Mu Yue planned to probe a Hidden Mist Village stronghold, but Hidden Mist forces launched a surprise attack on Konoha's camp. As the two armies clashed, Mu Yue summoned Sunny Day, turning night into day and weakening Water Release while strengthening Fire Release.

• Orochimaru, Shikaku Nara, and Mu Yue agreed to verify intelligence about a Hidden Mist Village stronghold and organized a probing force.
• A Hyuga sentry reported that more than a thousand Hidden Mist ninja were approaching Konoha's camp, forcing Orochimaru to prepare for battle.
• Mu Yue assembled the Fire Release squad and sent Kakashi, Obito, Nohara Rin, and Shisui to join it.
• Karatachi Yagura and Gengetsu Hozuki fought Orochimaru and Shikaku Nara as Konoha and Hidden Mist forces clashed across the battlefield.
• Mu Yue activated Sunny Day, lighting the battlefield and causing Hidden Mist ninja's Water Release to weaken while Konoha's Fire Release grew stronger.

Mu Yue used Sunny Day to strengthen Konoha’s Fire Release and weaken the Hidden Mist Village’s Water Release, then fought Gengetsu Hozuki while Orochimaru faced Karatachi Yagura and the Three-Tails Jinchuriki. When Gengetsu targeted Obito, Mu Yue arrived in time and killed him with Lightning Release Kenjutsu, leaving Karatachi Yagura furious at the Hidden Mist Village’s losses.

• Mu Yue cast Sunny Day, allowing Obito and the Sarutobi shinobi to overwhelm Hidden Mist Village forces with enhanced Fire Release.
• Mu Yue unleashed Great Fire Annihilation as Karatachi Yagura ordered Gengetsu Hozuki to find a chance to kill him.
• The Three-Tails Jinchuriki revealed himself and attacked Orochimaru, who summoned Manda to stall him.
• Gengetsu Hozuki attacked Mu Yue and then tried to kill Obito, but Mu Yue teleported to Obito and struck Gengetsu with Lightning Release Kenjutsu.
• Mu Yue killed Gengetsu Hozuki and continued attacking the Hidden Mist Village shinobi, while Karatachi Yagura raged over the loss.

After Konoha gained the upper hand against Hidden Mist Village, Karatachi Yagura let the Three-Tails take control of its Jinchuriki and rampage across the battlefield. Konoha’s forces rallied to contain the beast, and Orochimaru prepared to join Mu Yue in bringing it down.

• Mu Yue, Kakashi, Might Guy, Shisui, and Obito led Konoha’s counterattack after Gengetsu Hozuki’s death, forcing Karatachi Yagura to accept that Hidden Mist Village was losing.
• Karatachi Yagura ordered the Three-Tails Jinchuriki to surrender control, and Isobu emerged to attack shinobi indiscriminately.
• Karatachi Yagura covered his troops’ retreat with Hidden Mist Jutsu, but Orochimaru tried to stop them; Manda abandoned the fight and returned to Ryūchi Cave.
• Shikaku Nara briefly restrained Isobu while Choza Akimichi wrestled it to the ground, and Yamanaka Inoichi ordered lower-ranked Konoha shinobi to retreat.
• Mu Yue and Orochimaru’s summoned snake saved Choza from Isobu’s tails, after which Choza and the Konoha jonin continued attacking the beast.
• Orochimaru warned the Konoha forces to spread out in case Isobu used a Tailed Beast Bomb, then told Mu Yue it was time for them to exert themselves.

Mu Yue and the Konoha ninja fought the Three-Tails, which had awakened while its Jinchuriki slept, and Mu Yue killed the Jinchuriki with a lightning slash. The Three-Tails vanished as it died, leaving the battlefield dark and the Konoha ninja relieved.

• Orochimaru explained that killing the exposed Jinchuriki was safer for Konoha than capturing him alive, while the Three-Tails began forming a Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Mu Yue used Flying Thunder God to evade the blast and return with Orochimaru and his disciples, who attacked the Three-Tails while Might Guy deflected one of its tails.
• Mu Yue tried to reach the Jinchuriki, but the Three-Tails fired another Tailed Beast Bomb and withdrew its head into its shell.
• Orochimaru and the Konoha jonin damaged the Three-Tails' armor, and Mu Yue used a Flying Thunder God mark to appear on its head when it exposed itself again.
• Mu Yue's Purple Lightning Musou Isshin shattered the spikes protecting the Jinchuriki and killed him, causing the Three-Tails to disperse into particles of light.
• The battlefield returned to darkness, and the Konoha ninja praised Mu Yue's slash while checking that their companions were safe.