Chapter Summaries

Yuu, disguised as Hattou Hideki, revealed himself as an enemy outside the Kazekage's Building and unleashed a devastating sword attack. His enormous black-violet slash surged toward the building, leaving the attack's impact unresolved.

• Taka and the other Anbu recognized Yuu's appearance as Hattou Hideki and wondered how he had returned to Sunagakure.
• Yuu released killing intent, and the Anbu realized an enemy had reached the Kazekage's Building disguised as Hattou Hideki.
• Yuu's sword intent froze the Anbu as black-violet lightning swirled around him and shattered the surrounding ground and buildings.
• Yuu gathered the lightning onto Black Blade Shusui and greeted Sunagakure before swinging the blade down.
• Yuu unleashed a massive black-violet slash toward the Kazekage's Building.

A violent black-purple slash tore through Sunagakure’s defenses and advanced toward the Kazekage’s Building. Sunagakure Anbu raised the Red Sand Great Burial barrier to stop the intruder.

• Anbu earth-style users formed a towering Earth Flow Wall to block the slash.
• The slash shattered the wall and tore apart the Anbu caught in its path.
• Four Anbu members activated the Red Sand Great Burial barrier around the Kazekage’s Building.
• An Anbu squad captain appeared inside the barrier and vowed to kill the intruder.

An attacker struck the Kazekage's Building with a blackish-purple slash, drawing the attention of Sunagakure's residents and shinobi. The attack split the building's barrier and nearly cleaved the structure in half, leaving a sand shinobi squad captain stunned by the destruction.

• An attacker slammed a blackish-purple slash into the crimson-yellow barrier around the Kazekage's Building, shaking Sunagakure.
• Sunagakure's residents saw the collision, and sand shinobi rushed toward the Kazekage's Building to stop the invader.
• A sand shinobi squad captain abandoned his plan to report the situation at One Line Sky and joined the call to kill the attacker.
• The barrier cracked apart, and the attacker's sword energy nearly cleaved the Kazekage's Building in half.
• The sand shinobi squad captain's anger gave way to fear as he remembered the building was garrisoned by many Anbu.

An intruder's slash tore through Sunagakure's Red Sand Great Burial and damaged the Kazekage's Building, killing an Anbu division chief and injuring the elders inside. The elders ordered the Anbu to evacuate them and forbade pursuit, leaving the intruder's capture delayed.

• The intruder's attack carved a massive gap through the Red Sand Great Burial and damaged the Kazekage's Building.
• The sword energy cut the Anbu division chief in half.
• Anbu escorted Sunagakure's injured elders out of the damaged Kazekage's Building, where one elder had died and two others had been severely injured.
• An Anbu squad captain pledged to capture the intruder, but the elders demanded medical treatment and a safe evacuation first.
• An elder ordered the Anbu not to attack the intruder while they were being taken somewhere safe.

Yuu found Sunagakure’s liquor stores inside the damaged Kazekage’s Building and drank the exceptional wine, gaining improvements to his abilities. The Sand Anbu Captain arrived and demanded to know where the intruder was.

• Sunagakure’s Anbu obeyed orders to move the injured elders for treatment instead of searching for the intruder.
• Yuu found the liquor in a storage room and realized the Anbu were occupied with the elders.
• Yuu drank the wine, receiving increases to his swordsmanship, Armament Haki, and constitution.
• The Sand Anbu Captain arrived at the nearly split Kazekage’s Building and demanded that the Anbu explain why they had not captured the intruder.

The Sand Anbu Captain led a massive search for the intruder who had damaged the Kazekage's Building, but the hunt found nothing. He realized the intruder had been hiding inside the very building they were protecting.

• The Sand Anbu Captain learned that the elders had ordered their escort to safety before pursuing the intruder.
• He deployed the Anbu and elite sand shinobi to search Sunagakure in ten zones.
• After hours of finding nothing, the Sand Anbu Captain concluded the intruder had not left the village.
• The Sand Anbu Captain sensed abnormal chakra inside the damaged Kazekage's Building and realized the intruder was hiding there.

Yuu drank in the Kazekage's Building while Sunagakure's Anbu searched for the intruder, and the Sand Anbu Captain began to suspect that the seemingly young drunkard was involved in the attack. The chapter ended as Yuu appeared ready to answer the captain's question about who had attacked the building.

• The Sand Anbu Captain ordered his forces to search the Kazekage's Building after learning the intruder was inside.
• The Anbu burst into a room and found Yuu surrounded by empty bottles, drinking heavily.
• Yuu dismissed the Sand Anbu Captain and continued drinking, making the captain question how he had appeared there.
• The Sand Anbu Captain sensed Yuu's powerful chakra and asked whether he knew who had attacked the Kazekage's Building.
• Yuu stood up with a smug expression and indicated that he knew about the attack.

Yuu provoked the Sand Anbu Captain by claiming responsibility for the attack on Sunagakure, and the captain unleashed a powerful Wind Release inside the Kazekage's Building. Yuu cut the hurricane apart with a blackish-purple blade, leaving the Sand Anbu Captain stunned.

• Yuu told the Sand Anbu Captain that the attack had been a greeting to Sunagakure and asked whether he liked it.
• The Sand Anbu Captain lost his temper and used Wind Release: Crushing Pressure inside the Kazekage's Building.
• The hurricane scattered the Anbu and shattered the wine bottles in the room.
• Yuu drew his blade and sliced through the hurricane, which split apart and blasted a hole through the building.
• The Sand Anbu Captain stared in disbelief that Yuu had cut the wind apart.

Yuu became enraged when the Sand Anbu Captain’s Wind Release destroyed his booze, gaining temporary boosts to his swordsmanship, constitution, and Armament Haki. The Sand Anbu Captain attacked with Wind Blade, and Yuu met him with Shusui coated in Armament Haki.

• Yuu saw that his Wind Release had been cut apart and blamed the Sand Anbu Captain for ruining his booze.
• Yuu’s anger triggered temporary buffs, raising his swordsmanship and Armament Haki to formidable levels.
• The Sand Anbu Captain attacked Yuu with an A-rank Wind Blade technique.
• Yuu coated Shusui in blackish-purple Armament Haki and unleashed a flurry of blade strikes.

A young intruder fought Sunagakure's Anbu Captain with extraordinary swordsmanship, and their clashes began destroying the Kazekage's Building. The Sand Anbu Vice-Captain arrived and ordered the forces to surround the ruins as he saw their Captain falling behind.

• The Sand Anbu Captain recognized the intruder's sword skill as resembling the Konoha White Fang's and resolved to kill him before he grew stronger.
• The intruder's Black Blade Shusui repeatedly clashed with the Captain's Wind Blade, sending shockwaves through the building.
• The collapsing Kazekage's Building forced the Anbu to flee, while some were buried under falling stone.
• The Sand Anbu Vice-Captain ordered the Anbu and sand shinobi to surround the area and prevent the intruder from escaping.
• The Vice-Captain watched the fight and realized the intruder had pushed the Sand Anbu Captain into a disadvantage.

Yuu overwhelmed the Sand Anbu Captain in close combat, using Observation Haki to predict his movements and wound him. As the captain struggled to defend himself, the Anbu Vice-Captain and two squad captains rushed in to help.

• The Sand Anbu Captain realized Yuu was anticipating his attacks and decided to lure him outside the Kazekage's Building.
• Yuu noticed a slight change in the captain's movements with Observation Haki and slashed his waist with Shusui.
• The Sand Anbu and sand shinobi reacted in alarm when their captain was injured.
• The Anbu Vice-Captain led the First Squad and Second Squad captains toward Yuu, who detected the three approaching Anbu.

Yuu faced the Sand Anbu Captain, the Anbu Vice-Captain, and two squad captains after they joined forces to kill him. He shattered their combined Wind Style attack and unleashed three massive slashes, leaving the battle unresolved.

• The Sand Anbu Captain called in the Anbu Vice-Captain and the First and Second Squad captains to attack Yuu together.
• The three newcomers used Wind Style - Wind Cutter, sending three wind blades at Yuu from different directions.
• Yuu used Lion's Elegy to shatter the wind blades, alarming the Sand Anbu Captain with his speed and strength.
• Yuu raised Shusui and released sword intent as black lightning coursed around him.
• Yuu slashed three times, producing three enormous blackish-purple blades of energy.

Yuu unleashed three enormous slashes that tore through Sunagakure and killed many of its shinobi, while the Sand Anbu Captain recognized him as a war machine. As the captain panicked, Yuu angrily launched three more slashes at the gathered sand shinobi.

• Yuu's three berserk slashes carved through Sunagakure's outskirts and killed numerous sand shinobi.
• The Sand Anbu Captain realized Yuu's attacks rivaled large-scale S-rank ninjutsu and feared his destructive power.
• Yuu accused the Sunagakure shinobi of ganging up on him and threatened to make them pay.
• Yuu raised Shusui and unleashed another three slashes as the Sand Anbu Captain panicked.

Yuu rampaged through Sunagakure, destroying buildings and killing shinobi as the village’s defenders struggled to contain him. The Sand Anbu Captain called for time to evacuate civilians while his forces faced mounting losses.

• Yuu unleashed three powerful slashes that devastated Sunagakure despite the defenders’ attempts to block them.
• The shockwaves split the ground, collapsed buildings, and sent sand shinobi falling into chasms.
• Yuu cut two Anbu and a Sunagakure Jonin in half as more defenders charged him.
• The Sand Anbu Vice-Captain warned that Yuu’s rampage threatened civilians who had not yet been evacuated.
• The Sand Anbu Captain said evacuation would take time, while the Vice-Captain urged him to call for reinforcements.

The Sand Anbu Captain ordered his forces to surround and kill the invader attacking Sunagakure while reinforcements were summoned. At the frontline camp, Rasa and Ebizo still believed the invader was hiding in the Land of Wind until an intelligence officer arrived with urgent news from Sunagakure.

• The Sand Anbu Captain ordered the remaining Anbu to surround and kill the invader until reinforcements arrived.
• The Sand Anbu Vice-Captain sent a plea for reinforcements and word to recall the ninjas searching the Land of Wind.
• Rasa questioned Sunagakure Jonin at the frontline camp, but they reported finding no trace of the invader.
• Ebizo doubted the invader had fled, while Rasa dismissed him as a coward who would eventually be caught.
• A Sunagakure Intelligence Unit member rushed into the command tent with news from Sunagakure.

Rasa learned that a lone enemy had invaded Sunagakure, destroyed much of the Kazekage's Building, killed an elder, and wounded the Anbu. He and the village elders reacted with shock and anger as the surviving defenders fought for reinforcements.

• An intelligence officer reported to Rasa that Sunagakure had been invaded and the One Line Sky guard unit wiped out.
• The officer said Elder Sugimoto was dead, the other elders were seriously injured, and the Anbu had suffered heavy losses.
• Rasa smashed a table and demanded to know how many enemies had attacked.
• The intelligence officer revealed that only one person had broken into the village.
• Chiyo recalled the Konoha White Fang's earlier invasion, in which her son and daughter-in-law had died defending Sunagakure.

Rasa ordered Sunagakure’s search teams and much of its border defense force to return after learning that an intruder had infiltrated the village. Chiyo set off to confront the intruder, while Minato Namikaze watched the Sand shinobi rush toward Sunagakure and wondered what had happened.

• Ebizo told Rasa that Sunagakure urgently needed reinforcements after the Sand Anbu Captain requested help.
• Rasa ordered all search teams in the Land of Wind to return and reinforce Sunagakure, but held back from leaving the front line against Konoha.
• Chiyo volunteered to return to Sunagakure and vowed to kill the intruder, despite Ebizo’s concern.
• Rasa’s order recalled the search teams and more than half of the border defense forces, sending Sand shinobi racing toward Sunagakure.
• Minato Namikaze saw groups of Sand shinobi converging toward Sunagakure and wondered why they were acting so frantically.

Minato, Shikaku Nara, and Inoichi Yamanaka discovered that Sunagakure’s shinobi had abandoned their search and were rushing toward the village. Minato captured an injured Sunagakure elite jōnin to learn what had happened.

• Shikaku Nara noticed Sunagakure’s shinobi gathering in one direction and asked where they were headed.
• Inoichi Yamanaka checked a map and realized the shinobi were converging on Sunagakure.
• Minato left to capture a sand shinobi and gather intelligence while Shikaku Nara and Inoichi Yamanaka waited.
• Shikaku Nara said he looked forward to meeting Saiki Yuu, whom Minato had praised.
• Minato returned with a badly injured Sunagakure elite jōnin and a kunai wound in his abdomen.

Minato’s group interrogated a captured Sunagakure shinobi and discovered that Yuu had attacked Sunagakure. The revelation left them stunned as Inoichi reported that Yuu had destroyed the Kazekage’s Building.

• Choza told Inoichi to question the captured Sand shinobi, and Inoichi used his mind-reading technique.
• Inoichi found memories showing that Sunagakure had been attacked and reacted with shock.
• Inoichi told Minato and Shikaku that Sunagakure was under attack.
• Minato realized Yuu had entered Sunagakure rather than targeting the supply line.
• Inoichi said Yuu had apparently destroyed the Kazekage's Building.

After Yuu charged into Sunagakure and destroyed the Kazekage's Building, Minato decided to go alone to rescue him while Shikaku Nara and the others returned to the Konoha Great Camp. The chapter ended with Minato setting off toward Sunagakure.

• Minato and Shikaku Nara realized that Yuu had charged into Sunagakure instead of attacking the enemy's supply lines.
• Minato worried that Yuu would soon face thousands of sand shinobi converging on the village.
• Minato told Shikaku Nara, Inoichi Yamanaka, and Choza Akimichi to return to the Konoha Great Camp while he went to rescue Yuu alone.
• Shikaku Nara, Inoichi Yamanaka, and Choza Akimichi agreed and headed back to the camp to help pressure Sunagakure's front line.
• Minato departed for Sunagakure after Shikaku Nara told him to be careful.