Chapter Summaries

Yuu had single-handedly reduced Sunagakure to ruins, leaving Minato stunned when he arrived. Yuu celebrated by drinking sake Minato had brought and was about to explain what had happened.

• Minato arrived in the ruined Sunagakure and saw that the village had been devastated.
• Yuu told Minato that he had destroyed Sunagakure by himself and asked him to testify.
• Minato struggled to believe Yuu had brought down one of the Five Great Hidden Villages alone.
• Minato gave Yuu a bottle of sake, which Yuu drank atop the ruins.
• Minato asked Yuu to explain what had happened.

Yuu explained to Minato how he had accidentally entered the Land of Wind and attacked Sunagakure to prove himself to Jiraiya and the Third Hokage. The chapter left Minato stunned as Yuu proudly recounted destroying the village with his swordsmanship.

• Minato saw that Yuu had split Sunagakure apart and recognized that his destructive power surpassed ordinary S-rank ninjutsu.
• Yuu happily began telling Minato about his recent exploits while drinking among Sunagakure's ruins.
• Yuu revealed that he had entered the Land of Wind by mistake after getting lost, then destroyed a camp and encountered Sunagakure's transport convoy.
• Minato realized that he and the others had wasted time searching the supply lines because Yuu had never intended to target them.
• Yuu said he had attacked Sunagakure to return to Konoha in glory and make Jiraiya and the Third Hokage admit defeat.
• Yuu boasted about his swordsmanship while Minato stared at him in disbelief.

Minato took Yuu back toward the Konoha Great Camp after hearing him boast about his swordsmanship and seeing Sunagakure in ruins. After they left, surviving Sand shinobi emerged from the rubble and stared in terror at what remained of their village.

• Yuu bragged to Minato that his swordsmanship could cleave the sun and moon, and Minato believed him after seeing the ruins of Sunagakure.
• Minato grabbed Yuu and hurried toward the Konoha Great Camp, determined to keep him from wandering off again.
• After Minato and Yuu had left, surviving Sand shinobi crawled out from Sunagakure's ruins while those caught in the slash's path lay crushed.
• A wounded Sand shinobi emerged from the rubble and stared blankly at the ruined village.

Pakura returned to Sunagakure and found the village destroyed and Chiyo critically wounded. She brought Medical Ninja to treat Chiyo, but their efforts began to falter.

• Sunagakure’s survivors grieved as Chiyo lay near death among the ruins, missing her right arm and suffering a severe abdominal wound.
• Pakura arrived with nearly a thousand Sand shinobi and was shocked by the devastation.
• The survivors told Pakura that Chiyo was dying, and she urgently called for Medical Ninja.
• Pakura’s Medical Ninja reached Chiyo and began treating her, but the lead medic soon grew exhausted and the healing glow weakened.

Pakura oversaw rescue efforts after a mysterious Konoha powerhouse devastated Sunagakure and gravely wounded Chiyo. After the casualties were counted, she requested reinforcements from Fourth Kazekage Rasa.

• Pakura learned that Chiyo's injuries were life-threatening and ordered a temporary operating room to be set up.
• Pakura discovered that the Sand Anbu Captain had been killed and nearly the entire Anbu had fallen to the attacker.
• Pakura and the surviving shinobi rescued the wounded from Sunagakure's ruins until nightfall.
• Pakura reviewed the casualty report, found the losses staggering, and requested reinforcements from Rasa.
• A report reached Rasa stating that one Konoha powerhouse had fought more than five thousand Sunagakure shinobi, including Chiyo and the Sand Anbu Captain.

After one invader devastated Sunagakure, Rasa accepted that the village had lost the war and ordered a withdrawal. He planned to alert Kumogakure and Iwagakure about Konoha’s powerful expert.

• Sunagakure suffered more than three thousand casualties, lost most of its Anbu, and saw the village reduced to ruins, while Chiyo was gravely injured.
• Rasa smashed the war table and raged over the destruction caused by a single invader.
• Ebizo left the camp to bring Sunagakure’s finest Medical Ninja back to save Chiyo.
• A Sunagakure Jonin urged Rasa to return home, and Rasa saw that his troops had lost the will to fight.
• Rasa ordered an orderly retreat to Sunagakure and told his forces to warn Kumogakure and Iwagakure about Konoha’s powerful expert.

Tsunade and Jiraiya struggled to believe reports that Yuu had devastated Sunagakure alone. Newly confirmed casualty figures showed the village was in ruins, with thousands of shinobi dead and its Anbu nearly wiped out.

• Jiraiya laughed in disbelief after hearing that Yuu had slaughtered his way through Sunagakure unharmed.
• Tsunade recalled that she had expected Minato to rescue Yuu and had prepared to treat his injuries.
• A Konoha jonin arrived with confirmed intelligence and said Minato's report had been incomplete.
• The jonin reported that Yuu had killed more than three thousand Sunagakure shinobi and nearly wiped out its Anbu.
• The jonin said the Sand Anbu leaders were dead, Elder Chiyo was critically wounded, and Sunagakure lay in ruins.

Konoha's forces learned that Saiki Yuu had devastated Sunagakure and forced its troops to retreat, turning the war into a Konoha victory. As the camp celebrated, Yuu returned and loudly called for Jiraiya.

• A Konoha jonin reported that Sunagakure's frontline forces had retreated to the Land of Wind, shocking Jiraiya and Tsunade with the scale of Yuu's deeds.
• A messenger announced that Minato had returned to camp, and Yuu shouted for Jiraiya across the camp.
• Konoha's shinobi celebrated after hearing that Yuu had killed more than three thousand Sand Shinobi, destroyed much of Sunagakure, and gravely wounded Chiyo.
• Yuu boasted that he had planned to attack Sunagakure's camp and cut down the Kazekage before Minato insisted he return.

At Konoha’s celebration banquet, Yuu embellished his attack on Sunagakure into a brilliant master plan, impressing the gathered shinobi. Tsunade and Minato knew his account was false, but Yuu kept talking after staff officers proposed making his operation a classic case study.

• Jiraiya watched Yuu charm the banquet guests and envied Tsunade for tending to him.
• Shikaku asked Minato whether Yuu had really attacked Sunagakure according to the strategy he described, and Minato was left unsure what to believe.
• Tsunade reminded Yuu that he had confessed to getting lost and attacking Sunagakure on a whim.
• Staff officers praised Yuu’s supposed infiltration plan and proposed studying it at the Konoha Ninja Academy.
• Yuu eagerly launched into more battle stories, hoping to leave his name in history.

Yuu impressed Konoha’s Strategy Department with a supposed battle plan, while Hiruzen Sarutobi received news that Yuu had crippled Sunagakure’s forces. The chapter left Hiruzen reeling over Yuu’s victory.

• Yuu described an amphibious landing strategy called “Normandy,” leaving Shikaku Nara convinced it showed foresight against Kirigakure.
• Shikaku Nara excitedly took notes, while Minato pretended to understand and Jiraiya questioned his own intelligence.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi read Jiraiya’s report that Yuu had killed Sunagakure’s Anbu Captain and Vice-Captain and gravely injured Chiyo.
• Hiruzen learned that Sunagakure could no longer fight and had withdrawn its troops.

Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that Yuu had attacked Sunagakure alone and split the village in two, leaving him stunned by Yuu’s strength. He prepared to face the elders’ meeting with renewed confidence, knowing the report would weaken Danzo’s pressure against him.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi read the intelligence report and struggled to believe that Yuu had torn through Sunagakure alone.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi recalled Yuu’s drunken rampage during the Chunin Exams and suspected Sunagakure had angered him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi decided Konoha must avoid making Yuu angry and considered spending more on good liquor.
• An Anbu informed Hiruzen Sarutobi that the elders were waiting in the meeting room.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi felt more confident about meeting the elders after enduring Danzo’s pressure over Konoha’s actions on the front line.

Hiruzen Sarutobi celebrated Saiki Yuu’s victory over Sunagakure at an elders’ council meeting, while Danzo’s plan to use Yuu’s recklessness against Hiruzen collapsed. The chapter left Danzo with no accusations to make as Yuu’s actions had turned him into a hero.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived at the elders’ council meeting, pleased at the prospect of seeing Danzo’s reaction.
• Utatane Koharu asked whether the reports about Sunagakure were true.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi announced that Sunagakure had withdrawn after Saiki Yuu defeated its Anbu and gravely wounded Chiyo.
• Danzo stayed silent as Hiruzen Sarutobi pressed him for a response.
• Danzo recalled that he had planned to use Yuu’s unauthorized attack on the Land of Wind to bring Hiruzen down, but Yuu’s victory had ruined that opportunity.

Hiruzen Sarutobi confronted Danzo over his reaction to Konoha’s victory, then the elders discussed the threat posed by Iwagakure, Kumogakure, and Sunagakure. The meeting ended with Konoha weighing its response while the One-Tail remained a danger.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi taunted Danzo about seeming unhappy with Konoha’s victory and accused him of possible ties to Sunagakure.
• Danzo forced himself to claim he was happy, while Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura intervened to calm the dispute.
• Utatane Koharu warned that Iwagakure and Kumogakure might join forces against Konoha because of Saiki Yuu’s military record.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi argued that the villages’ hostility predated Yuu’s victory and said his rewards could wait while Konoha considered its defenses.
• The elders noted that Sunagakure still had its Tailed Beast, so Konoha could not attack its homeland without risking heavy losses and inviting other villages to strike.

Konoha began discussing preparations for a possible war against several major hidden villages while Yuu returned to the front-line camp and teased Tsunade. The chapter ended with Tsunade biting Yuu and realizing that she no longer feared blood.

• Danzo agreed to the pre-war discussion as long as he did not have to hear Saiki Yuu's name again.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi began the council's pre-war discussion and considered Konoha's likely fight against three or four major hidden villages.
• Yuu took a hot bath at the front-line camp and praised the staff department, while Tsunade accused him of bragging.
• Yuu teased Tsunade, and she lunged at him and bit his shoulder hard enough to draw blood.
• Tsunade stared at the blood on her hand and realized she was no longer afraid of it.

Tsunade discovered that Yuu’s blood eased her hemophobia and suspected it might cure her. She pounced on the weakened Yuu to get another taste.

• Tsunade stared at Yuu’s blood on her hands and realized she no longer felt afraid of it.
• Tsunade cut her little finger and found that her fear of her own blood had also become milder.
• Tsunade concluded that Yuu’s blood might be connected to the improvement and considered whether more could cure her hemophobia.
• Tsunade asked Yuu to discuss something, then demanded another taste of his blood.
• Tsunade grabbed the exhausted Yuu by surprise, leaving him panicking.

After Tsunade drank Yuu’s blood, her hemophobia disappeared, and she developed unfamiliar feelings toward him. Yuu questioned the system about the change and learned that his drinking-enhanced body had rapidly healed his wound and that his blood contained alcohol essence.

• Tsunade drank Yuu’s blood until he angrily made her stop.
• Tsunade discovered her hemophobia had been cured and left Yuu’s tent, feeling guilty and strangely drawn to him.
• Yuu noticed that the wound on his hand had already healed and asked the system why.
• The system explained that drinking alcohol had strengthened Yuu’s recovery and that his blood’s alcohol essence had cured Tsunade.

Yuu reviewed the enormous gains from his trip to Sunagakure and saw that his strength had reached Kage-level overall. He believed further battles in the ongoing war would eventually let him reach the Great Swordsman realm.

• Yuu dismissed his frustration with the system’s skill-point allocation and celebrated the gains from his trip to Sunagakure.
• Yuu opened his Attribute Panel and saw that his physique was Quasi Kage-level, his chakra was Elite Jonin-level, and his overall strength was Kage-level.
• Yuu noted that his swordsmanship had reached Swordsman Peak and expected future battles to help him advance to the Great Swordsman realm.
• Yuu recognized that his Armament Haki had reached Mastery and his Observation Haki had risen to Exceptional, giving him a major advantage against opponents.

After slaughtering over a thousand shinobi in Sunagakure, Yuu gained the Reaper's Scythe swordsmanship and reached Kage-level strength in his normal state. He decided to target Iwagakure and Kumogakure to improve his physique, while looking forward to tasting their alcohol.

• Yuu assessed the Reaper's Scythe, which gathered death aura and grew stronger as it killed, and recognized that his Sunagakure slash had surpassed Kage level.
• Yuu realized his physique was lagging behind his swordsmanship because his body tired and ached after battle.
• Yuu dismissed training and decided to cut down shinobi from Iwagakure and Kumogakure to build his physique.
• Yuu wondered how the alcohol from Iwagakure, Kumogakure, and Kirigakure would taste.

Yuu fell asleep after exhausting himself in the Land of Wind, while reports of his attack on Sunagakure alarmed Iwagakure's Third Tsuchikage, Ōnoki. Higashi identified the attacker as Yuu, but his hesitation suggested there was more to the intelligence.

• Yuu went to sleep after days of fighting and traveling through the Land of Wind.
• Ōnoki questioned a report from Sunagakure describing a Konoha ninja's attack.
• Ōnoki worried that the swordsman Yuu might be even stronger than Hatake Sakumo had been.
• Higashi told Ōnoki that the attacker's name was Yuu and hinted that the intelligence needed verification.

Ōnoki received intelligence that the young Konoha genin Saiki Yuu may have attacked Sunagakure and ordered a thorough investigation, fearing the boy could become a threat. In Kumogakure, the Third Raikage received the same intelligence but dismissed it, confident in his village’s strength and its perfect Jinchuriki.

• Higashi told Ōnoki that Konoha intelligence identified Saiki Yuu as a genin who had graduated only the previous year and failed the Chunin Exams.
• Ōnoki rebuked Higashi and ordered him to investigate Yuu’s identity thoroughly.
• Ōnoki recalled how Uchiha Madara had defeated him and the Second Tsuchikage, then decided that a powerful young genius could not be allowed to live.
• The Third Raikage received intelligence about the attack on Sunagakure but did not take it seriously.
• The Third Raikage trusted Kumogakure’s strength, including its Eight-Tails and Two-Tails and its ability to create perfect Jinchuriki.