Chapter Summaries

Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned Tanaka Shuichi to tutor Yuu for the Chunin Exams’ written test, but Yuu resisted studying. Yuu stormed off with Kurenai and Rin after realizing he had been holding his textbook upside down.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Tanaka Shuichi to give Yuu intensive tutoring so he could pass the Chunin Exams’ written test.
• Tanaka Shuichi struggled to teach Yuu, who kept drinking himself to sleep during their lessons.
• Kurenai and Rin persuaded Yuu to study and reminded him that Tanaka Shuichi had been trying to help.
• Yuu picked up his textbook upside down, then claimed he had done it on purpose when Tanaka Shuichi pointed it out.
• Yuu snapped the book shut, refused to study further, and staggered away with Kurenai and Rin.

Tanaka Shuichi reported that Yuu had resisted his crash tutoring, leaving Hiruzen Sarutobi frustrated about the written test. Jiraiya suggested helping Yuu cheat, and after driving Jiraiya out, Hiruzen wondered whether the idea might work.

• Tanaka Shuichi told Hiruzen Sarutobi that his tutoring sessions with Yuu had failed.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi dismissed Tanaka Shuichi and worried about how to help Yuu pass the written test.
• Jiraiya suggested helping Yuu cheat on the exam’s first round.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi scolded and beat Jiraiya until he fled the office.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi reconsidered Jiraiya’s suggestion and wondered if it might work.

Konoha prepared to host the Chunin Exams after Kirigakure and Kumogakure accepted its invitation, while Iwagakure and Sunagakure declined. Yuu graduated as a genin, and Hiruzen confirmed that Tanaka Shuichi had personally given him everything he was supposed to receive.

• Yagura ordered Kirigakure to attend Konoha's Chunin Exams and investigate Konoha's plans.
• The Third Raikage accepted Konoha's invitation and said Kumogakure would show off its strength.
• Iwagakure and Sunagakure declined the invitation, leaving Kirigakure, Kumogakure, and Konoha among the participating Great Ninja Villages.
• Yuu's graduation application was approved, and he completed the registration procedures and received his Konoha forehead protector.
• Rin congratulated Yuu, while Kurenai worried about ninja from other villages; Yuu said he would chop them all down.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Tanaka Shuichi whether he had given Yuu everything, and Tanaka confirmed that he had.

Hiruzen Sarutobi arranged for Yuu to receive the Chunin Exam written answers while preparing to showcase Konoha’s younger generation. Kumogakure and Kirigakure teams arrived in Konoha, where their members dismissed the village’s genin and prepared for the exam.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi had Tanaka Shuichi give Yuu the written exam answers and decided to use the exam to display Konoha’s strength despite Iwagakure and Sunagakure declining the invitation.
• Kumogakure and Kirigakure ninja arrived in Konoha for the Chunin Exams, drawing angry looks from villagers who remembered the recent war.
• A Kumogakure genin insulted Konoha, while his jonin leader warned him not to underestimate the village and singled out Kakashi as its only notable young ninja.
• Suikazan Fuguki urged Kisame to show Konoha the terror of Kirigakure’s Bloody Mist, and Kisame agreed.

As the Chunin Exams approached, candidates from other villages surveyed Konoha’s famous clans and wondered why no Uchiha had appeared. The doors opened as everyone waited to see whether the newcomers were members of the Uchiha Clan.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi announced that the Chunin Exams were about to begin to the Konoha jonin.
• Kisame admired the Ninja Academy’s warm atmosphere and compared it with Kirigakure’s deadly distrust.
• Hada Kaito warned Kisame about the Hyuga Clan, while Ooiwa Ryo noted the Byakugan and the team’s strengths.
• The candidates spotted members of several Konoha clans and questioned why the Uchiha Clan was absent.
• The doors opened, drawing the silent exam hall’s attention as candidates anticipated the Uchiha’s arrival.

Drunk Yuu entered the Chunin Exam room and sparked an uproar by insulting the other genin. Hiruzen Sarutobi and the observers watched as Yuu ordered the crowd to return to their seats.

• Yuu arrived at the exam room drinking and angrily accused the assembled genin of making him think he had entered the wrong room.
• Shikuro Aburame, Kiba Inuzuka, and Hayate Gekko reacted to Yuu's arrival and discussed his reputation and strength.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi watched the exam through a Crystal Ball and complained that Yuu was unreliable.
• Orochimaru expressed interest in Yuu, while Jiraiya recognized him from the tavern and criticized his foul mouth.
• Yuu shouted at the genin to be quiet and return to their seats.

Konoha’s proctors began the first Chunin Exam, which tested the examinees’ ability to gather intelligence. In the Hokage’s Office, Hiruzen Sarutobi explained why no Uchiha had been sent, leaving Jiraiya puzzled and wary.

• Kurenai Yuhi entered the examination hall and ordered the examinees back to their seats before announcing the first exam’s rules.
• Kurenai Yuhi recognized Yuu and realized his daughter had been taking alcohol from his house to give to him.
• The examinees learned that the test rewarded intelligence gathering and allowed four chances even if they were caught cheating, then began spying on one another.
• A jonin praised Konoha’s clans for having abilities suited to the exam, and Jiraiya asked Hiruzen Sarutobi why no Uchiha had been sent.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi privately recalled that the Uchiha would refuse to wear the special item required in the second exam to keep Yuu from attacking his fellow villagers.

During the Chunin Exam written test, Yuu slept through the questions after drinking wine, leaving his answer sheet blank and enraging Hiruzen Sarutobi. Kurenai Yuhi woke him on Hiruzen’s order, though the exam rules forbade examiners from giving candidates hints.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi decided not to send anyone from the Uchiha Clan to the Chunin Exams because Yuu was already participating.
• A jonin noticed that Yuu was missing from the examinees answering questions, and Hiruzen Sarutobi used the Crystal Ball to check on him.
• Yuu snored in his seat with a blank answer sheet, and Hiruzen Sarutobi became furious.
• Yuu slept after drinking Kurenai’s wine, which had increased his Swordsmanship Comprehension, physique, and chakra.
• Kurenai Yuhi repeatedly coughed to wake Yuu after Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered him to do so, despite the rule against giving candidates hints.

Yuu woke up during the exam but realized he did not know the answers, despite Hiruzen Sarutobi having provided them in advance. Hiruzen arranged for the Chunin seated in front of Yuu to ensure he passed.

• Kurenai Yuhi struggled to wake Yuu, whose deep sleep made him cough until his throat burned.
• Yuu remembered the liquor waiting after the exam and began reading the test paper, only to realize he knew none of the answers.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi watched Yuu space out and realized he had forgotten the answers he had been given.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi noticed Matsushita Tomoya, a Konoha Chunin seated in front of Yuu, and ordered him to make sure Yuu passed.
• Matsushita Tomoya received the new mission to ensure the examinee behind him passed at any cost.

During the Chunin Exam, Matsushita Tomoya cheated by switching papers with Yuu, then was caught and disqualified. The other villages’ examinees protested, but Kurenai Yuhi suppressed their objections and the exam continued.

• Matsushita Tomoya tried to get Yuu to copy his answers, but Yuu ignored the exposed paper and drank instead.
• Matsushita Tomoya dropped his paper, swapped it with Yuu’s, and quickly filled in the answers.
• Matsushita Tomoya took his own paper back, but an examiner caught him and disqualified him.
• Matsushita Tomoya returned the completed paper to Yuu and left the examination room.
• Examinees from the other villages protested the apparent unfairness, but Kurenai Yuhi silenced them by saying they could withdraw from the exam.

Yuu finished the written exam after someone filled out his test paper while he drank, and sixty-four examinees passed. Orochimaru appeared to lead the second round, watching Yuu with intense interest.

• Other villages' examinees watched Yuu leave and discussed making him pay in the next round.
• Kisame Hoshigaki suspected Konoha was protecting Yuu and grew more interested in the Chunin Exams.
• Yuu found his completed test paper and celebrated that he could keep drinking.
• Kurenai Yuhi ended the written exam, and the results showed that sixty-four people had passed.
• Orochimaru appeared as the second-round chief examiner and told the examinees to follow him, fixing his gaze on Yuu.

Orochimaru looked forward to the second exam, while Yuu entered the Forest of Death alone and attracted the attention of other examinees. Orochimaru then called all Konoha-side examinees together, leaving the others stunned by what happened next.

• Orochimaru found the arrangements for the exam interesting and looked forward to the second round.
• Yuu carried a large pack and Shusui to the Forest of Death, where examinees had to sign death waivers and collect Heaven and Earth Scrolls.
• Several examinees targeted Yuu, but Hada Kaito recognized that Yuu was effectively a team by himself.
• Orochimaru called all Konoha-side examinees together, and the other examinees watched in surprise.

Orochimaru ordered Konoha’s examinees to wear conspicuous Little Red Flower stickers throughout the second exam. They obeyed despite their embarrassment as other villages mocked them.

• Orochimaru handed out Little Red Flower stickers and ordered the Konoha examinees to wear them for the entire second exam.
• Shikuro Aburame accepted the order and stuck a sticker on his forehead despite his trembling hand.
• Genin from other villages, especially Kumogakure, laughed at and mocked the Konoha team.
• Hayate Gekko reminded Kiba Inuzuka that wearing the sticker was part of the mission, and Kiba reluctantly put one on his forehead.
• Orochimaru told Kiba that the ninja hounds had to wear stickers too.

During the Chunin Exams, Konoha’s ninja wore humiliating Stickers that drew mockery from rival villages. At the Forest of Death, Yuu prepared to spare anyone marked with a Little Red Flower and cut down everyone else.

• Shimaru and the Hyuga branch family members wore Stickers, prompting laughter from the other villages and embarrassment among Konoha’s ninja.
• Suikazan Fuguki and a Kumogakure jonin mocked Konoha, but Jiraiya warned them not to provoke him.
• Suikazan Fuguki silently urged Kisame to kill the Konoha ninja.
• At the Forest of Death entrance, Yuu told Orochimaru he would spare those with a Little Red Flower and cut down everyone else.
• Kurenai and Rin arrived with Obito and Asuma, who carried bottles of sake for Yuu.

Yuu entered the Forest of Death for the second Chunin Exam, carrying alcohol and Shusui, while Orochimaru watched him with interest. Inside the forest, Yuu drank as he searched for the other examinees.

• Asuma and Obito learned that Konoha’s red forehead stickers were meant to stop Yuu from mistaking them for enemies and slashing them.
• Rin and Kurenai wished Yuu luck, and Yuu hugged them before setting out with a backpack full of alcohol and Shusui.
• Orochimaru began the second exam, and Konoha’s examinees rushed into the Forest of Death ahead of the others.
• Yuu leisurely entered the forest as Orochimaru watched him and found him interesting.
• Yuu strolled along a forest path drinking alcohol and wondered where the other examinees had run off to.

Yuu wandered through the forest drunk while three Takigakure genin targeted him, hoping to claim his scroll and score the first kill. After Yuu dodged their explosive kunai, he decided he could cut them down.

• Yuu spent nearly half a day searching the forest without finding anyone and drank wine he had made Asuma steal.
• Three Takigakure genin spotted Yuu, and their leader ordered the others to attack despite one teammate's doubts.
• The observation room watched the Waterfall Shinobi prepare to ambush Yuu, while the Takigakure jonin and Suikazan Fuguki hoped he would be killed.
• The three Waterfall Shinobi threw explosive-tagged kunai at Yuu, but he swayed aside and avoided them.
• Yuu saw that the genin had no Little Red Flowers and grinned, ready to cut them down.

Yuu killed a Waterfall Shinobi with a lightning-fast slash, revealing that the Little Red Flowers marked him as a danger to his enemies. In the observation room, Jiraiya praised Yuu’s swordsmanship while Suikazan Fuguki turned his hopes to Kisame.

• A Waterfall Shinobi mocked Yuu and rushed to stab him with a kunai.
• Yuu cut the Waterfall Shinobi in two with a swift blade strike, terrifying the remaining Waterfall Shinobi.
• In the Konoha Observation Room, Suikazan Fuguki reacted with shock and cursed the Waterfall Shinobi.
• Jiraiya recognized Yuu’s Quick Draw Slash as comparable to Hatake Sakumo’s and praised his talent.

Yuu killed the Waterfall Shinobi who tried to flee with a powerful slash from Shusui. The Waterfall Shinobi Leader remained frozen in fear as Yuu turned his attention to the last survivor.

• Yuu regarded the two remaining Waterfall Shinobi as bargaining chips for the wine Hiruzen Sarutobi had promised.
• The Waterfall Shinobi Leader watched in disbelief as Yuu's companion was cleaved in two.
• One Waterfall Shinobi panicked and fled while Yuu grinned at him.
• Yuu drew Shusui and unleashed a violet-black slash that cut down the fleeing Waterfall Shinobi.
• The Waterfall Shinobi Leader trembled, unable to move, and wondered what the violet-black slash had been.

After Yuu killed a fleeing Waterfall Shinobi with a flying slash, the system rewarded him with the Three Types of Haki. He admired his new abilities while the terrified leader of Takigakure hoped Yuu would not notice him.

• Yuu killed a fleeing Waterfall Shinobi with a flying slash and received system notifications for the kill.
• The system awarded Yuu the Three Types of Haki: Armament Haki, Observation Haki, and Conqueror's Haki.
• Yuu considered the abilities' powers and praised the reward compared with what he had received from Obito.
• Yuu resolved to train his new Haki after returning, then wondered if he had forgotten something.
• The leader of Takigakure silently prayed that Yuu would not see him.

Yuu killed the Waterfall Shinobi Leader and discovered that killing after drinking increased his Armament Haki. In Konoha's Observation Room, the jonin watched his flying slash and reacted to the power of his swordsmanship.

• Yuu remembered the Waterfall Shinobi Leader, who begged to live and offered his scroll, and killed him with Shusui.
• Yuu learned from the system that killing a Waterfall Shinobi after drinking increased his Constitution and Armament Haki.
• Yuu wondered whether killing could also strengthen his Observation Haki and Conqueror's Haki, then headed into the forest.
• The jonin in Konoha's Observation Room watched Yuu's flying slash, and the Amegakure jonin compared it to Konoha White Fang's attacks.
• Jiraiya recognized Yuu as a self-taught swordsmanship genius, while Suikazan Fuguki hoped Kisame could handle him.