Chapter Summaries

Shikuro Aburame realized Konoha could use Little Red Flowers to keep the other villages’ genin from being killed by Yuu. The terrified shinobi traded away their scrolls for flowers as Yuu’s chakra approached.

• Hada Kaito and the other foreign-village genin begged Kisame and the Konoha group for help as they feared Yuu would find them.
• Shikuro Aburame reasoned that Konoha had gathered them to prevent Yuu from killing them all and persuaded his group to trade flowers for scrolls.
• Kiba Inuzuka ordered the foreign-village shinobi to put their scrolls on the ground.
• The foreign-village shinobi handed over all their scrolls, and Kiba threw them Little Red Flowers.

Yuu attacked the foreign shinobi gathered around the Little Red Flowers with a massive Dark Purple Slash. A Rashomon gate appeared to block the attack, leaving Kisame and the others alive as Hiruzen Sarutobi and Konoha’s jonin watched through the Crystal Ball.

• The foreign shinobi scrambled to collect the Little Red Flowers, and Kisame joined them despite his pain.
• Yuu arrived and declared that killing the foreign shinobi would end the exam.
• Yuu unleashed a massive Dark Purple Slash toward the foreign shinobi, while Kisame failed to form seals in time to defend himself.
• A Rashomon gate rose in front of the foreign shinobi and blocked the slash, leaving them relieved to have survived.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Konoha’s jonin watched the attack through the Crystal Ball and saw how close the foreign genin had come to being destroyed.

Saiki Yuu’s slash cleaved through Orochimaru’s Rashomon, shocking Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others watching from the Hokage’s Office. Orochimaru chose to test Yuu instead of delivering the alcohol, and Yuu turned his attention toward him.

• Orochimaru arrived and raised Rashomon to block Yuu’s slash, while Hiruzen Sarutobi believed the attack had been stopped.
• The Dark Purple Slash intensified and cut through Rashomon, forcing Orochimaru to jump clear as the gate collapsed.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Jiraiya, and Kurenai Yuhi watched the destruction through the Crystal Ball and were stunned by Yuu’s strength.
• Orochimaru decided to test Yuu rather than deliver the alcohol, while Yuu sensed him and demanded to know why he had not let himself be cut down.

Yuu, furious and drunk, fought Orochimaru after the Sannin attacked him with Shadow Snake Hands. Yuu effortlessly cut apart the snakes, leaving Orochimaru to face his challenge.

• Orochimaru used Shadow Snake Hands to send dozens of venomous snakes at Yuu.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi angrily reprimanded Orochimaru through the Crystal Ball, while Jiraiya defended his friend and prayed he would not go too far.
• Yuu cut down the attacking snakes with three swift slashes.
• Yuu pointed Shusui at Orochimaru and shouted at him for using snakes.

Yuu used Observation Haki to evade Orochimaru’s Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu without being touched, then charged at him with Shusui. The chapter ended as Yuu’s sword slash enveloped Orochimaru in a dark purple phantom.

• Orochimaru attacked Yuu with a rain of tens of thousands of shuriken.
• Yuu activated Observation Haki and weaved through the shuriken without a single blade touching him.
• Orochimaru was stunned that Yuu had avoided the attack more effortlessly than he believed even he could.
• Yuu charged at Orochimaru and swung Shusui at him.

Yuu overwhelmed Orochimaru with Observation Haki and powerful sword strikes, forcing Orochimaru to counterattack with a giant snake. The chapter ended as Yuu sheathed Shusui and began a One-Sword Style technique.

• Yuu sensed Orochimaru hiding in a tree and unleashed a massive slash that tore through the forest.
• Yuu closed in on Orochimaru and cut through his chakra-coated kunai, prompting Orochimaru to suspect something unusual about Shusui.
• Orochimaru summoned a giant snake that slammed toward Yuu.
• Yuu sheathed Shusui and began a One-Sword Style attack.

Yuu relentlessly attacked Orochimaru, cutting down the giant snakes he summoned and forcing him to dodge. In the Hokage's Office, Hiruzen Sarutobi and Jiraiya watched in shock as Orochimaru fell behind.

• Yuu split a hundred-meter giant snake in two with Lion's Elegy.
• Yuu repeatedly cut through Orochimaru's summoned snakes and dodged Orochimaru's attacks.
• Yuu interrupted Orochimaru before he could use Destroying Chaotic Snakes, forcing him to evade a sharp blade strike.
• Jiraiya and Hiruzen Sarutobi watched the battle through the Crystal Ball and saw Orochimaru being suppressed.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi wondered whether Orochimaru could lose to Yuu as Yuu's swordsmanship continued to sharpen.

Yuu fought Orochimaru amid a swarm of giant summoned snakes, and the observers watched in shock as Yuu gained the upper hand. The battle continued with Yuu demanding that Orochimaru use a different move.

• Orochimaru summoned countless giant snakes that attacked Yuu as the two clashed.
• The Cloud Ninja and other exam participants watched in terror, realizing Yuu was suppressing a fighter comparable to their village's Kage.
• Wounded Kisame watched Yuu fight Orochimaru and doubted whether he could ever defeat Yuu.
• Yuu cut down two attacking snakes and challenged Orochimaru to use another move.
• Orochimaru took advantage of Yuu's opening and flashed away to increase the distance between them.

Yuu forced Orochimaru to expend a great deal of chakra while barely tiring, prompting Orochimaru to use the Myriad Serpent Formation. The attack began releasing a vast swarm of venomous snakes, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Orochimaru realized that Yuu's devastating slashes barely used chakra and struggled to believe how little the fight had exhausted him.
• Orochimaru formed hand seals for a powerful technique as Hiruzen Sarutobi and Jiraiya watched through the Crystal Ball.
• Orochimaru used the Myriad Serpent Formation, releasing countless venomous snakes from his mouth.
• The venomous snakes swarmed across the battlefield in ever-growing numbers.

Orochimaru unleashed his Myriad Snake Array, sending a towering wave of hundreds of thousands of venomous snakes toward Yuu. Yuu coated Shusui with Armament Haki and released dark currents that spread through the forest, leaving Orochimaru unable to see.

• Orochimaru summoned a nearly hundred-meter-high wave of hundreds of thousands of venomous snakes.
• Kisame and the others watched in fear as the snake wave advanced on Yuu.
• Yuu coated his arm and Shusui with Armament Haki and gathered sword intent for a powerful slash.
• Yuu unleashed dark currents that spread throughout the forest, and Orochimaru suddenly lost his sight.

Yuu unleashed a sword technique that swallowed all the light in the Forest of Death, leaving the forest and its inhabitants in darkness. As observers in Konoha watched, he gathered the devoured light onto Black Blade Shusui for his slash.

• The sea of snakes halted and panicked when it could no longer see or sense anything.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others saw the Crystal Ball turn pitch-black and noticed darkness covering the Forest of Death.
• Jiraiya realized the sword technique had to be Yuu’s because Orochimaru could not use it.
• Yuu announced his One-Sword Style attack against the snake-playing bastard.
• Yuu’s sword intent spread through the forest, consuming all its light, which he then concentrated onto Black Blade Shusui.

Yuu unleashed a devastating sword technique that consumed the surrounding light and manifested enormous eyes in the sky. As the darkness reached its peak, he prepared to strike Orochimaru.

• Shusui absorbed the converging light and turned blackish purple as the area plunged into darkness.
• Yuu raised Shusui and released a torrent of sword intent, causing enormous black eyes to open in the sky.
• Orochimaru looked up at the eyes in disbelief, while Hiruzen Sarutobi and Jiraiya watched through the Crystal Ball in shock.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi regretted letting Yuu participate in the Chunin Exams and worried that he would cause a disaster.
• Yuu declared that Orochimaru and his snakes would be buried together as the remaining light gathered into a streak before him.

Shusui unleashed a massive blackish-purple slash that tore through Orochimaru’s sea of snakes. Orochimaru summoned Triple Rashomon to stop the attack, and the slash struck the first gate.

• Shusui unleashed his One-Sword Style—Dark Heavenly Demon God slash, which cut through the sea of snakes and ground them to dust.
• Orochimaru summoned Triple Rashomon to defend against the slash.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi watched the gates rise through the Crystal Ball and felt reassured by their defense.
• Jiraiya watched as the slash slammed into the first Rashomon with a thunderous roar.

Orochimaru's Triple Rashomon failed to stop the black-purple slash as it tore through the first two gates and struck the third. Hiruzen Sarutobi and Jiraiya watched anxiously from the Hokage's Office as the final impact erupted.

• The black-purple slash cleaved the first Rashomon in half and sent it crashing to the ground.
• Orochimaru's second Rashomon briefly weakened the slash, but the attack split the gate and its mysterious force apart.
• Orochimaru trusted that the third Rashomon would disperse the remaining force and hold against the slash.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Jiraiya watched the third Rashomon collide with the slash through the Crystal Ball.
• The impact fell silent for a moment before a thunderous blast shook the earth and mountains.

Orochimaru’s Triple Rashomon failed to stop a massive slash, and he prepared to use a Forbidden Jutsu. After Yuu spotted the alcohol bottle, a special enhancement boosted his swordsmanship, and he appeared before Orochimaru to block the attack.

• Orochimaru’s third Rashomon shattered under the force of the slash.
• Orochimaru began forming hand seals to use a Forbidden Jutsu as the slash continued toward him.
• Orochimaru’s wine bottle fell to the ground, and Yuu recognized it as alcohol.
• Yuu gained a temporary fivefold increase in swordsmanship comprehension, reaching Great Swordsman level.
• Yuu appeared before Orochimaru and stopped the slash with his black-purple blade.

Yuu blocked Orochimaru’s immense slash and frightened him with a power that recalled Hanzō. Yuu demanded the alcohol Orochimaru carried, while Hiruzen and Jiraiya watched anxiously through a Crystal Ball.

• Yuu stopped Orochimaru’s nearly hundred-meter slash after it shattered the Triple Rashomon.
• Orochimaru sensed a danger like the one he had felt facing Hanzō during the Second Great Ninja War.
• Yuu demanded the alcohol beside Orochimaru and offered to spare him if he handed it over.
• Hiruzen urged Orochimaru through the Crystal Ball to give Yuu the alcohol, fearing Yuu might kill him.
• Jiraiya watched Orochimaru’s hesitation with a complicated expression.

Yuu agreed to deal with the slash in exchange for Orochimaru’s wine, then effortlessly sent it flying into the sky. After Orochimaru handed over the bottle, Yuu drank it and exited Drunken Fury State.

• Jiraiya warned Orochimaru not to do anything reckless with the wine.
• Orochimaru offered Yuu the wine if he dealt with the slash.
• Yuu deflected the slash with Shusui and sent it into the sky, clearing the clouds.
• Orochimaru handed Yuu the wine, and Yuu drank the bottle in one go.
• Yuu’s Drunken Fury State ended, and the stored alcohol escaped through his pores as mist.

After waking from his drunken fight with Orochimaru, Yuu worried that the incident might cost him the wine Hiruzen Sarutobi had promised. Orochimaru refused to tattle, while Yuu turned his attention to the other opponents and proposed that they catch up later.

• The system rewarded Yuu with mastery-level Observation Haki for shocking multiple important figures while drunk.
• Yuu remembered nearly cutting down Orochimaru and worried Hiruzen Sarutobi might withhold his promised wine.
• Yuu greeted Orochimaru with false enthusiasm and begged him not to report the incident to Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• In the Hokage's Office, Hiruzen Sarutobi fumed over Yuu's troublemaking while Jiraiya sighed with relief that Orochimaru had survived.
• Orochimaru snapped that he would not tattle, and Yuu excused himself to deal with the others before suggesting they catch up later.

Yuu sobered up during the exam and prepared to kill the foreign village ninja, but Orochimaru stopped him by declaring the exam over. Yuu headed for the central tower, leaving the terrified ninja alive.

• Yuu saw the foreign village ninja and drew Shusui, frightening them as their Little Red Flowers no longer protected them.
• Kisame realized the flowers had become useless and feared dying with one stuck to his forehead.
• Orochimaru grabbed Yuu's hand and told him the exam was over because time had run out.
• Yuu sheathed Shusui, patted Orochimaru's arm, and headed toward the central tower.
• The foreign village ninja collapsed to the ground after Yuu left.

Saiki Yuu reached the Central Tower after leaving the Forest of Death, only to discover he had failed to collect the required scrolls. He was left hoping that eliminating the other outsiders would still count as completing his mission.

• Kisame threw the Little Red Flower to the ground, while Orochimaru noticed that Yuu's dangerous aura had faded.
• At the Central Tower, the guards told Yuu he had not passed because he lacked two scrolls.
• Yuu asked Orochimaru to help resolve the problem, but Orochimaru refused and went inside the tower.
• Yuu watched Orochimaru leave and wondered whether eliminating all the outsiders still fulfilled his mission.