Chapter Summaries

Yuu left the Forest of Death after forcing the foreign shinobi to surrender their scrolls, ensuring that every Konoha participant except him advanced. At the exit, Hiruzen Sarutobi and Konoha’s forces surrounded the foreign shinobi to prevent them from carrying away memories of Yuu’s strength.

• Yuu watched the foreign shinobi flee, then left the Forest of Death after threatening to stay at the Third Hokage’s house if he was denied alcohol.
• The foreign shinobi ran toward the exit, shaken by their experiences with Yuu, and reunited with their instructors.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Jiraiya, Minato Namikaze, Kurenai Yuhi, and Anbu surrounded the foreign shinobi at the exit.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told the foreign shinobi that Konoha would not harm them but would not let them take their memories of the exam away.
• Suikazan Fuguki protested, but Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered the Jonin to move against the surrounded shinobi.

After Konoha sealed and altered the memories of the other villages’ ninja, Yuu arrived and triggered terror in the genin and Kisame. He cheerfully told Hiruzen Sarutobi that he had dealt with everyone, leaving the frightened ninja convinced they were facing a monster.

• Jiraiya subdued Suikazan Fuguki and the Kumogakure jonin, while Konoha’s Sealing Corps and Yamanaka Clan sealed and altered the visitors’ memories.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi welcomed the visitors and announced that their Chunin Exams journey had ended.
• Suikazan Fuguki questioned Kisame about his defeat, but Kisame could not remember what had happened.
• Yuu appeared, and the genin and Kisame trembled with fear despite having no clear memories of him.
• Yuu told Hiruzen Sarutobi that he had followed instructions and taken care of everyone, prompting the visitors to cry out in terror.

Yuu secured Hiruzen Sarutobi’s promise to provide liquor and left while the visiting genin reacted in fear. The chapter then shifted to an author’s notice announcing the novel’s premium release and explaining the author’s writing difficulties and recent layoff.

• The visiting genin recoiled in pain when Yuu made a gesture that triggered their sealed memories.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed to Yuu’s request, worried that further provocation might break the memory seal.
• Yuu said he would come to collect the liquor from Hiruzen Sarutobi’s place the next day, then left.
• The author announced that the novel would go premium that afternoon and asked readers for first-subscription support.
• The author explained that work, exhaustion, repeated revisions, and being laid off had slowed updates.

Yuu relaxed at home after a tiring battle and reviewed the rewards he had earned. The chapter ended with him preparing to check his Attribute Panel.

• The author asked readers to subscribe and described plans for the novel's upcoming Third Shinobi World War arc and publication schedule.
• Yuu returned home, took a beer from the refrigerator, and complained that his shoulders and muscles still hurt from fighting.
• Yuu recalled that Rin and Kurenai had given him a full-body massage before leaving for the night.
• Yuu thought the rewards from the battle had been good and ordered his Attribute Panel to open.

Yuu reviewed how his drunken swordsmanship had raised his attributes and learned that the Third Great Ninja War was approaching. He planned to volunteer for the battlefield to gain more attribute points and try wine from the other villages.

• Yuu noted that cutting Kisame had greatly increased his constitution and chakra, while his other kills had advanced his swordsmanship comprehension.
• Yuu recalled gaining the Dark Heavenly Demon God sword technique and explained how it could gather devoured light into an increasingly powerful slash.
• Yuu recognized that the Third Great Ninja War was near and expected Konoha to face the Four Great Shinobi Villages alone.
• Yuu decided he would apply to fight in the war and wondered whether Sunagakure's wine was strong.

Yuu enjoyed wine while planning to join the Sand Village battlefield when the war began. Meanwhile, Hiruzen gathered Konoha’s trusted jonin to discuss Saiki Yuu and began showing recordings of his power, including his humiliating fight with Orochimaru.

• Yuu drank icy liquor and looked forward to the Chunin Exams and the wine they provided.
• Hiruzen sneezed during a secret meeting and told the assembled jonin that they would discuss Saiki Yuu.
• Orochimaru stood to introduce Yuu and showed recordings of his destructive power.
• The recording reached Orochimaru’s battle with Yuu, and Jiraiya teased him as he watched.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and the Konoha jonin watched footage of Saiki Yuu unleashing a sword slash powerful enough to destroy all three layers of Triple Rashomon. As they compared his strength to a Tailed Beast's, Hiruzen indicated that Orochimaru had more important intelligence about Yuu to share.

• Orochimaru confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi about the footage focusing on his expression, and Hiruzen denied recording it while trying to hide his amusement.
• The footage showed Yuu's enormous slash shattering all three layers of Triple Rashomon, leaving the viewers stunned.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Minato Namikaze for his assessment, and Minato said Yuu's destructive power might rival a Tailed Beast's.
• The jonin compared Yuu's self-taught swordsmanship to Hatake Sakumo's style and remarked on its extraordinary range and power.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi prompted Orochimaru to share important intelligence, and Orochimaru began explaining that Saiki Yuu's strength was strange.

Orochimaru told Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others that Saiki Yuu’s strength seemed to rise with his emotions after drinking, and Hiruzen concluded they should avoid angering him. Hiruzen assigned Jiraiya to train Yuu, leaving Jiraiya reluctant as Minato comforted him about gaining a junior disciple.

• Orochimaru explained that Saiki Yuu’s strength was likely linked to his emotions after drinking, reminding Jiraiya of their battle with Hanzō.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi concluded that Yuu could become terrifyingly strong when enraged after drinking and warned the others not to anger him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Jiraiya to teach Yuu and make him an outstanding ninja.
• Jiraiya protested that Orochimaru could teach Yuu and complained that he did not know swordsmanship, but Hiruzen insisted.
• Orochimaru privately reflected that he had refused to teach Yuu because he feared Yuu might destroy his research materials.
• Minato tried to comfort the aggrieved Jiraiya by saying he would soon have a junior disciple.

Orochimaru continued his experiments in a hidden laboratory and negotiated with Danzo over information about Saiki Yuu. Danzo concluded that Yuu had eliminated the ninja from the other villages in the Chunin Exams.

• Jiraiya hinted to Minato that he would soon learn Yuu would not obediently accept being his junior disciple.
• Orochimaru found that his experiments were short on materials, including living people.
• Danzo asked Orochimaru whether Saiki Yuu had jonin-level strength and promised to supply more experimental materials in exchange for an answer.
• Orochimaru told Danzo that Yuu had performed brilliantly in the Chunin Exams and should have jonin-level strength.
• Danzo inferred that Yuu had eliminated the ninja from the other villages after learning that none of them knew who had defeated them.

Danzo learned about Saiki Yuu’s talent from Orochimaru and decided to recruit him for Root without Hiruzen’s permission. Orochimaru watched Danzo leave, anticipating trouble for him, then ruined several experimental materials in frustration.

• Danzo concluded that Hiruzen had used a memory seal to hide Saiki Yuu from him.
• Orochimaru described Yuu’s pre-exam strength, including his swordsmanship and his victory over Kakashi Hatake.
• Danzo decided Yuu would be an ideal Root Ninja and resolved to take him without asking Hiruzen.
• Danzo said he would send Orochimaru experimental materials and hurried away from the base.
• Orochimaru mocked Danzo for going after Yuu, then accidentally destroyed several important experimental materials.

Hiruzen Sarutobi woke to Yuu demanding the wine he had been promised for his work. Yuu revealed that Asuma had brought him into Hiruzen’s home, and Hiruzen tried to stop him from entering his room.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi reflected on the trouble Yuu had caused and felt relieved that Jiraiya was now responsible for him.
• Yuu woke Hiruzen Sarutobi by demanding his wine and threatening to stay at the house if he was not paid.
• Yuu said Asuma had brought him to the house and praised him for it.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi grew angry at Asuma for letting Yuu in as Yuu tried to rush into his room.

Yuu made Hiruzen hand over a room full of liquor, then had Asuma seal the bottles into a scroll. Asuma offered to lead Yuu to an even better source of liquor.

• Hiruzen stopped Yuu from barging into his bedroom and agreed to show him the liquor he had collected.
• Hiruzen led Yuu to a room full of liquor and complained about how much it had cost him.
• Yuu shoved Hiruzen aside and called Asuma to help move the liquor.
• Asuma eagerly sealed the bottles into a scroll, frustrating Hiruzen.
• Asuma told Yuu that he knew a place with better liquor and offered to take him there.

Yuu drank nearly all of Hiruzen Sarutobi’s treasured liquor and gained significant stat increases. Hiruzen tried to send the tipsy Yuu home before he finished the remaining bottles, but Yuu asked whether he was staying for dinner.

• Asuma brought out several bottles of fine liquor, and Yuu praised him for it.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi smacked Asuma on the head for helping Yuu get the liquor.
• Yuu drank the fine liquor and gained ten points each in swordsmanship comprehension, constitution, and Armament Haki.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi saw that Yuu had emptied nearly all his treasured bottles and blamed Asuma.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi urged the tipsy Yuu to go home, but Yuu asked whether he was keeping him for dinner.

Yuu left Hiruzen Sarutobi’s home drunk with a huge bundle of liquor, while Hiruzen fondly reflected on their bond after seeing him out. An Anbu then reported that Danzo was waiting at the Hokage’s Office, and Hiruzen froze as he turned to clean the table.

• Yuu praised Asuma, slung a huge bundle of alcohol over his back, and asked Hiruzen Sarutobi to see him off.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi carried Yuu to the door, where Yuu cursed him and promised to return.
• After shutting the door, Hiruzen Sarutobi smiled as he realized Yuu had not resisted being carried out.
• An Anbu informed Hiruzen Sarutobi that Danzo had gone to the Hokage’s Office with an urgent matter.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi went to tidy the messy table before meeting Danzo, then froze as he reached it.

Yuu stole Hiruzen Sarutobi’s liquor and encountered three Root Ninjas sent to bring him to Danzou. Mistaking their invitation for a kidnapping attempt, he eyed them as a threat to his liquor.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi discovered his two remaining bottles of liquor were gone and realized Yuu had stolen them.
• Yuu left carrying a bundle and the stolen liquor, pleased with his haul.
• Three Root Ninjas surrounded Yuu at a quiet riverbank and told him Danzou wanted to see him.
• Yuu misunderstood their invitation as an attempt to steal his liquor and grew wary.
• One Root Ninja tried to persuade Yuu to come, while another demanded that he go with them.

Yuu attacked Root ninjas who tried to take him to Danzou and threatened to smash his liquor. He killed Earth Wind and left the remaining Root members stunned as they tended to Purple Eagle.

• A Root ninja tried to seize Yuu and his backpack, but Yuu cut off the ninja’s arm when he threatened to smash Yuu’s liquor.
• The other Root ninjas rushed to help Purple Eagle and warned their companion that something was wrong with Yuu.
• Earth Wind charged Yuu with his Ninja Sword, confident in his strength.
• Yuu beheaded Earth Wind with a single strike, shocking the remaining Root ninja.

Yuu killed two Root Ninjas who tried to flee after he overwhelmed them with his Asura Sword Intent. Realizing the dead men could be spies, he took three heads to the Hokage's Office, hoping to claim a reward.

• A Root Ninja tried to abandon Purple Eagle and escape so he could report Yuu's strength to Danzou.
• Yuu's Asura Sword Intent trapped both Root Ninjas in fear and prevented them from fleeing.
• Yuu killed the two Root Ninjas with his One-Sword Style: Asura technique.
• Yuu realized the men might be spies and decided to take three heads to the Hokage's Office to seek a reward.

After Saiki Yuu killed three Root members, the Anbu decided to let him explain himself to Hiruzen Sarutobi. Danzo waited in the Hokage's Office, unaware that Yuu was approaching with the dead men’s heads.

• The Anbu Squad Leader saw the wreckage and chose not to question Saiki Yuu, fearing he might mistake them for spies.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Danzo what he wanted, while Danzo kept him occupied as his Root team was supposed to capture Yuu.
• Danzo assumed his three Root elites had succeeded and left the office to meet Yuu.
• Yuu shouted for the Hokage to look at what he had brought and burst into the office.

Drunk Yuu returned to Hiruzen Sarutobi's office and reported killing three spies who had tried to kidnap him. He revealed that the dead men were Root ninjas, leaving Hiruzen confronting Danzo while Yuu threatened him with Shusui.

• Yuu entered Hiruzen Sarutobi's office and drunkenly mistook Danzo for an ugly stranger.
• Yuu told Hiruzen that three spies had tried to kidnap him and steal his liquor, and he had killed them.
• Yuu dropped a bag containing the three heads and demanded more of Hiruzen's treasured liquor as a reward.
• Danzo recognized the dead men as Root elites he had sent after Yuu and silently grieved their deaths.
• Yuu drew Shusui and pointed it at Danzo, demanding to know who he was and why he kept staring.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Danzo whether he had sent the Root ninjas.

Hiruzen Sarutobi realized Danzo had sent the spies who tried to abduct Yuu, and Yuu attacked Danzo in the Hokage's Office. The fight began as Aburame Ryoma shielded Danzo with Kikaichū.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi confronted Danzo after realizing he had secretly targeted Yuu.
• Yuu recognized Danzo as the leader behind the spies and claimed he would protect Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Yuu swung Shusui at Danzo, but Danzo blocked the slash with a shield of Kikaichū.
• Aburame Ryoma appeared and unleashed his Kikaichū while Hiruzen Sarutobi watched without intervening.
• Yuu called Ryoma a bug user and prepared to continue fighting.