Chapter Summaries

Beizawa and Yakumo Kurama tried to treat Tsunade’s trauma over Nawaki’s death with the Emotion Swap Technique, but Tsunade’s resistance overwhelmed the illusion despite Beizawa helping her endure it. Beizawa later completed his winter-break Sealing Jutsu mission and continued training Hinata in the Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm.

• Tsunade woke in Beizawa’s room after drinking with Kurenai Yuhi, then bathed, changed into a kimono, and ate breakfast with them.
• Beizawa and Kurenai Yuhi visited a shrine and explored Konoha, then practiced Sealing Jutsu the next day while Hinata, Neji, and Karin received new training assignments.
• Beizawa resumed winter-break training, gave his students New Year’s money, taught Karin the Finger Engraving Seal, and brought Sakura Haruno to Konoha Hospital to assist with surgeries.
• Yakumo Kurama used Demonic Illusion: Nightmare and the Emotion Swap Technique to treat Tsunade, but Tsunade broke the illusion when she saw Nawaki’s corpse.
• Beizawa joined a second treatment attempt and helped Tsunade endure the memory for five minutes, but she still broke the illusion and then clung to him in tears.
• Beizawa completed his Sealing Jutsu mission, received the Evil Sealing Method, and continued teaching Hinata the Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm.

Beizawa changed Tsunade’s nightmare treatment into a dream where Nawaki survived, became Hokage, and fulfilled his ambition, then took Tsunade to the casino. On registration day, Beizawa announced a school reform that placed the academy’s top thirty students together in First Year Class A.

• Shino Aburame showed Beizawa a Kikaichū that could withstand flames for five seconds and said the three-second Fire Parasitic Insects had formed a population.
• Beizawa ended winter break special training and told his students that First Year Class A would undergo an unexpected transformation.
• Yakumo Kurama’s illusion let Tsunade save Nawaki, see him become the Fourth Hokage, and wake from her long dream; Tsunade thanked Beizawa and took him to the casino.
• Naruto Uzumaki and his classmates gathered at the Ninja Academy for registration and noticed students from other classes arriving.
• Beizawa announced that the school’s top thirty students would join First Year Class A as the Genius Class.

Teacher Beizawa introduced the Genius Class’s individualized curriculum, new instructors, Chakra Nature groups, and combat-focused graduation assessments. After class, he asked Itachi Uchiha to help Izumi Uchiha awaken her Two Tomoe Sharingan and warned him to seek help if the Uchiha Clan faced serious trouble.

• Teacher Beizawa explained the Genius Class’s ranking challenges, tailored study plans, and combat assessments, then introduced Maruboshi Kosuke and Kakashi Hatake as instructors.
• Teacher Beizawa taught the students about Chakra Natures, had them test and join study groups, and assigned himself and Kakashi Hatake to teach the groups.
• Teacher Beizawa set the weekly schedule, registered the students, and went to the Hokage Building to find a mission and report on the class to Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Teacher Beizawa asked Itachi Uchiha about Izumi Uchiha’s strength and proposed arranging a dangerous mission to help her awaken her Two Tomoe Sharingan.
• Itachi Uchiha agreed to choose a suitable mission, while Teacher Beizawa offered to report the plan to Hiruzen Sarutobi and warned Itachi to seek help from Tsunade or Beizawa if the Uchiha Clan faced serious trouble.

Beizawa reported on the Genius Class and proposed a tutoring system before spending time with Kurenai Yuhi and practicing Earth Style. At the class’s first combat lesson, he tested the students and began assigning individualized training, leaving their new routines underway.

• Beizawa told Hiruzen Sarutobi about the Genius Class, proposed having its students tutor other classes, and received approval to borrow Anbu for Izumi Uchiha’s matter.
• Beizawa updated Hiruzen Sarutobi on Tsunade’s Hemophobia treatment, then returned home, where he and Kurenai Yuhi spent the evening together.
• Beizawa practiced Earth Style: Earth Flow Wall and later shared dinner and an intimate evening with Kurenai Yuhi.
• Beizawa ate breakfast with Hinata Hyuga and then joined Maruboshi Kosuke and Kakashi Hatake for the Genius Class’s first combat lesson.
• Beizawa and his shadow clones sparred with the students; Neji Hyuga used Gentle Fist and Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm, while Naruto Uzumaki and the other students were also tested.
• Beizawa assigned Naruto Uzumaki continued Wind Style training, ordered Neji Hyuga to undertake special combat practice, and told Yakumo Kurama to begin physical training.

Beizawa assigned training to the Genius Class and learned that Maruboshi Kosuke wanted to pass on his Water Style and swordsmanship. After Tenten asked him to find her a Summoning Beast, Beizawa accepted a rare mission and arranged to search for the Great Lizard of Kubizaki, leaving the chapter with his trip planned and Kurenai Yuhi covering his plan with Itachi Uchiha.

• Beizawa assigned training to the students, teaching Tenten the Art of the Flying Swallow and suggesting she add Summoning Beasts to her combat style.
• Tenten asked Beizawa to find her a powerful Summoning Beast, triggering a rare mission to help her find one.
• Maruboshi Kosuke asked Beizawa and Kakashi Hatake to help him choose students to inherit his Water Style and swordsmanship.
• Beizawa recalled the Great Lizard of Kubizaki and asked Itachi Uchiha to locate the former Land of Kubizaki, then received its map at the end of the week.
• Beizawa decided to travel to the Land of Kubizaki and asked Kurenai Yuhi to take his students in his place for the staged mission involving Izumi Uchiha and Itachi Uchiha.

Beizawa treated Tsunade, obtained a permit to leave Konoha, and led Hinata Hyuga, Ino Yamanaka, and Tenten to find the Great Lizard of Kubizaki. The team reached Kubizaki Castle and fought the lizard while Beizawa located its former master, Gōza Kubizaki.

• Beizawa received Barrier: Four Violet Flames Formation after Ino Yamanaka completed her ninjutsu mission and decided to develop Ninjutsu: Moonlit Beauty.
• Beizawa and Yakumo Kurama treated Tsunade, whose illusion lasted seven minutes, and Tsunade gave Beizawa a permit to leave the village.
• Beizawa recruited Hinata Hyuga, Ino Yamanaka, and Tenten for a mission to find the Great Lizard of Kubizaki, and Hyuga Hiashi arranged for Tokuma to follow them secretly.
• The group left Konoha, traveled through the Land of Rivers, and reached the former site of the Land of Kubizaki the next morning.
• Inside Kubizaki Castle, the Great Lizard of Kubizaki attacked, and Hinata Hyuga, Ino Yamanaka, and Tenten fought it while Beizawa searched for its master.
• Beizawa found Gōza Kubizaki and told him the Great Lizard of Kubizaki had guarded the place for fifty years and deserved to be set free.

Beizawa helped Tenten claim the Great Lizard of Kubizaki as her Summoning Beast and received new jutsu rewards, then completed a difficult operation on Root researcher Shigaraki Tanuki and obtained the forbidden Body Regeneration technique. The chapter ended with Beizawa considering how to use what he had learned about Shigaraki Tanuki and Hashirama Cell research to bring Shimura Danzō’s experiments to Tsunade’s attention.

• Beizawa used powerful Fire Style to force Gōza Kubizaki to reveal the contract scroll, then helped Tenten sign it and claim the Great Lizard of Kubizaki.
• Beizawa received the Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique, gave Ino Yamanaka the scroll for Ninjutsu: Moonlit Beauty, and later received Demonic Illusion: Mirror Heaven and Earth Turning after Izumi Uchiha awakened her Two Tomoe Sharingan.
• Tenten gave Beizawa ten million ryō as payment for helping her obtain the Great Lizard of Kubizaki, and Kurenai Yuhi returned from a mission at the Land of Wind border.
• Beizawa and Sakura Haruno joined Yakushi Nonō in operating on Shigaraki Tanuki, a Root researcher injured during research involving Hashirama Cells, while Shimura Danzō watched over the procedure.
• After Shigaraki Tanuki survived the operation, Beizawa completed his ninth high-difficulty surgery and received the forbidden Body Regeneration technique.
• Beizawa considered using Shigaraki Tanuki’s case to inform Tsunade about Shimura Danzō’s continuing Hashirama Cell experiments.

Beizawa arranged for Maruboshi Kosuke to teach Sakura Haruno Water Style and Sasuke Uchiha swordsmanship, then told Tsunade that Root had concealed evidence of a cell-related explosion. Tsunade suspected Shimura Danzō was secretly researching Hashirama Cells, and she agreed with Beizawa to investigate Shigaraki Tanuki through Itachi Uchiha.

• Beizawa brought Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura Haruno to Maruboshi Kosuke, who began teaching Sasuke Konoha-Style Sword Technique and Sakura Water Release: Water Colliding Wave.
• Beizawa triggered a system task to learn Konoha-Style Sword Technique without Kosuke’s instruction and began training with a Shadow Clone while practicing Water Style: Great Waterfall Technique.
• Beizawa found Tsunade at a casino and told her that Root researcher Shigaraki Tanuki had been treated to conceal traces of an explosion involving cell residue.
• Tsunade connected the clues to Hashirama Cells and revealed Konoha’s past Wood Release experiments, then suspected Shimura Danzō had continued them in secret.
• Beizawa advised investigating Shigaraki Tanuki before approaching Hiruzen Sarutobi and proposed Itachi Uchiha as the investigator; Tsunade trusted his judgment and agreed.

Beizawa enlisted Itachi Uchiha to secretly investigate a Root researcher, then spent time with Kurenai Yuhi and continued treating Tsunade with Yakumo Kurama. On Tuesday, he taught Karin the Fire Sealing Method and began training Yakumo in taijutsu before teaching Kabuto Yakushi an advanced Wind Style technique.

• Beizawa visited the Uchiha compound and asked Itachi Uchiha, on Tsunade's behalf, to investigate Shigaraki Tanuki's research without telling anyone else.
• Beizawa returned home, gave Kurenai Yuhi two genjutsu techniques, and spent the night with her.
• Beizawa and Yakumo Kurama treated Tsunade, and Yakumo's illusion lasted ten minutes by the end of the session.
• Beizawa taught Karin the Fire Sealing Method after she told him she had learned the Finger Engraving Seal.
• Beizawa began teaching Yakumo Kurama Konoha Whirlwind, then taught Kabuto Yakushi Wind Style: Vacuum Great Ball after Kabuto mastered Wind Style: Vacuum Sphere.

Beizawa trained Kabuto Yakushi toward a Jonin assessment, helped Shino Aburame develop fire-resistant Kikaichū, and prepared the Genius Class for its first Monthly Exam. The chapter ended with Tenten summoning the enormous Great Lizard of Kubizaki in the Forest of Death, astonishing her classmates.

• Beizawa accepted a mission to lead Kabuto Yakushi to Jonin rank and taught him Wind Style: Vacuum Great Ball, then assigned Kabuto to organize missions for the squad.
• Shino Aburame showed Beizawa two kinds of fire-resistant Kikaichū, and Beizawa accepted a new mission to help him cultivate water-resistant Kikaichū.
• Beizawa delegated the Genius Class's separate exam paper to Umino Iruka and planned to train Neji Hyuga to defeat Naruto Uzumaki in the Monthly Exam.
• Beizawa told the Genius Class that the Monthly Exam would take place the following week, and Tenten revealed that she had a powerful Summoning Beast.
• Beizawa barred Tenten from using her Summoning Beast in the Combat Exam but took the class to the Forest of Death, where Tenten summoned the twenty-meter Great Lizard of Kubizaki.

Beizawa trained Neji Hyuga to counter Naruto Uzumaki and developed a new technique for Hana Inuzuka, earning more Senju Clan Bloodline. Itachi Uchiha uncovered records of Shigaraki Tanuki’s Gozu Tenno experiment but left the hidden laboratory undiscovered.

• Beizawa sparred with Neji Hyuga as Naruto, teaching him to use feints and Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm against Naruto’s Shadow Clones and Rasengan.
• Itachi Uchiha infiltrated a Root base, found records of Shigaraki Tanuki’s failed Gozu Tenno experiments involving the Summoning Beast Nue, and failed to locate the laboratory.
• Beizawa assessed the Genius Class students’ progress, then told Choji Akimichi to learn the Partial Expansion Jutsu from his father and assigned Hana Inuzuka a new technique.
• Beizawa developed Quadruple Fang Passing Fang so Hana Inuzuka and the three Gari brothers could use the technique together.
• Beizawa completed the mission, received 10% Senju Clan Bloodline, and gained greater Chakra reserves, recovery, and endurance.

Beizawa graded the Monthly Exam, revealing major ranking changes, then began the Genius Class's first Combat Exam with Hiruzen Sarutobi watching. Naruto Uzumaki and Neji Hyuga faced off in the opening match, which remained undecided as Naruto created Shadow Clones to meet Neji's close-range attack.

• Kiba Inuzuka and Hana Inuzuka discussed their new techniques before joining Naruto Uzumaki and their classmates at the Ninja Academy for the theory exam.
• Beizawa announced the Combat Exam rules, graded the papers with Shadow Clones, and told Hinata Hyuga she had placed fifth as they went to eat barbecue.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived to observe the Combat Exam, and Beizawa drew Neji Hyuga and Naruto Uzumaki as the first opponents.
• Naruto Uzumaki used Shadow Clones and a barrage of Kunai, while Neji Hyuga countered with Shadow Clones and Gentle Fist strikes that disrupted Naruto's formations.
• Naruto Uzumaki dispelled his clones and created them again, but Neji Hyuga charged him, forcing Naruto to prepare for close combat.

Neji Hyuga defeated Naruto Uzumaki with the Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm, and Sasuke Uchiha and Ino Yamanaka won their matches in the Monthly Exam. Beizawa received his Byakugan Purity reward as Hiruzen Sarutobi watched the students’ growing abilities and anticipated the Combat Exam.

• Neji Hyuga outmaneuvered Naruto Uzumaki and struck him twice with the Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm, winning their match.
• Beizawa received a 10% increase in Byakugan Purity after completing his mission to help Neji Hyuga defeat Naruto Uzumaki.
• Sasuke Uchiha defeated Shino Aburame after countering his Fire Parasitic Insects with his Two Tomoe Sharingan and ninja sword.
• Ino Yamanaka used Ninjutsu: Moonlit Beauty to defeat Shikamaru Nara with a surprise kick.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi observed the students’ improved skills and looked forward to the upcoming Combat Exam.

The Genius Class continued its practical exam, with Tenten defeating Sakura Haruno after Sakura failed to control Water Style: Water Prison Wall. In the second round, Kiba Inuzuka narrowly defeated Ino Yamanaka, and the chapter left Kiba recovering from his injuries while his classmates teased him about needing Beizawa’s help.

• Tenten defeated Sakura Haruno after Sakura's attempted Water Style: Water Prison Wall failed, and Beizawa rescued her from Tenten's shuriken.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi recognized Sakura's rapid Water Style progress and considered her promising, while the first round ended with Karin as the only student who had not performed well.
• After a fifteen-minute break, Beizawa drew Ino Yamanaka and Kiba Inuzuka for the second round's first match.
• Kiba transformed himself and two Shadow Clones into the Three-Headed Hellhound as Ino used petal techniques that concealed genjutsu and attacked him.
• Ino nearly defeated Kiba, but he released the transformation and countered with Fang Passing Fang; Beizawa rescued Ino and declared Kiba the winner.
• Beizawa treated Kiba's injuries, and Shikamaru Nara and Sakura teased Kiba for needing his teacher's help.

Hinata Hyuga and Shikamaru Nara won their matches as the third round began. Sasuke Uchiha used his Sharingan and sword technique to counter Naruto Uzumaki’s clones and Rasengan attempt, leaving Naruto under pressure as Beizawa wondered whether he would lose again.

• Hinata Hyuga defeated Rock Lee, and Naruto Uzumaki overwhelmed Hana Inuzuka with Shadow Clones.
• Yakumo Kurama defeated Neji Hyuga with her genjutsu, and Beizawa decided to improve her Taijutsu training.
• Shikamaru Nara trapped Kiba Inuzuka and his Three-Headed Hellhound with his shadow techniques, then won the first match of the third round.
• Sasuke Uchiha used the Konoha-Style Sword Technique to cut through Naruto Uzumaki’s first wave of Shadow Clones.
• Naruto Uzumaki summoned more than a hundred Shadow Clones, but Sasuke Uchiha anticipated his Rasengan plan and forced him to spend it destroying shuriken.
• Sasuke Uchiha declared that his eyes could read Naruto Uzumaki’s tactics, while Beizawa considered the possibility that Naruto would lose a second match.

Sasuke Uchiha defeated Naruto Uzumaki in the Combat Exam, then learned he had taken first place overall in the Monthly Exam. The chapter ended with Beizawa announcing Yakumo Kurama in second place and Neji Hyuga in third.

• Sasuke Uchiha used Fire Style, Body Flicker Technique, and Konoha-Style Sword Technique to defeat Naruto Uzumaki, who accepted the loss and promised to challenge him again.
• Hana Inuzuka lost to Ino Yamanaka's group genjutsu, and Yakumo Kurama defeated Hinata Hyuga with Demonic Illusion: Nightmare.
• Beizawa and Umino Iruka averaged their scores and announced that Shikamaru Nara had ranked first in the written exam and Yakumo Kurama first in the Combat Exam.
• Beizawa announced the overall rankings, placing Sasuke Uchiha first, Yakumo Kurama second, and Neji Hyuga third.
• Sasuke Uchiha realized he had won first place overall and laughed with delight.

After the Genius Class students won every challenge, Beizawa accepted new system missions tied to Ino Yamanaka and Naruto Uzumaki, then exchanged four of his original Ninjutsu for four B-rank techniques. He ended the day at Kurenai Yuhi’s home, where he watched her practice and prepared to spend his break with her.

• All fifteen students who challenged the Genius Class lost, and Beizawa encouraged Naruto Uzumaki to adapt his battle strategy after losing to Sasuke Uchiha and Neji Hyuga.
• Beizawa accepted missions to help Ino Yamanaka defeat Sakura Haruno and to help Naruto Uzumaki defeat Sasuke Uchiha and Neji Hyuga at the next Monthly Exam.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi offered to exchange Beizawa’s original Ninjutsu for techniques of the same rank, and Beizawa accepted a system mission to modify or create a Ninjutsu.
• Beizawa submitted four Ninjutsu and chose two Earth Style and two Water Style techniques from Konoha’s Ninjutsu Storage Room.
• Beizawa had lunch with Hinata Hyuga, then visited Kurenai Yuhi and watched her practice Ninpō: Hundred Blooming Flowers before offering to cook.

Beizawa helped Kurenai Yuhi train and accepted a system mission to teach her Monster Strength, then reviewed his students’ progress and learned that Juzo Biwa and Raiga Kurosuki had defected from Kirigakure. After the system offered a reward for killing Raiga Kurosuki, Beizawa considered pursuing the rogue swordsman with his squad.

• Beizawa accepted the system mission to help Kurenai Yuhi learn Monster Strength and earn her affection.
• Beizawa reviewed Kabuto Yakushi, Dan Kato, and Izumi Uchiha’s missions and training, then assigned them new techniques to learn.
• Kurenai Yuhi told Beizawa that Juzo Biwa and Raiga Kurosuki had defected from Kirigakure and that Kirigakure had placed rewards on them.
• Beizawa recalled that Raiga Kurosuki was at Oxalis Gold Mountain in the Land of Rivers and considered the fame and weapons his defeat could bring.
• The system offered Beizawa a mission to kill Raiga Kurosuki, with the Compound Ninjutsu: Hurricane Water Vortex Technique as its reward.

Beizawa, Tsunade, and Itachi Uchiha uncovered evidence that Shimura Danzō had been conducting experiments with Hashirama's Cells and raided Shigaraki Tanuki's laboratory. After Beizawa defeated several Root shinobi, Shimura Danzō arrived to confront Tsunade.

• Itachi Uchiha gave Tsunade evidence of Shigaraki Tanuki's Gozu Tenno experiment and a test tube containing Hashirama's Cells.
• Tsunade decided to seize Shigaraki Tanuki and the laboratory evidence before confronting Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Beizawa went with her and Itachi Uchiha.
• Beizawa and Tsunade knocked out two Root shinobi guarding the entrance to the valley.
• Beizawa fought through Root shinobi inside the laboratory, using genjutsu, Monster Strength, Rasengan, ninjutsu, and swordsmanship to defeat them.
• Shimura Danzō rushed into the laboratory and called out to Tsunade.

Tsunade exposed Shimura Danzō’s Gozu Tenno experiment and pressed Hiruzen Sarutobi to punish him, leading to Root’s disbandment and Danzō’s removal as its leader. The chapter ended with Tsunade preparing to face Danzō’s likely retaliation while Konoha’s clans reacted to Root’s fall.

• Tsunade confronted Shimura Danzō about experiments using Hashirama’s cells, and Itachi Uchiha brought the unconscious Shigaraki Tanuki and evidence from the laboratory.
• Shimura Danzō ordered Root ninja to attack Shigaraki Tanuki and Itachi Uchiha, but Tsunade and Hiruzen Sarutobi intervened.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi reviewed the experiment records, disbanded Root, stripped Shimura Danzō of his leadership, and ordered Anbu to seal and clean out the base.
• Tsunade warned Beizawa that Shimura Danzō would target her and urged him to be careful outside the village; she also planned further treatment for her Hemophobia with Yakumo Kurama.
• Fugaku Uchiha learned Root had been disbanded and told Yashiro Uchiha that the Uchiha Clan should take no action.