Chapter Summaries

Beizawa arranged Konoha’s negotiations with Kirigakure, organized an underwater exploration team, and continued teaching and training while preparing medicine for Nagato. After Tsunade mastered Limb Regeneration, Beizawa received a mission reward of 10% Otsutsuki Clan Bloodline, which greatly increased his Chakra.

• Tsunade discussed the students’ defeat of Aoi Rokushō with Beizawa, and Beizawa arranged for Ibiki Morino to meet his brother Ida in the Land of Tea.
• Beizawa proposed combining Yang Release with Wood Release and securing a stretch of sea from Kirigakure for underwater resource exploration; Tsunade approved the plan and chose Rina Uzumaki to lead the Finance Department.
• Beizawa and Shibi Aburame formed plans for an Underwater Exploration Team, while Beizawa taught Kabuto Yakushi, Izumi Uchiha, and Dan Kato the Rasengan.
• Beizawa welcomed Mei Terumi and the Kirigakure delegation to Konoha, where Mei requested that Limb Regeneration be included in the negotiations.
• Konan returned with medicinal ingredients for Nagato’s treatment and a puppet, and Beizawa began preparing to refine the medicine.
• Tsunade told Beizawa she had mastered Limb Regeneration, and his completed mission reward granted him 10% Otsutsuki Clan Bloodline and a major increase in Chakra.

Beizawa strengthened his Byakugan and developed Forbidden Medical Jutsu: Body Regeneration, then helped arrange a Genin exchange between Konoha and Kirigakure. After Beizawa added Ninja Academy students and B-rank Ninjutsu as prizes, Mei Terumi accepted the terms, setting up a five-match contest that Beizawa had to win for his system mission.

• Beizawa tested his enhanced Byakugan, gained six cards' worth of Chakra, and found he could control Konan's puppet without Chakra threads.
• Beizawa prepared medicine with Konan and gave Tsunade the scroll for Forbidden Medical Jutsu: Body Regeneration, which could restore limbs during battle.
• Beizawa assigned students for the next Combat Exam and later heard from Shikaku Nara that Mei Terumi wanted a five-match Genin exchange.
• Beizawa received a system mission to make Kirigakure lose all five matches and proposed allowing Ninja Academy students to compete for B-rank Ninjutsu.
• Shikaku Nara relayed Beizawa's conditions to Mei Terumi, and she accepted the exchange.

Beizawa announced the regrouped teams for the upcoming Monthly Exam, discussed Konoha’s Genin exchange with Kirigakure, and helped finalize a treaty that brought Konoha major reparations and new opportunities. After earning thirty-five million ryo from surgeries on Kirigakure Jonin, he summoned Sasuke Uchiha and the other selected students to prepare for the exchange meet.

• Beizawa announced the new Monthly Exam teams, assigning Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, and Sakura Haruno to Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Ino Yamanaka, Kiba Inuzuka, and Tenten to himself.
• Beizawa promised Hinata Hyuga that he would lead her team in the next regrouping, then discussed the Kirigakure Genin exchange and selected Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, Hinata Hyuga, Yakumo, and Neji to represent Konoha.
• Tsunade and Mei Terumi signed an agreement returning Ao’s Byakugan, requiring Kirigakure to pay Konoha’s losses, establishing cooperation, granting Beizawa a stretch of sea, and setting fees for Limb Regeneration surgeries.
• Beizawa operated on four Kirigakure Jonin and earned thirty-five million ryo, matching Asuma Sarutobi’s bounty.
• With the Genin exchange meet set for the following afternoon, Beizawa called Sasuke Uchiha and the other selected students to his office.

Beizawa prepared his students for a five-match Genin exchange with Kirigakure, while Shibi Aburame set out to establish an underwater base near the Land of Waves. At the exchange, Mei Terumi dismissed reports of Konoha’s young students as fake intelligence, and the first match was drawn: Naruto Uzumaki against Chojuro.

• Beizawa told Sasuke Uchiha, Naruto Uzumaki, Neji Hyuga, Hinata Hyuga, and Yakumo Kurama that they would represent Konoha in five sparring matches, offering a B-rank Ninjutsu as a reward for victory.
• Beizawa sent Shibi Aburame’s Underwater Exploration Team toward its planned base near the Land of Waves and arranged for an Anbu squad to accompany them.
• Tsunade and Beizawa discussed Kirigakure’s Chojuro and Hozuki Suigetsu, and Tsunade accepted Beizawa’s bet that Konoha would win all five matches.
• Mei Terumi gave Chojuro and Hozuki Suigetsu ninja swords ahead of the exchange, while Ao reported rumors about Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha that Mei dismissed as false intelligence.
• At the exchange, Ao drew Naruto Uzumaki’s name for the first match, and Beizawa drew Chojuro’s.

Naruto Uzumaki defeated Chojuro in the first Genin exchange match with his Shadow Clones and powerful techniques, and Yakumo Kurama beat May with her Genjutsu Kekkei Genkai. Kirigakure fell behind two matches to none, and Ao drew Sasuke Uchiha as Hozuki Suigetsu’s next opponent.

• Beizawa announced Naruto Uzumaki and Chojuro as the first match, and Naruto threw Samehada aside before overwhelming Chojuro with Shadow Clones and a series of attacks.
• Chojuro unleashed Twin Swords: Hiramekarei, but Naruto’s Rasengan and coordinated Shadow Clone assault forced Ao to rescue him and stop the match; Beizawa declared Naruto the winner.
• Beizawa drew Yakumo Kurama to face May, who lost control of her Water Style after Yakumo used her Genjutsu Kekkei Genkai; Beizawa declared Yakumo the winner.
• Ao drew Sasuke Uchiha as Hozuki Suigetsu’s opponent, leaving Kirigakure facing its third match after two defeats.

Sasuke Uchiha defeated Hozuki Suigetsu, and Hinata Hyuga and Neji Hyuga also won their matches, completing Konoha’s sweep of Kirigakure in the Genin Exchange Tournament. Mei Terumi left with the Kirigakure delegation, worried about the gap between the villages.

• Ao warned Hozuki Suigetsu to watch out for Sasuke Uchiha’s Sharingan before the third match began.
• Sasuke Uchiha used his Two Tomoe Sharingan and the Sword of the Thunder God to counter Kabutowari and defeat Hozuki Suigetsu.
• Hinata Hyuga defeated Miyamoto Kai with Gentle Fist: Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms.
• Neji Hyuga won the final sparring match, sealing Konoha’s sweep of all five tournament matches.
• Mei Terumi said goodbye to Tsunade and led the worried Kirigakure delegation away from the Ninja Academy.

After Konoha won the Genin exchange meet, Beizawa received his mission reward, gave Tsunade a necklace, and trained his students before preparing for a mission in the Land of Waves. After reading Yamato’s report about Gato, Beizawa took Konan with him to the Land of Waves.

• Tsunade praised Sasuke Uchiha and the other four winners, awarded each a choice of B-rank Ninjutsu, and gave the Genius Class two days off.
• Beizawa learned that his mission to make Kirigakure lose five consecutive matches was complete and received 10% Byakugan Purity.
• Beizawa gave Tsunade a necklace, and she thanked him with an embrace before he left for Konoha Hospital.
• Beizawa trained Ino Yamanaka in Demonic Illusion: Tree Binding Death and later brought the students to a barbecue, where Sasuke Uchiha won their cooking contest.
• Beizawa read Yamato’s report that Gato had bribed officials in the Land of Water, then left for the Land of Waves with Konan.

Beizawa took Ino Yamanaka, Tenten, and Kiba Inuzuka to the Land of Waves for an infiltration and intelligence-gathering mission while he helped the Aburame Clan’s Underwater Exploration Team search the seabed. The students found Gato’s archives but triggered an alarm, and the chapter ended with them fighting his guards as Kurenai Yuhi spotted Gato.

• Beizawa left Konoha with Ino Yamanaka, Tenten, Kiba Inuzuka, and Kurenai Yuhi, then assigned the students to find Gato and retrieve Kado Shipping Company’s employee records.
• Tenten summoned her ninja hound Yueyue, and the group used her scent-tracking ability to locate Gato’s archives in his estate.
• Beizawa parted the seawater to help Aburame Muta and the Underwater Exploration Team search the seabed, surprising the Aburame ninja and Konan.
• Kiba Inuzuka triggered an alarm while reaching for the records, alerting Gato’s guards and forcing the students to fight their way out.
• Tenten summoned Hell's Three-Headed Hound, and she, Ino Yamanaka, and Kiba Inuzuka struck the guards with a coordinated assault.
• Kurenai Yuhi watched the students handle the fight and spotted Gato nearby.

Beizawa discovered seabed mineral deposits and planned to turn Gato's Shipping Company into a profitable, legitimate business for Konoha. After hearing Beizawa's plans, Tsunade approved the venture, which would also help gather intelligence on the Land of Water and Kirigakure.

• Aburame Muta's Kikaichū found an underwater ore deposit, and Beizawa arranged for an Earth Style Squad to build a passage for mining.
• Kurenai Yuhi reported that her team had captured Gato after Kiba Inuzuka triggered an alarm trap, and Beizawa ordered Kiba to retake trap lessons.
• Beizawa used Crow's Sharingan to control Gato and outlined reforms for his shipping company, including ending contraband smuggling, building processing factories, and expanding shipping operations.
• Beizawa left Crow's team to monitor Gato and assist the Underwater Exploration Team, then returned to Konoha with Kurenai Yuhi, Ino Yamanaka, Kiba Inuzuka, and Tenten.
• Beizawa taught Kurenai Yuhi the Self-Exerting Curse Binding Seal, and Ino Yamanaka completed the mission report before the team returned to Konoha.
• Beizawa told Tsunade that Gato's Shipping Company could earn money and gather intelligence, and Tsunade agreed to the plan.

Beizawa advanced Konoha’s mining and shipping ventures while studying the Great Fireball Technique and treating Nagato’s damaged legs. By the chapter’s end, mining had begun, Kado’s Shipping Company had built an ore processing plant, and Naruto Uzumaki had taken first place in the Genius Class’s monthly combat exam.

• Beizawa explained Kado’s Shipping Company reforms to Tsunade, agreed on their profit shares, and asked her to send Earth Release ninjas to help mine an underwater mineral deposit.
• Tsunade gave Beizawa the scroll for Creation Rebirth: Hundred Healings Technique, and Beizawa ordered available Earth Release ninjas to join the Underwater Exploration Team.
• After Hiruzen Sarutobi and the students returned from a mission to Sunagakure, Beizawa studied the Great Fireball Technique under Hiruzen while his Shadow Clones taught medical ninjas.
• Konan returned to Amegakure, told Deva Path Pain that mining could support the Akatsuki Organization alongside bounty work, and gained his agreement to have Kakuzu mine any discovered deposits.
• Konan brought Beizawa’s Shadow Clone to examine Nagato’s legs, and Beizawa prepared a more expensive second-stage prescription after learning they had improved.
• Naruto Uzumaki took first place in the Genius Class’s monthly combat exam, while Konoha’s underwater mining began and Kado’s Shipping Company built an ore processing plant in the Land of Waves.

Beizawa watched Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki spar after Sasuke challenged Naruto with his newly learned Lightning Style: Chidori, but Naruto won after their strongest techniques collided. Beizawa offered to teach Sasuke and Kakashi Hatake Chidori Stream, and accepted a new mission to teach them the technique in exchange for Lightning Style: Kirin.

• Beizawa taught Karin the Four Limbs Heavy Seal and received the completed mission reward, Lightning Style: False Darkness.
• Sasuke Uchiha challenged Naruto Uzumaki, and the Genius Class students gathered to watch their spar.
• Sasuke used Lightning Style: Chidori, but Naruto countered with Shadow Clones, Wind Release, and Samehada as they exchanged attacks.
• Beizawa stopped the collision between Naruto’s Rasengan and Sasuke’s Chidori, then declared Naruto the victor and treated Sasuke’s injured arm.
• Beizawa explained that Chidori was suited to surprise attacks and offered to teach Sasuke Chidori Stream to help defend against the Rasengan.
• Beizawa accepted the system mission to teach Kakashi Hatake and Sasuke Uchiha Chidori Stream, with Lightning Style: Kirin as the reward.

Beizawa arranged for the Hyuga Clan to help produce jewelry from the Land of Waves mine, learned a memory-extraction ninjutsu, and asked Konan to help locate Orochimaru. As the Genius Class’s final exams approached, he chose Hinata Hyuga, Shino Aburame, and Shikamaru Nara for his team.

• Beizawa demonstrated Lightning Style: Chidori Stream to Kakashi Hatake and Sasuke Uchiha, then left Kakashi to teach Sasuke after Sasuke failed to maintain the technique.
• Crow delivered news that the Land of Waves mine was ready for its next stage, and Beizawa arranged for eight Hyuga Clan ninja to process jewelry using their Byakugan.
• Beizawa obtained the B-rank Ninja Art: Vision of Memory from Tsunade and began studying it.
• Konan brought Beizawa the Akatsuki Organization’s collected medicinal ingredients, and Beizawa asked her to help find Orochimaru in return for Konoha’s assistance.
• Eight Hyuga Clan ninja departed for the Land of Waves, and Beizawa chose Hinata Hyuga, Shino Aburame, and Shikamaru Nara as his team for the upcoming final exam.

Beizawa assigned the final exam teams, trained Kiba Inuzuka in Earth Style, and began planning a trip to Iwagakure with Konan to obtain Rock Green Powder. The chapter ended with Beizawa and Kurenai Yuhi choosing an escort mission in the Land of Earth for their students.

• Beizawa announced the final exam teams, placing Hinata Hyuga, Shino Aburame, and Shikamaru Nara under his leadership.
• Beizawa taught Kiba Inuzuka the basics of Earth Style Chakra Nature Transformation as preparation for learning Earth Fang Bullet.
• Beizawa considered developing an Ice Style technique for Haku and planned to write instructions for Ice Rock Dome Wall.
• An Anbu ninja reported that Rock Green Powder could not be purchased, and Beizawa learned it originated in the mountains near Iwagakure.
• Beizawa asked Konan to accompany him to Iwagakure, while Kurenai Yuhi would take the students on a mission nearby.
• Beizawa and Kurenai Yuhi selected an escort mission in the Land of Earth.

Beizawa escorted a caravan into the Land of Earth and secretly arranged for an Iwagakure squad from the Jōtsūryū Clan to attack Shino Aburame. As Kurenai Yuhi fought their Queen Bee, Shino, Hinata Hyuga, and Shikamaru Nara moved to confront the three hidden clan members.

• Beizawa led Hinata Hyuga, Shino Aburame, Shikamaru Nara, and Kurenai Yuhi on a caravan escort mission through the Land of Grass and into the Land of Earth.
• Beizawa used Shadow Clones to locate three Jōtsūryū Clan ninja—Suzumebachi, Kurobachi, and Jibachi—and chose them to test his students.
• After the mission ended, Beizawa stayed behind while Kurenai Yuhi led the students onward, and Konan appeared to wait for him.
• The Jōtsūryū Clan ninja ambushed Kurenai Yuhi's group with their Queen Bee, and Kurenai struck its giant stinger away while Shino used insects to counter the bee swarm.
• Hinata Hyuga located the three attackers, and Kurenai Yuhi sent Shino Aburame, Hinata Hyuga, and Shikamaru Nara to confront them while she fought the Queen Bee.
• Suzumebachi left the rock and moved to attack Shino Aburame.

Hinata Hyuga, Shino Aburame, and Shikamaru Nara fought the Jōtsūryū Clan’s three ninja until Beizawa arrived and rescued them. After rewarding the team, Beizawa left with Konan to search the mountains near Iwagakure for Rock Green Powder.

• Suzumebachi and Kurobachi trapped Shikamaru Nara with beeswax while Jibachi seized him, forcing Shino Aburame to halt his attack.
• Shino Aburame used insects to weaken Suzumebachi and relieve pressure on Hinata Hyuga, but Jibachi threatened Shikamaru Nara and demanded Shino take his place.
• Beizawa appeared, killed Jibachi and Kurobachi, and ordered Shino Aburame to finish Suzumebachi.
• Beizawa praised the team, gave Shino Aburame and Hinata Hyuga perfect scores, and awarded Shikamaru Nara ninety-one points for not betraying his teammates.
• Beizawa left Kurenai Yuhi and the students, then traveled with Konan toward Iwagakure to search for Rock Green Powder.

Beizawa stole Rock Green Powder from Iwagakure and fought Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki until Konan arrived, then escaped with her. After returning to Konoha, he collected the reward for completing his mission and reunited with Kurenai Yuhi, who reported that Shikamaru Nara had become more proactive.

• Beizawa used genjutsu to incapacitate two Iwagakure ninja and stored the rock bearing the still-immature Rock Green Powder in a scroll.
• Ōnoki confronted Beizawa, who accepted a mission to stall for time and unleashed a powerful Water Style technique to draw Konan to him.
• Beizawa battled Ōnoki with several techniques, gained the upper hand, and escaped when Konan carried him into the air.
• Ōnoki protected Kurotsuchi and the other Iwagakure ninja from Beizawa's Hurricane Water Vortex Technique, then told Kitsuchi that Beizawa had taken the Rock Green Powder.
• Konan and Beizawa agreed that she would owe him two commissions for the Rock Green Powder and Blood-Increasing Grass, then returned to Konoha together.
• Beizawa returned home, heard from Kurenai Yuhi that Shikamaru Nara had been more active on their journey, and received a scroll of bee-control ninjutsu from the Jōtsūryū Clan ninja analysis.

Beizawa taught Shikamaru Nara, oversaw the Genius Class’s final exams, and helped Hinata Hyuga take first place overall. He gave Tsunade a birthday necklace and shared a kiss with her, then learned Orochimaru was in the Hidden Sound Village and planned to capture him alive.

• Beizawa taught Shikamaru Nara the Konoha Body Flicker Technique, and Shikamaru later earned first place in the written exam.
• Beizawa announced the final exam rankings, with Hinata Hyuga taking first place overall after tying for first in the Combat Exam.
• Beizawa gave Tsunade the Heart of the Ocean necklace for her birthday and arranged to accompany her to the Metropolis of the Land of Fire.
• Konan told Beizawa that Orochimaru was in the Hidden Sound Village, and Beizawa accepted a mission to capture him alive.
• Beizawa celebrated Tsunade’s birthday with her friends and colleagues, then kissed Tsunade after helping her to bed.

Beizawa and Tsunade traveled to the Metropolis of the Land of Fire, where they arranged for Lady Daimyo to promote and auction a beautiful necklace. During the journey, they planned a covert operation to capture Orochimaru after learning he had founded Hidden Sound Village, and the chapter ended with Lady Daimyo agreeing to help.

• Beizawa woke Tsunade, made her ramen, and traveled with her toward the Metropolis of the Land of Fire.
• Beizawa told Tsunade that Orochimaru had founded Hidden Sound Village, and they planned to investigate it before organizing a capture operation.
• Tsunade agreed that Beizawa should scout Hidden Sound Village and discussed using the Hyuga Clan, the Uchiha Clan, and the Sealing Team to help catch Orochimaru.
• Beizawa and Tsunade spent the night camping together and continued their journey the next day.
• Tsunade and Beizawa met Lady Daimyo and asked her to wear the necklace and host an auction for it.
• Lady Daimyo accepted Tsunade's necklace and agreed to promote it at high-society venues and provide a place for the auction.

Beizawa and Tsunade auctioned a necklace for eighty million ryo in the Metropolis of the Land of Fire, then returned to Konoha, where Beizawa received a Master Level Yang Release reward and began teaching Naruto Uzumaki swordsmanship. After arranging the jewelry business and preparing to visit Hidden Sound Village, Beizawa left Konan shocked by the auction’s enormous price and considering a trip to the metropolis.

• Tsunade and Beizawa held a necklace auction at the Daimyo's residence, where the necklace sold for eighty million ryo.
• Tsunade lost her eight-million-ryo share at the casino, and she and Beizawa returned to Konoha the next day.
• Beizawa reunited with Kurenai Yuhi, then received the Master Level Yang Release Chakra Nature Transformation reward after five medical ninja learned Limb Regeneration.
• Beizawa told Naruto Uzumaki to pause Wind Release training and learn the Konoha-Style Sword Technique with Samehada.
• Beizawa arranged for Rina Uzumaki to open Konoha's Heart of the Ocean Jewelry Store and asked Hyuga Hiashi to send twelve people to the metropolis branch.
• Konan read about the eighty-million-ryo auction in an Anbu document and decided to visit the Metropolis of the Land of Fire to see the necklace.

Beizawa infiltrated Hidden Sound Village, gathered intelligence on Orochimaru and identified Kimimaro Kaguya as a candidate for Konoha’s Genius Class. He arranged a Saturday operation against Orochimaru and recruited the Akatsuki Organization’s Konan as a business client, then the chapter ended as an unusually large force of Konoha Jonin gathered in the Forest of Death.

• Beizawa disguised himself as Kiri Fuma, entered Hidden Sound Village, and investigated Orochimaru’s facilities, the Fuma Clan, Kimimaro Kaguya, and Guren.
• Beizawa reported his findings to Tsunade, who scheduled an operation against Hidden Sound Village for Saturday and assigned him to notify the forces.
• Beizawa proposed recruiting Kimimaro Kaguya for the Genius Class and researching his Bloodline Limit Disease, and Tsunade approved the plan.
• Konan asked Beizawa to become an Akatsuki Organization consultant for its silver-jewelry business, and he agreed in exchange for payment or commissioned missions.
• Beizawa ordered Hyuga Hiashi and Fugaku Uchiha to assemble Byakugan and Sharingan squads, then notified other powerful Jonin to join the operation.
• On Saturday morning, a large group of Konoha Jonin gathered in the Forest of Death and wondered why the lineup was so extravagant.