Chapter Summaries

Tsunade and Beizawa led Konoha’s forces in a secret assault on the Hidden Sound Village and fought Orochimaru. After Orochimaru transformed into the Eight Branches Serpent and broke through the sealing barrier, Beizawa overwhelmed him with powerful ninjutsu and began layering Sealing Jutsu onto his weakened body.

• Tsunade ordered Konoha’s forces to surround the Hidden Sound Village and capture Orochimaru, while Fugaku Uchiha subdued the Fuma Clan ninjas nearby.
• Tsunade, Beizawa, and their allies entered the village and battled Orochimaru, who summoned Manda and used snakes and ninjutsu to resist them.
• Beizawa and Tsunade drove Orochimaru into using the Eight Branches Technique, transforming him into a massive eight-headed serpent that shattered the Four Violet Flames Formation.
• Beizawa used Senju Chakra Mode to strike Orochimaru with the Hurricane Water Vortex Technique, Kirin, and a combined five-release Great Fireball Technique, leaving him charred and weakened.
• Beizawa rushed to Orochimaru and applied Fire Style: Great Heavenly Prison and several other Sealing Jutsu to restrain him.

Tsunade struck a deal to bring the captured Orochimaru back to Konoha under strict supervision, while Beizawa took charge of the Hidden Sound Village and recruited its talented ninja for Konoha's Academy. After gaining the Eight-Branches Technique, Beizawa challenged Tayuya, Kimimaro Kaguya, and Jugo, and Tayuya's challenge triggered a new mission.

• Tsunade agreed to spare Orochimaru in exchange for his research and ordered Hiruzen Sarutobi to watch him, while Beizawa revealed the Heaven Cursed Seal could serve as a resurrection medium.
• Orochimaru secured the Hidden Sound Village ninja's cooperation, and Tsunade took him and the Uchiha Clan ninja back to Konoha while leaving Beizawa in command.
• Beizawa received the Eight-Branches Technique as his mission reward and reviewed Guren's roster of Hidden Sound Village ninja.
• Beizawa summoned Kimimaro Kaguya, Tayuya, and Jugo and told them to attend Konoha's Ninja Academy, claiming Orochimaru had requested it.
• Tayuya declared she would rescue Orochimaru, triggering Beizawa's mission to defeat her, and she urged Kimimaro Kaguya to join her challenge.

Beizawa defeated Kimimaro Kaguya, Tayuya, and Jugo, recruited them into Konoha’s Genius Class, and brought them to the Konoha Orphanage. He also ordered Guren to capture Uchiha Shin and send him and Orochimaru’s equipment to Konoha, leaving Kabuto Yakushi to arrange the newcomers’ accommodations.

• Kimimaro Kaguya, Tayuya, and Jugo challenged Beizawa, who defeated them and completed system missions that awarded him Shikotsumyaku, a sound-based genjutsu, and the Earth Cursed Seal.
• Beizawa treated Kimimaro Kaguya and told the three newcomers they qualified for Konoha’s Genius Class, then accepted a mission tied to Tayuya’s performance in its next Combat Exam.
• Beizawa ordered Guren to capture Uchiha Shin and bring him and Orochimaru’s experimental equipment to Konoha.
• Beizawa returned to Konoha with Kimimaro Kaguya, Tayuya, and Jugo, then took them to the Konoha Orphanage.
• Beizawa summoned Kabuto Yakushi and ordered him to arrange accommodations for the three newcomers.

Beizawa helped Kimimaro Kaguya, Tayuya, and Jugo settle in Konoha, then joined Tsunade, Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Hiruzen Sarutobi for a reunion dinner. A system mission tasked him with forming the new Konoha Sannin, and after summer vacation ended, he returned to teaching at the Ninja Academy.

• Beizawa made Tayuya, Kimimaro Kaguya, and Jugo call him teacher, then asked Kabuto Yakushi to show them around Konoha.
• Beizawa and Tsunade reviewed Orochimaru's research and agreed to pursue organ cloning and improve the cursed seals while forbidding human cloning.
• Beizawa joined Tsunade, Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Hiruzen Sarutobi for dinner, where they discussed Orochimaru's return and the possibility of a new Konoha Sannin.
• Beizawa received and accepted a system mission to form the new Konoha Sannin, with Sage Art Wood Style: True Several Thousand Hands as its reward.
• After Tsunade got drunk, Beizawa carried her home, and he resumed training and teaching when summer vacation ended.

Beizawa brought Kimimaro Kaguya, Tayuya, Jugo, and Haku into the Genius Class as transfer students and arranged their introductions and seats. As the new students met their classmates and learned about the upcoming Combat Exam, Tayuya confidently claimed she would place in the top three, unaware that the class had already mastered many ninjutsu.

• Beizawa practiced Wood Style: Silent Killing Bind and headed to the Ninja Academy with the four transfer students.
• Hana Inuzuka recognized Haku as a boy from the Land of Water with Ice Style, and the class speculated about the newcomers’ strength.
• Haku, Jugo, Tayuya, and Kimimaro Kaguya introduced themselves and took seats beside Kiba, Shino, Naruto, and Neji, respectively.
• After Beizawa left, Ino Yamanaka shared snacks with the transfer students, and she explained how the Combat Exam would determine teams for missions.
• Tayuya said she knew B-rank genjutsu and could summon three Wrathful Demons, then declared she would place in the top three.
• Kimimaro Kaguya realized the Genius Class students had mastered many ninjutsu, while Haku trusted Beizawa’s students and did not underestimate them.

Beizawa arranged support for the Akatsuki Organization’s jewelry business, helped Tsunade and Kabuto, and welcomed Orochimaru’s former subordinates into Konoha’s Genius Class. He began giving Tayuya individualized training and demonstrated a B-rank sound genjutsu, leaving her stunned by the class’s considerate teaching.

• Konan discussed the Akatsuki Organization’s silver-processing plant and possible jewelry stores with Beizawa, who suggested using large Summoning Beasts to transport goods.
• Beizawa asked Itachi Uchiha to locate Summoning Island in the Land of Sea without alerting its residents, then gave Tsunade eight hundred thousand ryo and asked her to place Kabuto with Orochimaru as a laboratory assistant.
• Tsunade let Beizawa take over her Hokage duties, kissed his forehead for luck, and went to the casino.
• Beizawa arranged private theory lessons for Tayuya, Kimimaro Kaguya, Jugo, and Haku, then asked Hiruzen Sarutobi, Maruboshi Kosuke, and Kakashi Hatake to keep an eye on the new students.
• Beizawa announced a Combat Exam for the Genius Class and began individualized training for Kimimaro Kaguya, Tayuya, and Jugo.
• Beizawa used Tayuya’s bamboo flute to demonstrate the B-rank genjutsu Demon Flute: Demonic Sound Binding, then summoned a Shadow Clone to teach her.

Beizawa arranged training for Jugo and took Kimimaro Kaguya to Konoha Hospital, where doctors found his Shikotsumyaku-related Bloodline Limit Disease in its early stages. After accepting missions involving the Earth Cursed Seal and Sasuke Uchiha’s Sharingan, Beizawa taught Sasuke a new long-range Lightning Style technique.

• Beizawa proposed modifying Jugo’s Earth Cursed Seal with layered restrictions so Jugo could use it without losing control, then had a Shadow Clone teach him Konoha Style Taijutsu.
• Beizawa brought Kimimaro Kaguya to Konoha Hospital, where Yakushi Nonō and Tsunade’s team confirmed he had early-stage Bloodline Limit Disease caused by overusing Shikotsumyaku.
• Tsunade began planning treatment, and Beizawa told Kimimaro Kaguya to limit his Shikotsumyaku use while recovering.
• Beizawa accepted missions to keep Kimimaro Kaguya out of the Combat Exam’s top three and help Sasuke Uchiha awaken the Three Tomoe Sharingan.
• Beizawa demonstrated Lightning Style: Chidori Senbon to Sasuke Uchiha, who welcomed the new long-range technique.

Beizawa trained his students, arranged special preparation for Sasuke Uchiha, and grew closer to Konan and Kurenai Yuhi. After treating Tayuya and the others to ice cream, he returned home and shared a private moment with Kurenai Yuhi.

• Beizawa taught Sasuke Uchiha Lightning Style: Chidori Senbon, trained in the Hundred Healings Technique, and arranged for Kakashi Hatake to give Sasuke special training against Kimimaro Kaguya.
• Beizawa gave Kimimaro Kaguya, Jugo, and Tayuya lunch with the Genius Class, then welcomed them into the group’s meal and reminded them about future lunch breaks.
• Konan studied Beizawa’s economic materials while he rested with his head on her lap, and she calmly reminded him when it was time to return to class.
• Beizawa asked Kimimaro Kaguya, Tayuya, Jugo, and Haku about their first theory class, then bought them ice cream and preserved vanilla ice cream for Kurenai Yuhi with Haku’s Ice Style.
• At home, Kurenai Yuhi told Beizawa she intended to master the Self-Exerting Curse Binding Seal, and Beizawa gave her the preserved ice cream before kissing her.

Beizawa completed Tsunade's Hundred Healings Technique and used the Genius Class exams to keep Kimimaro Kaguya out of the top three. The Combat Exam began with Hinata Hyuga defeating Tayuya in a single exchange.

• Beizawa mastered Ninjutsu: Creation Rebirth: Hundred Healings Technique, and Konan learned that Nagato could soon receive Limb Regeneration treatment.
• Tayuya discovered that theory scores counted toward the rankings, struggled through the exam, and finished second from last while Shikamaru Nara and Sakura Haruno took first and second.
• Beizawa rigged the Combat Exam draw to prevent Kimimaro Kaguya from placing in the top three, then announced Tayuya would face Hinata Hyuga first.
• Hinata Hyuga struck Tayuya's bamboo flute with Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm and sealed her chakra points with Gentle Fist: Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms, defeating her immediately.

Hinata Hyuga, Sakura Haruno, Shino Aburame, and Rock Lee won their first-round spars against Tayuya, Ino Yamanaka, Kiba Inuzuka, and Jugo. The chapter ended as Naruto Uzumaki and Kimimaro Kaguya entered the arena for their match, with Tayuya counting on Kimimaro to win.

• Hinata Hyuga defeated Tayuya quickly with the Gentle Fist, leaving Tayuya frustrated and questioning her strength.
• Sakura Haruno defeated Ino Yamanaka after countering her illusions and using Water Style techniques.
• Shino Aburame overwhelmed Kiba Inuzuka with his Kikaichū, and Kiba conceded.
• Rock Lee defeated Jugo, who chose not to use Sage Transformation and said he liked the Genius Class.
• Naruto Uzumaki and Kimimaro Kaguya were called for the next match, and Neji Hyuga warned Naruto about the Shikotsumyaku.

Naruto Uzumaki battled Kimimaro Kaguya, overwhelming him with Shadow Clones, Taijutsu, Samehada, and Wind Release attacks. Samehada drained Kimimaro Kaguya’s Chakra and forced him out of Earth Cursed Seal: Stage Two, and Beizawa intervened to stop the storm and ordered Samehada to return the Chakra.

• Naruto Uzumaki used over a hundred Shadow Clones to surround Kimimaro Kaguya, but Kimimaro fought back with Shikotsumyaku and his bone techniques.
• Naruto Uzumaki kicked Kimimaro Kaguya away, then summoned Samehada and used it to overpower him in close combat.
• Kimimaro Kaguya activated Earth Cursed Seal: Stage One and then Stage Two as Naruto Uzumaki attacked with a storm of wind and Wind Style: Shuriken.
• Samehada bit Kimimaro Kaguya from behind and drained his Chakra, forcing him to deactivate Earth Cursed Seal: Stage Two.
• Beizawa blocked the wind and shuriken with an Earth Wall, then ordered Samehada to return Kimimaro Kaguya’s Chakra.

Naruto Uzumaki defeated Kimimaro Kaguya in their spar, and Sasuke Uchiha and Yakumo Kurama each won their matches in the first round. The second round began with Yakumo trapping Kimimaro in her genjutsu almost immediately, leaving Tayuya shocked by its power.

• Beizawa healed Kimimaro Kaguya after Naruto Uzumaki defeated him, and the students discussed the strengths of their new classmates.
• Sasuke Uchiha defeated Hana Inuzuka with the Sword of the Thunder God and Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique, prompting Hana to concede.
• Choji Akimichi used Expansion Jutsu and Human Boulder against Yakumo Kurama, but she trapped him in Demonic Illusion: Nightmare and won.
• The first round continued through all seventeen spars, leaving Kimimaro Kaguya, Jugo, and Tayuya impressed by the Genius Class.
• Beizawa began the second round by pairing Yakumo Kurama against Kimimaro Kaguya.
• Kimimaro Kaguya charged at Yakumo, but she caught him in Demonic Illusion: Nightmare before he could reach her.

Yakumo Kurama defeated Kimimaro Kaguya with genjutsu, while Sasuke Uchiha beat Sakura Haruno and Shino Aburame defeated Tayuya using the Jōtsūryū Clan’s bees. The third round began with Sasuke facing Kimimaro, and Sasuke opened with genjutsu before promising to defeat him head-on.

• Yakumo Kurama defeated Kimimaro Kaguya by trapping him in genjutsu, leaving him stunned after his second consecutive loss.
• Sasuke Uchiha defeated Sakura Haruno after countering her Water Style attacks and stopping his sword at her neck.
• Tayuya summoned three Wrathful Demons, but Shino Aburame used the Queen Bee and beeswax to immobilize them and make her surrender.
• Beizawa announced sixteen students had advanced to the third round, then drew Kimimaro Kaguya against Sasuke Uchiha for the first match.
• Sasuke Uchiha trapped Kimimaro Kaguya in Genjutsu: Firefly, then declared he would win the rest of the fight without genjutsu.

Sasuke Uchiha defeated Kimimaro Kaguya in their spar by using his Sharingan, ninjutsu, and Lightning Style: Chidori Stream. Beizawa accepted a mission to help Kimimaro take first place in a Combat Exam, then arranged the next match between Tayuya and Naruto Uzumaki.

• Kimimaro Kaguya used his Earth Cursed Seal and Shikotsumyaku attacks, but Sasuke Uchiha countered with his Sharingan, swordsmanship, and ranged ninjutsu.
• Sasuke Uchiha overwhelmed Kimimaro Kaguya with Lightning Style: Chidori Stream, and Beizawa declared him the winner and treated Kimimaro's injuries.
• Beizawa encouraged Kimimaro Kaguya, accepted a system mission to help him take first place in a Combat Exam, and decided to use missions as a new exam format.
• Beizawa drew the next match as Tayuya versus Naruto Uzumaki, leaving Tayuya stunned by her opponent.

Naruto Uzumaki defeated Tayuya, and Neji Hyuga defeated Tenten as the third round of the Combat Exam concluded. Sasuke Uchiha challenged Naruto, and their battle ended with Naruto blasted away while Samehada drained most of Sasuke’s Chakra, leaving Sasuke unable to rise.

• Naruto Uzumaki overwhelmed Tayuya’s three Wrathful Demons with his Shadow Clones, and Tayuya surrendered.
• Neji Hyuga identified Tenten among her Shadow Clones, defeated her, and helped her to her feet after she surrendered.
• Yakumo Kurama defeated Hana Inuzuka, ending the third round, and Beizawa announced a ten-minute break before the rankings and groups were revealed.
• Sasuke Uchiha challenged Naruto Uzumaki, and Beizawa allowed them to fight while their classmates and the teachers watched.
• Sasuke and Naruto exchanged attacks with their weapons, Shadow Clones, and Lightning and Wind Style techniques, then clashed with Chidori and Rasengan.
• Naruto’s Chidori Stream engulfed Naruto, but Samehada bit Sasuke and absorbed most of his Chakra, leaving Sasuke collapsed and unable to rise.

Naruto Uzumaki won the spar against Sasuke Uchiha, and Beizawa announced the Genius Class’s Combat Exam and theory exam rankings. As the students awaited their mission assignments, Beizawa planned a trip to Summoning Island and received rewards for completing two missions.

• Naruto Uzumaki defeated Sasuke Uchiha, and Beizawa treated Sasuke’s injuries.
• Beizawa announced the Combat Exam rankings, with Naruto Uzumaki first, Yakumo Kurama second, Sasuke Uchiha third, and Tayuya tenth.
• Beizawa announced the theory exam rankings, with Shikamaru Nara first, Sakura Haruno second, and Sasuke Uchiha third.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Maruboshi Kosuke, and Kakashi Hatake agreed to lead teams, while Beizawa began planning the mission assignments.
• Beizawa planned to take Tenten, Tayuya, Choji Akimichi, and Karin to Summoning Island in the Land of Sea.
• Beizawa received the Four Violet Flames Formation and another 20% of Shikotsumyaku after completing two missions.

Beizawa assigned the Genius Class students to six teams for their upcoming missions, then reviewed intelligence about a Konoha prisoner’s suspicious death at Hozuki Castle. He planned to send Itachi Uchiha to investigate the Box of Paradise before intervening himself.

• Beizawa announced six teams for the monthly missions, including Naruto Uzumaki, Sakura Haruno, and Rock Lee on Kakashi Hatake’s team.
• Beizawa discussed the next day’s Land of Sea mission with Kurenai Yuhi and promised they would try their Compound Ninjutsu.
• Beizawa reviewed a report that a Konoha prisoner had died at Hozuki Castle and suspected Mui had drained the prisoner’s Chakra for the Box of Paradise.
• Beizawa received a system mission to defeat Mū and decided to have Itachi Uchiha lead an Anbu investigation of Hozuki Castle.

Beizawa planned a mission to investigate the Land of Sea’s Ultimate Summoning Beast while considering new training for Ino Yamanaka and Hinata Hyuga. He devised a possible Yin Release bow for Hinata, then led a group of students and Karin toward Summoning Island.

• Beizawa told Tsunade that he planned to take his students to the Land of Sea after Anbu discovered its research into an Ultimate Summoning Beast, but Tsunade fell asleep before discussing it further.
• Ino Yamanaka asked Beizawa for special training to defeat Sakura Haruno, while Hinata Hyuga sought his guidance for the next Monthly Exam; Beizawa scheduled training for the following week.
• Beizawa considered making Yin Release bows for Hinata Hyuga and Neji Hyuga using the Box of Paradise as a possible source of power, and the system assigned him a mission to forge two bows.
• Beizawa gathered Tenten, Choji Akimichi, Tayuya, Karin, and Kurenai Yuhi for a mission to Summoning Island in the Land of Sea.
• Tenten and Tayuya grew interested in finding Summoning Beasts, and Beizawa told them they could form contracts with any suitable ones they encountered.

Beizawa traveled to Summoning Island with his team, recruited Honoka Uzumaki to join Konoha, and revealed the island’s failed Ultimate Summoning Beast experiment. The team fought the rampaging beast, and Beizawa’s Kirin struck it down.

• Beizawa and his team reached Summoning Island, where Tayuya used sound-based genjutsu to stop a giant porcupine.
• Beizawa entered the research base, found Honoka Uzumaki, and persuaded her to meet Karin by revealing that other Uzumaki Clan members lived in Konoha.
• Honoka met Karin, and Beizawa explained that Naruto Uzumaki’s mother was Kushina Uzumaki.
• The Ultimate Summoning Beast broke out of the research base and attacked, so Kurenai Yuhi sent Tayuya, Tenten, and Choji Akimichi to fight it.
• Tenten summoned the Great Lizard of Kubizaki, which joined the Wrathful Demons and Choji in overwhelming the beast.
• Beizawa and Kurenai Yuhi struck the weakened Ultimate Summoning Beast with their Hurricane Water Vortex Technique, then Beizawa finished it with Kirin.

Beizawa returned to Konoha with Honoka Uzumaki, helped her join the Finance Department, and obtained the Eight-Branches Technique from Tsunade. At the Ninja Academy, he taught Ino Yamanaka a new Yin Release jutsu and assigned Hinata Hyuga archery practice.

• Tenten found a giant eagle Summoning Beast named Niannian before Tayuya could find one, and Beizawa arranged for Gato's company to search for a large clam Summoning Beast.
• Honoka Uzumaki chose to move to Konoha, where Tsunade welcomed her and Rina Uzumaki took her to join the Finance Department.
• Beizawa asked Tsunade for the Eight-Branches Technique, and she gave him its ninjutsu scroll.
• Beizawa demonstrated Ninja Art: Mind Butterfly to Ino Yamanaka and began teaching it to her.
• Beizawa gave Hinata Hyuga a bow and arrows and told her to practice archery for an hour each day.