Chapter Summaries

Beizawa recruited Kurenai Yuhi and Chen Baojun as new Genius Class teachers, then helped Konan plan a silver jewelry business in the Land of Rain. After Chen Baojun impressed the students with his taijutsu, Sasuke Uchiha placed first in the monthly rankings again, and Beizawa considered involving Itachi Uchiha when Sasuke used the Box of Paradise.

• Beizawa decided to recruit Kurenai Yuhi and Chen Baojun to teach the Genius Class, while arranging for Konan to focus the Land of Rain's silver jewelry business on ordinary customers.
• Beizawa found Chen Baojun near his grave and persuaded him to teach at the Ninja Academy for a month, giving him a chance to pass on his taijutsu and help his granddaughter Asami enter the Genius Class.
• Beizawa gave Konan silver jewelry designs and introduced Kurenai Yuhi and Chen Baojun as new teachers to the Genius Class.
• Chen Baojun defeated Rock Lee with Konoha Gale and used Konoha Dragon God to destroy Naruto Uzumaki's Shadow Clones, earning the students' respect.
• Sasuke Uchiha took first place again in the monthly rankings, and Beizawa considered bringing Itachi Uchiha along when Sasuke used the Box of Paradise.

Beizawa completed his modified Earth Cursed Seal and revealed to Tsunade and Shizune that he had synthesized Wood Release, then began studying the Senju clan’s Wood Style techniques. After kissing Tsunade in the Hokage’s Office, he took Kimimaro Kaguya, Ino Yamanaka, and Sakura Haruno on a mission for the Monthly Exam.

• Beizawa arranged for Kakashi Hatake to change Sasuke Uchiha’s training and watched Naruto Uzumaki, Rock Lee, and the Hyuga siblings practice.
• Beizawa completed the Eightfold Earth Cursed Seal modification, received the Heaven Cursed Seal, and revealed his Wood Release to Tsunade and Shizune.
• Tsunade took Beizawa to the Senju Clan’s compound, where he found the Wood Style scrolls and accepted a mission to learn Wood Style: Forest Creation Technique.
• Tsunade told Beizawa he could learn Shikkotsu Forest’s Sage Mode after mastering Forest Creation Technique, and Beizawa kissed her before leaving the Hokage’s Office.
• Umino Iruka gave Beizawa the theory exam rankings, with Shikamaru Nara, Sakura Haruno, and Sasuke Uchiha in the top three and Kimimaro Kaguya rising to nineteenth.
• Beizawa assigned Kimimaro Kaguya, Ino Yamanaka, and Sakura Haruno to his team, then led them out of Konoha to begin their mission.

Beizawa led Kimimaro Kaguya, Ino Yamanaka, and Sakura Haruno on a mission to defeat the Iwagakure rogue ninja Shigenobu, then proposed a Cursed Seal Unit to Tsunade. Tsunade approved the plan and agreed that Mitaraishi Anko and Genma Shiranui could lead it, while Kimimaro was too young.

• Beizawa took his students to the Land of Rivers and had them ambush Shigenobu in a forest.
• Ino Yamanaka and Sakura Haruno coordinated their attacks with Kimimaro Kaguya, who used Earth Cursed Seal: Stage Two to pierce Shigenobu's Earth Wall and kill him.
• Beizawa praised the students' teamwork, gave Ino Yamanaka and Sakura Haruno the same score, and returned with them to Konoha.
• Beizawa gave Tsunade a scroll describing his improved Earth Cursed Seal, which included eight restrictions and safeguards.
• Beizawa and Tsunade discussed recruiting ninjas whose strength had reached its limits for a Cursed Seal Unit.
• Beizawa suggested Mitaraishi Anko and Genma Shiranui as leaders, and Tsunade agreed.

Shikamaru Nara took first place in the Genius Class monthly exam, while Beizawa gained new Shikotsumyaku abilities. Beizawa then recruited Mitaraishi Anko, Genma Shiranui, and others to form a Cursed Seal Unit and demonstrated his improved Eightfold Earth Cursed Seal on Jugo.

• Beizawa announced the exam results, revealing that Shikamaru Nara had earned perfect scores in both the written exam and mission performance and finished first overall.
• Sasuke Uchiha lost first place, while Kimimaro Kaguya was congratulated for ranking first in the Combat Exam.
• Beizawa received 20% Shikotsumyaku for helping Kimimaro Kaguya take first place, reaching 70% and unlocking Bone Membrane Creation and Rapid Healing.
• Beizawa took Jugo to meet Mitaraishi Anko, Genma Shiranui, Tatami Iwashi, Namiashi Raidō, Kotetsu Hagane, and Izumo Kamizuki, and told them to form a Cursed Seal Unit under Tsunade's orders.
• Beizawa explained the improved Earth Cursed Seal and appointed Mitaraishi Anko and Genma Shiranui to lead a sixty-two-member unit reporting directly to the Hokage.
• Beizawa inscribed the Eightfold Earth Cursed Seal on Jugo and tasked the unit's leaders with selecting members and submitting a list to Tsunade.

Beizawa coordinated the improved Earth Cursed Seal program, guided his students’ new training, and oversaw their birthday-planning meeting and final exams. By December, he had completed his modification of Forbidden Medical Jutsu: Body Activation, gaining Yang Release Chakra Mode and Water Style: Water Severing Wave.

• Tsunade told Beizawa that Orochimaru had improved the Earth Cursed Seal, raising its success rate ninefold and reducing failures to serious injuries, and Beizawa arranged for all one hundred candidates to undergo implantation.
• Itachi Uchiha delivered detailed information on the Box of Paradise, and Beizawa assigned Konan to notify four candidates each day to visit Orochimaru.
• Shino Aburame showed Beizawa two Wind Release Kikaichū, completed his task, and began experimenting with Lightning Style Kikaichū using Beizawa’s Raijin.
• Beizawa started Kiba Inuzuka on Earth Style: Earth Fang Bullet and gave Haku a scroll for Ice Style: Shattering Ice Crystals, while his Shadow Clones taught the students.
• Kiba Inuzuka, Ino Yamanaka, Shikamaru Nara, and the others planned Beizawa’s birthday celebration, then the Genius Class completed its final exams and Sasuke Uchiha reclaimed first place.
• Beizawa completed the modification of Forbidden Medical Jutsu: Body Activation and received Yang Release Chakra Mode and Water Style: Water Severing Wave.

Ino Yamanaka defeated Sakura Haruno in their end-of-semester spar using a feint and the Mind Butterfly technique Beizawa taught her. During winter break, Beizawa trained in Yang Release Chakra Mode and Wood Style, then celebrated his birthday with his students and friends.

• Ino Yamanaka challenged Sakura Haruno, and Beizawa announced her victory after she caught Sakura with Mind Butterfly.
• Beizawa received the Mind Transmission Technique as a mission reward, then sent the Genius Class off for winter break.
• Beizawa returned home and practiced Yang Release Chakra Mode while Kurenai Yuhi trained nearby; he used the chakra to activate her body.
• Beizawa continued training at the Ninja Academy during winter break, while Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno, and Rock Lee trained elsewhere.
• On December 21st, Hinata Hyuga, Ino Yamanaka, and the other students treated Beizawa to lunch and surprised him with a birthday cake.
• Beizawa celebrated again at dinner with Tsunade, Kurenai Yuhi, Shizune, Yakushi Nonō, Kabuto Yakushi, Izumi Uchiha, Dan Kato, and others, then helped in the kitchen.

Beizawa planned a post-New Year mission to Hozuki Castle to seize the Box of Paradise and secretly bring Kusagakure under Konoha's control. After receiving gifts and sharing intimate moments with Kurenai Yuhi and Tsunade, he arranged the mission and visited his students as snow fell over Konoha.

• Beizawa discussed the Box of Paradise with Itachi Uchiha and planned to bring Itachi Uchiha and Sasuke Uchiha to Hozuki Castle so Sasuke Uchiha might awaken the Three Tomoe Sharingan.
• Beizawa told Tsunade that Kusagakure was using Konoha prisoners to open the Box of Paradise and might target Konoha, and Tsunade approved his plan to retrieve it and punish Kusagakure.
• Tsunade gave Beizawa Mito Uzumaki's amulet, and Beizawa claimed the promised reward for establishing the Cursed Seal Unit with a kiss from Tsunade.
• Beizawa and Tsunade agreed to keep the Cursed Seal Unit secret and appoint Orochimaru as its nominal head.
• Beizawa told his students to rest from training during the cold weather, and Shikamaru Nara took Naruto Uzumaki to play board games.
• Beizawa promised Hinata Hyuga a bow for her birthday, then walked her home beneath a chakra barrier.

Beizawa helped Konan launch a New Year promotion for the Akatsuki Organization’s silver jewelry, then led a team from Konoha on an S-rank mission to retrieve the Box of Paradise. The group reached Hozuki Castle’s shore, where Itachi Uchiha knocked out four prison guards with his Three Tomoe Sharingan.

• Beizawa gave Konan a silver jewelry promotion plan, and she left Konoha to put the campaign into action.
• After the New Year holiday, Beizawa assigned Sasuke Uchiha, Naruto Uzumaki, Hinata Hyuga, and Neji Hyuga an S-rank mission, with Itachi Uchiha and twenty-eight Anbu members joining them.
• Sasuke Uchiha learned that Itachi Uchiha would accompany the mission and eagerly set out with his brother.
• Beizawa told the team that they were going after the Box of Paradise, which could grant wishes, and Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki each declared what they wanted from it.
• The team traveled through the Land of Grass to the shore near Hozuki Castle, where Itachi Uchiha used his Three Tomoe Sharingan to incapacitate four prison guards.

Beizawa and his team opened the Box of Paradise at Hozuki Castle, where its Yin Release power awakened Sasuke Uchiha’s Three Tomoe Sharingan and let Mū take control of him. Itachi Uchiha and Beizawa defeated and sealed Mū, and Sasuke woke with his memories restored and his Three Tomoe Sharingan still awakened.

• Itachi Uchiha captured Mui at Hozuki Castle and found the Box of Paradise, whose activation formula required parts held by Mui and Kusagakure’s four elders.
• Itachi Uchiha collected the remaining formula scrolls, and Beizawa studied the formula before moving the Box of Paradise outside and opening it with help from his Shadow Clones, the Anbu, and Samehada.
• Sasuke Uchiha wished to awaken the Three Tomoe Sharingan, but the Box’s Yin Release power let Mū take control of him and overpower Naruto Uzumaki.
• Itachi Uchiha used his Mangekyō Sharingan to drive Mū out of Sasuke Uchiha, revealing that Mū could sense hostile intent and read emotions.
• Beizawa and Itachi Uchiha battled Mū, with Itachi Uchiha restraining it using Susanoo while Beizawa sealed it in a scroll with the Four Symbols Seal.
• Beizawa healed Sasuke Uchiha, who woke remembering his actions and blushed with embarrassment as his Three Tomoe Sharingan appeared.

Beizawa completed the mission at Hozuki Castle, helped Sasuke Uchiha awaken the Three Tomoe Sharingan, and recruited Mui to take control of Kusagakure. After returning to Konoha, he reported the mission and Itachi Uchiha’s Mangekyō Sharingan to Tsunade, who learned that Sasuke had awakened the Three Tomoe Sharingan as well.

• Sasuke Uchiha briefly activated the Three Tomoe Sharingan, and Itachi Uchiha explained that he would need to train to control it.
• Beizawa received rewards for helping Sasuke Uchiha awaken the Three Tomoe Sharingan and defeating Mū, then persuaded Mui to become Kusagakure’s leader and protect Dragon Tongue.
• Beizawa left Itachi Uchiha in Kusagakure to assist Mui and returned to Konoha with Sasuke Uchiha, Neji Hyuga, and Hinata Hyuga.
• Sasuke Uchiha told Fugaku Uchiha and Mikoto Uchiha that he had awakened the Three Tomoe Sharingan, and Fugaku Uchiha celebrated his son’s achievement.
• Beizawa reported to Tsunade that the mission had succeeded, the Box of Paradise was being transported, and Itachi Uchiha had used the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Beizawa told Tsunade that Sasuke Uchiha had awakened the Three Tomoe Sharingan, and she trusted Beizawa to guide him.

Beizawa arranged for the Box of Paradise to be reforged into bows, received the Eight Trigrams Seal for secretly controlling Kusagakure, and supported Hana Inuzuka’s plan to graduate and study veterinary medicine. After learning that the blacksmiths could not dismantle the box, he decided to use it to draw Takumi Village into his plans and sent Kabuto Yakushi to escort it there.

• Beizawa offered eighteen Konoha blacksmiths and ninja tool merchants thirty million ryo to dismantle the Box of Paradise and forge bows from it; Tenmura and Granny Cat estimated they could make four.
• Beizawa received the Eight Trigrams Seal after completing the mission to secretly control Kusagakure and become the Lord of Grass Hidden Village.
• Hana Inuzuka told Beizawa she wanted to graduate in March and join the veterinary class, and he said she could continue attending the Genius Class’s training afterward.
• The Genius Class students learned that Sasuke Uchiha had awakened the Three Tomoe Sharingan and would be staying home to master it.
• Tenmura and the other blacksmiths admitted they could not dismantle the Box of Paradise, so Granny Cat suggested Takumi Village; Beizawa decided to send the box there and received a mission to take control of the village.
• Beizawa gave Kabuto Yakushi a scroll and ordered him to escort the Box of Paradise to Takumi Village with two Anbu squads.

Beizawa trained his students, tested his new Wood Style technique, and helped open Konoha Casino, where Tsunade spent the day gambling and losing money. The chapter ended with Tsunade planning to return to the casino and Beizawa keeping his role as her financial backer.

• Beizawa assigned Choji Akimichi to learn Super Push Hand, taught Jugo Konoha Whirlwind, and suggested a five-sense Genjutsu for Yakumo Kurama to develop.
• Beizawa met Gato to discuss gambling methods for their new casino, then tested Wood Style: Forest Creation Technique in the Forest of Death and received a Chakra-limit reward from the system.
• Neji Hyuga took first place in the Genius Class's Monthly Exam because Sasuke Uchiha had not participated, while the Four Symbols Heavenly Beings continued reforging the ninja tools for Takumi Village.
• Beizawa gave Tsunade a VIP card for Konoha Casino, kissed her after negotiating his reward, and persuaded Shizune to let them leave the Hokage's Office.
• Tsunade gambled at Konoha Casino all day and lost one million ryō while Beizawa cultivated beside her and touched her thigh.
• Beizawa escorted Tsunade home, and she decided not to mention his touch because she expected to rely on him for another casino visit.

Konan returned to Amegakure with profits from silver jewelry, prompting Nagato to change the Akatsuki Organization’s strategy and pursue new business. After Beizawa proposed selling rainwater to the Land of Wind, he reviewed Takumi Village’s fraud and planned a student mission there before training in Wood Style.

• Konan showed Nagato the silver jewelry sales report, and he ordered the Akatsuki Organization to search for mines and focus on the profitable trade instead of commissions and bounties.
• Konan asked Beizawa how to develop the Land of Rain, and he suggested filtering its abundant rainwater and selling it to the water-starved Land of Wind.
• Konan relayed the rainwater plan to Nagato, who approved it, and she assigned Juzo Biwa to handle the water trade.
• Kabuto Yakushi reported that Takumi Village had stolen and substituted materials meant for the Box of Paradise, and Beizawa decided to wait half a month before confronting the village with students.
• Beizawa chose Yakumo Kurama and Tenten to join Hinata Hyuga and Neji Hyuga on the planned trip to Takumi Village, then rested with Konan and practiced Wood Style: Four Pillar House.

Beizawa led Yakumo Kurama, Neji Hyuga, Hinata Hyuga, and Tenten on a mission to Takumi Village, where he built them a wooden house for the night. Watching his students train inspired him to accept a mission to create an original Bow Style Secret Jutsu, and he conceived two arrow techniques.

• Beizawa assigned himself to lead Yakumo Kurama, Neji Hyuga, Hinata Hyuga, and Tenten on the Combat Exam mission to the Land of Artisans, while Itachi Uchiha went ahead to meet the Anbu squads in Takumi Village.
• Beizawa arranged for Konan to accompany the group and set out with his students, meeting Hinata Hyuga first at Konoha's main gate before the others arrived.
• At the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Wind, Beizawa used Wood Style: Four Pillar House to create a furnished wooden house for the group to stay in.
• Beizawa watched his students train after dinner and decided that Hinata Hyuga and Neji Hyuga should learn bow techniques after mastering the Gentle Fist: Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms.
• Beizawa accepted a mission to create an original Bow Style Secret Jutsu and devised the Spiral Arrow and its explosive variation, then discovered he had not made a separate room for Konan.

Beizawa exposed Takumi Village’s Four Symbols Heavenly Beings for cutting corners on the bows and had his students defeat them in a fight. After arranging for Itachi Uchiha to secretly control the village, Beizawa gave Hinata Hyuga a reforged bow infused with Mū, and she demonstrated its power by piercing a distant tree.

• Beizawa led his students to Takumi Village, where Itachi Uchiha reported that the Four Symbols Heavenly Beings had not discovered their investigation.
• Beizawa exposed the impurities in the two completed bows, then challenged the Four Symbols Heavenly Beings to fight his four students if they wanted him to drop the matter.
• Yakumo Kurama, Neji Hyuga, Hinata Hyuga, and Tenten worked together to defeat the Four Symbols Heavenly Beings, who surrendered.
• Beizawa ordered the Four Symbols Heavenly Beings to reforge the bows and told Itachi Uchiha to control Takumi Village in secret.
• After three days, Beizawa transferred Mū into the first reforged bow and gave it to Hinata Hyuga, whose Yin Release Arrow pierced a tree eight hundred meters away.

Beizawa returned to Konoha with Hinata Hyuga’s newly forged bow, completed new system missions, and reported his takeover of Takumi Village to Tsunade. The chapter ended with Beizawa announcing the Monthly Exam rankings, where Neji Hyuga took first place.

• Beizawa demonstrated Spiral Arrow with Hinata Hyuga’s bow, received Gentle Step Twin Lion Fists from the system, and helped Hinata train the technique.
• Konan flew back to the Akatsuki Organization, while Beizawa and his students continued their journey to Konoha; Beizawa received Summoning Technique: Triple Rashomon after secretly controlling Takumi Village.
• Beizawa found Tsunade gambling at the Konoha Casino and explained his actions in Takumi Village, and Tsunade accepted his strategic reasoning while warning him not to become like Shimura Danzō.
• Beizawa returned to the Genius Class the next morning and announced Neji Hyuga as the Monthly Exam’s first-place student.

Beizawa received an improved One's Own Life Reincarnation and persuaded Tsunade to let the Genius Class's top eighteen spar with official ninjas in the final exam. He accepted missions tied to debuting his Wood Release and defeating Guren, then planned to use the Land of Demons crisis to reveal his power.

• Beizawa received the improved One's Own Life Reincarnation after completing the mission to restore Nagato's legs, and considered ways to increase his Chakra.
• Beizawa proposed changing the final exam so the Genius Class's top eighteen students would spar with official ninjas, and Tsunade agreed to test the idea.
• Beizawa accepted a mission to win ten matches against official ninjas, with Compound Ninjutsu: Gentle Step Twin Lion Spiral as the reward.
• Tsunade suggested announcing Beizawa's Wood Release, and Beizawa decided to wait for a public opportunity to demonstrate it.
• Beizawa identified Guren in the Land of Demons as a chance to reveal his Wood Release, accepted missions to make the ninja world recognize it and defeat Guren, and planned to find Yomi through the Anbu.

Beizawa taught Karin new techniques, received three reforged bows, and sent Itachi Uchiha for a medical examination that revealed a risk of Bloodline Limit Disease. He traveled with Konan to Sky Hidden Village, sealed the Zero-Tails into a bow, and gave it to Neji Hyuga, who began training alongside Hinata Hyuga for the final exam.

• Beizawa taught Karin the Evil Sealing Method and Konoha Style Taijutsu, then received three bows from Itachi Uchiha and tasked him with finding the Yomi Cult.
• Beizawa sent Itachi Uchiha to Konoha Hospital, where Director Nonō warned that he was prone to Bloodline Limit Disease and should use the Sharingan less.
• Beizawa traveled to Sky Hidden Village with Konan, released the Zero-Tails from its container, overpowered it, and sealed it into one of the bows.
• Beizawa returned to Konoha and gave the Zero-Tails bow to Neji Hyuga, telling him to practice Spiral Arrow with Hinata Hyuga for the final exam.

Beizawa selected eighteen ninja to challenge the Genius Class in its Combat Exam, while Sasuke returned to Konoha claiming he would take first place. On April tenth, the students and Konoha’s leaders gathered at the Ninja Academy, where Asuma and other experienced ninja learned they had been summoned to spar with the students.

• Beizawa chose opponents for the Genius Class, reserving Special Jonin or Jonin for its top seven students, and Konan delivered the list to the selected ninja.
• Sasuke returned to class with his Three Tomoe Sharingan awakened and announced that he intended to take first place in the final exams.
• Beizawa told the students that the Combat Exam would pit the top eighteen against graduated ninja, then left a Shadow Clone to supervise their written exam while he trained.
• Asuma, Kotetsu, and Izumo arrived at the Ninja Academy and discovered that Konoha’s leaders and clan heads had gathered to watch the exam.
• Kakashi told Asuma that Beizawa had summoned him to spar with the Genius Class students, and Asuma headed to the combat ninja area with Kotetsu and Izumo.

The Genius Class’s final combat exam began, and Haku revealed his Ice Style by defeating Natsumi Hyuga. Jugo then debuted his Earth Cursed Seal but lost to Kotetsu Hagane, while Beizawa and Tsunade’s bet over the class’s wins remained undecided.

• Beizawa and Tsunade bet on how many matches the Genius Class would win, with Beizawa predicting ten and Tsunade predicting five would already be good.
• Haku used two Ice Style techniques to overwhelm Natsumi Hyuga, and Kakashi Hatake intervened to shield her before Iruka declared Haku the winner.
• Jugo activated Earth Cursed Seal: Stage Two and fought Kotetsu Hagane, who used Water Style: Water Syrup Binding Rope to restrain him and win.
• Tsunade told Beizawa to have the Anbu keep the Cursed Seal Unit secret, and Beizawa agreed.
• Tayuya explained that Jugo was the first true cursed seal bearer and that Beizawa’s improvements let him use the Earth Cursed Seal without losing control.