Chapter Summaries

Beizawa continued training Hinata Hyuga and Naruto Uzumaki, while Hinata improved enough to surprise Hyuga Hiashi. Two days later, Naruto showed off seventy Shadow Clones and began water-walking practice before Beizawa took him and Hinata to Ichiraku Ramen Shop for an eating contest.

• Beizawa finished learning the Fox Heart Technique and walked Hinata Hyuga home, inviting her to the upcoming Ichiraku Ramen Shop eating contest.
• Hyuga Hiashi sparred with Hinata and was surprised by how much she had improved, then decided to let her continue training with Beizawa.
• Naruto Uzumaki created seventy Shadow Clones, and Beizawa sent them all to practice water walking to improve Naruto's Chakra Control.
• Beizawa reminded Hinata about the eating contest and took her and Naruto to Ichiraku Ramen Shop, where they joined Ino Yamanaka, Sakura Haruno, Choji Akimichi, Shikamaru Nara, Mikoto Uchiha, and Itachi Uchiha.
• Might Guy invited Sasuke Uchiha to join him for a meal at Ichiraku Ramen Shop, and Sasuke agreed.

Sasuke Uchiha was caught wearing Green Spandex in public and awakened his Sharingan amid his embarrassment. At Ichiraku, he reunited with his classmates while Hinata Hyuga won the children’s big eater competition, and Beizawa collected his task reward.

• Sasuke Uchiha arrived in Konoha with Might Guy and Rock Lee, and the crowded street exposed his Green Spandex to Sakura Haruno, Ino Yamanaka, Itachi Uchiha, and Mikoto Uchiha.
• Overwhelmed by embarrassment, Sasuke Uchiha awakened a one-tomoe Sharingan in each eye, and Itachi Uchiha noticed his ocular power increase further after Sasuke laughed.
• Itachi Uchiha brought Sasuke Uchiha to Ichiraku, where Sasuke saw Choji Akimichi and Hinata Hyuga competing to eat the most ramen.
• Mikoto Uchiha greeted Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha’s classmates, while Beizawa received the reward of Proficient Level Yin Release Chakra Nature Transformation.
• Hinata Hyuga finished the contest with forty-five bowls, beating Choji Akimichi’s forty bowls.

Hinata Hyuga won the Big Eater Contest, and Beizawa used the occasion to help Sasuke Uchiha awaken his Sharingan and earn the Uchiha family's trust. After testing his new Partial Expansion Jutsu, Beizawa learned the A-rank Nirvana Mansion Technique from Kurenai Yuhi and headed to the Uchiha compound for dinner.

• Hinata Hyuga beat Choji Akimichi in the Big Eater Contest, chose a large cat plush toy as her prize, and stored it in Beizawa's office.
• Beizawa suspended Sasuke Uchiha's special training so he could adjust to his newly awakened Sharingan, while Mikoto Uchiha arranged for Sasuke to deliver bentos to Naruto Uzumaki and Hinata Hyuga.
• Mikoto Uchiha and Itachi Uchiha questioned Beizawa about Sasuke's awakening, and Beizawa admitted he had arranged the circumstances and invited Mikoto to discuss dinner the next evening.
• Sasuke Uchiha showed his one-tomoe Sharingan to Fugaku Uchiha, who celebrated his son's early awakening.
• Beizawa tested the Partial Expansion Jutsu, then learned the Nirvana Mansion Technique from Kurenai Yuhi and successfully cast it after one demonstration.
• Beizawa finished genjutsu training with Kurenai Yuhi and left for the Uchiha compound.

Beizawa visited the Uchiha Clan compound, where Fugaku Uchiha mistook his connection to Tsunade for a chance to seek her support. After receiving a scroll of Wind Style techniques, Beizawa accepted a system mission and later began teaching Naruto Uzumaki the Rasengan while Tsunade revealed her new genjutsu.

• Beizawa met Fugaku Uchiha, who asked why he had helped Sasuke Uchiha awaken the Sharingan and inferred that Tsunade wanted to assist the Uchiha Clan.
• Mikoto Uchiha gave Beizawa a scroll containing six Wind Style ninjutsu, and the system assigned him a mission to learn four before the end of the second semester.
• Beizawa accepted the mission and considered using his future status as Tsunade's student to help Naruto Uzumaki access the Nine-Tails' chakra.
• Beizawa ended Naruto Uzumaki's water-walking practice and began teaching him the first stage of the Rasengan, while Hinata Hyuga continued training in the Gentle Fist.
• Tsunade showed Beizawa, Kurenai Yuhi, and Shizune a new genjutsu, and Beizawa suggested naming it Mirror Flower, Water Moon.

Beizawa presented Tsunade’s new genjutsu to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who paid for it and secretly tasked Beizawa with helping Tsunade overcome her hemophobia. After receiving a mission promising Yamato-version Wood Release, Beizawa returned to Tsunade and spent the afternoon losing card games with her and Kurenai Yuhi before completing his genjutsu-learning mission.

• Tsunade took Beizawa to the Hokage’s Office, where Hiruzen Sarutobi praised Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water and agreed to pay Tsunade two million ryo if she tested the Psychological Medical Ninja system on herself.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Beizawa to help Tsunade accept psychological treatment, explained the cause of her hemophobia, and triggered a mission offering Yamato-version Wood Release as its reward.
• Beizawa collected the payment, met Tsunade waiting outside the Hokage Building, and returned with her to Kurenai Yuhi’s home.
• Beizawa taught Tsunade, Shizune, and Kurenai Yuhi Fight the Raikage, but Tsunade lost every round and eventually quit playing.
• Beizawa learned the Mist Servant Technique and completed his mission to learn five genjutsu, earning the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique.

Beizawa taught Kurenai Yuhi the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique while guiding Naruto Uzumaki and Hinata Hyuga, and helped Naruto begin the next stage of Rasengan training. As summer vacation ended, Beizawa reviewed his growing abilities at Konoha Hospital and considered how to strengthen himself further.

• Beizawa made breakfast for Kurenai Yuhi, then revealed that he knew the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique and agreed to teach her.
• Beizawa left a Shadow Clone to guide Naruto Uzumaki and Hinata Hyuga while he taught Kurenai Yuhi the genjutsu.
• Tsunade proposed researching Emotion Swap as the next ninjutsu, and Beizawa wondered whether it could treat her Hemophobia.
• After two weeks of lessons, Kurenai Yuhi had nearly mastered the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique, and Naruto Uzumaki completed the first stage of Rasengan training.
• Beizawa reviewed his expanded ninjutsu and abilities while waiting for Shizune at Konoha Hospital, then considered Chakra and Kekkei Genkai as his remaining paths to greater strength.

Beizawa led his first surgery at Konoha Hospital, accepted a mission to complete nine high-difficulty operations for Body Regeneration, and agreed to serve as an affiliated medical ninja after learning Mystical Palm Technique. Summer training ended, and on registration day Naruto Uzumaki reunited with Sasuke Uchiha as the new school term approached.

• Yakushi Nonō had Beizawa lead a medium-difficulty surgery, and he successfully operated on the patient using Chakra Scalpel.
• Beizawa accepted a mission to complete nine high-difficulty surgeries to earn Forbidden Medical Jutsu: Body Regeneration, then agreed to join Konoha Hospital once he learned Mystical Palm Technique from Shizune.
• Beizawa ended Naruto Uzumaki and Hinata Hyuga’s summer training, and Hinata worried about her upcoming spar with Neji Hyuga.
• On August 31, Naruto Uzumaki visited the Ninja Academy for registration and told Hiruzen Sarutobi that he had learned an A-rank ninjutsu.
• Naruto Uzumaki met Sasuke Uchiha on the way to school, and they challenged each other over the coming Monthly Exam.

Beizawa began the new school term by arranging Hinata Hyuga’s spar with Neji and welcoming Yakumo Kurama back to class, then started work as an affiliated medical ninja at Konoha Hospital. After learning that Yakushi Nonō would soon undertake a dangerous mission to the Land of Earth, he considered how to protect her and Kabuto Yakushi; the chapter ended with Beizawa receiving the school’s outstanding teacher award.

• Beizawa scheduled Hinata Hyuga’s spar with Neji for the next afternoon and reassured her that she was stronger than him.
• Yakumo Kurama returned to First Year Class A with her father, Kurama Murakumo, and said she would take the exams this semester.
• Umino Iruka told Beizawa that Hisao Sarutobi had called a school meeting for the next morning, and Beizawa went to Konoha Hospital to begin working as an affiliated medical ninja.
• Yakushi Nonō told Beizawa she would leave for a mission in the Land of Earth the following week, prompting him to suspect Shimura Danzō was behind the danger and to consider speaking with Tsunade about protecting Nonō and Kabuto Yakushi.
• On September 1, Beizawa gave his students new training assignments, shared breakfast with Hinata Hyuga, and attended the school meeting.
• Hisao Sarutobi named Beizawa the outstanding teacher for the year, and Beizawa accepted a certificate and a reward of three hundred thousand ryō.

Beizawa appointed Naruto Uzumaki as First Year Class A’s new class leader, then accepted a mission to establish a Student Council in exchange for Lightning Style mastery. He trained his students and secretly demonstrated that he had learned the Gentle Fist from Hinata Hyuga; the chapter ended as Hinata faced Neji Hyuga in their long-awaited spar.

• Beizawa stepped down as class leader and named Naruto Uzumaki his successor, while Sasuke Uchiha claimed he had plans with Naruto to escape Sakura Haruno’s invitation.
• Beizawa accepted a mission to establish the Ninja Academy’s first Student Council and become its president, with a reward of the Lightning attribute and Master-Level Lightning Style Chakra Nature Transformation.
• Beizawa assigned training to Sasuke Uchiha, Shikamaru Nara, Ino Yamanaka, and Sakura Haruno, then sparred with Hinata Hyuga and revealed he had learned the Gentle Fist from her.
• Beizawa took the exhausted Hinata Hyuga home, where Hyuga Hiashi decided to watch her afternoon spar with Neji Hyuga.
• Beizawa announced Hinata Hyuga and Neji Hyuga’s spar, and Hinata declared she did not think she would lose.

Hinata Hyuga defeated Neji Hyuga in a Gentle Fist match after Beizawa's summer training, while Neji's defeat forced Hyuga Hiashi to reconsider the truth about the Hyuga Clan's past. Beizawa received the Eight Trigrams Rotation reward and planned to speak with Neji after class.

• Hinata Hyuga matched Neji Hyuga's speed and skill in their opening exchanges, impressing Hyuga Hiashi and the watching students.
• Neji Hyuga used the Gentle Fist: Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms, but Hinata Hyuga blocked his first eight strikes and landed two of her own, defeating him.
• Beizawa healed Neji Hyuga, while Hyuga Hiashi resolved to tell him the truth about what had happened to Hizashi.
• Beizawa received the Eight Trigrams Rotation as his mission reward and told Neji Hyuga to meet him later.

Beizawa tried to shift Neji Hyuga’s anger from fate toward breaking the Caged Bird Seal, then helped Tsunade win at a casino in exchange for her help investigating Shimura Danzō’s coercion of Nonō. The chapter left Tsunade considering Beizawa’s future as her student while struggling with her ties to Konoha.

• Beizawa challenged Neji Hyuga to stop submitting to fate and consider removing the Caged Bird Seal, triggering a mission to gain Neji’s initial recognition.
• Beizawa trained Hinata Hyuga and Kiba Inuzuka, then saw Hyuga Hiashi invite Neji into the compound to give him something.
• Beizawa found Tsunade gambling and won repeatedly at a slot machine, then asked her to help investigate Nonō’s mission to the Land of Earth.
• Tsunade suspected Shimura Danzō was coercing Nonō and agreed to have someone investigate the situation.
• Tsunade reflected on whether Beizawa could become her student and on her reluctance to leave Konoha.

Beizawa arranged for Sasuke Uchiha to learn genjutsu and began preparing a Student Council proposal. After Tsunade investigated Yakushi Nonō’s situation, she and Beizawa brought evidence of Shimura Danzō’s abuses at the Konoha Orphanage to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was alarmed by Danzō’s actions.

• Beizawa urged Sasuke Uchiha to use Sharingan-assisted genjutsu against Neji Hyuga, and Sasuke went home for special training with Fugaku Uchiha and Itachi Uchiha.
• Beizawa practiced Wind Style and drafted a proposal for a trial Student Council, intending to serve as its president during the trial period.
• Tsunade told Beizawa that Shimura Danzō had coerced Yakushi Nonō into working for Root and sent talented orphans there, where many died in internal tests.
• Tsunade revealed that Nonō’s adopted son, Kabuto Yakushi, had left Konoha and that Root alone knew his location.
• Tsunade and Beizawa brought their findings to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who reacted with alarm after reading the evidence of Danzō’s actions.

Tsunade forced Hiruzen Sarutobi to address Shimura Danzō’s violation of Konoha’s rules, but Hiruzen gave her temporary authority over the Anbu and responsibility for the investigation. After Beizawa proved himself in a spar with Tsunade, she sent him and Kakashi Hatake to Iwagakure to retrieve Kabuto Yakushi, while preparing for Root’s response.

• Tsunade confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi over Shimura Danzō’s actions, and Hiruzen assigned her temporary command of the Anbu to handle the matter.
• Tsunade ordered the Anbu to locate Kabuto Yakushi and decided Kakashi Hatake should help retrieve him before Root could act.
• Beizawa accepted a mission to escort Kabuto Yakushi and persuaded Tsunade to let him join Kakashi after demonstrating his abilities in a spar.
• Haru found Kabuto Yakushi’s location in Iwagakure, and Tsunade gave Kakashi and Beizawa an S-rank mission to retrieve him.
• Tsunade ordered Haru to watch Shimura Danzō and Root and to bring Yakushi Nonō to her if they made a move.
• Beizawa and Kakashi left Konoha in disguise, and Kakashi told Beizawa to follow his commands once they left the Land of Fire.

Shimura Danzō learned that Tsunade had taken charge of the Anbu and was helping Yakushi Nonō, so he arranged for Iwagakure to target Kabuto Yakushi. Beizawa and Kakashi Hatake rescued Kabuto from Iwagakure, but the three were ambushed near the border and surrounded by enemy ninja.

• Shimura Danzō learned Tsunade had ordered the Anbu to investigate Kabuto Yakushi and discovered that she had already taken Yakushi Nonō away.
• Shimura Danzō ordered Root to leak Kabuto Yakushi's information to Iwagakure, then sent Beizawa and Kakashi Hatake to retrieve Kabuto.
• Beizawa and Kakashi Hatake entered Iwagakure disguised as merchants and persuaded Kabuto Yakushi to leave with them.
• Kabuto Yakushi discovered that Iwagakure ninja had attacked his Shadow Clone, and the three fled toward the Land of Fire with Pakkun tracking ahead.
• An Iwagakure Earth Style user attacked the group, and five more ninja appeared to surround Beizawa, Kakashi Hatake, and Kabuto Yakushi.

Beizawa, Kakashi Hatake, and Kabuto Yakushi defeated six Iwagakure ninja while escorting Kabuto toward Konoha, and Beizawa received a new Medical Ninjutsu reward before they reached their destination. Three days earlier, Tsunade had freed Yakushi Nonō from Danzō’s service and arranged for Konoha to manage and fund her orphanage.

• Beizawa killed two Iwagakure Jonin with a combination of genjutsu, Rasengan, the Eight Inner Gates, and Fire Style, while Kakashi Hatake defeated their captain.
• Kakashi Hatake and Beizawa stopped the three remaining Chunin as they fled, and Beizawa stored all six bodies in a Summoning Storage Scroll.
• Beizawa treated Kabuto Yakushi, and the three traveled into the Land of Fire before resting for the night.
• Beizawa received Yin Healing Wound Destruction as a mission reward before escorting Kabuto Yakushi all the way back to Konoha.
• Tsunade told Yakushi Nonō that her mission had been canceled, the orphanage would receive Konoha’s support, and Kakashi Hatake and Beizawa had been sent to retrieve Kabuto Yakushi.

The students ambushed Tsunade while she was impersonating Beizawa, then learned that the real Beizawa had returned safely from his mission with Kakashi Hatake and Kabuto Yakushi. After reporting the mission, Tsunade confronted Shimura Danzō over Kabuto and Yakushi Nonō, while Hiruzen Sarutobi backed her demand that they stay out of Root.

• Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno, Ino Yamanaka, Hinata Hyuga, Kiba Inuzuka, and Shikamaru Nara ambushed the disguised Tsunade, believing she had replaced Beizawa.
• Tsunade revealed herself and explained that Beizawa was away on a mission, then learned that he and Kakashi Hatake had returned with Kabuto Yakushi.
• Yakushi Nonō reunited with Kabuto Yakushi at the Anbu office while Beizawa and Kakashi Hatake waited outside.
• Beizawa reported that he and Kakashi had killed three Iwagakure Jonin and three Chunin, and Hiruzen Sarutobi classified the mission as S-rank with a 1.2 million ryo reward and an A-rank ninjutsu choice.
• Tsunade warned Hiruzen Sarutobi to keep Shimura Danzō from targeting Yakushi Nonō again, then confronted Danzō when he demanded that Kabuto return to Root.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi sided with Tsunade, declaring that Kabuto and Yakushi Nonō would not return to Root, leaving Shimura Danzō furious.

Beizawa returned from his mission, resumed teaching at the Ninja Academy, and agreed to teach Kabuto Yakushi Wind Style. The chapter ended with Kabuto meeting Naruto Uzumaki at the training ground and praising him.

• Kakashi Hatake gave Beizawa six hundred thousand ryo and offered to recommend him for Anbu, but Beizawa chose to remain a teacher.
• Tsunade told Beizawa that she had taught his students while he was away, and he returned to find Hinata Hyuga, Ino Yamanaka, and Shikamaru Nara training.
• Tsunade assured Yakushi Nonō and Kabuto Yakushi that they would not have to return to Root, and Kabuto asked Beizawa to teach him ninjutsu.
• Beizawa agreed to teach Kabuto Yakushi Wind Style and received a system mission to help him learn three low-level Wind Style techniques in exchange for Earth Style.
• Kurenai Yuhi welcomed Beizawa home and asked him to tell her before his next mission, while Beizawa continued studying ninjutsu with Tsunade and Shizune at home.
• Kabuto Yakushi introduced himself to Naruto Uzumaki at the training ground and praised Naruto's skills, making Naruto eager to befriend him.

Beizawa trained Kabuto Yakushi in Wind Style and prepared Sasuke Uchiha for his planned match against Neji Hyuga. After Sasuke learned that Neji would receive Gentle Fist training from Hyuga Hiashi, Beizawa considered a new way to prepare for the bout.

• Kabuto Yakushi told Naruto Uzumaki, Shikamaru Nara, Ino Yamanaka, and Hinata Hyuga stories about Beizawa before Beizawa began teaching him Wind Style Chakra Nature Transformation.
• Sasuke Uchiha returned at lunchtime after learning Genjutsu: Foam and announced that he planned to challenge Neji Hyuga in Combat Class.
• Beizawa gave Sasuke combat training, tested Genjutsu: Foam, and used Medical Ninjutsu to ease Sasuke’s exhaustion after their sparring.
• Neji Hyuga told Beizawa that Hyuga Hiashi had decided to teach him Gentle Fist personally, so he would not attend Beizawa’s special training.

Beizawa arranged a rematch between Sasuke Uchiha and Neji Hyuga, which Sasuke won by using Genjutsu: Foam. Neji joined Beizawa’s special training, and Beizawa received a One Tomoe Sharingan before accepting a mission to help Hinata Hyuga defeat Sasuke in the Monthly Exam.

• Beizawa bet that Sasuke would defeat Neji, and Neji agreed to join the special training if he lost.
• Sasuke used his Sharingan, fire techniques, and Genjutsu: Foam to trick Neji and win their spar.
• Beizawa announced Sasuke as the winner, and Neji kept his promise to join the special training.
• Neji and Hinata went to Beizawa, where Neji agreed to train and addressed Hinata respectfully.
• Hinata asked whether she could beat Sasuke, prompting Beizawa to accept a mission to help her defeat him.
• Beizawa received a One Tomoe Sharingan as the reward for Sasuke’s victory over Neji.

Beizawa earned Neji Hyuga’s recognition by correcting his Gentle Fist and Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms, receiving a 10% increase in Byakugan Purity. He continued training Hinata Hyuga and Naruto Uzumaki as the September Monthly Exam approached, leaving Naruto to begin the third stage of Rasengan training.

• Beizawa met Kurenai Yuhi after class, discussed her training and the possibility of teaching at the Ninja Academy, and offered to accompany her on missions once she mastered the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique.
• Beizawa identified sixteen mistakes in Neji Hyuga’s Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms, corrected them, and gained Neji’s preliminary recognition and a 10% increase in Byakugan Purity.
• Beizawa taught Hinata Hyuga how to recognize and counter genjutsu, then began teaching her the Konoha Body Flicker Technique and additional listening-based training.
• Beizawa and two Shadow Clones compiled the September Monthly Exam papers, which Vice Principal Hisao Sarutobi approved for the exam scheduled on September 30.
• Naruto Uzumaki showed Beizawa that he had completed the second stage of Rasengan training, so Beizawa began teaching him the third stage and made a Shadow Clone watch over his practice.
• Shikamaru Nara began learning Shadow Tentacles, while Ino Yamanaka began learning the Mind Body Switch Technique.