Chapter Summaries

Beizawa offered Shino Aburame a way to obtain Exploding Bugs and suggested involving Tsunade to rescue Dan Kato from Root. Shibi Aburame chose to trust the proposal and met Beizawa, leaving the Aburame Clan poised to seek Tsunade’s help against Shimura Danzō.

• Beizawa told Shino Aburame about Ken'en’s Exploding Bugs and offered to teach the Aburame Clan how to remove them if they found the organization.
• Beizawa suggested exposing Kikaichū to different environments to encourage mutation, then learned that Shino’s friend Dan Kato had developed microscopic venomous bugs before Root took him in.
• Beizawa urged Shino Aburame to ask Tsunade for help retrieving Dan Kato, and Shino hurried home to tell his father.
• Shibi Aburame considered the political risks, decided to trust Beizawa, and ordered an investigation into Ken'en after learning about the Exploding Bugs.
• Shibi Aburame and Shino visited Beizawa, where Shibi thanked him and Tsunade for helping the Aburame Clan.

The Will of Fire Club held its first knowledge competition, and Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed that the Student Council could continue, with its members to be chosen through the final exam selection process. After the event ended successfully, Beizawa considered ways to provoke Sasuke Uchiha’s emotions enough to awaken his eyes.

• Shibi Aburame gave Beizawa a Summoning Storage Scroll containing ninja tools, secret medicine, and five million ryo in gratitude for his help with the Aburame Clan.
• Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, and the other Student Council members prepared and ran a knowledge competition for Ninja Academy students.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi watched the event, praised the students, and told Beizawa that the Student Council could continue; he suggested using its selection process in place of the Combat Exam for the final examinations.
• The knowledge competition concluded after seven students answered all ten questions correctly, and Beizawa presented their prizes.
• Beizawa announced the event’s success as Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha celebrated the crowd’s praise.
• Beizawa considered using a Monthly Exam and Combat Class sparring sessions to intensify Sasuke Uchiha’s emotions and awaken his eyes.

Beizawa and Tsunade confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi over Root’s rule-breaking recruitment and set out to retrieve Dan Kato. As they left, Beizawa received a mission to take Dan Kato from Root, with the Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal as its reward.

• Beizawa taught Kurenai Yuhi the Fire Sealing Method while teasing her at home.
• Shibi Aburame asked Tsunade to rescue Dan Kato from Root, and Tsunade agreed to intervene.
• Tsunade questioned Hiruzen Sarutobi about Root’s recruitment rules and accused Root of violating them in Dan Kato’s case.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi gave Tsunade a written order and permission to take an Anbu squad to Root, while warning her not to use force.
• Beizawa accepted Tsunade’s invitation to go to Root, and a mission appeared offering the Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal for taking Dan Kato.

Tsunade led an Anbu squad into Root’s base, captured its guards, and rescued Dan Kato for the Aburame Clan. After confronting Shimura Danzō, Beizawa received the Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal as a mission reward, and Tsunade offered to teach him Monster Strength.

• Tsunade took Kakashi Hatake, Itachi Uchiha, Beizawa, and other Anbu to Root’s base after obtaining the Hokage’s authorization, and Itachi subdued the gate guards with genjutsu.
• Tsunade ordered Root’s shinobi seized, and the group fought through the base while Beizawa supported the Anbu and protected Tsunade from her hemophobia.
• Beizawa identified Dan Kato and told him the Aburame Clan had sent them to bring him home; Dan Kato left Root with the group.
• Shimura Danzō confronted Tsunade, but she refused to back down and departed with Dan Kato while Danzō restrained himself from attacking.
• Beizawa completed his mission and received the Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal, then Tsunade sent him to escort Dan Kato home and said she would teach him Monster Strength starting the next day.

After Tsunade’s raid on Root, Dan Kato returned to the Aburame Clan and Beizawa arranged for him to train with Kabuto Yakushi for the Chunin Ninja Exam. Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Shimura Danzō to return Root members recruited in violation of the rules, while the Uchiha Clan saw Tsunade’s rise as a chance to improve its position and recover Shisui Uchiha’s eye.

• Shibi Aburame and Shino Aburame welcomed Dan Kato home after Beizawa brought him back from Root.
• Beizawa arranged for Dan Kato to join Kabuto Yakushi and him for special training ahead of the Chunin Ninja Exam.
• Fugaku Uchiha told Yashiro Uchiha to keep the clan’s ninjas from acting rashly and encouraged Sasuke Uchiha to build his relationship with Beizawa.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi rejected Shimura Danzō’s complaint about Tsunade’s raid and ordered him to return Root members recruited in violation of the rules.
• Itachi Uchiha confirmed that Shimura Danzō possessed Shisui Uchiha’s eye and told Fugaku Uchiha about Hiruzen Sarutobi’s order to reduce Root’s numbers.

Beizawa arranged a dinner visit with the Hyuga Clan, paired Dan Kato with Kabuto Yakushi for the Chunin Ninja Exams, and prepared to target Ken'en for its Exploding Bugs. At the Academy, he announced a school-wide Student Council combat selection and began a new schedule of combat tests between the two classes.

• Hinata Hyuga invited Beizawa to dinner at her home, and he accepted after realizing the Hyuga Clan was seeking closer ties with him.
• Beizawa told Kabuto Yakushi that Dan Kato would be his Chunin Ninja Exams teammate, and the two former Root members recognized their shared past.
• Beizawa assigned Dan Kato chakra-control practice with Shino Aburame and learned that the Aburame Clan was searching for Ken'en.
• Beizawa practiced Water Style: Water Wall while his Shadow Clone supervised the students' training.
• Beizawa announced that the Hokage had approved the Student Council and that its members would be chosen through a school-wide combat exam.
• Beizawa replaced the semester Combat Exam with combat tests three times a week and started the first test using a random drawing.

Naruto Uzumaki defeated Sasuke Uchiha again during the Academy combat test, prompting Itachi Uchiha to offer Sasuke Body Flicker training. Meanwhile, Tsunade began teaching Beizawa Monster Strength after the Root crisis brought a stream of visitors to her home.

• Naruto Uzumaki beat Sasuke Uchiha in the combat test after breaking his genjutsu and overwhelming him with Shadow Clones, though Beizawa let Sasuke win his next two matches.
• Itachi Uchiha comforted Sasuke about losing and offered to teach him Body Flicker after learning that Naruto had broken his genjutsu twice.
• Beizawa found Tsunade overwhelmed by visitors thanking her for breaking Root away from the clans, and she decided to teach him Monster Strength.
• Tsunade checked Beizawa's Chakra and explained that Monster Strength gathered Chakra in one spot before releasing it to amplify a strike.
• Beizawa grasped the basics of Monster Strength, a technique that required excellent Chakra control and substantial reserves.

After training with Tsunade, Beizawa received a massage from Kurenai Yuhi, then prepared Karin's exam papers and created the Hellhound technique for Kiba Inuzuka. At Wednesday's combat test, Yakumo Kurama defeated Sasuke Uchiha with genjutsu, and Beizawa announced the next test would be Friday.

• Kurenai Yuhi massaged Beizawa after his Monster Strength training, and he kissed her before heading to cook.
• Beizawa prepared practice papers for Karin and developed the C-rank Hellhound technique from Inuzuka Clan techniques.
• Kiba Inuzuka learned the Shadow Clone Technique, then merged with his clone to form a two-headed dog, though they struggled to coordinate.
• Beizawa arranged for Yakumo Kurama to face Sasuke Uchiha in the combat test, and Yakumo defeated him with Demonic Illusion: Nightmare.
• Beizawa praised the students' performance and announced that the next practical test would take place on Friday.

Kiba Inuzuka’s success with Beizawa’s new Hellhound technique earned Beizawa the Inuzuka Clan’s gratitude and a reward that strengthened his Senju bloodline. Beizawa then trained with Tsunade and joined the Aburame Clan’s assault on the Ken'en, completing another mission and gaining the Art of Transformation.

• Kiba Inuzuka told Tsume Inuzuka about Hellhound, and she thanked Beizawa with a storage scroll and offered him a ninja hound, which he declined.
• Beizawa received another 10% of the Senju Clan Bloodline, bringing his total to 20%, and found three million ryo and supplies in Tsume Inuzuka’s scroll.
• Shibi Aburame told Beizawa that the Aburame Clan had located the Ken'en, and they agreed to depart on Saturday.
• Tsunade trained Beizawa in Monster Strength through taijutsu combat, and he lasted half an hour longer than he had the previous day.
• Beizawa traveled with eight Aburame Clan Jonin to the Land of Iron, where they attacked the Ken'en hideout and Beizawa helped support the assault.
• Beizawa completed the mission to assist the Aburame Clan in obtaining Exploding Bugs and received the Art of Transformation.

Beizawa treated an Aburame ninja infected by an Exploding Bug, then returned to Konoha and began preparing Sasuke Uchiha for the Student Council selection practical. He invited the Uchiha family to watch and asked Izumi Uchiha to join the Chunin Ninja Exams, leaving her poised to become Sasuke and Kabuto’s teammate.

• Beizawa surgically removed an Exploding Bug from an Aburame ninja, and Shibi Aburame thanked him on behalf of the clan.
• Beizawa returned to Konoha, then taught Sasuke Uchiha the Shadow Clone Technique and received a mission to help Sasuke defeat Naruto Uzumaki.
• Beizawa visited the Uchiha compound and invited Mikoto Uchiha, Fugaku Uchiha, and Itachi Uchiha to attend the Student Council selection practical.
• Beizawa met Izumi Uchiha and asked her to take the Chunin Ninja Exams as a teammate for Sasuke Uchiha and Kabuto Yakushi.
• Mikoto Uchiha encouraged Izumi Uchiha to accept Beizawa’s invitation because Izumi lacked a squad leader and teammates.

Mikoto Uchiha assigned Izumi Uchiha to Beizawa’s team for the Chunin Ninja Exams, where she teamed up with Kabuto Yakushi and Dan Kato. After testing and advising them in combat, Beizawa began training Sasuke Uchiha against a Naruto Uzumaki replica, leaving Sasuke in a desperate struggle against the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique.

• Mikoto Uchiha explained that Izumi Uchiha would join Beizawa’s team and said Itachi Uchiha could teach her the Sharingan.
• Sasuke Uchiha lost another practical test to Yakumo Kurama, while Neji Hyuga and Hinata Hyuga improved their Gentle Fist techniques.
• Beizawa brought Kabuto Yakushi, Dan Kato, and Izumi Uchiha together to prepare for the Chunin Ninja Exams, and they coordinated attacks against him in a forest.
• Beizawa defeated the team’s attacks, then identified their weaknesses and praised their teamwork and combat potential.
• Beizawa began practical combat training with Sasuke Uchiha, transforming into Naruto Uzumaki and using forty Shadow Clones to overwhelm him.

Beizawa led Kabuto Yakushi, Dan Kato, and Izumi Uchiha through the Chunin Ninja Exams, where they dominated the competition. After Kabuto Yakushi completed the exam mission, Beizawa received the Water Release: Liquid Bullet reward and went with Kakashi Hatake to meet the Hokage.

• Beizawa received Hiruzen Sarutobi’s approval to enter the exams as team instructor for Kabuto Yakushi, Dan Kato, and Izumi Uchiha.
• Kabuto Yakushi, Dan Kato, and Izumi Uchiha saw through the entrance genjutsu and swept the Forest of Death speed race to take first place.
• Kabuto Yakushi defeated his first opponent with Chakra Scalpel, while Dan Kato and Izumi Uchiha also advanced through their preliminary matches.
• Kabuto Yakushi defeated Dan Kato with Wind Release, and Izumi Uchiha lost to Kabuto Yakushi and then Dan Kato in the third round.
• Beizawa completed the mission to lead Kabuto Yakushi through the exams and received Water Release: Liquid Bullet from the system.
• Kakashi Hatake asked Beizawa to go see Hiruzen Sarutobi after the exams, and Beizawa went with him.

Beizawa accepted Hiruzen Sarutobi’s offer to lead Kabuto Yakushi, Dan Kato, and Izumi Uchiha as a permanent team and took on a mission to complete ninety D-rank assignments. As the Student Council selection combat trials approached, Beizawa prepared to focus on training his students and arrange Sasuke Uchiha’s final spar with Naruto Uzumaki.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi praised Kabuto Yakushi, Dan Kato, and Izumi Uchiha’s performance and asked Beizawa to keep their team together as its leader, which Beizawa accepted after receiving a system mission to complete ninety D-rank assignments.
• Beizawa told Kabuto, Dan, and Izumi that their team would remain intact, and Izumi returned home to tell Mikoto Uchiha and Itachi Uchiha that she had become a Chunin and the team would continue together.
• Beizawa took the team to the mission hall, secured Hiruzen Sarutobi’s authorization to accept multiple D-rank missions, and assigned the students missions to complete within a week while teaching them Shadow Clone techniques.
• Beizawa announced that the Student Council selection combat trials would take place on December fifteenth and declared that the day’s spar between Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki would be the last combat test before the trials.

Sasuke Uchiha defeated Naruto Uzumaki in the practical test after Beizawa’s special training, and his victory left him overconfident. Beizawa reviewed Naruto’s mistakes and arranged combat training for him, then returned to Kurenai Yuhi and suggested her next sealing technique.

• Sasuke Uchiha drew number one against Naruto Uzumaki and used precise tactics to overwhelm Naruto’s Shadow Clones.
• Sasuke Uchiha defeated Naruto Uzumaki, celebrated arrogantly, and then won his next two matches by overwhelming margins.
• Beizawa told Naruto Uzumaki that he would review the spar with him, identified the need for combat training, and scheduled special training starting the next day.
• Beizawa received the Genjutsu: Firefly reward for helping Sasuke Uchiha win and reflected that Sasuke had become dangerously overconfident.
• Beizawa reviewed Naruto Uzumaki’s mistakes, promised him combat training, and reminded him to keep progressing on the Rasengan.
• Beizawa returned to Kurenai Yuhi’s home, embraced her, and recommended the Four Limbs Heavy Seal as her next Sealing Jutsu.

Beizawa trained with Tsunade until she agreed to begin Yakumo's psychological treatment, then grew closer to Kurenai Yuhi and spent the night with her. The next day, he trained Naruto Uzumaki by transforming into Sasuke Uchiha and using Taijutsu, Fire Style, and genjutsu.

• Tsunade and Beizawa sparred, and she told him to notify Yakumo when school went on break so her treatment could begin.
• Beizawa returned home exhausted, and Kurenai Yuhi carried him to bed before they bathed and spent the night together.
• Beizawa woke before Kurenai Yuhi, made breakfast, and left for the Ninja Academy after they ate.
• Beizawa apologized to Naruto Uzumaki for arriving late and led him to the training grounds for practical combat training.
• Beizawa transformed into Sasuke Uchiha and fought Naruto Uzumaki using Taijutsu, Fire Style, and genjutsu without the Sharingan.

Beizawa helped Naruto Uzumaki develop ranged and close-combat tactics after Naruto mastered the Rasengan, then spoke with Sasuke Uchiha and his ninja squad. The chapter ended with Beizawa inviting Kakashi Hatake and Might Guy to join them for barbecue.

• Beizawa received a 20% Senju Clan Bloodline reward, bringing his total to 40%, and continued teaching combat class with a Shadow Clone.
• Naruto Uzumaki showed Beizawa that he had mastered the Rasengan, and Beizawa taught him to use Shadow Clones for coordinated ranged attacks and mixed combat tactics.
• Beizawa advised Naruto Uzumaki to combine ranged attacks, the Rasengan, and Taijutsu, then watched him continue training.
• Sasuke Uchiha told Beizawa he had mastered Genjutsu: Firefly, and Beizawa advised him to reinforce his existing techniques before the Student Council selection combat.
• Beizawa reviewed his squad's D-rank mission work and invited Kabuto Yakushi, Dan Kato, and Izumi Uchiha to barbecue.
• Beizawa encountered Kakashi Hatake and Might Guy, invited them to join the meal, and Kakashi Hatake accepted.

Beizawa accepted a mission to help Ino Yamanaka develop an offensive ninjutsu and trained his students for the upcoming final exams and Student Council selection battle. Hinata Hyuga collected the sword she had ordered, then asked Hyuga Hiashi for money to buy Beizawa a birthday gift.

• Might Guy and Beizawa invited Kakashi Hatake to watch the Student Council selection combat exam, and Beizawa suggested Kakashi teach First Year Class A.
• Ino Yamanaka told Beizawa she had learned the Mind Body Switch Technique and asked to learn offensive ninjutsu; Beizawa accepted a mission to help her develop a C-Rank technique.
• Beizawa trained Hinata Hyuga and Kiba Inuzuka, then told his students that the Hokage, clan heads, and renowned Jonin would attend the final exams.
• Tenten took Hinata Hyuga to her family’s shop, where Hinata received the finished Chakra Metal ninja sword and learned it cost ten million ryo.
• Hinata Hyuga asked Hyuga Hiashi for eight million ryo to buy Beizawa a birthday gift, leaving him stunned that she planned to spend so much on an outsider.

Beizawa completed the written exam, secured Karin’s top-ten placement, and prepared a new technique for Ino Yamanaka while planning his winter-break training. The next morning, he and Kurenai Yuhi arrived at the crowded Ninja Academy for the Student Council combat selection, where Sasuke Uchiha declared his intention to become president.

• Beizawa graded First Year Class A’s exam, and Karin placed seventh, completing his mission and earning the Four Limbs Heavy Seal.
• Beizawa reviewed the rankings, noted Yakumo Kurama’s improved results and Shikamaru Nara’s exact tenth place, then continued designing a combined Genjutsu and ninja-tool technique for Ino Yamanaka.
• Beizawa and Kurenai Yuhi spent the night together, and he used Medical Ninjutsu the next morning to ease her soreness before they went to the Ninja Academy.
• Beizawa brought Kurenai to the selection, where they met Might Guy, Kakashi Hatake, Kotetsu Hagane, and Izumo Kamizuki among the spectators.
• Fugaku Uchiha, Mikoto Uchiha, Itachi Uchiha, and Sasuke Uchiha arrived, and Sasuke vowed to become Student Council President as his family discussed the risks of the competition.

Konoha’s Ninja Academy held its final Combat Exam and Student Council selection, with Beizawa organizing separate Elite and General divisions. The first Elite match began with Naruto Uzumaki and Rock Lee fighting, and their intense taijutsu left the spectators stunned.

• Shibi Aburame, Shino Aburame, and Dan Kato met Kabuto Yakushi and Yakushi Nonō before the Ino-Shika-Cho families gathered at the Academy.
• Naruto Uzumaki arrived with Hiruzen Sarutobi, then joined his classmates and declared that he aimed to take first place.
• Beizawa explained the two-division format and challenge system, while Hiruzen Sarutobi delivered a lengthy speech before the exam began.
• Beizawa drew Naruto Uzumaki and Rock Lee as the first Elite Division opponents, and the pair excitedly proclaimed their youthful spirit.
• Naruto Uzumaki and Rock Lee exchanged powerful taijutsu attacks, with Naruto gaining the advantage as the watching ninja marveled at their strength.

Naruto Uzumaki defeated Rock Lee in a Taijutsu match using his abundant Chakra and Multiple Shadow Clones, while Sasuke Uchiha defeated Hana Inuzuka with Fire Style and genjutsu. The chapter left Kiba Inuzuka facing Neji Hyuga after revealing a huge two-headed dog form that stunned the spectators.

• Naruto Uzumaki created waves of Shadow Clones and defeated Rock Lee after his clones pinned him and Naruto landed a finishing kick.
• Sasuke Uchiha was drawn against Hana Inuzuka and defeated her by combining his Sharingan, Great Fireball Technique, and Genjutsu: Firefly.
• Kiba Inuzuka was matched against Neji Hyuga and stepped onto the field without a visible ninja hound.
• Kiba transformed into a massive two-headed dog, shocking Neji, Naruto, and the other students, who wondered whether Beizawa had created the technique.