Chapter Summaries

Aburame Tetsumaru joined the Ueno Squad alongside Might Duy, and the team settled into exhausting patrol and guard duties during the war. Tetsumaru improved several kinds of combat Ninja Insects, but had not yet tested them in battle.

• Might Duy arrived to join the Ueno Squad, and Aburame Tetsumaru fell from a tree after being overwhelmed by Duy's dazzling entrance.
• Ueno Hayato accepted Tetsumaru and Duy into the squad, then the four teammates introduced themselves around a campfire.
• Ueno Hayato explained that the squad guarded the camp and hoped everyone would survive the war.
• The Ueno Squad's enhanced reconnaissance led to longer patrols, but the team saw only one battle, arriving too late to take part.
• Tetsumaru experimented with Kikaichū genes and developed several Ninja Insects with improved traits, awaiting a chance to test them in combat.

Aburame Tetsumaru’s squad tracked a Suna reconnaissance team toward Konoha’s camp and called for reinforcements after discovering a Jonin and a Puppet Master. The ambush turned into a fierce battle that killed the Suna Jonin and left the Puppet Master captured, while Konoha’s Genin suffered heavy casualties.

• Aburame Tetsumaru’s squad found traces of four Suna Ninja and two puppets heading toward their camp, sent warnings, and began tracking them.
• Aburame Tetsumaru located the enemy on a hill overlooking the camp, and the captains requested reinforcements from Konoha.
• Aburame Shikuroo arrived, took command, and organized an ambush against the Suna Jonin, Puppet Master, and two Genin.
• The Suna Ninja attempted to break through after a fierce fight, and Might Duy kicked the Jonin back into the ambush while Konoha’s Genin attacked the escaping pair.
• The Suna Jonin was killed when an explosive fragment detonated Aburame Tetsumaru’s Landmine Insect, and Konoha’s forces captured the Puppet Master after defeating him.

After a deadly battle with Suna Ninja, Aburame Tetsumaru used his mission reward to study Puppet Technique and adapt chakra threads for controlling his Ninja Insects. He developed Summoning Thread and a linked command system that let him direct large swarms from a distance, though powerful large-scale ninjutsu remained a threat.

• Konoha’s three squads returned to camp after defeating the Suna Ninja, with heavy casualties and one prisoner, and Aburame Shikuroo inspected the enemy bodies for hidden traps.
• Aburame Tetsumaru received an A-rank reward and exchanged his ninjutsu-learning permission for a Puppet Technique training scroll to study chakra threads.
• Aburame Tetsumaru analyzed the chakra threads and rebuilt them to connect with his Ninja Insects, but he found he could control only a few insects at once.
• Aburame Tetsumaru upgraded the third-generation Eye of Truth into a control hub, named his new insect-linked threads Summoning Thread, and gained reliable control over swarms at long range.
• Aburame Tetsumaru formed a long-range insect combat system that could threaten chunin and challenge some jonin, while remaining vulnerable to large-scale ninjutsu.

Aburame Tetsumaru endured dangerous missions and stayed unpromoted while secretly supporting Ueno Hayato’s squad. Aburame Shikuro revealed that Danzo’s campaign against the Aburame Clan followed a wider clash over Root’s enormous losses, leaving Tetsumaru among the clan members exposed to retaliation.

• Ueno Hayato ate Aburame Tetsumaru’s fish soup and relied on him to survive repeated assault reconnaissance missions, while concealing Tetsumaru’s abilities in reports.
• Aburame Tetsumaru trained his Summoning Thread control until Aburame Shikuro arrived with four crates of insects, eggs, pupae, and cultivation supplies.
• Aburame Shikuro told Tetsumaru that Baiki had died and that several of their brothers were serving or recovering elsewhere.
• Aburame Shikuro explained that Danzo wanted to recruit Tetsumaru and other Aburame, but the clan had resisted after Root’s thirty-four Aburame members, including four Jonin, all died.
• Tetsumaru learned that several clans had joined the dispute, Root had been stripped of most members, and Danzo was retaliating against clan affiliates by assigning dangerous missions and withholding recognition.

Aburame Tetsumaru analyzed the Aburame Clan’s losses in Root, then joined Ueno Hayato’s squad on a reconnaissance mission into the Land of Rain. After detecting a large Sunagakure encirclement, the squad prepared to break through and split up to escape.

• Aburame Tetsumaru concluded that Danzo had used Root Ninja, including Aburame Clan elites, as cannon fodder and that the clan’s investment in Root had failed.
• Ueno Hayato selected two unfamiliar Genin, and his squad set out on a long-range reconnaissance mission while Tetsumaru deployed his insect scouts.
• The squad rested at a campsite, then continued cautiously through the Land of Rain as Tetsumaru’s scouts bypassed six ambush points.
• Aburame Tetsumaru detected three Sunagakure battle groups ahead and two more groups behind, warning Ueno Hayato that the squad was being encircled.
• Ueno Hayato ordered a retreat and explained that the squad would break through one defensive line, then split up to escape as Tetsumaru prepared the insects along their route.

Aburame Tetsumaru and the Ueno Squad defeated a Suna Ninja ambush, then used their retreat to test Tetsumaru’s long-range Combination Insects against pursuing enemies. The squad reunited and reached Konoha’s main camp after delivering their intelligence, while Tetsumaru learned the attacks worked best as surprise weapons against less agile targets.

• Ueno Hayato raised earthen barriers, and the Ueno Squad used explosive tags and tear gas to kill the eight Suna Ninja before splitting up to flee.
• Aburame Tetsumaru lured Suna pursuers into range and attacked them with Combination Insects, killing three while the Suna Jonin evaded repeated strikes through combat instinct.
• The Suna Jonin spotted Tetsumaru’s dragonfly observer and destroyed it, so Tetsumaru fired his remaining Combination Insects and fled at full speed.
• Tetsumaru reached the rendezvous point and met Captain Ueno, and the two waited for the squad’s remaining members to arrive.
• The reunited Ueno Squad traveled through the night, reached Konoha’s main camp at dawn, and handed its intelligence to a patrol squad.

Aburame Tetsumaru’s squad confirmed that the Iwagakure Jinchuriki Rōshi was pursuing Konoha ninja, then fled as Rōshi unleashed a devastating Lava Release. Near Konoha’s camp, eleven reconnaissance squads formed an encirclement and elite ninja engaged Rōshi.

• Aburame Tetsumaru detected a terrifying Chakra signature and, after observing Lava Release, identified the enemy as Iwagakure’s Jinchuriki Rōshi.
• Aburame Tetsumaru confirmed Rōshi’s identity and fled with Ueno Hayato while autonomous insects delayed the pursuing Iwagakure and Amegakure forces.
• Rōshi realized the Konoha ninja had exposed his mission and unleashed Lava Release: Lava River, destroying the insect swarm and setting the forest ablaze.
• Aburame Tetsumaru and Ueno Hayato caught up with their teammates and continued retreating toward Konoha’s camp as ninja squads mobilized.
• Eleven reconnaissance squads surrounded Rōshi, and elite Jonin engaged him while Anbu or Root formed an outer perimeter.

Aburame Tetsumaru and the Konoha forces fought to contain Rōshi, whose Four-Tails transformation threatened the battlefield. Senju Tsunade arrived and subdued Rōshi long enough for Dan Katō to attack the beast’s soul, but the chapter ended when the Four-Tails exploded and blasted Dan’s blue phantom through the ranks.

• Aburame Tetsumaru scouted the battle and reported that Shimura Danzō was fighting Rōshi without the Sannin or other key reinforcements, so Ueno Hayato led their team closer.
• Rōshi gained the advantage with Lava Release until Senju Tsunade arrived, summoned Katsuyu to heal and replenish the Konoha forces, and battered the weakened Jinchuriki into a berserk transformation.
• Dan Katō used Spirit Transformation Technique to enter the Four-Tails while Tsunade and the other Konoha ninja formed a defensive perimeter.
• Tsunade told the forces that Hanzo had defeated her, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya, spared them, and named them the Konoha Sannin, while Orochimaru and Jiraiya remained unconscious from poison.
• After seven tense minutes, the Four-Tails suddenly self-destructed, knocking down the Konoha ninja and blasting Dan Katō’s blue phantom through Aburame Tetsumaru.

After Dan Katō’s soul knocked Aburame Tetsumaru into the Sea of Souls, Tetsumaru recovered and began exploring its properties while returning to village life. Wartime purchase restrictions then threatened his insect-based fighting style, so he turned to the Insect Compendium and began testing insects that might help him become self-sufficient.

• After Dan Katō’s attack, Aburame Tetsumaru woke from the Sea of Souls with severe injuries and later returned to Konoha to recover.
• Tetsumaru learned to enter and leave the Sea of Souls at will, explored its light orbs, and discovered he could use limited ninjutsu there.
• While Tetsumaru recovered at home, Aburame Aiko kept him from training, and he resumed cooking and caring for insects.
• Tetsumaru tried to buy metal for his insects but found wartime quotas limited his purchases, so he gathered comrades’ unused quotas instead.
• After further restrictions left him unable to obtain enough supplies, Tetsumaru consulted the Insect Compendium and began experimenting with selected species.

Aburame Tetsumaru built a Mineral Insect Swarm to produce metal and persuaded the Aburame Family to fund a massive summoning array. After stocking it with his Legion Insect Swarm, he prepared to return to the Land of Rain as the war neared another clash.

• Aburame Tetsumaru bred a Mineral Insect Swarm that excavated a hematite vein and produced enough iron to meet his needs, then let the Sarutobi Clan smelt the insects’ shells.
• Aburame Tetsumaru studied battlefield knowledge from his father and chose the Summoning Technique over the Shadow Clone Technique for the time being.
• Aburame Tetsumaru persuaded his father and Elder Aburame Shihui to build a large summoning array, and the Aburame Family completed the project with help from Konoha’s clans and lenders.
• Aburame Tetsumaru installed Insect Hives containing more than a million Legion Insects in the array, giving him a large force he could summon at once.
• Aburame Tetsumaru left the Aburame Forbidden Grounds to spend time with his parents before returning to the Land of Rain the next day.

Aburame Tetsumaru assembled his new squad and discovered that his two subordinates, Uchiha Kei and Kurama Yun, were unusually skilled and already suspicious of each other. The squad joined the other teams at a concealed clearing, where a Hyuga squad exposed everyone and stirred up resentment among the captains.

• Aburame Tetsumaru detected two hidden ninja with his Kikaichū and Insight, then forced them out of their Genjutsu concealment with Insect Spheres.
• Uchiha Kei introduced himself as a fourteen-year-old Chunin who specialized in Fire Release and Genjutsu, while Kurama Yun introduced herself as a thirteen-year-old Genin with a Genjutsu Kekkei Genkai.
• Aburame Tetsumaru ordered Uchiha Kei and Kurama Yun to follow him on their mission, and the three traveled to a clearing while keeping their distance from one another.
• Kurama Yun concealed the squad with her Genjutsu as Aburame Tetsumaru threw their assembly document into the clearing for the other squads to find.
• The captains of seven squads concealed themselves and exchanged documents, but a Hyuga squad used its Byakugan to locate everyone and drew the other captains' angry glares.

Aburame Tetsumaru’s team joined a rear assault on the Sunagakure camp, where they faced Chiyo and Ebizo’s puppet forces as the battle turned into a chaotic melee. After an explosion inside the camp broke Sunagakure’s forces, Tetsumaru retreated and watched the inexperienced Hyuga team charge into the fleeing enemy.

• Aoyama Gosho assigned eight Konoha teams to attack the Suna Ninja camp from behind as a feint supporting a frontal assault.
• Tetsumaru, Uchiha Kei, and Kurama Yun entered the Land of Rain, killed four Rain Ninja, and continued toward the designated battlefield.
• At dawn, the Konoha assault began, and Tetsumaru’s team attacked the Suna Ninja guarding the rear of the camp.
• Chiyo and Ebizo’s puppet forces counterattacked with potent poison, but Tetsumaru smashed several puppets while his teammates supported him with Fire Release and Genjutsu.
• An enormous explosion inside the Sunagakure camp shattered Suna morale, and Tetsumaru called his team to retreat as the enemy fled.
• The Hyuga team stayed behind and charged toward the fleeing Suna Ninja while Tetsumaru escaped into the forest.

Aburame Tetsumaru led his team in ambushing fleeing Suna Ninja before the pursuit ended with Konoha victorious. At the celebration, Tetsumaru learned how terrifying Hatake Sakumo’s presence was when the White Fang fixed him with a sharp gaze.

• Aburame Tetsumaru led Uchiha Kei and Kurama Yun around the fleeing Suna Ninja to ambush isolated enemies at a slope.
• Kurama Yun’s Genjutsu trapped two Suna Ninja, and Uchiha Kei helped finish them; the tactic had already killed five Suna Ninja across three groups.
• Aburame Tetsumaru’s team hid rather than attack Chiyo and her injured younger brother, then the Konoha pursuit force arrived and ended the battle.
• Chiyo and Ebizo covered the Suna retreat with deadly poison, and Konoha later celebrated its victory while news spread that Hatake Sakumo had raided the Suna warehouse.
• Uchiha Kei and Kurama Yun learned that Aburame Tetsumaru was only eleven years old, and Kurama Yun’s attempt to feel like his older sister faltered when she faced him.
• Hatake Sakumo arrived at the banquet, and his killing intent and sharp gaze left Aburame Tetsumaru shaken before he went to his tent.

Aburame Tetsumaru led Uchiha Kei and Kurama Yun on a mission to hunt the rogue ninja Juyuan and discovered the pursuit involved hidden intelligence and Root. At a hillside near a village, Tetsumaru found traces of multiple ambush teams and realized the mission had escalated.

• After Hatake Sakumo left the Land of Rain, Aburame Tetsumaru received a mission to eliminate the rogue ninja Juyuan and gathered Uchiha Kei and Kurama Yun.
• While traveling, Kurama Yun recognized that Juyuan's missing intelligence and the mission's vague orders pointed to Root's involvement.
• At an intelligence station, Aburame Tetsumaru learned that Juyuan had disappeared after killing two teammates and that intelligence about Iwagakure was missing.
• The Aburame Squad tracked Juyuan's scent and found evidence that an Inuzuka squad was also pursuing him.
• Near a village, Tetsumaru stopped Kei from rushing ahead and inspected the hillside, discovering traces of three ninja squads that had lain in ambush and withdrawn.

Aburame Tetsumaru’s squad tracked the Iwa Ninja guarding Juyuan and waited for a chance to capture him. They succeeded during the Iwa ambush, recovered the mission intelligence, and withdrew as the battle began.

• Aburame Tetsumaru used Dragonflies and Olfactory Moths to track five squads of Iwa Ninja, then rested with Uchiha Kei and Kurama Yun while monitoring their ambush position.
• At night, Juyuan met the Iwa Ninja, and Tetsumaru prepared the squad to capture him quietly while avoiding a direct fight.
• Tetsumaru released Crickets to mask signals and warn the Konoha Ninja, while Juyuan left for Iwagakure carrying the intelligence.
• Kurama Yun trapped Juyuan in a Genjutsu, Uchiha Kei stabbed him, and Tetsumaru used insects to sedate and paralyze him before searching him.
• Tetsumaru handed the intelligence to Kurama Yun, had Kei carry Juyuan’s weapons, and carried the unconscious Juyuan as the squad withdrew when the Iwa ambush began.

Aburame Tetsumaru rescued the Konoha survivors from an Iwa Ninja ambush using a massive Insect Tide and Combination Insects, then harvested the battlefield for resources. He returned to camp before dawn and discovered his subordinates were lost, while Uchiha Kei and Kurama Yun were still arguing over directions after sunrise.

• Aburame Tetsumaru left Uchiha Kei and Kurama Yun with Juyuan and rushed to support Inuzuka Tsuyoshi and the Konoha squad under attack.
• Aburame Tetsumaru summoned a huge Insect Tide, destroyed the Iwa Ninja defenses with explosive Combination Insects, and helped the surviving Konoha Ninja defeat the ambush force.
• Aburame Tetsumaru learned that six of the sixteen ambushed Konoha Ninja survived, including Inuzuka Tsuyoshi and Aburame Dairen, while most of the Iwa Ninja were killed or captured.
• Aburame Tetsumaru stayed behind to harvest insect corpses and recover resources, then returned to camp before dawn.
• Aburame Tetsumaru found his two subordinates missing as Uchiha Kei and Kurama Yun remained lost in the forest, with Kurama pointing south while claiming it was west.

Aburame Tetsumaru examined his squad’s losses and concluded that his insect swarm lacked the combat power to serve as a reliable main force, so he focused on developing stronger insects and studying Chakra Runes. After completing a mission, his squad entered Level Two Alert, leaving him to watch Uchiha Kei practice the Uchiha Clan’s foundational combat tactic.

• Uchiha Kei and Kurama Yun returned with the dead rogue ninja Juyuan’s head, and Aburame Tetsumaru completed the mission before sending them to rest.
• Aburame Tetsumaru analyzed the loss of more than twelve thousand insects and recognized that his swarm’s frontal assault was too weak to carry his squad.
• Shimura Danzō reviewed Aburame Tetsumaru’s dossier but rejected him for Root because his insect-based fighting style was too noisy for covert operations.
• Aburame Tetsumaru ruled out personally leading the swarm or recruiting stronger ninja and continued pursuing stronger combat insects while organizing Chakra Runes.
• After giving Uchiha Kei and Kurama Yun a day to recover, Aburame Tetsumaru learned his squad was under Level Two Alert and could not leave camp freely.
• Aburame Tetsumaru watched Uchiha Kei practice the Uchiha Clan’s foundational tactic, linking Fireball Jutsu, the Body Flicker Technique, throwing techniques, Transformation Technique, and Phoenix Sage Fire.

Aburame Tetsumaru rediscovered that his Giant Insect Swarm only needed a few effective combat methods, but a false alarm and a new command arrangement made him question Konoha’s leadership and abandon his plans to spread scientific knowledge. He ended the chapter weighing the price of revolution against his own survival on the battlefield.

• Aburame Tetsumaru overheard Uchiha Kei and Kurama Yun discussing combat routines and realized he could focus his Giant Insect Swarm on a few decisive techniques.
• A Swift Hawk alarm summoned camp captains, who learned that the commander had been replaced rather than receiving orders for a combat mission.
• Orochimaru arrived at the Land of Rain camp as deputy commander, leading Aburame Tetsumaru to suspect that Sarutobi Hiruzen had placed Orochimaru’s rise ahead of the army’s safety.
• Aburame Tetsumaru decided that the Shinobi World’s culture and monopolies would undermine scientific progress, and he gave up on spreading scientific knowledge.
• Aburame Tetsumaru considered becoming a revolutionary leader, rejected the idea of sacrificing himself, and feared that his thoughts had raised a death flag on the battlefield.

The Aburame Clan ended its practice of restricting shared secret techniques by branch, and Aburame Tetsumaru received and learned the Insect Clone technique. On the front lines, his squad endured chaotic mission orders, and Tetsumaru continued seeking a way to use the Shadow Clone Technique to explore the Sea of Souls.

• Elder Shihui proposed giving clan members secret techniques according to their abilities, and the Clan Head agreed to establish reward standards for techniques shared by the clan.
• Aburame Shikuro returned to the village and chose to give Aburame Tetsumaru the Insect Clone training scroll.
• Aburame Tetsumaru memorized the scroll, returned it to the clan, and later learned the technique during two mission-free days before burning the scroll.
• The Rain Ninja and Iwa Ninja attacked and defeated the Suna Ninja while Konoha's leadership was distracted by internal struggles and command changes.
• Aburame Tetsumaru's squad received conflicting missions and spent three days racing between assignments before getting two days to rest.
• After learning Insect Clone, Aburame Tetsumaru reflected that he still wanted the Shadow Clone Technique to explore the Sea of Souls, where he was confined whenever he slept.

Aburame Tetsumaru detected an approaching enemy force and joined Orochimaru, who organized Konoha’s retreat from the camp. As Tetsumaru’s group prepared to move east, Ibuse Hanzo appeared in the north and released poisonous mist, killing Tetsumaru’s insects and placing the retreat in immediate danger.

• Aburame Tetsumaru sensed a large force approaching, gathered Uchiha Kei and Kurama Yun, and searched the camp for Orochimaru.
• Tetsumaru found Senju Nawaki and explained that Orochimaru’s strength, wisdom, and luck were their best hope of surviving.
• Orochimaru joined the group, confirmed that enemies were coming, and ordered Nawaki and the others to prepare for battle.
• Orochimaru led the group east, where he organized Konoha Ninja into an orderly retreat as Iwa Ninja attacked from the south and Rain Ninja from the north.
• Aburame Tetsumaru spotted Ibuse Hanzo entering the camp and releasing poisonous mist, which engulfed part of the camp and killed the insects sending him images.