Chapter Summaries

Itachi Uchiha confronted the genin as a masked enemy and overwhelmed them to demonstrate their weakness. Kakashi, Kimimaro, and Asuma arrived, and Kimimaro challenged Itachi until he unleashed Susanoo.

• Itachi Uchiha appeared in disguise and attacked the genin after declaring that the strong ruled the world.
• Itachi bound all nine genin with shuriken threads and sent a Great Fire Dragon Technique at them.
• Kakashi blocked the fire dragon with an Earth Wall, while Kimimaro and Asuma arrived and Kimimaro prevented Asuma from ending the demonstration.
• Kimimaro attacked Itachi with Shikotsumyaku techniques as Kakashi explained his Kekkei Genkai to the genin.
• Itachi saw through Kimimaro's tactics and activated Susanoo.

Yūsuke and Hiruzen discussed Itachi’s Mangekyō Sharingan as Itachi fought Kakashi, Asuma, and Kimimaro. After Itachi defeated Kimimaro with Tsukuyomi, he used Susanoo to make Shikamaru, Ino, and Choji disappear, leaving Naruto and the others furious and confused.

• Yūsuke told Hiruzen that Itachi’s Susanoo was not his strongest ability, while Hiruzen wondered whether Yūsuke was destined to keep the Uchiha Clan in check.
• Sasuke recognized Itachi’s Mangekyō Sharingan, and Asuma explained that rogue ninja could come from the Uchiha Clan before joining Kakashi in the fight.
• Kimimaro opened the Fifth Gate, but Itachi trapped him in Tsukuyomi, and Kimimaro surrendered after failing to break free.
• Kakashi attacked Itachi from underground and sent him toward the Genin, while Shikamaru told Ino and Choji that their apparent enemies were on their side.
• Itachi activated Susanoo and swept Shikamaru, Ino, and Choji away with the Totsuka Blade, prompting Naruto to demand to know what had happened to them.

Yūske ended Itachi Uchiha’s test after he defeated Kimimaro and incapacitated the young ninja squad. Kimimaro’s fierce loyalty to Yūske nearly led him to attack Ino, prompting Yūske to explain his past to Hiruzen Sarutobi.

• Naruto, Sasuke, Kiba, Hinata, and Shino attacked Itachi Uchiha’s Susanoo, but their techniques failed to harm it, and Itachi hypnotized them with his Sharingan.
• Yūske arrived and ended the test, and Itachi released the three people sealed inside the Totsuka Blade.
• Kimimaro appeared and admitted he could not defeat Itachi, while Yūske reassured him that he still had time to grow.
• After Ino muttered that Yūske’s plan was a lowbrow hobby, Kimimaro lunged at her, and Asuma blocked his bone attack.
• Yūske stopped the confrontation and explained to Hiruzen Sarutobi that Kimimaro had been imprisoned as a child because he could not control his power, and that Yūske had become like a father to him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi warned that Kimimaro’s impulsive violence could not be accepted in the village, and Ino tearfully apologized to Yūske.

Yūske revealed that the students’ mission had been a test for the upcoming Chunin Exams and warned them about the deadly risks. Naruto and the others chose to participate, while Kakashi questioned Sakura about her performance on the mission.

• Kakashi, Shikamaru, and Asuma woke Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, Kiba, and the others by throwing water over them, and Asuma revealed that they were alive and had been tested by Konoha’s leaders.
• Naruto confronted the jonin about the deception, and Asuma explained that passing the test qualified the students to register for the Chunin Exams.
• Yūske appeared with Hiruzen Sarutobi and Itachi Uchiha, and Itachi revealed himself to Sasuke before Yūske explained why Konoha had selected the young ninjas for the test.
• Yūske warned the students that the Chunin Exams required a waiver of responsibility for death, but Naruto and the others declared they would participate.
• Kimimaro and Kakashi confirmed that their students wanted to enter the exams, and Kakashi then took Sakura aside to ask whether she thought she had completed the mission.

Kakashi criticized Sakura’s performance during a mission, while Naruto defended her and Sasuke challenged Naruto. As the Chunin Exams approached, Yūske met with the leaders of Kumogakure, Kirigakure, and Amegakure to warn them that the Akatsuki Organization had revived and to explain Shisui’s secret role as Konoha’s spy.

• Kakashi told Sakura that she had contributed little during the mission, and Naruto stepped in to defend her while Sasuke argued that her performance threatened their chances in the Chunin Exams.
• Ninja from several villages arrived in Konoha for the Chunin Exams, and their leaders went to Yūske’s residence to meet him.
• Yūske told the Fourth Raikage A, Mei Terumi’s father, and Amegakure’s leader that the Akatsuki Organization had revived and still possessed the Rinnegan.
• Yūske revealed that Shisui Uchiha had escaped Uchiha Obito’s control and was secretly spying on the Akatsuki Organization for Konoha.
• Yūske confronted the Fourth Raikage A about past troop deployments near Konoha’s borders, and A explained that they had been intended to deter Ōnoki as well as prepare for possible conflict.

Yūske and the gathered Kage discussed adding another round to the Chunin Exams and making the first written test more punishing. The meeting was interrupted by Mayumi, whose fight with Tsunade came to light when she admitted she had broken Rock Lee and Naruto's bones.

• Minato arrived to discuss the Chunin Exams with Yūske and the other Kage.
• The Kage considered adding an exam round because many genin had entered, and Yūske proposed a harsh disqualification rule for the written test.
• Mayumi interrupted the meeting and told Yūske that Tsunade wanted to hit her.
• Tsunade demanded that Mayumi come out, but Mayumi clung to her grandfather while the Kage stayed to talk.
• Mayumi admitted that she had broken Rock Lee and Naruto's bones, making Yūske spit out his tea.

Mayumi's fight with Rock Lee and Naruto brought the Fourth Hokage, the Fourth Raikage, and other leaders into a dispute over responsibility and compensation. At Konoha Hospital, the adults found Naruto and Rock Lee still unconscious, while A went to fetch the Kumogakure genin involved.

• Mayumi urged Rock Lee to fight Kumogakure genin who mocked him, and Neji helped Rock Lee win against three opponents.
• Rock Lee shoved Yūto, so Mayumi punched Rock Lee and Naruto unconscious before fleeing with her brother.
• Yūske asked Minato Namikaze how Mayumi should be punished, while A offered to make the Kumogakure genin apologize and pay compensation.
• Mayumi dismissed the incident as a minor scuffle, but Aburame Shiho insisted she should be punished.
• At Konoha Hospital, A went to bring the Kumogakure genin in for an explanation, while Might Guy tried to plead for Rock Lee.

Ōnoki faced Uchiha Obito’s demand for Iwagakure to hand over the Four-Tails and Five-Tails, while Konoha’s leaders investigated Iwagakure’s sudden decision to send genin to the Chunin Exams. Yūske suspected the Akatsuki Organization was behind the move.

• Uchiha Obito gave Ōnoki two days to cooperate and surrender the Four-Tails and Five-Tails or face war, while claiming Akatsuki had surrounded Iwagakure.
• Kushina and Aburame Shiho settled the dispute between Naruto, Rock Lee, and Mayumi, and the Kumogakure genin who stirred up trouble were barred from the Chunin Exams.
• Minato Namikaze summoned Yūske to discuss Ōnoki’s letter announcing that ten Iwagakure genin teams were heading to Konoha for the Chunin Exams.
• Yūske considered whether Iwagakure planned to act against Konoha, then realized the Akatsuki Organization might be involved.

Yūske and the village leaders considered why Ōnoki had sent Iwagakure to join the Chunin Exams, suspecting control, coercion, or an alliance with the Akatsuki Organization. Iwagakure’s genin team arrived in Konoha and was told to follow the village’s entry rules, while Kimimaro confronted their instructor.

• Yūske outlined four possible reasons for Ōnoki’s sudden decision to enter Iwagakure in the Chunin Exams, including Akatsuki involvement or a request for help.
• The leaders agreed to discuss countermeasures, and Yūske slipped away while Minato Namikaze tried to keep him there.
• Minato Namikaze and the Mizukage agreed to let Iwagakure participate, while A told Baki to inform the Kazekage.
• Iwagakure’s genin team arrived in Konoha less than a day after the invitation letter was sent and asked to enter ahead of the queue.
• Kurotsuchi urged the team’s instructor to follow Konoha’s rules, and Kimimaro seized the instructor by the shoulder when he resisted.

Yūske watched Sasuke and Rock Lee fight during the first day of the Chunin Exams, while Obito and White Zetsu advanced plans to provoke wars between the ninja villages. Sasuke gained the upper hand after activating his Two-Tomoe Sharingan, and Rock Lee pulled away to continue the match.

• Kimimaro confronted Iwagakure's Genin at Konoha's entrance, but Yuki Haku and Kurotsuchi calmed the situation and the team joined the registration line.
• Obito ordered White Zetsu to impersonate Ōnoki and help provoke a war between Kumogakure and Sunagakure before Iwagakure attacked Konoha.
• Yūske arrived at the Chunin Exam venue and found Sasuke and the recovered Rock Lee already fighting, while Naruto cheered them both on.
• Rock Lee initially pressured Sasuke, but Sasuke adjusted and fought him to a standstill.
• Sasuke activated his Two-Tomoe Sharingan, read Rock Lee's movements, and began to suppress him.
• Rock Lee retreated with a series of backflips after Sasuke gained the advantage.

Rock Lee’s clash with Sasuke was stopped before he could remove his bandages, and the young shinobi proceeded to the first Chunin Exam. Yūske watched the exam unfold, where Yuki Haku helped his siblings while Yūto and Naruto produced disastrous exam papers.

• Yuki Haku stopped Rock Lee from removing his bandages, and Might Guy scolded Lee for preparing to use a dangerous move against a fellow villager.
• Sasuke left with Naruto and Sakura Haruno, unsettled by how well Rock Lee had fought him, while Yūske sent Yuki Haku, Yūto, and Mayumi to the exam.
• Yūske used the Telescopic Jutsu to watch the first exam as the Genin used various methods to gather answers and Morino Ibiki caught conspicuous cheaters.
• Yuki Haku finished his own paper, copied answers for Mayumi, and then redid her paper while Yūto drew Hinata and Mayumi slept.
• Morino Ibiki’s final question prompted many examinees to withdraw, but Naruto refused to give up, while Ibiki concealed Yūto’s doodled paper and arranged for a replacement to be submitted.

Akatsuki held its first meeting, where Pain outlined the organization’s plan and assigned its members their first missions. A day later, the first Chunin Exam results were announced, and Yūske took Mayumi out before warning his group to avoid harming Konoha’s ninja in the next exam unless their lives were threatened.

• Pain gathered Akatsuki’s core members in the cavern, and Shisui introduced them by name and codename.
• Pain explained that Tobi was away on a crucial mission and said he would assign the other members their first tasks.
• The Five Great Shinobi Villages released the results of the Chunin Exam’s first round, and everyone who had lasted until the end passed.
• Mayumi asked Yūske why ninja from different villages did not befriend one another, and he said trust would come only when they faced a common enemy.
• Mayumi asked to have dinner with her grandfather, but Yūske refused and told her to write him a letter instead.
• After returning home, Yūske told his group not to harm Konoha’s ninja in the next exam unless their lives were in danger, then disappeared before dinner.

Shisui warned Yūske that the Akatsuki Organization was about to move and gave him intelligence on its members, prompting Yūske to summon the Fourth Raikage and Fifth Kazekage to Konoha. Meanwhile, Anko began the second Chunin Exam in the Forest of Death, where Yūske had secretly placed the Monkey Clan to guard the candidates and add danger.

• Shisui appeared before Yūske and gave him a list of information about Akatsuki Organization members, warning that the group would soon act.
• Yūske ordered Itachi Uchiha to secretly summon the Fourth Raikage and Fifth Kazekage, and said Iwagakure might be an enemy.
• Anko warned the candidates that the Forest of Death test could kill them, explained the scroll and Central Tower rules, and watched several teams withdraw.
• The remaining teams entered the Forest of Death in batches, while Anko left to get more dango.
• Yūske's summoned Monkey Clan guarded the forest and intimidated the other ninja beasts so they would not attack Konoha's candidates.

Yūske gathered the Five Kage representatives to warn them about the Akatsuki Organization and Iwagakure, while Yūto’s team hunted for scrolls in the Forest of Death. Yūto’s team encountered Naruto’s team after defeating several other genin and demanded their scrolls.

• Yūske met the Fourth Raikage, A, the Fifth Kazekage, and the Fifth Mizukage at the former Ninja Alliance headquarters, and said he suspected Iwagakure was among their enemies.
• The Fourth Raikage, A, brought Killer B and Yugito Nii to the meeting because he was keeping close watch on his Jinchuriki.
• Mayumi defeated three Stone Ninja and made them surrender their scrolls, but Yūto found that the scrolls were blank.
• Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura Haruno dodged kunai thrown by three Kumogakure ninja, who demanded their scrolls.
• Yūto’s team emerged from the bushes after Yuki Haku killed two of the Kumogakure ninja, and the last one forfeited.
• Yūto asked Naruto and Sasuke whether they would forfeit or hand over their scrolls.

Yūto’s team reached the tower first in the Forest of Death, while Naruto’s team also passed the second examination. As Konoha prepared for the third examination, Uchiha Fugaku asked Yūske to take Sasuke as his disciple.

• Sasuke agreed to trade scrolls with Yūto’s group, and Yūto gave Naruto’s team blank scrolls before they departed.
• Naruto and Sasuke explained to Sakura Haruno that the examination tested skills needed for war, and their team spent the night in a secluded place.
• Yūske warned Fourth Raikage A and Pakura about the Akatsuki Organization’s threat, and the Fifth Mizukage revealed that he had sent the Six-Tails Jinchuriki to Konoha.
• Yūto’s group reached the tower first after Sarutobi secretly cleared their route, and Naruto’s group gathered the required scrolls just before the examination ended.
• Konoha allowed all ten qualifying teams to advance and scheduled the third examination for two weeks later.
• Uchiha Fugaku brought Itachi Uchiha and Sasuke to the Senju Clan Compound and asked Yūske to take Sasuke as his disciple.

Yūske accepted Sasuke as his disciple and sent Itachi to Tsunade for an examination of his worsening eyesight. Jiraiya returned to Konoha, and he challenged Yūske to a teaching contest by taking Naruto as his disciple.

• Fugaku rebuked Sasuke for grabbing Yūske, and Yūske accepted Sasuke as his disciple without an examination.
• Yūske told Itachi that his vision was worsening and sent him to Konoha Hospital to see Tsunade about Bloodline Disease.
• Yūske told Sasuke to pack and stay with him until the final exam, while Fugaku gave Sasuke money to celebrate with his friends.
• Yūske invited Jiraiya, who had just returned to Konoha, to join him and Fugaku for a drink.
• Jiraiya agreed to take Naruto as his disciple and challenged Yūske to see who could teach better.

Sasuke gathered his classmates and announced that the Fourth Hokage had accepted him as a disciple, urging the teams to train for the public Chunin Exam. Meanwhile, White Zetsu operatives disguised as Kumogakure ninja attacked the Wind Daimyo’s procession in the Land of Fire, leaving the entourage in chaos as Konoha ninja tried to protect him.

• Sasuke told his classmates that the Fourth Hokage had accepted him as a disciple and urged them to train for the third Chunin Exam.
• Naruto considered asking the Fourth Hokage to train him, but his classmates warned that Kushina would object.
• Obito and Black Zetsu prepared to divert the Five Great Shinobi Villages’ attention, and White Zetsu operatives infiltrated the Land of Lightning, killed Kumogakure teams, and took their disguises.
• The disguised White Zetsu joined the Wind Daimyo’s procession inside the Land of Fire, posing as Kumogakure ninja hired to escort him.
• Konoha ninja questioned the escort and discovered that Konoha had not hired Kumogakure ninja.
• The disguised attackers suddenly assaulted the Wind Daimyo’s entourage, and the daimyo fled toward the Konoha ninja as people were killed.

Uchiha Obito orchestrated an attack on the Land of Wind Daimyo and framed Kumogakure, hoping to draw the ninja world toward conflict. After Minato Namikaze summoned Yūske to respond to the crisis, Yūske doubted Kumogakure was responsible.

• Uchiha Obito arranged for a Lightning Release attack to wound the Land of Wind Daimyo and made the ensuing deaths appear to be the work of Kumogakure ninja.
• Konoha's ninja treated the unconscious Daimyo and prepared to take him to a temporary base, while the guards reported the incident to the Kazekage.
• Minato Namikaze received an urgent report and sent Anbu to find Yūske, while Pakura called a Jonin Meeting and headed for Konoha.
• Yūske left Sasuke's taijutsu training and went to the Hokage Building after Haku urged him to answer Minato's summons.
• Minato briefed Yūske on the attack, and Yūske insisted that Kumogakure had no reason to target the Daimyo.

Yūske and Minato urged Konoha to wait while Kumogakure responded to the attack on the Daimyo of the Land of Wind. As rumors blamed Kumogakure and the daimyo threatened war, A moved to prove his village’s innocence, while Pakura kept Sunagakure from acting rashly.

• Yūske advised Minato and Shikaku Nara not to intervene yet, and Minato warned Yūske and Jiraiya to stay put.
• A ordered an elders' meeting, sent a message to the Fourth Hokage swearing Kumogakure was innocent, and dispatched envoys to the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning.
• A took Yugito Nii and Killer B to meet the recovering Daimyo of the Land of Wind and explain Kumogakure’s position.
• Rumors spread that Kumogakure had tried to assassinate the daimyo, who threatened war despite Pakura telling him the Akatsuki Organization was likely responsible.
• Pakura persuaded the daimyo to wait for Kumogakure’s explanation and told Maki to keep Sunagakure’s shinobi in the Chunin Exam but watch out for Kirigakure.

Baki warned Temari, Kankuro, and Eiji that Kumogakure ninja were suspected of assassinating the Land of Wind daimyo and urged Sunagakure to avoid a clash. At negotiations, Pakura and the daimyo confronted A, who denied responsibility and blamed the Akatsuki Organization, leaving the dispute unresolved.

• Baki told Temari, Kankuro, and Eiji that Kumogakure ninja were suspected of attacking the Land of Wind daimyo and ordered them not to provoke Kumogakure.
• Baki went to seek the Sixth Hokage's intervention while Sunagakure's leaders urged Pakura to settle the matter.
• Konoha's medical ninja treated the daimyo, who recovered enough to attend negotiations with Pakura and A.
• Pakura presented evidence that the attackers were active-duty Kumogakure ninja, but A argued that they could have been controlled by the Akatsuki Organization.
• The daimyo accused A of ordering the assassination, and A mocked the Land of Wind before proposing that both sides investigate the Akatsuki Organization.
• The daimyo rejected A's proposal and insisted Kumogakure must take responsibility because its ninja had attacked him.