Chapter Summaries

Genma let the wounded enemy ninja believe he was dead while the attacker reached Konohamaru, Moegi, and Udon at the carriage. The enemy wounded Moegi and threatened the young ninja as Konohamaru rushed inside after hearing a scream from the employer.

• Genma played dead after injuring the enemy ninja, who emerged from underground and limped toward the carriage.
• The enemy ninja reached the earthen wall and told Konohamaru, Moegi, and Udon that their Sensei had died; Genma's Shadow Clones vanished, alarming them.
• Konohamaru used Wind Style Jutsu: Great Breakthrough to blow away many senbon from the enemy's Rain Shower Senbon attack.
• Konohamaru remembered the employer was inside the carriage and rushed into it after a scream came from within.
• The enemy ninja threw shuriken at Moegi and Udon, and Moegi took a wound while shielding Udon.
• Moegi urged Udon to help Konohamaru, while the enemy ninja mocked them and threatened to kill them.

Konohamaru discovered that the supposed employer was a man, suggesting the mission had been misrepresented, while the attacker on the earthen wall reconsidered his target. When the attacker demanded they kill the man to avoid a fight, Konohamaru refused and prepared to defend everyone beneath the carriage.

• Konohamaru found Yan Hua beneath the carriage and confronted him after discovering that the person he had carried out was a man, not the woman they had been told to protect.
• The ninja atop the earthen wall questioned Yan Hua, then offered to spare the children if they killed the man and let him inspect the carriage.
• Udon considered accepting the offer, but Konohamaru refused to kill an innocent person.
• The attacker opened his umbrella to resume the assault, and Konohamaru told Udon and Moegi to bring the man beneath the carriage with them.

Konohamaru and his teammates fought an experienced ninja after their carriage was attacked, but Konohamaru was badly injured and left unable to move. Moegi charged at the enemy to buy Udon time to escape, while Udon remained frozen with fear and guilt.

• Konohamaru refused to kill the unconscious man and warned Udon and Moegi to prepare for the worst as the carriage came under attack.
• Konohamaru, Udon, and Moegi escaped the carriage, and Moegi used Earth Flow Wall Technique to block the incoming Senbon.
• Konohamaru attacked the ninja atop the Earth Wall with a Wood Clone, shuriken, and an Exploding Tag, but the enemy countered with a torrent of water.
• Konohamaru was badly wounded by a spread of Senbon and an explosion, leaving him unable to move.
• Moegi told Udon to escape, then ran toward the enemy with a Kunai while Udon struggled to move.

Udon overcame his fear and rushed to protect Moegi and Konohamaru, but Genma rescued them from the enemy’s Senbon attack. As Genma treated their injuries, he revealed that Yan Hua was a woman.

• Moegi shielded Konohamaru from the enemy’s shuriken and injured both hands while deflecting them.
• Udon ran to save Moegi and Konohamaru and knocked aside a Kunai aimed at Moegi.
• The enemy launched a storm of Senbon, but an invisible barrier stopped them from reaching the three children.
• Genma appeared beside the enemy, subdued him, and rescued Moegi, Konohamaru, and Udon.
• Genma created Shadow Clones to treat the children’s injuries and told them that Yan Hua was a woman.

Genma rescued Konohamaru, Moegi, and Udon, then treated them and captured the remaining attackers. As they rested and questioned their captives, Genma discovered that Yan Hua was a young woman claiming to be their employer’s daughter.

• Genma left Yan Hua unconscious and rushed to rescue Konohamaru, Moegi, and Udon, whose teamwork had improved.
• Genma treated the three children and captured the injured ninja, while learning that the samurai had been hired locally and were not enemies.
• Genma brought the group to a safe spot to rest, cook, question the captives, and decide whether to continue the mission or return to the Land of Tea.
• Genma cooked pork cutlet rice for the children, who asked about his unusual weapon-based ability.
• Genma approached the awakened captives, and Yan Hua claimed to be his employer and threatened to report him to Konohagakure.

Genma uncovered that Lan Yu had disguised herself as Yan Hua and used his team as bait while her mother traveled by another route. After escorting the group to Shukuba Town and collecting the upgraded mission reward, Genma prepared to teach Konohamaru, Moegi, and Udon the Summoning Jutsu.

• Genma questioned Yan Hua and learned that Lan Yu had replaced him, while her mother was traveling to Shukuba Town by another route with separate protection.
• Genma freed Lan Yu after she agreed to seek additional payment from her family for the mission’s A-rank reward.
• Genma sent the captured Amegakure ninja back to the village with the Flying Thunder God Technique, and the journey to Shukuba Town continued without further trouble.
• Genma and the others collected one million ryo in Shukuba Town, and Genma distributed the reward among the group.
• Konohamaru, Moegi, and Udon returned from shopping and reminded Genma that he had promised to teach them the Summoning Jutsu.
• Genma told the three children to put away their purchases and follow him outside, then faced them in the courtyard.

Genma taught Konohamaru, Moegi, and Udon Non-Blood-Contract Summoning before returning to Konohagakure and receiving an urgent mission to rescue the captured Kazekage. Genma, Kakashi, Kushina, and Naruto reached Sunagakure, where Sakura treated the poisoned Kankuro.

• Genma explained Summoning Jutsu and helped Konohamaru, Moegi, and Udon practice it during their stay in Shukuba Town.
• After returning to Konohagakure, Genma was ordered to join Kakashi, Kushina, and Naruto on a mission to rescue the Kazekage in Sunagakure.
• Genma used the Flying Thunder God Array to transport the team to a town near Sunagakure, and they hurried on to the village.
• Baki told the team that Kankuro had pursued the enemy, been poisoned, and been brought back to Sunagakure.
• Genma summoned Sakura from Konohagakure, and she treated Kankuro until he woke up.

Kankuro revealed that Scorpion had taken Gaara, and Kakashi tracked the kidnappers using a torn piece of Scorpion’s clothing. Chiyo joined the pursuit, while Sakura stayed behind to care for the wounded.

• Kankuro told Baki that Scorpion was responsible and that he had torn a piece from Scorpion’s clothes during their fight.
• Baki gave the torn black cloth to Kakashi, who summoned his ninja hounds to track its scent.
• Chiyo mistook Kakashi for his father, the White Fang, before Ebizo and Baki explained that Kakashi had come to help retrieve Gaara.
• Naruto vowed to save Gaara, and Kushina told Chiyo that she had adopted Gaara and was the Fourth Hokage’s wife.
• Kakashi’s hound found the trail, and Chiyo decided to lead the pursuit after Scorpion.
• Genma asked Sakura to stay behind with medicine to treat the wounded, and she agreed before returning to the treatment room.

Kushina and her companions fought the reanimated Third Kazekage, then found the barrier concealing Gaara and began searching for a way through. Kushina spotted a weak point and launched a powerful strike at it.

• Orochimaru's coffin appeared before Genma's group, and the reanimated Third Kazekage stepped out.
• Kushina overwhelmed the Third Kazekage with her speed and strength, then bound and sealed him with her chains and sealing technique.
• Chiyo sealed the Third Kazekage, and the group followed Pakkun to the barrier hiding Gaara.
• Kushina ordered Naruto to attack the barrier with Shadow Clones so she could detect where its ripples recovered most slowly.
• Kushina told Naruto to move back, leaped above the water, and struck the barrier's weak point.

Kushina and the others found Gaara after Deidara and Scorpion extracted him, and Kushina crushed both attackers while Genma protected Gaara. As Chiyo examined Gaara, Deidara and Scorpion emerged again and the fight continued, with Genma warning Kakashi about Deidara’s abilities.

• Kushina shattered the cavern entrance, and Naruto rushed toward Gaara before Kushina stopped him.
• Deidara and Scorpion withdrew the Chakra around Gaara, but Kushina seized them with golden hands while Genma shielded Gaara from Scorpion’s tail.
• Kushina crushed Deidara and Scorpion, and Naruto received Gaara as Chiyo began examining him.
• Kushina destroyed a huge black shadow as Deidara and Scorpion reappeared, ready to fight.
• Genma warned Kakashi about Deidara’s Earth Release and clay explosives, then two clay fish swam toward Genma and Kakashi.

Genma and Kakashi tried to kill the restrained Deidara while Kushina fought Scorpion’s puppet army, but Scorpion and the water dragon kept interrupting them. When branches attacked, Genma had to abandon Deidara and escape with Kakashi, leaving Deidara in danger as the First and Second Hokage’s Reanimation Jutsu Bodies entered the fight.

• Genma restrained Deidara and urged Kakashi to kill him before he could escape or self-destruct.
• Scorpion’s puppet body shielded Deidara from Kakashi’s Chidori, then its limbs attacked Kakashi, who escaped with the Substitution Technique.
• Kushina protected Naruto, Chiyo, and Gaara with Nine-Tails Chakra while battling Scorpion’s swarm of puppets to a stalemate.
• Kakashi prepared to strike Deidara again, but a water dragon surged up and forced him to retreat.
• Genma warned that the First Hokage might appear, then branches attacked; he used his Flying Thunder God Kunai to escape with Kakashi and released Deidara.

Naruto persuaded Chiyo to keep treating Gaara while Genma and Kakashi split up to pursue Deidara through the First and Second Hokage’s defenses. The battle remained unresolved as Sakura joined Kushina and a strange white creature began pursuing Kakashi.

• Naruto pleaded with Chiyo to treat Gaara again, and she resumed her healing despite believing it might fail.
• Genma and Kakashi agreed to separate, with Genma holding off the First Hokage while Kakashi pursued Deidara and confronted the Second Hokage.
• Genma sent a Shadow Clone to bring Sakura to help Kushina and Gaara.
• Kakashi and the Second Hokage fought to a stalemate until a strange white creature approached and began chasing Kakashi.

Kakashi fought Tobirama and Deidara, then became trapped in Tobirama’s Genjutsu until Naruto freed him. Meanwhile, Chiyo and Kushina defeated Scorpion and sealed him, but Chiyo was poisoned.

• Tobirama and Deidara pressured Kakashi with Flying Thunder God, water and explosive clay, so Kakashi opened the Fourth Gate.
• Tobirama trapped Kakashi in the Bringer-of-Darkness Genjutsu, where Naruto found him and answered Kakashi’s questions.
• Kakashi eventually broke free of the Genjutsu and learned that Tobirama and Deidara had escaped while Scorpion had been left behind.
• Chiyo and Kushina joined forces against Scorpion, whose puppets included the Third Kazekage, and destroyed his hundred-plus puppets.
• Chiyo sealed Scorpion with a special tool, but one of his puppets poisoned her.

Genma explained that saving Gaara would require either a life-sacrificing technique or a dangerous sage art, leaving Kushina with no clear choice. Chiyo began using her own life force to revive Gaara, revealing that her unusual Medical Ninjutsu had been created to bring her grandson’s puppets to life.

• After Sakura failed to revive Gaara with Medical Chakra, Kushina asked Genma for a way to save him.
• Genma described Kusagakure’s Dragon Life Reincarnation and Ryūchi Cave’s sage arts as possible methods, each with serious risks.
• Naruto and Kakashi returned as Sand-Sound Village’s people gathered around Gaara.
• Chiyo told Kushina and Naruto that she felt responsible for Gaara’s suffering and began treating him with her Medical Ninjutsu.
• Chiyo explained that she had created the technique to grant life to the puppets her grandson treated as parents, while her own breathing grew weaker.

Chiyo and Kushina used Self-Sacrifice Reincarnation together to revive Gaara, leaving Chiyo near death but at peace. Genma asked Ebizo to share the technique so he could try restoring Scorpion’s body, and Gaara awoke and embraced his mother.

• Kushina offered her life force to help Chiyo use Self-Sacrifice Reincarnation, with Kurama transforming its Chakra to match Chiyo’s.
• Chiyo and Kushina restored Gaara’s heartbeat, but Chiyo collapsed and Ebizo caught her.
• Genma asked Ebizo to let him research Self-Sacrifice Reincarnation as a way to restore Scorpion’s body, and Chiyo urged Ebizo to give it a try.
• Ebizo warned Genma not to deceive Sunagakure, then sent him away.
• Gaara opened his eyes, embraced his mother, and called her Mom.

Gaara woke after Chiyo sacrificed her life to save him, and the mourners held a funeral in Sunagakure before Genma and the others returned to Konohagakure. Genma later promised to teach Konohamaru, Udon, and Moegi ninjutsu after five C-rank missions, then regretted taking them out for dumplings.

• Kushina told Gaara that Chiyo had given him a second life, and Gaara went with her to pay his respects.
• Chiyo died in Ebizo's arms, and Gaara led the gathered people in praying for her.
• Genma and the others attended Chiyo's funeral in Sunagakure, and Genma obtained Self-Sacrifice Reincarnation before they returned to Konohagakure.
• Konohamaru, Udon, and Moegi asked Genma to teach them ninjutsu and tell them about Sunagakure, but he stressed teamwork and set five C-rank missions as the condition for teaching them.
• Genma took the three students to Shifutang for Tricolor Dumplings, where they ate so much that his wallet suffered.

Genma reviewed Konohamaru, Udon, and Moegi’s defeat by an Amegakure ninja, teaching them to trust their companions, stay cautious, and gather practical intelligence in battle. The three left the review with a clearer sense of how real combat differed from classroom lessons.

• Genma asked Konohamaru, Udon, and Moegi to explain what they had learned from their battle.
• Konohamaru blamed his defeat on being outmatched in basic abilities, while Udon stressed courage and fighting alongside companions.
• Genma told Udon that teammates needed to trust one another and explained how their coordination could have overcome the Amegakure ninja.
• Genma emphasized caution and intelligence gathering, and Udon recalled the opponent’s Rain-Time Senbon and Water Release techniques.
• Genma cautioned that the enemy might have held back and that basic weapons and Taijutsu could decide a fight.
• Genma urged the three to assess an opponent’s strength, speed, and weapon skills, leaving Konohamaru regretful about his earlier defeat.

Genma began training Konohamaru, Moegi, and Udon with a powerful Shadow Clone, repeatedly overwhelming them as they struggled to improve. Meanwhile, he received news that the Dragon Life Reincarnation technique was held by an inmate at Hozuki Castle and reviewed Tsunade’s promising research on Self-Sacrifice Reincarnation.

• Genma told Konohamaru, Moegi, and Udon that they would need to defeat his Shadow Clone before joining higher-level missions.
• Genma’s Shadow Clone swiftly knocked out all three students, then continued beating them during training until they grew more cautious and began improving.
• Genma learned that Kusagakure’s Dragon Life Reincarnation technique was associated with an inmate at Hozuki Castle, but judged that obtaining it would be difficult because he lacked powerful allies.
• Genma studied Tsunade’s report on Self-Sacrifice Reincarnation, which transferred the user’s vitality to someone who was near death or had just died.

Genma studied Tsunade’s report on Impure World Reincarnation and speculated that the jutsu used Nature Energy to create Reanimation Jutsu Bodies. He went to discuss his ideas with Tsunade, who greeted him with an irritated stare.

• Genma read Tsunade’s findings on Self-Sacrifice Reincarnation and Impure World Reincarnation.
• Genma reasoned that Nature Energy might account for Reanimation Jutsu Bodies’ naturally condensed Chakra and immortality.
• Genma considered summoning Senju Tobirama to help investigate the jutsu but worried it would disrupt his work with Tsunade.
• Genma asked his assistant where Tsunade was and learned she was resting at her residence.
• Genma used Flying Thunder God Kunai to reach Tsunade’s residence, where Tsunade glared at him irritably.

Genma discussed Nature Energy and the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu with Tsunade, proposing that its formula gathered Nature Energy and converted it into Chakra. Tsunade recalled that the Tsuchigumo Clan had a method for gathering Nature Energy, while Genma revealed he hoped to use it to create vitality.

• Genma visited Tsunade and asked whether Nature Energy could be connected to Chakra and vitality.
• Genma proposed that the Impure World Reincarnation formula continuously gathered Nature Energy to provide an endless supply of Chakra.
• Tsunade remembered that the Tsuchigumo Clan had a method for gathering Nature Energy.
• Genma told Tsunade he wanted to gather Nature Energy and convert it into vitality, possibly using an Impure World Reincarnation body and the Self-Sacrifice Reincarnation Jutsu.