Chapter Summaries

Uzumaki Mito tested her new Nine-Tailed Card power against Uchiha Hikari in a prolonged arena battle, showing off its speed and defense while the Nine-Tails suffered the backlash. The fight ended when organizer Xiao Tuan Tuan announced that both women had passed the assessment and ordered them to stop before the Sealing Squad's barrier failed.

• Uzumaki Mito activated Tailed Beast Chakra Mode, but found that the Nine-Tailed Chakra added little to her already immense strength.
• Uzumaki Mito used her speed and golden Chakra hands to evade Uchiha Hikari's attacks and block a Tailed Beast Bomb and the Nine-Tails' breath.
• Uzumaki Mito battered the Nine-Tails, while Uchiha Hikari attacked with Amaterasu and Strength of a Hundred, eventually locking the two women in a long fight.
• The Sealing Squad strengthened the arena barrier as the battle's shockwaves threatened the spectators, while Uchiha Gin and the others waited for the fight to end.
• Xiao Tuan Tuan announced that the judges had passed both Uzumaki Mito and Uchiha Hikari and ordered them to stop fighting.

Uchiha Hikari took Danzo’s Gray Driver and transformed into a white Extreme Fox using the Nine-Tails’ Yin Release half, then resumed fighting Uzumaki Mito. The battle continued as Uchiha Gin ordered food and joked with the children watching.

• Danzo tried to suspend the examination and reclaim the Nine-Tailed Cards, but Uzumaki Mito strengthened the sealing barrier and Uchiha Hikari took the Gray Driver from him.
• Uchiha Hikari inserted the Nine-Tailed Card into the Driver and transformed into the Pure White Fox God, an Extreme Fox form powered by the Nine-Tails’ Yin Release half.
• Uchiha Hikari and Uzumaki Mito resumed their fight, trading blows as gold and white Chakra clashed.
• Uchiha Gin sent Little Orochimaru to buy fried chicken and milk tea, then shared the food with Senju Itama and Uchiha Izuna.
• Senju Itama teased Uchiha Gin for blaming Little Orochimaru for the sugary milk tea, and Uchiha Gin claimed he rarely saw Kagami, prompting Little Orochimaru to question him.

Uchiha Hikari and Uzumaki Mito fought to a standstill while using the Nine-Tails, then both refused to become Konoha’s Tailed Beast Knights. Uzumaki Mito revealed that Senju Hi Shin could still take the exam and offered her the Nine-Tailed Card.

• Kagami Uchiha asked Uchiha Gin to persuade Uchiha Hikari to stop fighting, but Gin refused and said the battle would soon end.
• Uzumaki Mito and Uchiha Hikari agreed to settle their spar with one final attack, and their clash shook the arena and frightened the spectators.
• After both women dropped their Nine-Tailed forms, Uchiha Hikari and Uzumaki Mito dismissed Danzo’s offer to become Tailed Beast Knights.
• Uzumaki Mito explained that her agreement with the organizers let her influence the next Knight’s selection, despite barring her from becoming one herself.
• Uzumaki Mito approached Senju Hi Shin, declared that the exam still had a third participant, and offered her the Nine-Tailed Card.

Senju Hi Shin accepted the Nine-Tailed Cards from Uzumaki Mito and Uchiha Hikari, then proved she could transform into both the Yang and Yin Nine-Tailed Knights. Danzo protested but ultimately had to accept her appointment as Konoha’s second Tailed Beast Knight.

• Senju Hi Shin swallowed her pride, bowed to Uzumaki Mito and Uchiha Hikari, and accepted their two Nine-Tailed Cards.
• Danzo objected to the gift, but Uchiha Hikari dismissed his appeal to the rules, and Uzumaki Mito silenced him by invoking the snack street.
• Senju Hi Shin used the Driver to transform with the Yang Nine-Tails Card, then transformed again with the Yin Nine-Tails Card and compared their distinct powers.
• The Nine-Tails told Senju Hi Shin that the Reaper Death Seal had split it in two, while Danzo lamented that it had never recognized him as a knight.
• Hiruzen arrived, declared that Senju Hi Shin should become the second Tailed Beast Knight, and praised her achievement.

Senju Hi Shin passed Konoha’s assessment and became its second Tailed Beast Knight, drawing attention from powers across the Ninja World. As other villages reconsidered their plans, Kirigakure’s overlooked wig complained that it had not appeared.

• Uchiha Gin accidentally soaked Jiraiya with milk tea and wasabi tissues, then told him he would become Hiruzen’s direct disciple and encouraged him.
• Hiruzen announced Senju Hi Shin’s success, and Danzo presented her with a contract placing the Tailed Beast Knights under the Shimura Clan’s management.
• Senju Hi Shin signed the contract and became Konoha’s second Tailed Beast Knight, strengthening the Senju Clan.
• Ōnoki delayed his invasion plan and contacted Kirigakure, while Chiyo prepared to visit Konoha and Kinkaku refused Hee’s suggestion to abduct Senju Hi Shin.
• Hee challenged Kinkaku, and the two began fighting before the story returned to Kirigakure, where the wig demanded an appearance.

Senju Hi Shin left on urgent S-Rank missions while Tsunade headed to the academy to meet her Jonin instructor. After Tsunade and Might Duy nearly killed Jiraiya, Orochimaru revived him with a Wave Country medical-pack potion, but Jiraiya accidentally took a dangerous strength-enhancing drug and the group planned to use another potion that could make him an idiot.

• Senju Hi Shin left home for urgent S-Rank missions, disappointing Tsunade, who wondered who her Jonin instructor would be.
• Tsunade kicked Jiraiya into a wall after he called her “Washboard Tsunade,” and Might Duy accidentally kicked him free while trying to help.
• Orochimaru used a potion from his Wave Country-Branded Medical Pack to revive Jiraiya and explained that his mother had obtained it through her work for the Wave Country Chamber of Commerce.
• Orochimaru described the pack’s dangerous Bloodlust Mixture, then realized Jiraiya had mistakenly consumed it and grown into a towering, muscular form.
• Orochimaru suggested giving Jiraiya another potion after the mixture wore off, despite its side effect of damaging brain nerves and turning the user into an idiot, and Tsunade accepted the risk.

Hiruzen and Konoha’s leaders assigned Jonin mentors to the graduating Genin, while discussing border tensions and Danzo’s plans to recruit intelligence personnel. The chapter ended as Tsunade’s group arrived at the field and Jiraiya boasted that the Third Hokage would be his teacher.

• Kagami Uchiha reported that Iwagakure was massing troops at the border, and Danzo agreed to send spies.
• Hiruzen agreed to issue Danzo authorization to recruit personnel from the major ninja clans.
• Torifu Akimichi chose Dan Katō and Might Duy as disciples, while Hiruzen selected Orochimaru and Jiraiya for his team.
• Torifu Akimichi took Hatake Sakumo after the others teased Hiruzen about resembling Jiraiya.
• Tsunade’s group arrived at the field, where Jiraiya bragged that Third Hokage-sama would be his teacher.

After Uzumaki Miro assigned the graduating Genin to teams, Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya discovered that Uchiha Gin—not the Third Hokage—would give them their graduation gifts. Gin handed each of them a Secret Scroll that would become a technique tailored to their individual traits.

• Uzumaki Miro assigned the graduates to teams, pairing Dan Katō, Hatake Sakumo, and Might Duy while separating Jiraiya from Hiruko.
• Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya were assigned to one team, and they expected the Third Hokage to be their instructor based on what Jiraiya had heard from Uchiha Gin.
• The three entered their classroom and found Uchiha Gin waiting instead of the Third Hokage.
• Uchiha Gin revealed that he was not their Jonin instructor and had come to give them graduation gifts, leaving Jiraiya relieved after Gin teased him.
• Uchiha Gin gave Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya ancient-looking Secret Scrolls and explained that each would transform into a technique suited to its holder.

Uchiha Gin gave Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya a secret scroll containing techniques they could understand only when they were ready, then left them with their new teacher, Hiruzen. Meanwhile, Uchiha Izuna prepared to leave Konoha with his family and clan members, while Uchiha Gin saw through his cousin’s supposedly sorrowful farewell.

• Uchiha Gin told Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya that the secret techniques in their scroll would reveal themselves when they were qualified to learn them.
• Hiruzen arrived to lead the three children, and Uchiha Gin stopped him from calling him Teacher because Hiruzen was too old to be associated with him.
• Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya introduced themselves, and Hiruzen became impressed with Jiraiya’s novel and offered to help edit his manuscripts.
• Torifu Akimichi dismissed Hatake Sakumo and Might Duy, then privately asked Dan Katō about his father’s unusual craft.
• Uchiha Gin joined Uchiha Izuna and the clan members preparing to leave for Wave Country, where Izuna planned to bring his family and search for his older brother.
• Uchiha Izuna declared that he might not return to Konoha until his older brother was found, but Uchiha Gin noticed that Izuna was secretly delighted to leave.

Uchiha Gin learned that Konoha was reviewing its ninja clans, while an Inspection Team led by Danzo raided the Public Security Brigade and arrested Uchiha Setsuna. Danzo revealed to Hiruzen that the operation targeted the Uchiha and proposed a new department to employ the clan members removed from their posts.

• Uchiha Gin walked through the increasingly empty clan grounds, accepted wedding candies and red bean buns from a shop owner, and heard from Morino Ibiki that Konoha was investigating clan members in office.
• An Inspection Team entered the Public Security Brigade and confronted Uchiha Zhou with allegations of assault.
• Uchiha Setsuna confronted the team, whose captain listed his alleged offenses and ordered him detained for further review.
• Uchiha Setsuna attacked the Inspection Team, but Danzo defeated him and had him placed in silver bracelets.
• Danzo met Hiruzen and explained that the investigation was a purge of Uchiha members from village departments.
• Danzo proposed forming a new department and recruiting the removed Uchiha into it, and Hiruzen questioned how the public would react.

Uchiha Setsuna returned from prison and confronted Uchiha Lucha over the Uchiha members dismissed from public service, but the elder revealed evidence of their misconduct. At a Hokage’s Office meeting, Kagami demanded an explanation from Hiruzen and Danzo, who began telling the story behind the inspection campaign.

• Uchiha Setsuna left prison and learned that he and many Uchiha had been removed from the Police Force.
• Uchiha Setsuna and the dismissed clan members confronted Uchiha Lucha, who showed evidence of Setsuna’s past misconduct and defended the inspection as broader than the Uchiha Clan.
• Uchiha Setsuna led the angry clan members toward Kagami Uchiha despite Uchiha Lucha ordering them to stop.
• At a Hokage’s Office meeting, Kagami challenged Hiruzen over the inspection, and Hiruzen blamed Danzo for leading it.
• Danzo denied targeting the Uchiha and explained that a later report by an Akimichi Clan member had sparked the campaign, recounting a tale about the 400-pound Akimichi Fairy and an 800-pound Big Fei Pillar.

Uchiha Gin treated Akimichi Matsuko’s severe physical problems and used mind-reading to uncover the truth behind her depression. He discovered that Uchiha Setsuna had rejected her after learning she had misrepresented her weight, but Matsuko later drugged and assaulted him while he was drunk.

• Uchiha Gin arrived at Konoha Hospital and learned that Akimichi Matsuko was critically ill and weighed eight hundred pounds.
• Akimichi Shinji told Uchiha Gin that Matsuko had fallen for Uchiha Setsuna through letters, then became depressed and began binge eating after their disastrous meeting.
• Uchiha Gin used Medical Ninjutsu to stabilize Matsuko’s body, but found that she still wished to die.
• Uchiha Gin used the Yamanaka Clan’s Mind Reading Technique to examine Matsuko’s memories and saw Uchiha Setsuna reject her after discovering she had lied about her weight.
• Uchiha Gin witnessed Matsuko follow the drunk Uchiha Setsuna into an alley, force-feed him her family’s secret medicine, and assault him.

Uchiha Gin cured Akimichi Matsuko by erasing her memories of Uchiha Setsuna, then used the secret he learned to help Kagami Uchiha stop Setsuna from leading a protest. The chapter left Setsuna subdued by Kagami’s Dojutsu Power and suddenly apologizing to Uchiha Lucha.

• Uchiha Gin treated Akimichi Matsuko, erased her memories of Uchiha Setsuna, and warned Akimichi Shinji that her memories might be altered.
• Uchiha Gin realized that he and Uchiha Setsuna were the only people who knew the truth about Matsuko’s past and decided to use it as leverage.
• Kagami Uchiha told Uchiha Gin that Setsuna and other clan members were confronting Uchiha Lucha over the inspection results.
• Uchiha Gin gave Kagami several keywords to use against Setsuna, and Kagami hurried to the Uchiha Clan Grounds to intervene.
• Uchiha Setsuna challenged Uchiha Lucha as he tried to stop the group from marching on the Hokage Building, and Setsuna began overpowering him.
• Kagami Uchiha arrived, subdued Setsuna with his Dojutsu Power, and made him apologize to Uchiha Lucha by mentioning Matsuko and their past.

Kagami Uchiha stopped Uchiha Setsuna's protest and revealed that the village had approved a new Konoha Police Force department for the Uchiha. The clansmen celebrated their chance to return to work, but Kagami required them to apologize to their victims first, prompting Setsuna to reject the job.

• Kagami Uchiha ended the clash between Uchiha Setsuna and Uchiha Lucha, while Uchiha Gin caught a clansman badmouthing him and questioned the group about their lost jobs.
• A clansman explained that Uchiha feared outside missions because of rumors that most Uchiha who left the village died without a trace.
• Uchiha Setsuna argued that the village's punishments and job losses endangered the clan, and Kagami acknowledged that some offenses had been unfairly recorded.
• Kagami revealed a proposal, signed by him and bearing the Hokage's seal, to establish a Konoha Police Force department and recruit Uchiha members.
• Kagami told the clansmen they had to apologize to the people they had harmed before returning to work, and Uchiha Setsuna refused the job.

Uchiha Gin steered Kagami Uchiha into turning the new Konoha Police Force’s assignment into a broad review of old cases, including Uchiha Setsuna’s embarrassing harassment case. The force overturned the cases of every Ninja Clan Alliance member dismissed by the Inspection Team, and its latest report left Hiruzen facing a complaint against Danzo.

• Uchiha Setsuna refused to apologize, so Kagami Uchiha ordered him restrained and sent to the Dark Room.
• Uchiha Gin urged Kagami Uchiha to reopen Setsuna’s case and investigate every case uncovered by the Inspection Team; Kagami formed a criminal investigation squad.
• Villagers questioned whether the force was merely an Uchiha department, while rumors spread that it was reopening old cases.
• Kagami Uchiha led elite ninja to the Land of Fire and Land of Earth border, leaving Uchiha Lucha temporarily in charge of the Police Force.
• The Police Force overturned the cases of every Ninja Clan Alliance member dismissed by the Inspection Team, and Uchiha Lucha suspected the Uchiha had been drawn into a trap.
• Hiruzen read the force’s latest report, and Danzo learned it contained a complaint against him.

The Konoha Police Force exposed the Inspection Brigade’s unlawful conduct, forcing Hiruzen to disband Danzo’s department. Its investigation also cleared Uchiha Setsuna of molesting women, and Setsuna joined the Police Force, where a new letter awaited him.

• The Police Force’s report revealed wrongful convictions and abuses by Danzo’s Inspection Brigade, and Hiruzen told Danzo he would have to disband it.
• Hiruzen posted the Inspection Brigade’s violations publicly, while Uchiha Lucha approved of the outcome for the Uchiha Clan.
• The criminal investigation squad uncovered that Uchiha Setsuna had been the victim in the case, and Lucha showed him the findings.
• Setsuna learned that Akimichi Matsuko had recovered physically but lost her memories of the incident, then agreed to join the Police Force.
• Several days later, Setsuna started work in his new uniform, and a colleague handed him a fragrant pink envelope.

Uchiha Gin treated Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru to drinks and reunited with Chiyo at Mixue Bingcheng. Chiyo revealed that she had secretly entered Konoha after an accident and warned Gin that the brutal war of the Tailed Beast Knights had begun again.

• Uchiha Gin learned from Jiraiya that Ebizo was leading Sunagakure's envoy group and sent a Shadow Clone to work while he treated the three young ninja to drinks.
• Uchiha Gin met Uchiha Chiri at Mixue Bingcheng, where she gave him a new sugar-free drink.
• Chiyo arrived in disguise to buy a red bean sundae and recognized Uchiha Gin.
• Uchiha Gin asked Chiyo about Shamon Prison Bottom, and she said he was well and had taken on a new disciple.
• Chiyo explained that she had once been the envoy group's representative but had secretly entered Konoha after an accident, then told Uchiha Gin that the war of the Tailed Beast Knights had begun again.

Uchiha Gin learned that Chiyo had been wounded by an advanced counterfeit Seven-Tailed Knight and healed her with a sealing technique. Meanwhile, Kakuzu fought the impostor as it revealed a powerful Black King Form, while two observers watched from the trees.

• Chiyo told Uchiha Gin that an unfamiliar Seven-Tailed Knight had wounded her with Scale Powder, but the real Seven-Tailed Knight had arrived and driven the impostor away.
• Chiyo explained that the impostor looked like the Seven-Tailed Knight but had different equipment and markings, and Uchiha Gin realized the Clones had become more powerful.
• Uchiha Gin used Four Symbols Seal to remove the Scale Powder and Dragon Pulse Chakra from Chiyo's wound, then accepted her invitation to dinner with Ebizo and Aunt Hikari.
• Kakuzu chased the fake Seven-Tailed Knight and challenged it, while the impostor warned that he was not yet its target.
• The fake Seven-Tailed Knight used a black candy pill to transform into Black King Form, and Kakuzu fought it with his own King Blade.
• Two figures watched the evenly matched fight, and one remarked that the Clones' evolution had become troublesome while the other dismissed the impostor as an insect.

Kakuzu battled a fake knight and was nearly killed before Uchiha Madara rescued him. As Madara prepared to confront the enemy, Black Zetsu dragged Kakuzu away while threatening him with compensation for his failed mission.

• Black Zetsu secretly restrained the fake Seven-Tailed Knight, allowing Kakuzu to strike it with his Five Element Straight Flush, but the enemy survived and wounded Kakuzu with a surprise attack.
• The fake knight bound Kakuzu with Wood Release and prepared to implant a spore in his head, but Uchiha Madara arrived, kicked the enemy away, and freed Kakuzu.
• Black Zetsu revealed that he was Kakuzu's employer and demanded compensation for the failed mission, while Kakuzu insisted he could still fight.
• Madara questioned the fake knight about its hideout and summoned a gigantic spiked club, then told Black Zetsu to retreat with Kakuzu.
• Black Zetsu forcibly dragged Kakuzu away, warning him that he would claim double compensation and report his poor service if he kept arguing.

Uchiha Madara brutally subdued a counterfeit knight while Uchiha Gin arrived and transformed to intervene. Gin demanded the prisoner for study, and Madara challenged him as Ship Breaker suddenly stopped working.

• Uchiha Madara shattered the counterfeit knight's sword and armor with Ship Breaker, then broke his legs while trying to capture him alive.
• Uchiha Gin arrived, recognized the counterfeit knight and his Driver, and transformed with Wang Liang's help.
• Madara questioned the injured Clone, but Gin's arrival forced him to stop; Gin also revealed Kakuzu and Uchiha Sasuke had been hiding nearby.
• Uchiha Gin demanded that Madara hand over the Clone for study, and Madara refused while Ship Breaker unexpectedly lost its power.