Chapter Summaries

Danzo’s faction selected Uchiha Gin as a candidate for the Tailed Beast Knight trial, and Tobirama agreed to return authority to the village if no suitable candidate emerged. Gin accepted the challenge for a billion-ryo reward and later received a trial letter alongside Minato and Kushina, whose jealousy flared after Gin’s teasing.

• Danzo revealed that Uchiha Gin was the Uchiha Clan’s sole candidate, and Uchiha Setsuna objected while Uchiha Lucha rejected the idea of sending Fugaku or Mikoto into the dangerous trial.
• Tobirama agreed to urge Hi Shin to hand over the Tailed Beast Knight authority, provided the village returned it if the candidates proved unsuitable.
• Uchiha Gin initially refused to participate, then changed his mind after Lucha mentioned Setsuna’s billion-ryo reward for keeping the title within the Uchiha Clan.
• Hi Shin asked Gin to take over the Knight System, explained that Kurama would not hinder him during the trial, and joined Gin and Itama for dinner.
• A month later, a Root messenger delivered trial letters to Gin, Minato, and Kushina; Gin joked that they were love letters, leaving Kushina distressed when she realized Minato had received one too.

Uchiha Gin and the other candidates arrived for Konoha’s Tailed Beast Knight trial, where Danzo revealed that Shimura Kizaru had secretly trained with the Nine-Tails ahead of time. The trial began with the Nine-Tails’ chakra overwhelming several children, while Minato and Kushina remained standing.

• Uchiha Gin dressed in his old ninja uniform and left to compete for the one-billion-ryo prize, while Senju Itama mistakenly thought he was going to earn money by selling himself.
• Minato went to find Kushina but learned from Uzumaki Miro that she was training with Uzumaki Mito, then hurried to the trial and arrived at the last moment using Space Ninjutsu.
• Uchiha Gin, Kushina, Shimura Kizaru, and the other candidates passed the identity checks, and Danzo and Hiruzen watched from above as the trial began.
• Danzo told Hiruzen that he had added Kushina to test the Uzumaki bloodline and that Kizaru had already communicated with the Nine-Tails after secret training.
• Root members led the candidates into the trial grounds, where the Nine-Tails’ chakra made several children faint; Minato endured it, and Kushina calmly compared it to Mito’s chakra.

Uchiha Gin entered the Knight Trial Room and discovered that the Nine-Tails were choosing candidates by deciding whom they liked, then negotiated two billion ryo with Danzo to give up becoming their knight. The Nine-Tails still had to choose partners, and Gin suggested Kushina or Minato, recommending that Yin choose Minato.

• Danzo began the final trial, and Hyuga Kagami was the only candidate besides Shimura Kizaru to emerge conscious after meeting the Nine-Tails.
• The Nine-Tails knocked the other children unconscious, while Shimura Kizaru passed because he had chatted with them before.
• Uchiha Gin entered the trial room, confronted the Nine-Tails, and learned they had been selecting candidates according to their personal preferences.
• Danzo offered Gin two billion ryo to keep the Nine-Tailed Knight System out of the Uchiha Clan, and Gin accepted while clarifying that he only made the system.
• The Nine-Tails objected to Gin's deal, and he told them to choose between Kushina and Minato, suggesting that Yin pick Minato.

Namikaze Minato passed the Nine-Tails’ casual interview, while Uzumaki Kushina defeated both Nine-Tails clones with her Adamantine Chains. Danzo named four children provisional Dunamis Users, but Uchiha Setsuna arrived furious and accused someone of rigging the trial.

• Yin Nine-Tails interviewed Minato, approved of him, and told him to leave, while Minato asked the Nine-Tails to go easy on Kushina.
• Kushina bound the Nine-Tails clones with her Adamantine Chains, and Danzo sealed them into Tailed Beast Cards after they dispersed their chakra.
• Danzo and the Nine-Tails agreed to keep Shimura Kizaru, Hyuga Kagami, Minato, and Kushina as provisional candidates.
• Uchiha Gin told the children that Konoha Prison had the village’s best cafeteria, and Minato asked about becoming a prison guard.
• Danzo announced the four provisional Dunamis Users, and Uchiha Setsuna objected, accusing a crafty villain of rigging the trial.

Uchiha Gin was made instructor for four young Tailed Beast Knight candidates after Senju Hi Shin maneuvered Danzo into appointing him. He accepted the job for its generous pay and discovered the Nine-Tails cards included two versions of Kurama, whom he intended to recruit as trainers.

• Senju Hi Shin challenged Danzo’s exclusion of Uchiha Gin, but Gin claimed he was too old to become a Tailed Beast Knight and avoided taking the position.
• Senju Hi Shin proposed that Gin instruct Kushina, Minato, Kizaru, and Hyuga Kagami, and Danzo assigned him the job and handed him the cards and Driver.
• Gin accepted the instructor role after Danzo offered a monthly fee, then collected a promised reward from Uchiha Setsuna for bringing the Knight System back to the clan.
• Senju Hi Shin warned Gin about Danzo’s faction and gave him a golden pig’s head as additional compensation for training the children.
• Gin brought the suitcase home, opened it, and startled the two Nine-Tails on the cards, then told them they would train the new Knights.

Uchiha Gin hosted a hot pot dinner with his family and allies, where Sōshin Sadahime unexpectedly joined and Uchiha Hikari and Uzumaki Mito competed for his attention. A week later, Gin began teaching Kushina, Hyuga Kagami, Minato, and Kizaru about Tailed Beast power with two real Nine-Tails as his assistants.

• Uchiha Gin invited Uchiha Eimi, Uchiha Chiri, Senju Itama, and Uchiha Hikari to a hot pot dinner, and Uzumaki Mito arrived after settling Kushina's employment paperwork.
• Uchiha Gin told the group he had accepted Danzo's offer to become a transformation mentor for four children for ten million a month.
• Sōshin Sadahime fled a crowd of fans into the private room, ate the contested slice of beef, and joined the dinner as Uchiha Gin's ally.
• After dinner, Uchiha Hikari and Uzumaki Mito left to fight, Senju Itama took Uchiha Chiri shopping, and Uchiha Eimi asked Uchiha Gin to escort her home.
• A week later, Uchiha Gin began teaching Kushina, Hyuga Kagami, Minato, and Kizaru, summoning two real Nine-Tails from Tailed Beast Cards to serve as teaching assistants.
• The Yang Nine-Tails demonstrated its power to Kushina and Hyuga Kagami, while the Yin Nine-Tails gave Minato and Kizaru Tailed Beast Chakra to experience.

Uchiha Gin put four children through a lesson in Tailed Beast Chakra, where they experienced its physical and emotional dangers and learned that understanding a Tailed Beast mattered more than overpowering it. He sent Kushina and Minato home with Yang Nine-Tails as a literacy pupil, and that night the newly literate Nine-Tails taunted Shukaku with an insulting sign.

• Yin Nine-Tails gave Minato and Kizaru too much Chakra, causing them to become feral and leaving Uchiha Gin to stop Minato from attacking Kushina.
• Yang Nine-Tails gave Kushina and Hyuga Kagami a smaller dose, but their desires became distorted before the Chakra faded and both children collapsed.
• After the four children woke, Kushina recognized Tailed Beast Power as extreme negative emotion, while Minato said the Nine-Tails' Chakra was crying and wanted to be understood.
• Uchiha Gin assigned the children reflections and tasked Kushina and Minato with teaching the Nine-Tails to read, then asked Danzo for a sweets corner in the classroom.
• Kushina took Yang Nine-Tails home and began teaching it numbers and swear words after it threatened to reveal her embarrassing nickname.
• That night, the Nine-Tails used its new literacy to taunt Shukaku with a sign calling him a big dumbass.

Uchiha Gin investigated rumors of war between Iwagakure and Sunagakure, but learned that Amegakure under Hanzo was instead preparing to declare war on Iwagakure over the Forbidden Ground where the Tailed Beast Knight battle had taken place. Ōnoki received Hanzo’s condemnation and vowed to retaliate, while Hiruzen and Danzo began preparing for the conflict.

• Senju Hi Shin gained influence in Konoha’s civil affairs, while Tobirama’s return deterred the other great villages from starting a war and Danzo struggled with funding cuts.
• Uchiha Gin heard from Hiruko that Jiraiya and the others had gone three months without reporting and might soon finish their mission, then worried their operation could provoke a war.
• Uchiha Gin asked Uchiha Tajima about Iwagakure and Sunagakure, and Tajima explained that Iwagakure lacked a militant faction and could not easily start an unprovoked war.
• Danzo told Hiruzen that Orochimaru’s investigation linked Hanzo’s preparations to declare war on Iwagakure to Amegakure’s Forbidden Ground, where the Tailed Beast Knight battle had occurred.
• Ōnoki received Hanzo’s letter of condemnation, smashed his desk, and vowed to retaliate against Amegakure.

Uchiha Gin reunited with Miroku, Konan, Nagato, and Yahiko in Amegakure, checked Nagato’s sealed hand, and learned that Miroku and her master planned to return to their homeland. He then visited his cousin’s new property and discovered Madara had turned it into a dance training center, leaving Gin appalled by his cousin’s performance plans.

• Uchiha Gin spotted Miroku, Konan, Nagato, and Yahiko in line at a Mixue Bingcheng and treated them to drinks and pastries.
• Uchiha Gin reunited with Miroku and learned details about the children’s families and Jiraiya’s work at Yahiko’s family restaurant.
• Uchiha Gin examined Nagato’s black hand and found Jigen’s Karma still suppressed by the Ten Directions Seal.
• Miroku told Uchiha Gin that she and her master planned to leave Amegakure because her master had a bad feeling, and Gin agreed to visit their shrine before they left.
• Uchiha Gin followed the address to his older cousin’s property and found Black Zetsu Sasuke promoting Madara’s dance training center.
• Black Zetsu Sasuke told Uchiha Gin that Madara was rehearsing a New Year program, and Gin handed him the pastries and asked him to pretend they were not cousins.

Uchiha Gin visited Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Izuna in Amegakure, brought them gifts, and learned of Hanzo's dispute with Iwagakure over a stolen forbidden-ground treasure. He then left to investigate and gathered Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru for a barbecue, where Jiraiya revealed his interest in Yahiko's mother.

• Uchiha Madara performed a halberd dance at his studio, and Uchiha Gin surprised him in the changing room.
• Uchiha Gin told Madara and Izuna that Tobirama Senju had become the Uchiha Clan's political backer, then gave Izuna an enhancement device and Madara a new Decade Driver.
• Uchiha Sasuke reported that Hanzo had accused Ōnoki of stealing Amegakure's forbidden-ground treasure after Rain ninja found traces of the Four-Tails Knight there.
• Uchiha Izuna learned that his father had retired and passed the throne of Wave Country to Fuyou, leaving Izuna stunned.
• Uchiha Gin visited Tsunade and invited her, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya to barbecue; Jiraiya said he intended to pursue Yahiko's widowed mother, while Orochimaru introduced his streamer stage name, Happy Yuan Yuan.

Uchiha Gin reunited with Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru, learned of Hanzo’s escalating dispute with Iwagakure, and offered help to Konan and Reimu. Meanwhile, Hanzo ordered the secret treasure’s research to skip animal trials and make him the first human test subject in hopes of creating Amegakure’s own Tailed Beast Knight.

• Uchiha Gin shared a meal with Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru, heard that Hanzo had sent Ōnoki a letter of censure, and recommended Orochimaru and Hiruko as research assistants to Senju Hi Shin.
• Uchiha Gin helped Konan get a chance to apply to the Dance Class and invited Reimu to find him in Konoha if she needed somewhere to settle after her visions of fire rain and gigantic monsters.
• Reimu accidentally launched a Fantasy Seal at Uchiha Gin, who absorbed it with Kamui, then cooked for her and Miroku in exchange for details about her vision.
• Hanzo learned that envoy Yuliu had received a prosthetic limb after Iwagakure broke his limbs, then asked his advisers how Amegakure should respond to the stolen secret treasure.
• Hydrangea reported that research on the secret treasure had reached live combat testing, and Hanzo ordered her to begin human trials with him as the test subject.

Hanzo pursued a way to wield the Forbidden Ground’s Tailed Beast Chakra, while Iwagakure invaded the Rain Country and overwhelmed Amegakure’s border forces. As the Iwa Ninja neared the village, Amame Heiji arrived with reinforcements to confront them.

• Hydrangea revealed that the strange Abdominal Mouth found in the Forbidden Ground was a living organism compatible with Tailed Beast Chakra, and Hanzo volunteered to become its transplant host.
• Ōnoki sent Xiao Zi, Han, and an Iwagakure company to invade the Rain Country, and they broke through a border pass and defeated its Amegakure defenders.
• Amegakure’s advisers mobilized forces while Hanzo underwent surgery, and Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya discussed the invasion before Jiraiya returned to protect the barbecue restaurant’s owners.
• Black Zetsu told Uchiha Madara about the invasion, but Madara refused to intervene because Ōnoki was absent and the fighting involved ordinary ninja.
• Xiao Zi and Han led the Iwa Ninja toward Amegakure, defeating outposts and taking prisoners, until Amame Heiji arrived at another outpost with reinforcements.

Amame Heiji, a timid Amegakure Genin disguised as Hanzo, accidentally stalled an Iwagakure force long enough for reinforcements to arrive. The battle then erupted, and Xiao Zi fought Hanzo’s right-hand man before preparing to strike him with a painful kick.

• Heiji pretended to be a hidden powerhouse, and the Amegakure Jonin he rescued escaped while the Iwa Ninja grew wary of him.
• An Iwa Ninja sent to test Heiji fainted from fear, convincing Xiao Zi and Han that Heiji was dangerously powerful.
• Xiao Zi and Han prepared an Earth Release: Mountain Earth Technique, but Amegakure reinforcements arrived and disrupted it with concealed weapons.
• Heiji collapsed from stress as the two armies began fighting, while Xiao Zi and Han used their powers to cut through the Amegakure forces.
• Hanzo’s right-hand man confronted Xiao Zi, who wounded him with a Lava Release attack before being poisoned by the Flying Scythe.
• Xiao Zi burned the poisoned wound to remove the poison, then fought the middle-aged man again and raised a knee toward his groin.

After Iwagakure defeated Amegakure’s forces and advanced on the village, Xiao Zi led an elite team around the main battle to infiltrate the residential district and target Hanzo. Meanwhile, Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan escaped their shelter to find Konan’s teacher, but a disguised Rain ninja attacked them.

• Xiao Zi defeated Moyu, and the demoralized Rain ninja retreated toward Amegakure as the village’s elders prepared to defend the gates while Hanzo remained unreachable.
• Han led Iwagakure’s frontal assault, defeated Yuliu with Boil Release, and kept a strange cylindrical weapon as a keepsake after Yuliu was vaporized.
• Xiao Zi’s elite squad ambushed a Rain patrol, took their clothes, and infiltrated Amegakure with orders to target Hanzo and avoid harming civilians under normal circumstances.
• In the air-raid shelter, Konan worried that her teacher was missing, and Nagato found a ventilation shaft the children could use to sneak outside.
• Jiraiya noticed Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan escaping through the vent, and Orochimaru followed them through it to keep watch.
• A Rain ninja confronted the children in the streets, but Nagato tackled Yahiko out of danger just as the attacker was beheaded, and the killer threatened the children.

Orochimaru protected Yahiko and Nagato from Iwa Ninja infiltrators and learned that Xiao Zi was leading an assassination attempt on Hanzo. While Black Zetsu escorted Konan home, Xiao Zi continued the operation and confronted a wounded Amegakure Jonin carrying the unconscious Heiji.

• Orochimaru killed an infiltrating Iwa Ninja who threatened Yahiko and Nagato, then put the children to sleep when another Iwa squad attacked.
• Orochimaru and Tagitsuhime captured an Iwa Ninja and learned that eleven infiltrators led by Xiao Zi intended to assassinate Hanzo.
• Ichikishimahime admitted that a pitch-black person had taken Konan, and Orochimaru found Iwagakure headbands that she had picked up.
• Black Zetsu rescued Konan from three suspicious attackers and escorted her home, while Ichikishimahime discovered the attackers' bodies and prepared to eat them.
• Xiao Zi ordered his remaining Iwa Ninja to disguise themselves as Rain ninja and infiltrate headquarters, then spotted Heiji being carried there by an Amegakure Jonin and vowed to burn him himself.

Xiao Zi raided Amegakure and fought to capture Heiji, but the newly awakened Hanzo intercepted him and proved far stronger than expected. Xiao Zi transformed with Son Gokū’s Three-Tails Mode and struck Hanzo with a Tailed Beast Ball, but Hanzo regenerated from the blast and remained standing.

• Xiao Zi defeated Heiji’s Amegakure Jonin guard, while Hydrangea and the researchers witnessed Hanzo awaken and leave the Nutrient Pod.
• Hanzo seized Xiao Zi’s wrist before he could kill Heiji, then killed four attacking Iwa Ninja with a single sword technique.
• Hanzo overpowered Xiao Zi’s Lava Style Armor with his bare fists, prompting Xiao Zi to call on Son Gokū for help.
• Xiao Zi entered Three-Tails Mode, struck Hanzo with his tails, and hit him with a Tailed Beast Ball.
• Hanzo stood up charred after the blast, then shed the damaged outer layer as his skin regenerated.

Jigen investigated Hanzo’s unusual transformation and discovered that Hanzo’s incomplete Abdominal Mouth had fused with him after becoming addicted to poison from Hanzo’s poison sac. As Hanzo battled Xiao Zi and Rain ninja reinforcements, Xiao Zi prepared to use the Tailed Beast Knight’s power.

• Hydrangea arrived at the battlefield and watched Hanzo fight Xiao Zi in Tailed Beast Mode.
• Jigen hypnotized Hydrangea, learned how Hanzo had acquired the Abdominal Mouth, and determined that its addiction to Hanzo’s poison had let Hanzo survive while making his transformation unstable.
• Jigen left through a Teleportation Gate, and Hydrangea awoke with no memory of their encounter.
• Hanzo’s Abdominal Mouth drove him to attack Xiao Zi, who narrowly escaped his grasp as Rain ninja reinforcements arrived.
• Xiao Zi was hit by the Rain ninja’s Water Release attacks, then returned to human form and summoned a gray Driver to transform into Monkey God.

Xiao Zi transformed into the Four-Tails Knight and devastated Hanzo and the rain ninja, but Hydrangea revived Hanzo by feeding the Abdominal Mouth Tailed Beast Serum. Hanzo decided to use his poison sac and another dose of serum to create a Full Cache, leaving him ready to transform and face Xiao Zi.

• Xiao Zi transformed into the Four-Tails Knight, seized Hanzo, and burned him nearly to death before throwing him to the rain ninja.
• Hydrangea discovered Hanzo's heart was still beating and poured Tailed Beast Serum into the Abdominal Mouth, which restored him to consciousness and healed his neck.
• Hanzo learned that the Abdominal Mouth needed a transformation item and asked Hydrangea for the Tailed Beast Serum.
• Hanzo injected the serum into his poison sac, and the Abdominal Mouth absorbed the resulting toxic Chakra and produced a Full Cache bearing Ibuse's image.
• Hanzo picked up the Full Cache and addressed Ibuse as his old friend.

Hanzo transformed into the Venom Knight and fought Xiao Zi, while Han transformed into the Five-Tails Knight to drive back the Rain shinobi attacking Amegakure. Han then rushed toward Hanzo’s battle, damaging rooftops along the way, and unknowingly caught Uchiha Madara’s attention.

• Hanzo used Ibuse’s power to transform into the Venom Knight and named himself Venom.
• Xiao Zi attacked Hanzo with a Lava Dragon, and Hanzo countered with a Poison Dragon as their fight drew attention from the battles around Amegakure.
• Han transformed into the Five-Tails Knight, overwhelmed the Rain shinobi, and forced them to retreat behind the village gates.
• Han warned his allies that they might need to withdraw, then sped into Amegakure to reinforce Hanzo.
• Han damaged rooftops and knocked down a sign as he ran, while Uchiha Madara watched him from a dance studio and asked Konan whether White Colt would suit him as a mount for dancing.

Han and Xiao Zi confronted Hanzo, who used the last of his Tailed Beast serum to transform and overpower Xiao Zi. As Han moved to help, a mysterious third party blocked him with a giant halberd and emerged from the shadows.

• Han and Kokuō arrived at the battlefield and recognized Xiao Zi fighting the poison-wielding Hanzo, whom Kokuō identified as no Tailed Beast Knight.
• Hanzo’s remaining serum was nearly exhausted, so he sent Hydrangea and the surviving rain ninja away before facing Han and Xiao Zi alone.
• Xiao Zi and Han revealed that their mission was to assassinate Hanzo, and Hanzo injected his final dose of serum to unleash a stronger transformation.
• Hanzo burst out of Xiao Zi’s lava dragon and struck him with venom, while Han moved to assist.
• A giant halberd blocked Han, and a cold, stern stranger appeared, asking which side he should join.