Chapter Summaries

Ronglin teased Tsunade at the Medical Department, then used his Power of Time to kiss her cheek and escape. Tsunade was left furious as his voice faded from the hospital.

• Ronglin told Tsunade he was wondering what to do during his free time, while Tsunade resented how easily he could roam around.
• Ronglin leaned close and complimented Tsunade’s looks, making her blush and wonder if he meant to kiss her.
• Ronglin froze Tsunade with his Power of Time, kissed her cheek, and escaped through a window.
• Ronglin returned to praise Tsunade’s smooth skin, then slipped away as she shouted his name in anger.

Ronglin escaped Tsunade after taking liberties with her, leaving her furious but impressed by how much his Power of Time had grown. He then encountered Minato, who envied his battlefield reputation and lamented having few chances to distinguish himself.

• Ronglin fled before Tsunade could catch him, and Tsunade realized his Power of Time seemed capable of stopping time.
• Tsunade remained angry at Ronglin's boldness but felt proud of his growing strength.
• Ronglin met Minato in the village after returning from a mission.
• Minato praised Ronglin's reputation among the people of Sunagakure and regretted that leading rookies had kept him from shining on the battlefield.

Minato discussed the strain of leading Kakashi and the other rookies with Ronglin, then met him for a meal. After Ronglin began drinking, Minato joined him and challenged him to go to the training ground.

• Ronglin teased Minato about leading rookies, and Minato admitted he had not yet entered the battlefield because he wanted to keep his team safe.
• Minato and Ronglin agreed to meet at their usual barbecue restaurant after Minato visited the Hokage's Office.
• Minato and Ronglin shared a meal, and Ronglin explained that he had started drinking because his body had matured.
• Minato began drinking after seeing Ronglin drink, then challenged him to go to the training ground.

After dinner, Minato asked Ronglin to spar, eager to test his Flying Thunder God against Ronglin’s Sharingan and Power of Time. Ronglin agreed, but their excitement stalled when they realized neither had brought money to pay for the cup Minato broke.

• Minato proposed that he and Ronglin spar at the training ground.
• Ronglin agreed to fight Minato and test the Flying Thunder God.
• Minato excitedly crushed his cup, and Ronglin warned him he would have to pay for it.
• Minato admitted he had no money either, leaving Ronglin speechless.

Ronglin and Minato arranged to spar outside the village after neither of them had money to pay for their meal. Minato reached the western forest first using Flying Thunder God, while Ronglin ran after him and plotted to catch him off guard.

• Ronglin made Minato put their barbecue meal on credit under Minato’s name.
• Ronglin suggested they fight outside the village to avoid harming people or damaging the training ground.
• Minato used Flying Thunder God to head west and left Ronglin to run after him.
• Ronglin considered freezing time during Minato’s technique to make him fall into dirt.
• Minato waited in a forest outside the village, eager to fight Ronglin.

Ronglin arrived to fight Minato, who had provoked him and tested him with a Flying Thunder God kunai. Ronglin revealed his Eternal Mangekyo and summoned Susanoo, leaving Minato shocked by the changed pattern in his eyes.

• Minato waited at the battlefield and mocked Ronglin for arriving slowly.
• Ronglin caught Minato's specially made kunai and asked why Minato had not used it to teleport beside him.
• Ronglin spread his Power of Time around the battlefield while both fighters stayed wary of each other's abilities.
• After Minato objected to Ronglin holding back his Sharingan, Ronglin revealed his Eternal Mangekyo and summoned Susanoo.
• Minato recognized Ronglin's eyes as different from the Mangekyo he remembered.

Ronglin unleashed his complete Susanoo and devastated a vast area of forest to create room for his spar with Minato. He warned Minato about the Susanoo’s power, then challenged him to experience the Uchiha clan’s strength.

• Ronglin summoned his complete Susanoo and used Time: Annihilation to level the surrounding forest.
• Minato escaped the expanding blast with Flying Thunder God and watched the destruction in shock.
• Ronglin approached Minato in the Susanoo and explained that he had cleared the area so they could fight freely.
• Ronglin warned Minato that even tailed beasts could withstand only a few hits from the complete Susanoo.
• Minato called Ronglin a madman, and Ronglin laughed and challenged him to feel the Uchiha clan’s power.

Minato fought Ronglin’s Susanoo but found that Ronglin’s Power of Time countered Flying Thunder God within its range. Unable to approach safely, Minato summoned an ally to wear Ronglin down from a distance.

• Minato attacked Ronglin’s Susanoo with specially crafted Kunai and tried to strike with Flying Thunder God.
• Ronglin’s Power of Time detected Minato’s spatial movements and let Ronglin’s blade attacks pursue him, carving trenches and leaving black flames behind.
• Minato realized that entering Ronglin’s range slowed him and exposed his position, making it nearly impossible to attack.
• Minato used Summoning Jutsu to bring in an ally and began trying to wear Ronglin down from a distance.

Minato summoned Gama Bunta to help him fight Uchiha Ronglin, whose Perfect Susanoo and Power of Time gave Minato a serious disadvantage. Bunta joined the battle, but his Water Style attack was cut apart by Ronglin’s black-flamed blade.

• Gama Bunta appeared beside Minato, who warned him that Uchiha Ronglin was extremely strong.
• Minato explained that Ronglin’s Power of Time prevented him from getting close and asked Bunta to help wear down his Chakra.
• Bunta questioned how Ronglin, an orphan, had obtained the Eternal Mangekyo, but Minato admitted he did not know.
• Bunta attacked Susanoo with Water Style: Iron Cannonball, but Ronglin’s blade sliced the water ball in half and evaporated some of it.

Ronglin’s Susanoo shrugged off Minato and Bunta’s combined attack, so Ronglin summoned his own beast to join the fight. The chapter ended with Black Scale appearing beside the towering Susanoo, leaving Bunta stunned by Ronglin’s strength.

• Bunta attacked Ronglin’s Susanoo, but his tachi was cut in half and he fell back toward the ground.
• Minato struck Susanoo with a Rasengan using Flying Thunder God, but the damage quickly healed.
• Minato and Bunta concluded that Susanoo’s defense was too strong for their attacks to overcome.
• Ronglin summoned Black Scale, whose enormous body was nearly as large as the Perfect Susanoo.
• Bunta recognized Black Scale and was overwhelmed by how powerful Ronglin was.

Ronglin sent Black Scale to fight Bunta while he faced Minato under Susanoo. Minato focused on evading and stalling until Ronglin’s chakra ran low, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Ronglin ordered Black Scale to fight Bunta.
• Bunta and Black Scale traded taunts before charging into a fierce clash.
• Ronglin turned his attention back to Minato and challenged him to stop hiding behind Susanoo.
• Minato used Flying Thunder God to evade Ronglin, intending to outlast Susanoo.

Ronglin kept attacking Minato with Susanoo, trying to exhaust him as Minato evaded with Flying Thunder God. Meanwhile, Black Scale and Bunta moved their fight into the forest, where Bunta struggled against the serpent’s venom and strength.

• Ronglin repeatedly swung Susanoo’s long blade at Minato, forcing him to use Flying Thunder God to escape.
• Black Scale and Bunta moved their battle into the forest to avoid Ronglin’s attacks.
• Black Scale bit Bunta’s arm and coiled around him, but Bunta leapt and shook the serpent loose.
• Bunta escaped and caught his breath, badly wounded and suffering from Black Scale’s venom.

Ronglin exhausted Susanoo while pressuring Minato, then continued their fight with the Power of Time and his Eternal Mangekyo still in play. Minato stayed wary and attacked with Rasengan after clashing with Ronglin’s blade.

• Black Scale charged at Bunta, forcing him to refocus on their fight.
• Ronglin pressed Minato with increasingly fierce attacks until the drain forced him to dispel Susanoo.
• Ronglin reminded Minato that his Power of Time remained, and Minato prepared to fight without Susanoo while guarding against genjutsu.
• Ronglin vanished and struck Minato with his short blade, but Minato blocked with a kunai and retreated.
• Minato disappeared and launched a Rasengan at Ronglin.

Ronglin and Minato continued their duel, trading techniques and clashing at close range after their Rasengan attack ended in a draw. When Ronglin began an S-rank fire technique, Minato decided to risk attacking him during its use.

• Ronglin matched Minato’s Rasengan, and the collision injured both of their palms.
• Ronglin and Minato fought at close range with blades and kunai, each anticipating the other’s moves.
• Ronglin’s Great Fire Dragon Technique met Minato’s Dance of Wind, and both techniques dissipated.
• Ronglin began using the S-rank Blazing Dragon Star Burst, making Minato hesitate over whether it was a trap.
• Minato decided to risk attacking Ronglin while he used the large-area ninjutsu.

Ronglin used Time Stop to trap Minato as his massive fire dragon struck the battlefield. The explosion engulfed them both, leaving their fate unclear.

• Minato attacked Ronglin from behind with a specially made Kunai but had still failed to mark him with the Flying Thunder God.
• Ronglin let the fire dragon plunge toward them, and Minato realized that escaping the blast could be dangerous.
• Ronglin stopped time throughout the area, freezing Minato and preventing him from using the Flying Thunder God.
• The fire dragon crashed into the earth and raised a huge mushroom cloud that engulfed Ronglin and Minato.

Ronglin and Minato finished their spar, and Ronglin revealed that he had held back by not using Time Stop or his Eternal Mangekyo's full power. Minato recovered at Mount Myōboku with Bunta, who began telling him about the Uchiha Sharingan.

• Minato confronted Ronglin after surviving the enormous blast and asked how far Time Stop could reach.
• Ronglin said Time Stop covered only a few hundred meters and explained that he had treated their fight as a spar rather than a death match.
• Ronglin rode Black Scale back toward the village, telling Minato to catch up and hinting that the Sharingan had more power to reveal.
• Bunta returned to Minato, and Minato asked him to share secrets about the Uchiha Sharingan.
• After their wounds were treated at Mount Myōboku, Bunta told Minato about the Sharingan while eating insects and offering him some.

After sparring with Ronglin, Minato and Bunta discussed the frightening power of Ronglin’s time-based Eternal Mangekyo abilities. Ronglin returned to the village with the wounded Black Scale, while Minato came back in even worse condition.

• Minato and Bunta discussed how Ronglin had not revealed his full strength and worried that his time-stopping ability could make him invincible within its range.
• Ronglin brought the badly injured Black Scale back to the village, alarming the patrol team with his own wounds and torn clothes.
• Ronglin told the patrol team he had sparred with Minato and sent Black Scale away to rest.
• The patrol team saw Minato return with burned hair, blood-soaked clothes, and wounds worse than Ronglin’s.

After sparring with Uchiha Ronglin, Minato returned home battered and told Kushina that Ronglin was stronger than him and had held back. Ronglin also returned home injured, then visited Tsunade at Konoha Hospital, where she demanded to know what he wanted.

• Minato greeted the patrol team on his way back to the village after sparring with Uchiha Ronglin.
• Kushina mistook Minato's torn clothes and wounds for signs that he had been ambushed, then treated him after he bathed.
• Minato told Kushina that Ronglin was very strong and had not revealed everything he could do.
• Uchiha Diqin was startled by Ronglin's injuries, then celebrated when she learned he had fought Minato and come off better.
• Ronglin visited Tsunade at Konoha Hospital, and she reminded him that she still had a score to settle with him before asking what he wanted.

Ronglin visited Tsunade for news about the front line, teased her before leaving, and was summoned to an emergency meeting at the Hokage Building. He arrived and sat beside Tsunade, who fixed him with a murderous glare.

• Ronglin asked Tsunade about the front line, and she said reinforcements had arrived but the troops still had low morale after their defeat.
• Ronglin froze Tsunade and nibbled her cheek before swaggering out of Konoha Hospital.
• An Anbu member delivered the Third Hokage's summons for Ronglin to attend an emergency meeting.
• Ronglin entered the meeting room, sat beside Tsunade, and told her to calm down as she glared at him.

Ronglin provoked Hyuga Hiashi and Danzo at an emergency meeting, retaliating against their efforts to have him transferred. The meeting’s purpose and the suspected threat from the Land of Earth remained unresolved as Hyuga Hiashi struggled to contain his anger.

• Ronglin told Minato that the emergency meeting might concern people preparing to make a move, and Minato worried the Land of Earth could be involved.
• Hyuga Hiashi and Danzo arrived at the meeting and stared at Ronglin.
• Ronglin gave Hyuga Hiashi and Danzo the middle finger and called them bastards, drawing reactions from the assembled leaders.
• Hyuga Hiashi stood up angrily while Danzo kept his anger in check, and Ronglin insulted them again.