Chapter Summaries

Ronglin learned that Might Duy had sacrificed his life using the Eight Inner Gates to defeat the Seven Ninja Swordsmen. Moved by Duy’s death, Ronglin agreed to join the Special Squad and fight with the Kubikiribōchō.

• Ronglin helped gather the dead and told the arriving Anbu to report the battle to Lord Hokage.
• The Anbu collected the bodies as Ronglin returned to the front-line camp with the Kubikiribōchō.
• Ronglin told Tsunade that Might Duy had used the Eight Inner Gates and died defeating the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.
• Tsunade reported that the Special Squad had intercepted Kirigakure’s infiltrators but suffered casualties of its own.
• Ronglin agreed to join and lead the Special Squad the next day, saying he wanted to honor Might Duy by killing more enemies with the great blade.

Ronglin formed a squad of sensory ninja to hunt the Mist Ninja, while Tsunade warned him to control the bloodlust stirred by the damaged Kubikiribōchō. The squad moved toward the enemy’s infiltration zone and located three enemies nearby.

• Ronglin reassured Tsunade and left with the Kubikiribōchō, eager to use it against the Mist Ninja.
• News spread that Ronglin would lead the recalled Special Squad, and Tsunade selected five sensory ninja to join him.
• Ronglin ordered the five squad members to search for enemies while he handled combat, then led Squad 440 out of camp.
• A sensory ninja detected three enemies to the squad’s right near Kirigakure’s main camp.

Ronglin silently killed every Hidden Mist ninja who entered his sensory squad’s range, earning the squad a startling number of battle merits. As Kirigakure noticed that its infiltrators had vanished, the Third Mizukage questioned whether they had been trapped.

• Ronglin approached three Hidden Mist shinobi alone and killed them with the Kubikiribōchō before they could react.
• Ronglin ordered his five squad members to dispose of the bodies and continue hunting, impressing them with his strength.
• Over the course of the day, Ronglin killed more than a hundred Hidden Mist shinobi who entered the squad’s sensory range, while his sword recovered by absorbing their blood.
• Ronglin’s intelligence reached Tsunade, and the squad stayed in the forest to rest and calculate their battle merits.
• The Third Mizukage received a report that the infiltrators had stopped responding and wondered whether the intelligence was faulty or they had fallen into a Konoha trap.

The Third Mizukage investigated why more than a hundred Kirigakure men had vanished without sending back intelligence. The Intelligence Department chief revealed that Uchiha Ronglin had recently left camp with five sensory ninja, but the chapter ended before the Mizukage learned what they had done.

• The Third Mizukage considered how the missing men might have been wiped out and ordered the Intelligence Department chief to report to him.
• The Intelligence Department chief arrived at the Command Center, where the Third Mizukage asked whether anything unusual had happened in Konoha's camp.
• The chief explained that Uchiha Ronglin had left camp with five sensory ninja, though the department had not considered the information important enough to report.
• The chief noted that Ronglin had otherwise done nothing beyond staying with his patrol squad since the war began.

The Third Mizukage dismissed the possibility that Uchiha Ronglin was responsible for the Seven Ninja Swordsmen’s defeat, despite learning that Ronglin had left camp with sensory ninja. The next day, Ronglin’s Special Squad traveled without encountering enemies and expected Kirigakure to pause its infiltration until it understood what had happened.

• The Head of Intelligence Department reported that five of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen had been killed, but said Kirigakure still needed to verify the news.
• The Head of Intelligence Department also told the Third Mizukage that Uchiha Ronglin had left camp with several sensory-type ninja whose mission and whereabouts were unknown.
• The Third Mizukage ordered further investigation but continued to doubt that Ronglin could have defeated the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.
• The next day, Ronglin’s Special Squad set out after eating dry rations and found no enemy infiltrators.
• Ronglin explained that Kirigakure would likely stop sending infiltrators until it investigated the disappearance of more than a hundred men, then asked whether the squad should withdraw.

Uchiha Ronglin offered his five companions the choice of returning to camp or following him deeper into Kirigakure territory for a dangerous operation. All five chose to stay with him, and the group prepared to continue the mission.

• The group regretted that Kirigakure had stopped sending people, though their previous day's gains had already earned them substantial merit.
• Ronglin said he would continue deeper into enemy territory and gave his five companions ten minutes to choose whether to follow him or return to camp.
• The five companions weighed the danger against the risks of abandoning their captain and the chance to earn rewards and merit.
• One companion silently went to stand behind Ronglin, and the other four followed, choosing to continue with him.
• Ronglin approved of their decision.

Ronglin led his team toward a Kirigakure outpost and planned to use a feint to eliminate its sensory ninja. Two teammates drew the outpost’s attention while Ronglin slipped around to attack, and the Kirigakure guards prepared to fight them.

• Ronglin found a small Kirigakure outpost staffed by one Special Jonin and four Chunin.
• Ronglin ordered two teammates to draw the outpost’s attention while the others waited and he circled around.
• The two teammates approached the outpost and were detected by its sensory ninja.
• The Kirigakure Special Jonin dismissed the intruders as weak and ordered his men to seize the chance for battle merit.

Ronglin infiltrated a Mist stronghold and killed the ninja guarding it before they could call for reinforcements. He watched the Kubikiribōchō repair itself by absorbing iron from their blood and considered its flaws as a weapon.

• Ronglin slipped into the stronghold while the Mist ninja watched two Konoha ninja they believed were bait.
• The Mist ninja recognized Juroza Hachiya's Kubikiribōchō, and the Mist Special Jonin ordered a distress signal and tried to flee.
• Ronglin used the Power of Time to immobilize the Mist ninja and killed them before they could escape or send a signal.
• Ronglin watched the Kubikiribōchō absorb iron from the blood and repair its damage, then reflected on the weapons he had used or considered.

Ronglin used bait and misdirection to eliminate Mist ninja strongholds and collect proof for battle merits. The Third Mizukage learned that the strongholds had stopped reporting, but he did not yet know Ronglin had destroyed them.

• Ronglin planned to ask Orochimaru to lend him the Kusanagi Sword.
• Ronglin's group eliminated the Mist ninja at a stronghold and collected proof for battle merits.
• Ronglin continued uprooting strongholds while preventing survivors from sending signals.
• The Third Mizukage's Head of Intelligence Department reported that the strongholds had not sent their expected updates and investigators had not returned.

The Third Mizukage learned that Kirigakure's outposts and every team sent to investigate had gone silent, and he struggled to identify what he had overlooked. At an emergency meeting, he blamed Konoha for the losses while the enemy's trap continued to ensnare Kirigakure's search parties.

• The Head of Intelligence Department reported that Kirigakure's outposts and the teams sent to check on them had stopped communicating, prompting the Third Mizukage to order an Anbu investigation.
• The Third Mizukage grew uneasy as he waited for intelligence, while the enemy's trap caught the teams Kirigakure sent toward the silent outposts.
• The Third Mizukage learned that none of the Anbu dispatched to investigate had returned or sent messages, and he furiously sent the Head of Intelligence Department away again.
• Kirigakure's battlefield higher-ups gathered for an emergency meeting, where the Third Mizukage dismissed a question about Konoha's involvement as foolish and blamed Konoha for the attacks.

The Third Mizukage accepted the Hozuki Clan Head’s advice and ordered a suicide squad to investigate the unknown attacker. Ronglin had already defeated four waves of mist ninja and ordered five people to return to camp.

• The Hozuki Clan Head argued that Kirigakure should investigate the enemy and suggested Uchiha Ronglin was the likely attacker.
• The Third Mizukage calmed down, acknowledged his impulsiveness, and ordered a suicide squad to discover the enemy’s identity and numbers.
• Ronglin stood over a hollow filled with mist ninja corpses after fighting continuously for a day, and the Kubikiribōchō had restored itself.
• Ronglin called the battle the fourth wave and ordered five people to clean up and return to camp.

Ronglin sent his five subordinates back to camp and stayed behind to face Kirigakure’s approaching forces. He recognized the incoming black-clad ninja as a Suicide Squad and prepared for a dangerous fight.

• Ronglin ordered his five subordinates to return to camp and tell Tsunade he would be back soon.
• After the five left, Ronglin activated his Eternal Mangekyo and Byakugan to observe approaching enemies.
• Ronglin spotted three squads of black-clad Kirigakure ninja approaching from different directions.
• Ronglin recalled White Fang’s warning that black-clad ninja were soulless, fearless members of a Suicide Squad.
• Ronglin recognized the force Kirigakure had sent and braced himself for the confrontation.

Ronglin faced Kirigakure’s five-man suicide squad and reflected on how different his life might have been outside Konoha. He clashed with the squad, whose poisoned blades made even a small wound deadly.

• Ronglin watched the suicide squad approach and wondered how his life might have differed if he had not transmigrated to Konoha.
• The five dead-man ninjas charged Ronglin with their Ninja Swords.
• Ronglin met them with Kubikiribōchō, sending the three attackers at the front flying backward.
• The remaining two dead-man ninjas stabbed toward Ronglin’s sides with poisoned blades.

Ronglin killed five death-sworn ninja with the Power of Time and Kubikiribōchō, then continued hunting Kirigakure squads. After learning that Uchiha Ronglin had been attacking near their camp, the Third Mizukage ordered his forces to encircle and kill him.

• Ronglin froze two attacking death-sworn ninja with the Power of Time and split them apart with Kubikiribōchō.
• Ronglin killed five death-sworn ninja in under thirty seconds and reflected that their numbers could pose a threat to Konoha if there were more of them.
• Ronglin began seeking out death-sworn ninja squads and attacking them instead of waiting to be ambushed.
• The Third Mizukage learned that Uchiha Ronglin was operating alone near the Kirigakure camp and had killed several hundred ninja over two days.
• The Third Mizukage ordered his forces to encircle and kill Ronglin, hoping his death would hurt Konoha.

The Third Mizukage sent hundreds of Kirigakure ninja, including Hozuki Mangetsu, to encircle and kill Uchiha Ronglin after he killed many of their people. Ronglin detected the approaching forces and prepared for the siege.

• The Third Mizukage ordered Kirigakure ninja to surround Ronglin and sent Hozuki Mangetsu with them.
• Hozuki Mangetsu questioned the rumors about the Seven Ninja Swordsmen but obeyed the order and left the camp.
• Kirigakure ninja learned Ronglin had killed many of their comrades and advanced toward him in a fan-shaped formation.
• Ronglin used his Eternal Mangekyo and Byakugan to scout the area and spotted several hundred approaching ninja.
• Ronglin compared the siege to the pursuit of the Third Raikage and wondered why the Raikage's guards had not helped him.

Ronglin reflected on the Third Raikage’s death and his own ambitions before a group of Mist ninja arrived to confront him. The chapter ended with Ronglin taunting them as they surrounded him, Kubikiribōchō in hand.

• Ronglin considered the Third Raikage’s death and criticized the idea of sacrificing family for the village.
• Ronglin thought about Danzo’s future plans for the Uchiha and recalled his feelings about Itachi’s actions.
• Ronglin noticed dozens of Mist ninja approaching and hoped Kubikiribōchō would withstand the coming fight.
• The Mist ninja surrounded Ronglin, and he mocked their slow arrival.

Ronglin taunted the surrounding Kirigakure ninja, then vanished and began killing those trying to hide in the mist. He left the remaining enemies facing the start of his slaughter.

• Ronglin mocked the Kirigakure ninja and startled them by moving his blade.
• An Elite Jonin calmed the others and warned that Ronglin was trying to provoke them.
• Ronglin dismissed their caution and criticized them for hiding in the fog.
• Ronglin vanished with Kubikiribōchō and killed several mist ninja attempting a sneak attack.

Ronglin fought his way into the Mist shinobi formation and slaughtered dozens with the Kubikiribōchō. When his enemies mistook his excitement for exhaustion and charged, he unleashed Fire Style: Dance of the Nine Heavens, engulfing the surrounding Mist shinobi in flames.

• Ronglin charged into the Mist formation with the Kubikiribōchō, ignoring the Elite Jonin’s warning to avoid isolating himself.
• Ronglin killed more than thirty Mist shinobi in close combat while the crowded melee kept the enemy from using ninjutsu freely.
• Mist shinobi assumed Ronglin was exhausted and rushed him as he stood trembling.
• Ronglin cast Fire Style: Dance of the Nine Heavens, and the spreading fireballs engulfed the charging Mist shinobi and others nearby.

Ronglin wiped out most of the Mist Ninja force with a powerful ninjutsu and killed three more as they fled. Surrounded by hundreds of Mist Ninja, he mocked them by asking for a Water Style wash, provoking them into attacking.

• Ronglin's wide-range ninjutsu left ninety-nine percent of the Mist Ninja collapsed.
• Ronglin used the Body Flicker Technique to kill two Elite Jonin and one Jonin.
• More Mist Ninja arrived and surrounded Ronglin, but hesitated when they saw him covered in blood among the corpses.
• Ronglin pointed Kubikiribōchō at the crowd and asked them to use Water Style to wash him.
• The enraged Mist Ninja hurled hundreds upon thousands of kunai and shuriken at Ronglin.

Ronglin used his Eternal Mangekyo to stop the Mist ninja’s explosive-tagged weapons and trap the surrounding force inside a transparent dome. The Mist ninja panicked and scattered, defended, or attacked, leaving them disorganized as the Third Mizukage had not arrived to command them.

• Hundreds of Mist ninja hurled Kunai and shuriken fitted with Explosive Tags at Ronglin.
• Ronglin laughed as the weapons halted in midair around him.
• Ronglin activated “Time: Shred” with his Eternal Mangekyo and created a transparent dome around the Mist ninja.
• The Mist ninja tried to retreat, defend themselves with Water Style techniques, or attack, while Hozuki Mangetsu also withdrew.
• The Mist ninja fell into chaos because the Third Mizukage had not arrived to give orders.