Chapter Summaries

Ronglin questioned Tsunade’s harsh assessment, and she explained that she had altered the test because the three candidates were weak and lacked teamwork. She passed Ronglin, Shimura Ou, and Harusame Yu into Tsunade Class and told them to collect their forehead protectors and return the next morning.

• Tsunade struck Ronglin and Harusame Yu hard during the assessment, and Harusame Yu noticed Ronglin’s Sharingan.
• Ronglin asked Tsunade whether she planned to fail all three candidates and send them back to the Academy.
• Tsunade said she had changed the assessment and judged the candidates weak in strength, adaptability, and teamwork.
• Tsunade announced that Ronglin, Shimura Ou, and Harusame Yu had joined Tsunade Class and ordered them to gather the next morning.

Ronglin received his forehead protector, officially establishing Tsunade Class, while Tsunade told Orochimaru and Jiraiya about her new students. She hinted that the children might surprise them, leaving Jiraiya wondering which students she meant.

• Ronglin left Shimura Ou and Harusame Yu without learning what time Tsunade expected them to meet the next morning.
• Ronglin went to the Hokage's Office Building and received his forehead protector, officially establishing Tsunade Class.
• Tsunade told Orochimaru and Jiraiya at a tavern that she had become an instructor and that the Third Hokage had assigned her the class.
• Tsunade said Kakashi had graduated too early and that Minato was expected to take him on, prompting Jiraiya to show pride in his former student.
• Tsunade hinted that her students could surprise Jiraiya, then explained that they were from Kakashi's class and matched his grades while keeping a low profile.
• Jiraiya guessed that Tsunade meant Uchiha and Hyuga.

Ronglin settled into life as a genin and prepared to train under Tsunade. His new team waited for their first training session, and Tsunade finally arrived late in the morning.

• Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Jiraiya discussed Ronglin's talent and Tsunade praised his early Sharingan awakening.
• Ronglin returned home and prepared for life as a genin, with missions and contribution points now his responsibility.
• News spread that Tsunade was leading a team that included Ronglin, Shimura Ou, and Harusame Yu.
• Ronglin, Shimura Ou, and Harusame Yu waited at the training ground from early morning for Tsunade.
• Tsunade arrived late, looking tired, after Ronglin had begun eating a meat pie.

Tsunade took Ronglin, Harusame Yu, and Shimura Ou on their first mission: cleaning a hot spring inn’s pools. After struggling to clean all twelve pools while Tsunade relaxed in a private spring, Ronglin returned home exhausted and unable to train.

• Tsunade led her three students to a hot spring inn and assigned them to clean its pools.
• Harusame Yu mistakenly thought Tsunade was treating them to a hot spring visit, but Tsunade clarified that it was a mission.
• The inn owner showed the students the twelve pools they had to clean and prepared a private pool for Tsunade.
• Ronglin, Harusame Yu, and Shimura Ou struggled through the cleaning while Tsunade soaked in the spring and drank wine.
• Ronglin returned home too exhausted to continue his training.

After two months of increasingly unpleasant D-rank missions, Tsunade told Ronglin, Shimura Ou, and Harusame Yu that their next assignment would be a C-rank escort mission into the Land of Wind. The chapter ended with Tsunade sending them to prepare for the journey.

• Ronglin and the other members of Tsunade Class continued through a string of tedious D-rank missions, including cleaning animal droppings.
• Tsunade announced that the team’s D-rank missions were ending and that they had received an escort mission.
• Tsunade explained that the team would accompany a caravan carrying supplies from the village into the Land of Wind.
• Tsunade gave Ronglin, Shimura Ou, and Harusame Yu half an hour to prepare and told them to meet at the village entrance.

Tsunade dismissed Ronglin and his teammates from training, and she asked Ronglin whether he resented the Uchiha or Hyuga. Their conversation led Ronglin to consider his potential and the coming struggle over the Hokage position, while Tsunade decided she might help push his growth.

• Tsunade dismissed the group, and Harusame Yu excitedly dragged Shimura Ou away to pack for their mission.
• Tsunade asked Ronglin whether he resented the Uchiha or Hyuga, and he said he had never cared about the difference between clan and civilian ninjas.
• Ronglin thought about Minato Namikaze and Orochimaru competing for the Hokage position and reflected on his unrestricted Sharingan and Byakugan upgrades.
• Ronglin wondered how his time-controlling Kekkei Genkai would awaken and whether it could make him immortal.
• Tsunade saw Ronglin's confidence and considered giving him a push so he might surpass Minato Namikaze.

Tsunade noticed that Ronglin’s growing hair made him resemble a young Uchiha Madara, though she dismissed her suspicions. As the group prepared to escort a caravan to the Land of Wind, she scolded Harusame Yu and Shimura Ou for bringing too much baggage.

• Tsunade studied Ronglin’s profile and wondered whether pushing him too hard might lead him down the wrong path.
• Tsunade suggested Ronglin cut his hair, but he said he liked it long and planned to keep it.
• Tsunade realized Ronglin looked strikingly like a young Uchiha Madara, then dismissed the resemblance as coincidence.
• Harusame Yu and Shimura Ou returned with a mountain of belongings, and Tsunade ordered them to discard their unnecessary baggage.
• The caravan leader thanked Tsunade for accepting the escort mission and expressed confidence that the goods would reach the Land of Wind safely.

Tsunade Class escorted a food caravan toward the Land of Wind while Ronglin refined Chakra and his teammates complained about the uneventful journey. After learning they were nearing the border town, Tsunade arranged a day of rest before they continued toward their destination.

• Tsunade refused the caravan's offer of special accommodations and set out with the escorts.
• Harusame Yu blamed Shimura Ou for their scolding while Ronglin refined Chakra on a wagon.
• Ronglin reflected on his lack of ninjutsu and wondered how modern technology might compare with ninja abilities.
• Tsunade asked the caravan leader where they were and learned they would reach the Land of Wind after passing a border town.
• Tsunade suggested resting for a day at the border town, and the caravan leader agreed.

Ronglin spent a day resting in a border town while Harusame Yu and Shimura Ou went shopping, then joined Tsunade for a meal and discussed their mission. Tsunade asked for his honest view, and Ronglin hesitated before giving the lie she had requested.

• Harusame Yu invited Ronglin to go shopping, but he declined and watched her leave with Shimura Ou.
• Tsunade remarked that Ronglin did not act like a seven-year-old, and he replied that he did not need to behave childishly to seem his age.
• Tsunade brought Ronglin to a tavern and asked what he thought of the mission.
• Ronglin said Konoha was generous to sell supplies cheaply to the Land of Wind despite lingering resentment.
• Tsunade asked to hear Ronglin's lie as well, assured him she would not get angry, and he asked if she was sure.

Ronglin explained how Konoha and the Land of Fire profited from the Land of Wind’s poverty, impressing Tsunade with his political insight. He left Tsunade acknowledging that both she and the Third Hokage had underestimated him.

• Ronglin described how the Land of Fire used trade to benefit from the Land of Wind’s shortages and explained the close relationship between Konoha and the Fire Daimyo.
• Tsunade questioned whether Ronglin had reached these conclusions himself or learned them from someone else.
• Ronglin credited the academy library and revealed that he wanted Tsunade to value him and help him gain resources.
• Tsunade admitted that she and the Third Hokage had underestimated Ronglin.

Ronglin secured Tsunade’s agreement to train him after the mission, then continued with the caravan into the Land of Wind, where the guards prepared for bandits and Rogue Ninjas. The journey ahead grew more dangerous as the group left the Land of Fire.

• Tsunade agreed to train Ronglin after the mission but warned him not to cause trouble.
• Ronglin privately vowed to repay the Uchiha and Hyuga for rejecting him, while keeping his intentions hidden until he was strong enough.
• Ronglin asked Tsunade to teach him powerful ninjutsu, and she told him to be quiet and eat.
• After the meal, Tsunade sent Ronglin away and went looking for a casino.
• The caravan entered the Land of Wind, and its leader ordered the guards to stay alert for bandits and Rogue Ninjas.
• Ronglin reminded Harusame Yu and the others to stay alert and follow their principle.

Bandits ambushed the convoy, and Tsunade left Ronglin, Harusame Yu, and Shimura Ou to prove themselves. Ronglin attacked the bandit leader as the guards joined the fight, and the leader charged at him believing the three young ninja would be easy targets.

• The convoy crossed a rocky area on the second morning and was surrounded by bandits.
• A bandit insulted Tsunade and Harusame Yu, while the bandits mocked Ronglin, Harusame Yu, and Shimura Ou as rookies.
• Ronglin told Harusame Yu and Shimura Ou to handle the other enemies and lunged at the bandit leader.
• The convoy guards drew their weapons and charged the bandits.
• The bandit leader swung his blade at Ronglin, confident that his Chunin rank would let him defeat the Genin easily.

Ronglin quickly killed the bandit leader and the caravan guards finished off the fleeing bandits. The bloody battle awakened Ronglin’s Two-Tomoe Sharingan, astonishing Tsunade.

• Ronglin overwhelmed the bandit leader in a clash and lost interest in fighting him.
• Ronglin killed the bandit leader with the Great Fireball Technique.
• The bandits fled, and the caravan guards chased them down and killed them.
• The bloody scene stimulated Ronglin’s Sharingan, causing it to evolve into a Two-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Tsunade, who had been secretly observing Tsunade Class, was stunned by Ronglin’s progress and frowned at the other two students.

After the team defeated a bandit gang and completed its caravan mission, Tsunade returned to Konoha with her students. She ordered Shimura Ou and Harusame Yu to report to her at the hospital after two days of rest, leaving them unaware of the training she had planned.

• Shimura Ou and Harusame Yu vomited at the sight of the bloody aftermath of the bandit fight, while Ronglin and Tsunade remained composed.
• Ronglin offered the two flatbread that evening, but its appearance reminded them of the gore and made them vomit again.
• Tsunade Class completed the journey without further trouble and returned to Konoha after four days on the road.
• Tsunade gave the students two days of rest and told Shimura Ou and Harusame Yu to report to her hospital office.
• Ronglin left the two confused students behind, suspecting Tsunade had planned hospital training for them.

Ronglin reflected on White Fang’s coming suicide and his own growing strength before meeting his former classmates at a tavern. He described his recent escort mission, then clarified that Asuma and Hyuga Tianlin had been the ones to provoke him.

• Ronglin worried that he would be unable to prevent White Fang’s suicide and thought about Tsunade’s promise and his Sharingan’s evolution.
• Rin invited Ronglin to join his former classmates at a tavern, and he accepted.
• Ronglin told Obito and the others about escorting supplies to the Land of Wind and defeating a Chunin among a bandit group.
• Ronglin asked about Kakashi, and Kurenai Yuhi explained that Kakashi had gone home early and Asuma had not come.
• Kurenai asked Ronglin about his conflict with Asuma, and Ronglin said Asuma and Hyuga Tianlin had started trouble with him.

Ronglin walked Kurenai Yuhi home after spending the evening with his classmates, and they parted on friendly terms. On his way back, he accidentally collided with Kushina Uzumaki and met her for the first time.

• Ronglin's classmates realized that Asuma and Hyuga Tianlin had been beaten after provoking him, and their opinion of Ronglin changed.
• Ronglin walked Kurenai Yuhi home and entertained her with jokes.
• Kurenai Yuhi said she wanted to hang out with Ronglin again, and he agreed.
• Ronglin became distracted and collided with Kushina Uzumaki, knocking her bread to the ground.
• Ronglin and Kushina apologized to each other and agreed that they were both at fault.

Kushina recognized Ronglin and supported him despite his complicated ties to the Uchiha and Hyuga clans. Tsunade then began personally training Ronglin, leaving him much stronger but making Dan Katō resent how much time she spent with him.

• Kushina identified Ronglin as the genius Minato had praised and told him she supported whatever he chose to do.
• Ronglin thanked Kushina and watched her leave, reflecting on the Nine-Tails within her and her tragic fate.
• Tsunade postponed her class's missions and began personally training Ronglin with the Third Hokage's approval.
• Tsunade put Ronglin through brutal taijutsu and Monster Strength Technique training, rapidly addressing his weaknesses.
• Tsunade spent nearly every day with Ronglin, and Dan Katō grew resentful at how rarely he saw her.

Dan Katō tried to spend time with Tsunade, but his question about Ronglin shifted her attention to her student. Ronglin asked for a day off, and Tsunade objected because her time for training him was limited.

• Dan Katō gave Tsunade flowers, and she blushed as she thanked him.
• Dan Katō asked whether Uchiha Ronglin's special training had ended, drawing Tsunade's attention away from him.
• Tsunade praised Ronglin and said his training would take about two months.
• Ronglin put down his scroll and asked Tsunade for the day off.
• Tsunade questioned Ronglin's request, saying she had little time available to train him.

Tsunade refused to let Ronglin leave for a few months, insisting that he focus on her special training. After Dan Katō left disappointed, Ronglin warned Tsunade that keeping him apart from his girlfriend could lead to trouble, leaving her frowning and asking what he meant.

• Ronglin joked about having too much energy, but Tsunade ordered him to stay and study.
• Tsunade apologized to Dan Katō because she had no time for him while training Ronglin.
• Dan Katō hid his disappointment and left.
• Ronglin teased Tsunade about Dan Katō's feelings and warned that a man kept away from his girlfriend might do something foolish.
• Tsunade frowned and demanded to know what Ronglin meant.

Ronglin’s teasing made Tsunade worry that Dan Katō might behave like Jiraiya, while Dan Katō’s drunken complaints about their lack of time together sparked rumors in the village. Tsunade confronted Ronglin the next day, suspecting he had known the rumors would spread.

• Ronglin teased Tsunade by suggesting Dan Katō might fool around, leaving her to imagine him acting like Jiraiya.
• Dan Katō drank with his teammates and, while drunk, spoke openly about how rarely he and Tsunade saw each other.
• Rumors about Tsunade and Dan Katō spread through the village the next day.
• Tsunade slammed the papers and scrolls on Ronglin’s table and demanded to know whether he had known what would happen.