Chapter Summaries

Ronglin trained Uchiha Diqin in the basics, leaving her exhausted, before Tsunade told him that she and Dan had broken up. Ronglin laughed at the news and teased Tsunade, leaving her furious with him.

• Ronglin told Uchiha Diqin that her training would focus on fundamentals, and she pushed through the exercises despite her exhaustion.
• Uchiha Diqin collapsed face-first on the floor after returning home.
• Tsunade confronted Ronglin about the young Uchiha girl, and he denied taking advantage of her.
• Tsunade told Ronglin that she and Dan had broken up and wondered whether love could withstand scrutiny.
• Ronglin laughed at the breakup and teased Tsunade about finding another man, provoking her anger.

Tsunade chased Ronglin through Konoha after he teased her about her heartbreak, then invited him to a tavern and asked why her relationship had failed. Ronglin told her the couple had not been on equal footing, while Tsunade questioned whether equality was necessary for love to succeed.

• Tsunade wrecked her office and chased Ronglin through the village after he teased her.
• Ronglin evaded Tsunade, and the two later sat together in a small tavern.
• Tsunade drank and asked Ronglin whether she had been inadequate or too overbearing.
• Ronglin said the relationship had been unequal and that the man had not been worthy of her.
• Tsunade asked why men thought relationships needed equality, then teased Ronglin for being a boy.
• Ronglin replied that inequality could cause problems and that other factors also mattered.

Ronglin carried a drunken Tsunade home and had Uchiha Diqin help her change, unaware that Tsunade was pretending to be asleep. Tsunade woke after they left and reflected alone by the window.

• Tsunade teased Ronglin as he tried to comfort her about Dan Katō.
• Tsunade drank herself unconscious, and Ronglin carried her home after a tavern owner criticized him for considering an inn.
• Ronglin asked Uchiha Diqin to change Tsunade into sleepwear, then left the room.
• Uchiha Diqin dressed Tsunade in a long gown and left her alone.
• Tsunade opened her eyes, relieved that Ronglin had behaved himself, and sighed while gazing at the stars.

Ronglin brought two new members to meet Dan Katō and inform him that he was leaving Minato Squad for the Anbu. Dan Katō blamed Ronglin for his breakup with Tsunade and confronted him, but Ronglin refused to accept his authority.

• Tsunade left Ronglin's home early in the morning, and Ronglin pretended not to notice.
• Ronglin brought two newcomers selected by the Third Hokage to meet the recovering Dan Katō and explain that he was leaving Minato Squad.
• Dan Katō, already angry over his breakup with Tsunade, blamed Ronglin for his troubles and scolded him for arriving an hour late.
• Ronglin dismissed Dan Katō's authority and asked who he thought he was, leaving the two newcomers confused by their hostile exchange.

Ronglin confronted Dan Katō after revealing he had already left Minato Squad. He used his Power of Time to slow Dan down and began beating him.

• Dan Katō angrily rebuked Ronglin for disrespecting him as his senior and captain.
• Ronglin revealed he was no longer in Minato Squad and had brought two newcomers under the Hokage's orders.
• Ronglin told Dan he intended to make him unhappy for provoking him.
• Ronglin slowed Dan's movements with his Power of Time and swung at his face while Dan could not dodge.

Ronglin used the Power of Time to stop Dan Katō from escaping and repeatedly slapped him, leaving him badly swollen but not seriously injured. Ronglin left after telling two newcomers to get along with their squad captain, and they took Dan Katō to the hospital.

• Ronglin slapped Dan Katō and let the Power of Time lapse, allowing him to land and retreat.
• Dan Katō tried to flee, but Ronglin stopped him with the Power of Time and slapped him repeatedly.
• Two newcomers watched as Ronglin beat Dan Katō until his face was swollen, then heard Ronglin tell them to get along with their squad captain.
• Ronglin left, and the two newcomers took the barely conscious Dan Katō to the hospital.

Dan Katō was taken to the hospital after Ronglin beat him badly, where he panicked during treatment and vomited blood from rage and humiliation. Ronglin returned home unharmed and told Uchiha Diqin that he had enjoyed the fight.

• Nurses were startled by Dan Katō’s swollen face but found that his injuries were not serious.
• Dan Katō panicked when a nurse touched his wounds with medicine, prompting the nurses to laugh.
• Dan Katō remembered Ronglin’s beating, screamed in rage, vomited blood, and collapsed.
• Doctors and nurses examined Dan Katō and determined that he only needed rest.
• Ronglin returned home covered in someone else’s blood and reassured Uchiha Diqin that he was unhurt.

Ronglin’s beating of Dan Katō became village gossip, and the Third Hokage gave him only a minor punishment. Ronglin then joined the Anbu and was assigned to the First Squad under White Fang, whose captaincy had been restored.

• Ronglin’s beating left Dan Katō hospitalized with a swollen face, and word of the fight spread through the village.
• The Third Hokage heard reports from Dan Katō’s teammates and ordered Ronglin to pay Dan Katō’s medical expenses.
• Ronglin went to the Hokage’s Office, where White Fang told him his ANBU Captain position had been restored.
• The Third Hokage assigned Uchiha Ronglin to the Anbu First Squad and told White Fang to take him to collect his equipment.

White Fang took Ronglin to ANBU headquarters and introduced him as a new member of the First Squad. Ronglin received his ANBU gear and chose the codename Reincarnation.

• White Fang led Ronglin from the Hokage's Office toward ANBU headquarters.
• ANBU members greeted White Fang warmly, and he told Ronglin that he might someday become Hokage.
• White Fang introduced Ronglin as a newcomer and had equipment prepared for him.
• White Fang explained that ANBU members used masks and codenames to protect their identities.
• Ronglin chose Reincarnation as his codename.

Ronglin joined the Anbu First Squad under the codename Reincarnation and chose a mask once worn by Tobirama Senju. White Fang introduced him to the squad, whose members welcomed him without challenging his reputation.

• White Fang accepted Ronglin's choice of the codename Reincarnation.
• Ronglin chose the Nine-Tails mask, and White Fang explained that Tobirama Senju had once worn it.
• White Fang led Ronglin to the Anbu First Squad's lounge and changing room.
• White Fang introduced Ronglin to the five squad members and warned them not to provoke him.
• The squad members joked about Dan Katō's hospital stay and welcomed Ronglin.

Ronglin found that joining the Anbu First Squad meant spending most of his time on dull patrol and guard duties rather than dangerous missions. After patrolling Konoha’s back mountain, he was assigned to guard the Hokage’s Office and felt trapped by the work.

• White Fang led the Anbu First Squad on a mission to patrol the back mountain and protect Hokage Rock.
• Ronglin and White Fang patrolled together, and White Fang explained that the First Squad mostly received dangerous missions but spent much of its time idle.
• White Fang teased Ronglin by listing other routine assignments, including guarding the Hokage Building and patrolling the village.
• The next day, Ronglin stood guard outside the Third Hokage’s Office and regretted that he could neither train nor slack off.

Ronglin watched Minato bring Kakashi, Rin, and Obito to the Hokage’s Office, where they were expected by the Hokage. Danzo again tried to recruit Ronglin into Root, but Ronglin ignored the offer and remained in the Anbu.

• Ronglin reflected on the Hokage’s workload while waiting outside the office.
• Minato arrived with Kakashi, Rin, and Obito, and Rin and Obito reacted to Ronglin’s Anbu gear while Kakashi looked determined to surpass him.
• Ronglin congratulated Minato on becoming a squad leader and silently warned him for exposing Ronglin’s identity.
• Minato led Kakashi, Rin, and Obito into the Hokage’s Office to meet the Hokage.
• Danzo again invited Ronglin to join Root, but Ronglin dismissed the offer and watched Danzo enter the office.

Ronglin watched Danzo and the Third Hokage clash over giving Orochimaru real authority, while keeping his own ambitions hidden. As Konoha's forty-third year began, Ronglin looked ahead to an opportunity involving Sasori of the Red Sands.

• Ronglin suspected Danzo wanted his Mangekyo and vowed not to let Danzo take it.
• Danzo argued with the Third Hokage after proposing that Orochimaru receive a position with real authority, then left after threatening Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Minato left the Hokage's Office with the three members of Minato Squad, looking troubled, while Ronglin hoped the struggle would keep attention away from him.
• The Third Hokage worried that the Uchiha and Ronglin had made no moves despite the information he had released.
• Konoha's forty-third year arrived, and Ronglin anticipated Sasori of the Red Sands while reflecting on the First Squad's rare missions and White Fang's difficult assignments.

Ronglin was summoned by the Third Hokage and sent to investigate a large Sunagakure force gathering near the Land of Fire. He realized the Sand ninja were searching for their missing Third Kazekage, unaware that Sasori had killed him.

• Ronglin’s first mission with Anbu First Squad ended with a teammate dead and White Fang seriously injured, while Ronglin drew attention from other villages.
• Ronglin left Uchiha Diqin and went to the Hokage’s Office after receiving a summons on his scheduled rest day.
• The Third Hokage ordered Ronglin to investigate the Sunagakure ninja massing near the Land of Fire’s border because White Fang was away.
• Ronglin deduced that the Sand ninja were searching for the missing Third Kazekage, who had fallen to Sasori of the Red Sands.

Ronglin headed to the Land of Fire border as Sunagakure’s search for the missing Third Kazekage sparked clashes with Konoha and escalated tensions. Konoha sent reinforcements, and Ronglin watched as the two sides moved toward confrontation.

• Ronglin left Konoha for the Land of Fire border, hoping the growing tensions would help provoke a war.
• Sunagakure ninja searched along the border, prompting Konoha’s forces to issue warnings and report the buildup to the village.
• Minor clashes caused casualties on both sides, and Sunagakure ninja began suspecting Konoha had taken the Third Kazekage.
• The Third Hokage sent reinforcements to the border, where Konoha and Sunagakure faced off.
• A Konoha ninja told Ronglin that the Sunagakure ninja had started moving again, and Ronglin asked what they were searching for.

Ronglin remained at the border while Konoha monitored Sunagakure’s search for an unknown target. In Sunagakure, Granny Chiyo ordered the search to continue and began preparing candidates for the Fourth Kazekage in case the missing Third Kazekage had been killed.

• Ronglin said Konoha should let Sunagakure search as long as its ninjas did not cross the border.
• Granny Chiyo learned that the search had produced no leads and that Konoha’s border buildup and protests in the Land of Rivers were making it harder.
• Granny Chiyo ordered Sunagakure to expand the search despite the complications.
• Granny Chiyo directed the village to select candidates for the Fourth Kazekage, suspecting the Third Kazekage might have been killed.
• Granny Chiyo proposed blaming Konoha if Sunagakure could no longer conceal the Third Kazekage’s disappearance.

As the Third Kazekage remained missing, Granny Chiyo used suspicion against Konoha to steady Sunagakure and quietly began choosing a Fourth Hokage, while clashes between the villages escalated into war. When fighting erupted again in the Land of Rivers, Uchiha Ronglin answered Konoha’s call for support and arrived on the battlefield.

• Granny Chiyo concluded that the missing Third Kazekage had likely met with foul play and prepared to blame Konoha if the news surfaced.
• Sand Ninja searches near the border heightened tensions as Konoha ninja followed them, and the two sides eventually clashed in the Land of Fire.
• After casualties forced the Sand Ninja to withdraw, both villages traded accusations over the Third Kazekage’s disappearance while Granny Chiyo secretly selected candidates for the Fourth Hokage.
• Sand Ninja and Konoha forces fought again in the Land of Rivers, and Konoha sent an urgent request for Ronglin to provide support.
• Ronglin reached the battlefield, where Konoha’s ninja cheered his arrival.

Ronglin arrived at a chaotic battle between Konoha and Sunagakure shinobi and learned the fighting had started over accusations that Konoha assassinated the Third Kazekage. After insults reignited the clash, Ronglin unleashed Susanoo and devastated the charging Sunagakure forces.

• Ronglin entered the battlefield, and the Konoha shinobi gathered behind him.
• Ronglin asked what had happened, and the Konoha shinobi said Sunagakure had falsely accused Konoha of assassinating the Third Kazekage.
• The Konoha shinobi insulted Sunagakure, and the enraged Sunagakure shinobi charged at them.
• Ronglin summoned Susanoo and cut down more than a dozen charging Sunagakure shinobi with one strike.
• The Konoha shinobi stopped in amazement at Susanoo, then cheered for Ronglin.

Ronglin led Konoha in slaughtering the fleeing Sunagakure ninja, then confronted a Sunagakure reinforcement force. The Elite Jonin attacked Ronglin, while the exhausted survivors still hesitated to fight.

• Ronglin raised Susanoo's blade and drove the fleeing Sunagakure ninja into a panic.
• Ronglin ordered Konoha to kill, and the Konoha ninja pursued and eliminated the retreating enemy.
• Sunagakure reinforcements encountered the fleeing survivors, and their Elite Jonin demanded to know why Ronglin was slaughtering them.
• Ronglin mocked the Elite Jonin, and the Konoha ninja joined in ridiculing him.
• The Elite Jonin led the reinforcements into battle, but the survivors backed away, unwilling to fight.

Ronglin effortlessly broke the Sunagakure Elite Jonin’s attack, froze him with his Mangekyo ability, and killed him. Konoha celebrated while the Sunagakure ninja lost their will to fight and considered retreating.

• The Sunagakure Elite Jonin led an assault on Konoha with ninjutsu and Explosive Tags, and Konoha’s ninja counterattacked.
• Ronglin cleaved apart the Elite Jonin’s Wind Style attack with Susanoo’s blade.
• Ronglin used Time: Shred to immobilize the Elite Jonin and cut him into pieces.
• Konoha’s ninja cheered for Ronglin as the Sunagakure ninja lost their fighting spirit and considered retreating.