Chapter Summaries

Tigo’s trial operation continued smoothly as Kushina supplied her with Nine-Tails Chakra, while Yuhara asked Kakashi to help him learn Water Release through a method he claimed to have developed. The chapter ended with Kakashi realizing Yuhara’s “Perception Method” was a dubious excuse to use Kakashi’s expertise.

• Shimura Danzō reviewed intelligence about Tigo’s return and obtained the trial-operation plan, suspecting Orochimaru’s involvement.
• Kushina visited Tigo, transferred Nine-Tails Chakra to her, and gave her Naruto so she could extract another portion sealed within him.
• Kakashi found Tsume and Hana Inuzuka raising a pack of puppies inside the Small Earth Building and recognized them as ninja hounds.
• Yuhara told Kakashi he wanted to learn Water Release because he felt uneasy lacking one of the five nature transformations.
• Yuhara gave Kakashi a Chakra Crystal and asked him to transform Yuhara’s Chakra into Water Release, presenting the process as his new Perception Method.
• Kakashi saw through Yuhara’s explanation and silently mocked his supposed method.

Kakashi reviewed the Library’s proposed mission-point exchange system while helping Yuhara learn Water Release and catalog techniques. After a month of study, Yuhara turned to expanding his ninja animals and planned to ask Uchiha Shisui for help finding someone to raise ninja cats.

• Kakashi judged the Library’s proposed point system too crude because it tied technique rank to usefulness, and he already had many points from contributing Ninjutsu.
• Kakashi helped Yuhara study Water Release while transcribing techniques, and Yuhara expected to master his final chakra nature within two months.
• After a month of studying, Yuhara decided he needed a break and watched two-year-old Naruto Uzumaki chase the ninja hounds.
• Yuhara decided to add ninja cats to his animals and planned to ask Uchiha Shisui to help find a cat breeder.

Yuhara and Shisui traveled north while discussing the Uchiha Clan’s growing division and Shisui’s struggle to prevent a rebellion. They reached an abandoned-looking city where the Nyan-nin Clan lived, the destination of their mission.

• Yuhara asked Shisui about the Uchiha Clan, and Shisui explained that many lower-ranking ninjas supported reconciliation while most powerful clansmen opposed the village.
• Shisui told Yuhara that his faction had stopped finding new supporters and that the clan was watching Jiraiya’s movements.
• Yuhara offered to help Shisui by gradually opening the Crimson Crown to his Uchiha faction, and Shisui thanked him.
• Yuhara and Shisui arrived at the city where the Nyan-nin Clan lived, known for forging ninja tools.

Yuhara and Uchiha Shisui visited Cat Grandma to hire a trainer for Konoha’s messenger cats, and Yuhara secured Morishimo for 200,000 ryo a month. Afterward, Tigo urgently called Yuhara to reinforce a Konoha ninja in the Land of Hot Water, and Yuhara set out at once.

• Yuhara captured six attacking ninja cats with iron sand, then released them after they surrendered.
• Uchiha Shisui explained Konoha’s need for ninja cats trained to carry messages and transport items, and Yuhara offered a monthly salary of 200,000 ryo.
• Cat Grandma introduced Morishimo, a ninja cat willing to train the others, and Yuhara agreed to hire her.
• Tigo contacted Yuhara and asked him to reinforce a Konoha ninja in the Land of Hot Water.
• Yuhara identified the direction and rushed toward the Land of Hot Water.

Konoha captain Jingū Maki learned that the Kirigakure missing-nin Kaguya Jukki was pursuing her squad and ordered her teammates to escape while she prepared to fight alone. Jingū swallowed the Chakra Crystals she had saved, and her Chakra began to rise as Kaguya approached.

• Jingū Maki’s squad finished an escort mission in the Land of Hot Water and started back toward the Land of Fire.
• Tigo warned Jingū that one hostile person had been following them since the capital, and the squad accelerated toward the border.
• Tigo identified their pursuer as Kaguya Jukki, an elite Jōnin missing-nin with the Shikotsumyaku Kekkei Genkai and exceptional taijutsu.
• Jingū ordered her teammates to withdraw while she held Kaguya off, invoking the ninja code to make them obey.
• Jingū summoned a ninja hound, took the Chakra Crystals from its pouch, and swallowed them as Kaguya approached.

Yuhara arrived too late to save Jingū Maki, who had died holding off a powerful Mist Village rogue ninja so her team could escape. After learning how she had used accumulated Chakra to buy time, Yuhara set out to confront the enemy, who had chased her subordinates into the Land of Fire.

• Tigo reported that Jingū Maki had stayed behind to hold off the Mist Village rogue ninja while her teammates retreated.
• Yuhara reached the battlefield and found Jingū Maki’s mutilated corpse, then covered her with his shirt and recovered her equipment.
• Tigo explained that Jingū had used a month’s accumulated Chakra to hold the enemy back, and Yuhara questioned the restrictions on spreading offensive ninjutsu.
• Uchiha Shisui arrived and urged Yuhara to pursue the enemy, but Yuhara sensed that the rogue ninja had chased Jingū’s subordinates into the Land of Fire.
• Yuhara set off Explosive Tags as a signal, drawing the enemy back, and vowed to crush every bone in the next person who appeared.

Yuhara fought the Kaguya clan ninja who had returned to the battlefield, overwhelming her with precise taijutsu despite her Shikotsumyaku. After she tried to flee, he bound and crushed her with iron sand, leaving Shisui to collect their comrades’ remains.

• A Kaguya clan ninja arrived after hearing the Explosive Tag, and Obito offered to deal with her before Yuhara stopped him.
• Yuhara told Shisui to collect their comrades’ remains and approached the enemy alone.
• The Kaguya ninja attacked with her bone techniques, but Yuhara broke her wrist and ribs and paralyzed her legs in one exchange.
• The enemy regenerated her bones and fled, so Yuhara bound her with silver threads.
• Yuhara engulfed the Kaguya ninja in iron sand and crushed her before she could finish pleading.

After a teammate died, Yuhara and Shisui finished the mission and went to an exchange house, where Yuhara sought information about Orochimaru. Meanwhile, Orochimaru hid in the Land of Rain to evade Jiraiya, but a visitor with the Rinnegan found him.

• Yuhara released the enemy’s body, and Shisui gathered the corpses while Yuhara questioned him about feeling powerless.
• Yuhara and Shisui met three Konoha Ninja, handed them the bodies, and sent them back to report the incident.
• Yuhara led Shisui to an exchange house and asked whether it had news about Orochimaru.
• Orochimaru hid in the Land of Rain to escape Jiraiya’s pursuit and settled in a burrow in the mountains.
• A stranger entered Orochimaru’s burrow, identified him as a Konoha traitor, and revealed the Rinnegan.

Orochimaru joined the Akatsuki to investigate the Rinnegan, while Kakashi, Tenzo, and Shiranui Genma built a concealed test site on the Land of Fire's eastern border. Back in Konoha, Yuhara reported a Chunin's death and secured Kushina's contract with the ninja cat Morishimo, which immediately requested its first month's salary in advance.

• Orochimaru mistook Yahiko for a Madara-and-Hashirama-like composite and joined the Akatsuki to study the Rinnegan from close up.
• Kakashi, Tenzo, and Shiranui Genma buried a technique and Chakra receiver beneath a concealed test site near the Land of Rivers border.
• Yuhara told Kushina Uzumaki that a Chunin had died during an encounter with a Kirigakure rogue ninja, and Kushina saw the Chunin's resistance as evidence that the plan was working.
• Yuhara introduced Morishimo, and Kushina wrote the ninja cat an employment contract promising 200,000 ryo per month.
• Morishimo signed the contract with an inked paw print and asked Kushina for one month's salary in advance.

Morishimo settled into her Nameless Mountain home, trained ninja cats, and cared for Yuhara’s Summoning Beasts while Tigo’s Chakra continued to accumulate. Yuhara, Kakashi, and Tenzo successfully tested the Flying Thunder God Circuit Network, transporting them from Konoha to a forest near the Land of Rivers, where Yuhara named the skyward trace “Tigo’s Majestic Radiance.”

• Namiashi Raidō and Iwashi Tatami brought Morishimo and several house cats to Nameless Mountain, where they spent ten days building her a treehouse.
• Morishimo began training the ninja cats and feeding Gan, Wen, and Cui, while she skimmed some of the tiger’s Chakra Crystals and repeatedly disciplined Cui for bothering the kittens.
• Yuhara, Kakashi, and Tenzo joined Tigo, Kushina Uzumaki, and the Third Hokage for a secret test of the Flying Thunder God Circuit Network.
• The technique transported Yuhara, Kakashi, and Tenzo from the Small Earth Building in Konoha to a forest near the border of the Land of Fire and the Land of Rivers.
• Yuhara and Kakashi watched a pillar of light mark the transmission and called the phenomenon “Tigo’s Majestic Radiance.”

Yuhara, Kakashi, and Tenzo successfully tested the one-way Flying Thunder God Circuit Network, then returned to Konoha on foot. The village’s barriers were damaged by Tigo’s chakra, and the Third Hokage welcomed the system’s military potential; with the three new systems tested, the next step was moving Tigo’s main body to the Nameless Mountain Secret Realm.

• Yuhara, Kakashi, and Tenzo completed a successful teleportation to the Land of Fire border, and Kakashi reflected on how the experience had helped him master Water Release chakra transformation.
• Yuhara explained that the Flying Thunder God Circuit Network only allowed one-way travel and required enormous amounts of chakra, so the group walked back to Konoha.
• Yuhara and the others learned that Tigo’s chakra had pierced holes through Konoha’s protective and sensing barriers during the experiment.
• The Third Hokage celebrated the successful test, valuing the network’s battlefield potential despite the damage to the barriers.
• The three major systems had completed basic testing, and the next task was moving Tigo’s main body to the Nameless Mountain Secret Realm.

The Third Hokage worried that Konoha was drifting off course as his authority weakened, while Danzo's Root watched Crimson Crown from the shadows. At Nameless Mountain, Yuhara tested Tigo's remote puppet body and prepared to return to Konoha, but Sarah vanished after rushing into the mountain's barrier.

• The Third Hokage read Crimson Crown's reports, handled routine work, and left the office as he reflected on his age and Konoha's uncertain leadership.
• Danzo's Root watched the Small Earth Building, while Kushina and Tigo left the watchers alone because the building's barriers could repel intruders.
• Yuhara brought Kōtanuki to Nameless Mountain and tested Tigo's remote control of her puppet clone in Konoha through an underground Chakra cable.
• Yuhara placed Tigo's main body in the cave and studied Dotonjutsu with plans to develop Five-Transformation Composite Ninjutsu.
• As Yuhara prepared to leave the Secret Realm, Sarah ran toward him, crossed Nameless Mountain's barrier, and abruptly disappeared.

Yuhara retrieved the injured Sarah from Location Four and sent her back to Rōran on a summoned eagle. Back in Konoha, he was assigned to help prepare the Chunin Ninja Exams and met Uchiha Izumi, a new Genin in the organization.

• Yuhara asked Tigo where Sarah had been sent and found her injured at Location Four after she got lost exploring.
• Yuhara summoned an eagle to carry Sarah back to her new home in Rōran.
• Tenzo registered for the upcoming Chunin Ninja Exams, and Yuhara was ordered to help organize the joint event while declining to serve as chief examiner.
• Yuhara returned to the Small Earth Building and met Uchiha Izumi, whom Kushina introduced as a Genin reporting to the organization.
• Yuhara mistook Izumi's name for Izuna's, and Kushina corrected him.

Tenzo entered the Chunin Exams alone while Yuhara and Kakashi patrolled the forest and discussed the uneasy atmosphere around Konoha. After explosions led them to several dead outsiders, a hidden trap released a vast cloud of poison mist, forcing Yuhara and Kakashi to retreat.

• Tenzo passed the first exam and entered the forest alone, confident he could handle the Chunin Exams by himself.
• Yuhara told Kakashi that Naruto was guarded at headquarters by a clone, Tigo, and multiple barriers.
• Yuhara and Kakashi rushed toward explosions in the forest and found several dead Ninja from other villages.
• A corpse slid aside and exposed a trap that rapidly filled the woods with purple poison mist.
• Yuhara shouted for Kakashi to retreat, and both men fled the spreading mist while suspecting the trap had been aimed at one of them.

Yuhara was attacked by a poison-wielding enemy who seemed specifically prepared to counter his defenses. After cutting poisoned flesh from his arm and failing to defeat the enemy with iron sand or Fire Release, he suspected the attacker was an Aburame Ninja using Kikaichū.

• Yuhara escaped the poison mist and dodged a kunai that pulled an enemy out of the mist on a steel wire.
• Yuhara pierced the attacker, but the enemy grabbed his arm and corroded its iron armor with poison.
• Yuhara cut away the poisoned flesh on his right arm, suffering severe bleeding.
• Yuhara trapped the attacker in iron sand, but the enemy rapidly corroded his way free.
• Yuhara struck the attacker with Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet, but the enemy regenerated his lost body parts and made Yuhara suspect he was an Aburame Ninja using Kikaichū.

Yuhara identified the Aburame ninja’s body as mostly Kikaichū with a vulnerable physical core and killed him with a Mercury Arrow and a barrage of blades. As Yuhara turned to leave for the hospital, a towering tree sprouted from the corpse, revealing that the incident involved uncontrolled Wood Style cells.

• Yuhara tested the enemy’s ability to pass through attacks and concluded that most of his body was made of Kikaichū, while his torso and head remained physical.
• Yuhara covered himself with iron sand and mercury, then used explosive-tagged shuriken to confirm his suspicions.
• Yuhara fired a Mercury Arrow that split into spikes, pinning the enemy’s remaining physical body to a tree.
• Yuhara finished off the struggling enemy with Mercury Longswords and the Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu.
• Yuhara heard a rumble and saw a towering tree grow from the corpse, then identified uncontrolled Wood Style cells as the cause.

After Yuhara and Kakashi survived the poisonous mist attack, they left the Chunin Ninja Exams for Konoha Hospital, unaware that Kakashi’s Sharingan had triggered Takigakure’s Seven-Tails Jinchuriki. The Seven-Tails emerged in the Forest of Death, leaving Yuhara staring at what looked like a giant flying cockroach.

• Anbu examined the charred attacker’s remains and began investigating the forest, while Medical Ninja treated Yuhara and Kakashi.
• Yuhara suggested the attack was unlikely to happen again and concealed his suspicions about Shimura Danzō; he and Kakashi headed to Konoha Hospital, leaving Tenzo on exam duty.
• Yuhara warned curious Genin to focus on their exams as he and Kakashi reached the outskirts of the central area.
• Kakashi looked at Oboro, a Takigakure shinobi posing as a Genin, and his Sharingan triggered the loosened seal on the Seven-Tails within him.
• Kakashi’s Sharingan transformed into the Mangekyō Sharingan as the Seven-Tails erupted from Oboro in the Forest of Death, and Yuhara called it a flying cockroach.

Yuhara and Konoha’s ninjas fought the Seven-Tails after it appeared in the Forest of Death, and Yuhara crippled one of its wings before being badly injured. As the Seven-Tails prepared a Tailed Beast Ball, Yuhara chose to attack rather than retreat.

• Yuhara ordered the Seal Team summoned and attacked the Seven-Tails with a Rasenshuriken, while the ANBU squad leader knocked it down with Earth Release: Sky Falling Lid.
• Kakashi warned the others about the Seven-Tails’ paralyzing Scale Powder Concealment Technique, and he and Tenzo tried to attack it with Fire Release.
• Yuhara used Tenzo’s wooden pillars to launch himself at the airborne Seven-Tails and cut off one of its wings with his Mercury Longsword and a Rasenshuriken.
• The Seven-Tails struck Yuhara into the forest with its tail, leaving him badly injured, then crashed to the ground and began preparing a Tailed Beast Ball.
• Kakashi called for the ninjas to retreat, but Yuhara ordered them to prepare to force-kill the Seven-Tails.

Yuhara and Kakashi fought the Seven-Tails after it prepared to fire a Tailed Beast Ball at the ninjas below. Yuhara exhausted himself restraining and burning the beast, while Kakashi’s first use of Kamui struck its wing and side instead of its head.

• Yuhara charged the Seven-Tails as it prepared a close-range Tailed Beast Ball, and Kakashi followed, readying Kamui as their main attack.
• Yuhara transformed into an Eight-Headed Serpent and bent the Seven-Tails backward, redirecting its Tailed Beast Ball into the sky, though the blast destroyed three serpent heads.
• The Seven-Tails broke free and knocked Yuhara’s serpent body down, so Yuhara covered it with iron sand armor and pinned the beast’s horn with a black-iron greatsword.
• Yuhara trapped the Seven-Tails in a blazing composite technique, but the beast fired another Tailed Beast Ball, destroying much of the serpent and leaving Yuhara nearly out of Chakra.
• Kakashi activated Kamui as the wounded Seven-Tails charged toward him, but his eye pain disrupted his aim and the technique removed a wing and injured the beast’s side instead of taking off its head.

Yuhara and Kakashi weakened the Seven-Tails, but the Third Hokage and Konoha's sealing teams took over and brought the beast under control. When the failed seal made the Seven-Tails impossible to reseal, the Third Hokage killed its Jinchuriki, leaving the cause of his rampage unclear.

• Yuhara withdrew from the fight as the Third Hokage and Konoha's sealing teams arrived and began suppressing the Seven-Tails.
• The Third Hokage used Enma and his Anbu to interrupt the Seven-Tails' attacks while the sealing team prepared a formation.
• Yuhara rested with Kizuna's help and headed toward Konoha Hospital as the Seven-Tails appeared to be contained.
• The Seven-Tails' Chakra surged when its Jinchuriki's damaged seal repelled the beast instead of containing it.
• The Third Hokage struck and killed the Jinchuriki, causing the Seven-Tails to die with him and leaving the reason for the Jinchuriki's rampage unknown.