Chapter Summaries

Ōnoki learned that Han Guang was demanding negotiations and could threaten Iwagakure with a colossal earth sphere, while Han Guang returned to Konoha and encountered Anko and Rin. The chapter ended with Rin asking Han Guang to protect her that night.

• Ōnoki used his techniques to lighten and punch Han Guang’s earth sphere into a crater.
• Tetsugan told Ōnoki that Han Guang had offered negotiations in Konoha and would throw the sphere at Iwagakure if Ōnoki refused.
• Han Guang returned to Konoha with Team 9 and met Anko, Rin, and Uzuki Yugao in combat uniforms.
• Anko clung to Han Guang, then ran away when he pretended to check whether she was telling the truth by feeling her conscience.
• Rin later approached Han Guang in an alley and asked him to protect her that night.

Hankuang promised Anko he would watch the moon with her, then learned Yugao was waiting outside his house. After Hiruzen announced Hankuang’s victory over the Stone Ninja, clan leaders sought to invite him over, and Yugao asked him to look at a piece of clothing that night.

• Anko confessed that she liked Hankuang and invited him to watch the moon together that night, and he agreed despite already promising Rin.
• Hankuang sensed Uzuki Yugao crouching outside his house and wondered why the three girls had become so attached to him.
• Minato Namikaze reported Hankuang’s mission to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who called an emergency meeting of the jōnin and clan heads.
• Hiruzen announced that Hankuang had killed more than a thousand elite Stone Ninja troops and the Third Tsuchikage’s son, impressing the clan heads.
• Hyuga Hiashi asked Hizashi to have Suzune invite Hankuang to the Hyuga clan, while Fugaku Uchiha asked Mikoto to invite him for drinks.
• Hankuang asked Yugao why she had come, and she said she wanted him to look at a piece of clothing that night.

Hankuang accepted a string of evening invitations, then went to Uzuki Yugao’s home to inspect her outfit and began digging her a well. The chapter ended with him confidently continuing as water surged through the trembling well walls.

• Uzuki Yugao asked Hankuang to check whether her summer outfit fit, and he agreed to visit her that night.
• Kushina summoned Hankuang to dinner, where Mrs. Mikoto invited him to drink with Fugaku and Suzune relayed her clan head’s invitation.
• Hankuang agreed to visit Suzune’s clan the next day and left dinner to meet Uzuki Yugao.
• Hankuang inspected Yugao’s camisole, embraced her, and offered to dig her a well.
• Hankuang dug into the well as its walls trembled and water seeped out in waves.

Hankuang finished digging wells for Rin and Anko, then attended Fugaku Uchiha's dinner and heard that the Third Hokage had revealed his victory over more than a thousand Stone Ninja. After Fugaku passed out drunk, Mikoto leaned into Hankuang's arms.

• Hankuang finished digging Uzuki Yugao's well, then went to Anko's residence and dug through her well under the moonlight.
• Hankuang dug through Rin's well, but left when she asked him to stay because he had an appointment with Fugaku Uchiha.
• Hankuang attended dinner at the Uchiha residence, where Fugaku told him that the Third Hokage had announced his defeat of more than a thousand Stone Ninja.
• Hankuang and Fugaku discussed Hankuang's Wood Release and Obito's weaker use of the same ability.
• Fugaku passed out drunk, and Mikoto leaned into Hankuang's arms.

Hankuang noticed a change in his Spirit attribute and visited the Hyuga clan with Suzune. He met Clan Leader Hiashi, who welcomed him warmly.

• Hankuang saw that his Spirit attribute had doubled but could not figure out how to use the force of will he sensed.
• Suzune reminded Hankuang that he had promised to visit the Hyuga clan and led him there early in the morning.
• A Hyuga woman greeted Suzune and Hankuang, and Suzune proudly announced that she was taking him to see the clan leader.
• Hankuang met Hyuga Hiashi, who came out smiling to welcome him.

Hankuang used what he learned from Hiashi about Yin power and Chakra to awaken movement in two trees and realized he could use the jujube tree to cast Wood Release. He tested the ability further and began linking the jujube tree's roots with the sapling.

• Hiashi warned Hankuang that genjutsu was his weakness and gave him a booklet of elementary genjutsu techniques.
• Hiashi explained that the Nara Clan's Shadow Secret Technique mixed Chakra with Yin power, prompting Hankuang to hurry home to test his theory.
• Hankuang transmitted his will and Chakra into the jujube tree, making it uproot itself and walk around the courtyard.
• Hankuang awakened the nearby sapling in the same way, and both trees later returned to the soil to rest.
• Hankuang found that he could cast a weaker Wood Release through the jujube tree and ordered its roots to touch the sapling.

Hankuang tested how far his will and Chakra could animate trees and stones, while Hiruzen Sarutobi prepared to negotiate with the Third Tsuchikage. Minato Namikaze went looking for Hankuang and followed the Jujube Tree after it ran toward the back mountain.

• Hankuang used Jujube Tree to extend the sapling with Wood Release, then tested the technique through another tree and found that it weakened over a few thousand meters.
• Hankuang animated a creek stone, which rolled when he called but could not speak and returned to the water.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Minato Namikaze that Ōnoki had requested negotiations in the Land of Grass and ordered him to notify Hankuang before they set out.
• Minato Namikaze found Hankuang’s courtyard empty and headed for the Training Ground, while Jujube Tree escaped over the wall to warn Hankuang in the back mountain.
• Minato Namikaze saw Jujube Tree running and followed it toward the back mountain.

Hankuang failed to make the back mountain act intelligently, then learned from Minato Namikaze that Kirigakure had entered the war. As they prepared for a possible trip to the battlefield, Hankuang tested imbuing Explosive Tags with the wills to float and fly, but one exploded in midair.

• Hankuang infused the back mountain with his will, but it only sent rocks crashing down and showed no ability to speak.
• A running jujube tree brought Minato Namikaze to Hankuang, and Minato accepted Hankuang's explanation that he had taught the tree to walk.
• Minato told Hankuang that the Third Hokage wanted them to guard him during negotiations with the Earth Shadow in the Land of Grass.
• Hankuang warned Minato that Kirigakure had entered the war, so Minato left to report the news to the Third Hokage.
• Hankuang imbued an Explosive Tag with the wills to float and fly, and it flew before igniting and exploding in midair.

Hankuang tested a Chakra-infused sword and set off alone for the Land of Grass to negotiate, while Minato Namikaze went to support the Uchiha Clan against the Mist Ninja. At the eastern border, Danzo revealed to Madara Uchiha that Kirigakure had captured the Three-Tails, though he secretly dismissed Madara as weak.

• Hankuang found that a kunai infused with Dual Will could fly only three times, then chose a longsword so he could replenish its Chakra while riding it.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi sent Minato Namikaze to support the Uchiha Clan against the Mist Ninja and ordered Hankuang to negotiate with the Stone Ninja in the Land of Grass.
• Minato Namikaze went looking for Hankuang but left without finding him.
• Hankuang learned he would represent Hiruzen Sarutobi alone, then flew toward the Land of Grass on his sword.
• Danzo told Madara Uchiha that Kirigakure had captured the Three-Tails and planned to release it on the battlefield, while privately doubting Madara's strength.

Madara revealed to Danzo that Hankuang had destroyed Root and manipulated events that drove Danzo from Konoha, prompting Danzo to swear revenge. Meanwhile, Obito told Team 9 he had seen Hankuang fly away, and the team went to ask White Zetsu about it.

• Madara confronted Danzo and told him Hankuang had wiped out Root.
• Madara showed Danzo intelligence reporting that Hankuang had defeated the Stone Ninja's elite main force alone.
• Danzo recalled Hankuang's role in several disasters and vowed to kill him.
• Obito told Team 9 he had seen Hankuang fly away from the rear mountains.
• Kakashi suggested asking White Zetsu to verify Obito's sighting, and Team 9 found White Zetsu moving ninja tools for Hankuang.

Hankuang arrived at the inn in the Land of Grass where Ōnoki was preparing to negotiate, then challenged the Tsuchikage’s authority. As Ōnoki formed a rocky arm to confront him, Hankuang moved at astonishing speed and appeared with a hand on his shoulder.

• Ōnoki questioned Kenjiro about the information linking him to Hankuang and ordered the inn cleared for negotiations.
• Ōnoki inspected Kenjiro’s intelligence scrolls and concluded that Kenjiro had ties to Hankuang.
• Hankuang entered the inn after sending Ōnoki’s four guards flying and said the Stone Ninjas owed him an explanation for attacking him.
• Hankuang told Ōnoki that Hiruzen had authorized him to handle the negotiations and insisted Ōnoki not speak to him while standing.
• Ōnoki formed a rocky arm as Hankuang approached, but Hankuang vanished and reappeared with a hand on his shoulder.

Hankuang defeated Ōnoki and suspended him upside down, forcing the Tsuchikage to negotiate from that position. Kenjiro brought Hankuang his lunch as the confrontation continued.

• Hankuang shattered Ōnoki's rock-covered fist and mocked the Tsuchikage's strength.
• Ōnoki tried twice to fly, but Hankuang's interference sent him crashing to the floor.
• Hankuang struck Ōnoki into a crater, but Ōnoki's Earth Clone revealed itself and fired Dust Release at him.
• Hankuang evaded the attack, bound Ōnoki with branches, and hung him upside down while demanding satisfying negotiations.
• Kenjiro carried the front desk over to Hankuang and set his lunch on it.

Hankuang forced Ōnoki to negotiate after confronting him over the Stone Ninja’s attacks on the Land of Fire. Ōnoki agreed to stop attacking and to target the Cloud Ninja and Sand Ninja, then paid Kenjiro before Hankuang departed.

• Hankuang accused Ōnoki of ordering attacks on the Land of Fire and demanded an explanation during their negotiations.
• Ōnoki offered an alliance and promised the Stone Ninja would stop attacking the Land of Fire and would attack the Cloud Ninja and Sand Ninja because the Cloud Ninja had deceived him.
• Hankuang revealed that the Ōnoki had struck was only a Wood Clone, then flew away on his straight sword.
• Ōnoki discovered that he could fly again after Hankuang told him he could.
• Kenjiro asked Ōnoki to pay the bill, and Ōnoki paid while warning him to keep the negotiations confidential.

Hankuang rejected Hiruzen Sarutobi’s order to go to the Mist Ninja battlefield and openly threatened him in the Hokage’s Office. Hiruzen tried to summon the ANBU, but the ANBU member refused to obey and insulted him.

• Hankuang told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Ōnoki had agreed to attack the Cloud Ninja and Sand Ninja, then prepared to leave.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Hankuang to go to the Mist Ninja battlefield, prompting Hankuang to mock him and refuse.
• Hankuang berated Hiruzen Sarutobi, overturned his desk, and threatened to kill him with one finger.
• Team 9 overheard the confrontation outside the office and worried about what would happen next.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi called for the ANBU, but the ANBU member stayed put and called him an idiot.

Hankuang humiliated Hiruzen Sarutobi by forcing him to kneel, then left with Team 9. Hiruzen recovered and read Danzo’s confidential letter accusing Hankuang of treachery.

• Hankuang seized Hiruzen Sarutobi by the throat, tossed him aside, and said Hiruzen should be grateful he still followed the rules.
• Hankuang used his will to force Hiruzen Sarutobi to kneel, then left the office and told Team 9 they were going back to sleep.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi broke free of the pressure and vowed to make Hankuang pay.
• Sarutobi Yakumaru delivered Danzo’s confidential letter to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who read accusations that Hankuang had caused the explosion, driven Orochimaru to defect, and leaked intelligence to the Uchiha.

Hiruzen Sarutobi read Danzo’s warning about Hankuang and began planning to use public opinion against him, while Hankuang agreed to forge Kakashi a Flying Artifact. The chapter ended as Kakashi brought Hankuang an oversized greatsword to use as the flying platform.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi burned Danzo’s letter and ordered Sarutobi Yakumaru to change his name.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi decided to use righteousness and public opinion to turn the village against Hankuang.
• Team 9 asked Hankuang to let them experience flying, and he showed them his Flying Artifact.
• Hankuang said he could forge another artifact at great cost, and Kakashi offered thirty-seven million ryo.
• Kakashi returned with a broad greatsword and asked Hankuang to use it, leaving Hankuang hesitant.

Hankuang enchanted Kakashi’s greatsword to fly, and Kakashi tested it before Obito and Yamato set out to get their own Flying Artifacts. The chapter ended with Yamato breaking into Root’s secret chamber and uncovering Danzou’s hidden money.

• Hankuang infused Kakashi’s greatsword with the wills of Floating and Flight and explained how to keep it powered with Chakra.
• Kakashi activated the blade’s flight, fell off when he failed to keep Chakra in his feet, then flew around the courtyard and controlled the sword remotely.
• Obito ran off to get a sturdy item for a Flying Artifact, while Kakashi and Hankuang explained that the Uchiha Clan would likely pay for it.
• Anko wondered how Yamato could afford an artifact, and Hankuang said they were underestimating him.
• Yamato sneaked into Root’s base, released a concealment seal, and opened a hidden chamber full of banknotes.

Obito had Hankuang turn the Uchiha clan’s iron gate into a Flying Artifact, prompting Fugaku to see its value as transportation for the clan. Yamato then paid Hankuang to infuse the abilities of floating and flying into his own body, and he began testing his new power.

• Obito brought the Uchiha clan’s iron gate to Hankuang, who quickly turned it into a Flying Artifact that Obito tested at low altitude.
• Obito sealed the gate in a scroll, and Fugaku rushed in to confront him for taking the clan’s main gate.
• After testing the flying gate himself, Fugaku regretted not ordering a larger one and agreed to refer future customers to Hankuang for a ten percent commission.
• Yamato arrived with money and asked Hankuang to use his body as the material for a Flying Artifact.
• Hankuang infused floating and flying into Yamato’s body, and Yamato jumped up to try out his new ability.

Yamato mastered flying after Hankuang engraved the ability onto his body, while Obito and the three girls sought the same modification. Meanwhile, Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that the clans were buying Flying Ability from Hankuang, saw his plan to isolate him collapse, and sent Yakumaru to deliver secret letters to the four Kage.

• Yamato practiced flying until he became skilled, while Obito asked Hankuang to engrave the ability onto his body and was told it would cost thirty-seven million Ryo.
• Hankuang suggested that Obito and Kakashi sell their Flying Artifacts to pay for body modifications, and both men hurried away.
• The three girls told Hankuang they wanted Flying Ability engraved onto their bodies.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi learned from Yakumaru that the clan heads had gone to Hankuang's residence to buy Flying Ability, then saw Hyuga Hiashi flying over the street.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi abandoned his plan to unite the clans against Hankuang and ordered Yakumaru to deliver secret letters to the four Kage, promising him an Anbu promotion.

Hankuang spent the night teaching Uzuki Yugao, Anko, and another woman to fly, then woke up unsure which of the women had slept with him. Kushina refused to reveal who had been in the room on the left, leaving Hankuang baffled.

• Hankuang coached Uzuki Yugao and Anko through flying exercises that turned into intimate encounters.
• Hankuang visited Rin and then entered Minako's room at Happy Hot Springs for the night.
• Hankuang woke to find Minako gone and Kushina asked him to wake the woman in the room on the right.
• At breakfast, Hankuang realized he could not identify which woman had slept with him and ruled Minako out based on her reaction.
• Hankuang asked Kushina who had slept in the room on the left, but she claimed not to know.