Chapter Summaries

Asuka and Guren entered the Forest of Death for the second Chunin Exam, while Mingren secretly watched them and then confronted a team from Rougakure. After the team dismissed the idea of small villages uniting against Konoha, Mingren grabbed one of them and demanded to know where the Kirigakure examinees were.

• Asuka drew entrance 44 and, with Guren, entered the Forest of Death carrying an Earth Scroll.
• Mingren silently moved away from Entrance 44 after watching Asuka's team begin the exam.
• Mingren questioned three Rougakure genin about their village's alliance with Konoha and what they would do if ordered to attack Amegakure.
• The Rougakure genin defended the strong preying on the weak and mocked Mingren for suggesting small villages unite.
• Mingren seized the middle genin by the neck and asked where the Kirigakure examinees were.

Mingren killed a Rougakure examinee, learned that the Kirigakure team was at Gate 16, and left as Maki's Sunagakure team watched. At Gate 40, an attacker ambushed Anko, Shisui, and Yuji, then recognized Shisui as Shisui faced Mingren.

• Mingren snapped a Rougakure examinee's neck and forced the two survivors to reveal that the Kirigakure team was at Gate 16.
• Maki's Sunagakure team watched Mingren and decided to avoid confronting him before reaching the tower.
• At Gate 40, Anko, Shisui, and Yuji talked until an attacker exploded a tree behind them.
• The attacker sent Anko flying into a river and knocked Shisui to the ground, while Yuji got back up.
• Shisui activated his Sharingan, saw that Anko was still alive, and felt disappointed that Yuji had survived unharmed.
• The cold-faced attacker looked at Shisui and recognized him by name.

Mingren defeated Yuji and let Uchiha Shisui flee after Shisui abandoned his injured friend. Shisui later resurfaced and saw Yuji's crushed body, while Mingren left the scene.

• Mingren recognized Uchiha Shisui and decided to spare him because he wanted to face Naruto Uzumaki later.
• Yuji and Shisui attacked Mingren with a wind-and-fire combination, but Mingren survived and struck Yuji into a crater.
• Shisui hesitated instead of helping Yuji, then fled into the river and abandoned him.
• Mingren asked Yuji for his last words, crushed his head, and left the scene.
• Shisui emerged from the river and looked at Yuji's body.

Shisui Uchiha awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan while grieving Yuji, as Mingren and Hozuki Mangetsu slaughtered examinees in the Forest of Death. Mangetsu waited at the Central Tower to kill every team that arrived, and Minato Namikaze and the other examiners realized the exam rules left them unable to intervene.

• Shisui Uchiha blamed himself for abandoning Yuji, and his Sharingan evolved into the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Mingren calculated a route to find Hozuki Mangetsu, headed toward Entrance Sixteen, and killed a team of three Konoha examinees.
• Mingren continued killing teams throughout the Forest of Death while Hozuki Mangetsu and his Kirigakure teammates slaughtered other examinees.
• Kushina visited Minato Namikaze in the monitoring room, where they watched the exam and saw Mangetsu's team reach the Central Tower.
• Mangetsu decided to wait at the tower and kill every team that arrived; he then killed three Kusagakure examinees, while Minato and the other examiners recognized that the rules prevented them from intervening.

Minato sensed that several teams were waiting near the Tower for a chance to get past Hozuki Mangetsu. Meanwhile, Rasa confronted Konoha’s leaders over their dealings with Amegakure, and Orochimaru claimed Konoha had an undercover agent there.

• Minato used Sensory Mode and discovered that several teams were observing Hozuki Mangetsu and waiting for an opening to enter the Tower.
• Rasa met with Hiruzen Sarutobi and accused Konoha of trying to weaken Sunagakure through its alliance with Amegakure.
• Danzo warned that Hanzo might shelter Akatsuki and use the organization to strengthen Amegakure, prompting Rasa to question what evidence Konoha had.
• Orochimaru arrived and claimed Konoha had planted an undercover agent in Amegakure.
• Asuka rejected Ryu’s suggestion to force their way into the Tower, while Guren watched her and Ryu wondered whether Amakawa Mingren was dead or hiding.
• Baki led a Sunagakure team to the Tower, where the examinees saw Hozuki Mangetsu slaughtering other teams.

Mangetsu Hozuki overwhelmed the examinees gathered outside Death Tower until Kumogakure ninja and other teams joined forces against him. Just as Mangetsu seemed unstoppable, Mingren arrived at subsonic speed and confronted him.

• Maki and Terai's teams watched Mangetsu, waiting for him to weaken or make an opening.
• Samui and two Kumogakure ninja attacked Mangetsu with Lightning Release, but he used Twin Swords: Hiramekarei to cut through their lightning and killed one of them.
• Maki called for a temporary truce, and several teams joined the battle against Mangetsu while Asuka and Terai's teams stayed back.
• Mangetsu used the Hozuki Clan's Powerful Stream technique to overpower the gathered examinees and seemed impossible to defeat.
• Mingren arrived with a thunderous, subsonic burst and shouted that he had finally found Mangetsu.

Amakawa Mingren attacked Hozuki Mangetsu with overwhelming speed and strength, but Mangetsu countered his physical assaults by transforming into water and trapping him in a water ball. Mingren remained calm as Mangetsu threatened to drown him, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Amakawa Mingren arrived and repeatedly smashed Hozuki Mangetsu through trees and into a crater, shocking Maki, Ryu, Terai, and the others.
• Mingren charged Mangetsu again, dodged Twin Swords: Hiramekarei, and pummeled him until he transformed his body into a water curtain with Water Style: Shield Hat.
• Mangetsu used the water curtain to withstand Mingren's punches and then enveloped him in a water ball.
• Maki and the others feared Mingren was doomed as Mangetsu declared he would drown him and kill the rest afterward.
• Mingren showed no fear while trapped, having anticipated a situation like this.

Mingren escaped Hozuki Mangetsu’s water prison by swallowing and digesting him, absorbing his negative energy and gaining strength. As the examiners sent ANBU to investigate Mangetsu’s death, Mingren continued attacking the Bloody Mist team at supersonic speed.

• Asuka prepared to rescue Mingren with an Explosive Tag, but stopped when he signaled her not to interfere.
• Mingren swallowed Hozuki Mangetsu and digested him with his powerful stomach, absorbing the negative energy from Mangetsu’s death.
• Mingren’s Strength reached 13, and he realized his punches could move at supersonic speed.
• Asuka sensed that Mangetsu’s Chakra had vanished, while Minato Namikaze sent two ANBU operatives to investigate the death.
• Mingren charged at one of Mangetsu’s teammates and struck him with a supersonic blow, leaving a mangled body behind.

Amakawa Mingren killed three Kirigakure examinees in the Forest of Death, forcing the other teams to withdraw before vanishing. At Konoha, officials learned of the deaths and the theft of Hiramekarei, while the witnesses’ descriptions led them to suspect Mingren had an unknown bloodline and ties to the Land of Rain.

• Mingren killed another Kirigakure examinee, and Maki and the other teams withdrew from the Forest of Death.
• Asuka, Ryu, and Guren remained after the other examinees fled, but Asuka chose to leave without entering the Tower.
• Minato Namikaze reported to Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzō, the elders, and Kazekage Rasa that no one passed the Chunin Exam and that Mingren had killed three Kirigakure examinees and taken Hiramekarei.
• Maki, Samui, and the other witnesses described Mingren to the officials, and Pakura and Minato recognized him from their encounter in the Land of Rain.
• Hanzo said Amegakure would investigate Mingren, while Guren stayed silent about his connection to Asuka and Hanzo.
• A messenger told Minato that the two ANBU assigned to track Mingren had lost contact.

After Hanzo stalled on an alliance, Hiruzen agreed to join forces with Sunagakure to destroy Amegakure. Shennong watched his disciple’s growing power draw Orochimaru’s attention and warned that Orochimaru could not stop him from escaping.

• Hanzo promised to return Kirigakure’s Hiramekarei but delayed an alliance until Amegakure found the culprit.
• Danzo and Rasa pressed Hiruzen to abandon Amegakure, and Hiruzen agreed to join Sunagakure in destroying it.
• Rasa proposed infiltrating Amegakure, and Danzo revealed that Konoha already had spies monitoring Hanzo and Akatsuki.
• Shennong watched Hanzo leave and reflected that his disciple’s Dark Chakra had killed Hozuki Mangetsu and could surpass Bloodline Theory.
• Orochimaru confronted Shennong, who warned that his disciple could escape Orochimaru and had no loved ones to use as leverage.

Orochimaru declined to attack Shennong after hearing that his disciple would never surrender, while Hanzo returned to Amegakure to find it threatened by several villages. Mingren drove off an Iwagakure squad and, as he continued training, heard from Yamada that Amegakure’s people had begun to regain hope.

• Shennong told Orochimaru that his disciple would never surrender to threats against loved ones, and Orochimaru chose not to attack him.
• Orochimaru left, vowing to uncover the bloodline Mingren was hiding.
• Hanzo returned to Amegakure and learned that Konoha and Sunagakure had turned their attention toward the village, Iwagakure was pressing from the north, and Kirigakure was attacking its shinobi.
• Mingren rushed out to confront an Iwagakure squad taunting Amegakure, then returned bloodied after defeating them.
• Mingren spent the next three days training and killing enemies, while Yamada told him that his actions had restored hope among Amegakure’s people.

Mingren reassured Yamada that he would drive invaders from the Land of Rain, then told Hanzo that he had sold Hiramekarei and wanted to spread a power ordinary people could use. He left after declaring that he would kill and grow stronger until the great nations surrendered, while Hanzo reflected on Mingren’s resolve and his own former ambitions.

• Mingren promised Yamada that he would drive every invader out of the Land of Rain, then suspected Guren of leaking news about Hozuki Mangetsu.
• Mingren told Hanzo that he had sold the Twin Swords: Hiramekarei for one hundred million ryo because he wanted weapons and power that could be made available to everyone.
• Mingren denied having a Kekkei Genkai and explained that he and Shennong were experimenting with a power they hoped to spread, including to civilians.
• Hanzo recalled the Sage of Six Paths’ Ninjutsu Sect, but Mingren rejected the idea of mutual understanding and declared he would keep killing until Iwagakure, Sunagakure, and Konoha surrendered.
• Hanzo’s ANBU worried about Mingren’s extremism, while Hanzo saw echoes of his younger self and reconsidered his own resolve to change the world.

Hanzo renewed Amegakure’s resolve to fight, while Mingren studied Konoha taijutsu and grew closer to Asuka. Konoha, Sunagakure, and Iwagakure moved toward war against Amegakure, and the chapter ended with Asuka serving Mingren a meal she had cooked herself.

• Hanzo ordered Amegakure to stop retreating and fight the invaders, restoring his conviction.
• Asuka gave Mingren scrolls of Konoha taijutsu, and he explained the value of learning an enemy’s skills.
• Asuka asked Mingren what he wanted for dinner, while Guren noticed her feelings and Ryu observed them.
• Sunagakure’s Rasa welcomed the prospect of attacking Amegakure, and Hiruzen Sarutobi approved Danzo’s proposal to coordinate an assault.
• Kitsuchi returned Hiramekarei to Kirigakure’s representatives, and Suikazan Fuguki proposed an alliance targeting Amegakure.
• Mingren practiced Konoha taijutsu, then tasted the dinner Asuka had prepared for him.

Mingren warned Asuka that Guren might be a spy, but Hanzo postponed investigating her while he pursued peace with Akatsuki. Their negotiations began under the rain, then Konoha and Sunagakure arrived and Rasa revealed a plan to help Hanzo eliminate Akatsuki, leaving Hanzo realizing he had been trapped.

• Mingren told Asuka to watch Guren because he suspected she was a spy, and Asuka later repeated the suspicion to Hanzo.
• Hanzo summoned Guren and Asuka, then sent Guren to tell Yahiko he was ready to negotiate peace with Akatsuki.
• Mingren and Shennong watched Hanzo depart, and Mingren said Konoha, Iwagakure, and Sunagakure remained his enemies.
• Hanzo and Yahiko met on a rainy hillside and agreed to negotiate, while Guren received approving looks from Akatsuki.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Rasa arrived with their forces, and Rasa announced that Konoha and Sunagakure would help Hanzo eliminate Akatsuki.
• Hanzo realized the alliance proposal had been a trap as the fighting began.

Mingren learned that Konoha and Sunagakure had ambushed Hanzo and the Akatsuki, leaving Yahiko dead, Hanzo gravely injured, and Asuka captured. Hanzo entrusted Amegakure to Mingren, who vowed not to compromise even if the village faced destruction.

• Shennong told Mingren that Yahiko had died, Hanzo was badly wounded, and Asuka had been captured in an attack by Konoha and Sunagakure.
• Shennong speculated that the rival villages would seize control of Amegakure and began considering combining Dark Chakra with the Eight Inner Gates.
• Yamada told Mingren that Amegakure had lost many elite ninja and that some villagers were preparing to surrender to Konoha and Sunagakure.
• Mingren learned that Guren and Ryu were missing, then went to the Tower after Hanzo woke and requested to see him.
• Hanzo admitted that he had fallen into the ambush and entrusted Amegakure to Mingren, who warned that he would never compromise and threatened retaliation if Asuka died.

Mingren learned that Konoha’s Uchiha had taken Asuka and left Amegakure with Guren to rescue her. He knowingly entered a Konoha and Sunagakure trap, declaring that he had come to kill them all.

• Mingren stopped Amegakure Ninja from attacking Guren, who revealed that Konoha’s Uchiha had taken Asuka.
• Mingren carried Guren at supersonic speed to an abandoned town, where she stayed outside while he entered the building alone.
• Mingren burst into the Konoha and Sunagakure stronghold and killed the guard at the entrance.
• Uchiha Kiyomi listed Mingren’s alleged crimes and asked why he had come despite knowing about the trap.
• Mingren said Asuka was not there and revealed that he had come to kill every Konoha and Sunagakure Ninja present.

Uchiha Kiyomi’s Sharingan Genjutsu failed to stop Mingren, who killed a Sunagakure Jonin and turned his attention to her. As Kiyomi ordered the remaining ninja to attack, Guren watched from outside, unsure whether Mingren could survive.

• Uchiha Kiyomi caught Mingren’s gaze with her Three-Tomoe Sharingan and cast Genjutsu, but Mingren ignored it and grabbed the charging Sunagakure Jonin.
• Mingren struck the Sunagakure Jonin with hundreds of punches, then crushed his head underfoot and gained strength from the kill.
• Mingren looked toward Uchiha Kiyomi as she ordered the remaining Sunagakure ninja to attack.
• Guren waited outside, watching the top floor and doubting that Mingren could defeat two Jonin and more than a dozen Chunin.

Mingren slaughtered the Uchiha guards and provoked Uchiha Kiyomi into fighting him. After overpowering her attacks, he launched a two-stage Konoha Whirlwind, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Mingren killed more than a dozen people inside the building, leaving only Uchiha Kiyomi alive.
• Mingren enraged Uchiha Kiyomi by telling her that Shisui had abandoned his companion, Yuji.
• Uchiha Kiyomi used the Great Fireball Technique, but Mingren endured the flames and regenerated.
• Uchiha Kiyomi infused her Katana with Chakra and attacked Mingren, but he caught the blade and twisted her off balance.
• Uchiha Kiyomi dodged Mingren's punch with her Sharingan and tried to kick his temple, but Mingren countered with Konoha Whirlwind and sent her flying.

Mingren killed Uchiha Kiyomi and the other ninja, then gained enough strength to reach 14 and planned to keep growing until he could take control of Amegakure. He told Guren that Hanzo had entrusted him with the village and that he would risk anything to rescue Asuka, while Guren stayed behind as the link between Amegakure and Akatsuki.

• Mingren beat Uchiha Kiyomi to death, smashed her Sharingan, took her katana, and left with Guren.
• Uchiha Kiyomi's husband found her corpse, grieved, and awakened a Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Mingren tested his increased strength and decided to keep killing until he could take control of Amegakure.
• Guren apologized for her faulty intelligence, and Mingren said Asuka was his friend and that he would not give up on her.
• Mingren revealed that Hanzo had handed Amegakure over to him, while Guren chose to remain as the link between Amegakure and Akatsuki.
• Mingren practiced his movement techniques in the courtyard as Guren watched him grow stronger.

After Konoha and Sunagakure retreated from Amegakure because of Nagato’s Rinnegan, they learned that Amakawa Mingren had killed Uchiha Kiyomi and every ninja with her. Uchiha Ryūka demanded to be sent to Amegakure for revenge and revealed a Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Konoha’s leaders blamed Jiraiya for taking in Nagato, while Minato argued that capturing Hanzo’s granddaughter gave them leverage over Amegakure.
• Fugaku Uchiha reported that Amakawa Mingren had killed Uchiha Kiyomi, two Jonin, and more than a dozen Chunin by himself.
• Fugaku said Mingren had destroyed Kiyomi’s eyes and suggested that he possessed a powerful Kekkei Genkai or Kekkei Tōta.
• Uchiha Ryūka asked Hiruzen Sarutobi to send him to Amegakure so he could avenge his wife.
• Ryūka’s Sharingan transformed into a Mangekyō Sharingan, astonishing Minato, Jiraiya, and the others.