Recaps

Uchiha Mai manipulated the written exam, survived the second stage’s attacks, and led his team to the Stone Tower. In the individual matches, Mai defeated Hizuki Jun while Kisame defeated Tekka, leaving Mei Terumi, Mai, and Kisame as the finalists.

• Uchiha Mai tampered with the written exams, prompting Jiraiya to negotiate a revival round that sent Mai’s team directly onward while the other teams retested.
• Uchiha Mai and his teammates faced a mob of eliminated contestants, then Mai defeated Kusabana Juro’s group and Sato Daisuke’s team to take their scrolls.
• Uchiha Mai drew Jackie Chan Never Dies Barehanded, found the real Stone Tower, and killed Kaguya Chengze after overcoming his Shikotsumyaku defenses.
• Uchiha Mai, Uchiha Tekka, and Shangfeng reached the Stone Tower with the required scrolls, while Mei Terumi learned that Mai had killed Kaguya Chengze.
• The Daimyo selected Mei Terumi against Shangfeng, Uchiha Mai against Hizuki Jun, and Kisame against Tekka, and Mei defeated Shangfeng with a Water Shockwave.
• Uchiha Mai defeated Hizuki Jun after breaking through her Ice Release techniques, while Kisame drained Tekka’s chakra and gained the advantage in their match.
• Uchiha Mai stopped Kisame’s Water Shark Bullet Technique and carried Tekka from the arena, after which Rasa declared Kisame the winner and named Mei Terumi, Mai, and Kisame as the finalists.

Uchiha Mai won the Chunin Ninja Exams, then helped Jiraiya survive Sasori’s attack before returning to Konoha. There, Hiruzen appointed Mai to lead a new Anbu division, and Mai began recruiting its members and planning its teams.

• Uchiha Mai defeated Mei Terumi and then fought Kisame Hoshigaki until Mizukage Yagura conceded, securing Konoha the Chunin Ninja Exams victory.
• Uchiha Mai and Kisame said their farewells, while Mei Terumi declared her plans to become Mizukage and eventually take Mai back to the Land of Water.
• Uchiha Mai recognized Sasori of the Red Sands as the threat behind an attack on Jiraiya, and Sasori revealed he had poisoned Jiraiya in hopes of making a Human Puppet.
• Jiraiya defeated Sasori’s puppets, and the Third Kazekage intervened to spare Sasori and take responsibility for his attack after Sasori provided the antidote.
• After returning to Konoha, Uchiha Mai was appointed captain of the new Anbu Fifth Squad despite Shimura Danzō’s objections.
• Uchiha Mai selected Uchiha Tekka, Shangfeng, Nairaku, Ruri, and Obito for his new Void Division and planned its Mirror, Flower, Water, and Moon teams.
• Uchiha Mai asked Minato to transfer Kakashi to the Flower Squad, then helped Minato devise a musical introduction for his Flying Thunder God Technique.

Uchiha Mai led Konoha’s forces against a Kumogakure incursion and killed its three Jonin leaders before reinforcements arrived. Kumogakure then launched a larger invasion, leaving Konoha in a prolonged border war while Mai studied his new time-control ability.

• Master Minato offered Kakashi a squad leader position in Uchiha Mai’s Void Division, and Kakashi accepted after losing a sword fight to Mai.
• Uchiha Mai discovered a large Kumogakure force advancing toward the Land of Fire, rallied Konoha’s scattered ninjas, and ambushed the enemy with Hyuuga Kagetora.
• Uchiha Mai killed Nobuhiko, Chiba Shin'i, and Toroi, absorbing their life force and mental energy, while Hyuuga Kagetora and the Konoha forces held off the rest of the enemy.
• Master Minato arrived after the Kumogakure force retreated, and Hyuuga Kagetora reported that Mai had killed the three Jonin and nearly twenty other shinobi.
• After returning to Konoha, Uchiha Mai received an S-Rank mission reward and used 1,000 Style Points to obtain Innate Time Control.
• The Third Raikage ordered Kumogakure to invade the Land of Fire and sent Prince A toward the border with five thousand troops.
• Jiraiya commanded Konoha’s front as the fighting with Kumogakure continued for more than three months, while Mai studied Innate Time Control in Konoha.
• Uchiha Mai won a large poker hand from Tsunade, promised to save the money for her dowry, and agreed to spend it on dinner at her insistence.

Uchiha Mai recruited Tenzō into the Void Division despite Danzo’s resistance, then joined Orochimaru’s campaign against Iwagakure. After defeating Dong Shiren and Jushi Shota, Mai confronted Gari’s unit in a Konoha ambush.

• Uchiha Mai deduced that Sasori had abducted villagers, then accepted Sarutobi Hiruzen’s order to recruit Tenzō from Root into the Void Division.
• Uchiha Mai defeated Aburame Ryoma’s attack and took Tenzō, then evaded Danzo’s assault until Orochimaru intervened and secured Tenzō’s transfer to Konoha.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen named Tenzō Yamato, and Konoha’s forces pushed Kumogakure back as Iwagakure launched attacks on the Land of Lightning and the Land of Fire.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen appointed Orochimaru commander of the force against Iwagakure and Uchiha Mai as his assistant, assigning Mai to fight deputy commander Gari’s forces.
• Uchiha Mai rescued Uchiha Takuya’s company, then killed eight Iwagakure ninja and battled Dong Shiren and Jushi Shota.
• Uchiha Mai killed Jushi Shota, while Dong Shiren’s Earth Flow Spears killed Shota and nearby ninja before Mai escaped with Takuya.
• Uchiha Mai pursued the retreating Iwagakure force and fought Dong Shiren, then joined more than a hundred Konoha ninja in an ambush on Gari’s unit.
• Gari revealed that his Explosion Release let him detect Explosive Tags, and Uchiha Mai confirmed he had killed Dong Shiren and recovered his strength by absorbing the man’s life force before Gari and Morishita attacked.