Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Mai and Might Guy joined Namikaze Minato’s team, and Minato took them to meet their new teammate, Kakashi. At the Hatake compound, they met Kakashi’s father, Hatake Sakumo, as Mai realized the story had reached the period when Sakumo might die.

• Namikaze Minato made Mai and Might Guy his students and planned to take them, along with the injured Genin, to Konoha Hospital before introducing their other teammate.
• Mai asked if Kakashi was Minato’s other student, and Minato praised her performance while warning her not to underestimate coordinated enemy squads.
• Minato, Mai, and Guy took the injured children to Konoha Hospital, then headed to the Hatake Clan compound to invite Kakashi to dinner.
• Hatake Sakumo opened the gate, and Minato told him that Mai and Guy had joined his team and invited Kakashi to their first team meal.
• Mai recognized Sakumo’s extraordinary stealth and realized that his death might be approaching.

Uchiha Mai and Might Guy joined Namikaze Minato to meet their new teammate, Kakashi, and Mai questioned Hatake Sakumo about choosing between a mission and a comrade. The group headed out for dinner, where Guy’s choice of an expensive barbecue restaurant left Minato worried about the cost.

• Hatake Sakumo welcomed Uchiha Mai, Might Guy, and Namikaze Minato to his home while Kakashi trained in the yard.
• Kakashi finished training, greeted Mai and Guy, and learned they would be his teammates.
• Mai asked Hatake Sakumo what he would do if saving a teammate meant failing an urgent mission, and Sakumo advised prioritizing the mission.
• The four left the Hatake home and discussed where to eat.
• Guy suggested a popular barbecue restaurant, and Minato hesitated as he considered his limited budget.

Uchiha Mai and his new team celebrated their formation with Minato and Kushina, then received instructions for their first team training. Back home, Mai was summoned to meet Fugaku after Shisui delivered the clan head’s message.

• Minato brought Kushina to join Kakashi, Uchiha Mai, and Might Guy for a celebratory barbecue.
• Minato told the team to meet at the small lake west of the village at nine the next morning for cooperative training.
• Uchiha Mai returned home and noted that his Style Points had risen to 167 after defeating Asuma and the others.
• Shisui told Uchiha Mai that Fugaku wanted to see him, revealing that the clan head had sent an adult to deliver the summons.

Uchiha Mai visited Fugaku, who praised his efforts to join Minato’s team and gave him Izuna’s annotated Fire Style scroll to study. Fugaku offered to demonstrate any techniques Mai wanted to learn, leaving Mai with a rare opportunity to improve his ninjutsu.

• Uchiha Mai sent Shisui away and went to Fugaku’s home, where Fugaku welcomed him with tea.
• Fugaku recalled Mai’s parents’ deaths on a mission and praised Mai for joining the Ninja Academy and impressing Minato’s team.
• Mai told Fugaku that Minato had scheduled several days of cooperative training for the team.
• Fugaku asked whether Mai had awakened his Sharingan, then encouraged him to surpass Kakashi as Minato’s finest disciple.
• Fugaku gave Mai Uchiha Izuna’s annotated Fire Style scroll and offered to demonstrate any ninjutsu Mai wanted to learn.

Uchiha Mai studied Uchiha Izuna’s Fire Style scroll, then learned the Great Fireball Technique from Uchiha Fugaku. He decided the slow technique was better for forcing opponents to dodge than for hitting them, and returned home with the scroll to continue studying its insights.

• Uchiha Mai compared Uchiha Izuna’s scroll with his family’s copy and discovered Izuna’s detailed Fire Style knowledge and annotations.
• Uchiha Fugaku offered to demonstrate a technique, and Mai asked him to teach the Great Fireball Technique.
• Uchiha Fugaku demonstrated the technique while explaining its chakra flow and hand seals.
• Uchiha Mai performed the Great Fireball Technique on his first attempt, but questioned its usefulness against a moving opponent.
• Uchiha Mai showed Fugaku how quickly he could charge and destroy a dummy with a kick, and Fugaku sent him home with the scroll.

Uchiha Mai drew Karl Malone’s basketball skills and discovered that the clips taught him devastating elbow techniques, which he added to his fighting style and planned to combine with Fire Style. The next morning, he arrived early for his meeting with Master Minato and found Might Guy and Kakashi already training.

• Uchiha Mai spent 100 Style Points on a half-star draw and received Karl Malone’s basketball skills.
• After accepting the reward, Uchiha Mai watched clips of Malone using powerful elbows against opposing players and recognized their value as fighting techniques.
• Uchiha Mai practiced the elbow techniques and incorporated them into his Mai Style Ancient Martial Arts, then decided to develop Nintaijutsu by fusing taijutsu with Fire Style.
• The next morning, Uchiha Mai arrived at the meeting place before nine o’clock and saw Might Guy frog-jumping around a lake while Kakashi practiced Hatake Style Kenjutsu.
• Uchiha Mai climbed an ancient tree and struck a dramatic pose to show off for the other trainees.

Namikaze Minato began training his new team with a pursuit exercise in which Kakashi had to take the alarm clock from Uchiha Mai and Might Guy before eleven. Mai escaped with the clock while Kakashi defeated and incapacitated Guy, leaving Kakashi guarding him and watching for Mai’s return.

• Namikaze Minato assigned Kakashi to pursue Uchiha Mai and Might Guy, who had to protect the alarm clock until eleven.
• Uchiha Mai and Kakashi raced for the clock, but Guy joined the fight by attacking Kakashi.
• Uchiha Mai took the clock and fled into the woods while Kakashi attacked him with Lightning Style: Earth Flow.
• Kakashi subdued Guy, pinned him down, and severed his tendons with his short sword.
• Kakashi held Guy at swordpoint and watched the surrounding woods for Uchiha Mai.

Kakashi tried to force Uchiha Mai out of hiding by threatening Might Guy, but Mai negotiated Guy’s safety in exchange for a promise not to deliberately break the alarm clock. Kakashi summoned Pakkun to track Mai, who discovered the Ninja Dog’s full name was Benjamin Parker and that he was Peter Parker’s uncle.

• Kakashi held Might Guy at knifepoint and threatened to kill him unless Uchiha Mai came out of hiding.
• Guy was moved by Mai’s speech and tried to sacrifice himself, but Kakashi pulled his blade away.
• Mai argued that Kakashi would not kill Guy during a training exercise and negotiated Guy’s treatment in exchange for not deliberately breaking the alarm clock.
• Kakashi stopped Guy’s bleeding, summoned Pakkun, and gave him a shuriken to track Mai’s scent.
• Mai asked Pakkun’s name and learned that his full name was Benjamin Parker and that his nephew was Peter Parker.
• Pakkun tracked Mai’s scent and ran into the woods.

Kakashi chased Uchiha Mai through the woods, expecting to overwhelm him with his swordsmanship. Mai used his Sharingan to parry Kakashi’s finishing slash, leaving Kakashi stunned by his speed.

• Kakashi followed Pakkun into the woods and dodged Mai’s ambush with a Great Fireball.
• Mai taunted Kakashi from a tree and claimed the distance between them favored his Fire Style and ninja tools.
• Kakashi advanced while batting away Mai’s shuriken and kunai as Mai retreated and gradually reduced his attacks.
• Kakashi cornered Mai and swung his short blade at his neck.
• Mai activated his One-Tomoe Sharingan and parried Kakashi’s slash with a kunai, numbing Kakashi’s wrist and surprising him.

Uchiha Mai turned the fight against Kakashi by exploiting his opponent’s assumptions and pressing his advantage after an early surprise attack. He left Kakashi gravely injured and unable to continue as he landed a crushing blow on him.

• Uchiha Mai knocked Kakashi from a branch with an elbow strike and nearly hit him with the Great Fireball Technique.
• Uchiha Mai suppressed the injured Kakashi with a relentless barrage of attacks while Namikaze Minato watched in surprise.
• Kakashi gambled on the Hatake Sword Technique’s Mikazuki Munechika, cutting Uchiha Mai’s back but exposing himself to a counterattack.
• Uchiha Mai used Reverse Peel to tear into Kakashi’s chest and fling him onto his back.
• Uchiha Mai landed on Kakashi and crushed several more of his ribs with his knee.

Uchiha Mai defeated Kakashi in their team exercise, earning Kakashi’s trust. After recovering, Mai began developing a seal-free Fire Style and Taijutsu technique, but his first attempt went wrong, and Master Minato offered to help.

• Uchiha Mai pinned Kakashi and stopped him from destroying the alarm clock, securing victory in the exercise.
• Master Minato declared Mai and Might Guy the winners and sent the injured boys to Konoha Hospital.
• A day later, Mai left the hospital and went to the lakeside to develop a new Fire Style and Taijutsu technique.
• Mai attempted his Rising Dragon-inspired Oniyaki, but his chakra flows interfered and the premature flames blasted him into the lake.
• Master Minato appeared and offered Mai a hand, asking why he had not sought his teacher’s help.

Namikaze Minato helped Uchiha Mai troubleshoot his Fire Style Nintaijutsu, but their experiments repeatedly blew up in Mai’s face. Over the following days, Minato continued tutoring him while also training Kakashi and Might Guy, leaving them jealous and Mai exasperated.

• Uchiha Mai asked Namikaze Minato for help developing a hand-seal-free Nintaijutsu, and Minato demonstrated his Fire Style control.
• Minato suggested changing the chakra route for Mai’s technique, but their experiments caused four explosions and left Mai nearly stripped of his clothes.
• Mai claimed he had run out of chakra, so Minato sent him home and arranged to continue the next day.
• Over the next few days, Mai met Minato at the lakeside to keep developing his Nintaijutsu.
• After Kakashi and Might Guy left the hospital, Minato trained them in teamwork each morning and tutored Mai each afternoon, making Kakashi and Might Guy jealous.

Uchiha Mai completed his new Fire Style Nintaijutsu after half a month of training with Namikaze Minato and gave it an extravagantly long name. With their teamwork improved, Minato led his students to request an A-Rank mission, and Might Guy told Sarutobi Hiruzen they were ready to take one on.

• Uchiha Mai finished developing the 100th Style: Oniyaki under Namikaze Minato's guidance.
• Minato tried to name Mai's technique, but Mai revealed its lengthy title first, leaving Minato impressed and Kakashi and Might Guy exasperated.
• Minato decided his team's training had prepared them for an A-Rank mission, and Might Guy eagerly agreed.
• Minato led Mai, Kakashi, and Might Guy to the Hokage Office to request a mission.
• Might Guy told Sarutobi Hiruzen that their team wanted an A-Rank mission and that Minato believed they were strong enough.

Namikaze Minato accepted an A-Rank mission to find Tsunade in Tanzaku Town and bring her back to Konoha, or protect her if she refused. The team prepared to leave, with Might Guy eager to meet and learn from her.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen warned Namikaze Minato that an A-Rank mission might be too difficult for his newly graduated students, but Minato insisted they could handle it.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen assigned the team a mission to bring Tsunade back from Tanzaku Town or stay and protect her, explaining that Konoha needed her as a deterrent amid rising tensions.
• Namikaze Minato promised to bring Tsunade back within a week, but Sarutobi Hiruzen gave the team a month and ordered them to protect her if she would not return.
• Namikaze Minato dismissed the team to prepare, and the next day Might Guy excitedly told Uchiha Mai and Kakashi that he wanted to meet Tsunade and ask for her guidance.

Uchiha Mai traveled with Minato, Kakashi, and Guy to Tanzaku Town on a mission to find Tsunade, using a new system reward that converts wealth into temporary combat power. The group reached town by sunset, where Minato chose a cheap hotel because Kushina’s shopping list had drained most of his money.

• Guy showed Kakashi and Uchiha Mai a poster of Tsunade and explained that Might Duy had given it to him to get her autograph.
• Minato arrived late after running errands for Kushina, who had asked him to shop and take photographs in Tanzaku Town.
• The team set out for Tanzaku Town, and Uchiha Mai spent 300 Style Points on a draw that gave him the Gongshoudao skill.
• Uchiha Mai learned that Gongshoudao lets him pay wealth for a temporary, fixed increase in combat power, with larger boosts for shorter durations and diminishing returns.
• The group reached Tanzaku Town at sunset, and Minato booked a room at the old Regent Grand Hotel because he had little money left.

Minato and his students tracked Tsunade to a casino in Tanzaku Town after Uchiha Mai forced an innkeeper to share what he knew. The group entered the casino and noticed an unusually crowded low-stakes table.

• Minato rented a room and asked the innkeeper about Tsunade, who demanded extra money for information.
• Uchiha Mai destroyed the innkeeper’s counter, paid him for details, and learned Tsunade had lost more than ten million yen gambling.
• The innkeeper said Tsunade was likely at the town’s largest casino, so Mai led Kakashi and Might Guy there.
• Minato caught up with his students after wondering whether his role as their team leader mattered.
• At the casino, Mai spotted a low-stakes table surrounded by several dozen people.

Uchiha Mai found Tsunade gambling in Tanzaku Town and watched her play Texas Hold'em. The chapter ended with Mai realizing that Tsunade’s poor decisions at the table explained her reputation for losing money.

• Uchiha Mai squeezed through the crowd and recognized Tsunade at the gambling table.
• Tsunade bragged about her gambling experience, and Mai flattered her by pretending she looked eighteen.
• Master Minato arrived with Guy and Kakashi but held back when he saw Mai talking with Tsunade.
• Tsunade received pocket twos in an early position and called a 2,000-yen raise.
• Mai questioned Tsunade’s play and concluded that folding would have been the best move.

Tsunade lost heavily at the casino before Namikaze Minato told her the Hokage had sent him to bring her back to Konoha. She refused to return, and as the negotiations failed, Uchiha Mai nearly attacked her before Minato stopped him.

• Tsunade called a huge bet with pocket twos, lost 140,000 yen to an opponent’s AK straight, and then lost most of her remaining chips.
• Tsunade left the casino, where Namikaze Minato greeted her and explained that the Hokage had ordered him to bring her back to Konoha.
• Tsunade refused to return and teased Minato while he introduced Might Guy, Hatake Kakashi, and Uchiha Mai as his squad members.
• Tsunade left the casino and told Minato to either report that she wanted to stay in Tanzaku Town or drag her back by force.
• Uchiha Mai nearly attacked Tsunade to trigger her Hemophobia, but Minato grabbed him and stopped him before he could act.

Uchiha Mai exposed Tsunade’s debts and proposed a gambling deal to persuade her to return to Konoha. After Minato lent them 500,000 yen, Tsunade and Mai gambled through the night, and she woke furious after Mai lost more than 200,000.

• Uchiha Mai deduced that Tsunade was broke, indebted, and avoiding work, then urged her to return to Konoha.
• Tsunade challenged Mai to win ten million yen in ten days, and they negotiated a seventy-thirty split with Mai taking seventy percent.
• Tsunade had only a little over 7,000 yen, so she pawned her outer garment to Minato and borrowed 500,000 yen from him.
• Tsunade and Mai returned to the casino to gamble through the night.
• The next morning, Tsunade grabbed Mai by the throat and berated him for losing more than 200,000 yen.

Uchiha Mai blamed Tsunade for his poker losses and convinced her to let him play without interfering. Over ten days in Tanzaku Town, he turned his borrowed stake into a fortune, repaid Master Minato, and parted ways with Tsunade.

• Uchiha Mai argued that Tsunade’s reactions at the poker table had cost him money, while Tsunade worried about repaying Master Minato.
• Uchiha Mai persuaded Tsunade to let him play without her interference, and she agreed to wear a mask, stay quiet, and hide her reactions.
• Uchiha Mai and Tsunade played at the Tanzaku Town casino over the next ten days while Master Minato, Might Guy, and Kakashi secretly watched over Tsunade.
• Uchiha Mai turned his 500,000 stake into 7.66 million despite losing 260,000 on the first night and falling short of his ten-million goal.
• Uchiha Mai repaid Master Minato, split the remaining money with Tsunade, and went his separate way.