Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Yashiro came to take Uchiha Chi to the Security Force, but Chi refused and struck him with a powerful elbow when Yashiro tried to force him. Chi retreated into his dark courtyard and challenged Yashiro to follow him for a duel, and Yashiro entered.

• Uchiha Yashiro confronted Uchiha Chi and demanded to know where he had been that morning.
• Uchiha Chi said he had trained by the Naka River and refused to go to the Security Force because he knew he had done nothing wrong.
• Uchiha Yashiro tried to knock Uchiha Chi unconscious, but Chi countered with a powerful Konoha Elbow Strike that sent him flying.
• Uchiha Yashiro insisted Chi had to accept punishment because the Clan Head said he had done wrong.
• Uchiha Chi went into his dark courtyard and challenged Uchiha Yashiro to a duel, and Yashiro followed him inside.

Uchiha Chi lured Uchiha Yashiro into a courtyard and challenged him to a fight after their argument over the Military Police Force’s magnanimity. After overpowering Yashiro with a Great Fireball Technique, Chi revealed that he also possessed the Three Tomoe Sharingan, leaving Yashiro stunned.

• Uchiha Yashiro followed Uchiha Chi into the courtyard and argued with him about whether his decision to come showed personal magnanimity or the Military Police Force’s.
• Uchiha Yashiro rejected Uchiha Chi’s reasoning and attacked him, prompting Chi to launch a punch.
• Uchiha Yashiro and Uchiha Chi used the Great Fireball Technique against each other, but Chi’s fireball overwhelmed Yashiro and scorched half the courtyard.
• Uchiha Yashiro emerged from the smoke with his Three Tomoe Sharingan activated and pressed Chi with a flurry of kunai attacks.
• Uchiha Chi blocked Yashiro’s final strike, revealed his own Three Tomoe Sharingan, and laughed as Yashiro froze in astonishment.

Uchiha Chi defeated Uchiha Yashiro after activating his Three-Tomoe Sharingan, then claimed he had discovered who killed his parents. He revealed that his parents had served in Fugaku’s squad during the Second Shinobi World War, leaving Yashiro shaken and insisting there had to be a misunderstanding.

• Uchiha Chi used his newly activated Three-Tomoe Sharingan to disarm Uchiha Yashiro and hold a kunai to his throat.
• Uchiha Chi explained that his Sharingan had awakened when his parents died, then pretended that discovering their killer had awakened the third tomoe.
• Uchiha Yashiro recalled serving on the Amegakure battlefield and said Fugaku had led an Uchiha squad to Sunagakure.
• Uchiha Chi said his parents had been in Fugaku’s squad when they died in battle.
• Uchiha Yashiro backed away, shaken, and insisted there must have been a misunderstanding.

Uchiha Chi confronted Uchiha Yashiro with claims that Uchiha Fugaku had betrayed the clan and used a Sharingan genjutsu to show him the memories behind those claims. Yashiro collapsed in grief, questioning what Fugaku had done.

• Uchiha Chi told Uchiha Yashiro that his parents died under Uchiha Fugaku's command and described how Fugaku had warned him to conceal his Sharingan.
• Uchiha Chi claimed he discovered Fugaku was colluding with outsiders and tipping off informants whenever Yashiro's Security Force searched for them.
• Uchiha Chi explained that Fugaku had sent Yashiro to capture him after he investigated the informants himself.
• Uchiha Chi cast Genjutsu: Sharingan and showed Uchiha Yashiro memories that left him overwhelmed and crying.
• Uchiha Yashiro collapsed and asked what Captain Fugaku had done.

Uchiha Chi used genjutsu to convince Uchiha Yashiro that Uchiha Fugaku was secretly undermining the clan, then recruited him to investigate in secret. Yashiro agreed to keep serving in the Security Force undercover, and the two formed an alliance.

• Uchiha Chi's genjutsu left Uchiha Yashiro in tears and convinced him that Uchiha Fugaku intended to destroy Uchiha.
• Uchiha Yashiro vowed to expose Uchiha Fugaku, but Uchiha Chi warned that reporting him could get them silenced.
• Uchiha Chi persuaded Uchiha Yashiro to lie low and investigate suspected infiltrators using the Security Force's resources.
• Uchiha Chi asked whether Uchiha Yashiro had the mettle to remain under Uchiha Fugaku's command, and Yashiro agreed.
• Uchiha Chi and Uchiha Yashiro shook hands and agreed to call each other A-Chi and Old Eight.

Uchiha Chi and Uchiha Yashiro finalized their plans, and Chi arranged a costly repayment plan for the damage Yashiro had caused. Yashiro then caught a suspicious intruder outside Chi’s home, who turned out to be Obito, and Chi knocked him unconscious again after he woke in a panic.

• Uchiha Yashiro asked how much he owed for burning down Uchiha Chi’s yard, and Chi demanded five million ryo.
• Uchiha Chi set up monthly payments with reduced interest, and Uchiha Yashiro signed the IOU while kneeling.
• Uchiha Yashiro chased down a man lurking outside Uchiha Chi’s home and brought him back unconscious.
• Uchiha Chi recognized the intruder as Obito after hearing Yashiro murmur Rin’s name.
• Obito woke, saw Yashiro’s Three-Tomoe Sharingan, and screamed before Uchiha Chi punched him unconscious again.

Uchiha Chi let Uchiha Obito believe that a Security Force patrolman had rescued him after Uchiha Yashiro beat him unconscious. Obito vowed to repay his supposed benefactor, and Chi asked why he had come over before the squads assembled.

• Uchiha Obito woke at Uchiha Chi’s home and remembered being beaten unconscious by a terrifying man with a Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Obito warned Chi about the dangerous man, and Chi concealed that Uchiha Yashiro had been the one to knock him out.
• Chi claimed he had seen a green-vested clansman chasing someone, leading Obito to conclude that a Security Force member had saved him.
• Obito vowed to repay his supposed benefactor, while Chi praised his deduction and promised to help identify the man.
• Chi assured Obito that the attacker would not return because the Security Force would strengthen its patrols, then asked why Obito had come over before the squads assembled.

Obito sought Uchiha Chi for advice because Rin had grown distant toward him, but Chi blamed Obito for failing to keep his promise to make her happy. Chi awakened the Single-Tomoe Sharingan and confronted Obito, declaring that his love for Rin was greater.

• Obito recalled that Rin had become cheerful but treated him coldly and kept her distance.
• Obito told Uchiha Chi that Rin had been acting strangely and admitted he was frightened of losing her.
• Uchiha Chi reminded Obito that he had promised to make Rin happy and accused him of repeatedly making promises he could not fulfill.
• Uchiha Chi's eyes turned blood-red and awakened the Single-Tomoe Sharingan as he demanded to know whether Obito could protect Rin.
• Uchiha Chi shouted that Obito's so-called love for Rin was beneath his own.

Uchiha Chi pushed Uchiha Obito to confront his fears about losing Rin, and Obito awakened his Sharingan. After talking with Chi, Obito left determined to apologize to Rin and stop running away.

• Uchiha Chi made Obito imagine Rin marrying someone else or dying on a mission, and Obito tried to gouge out his eyes to escape the visions.
• Uchiha Chi restrained Obito and urged him to face his difficulties, prompting Obito to awaken his Sharingan.
• Uchiha Chi showed Obito his new Sharingan in a mirror and told him the eyes were the answer he had found for himself.
• After talking with Chi, Obito vowed to apologize to Rin the next day and declared that he would no longer run away.

Uchiha Chi checked his increased ocular power before going to the Ninja Academy to receive his squad assignment. Nohara Rin told him she hoped they would be on the same squad, and Chi entered the principal's office after his name was called.

• Uchiha Chi saw that Obito's awakening talent had raised his ocular power from 3000 to 4000.
• Uchiha Chi slept until noon, then went to the Ninja Academy for the squad assignment ceremony.
• Uchiha Chi watched his classmates wait for their names to be called while Obito tried to talk with Nohara Rin.
• Nohara Rin told Uchiha Chi she hoped they would be on the same squad, and Chi reassured her about returning his blanket.
• Uchiha Chi went to the principal's office after the teacher called his name and entered to meet the Third Hokage.

Uchiha Chi met with Sarutobi Hiruzen, received his Fifth Squad assignment, and headed to the team’s meeting point in the forest. He sensed someone following him and glimpsed a flash of gold, but did not identify the watcher.

• Uchiha Chi acted nervous in Sarutobi Hiruzen’s office and praised him as the strongest Hokage, prompting Hiruzen to correct him about the First and Second Hokage.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen gave Uchiha Chi a slip assigning him to Fifth Squad, with a meeting at three in the afternoon in the woods north of Konoha.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen warned Uchiha Chi not to make his instructor angry, then sent him to the meeting point.
• Uchiha Chi sensed someone watching him as he left the Ninja Academy and walked toward the forest.
• Uchiha Chi turned around in the forest, saw no one, but caught a bright flash of gold.

Uchiha Chi arrived at Fifth Squad’s meeting place and discovered that Kakashi and Yūhi Kurenai were his teammates. The squad still awaited its instructor as Kurenai worried that Kakashi’s history of leaving squads might spell trouble.

• Uchiha Chi spotted Tsunade tracking a blond-haired person but set aside his curiosity and continued to the meeting place.
• Uchiha Chi found Kakashi waiting at the clearing, and Kakashi reluctantly confirmed they were both in Fifth Squad.
• Uchiha Chi and Kakashi realized their instructor and final teammate had not arrived yet.
• Yūhi Kurenai hurried into the clearing and asked whether it was Fifth Squad’s gathering spot.
• Kakashi told Kurenai she was late, and she recognized him and greeted both teammates.
• Yūhi Kurenai worried that Kakashi might disband another squad, then greeted Uchiha Chi.

Uchiha Chi, Kakashi, and Yūhi Kurenai met as teammates and waited for their instructor, while Chi teased Kurenai about sneaking off to eat. Tsunade suddenly arrived with a food box and asked whether they had eaten.

• Yūhi Kurenai awkwardly greeted Uchiha Chi and learned she had been assigned to the same squad as him and Kakashi.
• Kurenai recalled refusing to be placed with Asuma because she disliked adults arranging their futures around a possible relationship.
• Kurenai said it was around four o'clock, and Chi spotted an oil stain on her sleeve that exposed her trip to the Snack District.
• Tsunade appeared before the three Genin, glared at Chi, and offered the others the food box she carried.

Tsunade arrived as Fifth Squad’s temporary teacher and explained that she planned to leave after teaching them the basics. Uchiha Chi accepted her guidance, despite realizing she might not stay long.

• Tsunade offered lunch to Uchiha Chi, Kakashi, and Yūhi Kurenai, then announced that she was Fifth Squad’s temporary teacher.
• Kakashi and Yūhi Kurenai questioned what “temporary” meant, and Tsunade said she had come to have fun for two days.
• Tsunade explained that she would teach the squad basic tactics, jutsu, and Medical Ninjutsu before leaving.
• Uchiha Chi realized Tsunade might have overheard his doubts about her teaching and noticed that her satisfaction earned him System rewards.
• Kakashi and Yūhi Kurenai looked to Uchiha Chi for his opinion, and he said he had no objections.

Tsunade began training Uchiha Chi, Yūhi Kurenai, and Kakashi, using her undetected pursuit of them to teach vigilance. Her warning was shaped by the deaths of Dan Katō and Nawaki, while Chi already knew she had been following him.

• Tsunade accepted Chi's agreement to train under her, then had him, Kurenai, and Kakashi line up and gave each a lunch box.
• Chi and Kakashi finished their meals while Kurenai barely ate, then accidentally burped and blushed when everyone noticed.
• Tsunade revealed that she had followed all three without being detected, and Kakashi wondered whether he was weaker than he had believed.
• Chi laughed because he had already sensed Tsunade following him, but he pretended to interpret her demonstration as a lesson about staying alert.
• Tsunade warned them never to lower their guard or assume they were safe, recalling how carelessness had preceded Dan Katō's and Nawaki's deaths.

Tsunade asked Uchiha Chi, Yūhi Kurenai, and Kakashi how they should respond when a mission became too dangerous, and Uchiha Chi argued they should abandon it rather than risk their squad. The chapter ended with Chi challenging Kakashi to answer for the wider losses caused by refusing to retreat.

• Tsunade told the three young Ninja to prioritize surviving dangerous missions and asked what they would do if a mission required sacrificing companions.
• Yūhi Kurenai suggested retreating, and Uchiha Chi agreed that they should return to Konoha and report the mission’s true difficulty when possible.
• Tsunade set up a barrier and swore the conversation would remain secret before asking what they would do if the mission were urgent and far from the village.
• Uchiha Chi said they should lie low for an opportunity to complete the mission safely, then abandon it if no such opportunity arose.
• Kakashi objected that abandoning a mission could harm the village and insisted he could bear responsibility for his decision.
• Uchiha Chi challenged Kakashi to consider how a squad’s deaths could leave the village uninformed and cause another squad to be sent to its deaths.

Uchiha Chi challenged Kakashi’s beliefs about his father’s choices, leaving Kakashi unsettled before Tsunade introduced a bell test for Fifth Squad. As the test was about to begin, Yūhi Kurenai realized that Uchiha Chi and Kakashi had both seen through Tsunade’s attempt to turn them against each other.

• Uchiha Chi questioned whether Kakashi could accept the consequences of abandoning a mission to save his teammates, and Kakashi dismissed him without answering.
• Tsunade announced a bell-grabbing test with two bells for three squad members, threatening anyone who failed with a return to the Ninja Academy.
• Uchiha Chi asked how the test would resolve the squad’s disagreement, and Tsunade said eliminating one member would leave only one voice.
• Tsunade gave the trio three minutes to prepare, then used Body Flicker to settle down with sake, snacks, and cards.
• Yūhi Kurenai tried to stop Uchiha Chi and Kakashi from fighting, but Uchiha Chi revealed that they had both recognized Tsunade’s ploy.

Uchiha Chi, Kakashi, and Yūhi Kurenai realized Tsunade’s bell test was about teamwork and other squad qualities, not defeating her outright. Kakashi suggested exploiting Tsunade’s rumored hemophobia, but Uchiha Chi objected to the plan.

• Yūhi Kurenai realized Uchiha Chi and Kakashi’s argument had been genuine, though both had controlled their emotions.
• Uchiha Chi redirected Yūhi Kurenai from trying to defeat Tsunade toward figuring out how to steal the bells.
• Uchiha Chi and Kakashi analyzed the test as an assessment of communication, analysis, teamwork, and strength.
• Yūhi Kurenai asked how they could prove their squad qualities and take the bells from Tsunade.
• Kakashi revealed a rumor that Tsunade had hemophobia and proposed making her see their blood so they could take the bells.
• Uchiha Chi snapped at Kakashi, objecting to his plan.

Uchiha Chi, Kakashi, and Yūhi Kurenai reconsidered how to pass Tsunade’s test, wary that exploiting her trauma would earn them punishment. As Tsunade waited for their ambush, Chi approached alone and claimed his teammates had split from him, then warned her they were likely lying in wait on the road back.

• Uchiha Chi and Yūhi Kurenai warned Kakashi that Tsunade judged their answers subjectively and might punish them for using psychological tricks.
• The three fell silent until Uchiha Chi said he had a new idea.
• Tsunade waited in the forest, guessing that the team had either fallen apart or prepared an ambush on her route home.
• Uchiha Chi arrived alone and told Tsunade that Kakashi had refused to cooperate and Yūhi Kurenai had sided with him.
• Uchiha Chi warned Tsunade that Kakashi and Yūhi Kurenai were probably preparing an ambush, saying the Uchiha had never been good people.

Uchiha Chi and Tsunade played blackjack for drinks, with Tsunade eager to prove her skill after he teased her about her luck. By nightfall, Tsunade was still insisting they continue.

• Tsunade wondered whether Uchiha Chi's disappointment in his new teammates lay beneath his smile, but he soon changed the subject to her card-playing skills.
• Uchiha Chi teased Tsunade about seeing her leave casinos, and she insisted that she was skilled but unlucky.
• Tsunade challenged Uchiha Chi to blackjack and agreed that the loser would drink, while allowing him another penalty since he could not drink alcohol.
• After Tsunade's top button fell off, Uchiha Chi insisted he had not looked, and Tsunade accepted his explanation before starting the game.
• Half an hour later, Uchiha Chi suggested they stop, but Tsunade told him to keep playing.