Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Chi beat Tsunade at cards after a long drinking session, then quietly encouraged her to cry as she mourned the people she had lost. At the agreed time, Kakashi and Yūhi Kurenai arrived armed and prepared for a battle they expected to lose, and Uchiha Chi greeted them with a request for silence.

• Uchiha Chi drew a King of Hearts to make 21 and beat Tsunade, who had 20 points.
• Tsunade broke down sobbing over always losing and the people she cared about leaving her.
• Uchiha Chi told Tsunade he could see she was unhappy and invited her to cry, promising to keep her secrets.
• Kakashi and Yūhi Kurenai set out fully armed and cautiously approached Uchiha Chi at the agreed time.
• Uchiha Chi turned toward Kakashi and Yūhi Kurenai, smiled, and held a finger to his lips.

Uchiha Chi got Tsunade drunk and asleep, giving his team a chance to search for the bells without fighting. As Yūhi Kurenai searched Tsunade, Uchiha Chi spoke with Kakashi about loss and the need to be understood, until Kurenai returned with news that the bells were missing.

• Uchiha Chi covered the sleeping Tsunade with her robe and explained that he had intended to slow her reactions by getting her to drink.
• Uchiha Chi asked Kakashi and Yūhi Kurenai what useful items they had brought, prompting them to reveal Kurenai’s tool scroll and Kakashi’s soldier pills.
• Uchiha Chi asked Yūhi Kurenai to search Tsunade for the bells while he and Kakashi waited nearby.
• Uchiha Chi told Kakashi that Tsunade had lost her family and suggested that she had wanted someone to listen to her troubles.
• Yūhi Kurenai returned and announced that the bells were gone.

Uchiha Chi, Kakashi, and Yūhi Kurenai realized Tsunade had hidden the bells despite their victory, and Chi persuaded the others not to give up. After Tsunade woke from a dream of her lost family, Chi’s unexpected decision to stay with her brought her laughter and comfort, and the others returned with breakfast.

• Uchiha Chi, Kakashi, and Yūhi Kurenai searched Tsunade but could not find the bells, and Kakashi accepted that they had failed the test.
• Uchiha Chi asked Kakashi and Yūhi Kurenai whether they were willing to return without trying again, and he offered a solution if they trusted him.
• Tsunade dreamed of her family and Uchiha Chi, then woke to find Chi had stayed beside her through the night.
• Uchiha Chi explained that he had waited for Tsunade and fallen asleep by the fire, making her laugh as she called him an idiot.
• Uchiha Chi pointed out Kakashi and Yūhi Kurenai approaching with breakfast, and Tsunade tearfully called them all idiots.

Tsunade woke to find Uchiha Chi, Kakashi, and Yūhi Kurenai had kept watch over her, and she accepted their breakfast while teasing them for buying too much. She acknowledged them as her students and confirmed that they had passed her test, establishing Fifth Squad.

• Tsunade noticed Kakashi and Yūhi Kurenai's dark circles and realized they had stayed up watching over her.
• Uchiha Chi served Tsunade breakfast and claimed the special beef flatbread Kakashi had fetched for him.
• Tsunade made Kakashi and Yūhi Kurenai sit and eat, then urged them to finish the oversized breakfast.
• Yūhi Kurenai asked whether they had passed Tsunade's test, and Tsunade confirmed that they had.
• Uchiha Chi, Yūhi Kurenai, and Kakashi exchanged relieved looks as Fifth Squad was established.

On the way back to Konoha, Yūhi Kurenai learned where Tsunade had hidden the bells, while Uchiha Chi and Kakashi discussed their next training. Kurenai remained distracted by the reveal until Sarutobi Asuma confronted her about not coming home the previous night.

• Yūhi Kurenai asked Tsunade where she had hidden the bells, and Tsunade revealed them hanging between her breasts.
• At Konoha's entrance, Tsunade dismissed her three temporary students and promised to treat them after winning money at the casino.
• Uchiha Chi asked Kakashi where he was going, and Kakashi said he planned to train at home.
• Kakashi questioned Uchiha Chi's strength, assumed he had secretly trained Taijutsu, and challenged him to a rematch.
• Uchiha Chi and Kakashi noticed Yūhi Kurenai had left and wondered why she seemed distracted.
• Yūhi Kurenai walked home lost in thoughts of Tsunade's bells until Sarutobi Asuma ran up and asked why she had not come home last night.

Yūhi Kurenai returned home exhausted after an all-night squad test, while Sarutobi Asuma mistook her explanation for a cover story about stealing bells. At Ichiraku Ramen Shop, Uchiha Chi received a system reward from Asuma’s heartache and wondered what had happened between him and Kurenai.

• Sarutobi Asuma waited all night for Yūhi Kurenai after learning he had been assigned to a squad with Uchiha Obito and Nohara Rin under Namikaze Minato.
• Yūhi Kurenai returned at dawn, said she was full and tired, and told Asuma she had spent the night training with her squad.
• Sarutobi Asuma suspected Kurenai had been stealing bells and was devastated when she dismissed him and shut the gate.
• Uchiha Chi ate ramen at Ichiraku and received points and a Wind Style: Dust Cloud Technique reward after the system detected Sarutobi Asuma’s pain.
• Uchiha Chi guessed that Asuma’s suffering involved love troubles with Yūhi Kurenai and decided to ask her about it during training.

Uchiha Yashiro and Uchiha Inabi searched the compound for a suspicious person and witnessed a running old lady flee from them. Tsunade returned home after losing her money gambling, and Shizune discovered she had spent next month’s allowance in advance.

• Uchiha Yashiro ordered Uchiha Inabi to check the compound’s entry records, where they found Hatake Kakashi had bought five flatbreads.
• Uchiha Yashiro described the suspicious person as a running old woman or man, and an old lady appeared in the alley and suddenly fled when Uchiha Inabi approached.
• Tsunade returned to the Senju Clan Compound and told Shizune that her student had bought her food and that she had lost at gambling.
• Shizune realized Tsunade had used next month’s allowance to gamble and cried out in despair.

Tsunade admitted she had skipped instructor training, then decided to assess her new team's abilities with a fight. After Uchiha Chi, Kakashi, and Yūhi Kurenai prepared themselves without discussing tactics, Tsunade raised a barrier to keep their training secret.

• Uchiha Chi arrived at the back woods and Tsunade teased him for being late.
• Kakashi asked what the team would do, and Tsunade revealed she had no plan because she had skipped instructor training.
• Yūhi Kurenai suggested Tsunade guide their training and build team coordination, so Tsunade chose to test their abilities in a fight.
• Tsunade gave the three two minutes to prepare, and Uchiha Chi, Kakashi, and Yūhi Kurenai used the time to regulate their breathing rather than devise tactics.
• Tsunade set up a barrier around the back woods and said it would keep their training information from leaking, not even to the old man.

Tsunade began testing Kakashi, Yūhi Kurenai, and Uchiha Chi, overwhelming the first two with her strength. Uchiha Chi caught the injured Kurenai behind an earthen wall, where she coughed blood toward his face before he calmly dodged it.

• Tsunade told Uchiha Chi he could fight without worrying about being watched, and he silently promised to give it his all.
• Tsunade struck Kakashi, who avoided taking her punch head-on but was thrown back by its force.
• Yūhi Kurenai trapped Tsunade in a genjutsu, but Tsunade evaded her kunai and struck her hard enough to send her flying.
• Uchiha Chi raised an earthen wall and caught Kurenai as Tsunade pursued her, while Kakashi confronted Tsunade on the other side.
• Kurenai coughed blood toward Uchiha Chi, who dodged it and told her to ask before spraying anything on his face.

Uchiha Chi treated Yūhi Kurenai’s wound while Kakashi fought Tsunade, and his medical skill impressed both Kurenai and Tsunade. After Tsunade defeated Kakashi, Chi told Kurenai to rest and prepared to face her next.

• Uchiha Chi stopped Yūhi Kurenai’s apology and treated her wound with the Mystical Palm Technique, earning her admiration.
• Chi and Kurenai talked about their interest in medical ninjutsu and genjutsu, and agreed to exchange pointers.
• Tsunade smashed through Kakashi’s Earth-Style: Earth-Flow Wall and sent him crashing to the ground.
• Kakashi warned Chi and Kurenai that Tsunade was a monster, and Tsunade praised Chi’s medical talent.
• Chi told Kurenai to rest and faced Tsunade’s question about who would fight next.

Uchiha Chi fought Tsunade after she challenged him as his new instructor, surprising her with strength and Taijutsu that rivaled her own. As Tsunade gained the upper hand through experience, Chi began forming hand seals and engulfed her in a fireball.

• Uchiha Chi stepped forward to face Tsunade while Yūhi Kurenai and Kakashi watched from the sidelines.
• Tsunade attacked with Heavenly Foot of Pain, but Uchiha Chi blocked her kick and matched her strength.
• Tsunade accused Uchiha Chi of secretly training in Taijutsu, and he denied it while Kakashi realized Chi had held back against him.
• Tsunade intensified their close-quarters fight and sent Uchiha Chi flying into the air.
• Uchiha Chi formed hand seals as Tsunade pursued him, then engulfed her in a scorching fireball.

Uchiha Chi unleashed a massive Great Fireball Technique against Tsunade, who survived by using her strength to reshape the ground. Afterward, Chi knocked out Kakashi and returned to Tsunade, whose damaged clothes left her furious with him.

• Kakashi recognized Chi's attack as the Great Fireball Technique, and he and Yūhi Kurenai realized its power exceeded what a Genin should manage.
• Tsunade emerged from a crater after enduring Chi's flames, and Chi inferred that she had weakened the attack by smashing the ground.
• Chi approached Kakashi as if to heal him, then struck his neck and knocked him unconscious.
• Yūhi Kurenai watched Chi leave Kakashi and felt insulted by the way he looked her over.
• Chi returned to Tsunade and stared at her damaged clothes, prompting her to charge at him in embarrassment and fury.

Uchiha Chi sparred with Tsunade, revealed his Sharingan, and explained that he had awakened it when they first met. Tsunade learned she was the only person who knew about it and considered the danger of exposing it too soon.

• Tsunade pressed Uchiha Chi with a relentless series of attacks, but he held his ground and eventually retreated beneath a banyan tree.
• Uchiha Chi passed through the tree using the Mayfly Technique, confusing Tsunade and earning points from his system.
• Uchiha Chi revealed his Single-Tomoe Sharingan and trapped Tsunade in a genjutsu before releasing her.
• Uchiha Chi told Tsunade he had awakened the Sharingan on the day they first met at an izakaya.
• Tsunade asked whether anyone else knew, and Uchiha Chi said she was the only one.

Uchiha Chi told Tsunade he had awakened the Sharingan, and she urged him to keep it secret to protect him from Konoha’s political factions. After Kakashi woke from being knocked out, Chi blamed his swollen face on poison, and Yūhi Kurenai backed his story to preserve the squad.

• Uchiha Chi told Tsunade that she was the only person who knew he had awakened the Sharingan, and Tsunade warned him not to tell anyone else.
• Uchiha Chi agreed to keep his Sharingan secret, while Tsunade worried that he trusted her too easily.
• Uchiha Chi told Yūhi Kurenai that Tsunade had left, then repeatedly slapped the sleeping Kakashi to try to wake him.
• Kakashi woke and remembered dreaming of his father, Hatake Sakumo, in the Pure Land.
• Uchiha Chi claimed Tsunade’s poisoned shoes had made Kakashi hurt himself, and Yūhi Kurenai reluctantly confirmed the false story.

After the training exercise, Uchiha Chi and Yūhi Kurenai returned to Konoha, where she confronted him about hiding his abilities and awakening the Sharingan. When Kurenai felt betrayed, Chi explained that his clan had neglected him after his parents died and insisted they had never given him a chance to prove his talent.

• Uchiha Chi demanded thanks for protecting Kakashi, and Kakashi thanked him before leaving to train.
• Uchiha Chi told Kakashi that Tsunade had left and the training was over, then invited Yūhi Kurenai to get ramen.
• On the way back to Konoha, Yūhi Kurenai asked whether Uchiha Chi had awakened the Sharingan and said his abilities made her feel deceived.
• Uchiha Chi apologized after realizing Kurenai was upset and described how his parents died on a mission and his clan treated him coldly.
• Uchiha Chi said the clan had never taught him anything, so he did not understand how they could have decided he lacked talent.

Uchiha Chi told Yūhi Kurenai a fabricated story about his painful childhood and hidden talent, drawing her sympathy and earning her forgiveness. He asked her to keep his supposed past secret and implied he feared losing her as a friend.

• Uchiha Chi described being mocked and bullied by his clan and peers, then explained how reading and studying his parents’ notes helped him discover his talent.
• Uchiha Chi said he had hidden his abilities out of resentment and wanted to make those who looked down on him regret it.
• Yūhi Kurenai sympathized with Uchiha Chi, and he apologized for lying until she forgave him.
• Uchiha Chi asked Yūhi Kurenai to keep his story secret and said he did not want to lose her as a friend, leaving her flustered.

Uchiha Chi asked Yūhi Kurenai to keep his fabricated background and Sharingan secret, and she left their conversation in high spirits. Sarutobi Asuma tried to apologize to Kurenai but was rejected, while Uchiha Yashiro waited outside Chi’s home and greeted him upon his return.

• Uchiha Chi asked Yūhi Kurenai to keep his Sharingan awakening and personal story secret, and she agreed.
• Yūhi Kurenai encouraged Uchiha Chi before they parted ways.
• Sarutobi Asuma apologized to Yūhi Kurenai for doubting her, but she told him to stop bothering her and went inside.
• Uchiha Chi returned home and found Uchiha Yashiro waiting beneath the eaves.
• Uchiha Yashiro greeted Uchiha Chi with a smile when Chi recognized him as Old Eight.

Uchiha Chi met with Uchiha Yashiro and entrusted him with recruiting trustworthy Uchiha for their future plans. He told Yashiro that Tsunade was his supervising teacher, leaving the older man ecstatic about the clan’s prospects.

• Uchiha Yashiro visited Uchiha Chi after arranging overtime cover at the Security Force.
• Uchiha Chi encouraged Yashiro to recruit Uchiha Tekka and, if possible, Tekka’s younger brother, Uchiha Inabi.
• Uchiha Chi told Yashiro that Hatake Kakashi and Yūhi Kurenai were his teammates.
• Uchiha Yashiro reflected on Hatake Sakumo’s fate and blamed Konoha’s higher-ups.
• Uchiha Chi revealed that Tsunade was his supervising teacher, and Yashiro praised Lady Tsunade’s taste.

Uchiha Yashiro vowed to protect Uchiha Chi after learning that Tsunade was his instructor, then reported finding a suspicious old woman who fled from the Security Force. Uchiha Chi guided Yashiro toward suspecting the Clan Head’s accomplices, leaving Yashiro convinced that the woman had exposed herself through guilt.

• Uchiha Yashiro praised Uchiha Chi for correcting his course and vowed to defend him, even offering to attack the Hokage Building if Chi wanted trouble with the village’s higher-ups.
• Uchiha Chi calmed Yashiro and asked why he had come to visit.
• Uchiha Yashiro reported that he and Tekka had seen an old woman pretend to fall in an alley, then jump up and run when she noticed Tekka’s Security Force uniform.
• Uchiha Chi questioned why an accomplice of Uchiha Fugaku would flee from the Security Force, prompting Yashiro to conclude that the woman had felt guilty and feared being discovered.
• Uchiha Chi accepted Yashiro’s explanation, further strengthening Yashiro’s suspicion that the Clan Head’s accomplices were involved.

Uchiha Chi reviewed his growing points and planned to delay unlocking Wood Release until he left the village, while saving toward the Mangekyō Sharingan. At the Senju Clan Compound, Tsunade promised to quit gambling after losing Shizune’s allowance, then revealed she had bought alcohol on credit in Shizune’s name.

• Uchiha Chi checked his panel, noted his 260 points, and weighed the costs of unlocking Wood Release and the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Uchiha Chi decided to save his points and wait until he left the village before unlocking Wood Release.
• Tsunade told Shizune she would stop going to the casino after losing the allowance she had borrowed to treat her temporary students.
• Shizune accepted Tsunade’s apology and looked forward to buying herself a proper combat outfit.
• Tsunade admitted she had bought shochu on credit in Shizune’s name, causing Shizune’s spatula to fall to the floor.