Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Chi challenged Kakashi’s belief that a Ninja should endure everything, arguing that people should act rather than suppress their emotions. He revealed that he had drugged the ungrateful villagers with veterinary medicine that induced heat, not killed them as Kakashi had feared.

• Uchiha Chi told Kakashi he planned to kill the villagers who had failed to show gratitude, and Kakashi objected that it would solve nothing.
• Uchiha Chi argued that acting on anger could feel satisfying and challenged Kakashi’s insistence that a Ninja must endure suffering.
• Uchiha Chi connected blind endurance to Hatake Sakumo’s death, leaving Kakashi shaken and speechless.
• Uchiha Chi admitted he had never killed anyone, then revealed that he had drugged the villagers with veterinary medicine for inducing heat.

Uchiha Chi explained that he had mixed aphrodisiac into the villagers’ sows’ feed to frighten them and earn emotional points, leaving Kakashi retching and rewarding Chi with a new Lightning Release talent. They returned to Konoha and met Tsunade at the training grounds.

• Uchiha Chi told Kakashi that he had drugged the villagers’ sows so their nighttime commotion would draw the men into the pigpen and humiliate them.
• Kakashi imagined the scene vividly, retched, and triggered a reward that gave Uchiha Chi Kakashi’s version of Lightning Release Ninjutsu Talent.
• Uchiha Chi offered to treat Kakashi to tempura, earning more points when Kakashi became irritated.
• Uchiha Chi and Kakashi returned to Konoha and met Tsunade at the training grounds south of the Ninja Academy.

Uchiha Chi and Kakashi returned after completing most of Tsunade’s wild boar mission in three days, and Yūhi Kurenai arrived with proof that she had poisoned at least thirty herds. Tsunade was left stunned by how quickly Fifth Squad had surpassed her expectations.

• Uchiha Chi told Tsunade that he and Kakashi had nearly completed the target, and Kakashi explained that Kurenai’s count would determine whether they had finished.
• Tsunade learned that Uchiha Chi and Kakashi had eliminated eighty wild boar herds in three days and tried to deny them grilled meat until Kurenai returned.
• Yūhi Kurenai revealed that she had poisoned the wild boars, disposed of their carcasses, and collected their right ears as proof.
• Kakashi counted the ears and estimated that Kurenai had taken down at least thirty wild boar herds.

After Fifth Squad met Tsunade’s hunting target, Tsunade treated the team to barbecue and reflected on how much she valued their bond. The chapter ended with Tsunade confronting Sarutobi Hiruzen and announcing that she had changed her mind.

• Yūhi Kurenai, Kakashi, and Uchiha Chi brought down thirty herds of wild boars, earning the barbecue Tsunade had promised.
• Tsunade pulled Uchiha Chi into an embrace to pat his head, then took Fifth Squad to Yakiniku Q for dinner.
• During the meal, Yūhi Kurenai said she liked Fifth Squad, and Tsunade admitted that she did too.
• After dinner, Tsunade went to the Hokage Building, kicked open Sarutobi Hiruzen’s office door, and told him she had changed her mind.

Tsunade told Sarutobi Hiruzen she would keep guiding Fifth Squad until her students could stand on their own as Ninja, though she still planned to leave the village afterward. She accepted the squad’s instructor funds, while Hiruzen wondered whether she seemed less heartbroken than before.

• Tsunade visited Sarutobi Hiruzen and dismissed his concerns about the village’s intelligence and the Ninja World’s growing tensions.
• Tsunade announced that she would continue guiding Fifth Squad until its members reached Jonin level, concealing her assessment of Uchiha Chi’s strength.
• Tsunade said she valued all three students and feared they might die before coming of age, prompting Hiruzen to recall Nawaki’s death.
• Hiruzen gave Tsunade the funds allotted for Fifth Squad’s official teacher, and she took the money before leaving his office.
• Hiruzen watched Tsunade depart and wondered whether she seemed less heartbroken than she used to be.

At the Naka River, Tsunade told Fifth Squad that she would continue teaching them, claiming the village had asked her to stay. Uchiha Chi suspected she had chosen to remain because their time together had softened her heart, and he and Tsunade reaffirmed their bond as teacher and student.

• Uchiha Chi arrived at the Naka River to find Kakashi, Yūhi Kurenai, and Tsunade already waiting.
• Tsunade playfully ruffled Uchiha Chi’s hair, then pushed him away when Kurenai noticed their closeness.
• Tsunade told Fifth Squad that she would remain their instructor until the village found a suitable Jonin, and Kurenai celebrated the news.
• Kakashi and Kurenai asked Tsunade what had happened, and Tsunade claimed Sarutobi Hiruzen had personally asked her to stay.
• Uchiha Chi suspected Tsunade had stayed because she cared about the squad, then extended his hand and asked her to teach him well.
• Tsunade clasped Uchiha Chi’s hand and asked him to teach her well too.

Nohara Rin visited Uchiha Chi and asked about his recent life, while Chi used her reactions to earn system points and increase his Defense. After he shared his recent experiences, Rin encouraged him to keep training before heading home alone.

• Nohara Rin told Uchiha Chi about Team 7's training and missions, then asked him to share what had happened in his life.
• Uchiha Chi teased Rin when she panicked, and the system awarded him points and increased his Defense after detecting her emotions.
• Nohara Rin pretended to be hurt, then revealed her delight when Chi promised to tell her everything, earning him another system reward.
• Uchiha Chi spent half an hour recounting his recent experiences while Nohara Rin listened and reacted with interest.
• Uchiha Chi offered to walk Rin home at sunset, but she declined and encouraged him to focus on training.

Uchiha Chi reassured Nohara Rin that she was his best friend, and she gave him a box of homemade cookies before hurrying away. Later, Yūhi Kurenai noticed how cheerful Rin was and asked why.

• Uchiha Chi walked Nohara Rin to the Uchiha clan compound and told her she was his best friend, though his other teammates were also friends.
• Nohara Rin happily said she was glad Uchiha Chi had made friends, since he would not have to worry about being bullied.
• Nohara Rin gave Uchiha Chi a box of homemade cookies and asked him to taste-test them, then ran off.
• Uchiha Chi reflected on how real and complex Nohara Rin and his other companions felt, then ate one of her cookies and found it sweet.
• Yūhi Kurenai enjoyed a strawberry parfait and asked the cheerful Nohara Rin why she was so happy.

Nohara Rin told Yūhi Kurenai that her friend had accepted the cookies she made with her feelings, but realized she had never actually told him how she felt. Rin left determined to express herself next time, after teasing Kurenai about her dating experience.

• Yūhi Kurenai noticed Nohara Rin was unusually happy and teased her about her friend.
• Nohara Rin explained that she had put her feelings into the cookies she gave him, but had only asked him to taste them.
• Yūhi Kurenai pointed out that her friend would have no way to know the cookies were a confession, leaving Rin horrified that she had missed her chance.
• Nohara Rin decided to make another dessert and tell her friend how she felt next time.
• Before leaving, Nohara Rin teased Yūhi Kurenai about having dated often, and Yūhi Kurenai blushed and threatened her.

The Third Raikage assigned Samui to secretly target Kumogakure’s stolen intelligence networks near the Land of Fire and gather information ahead of Konoha’s Chunin joint examination. In Konoha, Sarutobi Hiruzen praised Tsunade’s Fifth Squad for completing a hundred missions in three days and considered assigning them another mission.

• The Third Raikage decided to send A to investigate Iwagakure while giving Samui a separate mission tied to Konoha’s upcoming Chunin joint examination.
• The Third Raikage ordered Samui to disguise herself as a ninja from the Land of Fields, destroy intelligence-stealing hideouts near the Land of Fire, and gather intelligence, with blame to fall on him if she was discovered.
• Nara Shikaku reported that D-rank wild-boar missions had run out because Tsunade’s Fifth Squad completed a hundred missions beyond quota in three days.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen interpreted the villagers’ unusual gratitude as proof that Tsunade had become more considerate and was honoring Senju Hashirama.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen asked Nara Shikaku what he thought about having the Fifth Squad accept another mission.

As tensions rose among the ninja villages, Sarutobi Hiruzen assigned Tsunade’s Fifth Squad a B-rank mission to collect intelligence from informants at the northern border. Tsunade accepted after learning the mission involved substantial funds, and the squad was set to leave the next day.

• Nara Shikaku reported growing preparations for war among several ninja villages, and Sarutobi Hiruzen decided to send Fifth Squad to retrieve border intelligence.
• Tsunade arrived at the Hokage’s Office annoyed that she had been called away from gambling, then boasted that she had been winning.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen persuaded Tsunade that her squad should take on more than D-rank missions and explained the B-rank intelligence-gathering assignment.
• Tsunade hesitated at the prospect of traveling to the border until Sarutobi Hiruzen hinted that the informants’ saved funds could bring her a profit.
• Tsunade accepted the mission, took the squad’s advance funds, and agreed to depart the next day.

Uchiha Chi and Might Guy sparred while Kakashi secretly wondered how Chi had become so strong despite his own relentless training. Their time off ended when Yūhi Kurenai brought them a new mission, and Tsunade led the team toward the Land of Fire’s border while refusing to explain why they had no travel funding.

• Uchiha Chi defeated Might Guy in their spar, and Might Guy called them lifelong best friends before heading to challenge Kakashi.
• Kakashi watched the match and questioned how Uchiha Chi’s strength and toughness could be so extraordinary.
• Uchiha Chi learned that Might Guy’s squad and several others were unsupervised because their instructors had gone on a mission.
• Yūhi Kurenai arrived with a new mission for Uchiha Chi and Kakashi, cutting short their time off.
• The next day, Tsunade led the team on foot toward the Land of Fire’s border and denied knowing anything about mission travel funding.

Uchiha Chi's squad set out on an intelligence mission while Killer B, Samui, and Atsui searched an empty Intelligence Division for Konoha informants. The searchers faced another setback when a new voice arrived at their open door.

• Tsunade refused to pay for a carriage, and Fifth Squad headed north on foot.
• Yūhi Kurenai praised her squad, and Uchiha Chi agreed they could complete any mission if nothing unexpected happened.
• Atsui and Samui found the fifth Intelligence Division site empty, continuing their failed search for Konoha informants.
• Killer B joined Samui and Atsui, then recited a rhyme about their five failures instead of offering a solution.
• An unfamiliar voice outside the Intelligence Division wondered why the door was open.

Fifth Squad found the listed safehouses empty and reached the Intelligence Division just as a powerful attacker struck. Tsunade, Uchiha Chi, and Yūhi Kurenai emerged from the destruction, then discovered Kakashi had been fighting alone in the rubble.

• Fifth Squad visited several safehouses and found them deserted, with their intelligence documents missing and no signs of battle.
• Tsunade sensed enormous Chakra inside the open Intelligence Division and warned Fifth Squad to stay on guard.
• An attacker rushed the squad, and Tsunade's clash with the incoming punch brought down the barbershop.
• Uchiha Chi protected Yūhi Kurenai and helped Tsunade fend off a shuriken as they regrouped outside the ruins.
• Tsunade, Uchiha Chi, and Yūhi Kurenai realized Kakashi was missing, then Kakashi burst from the rubble and demanded to know why they had not come to help.

After Tsunade confronted Killer B and drove him away from Fifth Squad, Uchiha Chi took charge of the remaining fight. He assigned the injured Kakashi to hold off the masked Male Ninja and went to face Samui himself.

• Kakashi reached the others after fighting two masked Ninjas, and Uchiha Chi claimed their attackers had retreated until Killer B appeared and challenged him.
• Tsunade recognized Killer B as the source of her earlier fight and told the squad to handle the other enemies while she faced him.
• Tsunade launched Killer B away and struck the two masked Ninjas, then left the battlefield to fight elsewhere.
• Kakashi revealed a bleeding wound from the Male Ninja, and Uchiha Chi ordered him to keep that Chunin occupied while Yūhi Kurenai watched over him.
• Uchiha Chi approached Samui, promising to finish the battle quickly as he prepared to fight her.

Uchiha Chi fought Samui, overcame her Lightning Clone and attacks, and subdued her. As he questioned whether she was a clone, a blond male ninja broke through Kakashi and Yūhi Kurenai’s assault and rushed toward them, shouting for Chi to let her go.

• Uchiha Chi used Sharingan genjutsu to seize Samui, but she vanished in a burst of electricity, revealing she had used a Lightning Clone.
• Samui attacked Chi from behind, but he caught her blade between two fingers and trapped her in another genjutsu.
• Samui kicked and slashed at Chi, but he endured her attacks, disarmed her, and beat her until she went limp.
• Uchiha Chi pulled Samui into his embrace and asked whether she was a clone.
• A blond male ninja forced back Kakashi and Yūhi Kurenai, then charged at Chi and shouted for him to let Samui go.

Uchiha Chi taunted Atsui while holding Samui hostage, driving Atsui into despair and forcing him to offer his life in exchange for his sister. Kakashi told Yūhi Kurenai that Chi’s cruelty was merely his usual performance.

• Atsui charged Uchiha Chi with a flaming blade, but Chi doused it with water and mocked him, provoking Atsui’s rage.
• Atsui’s flames surged as he broke through in battle, and the system rewarded Chi with Cloud Style: Flame Slash.
• Atsui attacked, but Chi threatened Samui, forcing Atsui to stop and injure himself to avoid hitting Chi.
• Atsui’s despair earned Chi another reward, Secret Technique: Cloud Style Swift Slash, before Atsui offered his life for Samui’s release.
• Yūhi Kurenai watched Atsui kneel in despair, and Kakashi remarked that Chi’s behavior was his usual performance.

Uchiha Chi healed Atsui’s injured arm, then used Samui as a hostage to force Atsui to confess that Kumogakure had taken Konoha’s informants. After learning the informants were alive, Chi demanded that Atsui slaughter his companion, and his threat earned him a Lightning Clone technique.

• Kurenai questioned whether Uchiha Chi would act according to his usual behavior, and Kakashi said they should watch.
• Uchiha Chi healed Atsui’s arm and accused him of taking Konoha’s informants hostage.
• Chi threatened Samui until Atsui confessed that Kumogakure had taken the informants and that they were still alive.
• Chi declared that holding Samui hostage was fair retaliation and offered to release her if Atsui did as he asked.
• Atsui promised to do anything, and Uchiha Chi lifted Samui by the throat and ordered him to slaughter his companion.
• Samui’s despair triggered a reward that gave Uchiha Chi Lightning Style: Lightning Clone.

Uchiha Chi trapped Atsui in a genjutsu where he killed Samui, then threatened to make the illusion real unless Atsui killed his companion. After revealing the deception, Chi continued manipulating Atsui, who took a sword and walked toward the ruins despite Samui’s pleas.

• Uchiha Chi made Atsui believe he had killed Samui after Atsui refused to kill his companion.
• Atsui broke down and attacked Uchiha Chi, who dodged his lunges and ended the genjutsu.
• Uchiha Chi revealed that the scene had been an illusion and threatened to make it real if Atsui disobeyed him.
• Samui urged Atsui not to attack Killer B and tried unsuccessfully to hurt herself against a bluestone.
• Uchiha Chi placed a long blade in Atsui’s hand and persuaded him to walk toward the ruins as Samui cried out.

Samui swallowed Kumogakure's poison to escape the torture she expected after Atsui's actions, disrupting Uchiha Chi's plans. In a cabin, she taunted him as the poison took hold, and he slapped her again.

• Samui begged Uchiha Chi to kill her after Atsui left, then swallowed a specially made Kumogakure poison.
• Uchiha Chi carried Samui away, while Kakashi and Yūhi Kurenai stayed behind to recover and wait for him.
• Uchiha Chi brought Samui to an abandoned cabin and learned she feared her village would punish her for Atsui's actions.
• As the poison made Samui grow cold, she mocked Uchiha Chi and offered him her face.
• Uchiha Chi slapped Samui again after she dared him to hit her.