Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Chi tried to interrogate Samui, but she passed out as the poison in her body worsened. Unable to treat the toxin himself, he decided to seek Yūhi Kurenai’s help after tying Samui up.

• Samui mocked Uchiha Chi, who shoved her onto the bed and struck her while demanding that she admit she was wrong.
• Samui tried to bite Uchiha Chi but lacked the strength, then fainted after he ignored her plea to stop.
• Uchiha Chi checked that Samui was still breathing and tried to heal her with the Mystical Palm Technique, but it did not counter the poison.
• Uchiha Chi considered asking Tsunade for help, then remembered that Yūhi Kurenai was skilled with poisons.
• Before leaving to find Yūhi Kurenai, Uchiha Chi bound Samui with hemp rope.

Uchiha Chi brought Yūhi Kurenai to a cabin to treat the poisoned Samui, leaving Kurenai to attempt detoxification while he went to check on Tsunade. Kurenai examined the tightly bound Samui and wondered how Chi had become so skilled at tying people up.

• Uchiha Chi returned to Kakashi and Yūhi Kurenai, then asked Kurenai whether she could detoxify poison.
• Chi led Kurenai to a cabin and left Kakashi alone at the ruins.
• Kurenai found Samui bound on the bed and confirmed that she was still breathing.
• Kurenai put on gloves and began examining Samui while Chi said he was going to check on Tsunade.
• Kurenai wondered whether Chi often tied people up after noticing how expertly Samui had been bound.

Tsunade fought Killer B and recognized him as Kumogakure's Jinchuriki, forcing her to confront her hemophobia as she tried to protect Fifth Squad. After she signaled her students to retreat and released her Yin Seal, Atsui arrived and revealed that Fifth Squad had already been captured.

• Tsunade and Killer B exchanged attacks above the wheat field, and she sensed the strange Chakra sealed inside him.
• Tsunade tricked Killer B into revealing his connection to Kumogakure and realized he was a Jinchuriki.
• As Killer B prepared to fight seriously, Tsunade considered retreating but chose to stay and protect Fifth Squad despite her fear of bleeding.
• Tsunade fired a green-smoke Signal Flare to order an immediate retreat and released her Yin Seal.
• Atsui arrived and told Killer B that he and his allies had captured Fifth Squad, leaving Tsunade stunned.

Tsunade believed her students had died and prepared to fight Killer B, while Atsui secretly struggled with a betrayal he had been forced to commit. Atsui stabbed Killer B, and Uchiha Chi’s familiar voice sounded behind Tsunade.

• Atsui claimed that he and Samui had defeated Fifth Squad, including Uchiha Chi, and Tsunade believed his account.
• Killer B stepped between Atsui and Tsunade, then asked Tsunade for her name as she grieved for her students.
• Tsunade recalled her students and the night she had won at the casino, then asked Killer B to end the fight quickly.
• As Killer B and Tsunade prepared to battle, Atsui stabbed Killer B with his sword and pierced through his body with a burst of flames.
• Killer B fell and asked Atsui why, while Atsui knelt and apologized; then Uchiha Chi’s voice sounded behind Tsunade.

Uchiha Chi reunited with Tsunade after defeating the threat to Fifth Squad, and reassured her that he would never abandon her. When the supposedly dead Killer B revived and revealed himself as a Jinchuriki, Tsunade confronted her fear of blood to protect Chi, who stood beside her and refused to leave.

• Uchiha Chi returned to Tsunade and explained that Atsui had turned on his companion under the influence of Chi's Sharingan genjutsu, while Kurenai and Kakashi were safe.
• Tsunade scolded Uchiha Chi for ignoring her retreat signal, but he told her he could not abandon her, and the two grew closer as they bickered.
• Tsunade recalled that the dead Ninja's name was Killer B, and Uchiha Chi realized he was the suspected Jinchuriki of Kumogakure.
• Killer B revived, soothed the guilt-ridden Atsui, and knocked him unconscious before confronting Uchiha Chi and Tsunade.
• Killer B pulled a bloodied blade from his body to trigger Tsunade's fear of blood, but Tsunade overcame it and stepped forward to protect Uchiha Chi.
• Uchiha Chi took Tsunade's hand and stood beside her, insisting that he would not abandon his companion.

Tsunade overcame her fear and fought alongside Uchiha Chi against Killer B, trusting Chi to protect her during a dangerous opening. Chi wounded Killer B with a copied Cloud Style technique, but Killer B began drawing on the Eight-Tails’ power as the battle intensified.

• Tsunade joined Uchiha Chi and gained the Chakra Scalpel after resolving to fight with him.
• Killer B charged at Uchiha Chi, who used Sharingan genjutsu and a Lightning Clone to paralyze him.
• Tsunade attacked Killer B’s chest with the Chakra Scalpel, but Killer B recovered quickly and struck at her throat.
• Tsunade pressed forward, trusting Uchiha Chi, while Chi appeared behind Killer B and slashed him with the copied Cloud Style Swift Slash.
• Killer B healed his back wound with Chakra, acknowledged Chi’s skill, and unleashed crimson Chakra tails as he prepared to fight harder.

Uchiha Chi fought Killer B after Killer B drew on the Eight-Tails’ Chakra, while Tsunade watched and supported him. After seeing Uchiha Chi hold his own without relying on the Sharingan, the Eight-Tails began to doubt its reputation and went to question Nine-Tails about Uchiha Madara.

• Killer B activated a Chakra cloak and charged at Tsunade, whose Chakra Scalpel conducted lightning from his sword.
• Uchiha Chi intervened to protect Tsunade and traded blows with Killer B, matching his strength and damaging both of his swords with Chakra Scalpels.
• Killer B and the Eight-Tails wondered how Uchiha Chi fought so effectively without using the Sharingan.
• The Eight-Tails recalled Nine-Tails cursing Uchiha Madara and the Sharingan, then suspected Nine-Tails had actually lost to Madara’s Taijutsu.
• The Eight-Tails went to Nine-Tails’ door in the Sage of Six Paths’ spiritual space and demanded to ask it something.

The Nine-Tails manipulated the Eight-Tails into believing that the Sharingan was overrated, prompting Gyuki and Killer B to challenge Uchiha Chi. As the Eight-Tails overwhelmed Chi with a barrage of attacks, Chi revealed that his earlier panic had been an act and activated his Three Tomoe Sharingan.

• The Eight-Tails questioned the Nine-Tails about Uchiha Madara, and the Nine-Tails let Gyuki believe he had been beaten by Taijutsu rather than subdued by the Sharingan.
• Gyuki told the other Tailed Beasts that the Sharingan was weak, while the Nine-Tails secretly listened and planned to let them learn the truth the hard way.
• Gyuki convinced Killer B that Uchiha Chi's Taijutsu was the real threat and persuaded him to hand over control of his body for ten minutes.
• The Eight-Tails took control of Killer B and charged at Uchiha Chi, while Tsunade stepped aside to recover and Chi agreed to handle the fight.
• The Eight-Tails smashed through Chi's Earth Flow Wall and overwhelmed his Fire, Wind, and Lightning Style techniques with its Chakra.
• As the Eight-Tails reached to crush him, Uchiha Chi dropped his frightened expression and activated his spinning Three Tomoe Sharingan.

Uchiha Chi overwhelmed the Eight-Tails with bizarre regeneration and repeated Sharingan illusions, leaving it terrified and submissive. Tsunade watched from nearby as the Eight-Tails begged Chi not to use the Sharingan on it again.

• The Eight-Tails cut Uchiha Chi into pieces with Acrobat, but Chi’s scattered body reassembled and shocked it.
• The Eight-Tails attacked Chi with Lightning Pen, Lariat, and Head Eight-Blade, yet Chi regenerated and continued advancing.
• Chi trapped the Eight-Tails in an illusion, choked it beneath a blood-red moon, and began a classroom lesson with a math problem.
• Tsunade watched Chi and the possessed Killer B from nearby, then obeyed Chi’s signal not to attack.
• Chi subjected the Eight-Tails to further illusions about impossible math questions and his Ninja Completion Plan, leaving it broken and terrified.
• The Eight-Tails returned to reality, dropped to its knees, and begged Chi to spare it from further Sharingan illusions.

Uchiha Chi forced the Eight-Tails to submit, then made it agree to accompany him and Tsunade to Konoha and keep his secrets from the other Tailed Beasts. The group left with Atsui, while Samui woke from a strange dream with a flushed face.

• Uchiha Chi used the Sharingan to torment the Eight-Tails until it agreed to reveal its manifested form and spare Killer B.
• Uchiha Chi cut off one of the Eight-Tails' horns, then required it to return to Konoha with him and stop Killer B from attacking.
• The Eight-Tails agreed not to tell Shukaku, Matatabi, or the other Tailed Beasts about Uchiha Chi, but blamed the Nine-Tails for leaking their ability to communicate.
• Uchiha Chi and Tsunade left the wheat field, and the Eight-Tails picked up the sleeping Atsui and followed them.
• Samui dreamed that Uchiha Chi defeated her squad and interrogated her, then woke to a curly-haired girl asking why her face was red.

Uchiha Chi returned to Konoha with Tsunade after capturing Samui, Atsui, and Killer B, leaving Samui stunned by her companions’ capture. At the Hokage Building, Sarutobi Hiruzen learned Fifth Squad had completed the mission, while Uchiha Chi revealed Killer B was about as strong as Tsunade.

• Yūhi Kurenai kept Samui tied up after Samui tried to kill herself, and Samui eventually gave up resisting.
• Tsunade returned with Uchiha Chi, praised Samui’s abilities, and asked Uchiha Chi what he planned to do with her.
• Uchiha Chi freed Samui from her ropes and told her she would stay in Konoha, then revealed that Killer B and Atsui had also been captured.
• Nara Shikaku informed Sarutobi Hiruzen that Fifth Squad had been sent to retrieve intelligence from the Land of Fields border, and Hiruzen worried after learning Killer B’s strength was unknown.
• Uchiha Chi told Nara Shikaku that Killer B was probably about as strong as Tsunade.

Tsunade reported that Fifth Squad had captured Killer B, Kumogakure’s Jinchuriki, leaving Sarutobi Hiruzen stunned and worried about the consequences. As the Hokage prepared to deal with Kumogakure, Tsunade stayed behind to demand better training funds, pay, mission compensation, and damages for the mission’s misclassification.

• Nara Shikaku questioned Uchiha Chi’s claim that his strength rivaled Tsunade’s, then explained why he had rated the mission B-rank.
• Tsunade confronted Sarutobi Hiruzen over the danger Fifth Squad had faced on its mission outside the village.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen sensed the three captives and discovered that one had immense Chakra; Tsunade identified him as Killer B, a Jinchuriki.
• Tsunade told Sarutobi Hiruzen that how she had defeated Killer B was classified, while she privately credited Uchiha Chi’s Sharingan ability.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered Nara Shikaku to take the Kumogakure captives somewhere to rest and dismissed the Anbu squads.
• Tsunade refused Sarutobi Hiruzen’s offer to become Hokage and demanded more support and compensation for Fifth Squad.

Sarutobi Hiruzen and Danzo argued over Konoha’s response to Kumogakure and Tsunade’s team, while Danzo suspected Uchiha Chi’s newly awakened Sharingan had helped defeat the Jinchuriki. Danzo resolved to target Chi through Root, as Chi celebrated his first mission outside the village at Ichiraku Ramen and received system rewards.

• Tsunade left the Hokage’s Office after securing promises from Sarutobi Hiruzen, who worried over the cost of her demands.
• Danzo urged Hiruzen to let him run the village and advocated detaining Kumogakure’s Jinchuriki, but Hiruzen insisted on negotiation and warned him not to target Tsunade’s people.
• Danzo returned to Root, revealed his Two-Tomoe Sharingan, and concluded that Uchiha Chi’s Sharingan had helped Tsunade defeat the Jinchuriki.
• Danzo decided to send expendable Root operatives after Chi while ensuring their actions could not be traced back to him.
• Uchiha Chi visited Ichiraku Ramen after completing his first mission outside the village and received system points and a defense increase after Hiruzen was surprised by him.

Uchiha Chi learned that Shimura Danzō had taken an interest in him and suspected Danzō had discovered he awakened the Sharingan. After sharing ramen with Tsunade, he followed her to an abandoned Senju building, where she asked whether anyone had seen his Sharingan.

• The system detected greed from Shimura Danzō and awarded Uchiha Chi points and increased Damage Increase.
• Uchiha Chi suspected Danzō had learned about his Sharingan and expected him to act soon.
• Tsunade joined Uchiha Chi at Ichiraku Ramen Shop, and they ate together.
• Tsunade invited Uchiha Chi for a walk and took him to an abandoned Senju Clan building.
• Tsunade asked Uchiha Chi whether anyone had seen his Sharingan.

Uchiha Chi explained that fear of losing Tsunade during their battle with Killer B had awakened his Three-Tomoe Sharingan. Tsunade comforted him with an embrace, then quickly let go when he asked when she planned to release him.

• Tsunade asked Uchiha Chi who knew about his Three-Tomoe Sharingan, and he said only she did.
• Uchiha Chi told Tsunade that he believed he had awakened the Sharingan in the Land of Fields when he feared losing her to Killer B.
• He described how Tsunade had struggled to protect him despite her hemophobia, moving Tsunade with his words.
• Onion bits made Uchiha Chi's eyes burn and brought him to tears, so Tsunade pulled him into an embrace and promised they would live well.
• Uchiha Chi hugged Tsunade back and asked when she would let him go, prompting her to release him and retreat.

Tsunade warned Uchiha Chi to hide his Three-Tomoe Sharingan and stay alert for anyone watching him. Before they parted, she gave him her necklace and a key to the neglected place, leaving him to admire Konoha after night fell.

• Tsunade told Uchiha Chi not to reveal his Three-Tomoe Sharingan unless his life was in danger and warned him that Shimura Danzō might target him.
• Tsunade told Uchiha Chi to run to the Senju Clan Compound if he noticed anyone following him.
• Tsunade gave Uchiha Chi the Death Necklace, explaining that it carried her grandfather's Chakra and joking that it only shortened his life.
• Uchiha Chi accepted the necklace and reassured Tsunade that he would wear it properly.
• Tsunade gave Uchiha Chi a silver key and told him to lock the door and clean the place without expecting payment before she hurried away.
• Uchiha Chi pocketed the key and stayed behind to admire Konoha as night fell.

Uchiha Chi was ambushed by Root agents led by Yakushi Nonō, who had been ordered by Danzo to capture him. He dodged Nonō’s attacks and used an onion-based technique to make her cry, introducing his new ninjutsu, the Ultimate: Tear-Streaming Technique.

• Uchiha Chi left the abandoned Senju shopping district and noticed the streets of southern Konoha were unnaturally empty.
• Two masked Root agents surrounded Uchiha Chi and ordered him to come with them.
• Uchiha Chi recognized the agents as Root and insisted they show respect for Lady Tsunade.
• Yakushi Nonō attacked Uchiha Chi after Danzo had pressured her to carry out the mission, partly by promising living expenses for her orphanage.
• Uchiha Chi dodged Nonō’s strikes and used an onion to make her eyes stream with tears.
• Uchiha Chi explained that he was developing his own ninjutsu and named the onion technique Ultimate: Tear-Streaming Technique.

Uchiha Chi fought Aburame Torune and Yakushi Nonō after Torune threatened the orphanage, revealing the power of his Thunder Fire Sword. The chapter ended with Torune realizing that Chi was far more capable than his files suggested, despite still being a Genin.

• Aburame Torune threatened Yakushi Nonō with reporting her to Danzo, and Uchiha Chi offered to protect the orphanage if she joined him.
• Yakushi Nonō rejected Chi’s offer and attacked him, while Torune unleashed his Kikaichū swarm from behind.
• Uchiha Chi cut through the swarm with his Thunder Fire Sword and burned Torune’s insects to ashes, earning new rewards and the Insect Clone technique.
• Uchiha Chi revealed that he had just developed the Thunder Fire Sword, while Yakushi Nonō lay collapsed nearby.
• Aburame Torune deduced that Chi had combined multiple techniques, and Chi reminded him that he was still only a Genin.

Uchiha Chi revealed that Aburame Torune had been trapped in genjutsu and captured him with Yakushi Nonō’s help. After Torune attacked Nonō, Chi kicked him repeatedly, earning secret techniques from the system, then hurried off with the unconscious prisoner while Nonō decided to follow.

• Uchiha Chi offered Aburame Torune a chance to surrender, but Torune slashed his own throat rather than betray Root.
• Uchiha Chi revealed Torune was still caught in genjutsu, and Yakushi Nonō appeared alive beside them.
• Torune attacked Nonō but fell because Uchiha Chi had bound him with rope, so Chi kicked him for targeting his subordinate.
• Uchiha Chi’s kicks earned him the Kikaichū and Insect Sphere secret techniques, and he continued until Torune passed out.
• Uchiha Chi ordered Torune taken along, and Yakushi Nonō chose to hoist the prisoner onto her shoulder and follow him.

Uchiha Chi returned to his cottage and found Nohara Rin waiting with pastries and hoping to confess her feelings. Their conversation was interrupted by Yakushi Nonō bringing Aburame Torune, and Rin ran off before she could say what she wanted.

• Uchiha Chi found Nohara Rin asleep on his cottage steps after she had waited for him to return from his mission.
• Nohara Rin gave Uchiha Chi a box of homemade pastries and tried to confess her feelings, but heavy footsteps interrupted them.
• Yakushi Nonō arrived with the unconscious Aburame Torune, and Uchiha Chi told Rin that an Anbu Ninja had brought him over after he won money gambling.
• Uchiha Chi ordered Yakushi Nonō to take Aburame Torune to the storage room while he stayed outside with Nohara Rin.
• Nohara Rin handed Uchiha Chi the pastries but became too flustered to confess and ran off, promising to return after he finished his business.