Chapter Summaries

Genma discovered that Itachi Uchiha was the only candidate to pass Hanfu’s second exam, so he held the third exam immediately and let Itachi choose a proctor to face. Itachi’s skill gave him the upper hand, leaving the proctor caught off guard by a volley of redirected kunai and shuriken.

• Genma arrived at the Central Tower and learned that Itachi was the only candidate who had passed the second exam.
• Genma set the third exam to begin immediately, requiring Itachi to last ten minutes against a Chunin Proctor of his choice.
• Hanfu revealed that Tagorihime was his Summoning Animal from Ryūchi Cave, prompting Genma to ask how he could find one too.
• After resting, Itachi chose the third proctor on the right, and Genma began the match without revealing whether that proctor was the weakest.
• Itachi exchanged attacks with the proctor, then used a Shadow Clone and a Uchiha kunai-throwing technique to redirect his weapons toward the distracted opponent.

Itachi Uchiha passed the Chunin Exam’s third test, and Namikaze Minato approved announcing the promotion results in three days. Minato hired Hanfu as Naruto Namikaze’s home tutor, but Naruto immediately resisted lessons and left Hanfu to deal with the mess on Kage Rock.

• Genma Shiranui stopped Itachi Uchiha’s test, confirmed that he had passed, and took Hanfu to report the exam results to Namikaze Minato.
• Namikaze Minato approved announcing the Chunin promotions in three days and asked Hanfu to tutor Naruto because Naruto was acting out over his parents’ use of Shadow Clones.
• Hanfu found five-year-old Naruto painting Kage Rock and introduced himself as Naruto’s new home tutor.
• Naruto demanded to learn the Shadow Clone Technique, rejected Hanfu’s attempts to distract him, and blamed Hanfu for the vandalism before running away.
• Three ninja guarding Kage Rock ordered Hanfu to clean the paint, and Hanfu fled when they threatened to report him.

Itachi passed the Chunin Exams and told Fugaku he wanted to join Anbu instead of the Konoha Military Police Force. Meanwhile, Hayate caught Naruto trying to sneak away, punished him by hanging him upside down and whipping him, then accompanied him to Ichiraku Ramen.

• Itachi returned home and told Fugaku he had passed the Chunin Exams as the only successful candidate.
• Fugaku urged Itachi to join the Konoha Military Police Force, but Itachi said he wanted to join Anbu.
• Naruto ran into Hayate in the forest, where Hayate confronted him for trying to blame him for a prank.
• Naruto pretended to cry, kicked Hayate, and tried to flee, but Hayate caught him and hung him upside down.
• Hayate struck Naruto with a Water Whip until Naruto felt dizzy, then let him down.
• Naruto offered to treat Hayate to ramen, and the two headed to Ichiraku Ramen.

At Ichiraku Ramen, Gekko Hanfu gave Naruto a Flying Thunder God Kunai and used it to bring him back after Naruto ran off. Naruto agreed to make Hanfu his Home Tutor and start learning to read, though he was eager to learn ninjutsu.

• Naruto and Hanfu ate ramen at Teuchi’s shop, where Naruto stole Hanfu’s meat and eggs.
• Hanfu gave Naruto a Kunai engraved with his Flying Thunder God Formula and an empty Ninja Tool Pouch, claiming the weapon was a war trophy.
• Naruto ran off, but Hanfu used the Kunai’s mark to bring him back to Ichiraku Ramen and made him pay the 1,800 bill.
• Naruto asked Hanfu how he had brought him back and agreed to accept him as his Home Tutor in exchange for learning ninjutsu.
• Hanfu told Naruto he needed to learn to read first, and Naruto finally agreed to study with him.

Yuki Kanpyo brought Takigawa Hyuga to Akatsuki, where Deva Path Pain accepted him despite doubts that he might be a spy. In Konoha, Hanfu caught Naruto vandalizing the Hokage monument, tried to make him study before teaching him Shadow Clone, and ended by taking him to Ichiraku Ramen.

• Yuki Kanpyo introduced Takigawa Hyuga to Deva Path Pain, Konan, and Zetsu, and Takigawa said he wanted revenge on the Hyuga Main Family for the Caged Bird Seal.
• Deva Path Pain and Black Zetsu questioned Takigawa Hyuga's loyalty, but Deva Path Pain accepted him into Akatsuki and gave him the Blue ring and a cloak.
• Deva Path Pain warned Yuki Kanpyo that he would be responsible if Takigawa Hyuga leaked Akatsuki's intelligence.
• Hanfu used Sage Mode and Flying Thunder God to reach Naruto on Kage Rock, where he found Naruto preparing to paint the monument again.
• Hanfu teased Naruto about seeking his parents' attention and offered to teach him Shadow Clone after a reading lesson; Naruto soon threw the book down the cliff, and Hanfu agreed to take him to Ichiraku Ramen.

Hanfu and Naruto waited at the Hokage Building to catch Morino Idate and his teacher, Aoi Rokushō, after discovering their plan to steal valuable items. When a thief broke into the building that night, Hanfu rushed after him with Naruto and recognized the target as the Forbidden Archives.

• Naruto asked Hanfu to take him to the Hokage Building but hesitated to enter Namikaze Minato's office.
• Hanfu recognized Morino Idate as one of two suspicious men and secretly followed him with Naruto.
• Morino Idate agreed to help Aoi Rokushō steal the Second Hokage's Raijin Sword and the Scroll of Sealing.
• Hanfu and Naruto returned to the Hokage Building to wait for the thieves, and Minato found them but encouraged Naruto to see the task through.
• After nightfall, a thief entered the building, and Hanfu carried Naruto upstairs in pursuit.
• Hanfu saw the shadow slip into the Forbidden Archives, where the Second Hokage's Forbidden Jutsu research was kept.

Hanfu and Naruto caught Morino Idate breaking into the Forbidden Archives and secretly collected the Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags from the Scroll of Sealing. Hanfu brought Idate to Anbu Headquarters, where Morino Ibiki learned his younger brother was the intruder and began taking him for questioning.

• Morino Idate entered the Forbidden Archives to steal the Raijin Sword and Scroll of Sealing, but Hanfu and Naruto caught him before he could take anything.
• Naruto unrolled the Scroll of Sealing and searched for the Shadow Clone Technique while Hanfu used the Collection Technique to obtain the Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags.
• Hanfu discovered the Eight Inner Gates Formation farther down the scroll, then fled with Naruto and the unconscious Idate when the Anbu returned.
• Hanfu and Naruto brought Idate to Anbu Headquarters, where Ibiki recognized his younger brother and agreed to question him about the attempted theft and its ringleader.
• Aoi Rokushō saw the alarm signal, realized Idate had not returned with the stolen items, and decided to flee Konoha.

After Morino Idate confessed that Aoi Rokushō had sent him to steal from the Archives, Hanfu left the investigation to the Anbu and took Naruto for ramen. Aoi tried to flee Konoha, but the gate guards raised the alarm, and Hanfu spotted a silver-white figure racing over the rooftops.

• Hawk arrived at the Hokage Building, learned that someone had broken into the Archives, and ordered Konoha sealed.
• Morino Idate confessed to Ibiki that his instructor, Aoi Rokushō, had sent him after the Raijin Sword and the Scroll of Sealing.
• Hanfu and Naruto overheard that Idate had taken nothing, then left the rest of the investigation to the Anbu and headed to Ichiraku Ramen.
• Aoi Rokushō tried to leave Konoha, but Izumo Kamizuki and Kotetsu Hagane stopped him, and he fled after Izumo fired a signal flare.
• Hanfu saw a silver-white figure racing away over the rooftops and suspected it was Kakashi.

Namikaze Minato investigated the Archives theft and discovered that Naruto had tampered with the Scroll of Sealing, while Hayate considered how to grow strong enough to face future threats. After eating with Naruto, Hayate used his Collection Technique on him and obtained a purple star.

• Namikaze Minato found that someone had tampered with the Scroll of Sealing and ordered Hawk to capture Aoi Rokushō.
• Hayate worried about future enemies and considered whether collecting Uzumaki Clan Constitutions could help him develop a Sage Body.
• Namikaze Minato confronted Naruto about the scroll, and Naruto admitted he had looked at it.
• Hayate told Namikaze Minato he had learned the Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags, and Minato warned him not to use it except in dire need.
• Hayate used his Collection Technique on Naruto after they finished eating, and a purple star emerged from the Green Light Orb.

Hanfu decided to collect the Hyuga Clan’s Gentle Fist and invited Hyuga Shinichi to spar, but his first attempt failed. After Shinichi defeated him again, Hanfu successfully collected Gentle Fist: Sixty-Four Palms and prepared to fight in earnest.

• Hanfu considered ways to collect more Uzumaki Clan Constitutions and resolved to pursue the Sharingan, Gentle Fist, and leadership of the Gekko Clan before falling asleep.
• Hanfu met Hyuga Shinichi and brought him to his mansion to spar so he could collect the Gentle Fist.
• Hanfu fought Shinichi using taijutsu and endured Gentle Fist strikes, but his first Collection Technique attempt failed.
• Hanfu challenged Shinichi with a wooden sword and ninjutsu, but Shinichi used his Byakugan and Gentle Fist to defeat him again.
• Hanfu successfully collected Gentle Fist: Sixty-Four Palms and told Shinichi he was going all out.

Hanfu spent three months teaching Naruto and training while collecting abilities, then received Namikaze Minato’s Rasengan instructions on his eighteenth birthday. He collected Minato’s reflexes just before leaving for the Gekko Clan leadership battle against Gekko Kemuri.

• Hanfu defeated Hyuga Shinichi in a spar and later collected an incomplete Kunai Throwing Technique from a child in the Uchiha district.
• Hanfu woke Naruto, took him to Ichiraku Ramen, and persuaded him that learning to read would help him master Shadow Clone.
• Over the next three months, Hanfu tutored Naruto, trained with Namikaze Minato, and collected and fused the Sharingan Kekkei Genkai, but did not obtain Minato’s reflexes.
• On his eighteenth birthday, Hanfu received Namikaze Minato’s Rasengan training scroll at Training Ground 7.
• Hanfu used Collection Technique on Namikaze Minato and obtained his reflexes before leaving to face Gekko Kemuri for the Gekko Clan head position.

Hanfu returned to the Gekko Clan banquet and learned that he would duel Gekko Kemuri to determine the clan’s next head. After Gekko Hoshino announced his retirement, the clan agreed that the winner of the match would succeed him, and the duel was about to begin.

• Hanfu chose to activate Dynamic Vision alongside Namikaze Minato's nerve reflexes and Uzumaki Clan Constitution, leaving Divine Strength inactive.
• Hanfu found the clan gathered for a betting pool on his upcoming duel with Gekko Kemuri and secretly placed a bet on himself.
• Hanfu joined the Gekko Clan banquet, greeted Inoue Gekko and Matsushita Gekko, and claimed his bruised hand came from training for the duel.
• Gekko Hoshino announced he would step down as clan head and named Gekko Kemuri and Gekko Hanfu as candidates to succeed him.
• Inoue Gekko said Gekko Kemuri and Hanfu would fight after dinner, with the winner becoming clan head.

Hanfu and Gekko Kemuri dueled before the Gekko Clan to settle who was stronger. Hanfu revealed his Senjutsu-enhanced Moon Shadow and defeated her, leaving the clan stunned by the extent of his skill.

• Gekko Kemuri opened the duel with Moon Shadow, and Hanfu countered with Dance of Thunder using the Kusanagi Sword.
• Gekko Kemuri matched Hanfu's Dance of Thunder, and the two exchanged attacks until their lightning-charged blades stopped.
• Gekko Kemuri continued with Dance of the Crescent Moon and asked Hanfu to show his full strength in a final strike.
• Hanfu absorbed Natural Energy and used a flawless Moon Shadow that overwhelmed Gekko Kemuri and sent her flying.
• Gekko Kemuri got up, confirmed she was unharmed, and admitted that she had lost.

After defeating Gekko Kemuri, Gekko Hayate became the Gekko Clan Head and delegated clan duties to her and eight elders so he could avoid extra work. He was then summoned to the Anbu Medical Laboratory, where Namikaze Minato revealed that the secret they had discovered was connected to a ring worn by the dead Juzo Biwa.

• Gekko Hoshino, Inoue Gekko, and Old Man Matsushita declared Hayate the new Gekko Clan Head after he defeated Gekko Kemuri.
• Hayate appointed Gekko Kemuri Vice Clan Head and, with Gekko Hoshino's support, organized the clan members into eight elders.
• The clan selected eight elders, including Gekko Hoshino and Hayate's younger brother, while Gekko Kemuri realized Hayate had assigned her the work he wanted to avoid.
• Hayate's younger brother took Hayate's advice about strength to heart and went off to train.
• Wild Cat escorted Hayate to Anbu Headquarters, where Namikaze Minato, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Shikaku Nara, and others awaited him beside Juzo Biwa's body.
• Namikaze Minato told Hayate that the secret they had found was connected not to Juzo Biwa's body but to his ring.

Hanfu explained that Orochimaru, Sasori of the Red Sands, Kakuzu, and Juzo Biwa had rings containing communication devices, prompting Konoha’s leaders to suspect a powerful Missing-nin organization. The leaders planned to send Shisui as a spy, while Hanfu agreed to investigate the Abyss and prepared to leave Konoha.

• Hanfu recognized the black device inside Juzo Biwa’s ring as similar to the Chakra Receivers and told Hiruzen Sarutobi he had seen similar rings on Orochimaru and Sasori of the Red Sands.
• Hanfu added that Kakuzu also wore a ring, and Shikaku Nara concluded that several S-Rank Missing-nin belonged to an organized group distinct from the Abyss.
• Namikaze Minato told Hanfu to join the Abyss if it contacted him again, while the leaders discussed sending a Konoha spy into the Missing-nin organization.
• Hawk suggested Shisui as the spy, and Namikaze Minato said he would discuss the plan with Fugaku and Shisui.
• Hanfu told Namikaze Minato he planned to leave Konoha the next day to make contact with Hozuki Ran more easily, then asked whether a Shadow Clone should continue tutoring Naruto.

Hanfu secretly left Konoha disguised as Takigawa Hyuga while a Shadow Clone departed openly, and Namikaze Minato asked Shisui to pose as a missing-nin and infiltrate a dangerous organization. Fugaku refused the mission, and he later warned Shisui about the risk of blindness from his Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Hanfu told his family he was leaving on a Hokage mission, sent a Shadow Clone out through Konoha's gates, and secretly left disguised as Takigawa Hyuga.
• Namikaze Minato told Fugaku Uchiha and Shisui that he wanted Shisui to defect and infiltrate an organization of S-Rank missing-nin.
• Fugaku refused because the mission was too dangerous, and Namikaze Minato accepted his decision while asking him to keep the intelligence secret.
• Kakashi noticed Shisui's distraction, but Shisui left after Might Guy interrupted them to challenge Kakashi to a duel.
• Fugaku met Shisui at his home, warned him that the Mangekyō Sharingan could make him blind, and told him that Itachi would visit after dinner.

After Anbu announced that Shisui had defected for allegedly trying to control the Fourth Hokage, Itachi sought help from Fugaku and was dismissed. Danzo interpreted the incident as Fugaku’s plot and decided to approach him about joining forces against Namikaze Minato.

• Itachi found Shisui missing, then heard Anbu accuse him of trying to control the Fourth Hokage and defecting; he insisted Shisui was innocent and left to investigate.
• Itachi told Fugaku what had happened, but Fugaku refused to intervene and urged him to consider the clan’s larger interests.
• Namikaze Minato told Kushina that Shisui had defected, and Kushina offered to visit Mikoto before agreeing to stay out of the matter.
• A Root Ninja informed Danzo of Shisui’s alleged attempt to control the Fourth Hokage, and Danzo concluded Fugaku had orchestrated it.
• Danzo decided he might ally with Fugaku against Namikaze Minato, then plotted to approach the Uchiha Clan Head.

Itachi searched for Shisui after the news of his defection spread, while Kakashi deduced that Shisui and Hanfu were secretly infiltrating a rogue ninja organization. Shisui used a Genjutsu to make Itachi believe he had killed Sasuke, awakening Itachi’s Mangekyō Sharingan before leaving to continue his mission.

• Itachi left Konoha to search for Shisui, convinced that Shisui had not attacked the Hokage.
• Fugaku ordered the Uchiha elites to gather at Naka Shrine, while Namikaze Minato told Kakashi not to pursue Shisui.
• Kakashi reasoned that Shisui’s defection was a cover for a spy mission and suspected Hanfu had left to protect him.
• Itachi found Shisui on a cliff, where Shisui’s Genjutsu made him see Sasuke being killed and awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Shisui placed a Genjutsu on Itachi to warn him against overusing the Mangekyō, then left to continue his mission.

Itachi returned home and found Sasuke safe, while the Uchiha clan gathered to debate Shisui’s defection. Uchiha Fugaku blamed Mizusawa Uchiha for ordering Shisui’s attack, had him sent to the Hokage, and promised to seek Shisui’s return.

• Itachi rushed home, embraced Sasuke, and hid his tears while questioning why Shisui had used Genjutsu against him.
• More than two hundred Uchiha Sharingan users gathered at Naka Shrine, where the clan split over whether the Fourth Hokage or Shimura Danzō was behind Shisui’s defection.
• Uchiha Fugaku accused Mizusawa Uchiha of ordering Shisui to control the Fourth Hokage and trying to provoke a conflict between the clan and the village.
• The clan members overwhelmed Mizusawa Uchiha’s protests, bound him, and sent him to the Hokage Building.
• Uchiha Fugaku told the clan he would ask the Fourth Hokage to revoke Shisui’s warrant and Missing-nin status, then left the shrine with Mikoto Uchiha.

Danzo planned to pressure the Uchiha Clan, while Pain learned that Shisui had become a Konoha missing-nin. Takigawa Hyuga carried out a risky switch with his main body to infiltrate Akatsuki, then clashed with Kakuzu before a White Zetsu Clone stopped the fight.

• Danzo decided to enlist Koharu and Homura to pressure the Uchiha Clan after Mizusawa Uchiha took the blame for Shisui’s attempt to control Minato.
• White Zetsu told Pain that Shisui had defected after trying to control Minato, and Pain ordered him to investigate cautiously.
• Takigawa Hyuga lured Kakuzu away from the dock, then used an exploding tag and Flying Thunder God Formula to switch places with his main body and take the Akatsuki cloak and ring.
• Kakuzu attacked Takigawa with an Earth Style stone dragon, but Takigawa destroyed it with Gentle Fist strikes.
• A White Zetsu Clone intervened and warned Kakuzu that Pain would be angry if he continued fighting Takigawa.