Chapter Summaries

Kiyohara and his team reached the Kikyo Pass front, delivered supplies, and received orders to guard an orphanage and wounded soldiers in the rear. At the orphanage, Kiyohara reunited with Yakushi Nonō, who reported signs of a concealed Sunagakure reconnaissance squad nearby.

• Kiyohara experimented with Lightning Release to reinforce his body and test nerve stimulation on a summoned Invisible Chameleon.
• Kiyohara, Kurenai Yuhi, and Genma Shiranui arrived at the devastated Kikyo Pass and delivered their supplies to Nara Enchu.
• Nara Enchu assigned the team to protect an orphanage and a nearby wounded resettlement site from a possible Sunagakure threat.
• The team reached the orphanage and met its director, Yakushi Nonō, whom Kiyohara recognized as a former Root intelligence operative.
• Yakushi Nonō told Kiyohara that she had found concealed tracks near the orphanage that likely belonged to a Sunagakure reconnaissance squad.

Kiyohara guarded Yakushi Nonō’s orphanage, donated money, and arranged to observe her Medical Ninjutsu before a Sunagakure squad led by Yura attacked the orphanage at night. Kiyohara and his teammates raised the alarm and launched a counterattack, leaving the fight underway.

• Kiyohara spoke with Kurenai Yuhi while they set traps, and Genma Shiranui interrupted their awkward conversation.
• Kiyohara tested Lightning Release on the Invisible Chameleon through the night while Yakushi Nonō watched his precise chakra control.
• Yakushi Nonō discovered the orphanage faced a funding shortage, and Kiyohara donated eighty thousand ryo and asked to observe her Medical Ninjutsu.
• Kiyohara recognized Yura leading a group of Sunagakure ninjas toward the orphanage and alerted Genma Shiranui and Kurenai Yuhi with Iron Sand Threads.
• Yura’s squad sent puppets toward the traps, but Kiyohara’s Iron Sand Threads ensnared them before Yura snapped the threads.
• Genma Shiranui attacked with Multi-Senbon Rain, Yura ordered his squad to scatter, and Kurenai Yuhi emerged from the orphanage.

Kiyohara and his allies defeated a Sunagakure squad attacking the orphanage, drawing the attention of Sasori, who began planning to turn Kiyohara into a Human Puppet. The next morning, Kiyohara prepared to continue his medical training while guarding the area.

• Kiyohara watched Genma Shiranui and Kurenai Yuhi fight before Yakushi Nonō let him handle the Sunagakure attackers.
• Kiyohara crippled Jira with an Iron Sand Bullet, then used his speed and strength to destroy Yura's puppet arm and kill him.
• Genma Shiranui and Kurenai Yuhi helped Kiyohara finish off the remaining Sunagakure ninja, and he searched the bodies for intelligence and Puppet Technique notes.
• Sasori learned through his puppet scorpions that Yura's squad had been defeated and decided to make Kiyohara, with his Sharingan and Magnet Release, a future Human Puppet.
• The next morning, Kurenai Yuhi gave Kiyohara a rice ball, and he planned to inspect the shantytown while continuing to learn Medical Ninjutsu from Yakushi Nonō.

Kiyohara learned medical ninjutsu from Yakushi Nonō and received antidotes she prepared for Sunagakure poisons. While investigating a ruined town with Nonō and Kurenai Yuhi, he discovered the orphaned Yakushi Kabuto, then encountered Sasori, who planned to turn him into a puppet.

• Kiyohara watched Yakushi Nonō use the Muscle Regeneration Technique, then copied it to heal a wounded ninja's leg.
• Kiyohara asked Yakushi Nonō for antidotes, and she agreed to study the poisons on Sunagakure weapons.
• Yakushi Nonō gave Kiyohara antidotes and asked him to investigate a ruined town; Kiyohara, Kurenai Yuhi, and Nonō set out while Genma Shiranui guarded the orphanage.
• The group found the town destroyed and rescued a badly shaken child whom Kiyohara recognized as Yakushi Kabuto.
• Kiyohara sensed tiny scorpion Puppets watching them, and he and Kurenai Yuhi destroyed them before their owner arrived.
• Sasori emerged in Hiruko and revealed that he intended to capture Kiyohara and make him a long-range puppet.

Kiyohara and his companions fought Sasori, who wanted to turn Kiyohara into a human puppet. After Kiyohara destroyed Hiruko and Sasori revealed the Third Kazekage puppet, Kiyohara began wresting control of its Iron Sand from him.

• Sasori attacked Kiyohara, Kurenai Yuhi, Yakushi Nonō, and Yakushi Kabuto with poisoned needles, but Kiyohara defended them with Iron Sand and Wind Release.
• Kiyohara spotted Hiruko's wooden back as its weakness, and Kurenai Yuhi used Genjutsu to distract Sasori while Kiyohara struck the puppet.
• Kiyohara pierced Hiruko's back with an Electromagnetic Fist, forcing Sasori to emerge from the puppet and revealing his youthful true body.
• Sasori summoned the Third Kazekage, revealed that he had killed him and made him a puppet, then attacked Kiyohara's group with Iron Sand.
• Kiyohara used his Magnet Release to challenge Sasori's control of the Iron Sand, causing the grains to divide between them.

Kiyohara fought Sasori and his puppets, with Uchiha Kiyohara temporarily possessing him and lending him the Three-Tomoe Sharingan’s insight. Sasori escaped after Kiyohara wounded him, leaving behind his research notes and a scroll marked “Ten.”

• Kiyohara bound the Third Kazekage puppet with Iron Sand chains, endured Sasori’s corrosive attacks, and used a massive Fireball Jutsu to destroy his Thousand-Armed Manipulation.
• Yakushi Nonō gave Kiyohara, Kurenai Yuhi, and Yakushi Kabuto antidotes, then revealed her knowledge of Sasori’s poisons as the fight resumed against his puppets.
• Sasori unleashed Iron Sand attacks and trapped Kiyohara in a spiked cage, prompting Uchiha Kiyohara to possess him and lend him Three-Tomoe Sharingan vision.
• Uchiha Kiyohara used the Mirror Flower genjutsu to distract Sasori, allowing Kiyohara to escape the cage and pierce Sasori’s lung with a kunai.
• Sasori detonated his puppets to cover his escape, but Kiyohara cut off his arm and recovered his tool pouch, which contained research notes and a scroll marked “Ten.”

After returning from the orphanage mission, Kiyohara reached Konoha and sparred with Kakashi, copying Chidori with the Sharingan. Shisui told him that Itachi had gone to the front lines with Fugaku, then offered to arrange a meeting when Itachi returned.

• Kiyohara and his team ended their guard mission, and Yakushi Nonō gave Kiyohara her medical notes and poison antidote formulas before they returned to Kikyo Pass.
• Kiyohara reported Sasori’s Third Kazekage puppet to Nara Enchu, then traveled back to Konoha with Kurenai Yuhi and Genma Shiranui.
• Kiyohara met Kakashi and sparred with him at Training Ground 3, where Uchiha Kiyohara used the Sharingan to copy Kakashi’s Chidori.
• Shisui told Kiyohara and Kakashi that Fugaku had taken four-year-old Itachi to the front lines and offered to arrange a meeting after Itachi returned.
• Kiyohara agreed to guide Itachi, while Kakashi left Kiyohara with Nohara Rin after teasing him about their closeness.

Kiyohara discussed Medical Ninjutsu with Nohara Rin, while Sarutobi Hiruzen arranged for Tsunade to teach him to keep him from falling under Danzo's influence. Meanwhile, Obito learned Uchiha Madara's plans and returned to Konoha, where he visited his old Uchiha home before setting out to find Kakashi and Nohara Rin.

• Kiyohara demonstrated his chakra control and Medical Ninjutsu to Nohara Rin, and they exchanged medical knowledge before she left.
• Uchiha Madara taught Obito the Six Paths techniques, told him to find Nagato and retrieve the Rinnegan, and sent him out to act as Madara.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen worried that Danzo would draw Kiyohara into his sphere of influence, but Jiraiya declined to take Kiyohara as a disciple.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen offered Tsunade three million ryo for research funding, and she agreed to teach Kiyohara for several months.
• Kiyohara accepted Tsunade's instruction while remaining Orochimaru's assistant and resolved to watch out for Danzo.
• Obito returned to Konoha with White Zetsu, entered the Uchiha Compound using Kamui, visited his former home, and planned to see Kakashi and Nohara Rin.

Obito visited Konoha and saw Rin alive at the hospital, then went to Kiyohara’s home to test the young shinobi. Kiyohara detected Obito and fought him with ninjutsu, Iron Sand, and taijutsu as the battle drew attention, but Obito remained dangerous and the fight continued.

• Obito watched Rin treating patients at Konoha Hospital and left after realizing she did not remember him as he was.
• Obito reached Kiyohara’s home, where Uchiha Kiyohara detected him and warned Kiyohara of his presence.
• Kiyohara used Wind Release, Fire Release, Chidori, and Iron Sand attacks to expose Obito’s intangibility and keep him occupied.
• Obito countered with Kamui, shuriken, and chains while Kiyohara’s attacks damaged the courtyard and alarmed nearby residents.
• Obito closed in for hand-to-hand combat, but Kiyohara matched his strength and taijutsu, leaving Obito surprised by his ability.

Nohara Rin arrived at Kiyohara’s residence during a battle and helped him drive off a masked Sharingan user, who was secretly Obito. Konoha began investigating the attacker, while Obito watched Rin and Kiyohara together and resolved to grow stronger; the next day, Kiyohara prepared to move from his damaged home.

• Nohara Rin learned that Lady Tsunade planned to teach Kiyohara Medical Ninjutsu and hurried to visit him after work.
• Nohara Rin disrupted Obito’s attack with her Medical Binding Technique, allowing Kiyohara to counterattack, but Obito escaped through Kamui.
• Nohara Rin treated Kiyohara’s wound, and Anbu and the Konoha Military Police Force questioned them and began investigating the masked attacker.
• Obito watched Nohara Rin escort Kiyohara home, mistook rainwater on his wrist for a tear, and decided to keep improving his abilities.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen suspected Danzo might be behind the attack but ordered the Anbu to continue gathering information.
• Kiyohara packed his belongings to move from his ruined residence, and Kurenai Yuhi asked what had happened to his house.

After his home was destroyed in an attack by a masked man, Kiyohara moved into Tsunade’s residence and began studying Medical Ninjutsu and Sealing Jutsu under her guidance. He trained Kurenai Yuhi in Wind Release, then accepted Sarutobi Asuma’s challenge and defeated him instantly.

• Kurenai Yuhi worried about Kiyohara’s recent absence, and Kiyohara promised to teach her Wind Release during their missions.
• Shizune invited Kiyohara to stay at Tsunade’s residence for five thousand ryō a month, and Kiyohara accepted before recounting the masked man’s attack to Tsunade.
• Tsunade made Kiyohara her disciple, checked his Medical Ninjutsu control, and agreed to test his aptitude for Sealing Jutsu.
• Kiyohara moved into an empty room at the Senju residence and taught Kurenai Yuhi Wind Release: Small Vacuum Blast at Training Ground 3.
• Sarutobi Asuma challenged Kiyohara to a spar with a ninjutsu exchange as the wager, and Kiyohara accepted.
• Kiyohara evaded Asuma’s Fire Release: Great Flame Technique with the Body Flicker Technique and Repulsion, then touched Asuma’s shoulder to end the match in an instant.

Kiyohara’s team joined Namikaze Minato’s team on a mission to investigate Anrokuzan’s secret puppet weapons in the Ancient Kingdom of Roran and the dangerous Ryūmyaku. After traveling across the desert, they infiltrated the kingdom and found a vast steel city built on puppets that depended on Ryūmyaku chakra.

• Kiyohara defeated Sarutobi Asuma in a spar and accepted a Water Release ninjutsu from him in exchange for the Body Flicker Technique.
• Tsunade told Kiyohara and Kurenai Yuhi that Genma Shiranui was taking leave after his father died, and Shizune would replace him on the team.
• Tsunade assigned Kiyohara, Shizune, and Kurenai Yuhi to join Namikaze Minato, Kakashi, and Nohara Rin in investigating Anrokuzan’s puppet weapons in the Ancient Kingdom of Roran.
• Kiyohara secretly commissioned Flying Shuttles made from Kubikiribōchō fragments and used Genjutsu to conceal the order and its materials from the blacksmith.
• The teams traveled through the Land of Wind, where Tsunade checked that Nohara Rin’s Three-Tails seal remained stable and Kiyohara shared desert survival advice with the group.
• The teams infiltrated the Ancient Kingdom of Roran and discovered a steel city filled with clockwork mechanisms and puppets powered by Ryūmyaku chakra.

Kiyohara’s team discovered that Rōran’s citizens were puppets and rescued Queen Sara after a puppet pushed her from a tower. Two masked Konoha ninjas from the future, Future Kurenai Yuhi and Future Nohara Rin, helped the group escape the puppet attack, and Sara agreed to guide them toward the Ryūmyaku.

• Kiyohara and his companions entered Rōran and learned that the silent crowds in the city were puppets controlled by chakra threads.
• A puppet pushed Queen Sara from the tower, and Kiyohara caught her before she hit the ground.
• Future Kurenai Yuhi and Future Nohara Rin arrived, revealed that they were tracking the rogue ninja Mukade, and helped the group fight through the puppets.
• Kiyohara told Tsunade that the masked women were likely their future selves, and Tsunade agreed to conceal that they had recognized them.
• Sara learned that Anrokuzan was Mukade and asked the group to take her to her real people.
• Kiyohara explained that they needed to locate the Ryūmyaku chakra, and Sara agreed to help them find it.

Kiyohara and his allies discovered that Anrokuzan had enslaved Rōran’s citizens to build puppets and fought him with the Ryūmyaku’s power. After bringing down his giant puppet form, Kiyohara and Sara headed for the control room beneath the royal palace to seal the Ryūmyaku while the others held Anrokuzan back.

• Sara saw Rōran’s citizens imprisoned and forced to assemble puppets, and Kiyohara explained that Anrokuzan had killed her mother and kept her alive as a key to the Ryūmyaku.
• Anrokuzan revealed that he knew Kiyohara had come from the future, sealed the exits, and unleashed an army of combat puppets.
• Kiyohara, Tsunade, Namikaze Minato, Kakashi, and the two future kunoichi fought through the puppet horde, and Minato created an opening for Kiyohara to strike Anrokuzan down.
• Anrokuzan regenerated and transformed into an enormous puppet empowered by the Ryūmyaku, but the group damaged its joints and transmission points until it crashed to the ground.
• When Anrokuzan began regenerating again, Sara revealed that the Ryūmyaku’s control room lay beneath the royal palace, so Kiyohara took her there while Minato prepared to help seal it and the others held Anrokuzan back.

Kiyohara and Namikaze Minato sealed the Dragon Vein and defeated Anrokuzan, completing their mission in Rōran. Future Kurenai Yuhi and Future Nohara Rin returned to their own time, and Minato sealed everyone’s memories before Kiyohara woke in the same place still remembering what happened.

• Kiyohara helped Queen Sara lead Rōran’s citizens into a sealed Inner Courtyard, then fought through Anrokuzan’s puppets to reach the Dragon Vein Nexus.
• Kiyohara used Sara’s ruby necklace to seal away some Dragon Vein chakra before Namikaze Minato sealed the Dragon Vein source.
• Kiyohara, Minato, Tsunade, and Nohara Rin destroyed Anrokuzan’s giant puppet and killed his spider-like true body.
• Future Kurenai Yuhi and Future Nohara Rin said their mission was complete, patted Kiyohara’s head, and vanished as they returned to their time.
• Namikaze Minato sealed everyone’s memories, but Kiyohara woke in the same place still remembering the events.

After returning from Rōran, Kiyohara learned the Chakra Scalpel and secretly practiced the Rasengan, then met Uchiha Itachi at Training Ground 3. Shisui challenged Kiyohara to a fight, and their escalating duel left Kiyohara facing Shisui’s powerful Uchiha Style: Gale Sword.

• Tsunade, Minato, and the others realized they had forgotten the final events of the battle with Anrokuzan, while Kiyohara and Uchiha Kiyohara retained their memories.
• Queen Sara thanked Kiyohara, accepted the Ryūmyaku-powered necklace, and began rebuilding Rōran with Minato’s help; Kiyohara stayed overnight to study the puppet wreckage.
• Fugaku took four-year-old Uchiha Itachi to a battlefield and taught him to remember the horrors of war.
• Back in Konoha, Tsunade taught Kiyohara the Chakra Scalpel, and Kiyohara practiced the Rasengan alone that night.
• Kiyohara trained with Might Guy, then met Shisui Uchiha and Uchiha Itachi at Training Ground 3 and agreed to spar with Shisui before testing Itachi’s taijutsu.
• Kiyohara and Shisui fought with swords and ninjutsu until Shisui used Body Flicker Technique and launched Uchiha Style: Gale Sword at Kiyohara.

Kiyohara defeated Shisui Uchiha and overwhelmed Uchiha Itachi in sparring, then inherited Uchiha Kiyohara’s power and awakened the Three Tomoe Sharingan. After training, he returned to Tsunade’s house with Nohara Rin, where he planned to teach her to make Military Ration Pills.

• Kiyohara caught Shisui Uchiha’s wind blade with hardened fingers, forcing Shisui to concede defeat.
• Kiyohara defeated four-year-old Uchiha Itachi in a sparring match, while Uchiha Itachi accepted his guidance and later returned home with Shisui Uchiha.
• Uchiha Kiyohara’s spirit fulfilled its final wish and dissipated into Kiyohara, granting him enhanced abilities, chakra natures, Fire Release techniques, and the Three Tomoe Sharingan.
• Shisui Uchiha treated Uchiha Itachi’s injuries, and Fugaku Uchiha urged his son to surpass Kiyohara.
• Kiyohara invited Nohara Rin to learn improved Military Ration Pill methods, then found Shizune had brought training posts from the Senju Clan storage house at Tsunade’s request.

Kiyohara taught Nohara Rin to make Tsunade’s improved Military Ration Pills, then shared a warm dinner with Rin, Tsunade, and Shizune. After several peaceful days, a Jonin meeting revealed a worsening Kumogakure front, and Kiyohara was assigned to lead a medical ninja squad as the story turned toward war.

• Kiyohara explained Tsunade’s improved Military Ration Pill recipe to Nohara Rin, and they each made pills that restored chakra effectively and tasted sweet.
• Kiyohara cooked dinner for Tsunade, Nohara Rin, and Shizune, serving Tsunade tofu carved like a die and giving Rin a box of flavored Military Ration Pills.
• After several peaceful days, Tsunade and Kiyohara attended an emergency Jonin meeting at the Hokage Office Building.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen announced that five hundred ninja would reinforce the Kumogakure front under Namikaze Minato, with Tsunade leading the Medical Corps.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen appointed Kiyohara captain of a medical ninja squad, prompting the assembled clan representatives to consider what his role meant for the Uchiha.

Konoha's leaders prepared for war as Kiyohara joined the departing force and asked Tsunade about Shikkotsu Forest and Senjutsu. Tsunade agreed to take him there to sign a contract, while Kurenai Yuhi asked Kiyohara for a bracelet like Rin's.

• Hyuga Hiashi watched Kiyohara and resolved to investigate the Hyuga Clan's records and collateral bloodlines for possible Byakugan descendants.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen assigned Nohara Rin to the battlefield, and Tsunade warned Kiyohara to protect himself as they prepared to leave for the front.
• Sarutobi Asuma trained to surpass Kiyohara, and Sarutobi Hiruzen gave him Chakra Blades to support his efforts.
• Namikaze Minato led five hundred ninja, including Tsunade and Kiyohara, out of Konoha toward the Kumogakure front.
• Kiyohara gave Tsunade chicken rice balls and asked about Senjutsu, so Tsunade agreed to take him to Shikkotsu Forest the next day to sign a contract.
• Kurenai Yuhi asked Kiyohara for a bracelet like Rin's, and Kiyohara recognized that her birthday was approaching.

Kiyohara joined Tsunade’s medical command on the Kumogakure front, gained a contract with Katsuyu, and was assigned to lead a strike against an enemy supply point. On the way there, his squad encountered Yugito and her Kumogakure unit, and Kiyohara’s opening attacks threw them into disarray.

• Tsunade placed Kiyohara’s squad at Medical Station Three, where Kiyohara practiced the Chakra Scalpel and showed Nohara Rin how powerful his version had become.
• Tsunade ordered Kiyohara’s squad to destroy a Kumogakure supply point, with Namikaze Minato, Nohara Rin, Kakashi, and Kurenai Yuhi joining the mission.
• Tsunade arranged Kiyohara’s contract with Shikkotsu Forest, and Katsuyu greeted him before Tsunade sent him off with a wild chicken to cook.
• As the team traveled through the snowy borderland, Kiyohara sensed Kumogakure scouts and used a magnetically accelerated shuriken to kill one from a kilometer away.
• Yugito warned her companions as Kiyohara attacked the outpost, while Kurenai Yuhi and Kakashi exposed the scattered Kumogakure ninja and Kiyohara killed one at close range.
• Yugito recognized Kiyohara and Namikaze Minato, restrained Matatabi’s chakra, and warned the surviving Kumogakure ninja not to act rashly.