Chapter Summaries

Kiyohara and Namikaze Minato’s team defeated a Kumogakure ambush led by Nii Yugito, forcing the survivors to abandon their supply point. The team reached the outpost and began salvaging its supplies, with Kiyohara identifying valuable materials to bring back to Konoha.

• Toroi attacked Kiyohara with Magnet Release, but Kiyohara overpowered his magnetic control and killed him with an accelerated kick.
• Namikaze Minato killed a charging Kumogakure ninja with Rasengan, while Kiyohara and Kakashi fought off Nii Yugito.
• Nii Yugito ordered her surviving ninja to abandon the outpost and retreat after judging that her forces could not hold against Minato and Kiyohara.
• Minato led the team to the abandoned supply point and ordered them to take useful supplies and destroy what remained.
• Kurenai Yuhi packed medical supplies into a Sealing Scroll, while Kiyohara collected Military Ration Pills, Chakra-Conductive Metal, and herbs for Konoha.

After Kiyohara killed Toroi, Kumogakure’s leaders ordered an investigation into him, while Kiyohara demonstrated his exceptional medical skill and continued developing techniques at Konoha’s camp. Shizune arrived to tell him that Tsunade urgently wanted to see him.

• Namikaze Minato ordered his team to destroy the remaining supplies and retreat toward Konoha’s defensive line.
• Ono told A, Killer B, and Yugito that Kiyohara had killed Toroi, prompting A to order a full intelligence report on Kiyohara.
• Kiyohara took over a critical operation from Setsuji Kei and, with Nohara Rin assisting, removed a shard near the patient’s abdominal aorta and completed the surgery in five minutes.
• Kurenai Yuhi brought food to Kiyohara and Nohara Rin, became jealous when she saw him patting Rin’s head, and asked him to pat her too.
• Kiyohara trained with Iron Sand, Steel Release, and a Rasengan infused with Lightning Release and Magnet Release, creating a nearly invisible projectile.
• Shizune found Kiyohara in the snowy forest and told him that Tsunade wanted to see him urgently.

Kiyohara joined a Konoha war council, trained his senses under a blindfold, and drew Orochimaru’s unsettling interest before departing with a mission team to ambush Kumogakure. As the ambush began to take shape, Hyuga Hiashi spotted a larger-than-expected enemy force and chakra that resembled a Tailed Beast.

• Kiyohara entered Tsunade’s war council, where Minato reported a breached outpost and the leaders planned an ambush in a narrow gorge.
• Kiyohara trained blindfolded against volleys of shuriken, and Orochimaru praised his abilities while showing an obsessive interest in his body and potential.
• Tsunade saw Kiyohara’s team off, and Orochimaru led the force toward the ambush site as Kiyohara’s squad took a concealed flank route.
• Kiyohara detected three Kumogakure scouts, ordered Kakashi to follow them, and planned to circle around with Kurenai and Rin to feed them false information.
• Hyuga Hiashi detected sixty-four approaching Kumogakure ninja, including ten Jonin and one whose chakra resembled a Tailed Beast.

Kiyohara helped Konoha fight Kumogakure, then flew off with Samui to draw Yugito away from the main battle. In a cave, he began interrogating Samui with Sharingan Genjutsu as the battle continued elsewhere.

• Kiyohara and his team ambushed three Kumogakure Special Jonin, killing them before joining the fight around Namikaze Minato.
• Kiyohara used a combined Fire and Wind Release attack to disrupt the Kumogakure forces and fought alongside Konoha as the Fourth Raikage, Killer B, and Yugito joined the battle.
• Kiyohara recognized Samui, blocked her attack, and captured her while Yugito pursued him.
• Kiyohara used Magnet Release and Steel Release to fly away with Samui, drawing Yugito from the battlefield.
• Kiyohara took Samui to a mountain cave and questioned her about Kumogakure's forces and battle plan.
• Samui resisted interrogation, so Kiyohara used Sharingan Genjutsu to make her experience the pain of a lightning strike.

Kiyohara interrogated Samui, then fought Yugito after she arrived in her Two-Tails chakra cloak. He struck Yugito unconscious with a powerful attack, but Matatabi emerged from her body and faced him in the valley.

• Kiyohara used Genjutsu to interrogate Samui until Yugito arrived at the cave in her Two-Tails chakra cloak.
• Yugito attacked Kiyohara, but he defended against her claws with Steel Release and Earth Spear before countering with Lightning Release Chakra Mode and Magnet Release.
• Kiyohara overpowered Yugito as she escalated to a two-tailed transformation and used Fire Rat Jade, while Samui watched helplessly.
• Kiyohara decided to retreat after drawing Yugito away from the main battlefield and struck her with Magnet Release: Electromagnetic Acceleration Fist.
• Yugito was knocked unconscious, her chakra surged out of control, and Matatabi fully emerged in the valley and fixed its gaze on Kiyohara.

Kiyohara escaped after causing Matatabi to rampage, forcing Kumogakure to withdraw, and returned safely to Konoha’s camp. Five days later, he prepared to investigate possible Uzumaki survivors with Tsunade’s team and received notice that a new Last Words Book had arrived.

• Kiyohara dodged Matatabi’s Tailed Beast Bombs as Yugito fought to regain control, then left Kumogakure to handle the rampage.
• The Fourth Raikage ordered Kumogakure to retreat from the battle and help suppress Matatabi, while Namikaze Minato withdrew Konoha’s forces.
• Kiyohara returned to camp, where Kurenai Yuhi, Nohara Rin, Kakashi, and Tsunade welcomed him and learned that Matatabi had gone berserk.
• Over the next five days, Kiyohara trained in Lightning Release Chakra Mode and practiced Lightning Release techniques he had learned from Samui.
• Tsunade assigned Kiyohara, Shizune, and Kurenai Yuhi to investigate reports of Uzumaki descendants near the Land of Waterfalls, and Kiyohara helped Tsunade back to her tent after she lost their dice game and got drunk.
• Kiyohara returned to his tent and received the message to collect his new Last Words Book and Ash Box.

Kiyohara met an Anbu version of himself, learned about his death at the hands of Oyashiro En, and inherited a range of cursed-seal techniques. He taught Nohara Rin a Fire Release technique and then joined Tsunade’s team on a mission to seek out Uzumaki Clan survivors, traveling through the Land of Waterfalls.

• A new Ash Box revealed Anbu Kiyohara, who said Oyashiro En had killed him and seventeen servants, and asked Kiyohara to kill Oyashiro En and become an Anbu captain.
• Anbu Kiyohara demonstrated the Earth Cursed Seal and taught Kiyohara several cursed-seal techniques, warning him not to underestimate missions based on incomplete intelligence.
• Kiyohara found Nohara Rin practicing Fire and Water Release, taught her Small Flame Bullet, and healed her tongue after she accidentally burned it.
• Kiyohara joined Tsunade, Shizune, and Kurenai Yuhi for their mission toward the Land of Waterfalls, where they hoped to find Uzumaki Clan members.
• During the journey, Kiyohara used the Cursed Binding Technique to capture a wild boar, cooked it for the group, and told Tsunade he had learned the technique from a scroll recovered on a battlefield.

Kiyohara uncovered a black-market lead to an Uzumaki clanswoman and learned that Oyashiro En was also seeking her. He and Tsunade’s team found a Kusagakure settlement where wounded people were being healed by Karin’s mother.

• Kiyohara sensed an ambush, and Tsunade let Kurenai Yuhi and Shizune fight while he supported them; the team killed four Takigakure rogue ninja and captured the fifth.
• Kiyohara learned that the attackers worked for Oyashiro En, who was collecting kekkei genkai, and that a nearby black market might have information about an Uzumaki clansman.
• At the black market, Kiyohara sold ninja tools, bought information pointing to Kusagakure, and discovered that a bounty of fifteen million ryo had been placed on him.
• Kiyohara returned to Tsunade’s group, and Tsunade ordered them to persuade the Uzumaki clansman to come with them if they found her.
• The group entered a hidden Kusagakure village, observed wounded people leaving its houses healed, and saw Kusagakure ninja bring out a red-haired woman whom Kiyohara recognized as Karin’s mother.

Kiyohara and Tsunade rescued Uzumaki Karin from Kusagakure, but Oyashiro En arrived and sought to claim her as a collectible. Tsunade, Kurenai Yuhi, Shizune, and Karin withdrew while Kiyohara stayed behind to face Oyashiro En and his guards.

• Tsunade identified the red-haired woman as an Uzumaki and ordered Kurenai Yuhi, Kiyohara, and Shizune to rescue her while avoiding the wounded.
• Kurenai Yuhi disrupted the guards with Genjutsu as Kiyohara and Shizune killed the Kusagakure ninja, including Ryumei Taishi and several fleeing survivors.
• Tsunade summoned Katsuyu to heal the woman, and Karin accepted water and learned that Konoha would welcome her and that Kushina was alive.
• Oyashiro En arrived with six armed men, recognized Karin as an Uzumaki survivor, and expressed interest in collecting her and Kiyohara's Sharingan.
• Tsunade led Karin, Kurenai Yuhi, and Shizune away while Kiyohara stayed behind to fight Oyashiro En and his men.

Kiyohara battled Oyashiro En, whose Ketsuryūgan controlled blood and iron, and defeated his subordinates while resisting the clan’s deadly techniques. Oyashiro En unleashed a blood pool and eight blood dragons, so Kiyohara called on Anbu Kiyohara to lend him the Cursed Seal’s power.

• Oyashiro En revealed his Ketsuryūgan and sent six subordinates to attack Kiyohara, who evaded their ninjutsu and struck Oyashiro En with a deceptive Lightning Release: Rasengan.
• Oyashiro En regenerated most of his destroyed face with the Ketsuryūgan’s Blood Restoration Technique, then ordered his subordinates to kill Kiyohara.
• Kiyohara caught a water-enhanced sword between his fingers, killed two black-clad ninja, and used Magnet Release: Iron Sand Shower to stop the four mercenary ninja from escaping.
• Oyashiro En turned the fallen mercenaries into human bombs, but Kiyohara survived the explosion with only shallow marks and refused Oyashiro En’s offer to join him.
• Oyashiro En gathered blood into a pool and attacked Kiyohara with eight blood dragons, but Kiyohara countered with fire and lightning techniques.
• Kiyohara asked Anbu Kiyohara to lend him the Cursed Seal’s power, and Anbu Kiyohara merged with him to help stabilize the natural energy.

Kiyohara activated the Earth Cursed Seal and killed Oyashiro En by overcoming his blood techniques with enhanced perception, Magnet Release, and a black Sage Art lightning spear. After fulfilling Anbu Kiyohara’s first wish and gaining his knowledge and power, Kiyohara searched the stronghold for spoils and hurried back toward Tsunade, who had decided to look for him.

• Kiyohara activated Cursed Seal: State One, gaining greater physical strength and perception while Anbu Kiyohara warned him about its risks.
• Oyashiro En combined his blood dragons into a giant blood dragon, but Kiyohara pierced its control core with a Magnet Release Flying Shuttle and attacked Oyashiro En.
• Kiyohara used Iron Sand Binding and the Flying Shuttle to pierce Oyashiro En’s forehead, then destroyed the blood pool’s chakra core with Sage Art: Lightning Release: Chidori Bell Spear.
• Kiyohara severed Oyashiro En at the waist with the black lightning spear and confirmed his death, completing Anbu Kiyohara’s first wish and absorbing his Anbu skills and power.
• Kiyohara collected Oyashiro En’s scrolls and Ketsuryūgan, found Uzumaki Karin’s medical notebook, and concealed the stronghold after burning the bodies.
• Kiyohara headed back toward the campsite after realizing he was late, while Tsunade decided to return and search for him.

Kiyohara returned with Tsunade’s group to Konoha after rescuing Uzumaki Karin and defeating Oyashiro En, then joined the Anbu to pursue greater strength and fulfill his predecessor’s dying wish. Karin reunited tearfully with Kushina, while Kiyohara was scheduled to receive his Anbu equipment in three days.

• Kiyohara returned to the camp, reported that he had defeated Oyashiro En and cleared the Kusagakure outpost, and traveled with Tsunade’s group toward the Land of Fire.
• Several days later, Tsunade brought Uzumaki Karin to Konoha and reported the rescue and Kiyohara’s victory to Sarutobi Hiruzen.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen welcomed Karin to Konoha and agreed to Tsunade’s request for the mission’s A-rank reward; Kushina arrived and embraced Karin as her clanswoman.
• Kushina thanked Kiyohara for saving Karin, then took Karin home to talk with her.
• Kiyohara asked Sarutobi Hiruzen to join the Anbu, and Hiruzen accepted, ordering him to collect his equipment and mask in three days.
• Tsunade met Kiyohara outside the Hokage Office and invited him to go gambling after the mission’s success.

Tsunade bargained with Kiyohara for casino company, rewarded him with an introduction to Ranshinsho, and warned him about the dangers of joining the Anbu. The next day, Kiyohara reunited with Kakashi and Nohara Rin and visited Kushina, who agreed to teach him Sealing Jutsu.

• Tsunade persuaded Kiyohara to spend an hour and a half gambling with her, while Kurenai Yuhi went home and practiced Wind Release under her father Yuhi Shinku’s watch.
• After the casino, Tsunade had Kiyohara paint her toenails and promised to consider teaching him Ranshinsho if he accompanied her to the casino for the next few days.
• Tsunade explained Ranshinsho to Kiyohara and cautioned him to stay alive and respect Anbu confidentiality when he joined the Anbu.
• The next day, Kiyohara encountered Kakashi and Nohara Rin, then accompanied them to Kushina’s home, where they met Uzumaki Karin.
• Kushina invited Kiyohara to learn Sealing Jutsu from her, and Kiyohara accepted her offer.

Kiyohara received a beginner Sealing Jutsu scroll from Kushina and prepared to join the Anbu, while Shisui Uchiha invited him to spar with Uchiha Itachi. At Training Ground 3, Kiyohara displayed superior Uchiha-style combat, Fire Release, and Magnet Release, leaving Shisui Uchiha and Uchiha Itachi stunned.

• Kushina gave Kiyohara an Isshi Tōjin scroll, then examined Nohara Rin and reinforced her seal while Kakashi told Kiyohara they would report to the Anbu on the same day.
• Shisui Uchiha trained with Uchiha Itachi and suggested inviting Kiyohara to spar; the next morning, an Anbu ninja ordered Kiyohara to collect his supplies at two in the afternoon.
• Shisui Uchiha found Kiyohara and brought him to meet Mikoto Uchiha, who asked Kiyohara to keep guiding Uchiha Itachi in training.
• At Training Ground 3, Kiyohara and Shisui Uchiha began a taijutsu spar as Uchiha Itachi watched, then exchanged Fire Release techniques.
• Kiyohara countered Shisui Uchiha's flaming shuriken with Iron Sand and Magnet Release, then used Uchiha-style techniques to pressure Shisui Uchiha until they separated, with Kiyohara appearing unfazed.

Kiyohara joined Anbu Team 6 with Kakashi and received a mission to investigate an attack on an orphanage, which he suspected Shimura Danzō had arranged. After visiting Orochimaru’s laboratory, Kiyohara obtained a weakened dose of the Power of the White Snake to strengthen Kurenai Yuhi and Nohara Rin.

• Shisui Uchiha lost a spar against Kiyohara, then defeated Uchiha Itachi in a few exchanges while still reacting at the higher level of their previous fight.
• Kiyohara reported to Anbu, collected his fox mask and equipment, and learned that he and Kakashi had been assigned to Team 6.
• The Anbu captain assigned Kiyohara and Kakashi to investigate an attack and child abduction at a Konoha-funded orphanage, and Kiyohara suspected Shimura Danzō was responsible.
• Kiyohara visited Orochimaru’s laboratory, where Orochimaru showed him a natural-energy experiment that strengthened a white mouse but made it unstable and short-lived.
• Kiyohara took the Power of the White Snake from Orochimaru and divided it into weakened portions intended for Kurenai Yuhi and Nohara Rin.

Kiyohara gave Nohara Rin a portion of the Power of the White Snake, and her grateful kiss was secretly witnessed by White Zetsu, who told Obito and deepened his resolve to reject the current world. The next morning, Kiyohara mastered Ranshinsho and delivered Yuhi Kurenai an early birthday gift and another portion of the potion, leaving her quietly trying on the anklet.

• Kiyohara tested the Power of the White Snake, then gave half of it to Nohara Rin and offered to study Water Release with her.
• Nohara Rin drank the potion, felt its benefits, and kissed Kiyohara on the cheek before hurrying away.
• White Zetsu secretly witnessed the kiss and reported it to Obito, who blamed Kiyohara and Rin and reaffirmed his desire to create a new world.
• Kiyohara tested Ranshinsho on a fish and confirmed that he could disrupt and restore its movements.
• Kiyohara gave Yuhi Kurenai an early birthday present: a handmade red anklet and a bottle of the Power of the White Snake.
• Yuhi Kurenai tried on the anklet in private, decided to wear it only when she was alone, and turned her attention to the potion.

Kiyohara and Kakashi traveled to the orphanage, where they confronted Root members pressuring Yakushi Nonō to return to intelligence work. After hearing Nonō’s account of the attack and missing children, Kiyohara offered to fund and protect the orphanage in exchange for her help.

• Kurenai Yuhi tested Kiyohara’s gift and confirmed that it accelerated her Chakra recovery before Kiyohara left to meet Kakashi.
• Kakashi demonstrated Chidori Current, and Kiyohara showed him Chidori Sharp Spear before copying and expanding Kakashi’s technique.
• Shimura Danzō ordered Aburame Ryoma to pressure Yakushi Nonō into infiltrating Iwagakure by threatening the orphanage’s funding and children.
• Kiyohara and Kakashi reached the orphanage and interrupted Aburame Ryoma’s coercion with the authority of their mission from Sarutobi Hiruzen.
• Yakushi Nonō told Kiyohara and Kakashi that attackers had stolen food and injured two caretakers, and the Anbu began watching the orphanage.
• Kiyohara privately offered Yakushi Nonō funding and protection for the orphanage in exchange for her help.

Kiyohara recruited Yakushi Nonō to research the Ketsuryūgan and promised to protect the orphanage. After Aburame Ryoma took Yakushi Kabuto to a secret Root base, Kiyohara infiltrated it, rescued Kabuto, and fought his way through Root, leaving Aburame Ryoma alive with a warning for Danzo.

• Kiyohara showed Yakushi Nonō the Ketsuryūgan and gained her agreement to help with medical research after promising the orphanage protection.
• Aburame Ryoma returned to the orphanage and took Yakushi Kabuto to replenish Root’s ranks despite Yakushi Nonō and Urushi’s protests.
• Kiyohara followed Aburame Ryoma to a hidden Root base, entered by copying his seals, and found Kabuto in the training area.
• Kiyohara stopped Root from taking Kabuto to a brainwashing room, declared the base illegal, and defeated the Root ninja who attacked him.
• Kiyohara overcame Aburame Ryoma’s insect techniques and wounded him, then ordered him to warn Danzo not to target the orphanage again.

Kiyohara raided Root's Base No. 3, rescued Yakushi Kabuto and fifteen other children, and brought them safely to Yakushi Nonō's orphanage. After reporting the mission to Sarutobi Hiruzen, he returned home to train, expecting the war and his conflict with Shimura Danzō to intensify.

• Aburame Ryoma retreated, and Kiyohara led Kabuto through Root's base while defeating interceptors and taking its supplies.
• Kiyohara found fifteen imprisoned children, freed them, and led the group out of the base to the orphanage.
• Shimura Danzō ordered Base No. 3 cleaned up and its secrets concealed, while he and Orochimaru discussed Kiyohara and Orochimaru's Sharingan research.
• Kiyohara returned Kabuto and the children to Yakushi Nonō, promised protection, and offered training and support; Kabuto said he wanted to become strong enough to protect everyone.
• Kiyohara and Kakashi reported the mission to Sarutobi Hiruzen, who praised Kiyohara and said he would investigate the secret base.
• Kiyohara returned home, reviewed the mission, and began training as he anticipated another major battle.

Kiyohara developed Fire Style: Microwave Bullet by combining Fire Release with Magnet Release, then joined Kurenai Yuhi and Might Guy at Training Ground 3. Guy demonstrated the Eight Inner Gates so Kiyohara could study their chakra flow, leaving Kiyohara observing the changes as Guy opened the gates.

• Kiyohara used Magnet Release to heat a Fireball Jutsu into an incandescent blast, which melted through a meter of rock and earned the name Fire Style: Microwave Bullet.
• Tsunade told Kiyohara she was not blaming him for destroying the enemy base and warned him that the village had a dark side, while Shizune and Kiyohara joined her for lunch.
• Kiyohara met Kurenai Yuhi on the way to Training Ground 3 and teased her about becoming a sweets-loving Kurenai Sweet Potato.
• Might Guy invited Kiyohara and Kurenai to learn the Eight Inner Gates and explained that the technique was meant to protect people, not merely display power.
• Kiyohara asked Guy to open the gates so he could study their effects with his Sharingan, and Guy opened the first three while Kiyohara watched their chakra flow.