Chapter Summaries

Akaseki and Ranwu interrogated the captured Kirigakure ninja and the Land of Waves merchants, learning that a pirate ninja group was involved in the plot against Konoha's Jonin squad. After Minato warned that eight enemy Chunin had entered the mine, Ranwu evacuated the merchants while Akaseki prepared to intercept them.

• Akaseki used Three Platforms Messenger · Tanuki Treasure to drain the captured Hidden Mist ninja's chakra, then demanded to know why Kirigakure had entered the Land of Whirlpools and where they had taken Konoha's Jonin squad.
• Akaseki injured Urami Namiizō to pressure the prisoners, but Urami Kiriota refused to submit or reveal their plan.
• Akaseki questioned the three Land of Waves merchants, who said they had met the Kirigakure ninja at sea and mentioned that a group of pirate ninja had joined the plot.
• After receiving Minato's warning, Akaseki told Ranwu to send the merchants away with a shadow clone while Tanuki Treasure changed into Black Tortoise · Tanuki Treasure.
• Ranwu's shadow clone took the merchants underground, and Akaseki stayed behind with Ranwu to intercept the eight enemy Chunin entering the mine.

Akaseki and Ranwu fought three Kirigakure jonin in a mine tunnel, using clones, mist, and shuriken to catch them off guard. Akaseki ended the chapter unleashing Great Dragon Fire Technique as the real enemies charged through the fog.

• Akaseki refused to retreat and recognized that most of the Kirigakure figures approaching with torches were Water Clones.
• Akaseki used Accelerated Kunai and explosive tags while Ranwu filled the tunnel with Hidden Mist and Starch Syrup Capturing Field.
• Akaseki used Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique to overwhelm the trapped enemies, destroying the remaining Water Clones while the real ninja defended themselves.
• The Kirigakure ninja thickened the mist with their own Hidden Mist Technique, revealing their real bodies as they charged at Akaseki and Ranwu.
• Ranwu blocked the incoming ninja tools as Akaseki formed hand seals and unleashed Fire Style: Great Dragon Fire Technique.

Akaseki used the Great Dragon Fire Technique against eight Kirigakure chunin, whose Water Style attacks failed to stop it. The fire dragon and scalding steam swept through the mine, leaving the Mist shinobi screaming.

• Three Kirigakure chunin thickened the Hidden Mist, but Ranwu's water mist still let her sense their Chakra reactions.
• The Kirigakure chunin noticed Akaseki preparing Fire Style and coordinated eight shinobi to counter him with Water Style.
• Akaseki unleashed the Great Dragon Fire Technique, which overwhelmed four Water Chaos Waves and four Water Shark Bullet Techniques.
• The fire dragon surged through the mine, and its heat and scalding steam struck the Kirigakure shinobi, who screamed.

Akaseki and Ranwu escaped the mine after Akaseki burned their attackers, but a Kaguya Clan jonin intercepted them. As Kaguya Isuke charged with a bone sword, Ranwu suddenly froze.

• Akaseki used a powerful Fire Style technique to injure eight enemies in the mine, while four others were subdued.
• Akaseki and Ranwu escaped underground after the seal broke, and Ranwu stopped Akaseki from killing the injured enemies.
• Ranwu tackled Akaseki aside to avoid a white bone kunai thrown by a tall Hidden Mist ninja.
• Akaseki recognized the attacker as Kaguya Isuke, who identified Akaseki as an Uchiha and noticed Ranwu's connection to the Senju Clan.
• Isuke drew a bone sword from his palm and charged at Akaseki and Ranwu, but Ranwu suddenly froze.

Akaseki and Ranwu fought Kaguya Isuke after Minato drew away some of the enemy Jonin, but both were badly exhausted and Akaseki lost the sight of one eye. They briefly turned the fight around with a Sharingan Genjutsu and Ranwu’s dangerous Strength of a Hundred, then fled when Akaseki sensed someone approaching.

• Isuke slashed Akaseki’s left eye, and Ranwu pulled him back while reporting that Minato had ambushed the enemy and her Shadow Clone had escorted the Land of Waves merchant to safety.
• Ranwu used the Hidden Mist Technique and then Water Colliding Wave to slow Isuke, but he sensed their position and caught up as she carried Akaseki away.
• Akaseki opened his injured left eye and used Sharingan: Heart Fear to catch Isuke off guard at close range.
• Ranwu struck Isuke with the Strength of a Hundred, breaking bones and sending him through several trees, though she coughed up blood too.
• Akaseki sensed someone approaching, and Ranwu carried him away from the fight.

After escaping with Ranwu, Akaseki hid in a mine tunnel and used Immersion to recover while enemies searched the mountain. He obtained a Prosperity Realm Massage Device to help restore his strength and Chakra, though his injured left eye still needed treatment.

• Ranwu carried Akaseki to a mine tunnel containing an Uzumaki Clan seal, and Akaseki summoned Tanuki Treasure to guide them inside.
• Akaseki entered Immersion with the sponsored drama Tanuki Swaps with the Young Master and watched Hong Yan struggle to prove his identity to the Hong Family.
• Akaseki received a Correction Device during the first hour, then an Eye Protection Device that restored some Dojutsu Power but warned him not to use its medium or higher settings.
• Akaseki watched Hong Yangyang and the butler torment Hong Yan until the butler broke both his legs.
• Akaseki received and purchased the Prosperity Realm Massage Device to recover from exhaustion and restore his Chakra while Ranwu stood guard.

Akaseki and Ranwu recovered from their injuries in a sealed mine tunnel, then discussed the Shadow Clone Technique and its limits. Akaseki learned that clones could not serve as separate Chakra reserves and that synchronized eye fatigue made them a risky way to restore Dojutsu Power, while they still awaited news of Minato.

• Akaseki woke after recovering most of his Chakra and reassured Ranwu that his injured left eye was not blind.
• Akaseki urged Ranwu to rest so they could send a Shadow Clone to check on Minato at noon.
• Ranwu recovered her Chakra and shattered the splint on her injured arm, while Akaseki revealed that his attempt to use a Shadow Clone as a Chakra reserve had failed.
• Ranwu explained that Shadow Clones divide Chakra evenly, reproduce the user's condition, and transmit memories and certain injuries or powers.
• Ranwu warned Akaseki that using Shadow Clones to recover Dojutsu Power would also synchronize eye fatigue, and she defended her grandfather's technique when Akaseki questioned its usefulness to the Uchiha Clan.

Akaseki, Ranwu, and Minato regrouped and learned that most of the Hidden Mist Village force had been wounded or weakened, while two enemy Jonin remained unaccounted for. After weighing the risks of attacking, Akaseki revealed something that astonished Minato and Ranwu.

• Minato recounted ambushing a Hidden Mist Jonin, being wounded by a Kaguya Clan fighter, and escaping Jinin Akebino after a prolonged pursuit.
• Akaseki described the battle inside the mine, including using a Fire Style technique against eight Chunin and injuring his eye while saving Ranwu.
• Akaseki learned through his Shadow Clone that the enemy was on the southern shore, with one Jonin and two Chunin still able to fight and eight wounded Chunin unable to fight effectively.
• Minato and Ranwu warned that Akebino and Kaguya could return if Team 7 failed to finish a fight quickly, and Minato noted that both sides now knew each other's abilities.
• Akaseki revealed something about their situation, leaving Minato and Ranwu astonished.

Akebino weighed his squad’s losses against his desire to kill the Konoha prodigies, while Minato confronted him at the temporary base. A signal from the battlefield suggested Kaguya was in mortal danger, leaving Akebino forced to choose between helping her and protecting his wounded squad.

• Masumi failed to sense Team 7, but Akebino praised her for finding three merchants from the Land of Waves and bringing them back.
• Akebino learned that Shōzu Renha was too badly burned to treat the squad, Meizawa was dead, and Namiizō needed urgent care for his injured hands.
• Akebino insisted that the squad wait for their contact in one day because he wanted to kill the Konoha Genin, despite the squad’s dire condition.
• After an explosion sounded nearby, Minato approached the base but stopped outside Ryū’s sealing technique and challenged Akebino to help his comrade.
• A firework burst from the direction of the explosion, indicating that Kaguya had likely sent a distress signal while close to death.

Minato, Akaseki, and Ranwu planned a surprise attack after learning most of the Hidden Mist force remained badly injured, but Jinin Akebino was returning. Akaseki and Ranwu found Kaguya and Shiokawa, and Akaseki began his ambush with Earth Style: Earth Mausoleum Dumpling.

• Minato shared his Shadow Clone’s memories and reported that seven of the enemy’s wounded were still severely injured, while one Chunin had recovered.
• Minato revealed that Jinin Akebino was returning with another Chunin, so Akaseki and Ranwu set out with Minato’s Shadow Clone to find Kaguya Isuke.
• The group tracked Kaguya and Shiokawa, whom Minato recognized as the Chunin who had called for help during the mine ambush.
• Kaguya detected Ranwu and Akaseki approaching, and Shiokawa stepped in front of him with a kunai.
• Akaseki raised a massive boulder from beneath the ground and shouted the name of his Earth Style technique.

Akaseki used a disguised Combination Ninjutsu to exploit Kaguya Isuke’s habit of meeting attacks head-on, severely injuring him with an explosive boulder. Shiokawa fired a warning flare as the fight turned against them.

• Akaseki used Earth Style: Subterranean Voyage to approach Kaguya Isuke, but the Kaguya Jonin detected him.
• Akaseki threw an Earth Mausoleum Dumpling at Kaguya Isuke, who chose to slash through it while Shiokawa evaded.
• The boulder’s soft interior revealed Akaseki’s Great Explosive Bomb Technique, which detonated in Kaguya Isuke’s face.
• The explosion blasted Kaguya Isuke into a tree and badly damaged his bone armor.
• Shiokawa fired a warning flare after seeing Kaguya Isuke severely injured.

Kaguya and Shiokawa fought Akaseki and Ranwu until Ryu arrived and drove them toward the wounded Hidden Mist Village ninja. A Hidden Mist ship then appeared, but its bow carried two Konoha elite Jonin, leaving the rescue uncertain.

• Kaguya used Bone Vein Armament and her spine as a weapon, but Ranwu restrained her with a Water Flow Whip.
• Akaseki taunted Shiokawa about killing a companion and having left the body behind, then wounded him and placed him under Genjutsu.
• Ryu arrived and used the Hidden Mist Technique, but Ranwu summoned Vermilion Bird Tanuki Treasure to carry Akaseki and Ranwu toward the wounded ninja.
• Ryu rushed back to the shore, where he found the three Konoha brats had held their attack after spotting a large Hidden Mist Village ship.
• The ship approached with two Konoha elite Jonin, one white-haired and one round and stout, standing at its bow.

Jiraiya and Torifu Akimichi arrived at the coastal outpost and forced Akebino’s Kirigakure team to surrender their weapons and the bloodthirsty star iron. Akaseki then returned Meizawa’s corpse to Kirigakure, hoping its examination would expose the circumstances of his death.

• Akebino returned to the outpost and attacked Minato, but Jiraiya and Torifu Akimichi arrived on a toad and a giant, stopping the assault.
• Jiraiya noticed Akaseki’s bandaged eyes, while Akaseki claimed he had lost an eye defending Konoha’s honor.
• Jiraiya accused Akebino’s team of violating Konoha’s agreement with the Mizukage and demanded their ninja tools and the bloodthirsty star iron.
• Akebino surrendered Kabutowari and the bloodthirsty star iron, and Jiraiya prepared to let the Kirigakure ninja leave.
• Akaseki stopped them and used a sealing scroll to produce Meizawa’s corpse, which he said Kirigakure should take back for examination.

Team 7 sailed home with Jiraiya and Torifu Akimichi after their mission, while the adults discussed the ambush and Konoha’s tentative understanding with Kirigakure. Inoichi explained the Land of Water’s fractured politics and Karatachi Genso’s rise, leaving Team 7 with a clearer picture of the conflict.

• Torifu Akimichi reassured the Land of Waves merchants that they could seek missions from Konoha or Kirigakure, and Jiraiya confirmed their ship had been returned and the pirates’ base destroyed.
• Akaseki recounted Team 7’s exploits at the ruins of the Land of Whirlpools, then told Jiraiya that his eyes could recover to eighty percent; Jiraiya planned to have Tsunade treat him.
• Jiraiya explained that he and Torifu had captured their ambushers and contacted the Mizukage through a curse seal triggered during Inoichi Yamanaka’s memory search.
• Jiraiya and Torifu went into the cabin to discuss other matters, and Inoichi told Team 7 that the Land of Water was divided among rival clans and Kirigakure’s commoner ninja.
• Inoichi described Karatachi Genso as a powerful faction leader who supported coexistence between commoner and clan ninja and might soon become the Third Mizukage.

After returning to Konoha, Team 7 and their escorts reported their mission and received praise and extra compensation after reaching an agreement with the Mizukage. Tsunade healed Akaseki’s eye, while Ranwu asked to study medical ninjutsu, leaving her with a new goal.

• Yamanaka explained that Karatachi Xuancang had gone to the Land of Whirlpools to gather materials for powerful ninja swords, and Akaseki learned how the Ino-Shika-Cho trio had helped the mission.
• After half a month, Akimichi Torifu and Jiraiya returned to Konoha with the team and reported the mission to the Third, where Shimura questioned their seizure of Kirigakure’s ore and tools.
• Akimichi defended the team’s actions, and the Third praised the mission, raised its rank to A-rank, and promised additional compensation.
• Jiraiya sent Akaseki to Konoha Hospital, where Tsunade treated the damage to his left eye and warned him not to activate his Sharingan for three days.
• Ranwu asked Tsunade to teach her medical ninjutsu after reflecting on how much it could have helped Team 7 during the mission.

After reporting on the Land of Waves mission, Akaseki learned that the upcoming Chunin Exams would include major hidden villages and might serve as a display of Konoha’s strength. Team 7 received time to rest and train, while Akaseki realized he would need to prepare seriously for the exams.

• Akaseki told Jiancheng about the Land of Waves mission and the plan to expand influence at sea, and Lanyu reminded him that the Chunin Exams were a month and a half away.
• Akaseki joined Minato, Nara, Yamanaka, and Akimichi for ramen, where Ranwu arrived after reading medical books.
• Yamanaka and Nara told Akaseki that Konoha had invited the major hidden villages to this year’s Chunin Exams, and Nara predicted Iwagakure and Kirigakure might attend.
• Akaseki realized the exams would test Konoha’s reputation as well as determine promotions, so he agreed that everyone needed to prepare.
• Team 7 received a week of rest and easier missions so they could recover and train before the Chunin Exams.

Akaseki arranged to train basic taijutsu against Might Duy, a genin who earned money by being beaten up. He paid Duy and took him to an open area near the Forest of Death, where Duy agreed to spar after Akaseki promised they would use only taijutsu.

• Akaseki asked Fugaku whether practicing taijutsu without activating his eyes would improve his basic skills, and Fugaku agreed it could help.
• Uchiha Yang told Akaseki that a genin named Might Duy took paid sparring commissions, and Uchiha Jie explained that Uchiha paid him a reduced fee.
• Fugaku advised Akaseki to get secret medicine for hidden injuries, and Akaseki collected it from the clan's general affairs department.
• Akaseki found Might Duy preparing to leave home, paid him two thousand ryo, and watched him give the money to his pregnant wife.
• Akaseki took Might Duy to an open area near the Forest of Death and reassured him that they would practice taijutsu without releasing Chakra.

Akaseki sparred with Might Duy using only Taijutsu, then gave him medicine and arranged to continue training. He went to find Ranwu so she could practice Medical Ninjutsu on a sparring partner, and Tsunade called her over.

• Akaseki and Might Duy sparred outside the Forest of Death until Duy could no longer stand, relying only on their physical skills.
• Akaseki gave Duy Uchiha Clan medicine and counted it as payment for five more days of training.
• Akaseki went to Forest Street to find Ranwu, hoping she could practice Medical Ninjutsu while he trained.
• Tsunade warned Akaseki that Ranwu's healing was still weak and teased him about Jiraiya's past Taijutsu practice.
• Tsunade called Ranwu over and told her that a sparring partner had arrived.

Akashi recruited Ranwu to practice medical ninjutsu by treating Might Duy during taijutsu training, while the immersive story Tanuki Swaps with the Young Master advanced through six years of abuse endured by Hong Yan. The chapter ended as Hong Yan began his first major counterattack after a maid falsely accused him of rape.

• Ranwu agreed to treat Might Duy during Akashi's chakra-free taijutsu training, and her relatives questioned her after Akashi fled their confrontation.
• Ranwu met Akashi and Might Duy outside the Forest of Death, treated Might Duy's injuries, and paid him three thousand ryo.
• Akashi spent the next four days training with Might Duy and immersing himself in Tanuki Swaps with the Young Master.
• Hong Yan endured years of beatings, injuries, and assassination attempts while the Hong family repeatedly dismissed doubts about his identity.
• A maid accused Hong Yan of raping her, and he launched his first powerful counterattack.

Akaseki’s Immersion followed Hong Yan through his perfect Gaokao score and the revelation that he was the Hong Family’s biological heir, while Akaseki endured the story’s absurd revenge scenes. Afterward, Akaseki’s Earth Style transformation Breathing Soil reached 3%.

• Hong Yan exposed a false theft accusation by swallowing the ring, and the Hong couple secretly confirmed that Hong Yangyang was not their biological son.
• Hong Yan reunited with the Hong couple but asked them to conceal his identity until after the Gaokao so he could take revenge on Hong Yangyang.
• Hong Yan endured a week of humiliation, then scored a perfect 750 on the Gaokao, prompting the Hong Family servants to accuse and restrain him.
• The Hong family head revealed Hong Yan was his biological son and sole heir, and threatened to destroy the family that had schemed against them.
• Akaseki continued channeling Happiness into Earth Style, raising Breathing Soil to 3%.