Chapter Summaries

The Genin examinees discovered that the supposed examination entrance was a genjutsu, and Senju Fujima’s group continued toward the real venue. Yamakimine reunited with Hyuga Tenkui, then clashed with a child from the Land of Lightning who provoked him by demanding Tenkui stay with them.

• A Hyuga boy exposed the false entrance as a genjutsu, and the examiners withdrew after declaring the group had passed that stage.
• Senju Fujima and his companions headed for the examination venue, while Yamakimine stopped to greet Hyuga Tenkui.
• Yamakimine and Tenkui joined the others, but Yamakimine bumped into a boy carrying a katana and senbon in the crowded path.
• A fierce child with a lightning tattoo accused Yamakimine and Tenkui of mistreating his brother and demanded that Tenkui stay with them for the night.
• Yamakimine reacted with killing intent, and the child revealed that he had provoked him to test his strength.

Yamakimine and Qida fought after Qida challenged him, with Yamakimine using wind and snake techniques against Qida’s lightning-powered attacks. Qida broke through Yamakimine’s defenses, but Yamakimine escaped a hand chop with a substitution and landed a punch that sent Qida flying.

• Qida challenged Yamakimine to take one punch from him, and Yamakimine accepted despite Hyuga Tenkui’s concerns.
• Qida activated Lightning Style Chakra Mode and charged through Yamakimine’s Great Breakthrough wind attack.
• Yamakimine summoned snakes and a First Rashomon, but Qida destroyed the barrier and killed the snakes with lightning attacks.
• Yamakimine summoned a Myriad Serpent Array and giant snakes, while Qida cut through them and rushed toward him.
• Qida struck a mud substitute, and Yamakimine punched him and sent him flying.

Yamakimine defeated Qida with one punch but ended their fight to reach the Chunin Exams, where thousands of genin gathered for a written test. Shin Uchiha began the forty-minute exam, and the candidates started using their abilities to copy answers.

• Yamakimine sent Qida flying with Monster Strength Fist, then refused to continue fighting so he could reach the exams.
• Qida accepted the end of the fight and vowed to defeat Yamakimine after recognizing that neither of them had used their full strength.
• Yamakimine and Hyuga Tenkui hurried to the exam venue, where Senju Fujima observed the thousands of gathered candidates.
• Shin Uchiha introduced himself as chief examiner and instructed the candidates to enter the hall, find seats, and follow the rules.
• Shin distributed the papers and started the forty-minute written test, while candidates used techniques such as the Sharingan and Byakugan to copy answers.

Shin Uchiha tested the examinees’ resolve by offering rewards for withdrawing and warning that failures would wait ten years to try again. The remaining candidates advanced to a vast ocean, where Tobirama Senju appeared to introduce the second round.

• Senju Fujima easily completed the first test, while examinees caught cheating were expelled.
• Shin Uchiha offered withdrawing candidates ninjutsu and a Chakra Pill, while warning those who stayed about the consequences of failing.
• Several hundred candidates withdrew, and Shin Uchiha revealed that the remaining 1,221 had passed because they stayed.
• Senju Fujima, Shizuka, Might Je, and the other candidates entered the next venue and found a vast ocean.
• Tobirama Senju arrived with Root members and began explaining the second examination.

Tobirama Senju began the second assessment of the Chunin Exam, sending the candidates across a shark-filled lake toward a tower. As the candidates struggled to cross, Wo Yelai summoned Toad De, but a shark attacked just as he asked for a ride.

• Tobirama Senju explained the lake-crossing assessment, its rewards, and the three-day time limit before starting it.
• The candidates fought over the rewards until someone persuaded them to stop and head for the tower instead.
• Tobirama Senju used Water Release—Ten Thousand Sharks Roaming Technique, and sharks began attacking candidates in the lake.
• Luo Ai, Xinmen, and the purple-haired girl flew across the lake on sand while the other candidates tried to dodge the sharks.
• Wo Yelai summoned Toad De and asked him to carry him to the tower, but a shark lunged at him.

Senju Fujima and his group traveled toward the tower while Jiraiya and Toad De followed, and Kagami Uchiha fought through Tobirama Senju’s summoned attackers. Kagami activated Susanoo to face three powerful birds attacking him.

• Toad De destroyed the sharks attacking Jiraiya’s group and carried them toward the tower, while Senju Fujima used Umibozu to transport his own group.
• Senju Fujima noticed Jiraiya riding on the giant toad and continued toward the tower with Shizuka Uchiha and the others.
• Kagami Uchiha defeated more than a dozen sharks as Tobirama Senju watched from above.
• Tobirama Senju summoned birds to delay the genin and sent three especially powerful birds after Kagami Uchiha.
• Kagami Uchiha dodged the birds’ wind, fire, and water attacks, then used Susanoo as they pursued him.

Kagami Uchiha awakened the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and used Susanoo to defeat one of Tobirama Senju’s summoned birds, while Luo Ai fled after witnessing its power. Tobirama then sent a disguised wooden clone to test Hiruzen Sarutobi, and the chapter left them fighting with ninjutsu.

• Kagami Uchiha manifested Susanoo and cut down one of the three birds, frightening Luo Ai into fleeing with Xinmen.
• Tobirama Senju recognized Kagami’s Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, called off the remaining birds, and let him pass.
• A shark dragged several hidden observers into the water, eliminating them from the competition.
• Tobirama Senju transformed a Wood Human Technique into an eliminated genin and sent it to confront Hiruzen Sarutobi and his companions.
• The disguised clone attacked Hiruzen’s group, and Hiruzen countered its water techniques with fire and a combined Water-Earth Twin Dragon Bullet.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and his allies battled a mysterious man whose powerful Water Release broke through Tie Kui’s Susanoo. After Tie Kui fell unconscious protecting them, Hiruzen awakened the Rinnegan and faced the man with its powers, then unleashed Wood Release across the lake.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi used an earth clone and combined Fire and Earth Style attacks, but the man countered his attempt to expose him underwater with a massive whirlpool.
• The man’s water dragon attacked Hiruzen Sarutobi and his allies, and Tie Kui summoned Susanoo to shield them.
• The man used Water Severing Wave to slice through Susanoo, then sent two water dragons at the group.
• Tie Kui pushed Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others to safety, but the attack struck her Susanoo and knocked her unconscious.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi awakened the Rinnegan, caught Tie Kui, and used Banshō Ten'in and Shinra Tensei against the man’s water bullets.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi gave Tie Kui to a Shadow Clone and unleashed Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence across the lake.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and his companions survived a powerful Water Release attack and continued toward the tower, while Tobirama Senju watched over them. At the tower, Senju Fujima detected a concealed sealing trap and stopped his group from entering.

• A mysterious man unleashed a massive tsunami against Hiruzen Sarutobi, who defended himself and his companions with Wood Release and Earth Release.
• The attacker disappeared after the wave subsided, and Hiruzen Sarutobi's group headed for the tower with Tie Kui unconscious.
• The man revealed that he was watching Hiruzen Sarutobi, praised his growth, and vanished as Tobirama Senju also left.
• Senju Fujima's group arrived at the tower, but he sensed a sealing technique and pulled Shizuka Uchiha back from entering.
• Hyuga Tenkui used her Byakugan to discover dense, disguised sealing formulas covering the tower, revealing it was a trap.

Senju Fujima and his group waited outside the tower while other participants faced its hidden trap during the second assessment. After the three-day test ended, Tobirama Senju declared that those who had avoided entering the tower had passed and handed the third test over to Izuna Uchiha.

• Senju Fujima built a villa near the tower and waited there with Shizuka Uchiha and his companions.
• Kagami Uchiha and Hiruzen Sarutobi’s group noticed the tower’s danger and chose not to enter.
• After a day of waiting, participants began entering the tower, while others stayed away; over three days, 453 were eliminated by sharks and 185 entered the tower.
• When the bells rang at the end of the countdown, Senju Fujima led his group to the tower, where those inside had been sealed in and disqualified.
• Tobirama Senju explained that the tower’s supposed rewards were a trap and announced that Fujima’s group had passed the second test.
• Tobirama Senju left the next stage to Izuna Uchiha, who arrived as he vanished in a puff of smoke.

Tie Kui’s Rinnegan power awakened while she lay unconscious, and its force broke Madara Uchiha’s genjutsu seal. Her original and implanted memories flooded back, leaving her confused about her identity and whom she loved as she woke calling for Fujima.

• Izuna Uchiha told everyone to gather at Training Ground 33 the next morning, and Senju Fujima took Shizuka Uchiha, Jun Tianze, Hyuga Tenkui, and the others camping at the beach.
• An Anbu member told Madara Uchiha that Tie Kui had collapsed and remained unconscious for three days, so Madara went to Konoha Hospital to see her.
• Madara sensed Tie Kui’s power awakening and believed she was developing the Rinnegan, while Tie Kui heard him call her his daughter and then lost consciousness again.
• Tie Kui’s second Rinnegan awakened and broke Madara Uchiha’s genjutsu seal, restoring both her original memories and the fabricated memories he had implanted.
• Tie Kui woke in the hospital confused about her memories and cried out for Fujima, puzzling the people watching over her.

Tie Kui confronted Madara Uchiha after awakening with two conflicting sets of memories, and he revealed that he was her father. The chapter ended with Tie Kui demanding to know why she remembered Fujima.

• Tie Kui woke after three days unconscious and told Hiruzen Sarutobi she felt well, while struggling to make sense of her memories.
• Madara Uchiha arrived at Konoha Hospital, took Tie Kui to Kage Rock, and listened as she questioned him about her memories and his sudden kindness.
• Madara Uchiha admitted that he had sealed Tie Kui's memories and implanted new ones, then explained the events that began twelve years earlier.
• Tie Kui learned that Madara Uchiha was her father and broke down in grief as Hiruzen Sarutobi overheard the revelation.
• Tie Kui asked Madara why she had memories of Fujima, but the chapter ended before he answered.

Tie Kui confronted Madara Uchiha after learning he had altered her memories to keep her away from Senju Fujima, then fled in grief. The third examination began with more than five hundred participants entering Training Ground No. 33 for seven days, unaware that food drops were planned to tempt them.

• Madara Uchiha admitted he had changed Tie Kui’s memories, and Tie Kui accused him of taking away her right to choose whom she loved before running home in tears.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi realized Tie Kui had loved Senju Fujima and that he had been a substitute, then vanished after a cold look.
• Madara Uchiha questioned whether he had failed as a father as he watched Tie Kui leave.
• Izuna Uchiha explained that the examinees had to survive seven days in Training Ground Thirty-Three without bringing food, and warned that killing another participant would mean expulsion and imprisonment.
• More than five hundred participants entered Training Ground No. 33 after Izuna Uchiha announced a half-hour ban on fighting.
• Izuna Uchiha ordered Root to prepare food drops, while Luo Ai left with Xinmen and another man and other participants considered forming alliances.

The contestants discovered that the testing ground had no animals, and Izuna Uchiha announced limited food airdrops that would arrive at each mealtime. Senju Fujima chose to avoid the scramble, while Hiruzen Sarutobi and his companions considered seizing enough food to last seven days.

• Several genin formed an alliance, while confident contestants set out alone.
• The contestants realized there were no birds, beasts, or fish in the testing ground, and Senju Fujima confirmed the absence of animals within twenty li using the Mind's Eye of the Kagura.
• Izuna Uchiha announced that three hundred portions of food would be dropped across the area, prompting contestants to rush toward the airdrops.
• Senju Fujima decided he and Shizuka Uchiha would stay out of the food scramble because he had plenty of supplies, and he took her away to watch the others.
• Utatane Koharu urged Hiruzen Sarutobi to stockpile food early, and Hiruzen's companions agreed that they should seize airdrops before stronger contestants appeared.

As ninjas fought over food airdrops, Luo Ai stayed behind with a lunchbox and faced a seven-man squad. He used sand techniques to injure one attacker and trap the others.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi used Banshō Ten'in to pull down an airdrop lunchbox, then headed with Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura toward another drop.
• Luo Ai’s group spotted an airdrop as a seven-man squad approached, and Xinmen and the purple-haired woman left Luo Ai to face them alone.
• The seven genin demanded Luo Ai’s lunchbox, but he answered with Sand Shuriken.
• The genin blocked the shuriken and attacked with six ninjutsu, which struck Luo Ai’s Sand Clone.
• Luo Ai used Sand Binding Coffin to seize one fleeing genin and dislocate his foot, then raised walls of sand to trap the others.

Luo Ai captured six competitors who tried to flee, while Hiruzen Sarutobi and his companions drove off another group and collected food. Three days later, Senju Fujima rested with Shizuka Uchiha during the exam, and hungry contestants recognized him and fled rather than risk attacking.

• Luo Ai used sand to stop six ninjas from escaping, captured them, and crippled one leg of each before Anbu removed them from the competition.
• Luo Ai rejoined Xinmen and the purple-haired woman, and the three continued on together.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi frightened several genin away from food with his Fire Dragon Bullet, then left with Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu carrying nine portions.
• After three days of sightseeing and eating, Senju Fujima rested with Shizuka Uchiha while several hungry contestants spotted their food and considered taking it.
• One contestant identified Senju Fujima as the son of the First Deputy Hokage and young clan leader of the Senju Clan, so the group fled.

On the third day of the exam, Kimi-Tenzoku confronted Terumi Xi over a bento and defeated her after she used her Boil Release. He took the food and left while Terumi Xi followed, teasing him.

• Several ninja fled after recognizing Senju Fujima, while Izuna Uchiha chose not to interfere and noted that only 280 contestants remained.
• Terumi Xi picked up a bento, but Kimi-Tenzoku demanded she give it up.
• Terumi Xi used Hidden Mist Technique to evade Kimi-Tenzoku’s bone bullets, then revealed her Boil Release and melted his bones.
• Kimi-Tenzoku repaired his bones and unleashed Dance of the Seedling Fern, trapping Terumi Xi among a vast field of Bone Blades.
• Terumi Xi surrendered and handed over the bento, then followed Kimi-Tenzoku and flirted with him as he left.

Jun Tianze tried to escape Terumi Xi’s persistent advances, but gave her his bento when he realized she was hungry. Elsewhere in the exam grounds, Might Je rescued Rainfall from three ninja and offered her his lunchbox.

• Jun Tianze told Terumi Xi to stop following him, but she teased him and continued chasing him.
• When Terumi Xi’s stomach growled, Jun Tianze gave her his bento, and she kissed him and fed him a rice ball she had already bitten.
• Terumi Xi chased Jun Tianze again after he left.
• Three hungry ninja tried to take Rainfall’s lunchbox, but Might Je appeared and defeated them with Konoha Whirlwind.
• Might Je gave Rainfall his lunchbox, and she thanked him and asked his name.

Might Je and Rainfall confessed their feelings and shared a bento, while Tie Kui cut down four ninjas who tried to rob her. Wandering through the forest, Tie Kui found Senju Fujima with Shizuka Uchiha and wondered why she had come across them.

• Might Je confessed to Rainfall, and she shyly admitted that she liked him too.
• Rainfall told Might Je that nobody had liked her before, and the two happily ate from her bento together.
• Four ninjas surrounded Tie Kui and demanded her bento, but she swiftly wounded them and walked away.
• Four Root members arrived and carried the injured ninjas off to the hospital.
• Tie Kui wandered through the forest, troubled by her feelings for Fujima and the revelation about her father.
• Tie Kui found Senju Fujima resting with Shizuka Uchiha, and Fujima wondered why she was not with Little Monkey and the others.

Tie Kui confessed to Senju Fujima that she loved him and rejected her arranged marriage to Hiruzen Sarutobi, revealing that Madara Uchiha had altered her memories. Senju Fujima tried to turn her down, while Hiruzen and the others left after seeing them embrace.

• Senju Fujima noticed Tie Kui was alone and asked why Hiruzen Sarutobi was not with her.
• Tie Kui rushed into Senju Fujima's arms, and Hiruzen Sarutobi, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura saw them embrace.
• Tie Kui told Senju Fujima that Madara Uchiha had altered her memories and that she had always loved him, not Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Tie Kui said she would accept being Senju Fujima's second wife, but he told her their relationship was impossible.
• Tie Kui refused to accept Senju Fujima's rejection and asked why she could not choose her own happiness.