Chapter Summaries

Utatane Koharu bid against Genya for two Ninjutsu manuals at the auction, paying far above the usual price for the first and exceeding her clan’s budget on the second. Genya withdrew after provoking her into a final bid, leaving Koharu stuck with the expensive S-rank technique.

• Toyotomi Shunxiu told Utatane Koharu that the Uchiha had secured the premium land plots, and Koharu concealed her anger while preparing to bid on Ninjutsu.
• Genya used intelligence about the Utatane Clan’s finances to push Koharu’s bid for Wind Release: Gale Dance to eight million ryo, and the clan won the technique at that price.
• Koharu competed for the S-rank Water Style: Water Source Bomb, which Utatane Rin hoped would strengthen him, as the bids climbed past twenty million ryo.
• After another bidder raised the price to twenty-six million ryo and mocked the Utatane Clan’s finances, Koharu impulsively bid twenty-seven million ryo.
• Genya withdrew, claiming he would let Koharu have the technique, and the hall applauded as she realized she had exceeded her clan’s budget.

Genya, Itachi, and Kaguya Chokū ambushed Utatane Koharu’s group as they returned from the auction and fought the Utatane Clan. As the clan suffered heavy losses, Koharu unleashed a powerful Water Style attack against Genya.

• Utatane Koharu publicized the value of the two Ninjutsu she had won at auction before leading her group back toward Konoha.
• Genya, Itachi, and Kaguya Chokū ambushed the Utatane Clan with hidden weapons and Explosive Tags, killing one clansman and injuring two.
• Genya mocked Koharu and ordered Itachi and Kaguya Chokū to attack, while Kaguya Chokū killed a Chunin and Itachi engaged two others.
• Genya fought the Utatane Clan with his Three-Tomoe Sharingan, blocking their hidden weapons and turning their explosive attacks back on them.
• Koharu used a scroll to unleash Lightning Style: Lightning Spider Web, but Genya countered with Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique.
• Koharu summoned a colossal water dragon with a scroll and sent it plunging toward Genya.

Genya defeated Utatane Koharu and her clan force, using a Wood Clone to survive Koharu’s forbidden technique and keep his role hidden. After ordering Kaguya Chokū to search the battlefield, he discovered two Ninjutsu manuals on Utatane Rin.

• Genya blocked Utatane Rin’s attacks with Wood Release and survived the S-rank Water Style technique through his Wood Locking Wall and Sage Body regeneration.
• Genya used Deep Forest Emergence to restrain the Utatane force, then killed Rin and the other fighters.
• Genya confronted Koharu over the harm Konoha’s leaders had caused, but she pierced his apparent body with her forbidden technique before he revealed it was a Wood Clone.
• Genya absorbed the defeated clan’s chakra and told Kaguya Chokū to clean up the scene and search for valuables.
• Kaguya Chokū found two Ninjutsu manuals on Rin, and Genya showed interest in them.

After killing Utatane Koharu, Genya returned to Konoha and considered the risks facing the Uchiha and his plans for gaining power. He left the chapter waiting for the Katsuyu Sage to awaken while testing the powerful Ninjutsu he had obtained.

• Genya, Itachi, and Kaguya Chokū returned to the Capital City after cleaning up the scene of Utatane Koharu's death, then returned to Konoha two days later.
• Genya sent Kaguya Chokū to a hidden village near Konoha, and Fugaku learned that the plan had succeeded.
• Genya trained in Shikkotsu Forest and weighed the dangers of Konoha's suspicions, the Guardian Shinobi, and his search for Tailed Beast chakra and Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Genya asked Katsuyu when the Katsuyu Sage would wake so he could learn Sage Mode, and Katsuyu said the Sage should awaken soon.
• Genya practiced the A-rank Wind Release: Gale Dance and shredded a huge boulder with its tornado.
• Genya mastered the hand seals for the S-rank Water Style: Water Source Bomb and blasted a crater more than fifty zhang wide.

Genya and Fugaku were summoned by Konoha’s leaders after intelligence from Sunagakure revealed Genya’s Wood Release. Genya planned to blame his awakening on Orochimaru’s experiments, and the chapter ended as the Third Hokage confronted him with a report about his Wood Release.

• Genya visited Yukino with books, and she warned him not to spread the rumor that Utatane Koharu had been attacked.
• The Third Hokage confirmed Koharu’s assassination, and Danzo accused the Uchiha of possible involvement.
• An Anbu report revealed that Genya had awakened Wood Release, shocking the Konoha leaders.
• The Third Hokage summoned Genya and Fugaku, and Genya suggested claiming Orochimaru’s experiments caused his Wood Release.
• The Third Hokage showed Genya a report describing his use of Wood Release against Sunagakure ninja.

Genya claimed Orochimaru had tortured him in experiments that awakened his Wood Release, forcing the Third Hokage to weigh the risks of confronting the powerful Uchiha clan. After Genya sparred with Yamato and showed his abilities, the Third Hokage restored Danzo's control of Root and proposed using a hostage exchange to enlist the Fourth Raikage against Genya.

• Genya told the Third Hokage that Orochimaru had experimented on him and threatened the Uchiha clan, while Fugaku supported his account.
• The Third Hokage acknowledged Genya's suffering but asked him to demonstrate his Wood Release at an underground training ground.
• Yamato attacked Genya with Wood Release techniques, but Genya evaded him and deliberately held back from striking him.
• The Third Hokage ended the spar and urged Genya to use his Wood Release to protect Konoha.
• After the others left, the Third Hokage restored Danzo's management of Root and asked Mitokado Homura to help with Konoha's work.
• The Third Hokage told Danzo to offer Toroi's return to the Fourth Raikage in exchange for a favor, identifying Genya as a potential threat.

Genya passed the Genin exam alongside Nami and Sarutobi Taro, then went to Shikkotsu Forest after hearing that the Katsuyu Sage had awakened. He met the enormous sage and introduced himself, while Danzo had agreed to use the Cloud Village to eliminate him.

• Danzo agreed to use the Cloud Village to eliminate Genya, whom he considered a threat to Konoha.
• Kakashi and Yamato visited Genya, who introduced himself with an off-color hobby and rejected Yamato’s sympathy.
• Genya’s family and friends accompanied him to the Ninja Academy, where Sarutobi Taro and Nami also sat for the Genin exam.
• Genya passed the exam easily, and Sarutobi Taro and Nami passed as well; the three left together to celebrate.
• Genya visited Uchiha Yukino at the Intelligence Center, reported his results to Fugaku’s family, and went to train at Shikkotsu Forest.
• Katsuyu told Genya that the Katsuyu Sage had awakened, led him to her enormous true body, and watched as he greeted her.

Genya began training in Shikkotsu Forest’s Sage Mode before joining Kakashi’s newly assigned Genin team for a Bell-grabbing test. After Kakashi easily defeated Sarutobi Taro and Nami, Genya finally entered the fight to help them.

• Katsuyu Sage approved Genya for Sage Mode training after testing his physique and chakra, and Genya began cultivating with Viscous Acid.
• Kakashi arrived as the instructor for Genya, Sarutobi Taro, and Nami and challenged them to take two Bells to earn lunch and pass his assessment.
• Kakashi warned the students that failure would send them back to the Ninja Academy, and Genya chose to watch while Sarutobi Taro and Nami sought openings.
• Sarutobi Taro attacked Kakashi with Fire Style and flaming Shuriken, but Kakashi dodged and threw him aside.
• Nami tried to strike Kakashi with Gentle Fist, but he used the Substitution Technique and caught her with a Kunai.
• Genya emerged from hiding and used Wood Style: Strangulation Technique against Kakashi.

Genya and his teammates passed Kakashi’s bell test by working together, then celebrated at Ichiraku Ramen. Kakashi left to rest while Genya’s team continued their new life as a squad.

• Genya used Wood Release, fire, and wind against Kakashi, then joined Sarutobi Taro and Nami in attacking him.
• Sarutobi Taro snatched Kakashi’s bell, and Genya used One Thousand Years of Death on Kakashi while he was distracted.
• The team headed to Ichiraku Ramen, where Sarutobi Taro thanked Genya for helping him and Nami train.
• Might Guy joined the group, accidentally struck Kakashi’s injured spot twice, and gave Sarutobi Taro a green tracksuit as a battle suit.
• Genya ate twenty-two bowls of ramen and beat Might Guy’s eating challenge, while Kakashi agreed to let his team train without him the next day.

Genya continued training in Shikkotsu Forest and neared mastering Sage Mode, impressing Tsunade with his progress and perseverance. After Tsunade warned him about Konoha’s political dangers, they gambled again, and Genya won before slipping away with his winnings.

• Genya endured Viscous Acid while training in Shikkotsu Forest, and his Sage Mode markings and energy balance continued to improve.
• Tsunade and Katsuyu watched Genya train, and Tsunade admitted that she had avoided Sage Mode because of its pain and risk to her skin.
• Tsunade told Genya that she had not exposed his Wood Release secret, apologized for Orochimaru’s experiments, and warned him that Konoha’s old powers might target him.
• Katsuyu confirmed that Genya was close to mastering Sage Mode and was progressing faster than Hashirama Senju had.
• Genya challenged Tsunade to another gambling match, won overwhelmingly, and escaped as she smashed rocks in anger.
• Genya bought fruit on his way home because he felt embarrassed about always accepting Uchiha Yukino’s fruit.

Genya trained with Itachi, then endured Shikkotsu Forest’s corrosive acid to complete his Sage Mode training. He demonstrated the destructive power of his new Sage Art to Tsunade, who was astonished by how quickly he had mastered it.

• Genya visited Uchiha Yukino, flattered her, and offered her a fruit basket of bananas.
• Genya sparred with Itachi at the Uchiha Training Ground while Fugaku and Shisui watched and discussed the Uchiha’s strained relations with Konoha.
• Itachi left for an escort mission, and Genya teased Shisui about a promised Ichiraku Ramen meal.
• Genya traveled to Shikkotsu Forest and used Katsuyu’s Viscous Acid while meditating on natural energy.
• Genya harmonized his chakra and natural energy, completed Sage Mode, and unleashed a powerful Sage Art: Fire Style: Rasengan Crimson Flame Burst.
• Tsunade arrived after hearing the blast, saw Genya’s Sage Mode and the enormous crater, and congratulated him before realizing she might have to call him Martial Uncle.

Genya drank with Tsunade in Shikkotsu Forest, then accidentally appeared in Uchiha Yukino’s bedchamber before escaping with Body Flicker. Meanwhile, Itachi’s team escorted valuable ninja tools through the Land of Grass until the Akatsuki’s Deva Path and Little Blue attacked them.

• Tsunade challenged Genya to a drinking match, and Genya used his Konoha Residency Permit to prove he was a man and make her honor their bet.
• Genya and Tsunade drank more than ten jars; Tsunade passed out, and Genya covered her with his outer garment before using Reverse Summoning to return to Konoha.
• Genya’s unstable technique deposited him in Uchiha Yukino’s bedchamber, and he fled when she told him to come explain himself.
• Itachi escorted a merchant caravan with Mizunuki, Tenma, and Shinko, and told them he admired Genya but could not match his strength.
• Mizunuki explained that the caravan carried valuable ninja tools for Kusagakure, and a powerful shockwave sent the team and merchants flying.
• The Akatsuki’s Deva Path and Little Blue emerged from the forest, and Deva Path laughed when Mizunuki invoked Konoha.

The Deva Path killed Mizunuki and overwhelmed Itachi’s team, but Tenma saved Itachi at the cost of his life, triggering Itachi’s Two-Tomoe Sharingan. Itachi woke in Konoha Hospital, where Genya asked who had attacked them as Tenma remained in critical condition.

• The Deva Path killed Mizunuki, then defeated Itachi, Tenma, and Shinko after Itachi’s attacks failed.
• The Deva Path tried to recruit Itachi into Akatsuki, but Itachi refused and Tenma took a black rod through the chest to save him.
• Tenma’s apparent death awakened Itachi’s Two-Tomoe Sharingan, and the Deva Path knocked Itachi unconscious before Konan persuaded Nagato to spare the children.
• The Deva Path killed the caravan guards and took their ninja tools, while Konan worried about Akatsuki’s need to grow stronger and the Tiger-Pattern Mask’s hidden motives.
• Itachi woke two days later in Konoha Hospital and learned that Tenma was critically injured and Shinko was safe.
• Genya asked Itachi who had attacked his team, having begun to suspect the assailants’ identities.

Itachi awoke, discovered he had awakened the Two-Tomoe Sharingan, and learned that Tenma was still near death after saving him. Genya went to Shikkotsu Forest and asked Tsunade to save Tenma, leaving her surprised by his sincere offer to pay any price.

• Itachi saw his newly awakened Two-Tomoe Sharingan and felt guilty because Tenma had been injured saving him.
• Fugaku and Mikoto comforted Itachi, while Fugaku drove off the Anbu who demanded to question him before he had recovered.
• Itachi asked Genya to accompany him to visit Tenma in intensive care, where Genya reassured him despite knowing Tenma was near death.
• Genya went to Shikkotsu Forest to find Tsunade, and they fought briefly after she misunderstood his teasing form of address.
• Genya explained Tenma's condition and asked Tsunade to save him, promising to provide whatever payment she required.

Genya persuaded Tsunade to return to Konoha and save Tenma, who recovered after surgery. Later, Might Guy challenged Genya to a taijutsu spar, and their fight began.

• Genya offered Tsunade two million ryo to treat Tenma, and she agreed to return to Konoha.
• Tsunade removed the Black Receiver from Tenma's chest and healed his damaged organs, while Itachi thanked Genya for arranging her help.
• Tsunade declined Genya's payment, saying she would treat Tenma as her contribution to Konoha.
• Genya returned to training and agreed to spar with Might Guy after Guy praised his strength.
• Might Guy rushed at Genya and threw a kick to start their match.

Genya fought Might Guy in taijutsu until the Three-Tomoe Sharingan gave him the advantage, then stopped Guy before he opened the Eight Inner Gates. The Third Hokage dispatched a team to investigate the attack on Konoha’s caravan and assigned Kakashi’s team a hostage exchange with Kumogakure, but the identity of the main hostage remained unclear.

• Genya and Might Guy traded taijutsu blows until Genya activated his Three-Tomoe Sharingan and began to overpower him.
• Might Guy nearly opened the Eight Inner Gates, but Genya withdrew and Kakashi stopped him; Guy apologized for losing control.
• The Third Hokage ordered Might Guy, Shisui, and Yamato to capture the attackers who had killed Jonin Mizunuki during a mission in the Land of Grass.
• The Third Hokage told Kakashi he would lead a Jonin team and assigned his team to exchange Kumogakure’s Toroi for three Konoha elite Jonin and two Jonin.
• Kakashi asked which hostage the exchange was centered on, and the chapter ended before the Third Hokage answered.

Kakashi accepted a difficult prisoner-exchange mission without extra support, then tried to connect with Naruto, who trusted Genya more than him. Meanwhile, Genya drank Tsunade and Jiraiya under the table and learned Shisui was leaving on a mission tied to Itachi’s attackers, leaving him worried for Shisui’s safety.

• The Third Hokage assigned Kakashi to exchange five prisoners and refused his request for an experienced companion, so Kakashi agreed to take his newly formed team.
• Kakashi met Naruto at a mask shop, offered to buy him a mask and food, and learned Naruto trusted Genya because Kakashi had watched him from the shadows.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade discussed the village, the Child of Prophecy, and their plans as Genya joined them for drinks and got both of them drunk.
• Genya carried Tsunade to her inn, where she pulled him down onto the bed, and then he returned to the Uchiha district.
• Genya saw Shisui preparing for a secret mission and guessed it concerned Itachi’s attackers, then urged him to be careful; Shisui promised to treat him to Ichiraku Ramen when he returned.

Genya and Kakashi’s newly graduated teammates set out to exchange the Kumogakure prisoner Toroi, while Kumogakure secretly planned to kill Genya for his Wood Release. After an ambush exposed Sarutobi Taro and Hyuga Nami’s hesitation to kill, the team continued toward the exchange with both rookies shaken.

• Kakashi told Genya, Sarutobi Taro, and Hyuga Nami to join the dangerous hostage exchange mission, and all three agreed to go.
• The Fourth Raikage assigned Yugito to lead the exchange and secretly ordered her to eliminate the young Uchiha Wood Release user.
• On the journey, Genya struck Toroi after sensing his killing intent and warned him not to provoke him.
• Rogue Ninjas ambushed the team, and Kakashi ordered Sarutobi Taro and Hyuga Nami to fight them while Genya remained on guard.
• Nami overcame her fear, activated her Byakugan, and defeated the Rogue Ninjas, but Taro hesitated when Kakashi told him to kill them.
• A wounded Rogue Ninja lunged at Nami, and Genya stopped him with a kunai; Kakashi then killed the remaining attackers, leaving Taro and Nami shaken.

Genya learned that the Guardian Shinobi had placed a bounty on him and discovered that Konoha and Kumogakure had both arranged for him to die during a hostage exchange. The chapter ended with Kakashi refusing to abandon Genya as Yugito’s forces surrounded them.

• Sarutobi Taro and Nami killed rogue ninja for the first time, while Kakuzu revealed that a five-million-ryo bounty had been placed on Genya by the Guardian Shinobi and said he was being pursued by two people recruiting for an organization.
• Kakashi hid Sarutobi Taro and Nami before accompanying Genya to exchange Toroi for five Konoha hostages.
• Genya confirmed the hostages were genuine, then slapped Shimura Hong when he insulted him.
• After the exchange, Yugito revealed that she knew Genya had Wood Release and ordered her forces to attack him while letting the other hostages leave.
• Yugito said Konoha and Kumogakure both wanted Genya dead, but Kakashi refused to leave his student behind.

Genya and Kakashi faced an outnumbering force of Cloud Ninjas, and Genya cut down their fighters while battling the Two-Tails Jinchuriki Yugito. After Yugito transformed into Matatabi, Genya met her attacks with Murasame and prepared to fight her with ninjutsu as she unleashed a massive fireball.

• Kakashi promised to create an opening so Genya could escape, and Genya joked that he might have to collect Kakashi’s corpse.
• Yugito ordered the Cloud Ninjas to attack, and Genya killed a Cloud Village Jonin with Murasame.
• Yugito entered Partial Tailed Beast Transformation and attacked Genya, but he cleaved her apart and used Wood Style: Strangulation Technique to ensnare and drain the chakra of Cloud Ninjas.
• Genya continued cutting down Cloud Ninjas while taunting Yugito, who transformed into the Two-Tails Matatabi.
• Genya struck Yugito’s enormous claw with Murasame, then she fired a devastating Matatabi Fireball at him.