Arc 20Rescuing the Future

Guy left Konoha on a secret mission, rescued several children from dangerous fates, and found a lucrative way to support the orphanage. After taking Kimimaro and Haku from their homes, he became trapped in a confrontation with Kirigakure and discovered that Yagura was the Six-Tails Jinchuriki.

  • Guy agreed to raise the baby he suspected was Sasuke as Might Nosuke, then secretly told Minato about his suspicions regarding Orochimaru, Danzo, and the Uchiha attackers.
  • Guy secured permission from Minato to leave Konoha on a secret mission, helped Obito become head of the remaining Uchiha, and departed with twelve martial monks.
  • Guy rescued Uzumaki Yui and her baby Karin from a Kusagakure outpost, then sent them to the Konoha Orphanage and learned that Ghost Mother was about to give birth.
  • Guy wrote Young Guy, secured a publishing contract with Takizawa Sakurako, and set out to recruit Kimimaro and other children before Orochimaru could get them.
  • Guy freed Kimimaro from the Kaguya Clan prison and rescued Haku after preventing his family from discovering his Ice Release.
  • Guy and the children fought White Brow, and Guy persuaded Haku’s parents to let Haku become his disciple before Mei Terumi and Yagura confronted him.
  • Guy escaped Kirigakure’s ambush with Haku and Kimimaro after his Blood Lion devastated the battlefield and he seized Samehada.
  • Yagura surrounded Guy with Mei Terumi, Ao, and Kisame, and Guy realized that Yagura had become the Six-Tails Jinchuriki.
Chapters 476–500 Vol. 5 Read

Ch. 476Might Nosuke

Guy and the others took in a baby whom Guy suspected was Sasuke Uchiha, but they named him Might Nosuke and decided to raise him at the orphanage. Guy then left to meet Minato Namikaze, intending to tell him something important.

  • Nonō examined the baby and said he was healthy and had likely been left at the orphanage after losing his parents in the war.
  • Guy suspected the baby was Sasuke Uchiha and worried about his background, future, and the danger his presence could bring to the orphanage.
  • Might Duy urged everyone to keep the baby, and Guy agreed to raise him alongside Naruto.
  • Guy said Naruto's parents had named him Naruto Uzumaki, then chose the name Might Nosuke for the baby instead of using the Uchiha surname.
  • Guy left the orphanage to meet Minato Namikaze and planned to reveal some things to him.

Ch. 477Travel Plans

Guy warned Minato Namikaze about Orochimaru, Danzo, and the Uchiha clan, then declined to return to Konoha and planned to travel abroad on a secret investigation. Minato lifted Guy’s travel restrictions and gave him a Flying Thunder God Kunai, while Guy set out to investigate and recruit talented people before Orochimaru could claim them.

  • Guy secretly told Minato Namikaze that Orochimaru might be conducting human experiments, Danzo had hidden motives, and the black-robed attackers might be Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Hisui.
  • Minato Namikaze believed Guy’s deductions and offered him a chance to return to Konoha to help rebuild the village.
  • Guy refused to return or remain at the Fire Temple and asked Minato to lift his ten-year ban so he could investigate Orochimaru and the Uchiha clan abroad.
  • Minato Namikaze agreed to remove Guy’s restrictions under the cover of a secret mission and gave him a Flying Thunder God Kunai for emergencies.
  • Guy left the Hokage Building intending to build his strength and recruit Kimimaro, Karin, Haku, Guren, Sakon, and Ukon before Orochimaru could get them.

Ch. 478Uchiha, the New Clan Head

Guy visited the Uchiha compound and helped Obito understand that Fugaku had used him and Rin to trigger the Three-Tails rampage. Obito accepted responsibility for the Uchiha who remained in Konoha, became their new clan head, and expelled Fugaku and the defectors from the clan.

  • Guy went to the ruined Uchiha compound and found Obito distressed while Rin remained unconscious and Kakashi stood watch.
  • Obito told Guy that Fugaku had lured him and Rin with a promise to reinforce their tailed-beast seals, after which Obito remembered nothing until waking up after the Three-Tails rampage.
  • Guy and Kakashi assured Obito that they believed him and that Fugaku had exploited him; Obito resolved to protect the Uchiha left behind.
  • Obito's grandmother and the other remaining Uchiha urged him to become their clan head, and he accepted the responsibility.
  • Obito declared himself clan head and expelled Fugaku and all who had defected from the Uchiha clan.

Ch. 479The Belated System Reward

Guy left Konoha and the Fire Temple to pursue a secret mission, after entrusting his loved ones and the temple to others. A delayed system reward strengthened his training and gave him a Heavenly Dragon Mark as he set out for the Land of Grass.

  • Guy told Kakashi to watch over Obito and Rin, then said goodbye to Might Duy and taught him the Lion's Roar Technique and Golden Bell Shield before leaving Konoha with twelve martial monks.
  • The system rewarded Guy for saving Minato Namikaze and Kushina with 600 Monk Points and an Advanced Random Gift Pack, which contained a Heavenly Dragon Mark.
  • Guy spent 259 Monk Points to raise the Marrow Cleansing Classic's proficiency to 999 and began considering how to break through.
  • At the Fire Temple, Guy told Huiyan he was leaving on a secret mission, and Huiyan allowed him to go while affirming that he could return as First Seat.
  • Guy taught Chiriku the Great Compassion Thousand-Armed Form and left him in charge of the Martial Monk Hall before departing for the Land of Grass.

Ch. 480Add a Grilled Fish for That Table

Guy searched Kusagakure for Karin's mother and learned she was stationed at a border outpost near the Land of Birds. He left the tavern and headed west toward the outpost.

  • Guy entered Kusagakure and listened for information about a red-haired woman carrying an infant.
  • A drunken Kusagakure chunin complained about the village's border conflicts and revealed that the frontline relied on a "blood pack."
  • Guy posed as a wandering monk who knew medicine and asked the chunin where healers were needed.
  • The chunin directed Guy to a border outpost near the Land of Birds and confirmed that Karin's mother was there.
  • Guy bought the chunin's table an extra grilled fish and set out west toward the outpost.

Ch. 481Don't Bite Her to Death, Don't Mess Around

Guy infiltrated a Kusagakure outpost to rescue Karin's mother and found her imprisoned as a medical blood bag. He opened her cell and saw inside, leaving their reunion and escape for what came next.

  • Guy watched the outpost until nightfall, then captured a Kusagakure genin and demanded to know where the red-haired woman and baby were held.
  • The genin led Guy to the detention area, where a guard let them through after warning them not to abuse the recently delivered 'blood bag.'
  • Guy grew furious at the guards' treatment of Karin's mother but kept his anger in check as the genin guided him to her cell.
  • Guy knocked the genin unconscious, unlocked the cell, and heard a frightened gasp from within.
  • Guy opened the cell door and saw inside by the dim torchlight.

Ch. 482A pack of animals!

Might Guy found Karin’s mother, Uzumaki Yui, imprisoned and abused by Kusagakure’s ninja, and persuaded her that he had come to rescue her. After learning her baby was Karin and seeing bite marks on the infant, Guy’s fury at her captors intensified.

  • Guy entered the cell and found Uzumaki Yui clutching her baby in fear.
  • Yui mistook Guy’s bald head for that of a monk who had come to take her blood, and she begged him to leave milk for her baby.
  • Guy summoned Katsuyu and used Tsunade and Mito Uzumaki’s names to earn Yui’s trust.
  • Guy introduced himself as Might Guy and promised to take Yui away; she identified herself as an Uzumaki and accepted his help.
  • Yui revealed that her daughter was Karin, and Guy saw bite marks on the baby’s arm.

Ch. 483I'll Take You to Kill Someone

Guy rescued Uzumaki Yui and her infant Karin from a Hidden Grass cell and learned that Yui did not know who Karin’s father was because she had been brutalized by her captors. Though he had considered leaving without killing anyone, Guy decided to take Yui to kill someone before they escaped.

  • Guy covered Uzumaki Yui with his robe, lifted her and Karin, and had Katsuyu heal their injuries and weakness.
  • Guy asked about Karin’s father, and Yui revealed that the child had no father because she did not know who had fathered her.
  • Guy struggled with whether to kill the Hidden Grass captors, then decided he could not leave their cruelty unanswered.
  • Guy told the frightened Yui that he would take her to kill someone and asked whether she wanted to watch.

Ch. 484Slaughter Begins

Guy carried Uzumaki Yui and Karin out of the prison and began slaughtering the Hidden Grass outpost’s guards and ninjas. When Guy asked whether anyone among the remaining survivors was innocent, Uzumaki Yui shook her head, and he ordered them all killed.

  • Guy crushed the unconscious genin guide, then carried Uzumaki Yui and Karin from the cell as a blood-red Vajra Dharma Form appeared behind him.
  • The Vajra killed the bribed guard and another guard who came to investigate, and Guy told Uzumaki Yui to identify any innocent people.
  • Guy entered the camp and killed the Hidden Grass ninjas who raised the alarm, cutting down everyone in his path as Uzumaki Yui watched.
  • The remaining Hidden Grass ninjas gathered in the camp’s central open space, and Guy asked Uzumaki Yui if any of them were innocent.
  • Uzumaki Yui shook her head, and Guy ordered the Vajra to kill them all.

Ch. 485Land of Hot Water

Guy rescued Uzumaki Yui and Karin from the Kusagakure outpost and earned 100 Monk Points for completing a hidden mission. He arranged for Ninkame to take them to the Konoha Orphanage while he continued toward Yugakure, leaving Yui reluctant to part from him.

  • Guy carried Yui and Karin away from the burning Kusagakure outpost, where all 183 people had been executed, and received 100 Monk Points from the system.
  • Yui woke in a forest shelter to find Karin nursing from a tiger, which Guy had spared and recruited as a wet nurse.
  • Yui thanked Guy and begged to stay with him, but he said he would send her and Karin to the Konoha Orphanage for their safety.
  • Guy summoned Ninkame and instructed it to take Yui and Karin safely to Konoha, mentioning that Kushina Uzumaki would look after them.
  • Guy headed toward the Land of Hot Water and Yugakure, letting the tiger and its cubs go before Ninkame followed with Yui and Karin.

Ch. 486Specialty Hot Springs

Guy entered Yugakure to buy clean clothes for Uzumaki Yui and relax in a hot spring after killing 183 people. Though he initially chose the cheapest bathhouse because he had no money, Ninkame lent him its savings, and Guy called back a broker advertising specialty services.

  • Guy arrived in Yugakure with Ninkame, Uzumaki Yui, and Karin, seeking clothes for Yui and a hot spring to ease his lingering killing aura.
  • Hot spring brokers crowded around Guy, and he asked a middle-aged man whether the women's bath price included the day's discount.
  • The brokers dismissed Guy as poor when he chose the cheapest bathhouse, and Guy realized he had forgotten to loot the people he killed.
  • Ninkame gave Guy a wallet containing tens of thousands of ryō that it had saved while helping Chief White Brow manage the clan's affairs.
  • Guy called back the broker from Immortal Soup Garden and asked him to explain the 8,000-ryō specialty services.

Ch. 487Let Me Give You a Massage, Sir

Guy relaxed in a hot spring after the killings at the Grass Hidden Outpost while Uzumaki Yui offered to massage him and begged to remain by his side. After Guy refused both requests, Ninkame told him that Madam Ghost Mother was about to give birth.

  • Guy chose a 2,000-ryo hot spring instead of the premium option, saying he would rather save money for the orphanage.
  • Uzumaki Yui came to Guy's spring and offered to massage him, but Guy gently refused because she needed to recover from her injuries.
  • Uzumaki Yui asked to stay with Guy and help him, but he resolutely shook his head and sent her back to her compartment with Karin.
  • Guy asked Ninkame how the orphanage was doing, and Ninkame told him Madam Ghost Mother was about to give birth.

Ch. 488Ways to Make Money

Guy learned that Ghost Mother was about to give birth and went shopping in Yugakure for gifts to take back to the Might Clan. After finding that he could not afford winter supplies for the whole orphanage, he looked for a way to earn money and spotted a used-book stall that gave him an idea.

  • Guy learned from Ninkame that Ghost Mother would give birth within a day or two and decided to buy gifts for the new children.
  • Guy left the hot spring inn with Ninkame, Uzumaki Yui, and Karin to browse Yugakure's shops.
  • Guy considered buying warm stones or gloves for the orphanage's 134 residents, but could not afford enough for everyone.
  • Guy bought a large pile of candy instead and decided he needed to find a faster, more lucrative way to make money.
  • Guy noticed a used-book stall behind a vendor selling a hot springs guide, and an idea came to him.

Ch. 489Young Guy!

Guy realized Jiraiya’s future Make-Out Series could earn a fortune and decided to write his own erotic novel before Jiraiya did. After sending Uzumaki Yui and Karin to the Konoha Orphanage for safety, he began writing a story titled Young Guy!.

  • Guy calculated the potential profits from Jiraiya’s Make-Out Series and decided to write an erotic novel of his own.
  • Guy sent Ninkame to take Uzumaki Yui and Karin back to the Konoha Orphanage, assuring Yui it was safer for them there.
  • Guy bought manuscript paper and pens, rented an inn room, and planned a suggestive, inspirational story suited to the Shinobi World.
  • Guy titled his novel Young Guy! and began writing about Guy’s disappointing Chunin Exam results.

Ch. 490Editor-in-Chief Takizawa Sakurako

Guy completed the first volume of Young Guy and submitted a sample to the Land of Hot Water Publishing House in Yugakure. After becoming engrossed in the chapters, editor-in-chief Takizawa Sakurako asked Miyuki to leave so she could discuss the manuscript with Guy privately.

  • Guy finished and organized the upper volume of Young Guy, then took a sample of its first ten chapters to the Land of Hot Water Publishing House.
  • Miyuki began reading Guy's sample and became so absorbed that she demanded to know what happened next.
  • Guy showed Miyuki the remaining manuscript bundles, and she enthusiastically declared the work a masterpiece that needed the editor-in-chief's review.
  • Miyuki introduced Guy to editor-in-chief Takizawa Sakurako, who read the sample and became absorbed in the story.
  • Takizawa Sakurako asked Miyuki to leave the office so she could discuss the manuscript with Guy in depth.

Ch. 491Romance's Ghostly Bane

Guy negotiated an exclusive publishing deal for Young Guy with Takizawa Sakurako under the pen name Romance's Ghostly Bane. After signing the contract and arranging secure royalty collection, he demonstrated his power by destroying the summit of a nearby mountain, leaving Takizawa determined to honor the agreement.

  • Takizawa Sakurako offered Guy a thirty-seventy royalty split, and Guy accepted with seventy percent for himself in exchange for exclusive publishing rights.
  • Guy chose the pen name Romance's Ghostly Bane, and he and Takizawa Sakurako signed a contract for Young Guy.
  • Guy gave Takizawa the complete eighty-thousand-character manuscript, and she read it eagerly before he told her he planned a trilogy.
  • Guy arranged to collect his royalties in person and received half of a special identification card from Takizawa.
  • Before leaving, Guy vanished from the office and flattened the summit of Hot Water Overlook Peak, prompting Takizawa to swear that the publishing house would honor their contract.

Ch. 492Kaguya Clan, Shikotsumyaku

Guy infiltrated the Kaguya Clan village in the Land of Water and witnessed its members’ violent obsession with fighting and their Shikotsumyaku abilities. He searched the village prison and found the young Kimimaro locked in a reinforced cell.

  • Guy reached the remote Kaguya Clan village and concealed his identity as he infiltrated it.
  • Guy watched Kaguya clansmen fight savagely with bone weapons while their fellow villagers cheered.
  • Guy observed the clan’s Shikotsumyaku techniques and considered how its members feared Kimimaro’s exceptional talent.
  • Guy searched the village prison, subdued the guards at its entrance, and found three- or four-year-old Kimimaro imprisoned in a reinforced chamber.

Ch. 493Kimimaro

Guy found Kimimaro imprisoned in a stone chamber and gently led him away from the Kaguya Clan settlement. Kimimaro followed Guy into the snowy woods, warmed by his robe and kindness.

  • Guy entered the stone chamber and met Kimimaro, who watched him quietly.
  • Guy offered Kimimaro his hand and asked if he wanted to leave with him.
  • Kimimaro took Guy’s hand and followed him out of the chamber and the Kaguya Clan settlement.
  • Guy wrapped Kimimaro in his warm robe and shared his Yang Release chakra to warm him.
  • Guy led Kimimaro through the falling snow and away from the settlement.

Ch. 494Haku

Guy and Kimimaro searched another snowbound village in the Land of Water for Haku, then secretly entered after the villagers refused Guy’s offer of help. Guy found a three-year-old boy whose Ice Release marked him as Haku.

  • Guy and Kimimaro reached a remote, snowbound village after searching seven or eight similar villages over the past month.
  • Guy posed as a traveling healer, but a wary villager told him to leave.
  • Guy led Kimimaro away, waited until night, then sneaked into the village with him.
  • Guy spotted a sleeping child surrounded by faint crystalline vapor and recognized him as Haku.

Ch. 495Madam, You Wouldn't Want Your Husband to Know About This, Would You?

Guy learned that Haku’s Ice Release would eventually expose him to his family’s fear and destroy his home, so he intervened before the tragedy could happen. He revealed Haku’s ability to Haku’s mother and threatened to tell her husband.

  • Guy listened outside Haku’s home as Haku’s parents worried about the coming winter and discussed their plans to gather supplies.
  • Guy recalled how Haku’s Ice Release would later lead his father and villagers to kill his mother, before Haku killed them in terror.
  • Guy decided to prevent the tragedy and left without entering the house, with Kimimaro following him.
  • The next morning, Haku’s mother returned home and found Guy and Kimimaro playing with Haku as he shaped an ice ball with his Ice Release.
  • Guy stood between Haku and his mother, removed his hat, and warned her that she would not want her husband to learn about the ability.

Ch. 496Taking Haku Away, Mei Terumi Suddenly Appears!

Guy arranged to take Haku away from his village by staging a giant turtle attack, then left with Haku and Kimimaro. Mei Terumi found Guy in a mountain hollow, accompanied by someone whose identity was left unrevealed.

  • Guy persuaded Kawako to let him take Haku, warning that Haku’s Kekkei Genkai would put the family in danger if discovered.
  • White Brow, the chief of the Ninja Turtle Clan, rampaged through the village while Guy and Kimimaro defended Haku’s family and the villagers.
  • Kimimaro was swept into the frozen lake, and Guy killed the turtle but returned severely injured.
  • Guy convinced the villagers to let him take Haku as his disciple, and Haku’s parents reluctantly agreed.
  • Guy met Kimimaro and White Brow in a sheltered mountain hollow, then received 100 Monk Points for completing the hidden mission to change Haku’s fate.
  • Mei Terumi arrived, angrily confronting Guy, while an unidentified person stood behind her.

Ch. 497Might Kimimaro, Might Haku

Fahai (Might Guy) encountered Mei Terumi, Ao, Kisame, and Fourth Mizukage Yagura while traveling through the Land of Water with Kimimaro and Haku. When Yagura questioned him about taking the two children, Guy claimed they were his twin sons and introduced them as Might Kimimaro and Might Haku.

  • Mei Terumi confronted Guy over their old grudge as Ao, Kisame, and Yagura stood with her.
  • Guy shielded Kimimaro and Haku and identified himself to Yagura as Fahai, chief of the Martial Monk Hall.
  • Mei accused Guy of secretly infiltrating the Land of Water, while Guy argued that he was traveling peacefully and sought to avoid a fight.
  • Yagura asked why Guy had taken two children from the Land of Water.
  • Guy claimed Kimimaro and Haku were his twin sons, and the boys looked at him in confusion.

Ch. 498Suikazan Fuguki Intercepts Guy? Seriously?

Guy escaped Yagura’s attempt to seize Kubikiribōchō, only to find a Kirigakure force led by Suikazan Fuguki waiting to intercept him. He faced the encirclement while carrying Haku and Kimimaro.

  • Mei Terumi attacked Guy with her Lava Release, but Guy dodged with Haku and Kimimaro and sent White Brow to report to the Fourth Hokage.
  • Yagura demanded Kubikiribōchō in exchange for letting Guy go, and Guy appeared to agree before triggering a fire-filled trap scroll.
  • Guy opened the Fourth Gate and fled with Haku and Kimimaro as Kisame countered the flames and Yagura, Mei Terumi, and Ao pursued him.
  • Guy realized the pursuers had stalled him while Kirigakure shinobi assembled an encirclement ahead.
  • Suikazan Fuguki stood at the front of the ambush with his bandaged greatsword, and Guy questioned whether Fuguki could stop him.

Ch. 499The Brave Suikazan Fuguki!

Guy summoned a blood-red manifestation and unleashed the Lion's Fearless Roar at the Kirigakure ninjas. Suikazan Fuguki charged forward, believing Samehada could absorb the attack, while Guy regarded him with pity as the blood lion bore down on him.

  • Guy's blood-red manifestation appeared, terrifying the Kirigakure ninjas and making Suikazan Fuguki tremble.
  • Fuguki hid his fear because Yagura was watching, and the other Kirigakure ninjas mistook his stance for courage.
  • Guy told Haku and Kimimaro to cover their ears, then combined his roar with the manifestation to form a solid blood lion.
  • Fuguki recognized the attack as chakra-based and decided Samehada could absorb it, hoping to feign serious injuries afterward.
  • Fuguki charged the blood lion with Samehada as the Kirigakure ninjas cheered and Yagura, Mei Terumi, Ao, and Kisame watched in surprise.
  • Fuguki thrust Samehada toward the blood lion, unaware of Guy's pitying expression as the attack reached him.

Ch. 500The Six-Tails Jinchuriki! Yagura?!

Might Guy escaped Kirigakure’s forces with Kimimaro and Haku after defeating Suikazan Fuguki, but an explosive bubble attack stopped him. He realized that Yagura, not Utakata, was producing the Six-Tails’ bubbles, and the story left him facing Yagura’s unexpected power.

  • Guy’s Blood Lion swallowed Suikazan Fuguki and struck the Kirigakure ninja, then exploded and devastated the battlefield.
  • Guy caught Samehada, slapped it unconscious when it attacked him, and escaped with Kimimaro and Haku.
  • Yagura’s explosive bubbles surrounded Guy, and his Golden Bell Shield protected the three of them from the blasts.
  • Mei Terumi, Ao, Kisame, and Yagura surrounded Guy, while he searched unsuccessfully for the Six-Tails Jinchuriki, Utakata.
  • Guy saw bubbles emerging from Yagura’s staff and realized that Yagura had become the Six-Tails Jinchuriki.
Arc 20 of 29
Arc 20 of 29