Recaps

Kakashi used Lightning Release to increase his speed but conceded after Guy blocked his attacks with the Golden Bell without opening any Gates. Minato arrived to celebrate Obito’s Sharingan awakening and invited Obito, Guy, Ebisu, and Genma to dinner.

• Kakashi accelerated with Lightning Release and attacked Guy with a Kunai, but Guy’s Dragon Howl defense nearly failed to stop one strike.
• Guy summoned the Golden Bell, which blocked Kakashi’s Kunai, and Kakashi stopped fighting after realizing Guy had not opened a Gate.
• Minato arrived after hearing that Obito had awakened the Sharingan and praised him.
• Minato invited Obito, Guy, Ebisu, and Genma to dinner and told Obito to return and wash the Cooking Squad’s steamer cloth.

Guy visited Minato Namikaze’s home with Kakashi, Rin, Obito, and the others, where he reflected on Kushina Uzumaki’s future and Obito’s role in the tragedy that would kill her. Kushina came out of the kitchen carrying dinner.

• Minato Namikaze welcomed Guy and the others into his home and mentioned that Kushina was making dinner.
• Obito rushed inside excitedly when Minato told him his favorite fried egg oden was being prepared.
• Rin explained that Kushina especially liked Obito, while Guy stayed quiet and thought about Kushina’s identity as Konoha’s secret Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Guy recalled the future in which Obito would release the Nine-Tails during Kushina’s childbirth, causing her and Minato’s deaths.
• Guy considered how Obito’s future could change because White Fang had survived and Guy was still present.
• Kushina stepped out of the kitchen carrying a platter of steaming food.

At dinner with Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki, Guy learned that the Land of Grass might soon have more troops than it needed and heard that Akatsuki was embroiled in internal conflict. Minato invited Guy, Ebisu, and Genma to a training ground the next morning to test their abilities, and Guy eagerly accepted.

• Kushina welcomed Guy, Ebisu, and Genma to dinner, where Minato and Obito served the food.
• Minato explained that White Fang's Thousand Years of Death had badly wounded Ōnoki, leaving Obito amazed by the move.
• Minato predicted that Guy and the others might be reassigned because the Land of Grass was relatively stable, and he described Akatsuki's internal conflict in the Land of Rain.
• Guy recalled the danger surrounding Akatsuki and chose not to get involved in the conflict.
• Minato invited Guy, Ebisu, and Genma to have their abilities tested at the training grounds the next morning, and Guy accepted enthusiastically.

Minato Namikaze sparred with Ebisu and Genma, then tested their ability to copy the Flying Thunder God formula. Genma showed unusual talent and agreed to study the technique with Minato, who then invited Guy to spar.

• Minato Namikaze easily evaded Ebisu and Genma's coordinated attacks, giving them combat advice while demonstrating his speed.
• Minato explained the Flying Thunder God Technique's demands and offered to teach its basics to anyone who could copy his formula onto chakra paper.
• Ebisu's paper was ruined quickly, while Genma copied most of the formula before a small mistake spoiled his attempt.
• Minato recognized Genma's aptitude for chakra control and spatial techniques, offered to teach him the Flying Thunder God Technique, and Genma eagerly accepted.
• Minato turned to Guy, who stepped forward and asked him to show his strength.

Guy demonstrated his Eight Inner Gates to Minato Namikaze while Kakashi, Obito, Rin, Ebisu, and Genma watched. After opening the Fifth Gate, Guy continued toward the Sixth, leaving everyone waiting to see his full power.

• Obito, Rin, Kakashi, Ebisu, and Genma gathered to watch Guy spar with Minato Namikaze.
• Guy opened the First, Second, and Third Gates, and Minato Namikaze sensed his power and danger rising rapidly.
• Guy opened the Fourth Gate, shocking Kakashi and frightening Obito with the force of his aura.
• Guy opened the Fifth Gate, revealing the form he had used to rescue people from Ōnoki's Dust Release beam.
• Guy kept his eyes closed and began opening the Sixth Gate, the Gate of View.

Guy opened the Sixth Gate and overwhelmed Minato Namikaze with his speed and power. Minato realized the spar had become a serious battle as Guy began predicting his Flying Thunder God movements.

• Guy opened the Sixth Gate, surrounding himself with blue steam and shocking Minato and the spectators with his strength.
• Guy rushed Minato and struck the ground where he had been standing, forcing Minato to teleport to a nearby tree.
• Minato threw marked kunai to create teleportation points, but Guy memorized where they landed and charged after him.
• Guy repeatedly predicted Minato’s teleportation destinations and attacked, leaving Minato no chance to counter.
• Minato recognized that Guy’s taijutsu and explosive power could threaten him and decided to fight in earnest.

Guy used his newly developed Vajra Wild Dance to attack every Flying Thunder God anchor and trap Minato Namikaze in a raging firestorm. The assault left Minato’s fate uncertain and his students fearing that the spar had turned deadly.

• Guy stopped pursuing Minato and threw kunai to create new Flying Thunder God anchors.
• Guy warned Minato that his next attack would be powerful, then charged as his aura continued to rise.
• Guy unleashed Morning Peacock—Vajra Wild Dance, sending flaming shockwaves toward Minato and every Flying Thunder God marking.
• Minato teleported away from one incoming shockwave, but the rest of the field was engulfed in flames and his location disappeared from view.
• Obito, Kakashi, Rin, Ebisu, and Genma watched in alarm as they feared Guy might have killed Minato.

Minato Namikaze struck Guy with a Rasengan after Guy's Golden Bell protection shattered, leaving Guy exhausted but alive. Minato then declared that he, not Guy, had lost the match.

• Minato suddenly appeared beside Guy and attacked with a Rasengan.
• Guy's Golden Bell Body Protection blocked the Rasengan briefly before shattering, and its remaining force engulfed him.
• Kakashi rushed through the smoke and found Minato unharmed and Guy battered, exhausted, and alive.
• Obito laughed and insisted that Guy admit defeat, but Minato said that he was the one who had lost.

Minato explained that he had escaped Guy’s final attack with the Flying Thunder God Technique before returning for a surprise strike, and Guy accepted his defeat while recognizing Minato had held back. Minato advised Guy on refining his power and offered to introduce him to a teacher, leaving Guy curious about who it might be.

• Minato explained that Guy’s indiscriminate final attack had forced him to teleport away for three seconds before returning to strike.
• Guy admitted that Minato had won, noting that Minato’s unpredictable teleportation and restrained Rasengan had decided the spar.
• Guy reflected that he had learned from fighting Minato and believed he could defeat him in a rematch after further growth.
• Minato advised Guy to improve the precision of his attacks and suggested strengthening fine control in his normal state.
• Guy asked Minato to teach him Rasengan-like control, but Minato declined and offered to introduce him to a teacher instead.

Guy, Ebisu, and Genma received transfer orders to the Land of Rivers and prepared to leave the Land of Grass. The orders assigned them to Chen, captain of the 7th Division, leaving Guy focused on the unfamiliar name.

• At the garrison cafeteria, Guy said he had mostly recovered from his battle with Minato, and Rin asked whether his transfer orders were coming soon.
• A messenger summoned Guy, Ebisu, and Genma to Minato, and the three left with Kakashi while Obito was forced to pay their unpaid cafeteria bill.
• Guy showed Obito the transfer order assigning the trio to the Land of Rivers, a comparatively safer battlefield than the Land of Birds.
• Guy noticed the order instructed them to report to Chen, captain of the 7th Division.

Minato arranged for Guy to train with Teacher Chen in the Land of Rivers and told the group their Land of Rice Fields merits had been transferred. At the exchange office, Guy, Ebisu, and Genma discovered their unusually high confidential scores and began planning supplies while Obito demanded they repay him for their meals.

• Minato gave Guy a letter of introduction to Teacher Chen and told him to prepare to leave for the Land of Rivers the next morning.
• Minato told Genma he would finish teaching him the Flying Thunder God’s foundational theory, then sent the group on their way.
• Obito led the group to the merit exchange office, where the registrar revealed scores of 788 for Guy, 450 for Ebisu, and 440 for Genma.
• Guy, Ebisu, and Genma inferred that Uchiha Hisui had transferred much of the merit for killing Roshi to them, but kept quiet about the details.
• Obito demanded that the three repay him for the food he had bought them, while they ignored him and discussed supplies to purchase.

Guy, Ebisu, and Genma examined the Land of Grass outpost’s merit exchange catalog and found an unusually large selection of sealing techniques and tools. Rin explained that Kushina had organized and overseen most of them, and Ebisu grew eager as he studied the offerings.

• Guy, Ebisu, and Genma discovered that the catalog offered A-rank techniques and tools, including the Four Symbols Seal and Lion's Sealing Roar.
• They found numerous sealing-technique learning scrolls and blank scrolls, along with ordinary supplies and ninjutsu.
• Rin explained that the Land of Grass outpost had so many sealing items because Kushina, an Uzumaki skilled in sealing, had organized, made, or supervised them.
• Genma and Guy found little to interest them, though Guy considered the single-use Lion's Sealing Roar.
• Ebisu's interest in the sealing techniques grew as he looked through the catalog.

Ebisu felt increasingly afraid of being left behind by Guy and Genma until he found a way to compensate for his limited chakra: learning sealing techniques and preparing ninjutsu scrolls. He decided to spend his battle merits on a Fire-Sealing Formula learning scroll and blank scrolls, giving himself a path to contribute on the battlefield.

• Ebisu worried that his lack of progress would make him a burden to Guy, especially after Genma began learning the Flying Thunder God from Minato Namikaze.
• Ebisu realized he could seal low-rank Fire Release techniques into scrolls and use them in battle without spending his own chakra to cast each one.
• Ebisu considered the cost of buying finished sealing scrolls and concluded that learning to make them himself would be more affordable.
• Ebisu calculated that he could spend 200 battle merits on the Fire-Sealing Formula learning scroll and use his remaining 250 merits to buy 25 blank scrolls.
• Ebisu decided that sealing techniques and prepared ninjutsu scrolls were his only way to grow stronger and keep up with Guy.

Ebisu chose to pursue sealing techniques, and Guy and Genma spent their victory points on supplies to support his training and their own goals. As Kakashi recognized how the trio’s trust and teamwork fueled their rapid growth, he asked Guy to speak with him outside.

• Ebisu exchanged all his remaining victory points for a Fire-Sealing Formula scroll and low-grade blank sealing scrolls.
• Guy bought Ebisu a Rope-Binding Seal scroll alongside his own Lion’s Sealing Roar, while Genma bought sealing supplies and training materials.
• Guy exchanged his remaining points for chakra test paper and sent five hundred thousand ryo to Konoha Orphanage for Director Yakushi Nonō.
• The registrar finished processing the trio’s purchases, spending all 1,678 of their victory points.
• Kakashi realized that Guy, Ebisu, and Genma’s trust, teamwork, and shared use of resources explained their rapid improvement.
• Kakashi asked Guy to come outside because he had something to tell him.

Guy gave Kakashi training methods for the first five gates of the Eight Inner Gates, while Kakashi shared Lightning Fang: Rush with Guy. They promised to exchange more advanced techniques when each had improved, and their pact triggered a bond reward.

• Guy handed Kakashi a booklet on training the first five gates and warned him not to attempt the later gates before his body was ready.
• Kakashi gave Guy the training method for Lightning Fang: Rush and explained how it could improve body-tempering during practice.
• Kakashi promised to teach Guy Lightning Fang: Collapse after mastering it, and Guy promised to share the later Eight Inner Gates methods in return.
• Kakashi and Guy sealed their promise with a high-five, triggering the bond reward and granting 100 Monk Points.

Guy, Ebisu, and Genma prepared to leave for the Land of Rivers, where Fugaku Uchiha would command their outpost. After thanking Minato Namikaze for arranging their transfer, they set off on the safer route through the Land of Fire.

• Guy, Ebisu, and Genma arrived at the camp entrance, where Kakashi, Obito, Rin, and Minato Namikaze saw them off.
• Minato Namikaze gave Guy an intelligence document, and Guy discovered that Fugaku Uchiha would command the Land of Rivers outpost.
• Guy, Ebisu, and Genma realized Minato Namikaze had arranged their transfer to give them support and thanked him.
• Minato Namikaze advised them to travel through the Land of Fire and reminded Genma to keep practicing the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Guy, Ebisu, and Genma said goodbye and left for the Land of Rivers.

Guy, Ebisu, and Genma traveled toward the Land of Rivers while training and talking about their ambitions. Near a fork leading toward the Land of Rain, they found a drained corpse wearing a familiar white mask.

• Genma practiced drawing Flying Thunder God marks while Ebisu discussed learning the Rope-Binding Seal and recorded Guy’s words in his notebook.
• Guy paused to look toward the road to the Land of Rain, thinking of Nagato, Yahiko, Konan, Hanzo, and Danzo before leading the team onward.
• The three sensed blood nearby, took a cautious formation, and followed the smell into the grass beside the road to the Land of Rain.
• Guy, Ebisu, and Genma discovered a shriveled corpse with multiple wounds and a familiar white mask.

Guy, Genma, and Ebisu discovered the mummified corpse of a Root member near the Land of Rain and sent a report to the Land of Rivers outpost. With the message dispatched, Guy had to choose whether to hide and wait for reinforcements or investigate further.

• Ebisu recognized the corpse as an Anbu member, and Genma identified its mask as belonging to Root.
• Genma examined the corpse and estimated from the surrounding bloodstains that the man had died one or two days earlier, or possibly that morning.
• Guy decided they had to report the discovery, and Genma sent the details by ninja hawk to the Land of Rivers outpost.
• Ebisu asked whether they should hide nearby or follow the traces toward the Land of Rain, and Guy weighed the two options as Genma and Ebisu waited for his decision.

Guy, Ebisu, and Genma waited in hiding near the Land of Rain after finding a dried Root corpse. When Pakura emerged from the forest in a weakened state and examined the body, they suspected she had killed the Root ninja and prepared to attack her.

• Guy chose to hide and wait for orders rather than investigate the Land of Rain, and Ebisu and Genma followed his lead.
• The three found a concealed position near the path and kept watch for several hours.
• Guy, Ebisu, and Genma heard someone approaching and prepared for a fight.
• Pakura emerged from the forest, badly injured and exhausted, then crouched beside the dried Root corpse.
• Guy, Ebisu, and Genma recognized the corpse's condition as resembling Pakura's Scorch Release and decided to kill her while she was weakened.
• Ebisu prepared the Rope-Binding Seal, Genma readied his senbon, and Guy removed his weights and gathered chakra for an attack.

Might Guy, Ebisu, and Genma ambushed the exhausted Pakura and nearly captured her, but she broke free and pleaded with Shukaku for help. A sudden sand wall blocked Guy’s final attack, and the chapter ended with the team bracing themselves inside a cloud of dust and sand.

• Might Guy attacked Pakura with the Fourth Gate, while Ebisu and Genma helped corner her with senbon and a Rope-Binding Seal.
• Guy tried to capture Pakura alive, but she broke the seal and dodged his kick before shouting that she had not killed the person they were pursuing.
• Guy used Lightning Fang with the Fourth Gate and launched a powerful Fire and Lightning Release kick at Pakura.
• Pakura cried out for Shukaku to save her, and a dense sand wall rose between her and Guy.
• Guy shattered the sand wall, then landed and joined Ebisu and Genma in a defensive stance as dust and sand obscured their vision.

Guy and his companions confronted the wounded Pakura over a Root ninja’s death, but she insisted Kirigakure was hunting her. Guy realized the surrounding clues suggested Pakura might have become Shukaku’s new jinchuriki, and he suspected Samehada had killed the Root ninja.

• Guy stayed on guard after Pakura shouted Shukaku’s name, suspecting the One-Tail’s jinchuriki was nearby.
• Pakura argued that she had not killed the Root ninja, pointing out that the corpse lacked the burn marks caused by her Scorch Release.
• Pakura told Guy, Ebisu, and Genma that Kirigakure was hunting her and had likely killed the Root ninja.
• Guy connected Pakura’s survival, the sand wall’s tailed-beast chakra, and her rapid recovery, and concluded she might have become Shukaku’s jinchuriki.
• Guy noticed the Root ninja’s blade wounds and drained body and suspected that Samehada had killed him.

Guy questioned the wounded Pakura and learned that the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of Kirigakure were pursuing her. The swordsmen arrived before Pakura could escape, leaving Guy, Ebisu, and Genma facing all seven.

• Guy stopped Ebisu and asked Pakura who was chasing her.
• Pakura said all seven of Kirigakure’s legendary swordsmen were pursuing her and urged Guy, Ebisu, and Genma to leave.
• Ebisu doubted that the seven swordsmen would hunt Pakura alone, while Guy suspected she had become the One-Tail jinchuriki.
• Pakura sensed that her traps had been triggered and tried to flee toward the Land of Fire.
• The Seven Ninja Swordsmen appeared from the forest, and Guy, Ebisu, and Genma recognized them and their weapons.

Guy received a unique quest to defeat at least four of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, but initially decided to retreat rather than risk Ebisu and Genma's lives. Pakura offered to hold off the enemy, and after Genma and Ebisu learned Guy believed they had a sixty percent chance of winning, they chose to fight beside him.

• Guy received the unique Fated Showdown quest, which required him to defeat at least four of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.
• Suikazan Fuguki and Jinpachi Munashi confronted Pakura and the three Konoha ninja, while Pakura offered to cover their escape.
• Guy prepared to use the Eight Inner Gates to carry Ebisu and Genma away, but Genma asked whether Guy believed they could win.
• Guy told Genma and Ebisu they had a sixty percent chance, and they removed his hands from their shoulders to show they intended to fight.
• Pakura overheard the three Konoha ninja commit to fighting the Seven Ninja Swordsmen and wondered who had given them the courage.

Ebisu and Genma provoked Hozuki Kurisu so Guy could target him while Pakura prepared to hold off two of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen. As Kurisu attacked Ebisu, Guy opened the Sixth Gate of the Eight Inner Gates.

• Guy moved behind Ebisu and Genma to gather strength for the Eight Inner Gates, while they readied their replica Hiramekarei.
• Ebisu taunted Hozuki Kurisu by revealing that they had defeated and captured Hozuki Mangetsu and demanding Kurisu's genuine Hiramekarei.
• Guy told Ebisu and Genma to draw Kurisu's attention, then asked Pakura to hold off the wielders of Shibuki and Nuibari.
• Guy gave Pakura an Akimichi Clan secret medicine, and she considered taking it despite the risks.
• Kurisu charged Ebisu with the genuine Hiramekarei as Guy opened the Sixth Gate, the Gate of View.

Guy killed Hozuki Kurisu with a lightning- and fire-infused barrage of finger strikes, then Ebisu and Genma recovered the twin blades Hiramekarei. Pakura took the Spinach Pill as the battle continued, newly hopeful that they might survive.

• Guy struck Hozuki Kurisu with the Morning Peacock and used Lightning Release to disrupt his Hydrification Technique.
• Guy's barrage tore Hozuki Kurisu apart, killing the wielder of Hiramekarei in under two seconds.
• Ebisu and Genma retrieved Hiramekarei from Hozuki Kurisu's falling corpse and took up positions beside Guy.
• Pakura watched Guy's victory in shock, then swallowed the Spinach Pill.