Chapter Summaries

Uzumaki Sanryo and Yakura arrived at Qingfeng’s home, where the girls drove them off and Konan recognized them. After teaching Qingfeng the Space-Time Barrier, Minato invited him to review Hokage Office matters, hinting at his growing role in Konoha.

• Uzumaki Sanryo kicked open Qingfeng’s front door, but Hai Maru charged out and she quickly shut it again.
• Inuzuka Hana called Hai Maru back, and the girls told Uzumaki Sanryo and Yakura that Qingfeng was away and not to return.
• Konan recognized Uzumaki Sanryo and Yakura, then held a temporary Akatsuki Organization meeting with them about Qingfeng and their plans to remain in Konoha.
• Itachi returned to the Pharmacy and learned from Uchiha Izumi that two visitors had kicked open the door.
• Minato taught Qingfeng the Space-Time Barrier, then asked him to come review matters at the Hokage Office.

Uchiha Qingfeng proposed selling tiered, match-day tickets to the Joint Chunin Exams to address Konoha’s financial crisis, and Minato Namikaze approved a more restrained version of the plan. Qingfeng then began suggesting provocative publicity to draw spectators.

• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura reported that the exam venue was complete but over budget, while Minato Namikaze reviewed Konoha’s debts and approved Fugaku’s request to enlist other clans to help maintain order.
• Minato Namikaze and the others discussed Konoha’s shortage of money and manpower, and Qingfeng proposed charging spectators to watch the Joint Chunin Exams.
• Qingfeng recommended tiered seating and selling tickets by match, but Minato settled on two matches per day to make the plan more acceptable.
• The officials estimated the ticket sales could bring in more than one billion ryo, and Qingfeng suggested sensational publicity centered on Uchiha Itachi.

Uchiha Qingfeng declined to oversee the Joint Chunin Exams’ lucrative arrangements, leaving them to Minato Namikaze’s advisors and Uchiha Fugaku. When he returned home, he found Anko confronting two newcomers who had come looking for him.

• Uchiha Qingfeng refused to manage the Joint Chunin Exams’ business, and Minato Namikaze assigned the work to the advisors and Uchiha Fugaku.
• Uchiha Qingfeng went to Mount Myōboku to refresh his Shadow Clones, then headed home without enough money to buy Ichiraku Ramen.
• Two sisters who had met Konan stayed at her home and came with the others, including Uchiha Itachi, to see Uchiha Qingfeng.
• Anko ordered Hai Maru to bite the two newcomers, but the Ninja Hound stopped short after realizing they knew Uchiha Qingfeng.
• Konan explained that she already knew the newcomers, and Uchiha Qingfeng arrived home and asked what was going on.

Uzumaki Sanryo and Yakura visited Uchiha Qingfeng in Leaf Village, prompting his acquaintances to suspect his ties to them and leave in disgust. After the visitors were escorted back to their lodging, Qingfeng and Konan ate instant noodles, but Konan suddenly lashed out at him, and he found a bowl of Tonkotsu Ramen waiting in his bedroom.

• Uzumaki Sanryo spotted Uchiha Qingfeng and hugged him, leading the onlookers, including Mitarashi Anko and Uchiha Izumi, to storm off.
• Qingfeng tried to reassure Sanryo and turned to Yakura to prepare dinner, but Land of Rivers Ninja arrived with Leaf Village Military Police Force staff to take Yakura and Sanryo back.
• Qingfeng sent Yakura and Sanryo away to avoid drawing suspicion, then shared instant noodles with Konan.
• Konan blamed Qingfeng for her situation, threw away his chopsticks, and told him to leave; he took his noodles and returned to the Pharmacy bedroom.
• Qingfeng found a steaming bowl of Tonkotsu Ramen on the table.

Anko, Inuzuka Hana, and Uzuki Yugao sneaked into Uchiha Qingfeng’s home to check on him and punish him for supposedly meeting other women. They decorated his face while he pretended to sleep, then left without realizing he was awake.

• Anko, Inuzuka Hana, and Uzuki Yugao slipped into Uchiha Qingfeng’s home before dawn and found him apparently asleep.
• The three speculated about the women Qingfeng had met, and Anko decided he needed to be taught a lesson.
• Anko took out scissors and then a marker pen, while Inuzuka Hana and Uzuki Yugao tried to keep her from going too far.
• Anko drew dumplings on Qingfeng’s cheek, Uzuki Yugao added a moon to his forehead, and Inuzuka Hana drew a bowl of ramen on his other cheek.
• Anko warned Qingfeng not to meet more women, and the three left after checking that he was still pretending to sleep.

The Chunin Exams drew huge crowds and turned into a lucrative spectacle, while Uchiha Qingfeng placed a bet on himself and prepared for the competition. Orochimaru arrived in disguise to watch Qingfeng, and the chapter ended as Qingfeng reached the venue.

• Konoha promoted the exam participants, sold out the first day's tickets, and opened betting on the winner.
• Uchiha Qingfeng borrowed money from Konan and bet it all on himself, cutting his championship odds from one to ten to one to three.
• The Fourth Raikage demanded a share of the ticket revenue from Minato Namikaze, who refused and said Kumogakure could withdraw if it wished.
• Orochimaru disguised himself as a merchant, learned how Konoha's leadership had changed, and bought tickets to watch Qingfeng compete.
• Qingfeng relied on his preparations, including the Space-Time Barrier and Sealing Scrolls, and arrived at the examination venue.

The examinees gathered for the first round of the Joint Chunin Exams, where examiner Genma Shiranui introduced strict rules meant to weed out weaker contestants. The written test began with the immediate elimination of three participants from the Land of Birds after genjutsu made two of them sit together.

• Minato Namikaze, the Fourth Raikage, and the Third Tsuchikage addressed the examinees before the first round.
• Genma Shiranui announced that examinees had to obey orders and could not sit beside anyone from their own village.
• The examinees rushed into the classroom and chose seats while trying to avoid their fellow villagers.
• Genma Shiranui eliminated Feihua, Feiye, and their companion from the Land of Birds after genjutsu forced the two to sit beside each other.

Uchiha Qingfeng and his teammates took the first Joint Chunin Exam, which tested information gathering and teamwork rather than written answers. The exam ended with their team expecting to pass, while Genma Shiranui prepared to announce the results and continue the exams the next day.

• Genma Shiranui began the written exam and warned that anyone caught cheating would get their entire team eliminated.
• Uchiha Qingfeng quickly finished the questions and watched other examinees, while Yamato managed to answer only two.
• Genma Shiranui asked each team to name who would be sacrificed in a deadly mission, warning that mismatched answers would eliminate the whole team.
• Uchiha Qingfeng answered without hesitation, and Deidara chose his own name after considering and rejecting his teammates' names.
• After the exam, Yamato worried that his incomplete paper had doomed their team, and Uchiha Qingfeng hinted that they had passed because the exam tested cheating and teamwork rather than academic answers.

Uchiha Qingfeng and the other examinees entered the second stage of the Chunin Exams, a dangerous scroll hunt in the Death Forest. Qingfeng’s team received a Heaven Scroll, and he worried that Inuzuka Hana and her sisters would be unable to protect themselves.

• Uchiha Izumi called Itachi over, and Qingfeng let him leave, believing distance from the sisters was safer.
• The exam results were announced, and Inuzuka Hana and her sisters had passed the first round.
• Raidou Namiashi explained that teams had five days to obtain both Heaven and Earth Scrolls and reach the Central Tower in the Death Forest.
• Raidou warned that Konoha would not be responsible for deaths, and teams could withdraw only if their entire team withdrew.
• Inuzuka Hana and her sisters signed the waiver, and Qingfeng’s team collected a Heaven Scroll before entering the Death Forest.

Uchiha Qingfeng pursued Darui’s team after discovering that the Land of Lightning was attacking other teams to sabotage the exams. He confronted them in the Death Forest and demanded that they stop fighting and head to the Central Tower.

• Uzumaki Sanryo and Yakura visited Konan and discussed Qingfeng’s performance in the Death Forest.
• Qingfeng sensed that many teams had been attacked with lightning and concluded that Cloud Village was trying to sabotage the exams.
• Minato Namikaze confronted the Fourth Raikage, then placed his hopes on Qingfeng’s team to stop Darui’s group.
• Qingfeng, Itachi, and Yamato reached the scene after Darui’s team had defeated another group of ninja.
• Qingfeng checked the fallen ninja, found they were alive, and demanded that Darui’s team go to the Central Tower or face a fight.

Uchiha Qingfeng and Darui’s teams agreed to travel together through the Chunin Exams, then encountered Deidara’s team, whose aerial attack Qingfeng countered. The teams left without fighting, and Qingfeng continued toward the Central Tower while hoping Kurotsuchi would help protect other contestants.

• Darui agreed to let Qingfeng’s team follow his group to the Central Tower, with both teams keeping each other in check.
• Deidara attacked from a flying bird with explosive Little Birds, and Qingfeng disabled many of them by infusing them with Lightning Release Chakra.
• Qingfeng fired a signal flare for three unconscious contestants, while Kurotsuchi restrained Deidara from escalating the attack.
• Darui led his team away, and Qingfeng followed to keep them from causing further trouble.
• Qingfeng urged Kurotsuchi to check on the other teams and worried that Inuzuka Hana’s team would be left without protection.

Mitarashi Anko, Uzuki Yugao, Uchiha Izumi, and Inuzuka Hana tracked down a Land of Rivers team in the Death Forest to take their scrolls. The fight left the Rivers team trapped inside its own costly Earth Style defense, while the Leaf genin waited for its chakra and Explosive Tags to run out.

• Hai Maru led the four Leaf genin through the Death Forest as they searched for a team with poorly concealed tracks.
• The four found three genin from the Land of Rivers resting and demanded their scrolls.
• Uchiha Izumi and Uzuki Yugao fought the three opponents in close combat, gaining the advantage with their Taijutsu and sword techniques.
• The Land of Rivers team used Explosive Tags to break off the melee, then summoned three Earth Dragons and bombarded the Leaf genin.
• Mitarashi Anko and the others realized the Earth Style barrage trapped its users too, so they guarded the area and waited for the trio to exhaust its chakra and tags.

The four sisters defeated a Land of Rivers team without fighting and obtained the scroll they needed to pass the second exam. On the final day, Uchiha Qingfeng and Darui reached the Central Tower, where the Land of Lightning teams blocked the entrance and reported that they had eliminated nearly every team they could find.

• The four sisters waited until the Land of Rivers team exhausted its Explosive Tags and Chakra, then accepted its surrender and took its scroll.
• The Land of Rivers examinees launched a signal flare to end their exam, and Uchiha Izumi led the sisters toward the Central Tower by traveling at night.
• Kurotsuchi told Deidara to search for teams so they could advance, while the Land of Lightning's second team continued eliminating examinees.
• Uchiha Qingfeng and Darui reached the Central Tower on the final day, but Darui blocked the entrance and challenged other teams to get past them.
• Cow Samui led the Land of Lightning's second team to the tower and told Darui that they had dealt with everyone they could find.

Uchiha Qingfeng and the other teams avoided a fight at the Central Tower, and the remaining contestants gathered there just before the deadline. Raidou Namiashi declared the second exam passed, leaving the surviving teams to advance to the next stage.

• Uchiha Qingfeng confronted the two Kumogakure teams, but Deidara revealed that the Stone Village team had been hiding nearby, interrupting the standoff.
• Kurotsuchi suggested that the Stone and Konoha teams join forces against Kumogakure, but Darui chose to withdraw and save the conflict for the third exam.
• Raidou Namiashi admitted the Kumogakure and Stone teams into the Central Tower, and Uchiha Qingfeng asked whether Inuzuka Hana's team had been eliminated.
• Uchiha Qingfeng, Uchiha Itachi, Yamato, and the other survivors waited at the tower as the second exam's deadline approached.
• Inuzuka Hana's four-person team arrived with Hai Maru just before time ran out, and Raidou Namiashi announced that they had passed the second exam.

Uchiha Qingfeng tried to get the Land of Rivers contestants to leave Konoha, but Uzumaki Sanryo and Yakura explained that they would stay until the Chunin Exams ended to protect and educate their genin. Qingfeng accepted their dinner invitation, while his friends arrived with Barbecue and found him eating at Yakura’s place.

• Konoha’s promotions celebrated its contestants’ success and drew attention to Kumogakure and Stone Village, irritating the Third Raikage, Ōnoki, and the Fourth Raikage.
• Uchiha Qingfeng returned to the Pharmacy and asked Konan whether Sanryo and Yakura had gone back, but she said she did not know.
• Sanryo and Yakura arrived, and Qingfeng asked when they planned to leave after the Land of Rivers contestants were eliminated.
• Sanryo and Yakura said they would remain in Konoha until the Chunin Exams ended so their genin could watch the battles and they could fulfill their protective assignment.
• Yakura invited Qingfeng to dinner, and he eagerly accepted and praised her cooking.
• Itachi and the four sisters brought Barbecue for Qingfeng, but they found him next door eating Yakura’s cooking and threw the food away.

The finalists were introduced at the Joint Chunin Exams opening ceremony, where the audience’s support rankings and the host’s nicknames embarrassed several contestants. Samui won first place in the rankings as the “Cloud Hidden Cow” and broke down in tears onstage.

• The host introduced the sixteen finalists in order of their audience support, and Deidara, Darui, Qingfeng, and Itachi received modest reactions.
• Might Guy loudly cheered for Qingfeng, who noticed Rock Lee beside him and ranked just behind Yamato in Konoha’s seeded team.
• The audience cheered enthusiastically for the female contestants, while Yugito Nii was introduced as “Mokumokujyan” and Kurotsuchi was named the Flower of the Hidden Stone.
• The audience’s chants of “Cloud Hidden Cow” secured Samui first place, while Kurotsuchi cursed at the crowd and drew even louder cheers.
• Samui took the microphone, objected to being called a cow, and began crying onstage.

Iwashi Tatami announced the single-elimination rules for the third Chunin Exam test, and the candidates drew their matchups. As the contestants worried about their opponents and the crowd’s reaction, Uchiha Itachi decided he would surrender rather than risk being branded a wife-beater by defeating Uchiha Izumi.

• Iwashi Tatami explained that losing one match meant elimination and that the candidates would compete for the top sixteen, eight, and four positions.
• The candidates drew their matchups, including Samui versus Uchiha Qingfeng, Uchiha Izumi versus Uchiha Itachi, and Anko versus Yamato.
• Samui nearly broke down again after drawing Uchiha Qingfeng, while Qingfeng worried about audience backlash if he defeated her.
• Uchiha Qingfeng considered tearing opponents’ clothes during matches to entertain the audience, and he had bet borrowed money on his own victory.
• Uchiha Itachi decided to surrender to Uchiha Izumi rather than face the shame of being labeled as someone who abused his wife.
• The Konoha Four Sisters worried about the combat test, while Anko and Yamato prepared to face each other in the first match.

Yamato defeated Anko in the opening match of the third round of the Ninja World Joint Chunin Exams, earning a place in the quarterfinals. The Fourth Raikage remained uncertain about Yamato’s full Wood Style strength, while Yamato doubted he could beat either Uchiha Qingfeng or Itachi.

• Orochimaru and Uchiha Qingfeng sat through the opening ceremony and watched the first match begin.
• Anko attacked Yamato with shuriken, kunai, and Explosive Tags, but Yamato repeatedly blocked them with Wood Style—Wood Locking Wall.
• Anko tried to surprise Yamato with Hidden Shadow Snake Hands, but Yamato countered with Wood Style—Deep Forest Emergence and bound her.
• Iwashi Tatami declared Yamato the winner, and Yamato untied Anko before she left the arena.
• The host asked Yamato about winning the championship, and Yamato said he would try to win another match but lacked confidence about taking first place.

Omoi defeated Inuzuka Hana in the second quarterfinal match after overcoming her and Hai Maru’s coordinated attacks with Lightning Style. He left the arena as the winner, while Hana carried her injured dog away.

• The Fourth Raikage watched closely as the second quarterfinal began between Inuzuka Hana and Omoi.
• Inuzuka Hana enlarged Hai Maru and sent it to fight Omoi while she attacked from a distance with shuriken.
• Omoi used the Body Flicker Technique to get past Hai Maru, but Inuzuka Hana escaped his strike with Substitution Jutsu and countered with Fang Over Fang.
• Omoi unleashed Lightning Style: Scattered Strikes, and Hai Maru took the lightning while Inuzuka Hana charged in for a final attack.
• Omoi blocked Inuzuka Hana with the flat of his sword, and the referee declared him the winner.
• Inuzuka Hana left the arena carrying the injured Hai Maru, while Omoi celebrated his victory and ate a lollipop during his interview.

After the failed assassination, the daimyo reconsidered the Guardians of the Twelve Ninja and decided to rely on Konoha instead. Shisui learned that Asuma and Jiriku would be replaced, and the daimyo formally disbanded the guardian group.

• The daimyo asked Shisui whether the Joint Chunin Exams had ended and ordered Konoha to capture the escaped traitor Kazuma.
• Asuma recommended replacing the twelve guardians with an elite squad selected directly from Konoha, and the daimyo agreed.
• The daimyo told Asuma and Jiriku they could leave once their replacements arrived, leaving both men conflicted about returning home.
• Shisui told Asuma that Orochimaru and Danzō Shimura had defected and that the Third Hokage had stepped down, while reassuring him that his father was well.
• The daimyo officially disbanded the Guardians of the Twelve Ninja and declared that no ninja would be assigned exclusively to guard him.