Chapter Summaries

Yagami’s extreme Chakra stimulation training helped Kurozaru grow stronger, but it also caused hidden injuries that Senju Mie treated. After ordering Kurozaru to train less recklessly, Yagami gathered the White Ram and Flower Deer Squads to introduce the Ten Seals and show them Kurozaru’s progress.

• Yagami had Kurozaru repeatedly release stored Chakra and use Earth Style ninjutsu as part of an intense training routine.
• After fifteen days, Kurozaru’s strength, speed, and Chakra Quantity had increased, but Yagami noticed that his arm moved awkwardly.
• Senju Mie found and treated hidden injuries caused by Kurozaru’s training, and Yagami ordered him to train only once every two days.
• Kurozaru thanked Yagami for giving him hope after his strength had stalled, and promised to follow the safer training schedule.
• Yagami led the White Ram and Flower Deer Squads to an open area, announced that they had earned the Ten Seals, and asked Kurozaru to demonstrate his progress.

Yagami taught his trusted subordinates to use the Ten Seals, granting them stored Chakra and a potential way to break through their limits. During a border patrol, Yakushi Nonō brought him intelligence about Root and the Cloud Ninja camp, while Yagami held off on acting against Gui.

• Kurozaru demonstrated how the Ten Seals released stored Chakra to cast five Earth Spears in quick succession.
• Yagami inscribed the Ten Seals on his eight trusted subordinates, warned them to keep the seals secret, and taught them how to store and release Chakra.
• Yagami explained that the Ten Seals could be reinforced by him and could provide extreme stimulation training to help them break through their strength limits.
• Yakushi Nonō reported that Root had recruited Ji, Kanoe, Xin, and Ren, and that Gui was meeting a spy-network leader near the Land of Earth border.
• Yakushi Nonō gave Yagami an uncertain location for Gui and described her limited knowledge of the Cloud Ninja main camp.
• Yagami chose not to pursue Gui yet and asked Yakushi Nonō to verify the camp intelligence, while she pressed him about when he would attack Gui.

Yagami and Yakushi Nonō agreed to target Gui and try to free the children in Root by breaking Danzo’s Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal. After sharing a vulnerable moment and establishing a new method for passing intelligence, Yagami asked Nonō to investigate the Cloud Ninja camp as he prepared to end the conflict with Kumogakure.

• Yakushi Nonō agreed that Gui had to die, and Yagami explained that he planned to experiment on Gui to break Danzo’s Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal and potentially free Root’s children.
• Yakushi Nonō described the deaths and abuse of children taken from her orphanage, and Yagami promised never to use them as experimental subjects.
• Yagami comforted Yakushi Nonō as she cried, and the two grew closer while discussing their disguises.
• Yakushi Nonō showed Yagami her paired intelligence scrolls and gave him the Right Scroll for exchanging information.
• Yagami asked Yakushi Nonō to find information on the Cloud Ninja camp, intending to end the conflict with Kumogakure the following month.

Yagami led Aries Squad to scout the Cloud Ninja headquarters and clashed with Garui, learning about her powerful Storm Release and lightning techniques. Garui appeared to kill him with a sword strike, and the Arc of the Crescent Moon System activated after detecting his death.

• Yagami reported Yakushi Nonō's intelligence to Hatake Sakumo, who identified a concealed valley as the likely Cloud Ninja headquarters.
• Yagami led Aries Squad to the valley and climbed its western mountain rather than entering through the cloud-covered front.
• Garui attacked Aries Squad with Storm Release, but Yagami blocked her laser with Ringed Serpent and landed safely.
• Yagami and Garui exchanged attacks, and Yagami identified her Storm Release, Lightning Body Flicker, and lightning-enhanced swordsmanship.
• Garui's third strike cut Yagami in half, triggering the Arc of the Crescent Moon System.

Yagami chose Lightning Body Flicker from his reward and joined Hatake Sakumo in a raid on the Cloud Ninja camp. The White Ram Squad destroyed several enemy squads, but Cloud Ninja reinforcements arrived from the valley as the battle continued.

• Yagami selected proficient Lightning Body Flicker and tested the technique before returning to camp with precise intelligence about the Cloud Ninja headquarters.
• Hatake Sakumo led Yagami, the White Ram Squad, and three elite squads toward the Cloud Ninja camp, where Garui and eight squads confronted them on the mountain.
• Yagami and White Ram deployed the squad's combined Wind-Fire Ninjutsu, wiping out three Cloud Ninja squads in a massive fire attack.
• White Ram's squad pretended to weaken the enemy's guard, then defeated another squad, bringing its total to four squads eliminated.
• Garui called for a retreat while the remaining Cloud Ninja fought Sakumo's forces, but reinforcements emerged from the valley near the end of the battle.

Yagami and Hatake Sakumo defeated Garui’s force, though Garui killed himself with a powerful Storm Release technique. Tsuchidai escaped through a trapped gorge, and Sakumo ordered Konoha to return to camp and prepare to end the conflict.

• Tsuchidai used Lava Release to shield the Cloud Ninja’s retreat, but Yagami and Hatake Sakumo pressed the pursuit.
• Yagami and Sakumo coordinated their attacks, and Yagami severed both of Garui’s lower legs.
• Garui unleashed a blood-red Storm Release technique and self-destructed, while Tsuchidai fled.
• Yagami and Sakumo pursued Tsuchidai into a trap-filled gorge, where the Cloud Ninja camp had been abandoned.
• Sakumo ordered the Konoha forces to return to their main camp and prepare an offensive.

After Konoha drove the Cloud Ninja from the Land of Moon, Yagami met Yakushi Nonō at a hot spring and learned Root had traced the Uzumaki Remnants to the Land of Rain. The fighting paused as Nonō returned to Konoha and Yagami awaited negotiations with Mitokado Homura.

• Hatake Sakumo kept Konoha's pursuit organized after killing Garui, while the Flower Deer Squad's powerful ninjutsu left Yak Bull and Hippopotamus wondering how they had gained so much Chakra.
• Yak Bull and Hippopotamus pursued Cloud Ninja squads until reinforcements arrived, prompting Hatake Sakumo to withdraw Konoha's forces to the Land of Hot Water.
• Yagami met Yakushi Nonō at a bathhouse, where she revealed that Root had tracked the Uzumaki Remnants to the Land of Rain.
• Yakushi Nonō told Yagami that Danzo had allowed her to return to Konoha and that she would stay at the Konoha Orphanage during the winter.
• Yakushi Nonō left for Konoha, and Yagami waited for Mitokado Homura to arrive for negotiations.

Yagami accompanied Mitokado Homura to negotiate a ceasefire with Kumogakure, while recommending Aburame Kaname for promotion to Jonin. The two sides exchanged ceasefire agreements without compensation, but Tsuchidai's warning about Konoha's weakened forces left Mitokado Homura shaken.

• Yagami recommended White Ram, Aburame Kaname, for Jonin, and Mitokado Homura explained how the promotion slots would be divided.
• Yagami and Mitokado Homura met Kumogakure adviser Gomui and Raikage's Assistant Tsuchidai at a noble's estate in the Land of Moon.
• Gomui accused Konoha of provoking war through attacks on Kumogakure's Jinchuriki and the death of Garui, while Mitokado Homura defended Konoha's actions.
• Mitokado Homura and Gomui threatened war, but Tsuchidai urged them to exchange ceasefire agreements and warned that Konoha lacked the strength for another war.
• The two sides exchanged ceasefire agreements without seeking compensation after two months of fighting, and Tsuchidai's remarks unsettled Mitokado Homura.

After the peace talks ended, Yagami escorted Mitokado Homura back to Konoha and learned that Orochimaru’s investigation in the Land of Rain had stalled. The Third Hokage assigned Yagami to take over the mission, and Yagami left the Hokage Building already forming a plan.

• Yagami escorted Mitokado Homura through the Land of Hot Water and helped him report the end of the conflict to its Daimyo.
• On the way back to Konoha, Mitokado Homura told Yagami that an unknown force had been attacking Root and the Shimura Clan.
• At the Hokage’s Office, the Third Hokage explained that Hanzo had obstructed Orochimaru’s search for the Uzumaki Remnants in the Land of Rain.
• The Third Hokage assigned Yagami to lead one team to the Land of Rain, replace Orochimaru, and work with Lynx Squad.
• Yagami accepted the assignment, began devising a plan that could bring Danzo more misfortune, and went to the ANBU Base to see Yellow Dog.

Yagami returned to Konoha, received orders to replace Orochimaru in the Land of Rain, and arranged to take Flower Deer Squad with him. Before leaving, he recommended White Ram for jonin promotion and prepared him for the assessment.

• Yagami returned to Yellow Dog's office and discussed Hatake Sakumo's ninjutsu awards and the difficulty of monitoring everyone who received them.
• Yellow Dog received the Hokage's order for Yagami to replace Orochimaru in the Land of Rain, and Yagami planned to take Flower Deer Squad while leaving other squads behind.
• Yagami returned to his squad, told Purple Cat he would leave again in two days, and began White Ram's jonin recommendation; the two were interrupted by White Crane waiting outside.
• Yagami assigned White Crane to Hippo Squad and privately considered using her to pass false intelligence to Danzo.
• Yagami trained White Ram for his jonin assessment and warned him to answer interview questions with the extreme thinking expected of an ANBU jonin.

White Ram passed her Jonin assessment, and Yagami received Danzo’s orders to hunt the Uzumaki Remnants in the Land of Rain. Danzo also expanded Root’s experiments and suspected an ANBU traitor, while Yagami later visited Yakushi Nonō to confirm Gui had been sealed.

• White Ram passed the interview and combat assessments, then received the Third Hokage’s Will of Fire before Yagami brought Flower Deer into Root.
• Yagami met Danzo, accepted the mission to find and eliminate the Uzumaki Remnants, and learned Gui would provide intelligence in the Land of Rain.
• Danzo ordered Bing to continue Orochimaru’s experiment, prepare possible Senju test subjects, and monitor the Cursed Tongue Eradication Seals.
• Danzo suspected an ANBU member had leaked Root’s secrets to the Uzumaki Remnants and pointedly mentioned Yellow Dog’s abilities.
• Yagami visited Yakushi Nonō at the orphanage and confirmed that Gui had been branded with the Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal.

Yagami took over the investigation into the Uzumaki Remnants in the Land of Rain, but a week of searching yielded few clues. After contacting Yuka to learn Nagato Uzumaki’s approximate location, he decided to lead the investigators toward Nagato and test whether they could reach him.

• Yagami left Konoha with the Flower Deer Squad and teased Flower Deer about wanting to become a jonin.
• Yagami met Orochimaru, Lynx, and Gui in the Land of Rain and took command of the investigation by the Hokage’s order.
• Gui told Yagami that red-haired people linked to the Uzumaki Remnants had been seen near a town, but the trail had gone cold.
• Yagami split the Root members and ANBU into squads to search the area, ordering them to retreat rather than fight Rain Ninja.
• After a week of fruitless searches, Yagami used Bai Ci to contact Yuka and learned Nagato Uzumaki’s approximate location.
• Yagami decided to lead Root and Lynx Squad toward Nagato, who was protected by Uchiha Madara and Jiraiya.

Konoha ANBU moved to seize Nagato as an Uzumaki Remnant, but Jiraiya refused to let them take his student and began questioning the village’s motives. As the ANBU fought Jiraiya and pursued Nagato, Uchiha Madara learned of the danger and set out to intervene himself.

• Leaf Monkey summoned Gui, and Yagami led four ANBU squads toward Jiraiya’s cabin in the Land of Rain.
• Jiraiya refused Yagami’s demand to surrender Nagato and questioned why Konoha was hunting Uzumaki survivors.
• Yagami and Jiraiya clashed while Lynx and Gui rushed after Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan; the Flower Deer Squad joined the fight against Jiraiya.
• Jiraiya saw explosions in the direction of his students and warned the ANBU not to force him to kill his Konoha comrades.
• White Zetsu alerted Uchiha Madara that Konoha ANBU were after Nagato, and Madara chose to go rescue him personally.

Yagami and the Flower Deer Squad fought Jiraiya as Jiraiya tried to reach Nagato, but Yagami delayed him by defeating Gamabunta. Yagami then hurried toward the battle, where he saw Uchiha Madara’s Wood Dragon and anticipated their reunion.

• Jiraiya overwhelmed the Flower Deer Squad in taijutsu, then blocked their Wind-Fire Combined Ninjutsu with an Earth Flow Wall.
• Jiraiya tried to rush toward Nagato after learning that Anbu ninja had died, but Yagami intercepted him and knocked him into a tree.
• Jiraiya summoned Gamabunta to hold Yagami back while he went to save Nagato.
• Yagami dodged Gamabunta’s greatsword, cut apart his Water Bullet with Water Severing Wave, and immobilized him with Self-Exerting Curse Binding Seal.
• Yagami and the Flower Deer Squad pursued Jiraiya and spotted a Wood Dragon, revealing that Uchiha Madara had arrived.

Uchiha Madara attacked the battlefield with Wood Release, forcing Jiraiya and the Konoha forces to fight over Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan. Yagami slowed Madara’s Wood Dragon and rushed to protect Nagato, but White Zetsu killed him, activating the Arc of the Crescent Moon System.

• Uchiha Madara used Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence, killing Root and ANBU ninja as Jiraiya opened a path with Toad Oil Flame Bullet.
• The ANBU escaped with unconscious Nagato, so Jiraiya rescued Yahiko and Konan while Lynx warned him that Uchiha Madara was attacking.
• Uchiha Madara rode a Wood Dragon toward Nagato, but Yagami used Earth Style: Earth Spear to stop it temporarily.
• Uchiha Madara unleashed Flower Tree World Descent, while White Zetsu emerged and freed Nagato from the ANBU.
• Yagami fought the White Zetsu, feigned being weakened, and let one pierce his heart; the Arc of the Crescent Moon System then activated.

Yagami gained the Mayfly Technique and tested its stealth and underground movement before returning to the battle against Uchiha Madara. After covering the retreat and surviving a Wood Dragon strike, he vanished into the earth, surprising Madara with his technique.

• Yagami won the Mayfly Technique in the system lottery and confirmed that even a Byakugan-wielding Shadow Clone could not detect him inside a tree.
• Yagami used the technique to travel underground and emerge on a balcony, then decided against stealing the Scroll of Seals until a safer opportunity arose.
• At the Land of Rain, Yagami ordered Gui to retreat with Nagato while spores drained Chakra from the ANBU and Root ninjas.
• Yagami ordered the remaining Konoha forces to flee, stayed behind, and used Water Release: Water Severing Wave against Uchiha Madara's Wood Dragon.
• The Wood Dragon slammed Yagami into the ground, breaking several ribs and draining much of his Copper Light Chakra, but he survived.
• Yagami used Earth Release: Subterranean Mirroring Fish Technique to disappear underground, leaving Uchiha Madara startled by his speed.

Yagami escaped Uchiha Madara, killed Root members, recovered Gui’s corpse, and warned Uzumaki Yuka to stay away from Nagato. After returning to Konoha, he reported to the village leaders, where Danzo asked about Root’s missing ninja.

• Yagami used the Mayfly Technique to kill Gui and two other Root members, then captured and killed a scouting White Zetsu.
• Yagami brought Gui’s corpse to Uzumaki Yuka so she could try to break Danzo’s Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal, and warned her that Uchiha Madara was manipulating Nagato.
• Yagami spent two days with Uzumaki Yuka, then traveled back toward Konoha and learned that Jiraiya and Lynx Squad had escaped safely.
• Yagami returned to Konoha, where White Ram and Flower Deer welcomed him and escorted him to the Hokage Building.
• Danzo asked Yagami where Root’s five ninja were.

After Root and ANBU suffered heavy losses in the Land of Rain, Yagami blamed Uchiha Madara and used the incident to fuel conflict between Jiraiya and Konoha’s leaders. Danzo ordered Jiraiya seized, and Jiraiya formed Hand Seals to attack him.

• Yagami told the Hokage’s Office that Uchiha Madara had backed Nagato Uzumaki and was likely behind Konoha’s recent losses.
• Yagami blamed Jiraiya for failing to report Nagato’s identity, while Jiraiya accused Konoha’s leaders of secretly helping bring about the Uzumaki Clan’s destruction.
• The Third Hokage claimed Konoha had sent more than two thousand ninja to aid the Uzumaki Clan, but Jiraiya questioned why the clan had not sought refuge in Konoha.
• Danzo condemned the Uzumaki Clan, blamed Jiraiya for Root and ANBU’s losses, and ordered ANBU to seize him.
• Jiraiya began forming Hand Seals, and his hair lengthened as he prepared to strike Danzo.

Yagami stopped Jiraiya and Lynx from fighting in the Hokage's Office, but Jiraiya left the village after declaring he would travel the Shinobi World. Danzo demanded punishment for Jiraiya while the Third Hokage resisted, and the chapter ended with Uchiha Zhong being asked for advice on facing Uchiha Madara.

• Lynx lunged at Jiraiya, Orochimaru intervened, and Yagami restrained them with the Self-Exerting Curse Binding Seal.
• Jiraiya declared he would travel the Shinobi World and slammed the door as he left, while the Third Hokage sent Orochimaru after him.
• Danzo demanded that Jiraiya hunt rogue ninjas to atone for Root's losses, but the Third Hokage said Jiraiya could not handle Uchiha Madara.
• Yagami warned the Third Hokage that Root might spread rumors about Jiraiya, and the Hokage told him to watch for them.
• The Third Hokage summoned Uchiha Zhong, Uchiha Fugaku, and Uchiha Toka and asked the Uchiha Clan for advice about Uchiha Madara.
• Uchiha Zhong said his clan had cut ties with Uchiha Madara long ago and had no useful advice on how to defeat him.

Yagami reported Uchiha Madara’s strength to the Third Hokage and delivered a White Zetsu corpse that gave the Hokage an opening to oversee Orochimaru’s Wood Release research. After warning that the Land of Rain remained dangerous, Yagami returned to Kyouko and learned that she was pregnant.

• Yagami told the Third Hokage and Uchiha Zhong that Uchiha Madara wielded powerful Wood Release, had immense Chakra, and was difficult to defeat, though his legs seemed weak.
• Uchiha Zhong left the Hokage’s Office, and Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Toka agreed that Fox’s survival made sense given his defensive strength.
• Yagami privately showed the Third Hokage and Yellow Dog a White Zetsu corpse, and the Third Hokage sent him to Orochimaru’s laboratory with instructions to report the experiments’ progress.
• Orochimaru examined the White Zetsu and declared it a perfect Wood Release life-form, while Yellow Dog arranged for Yagami to collect experimental reports regularly.
• Yellow Dog and Yagami discussed the danger of encountering Uchiha Madara in the Land of Rain, then Yagami returned to the Izakaya and found Kyouko safe in her bedroom.
• Kyouko told Yagami that she was pregnant, and he reacted with surprise and relief that he was capable of fathering a child.