Chapter Summaries

Yagami rescued Chinri from Nara Mimasu’s Shadow Puppet Technique and helped destroy the pier, completing their mission. With Nara Mimasu dead, Chinri became the squad leader and led Yagami to find their commander for new orders.

• Chinri discovered her teammate was dead, while Yagami escaped underwater as Nara Mimasu used the Shadow Secret Technique to control Chinri and force her to place Exploding Tags.
• Yagami broke Nara Mimasu’s hold on Chinri with a Water Wall Jutsu, rescued her underwater, and restrained nearby Sand ninjas and puppets.
• Nara Mimasu controlled Chinri again and tried to use her to destroy a pier pillar, but Yagami rammed him with a fish puppet and killed him.
• Yagami helped Chinri place Exploding Tags on the pillar and defeated two Sand ninjas underwater, completing their mission when the pillar exploded.
• Chinri took command after Nara Mimasu’s death and led Yagami to find the squad commander, while Yagami observed Konoha’s forces for a report to the Third Hokage.

Yagami watched Rasa overwhelm the Ino-Shika-Cho Clan Heads with his Gold Dust Secret Technique during the battle at the docks. After Akimichi Yamashiro lost an arm, Nara Shikatsuno ordered Yagami’s unit to cover the retreat.

• Yagami foiled a Sand ninja’s attempt to stab him from behind and killed him.
• Rasa arrived and used gold dust to crush Konoha ninja and attack the dockside warehouses.
• The Ino-Shika-Cho Clan Heads fought Rasa, but he trapped Akimichi Yamashiro in the Great Burial of Gold Dust.
• Nara Shikatsuno pulled Yamashiro free, but Yamashiro cut off his trapped left arm.
• Yamanaka Inoen attacked Rasa with the Yamanaka Secret Technique as Shikatsuno ordered a retreat and assigned Yagami’s unit to cover the rear.

Yagami revealed his ANBU identity to Chinri and took command of the rear guard, using his overwhelming defenses and Earth Style to hold off the pursuing Sand ninja. He left the Konoha forces time to escape by glider while ordering the squad commander to help stop the enemy.

• Yagami wrote a battle report, sent it to Hippopotamus, and decided to reveal his strength to protect the retreating battalions.
• Yagami put on his mask, identified himself to Chinri as ANBU Special Jonin Fox, and joined the Captain Commander, who assigned him to protect the gliders.
• Yagami used Earth Spear to kill pursuing Sand ninja and hinder their advance as Konoha's gliders began taking off.
• Sand ninja attacked Yagami with kunai, puppets, and Wind Release, but his bronze skin and defenses left him unharmed.
• Yagami crippled much of a battalion with repeated Earth Spears, then told the squad commander to buy him time and stop the remaining Sand ninja.

Yagami rescued Chinri and escaped Rasa after helping the Konoha gliders withdraw from Sabou Port. He hid with Chinri, reported Nara Mimasu’s suspected use of Shadow Puppets to Pakkun, and began considering how to advance in ANBU.

• Yagami saved the unconscious Chinri, faced Rasa across the water, and escaped with her after Rasa’s Gold Sand attacks failed to capture him.
• Yagami hid with Chinri in a seaside cave and summoned Pakkun to report that Nara Mimasu might have used Shadow Puppets to kill Xin Ming and another Konoha Ninja.
• Chinri woke two hours later, and Yagami told her that the retreat had succeeded under the temporary squad leader’s leadership.
• Yagami reflected that Chinri’s courage had pushed him to fight fiercely and expose some of his abilities.
• Yagami considered Danzo’s possible departure from ANBU leadership and hoped to become a Captain Commander.

After Rasa named the fox-masked Anbu Copper Fox, both Sunagakure and Konoha spread word of his defenses and role in the raid. While hiding near Sabou Port, Yagami gathered intelligence and taught Chinri two Earth Release techniques before they flew back toward the Konoha camp, where Yellow Dog summoned him.

• Rasa told Ebizo that the fox-masked Anbu had stopped his pursuit at Sabou Port, and Ebizo ordered Sand ninja to avoid attacking Copper Fox with ineffective weapons or Wind Release.
• Yellow Dog told Nara Shikatsuno that Fox had joined the raid for a secret mission, while Hatake Sakumo privately considered his investigation into Nara clan members and Shikatsuno praised Copper Fox's rear guard action.
• Yagami scouted Sabou Port's new defenses while he and Chinri hid in a seaside cave, and Chinri repaired their glider.
• Yagami taught Chinri Earth Release: Subterranean Mirroring Fish Technique and Earth Release: Earth Spear, which she learned quickly.
• Yagami and Chinri flew back toward the Konoha camp, where an Anbu ninja told Captain Copper Fox that Yellow Dog wanted to see him immediately.

Yagami earned the title Copper Fox for his defensive secret technique and developed a bone-breaking taijutsu style while testing its limits. After a week of training, he received a mission to rescue Nara Meika from the Sand ninja.

• Yellow Dog congratulated Yagami on becoming the raid's second-greatest contributor and warned him not to use his signature defense during assassination missions.
• Yagami demonstrated his bronze defense to Purple Cat, White Ram, and Flower Deer, then ordered the squads to keep training for a likely Sand ninja counterattack.
• Yagami trained for a week among boulders and named his new bone-breaking taijutsu style Bone Shattering Bronze Radiance.
• Yagami tested his defense against several elemental techniques and identified impact attacks, heat, and Lightning Style as dangers to watch for.
• Yellow Dog told Yagami that Nara Meika was missing while investigating the Sand ninja's efforts to reproduce gliders, and ordered him to meet Nara Shikatsuno for the rescue briefing.

Yagami led the Aries Squad into the Land of Wind to find and rescue Nara Meika. After defeating Sand ninja scouts and searching a town for clues, he learned Meika had likely stayed at a local inn three days earlier.

• Nara Shikatsuno gave Yagami the Nara Clan's coded information and ordered him to rescue Nara Meika.
• Yagami took the Aries Squad around the front lines and flew into the Land of Wind on gliders.
• Yagami used Water Severing Wave to destroy two Sand ninja gliders pursuing the squad.
• The Aries Squad disguised themselves as travelers from the Land of Wind and entered a town to search for code signals.
• Yagami controlled an inn clerk and questioned him about women who had checked in alone.
• The clerk described two women, and Yagami concluded that Nara Meika had probably rested at the inn three days earlier.

Yagami found Nara Meika’s coded trail and rescued her from a Sand ninja ambush at a lumber mill, where she had uncovered signs that Sunagakure was stockpiling puppet-making wood. Meika insisted on investigating the shipment, and the group followed a camel caravan while Yagami considered whom to use his monthly lottery draw on.

• Yagami found Nara Clan codes in Meika’s former room and followed them with the White Ram Squad through several towns to a lumber mill.
• Nara Meika learned that a major merchant with ties to Sunagakure had bought up the local Yellow Pine Wood, suggesting a large-scale Puppet Master operation.
• Sand ninja and snake puppets ambushed Meika at the mill, but Yagami blocked a poisoned Kunai and helped her escape while White Ram attacked the hidden Puppet Master.
• Meika refused to return to camp and persuaded Yagami to help investigate the Yellow Pine Wood shipments and Sunagakure’s elite Puppet Masters.
• The group followed a camel caravan carrying heavy Yellow Pine Wood logs for several days, and Meika suspected the caravan merchants were ninja in disguise.
• Yagami calculated that he needed to use his monthly lottery draw and wondered whom to choose.

Yagami tracked a Sand ninja force toward Sabou Port and uncovered a plot involving Nara Meika and forbidden Shadow techniques. After Nara Meika trapped him and confessed her loyalty to her clan, Sand ninja puppets killed them both, activating Yagami’s system.

• Yagami and Nara Meika followed a caravan and learned that about two hundred Puppet Masters led by Tuo Ci were heading toward Sabou Port.
• Yagami questioned Nara Meika about Shadow Puppet Technique and used the Self-Exerting Curse Binding Seal to restrain her.
• Yagami accused Nara Meika of involvement in Nara clan members turning teammates into Human Puppets, and she named five conspirators and offered an investigation scroll.
• Yagami reached beneath Nara Meika’s skirt to retrieve the scroll, but a hidden shadow trap bound him and prevented him from moving.
• Nara Meika said she would die rather than betray her clan, then a pair of Sand ninja puppets pierced both her and Yagami.
• Yagami died, and the Arc of the Crescent Moon System began activating.

Yagami used his new Shadow Imitation technique to kill Nara Mimasu and then fought off a Sand force while protecting Chinri and the paragliders. After returning to camp, he learned that his evidence had exposed four Nara ninja as teammate-killers, and he was ordered to execute them.

• Yagami chose and mastered Secret Technique: Shadow Imitation, then joined Nara Mimasu's squad with Chinri.
• Yagami took control of Nara Mimasu underwater and secretly killed him, saving Chinri from being controlled.
• As Fox, Yagami protected the paragliding force and killed Sand ninja with Bone Shattering Bronze Radiance and Earth Spear, while Chinri survived under his protection.
• Yagami escaped Rasa by diving underwater, then gave Pakkun the names of five Nara ninja and taught Chinri two Earth Style ninjutsu.
• Yellow Dog Squad Leader ordered Yagami to execute four Nara ninja after Hatake Sakumo's investigation confirmed they had harmed their teammates.

Tsunade and Hatake Sakumo confronted Nara Shikatsuno with evidence of Nara Clan members abusing Konoha ninja, while Nara Shikatsuno suspected Sakumo’s growing influence. Yagami then led an ANBU assassination mission against Nara targets and killed Nara Kamo during a staged encounter, leaving genin Hachimaru alive.

• Tsunade condemned the Nara Clan scandal, and Nara Shikatsuno said he had ordered ANBU to execute the offenders.
• Hatake Sakumo warned Nara Shikatsuno that at least fifteen Konoha ninja had died and said he would report the matter to the Hokage.
• Nara Meika left to investigate the Sand ninja’s imitation gliders, while Nara Shikatsuno privately worried about Hatake Sakumo’s growing following.
• Yagami sent three squads to assassinate targets and told Purple Cat that his target was a Nara ninja; Yagami took Nara Kamo as his own target.
• Nara Kamo’s squad attacked wounded Sand ninja, but a hidden trap and a disguised Yagami disrupted the battle.
• Yagami killed Nara Kamo and crushed two wounded Sand ninja with his body, while Hachimaru survived.

Yagami watched Purple Cat's squad struggle to kill Nara Tsuno, who was protected by her younger sister Rin Yamanaka and Akimichi Tamaki. After Yagami knocked the two genin unconscious, Purple Cat killed Nara Tsuno, and the squad retreated as a Konoha team approached.

• Yagami found Purple Cat's squad fighting Nara Tsuno, Rin Yamanaka, and Akimichi Tamaki, and realized Rin was Purple Cat's younger sister.
• Rin and Tamaki defended Nara Tsuno, while he tried to shield them and suspected the Mist Ninja were Konoha operatives targeting him.
• Purple Cat's attacks faltered as she hesitated over Rin, and Nara Tsuno tried to use Rin as a shield against the squad.
• Yagami knocked Tamaki and Rin unconscious, then saw Purple Cat kill Nara Tsuno with her blade.
• Purple Cat led the squad away from an approaching Konoha team, apologized to Yagami, and heard him say he should have obtained better intelligence about Nara Tsuno's team.

Yagami rescued Nara Meika and uncovered Sunagakure’s likely plan to attack Konoha through Sabou Port and the Shirayuki River. After evading Sand ninja gliders and returning to the main camp, he reported the mission complete to Yellow Dog.

• Yagami found Nara Meika at a lumber mill and learned about her investigation into unusual Yellow Pine Wood purchases.
• Yagami identified a large Sunagakure Puppet Master convoy and reasoned that the Sand ninja might use Sabou Port to strike Konoha.
• Yagami and Aries Squad escorted Nara Meika away, fought off Sand ninja gliders, and stopped at an oasis town to rest.
• Yagami and Nara Meika studied a map and concluded that the Sand ninja could travel upstream along the Shirayuki River to attack Konoha’s rear.
• Yagami returned to the main camp with Nara Meika and reported the successful rescue to Yellow Dog.

Yagami reported Sunagakure’s buildup of elite Puppet Masters and learned that rumors attacking the Nara Clan had put Nara Shikatsuno and Hatake Sakumo at odds. Nara Shikatsuno assigned Sakumo to counter the coming Sand surprise attack and then revealed that he planned to exploit the rumors to deepen their apparent feud.

• Yagami reported that Sunagakure was moving large numbers of Puppet Masters and puppets toward Sabou Port for a likely sea-route assault on Konoha’s rear.
• Yellow Dog asked Yagami to explain the mission to eliminate the Nara Clan’s rogue ninja, and Yagami denied that his squadron had spread rumors accusing Nara ninja of manipulating comrades into dying.
• Nara Shikatsuno and Hatake Sakumo discussed the rumors, which threatened to prolong the conflict over the Nara Clan’s purge.
• Yagami reported that at least two hundred Puppet Masters were heading toward Sabou Port, possibly as part of a larger force.
• Nara Shikatsuno proposed a decisive battle, assigning himself the front and Hatake Sakumo the response to Sunagakure’s surprise attack.
• After Sakumo left, Nara Shikatsuno told Nara Meika that he knew neither Sakumo nor Copper Fox Squadron had spread the rumors, but intended to use them to make the Nara Clan appear opposed to Sakumo.

Yagami’s Fox Squadron joined the Konoha flank at Shirayuki River, where Hatake Sakumo battled Sunagakure’s puppet masters Katsuro and his wife. As the fighting stalled and casualties mounted, Yagami left his squadmates guarding Purple Cat and set out to break the deadlock.

• Yellow Dog assigned ANBU units to the decisive battle and ordered them to record the fighting and intervene at a critical moment.
• Purple Cat told Yagami that Nara Shikatsuno had abolished Hatake Sakumo’s Jutsu Examination System, unsettling some civilian ninja before the battle.
• Hatake Sakumo led the flanking force toward Shirayuki River, where Sand ninja attacked Konoha’s troops.
• Katsuro and his wife confronted Hatake Sakumo with their puppets, and his white blade aura destroyed several of them before he became surrounded by attacks from the puppets’ broken parts.
• Yagami saw the battle stall as casualties appeared on both sides, then told White Ram and Flower Deer to protect Purple Cat while he went to break the deadlock.

Konoha captured the upper reaches of the Shirayuki River after Copper Fox helped break the Sand defenses and expose the Puppet Masters. Yagami then joined Hatake Sakumo’s battle with Katsuro and his wife, where his Absolute Defense resisted her attacks but left him vulnerable to restraint.

• Copper Fox used Water Severing Wave to cut down Sand ninjas and puppets, allowing Captain Commander Guyō’s Water Release unit to reach the Shirayuki River and unleash a massive flood.
• Konoha’s flood forced the Sand ninjas and Puppet Masters out of the gorge, giving Konoha the advantage as Hatake Sakumo fought Katsuro and his wife.
• Yagami left Purple Cat to record the assault squads’ progress and headed to Hatake Sakumo’s battlefield.
• Yagami grabbed a puppet’s blade, endured Katsuro’s wife’s Kunai and Exploding Tag attacks, and charged through the smoke unharmed.
• Katsuro’s wife retreated and released three snake-shaped puppets after realizing Yagami’s Absolute Defense resisted physical attacks but could be countered by restraint.

Yagami and Hatake Sakumo helped rout the Sand ninja flank at the Shirayuki River, killing deputy commander Tuo Ci and his wife. After joining the advance, Hatake Sakumo led a hundred Konoha Ninja and Fox Squadron toward the main battlefield, where he chose to break through the left wing.

• Yagami killed Tuo Ci's wife with Water Release: Water Severing Wave, and Hatake Sakumo slew Tuo Ci after destroying his puppets.
• Hatake Sakumo's signal flare launched the Konoha charge, and the forces pursued the Sand ninja to the Shirayuki River estuary, where Sakumo cut their escape boat apart.
• Hatake Sakumo proposed reinforcing the main battlefield, and Yagami supported him; Sakumo selected a hundred Konoha Ninja while the others stayed to handle the wounded and battlefield.
• Yagami and Hatake Sakumo reached the main battlefield and saw both armies locked in evenly matched fighting across the wings.
• Hatake Sakumo led his forces toward the left wing to break the stalemate.

Hatake Sakumo and Yagami broke the Sand forces in the Land of Rivers, forcing Sunagakure to accept peace talks after Katsuro and his wife were confirmed dead. As the Konoha army prepared to negotiate, Yagami secured jutsu for his squads and was chosen to accompany Yellow Dog as a witness.

• Hatake Sakumo and Yagami shattered the Sand ninja's right wing, and Rasa ordered a retreat as Konoha pursued into the Land of Wind.
• Chiyo arrived with reinforcements and stopped Konoha's pursuit; after learning Katsuro and his wife were dead, Sunagakure agreed to peace talks.
• Yellow Dog ordered Yagami to spread news of the deaths and later reviewed Hatake Sakumo's battlefield record, recognizing his decisive role in Konoha's victory.
• Yagami urged Purple Cat and the other squad leaders to plan improvements, then approved Purple Cat's idea to develop her mental strength through genjutsu.
• Yellow Dog signed Yagami's applications for seven ninjutsu and selected him to accompany the Konoha negotiation party as a witness.

Nara Shikatsuno presented Konoha’s postwar terms to Sunagakure, while Ashikaga Sadakaze revealed that the Land of Wind would cut funding to pursue a northern oasis project. Ebizo accepted the Daimyo’s decision, and the negotiations continued.

• Nara Shikatsuno demanded that the war end with the Land of Rivers under Konoha’s protection and that Sand ninja obtain permission and pay fees to operate there.
• Nara Shikatsuno demanded that Sunagakure leave the Yoshimizu River untouched, warning that damage would trigger war with the Land of Fire and Konoha.
• Ashikaga Sadakaze explained that the Land of Wind wanted to negotiate for water rights to create a northern oasis, while Rasa warned against conceding too many resources.
• Ashikaga Sadakaze announced cuts to funding across the Land of Wind, including Sunagakure’s support, to help pursue the oasis project.
• Ebizo accepted the Daimyo’s decision and said he would apologize to the Kazekage and the Daimyo.

Nara Shikatsuno concluded the peace agreement ending the War of the Land of Rivers, and Yagami delivered a copy to the Daimyo of the Land of Rivers. After helping Koizumi Chisa arrange a river-monitoring system, Yagami left her, promising to seek missions that might bring him back.

• Nara Shikatsuno negotiated Sunagakure's reparations and returned Tuo Ci's body and puppet fragments as part of the ceasefire agreement.
• The Land of Wind, Konoha, and Sunagakure signed the peace agreement, formally ending the war.
• Yagami carried the agreement to the Daimyo of the Land of Rivers and warned him about the Land of Wind's plans to divert water from the Yoshimizu River.
• The Daimyo ordered Koizumi Chisa to establish a water-level monitoring system, and Yagami prepared the plan.
• Yagami stayed with Koizumi Chisa for seven days, then left after promising to seek missions in the Land of Rivers.