Chapter Summaries

Kurenai Yuhi accompanied Asuma Sarutobi to spar with Kiyoshi Uchiha, where Asuma showed off his Chakra Blade and new Wind Release technique. Kiyoshi blocked Asuma’s faster attack and coated his own sword in pale red flames, leaving their duel underway.

• Kurenai Yuhi left home to watch Asuma Sarutobi spar with Kiyoshi Uchiha.
• Kiyoshi saw that his Shuriken Manipulation Technique entry had reached 99% and considered how shuriken could help him fight at range.
• Asuma Sarutobi arrived with Kurenai and showed Kiyoshi his Chakra Blade, confident after months of training.
• The three went to a secluded training ground, where Kiyoshi summoned his ninja sword and Asuma coated his blade in Wind Release Chakra.
• Kiyoshi used his Sharingan to track Asuma’s faster strike, blocked it, and spread pale red flames along his sword.

Kiyoshi defeated Asuma Sarutobi in a sparring match and gained an additional Wind Release affinity from the Entry System. He encouraged Asuma and Kurenai Yuhi to enter the Chunin Exams together.

• Kiyoshi blocked Asuma Sarutobi's Chakra Blade with his ninja blade, then knocked it away with his greater strength.
• Asuma Sarutobi attacked with his developing Flying Swallow, but Kiyoshi used Flying Bird to strike him into a tree.
• Kiyoshi received the Wind Release Seed entry after using Fire Release to counter Asuma Sarutobi's Wind Release and defeat Flying Swallow.
• Asuma Sarutobi recovered and asked how Kiyoshi knew Chakra Flow, and Kiyoshi replied that he was a genius.
• Kiyoshi told Asuma Sarutobi that he and Kurenai Yuhi had a good chance of passing the Chunin Exams and proposed they enter together.

Kiyoshi persuaded Asuma Sarutobi and Kurenai Yuhi to enter the Chunin Exams, then visited Konoha Hospital to see Yakushi Nonō. There, Rin Nohara learned that Kiyoshi was studying Medical Arts and was left wondering whether she was the talented medical ninja he had sought.

• Kurenai Yuhi agreed to take the Chunin Exams after Kiyoshi supported the idea, and Asuma Sarutobi mistakenly took her explanation as proof she still cared for him.
• Kiyoshi visited Konoha Hospital with a basket of apples and sat down with Yakushi Nonō to hear what she wanted to tell him.
• Minako Nishiyama praised Rin Nohara's Medical Arts training and told her Yakushi Nonō planned to have her own student study with Rin.
• Rin Nohara met Kakashi at the hospital while working, and Kakashi told her he had seen Kiyoshi there seeking an introduction to a talented medical ninja.

Kiyoshi sold his first batch of Soldier Pills to Kakashi and caught the attention of Orochimaru, who wanted to guide him if Nonō left Konoha. Nonō resolved to accelerate Kiyoshi’s training, while Kiyoshi mastered a new tool-manipulation trait.

• Kiyoshi greeted Kakashi and Rin Nohara at Konoha Hospital and sold Kakashi a three-day supply of his Soldier Pills.
• Kakashi asked whether Rin could make Soldier Pills, and Rin admitted she had not learned how.
• Orochimaru visited Yakushi Nonō and offered to guide Kiyoshi if Nonō ever left Konoha.
• Nonō worried about Orochimaru’s interest in Kiyoshi and decided to speed up his medical training.
• Kiyoshi practiced the Shuriken Manipulation Technique with rubber cords and gained the Tool Manipulation Proficiency trait.

Kiyoshi advanced his medical arts training while anticipating the Chunin Exams, and Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned Minato Namikaze a new team as tensions mounted. The chapter ended with Atsui asking Samui where she was going.

• Kiyoshi reached 90% progress toward advancing his Medical Arts Genin entry and wondered whether it could enhance Shinno's forbidden techniques.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Minato Namikaze to take Kakashi, Obito, and Rin Nohara as his students.
• Minato Namikaze accepted the team assignment while nearing completion of a new technique he hoped would protect Kushina from being sent to war.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi feared the Chunin Exams would foreshadow a coming conflict between the major nations.
• At Konoha Sushi Restaurant, Atsui asked Samui where she was going as she carried a box of sushi.

Samui visited Kiyoshi to persuade him to return to Kumogakure, but his remarkable progress with Lightning Release: Iron Skin strengthened her interest in recruiting him. Kiyoshi kept his answer open while demanding that Kumogakure give him reason to trust them.

• Samui left the sushi shop where she and Atsui worked and went to Kiyoshi's home with sushi and ninjutsu scrolls.
• Kiyoshi warned Samui that visiting him could expose their identities, but she said Kumogakure's cover in Konoha could withstand investigation.
• Samui sensed the currents of Lightning Release: Iron Skin throughout Kiyoshi's body and realized he had trained the technique to an extraordinary level.
• Kiyoshi said he was still considering returning to Kumogakure and implied he would keep them waiting while he weighed their offer.
• Samui argued that the Uchiha Clan would remain suppressed in Konoha, and Kiyoshi challenged her to make him feel safe about Kumogakure.

Kiyoshi bargained with Samui for Kumogakure ninjutsu and closely studied her chakra pathways, while Samui returned to the sushi restaurant shaken and gave no explanation. A few days later, Yuki Minazuki handed Kiyoshi, Kurenai Yuhi, and Asuma Sarutobi their Chunin Exam application forms.

• Kiyoshi rejected Samui's D-rank Lightning Release scroll and demanded a C-rank-or-higher technique for training the internal organs.
• Samui gave Kiyoshi another scroll, then demonstrated its chakra route while he used his Sharingan to study her meridians at close range.
• Samui returned to the sushi restaurant just before closing, hurried to take a shower, and told Atsui nothing had happened.
• Yuki Minazuki gave Kiyoshi, Kurenai Yuhi, and Asuma Sarutobi their Chunin Exam application forms after recommending them for the exam.

Kiyoshi watched Konoha prepare for the Chunin Exams and met Mei Terumi, a Hidden Mist shinobi seeking directions to her lodging. He left Kurenai Yuhi teasingly flustered as they continued through the village.

• Yuki Minazuki handed Kiyoshi, Kurenai Yuhi, and Asuma Sarutobi their Chunin Exam application forms before leaving with the Body Flicker Technique.
• Kiyoshi and Kurenai Yuhi discussed the influx of visitors as they walked through Konoha, and Asuma Sarutobi returned home after running into Biwako Sarutobi.
• Kiyoshi searched the busy streets for visiting shinobi, especially Pakura, and noted the distinctive uniforms worn by the different villages.
• Mei Terumi asked Kiyoshi for directions to the lodging, and he recognized her and her Hidden Mist teammates as they departed.
• Kurenai Yuhi grew jealous when Kiyoshi watched Mei Terumi, and Kiyoshi teased her until she denied being jealous.

As Konoha prepared for the Chunin Exams, Minato Namikaze was assigned to oversee the second round and grew curious about Kiyoshi Uchiha. At the Uchiha gathering, Fugaku urged the clan’s exam participants to bring honor to the clan while worrying that another war might be approaching.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned Orochimaru to lead the first round of the Chunin Exams and Minato Namikaze to lead the second round.
• Minato Namikaze looked forward to seeing Kiyoshi Uchiha, whom Kushina had often mentioned.
• Fugaku Uchiha warned the clan that the Chunin Exams could shape future events and named Kiyoshi among the Uchiha participants.
• Fugaku encouraged Kiyoshi to earn the rank of chunin, while Hazuki Uchiha worried about his rising status and considered paying him a visit.
• After the gathering, Fugaku told Mikoto that he feared war was coming, and Mikoto reassured him by pointing to the clan’s new talent, including Kiyoshi.

Kiyoshi, Kurenai Yuhi, and Asuma Sarutobi arrived at the Ninja Academy for the first Chunin Exam, where Kiyoshi explained that the written test rewarded clever information gathering. He saw through the disguised jonin guarding the entrance, proved his strength, and led his companions and Uchiha Tekka’s team inside.

• Kiyoshi told Kurenai Yuhi and Asuma Sarutobi to cheat if they could not answer the written test questions, or to hand in blank papers.
• At the entrance, Kiyoshi recognized that the guards were using genjutsu to disguise the room number and deduced that they were jonin testing candidates.
• Kiyoshi dodged a guard’s kick and struck back with Lightning Release: Lightning Finger, earning passage for himself and his companions.
• Kiyoshi invited Uchiha Tekka and his teammates to follow, then revealed that the guards were using the Transformation Technique.
• Kurenai Yuhi and Asuma Sarutobi watched as the disguised jonin resumed testing a ninja accompanied by a dog.

Kiyoshi entered the Chunin selection exam and joined the other candidates for Orochimaru’s difficult written test. As the exam began, Orochimaru noticed Kiyoshi calmly staring back at him.

• Kiyoshi passed the Inuzuka ninja’s strength test, leaving a pair of dents in the metal plate beneath the ninja’s glove.
• Kiyoshi entered the examination room, where Mei Terumi, Suigetsu Hozuki, Pakura, and other candidates sized him up.
• Orochimaru introduced the written test rules: candidates were judged in groups of three, and each detected instance of cheating cost two points.
• Asuma Sarutobi found the questions extremely difficult and worried that he, Kurenai Yuhi, and Kiyoshi would not earn enough points.
• Pakura struggled with the questions and suspected the test assessed more than the candidates’ knowledge, but she held back under Orochimaru’s watch.
• Orochimaru began the exam and noticed Kiyoshi meeting his gaze without hesitation.

Kiyoshi passed the first exam by copying answers with his Sharingan and followed the other examinees to the Death Forest for the second exam. There, he chose Pakura as his first target to help evolve his Eye Power, while considering the Hyuga team another possible obstacle.

• Orochimaru disqualified three examinees for cheating, while Kiyoshi used his Sharingan to copy answers from two chunin and Kurenai Yuhi followed his lead.
• Kiyoshi, Kurenai Yuhi, and Asuma Sarutobi chose to continue after the final question and advanced to the next examination.
• Orochimaru noticed Kiyoshi's intelligence gathering and willpower and considered recruiting him as an assistant.
• Minato Namikaze led the successful examinees to the Death Forest, where Kiyoshi explained his foreknowledge by claiming a ninja from the Land of Lightning had leaked the information.
• Kiyoshi spotted Natsu Hyuga, Tetsu Hyuga, and Himondo Hyuga, then resolved to stop their team from smoothly advancing.
• Kiyoshi assessed that his Eye Power was near its limit and selected Pakura as his first target for obtaining a trait and strengthening his Sharingan.

Kiyoshi, Kurenai Yuhi, and Asuma Sarutobi began the Chunin Exam and fought off a team seeking their scroll. Pakura, Baki, and Hoki Taro arrived, and Pakura prepared to face Kiyoshi, appreciating his Sharingan.

• Minato Namikaze explained the scroll requirements, distributed the scrolls, and started the exam.
• Baki and Pakura discussed Sunagakure’s need to acquire Kekkei Genkai, while Hoki Taro sensed ominous Chakra nearby.
• Kiyoshi’s team defeated a group from a small shinobi village and took their Scroll of Earth.
• Pakura, Baki, and Hoki Taro approached Kiyoshi’s team, and Hoki Taro challenged Kiyoshi to surrender.
• Kiyoshi assigned Kurenai Yuhi to face Pakura, who smiled and said she appreciated Kiyoshi’s Sharingan.

Kiyoshi lured Pakura away from the others and defeated her by combining Lightning Release-enhanced speed and strength with his sword and taijutsu. He restrained her and revealed that he could activate the Sharingan in both eyes, leaving Pakura stunned.

• Kiyoshi and Pakura exchanged fire techniques, and Pakura's Scorch Release overpowered his Great Fireball Technique.
• Kiyoshi drew Pakura away from the clearing while Kurenai Yuhi and Asuma Sarutobi fought Pakura's teammates, and the small-village ninja fled.
• Kiyoshi used Lightning Release to accelerate his movements and struck Pakura with a powerful kick, sending her into a tree.
• Kiyoshi grabbed Pakura by the neck and warned her not to gather Chakra.
• Kiyoshi activated the Sharingan in his right eye, surprising Pakura, who had believed he possessed only one.

Kiyoshi subdued Pakura and unlocked an entry that strengthened his Fire Release before hurrying to rejoin Kurenai Yuhi. On the way, his left eye evolved into a Two-Tomoe Sharingan while his right remained a One-Tomoe, leaving him to consider why his Eye Power and talent seemed unusual.

• Kiyoshi used an electric current to paralyze Pakura after she tried to resist, then threatened to investigate how Scorch Release affected her body.
• Kiyoshi unlocked the Ruthless Fire Extinguisher entry, which increased the power of his Fire Release Chakra nature transformation by 10%.
• Kiyoshi left Pakura in the forest and hurried toward Kurenai Yuhi, intending to keep her alive as a source of Eye Power and entry refreshes.
• Kiyoshi's left eye evolved into a Two-Tomoe Sharingan, strengthening his vision, perception, and genjutsu while his right eye remained a One-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Kiyoshi wondered whether his unusual Eye Power came from his soul, the Yagura Clan's life force, the Entry System, or a combination of them.

Kiyoshi returned to protect Asuma Sarutobi and Kurenai Yuhi, defeating Baki and driving off the remaining Sunagakure shinobi. The team kept the scroll instead of heading to the tower, while Kiyoshi continued pursuing his plans and explained the tensions behind Konoha and Sunagakure’s alliance.

• Kiyoshi returned to find Asuma Sarutobi wounded and Kurenai Yuhi exhausted, then cut through Baki’s wind attack and severed his arm.
• Baki fled after throwing away his Scroll of Earth, and Hoki Taro also ran; Kiyoshi caught the scroll.
• Asuma Sarutobi questioned Kiyoshi’s words about protecting Kurenai, while Kurenai Yuhi said Kiyoshi had protected the team and wondered how he had defeated Pakura.
• Kiyoshi gave the scroll to Kurenai Yuhi and persuaded the team to wait before going to the tower, using the risk of ambushes as his reason.
• Kiyoshi explained to Asuma Sarutobi that Konoha and Sunagakure’s alliance concealed longstanding conflict, but Asuma defended Konoha’s actions.

Pakura and her injured teammates encountered Mei Terumi’s squad, then parted peacefully after learning that Kiyoshi was the Uchiha who had defeated them. The next day, Kiyoshi’s group found Tetsu Hyuga, Natsu Hyuga, and Himondo Hyuga fighting Kumogakure ninja, and Natsu recognized Kiyoshi as he arrived.

• Pakura struck a tree in anger after her humiliating fight with Kiyoshi, and Baki and Hoki Taro caught up with her.
• Pakura’s squad met Mei Terumi’s squad, identified Kiyoshi as their opponent, and agreed to go their separate ways.
• The next day, Yotsuki Kei and two Kumogakure teammates attacked Tetsu Hyuga, Natsu Hyuga, and Himondo Hyuga over their scroll.
• Kiyoshi sensed the clash between Lightning Release and Gentle Fist and brought Asuma Sarutobi and Kurenai Yuhi to investigate.
• Natsu spotted Kiyoshi as his group arrived and felt relieved.

Kiyoshi Uchiha rejected Yotsuki Kei’s invitation to join forces and challenged Kumogakure’s strength, confusing his companions and angering Tetsu Hyuga. He then confronted Natsu Hyuga about the Hyuga main family’s past treatment of the Uchiha, leaving the others questioning what had happened while Yotsuki Kei watched for an opening.

• Yotsuki Kei struck Tetsu Hyuga while Tetsu was distracted by Kiyoshi’s arrival, and Natsu Hyuga worried over Tetsu’s injuries.
• Jiraiya and Minato Namikaze watched the riverbank through surveillance footage and discussed Kiyoshi’s apparent wish to help the Hyuga team.
• Yotsuki Kei invited Kiyoshi Uchiha to travel with the Kumogakure ninja, but Kiyoshi said they would have to prove their strength.
• Tetsu Hyuga accused Kiyoshi of being a traitor, while Kurenai Yuhi defended him and Duke and Taff charged into battle.
• Kiyoshi asked Natsu Hyuga what the Hyuga main family had once called the Uchiha and said Kushina had heard Ginka Hyuga say it.
• Natsu Hyuga struggled to explain herself, Himondo Hyuga asked what had happened, and Yotsuki Kei told Duke and Taff to slow their attack.

Kiyoshi fought the Kumogakure team after Natsu Hyuga offered to explain Ginka Hyuga’s orders and make amends. He defeated the attackers and took their scrolls, then turned to discuss matters with Natsu while Tetsu Hyuga asked what had happened.

• Natsu Hyuga begged Kiyoshi to help her teammates and promised to explain and make amends.
• Kiyoshi joined the fight against Yotsuki Kei and displayed his Sharingan, Fire Release, and Lightning-enhanced speed.
• Kiyoshi wounded Duke and Taff, forcing Yotsuki Kei to leave three scrolls behind as the Kumogakure team fled.
• Kiyoshi told Natsu Hyuga they could discuss the details, while Natsu checked on Tetsu Hyuga and Tetsu asked her what had happened.

After Kiyoshi defeated the Kumogakure team, Asuma helped ease the dispute between him and Natsu Hyuga, while Minato Namikaze praised Kiyoshi’s character. Mei Terumi learned that Kiyoshi had beaten Kumogakure and began considering alliances against him, leaving to find Pakura.

• Kiyoshi dismissed his dispute with Natsu Hyuga as minor and collected the scrolls, while Asuma urged Natsu to accept an apology and move on.
• Minato Namikaze praised Kiyoshi for protecting his companions and predicted he would advance beyond the second round.
• Yotsuki Kei, Duke, and Taff treated their wounds and discussed Kiyoshi after he defeated them and took their scrolls.
• Mei Terumi encountered the injured Kumogakure ninja, guessed Kiyoshi had beaten them, and reassessed the danger he posed.
• Yotsuki Kei refused Mei Terumi’s offer to join forces, and Mei decided to seek alliances and find Pakura.