Chapter Summaries

Nobuo Sakai’s squad was ambushed during a mission, and the attackers killed their merchant target while Yamada Taiyu was badly wounded. At Training Ground Three, Minato Namikaze developed a spinning Chakra sphere before Kushina’s leaking Tailed Beast Chakra struck him, leaving Kiyoshi and Kushina at the scene.

• Desato’s Kumogakure squad ambushed Yamada Taiyu’s team, wounded Yamada, and killed the merchant’s son before retreating with his head sealed in a scroll.
• Nobuo Sakai recognized that the ambush had turned their B-rank mission into an A-rank-level crisis and ordered Yamada taken for treatment.
• Minato Namikaze used Jiraiya’s suggestion about the swirls on his head to stabilize a spinning sphere of Chakra and gave it an elaborate name.
• Kushina appeared at Training Ground Three and told Minato that the Third Hokage had approved her temporary departure from the barrier.
• Kushina’s eyes became beastlike as Tailed Beast Chakra leaked out, and Kiyoshi rushed over to her.
• A Chakra tail struck Minato and sent him flying as Kushina called out to him.

Kiyoshi entered Kushina’s Mental Space and helped her and Minato suppress the Nine-Tails during its rampage. Several days later, the Chunin Exams’ third round resumed, while Kiyoshi’s actions left a rift between Kushina and Minato.

• The Nine-Tails tried to persuade Kushina to undo its seal, and Kiyoshi used his Sharingan to enter her Mental Space.
• Kiyoshi urged Kushina to use Fuinjutsu against the Nine-Tails, and Minato joined the fight with a Rasengan as Kushina’s sealing chains restrained the beast.
• Minato gained the upper hand and the Mental Space turned white; outside, Kiyoshi caught the exhausted Kushina and Minato sent them to the hospital.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi questioned Minato and praised Kiyoshi, while Kiyoshi watched Kushina leave and reflected that a rift remained between her and Minato.
• Several days later, the third round of the Chunin Exams resumed before a large crowd.

Kiyoshi Uchiha continued through the Chunin Exams and was matched against Mei Terumi, who wanted revenge for Suigetsu Hozuki. Mei began their fight by blanketing the arena in mist, obscuring Kiyoshi’s vision.

• Kiyoshi defeated his earlier opponents with ease, drawing the attention of the Daimyo of the Land of Fire and Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Mei Terumi watched Kiyoshi, resolved to avenge Suigetsu Hozuki and strengthen her future bid to become the Fifth Mizukage.
• Juzo Biwa cautioned Mei to control her emotions, while Kaguya Katsuya looked forward to fighting Kiyoshi.
• Kiyoshi and Mei were announced as opponents in the king-of-the-hill tournament, and Kiyoshi declined the proctor’s offer of more rest.
• After the match began, Mei used Water Release: Hidden Mist Technique to cover the arena and obscure Kiyoshi’s vision.

Kiyoshi Uchiha countered Mei Terumi’s Hidden Mist Technique by using heat and wind to disperse the fog, then defeated her with his Sharingan. He left Mei Terumi beaten after telling her that her teammates’ deaths were her fault.

• Kiyoshi activated his Sharingan and used lightning-enhanced speed to evade Mei Terumi’s attacks and tear through the mist.
• Kiyoshi explained how heat and wind dispersed the fog, then expanded a Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique with Wind Release Chakra.
• Mei Terumi blocked the fireball with Water Release: Water Formation Wall, but Kiyoshi closed in and forced her to fight at close range.
• Kiyoshi provoked Mei Terumi by blaming her for her teammates’ deaths, and she attacked with Lava Release: Acidic Melt Technique.
• Kiyoshi caught Mei Terumi in Sharingan genjutsu, slapped her to the ground, and defended his right to keep his Sharingan.

Kiyoshi defeated Mei Terumi and used a genjutsu to humiliate her before preparing for his next challenge. At Konoha Hospital, Hazuki Uchiha learned that Yamada Taiyu needed delicate surgery and that Kiyoshi might be able to perform it, while Taiyu briefly woke and asked about his recovery.

• Kiyoshi tortured Mei Terumi with Lightning Release, then revealed that he had trapped her in a genjutsu and declared her weakness responsible for her misfortune.
• Mei Terumi left the arena, and the chief proctor declared Kiyoshi the victor and gave him ten minutes to recover before the next challenge.
• Kiyoshi used the break to recover Chakra and adapt to the increase in his Eye Power.
• At Konoha Hospital, a doctor told Hazuki Uchiha that Yamada Taiyu was temporarily out of danger but needed delicate surgery, and suggested that Kiyoshi might be suited to perform it.
• Hazuki Uchiha stayed beside Yamada Taiyu until he woke and asked how long his recovery would take.

Hazuki Uchiha learned that Yamada Taiyu needed surgery within two days to preserve his ability to be a ninja, and that Kiyoshi might be the earliest available surgeon. During the Chunin Exams, Kiyoshi gained the Water Release Seed after defeating Mei Terumi and considered how advancing entries might help him create a Kekkei Genkai.

• Hazuki Uchiha asked the doctor about Yamada Taiyu’s treatment and learned that his surgery had to happen by the day after tomorrow to avoid lasting damage.
• The doctor said Kiyoshi could perform the surgery once the Chunin Exams ended, leaving Hazuki Uchiha to wait and consider asking him for help again.
• Kiyoshi received the Water Release Seed entry after defeating Mei Terumi and added Water Release to his Chakra natures.
• Kiyoshi considered advancing his entries and wondered whether combining Chakra nature transformations could let him create a Kekkei Genkai.

Kiyoshi Uchiha easily won his remaining matches and qualified for promotion, impressing the spectators with his speed, Fire Release, and Chakra Flow. As the exam continued, Fugaku and Mikoto discussed his abilities and considered arranging a match for him with a girl from the clan.

• Kiyoshi defeated his later opponents without facing Kaguya Katsuya and was promoted after winning three matches in a row.
• Spectators praised Kiyoshi's speed and Fire Release as he returned to the stands.
• Fugaku and Mikoto speculated that Kiyoshi's Sharingan helped him copy and develop ninjutsu.
• Fugaku asked Mikoto to introduce Kiyoshi to girls in the Uchiha Clan, and she began considering possible matches.
• Kurenai Yuhi admired Kiyoshi's strength while Asuma Sarutobi tried to show off his own physique.

Kiyoshi watched the Chunin Exams conclude and learned that Ginka Hyuga planned to visit him with Natsu Hyuga. After Kurenai, Kiyoshi, and Asuma passed, Kurenai invited Kiyoshi to celebrate at BBQ Q, leaving Asuma jealous and determined to train harder.

• Asuma invited Kurenai to eat after the exams, but Kurenai asked whether Kiyoshi would come and reacted jealously to gossip about Natsu Hyuga visiting him.
• Kiyoshi overheard Ginka Hyuga tell Natsu to prepare generous gifts before visiting him, and he considered how the White Snake might help develop his Eye Power.
• Kiyoshi returned to the arena and explained that Natsu had come to discuss something from a previous Chunin Exam.
• Kurenai defeated Tomoko Toyama in a brief genjutsu match, and Hiruzen Sarutobi later announced the end of the exams; Kiyoshi, Kurenai, and Asuma all passed.
• Kurenai invited Kiyoshi to BBQ Q, and Asuma smiled reluctantly while resolving to train harder.

Samui worried that the village would punish her if she failed to recruit Kiyoshi, while Hazuki Uchiha asked Kiyoshi to operate on Yamada Taiyu. Kiyoshi considered her offer but warned that the necessary follow-up medication could be expensive.

• Samui asked Atsui about his Ninja Academy entrance test and worried that she had not persuaded Kiyoshi to join the village.
• Samodo reminded Samui of her assignment to recruit Kiyoshi.
• Hazuki Uchiha visited Kiyoshi and asked him to perform an operation on the hospitalized Yamada Taiyu.
• Hazuki offered Kiyoshi twice the usual surgical fee, and he asked whether she could afford the costly follow-up medication.

Hazuki Uchiha sought Kiyoshi’s help to save Yamada Taiyu, but his condition for improving the surgery’s chances left her conflicted. As Kiyoshi prepared to depart on a mission, Hazuki accepted his demand, and he began operating on Taiyu with her assistance.

• Hazuki Uchiha offered Kiyoshi her savings for Yamada Taiyu’s surgery, but he refused the money and said he could improve the odds if she helped him cultivate.
• At Konoha Hospital, Rin Nohara told Hazuki that Taiyu could live if he agreed to sever his meridian system, but Taiyu refused to give up his ninja abilities.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned Yuki Minazuki’s team and Minato Namikaze’s team to an escort mission in the Land of Demons, where Moryo was rumored to threaten its seal.
• Rin told Hazuki that Kiyoshi was leaving on the mission, prompting Hazuki to visit him and accept his condition for helping Taiyu.
• Kiyoshi anesthetized Taiyu and began the surgery alone, while Hazuki summoned Kiyoshi’s Unicorn Behemoth to assist with the operation.

Kiyoshi successfully operated on Yamada Taiyu, then adapted to the increased Eye Power in his right eye and completed the Orochi-Style Body Replacement Technique. He gained the Snake-Style Ninja trait and prepared to leave on a mission the next day.

• Kiyoshi used his Sharingan to carefully operate on Yamada Taiyu, avoiding the meridian network around his heart.
• Yamada Taiyu woke after the successful surgery, found Chakra refinement easier, and thanked Hazuki Uchiha for arranging Kiyoshi's help.
• Kiyoshi practiced with his heavy ninja sword at his residence while his increased Eye Power nourished his body.
• Kiyoshi completed the Orochi-Style Body Replacement Technique, shed a skin-like layer, and gained the Snake-Style Ninja trait.
• Kiyoshi stopped White Snake from eating the discarded layer and considered seeking Soft Physique Modification from Orochimaru.

Kiyoshi joined Minato Namikaze, Rin Nohara, Obito, and Kakashi for dinner at BBQ Q before their mission to the Land of Demons. There, Yuki Minazuki questioned how the shrine maidens could seal the ancient Moryo, leaving the group discussing the mission’s strange threat.

• Minato Namikaze, Rin Nohara, Obito, and Kakashi visited Kiyoshi and invited him to dinner before their C-rank mission.
• Rin Nohara noticed Kiyoshi’s White Snake, and Kiyoshi explained that she was unfriendly toward strangers.
• Kiyoshi sensed that Rin Nohara’s relationship with Kakashi was troubled as they discussed their Summoning Beasts.
• Kiyoshi joined Kurenai Yuhi, Asuma Sarutobi, Yuki Minazuki, and the others at BBQ Q, where Kurenai had prepared his preferred dipping sauce.
• Yuki Minazuki questioned Minato Namikaze about how shrine maidens could seal the thousand-year-old Moryo.

At a barbecue gathering, Rin Nohara worried that she was falling behind Kakashi in helping him develop a Lightning Release technique. Kiyoshi went with Kakashi to spar on a rooftop, drawing the others after them as the chapter left the pair preparing to train.

• Rin Nohara admitted she could not refine Lightning-nature Chakra and feared she was falling behind Kakashi.
• Kiyoshi explained Kakashi's new technique project, and Minato Namikaze encouraged Kakashi to take his time developing it.
• Kiyoshi asked Kakashi to spar so he could assess Kakashi's progress, and Kakashi agreed.
• Kiyoshi and Kakashi climbed to the rooftop above BBQ Q, while Minato Namikaze, Rin Nohara, Kurenai Yuhi, Asuma Sarutobi, and Obito followed to watch.
• Yuki Minazuki stayed behind, jealous that everyone was paying attention to Kiyoshi.

Kiyoshi defeated Kakashi in a rooftop sword spar and gained an entry that increased his hand-seal speed. The group then began its first long-distance mission to the Land of Demons and stopped to camp after a safe day of travel.

• Kiyoshi and Kakashi sparred with swords, and Kiyoshi knocked Kakashi's short blade away.
• Kiyoshi gained the Art of the Fingertips (White) entry, which increased his hand-seal speed by 10%.
• Minato Namikaze arrived with Rin Nohara, Kurenai Yuhi, Asuma Sarutobi, Obito, and the others to watch the spar.
• The group set out for the Land of Demons the next day and traveled without encountering danger.
• Minato Namikaze called for the group to camp at dusk and told Obito to put down his pot.

Kiyoshi used a dubious Lightning Release training method to get close to Rin Nohara while she hoped to help Kakashi, leaving her sweaty and confused. Several days later, the Konoha team reached the Land of Demons and was admitted after the guards reported their arrival to the Miko Shrine.

• Obito proudly carried an iron cooking pot, while Kakashi prepared dinner and the team set up camp for the night.
• Rin Nohara worried that Kakashi was pushing himself too hard, and Kiyoshi suggested she continue training with him.
• Kiyoshi held Rin's hand and spread a weak Lightning Release current over her skin, claiming broader contact would help her understand chakra nature transformation.
• Rin stopped training when Minato Namikaze, Yuki Minazuki, and Asuma Sarutobi returned, then discovered sweat had soaked her body.
• Several days later, the group arrived in the Land of Demons, where guards questioned them before letting them pass and notifying the Miko Shrine.

Kiyoshi’s group met the Daimyo of the Land of Demons, Miroku, and Sunagakure ninja while beginning their protection mission. Kiyoshi discovered signs that the Daimyo had unsealed Moryo, and Miroku postponed the Konoha team’s mission briefing to speak with the Daimyo.

• Miroku awoke from another Premonition of Death, dressed in her ceremonial robes, and ordered the Konoha ninja to wait in the main hall.
• Kiyoshi’s group encountered Sunagakure ninja Maki, who confronted Kiyoshi about defeating Pakura, and Kiyoshi confirmed that he had beaten her.
• The Daimyo invited the Uchiha to serve the Land of Demons, but Kiyoshi refused and said the Uchiha belonged to Konoha.
• Kiyoshi used his Sharingan to see black Chakra coiled around the Daimyo’s heart and concluded that the Daimyo had unsealed Moryo.
• Miroku arrived, and when Minato began to discuss the mission, she said she wished to speak with the Daimyo first.

Kiyoshi warned Minato Namikaze and the others that the Daimyo carried Moryo’s immense, evil Chakra and that Moryo might provoke a conflict. As the group prepared for a battle, Miroku dreamed of a mysterious figure who threatened the Land of Demons.

• Miroku privately asked the Daimyo whether he had been in contact with Moryo, but he urged her to trust him.
• Kiyoshi told Minato Namikaze and the others that Moryo was divided between a body in the Land of Swamps and a soul sealed in the Land of Demons, and that he sensed Moryo’s Chakra inside the Daimyo.
• Kiyoshi warned that Moryo might attack Konoha or Sunagakure to provoke a conflict, and Minato Namikaze decided they would wait and try to separate Moryo from the Daimyo.
• Kiyoshi reassured Kurenai Yuhi and promised to protect her, then returned to training with Lightning Release Chakra.
• Miroku dreamed of a shadowed figure with a Flame War Fan who warned that the people of the Land of Demons could be destroyed.

Miroku’s premonition of death pointed toward Kiyoshi as the Daimyo of the Land of Demons and Moryo plotted to poison the visiting ninjas. Kiyoshi exposed the plot, Moryo possessed the Daimyo and attacked the gathering, and the chapter left Kiyoshi watching Miroku as she prepared to make up for her failure to seal Moryo sooner.

• Moryo persuaded the Daimyo of the Land of Demons to poison the Konoha and Sunagakure ninjas and use the chaos to seize Uchiha Kekkei Genkai.
• At the next day’s gathering, Miroku recognized Kiyoshi from her Premonition of Death, while Kiyoshi stopped Kurenai Yuhi from drinking poisoned water and exposed the toxin.
• Kiyoshi used genjutsu to make a guard drink the poisoned water, then accused Moryo of possessing the Daimyo.
• Moryo revealed himself through the Daimyo, engulfed the hall in black mist, and sent transformed Land of Demons ninjas and tentacles into battle.
• Kakashi, Minato Namikaze, Kiyoshi, and the other ninjas fought Moryo and his forces as Miroku regretted not sealing him earlier.
• Kiyoshi kept fighting Moryo and watched Miroku from behind, judging that the time was right.

The shrine maiden confronted Moryo, but Minato Namikaze’s Four Symbols Seal failed and Moryo escaped while Yomi trapped everyone in the hall. As the group fought Yomi’s mutated forces, a coordinated Wind Release threatened to turn the enclosed hall into a fire trap.

• The shrine maiden approached Moryo, but Kiyoshi stepped in front of her and Minato Namikaze’s Four Symbols Seal was broken, leaving Minato injured.
• The shrine maiden prepared to handle Moryo, but Yomi attacked and Moryo flew away to reclaim its body.
• Yomi used Earth Release: Earth Corridor to seal the ruined hall, then ordered his forces to attack the trapped group.
• Yuki Minazuki was badly wounded while Kiyoshi ignored his plea for medical help and continued fighting.
• Minato Namikaze realized the Land of Demons ninjas planned to amplify a ring of fire with Wind Release, while the earthen walls had blocked his Flying Thunder God escape mark.
• Asuma Sarutobi stood before Kurenai Yuhi as four enemies unleashed Wind Release, and he answered with the Great Fireball Technique.

Kiyoshi used an enhanced combination of Fire and Wind Release to break through the enemy’s defenses, then challenged Miko Miroku over her failure to stop Moryo earlier. The group pursued Moryo to the Land of Swamps, where they found a thousand Terracotta Army soldiers defending his path to the Shrine of Sealing.

• Kiyoshi’s Fire Release, strengthened with Wind Release Chakra, shattered the hurricane and blasted through the stone wall, forcing Yomi and most of the Land of Demons ninjas to retreat.
• Kakashi, Minato Namikaze, and Miko Miroku agreed to pursue Moryo and seal him before he reclaimed his body and awakened the Ghost Legion.
• Kiku offered Sunagakure’s help in exchange for rice, potatoes, and other resources, and Miroku accepted.
• Kiyoshi questioned Miroku about allowing Moryo to manipulate the Daimyo and endanger Kurenai Yuhi; Miroku admitted her fault and said she had hoped the Daimyo could be saved.
• Minato Namikaze’s group followed Miroku to the Land of Swamps, where citizens and soldiers joined them on the way to the Shrine of Sealing.
• At midnight, the group encountered around a thousand Terracotta Army soldiers, and Minato Namikaze realized his Rasengan would not work well against them.