Chapter Summaries

Kiyoshi gained an Entry that increased his affinity for Natural Energy while gliding toward the Land of Fire, and he considered learning Sage Mode to prepare for the Otsutsuki. At the border, Nobuhiko Hyuga spotted Tsunade fighting Sunagakure ninjas, prompting the Konoha team to rush to her aid.

• Ebizo and Chiyo headed to help Tōjūrō contain Tsunade, while Chiyo said she would resign if Sasori had harmed the Third Kazekage.
• Kiyoshi gained the Flying Bird Entry after remaining above three hundred meters, increasing his Natural Energy affinity by 20%.
• Kiyoshi considered pursuing Sage Mode and staying in contact with Orochimaru as he glided toward the Land of Fire.
• Several days later, Nobuhiko Hyuga used his Byakugan to spot Tsunade fighting Sunagakure ninjas near the border.
• The Konoha reconnaissance team entered the Wind Country's border to support Tsunade.

Tsunade and the arriving Konoha ninja drove back Tōjūrō’s Sunagakure force, while Kiyoshi returned safely by gliding through the sky. The group headed for the Land of Fire, and several days later Kiyoshi reached Konoha.

• Tsunade used Earth Release: Earth Wave to destabilize the battlefield and break the Sunagakure ninja’s legs without drawing blood.
• Konoha reinforcements joined the fight, and Tōjūrō interrupted Tsunade’s technique before ordering his forces to retreat.
• Kiyoshi flew in and reunited with Tsunade, Kurenai Yuhi, and the other Konoha ninja.
• Kurenai Yuhi worried over Kiyoshi’s injuries, and Kiyoshi teased her about whether they were only companions.
• The group set out for the Land of Fire, and Kiyoshi returned to Konoha several days later.

Kiyoshi reported the events in Sunagakure to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who praised him and called the Hokage Advisors together to discuss the growing threat. On his way home, Kiyoshi eased Hayate Gekko’s illness temporarily and decided to keep training as war approached.

• Kiyoshi and Tsunade recounted Sunagakure’s internal strife and attack to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who praised Kiyoshi and summoned the Hokage Advisors.
• Kiyoshi suspected the Land of Lightning would exploit Sunagakure’s turmoil, while Tsunade left to gamble with her reward.
• Kiyoshi, Kurenai Yuhi, and Asuma Sarutobi passed the Ninja Academy, where Kiyoshi spotted Hayate Gekko and Uzuki Yugao.
• Kiyoshi used Medical Arts to temporarily relieve Hayate Gekko’s coughing and told him to go home and take his medicine.
• Kiyoshi declined Kurenai Yuhi’s invitation to BBQ Q and planned to study his techniques and strengthen himself before war began.

Kiyoshi learned that his newly awakened Miko ability strengthened his Chakra’s demon-slaying effect and wondered whether it could also help him against Tailed Beasts. As war loomed, he went to the sushi restaurant where Samui was preparing to try to persuade him to return to the Land of Lightning.

• Kurenai Yuhi tried to invite Kiyoshi to dinner, and he agreed to go to a sushi restaurant.
• Samodo received orders from Kumogakure to complete the mission quickly, and he asked Samui to serve Kiyoshi and bring him back to the Land of Lightning.
• As the threat of war grew, Might Duy warned Might Guy to be careful, while Kiyoshi anticipated heavy losses for Konoha.
• Kiyoshi reviewed his completed Reincarnated Miko entry, which increased the demon-slaying effect in his Chakra by 40%, and considered testing its power against Tailed Beasts.
• Kiyoshi arrived at the sushi restaurant, where Samui led him to the private room he had reserved.

Kiyoshi met with Samui, exchanged minor Konoha intelligence for a Lightning Release scroll, and pressured her into continuing their discussion of his meridian system. Samui gave in under pressure from Kumogakure, and Kiyoshi ended by ordering her under the table.

• Atsui brought Kiyoshi a menu, and Kiyoshi praised him for enrolling in the Ninja Academy, making Samui uneasy.
• Kiyoshi asked Samui for Lightning Release ninjutsu, and she produced a scroll while asking him to meet people from Kumogakure.
• Kiyoshi refused to visit his old acquaintances but offered Samui minor intelligence about Konoha.
• Kiyoshi said the intelligence and scroll were not equal and asked Samui to help him examine his meridian system so she could choose suitable ninjutsu.
• Samui agreed under the pressure of her village's demands, and Kiyoshi told her to go under the table.

Kiyoshi met Kurenai at a sushi restaurant while Samui secretly ate takeout beneath their table. As war spread across the nations, Konoha and the Hyuga Clan prepared to mobilize, leaving Hinatsuki asking to join despite her illness.

• Kiyoshi arranged to meet Kurenai at the sushi restaurant while Samui hid beneath the table and ate takeout.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and the Hokage Advisors decided to send the Uchiha to the front and include the Hyuga Clan in the war effort.
• Hyuga Hiashi handed out mobilization lists and told his clan to build a good relationship with the Uchiha.
• Ginka worried that her past conflict with Kiyoshi could cost her main-family status, but denied having a grudge against the Uchiha.
• Hinatsuki asked Hyuga Hiashi to let her go to war, and he told her she did not need to go.

Hinata Hinazuki was taken to rest while Hyuga Hiashi assigned Hizashi Hyuga to a mission. After Kiyoshi shared a meal with Team Minato and Samui, news of war reached the Uchiha Clan, where Fugaku announced a mission for the following afternoon.

• Ginka Hyuga took the frail Hinata Hinazuki away to rest, and Hyuga Hiashi told Hizashi Hyuga to carry out a mission properly.
• Kiyoshi, Kurenai Yuhi, Asuma Sarutobi, and Samui finished their meal, while Samui hid from Atsui and worried that Kiyoshi might make further demands.
• Asuma Sarutobi left after his brother summoned him, and Kurenai Yuhi warned Kiyoshi to be careful if war broke out.
• Fugaku Uchiha announced that war had begun and that the Third had asked him to lead a group on a mission the next afternoon.
• Uchiha Yashiro declared that the war could bring glory to the clan and make a shinobi a candidate for Hokage.

Fugaku praised Kiyoshi for escaping Sunagakure’s pursuit and assigned him and Obito to the Uchiha’s wartime deployment. After training and learning new skills, Kiyoshi reached the battlefield with Fugaku’s team, where a woman called out to him.

• Fugaku recognized Kiyoshi’s role in the events surrounding the Third Kazekage’s disappearance, praised him, and assigned him to the war effort.
• Obito asked to join the mission, and Fugaku told him that Minato would lead his team.
• Kiyoshi trained his Fuinjutsu, gained the green Sealing Genin entry, and considered testing Moryo’s power on subjects.
• Kiyoshi received a new ninja blade and traveled with the Uchiha as several great nations moved against one another.
• Fugaku’s team reached the front lines, and Kiyoshi set down the supply scrolls he had carried.
• A woman called out to Kiyoshi as he arrived.

Kiyoshi practiced controlling a weapon with chakra strings while Uchiha Emi showed interest in him. At the Uchiha base, he reunited with Minato, Kakashi, Obito, and Rin as Rin asked him about a difficult mission he had completed.

• Uchiha Emi approached Kiyoshi and asked him to take care of her from then on, and he realized she admired him.
• Kiyoshi studied the control section of a Puppet Technique scroll and used chakra strings to throw and retrieve a shinobi sword from up to twenty meters away.
• Rin, Obito, Kakashi, and Minato arrived at the Uchiha base, where Obito and Kakashi bickered and Uchiha Kikei greeted Minato warily.
• Rin reunited with Kiyoshi, while Obito tried to keep her away from him until she told Obito to stop.
• Rin asked Kiyoshi about the mission he had completed beyond its difficulty rating.

Kiyoshi continued teaching Rin Nohara Lightning Release and considered using Moryo Power to help her adapt. When Raiga Kurosuki ambushed a group of Uchiha reinforcements, Kiyoshi and the others fought back, leaving the battle in chaos.

• Rin Nohara asked Kiyoshi to continue teaching her Lightning Release, and he considered how Moryo Power might speed her progress.
• Raiga Kurosuki and Yuri Ringo prepared to attack Konoha's forces, while Yuri Ringo plotted to take Raiga Kurosuki's blades.
• Kiyoshi joined a group of Uchiha sent to reinforce Fugaku Uchiha after the front lines came under surprise attack.
• Raiga Kurosuki ambushed the Uchiha group with Hidden Mist ninjas, and Minato Namikaze rescued Obito and Kakashi from the spreading lightning.
• Kiyoshi countered Raiga Kurosuki's lightning with Fire Release and attacked with flaming shuriken as Yuri Ringo unleashed more lightning.

Minato Namikaze and the Uchiha fought the Hidden Mist ninja in a thick fog, and Kiyoshi used his Sharingan and swordsmanship to face the Seven Ninja Swordsmen. The battle continued as Kiyoshi gained the advantage over Yuri Ringo.

• Minato Namikaze scattered special kunai and engaged Raiga Kurosuki while the Hidden Mist ninja blanketed the battlefield in fog.
• Raiga Kurosuki killed an Uchiha ninja and targeted Kiyoshi, but Kiyoshi dodged his lightning attack and clashed with his twin blades.
• Minato Namikaze struck Raiga Kurosuki with a Rasengan, then told Kiyoshi to handle the other enemies.
• Kiyoshi found Yuri Ringo in the mist and avoided her Lightning Release attack before closing in with his sword.
• Kiyoshi kept Yuri Ringo locked in close combat as her illness weakened her, leaving him with an increasing advantage.

Kiyoshi defeated Yuri Ringo and offered to treat her illness in exchange for helping him draw out Raiga Kurosuki. After injecting her with Moryo Power to temporarily ease her symptoms, he left her to decide whether to cooperate.

• Kiyoshi overpowered Yuri Ringo, disarmed her, and held his heated blade to her neck.
• Kiyoshi told Yuri Ringo he wanted to use her as a test subject and claimed he might be able to treat her illness.
• Kiyoshi immobilized Yuri Ringo with his Sharingan and injected her with Moryo Power, temporarily easing her symptoms while burning some of her life force.
• Yuri Ringo felt her body grow lighter after Kiyoshi released the genjutsu and asked how he planned to help her.
• Kiyoshi asked Yuri Ringo to draw out Raiga Kurosuki, and she eyed him suspiciously about the treatment.

Kiyoshi secured Yuri Ringo’s cooperation by offering to help her pursue a place among the Seven Ninja Swordsmen and use Raiga Kurosuki for research. After Hidden Mist retreated, Kiyoshi’s group regrouped with the Uchiha forces and prepared to move on, while his Eye Power grew stronger from the battle.

• Kiyoshi offered Yuri Ringo a partnership, promising to help her become one of the new Seven Ninja Swordsmen in exchange for using Raiga Kurosuki in his experiments.
• Kiyoshi planted a suggestive genjutsu in Yuri Ringo to keep her from revealing their deal, and she accepted the proposal.
• Kiyoshi returned to the battlefield as Raiga Kurosuki ordered the Hidden Mist shinobi to retreat.
• Minato Namikaze’s group and the Uchiha shinobi recovered or burned the dead, while Obito criticized Kiyoshi’s apparent indifference to their deaths.
• Kiyoshi told Uchiha Horikawa that he had pursued the reddish-brown-haired woman, then followed the group toward the main battlefield.
• By nightfall, the battle had ended, and Kiyoshi had killed eight Hidden Mist shinobi, bringing his Eye Power closer to a new threshold.

Kiyoshi reflected on his Sharingan’s potential while Fugaku awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan after losing a companion on the battlefield. As the Hidden Mist forces retreated, Kiyoshi recognized that Fugaku’s power could change Konoha’s treatment of the Uchiha, while Kumogakure prepared a raid to capture him.

• Kiyoshi considered whether his powerful Sharingan might follow a path of ancestral reversion and wondered how many Mangekyō abilities he could awaken.
• Minato Namikaze and Hizashi Hyuga questioned Fugaku about the secret technique that had crushed a Hidden Mist ninja, and Fugaku concealed his newly awakened Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Kiyoshi noticed Fugaku’s awakening and anticipated that Konoha’s leaders would learn of his power and put greater pressure on the Uchiha.
• Kiyoshi alerted Fugaku and Minato that the remaining Hidden Mist forces were fleeing, and the Konoha forces withdrew after the battlefield was cleared.
• Yuri Ringo teased Mei Terumi about seeing Kiyoshi, while Mei vowed to settle the score with him.
• In Kumogakure, the Third Raikage ordered a blonde, braided woman to lead a squad into the Land of Fire and capture Uchiha Kiyoshi.

After Fugaku returned from battle exhausted and changed by the loss of his companions, he sent Mikoto to teach Kiyoshi ninjutsu. Kiyoshi impressed her with his chakra control, leaving Mikoto convinced his talent was extraordinary.

• Yugito accepted the Third Raikage's order to assess Kiyoshi, curious about his abilities.
• Mikoto arrived at the Uchiha encampment and found Fugaku exhausted; Minato explained that Fugaku had used a secret Uchiha technique to defeat the enemy.
• Fugaku declined to explain himself and told Mikoto to choose new ninjutsu for Kiyoshi because he had performed well on the mission.
• Mikoto took Kiyoshi to her tent to teach him, but told him to choose something easier than the B-rank Great Dragon Fire Technique.
• Kiyoshi heated tea by precisely applying Fire Release Chakra to an ordinary cup, then cooled it with Water Release, astonishing Mikoto with his control.

Kiyoshi learned Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique from Mikoto and unlocked the Fire Release Chunin entry while continuing to strengthen his body with Lightning Release. Rin Nohara grew increasingly accustomed to Kiyoshi’s Chakra, while Obito resolved to study harder and remained unaware of what was happening between them.

• Mikoto wrote the Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique on a scroll for Kiyoshi.
• Kiyoshi comprehended the Fire Release Chunin (Blue) entry, gaining greater resistance to Fire Release Chakra and the ability to try developing jutsu.
• Obito told Rin Nohara he felt fine after the encounter with the Hidden Mist, then borrowed Kakashi’s book On Lightning Release and Chakra.
• Rin Nohara visited Kiyoshi, who circulated his Chakra over and inside her body as she became increasingly embarrassed and sweaty.
• Obito waited outside Kiyoshi’s tent until Rin Nohara emerged drenched in sweat and hurried to the bathhouse.

Konoha’s leaders discussed the threat posed by Fugaku Uchiha’s unknown technique and ordered Kiyoshi to act as a bridge between the Uchiha and the village. Several days later, Yuri Ringo sprang a trap against Raiga Kurosuki, who barely protected himself from a surprise fire attack.

• Shimura Danzō accused the Uchiha of concealing a technique that could kill a ninja instantly, and Hiruzen Sarutobi discussed whether Fugaku had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Hiruzen chose Kiyoshi to communicate with the Uchiha and ordered the clan to return temporarily to Konoha, where Hyuga ninja would help defend their line.
• Mei Terumi led a Hidden Mist squad as Raiga Kurosuki and Yuri Ringo went ahead to investigate the Uchiha’s hidden passage.
• Raiga questioned Yuri about the passage and followed her through the forest while secretly relying on Hidden Mist ninja to trail them.
• Yuri Ringo attacked Raiga with lightning, then a fire dragon struck as he called for support; Raiga used his twin swords to activate his Armor of Lightning and survived the flames.

Kiyoshi Uchiha fought Raiga Kurosuki and the Hidden Mist squad after meeting Yuri Ringo, while Mei Terumi arrived and confronted him over their past genjutsu encounter. Kiyoshi killed most of the squad and battled Raiga as Yuri stalled Mei, leaving Mei and Raiga as the only opponents still standing.

• Kiyoshi Uchiha used Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique to damage Raiga Kurosuki, and Yuri Ringo arrived at their meeting place.
• Mei Terumi arrived with a Hidden Mist squad, and Kiyoshi teased her about wetting herself during the Chunin Exams genjutsu.
• Raiga Kurosuki restored his lightning armor and ordered Mei Terumi to fight Kiyoshi while he attacked Yuri Ringo.
• Kiyoshi unleashed another fire dragon, killed three Hidden Mist ninja, and then slaughtered the remaining members of the squad.
• Kiyoshi dodged Raiga Kurosuki's Lightning Strike and engaged him in a blade fight while Yuri Ringo stalled Mei Terumi with excuses.

Kiyoshi defeated Raiga Kurosuki and left Mei Terumi shaken, though Raiga survived and became Kiyoshi’s experiment subject. Mei recovered enough to renew her goals and report the encounter to a Hidden Mist elder, who began considering Yuri Ringo’s alleged defection.

• Kiyoshi disarmed Raiga Kurosuki and used Lightning Release to sever both of his arms, leaving Mei Terumi terrified.
• Yuri Ringo retrieved the Lightning Blade: Kiba and led Mei away while Kiyoshi revealed that Raiga had survived through a genjutsu and treated his bleeding.
• Yuri Ringo comforted Mei, who resolved to become Mizukage, change Hidden Mist’s bloody policies, and take revenge on Kiyoshi Uchiha.
• Yuri Ringo coughed blood and decided to seek Kiyoshi about her illness, while Mei returned to the camp and reported the encounter to a stern elder.
• The elder dismissed Mei and considered the report, which included her suspicion that Yuri Ringo had defected from Hidden Mist.

Madara learned of Kiyoshi Uchiha’s rapid growth but kept Obito as his chosen candidate, considering Kiyoshi as a backup. On the battlefield, Kiyoshi prepared to target Natsu Hyuga for her eye power, while Ginka Hyuga ordered Natsu to speak well of her to Kiyoshi.

• White Zetsu reported Kiyoshi Uchiha’s exceptional growth to Madara, who decided to try winning Kiyoshi over but kept Obito as his designated choice.
• Madara recalled that he had encountered the name Kiyoshi in ancient records before falling asleep again.
• After months of fighting alongside the Hyuga Clan, Kiyoshi advanced several of his Genin entries to Chunin and planned to harvest Natsu Hyuga for her eye power.
• Ginka Hyuga questioned Natsu about Kiyoshi’s battlefield record and ordered her to praise Ginka to him.