Chapter Summaries

Chiyu recognized Hatake Sakumo’s secret mission to intercept the Stone Ninja’s scroll as the mission that would lead to his downfall, but declined to join it. A week later, Hatake Sakumo and all four teammates returned injured, confirming Chiyu’s suspicion that the incident had occurred.

• Chiyu overheard Hatake Sakumo’s meeting and concluded that his mission to seize the Stone Ninja’s scroll was likely the incident that would ruin him.
• Hatake Sakumo invited Chiyu to join the mission, but Chiyu declined, citing his jutsu research and a possible message from Orochimaru.
• Hatake Sakumo assigned Shinsuke Nara to oversee the camp, then secretly departed with four ninjas to intercept the scroll.
• While Hatake Sakumo was away, Chiyu checked his map of Stone Ninja bases and helped Kakashi train as Shinsuke kept the camp steady.
• A week later, Hatake Sakumo and all four teammates returned wounded, and Chiyu recognized the incident as the one he had feared.

Hatake Sakumo abandoned a mission to rescue Shigui and was summoned back to Konoha as villagers began condemning him. Chiyu sent Kushina Uzumaki instructions to monitor the rumors, then learned that Sakumo had lost his positions and Shinsuke Nara had taken over in the Land of Grass.

• Hatake Sakumo told Shinsuke Nara and the others that he had abandoned the mission to rescue the captured Shigui, who was badly injured in a trap.
• Anbu ordered Hatake Sakumo and his four teammates to return to Konoha, while Kakashi worried about his father.
• Chiyu urged Kakashi to return to Konoha to visit Hatake Sakumo, then wrote to Kushina Uzumaki asking her to watch the rumors and Shigui.
• Chiyu spent three months searching the Land of Grass for Karin's mother without finding her.
• Kushina Uzumaki's letter informed Chiyu that villagers were condemning Hatake Sakumo, Konoha High Command had stripped him of his positions, and Shinsuke Nara had taken over as Leader of the Land of Grass.

Chiyu returned to Konoha after learning that Hatake Sakumo’s teammates had blamed him for abandoning a mission, and he explained the conflict between the Will of Fire and Konoha’s mission rules to Kushina Uzumaki. He found Kakashi distressed at the Hatake residence and asked whether he believed his father had been right or wrong.

• Kushina Uzumaki reported that three of Hatake Sakumo’s teammates had spread rumors blaming him, while they repeatedly visited Shigui’s home.
• Chiyu feared the teammates were trying to recruit Shigui to condemn Hatake Sakumo and suspected Sakumo might soon commit suicide, so he returned to Konoha.
• Chiyu told Kushina Uzumaki that Sakumo’s choice to save his companions aligned with the Will of Fire but violated Konoha’s strict mission rules.
• Kushina Uzumaki told Chiyu that Sakumo’s troubles were affecting Kakashi, so Chiyu went to visit his student.
• Kakashi told Chiyu that Hatake Sakumo had shut himself in his room and barely responded to him; when Chiyu asked whether Sakumo had been right to abandon the mission, Kakashi fell silent.

Chiyu tried to comfort Kakashi as public hostility toward Hatake Sakumo intensified and Sakumo withdrew from everyone. When Sakumo’s former teammates came to blame him and plead for their own futures, their injured comrade Shigui said he hated Sakumo for saving him.

• Kakashi questioned whether Hatake Sakumo had been wrong to abandon a mission for his comrades, and Chiyu urged him to take time to understand the Will of Fire.
• Chiyu visited the Hatake Residence and found Sakumo unresponsive, while public criticism continued to worsen Kakashi’s distress.
• Kushina Uzumaki prepared dinner for Kakashi, and Chiyu’s snake reported that four people had entered the Hatake Residence, including a man missing an arm and using a wheelchair.
• Chiyu hurried to the Hatake Residence and overheard Sakumo’s former teammates ask him to tell the Hokage they had only followed his orders.
• Shigui told Sakumo he regretted being rescued and hated him for abandoning the mission, leaving Sakumo devastated as the four visitors departed.

Hatake Sakumo, rejected by Konoha and unable to reconcile its condemnation with the Will of Fire he had upheld, killed himself. Kakashi discovered his father’s body, and Hiruzen Sarutobi later visited the grave, realizing Sakumo’s death would damage Konoha.

• After Hatake Sakumo’s companions left, he remembered his father’s teachings about the Will of Fire and decided he had lost his reason to live.
• Hatake Sakumo asked Chiyu to care for Kakashi, then killed himself with the White Fang Short Blade; Chiyu left the residence after witnessing his death.
• Kakashi sensed something was wrong, found Hatake Sakumo’s body, and collapsed from grief.
• The next day, Kakashi woke in Konoha Ninja Hospital, learned his father was dead, and wept as Chiyu and Kushina Uzumaki comforted him.
• Several days later, Kakashi, Chiyu, and Kushina Uzumaki held Hatake Sakumo’s funeral; Chiyu told Kakashi that Sakumo had been betrayed by the Will of Fire.
• After they left the grave, Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived and reflected that Sakumo’s suicide was a devastating blow to Konoha and welcome news to its rival villages.

After Hatake Sakumo’s death, Kakashi remained consumed by grief while Chiyu and Kushina Uzumaki stayed with him. Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned Chiyu as conflict threatened to spread from the Land of Grass, and Chiyu silently resented Hiruzen’s claim that Kakashi would inherit Sakumo’s will.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi regretted stripping Hatake Sakumo of his duties and worried that the Stone Ninja would exploit his death in the Land of Grass.
• Chiyu stayed beside Kakashi while Kushina Uzumaki cooked, but Kakashi remained silent and mechanically ate the food placed before him.
• Chiyu and Kushina Uzumaki spent several days at home with Kakashi and turned down missions.
• An Anbu summoned Chiyu to the Hokage Office, where Hiruzen Sarutobi explained that the Stone Ninja were advancing and that Jiraiya had been sent to the Land of Grass.
• Chiyu told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Kakashi was still immersed in grief, then silently objected when Hiruzen said Kakashi would inherit Hatake Sakumo’s will and the Will of Fire.

Chiyu used the Will of Fire to persuade Hiruzen Sarutobi to let him remain in Konoha with Kakashi, then explained to Kakashi that Konoha's leaders had turned the ideal into a tool to manipulate people. Kakashi reacted with fury toward the comrades who had condemned his father, and Chiyu urged him to recognize the village's broader responsibility.

• Chiyu convinced Hiruzen Sarutobi to let him stay with Kakashi for the time being by invoking Konoha's Will of Fire and Kakashi's potential.
• Chiyu returned home and took Kakashi to a forest to discuss whether the Will of Fire was right.
• Chiyu told Kakashi that the Will of Fire had once been sincere but had become a tool used by Konoha High Command to deceive the lower ranks.
• Chiyu suggested that the comrades who visited Hatake Sakumo before his death had condemned him, including the man Sakumo had saved.
• Kakashi surged with killing intent and vowed to kill the four comrades, but Chiyu warned him that Konoha as a whole had helped drive his father to despair.

Chiyu turned Kakashi against Konoha by revealing how the village had mistreated both their families, and Kakashi chose to trust him as his teacher and family. Chiyu planned to search the Land of Grass one last time for Kushina's clansmen before deciding whether to leave Konoha with her.

• Chiyu told Kakashi that Konoha's villagers had condemned Sakumo and Kakashi without understanding Sakumo's sacrifice.
• Chiyu recounted how his Uchiha and Senju parents were hunted for falling in love, and how Konoha failed to save his mother and later scorned him.
• Chiyu told Kakashi that Hiruzen cared only about Konoha and asked whether the village deserved their loyalty; Kakashi said it did not and accepted Chiyu's outstretched hand.
• Chiyu revealed that he had been searching for Kushina's Uzumaki clansmen so one could become a Jinchuriki in her place, and Kakashi condemned Konoha for wanting to use Kushina.
• Chiyu said he might leave Konoha with Kushina but told Kakashi to stay for now, explaining that he planned to return to the Land of Grass in the next few days for one final search.

After helping Kakashi recover, Chiyu decided to leave for the Land of Grass and awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan. He left its techniques to develop, knowing he would need another way to prevent its use from causing blindness.

• Chiyu received 20,000 Witness Points for changing Kakashi's life trajectory and decided he could afford to exchange for the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Chiyu told Kushina Uzumaki that he would leave for the Land of Grass in two days, and promised to apply to bring her along on missions.
• Chiyu sent Kakashi to pack at the Hatake Residence while he went alone to Orochimaru's abandoned base.
• Chiyu spent 10,000 Witness Points and awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, whose pattern formed as five connected blades inside an outer circle.
• Chiyu let his Mangekyō Sharingan continue evolving its techniques and rejected transplanting Hashirama Senju's cells to avoid blindness.

After awakening his Mangekyō Sharingan, Chiyu set out with Kakashi for the Land of Grass to reinforce Konoha and investigate the Stone Ninja. Jiraiya assigned them the mission, but stopped Chiyu for a private conversation just as they were leaving.

• Chiyu left Orochimaru's base and brought Kushina Uzumaki ramen and Kakashi's favorite dishes before going home.
• Chiyu told Hiruzen Sarutobi that he and Kakashi would head to the Land of Grass, and Kushina Uzumaki wished them well at the village gates.
• Chiyu and Kakashi reached Konoha's encampment and met Jiraiya, who expressed sympathy to Kakashi over Hatake Sakumo's death.
• Chiyu accepted Shinsuke Nara's mission to investigate the Stone Ninja, insisting that Kakashi was capable of joining him.
• Jiraiya approved the mission and ordered Chiyu and Kakashi to report any intelligence, then stopped Chiyu to speak privately.

Chiyu rejected Jiraiya’s concern about Kakashi and continued teaching him that missions came before comrades. In the Land of Grass, the pair earned fearsome nicknames while searching for Kushina’s clansmen, and they ended the chapter debating whether to investigate Kusagakure.

• Chiyu told Jiraiya that Kakashi was fit for duty and had learned from Hatake Sakumo’s death that missions mattered more than comrades.
• Chiyu asked Jiraiya to tell Minato Namikaze that his belief that comrades came first had been proven wrong, leaving Jiraiya worried about Kakashi’s influence.
• Chiyu and Kakashi hunted Stone Ninja teams in the Land of Grass, reported intelligence to Jiraiya and Shinsuke Nara, and gained the names Blood-Eyed Asura and White-Haired Son.
• The Stone Ninja ordered small teams to retreat rather than fight Chiyu and Kakashi when they encountered them.
• After searching the Land of Grass for Kushina’s clansmen, Chiyu and Kakashi considered whether to look in Kusagakure.

Chiyu and Kakashi searched Kusagakure for Karin’s mother and found a starving red-haired woman in a relief line. When she denied knowing them and tried to flee, Chiyu grabbed her and threatened to take her by force.

• Kakashi suggested that Karin’s mother might be hiding among Kusagakure’s many refugees, so Chiyu and Kakashi headed there.
• Chiyu and Kakashi disguised themselves and used the Temple of Nirvana Technique to enter Kusagakure past its guards.
• Chiyu searched the crowded village with Observation Haki and sensed someone with an enormous amount of Chakra.
• Chiyu found a malnourished red-haired woman waiting for relief food and offered her food and a better life.
• The woman denied knowing Chiyu and tried to leave, so Chiyu seized her arm and insisted she come with him.

Chiyu found Miyuki Uzumaki in Kusagakure and brought her to Konoha, where he asked Jiraiya to arrange for her to join the village. Shinsuke Nara suspected Chiyu was trying to have Miyuki replace Kushina as the next Jinchuriki vessel.

• Chiyu found the starving Miyuki Uzumaki in Kusagakure and told her he would take her to Konoha, despite her lack of choice.
• Miyuki agreed to go after learning that Kushina Uzumaki lived in Konoha and was Chiyu's fiancée.
• Chiyu used genjutsu to leave Kusagakure with Miyuki and Kakashi, and they reached Konoha's base two days later.
• Chiyu asked Jiraiya to report Miyuki's arrival to the Hokage and requested reassignment with Kakashi to the Land of Hot Water.
• Shinsuke told Jiraiya that Chiyu's search for Miyuki suggested he knew Kushina was being prepared as the next Jinchuriki vessel and wanted Miyuki to replace her.

Jiraiya confronted Chiyu about seeking Miyuki Uzumaki to replace Kushina as the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. Chiyu revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan and vowed to suppress the Nine-Tails, then left determined to prove his value to Hiruzen Sarutobi.

• Jiraiya sent Hiruzen Sarutobi a report about Miyuki Uzumaki, Shinsuke Nara's suspicions, and Chiyu and Kakashi's transfer request.
• Jiraiya confronted Chiyu, who admitted that he wanted Miyuki to replace Kushina as the Jinchuriki.
• Jiraiya warned that Miyuki lacked the Sealing Jutsu needed to control the Nine-Tails and urged Chiyu to abandon the plan.
• Chiyu revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan and said he could suppress the Nine-Tails while Miyuki learned Sealing Jutsu.
• Jiraiya remained opposed, but Chiyu left, planning to earn enough battlefield merit to persuade Hiruzen Sarutobi to accept his goal.

Chiyu used his Mangekyō Sharingan and battlefield value to strengthen his position, but Hiruzen Sarutobi refused to replace Kushina Uzumaki as the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. After arriving in the Land of Hot Water, Chiyu set out to make a name for himself by fighting Cloud Ninja, while Kakashi stayed with Orochimaru.

• Chiyu reasoned that Konoha might use him, an Uchiha castoff, to settle accounts with the Uchiha Clan and resolved to make the name Blood-Eyed Asura famous.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi read reports about Chiyu’s plans and Mangekyō Sharingan, but refused to change the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and assigned Chiyu and Kakashi to the Land of Hot Water.
• Chiyu and Kakashi reached the battlefield, where Chiyu showed Orochimaru his Mangekyō Sharingan and announced his intention to make a name for himself.
• Orochimaru freed Chiyu from assigned missions so he could fight Cloud Ninja, while agreeing to look after Kakashi.
• Chiyu left Kakashi with Orochimaru, and Kakashi rejected Obito Uchiha and the others when they tried to speak to him.

Kakashi rejected Obito Uchiha and Minato Namikaze’s attempts to comfort him, insisting that his father was wrong and companions were burdens. Meanwhile, Chiyu hunted Cloud Ninja until their commander sent an elite squad to encircle him, and Chiyu faced their prepared attacks with his Mangekyō Sharingan revealed.

• Kakashi rebuffed Obito Uchiha and told him they were not friends, leaving Obito Uchiha and Rin Nohara dejected.
• Minato Namikaze blamed the war for Sakumo’s tragedy, but Kakashi said his father was wrong and companions only held ninjas back.
• Obito Uchiha vowed to help Kakashi recover, and Minato Namikaze led him and Rin Nohara to their mission.
• Chiyu spent two months ambushing Cloud Ninja, prompting their commander to send eight Jonin and twelve Chunin to encircle him.
• Chiyu met the twenty Cloud Ninja after killing another squad, and five Chunin trapped him in a lightning prison designed to counter his Thunder Breathing.
• Four Cloud Ninja Jonin combined their lightning into a deadly wall around Chiyu, who revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan.

Chiyu survived the Cloud Ninja’s combined lightning attack by awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan ability Myriad Rejection, then slaughtered their squad and spared one chunin to spread the news. The Cloud Ninja leaders learned that Chiyu had reached elite jonin level, but hesitated to send more forces after him while Orochimaru threatened their other positions.

• Four Cloud Ninja jonin struck Chiyu with a combined lightning technique, but he emerged unharmed and revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan ability, Myriad Rejection.
• Chiyu charged into the Cloud Ninja squad, nullified their attacks, and killed more than half of the twenty ninja in a one-sided battle.
• The Cloud Ninja commander ordered a retreat, but Chiyu pursued the fleeing ninja and killed all but one chunin.
• Chiyu spared the surviving chunin and ordered him to report the battle in detail.
• The Cloud Ninja leaders heard that Chiyu had massacred their elite squad and concluded that he had reached elite jonin level.
• The leaders considered sending more ninja after Chiyu but hesitated because doing so could leave them vulnerable to Orochimaru.

After gaining fame as the Blood-Eyed Asura, Chiyu examined his Mangekyō Sharingan abilities and searched the system store for a way to grow stronger. He abandoned the costly Wood Release and Sage Body options and considered learning Ryūchi Cave Sage Art.

• Chiyu rested after using Myriad Rejection twice, then resumed hunting Cloud Ninja across the Land of Hot Water.
• The Cloud Ninja leader ordered his forces to use Lightning Release: Lightning Attraction to slow Chiyu and retreat, while Stone Ninja already had orders to flee from him.
• Chiyu became known as the Blood-Eyed Asura, though he believed he still needed to defeat an elite jonin head-on to make his name truly resound.
• Chiyu checked the system store and learned that awakening Wood Release required 50,000 Witness Points, while a Sage Body required 500,000.
• Chiyu considered learning Ryūchi Cave Sage Art for 20,000 Witness Points after finding that Sage Mode could substantially strengthen his abilities.

Chiyu accepted Orochimaru’s S-Rank mission to infiltrate Kumogakure, remove Blue B’s Iron Armor Seal, and unleash the Eight-Tails. After observing Blue B and A, Chiyu entered the Ninja Hospital in disguise and prepared to target his prey.

• Chiyu continued hunting Cloud Ninja until Orochimaru recalled him to camp and explained that Sunagakure and Kirigakure were distracted by crises.
• Orochimaru ordered Chiyu to infiltrate Kumogakure, use a Genjutsu Pill on Blue B, remove his Iron Armor Seal, and turn the Eight-Tails against the village.
• Chiyu accepted the S-Rank mission and left for Kumogakure.
• Chiyu watched Blue B speak with A about his despair and warned that something might happen to him.
• Chiyu disguised himself as a Cloud Ninja and entered the Ninja Hospital as a little White Snake, killed a Medical Ninja, and took his place to await Blue B.

Chiyu used Genjutsu Pills to release the Eight-Tails in Kumogakure, causing devastating damage before the Third Raikage sealed it in the Amber Purifying Pot. Chiyu withdrew as Orochimaru’s counterattack pushed the Cloud Ninja back, and the ninja world settled into a brief peace.

• Chiyu disguised himself as a Medical Ninja and gave Blue B Genjutsu Pills, then used them to subdue him and unseal the Eight-Tails.
• Chiyu controlled the Eight-Tails with his Mangekyō Sharingan and directed it to devastate Kumogakure.
• The Third Raikage and A fought the Eight-Tails, and the Third Raikage sealed it inside the Amber Purifying Pot.
• Chiyu judged the Raikage and A to be formidable, completed his mission, and withdrew from the Land of Lightning.
• Orochimaru led Konoha’s counterattack, forcing the Cloud Ninja to retreat, while Blue B died and Killer B became the Eight-Tails’ new Jinchuriki.
• Iwagakure avoided battles with Konoha, and the ninja world entered a brief peace.