Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Huan returned toward the Land of Waves after gathering Gelel Stones, then encountered Team 7 and Tazuna at a roadside stall. When Huan defended the local lord’s taxes, Yamato recognized him as a notorious Konoha criminal and the two sides prepared to clash.

• Uchiha Huan discovered that his nature affinity and Sage Art Chakra reserves had increased, then filled his Storage Soul Tool with Gelel Stones at the ancient ruins.
• Uchiha Huan found his Flying Thunder God formula had disappeared and traveled toward the Land of Waves by asking for directions along the way.
• Uchiha Huan encountered Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, Yamato, and Tazuna at a roadside stall, where Tazuna described the local lord’s tax collectors and his son-in-law’s death.
• Uchiha Huan argued that Tazuna’s son-in-law had deserved punishment for resisting taxes, prompting Naruto to challenge him.
• Yamato recognized Uchiha Huan, drew a kunai, and warned Naruto that Huan was extremely dangerous as Sasuke and Sakura also prepared for a confrontation.

Uchiha Huan confronted Team 7 and revealed his history as a rogue ninja, then told Naruto that he was the son of the Fourth Hokage. The chapter left Naruto stunned by the revelation that the Nine-Tails had been sealed inside him by his father.

• Uchiha Huan grabbed Naruto by the neck, then tossed him aside and warned Team 7 not to fight at the snack stand.
• Yamato identified Uchiha Huan as the Shinobi World's only S-rank rogue ninja and described his violent history.
• Uchiha Huan accused Yamato and Danzo's Root of hunting him as a child to obtain his eyes and corpse for experiments.
• Uchiha Huan used his Mangekyo Sharingan to stop Yamato from interrupting and began telling Naruto about the Yellow Flash and Konoha's leadership.
• Uchiha Huan claimed the Third Hokage conspired against the Fourth Hokage during Nine-Tails Night and revealed that Naruto was the Fourth Hokage's child.

Uchiha Huan exposed the Third Hokage’s alleged exploitation of Naruto, defeated Sasuke with genjutsu, and threatened Tazuna over unpaid taxes. After returning to the Land of Waves, Huan decided to attend Konoha’s Chunin Exams and settle his grudge with Sarutobi Hiruzen.

• Uchiha Huan told Naruto that the Third Hokage had spread the truth about his parentage to control him and stolen his inheritance.
• Sasuke challenged Huan for information about Itachi, but Huan trapped Sasuke in a genjutsu that Naruto broke with a slap.
• Huan revealed his six red Spirit Rings, intimidated Sasuke, and threatened to destroy Tazuna’s village if its taxes remained unpaid.
• Orochimaru reported on the Milk Bottle, Soul Tool research, and developments in the Land of Rain after Huan returned to the harbor.
• Huan ordered Karin, Haku, and Kimimaro to participate in Konoha’s Chunin Exams and declared his intention to learn about the Konoha Crush Plan and confront Sarutobi Hiruzen.

After learning that Minato Namikaze was his father, Naruto grew quiet and began questioning Sarutobi Hiruzen’s motives. As Team 7 prepared for the Chunin Exams, Naruto resolved to uncover the truth, while Sakura tried to lighten the mood.

• Yamato reported to Sarutobi Hiruzen that Uchiha Huan might have told Naruto about his origins.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen visited Naruto and confirmed that Minato Namikaze was his father, but Naruto sensed malice in him and questioned how his parents had died.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen told Naruto to prepare for the Chunin Exams, and Yamato explained the rules to Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura the next day.
• Naruto told Sasuke he would uncover whether Sarutobi Hiruzen had caused his parents’ deaths, while Sakura invited the team to ramen to ease the tension.
• Shikamaru, Ino, and Choji joined Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura at Ichiraku Ramen, where Shikamaru noticed Naruto’s silence and asked whether something had happened.

Shixiu Dadu decided to attend Konoha’s Chunin Exam finals while Uchiha Huan and Orochimaru traveled there with Haku, Kimimaro, and Karin. After they met Sunagakure’s team and narrowly avoided a fight, Karin sensed dozens of Konoha ninjas ahead, leaving their group facing a new ambush.

• Shixiu Dadu received a letter and ordered his attendant to prepare for his trip to Konoha’s Chunin Exam finals.
• Uchiha Huan and Orochimaru traveled toward Konoha with Haku, Kimimaro, and Karin after Konoha lifted their bounties.
• Baki’s Sunagakure team encountered Uchiha Huan’s group, and Gaara threatened Uchiha Huan before Baki stopped the confrontation.
• Uchiha Huan intimidated Gaara, and the two groups parted without fighting.
• Karin sensed dozens of Konoha ninjas ahead of them.

Uchiha Huan and Orochimaru fought the retired Konoha veterans Teacher Chen and Maruboshi Kosuke. Huan immobilized Kosuke and began charging Death Knell, while Teacher Chen was driven into a corner by Orochimaru’s Eight-Headed Serpent form.

• Haku, Kimimaro, and Karin vanished after Uchiha Huan ordered them to kill every living thing.
• Uchiha Huan and Orochimaru faced Teacher Chen and Maruboshi Kosuke, who prepared to fight them together.
• Orochimaru summoned a giant serpent and poisoned Teacher Chen, then transformed into an Eight-Headed Serpent and attacked him with destructive flames and frost.
• Uchiha Huan used Void Self-Annihilation to wound Maruboshi Kosuke’s right arm, then tricked him into disrupting his own chakra flow.
• Uchiha Huan struck Kosuke with Psychic Barrage and began charging his soul skill Death Knell.

Uchiha Huan and his team defeated Sarutobi Hiruzen’s ambush, though Orochimaru remained secretly interested in using Huan as an experimental subject. The next day, Sarutobi found Teacher Chen’s body at the Hokage Building and realized the entire assault had failed.

• Maruboshi Kosuke charged Uchiha Huan, but Huan’s power annihilated him and the surrounding area; Huan then captured and killed White Zetsu.
• Orochimaru defeated Teacher Chen with his Eight-Headed Serpent True Form, while Haku, Kimimaro, and Karin returned injured and recovered within Huan’s Golden Domain.
• Orochimaru sent Teacher Chen’s corpse back toward Konoha, and Yakushi Kabuto received a letter detailing what Orochimaru wanted him to do.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen found Teacher Chen’s body hanging at the Hokage Building and learned that Maruboshi Kosuke and the other ambush ninja had not returned.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen blamed Uchiha Huan for the failure and growled his name in anger.

Uchiha Huan returned to Konoha for the Joint Chunin Exams and confronted the village over its past betrayal. After threatening Konohamaru and rejecting Sarutobi Hiruzen’s offer of reconciliation, he ordered Orochimaru to attack Utatane Koharu.

• Uchiha Huan greeted Izumo Kamizuki and Kotetsu Hagane at Konoha’s gates and invited them to join his Anti-Konoha Village.
• Uchiha Huan entered Konoha with Orochimaru, Haku, Kimimaro, and Karin, then decided he was not yet strong enough to take over the village.
• Konohamaru ran into Uchiha Huan, who pinned him down as Shikamaru, Ino, Choji, and Yamato intervened.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen arrived and asked Uchiha Huan to release Konohamaru and reconcile, but Uchiha Huan demanded the deaths of four clans before their debts were settled.
• Utatane Koharu insulted Uchiha Huan, who ordered Orochimaru to summon a giant snake that swallowed her as Sarutobi Hiruzen was driven back by Uchiha Huan’s black chakra.

Uchiha Huan publicly killed Utatane Koharu and intimidated Sarutobi Hiruzen into standing down before leaving with his group. Later, Sasuke and Naruto secretly reached Huan at the inn, where Sasuke challenged him, convinced he had learned how to counter Huan’s Genjutsu.

• Uchiha Huan declared that Konoha’s actions were an insult to the Land of Waves, and Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered the shinobi to stand down.
• Uchiha Huan mocked Konoha’s history of backing down and left with his group for an inn.
• Sakura told Sasuke and Naruto that Huan had killed Utatane Koharu, injured Konohamaru, and demanded the destruction of four clans before reconciliation could be possible.
• Sasuke decided to seek the truth from Huan, and Naruto helped him evade the shinobi watching the inn.
• Sasuke challenged Uchiha Huan, claiming he knew Huan’s weakness, and Huan questioned whether Sasuke could defeat him.

Uchiha Huan persuaded Sasuke to join him by promising the power of revenge, then explained how Konoha’s leaders fostered hostility toward the Uchiha Clan and caused Naruto’s parents’ deaths. He suppressed Naruto’s Nine-Tails chakra and began revealing how Sarutobi Hiruzen turned two Uchiha against their clan.

• Uchiha Huan overpowered Sasuke and Naruto, and Sasuke agreed to join him in exchange for learning the truth.
• Uchiha Huan described how Tobirama Senju’s Military Police policy and later discrimination isolated the Uchiha Clan from Konoha.
• Uchiha Huan told Sasuke that his father had been a conservative who tried to ease tensions with Konoha.
• Uchiha Huan revealed that Naruto’s parents and the Fourth Hokage had shared hopes of resolving the conflict, but Konoha’s four elders sabotaged them.
• Uchiha Huan said a rogue Uchiha launched Nine-Tails Night and the Uchiha Clan was prevented from rescuing Naruto’s parents; Naruto’s anger released Nine-Tails chakra, which Uchiha Huan suppressed.
• Uchiha Huan began explaining that Sarutobi Hiruzen had turned two Uchiha against their clan.

Uchiha Huan revealed how Sarutobi Hiruzen manipulated Itachi into destroying the Uchiha Clan and explained why Itachi spared Sasuke. After recruiting Kushina’s cooperation, Huan teleported Naruto and Sasuke away, while Hiruzen and Mitokado Homura prepared to stop him in Konoha.

• Uchiha Huan told Sasuke and Naruto that Sarutobi Hiruzen and the other elders had opposed peace with the Uchiha, manipulated Itachi, and intended to use Shisui’s eye to control Sasuke.
• Sasuke rejected the fate Itachi had planned for him, and Kushina Uzumaki possessed Naruto to question Huan and verify his claims.
• Uchiha Huan told Kushina that Obito had controlled her and proposed recruiting Naruto to fight Konoha and the Third Hokage; Kushina agreed to cooperate if Naruto remained safe.
• Uchiha Huan told Sasuke to prove himself in the Chunin Exams, then used the Flying Thunder God Technique to transport Naruto and Sasuke before leaving them to fall toward the ground.
• Mitokado Homura urged Sarutobi Hiruzen to act against Huan, and Hiruzen ordered Homura to provide barrier specialists so Konoha could restrict Huan’s Flying Thunder God Technique.

Uchiha Huan, Orochimaru, and their Genin team arrived for the Joint Chunin Exams, where Karin, Haku, and Kimimaro passed the written test by copying Sakura’s answers. At the Forest of Death, Anko Mitarashi attacked Orochimaru, then let him go after Uchiha Huan suggested that Orochimaru had cared about her.

• Uchiha Huan threatened Karin, Haku, and Kimimaro with naked laps if they failed the first round, and Karin found their examination room through the Genjutsu on the classroom signs.
• Sasuke, Gaara, Kimimaro, Karin, and Haku used their abilities to copy Sakura’s answers while Naruto struggled with the test.
• Ibiki Morino announced that everyone still in the examination room had passed and explained that the written test assessed intelligence-gathering skills.
• Anko Mitarashi explained the seven-day Forest of Death test, where teams needed to collect three different scrolls and killing was permitted.
• Anko Mitarashi attacked Orochimaru at the forest entrance, but Uchiha Huan told her that Orochimaru had cared about her, reducing her killing intent.

Karin, Haku, and Kimimaro watched Team 7 defeat Kirigakure ninjas before intervening when Gaara’s team threatened them. Haku fought Gaara to a standstill, and Gaara left promising to kill him in the arena battles.

• Karin, Haku, and Kimimaro defeated three Kumogakure ninjas and took their Heaven Scroll.
• The trio found Team 7 fighting three Kirigakure ninjas, and watched Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura defeat them.
• Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro confronted the exhausted Team 7 and demanded their scrolls and two people.
• Haku, Karin, and Kimimaro arrived, and Haku challenged Gaara after Gaara threatened Team 7.
• Haku froze Gaara’s sand attacks and shielded everyone from the Sand Shower with an ice barrier.
• Temari urged Gaara to stop, and Gaara regained control before threatening Haku with a promise to kill him in the arena battles.

Team 7 learned how Spirit Rings strengthened their wielders and granted hand-sign-free ninjutsu, while Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered his son Shinnosuke and three ANBU Jonin to attack Karin, Haku, and Kimimaro. As the four approached, Karin sensed their hostility and launched her fifth Spirit Ring skill, Void Lock, while Kimimaro and Haku prepared their fusion technique.

• Haku explained to Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura how Spirit Rings increased Chakra and granted hand-sign-free ninjutsu.
• Kimimaro revealed his six Spirit Rings, including a red ring whose powerful ninjutsu consumed much of his Chakra.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered Shinnosuke to lead three ANBU Jonin into the Forest of Death and hunt Karin, Haku, and Kimimaro.
• Shinnosuke found signs of Karin's group, while Karin sensed the approaching team and detected Sarutobi Hiruzen's surveillance.
• Karin used her fifth Spirit Ring skill, Void Lock, as Kimimaro and Haku prepared their fusion technique.

Karin, Haku, and Kimimaro overwhelmed Shinnosuke and three elite ANBU Jonin during the Chunin Exams, and Shinnosuke was killed. Sarutobi Hiruzen set out to retaliate but backed down when Uchiha Huan and Orochimaru blocked his way; afterward, Orochimaru asked to borrow Sasori of the Red Sands for his Spirit Ring research.

• Karin restrained Shinnosuke and the three elite Jonin with chains while Haku and Kimimaro used their fusion technique to crush them.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen learned that Shinnosuke had died and ordered the ANBU to gather at the Forest of Death.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen led his forces toward the forest but stopped when Uchiha Huan and Orochimaru confronted him.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen claimed he had come to preserve fairness in the Chunin Exams, then ordered his forces to leave.
• Orochimaru explained his plan to develop Self-Condensed Spirit Rings using cell cultivation and mechanical structures, and asked Uchiha Huan to arrange for Sasori of the Red Sands to help.

Sarutobi Hiruzen feared Uchiha Huan’s growing power and considered using Impure World Reincarnation while seeking help from Jiraiya and Tsunade. After the Chunin Exams’ Forest of Death trial ended, Yakushi Kabuto arrived and Orochimaru introduced Uchiha Huan as their boss.

• Orochimaru and Uchiha Huan discussed the strength of Huan’s Golden Tree and how he had awakened and evolved Wood Release.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen returned to his office, feared the consequences of fighting Uchiha Huan, and considered using Impure World Reincarnation.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen sent letters to Jiraiya and Tsunade asking them to return to Konoha and oppose Uchiha Huan and Orochimaru.
• Karin, Haku, and Kimimaro placed first in the Forest of Death trial, while six teams advanced to the one-on-one preliminaries scheduled for a week later.
• Karin sensed someone approaching, and Yakushi Kabuto arrived at Uchiha Huan’s courtyard and bowed to Orochimaru.
• Orochimaru told Yakushi Kabuto that Uchiha Huan was his boss and Kabuto’s boss too.

Uchiha Huan and his allies caught Gekko Hayate spying on them and told him that the Third Hokage had caused the Fourth Hokage’s death and was practicing Impure World Reincarnation. Hayate left with reason to investigate Root’s old headquarters near the Forest of Death.

• Yakushi Kabuto told Huan that he had skipped the Chunin Exams and mentioned recent grave robberies near the Memorial Stone.
• Huan, Orochimaru, and Karin sensed an intruder, and Haku froze Gekko Hayate after his Transparent Release gave him away.
• Hayate called Huan a traitor, but Huan challenged his belief that the Third Hokage represented Konoha.
• Huan claimed the Third Hokage had released the Nine-Tails, caused the Fourth Hokage’s death, and stolen bodies to practice Impure World Reincarnation.
• Huan urged Hayate to question Naruto and investigate Root’s old headquarters at the southern edge of the Forest of Death.

Moonlight Hayate discovered that Sarutobi Hiruzen had used Impure World Reincarnation to resurrect Moonlight Senba and others, then learned from Uchiha Huan that Hiruzen had arranged the Fourth Hokage’s death. Hayate left open the possibility of supporting Huan’s bid to take control of Konoha, while Naruto chased a peeping white-haired man away from a bathhouse.

• Moonlight Hayate infiltrated an underground base and watched Sarutobi Hiruzen use Impure World Reincarnation to revive First, Second, Hatake Sakumo, and Moonlight Senba, while Minato and Kushina’s resurrections failed.
• Moonlight Hayate quietly left the base and met Uchiha Huan, who told him that Sarutobi Hiruzen and the elders had conspired to kill the Fourth Hokage.
• Moonlight Hayate said he would not help destroy Konoha but might refrain from opposing Uchiha Huan if Huan took control of the village.
• Naruto caught a white-haired man peeping into a bathhouse, kicked him, and brought a crowd of armed women after him as he fled.

Jiraiya confronted Uchiha Huan at Naruto's home, where Kushina condemned Jiraiya for neglecting Naruto and challenged his loyalty to Sarutobi Hiruzen. After Uchiha Huan accused Sarutobi Hiruzen of arranging several deaths, Jiraiya left shaken and stopped outside the Hokage Building, afraid to ask for the truth.

• Jiraiya grabbed Naruto at his home, but Uchiha Huan appeared and exposed Jiraiya's identity and alleged reasons for returning to Konoha.
• Kushina took control of Naruto and scolded Jiraiya for abandoning Minato, herself, and Naruto, then asked Uchiha Huan to restore her dwindling life force.
• Kushina said she trusted Uchiha Huan more than Jiraiya, and Uchiha Huan accused Sarutobi Hiruzen of manipulating Naruto and arranging Minato and Kushina's deaths.
• Uchiha Huan also claimed Sarutobi Hiruzen had arranged Nawaki's and Dan Katō's deaths, leaving Jiraiya too shaken to respond.
• Jiraiya wandered to the Hokage Building but hesitated to confront Sarutobi Hiruzen, fearing what he might learn.

Uchiha Huan brought Kushina and Naruto to the Forest of Death and used his Golden Tree to replenish Kushina’s life force, awakening Minato Namikaze within Naruto. Minato offered help in exchange for life force, but Huan refused and asked him for the method to unseal the Dragon Vein in Roran.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen learned Jiraiya had left Konoha and ordered someone to bring him back.
• Jiraiya fled at full speed to avoid facing Sarutobi Hiruzen, while Uchiha Huan took Kushina and Naruto to the Forest of Death.
• Uchiha Huan summoned his Golden Tree and sent its vitality into Kushina’s fragmented soul, causing Minato Namikaze to emerge through Naruto.
• Minato Namikaze asked Uchiha Huan for life force and offered help against the Third Hokage, but Huan refused.
• Minato offered Sage Art in exchange, but Uchiha Huan demonstrated his own Perfect Sage Mode and asked for the method to undo the Dragon Vein seal in Roran.
• Minato refused because unsealing the Dragon Vein could destroy Roran, and Uchiha Huan replied that the country had already fallen.