Recaps

Qian discovered Kirigakure’s plans to attack Black Stone Outpost and helped Konoha repel the raiding force. After killing several Mist Village jonin and turning the battle around, he learned that reinforcements were approaching and went to scout them.

• Qian destroyed Kirigakure ballistae and escaped a Sealing Barrier after Terumi Mei and Ao’s forces trapped him.
• Qian warned Black Stone Outpost about Kirigakure’s sea-route assault, and the Leaf and Mist forces fought on the shore.
• As Kirigakure attacked multiple outposts, Qian fought Mist Ninja and reported a force of about 260 advancing toward Black Stone Outpost.
• Qian repeatedly delayed the approaching Mist force and attacked its squads until Konoha reinforcements joined the battle.
• Qian killed Mihara Takuya, Yamada Shinichi, Takeshima Ichiro, and Hozuki Zangetsu while fighting off several Mist Village jonin.
• Qian killed Shiozawa Keita and Kurosaki Takeo, then moved between threatened battle groups to help Konoha’s forces regain ground.
• Osawa Yuki sent Ao with reserves to rescue the raiders and attack Black Stone Outpost, while Qian learned reinforcements were coming and flew to scout them.

Qian helped the Leaf forces repel Kirigakure’s assault, seized Ao’s Byakugan, and disrupted the Mist fleet before training and preparing for another battle. The Leaf forces set an ambush for Yasuda Akigiku’s advancing troops in the valley, with Qian expected to help it succeed.

• Qian delayed Ao’s Mist force while protecting the exhausted Leaf survivors, then fought Ao and took him away from the battlefield.
• Qian removed Ao’s Byakugan and learned from his memories how to undo its protective seal, while Kirigakure’s sealed memories limited what he could discover.
• Qian returned to help Uchiha Shisui turn the battle near Black Stone Outpost around, and the surviving Mist forces retreated after heavy losses.
• Qian helped Sano Nobuhisa pressure Kirigakure’s fleet by burning warships and exhausting its ballista bolts, forcing Osawa Yuki to withdraw.
• Qian trained Earth Release techniques and learned to use a Storage Scroll to seal away the Byakugan.
• After learning that the Mist Ninja had split into land and sea forces, Qian scouted the land force and advanced Earth Release: Hardening Technique to lv4.
• Yasuda Akigiku halted his troops to investigate a missing scout team, but Sano Nobuhisa hid most of the Leaf forces and misled the Mist probes.
• Yasuda Akigiku ordered his force onward into the valley, while Sano Nobuhisa relied on Qian to help the Leaf ambush succeed.

Qian helped Konoha defeat the Mist forces around Black Stone Outpost, then used the aftermath to train and gather intelligence. He left for Ghost Island seeking Orochimaru’s secret laboratory, where two Root ninja confronted him.

• Qian killed Hasegawa Ichiro and several other Mist jonin, then joined Uchiha Shisui to kill Kaguya Kotaro and help rout the Mist forces.
• Yasuda Akigiku retreated toward Black Stone Outpost while Qian delayed the Mist fleet, setting a warship ablaze and obscuring the remaining ships with Hidden Mist.
• Qian warned Senmu Zheyi about the approaching Mist forces, reported to Sano Nobuhisa, and returned with Konoha’s main force to Black Stone Outpost.
• Qian fought in the coastal battle, drained chakra from Mist ninja, and used Murakami Hane and another jonin as sparring partners until he perfected the Flash Sword Technique and killed them.
• When the Mist forces retreated, Qian hunted down and drained several small squads before following their fleet and confirming it returned to Flying Fish Town.
• Qian reported the fleet’s return to Sano Nobuhisa, trained, and decided to seek human-modification knowledge in Orochimaru’s laboratory on Ghost Island.
• Qian flew to Ghost Island, failed to find the underground base entrance, and drew out two Root ninja, who attacked him with poisoned shuriken and an Exploding Tag.

Qian destroyed Orochimaru’s secret base, transplanted a modified Byakugan, and gained experience fighting Mist Ninja. At the Southern Defense Line, he uncovered signs of a spy and suspected Madara was using the intelligence leaks to set a trap for Minato and his students.

• Qian infiltrated Orochimaru’s underground base, killed Kimura Kazuhiko, collected his research, and destroyed the facility before returning to Black Stone Outpost.
• During the fighting near Black Stone Outpost, Qian developed a visual system and secretly transplanted Qing’s Byakugan into his forehead.
• Qian tested the Byakugan against a Mist squad, then supported Leaf forces and harvested chakra from Mist Ninja during battles.
• Qian and Uchiha Shisui traveled to Aburatsu Port, fought through a Mist ambush, and learned that Kirigakure had anticipated Konoha’s reinforcements.
• At the Southern Defense Line, Qian learned of repeated intelligence leaks and suspected a spy was revealing Konoha’s plans.
• Qian inferred that Madara might be using White Zetsu to uncover Konoha’s decapitation operation and lure Minato away from his students.
• Black Zetsu informed Uchiha Madara that the plan had begun, while Qian absorbed his shadow clones’ training memories and prepared with his improved skills and sealing mastery.