Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Qian pursued and killed the Mist Ninja who fled from the battlefield, then returned to help Konoha win the fight. He led his team away before more Mist Village Jonin squads arrived.

• The Mist Ninja scattered when Uchiha Qian and his reinforcements reached the battlefield, and Qian sent Hyuga Shancha and the others to fight while he pursued one fleeing Chunin.
• Qian caught the Chunin with Genjutsu: Sharingan, drained his chakra and energy, and burned his body to erase the evidence.
• Qian hunted down the other three fleeing Chunins and killed them in the same way, then created a Shadow Clone to train while he returned to the battlefield.
• The Leaf ninja gained the advantage after the Mist team leaders fled, and Qian joined the fight and quickly helped defeat the remaining Mist Ninja.
• Qian recovered some ninja tools and led his team away, while several Mist Village Jonin squads arrived afterward and left when they learned he was gone.

Qian trained in the Konoha camp outside Aburatsu Port and discovered that his Chakra Refining Technique had reached lv6, improving both chakra recovery and the rate at which it increased his chakra limit. He adjusted how he allocated his chakra and resumed training, finishing his plan before going to sleep.

• Qian trained with Mystical Palm Technique and Mind Reflection Technique while Shadow Clones handled other skills during the day.
• Qian's Chakra Refining Technique advanced from lv5 to lv6, increasing his chakra recovery from two thousand to three thousand points per hour.
• Qian split the additional daily chakra between Guardian Seal and Sealing Array to build his Sealing Technique knowledge before capturing Tailed Beasts after the war.
• Qian found that his chakra limit now increased by sixty-four points per hour of Chakra Refining Technique practice.
• Qian completed his training plan late at night and went to sleep in his clothes.

Qian’s patrol squad fought Mist Village reinforcements outside Aburatsu Port, then hurried to support another battlefield as clashes between the villages escalated. After improving his ninjutsu through Shadow Clone training and reallocating Chakra, Qian joined the fight against two Mist jonin.

• Qian killed a Mist chunin, and Hyuga Shancha reported that their enemies had been eliminated.
• Qian ordered the squad to recover ninja tools and continue toward the front after their patrol clash.
• Qian absorbed his Shadow Clones’ training experience, raising four ninjutsu to lv7 and reallocating Chakra among several skills.
• Hyuga Shancha scouted the battle ahead with Byakugan, and the squad carefully avoided Exploding Tag traps on the way there.
• Qian and his squad joined the battle, with Shancha’s team engaging enemy lower-ranked ninja while Qian attacked two Mist jonin.

Qian fought two Mist Village Jonin and tested his newly perfected Wind Style techniques, using their destructive power to damage his opponents and their weapons. He left the fight with one Jonin’s Kunai shattered and the other battered by a barrage of Air Bullets.

• Qian assessed the battlefield, then drew the two Mist Village Jonin away to test his skills.
• Qian used Wind Style: Vacuum Blade to break one Jonin’s Kunai, though the technique’s strongest effect faded after its first clash.
• A Mist Village Jonin attacked Qian with Water Release: Vortex Water Wheel while the other threw a Kunai at him.
• Qian dodged both attacks and fired Wind Style: Vacuum Sphere at the Jonin using the water wheels.
• Qian followed with a barrage of Air Bullets, forcing the Jonin to defend until his teammate reached Qian.

Qian fought the Mist Village Jonin, killing Tamura Shinji and wounding another before joining the larger melee. He exploited Kitano Ichiro’s aggressive fighting habit and struck him in the abdomen with a Rasengan.

• Qian used Shuriken, Wind Style: Vacuum Sphere, and his sword techniques to wound Tamura Shinji and another Mist Village Jonin.
• Tamura Shinji threw a Kunai at Qian, who caught it and sent it back, killing him.
• Qian pressed the wounded Mist Village Jonin until the man fled toward two ongoing battles, where Qian joined the resulting six-person melee.
• Qian studied the Mist Village Jonin’s movements and baited Kitano Ichiro into an aggressive attack.
• Qian formed a Rasengan and slammed it into Kitano Ichiro’s abdomen.

Qian pressed his attack against the Mist Ninja, badly injuring Kitano Ichiro and then using swordsmanship, ninjutsu, and the Rasengan to overwhelm their fighters. He left another Hidden Mist Chunin flying with broken bones as the battle continued.

• Qian struck Kitano Ichiro with the Rasengan, leaving the Mist Village jonin unable to get up and shaking the Mist Ninja’s morale.
• Qian pursued a Mist Village Special Jonin, wounded him in close combat, and forced him to retreat under pressure.
• Mist Village Chunin intervened with shuriken and ninjutsu, but Qian blocked their attacks and countered one with Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique.
• The Mist Ninja concealed an ambush in the fog and detonated Exploding Tags near Qian, but he escaped the blast and scattered the mist with a gust of wind.
• Qian killed one Hidden Mist Chunin with his blade, then struck another with the Rasengan and sent him flying with broken bones.

Qian cut down Mist Village ninja in rapid succession, then pressed his attack against a Mist Village Special Jonin while the remaining Mist ninja tried to restrain him. The Special Jonin was wounded by Qian’s fire techniques, and their fight continued.

• Qian used genjutsu and Chakra Scalpel to kill a Mist Village Chunin, then dodged a volley of shuriken and counterattacked.
• After a Chunin escaped Qian’s Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique with the Substitution Technique, Qian appeared behind him and beheaded Kikuta Tomo.
• Qian intimidated the nearby Mist ninja and charged the Mist Village Special Jonin who had cast the Hidden Mist Technique.
• Qian exchanged sword strikes with the Special Jonin while Mist Chunin launched ranged attacks, then wounded him repeatedly.
• Qian dodged the Special Jonin’s response to a Great Fireball and followed with Phoenix Sage Fire, injuring him in several places.

Qian pursued and killed the wounded Kirigakure Special Jonin Nagashima Johei, then turned on the Mist Ninja supporting him. He killed several of them with ease, leaving the survivors backing away from him.

• Qian dodged the Kirigakure Ninja's weapons and wounded Nagashima Johei with his sword, forcing him to use the Water Replacement Technique and flee between trees.
• Qian attacked Nagashima Johei with fire techniques, and Johei blocked one fireball with a Water Formation Wall before evading a Great Dragon Fire Technique.
• Qian struck Johei with a Wind Blade and a high-pressure water jet, killing him as he fell from a tree.
• Qian attacked the Mist Ninja around him, killing three in quick succession and driving the remaining ninjas to retreat.

Qian pursued the retreating Mist Ninja, then helped stabilize the Leaf Ninja wounded in the battle. He returned to camp with the survivors, while continuing to prepare a reputation as camouflage for his future move against Danzo.

• A Mist Village Jonin sounded a retreat signal, and the Mist Ninja began fleeing deeper into the forest.
• Qian wounded a fleeing Mist Chunin, absorbed his chakra, and joined the Leaf Ninja in pursuing the retreating enemies.
• After the pursuit ended, Qian used Medical Ninjutsu to stabilize the seriously wounded Leaf Ninja.
• Qian and the other two Leaf Village Jonin gathered their survivors and headed back to the Camp, mindful of their heavy losses and the risk of another ambush.
• Qian considered how his battlefield performance and treatment of the wounded could soften public backlash when he later moved against Danzo.

Qian left Camp to train, relying on a shadow clone and his Telepathy Technique to stay in contact. After improving his Chakra Feather Cloak, he trained through the night until his Rasengan reached the perfected lv9 realm, leaving him better prepared to develop the Wind Style: Rasenshuriken.

• Qian returned to Camp without encountering the Mist Ninja, handed in the mission, and left a shadow clone before flying to a remote training ground.
• Qian used the Chakra Feather Cloak, which had advanced to lv8 and gained stronger defenses and the Endless Cycle trait.
• Qian checked the forest with his Byakugan, then created nearly twenty shadow clones to train according to his plan.
• Qian stayed at the training ground into the night, practicing the Rasengan with his shadow clones while continuing his other exercises.
• Qian dismissed his shadow clones, absorbed their training memories, and advanced the Rasengan to the perfected lv9 realm.

Qian tested the improved Wind Style: Rasenshuriken and found that it had become more efficient and powerful, though its dangerous side effects remained. After reviewing his progress and destroying a tree with the technique, he flew back to Camp.

• Qian formed a Wind Style: Rasenshuriken and estimated that it now required about one hundred chakra points per proficiency point.
• Qian reviewed his Status Panel and found that his perfected Rasengan and four other perfected ninjutsu had greatly improved his Chakra Control and accelerated the Rasenshuriken’s growth.
• Qian pressed the Wind Style: Rasenshuriken against a tree, pulverizing its trunk, but blood seeped from his hand as its side effects persisted.
• Qian used Chakra Feather Cloak and Earth Release: Hardening Technique to escape the falling tree.
• Qian used Wind Release: Wind Wings and Chakra Feather Cloak to fly back toward Camp.

After the Mist Village launched a surprise attack on the Konoha Camp, Qian received orders to lead a raid on Aburatsu Port as the decisive battle began. He and the assembled Leaf teams attacked the port, where his enormous fireball sent the Mist Ninja scattering.

• Qian continued training between missions as rising battlefield pressure forced him to stop making Shadow Clones during the day and train more at night.
• Three days later, Qian received Nara Akimitsu's order announcing the decisive battle and directing him to raid Aburatsu Port instead of reinforcing the camp.
• Qian and his team joined other Leaf squads, then advanced toward Aburatsu Port and gathered with teams approaching from three directions.
• A temporary Jonin captain split the assembled force into three groups to attack the port from the west, southwest, and northwest.
• Qian formed a fireball more than thirty meters wide and hurled it at the port, prompting the Mist Ninja to flee in chaos.

Qian attacked the Mist Ninja at Aburatsu Port, using fire, wind, and sword techniques while Leaf and Mist forces fought across the streets. The Mist Ninja stabilized the battle and forced Qian back from their Special Jonin.

• Qian detonated a fireball over the battlefield, scattering flames across the Mist Ninja, then flew toward the deeper fighting.
• Qian spotted three Mist Special Jonin, who formed a triangle and attacked him with water techniques, shuriken, and explosive-tag kunai.
• Qian evaded their attacks and countered with his blade and the Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique, wounding one Special Jonin and forcing the trio to retreat.
• A Leaf Jonin led Leaf ninja into Aburatsu Port as the Mist forces used Hidden Mist and pushed the fighting into the port.
• Qian attacked another Mist Special Jonin, but a third struck with water blades and forced Qian to retreat, while the Mist side stabilized the battlefield.

Qian fought three Mist Village Special Jonin and used his speed, techniques, and Sharingan to turn their coordinated assault against them. He struck Shungo with a Rasengan and ended the chapter counterattacking another Mist ninja.

• Three Mist Village Special Jonin attacked Qian together with shuriken, twin swords, and a Water Style technique, but he blocked their attacks with his Sharingan, Earth Release, and Water Formation Wall.
• Qian drew his long blade and used Flash Sword Technique to evade kunai and pressure the twin-sword Mist Ninja.
• Qian fought off the twin-sword Mist Ninja and a supporting Mist ninja while attempting to hypnotize his opponent with Spiritual Power.
• Qian briefly caught the supporting Mist ninja in his Sharingan and used the opening to hit Shungo with a Rasengan, sending him flying and making him drop his swords.
• The supporting Mist ninja stabbed at Qian's throat with a kunai, but Qian dodged and slashed back at his neck.

Qian overwhelmed Fukui Takuichi in a sword fight while Hasegawa’s water attacks failed to stop him. After Qian left Fukui gravely wounded, Hasegawa’s water technique pierced Fukui’s heart, leaving him dead or dying in a pool of blood.

• Qian dodged Fukui Takuichi’s attacks and countered, while a Mist Village Special Jonin’s water needles failed to penetrate his Chakra Feather Cloak.
• Qian pursued Fukui across a wall and wounded him repeatedly, using Fukui and nearby buildings to keep Hasegawa from landing an attack.
• Qian sliced off half of Fukui’s arm and cut his neck with a thrown kunai, then struck him with a combination of illusory and real blade shadows, sending him crashing into a wall.
• Hasegawa launched a Water Dragon that forced Qian to retreat and smashed the street and nearby buildings.
• A slender water column pierced Fukui’s heart, and Hasegawa looked on in dismay as blood poured from Fukui’s chest.

Qian killed Fukui Takuichi and pursued Hasegawa across a rooftop, overcoming his attempts to trap and delay him. After defeating Hasegawa, Qian left the scene as an explosion destroyed the body, but a charred arm appeared in front of him.

• Qian used Water Release: Water Severing Wave to kill Fukui Takuichi, then charged at Hasegawa.
• Qian spotted the Sealing Technique array on the rooftop and dodged Hasegawa's Exploding Tag kunai.
• Qian damaged the sealing array with Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique, then pursued Hasegawa with Wind Style: Wind Blade and his long blade.
• Qian sent Hasegawa flying off the rooftop and struck him with a barrage from Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique.
• Qian caught Hasegawa downstairs and beheaded him before his Exploding Tag went off.
• Qian left as the blast shredded Hasegawa's corpse, and a charred arm appeared before him.

Qian fought off Mist Village Chunin and then faced four Kirigakure elites sent to stop him. He judged that Kirigakure was short on manpower and moved to hold the four off until Konoha’s perimeter squads could arrive.

• Mist Village Chunin surrounded Qian after finding Hasegawa’s corpse and attacked him with kunai rigged with Exploding Tags.
• Qian turned the Exploding Tags against the attackers, then used Genjutsu and his blade to kill several Mist Village Chunin.
• As Qian approached his seventh target, Kirigakure shinobi covered the field in fog and struck him with a blinding, Genjutsu-like flash.
• Qian escaped the follow-up explosions and avoided Steel Wires thrown by two Kirigakure Special Jonin.
• Qian identified the four attackers as one true Jonin and three Special Jonin, concluded Kirigakure lacked spare manpower, and charged at the ninja in front of him.

Qian held off Kuroki Izumi and three Mist Village Special Jonin, using the fight to improve his defensive skills. When Leaf reinforcements broke through into Aburatsu Port, he pursued and struck down one of the Mist Village Special Jonin, then evaded a kunai carrying a burning Exploding Tag.

• Qian shifted from offense to defense while fighting Kuroki Izumi and three Mist Village Special Jonin, studying their attacks and sharpening his defensive skills.
• After half an hour, Qian and the Mist ninja saw Leaf reinforcements enter Aburatsu Port, prompting Kuroki Izumi and the others to retreat toward the second defensive line.
• Qian used the Flash Sword Technique and a Shadow Clone to pursue one Mist Village Special Jonin while holding off Kuroki Izumi and the others.
• Qian wounded the fleeing Mist Village Special Jonin, then struck his chest with a high-density Chakra sphere and left him spitting blood.
• Qian heard an approaching attack and dodged a kunai that landed where he had stood, its attached Exploding Tag burning.

Qian fought to keep Kuroki Izumi and two Mist Village Special Jonin from escaping, then faced them alone when the Mist Village command sent reinforcements to rescue them. As the battle continued, Qian spotted details that might let him defeat the three quickly.

• Kuroki Izumi threw a Kunai that killed a wounded Mist Village Special Jonin, then tried to escape with two others while Qian held off nearby Mist Ninja.
• Qian used Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique and Fire Style: Plain Burn Technique to injure and frighten Mist Village Genin and Chunin, giving the Shadow Clone time to restrain the three Special Jonin.
• Kuroki Izumi pierced the Shadow Clone's heart with a Kunai, causing it to disappear, and Qian charged the three with his Flash Sword Technique as Leaf Village Jonin approached.
• The Mist Village command chose to rescue Kuroki Izumi and the others, sending its forces to engage the approaching Leaf Village troops and support the three Special Jonin.
• Qian continued fighting Kuroki Izumi and the two others alone, then studied them with his Sharingan after noticing details that could help him finish them quickly.

Qian used his Sharingan, combat observations, and chained ninjutsu to turn the fight against Kuroki Izumi and the Mist Village Special Jonin. The battle continued as Qian countered their Water Release with a Great Shark Bullet Technique.

• Qian drove Kuroki Izumi back with three heavy sword strikes, then dodged attacks from the other Mist Village Special Jonin and used Water Release: Water Severing Wave to halt their advance.
• Qian predicted Sugiyama Daichi’s habitual dodge to the right and set him ablaze with Fire Style: Plain Burn Technique.
• Qian used Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique to keep Kuroki Izumi and another Mist Village Special Jonin dodging, then wounded the latter with Wind Style: Wind Blade.
• Kuroki Izumi warned the wounded Special Jonin and threw an Exploding Tag kunai at Qian, who dodged the blast and an ensuing Water Release attack.
• Qian cast Water Style: Great Shark Bullet Technique, which swallowed the incoming water jet and surged toward the enemy who had fired it.