Recaps

Hyuga Tianyi defeated Nawaki during training, but an urgent report about Chiyo’s poison attack on the Land of Wind front sent the Legendary Sannin on separate missions. Tsunade prepared to join the front with Tianyi, while Jiraiya stayed in the Land of Rain and Orochimaru headed to the Land of Earth.

• Nawaki discovered the Explosive Tag slips Tianyi had stuck to his back and chased him across the training ground.
• Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade praised Tianyi’s tactics as they watched him and Nawaki play-fight.
• An ANBU reported that Chiyo had launched a poison assault after Hatake Sakumo killed her son and daughter-in-law, leaving Konoha’s forces with spreading poison casualties.
• The Third Hokage ordered Tsunade to lead medical reinforcements to the Land of Wind, Jiraiya to defend the Land of Rain, and Orochimaru to take command at the Land of Earth border.
• Tsunade decided to bring Tianyi for his anti-venom serum ideas, while Orochimaru arranged to contact Tianyi through a small snake.

Hyuga Tianyi sought help preparing for his urgent deployment to the Land of Wind, where desert conditions and Chiyo’s puppet forces threatened his Water Release-based fighting style. He received a sniper rifle and an electromagnetic guide bracelet, then successfully used it to make a shuriken tremble, leaving him eager to develop the power further.

• Hyuga Tianyi told Commander Tian that Hatake Sakumo’s killing of Chiyo’s son and daughter-in-law had triggered all-out war, and that he would be sent to the desert front against Chiyo’s puppet forces.
• Team Leader Li arranged a sniper rifle, specialized ammunition, and a composite sight to help Tianyi attack distant puppet masters.
• Team Leader Chen gave Tianyi a Chakra Electromagnetic Induction Guide Bracelet and explained how it could train him to convert Lightning Release into controllable electromagnetic force.
• Tianyi transmitted several ninjutsu to Commander Tian, including Water Release: Hiding in Mist, Earth Release: Hidden Dragon, and Shadow Clone.
• Back in his tent, Tianyi injected Lightning Release chakra into the bracelet and used its magnetic force to make a shuriken tremble.

Commander Tian presented the three ninjutsu techniques Fang Tianyi had sent to Rabbit Nation, and officials recognized their potential for intelligence and maritime operations. The leadership approved the Spratly Response Plan and granted Fang Tianyi active-duty status and the rank of second lieutenant.

• Commander Tian briefed the emergency meeting on the western front and the deadlocked economic and technological conflicts with Bald Eagle.
• Commander Tian revealed that Fang Tianyi's Water Release: Hidden Mist Technique, Earth Release: Earth Dragon Hide Technique, and Shadow Clone Technique had been decoded.
• Director Chen, a special operations colonel, and a marine expert described how the techniques could aid infiltration, sabotage, and maritime operations.
• Commander Tian's assessment report reached the national leadership, which ordered the Spratly Response Plan and set a three-month goal for Rabbit Nation's flag to cover every position in the Spratly Islands.
• The elderly leader approved Fang Tianyi's active-duty status, assignment to the Special Strategic Support Sequence, and exceptional promotion to second lieutenant.
• Tian Weidong accepted responsibility for conveying the resolution to Fang Tianyi through the Book of Ten Thousand Worlds.

A blockaded foreign garrison welcomed a successful supply delivery, unaware that a special operations team was preparing to sink its ship. Deputy captain Wang Qiang assigned the team’s roles as sea fog spread toward the target, and the attack was set to begin once it concealed the area.

• The garrison’s soldiers received a speedboat loaded with food, water, medicine, and other supplies after it evaded the blockade.
• Aboard an unmarked boat, two Thunder Squad members used Water Release: Hidden Mist Technique to create fog around their team.
• Wang Qiang briefed the twelve-person team that the fog would cover the target area in twenty-three minutes and that their objective was to sink the ship without a loud assault.
• Wang Qiang assigned Group One to plant magnetic mines, Group Two to provide precision cover, Group Three to sabotage communications and place charges, and Group Four to handle extraction and reconnaissance.
• Wang Qiang ordered the team to synchronize watches, keep chakra output quiet, and begin the operation when the fog fully covered the target.

Thunder Squad used the fog to sabotage and sink the soldiers’ ship, leaving its crew stranded without supplies or communications. Wang Qiang reported the mission complete, while the commander ordered a delayed coast guard rescue and planned to question and detain the survivors.

• The captain finished rationing the ship’s supplies as dense fog engulfed the vessel.
• Two Thunder Squad members planted magnetic limpet mines beneath the ship and destroyed its communications device while fog rendered the guards unconscious.
• The captain discovered the sabotage and broadcast an enemy attack warning, but explosions tore apart the ship before the soldiers could respond.
• The captain gathered the survivors on floating wreckage and estimated that rescue would take at least five days, while they had almost no food or fresh water.
• Wang Qiang reported the mission complete to headquarters, and Thunder Squad withdrew by speedboat.
• The commander ordered the coast guard to begin rescue operations later and instructed staff to question and detain the survivors.

At a United Department Security Council meeting, Rabbit Nation’s Wang denied Banana Nation’s accusation and presented a rescue report that left Eagle Nation without conclusive evidence. In a secret meeting, Eagle Nation and its allies decided to seek legal proceedings, intending to use Rabbit Nation’s likely refusal to justify moving their military into the disputed waters.

• Banana Nation’s envoy accused Rabbit Nation of attacking a residential ship, but Eagle Nation’s satellite images showed only fog and debris.
• Wang presented Rabbit Nation’s preliminary report, blamed pirates for the explosion, and said its coast guard rescued 32 Banana Nation personnel for a cost of 500 million Eagle Yuan.
• Eagle Nation’s representative told Banana Nation’s envoy that accusations required substantive evidence, and the envoy fell silent.
• Eagle Nation and its allies privately assessed that Rabbit Nation’s report and rescue efforts made their accusation difficult to sustain.
• Eagle Nation proposed submitting the incident to the United Department International Court, planning to use Rabbit Nation’s likely refusal as grounds to move its military into the waters.
• The allied representatives agreed to coordinate and sign the legal documents, while Eagle Nation framed the effort as protecting maritime security and freedom of navigation.

Tsunade led the Medical Corps across the desert to the Land of Wind, where they joined Hatake Sakumo’s camp to treat numerous victims poisoned by Chiyo’s toxins. Hyuga Tianyi pushed himself to the brink while treating casualties with Mitarai Aoi, but Katsuyu’s healing restored his strength and vision.

• Tsunade led the Medical Corps west across the Gobi Desert, and Tianyi sealed his disassembled sniper rifle parts into a scroll during a rest stop.
• Tsunade’s team reached Hatake Sakumo’s camp in the Land of Wind, where they found many casualties suffering from Chiyo’s poison.
• Tianyi used his Byakugan to locate toxins and chakra damage while Aoi removed the poison, and their team treated casualties at high speed.
• Tianyi’s chakra and eyesight faltered from prolonged treatment, so Tsunade ordered him to rest.
• Tsunade summoned Katsuyu, who divided into smaller slugs and replenished the medical ninjas’ chakra, easing Tianyi’s exhaustion and restoring his vision.

Hyuga Tianyi joined a strategy meeting after helping treat the wounded, where the Konoha forces discussed Chiyo’s poison, puppet attacks, and the dangerous Hurricane Canyon. Tianyi identified the puppet units harassing their supply lines as a key problem and suggested he might be able to find them.

• Hyuga Tianyi and Aoi finished treating the severely wounded, and Tsunade summoned Tianyi to a strategy meeting.
• Hatake Sakumo and the captains described Chiyo’s defenses in Hurricane Canyon, the deadly poisons, and the puppet attacks disrupting supplies.
• Tsunade explained that developing an effective antitoxin would take time and requested fresh poison samples and clues about Chiyo’s methods.
• Tianyi analyzed the enemy’s advantages and pointed to the small puppet units attacking their supply lines as the most important target.
• Tianyi asked what the others would do if he could find those puppet forces.

Tianyi revealed that his Lightning Release could sense metal and demonstrated that he could locate Hatake Sakumo seven kilometers away despite Sakumo's concealment. After confirming the ability, Sakumo classified it as an S-rank secret and prepared to use it against the hidden puppet units.

• Tianyi explained that his Lightning Release had developed a faint ability to sense large amounts of metal, which he could combine with his Byakugan.
• Tianyi proposed a test, and Hatake Sakumo left camp carrying kunai and his White Fang sword to hide in the desert.
• Tianyi sensed Sakumo seven kilometers away and led Tsunade and the others to his concealed position.
• Sakumo confirmed that Tianyi had found him despite his efforts to suppress his chakra and heartbeat, then apologized after Tsunade warned him against probing the ability's details.
• Sakumo declared Tianyi's ability an S-rank secret and ordered the captains to prepare for action against the puppet units.

A Hidden Sand Village puppet unit intensified its attacks on Leaf Village supply lines after learning that Tsunade had joined the front. Days later, Hatake Sakumo exposed the unit’s ambush, forcing its members to scatter and retreat.

• A Hidden Sand Village captain ordered his puppet squads to sabotage Leaf Village’s water, medicine, and supply routes with frequent small-scale attacks.
• The captain’s squad hid beside a narrow passage and prepared to ambush a Leaf Village convoy carrying medicinal herbs.
• When no convoy appeared, the captain suspected a trap and ordered his squad to withdraw.
• Hatake Sakumo appeared on the high ground, exposing the puppeteers’ hiding place and sending them fleeing.

Hatake Sakumo and Tianyi wiped out a Hidden Sand puppet squad and gathered intelligence before moving to another attack site. At the Sand frontline, Chiyo learned of the squad’s destruction and ordered an investigation into the Leaf Village’s new reconnaissance method.

• Hatake Sakumo swiftly killed or disabled the puppet masters, while Tianyi watched his swordsmanship with the Byakugan.
• Hatake Sakumo told Tianyi to collect valuable puppet wreckage and intelligence, then took a surviving puppet master with them to the next attack site.
• A messenger reported to Chiyo that the Scorpion Tail Squad and its subordinate units had lost contact and were presumed killed.
• Chiyo learned that the Leaf Village was testing a new reconnaissance method and ordered an investigation focused on Tsunade and those who had arrived with her.
• Chiyo and Ebizo ordered the Sand’s frontline harassment units to reduce their operational range and avoid striking until they understood the Leaf Village’s reconnaissance method.

After helping Hatake Sakumo hunt down puppet masters behind the Leaf Village lines, Hyuga Tianyi received a personal training scroll and gained skill points. He upgraded Electromagnetic Force to Intermediate and prepared to test his stronger sensing ability.

• Hyuga Tianyi rested at the border camp after using his Byakugan and Magnet Release to help Hatake Sakumo eliminate most of the puppet master forces in the rear.
• Hatake Sakumo praised Tianyi’s contribution, reported it to the village, and gave him a scroll on Lightning Release Cellular Activity Stimulation.
• Tianyi read the scroll and recognized that its training method could improve his speed, strength, and combat mobility.
• The Book of Ten Thousand Worlds showed that Tianyi had gained two skill points and that Electromagnetic Force had reached Beginner through his repeated sensing work.
• Tianyi spent a skill point to upgrade Electromagnetic Force to Intermediate and decided to test his improved ability.

Hyuga Tianyi tested his Intermediate Magnet Release by stopping and spinning incoming Kunai, but his chakra ran low and the technique collapsed. He then measured his ability to sense a Kunai at a distance and returned to camp after confirming a range of nearly ten kilometers.

• Hyuga Tianyi summoned three Shadow Clones and had them throw Kunai at him from three directions.
• Hyuga Tianyi halted the Kunai with magnetic force and spun them around himself, but his chakra consumption destabilized the technique and the weapons fell.
• Hyuga Tianyi assessed that his chakra reserves and conversion efficiency limited how many Kunai he could control and for how long.
• Hyuga Tianyi sent a Shadow Clone south with a specially made Kunai and sensed it until it reached nearly ten kilometers away.
• Hyuga Tianyi cleaned up the hollow and returned to camp under cover of darkness.

Chiyo and Ebizo investigated how Hatake Sakumo and a young Hyuga ninja had repeatedly located Hidden Sand squads, suspecting the boy had an unusual large-scale sensory ability. They planned a broad offensive to study and isolate him, then kill him before Sakumo or Tsunade could intervene.

• Chiyo gathered memory fragments from fallen puppet masters and identified Hatake Sakumo and a young, white-haired Hyuga with the Byakugan as the attackers.
• Chiyo and Ebizo concluded that the Hyuga boy likely possessed a sensory ability beyond the Byakugan, helping Sakumo locate Hidden Sand squads.
• Chiyo ordered a wide-ranging assault on Leaf Village outposts and supply nodes to divide Leaf forces and tie down Sakumo and Tsunade.
• Chiyo and Ebizo planned to have their informant closely observe the Hyuga boy's range, reactions, and weaknesses.
• Chiyo vowed to exploit what they learned to isolate and eliminate the Hyuga boy.

Hyuga Tianyi used his magnetic sensing to coordinate Leaf Village’s defenses against Hidden Sand Village’s attacks, helping intercept several attempted flanking maneuvers. He discovered that a summoned lizard had been eavesdropping on his reports, and the guards traced its caster to a nearby abandoned cave.

• Tianyi relayed precise enemy movements and positions to command, allowing Leaf Village squads to intercept Hidden Sand Village attacks.
• Tianyi spotted a suspicious lizard and used his Byakugan to confirm it was a summoned beast with chakra flowing through its body.
• Yamanaka Haiyan used the Mind Body Switch Technique to possess the lizard and confirmed it had recorded tactical intelligence for its caster.
• Haiyan traced the lizard’s mental link to a likely Hidden Sand Village infiltrator within a hundred meters, near an abandoned cave.
• Tianyi ordered the nearby ANBU to take down the suspected infiltrator.

A Sand Village spy leaked most of Tianyi’s sensory capabilities and battlefield intelligence before dying, prompting Chiyo and Ebizo to plan a strike against him. Rasa arrived at the front and began preparing Gold Dust misdirection, with the attack expected to start the following evening.

• The exposed mole used Reverse Summoning to send the Sand-listening Lizard away, then poisoned himself before the Leaf ANBU could interrogate him.
• Yamanaka Haiyan reported that the Sand had learned Tianyi’s surveillance range, reactions, and other capabilities, leaving Tianyi exposed as a target.
• Chiyo and Ebizo learned from the lizard’s message that Tianyi could detect puppet forces over at least five kilometers and devised a plan to use Rasa’s Magnet Release and Gold Dust to deceive and kill him.
• The Third Kazekage approved the plan and ordered Rasa to join Chiyo’s command and carry out the strike.
• Rasa arrived at the Sand headquarters, reviewed the intelligence, and said he would prepare Gold Dust bait and begin the misdirection by the following evening.

Hyuga Tianyi detected a Hidden Sand Village assault and arranged for the Medical Corps to retreat, but discovered the enemy had used Rasa’s Gold Dust to deceive his sensing and locate him. Rasa and an elite squad surrounded Tianyi as he feared Aoi would come into danger.

• Chiyo challenged Hatake Sakumo while Ebizo attacked a flank outpost and Tsunade intercepted him.
• Tianyi detected a suspicious puppet force near a weakly defended flank camp and alerted the command center.
• Tianyi spotted elite Hidden Sand signals near the Medical Corps and ordered the corps and nearby guard squads to retreat toward his position.
• Tianyi realized the signals near the Medical Corps were false and that an enemy Magnet Release ninja had used them to locate him.
• Rasa emerged with an elite squad and used Gold Dust to surround Tianyi, whose guards gathered around him.

Rasa slaughtered Leaf Village ninja and wounded Medical Corps members with Gold Dust before Tianyi and the Ino–Shika–Chō trio fought back. Tianyi wounded Rasa’s forces with Water Release and shadow clones, but Rasa found him and left him gravely wounded.

• Rasa trapped Leaf Village ninja and wounded Medical Corps members in Gold Dust and crushed them, prompting Nara Luyan, Yamanaka Haiyan, and Akimichi Sanza to attack him.
• Rasa escaped the Ino–Shika–Chō trio’s coordinated assault with a Sand Clone, but Tianyi’s Waterline Slash nearly cut his throat and killed a Hidden Sand Village ninja.
• Tianyi sent three Shadow Clones into the fog while he attacked with Waterline Slash, and the clones used Shadow Imitation Technique to take down Hidden Sand Village ninja.
• Rasa used Sand Eye to locate Tianyi and his clones, then destroyed all three clones and sent a Gold Dust spear toward Tianyi.
• Tianyi deflected the spear slightly with Empty Palm, but it pierced his right shoulder and left him gravely wounded.

Hyuga Tianyi wounded Rasa with a sniper rifle, but Rasa retaliated with a vast Gold Dust attack. Mitarai Aoi rescued Tianyi by throwing him clear, then was caught and killed by the spikes.

• Nara Shikaku used Shadow Imitation Technique to attack Rasa, while Rasa rose on a Gold Dust platform and knocked Akimichi Sanza into rocks with Gold Dust Tidal Wave.
• Hyuga Tianyi bandaged his shoulder, summoned a sniper rifle, and shot Rasa in the abdomen from a distance.
• Rasa formed a Gold Dust sphere to shield himself from Tianyi’s second shot, then targeted Tianyi with Gold Dust Boundary Technique.
• Mitarai Aoi carried the injured Tianyi toward safety, but a Gold Dust spike pierced her calf.
• Aoi threw Tianyi beyond the Gold Dust forest before more spikes caught and killed her.

Tianyi watched Rasa flee after destroying his Gold Dust shield, then mourned Mitarai Aoi as Tsunade treated his wounds. Late that night, he asked Commander Tian if Aoi could be brought back to life without Impure World Reincarnation, and was told there was a way.

• Tianyi found Mitarai Aoi dead, then fired every round in his sniper rifle at Rasa’s Gold Dust sphere.
• Rasa’s shield crumbled, and he fled into the Land of Wind as Leaf reinforcements approached.
• Tianyi vowed to repay Rasa and held Aoi while Tsunade treated his shoulder and urged him to recover.
• Tianyi told Tsunade he wanted to stay with Aoi, and Tsunade and Hatake Sakumo gave him time alone.
• Late at night, Tianyi asked Commander Tian whether Aoi could be revived without Impure World Reincarnation, and Commander Tian answered yes.

After Mitarai Aoi died saving him, Tianyi asked Commander Tian whether she could be resurrected and learned of four possible methods in the Naruto World. He resolved to grow strong enough to obtain Chiyo’s resurrection technique and bring Aoi back.

• Tianyi contacted Commander Tian and recounted how Mitarai Aoi had died carrying him through the gold-dust forest.
• Commander Tian explained four possible resurrection methods: Chiyo’s One's Own Life Reincarnation, the Rinnegan’s Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique, Kusagakure’s Dragon Life Reincarnation, and Impure World Reincarnation.
• Commander Tian advised Tianyi that Chiyo’s technique was the most practical near-term target, though obtaining it would require leverage over her.
• Tianyi regained his determination to resurrect Aoi, resolved to increase his strength, and opened his attribute panel to add points.

Tianyi advanced his Magnet Release and discovered he could sense and control metal with far greater precision, then used it to create a powerful electromagnetic beam. He recognized that the technique consumed too much chakra and destroyed its kunai, leaving him needing a stronger alloy.

• Tianyi spent a skill point to advance Magnet Release, gaining 360-degree electromagnetic sensing across the camp and several hundred meters beyond.
• Tianyi tested his improved control by floating, accelerating, stopping, and recalling a kunai, then pierced a distant rock with it.
• Tianyi combined lightning chakra and magnetic force around a spinning kunai to fire a devastating beam that melted a pile of rocks and vitrified the sand.
• Tianyi found that the attack nearly exhausted his chakra and melted the kunai, so he concluded he needed a tougher, higher-melting-point alloy.

Rasa returned injured after Hyuga Tianyi’s strange weapon pierced his Gold Sand Armor and forced him to abandon his operation. Convinced that conventional tactics could no longer break the stalemate, Chiyo ordered Bunpuku to the front, accepting the risk of escalating the conflict into all-out war.

• Rasa staggered into the command cave, and Chiyo began treating his severe wound.
• Rasa told Chiyo and Ebizo that Hyuga Tianyi had used a strange, chakra-free weapon to pierce his defense and wound him.
• Chiyo examined Rasa’s injury and concluded that the weapon’s piercing power rivaled a concentrated A-rank ninjutsu strike.
• Chiyo decided that Hidden Sand needed overwhelming force to break the deadlock, while Ebizo warned that deploying a Tailed Beast could trigger all-out war.
• Chiyo ordered an ANBU messenger to summon Bunpuku to the front immediately.

Commander Tian’s teams analyzed ways to help Hyuga Tianyi return from the Land of Wind and address his psychological crisis, while a multinational fleet approached Rabbit Nation’s waters. Commander Tian proposed a combined intelligence raid and military deterrence plan, which the senior leader ordered the Thunderbolt Squad to join.

• The psychological assessment team concluded that Mitarai Aoi’s death had left Hyuga Tianyi with PTSD-like symptoms and warned that remaining in the war zone could worsen his condition.
• Academician Chen presented two theoretical ways for Hyuga Tianyi to return: widen the spacetime passage or have him use spatial ninjutsu to cross through it, though either option carried severe risks.
• Commander Tian ordered the research teams to incorporate actionable results into Hyuga Tianyi’s support plan.
• At the Strategic Command Center, commanders reported that a multinational Joint Fleet was advancing toward Rabbit Nation’s waters and discussed how to respond.
• Commander Tian proposed sending the Thunderbolt Squad into the enemy fleet to obtain its plans while demonstrating an all-domain blockade and surveillance capability.
• The senior leader ordered the Thunderbolt Squad to join a military task force and directed intelligence, technical, and naval units to prepare a fast, precise, and decisive deterrence operation.

Thunder Squad parachuted from a Y-20 and silently approached an Eagle Nation carrier fleet, aiming to infiltrate the carrier command center. As the team moved toward the ship, two sailors complained about delayed pay and the mission while one recorded the carrier on his phone.

• The Thunder Squad completed equipment checks aboard a Y-20 and jumped into the night toward the sea.
• The squad used glider wings to reach the water near a carrier fleet, then sank the wings and advanced across the waves.
• Captain Wang Qiang ordered the squad to infiltrate the carrier command center's storage terminal while avoiding contact.
• Two Eagle Nation sailors complained about unpaid wages and questioned why they were risking their lives near Rabbit.
• One sailor filmed the carrier with his phone, intending to upload the videos when he found a signal.