Chapter Summaries

Academician Chen and Tian Weidong celebrated a scientific breakthrough: researchers had used cells from Fang Tianyi to produce chakra outside the body. The nation made chakra research its highest strategic priority and planned human trials within a month, with a guidance device intended for Fang Tianyi.

• Academician Chen showed Tian Weidong research proving that cells from the other world contained Chakra Source Essence that released Chakra Particles.
• Academician Chen demonstrated that the Extracorporeal Meridian Simulation System could guide the particles into weak streams of chakra.
• Academician Chen outlined plans to cultivate more Source Essence, test its compatibility in volunteers, and develop a guidance device for Fang Tianyi.
• Tian Weidong ordered the breakthrough submitted to the highest authorities and declared the research the nation's highest strategic priority.
• Tian Weidong promised nationwide scientific and material support, while Academician Chen and the researchers pledged to work quickly and safely.

Hyuga Tianyi received word that his country had deciphered chakra and was developing a guidance device and antivenom serum, along with a message of support from its leaders. Soon after, he was summoned on an emergency mission led by Orochimaru, and the ominous remarks from Nawaki and Kaede made him fear for their safety.

• Commander Tian reported that Academician Chen's team had deciphered chakra's basic principles and was developing a chakra guidance device.
• Tian Weidong told Tianyi that research on Hanzo's toxins was nearing completion and conveyed the country's promise to support him and care for his family.
• Nawaki woke Tianyi for an emergency mission led by Orochimaru and said he hoped to prove himself to his sister.
• Kaede said he needed the mission reward to pay for his mother's treatment, prompting Tianyi to worry that both teammates had raised death flags.
• Nawaki hurried Tianyi to the gathering point, where Orochimaru was waiting.

Orochimaru assigned Nawaki, Moonlight Kaede, and Hyuga Tianyi to clear a Hidden Rain Village outpost, warning that he would not intervene if they died. After scouting the outpost, Tianyi devised a stealth-based plan and led the team into action.

• Orochimaru led the three Genin to a mist-shrouded Hidden Rain Village outpost and ordered them to clear it without his help.
• Tianyi used his Byakugan to find four defenders, including a Chunin, and identify the outpost's layout and traps.
• Nawaki proposed a frontal assault, but Moonlight Kaede rejected it and Tianyi explained the risks.
• Tianyi planned for the team to remove the traps and sentry, then use Nawaki's attack to draw out the defenders while he and Kaede struck from hiding.
• Nawaki and Moonlight Kaede approved Tianyi's plan, and the three set out to carry it out.

Tianyi, Nawaki, and Moonlight Kaede infiltrated a Hidden Rain Village sentry post, but an enhanced chunin overpowered them and badly wounded Kaede and Nawaki. Tianyi discovered the chunin’s drug-fueled strength was fading, while the team regrouped in a desperate fight.

• Tianyi used his Byakugan to locate traps, then silently took out the sentry while Nawaki and Moonlight Kaede moved into position.
• Nawaki collapsed the sentry post with Wind Release, and Tianyi and Moonlight Kaede attacked the Hidden Rain Village genin who emerged from the ruins.
• The Hidden Rain Village chunin moved with abnormal speed, kicked Moonlight Kaede away, and drove Tianyi back with Black Rain Technique and fire.
• The chunin stabbed Nawaki through the forearm and kicked him aside, leaving both Nawaki and Moonlight Kaede badly injured.
• Tianyi used his Byakugan to identify an unstable chakra strand and realized the chunin’s strength came from a temporary enhancement drug that was wearing off.

Tianyi used concealed grenades to defeat the Rain ninja pursuing him while Kaede carried the critically injured Nawaki to safety. Orochimaru arrived after the battle, confirmed Nawaki was out of mortal danger, and praised Tianyi.

• Tianyi told Kaede to carry Nawaki back to camp while he held off the Hidden Rain Village Chunin and Genin.
• Tianyi used smoke, a clone, and a grenade to kill the Genin and severely injure the Chunin.
• Tianyi threw a second grenade at the wounded Chunin, killing him at close range.
• Tianyi collapsed from his injuries as Orochimaru arrived after fighting off an elite Hidden Rain Village squad.
• Orochimaru checked Nawaki, learned from Kaede that Tianyi had covered their retreat, and told Tianyi that Nawaki was not in mortal danger before praising him.

After a mission left Nawaki and Tianyi gravely wounded, Tsunade and Orochimaru concluded that someone had engineered the attack. Orochimaru began a covert purge of spies in the Leaf camp, where the vanished personnel were found to have ties to Amegakure.

• Orochimaru brought the unconscious Tianyi back to camp and questioned the suspicious coincidences surrounding the ambush.
• Tsunade scolded Nawaki for exposing himself to attack, then examined Tianyi and began treating his severe burns and internal injuries.
• Tsunade suspected the attack had targeted both Nawaki and Tianyi and argued against reporting the incident to Sarutobi before identifying the conspirators.
• Orochimaru agreed that his disciple had been targeted and vowed to make the responsible people pay.
• Orochimaru secretly eliminated suspected spies throughout the camp, and evidence linked the missing personnel to Amegakure.

Hyuga Tianyi analyzed his weaknesses and planned to develop concealment techniques and a scientific Lightning Release weapon based on electromagnetic force. After Nawaki delivered scrolls from Orochimaru and Tsunade, Tianyi gained training resources suited to improving his body and chakra control as the camp prepared for a possible decisive battle.

• Hyuga Tianyi added a skill point to Nin and assessed his strengths, weaknesses, and combat needs.
• Hyuga Tianyi planned to learn Water and Earth concealment techniques and imagined developing a Railgun or Super Electromagnetic Cannon with Lightning Release.
• Hyuga Tianyi decided to submit his tactical plan and scientific collaboration concept to his homeland's think tank.
• Nawaki visited Hyuga Tianyi and delivered Orochimaru's Cell Activation Technique scroll, which could improve recovery, strength, and chakra over time.
• Nawaki gave Hyuga Tianyi Tsunade's scroll on precise chakra control and efficient nature transformation.
• Nawaki told Hyuga Tianyi that missions would pause because Hidden Rain Village reconnaissance was increasing, and invited him to train at a secret ground.

Commander Tian’s research team developed guidance for improving Tianyi’s Water Severing Wave using abrasive waterjet principles, and Tianyi began testing the technique. He successfully formed and compressed a high-pressure water sphere, then released a fast, narrow jet.

• Engineer Chen proposed adapting industrial waterjet technology and mixing hard abrasive particles into Tianyi’s water stream to increase its cutting power.
• Dr. Little Liu judged the abrasive-mixing concept feasible with precise chakra control, and Commander Tian ordered the team to prepare technical guidance and investigate future lightning-enhanced waterjets.
• Tianyi received the materials that night and studied the principles of waterjet pressure, outlets, and release.
• Tianyi condensed water with chakra, compressed it into an unstable baseball-sized sphere, and opened a small outlet.
• A pen-thick stream of water shot from Tianyi’s palm at high speed.

Hyuga Tianyi perfected a high-pressure water technique and named it Water Release: Waterline Slash. After assessing its strengths and weaknesses, he planned to improve its speed and seek concealment techniques through Orochimaru, while deciding to report his success to Commander Tian.

• Tianyi tested his water technique in the forest and pierced a tree, rock, and distant mountainside with a thin, fast jet.
• Tianyi assessed Waterline Slash's concealment, penetration, short range, and risk of backfire, then resolved to improve its compression and activation speed.
• Tianyi saw Water Release: Waterline Slash (Beginner) listed in the Book of Ten Thousand Worlds and chose not to spend an attribute point on it.
• Tianyi considered seeking Hidden Mist Technique and Earth Dragon Hide Technique through Orochimaru by showing him enough value to justify an investment.
• Tianyi criticized the Hyuga Clan's limited reliance on Gentle Fist and decided to tell Commander Tian about his successful experiment.

Tianyi received antivenom serum and grenades from Commander Tian as support for the coming conflict. Meanwhile, twelve volunteers survived the painful Chakra Substrate experiment and began producing stable chakra, leaving Commander Tian to arrange medical examinations and report the success.

• Tianyi reported his Water Release: Waterline Slash training and warned Commander Tian that a major battle might break out.
• Commander Tian sent Tianyi five doses of antivenom serum, flash grenades, and smoke grenades.
• Commander Tian addressed twelve volunteers before researchers injected them with Chakra Substrate and an inducer.
• The volunteers endured severe pain and bodily changes as the substrate assimilated with their cells.
• The researchers confirmed that all twelve volunteers had completed assimilation and were producing stable chakra.
• Commander Tian ordered thorough follow-up examinations and said he would report the experiment's success and request commendations.

As White Elephant stirred up trouble on the western border, Commander Tian reported that the Chakra Substrate experiment had succeeded, producing twelve soldiers with supernatural abilities. The leaders approved his proposal to form the secret Thunderbolt Detachment for a covert operation against White Elephant, and the chapter ended as its first combat test approached.

• At a national security meeting, the elderly Number One and other leaders discussed White Elephant’s border provocations and the need to respond without disrupting their main strategic focus on Bald Eagle.
• Commander Tian arrived with news that twelve soldiers had survived the Chakra Substrate infusion and developed stable Chakra energy systems.
• Tian proposed forming the Thunderbolt Detachment to secretly cross the disputed border and target White Elephant’s frontier provocateurs using cold weapons and the soldiers’ new abilities.
• Number One approved the detachment under Tian Zhiguo’s command and ordered a decisive operation that would deter White Elephant for ten years.

Commander Tian activated the newly trained Thunder Squad after its soldiers mastered chakra techniques and improved their physical abilities, ordering preparations for their first combat deployment. At the border, White Elephant soldiers boasted about provoking the Rabbits and planned to advance their outpost and smash a camera.

• Commander Tian inspected the twelve soldiers' training and learned that they had mastered the Three-Body Technique, while Wang Qiang excelled at walking on water.
• Medical staff reported stable vital signs and substantial improvements in the soldiers' fitness, reflexes, and endurance.
• Commander Tian named the twelve soldiers Thunder Squad and ordered researchers and support staff to prepare for their first combat deployment against White Elephant's provocations.
• At a White Elephant outpost, Babul and other drunken soldiers mocked the Rabbits and discussed advancing their outpost and damaging a camera.
• Two White Elephant sentries outside the outpost worried that the constant provocations could eventually lead to a real fight.

Squad Leader Li explained why the border soldiers had to endure White Elephant provocations, then received orders for Thunder Squad to carry out a covert operation against enemy personnel and outposts. He arranged to observe the mission with Zhao Xiaohu while the others kept the outpost on normal duty.

• Squad Leader Li told Zhao Xiaohu and the other soldiers that restraint was necessary because a border clash could undermine China diplomatically and distract it from other conflicts.
• Wang Qiang arrived with nineteen Thunder Squad members and presented Supreme Command's order to eliminate White Elephant personnel and forward outposts in sectors S17 through S23 without gunshots or evidence.
• Squad Leader Li provided the enemy deployment map and helped Wang Qiang plan an approach via Observation Point Three and a concealed route down a cliff.
• Wang Qiang set the operation for 02:30 to 04:00 and allowed Squad Leader Li to bring one observer, with radio silence and strict concealment.
• Squad Leader Li chose Zhao Xiaohu to accompany him while the remaining soldiers stayed behind to guard the outpost.

Wang Qiang’s Thunder Squad carried out a covert night operation against White Elephant’s positions in the disputed valley, leaving them disabled and marked with the number 1962. The squad withdrew without being identified, while the shaken survivors realized the valley was no longer under their control.

• Wang Qiang led the Thunder Squad from Observation Point No. 3 as Squad Leader Li and Zhao Xiaohu watched their preparations and descent into the valley.
• Thunder Squad members silently eliminated the guards at a temporary observation post and disabled the generator at White Elephant’s main outpost.
• The squad incapacitated the soldiers who came to inspect the generator, staged their bodies, and sprayed the glowing number 1962 by the entrance.
• Babul and the other survivors discovered the bodies and markings, but their attempt to radio headquarters failed when a Thunder Squad member cut the handset cable.
• Thunder Squad disabled or destroyed seven White Elephant positions and their equipment across the valley, then regrouped and withdrew with all twenty members accounted for.
• Squad Leader Li and Zhao Xiaohu returned to Rabbit Outpost, where Li told his soldiers to keep the night’s events secret.

At an emergency Security Council meeting, Rajit Singh accused Rabbit of attacking White Elephant’s border forces, while Sato Kenichi pressed Rabbit for an explanation. Director Wang challenged them to provide verifiable evidence and left the meeting mocking them as “clowns.”

• Rajit Singh accused Rabbit of killing forty-two soldiers and damaging White Elephant’s border outposts, despite having only vague reports and blurry photographs.
• Sato Kenichi voiced concern and asked Director Wang to provide Rabbit’s border troop records.
• Director Wang demanded precise details and independently verifiable evidence, exposing Rajit’s inability to substantiate the accusation.
• Director Wang alluded to historical incidents involving missing soldiers as a pretext for entering another country, angering Rajit and Sato.
• Director Wang called the two men “clowns,” and interpreters conveyed the insult to the silent conference room.

At the United Nations, Rajit failed to support the White Elephant’s accusations against the Rabbit with evidence, allowing Minister Wang to turn the confrontation into a diplomatic victory. After the meeting, Wang learned that Thunderbolt’s operation had gone as planned, but Commander Tian warned that Fang Tianyi faced danger in a full-scale war.

• Robert Harrison demanded evidence from Rajit and privately regretted that the White Elephant had nothing credible to present.
• Rajit fell silent, and the chair suspended discussion of the accusation as Minister Wang calmly watched Harrison.
• Minister Wang told reporters the Rabbit would not respond to unsupported accusations, and headlines described the White Elephant’s defeat at the United Nations.
• Rajit’s superior berated him in New Delhi for failing to produce evidence and damaging the White Elephant’s reputation.
• Commander Tian told Minister Wang that Thunderbolt’s operation had succeeded and recruitment for a second volunteer group had begun.
• Commander Tian warned Wang that Fang Tianyi was at risk in a full-scale war, and Wang asked him to pass along his regards.

During Hanzo's assault, the Little Sansho Fish released poisonous mist that overwhelmed Leaf Village's forces. Hyuga Tianyi sent Nawaki and Moonlight Kaede to rescue the fallen while he tried to reach the summoned beast, but the chapter ended with two Rain Chunin moving to attack him.

• Hanzo secretly summoned another Ibuse, which released poisonous mist across the battlefield and poisoned Leaf Village and Rain ninja alike.
• Tianyi retreated with Nawaki and Moonlight Kaede, gave them antivenom serum, and ordered them to rescue fallen comrades, especially Medical Corps personnel.
• Tianyi used the rain as cover to approach the Little Sansho Fish, then threw a smoke bomb and Explosive Tag Kunai at the five Rain ninja guarding it.
• The Rain Jonin dispersed much of the smoke and ordered two Chunin to attack Tianyi.

Tianyi killed two Rain Chunin with traps and explosives, then attacked the Rain squad guarding Ibuse after they refused to leave their post. He blinded the three defenders, severed the Jonin’s arm, and threw another grenade as the injured Jonin tried to escape.

• Tianyi lured two Rain Chunin into a trap and killed them with flashbangs and a grenade.
• The Rain Jonin sensed his subordinates had died and ordered the remaining Chunin to keep guarding Ibuse rather than pursue Tianyi.
• Tianyi watched the Rain squad hold its defensive position and decided he could not afford to delay while Nawaki and Moonlight Kaede rescued their comrades.
• Tianyi used a flashbang to blind the Jonin and two Chunin, then pierced the Jonin’s Water Formation Wall with Water Release: Waterline Slash and severed his left arm.
• Tianyi threw a grenade at the injured Jonin, who used the Body Flicker Technique to evade it.

Tianyi used deception, flashbangs, and his last reserves to kill the wounded Jonin and destroy the Little Sansho Fish. He collapsed in the rain after winning the battle, badly injured and nearly out of strength.

• The wounded Jonin rushed Tianyi, who faked a Fire Release technique to create an opening and retreat.
• The Jonin overwhelmed Tianyi in close combat, broke his ribs, and knocked away his Kunai.
• When the Jonin's Kunai failed to pierce his chest, Tianyi detonated a flashbang at point-blank range, blinding and disorienting them both.
• Tianyi recovered enough to use Waterline Slash and kill the half-blind Jonin.
• Tianyi threw Explosive Tags at the Little Sansho Fish, destroying it and ending the poisonous mist.
• Tianyi collapsed into the muddy water, exhausted and badly injured.

Hyuga Tianyi woke in the medical tent and learned that his actions against Hanzo’s forces had made him famous among the Leaf Village ninja. After Hanzo marked him as a future target, Mitarai Aoi reassured him that Tsunade was there to support him, and headquarters summoned him to the central command tent.

• Hyuga Tianyi woke and asked about the battle, and Nawaki told him he had defeated a Hidden Rain Village Jonin and four Chunin and helped save the Leaf Village forces.
• Nawaki recounted that Hanzo had named Tsunade, her teacher, and two others the Konoha Three Sannin, then vowed to personally kill Tianyi someday.
• Tianyi worried that Hanzo’s attention would draw dangerous scrutiny, and Mitarai Aoi examined his injuries and told him Tsunade was present.
• A headquarters messenger ordered Tianyi to report to the central command tent, and Nawaki led him through the camp as the other ninja watched and murmured about him.