Chapter Summaries

Hyuga Tianyi warned the Blue Bird Squad that five Hidden Mist tracking squads were converging on them after one found their trail and fired a flare. With the enemy closing off every escape route, the Blue Bird captain chose to ambush the nearest squad in a rugged valley and then break through the encirclement.

• Hyuga Tianyi detected two Hidden Mist squads approaching the creek valley, so the Blue Bird captain ordered the squad to resume its retreat with the Uzumaki girl.
• The Blue Bird Squad fled through the forest for several hours, but a Hidden Mist squad found their trail and fired a flare to summon the other tracking squads.
• Hyuga Tianyi sensed all five squads converging and warned that one would catch them within about twenty minutes.
• Hyuga Tianyi proposed turning back to eliminate the nearest tracking squad and disrupt the encirclement.
• The Blue Bird captain studied the map and chose a rugged valley as an ambush site before the enemy closed in.

Blue Bird Squad set an ambush in a narrow valley and killed all ten members of a Hidden Mist Village tracking squad. The squad leader launched a signal flare before dying, so Blue Bird ordered the team to erase their tracks and flee before the other enemy squads arrived.

• Blue Bird ordered Cat to hide the Uzumaki girl while he, Cat, and Hyuga Tianyi prepared traps and concealed themselves in the valley.
• A Hidden Mist Village squad entered the valley, and a trapped canister blinded several of its members with a flash.
• Blue Bird and Cat attacked the blinded ninjas while Tianyi used Flying Thunder God to strike from behind, killing the squad leader after he launched a signal flare.
• Blue Bird Squad confirmed that all ten trackers were dead, recovered supplies and Flying Thunder God Kunai, and prepared to move out before the other squads arrived.

Hyuga Tianyi and the Blue Bird Squad ambushed a weaker Hidden Mist squad to break through the encirclement. After wiping out the second tracking squad, they fled toward the Leaf Village through the gap they had opened.

• Hyuga Tianyi sensed that the northeast Hidden Mist squad was the weakest, and Captain Blue Bird ordered a rapid frontal assault.
• The Blue Bird Squad charged the ten Hidden Mist ninja, who fired a signal flare as the attackers approached.
• Tianyi used Magnet Release to turn the Hidden Mist ninja’s own weapons against them, then killed all ten with a barrage of kunai.
• Captain Blue Bird ordered the squad to recover useful supplies and maps before the other enemy forces arrived.
• The Blue Bird Squad escaped toward the Leaf Village, leaving two of the five Hidden Mist squads destroyed and a gap in the encirclement.

Hyuga Tianyi and the Blue Bird Squad escaped the Kirigakure pursuit and reached their coastal rendezvous, where Tsunade welcomed the rescued Uzumaki girl. The girl introduced herself as Kushina Uzumaki, surprising Tianyi.

• The scar-faced Kirigakure captain found two tracking squads dead and feared that an ANBU force had outmaneuvered him.
• Hyuga Tianyi withdrew with the Blue Bird Squad and shook off the hesitant pursuit after a day of travel and detours.
• At the coastal rendezvous, Tsunade took the frightened red-haired girl from Cat and comforted her.
• The girl told Tsunade that her name was Kushina Uzumaki, and Tianyi reacted with surprise.

Hyuga Tianyi learned that the frightened girl he had rescued was Kushina Uzumaki, and Tsunade reported that the other teams had brought back more Uzumaki survivors than expected. Aboard the ship bound for the Leaf Village, Tianyi used two skill points to improve his Flying Thunder God Technique.

• Hyuga Tianyi recognized the girl in Tsunade's care as Kushina Uzumaki, the future wife of Minato Namikaze and mother of Naruto Uzumaki.
• Tsunade told Tianyi that the other teams had rescued many Uzumaki Clan members after the pursuing forces abruptly became cautious, and credited the operation with preserving more children and young adults than expected.
• Tsunade thanked Tianyi and Captain Blue Bird, then the ship departed for the Leaf Village with Kushina and the other survivors.
• Hyuga Tianyi checked his status panel in his cabin and saw that saving Kushina and influencing the Uzumaki Clan's fate had earned him two skill points.
• Hyuga Tianyi spent both skill points on the Flying Thunder God Technique.

Tianyi advanced his Flying Thunder God Technique and used it to return from the other world to the underground base on Blue Star. He reunited with his mother after the successful crossing.

• Tianyi spent two skill points to advance his Flying Thunder God Technique and tested its teleportation and Guiding Thunder abilities.
• Tianyi sent a marked Kunai to the underground base and told the researchers he was ready to return.
• Commander Tian Jianguo ordered the test to begin as Academician Chen, the researchers, and Tianyi's mother watched.
• Tianyi crossed through the Book of Ten Thousand Worlds and arrived safely beside it.
• Tianyi saw his mother and told her he was home.

Fang Tianyi returned to Blue Star for nine minutes and reunited with his mother before the rising Repulsive Force Field forced him back to the Naruto World. He left safely, while Commander Tian ordered the researchers to analyze the return data and continue working toward bringing him home.

• The researchers celebrated Fang Tianyi's return, and his mother rushed to the observation window when she saw him.
• After the monitor reported that only nine safe minutes remained, Fang Tianyi entered the isolation area and embraced his mother.
• Fang Tianyi reassured his mother and shared a few safe details about his experiences in the other world.
• With one minute left, Fang Tianyi promised to return the next day for his mother's braised pork and said goodbye.
• Fang Tianyi used the Flying Thunder God Technique to return to the Naruto World as the Repulsive Force Field approached its critical threshold.
• Commander Tian ordered the researchers to record and analyze the data from Fang Tianyi's nine-minute return.

After evaluating the Flying Thunder God Technique, national leaders ordered it classified and established a department to research spatial technology and screen for spatial aptitude. During the new Gaokao screening, Su Xiao excelled at spatial-perception tests and was taken by soldiers to a specialized site for the decisive next stage.

• A research team reported that the Flying Thunder God Technique could transform logistics, military deployment, space exploration, communications, and disaster response.
• Commander Tian Jianguo briefed the highest decision-making body, which classified the research, appointed Fang Tianyi deputy director of a new space-technology department, and ordered nationwide aptitude screening.
• Su Xiao entered a guarded testing tent at her Gaokao site and began a spatial-aptitude assessment.
• Su Xiao performed excellently on static figure perception and dynamic spatial positioning, prompting the examiner to request contact testing.
• Two soldiers escorted Su Xiao from the school to a specialized site, where she would face the final stage of selection.

Rabbit Nation’s education and military reforms prompted the Bald Eagle Nation to suspect it was preparing a generation for space exploration. The President ordered increased space funding and a technology summit in Kangaroo Nation, where Rabbit Nation’s leading technology companies gathered.

• Rabbit Nation’s new Gaokao and military assessments sparked public debate while the plan’s talent-search purpose remained concealed.
• Bald Eagle analysts concluded that Rabbit Nation was building a large talent pool for aerospace and deep-space exploration.
• Smith and the NASA director urged the President to respond, and he ordered efforts to increase NASA and space-science funding.
• At the Pentagon, the President called for more precise technology restrictions and ordered a global technology summit in Kangaroo Nation, with Rabbit Nation companies invited.
• Months later, Rabbit Nation technology leaders, including Zhouzhou and Mr. Wang, attended the Global Technology Future Summit in Sydney, viewing it mainly as an industry gathering.

Bald Eagle and Kangaroo Nation authorities secretly seized Rabbit Nation tech executives in Sydney and extradited them to Bald Eagle, accusing them of terrorism-related sanctions violations. Rabbit Nation condemned the arrests and demanded their release as public anger surged and an international crisis began.

• Smith Operatives and Kangaroo Nation officers removed Ms. Zhouzhou, Mr. Wang, and other Rabbit Nation executives from their hotel suites and transported them to the airport.
• The executives boarded a Bald Eagle military transport aircraft and were flown from Sydney to Bald Eagle Nation.
• Bald Eagle officials announced that the executives had been extradited and would face trial over alleged dealings with sanctioned Middle Eastern organizations.
• Global media publicized the arrests, and outrage spread across Rabbit Nation.
• Rabbit Nation's Foreign Ministry condemned Bald Eagle and Kangaroo Nation, demanded the executives' immediate release, and accused both countries of political persecution and judicial abuse.

Fang Tianyi reacted with barely contained anger after learning that Bald Eagle Nation had helped detain and extradite technology executives from Rabbit Nation, while he continued training recruits in the Flying Thunder God technique. The next day, Bald Eagle escalated its pressure with new sanctions targeting Rabbit Nation’s semiconductor, drone, and short-video industries.

• A news bulletin reported that Kangaroo Nation authorities and Bald Eagle Nation had detained several Rabbit Nation technology executives in Sydney and extradited them to Bald Eagle Nation.
• Fang Tianyi’s killing intent briefly frightened Su Xiao, the other trainees, and base staff before he regained control and resumed his lesson.
• Fang Tianyi considered using the Flying Thunder God technique to strike back against Bald Eagle Nation but suppressed the idea because his ten-minute crossing limit made it impossible.
• The following day, Bald Eagle Nation expanded export controls on Rabbit Nation’s chip companies, semiconductor equipment, software, and materials.
• Bald Eagle Nation imposed further sanctions on Rabbit Nation’s industrial drone companies and the short-video platform Musical Note, stirring market anxiety and calls for countermeasures.

Rabbit Nation's leaders responded to Bald Eagle Nation's escalating sanctions with rare-earth export controls and retaliatory tariffs, shaking global markets and supply chains. They also received an update that Fang Tianyi's first spatial transport force could be ready for initial coordinated deployments in about a month.

• Rabbit Nation's leaders agreed that Bald Eagle Nation's sanctions required a forceful response targeting vulnerabilities in its supply chains.
• The head of the meeting ordered comprehensive controls on rare-earth products and separation technologies, domestic reserve planning, and retaliatory tariffs on selected Bald Eagle Nation goods.
• An assistant reported that Fang Tianyi was training thirty selected trainees in the Flying Thunder God technique and expected them to achieve basic three-person coordinated transport in about a month.
• The head of the meeting instructed the base to prioritize safe, thorough training for the spatial transport force.
• Rabbit Nation's rare-earth cutoff sent global markets into turmoil, damaging manufacturers' share prices and prompting governments and industries to seek alternative supplies.

Su Xiao and eight other trainees completed a successful coordinated Flying Thunder God teleportation with Commander Tian, proving the technique could be used for practical spatial deployment. After Commander Tian presented its strategic applications to the elders, one approved a plan to use it to rescue entrepreneurs detained overseas.

• Su Xiao and the other trainees synchronized their chakra with Commander Tian and teleported to a test platform thirty kilometers away.
• Researchers confirmed the ten-person teleportation succeeded with zero coordinate deviation and stable vital signs.
• Commander Tian congratulated the trainees, collected the test report, and flew to Upper Capital.
• Commander Tian briefed the elders on the technique’s military, logistical, spaceflight, disaster-relief, and rescue applications.
• One elder approved a plan to set a time and bring back entrepreneurs illegally detained overseas.

Wang Qiang and Phantom planned an operation to rescue Chinese detainees held at Oak Ridge Manor in Washington, D.C. They prepared a direct assault and a rapid escape, leaving the mission set to begin that night.

• Wang Qiang and two Phantom squad members entered the United States disguised as tourists and met Night Owl at a rental house near the Potomac River.
• Night Owl showed the team intelligence on the detainees, their electronic shackles, and the FBA guards protecting Oak Ridge Manor.
• Wang Qiang rejected a slow infiltration and ordered a direct assault, with the squad tunneling in to scout the villas and plant explosives at key points.
• Wang Qiang assigned nine trainees to prepare the Flying Thunder God evacuation point while Night Owl arranged bulletproof vehicles and the C-plan escape route.
• Wang Qiang named the operation Homecoming, and the team confirmed they understood their assignments.

Wang Qiang and his two teammates infiltrated the villa district underground and secretly delivered rescue notes to several detained executives. Ms. Zhouzhou found a note telling her to prepare to leave at 3:00 a.m., destroyed it, and waited nervously for the rescue.

• At eight in the evening, Wang Qiang and his teammates used an Earth Release technique to tunnel beneath the villa district.
• Wang Qiang and his teammates split up and approached Buildings 13, 15, and 22 underground.
• Wang Qiang slipped a note into Ms. Zhouzhou’s bathroom without being seen.
• Ms. Zhouzhou found the note instructing her to prepare to leave at 3:00 a.m.
• Ms. Zhouzhou dissolved the note, returned to bed, and waited for the appointed hour.

Wang Qiang and his team rescued Zhouzhou and the other executives from Oak Ridge Manor, using their supernatural abilities to evade the guards and break the executives’ shackles. As FBA alarms sounded and Washington units rushed to respond, the rescuers had to move before they were caught.

• Wang Qiang, Wildcat, and Rock Wall confirmed their preparations and set a strict schedule to eliminate the guards and gather the hostages.
• Wang Qiang appeared in Zhouzhou’s bedroom at 2:50 a.m., led her past the dead guards, and brought her to the tennis court, where the other executives waited.
• Wang Qiang warned Zhouzhou and the executives that their rescue and everything they witnessed were classified, then used Shadow Clones to prepare them for evacuation.
• Wang Qiang and his teammates snapped the executives’ electronic shackles with brute strength, triggering alarms at the FBA command center.
• An FBA agent ordered standby units to Oak Ridge Manor and told them to seal the surrounding roads.

Wang Qiang escaped Oak Ridge Manor with the rescued Rabbit Nation executives as FBA forces discovered the massacre and explosions. The President declared a massive manhunt and demanded direct contact with Rabbit Nation while Wang Qiang’s convoy continued toward its evacuation point.

• Wang Qiang watched police converge on Oak Ridge Manor, pressed a red button on a device, and continued fleeing with the rescued executives.
• FBA agents entered the villa district and found their guards dead, the surveillance system destroyed, and the hostages gone.
• Explosions killed dozens of FBA personnel and destroyed key roads and infrastructure, prompting the Washington branch director to declare a Red Event.
• The branch director reported the attack to national leaders, and the National Security Advisor blamed Rabbit Nation.
• The President ordered a four-hour hunt for the attackers, mobilized security forces across Washington, and sought direct contact with Rabbit Nation’s leadership.
• Wang Qiang’s convoy continued toward its evacuation point as sirens and helicopter rotors drew closer.

Wang Qiang led the three SUVs toward the coastal extraction point while helicopters repeatedly forced them to hide. He ordered a high-speed breakout, but an aerial unit spotted the vehicles and called for a roadblock ahead.

• Wang Qiang steered the convoy into the woods to evade a Black Hawk’s searchlight, then returned to the road when it passed.
• As more helicopters joined the search, Wang Qiang judged that the convoy could not keep hiding and ordered it to race toward the Riverbend Road intersection.
• Wang Qiang sent Li Yan to lead, Zhao Kai to cover the rear, and the Shadow Clones to protect their targets.
• The three SUVs burst from the forest at full speed, but an AH-6 Little Bird detected them with its sensors and reported their route to the command center.
• The command center ordered ground units to block roads near the Riverbend Road intersection while helicopters tracked the convoy.

Wang Qiang and his allies used Su Xiao and the trainees’ teleportation formation to move twenty-two people from a surrounded warehouse to a secluded bay near the Potomac River. The FBI Director launched a massive search in the wrong direction while the fugitives escaped by speedboat toward the Atlantic Ocean.

• Wang Qiang led the vehicles into the warehouse as police, FBA agents, and National Guard forces pursued them.
• Su Xiao and the trainees activated the teleportation formation, transporting twenty-two people away from the warehouse.
• Wang Qiang’s three Shadow Clones planted explosives by a hidden passage and prepared to escape as the FBI-led forces opened fire on the warehouse.
• The FBI Director ordered a search of the passage and surrounding area after assault teams found the warehouse empty.
• Wang Qiang and the others arrived at a secluded bay near the Potomac River and boarded an idling speedboat.
• The group headed toward the Atlantic Ocean while the FBI Director continued searching near the warehouse.

After Rabbit Nation’s citizens escaped an FBI facility in Washington, the United States accused Rabbit Nation of state terrorism while Rabbit Nation defended its right to protect its citizens without confirming details. Faced with simulations predicting devastating losses in a conventional war, the President ordered a public denunciation and a search for a new strategy.

• The White House press secretary accused Rabbit Nation of organizing the Washington raid, killing FBI agents, and abducting suspects, and demanded their return, an apology, and compensation.
• The Rabbit Nation Foreign Ministry spokesperson rejected the accusations, blamed illegal detention of Rabbit Nation citizens, and declared that the government had the right and capability to bring them home.
• The President confronted the FBI Director over the deaths and the escape, then asked the Secretary of Defense whether the United States could retaliate militarily.
• The Secretary of Defense reported that simulations predicted the United States would suffer unbearable losses in Rabbit Nation’s near seas without achieving deep damage to its homeland.
• The National Security Advisor said Upper Capital had refused direct high-level talks, while the Secretary of State warned that Rabbit Nation believed the United States had few effective ways to strike back.
• The President ordered officials to brand Rabbit Nation’s actions as terrorism, assess international reaction, and have intelligence agencies uncover the raid’s technology and weaknesses.