Chapter Summaries

Jingyi defeated and killed Hanzō after destroying the Venomous Salamander with his puppets, then took both corpses and Hanzō’s scythe as materials. With the attack repelled and his mission complete, Jingyi left the remaining cleanup to his senior.

• Jingyi’s self-destructing puppets killed the Venomous Salamander, and he stored its corpse as puppet material.
• Hanzō attacked Jingyi, but Jingyi deflected his scythe, shattered it with a green sphere, and pierced Hanzō with a golden beam.
• Jingyi seized Hanzō by the throat and killed him after saying he had held back because he was a medical ninja.
• Jingyi stored Hanzō’s corpse and scythe, then left the remaining Amegakure ninja to his senior.
• The medical-room and Anbu ninja watched Jingyi with admiration as he turned away.

Konoha’s forces defeated Amegakure after Jingyi killed Hanzō, and the survivors began preparing to return to the village. Jingyi learned that Jiraiya had rescued Konan, Nagato, and Yahiko, leaving the trio with him despite the changed course of the war.

• Konoha’s shinobi routed Amegakure after Hanzō’s death, and Shikaku Nara began organizing the wounded, troops, and return preparations.
• Shikaku Nara confirmed that news of victory had been sent to the village, while Konoha’s teams returned from the battlefield.
• Orochimaru called off the pursuit and returned to camp, where he told Jingyi that Jiraiya had rescued three children.
• Orochimaru described one boy as having Uzumaki blood and hair like Kushina’s, and Jingyi recognized the children as Konan, Nagato, and Yahiko.
• Jingyi went to the command center with Orochimaru and learned that Jiraiya had stayed behind to look after the three children.

After the war, Jingyi prepared to return to Konoha while Jiraiya stayed in the Land of Rain to care for Konan, Yahiko, and Nagato, leaving Nawaki furious. Back in Konoha, the Third Hokage brooded over how Jingyi’s killing of Hanzō had won him the glory for the victory.

• Jingyi assigned Orochimaru to take charge of the enemy corpses and told Nawaki that Jiraiya planned to remain in the Land of Rain for two or three years.
• Nawaki cursed Jiraiya for abandoning his student, while Little Blondie sympathized with him.
• Jiraiya stayed with Konan, Yahiko, and Nagato in a cave, deciding to see his choice through despite worrying that Nawaki might no longer acknowledge him as a teacher.
• The Third Hokage regretted that Hanzō’s attack and death had turned Jingyi into the celebrated hero of the Land of Rain war while leaving the Hokage with blame for Konoha’s losses.
• Konoha villagers celebrated Jingyi, whose reputation soared after he killed Hanzō.

Jingyi returned from the Land of Rain with Orochimaru while his growing fame alarmed the Third Hokage and F4. On the journey, Jingyi teased Orochimaru over the embarrassing title Konoha's Great White Snake, and Orochimaru left the carriage rather than discuss it.

• Tsunade and the daimyo backed Jingyi, preventing F4 from suppressing news of his achievements, and the daimyo promised to reward him after the war.
• Jingyi escorted wounded shinobi and supplies back toward the village while Shikaku Nara stayed behind to cover the retreat.
• Orochimaru said he would rest and make puppets instead of immediately heading to the Land of Rivers battlefield, while the Third Hokage wanted Jingyi kept away from the front.
• Jingyi and Orochimaru discussed Hatake Sakumo's growing reputation as Konoha's White Fang and Jingyi's own title, God Slayer.
• Jingyi mocked Orochimaru's title, Konoha's Great White Snake, and Orochimaru left the carriage, refusing to acknowledge it afterward.

After returning to Konoha, Jingyi learned that the village’s leaders wanted to retaliate against Sunagakure but could not find worthwhile targets in the poor, sprawling Land of Wind. He pointed out that the oases were Sunagakure’s lifeline and began proposing an attack on them.

• Jingyi and Orochimaru returned to Konoha with their team after a five-day journey through war-damaged villages, as Sunagakure’s remaining squads fled the Land of Fire.
• The Third Hokage and the other leaders agreed that Konoha should retaliate against Sunagakure, but Torifu Akimichi noted the risks of navigating the vast desert and the limited value of its settlements.
• Tsunade and Torifu went to welcome the returning heroes, while Jingyi quickly slipped away from the cheering crowd.
• Jingyi found Tsunade waiting at his home and learned that the village was struggling to choose a target for retaliation.
• Jingyi asked what was most valuable in the Land of Wind, then identified its oases as the source of Sunagakure’s food, medicine, and other resources, and suggested sending ninja skilled in Fire Release and Earth Release.

Jingyi urged Tsunade to devastate the Land of Wind’s oases, then declined to return to Konoha Hospital and went wandering. At Ichiraku Ramen Shop, Hyuga Hiashi apologized on behalf of his clan and offered compensation, leaving Jingyi to wonder whether the Hyuga Clan was choosing a side.

• Jingyi proposed destroying oases and underground water sources in the Land of Wind to punish Sunagakure and enrage its daimyo.
• Tsunade agreed with Jingyi’s proposal, then let him rest instead of pressuring him to return to Konoha Hospital.
• Jingyi wandered to Ichiraku Ramen Shop and ordered a large meal from the young Ichiraku.
• Hyuga Hiashi arrived, apologized on behalf of the Hyuga Clan, and offered compensation.
• Jingyi considered whether the Hyuga Clan was trying to pick a side while he and Hiashi ate ramen.

After returning to the village, Jingyi faced the Hyuga Clan’s attempt to win his forgiveness and watched Tsunade discipline Nawaki. Kushina later arrived and complained about Tsunade, leaving Tsunade furious over the teacher’s criticism of her homework help.

• The Hyuga Clan chose Tsunade’s side and sent Hyuga Hiashi to apologize to Jingyi and seek an alliance.
• Jingyi told Hyuga Hiashi that the clan’s sincerity would have to be proven and warned him that the Caged Bird Seal could not control him.
• Jingyi returned home and watched Tsunade scold Nawaki for celebrating after their teacher’s death.
• Kushina rushed to greet Jingyi, then complained that Tsunade neglected her, checked her homework badly, and cooked poorly.
• Kushina explained that her teacher said a third-grader should have understood the homework, and Tsunade angrily demanded to know which teacher had said it.

Jingyi returned from the battlefield and reunited with Kushina, Mikoto Uchiha, and Tsunade before resting. Meanwhile, Hyuga Hiashi reported to the Main House that Jingyi had accepted his apology but demanded sincerity if the clan wanted his support, leaving the elders worried about his ability to neutralize the Caged Bird Seal.

• Tsunade stopped scolding Nawaki after Kushina defended Jingyi and threatened to have her teacher assign more homework.
• Kushina told Jingyi that students and teachers admired him as the Lord God Slayer, and Mikoto Uchiha shyly admitted she admired him too.
• Jingyi cooked for Kushina, Tsunade, Nawaki, and Mikoto, then went upstairs to sleep after saying the return journey had exhausted him.
• Hyuga Hiashi told the clan head and Main House elders that Jingyi had accepted his apology but required the clan to show sincerity if it wanted to choose a side.
• The Hyuga clan head warned that Jingyi might have found a way to neutralize the Caged Bird Seal, and the elders debated the threat to Main House control before asking Hiashi for his assessment.

The Hyuga clan debated how to approach Jingyi but decided against attacking him and planned to send Mie instead. Meanwhile, Orochimaru refused the Third Hokage’s demand that he return to the battlefield, then became more interested in helping Jingyi make puppets so he could study his chakra.

• Hyuga Hiashi argued that Jingyi seemed fearless, and the clan elders abandoned the idea of secretly attacking him when they considered the risks.
• The Hyuga clan head proposed having Mie approach Jingyi on the clan’s behalf.
• Jingyi submitted his report to Tsunade instead of meeting the Third Hokage and began his vacation.
• The Third Hokage urged Orochimaru to return to the front, but Orochimaru refused unless Jiraiya came back first.
• Tsunade told Orochimaru she was delivering Jingyi’s report, and Orochimaru considered helping Jingyi make puppets to study his chakra.

Tsunade told Jingyi that the Third Hokage was pressuring Orochimaru to go to the battlefield because he wanted access to Orochimaru’s puppets. Jingyi dismissed the dispute, asked Tsunade to obtain the forbidden technique scroll so he could copy Flying Thunder God and sealing techniques for Minato, and she began copying from it in the Hokage Office.

• Tsunade delivered Jingyi’s medical department report to the Third Hokage, who asked whether he had been wrong about Jingyi or Orochimaru.
• Tsunade refused to persuade Orochimaru to go to the battlefield and left the Hokage Office, believing the Third Hokage was targeting him because of his puppets.
• Tsunade told Jingyi about Orochimaru, and Jingyi explained that Orochimaru could manage the pressure himself as long as their puppet-making exchange continued.
• Jingyi asked Tsunade to get the forbidden technique scroll so he could copy Flying Thunder God and sealing techniques for Minato, and Tsunade agreed.
• Tsunade opened the forbidden technique scroll in the Hokage Office and began copying from it, prompting the Third Hokage to ask whether she needed to learn its techniques.

Tsunade copied basic Sealing Jutsu and Flying Thunder God scrolls for Jingyi to use in training Kushina and Minato, while Jingyi rested after months of demanding work. She then ordered Jingyi to report to the Anbu in three days and revealed she was heading to the frontlines.

• Tsunade copied the Sealing Jutsu and Flying Thunder God techniques from the forbidden scrolls and gave them to Jingyi.
• News of Jingyi killing Hanzō spread across the Shinobi World, and some readers suspected his intelligence dossier was falsified.
• Tsunade found Jingyi resting at home, heard how the Slug Sage had trained him in Senjutsu during his months at the medical ward, and showed him the doubtful reports.
• Tsunade told Jingyi to report to the Anbu in three days as a leader rather than an ordinary member.
• Jingyi realized Tsunade planned to leave the village for the frontlines in the Land of Rivers and tried to discuss her decision.

Tsunade appointed Jingyi as Anbu Deputy Commander and left him in charge of the organization while she prepared to leave for the battlefield. After explaining his responsibilities and showing him the mountain of paperwork awaiting him, Tsunade left Jingyi regretting that he had agreed to stay in the village.

• Tsunade and Jingyi agreed that Jingyi would stay in the village while she went to the battlefield.
• Tsunade introduced Jingyi to the Anbu as its new Deputy Commander, giving him full authority over its affairs during her absence.
• Tsunade explained the Anbu's mask and equipment procedures and warned Jingyi that the Elder Council might challenge its authority.
• Tsunade showed Jingyi the personnel files, routine cases, and intelligence reports he would need to review and manage.
• Jingyi asked if they could switch assignments after seeing the paperwork, but Tsunade refused.

Jingyi took charge of the Anbu and brought Shikaku Nara in to help manage it while Tsunade prepared to leave for the battlefield. Meanwhile, the Third Hokage and his advisers considered bringing Shimura Danzō back, and Shikaku confronted Jingyi about his real plans.

• Jingyi reviewed Anbu reports, agreed to familiarize himself with the members, and asked Tsunade to transfer Shikaku Nara to help him.
• The Third Hokage, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura discussed the Anbu and decided that wartime was not the time to cut its authority.
• The Third Hokage suggested bringing Shimura Danzō back after Tsunade left, while Mitokado Homura warned that Jingyi might react strongly.
• On Jingyi's third day in the Anbu, Shikaku returned to the village and was brought in to help manage the department.
• After Tsunade left, Shikaku demanded that Jingyi tell him what he was really planning.

Jingyi took over the Anbu with Shikaku Nara handling its routine work, then suspected the Third Hokage’s faction was promoting Hatake Sakumo to overshadow Jingyi’s reputation and drive a wedge between them. Shikaku agreed the publicity seemed deliberate, but Jingyi believed Sakumo’s straightforward nature would foil the scheme.

• Jingyi pressured Shikaku Nara into managing the Anbu’s miscellaneous work while promising to handle important matters himself.
• Tsunade left for the front lines, trusting Shikaku’s help to let Jingyi manage the Anbu.
• News reached the village that Hatake Sakumo had killed Chiyo’s son and daughter-in-law while they retreated.
• Jingyi showed Shikaku the intelligence scrolls, and Shikaku noticed that Sakumo’s achievements were being promoted unusually aggressively.
• Jingyi suspected the Third Hokage’s faction was boosting Sakumo to eclipse Jingyi and create distrust between them, but believed Sakumo would not misinterpret the publicity.

Jingyi arranged for Tsunade to support Hatake Sakumo’s public recognition, believing it would make the Third Hokage’s faction uncomfortable. At home, Kushina argued with Nawaki over whether Jingyi or Sakumo was stronger, while Jingyi gave Little Blondie a full wallet.

• Shikaku Nara dismissed his concerns about the Third Hokage, while Jingyi sent a scroll laying out his plan to promote Hatake Sakumo further.
• Tsunade received Jingyi’s request to nominate Sakumo for rewards and agreed to write to the Daimyo’s Court praising him.
• Nawaki praised Sakumo at dinner, and Kushina insisted Jingyi was stronger than any senpai before the two children argued.
• After dinner, Jingyi told Little Blondie to train hard and gave him a full wallet, which the boy tried to refuse.

Jingyi gave Minato Namikaze, Nawaki, and Kushina spending money before leaving for a Hokage Office meeting. There, he learned that Fugaku Uchiha and Hyuga Hiashi had begun representing their clans as their ailing clan heads stepped back.

• Jingyi gave Minato Namikaze a wallet as a loan, then gave Nawaki and Kushina spending money too.
• Jingyi reassured the children that Sakumo's growing fame had not bothered him, then left after Tiger summoned him to a meeting.
• Jingyi warned the children to stay home and behave, especially Kushina, before heading to the Hokage Office Building.
• Torifu Akimichi told Jingyi that Fugaku Uchiha and Hyuga Hiashi were handling clan affairs because their clan heads were unwell.
• Hyuga Hiashi and Fugaku Uchiha sat beside Jingyi, who chatted with Torifu Akimichi about food while Hiashi struggled to keep his composure.

At a wartime supply meeting, Jingyi clashed with Utatane Koharu over whether the Pharmaceutical Department could provide medicine, arguing that it needed raw materials first. The Third Hokage ordered the ingredients delivered and then told Jingyi that the Anbu would protect caravans buying supplies abroad.

• The Third Hokage opened the meeting and asked Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu whether the Logistics and Medical Departments could guarantee supplies.
• The Shimura Patriarch criticized the Pharmaceutical Department’s oversight, and Jingyi rebuked him for trying to interfere in Anbu affairs.
• Jingyi told Utatane Koharu that he did not know the Pharmaceutical Department’s production capacity and challenged her to provide the raw materials needed to make medicine.
• Mitokado Homura explained that the ingredients had been prepared but not delivered, and the Third Hokage ordered them sent to the Pharmaceutical Department promptly.
• The Third Hokage discussed acquiring ninja-tool materials from abroad and, as the meeting ended, ordered Jingyi to send Anbu personnel to protect the merchant caravans.
• Jingyi asked what caravans and supplies the Third Hokage meant.

Jingyi rejected the Third Hokage’s proposal to use Anbu to protect a merchant caravan tied to the Sarutobi and Shimura clans, arguing that the village should form its own escort from powerful clans. After the meeting, he spoke with Hyuga Hiashi about compensation and hinted at goodwill toward the Uchiha, leaving others to wonder whether Tsunade’s faction might gain their support.

• Jingyi objected to assigning Anbu to protect the merchant caravan and proposed that the village recruit escorts from clans such as the Uchiha, Hyuga, and Ino-Shika-Cho.
• The Third Hokage ended the meeting and left after Jingyi’s proposal highlighted the difference in strength between those clans and the Sarutobi and Shimura.
• Torifu Akimichi complained that Jingyi was even more confrontational than Tsunade, and Jingyi said he would not endure mistreatment now that he had confidence.
• Jingyi agreed to discuss compensation with Hyuga Hiashi while they walked out of the meeting room.
• Jingyi asked Fugaku Uchiha to give his regards to the old clan head, prompting Fugaku and others to wonder whether Tsunade’s faction intended to win over the Uchiha.

Jingyi rejected Hyuga Hiashi’s request for help changing the Hyuga Clan, arguing that the Main House and Branch House system was fundamentally unjust and that Hiashi lacked the courage to break it. Hiashi returned to the clan shaken, then regained his composure.

• As they left the Hokage Office Building, Jingyi warned Hyuga Hiashi that the neutral Hyuga Clan would suffer and said the Uchiha were more worth winning over.
• Hyuga Hiashi asked whether the grievances between the Main House and Branch House could be reconciled, and Jingyi mocked the question before explaining how the Caged Bird Seal oppressed Branch House members.
• Jingyi told Hyuga Hiashi that changing the clan required abolishing the distinction between the Main House and Branch House and solving the Caged Bird Seal problem first.
• Hyuga Hiashi begged Jingyi to help him change the clan, but Jingyi refused and said Hiashi was no different from other Main House members.
• Hyuga Hiashi walked back toward the clan in a daze, then recovered his usual demeanor after a guard called to him.

Jingyi resisted the Hokage Office’s attempt to reclaim the Pharmaceutical Department, prompting the Third Hokage to release its supplies. Jingyi then examined Shimura Clan records for a way to strike back and found a file about a villager’s accidental death that the Third Hokage had handled.

• The Third Hokage, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura agreed to stop withholding supplies and wait for another chance to reclaim the Pharmaceutical Department.
• Jingyi ordered the Pharmaceutical Department to produce front-line medicine but keep finished supplies in storage until he gave permission.
• Jingyi told Shikaku Nara that he had refused to protect clan merchant caravans with Anbu, then requested the Shimura Clan’s files from the archives.
• Jingyi found a file about a villager’s accidental killing, and Shikaku Nara recalled that the Third Hokage had personally settled the case.
• Jingyi asked Shikaku Nara whether the death had truly been accidental.