Chapter Summaries

Chiyo chose war with Konoha to stabilize Sunagakure and secure resources, appointing Rasa to act with the authority of the Fourth Kazekage. Konoha uncovered Sunagakure’s preparations and learned that its forces were gathering near Kikyo Castle.

• Sunagakure’s officials argued over succession and whether to attack Konoha, and Chiyo declared that the village needed a war.
• Chiyo appointed Rasa to act with the authority of the Fourth Kazekage and placed him in charge of the war against Konoha.
• Chiyo ordered Sunagakure to prepare for war and sent Ebizo to demand support from the daimyo of the Land of Wind.
• Sunagakure began mobilizing troops and supplies, and Konoha’s Anbu identified the Land of Fire as its target.
• Mitarashi Shisui reported Sunagakure’s movements to Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Danzo explained that Sunagakure planned to attack Konoha because the Third Kazekage had vanished and Iwagakure might exploit its weakness.

Hiruzen Sarutobi prepared Konoha for war with Sunagakure while assigning forces to guard against Iwagakure, Hidden Cloud, and Kirigakure. He ordered Hatake Sakumo reinstated to command the Hidden Mist Frontline, over Danzo’s furious objection.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi declared war with Sunagakure unavoidable and ordered Orochimaru to lead two thousand ninja to defend Kikyo Castle.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned Danzo five hundred ninja to guard against Iwagakure, and Danzo requested Uchiha ninja to accompany him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned logistics to Utatane Koharu and sent Mitokado Homura to seek support from the daimyo of the Land of Fire.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi sent Jiraiya to watch Hidden Cloud and ordered Hatake Sakumo reinstated to command the Hidden Mist Frontline.
• Danzo objected to Hatake Sakumo's reinstatement, but Hiruzen Sarutobi and the other advisers insisted that Konoha needed Sakumo's strength.

As Konoha prepared for war, Fang Xu asked Tsunade to approve his early graduation so he could gain battlefield experience, and she agreed despite her fears for his safety. Tsunade then asked Hiruzen Sarutobi to lead Fang Xu’s Jonin squad, but he told her the front lines needed her to counter Sunagakure’s poisons.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned Hatake Sakumo to defend against Kirigakure and sent Danzo to guard the Land of Grass and Land of Rain fronts against Iwagakure.
• Danzo left the Hokage Office planning to exploit the chaos of war to expand Root.
• Konoha began mobilizing its ninja, supplies, medical teams, and equipment for war.
• Fang Xu decided to seek early graduation because he expected the war to reach the Ninja Academy and wanted to gain combat experience while squads could still be arranged.
• Tsunade approved Fang Xu’s early graduation after he argued that his skills and medical abilities prepared him for battle, but she told him to prioritize staying alive.
• Tsunade asked Hiruzen Sarutobi to become Fang Xu’s Jonin squad leader, and he refused because her poison expertise was needed on the Sunagakure front.

Fang Xu decided to graduate early and join the war, while Hiruzen Sarutobi and Tsunade arranged for Shinku Yuhi to lead him. After gaining Hatake Sakumo’s support and learning Kakashi would also graduate early, Fang Xu submitted his application at the Ninja Academy.

• Tsunade challenged Hiruzen Sarutobi’s plan to make Shinku Yuhi Fang Xu’s team leader, but accepted after Hiruzen argued the assignment could ease Shinku and Fang Xu’s relationship.
• Tsunade warned Hiruzen not to endanger Fang Xu or use him as a political bargaining chip, then left the Hokage’s office still bitter about Konoha.
• Fang Xu visited Hatake Sakumo and said he planned to graduate early and join the war; Kakashi revealed he planned to graduate early too.
• Hatake Sakumo approved of Fang Xu’s judgment and hoped Fang Xu and Kakashi would be placed on the same team so Fang Xu could watch over Kakashi.
• Fang Xu submitted his early graduation application to Suzuki Nakamura, who cautioned him about the dangers of wartime missions; Fang Xu said Tsunade and Hatake Sakumo had agreed.

Suzuki Nakamura approved Fang Xu’s early graduation application, setting his exam with Kakashi for three days later. Fang Xu returned to class in person for his final day, where his classmates learned that his usual classroom presence had been a Shadow Clone.

• Tsunade and Hatake Sakumo backed Fang Xu’s early graduation, and Suzuki Nakamura signed his application despite teasing him about using Shadow Clones to attend class.
• Suzuki told Fang Xu that he and Kakashi would take the early graduation exam in three days and required Fang Xu to attend the rest of his final school day in person.
• Fang Xu’s Shadow Clone vanished when he arrived at the classroom, surprising the students and delighting Kurenai Yuhi.
• Obito accused Fang Xu of skipping class, but Kakashi, Rin Nohara, and Kurenai explained that everyone else already knew about his Shadow Clones.
• Suzuki Nakamura quieted the class and announced that lessons would continue as usual before he revealed something at noon.

Fang Xu spent a final day attending the Ninja Academy with Kurenai Yuhi before Suzuki Nakamura announced that Fang Xu and Kakashi Hatake would take the graduation exam in three days. Fang Xu explained that he had graduated early because war was coming, leaving his classmates facing the prospect of being sent to the battlefield.

• Fang Xu attended class in person and reassured Kurenai Yuhi that he would keep training with her after graduating.
• Suzuki Nakamura announced that Fang Xu and Kakashi Hatake's early graduation applications had been approved and that they would take the exam in three days.
• Fang Xu promised Kurenai Yuhi he would help her keep training, and she vowed to catch up to him.
• Fang Xu spent the rest of the day answering Kurenai Yuhi's and Rin Nohara's questions while Kakashi criticized Obito's Chakra Control.
• After leaving the academy with Kurenai Yuhi and Kakashi, Fang Xu said war was coming and warned that Ninja Academy students might be sent to the battlefield.

Fang Xu explained to Kurenai Yuhi and Kakashi that he wanted to graduate early to prepare for war and protect himself and those around him. At home, he reunited with his evolved Pikachu, told it that they might soon face a real battlefield, and received its pledge to fight alongside him.

• Fang Xu told Kurenai Yuhi and Kakashi that he wanted to gain combat experience before the village descended into chaos, so he could protect himself and the people around him.
• Kakashi admitted that his own reasons for applying to graduate early were emotional, while Kurenai Yuhi resolved to keep training and ask her father about Medical Ninjutsu.
• Fang Xu returned home, prepared a meal with the Gourmet Tablecloth, and summoned Pikachu from the Beast Taming Space.
• Fang Xu saw that Pikachu had evolved and reached the strength of an ordinary Chunin, while their bond continued to strengthen his own abilities.
• Fang Xu warned Pikachu that they might soon face a real battlefield, and Pikachu showed its determination to help him fight.
• Fang Xu and Pikachu ate dinner together, and Fang Xu regretted that he did not yet have an Energy Cube maker to help Pikachu grow faster.

Fang Xu exchanged his Lightning Body-Tempering Technique and was transported to the battlefield at Enies Lobby, where it weakened Rob Lucci during his fight with Luffy. Lucci’s attacks stopped hurting Luffy, and Luffy prepared to counterattack.

• Fang Xu sent Pikachu to rest, then exchanged the Lightning Body-Tempering Technique he had developed.
• Fang Xu arrived above the ruined Enies Lobby battlefield, where Luffy and the Straw Hats were near exhaustion.
• Lucci used Soru to attack Luffy as Fang Xu’s scroll appeared behind him and drained much of Lucci’s physical foundation.
• Lucci’s punch struck Luffy without hurting him, and Luffy and the others realized Lucci had suddenly grown weaker.
• Lucci knocked Luffy down with another punch, but Luffy stood up unharmed and prepared to fight back.

Luffy defeated Lucci at Enies Lobby and found a mysterious scroll that Nami identified as a Lightning Body-Tempering Technique. The crew suspected an unseen person had exchanged the scroll for the powers of Lucci and Enel, but they decided to study it because it could make them stronger.

• Luffy knocked Lucci unconscious with a headbutt, then found a strange scroll among the rubble.
• Luffy returned to the Going Merry, where Nami noticed the scroll and read its Lightning Body-Tempering Technique instructions.
• Nami and Robin connected the scroll to Lucci's sudden loss of strength and Enel's earlier weakness, suggesting someone had exchanged their abilities for scrolls.
• The crew wondered why the mysterious person had helped Luffy, and Sanji said they did not seem hostile for now.
• Luffy urged the crew to study the technique, and the others gathered around the scroll.

Fang Xu obtained and absorbed Rob Lucci’s Taijutsu Crystal, transforming his body and mastering the Six Powers and Life Return. He tested his new abilities in the Spatial Ring, demonstrating Soru, Geppo, Rankyaku, and Shigan.

• Fang Xu received Rob Lucci’s Taijutsu Crystal, which contained Lucci’s Taijutsu foundations and insights into the Six Powers.
• Fang Xu absorbed the crystal and endured a painful transformation that strengthened his body and gave him Lucci’s combat experience.
• Fang Xu used Life Return to adjust his sudden growth so his changed appearance would seem more gradual.
• Fang Xu found that his enhanced physique could withstand the Lightning Body-Tempering Technique more effectively.
• Fang Xu entered the Spatial Ring and tested Soru, Geppo, Rankyaku, and Shigan without relying on hand seals or Chakra.

Fang Xu tested the physical abilities he gained from Lucci and refined his lightning arsenal with new equipment. After buying batteries and retrieving his Chakra Longblade, he left onlookers at Tenten Ninja Tool Shop wondering who he was.

• Fang Xu tested Tekkai, Kami-e, Rokuogan, and his lightning techniques, finding that Lucci’s physique had greatly increased his strength and endurance.
• Fang Xu devised a plan to store external electricity in Spatial Bracelets and spent the night making two of them.
• Fang Xu bought five million ryo worth of batteries and filled the bracelets, gaining electricity equal to about twice his own lightning reserves.
• Fang Xu retrieved his Eight-Sided Han Sword from Tenten Ninja Tool Shop and tested how smoothly it conducted Lightning Release Chakra.
• The shop owner and two Chunin watched Fang Xu wield the sword and wondered who the unusually skilled child was.

Fang Xu passed the Ninja Academy graduation assessment by defeating a Chunin examiner with a single lightning-fast strike. Danzo viewed him as a threat and began plotting to eliminate him, but Fang Xu recognized Danzo’s intent and no longer feared his schemes.

• Fang Xu spent two days training with the Six Powers, Lightning Release Swordsmanship, Chakra-Enhanced Strength Technique, and Rumble-Rumble Fruit before the assessment.
• Kakashi defeated his examiner decisively and passed the graduation assessment.
• Fang Xu used Soru to reach the Chunin examiner before he could react, then held his Chakra Longblade at the examiner’s throat.
• The examiner declared Fang Xu passed, shocking the students and drawing concern from Hiruzen Sarutobi and other village leaders.
• Danzo resolved to arrange Fang Xu’s death during future missions, while Fang Xu met his gaze and prepared to face his schemes.

Kakashi Hatake passed his Chunin assessment after a hard-fought battle, following Fang Xu’s earlier display of skill. Hiruzen Sarutobi began presenting the two boys with Konoha forehead protectors.

• Kakashi Hatake faced a cautious Chunin examiner, who pressured him with weapons and close combat.
• Kakashi used Lightning Release Chakra to disrupt the examiner’s attack and narrowly avoid being struck.
• After more than thirty exchanges, Kakashi baited the examiner with an apparent opening and stopped his lightning-coated Short Sword near the examiner’s chest.
• The examiner declared Kakashi had passed, and the gathered students praised his victory.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi approached Fang Xu and Kakashi with new Konoha forehead protectors and handed one to Kakashi.

Fang Xu and Kakashi graduated as Konoha Genin and were told to report to Training Ground Three for their Jonin team leader. On the way, Fang Xu told Kakashi that Sakumo had been sent to the Hidden Mist Frontline, and the chapter ended as they encountered a hostile Jonin at the training ground.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi gave Fang Xu and Kakashi their forehead protectors and reminded them of their duties as Konoha ninja.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade argued over Fang Xu and Minato Namikaze's potential, while Tsunade warned Fang Xu to stay alive on missions.
• Fang Xu and Kakashi headed to Training Ground Three, where Kakashi said he had hoped his father would lead their team.
• Fang Xu told Kakashi that Sakumo had been sent to the Hidden Mist Frontline, and Kakashi admitted his disappointment before accepting that he would need to grow without his father's direct guidance.
• Fang Xu and Kakashi arrived at Training Ground Three and found a Yuhi Clan Jonin watching Fang Xu with clear hostility.

Shinku Yuhi became Fang Xu and Kakashi’s supervising jonin and briefed them on their first mission. After learning it would be a C-rank operation against bandits suspected of aiding spies and wandering ninja, the team prepared to depart the next morning.

• Fang Xu and Kakashi greeted Shinku Yuhi, who introduced himself as their supervising jonin and warned them to follow orders.
• Fang Xu described his many skills, his dislike of pointless conflict, and his casual dream of world peace.
• Kakashi shared his goal of becoming a ninja like his father, and Shinku Yuhi openly said he respected Hatake Sakumo’s choice to save his comrades.
• Shinku Yuhi assigned the team a C-rank suppression mission in the Land of Fire to eliminate bandits possibly connected to spies and other hostile forces.
• Shinku Yuhi ordered them to meet at the Hokage Building at eight the next morning, and Fang Xu told Kakashi that Shinku’s prejudice came from Fang Xu’s closeness to Kurenai Yuhi.

Fang Xu and Kakashi prepared supplies for their first mission outside the village, while Fang Xu arranged a way to bring Pikachu along without revealing its true origin. The chapter ended with Pikachu registered as Fang Xu’s Summoning Beast, ready to join him on missions.

• Kakashi joked that Shinku Yuhi would secretly evaluate Fang Xu as a potential son-in-law, and Fang Xu and Kakashi went to the shopping street to buy mission supplies.
• Fang Xu ordered a large stock of Ninja Tools and supplies, including thirty Explosive Tags, and criticized the taste of Military Ration Pills.
• Fang Xu and Kakashi parted ways, and Fang Xu returned home with the supplies meant to be seen by others.
• Fang Xu summoned the sulking Pikachu, apologized for keeping it in the Beast Taming Space, and promised to take it on the next mission.
• Fang Xu prepared a modified Summoning Contract scroll, and Pikachu left a paw print to become his legally registered Summoning Beast.

Fang Xu traded medical texts and Chakra knowledge to Kureha through Forced Trade, receiving her medical supplies and Lifelong Medical Legacy Crystal in return. Kureha began studying and adapting Medical Ninjutsu, while Fang Xu absorbed her vast medical expertise.

• Fang Xu exchanged medical books, Medical Ninjutsu texts, and Chakra Refinement Technique scrolls for Kureha's medical equipment, books, herbs, and other supplies.
• Kureha discovered the exchanged materials and learned that Chakra could support healing, though careless refinement could shorten a person's lifespan.
• Kureha began studying Medical Ninjutsu and decided to reorganize the Chakra System before teaching it to Chopper.
• Fang Xu caught and stored the incoming supplies, then received Kureha's Lifelong Medical Legacy Crystal.
• Fang Xu absorbed the crystal and gained Kureha's medical knowledge and experience.

Fang Xu used Kureha’s medical knowledge to create improved mission medicines, then set out with Pikachu for a mission gathering. He arrived on time, but Shinku Yuhi sensed that Pikachu possessed unusually strong, lightning-affiliated Chakra.

• Fang Xu sorted Kureha’s medical supplies and planted the cultivable herbs in his Beast Taming Space.
• Fang Xu combined Kureha’s knowledge, Shinobi medical techniques, and Gourmet Tablecloth nutrition to make a restorative Nutritional Agent and other mission medicines.
• Fang Xu gave Pikachu a sweet Nutritional Agent and encouraged it to learn human language so it could communicate during missions.
• Fang Xu and Pikachu left the village, drawing attention from curious villagers, and Fang Xu protected Pikachu from being touched.
• Fang Xu arrived at the gathering point on time, where Shinku Yuhi sensed Pikachu’s condensed lightning-affiliated Chakra and unusual vitality.

Fang Xu, Kakashi, and Shinku Yuhi set out on a C-Rank mission to rescue villagers abducted by bandits, with Shinku observing while the two young Genin carry out the operation. Fang Xu launched a swift attack on the camp’s main gate and began cutting down the bandits.

• Shinku Yuhi introduced the mission to eliminate bandits in the Land of Fire, and Kakashi and Fang Xu agreed to proceed.
• The team reached a nearby village, where the village chief reported that the bandits had taken food, money, and more than a dozen women.
• Shinku Yuhi stayed behind to observe while Fang Xu and Kakashi planned a simultaneous attack from the camp’s front and rear.
• Fang Xu killed the two guards at the main gate and entered the camp with Pikachu.
• Fang Xu attacked the bandits around a bonfire, killing several as one survivor turned to flee.

Fang Xu, Kakashi, and Shinku Yuhi completed a series of bandit-suppression missions, rescuing villagers and learning from dangerous encounters as war loomed. After eighteen C-rank missions, Shinku Yuhi ordered Fang Xu and Kakashi to begin doing one D-rank mission each day while he left for the Land of Earth front.

• Fang Xu and Kakashi defeated the bandits at a stronghold and rescued more than a dozen captive women, with Fang Xu killing a disguised spy before she could attack Kakashi.
• Shinku Yuhi praised Fang Xu's judgment, warned Kakashi to verify people before trusting them, and led the group back to the village with the rescued villagers.
• After returning to Konoha, Fang Xu and Kakashi completed eighteen C-rank bandit-suppression missions with Shinku Yuhi over the following month.
• Fang Xu asked Shinku Yuhi to stop assigning them bandit missions, but Shinku Yuhi ordered them to complete one D-rank mission each day and said he would leave for the Land of Earth front.