Chapter Summaries

Conan exposed a Jashinist Cultist who had murdered a librarian, but the killer died by poison before he could be questioned. Conan learned the cult might target the adult Kabuto Yakushi, while Yor arrived at a party alone after Kabuto failed to meet her.

• Conan used blood spatter, Red Clay on the suspect’s shoes, and a key to expose the librarian’s killer.
• The suspect tried to flee, but Kabuto Yakushi tripped him; the man then killed himself with a poison capsule and named the Jashinist Cult.
• The Kumogakure Military Police Force investigated and released Conan and Kabuto, and Kabuto hurried away to meet Yor.
• Conan told Professor Agasa what happened, and Agasa said the cult would likely focus on Kabuto rather than Conan because Hidan did not sacrifice children.
• Yor waited past their appointed time, then went to her coworker’s party alone, where coworkers asked where her husband was.

Loid Forger arrived at Yor's party and pretended to be her husband, helping her coworkers believe their story. Afterward, Yor proposed they marry for mutual convenience, but masked attackers ambushed them before Kabuto Yakushi could answer.

• Loid Forger arrived at the party and introduced himself as Yor's husband, a psychiatrist.
• Kabuto Yakushi told Yor's coworkers that he and Yor had met when she sought treatment at his clinic in the Land of Lightning.
• After the party, Yor proposed a practical marriage so she could deflect scrutiny and help Loid with Anya's screening.
• Yor and Kabuto sensed an ambush and dodged attacks from more than a dozen masked assailants wielding Scientific Ninja Tools.
• Yor knocked down several attackers and kicked away a bomber, while Kabuto disarmed another assailant carrying a sphere filled with cloudy liquid.

Kabuto Yakushi proposed to Yor during an attack by Jashinist Cultists, and Yor accepted before he drove them back with an acid bomb. After the Canopy Screen showed the future attack in Kumogakure, Fourth Raikage A demanded answers about how the cultists had evaded the village's security, and Samui explained that their ideology could spread beyond the reach of surveillance.

• Kabuto Yakushi proposed to Yor with a bomb ring, and she accepted while they were under fire.
• Kabuto Yakushi threw an acid bomb at the Jashinist Cultists, then told Yor they were his patients and research subjects.
• Yor revealed that she had arranged to backdate their marriage registration and asked Kabuto Yakushi to accompany her to the Review Department.
• The Canopy Screen's broadcast ended, and Fourth Raikage A angrily questioned Darui and Samui about the cultists' presence in future Kumogakure.
• Samui explained that even rigorous reviews could not prevent dangerous beliefs from quietly spreading among villagers.

Fourth Raikage A ordered Kumogakure to keep monitoring Hidan rather than risk provoking the unknown Evil God behind him. In the Canopy Screen’s broadcast, Yor joined Kabuto Yakushi and Anya’s cover family, and their review at the Raikage Building went smoothly.

• Samui warned Fourth Raikage A that Hidan’s immortality and the future’s inability to eradicate him suggested the Evil God posed a threat beyond their understanding.
• Fourth Raikage A ordered more informants to investigate Hidan and forbade anyone from attacking without his command.
• Yor agreed to live separately from Kabuto Yakushi while maintaining the appearance of a shared bedroom, and the family set out to complete her review and Anya’s school registration.
• Anya asked Yor for a hug, but Yor’s fear of accidentally hurting her made Anya change her mind.
• The review personnel accepted the forged identities and birth record, stamped Yor’s paperwork, and approved the review.

Anya took the Kumogakure Ninja Academy entrance exam, relying on her mind-reading ability after finding that the other children were just as confused as she was. She copied answers from Conan Edogawa’s thoughts and left the exam feeling confident, though the result was not revealed.

• Kabuto and Yor enrolled Anya in the Ninja Academy and took a family portrait with her.
• Kabuto considered stealing the exam questions but gave up after Anya confidently promised she would pass.
• Anya arrived at the exam hall and panicked when she saw the difficult questions and read the anxious thoughts of the other children.
• Anya found Conan Edogawa thinking confidently through the exam and copied his answers while deliberately making some mistakes.
• Anya left the exam and told Kabuto and Yor that she had succeeded.

Kabuto prepared his family for Anya’s school interview, then learned that Konoha’s intelligence network could not provide information on Damian, leaving him to find an opportunity himself. After warning Ino Yamanaka about the Jashinist Cult, he left to focus on the mission, while the chapter ended with Asuma and Shikamaru facing Kakuzu in a forest.

• Kabuto reassured Anya after she passed the written exam and began planning interview practice with her and Yor.
• Kabuto told Ino Yamanaka that Anya had scored 87 and qualified, and reported that the family had rehearsed likely interview scenarios.
• Ino Yamanaka explained that Kumogakure’s counterintelligence and Raikage Darui’s security prevented them from gathering information on Damian, so Kabuto would need to assess him himself.
• Kabuto warned Ino Yamanaka that he might have offended members of the Jashinist Cult, and she promised to watch for related activity.
• Ino Yamanaka prioritized Operation Owl and reassigned Kabuto’s other tasks as he left to prepare for the interview.
• Asuma and Shikamaru stood watch in a forest as Kakuzu faced them.

Asuma and Shikamaru negotiated a deal with Kakuzu to buy Explosive Tags for Konoha at a twenty-percent price increase. On his way back, Kakuzu encountered Hidan, who asked him to supply the Jashinist Cult on credit.

• Asuma showed Kakuzu the money while Shikamaru inspected the Explosive Tags and confirmed they were genuine.
• Kakuzu demanded a thirty-percent price increase, but Shikamaru negotiated it down to twenty percent in exchange for Konoha receiving priority for three months.
• Kakuzu accepted the deal, took the money, and left Asuma and Shikamaru to return to Konoha with the Explosive Tags.
• Kakuzu counted his earnings as he headed toward his hideout, then Hidan and two Jashinist Cultists blocked his path.
• Kakuzu offered Hidan a twenty-percent discount on Explosive Tags, but Hidan asked to put the purchase on the cult's tab.

Kakuzu drove Hidan away after rejecting his request for credit, while the Jashinist Cultists plotted to kidnap Yor and Anya to force Loid Forger into their ritual. The Canopy Screen then showed Yor and Anya meeting Conan at a clothing store, where Yor asked why he was shopping alone.

• Kakuzu realized Hidan’s cult might be behind his future bankruptcy, refused to lend him money, and attacked Hidan and two cultists with Fire Release.
• Hidan threatened that Kakuzu would regret rejecting the cult, but Kakuzu dismissed him and went home with his money unharmed.
• Jashinist Cultists in Kumogakure planned to hire a Jonin-level fugitive to kidnap Yor and Anya so they could lure Doctor Forger to their sacrificial altar.
• Yor took Anya to a children’s clothing store while Kabuto Yakushi went on a mission, and Anya recognized Conan as the boy who had helped her during the exam.
• Yor asked Conan why he was getting fitted for clothes alone, and Conan said his parents were busy and he lived nearby.

Anya was kidnapped by Fujiwara Ransetsu, a Jonin, but Yor knocked him out with one punch and rescued her. Anya asked Yor to train her, while Conan began to suspect Yor was far stronger than she seemed.

• Anya tried to get Conan to reveal his secret, but Fujiwara Ransetsu emerged from a utility pole and grabbed her.
• Conan recognized Fujiwara Ransetsu and attacked him, but the Jonin caught his kick while two Jashinist Cultists blocked Conan's path.
• Yor appeared behind Fujiwara Ransetsu, struck him with one punch, and knocked him unconscious.
• The Jashinist Cultists dropped Anya and Conan and fled, while Conan said he had called the Military Police Force.
• Anya asked Yor to train her, and Yor agreed to begin when they got home.
• Conan watched Yor leave and wondered how ordinary she really was.

After Anya was nearly kidnapped, Kabuto Yakushi resolved to find and destroy the Jashinist Cult’s hideout. At the Kumogakure Ninja Academy entrance interviews, A approved of the Forger family’s respect for the village’s history and assigned Aizen to teach the incoming students.

• Anya told Kabuto Yakushi that kidnappers had tried to take her and that Yor had driven them off.
• Kabuto Yakushi suspected the Jashinist Cult and decided to contact his commander for intelligence so he could eliminate the threat.
• Kabuto Yakushi, Yor, and Anya arrived at the Ninja Academy, where Kabuto Yakushi sensed concealed observers and realized the interview had already begun.
• A judged the arriving families from a building overlooking the plaza, rejecting children he considered unruly or timid.
• The Forger family bowed to the past Raikage portraits, earning A’s approval and a check mark in his notebook.
• A asked Aizen to become the incoming students’ homeroom teacher, and Aizen accepted before leaving to prepare for the interviews.

Darui saw that the future Fourth Raikage had lost an arm but remained cheerful about his retirement as a Ninja Academy principal. In the interview, Anya praised Naruto Uzumaki for protecting peace, then faced a pointed question about whether she would sacrifice Kumogakure’s interests for peace.

• Darui noticed the future Fourth Raikage’s metal left arm on the Canopy Screen, and A dismissed the loss as minor compared with surviving the Fourth Shinobi World War.
• A said he looked forward to becoming a Ninja Academy principal after retiring, and Darui agreed that it sounded good.
• Kabuto Yakushi, Yor, and Anya answered the interviewers’ questions about fitting into Kumogakure and raising Anya.
• Anya said she admired Naruto Uzumaki because he protected peace in the Shinobi World, easing Kabuto Yakushi’s worries.
• Tengjiyunwen challenged Anya to choose between peace and Kumogakure’s interests, leaving Kabuto Yakushi and Yor tense as everyone awaited her answer.

Kabuto Yakushi lost his temper after Tengjiyunwen bullied Anya during her Kumogakure Ninja Academy interview. He carried her out with Yor, accepting that the family had failed the interview.

• Tengjiyunwen pressured Anya with a question about putting Kumogakure's interests above peace, and she could not answer.
• Kabuto Yakushi and Aizen asked Tengjiyunwen to give Anya a different question, but he accused them of disloyalty.
• Tengjiyunwen continued mocking Anya until she broke down crying, stirring painful memories of Kabuto Yakushi's childhood in Root.
• Kabuto Yakushi slammed his fist into the table, condemned the academy's treatment of Anya, and carried her out with Yor following.
• Tengjiyunwen declared the family unqualified, while Aizen called for the next interview; Loid held Anya and felt no regret.

After Anya’s Ninja Academy interview went badly, Kabuto reassured her while privately concluding that Operation Owl had failed, and Ino ordered him to wait for further instructions. At the Raikage Building, Ran rallied Yor’s colleagues, who resolved to use their connections to investigate the interviewer and help Anya.

• On the way home, Kabuto comforted Anya and praised her wish for peace, while privately deciding the mission was hopeless and that he needed to get her back to Konoha.
• Anya heard Kabuto’s grim thoughts, shut herself in her room, and refused to watch Spy Bondman.
• Kabuto reported the failed interview to Ino, who told him to stay with Anya and wait for new orders from Konoha.
• Yor told Ran how the interviewer had treated Anya, and Ran grew angry and called on their coworkers to help.
• Yor’s colleagues offered to contact their connections at the Ninja Academy and education department to seek help for Anya.

Yor received support from her colleagues after her child was mistreated during a Kumogakure Ninja Academy interview, while the Canopy Screen provoked reactions from the Raikage and Team 7. The chapter ended with a Sunagakure convoy carrying sand gold traveling through the Land of Fire, its guards unaware of any danger.

• Yor’s colleagues rallied to help her, and Samui allowed them to continue despite the secretary’s concern that they were breaking the rules.
• Fourth Raikage A learned that the interviewer Tengjiyunwen was a Kumogakure Chunin, struggled to justify punishing him, and smashed his desk in anger.
• Naruto Uzumaki condemned Tengjiyunwen after seeing the interview, while Sasuke Uchiha noted that the man was currently in Kumogakure and then withdrew into his thoughts.
• A Sunagakure convoy carrying three carts of sand gold traveled through the Land of Fire as its captain warned the guards to stay alert and the others dismissed his concerns.

Uzuki Yugao slaughtered a Sand Ninja squad with her gravity-defying powers. Meanwhile, Ran Mouri told Yor that Anya was first on the Alternate Admissions List, and Yor returned home to find Kabuto Yakushi reading the Kumogakure Daily.

• Uzuki Yugao ambushed the Sand Ninja squad with falling boulders and killed the Jonin using her unseen force and floating sword.
• Ran Mouri told Yor that Anya was first on the Alternate Admissions List and was nearly guaranteed a place if an opening appeared.
• Yor thanked Ran Mouri and blurted out that she would kill anyone who threatened her, then awkwardly corrected herself.
• Yor returned home and found Kabuto Yakushi sitting on the sofa with the Kumogakure Daily.

After Yor’s coworkers helped Anya move to the top of the Ninja Academy waitlist, the Academy confirmed that she would start next Monday. Kabuto Yakushi planned to let Anya meet Damian naturally, while Anya intended to use her Mind-Reading Technique to help the mission along; Kabuto then left for the Konoha Underground Base.

• Yor told Anya that her coworkers had moved her to the top of the enrollment waitlist, and the family made cakes to thank them.
• The Ninja Academy called to confirm that Anya would officially start at the Kumogakure Ninja Academy next Monday.
• Anya celebrated her acceptance and thought about befriending Damian, while Kabuto Yakushi decided to let their relationship develop naturally.
• Kabuto Yakushi offered to cook Anya a celebratory dinner and asked Yor to stay home with her.
• Kabuto Yakushi used the shopping trip as cover to enter Konoha Underground Base through the hidden door at the flower shop.

Kabuto Yakushi reported that Anya would begin at Kumogakure Ninja Academy, allowing Operation Owl to advance. Watching his future self care for Anya left the young Kabuto questioning whether the spy’s role as her father had become genuine, and the chapter ended with Kabuto and Yor taking Anya to enrollment day.

• Kabuto Yakushi told Ino Yamanaka that Anya would start at Kumogakure Ninja Academy and requested basic information about her classmates to help her fit in.
• Ino Yamanaka agreed to gather what information she could, noting that security around the leadership’s children made detailed profiles difficult to obtain.
• In the underground base, young Kabuto watched his future self comfort and protect Anya, then wondered whether his fatherly behavior was a performance or sincere.
• Kabuto Yakushi and Yor walked Anya into the academy for enrollment day, and Kabuto reminded her to listen to her teacher and get along with her classmates.

Anya tried to befriend Damian, but his followers accused her of being a spy, so she got Mikoto Misaka to defend her. As Teacher Aizen led the class tour, Damian confronted Anya and demanded to know why she had tattled.

• Teacher Aizen called the new students into their classes and began a school tour, while Kabuto reviewed the influential families and abilities of Anya's classmates.
• Anya approached Damian and said she wanted to be his friend and visit his house, but Ewing Ediberg and Emil Ellman accused her of acting suspiciously and being a spy.
• Anya appealed to Mikoto Misaka, who warned Damian not to bully their classmates, though Damian insisted he had done nothing.
• Teacher Aizen resumed the tour and asked Mikoto Misaka to lead the group.
• Damian caught up with Anya during the tour and demanded to know why she had tattled to Mikoto Misaka.

During the Ninja Academy tour, Anya punched Damian after he bullied Conan, then defended her actions as protecting a classmate. Teacher Aizen reported the fight to Kabuto Yakushi and Yor, leaving Anya ashamed and her parents alarmed about the consequences.

• Damian threatened Anya and reached to shove her, so she punched him in the face.
• Ewen and Emile accused Anya, but she told Teacher Aizen she had stood up for Conan, whom Damian had shoved.
• Teacher Aizen accepted Anya’s intentions, said he would inform both families, and continued the tour while Damian glared at Anya.
• Mikoto Misaka praised Anya, while Conan wondered how she had come up with her explanation.
• After the tour, Teacher Aizen told Kabuto Yakushi and Yor that Anya had hit Damian, and both parents panicked about the incident.
• Anya realized how much trouble she had caused and tearfully apologized to her parents.

Darui and Samui discussed how power could change a person after watching a glimpse of their future son’s school trouble. In Konoha, Tsunade told Kakashi that a Sunagakure convoy carrying compensation gold dust had been ambushed in the Land of Fire.

• The Forger family forced smiles for an enrollment photo after Anya punched Damian and Aizen warned them to prepare for consequences.
• Darui laughed at the Canopy Screen and told Samui that children were too unpredictable to make reliable spies.
• Samui questioned whether Darui’s laid-back manner had been an act and wondered how he became a decisive Fifth Raikage.
• Darui said the Raikage’s burdens could change a person, while Samui reflected that power and circumstance could distort the human heart.
• Naruto burst into Tsunade’s office demanding a high-level mission, and Sakura scolded him for barging in.
• Tsunade informed Kakashi that a Sunagakure convoy carrying gold dust owed to Konoha had been ambushed shortly after entering the Land of Fire.