Chapter Summaries

The Third Hokage rejected Danzo's attempt to recruit Kakashi into Root and began forming a new team to help Kakashi work better with his teammates. He assigned Kakashi, Nohara Rin, and Uchiha Obito to Minato, then hesitated over how to place Uchiha Yufeng.

• Danzo asked the Third Hokage to let Kakashi join Root, but the Third Hokage refused and ordered Danzo not to recruit Ninja Academy students.
• The Third Hokage reviewed Kakashi's record of team conflicts and decided to regroup him with Nohara Rin and Uchiha Obito.
• The Third Hokage assigned Kakashi, Nohara Rin, and Uchiha Obito to Minato.
• The Third Hokage considered assigning Uchiha Yufeng to Tsunade, but hesitated over Yufeng and Tsunade's hemophobia.

Uchiha Yufeng graduated from the Ninja Academy and was assigned to Team 1 with Yuhi Kurenai and the early graduate Uzuki Yugao. Their new instructor arrived and called them out, leaving the team about to begin its first meeting.

• Uchiha Yufeng talked with Yuhi Kurenai about visiting Konoha Orphanage, and they wondered why Uchiha Obito had not arrived for the ceremony.
• The Third Hokage delivered his Will of Fire speech, and the students received their graduation certificates.
• Uzuki Yugao approached Uchiha Yufeng and challenged him to spar after hearing about his taijutsu victory in the practical Ranking Match.
• A Sarutobi Clan ninja assigned Uchiha Yufeng, Yuhi Kurenai, and Uzuki Yugao to Team 1.
• Their instructor appeared at the doorway and called the three to follow him.

Yuhi Shinku tested Uchiha Yufeng, Yuhi Kurenai, and Uzuki Yugao on their first day as a team by challenging them to mark his vest within three minutes. Their coordinated attack succeeded, and Yuhi Shinku declared that they passed.

• Yuhi Shinku led Uchiha Yufeng, Yuhi Kurenai, and Uzuki Yugao into the forest and had each introduce themselves and their goals.
• Yuhi Shinku set a three-minute test in which the genin had to mark his clothes with Red Ink Pads while avoiding capture.
• Uzuki Yugao attacked Yuhi Shinku, but he evaded her with a substitution and nearly caught her before Uchiha Yufeng intervened.
• Uchiha Yufeng and Yuhi Kurenai coordinated their attacks, using kunai, Transparent Thread, and Genjutsu to create an opening for Yugao.
• Uchiha Yufeng redirected a final kunai to mark Yuhi Shinku's vest, and Yuhi Shinku announced that the team had passed.

Uchiha Fugaku rejected Elder Uchiha Fusan’s demand to punish Uchiha Yufeng, then revealed he wanted Shisui to awaken a legendary Sharingan power. After Yufeng joined Orochimaru at his laboratory, the chapter left their meeting about to begin.

• Elder Uchiha Fusan demanded that Uchiha Yufeng be seized after he defeated Uchiha Homura, but Uchiha Fugaku used his Sharingan to silence him and sent him away.
• Uchiha Fugaku told Uchiha Mikoto that he was counting on Shisui’s talent to awaken a legendary power beyond the Three-Tomoe Sharingan, and Mikoto reacted with horror as she understood his implication.
• Yuhi Shinku treated Uchiha Yufeng, Yuhi Kurenai, and their teammate to ramen and praised Yufeng’s tactics and reliability.
• Orochimaru invited Uchiha Yufeng to his laboratory, and Yufeng accepted after checking with Yuhi Shinku.

Orochimaru summoned Uchiha Yufeng to his laboratory and asked him to obtain a blood sample from Tsunade before she left Konoha. Yufeng refused and escaped Orochimaru’s attack without revealing his full strength, then went to a dango shop and asked the system to advance the Yakushi Kabuto card.

• Orochimaru brought Uchiha Yufeng to his laboratory, where Mitarashi Anko greeted them and served Yufeng tea.
• Orochimaru asked Yufeng whether Tsunade was about to leave Konoha, and Yufeng confirmed she would probably depart within days.
• Orochimaru asked Yufeng to obtain a sample of Tsunade’s blood, but Yufeng refused because Tsunade had treated him well.
• Orochimaru attacked Yufeng with snakes, but Yufeng used the Substitution Technique and cut down snakes that tried to ambush him.
• Yufeng left the laboratory, went to a dango shop, and told the system to advance the Yakushi Kabuto card.

Uchiha Yufeng upgraded Yakushi Kabuto’s card and drew Young Senju Tobirama and an Advancement Card, then absorbed the abilities of Tobirama and Shippuden Kabuto. He used the Advancement Card on Second Pillar (Shippuden), choosing to pursue the Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Uchiha Yufeng upgraded Yakushi Kabuto’s card into Yakushi Kabuto (Shippuden) and received ten card draws.
• Uchiha Yufeng drew Young Senju Tobirama and a Golden Advancement Card among his rewards.
• Uchiha Yufeng used the Young Senju Tobirama and Yakushi Kabuto (Shippuden) cards, gaining their memories, ninjutsu, experience, and Chakra.
• Uchiha Yufeng learned the Advancement Card could not advance Young Senju Tobirama because that card reached its final form after one advancement.
• Uchiha Yufeng chose to advance Second Pillar (Shippuden) toward Second Pillar (Mangekyō Sharingan).

Yufeng met Anko at a dango shop, where she asked him to teach her taijutsu, then returned home and found Shisui waiting. The Clan Head summoned the two brothers for a meal, leaving Yufeng wondering what Fugaku intended.

• Yufeng ran into Anko at the dango shop, and she remarked that he seemed more handsome lately.
• Anko asked Yufeng to teach her taijutsu, but he suggested she train with Might Guy; she left promising to beat him once she got stronger.
• Yufeng returned to the Uchiha Clan Compound and found Shisui waiting after completing a month of lessons early.
• An Uchiha clansman summoned Yufeng and Shisui to meet the Clan Head, and Shisui explained that Fugaku had previously invited them to dinner.
• Yufeng and Shisui set off for Fugaku's home, while Yufeng wondered what the Clan Head was planning.

Uchiha Yufeng accepted ninjutsu scrolls from Fugaku while Mikoto worried about Fugaku’s plan to sacrifice Yufeng for the clan. Back home, Yufeng warned Shisui to conceal his strength and revealed that he had secretly mastered genjutsu.

• Fugaku urged Yufeng to train hard and gave him a box of Uchiha ninjutsu scrolls, saying Shisui would need his older brother’s support.
• Mikoto questioned Fugaku’s plan to sacrifice Yufeng, and Fugaku said he would act after Shisui awakened and stabilized his Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Yufeng and Shisui returned home, where Yufeng told Shisui to hide his strength and lie low.
• Shisui said he had already learned the techniques in the scrolls, and Yufeng realized Fugaku had used the gift to make him owe a favor.
• Yufeng used genjutsu to stop Shisui’s Body Flicker and warned him never to trust anyone, except his brother.

Team 1 accepted and completed ten D-rank missions on its first day, while Uchiha Yufeng learned that Tsunade planned to leave Konoha with Shizune. Tsunade gave Yufeng advanced Medical Ninjutsu scrolls and said she would travel the Ninja World to gamble.

• Yuhi Shinku explained that Team 1 could only take D-rank missions, then learned that Uchiha Obito had already accepted nineteen.
• Uzuki Yugao urged Team 1 to take all ten remaining missions, and Yuhi Kurenai and Uchiha Yufeng agreed.
• Team 1 accepted the ten missions and spent the day catching cats, finding dogs, watching children, and doing other chores.
• Yuhi Shinku told Uchiha Yufeng that Tsunade wanted to see him at Konoha Hospital, where she announced she would leave Konoha with Shizune soon.
• Tsunade handed Uchiha Yufeng scrolls of advanced Medical Ninjutsu and said she would travel across the Ninja World to gamble.

Uchiha Yufeng planned to gather more young Senju Tobirama fragments while keeping his distance from Orochimaru only cautiously, then completed a D-rank mission with his team. When Namikaze Minato asked whether he would enter the upcoming Chunin Exams, Yufeng said he wanted to avoid them because people died there.

• Uchiha Yufeng decided to focus on collecting young Senju Tobirama fragments from Tsunade, Danzo, and Sarutobi Hiruzen while continuing to seek fragments from Orochimaru.
• Uchiha Yufeng reviewed how his separate Sasuke cards preserved their abilities and then went to sleep.
• Yuhi Shinku assigned his team its remaining D-rank missions, and Uchiha Yufeng quickly completed a cat-catching mission.
• Uchiha Yufeng encountered Namikaze Minato's team and laughed when Uchiha Obito gave the same excuse about helping an old lady that Yufeng had used earlier.
• Namikaze Minato asked whether Uchiha Yufeng would participate in the Chunin Exams in two months, and Yufeng said he wanted to avoid them because people died there.

Uchiha Yufeng worried that the approaching Chunin Exams would expose him to spies, Danzo, and the risk of being targeted for his Sharingan. After comparing their progress with another newly graduated team, Team Shinku accepted a C-rank mission and left Konoha to pursue bandits near the Land of Early and Land of Rain border.

• Uchiha Yufeng considered the dangers of the upcoming Chunin Exams, including enemy spies and Danzo's interest in the Sharingan.
• Yuhi Kurenai and Uzuki Yugao returned from their mission, and Yuhi Shinku told them that Uchiha Homura's team had completed a B-rank mission.
• Yuhi Shinku explained that Genin could not accept B-rank missions and advised the team to practice with a C-rank mission.
• Uchiha Yufeng joked that eye drops might awaken his Sharingan, prompting Yuhi Kurenai to offer to help before Yuhi Shinku led them to the mission office.
• Yuhi Shinku assigned Team Shinku a C-rank mission to stop ruthless bandits near the Land of Early and Land of Rain border, and the team left the village.

Team 1 reached the Land of Early and set out to eliminate a bandit group, with Uchiha Yufeng leading the mission’s scouting and preparations. He sent Yuhi Kurenai and Uzuki Yugao to attack from separate routes while he stayed behind as medical support, then dispatched two Shadow Clones after them.

• Yuhi Shinku left the three genin to carry out the bandit extermination mission on their own.
• Uchiha Yufeng reviewed the intelligence about the twenty-nine bandits and led Yuhi Kurenai and Uzuki Yugao in scouting the mountain.
• Uchiha Yufeng used snakes to discover that the bandits had moved to a nearby mountain, and Kurenai and Yugao found signs of their abandoned camp.
• Uchiha Yufeng handed Kurenai and Yugao weapons and supplies, including a Kusanagi Sword for Yugao, and explained that he would support them as a Medical Ninja.
• Uzuki Yugao and Yuhi Kurenai charged up separate paths toward the bandits, while Uchiha Yufeng created two Shadow Clones to follow them.

Uchiha Yufeng and the two girls completed their mission against the bandits and encountered Konan and a group from Amegakure searching for the same bandits. After they returned to town, several figures chased one another across an inn rooftop and threw Kunai at them.

• Uchiha Yufeng praised Uzuki Yugao and Yuhi Kurenai for completing the bandit mission, and Yuhi Kurenai resolved to put missions first.
• Uchiha Yufeng met Konan of Amegakure, confirmed that both groups were searching for the same bandits, and agreed to accompany her group up the mountain.
• Konan and her group searched the mountain for tokens belonging to the bandits' victims, then left after thanking Uchiha Yufeng's team.
• Yuhi Kurenai told Yuhi Shinku about the Amegakure group's visit, and he decided to report it to Lord Hokage.
• At the inn, Yuhi Shinku and Uchiha Yufeng noticed figures chasing one another across the rooftop, and three Kunai flew toward Uchiha Yufeng, Uzuki Yugao, and Yuhi Kurenai.

Uchiha Yufeng and Team 1 survived an ambush by Sunagakure ninjas and returned to Konoha, where Uchiha Mikoto asked him to enter the Chunin Exams on Uchiha Fugaku’s behalf. Yufeng agreed while privately plotting to exploit Mikoto’s guilt, but a masked ninja arrived with a summons from the Hokage.

• Uchiha Yufeng rescued Yuhi Kurenai and Uzuki Yugao from an ambush, and Yuhi Shinku helped kill the attackers.
• Yuhi Shinku warned the team about the dangers of the Ninja World, then led them back to Konoha through the night.
• Uchiha Mikoto visited Uchiha Yufeng and relayed Uchiha Fugaku’s request that he participate in the upcoming Chunin Exams.
• Uchiha Mikoto invoked Shisui’s Two-Tomoe Sharingan to persuade Yufeng, who agreed to try the exams while hiding his own scheme.
• A ninja in a fox mask arrived at Uchiha Yufeng’s home and summoned him to the Hokage.

Uchiha Yufeng was appointed an Anbu candidate and prepared to begin training, while Uchiha Fugaku plotted to exploit the Chunin Exams to target Konoha's new Genin. The chapter ended with Fugaku ordering Shisui's training accelerated and Uchiha Mikoto quietly sitting with Itachi.

• The Third Hokage praised Uchiha Yufeng's actions and gave him an Anbu candidate notice, instructing him to report the next day.
• Yuhi Shinku explained that Yufeng would train in the Anbu rather than join it officially, and urged him to grow stronger before war broke out.
• Yufeng learned that Anbu candidates received mission pay, free ninja tools, and access to most techniques below B-rank, then went home to sleep.
• Uchiha Fugaku told his subordinates to wait until the Chunin Exams and suggested that Sunagakure spies could be used to target Konoha's new Genin.
• Fugaku ordered Shisui's training accelerated so he could reach and stabilize the Three-Tomoe Sharingan within two months.
• Uchiha Mikoto sat quietly with Uchiha Itachi and sighed.

Uchiha Yufeng joined the Anbu as a reserve member under the codename Kaze and accepted a mission to escort Tsunade. As Tsunade and Shizune left Konoha, Tsunade revealed she knew his identity and told him to keep practicing Medical Ninjutsu.

• Uchiha Yufeng registered as a reserve Anbu member, received locker 29 and a fox-shaped mask, and chose a mission related to Tsunade.
• Uchiha Yufeng met Tsunade and Shizune outside Konoha Hospital and took Shizune's suitcase while escorting them out of Konoha.
• Tsunade quizzed Shizune on Medical Ninjutsu and reviewed techniques and details with her as they traveled.
• Tsunade told Uchiha Yufeng to tell the Third Hokage not to disturb her and to remind Uchiha Yufeng to practice Medical Ninjutsu.
• Uchiha Yufeng removed his mask and thanked Tsunade for her instruction, and Tsunade departed with Shizune after calling him an annoying brat.

Uchiha Yufeng reported to the Third Hokage, then took a covert patrol mission at Konoha Hospital and stopped an apparent spy from attacking Uchiha Obito. The incident revealed Yufeng's Anbu identity to his old acquaintances, who recognized his voice but did not know who he was.

• Uchiha Yufeng reported Tsunade's final message to the Third Hokage and received a Senju Tobirama (Youth) Fragment.
• Uchiha Yufeng accepted a secret patrol mission near Konoha Hospital and watched the area from a concealed position.
• Yuhi Kurenai, Uzuki Yugao, and Yuhi Shinku discussed Yufeng's absence from their team, while Kurenai learned from Nohara Rin that Yufeng had joined the Anbu.
• A disguised attacker tried to stab Uchiha Obito, but Uchiha Yufeng struck the assailant's wrist with a Shuriken and captured another disguised ninja.
• Uchiha Yufeng took the suspect to the Anbu Interrogation Division as Yuhi Shinku approved of his actions and Nohara Rin and Kakashi wondered why his voice seemed familiar.

Uchiha Yufeng was ordered to leave the Anbu and join the upcoming Chunin Exams to protect Konoha’s Genin. After Yufeng departed, the Third Hokage learned from Shimura Danzō that Sunagakure’s Kazekage had disappeared, and asserted his authority as Hokage.

• The Third Hokage ordered Anbu to strengthen covert patrols and inspect training grounds ahead of the Chunin Exams.
• The Third Hokage told Uchiha Yufeng to end his Anbu work and participate in the Chunin Exams to protect Konoha’s Genin.
• Uchiha Yufeng accepted the assignment and left the Third Hokage’s office to hand over his duties.
• Shimura Danzō emerged from the shadows and told the Third Hokage that Sunagakure’s Kazekage had disappeared, likely dead.
• The Third Hokage interrupted Shimura Danzō’s proposal to exploit the situation and reminded him, “Danzo, I am the Hokage!”

Team 1 took the first round of the Chunin Exams, where Uchiha Yufeng disrupted Uchiha Homura’s cheating and helped Uzuki Yugao through the written test. Orochimaru announced that he would oversee the second round at Training Ground No. 38 and warned that people would die.

• Uchiha Yufeng, Yuhi Kurenai, and Uzuki Yugao arrived for the Chunin Exams, where Uchiha Homura taunted Yufeng and Uchiha Obito reminded the room that Homura had lost to him.
• Yamanaka Inoichi began the written exam and warned the Genin that fighting without permission would mean disqualification.
• Uchiha Yufeng noticed Uchiha Homura using his Sharingan to copy his work, so he drew misleading pictures on his paper until Homura stopped watching him.
• Uchiha Yufeng used Genjutsu to help Uzuki Yugao memorize several questions, then slept while many other contestants were disqualified for cheating or withdrew.
• Orochimaru appeared as the second-round examiner, named Training Ground No. 38 as the test site, and warned the Genin that people would die.

Uchiha Yufeng, Yuhi Kurenai, and Uzuki Yugao entered the Forest of Death for the second exam, where Orochimaru watched Yufeng with suspicious interest. After defeating an Amegakure team, Yufeng sensed more attackers and heard someone declare that they had finally caught him.

• Orochimaru explained the scroll-and-Lighthouse rules for the second exam, then opened Training Ground 38 as the Genin teams rushed inside.
• Uchiha Yufeng, Yuhi Kurenai, and Uzuki Yugao hid from a Sunagakure team, killed a crimson python, and moved deeper into the forest.
• Bloodsucking Leeches killed a Takigakure team, whose corpses a giant snake swallowed as Orochimaru wondered whether experimental material had entered his trap.
• Three Amegakure ninjas attacked Yufeng and his teammates; Kurenai and Yugao incapacitated two, while Yufeng killed the gas-masked leader and finished off the others.
• Yufeng knocked aside a volley of incoming Kunai, then heard an unseen enemy say they had finally caught him.