Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Yufeng defeated Uchiha Homura’s team, took their Heaven Scroll, and joined it with the one recovered from the Amegakure ninja to complete his squad’s scroll set. As Yufeng and his companions headed for their destination, three Sunagakure ninja confronted them, and their leader launched a Wind Release attack.

• Uchiha Homura demanded the squad’s scrolls and challenged Yufeng, whose Water Release overwhelmed Homura and his two teammates.
• Yufeng kicked Homura back and demanded his scroll; Homura surrendered it, and his team retreated.
• Yufeng found a Heaven Scroll on the Amegakure ninja, giving his squad the pair needed to pass the exam.
• Three Sunagakure ninja appeared in the squad’s path, and their leader attacked Yufeng with Wind Release: Wind Cutter Technique.

Uchiha Yufeng defeated the Sunagakure attackers, then discovered that the Uchiha Clan Head had sent a masked team to ensure his death. After killing them, he encountered signs of Orochimaru’s surveillance and returned toward the gathering point, while Maki and two other Sand Shinobi watched him in fear.

• Uchiha Yufeng, Uzuki Yugao, and Yuhi Kurenai killed three Sunagakure ninja and recovered their scrolls.
• Uchiha Yufeng pursued eight masked ninja and killed one before using his Sharingan to learn that the Uchiha Clan Head had ordered them to finish the mission and had controlled the Sunagakure attackers.
• Uchiha Yufeng killed the remaining masked ninja, then washed the blood from his katana and headed back toward his companions.
• Uchiha Yufeng spotted and killed a giant snake, suspecting it belonged to Orochimaru, while sensing hidden observers nearby.
• Maki and two other Sand Shinobi watched Uchiha Yufeng leave and wondered how a Konoha Genin could seem more terrifying than their teacher, Pakura.

Uchiha Yufeng reached the Lighthouse with Yuhi Kurenai and Uzuki Yugao, then left without submitting their scrolls so he could intercept other exam teams. With the deadline nearly over, he was still fighting Uchiha Homura and his teammates.

• Uchiha Yufeng arrived at the Lighthouse with Yuhi Kurenai and Uzuki Yugao, but refused to submit their Heaven and Earth Scrolls until he returned.
• Orochimaru approved Uchiha Yufeng's plan, and Uchiha Yufeng used Body Flicker to leave the Lighthouse while Kurenai and Yugao waited.
• Uchiha Yufeng ambushed Konoha ninjas in the surrounding forest, taking their scrolls and knocking them unconscious.
• Uchiha Yufeng stopped Maki's Sand Shinobi Squad near the Lighthouse, defeated all three, and took their Heaven and Earth Scrolls.
• With ten minutes left, Uchiha Yufeng attacked Uchiha Homura and his two teammates, then launched his Lion's Barrage at Homura.

Uchiha Yufeng, Yuhi Kurenai, and Uzuki Yugao became the only team to pass the second stage of the Chunin Exams after Yufeng stopped every other team from reaching the Lighthouse. Back in Konoha, Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzō argued over recruiting Yufeng, and Hiruzen deferred a decision about his future role.

• With one minute remaining, Uchiha Yufeng returned to the Lighthouse and Kurenai submitted the Heaven and Earth Scrolls for their team.
• Orochimaru revealed that he had watched Yufeng stop every other team from reaching the Lighthouse, then declared the second stage over with Yufeng, Kurenai, and Uzuki Yugao as the only participants to pass.
• Orochimaru ordered the exam staff to search the forest for surviving Genin, while Yufeng and his teammates planned to rest overnight before returning to Konoha.
• After receiving the exam report, Sarutobi Hiruzen learned that Team 1 was the only team to pass and that casualties were fewer than in previous years.
• Shimura Danzō urged Hiruzen to put Yufeng in Root, while Hiruzen rejected both Root and an immediate official Anbu appointment and decided to promote Yufeng to Chunin first.

Uchiha Yufeng and his newly promoted teammates received an A-rank mission to drive Sunagakure ninja from the Land of Fire as tensions rose toward war. Meanwhile, Tsunade won big at a casino but drank in distress, wondering what disaster was coming.

• Uchiha Yufeng, Yuhi Kurenai, and Uzuki Yugao returned to routine D-rank missions after becoming Chunin.
• The Third Hokage assigned the summoned ninja squads an A-rank mission to expel Sunagakure ninja from the Land of Fire, with orders to kill them if they refused to leave.
• Yuhi Shinku worried that war was near and tried to keep Team 1 off the mission, but Uchiha Yufeng and Uzuki Yugao insisted on going.
• Yuhi Shinku told Team 1 to prioritize their safety, and the three prepared to meet him the next day.
• Tsunade won a fortune at a casino, then drank with Shizune and wondered what disaster was coming.

Uchiha Yufeng and his teammates were attacked by Sasori while guarding a remote desert post, and Yufeng fought off his puppets. Sasori fled after sensing reinforcements, leaving Yuhi Shinku to ask Yufeng what had happened.

• After a week without seeing Sand Shinobi, Uchiha Yufeng, Yuhi Kurenai, and Uzuki Yugao spotted a red-haired youth approaching their post.
• The youth, Sasori, collapsed their shed with puppet strings and sent a poison-bladed puppet after them.
• Uchiha Yufeng blasted apart the first puppet with Water Release, then used a substitution to stab Sasori from behind.
• Sasori summoned the Third Kazekage puppet and nine others, but Uchiha Yufeng blocked their weapons and blew away their poisonous mist.
• Sasori detonated his nine puppets and escaped when reinforcements approached.
• Yuhi Shinku and three Jonin from the Yamanaka Clan arrived, and Yuhi Shinku asked Uchiha Yufeng what had happened.

As Konoha prepared for possible war with Sunagakure, Uchiha Yufeng left his patrol to seek reinforcements after a large Sand force approached. He encountered a Sunagakure Jonin squad on the way and killed them all, leaving the attack on Yuhi Shinku’s team unresolved.

• Shimura Danzō urged the Third Hokage to respond to Sunagakure’s incursions, and the Third Hokage summoned Konoha’s Jonin and assigned Danzō to prepare in the Land of Rain while seeking to preserve peace.
• Uchiha Yufeng spotted a force of about thirty Sunagakure Chunin approaching his patrol and warned Yuhi Shinku, who sent him to seek Minato’s reinforcements.
• Yuhi Shinku ordered Akimichi Hikawa and Yamanaka Yuyang to lead teams against the approaching force and promised to protect Yuhi Kurenai and Uzuki Yugao.
• Uchiha Yufeng rushed north and confronted a twenty-man Sunagakure Jonin squad that had infiltrated the Land of Fire.
• Uchiha Yufeng used his Sharingan and Lightning Release techniques to kill the entire Jonin squad, then continued onward.

Sunagakure's leaders concluded that Konoha was responsible for the Kazekage's disappearance and declared war, while Konoha began mobilizing its forces. As Uchiha Yufeng's team prepared to return to the village, he sparred with Uzuki Yugao and disarmed her with ease.

• Sunagakure's leaders learned that iron sand linked to the missing Kazekage had been found in the Land of Fire, and Chiyo suspected someone was trying to provoke a war.
• Chiyo declared that Sunagakure would go to war with Konoha.
• Konoha recalled lower-ranked ninja and redeployed its forces, including Team Shinku, from the border.
• Uchiha Yufeng told Uzuki Yugao that inexperienced Chunin could not remain at the increasingly dangerous border, while Yuhi Kurenai vowed to grow stronger.
• Uzuki Yugao asked Uchiha Yufeng to spar with her, but he swiftly disarmed her and told her to learn to hold her sword first.

Uchiha Yufeng returned to Konoha and agreed to help the Third Hokage search for Tsunade. He went to Uzuki Yugao’s house with her and Yuhi Kurenai, where he turned a meal into a lesson in precise Chakra control and swordsmanship.

• Uchiha Yufeng delivered his mission report, and the Third Hokage asked him to find Tsunade; Yufeng agreed after hearing about Konoha’s need for her medical support.
• Uchiha Yufeng invited Yuhi Kurenai and Uzuki Yugao to Yugao’s house for a meal and made them carry the ingredients he bought.
• Uchiha Yufeng told Uzuki Yugao that practicing precise Chakra control while chopping vegetables could improve her swordsmanship.
• Uzuki Yugao tried the technique before the meal and nearly ruined her cutting board, then pretended nothing had happened.
• Uchiha Yufeng entered the kitchen to cook braised pork ribs and began demonstrating Chakra control with a kitchen knife.

Uchiha Yufeng met Konan and Akatsuki while searching for Tsunade, then asked them to find casinos and watch for Tsunade's gambling party. After Konan agreed, a group of shinobi crossed the border toward Amegakure.

• Uchiha Yufeng searched casinos across the Land of Fire for Tsunade but found no trace of her.
• Uchiha Yufeng met Konan and her Akatsuki shinobi, who were pursuing a Sunagakure squad that had killed one of their members.
• Uchiha Yufeng revealed that he had defeated the five Sunagakure shinobi and offered their forehead protectors as proof.
• Konan agreed to help Uchiha Yufeng locate casinos and look for a woman in her twenties traveling with a young girl and possibly a pig, who always lost at gambling.
• Konan assigned Akatsuki members to gather information while Uchiha Yufeng went to a nearby town to rest.
• A group of shinobi quietly crossed the border and headed toward Amegakure.

Uchiha Yufeng found Tsunade gambling and fleeing debt, then tried to tell her the village faced a crisis. When Tsunade rejected the message from Sarutobi Hiruzen, Yufeng left her a gift and decided not to force her return.

• Uchiha Yufeng found Tsunade and Kato Shizune fleeing a gambling den after refusing to repay a loan.
• Tsunade and Shizune ran more than ten miles before Tsunade spotted Uchiha Yufeng hiding nearby.
• Tsunade teased Uchiha Yufeng about his Chunin vest and his past with Yuhi Kurenai, then took him to a restaurant for a meal.
• Uchiha Yufeng told Tsunade that the village was about to face a major crisis and admitted Sarutobi Hiruzen had sent him.
• Tsunade angrily told Uchiha Yufeng to leave, so he gave Shizune sealed braised pork ribs and slipped away without completing his mission.

Uchiha Yufeng visited Tsunade and Shizune before leaving them money, while Tsunade hinted she might return to Konoha. In Konoha, the Third Hokage held a vote, and the village decided to go to war with Sunagakure.

• Uchiha Yufeng covered the sleeping Tsunade with a blanket, gave Shizune five million, and left after learning Tsunade had been drinking almost every night.
• Tsunade revealed she had been awake during Uchiha Yufeng's visit, took the money, and said she and Shizune would gamble again while leaving her return to Konoha undecided.
• The Third Hokage asked Nara Shikaku to assess the coming conflict, and Nara Shikaku warned that Sunagakure's war declaration was planned and that other villages could exploit the fighting.
• Mitokado Homura warned that Kumogakure was especially likely to take advantage of Konoha's war with Sunagakure, while the Third Hokage cautioned the elders about facing attacks from multiple villages.
• The Third Hokage held a vote, and Konoha's leaders overwhelmingly chose to declare war on Sunagakure and begin assigning war missions.

Uchiha Yufeng reported Tsunade’s refusal to return, then agreed to join Orochimaru’s forces at the front lines against Sunagakure. After returning home, he received a warning from Uchiha Mikoto not to get too close to Orochimaru.

• Uchiha Yufeng told the Third Hokage that Tsunade had no intention of returning to Konoha.
• The Third Hokage put Orochimaru in command of the front-line forces, and Orochimaru asked to bring Uchiha Yufeng along.
• Uchiha Yufeng volunteered to join the deployment, and the Third Hokage approved while ordering Orochimaru to protect him and promising to promote him to Special Jonin.
• Orochimaru said he believed Tsunade would return to Konoha, then left without explaining why he wanted Uchiha Yufeng at the border.
• Uchiha Yufeng returned home, where Uchiha Mikoto brought him sushi and warned him not to get too close to Orochimaru.

Uchiha Mikoto warned Uchiha Yufeng that Orochimaru was implicated in secret experiments on missing children, but Yufeng used Genjutsu to uncover Fugaku’s plan to sacrifice him so Uchiha Shisui would awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan. After Mikoto left, she told Uzumaki Kushina about her strained relationship with Yufeng and feared he was deeply disappointed in her.

• Uchiha Mikoto warned Uchiha Yufeng that Danzo and Orochimaru were suspected of abducting children for secret human experiments and urged him to be wary of Orochimaru.
• Uchiha Yufeng used his Sharingan Genjutsu on Uchiha Mikoto and learned that Fugaku had planned to have him killed during the Chunin Exams to help Uchiha Shisui awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Uchiha Yufeng released Uchiha Mikoto from the Genjutsu, promised to heed her warning about Orochimaru, and let her leave without revealing what he had learned.
• Uchiha Mikoto met Uzumaki Kushina at the Vegetable Market and explained that she had once treated Uchiha Yufeng like a younger brother but had chosen the clan over him.
• Uchiha Mikoto admitted that Uchiha Yufeng already knew what had happened, and she told Uzumaki Kushina she thought he must be very disappointed in her.

Uchiha Yufeng joined Orochimaru’s squad heading out of Konoha and discussed their route and Tsunade’s location with him. After Kakashi shared alarming rumors about Orochimaru, Minato unexpectedly called Orochimaru gentle.

• Uchiha Yufeng reflected on his scheme to widen the rift between Mikoto and Fugaku, then vowed to remember Fugaku’s Chunin Exams plan.
• Orochimaru led a team of about thirty Konoha Ninja out of the village, and Uchiha Yufeng caught up with Kakashi and Namikaze Minato.
• Orochimaru asked Uchiha Yufeng where Tsunade was and whether their route would pass through her town; Uchiha Yufeng said it would not.
• Orochimaru asked what meaning a ninja’s life had, and Uchiha Yufeng answered with the saying about the mantis, cicada, and oriole.
• Kakashi told Uchiha Yufeng rumors that Orochimaru had killed his subordinates to escape a battlefield, while Minato insisted Orochimaru was gentle.

Orochimaru’s squad took shelter from the rain near the Land of Fire border, but an enemy force ambushed them at the caves. Minato used the Flying Thunder God Technique to eliminate the attackers, leaving Yufeng determined to collect Senju Tobirama fragments and learn the technique.

• Orochimaru chose two caves for the squad to shelter in instead of altering the terrain with Earth Release.
• Yufeng and Kakashi shared flatbread in the cave until Yufeng sensed danger and told Kakashi to stop eating.
• A Sensor Ninja reported an enemy squad, and kunai struck as Orochimaru pushed the sensor out of their path and rushed into battle.
• An enemy ninja tried to collapse the cave, but Minato appeared with the Flying Thunder God Technique and killed him.
• Minato and Orochimaru coordinated their attacks, and Minato used marked kunai to eliminate the remaining enemy ninjas.
• Yufeng marveled at Minato’s technique and resolved to collect Senju Tobirama fragments so he could learn the Flying Thunder God.

After Orochimaru asked Uchiha Yufeng to help the overwhelmed medical team, Yufeng treated the wounded with advanced Medical Ninjutsu and surgery. Orochimaru heard of his success and wondered how his skills compared with Tsunade’s.

• Orochimaru brought Uchiha Yufeng to the medical tent and asked him to treat the wounded.
• Uchiha Yufeng used the Mystical Palm Technique to heal a severely wounded ninja in under five minutes.
• When a poisoned ninja needed surgery, Uchiha Yufeng used the Chakra Scalpel and Mystical Palm Technique to repair his ruptured kidney.
• Uchiha Yufeng treated the other severely injured ninjas, earning the medical team’s respect.
• Orochimaru heard what Uchiha Yufeng had done and wondered how his Medical Ninjutsu compared with Tsunade’s.

Uchiha Yufeng treated poisoned Konoha ninja at the border camp before Orochimaru told him Tsunade would arrive and revealed Kumogakure’s role in the war. Orochimaru planned to send Yufeng north with Minato, but a bandaged man warned that Iwagakure and Kirigakure might also enter the conflict.

• Uchiha Yufeng extracted poison from a critically wounded ninja and ordered Yu to treat the remaining patients while he went to see Orochimaru.
• Orochimaru told Uchiha Yufeng that Tsunade would soon arrive, chiefly to weaken Sunagakure’s morale.
• Orochimaru took Uchiha Yufeng to a Root stronghold in Amegakure and showed him a captured Kumogakure spy’s confession implicating Kumogakure in the war.
• Orochimaru said Kumogakure might soon act and ordered Uchiha Yufeng to join Minato on the Northern Battlefield after Tsunade arrived.
• A bandaged man emerged from the darkness and warned Uchiha Yufeng and Orochimaru that Iwagakure and Kirigakure might also enter the war.

Uchiha Yufeng visited Root’s temporary base with Orochimaru, where Danzo offered him support and a promotion recommendation. After Yufeng returned to the medical unit, Danzo and Orochimaru discussed his unusual Water Release, the secret he might be hiding, and whether to test him.

• Orochimaru introduced Uchiha Yufeng to Shimura Danzō, who offered him access to Root’s techniques and promised to recommend him for promotion after the war.
• Orochimaru asked Yufeng to return alone to the main camp, and Yufeng reflected on the suffering of war and his hope for peace.
• Orochimaru told Shimura Danzō that Yufeng had left, and Danzo questioned whether Orochimaru had uncovered the secret behind the Uchiha’s abilities.
• Shimura Danzō said Yufeng’s precise, efficient Water Release reminded him of Senju Tobirama, while Orochimaru wondered whether Yufeng might be Tobirama’s descendant.
• Orochimaru said he lacked enough Kekkei Genkai ninja for his research and suggested turning Yufeng into research material, but Danzo told him to wait until the war ended.
• Danzo told Orochimaru to find a chance to test Yufeng, dismissing the possibility that the unawakened Uchiha could threaten them.

Uchiha Yufeng and Hatake Kakashi learned that Konoha might send inexperienced Chunin to the front as the war escalated. While retreating east after Sunagakure’s Puppet Master attacked their position, Kakashi was confronted over his connection to Konoha’s White Fang.

• Uchiha Yufeng finished treating the wounded and met Hatake Kakashi, who warned him that Konoha might mobilize Chunin to support the war.
• Yufeng worried that Yuhi Kurenai and Uzuki Yugao could be sent into battle, while Kakashi wondered whether the war would eventually force him onto the front lines.
• A messenger told Yufeng and Kakashi to retreat east because a Sunagakure Puppet Master and a group of Jonin were approaching, and Orochimaru would meet them there.
• Yufeng and Kakashi fled east and speculated that their headquarters had been exposed, possibly after a sensory squad was captured.
• A voice challenged Kakashi about Hatake Sakumo, Konoha’s White Fang, and a towering puppet attacked them with two blades.