Chapter Summaries

Hayato Hyuga faced Tetsuya Raikō in the first match of the Chunin Ninja Exams, where Tetsuya taunted him about the Hyuga Branch Family and used Lightning Flash to blind his Byakugan. Hayato regained the advantage by attacking Tetsuya’s acupoints, then considered striking the point near Tetsuya’s heart.

• Madara Uchiha drew the final match number while Hayato Hyuga drew number one, and Hayato was paired against Tetsuya Raikō of Kumogakure.
• Tetsuya taunted Hayato about the Hyuga Branch Family and claimed that the Main Family could control his life regardless of his rank.
• Tetsuya used Lightning Flash to blind Hayato, then knocked him down and nearly crushed him with a stomp.
• Hayato dodged Tetsuya’s attacks and suddenly struck his back, using his Byakugan to paralyze all four of Tetsuya’s limbs.
• Hayato considered striking the acupoint near Tetsuya’s heart to kill him.

Madara Uchiha killed Sandō Raikō with Majestic Destroyer Flame during the final preliminary match, provoking Sandō’s instructor, Arashi Yakō, to attack him. The chapter ended with Madara calmly challenging Arashi as Kazuhiko Sarutobi and Arakawa Kiba moved to intervene.

• Hayato Hyuga defeated Tetsuya Raikō with a feint and a Gentle Fist strike, then cheered against Kumogakure’s contestants.
• Madara Uchiha was paired with Sandō Raikō, who mocked him and threatened to take his eyes.
• Madara Uchiha unleashed Majestic Destroyer Flame as the match began, killing Sandō Raikō in the arena.
• Arashi Yakō accused Madara Uchiha of murder and charged into the arena, while Arakawa Kiba and Kazuhiko Sarutobi confronted him.
• Madara Uchiha asked Arashi Yakō whether he wanted to fight too.

Madara Uchiha intimidated Arashi Yakō into backing down, then agreed to train Hayato Hyuga for the upcoming Chunin finals. After defeating Hayato repeatedly in taijutsu and teaching him the fundamentals, Madara began chakra-control training and planned to teach him Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm.

• Madara Uchiha and the others prepared to fight when Arashi Yakō threatened them, but Fourth Kazekage Rasa intervened and Arashi apologized.
• Hayato Hyuga admitted that Madara was far stronger than he was and asked him for training.
• Madara agreed to teach Hayato, then defeated him repeatedly in a taijutsu sparring match.
• Madara taught Hayato basic force-generating movements and corrected his footwork before Hayato practiced on his own.
• After Hayato mastered the fundamentals, Madara began teaching him chakra control and introduced Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm.

Madara taught Hayato the basics of the Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm, and Hayato trained under him for a month before the Chunin Ninja Exams tournament began. Madara drew Shachuan Mugan in the first match, but Mugan forfeited before they fought.

• Madara explained the Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm and demonstrated a chakra shock wave for Hayato.
• Hayato accepted Madara’s superiority and trained under his guidance for a month.
• Kazuhiko Sarutobi warned his students that exam performance, not just victories, could earn them promotion to Chunin.
• Madara drew the first match and Hayato drew the seventh, leaving Hayato relieved that he would not face Madara.
• Arakawa Kiba announced Madara’s match against Sunagakure’s Shachuan Mugan.
• Shachuan Mugan forfeited rather than fight Madara.

After Madara Uchiha accepted the Hokage’s order to hold back, Kazuhiko promised he would be promoted to chunin regardless of his next match. Hayato Hyuga then faced Sato Ei of Sunagakure, who aimed to restore his village’s pride.

• Spectators and the Daimyo of the Land of Wind protested when Shachuan Mugan forfeited against Madara Uchiha, and the daimyo threatened to cut Sunagakure’s funding.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi explained that Madara was an exceptionally powerful eight-year-old who had accidentally killed a Kumogakure ninja, and promised he would be ordered not to use lethal force.
• After an ANBU delivered Hiruzen’s order through Kazuhiko, Hayato objected, but Madara calmly agreed to hold back.
• Kazuhiko promised Madara that he had passed the chunin exams and would be promoted after the exams ended.
• Hayato Hyuga was matched against Sato Ei of Sunagakure, who vowed to beat him and reclaim his village’s pride.

Hayato Hyuga used Rotation and the Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm to defeat Sato Ei and his puppets, then caught him before he hit the ground. Hayato advanced to the second round, while the Third Hokage approved of his restraint.

• Sato Ei summoned two puppets and attacked Hayato Hyuga with poisoned needles while keeping him at a distance.
• Hayato used Rotation to repel the attacks and smash Sato Ei's Humanoid Puppet, shocking the spectators and Kazuhiko Sarutobi.
• Hayato identified the Chakra Threads connecting Sato Ei to his puppets and severed them with a palm strike.
• Hayato struck Sato Ei's acupoints with the Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm and destroyed both puppets.
• Hayato caught Sato Ei as he fell, and Arakawa Kiba declared Hayato the winner; the Third Hokage nodded in approval.

Sōsuke Aburame lost his match to Kazeya Fūya after secretly following Danzo’s order to let the Sunagakure ninja win. Hayato Hyuga confronted him in anger but forgave him and promised to protect him from suffering the same humiliation again.

• Hayato Hyuga encouraged Sosuke before his match, while Madara Uchiha chose to meditate instead of watching.
• Kazeya Fūya countered Sōsuke Aburame’s insect attacks with Wind Release and sand, forcing Sōsuke to surrender.
• Hayato punched Sōsuke in the viewing gallery and demanded an explanation, while Kazuhiko Sarutobi suspected Danzo had ordered Sōsuke to lose.
• Sōsuke said he had only obeyed orders, and Madara stopped Hayato from striking him again.
• Hayato helped Sōsuke up and promised he would never let him suffer that humiliation again.

Madara Uchiha and Hayato Hyuga were paired in the second round, but Hayato forfeited after realizing he could not match Madara and refused to be used to test his teammate. Madara advanced to the semifinals, where he was matched against Takuma Iwakawa, who dreaded facing him.

• Arakawa Kiba explained that contestants could be paired against their own teammates, and Madara Uchiha and Hayato Hyuga drew each other.
• Hayato Hyuga raised hopes of a dramatic duel but forfeited as soon as Arakawa Kiba started the match.
• The spectators cursed the repeated forfeits, while the Land of Wind's Daimyo angrily questioned Hayato's surrender and the Hokage and Kazekage offered explanations.
• Madara Uchiha praised Hayato for finally becoming smarter, and Hayato happily forgot his disappointment.
• Madara Uchiha, Takuma Iwakawa, Lingchuan Ling, and Kazeya Fūya advanced to the final four, with Madara paired against Takuma and Lingchuan paired against Kazeya.

Madara Uchiha defeated Takuma Iwakawa in the Chunin Ninja Exams semifinals while holding back and demonstrating the Hyuga Clan’s Gentle Fist. Madara advanced to the finals, and Hayato Hyuga learned from watching his combat techniques.

• Takuma Iwakawa nervously asked Madara Uchiha to spare him, and Madara promised not to kill him.
• Takuma attacked with Earth Release: Earth Dragon Bullet, but Madara countered with the Great Fireball Technique.
• Madara caught Takuma’s charge and redirected him into the arena wall with a chakra burst, which Hayato Hyuga recognized as similar to Rotation.
• Madara adopted the Gentle Fist stance and disrupted Takuma’s chakra while stopping him from completing another ninjutsu.
• Madara struck Takuma repeatedly until Takuma surrendered, sending Madara through to the finals and leaving Hayato impressed by what he had learned.

Madara Uchiha defeated Lingchuan Ling in the Chunin Ninja Exams final, then returned to Konoha with his teammates and accepted Hayato Hyuga as his student. On his second day back, Kazuhiko Sarutobi secretly led Madara to meet Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi, who had summoned him.

• Madara Uchiha quickly defeated Lingchuan Ling in the final, and Lingchuan Ling surrendered before Madara's short sword.
• The Third Hokage promoted Madara Uchiha, Hayato Hyuga, and Sōsuke Aburame to chunin, and Hayato knelt before Madara to ask to remain his student.
• Madara Uchiha returned to Konoha, reunited with Sasuke Uchiha, and was interrupted by Kazuhiko Sarutobi, who said Team One urgently needed him.
• After leaving the Uchiha Clan grounds, Kazuhiko Sarutobi revealed that Hiruzen Sarutobi had summoned Madara and led him to a secluded clearing outside Konoha.

Hiruzen Sarutobi questioned Uchiha Itachi about the Uchiha Clan’s tensions with Konoha, and Itachi argued that Uchiha Fugaku still favored peace. Hiruzen agreed to trust Fugaku and asked Itachi to serve as a communication bridge between them, hoping to resolve the conflict and strengthen his position against Danzo.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Uchiha Itachi about the Uchiha Clan’s situation and his father’s position.
• Uchiha Itachi described the clan’s resentment, its Hardliners, and Fugaku’s efforts to maintain peace.
• Uchiha Itachi urged Hiruzen to trust Fugaku and warned that continued suspicion could drive the clan toward rebellion.
• Hiruzen agreed to trust Fugaku and asked Uchiha Itachi to carry messages between them.
• Hiruzen prepared to write Fugaku a letter proposing that they resolve their problems peacefully.

Madara Uchiha persuaded the Third Hokage to open talks with Uchiha Fugaku, then explained to his father why direct contact with Hiruzen Sarutobi could prevent the Uchiha Clan from being pushed toward rebellion. Fugaku agreed to consider the approach, but argued that the clan could seize control of Konoha with a decapitation strike.

• Madara Uchiha declined the Third Hokage’s offer to join ANBU, explaining that remaining an ordinary ninja would help him influence the Uchiha Clan’s Hardliners.
• The Third Hokage praised Madara’s plan for peacefully bringing the Hardliners back into the village and offered to help with his training.
• Madara returned home and gave Uchiha Fugaku the Third Hokage’s confidential letter, angering Fugaku because it revealed that Madara had shared the clan’s internal information.
• Madara told Fugaku that he stood with the Uchiha Clan and argued that direct communication with Hiruzen Sarutobi was necessary to counter Shimura Danzō and Root’s influence.
• Fugaku agreed that Root should not mediate between the clan and Konoha, then claimed the Uchiha could take control through a sudden decapitation strike.

Madara Uchiha convinced Uchiha Fugaku that rebellion or abandoning Konoha would doom the clan, and helped him write a peaceful reply to the Third Hokage. After the Hokage read the letter and grew suspicious of Danzo, Madara faced a challenge from the Hardliners.

• Madara questioned whether the Uchiha could win a rebellion, govern afterward, or survive without Konoha's protection, leaving Fugaku speechless.
• Fugaku abandoned his rebellious intentions and, with Madara's guidance, wrote the Third Hokage a letter offering peaceful cooperation as an equal.
• The Third Hokage read Fugaku's letter, suspected Danzo had falsely accused him, and worried that Root had grown too powerful to control.
• The Hardliners sent Uchiha Kaede, their strongest chunin, to challenge Madara and test whether he supported peace or war.
• Madara accepted Kaede's challenge and led him to the Training Ground where he had arranged to meet Shisui.

Madara Uchiha overwhelmed Uchiha Kaede in a sparring match while Shisui Uchiha helped establish Madara’s reputation among the clan’s hardliners. More than a year later, Team One returned to Konoha and learned that a delegation from Kumogakure, including Raikō Tarō, was coming for a friendly exchange.

• Madara Uchiha tested Shisui Uchiha with Majestic Destroyer Flame, and Shisui and Uchiha Kaede barely countered it together.
• Uchiha Kaede surrendered, and Madara Uchiha invited the Uchiha Clan to challenge him while Shisui declared himself weaker than Madara.
• Shisui Uchiha told Madara Uchiha he was on his side, helping raise Madara’s standing within the clan.
• More than a year later, Team One returned from a mission and found Konoha decorated to welcome visitors from Kumogakure.
• A gate guard told Kazuhiko Sarutobi that the Kumogakure delegation included the respected Raikō Tarō, and Hayato Hyuga asked Madara Uchiha to spar with him.

Madara trained Sasuke alongside Hayato and agreed to help him confront Kumogakure in the future. The chapter revealed that Kumogakure’s leader had tried to abduct Hinata, and Sasuke worried about Hayato as the village faced the visitors’ threats.

• Madara trained Sasuke while Hayato practiced nearby and complained about Kumogakure’s arrogance in Konoha.
• Madara agreed with Hayato’s plan to challenge Kumogakure someday, angered by the village’s humiliation.
• Fugaku returned home and told his family that Raikō Tarō had tried to abduct Hinata but was killed by Hiashi.
• Fugaku explained that Kumogakure demanded Hiashi’s body and threatened to end the alliance and start a war.
• Sasuke asked whether Hayato would be all right.

After the Hyuga Clan sacrificed Hizashi Hyuga to protect Hiashi from Kumogakure, Hayato Hyuga lost faith in the Main Family. Madara Uchiha offered to free Hayato from their control by taking control of his Caged Bird Seal himself.

• Uchiha Fugaku left to organize security as Kumogakure demanded an answer from Konoha.
• Konoha and the Hyuga Clan handed Kumogakure a body identified as Hyuga Hiashi's, but Madara suspected it was actually Hizashi Hyuga's.
• Sasuke gave Madara candy to share with Hayato, who arrived at the Training Ground grieving.
• Hayato told Madara that the Hyuga Main Family had sacrificed Hizashi and said he saw no reason to keep training for them.
• Madara asked Hayato to put his life on the line for him and offered to transfer control of Hayato's Caged Bird Seal from the Main Family to himself.

Madara Uchiha offered Hayato Hyuga justice for Hizashi's death and promised to abolish the Hyuga Main Family's Caged Bird Seal if he became Hokage. Hayato pledged himself to Madara, who replaced the seal in Hayato's brain, and Hayato asked him to help Neji Hyuga as well.

• Madara Uchiha promised to pursue justice for Hizashi Hyuga and free the Hyuga Branch Family from the Caged Bird Seal if Hayato Hyuga served him.
• Hayato Hyuga knelt before Madara, revealed his Caged Bird Seal, and agreed to serve him.
• Madara replaced the seal in Hayato's brain with his own, removing its restrictions on Hayato's Byakugan while warning him not to betray their secret.
• Hayato tested his Byakugan and found that his vision and perception had improved without the seal's restrictions.
• Hayato asked to bring Neji Hyuga to train with him and Sasuke, and requested that Madara help Neji remove his Caged Bird Seal in the future.

Madara Uchiha resolved to unite the Shinobi World by gathering followers and building a lasting path for future generations. At the Uchiha Clan's Training Ground, Neji Hyuga met Sasuke Uchiha, lost to him repeatedly in shuriken practice, and prepared to test his taijutsu.

• Madara Uchiha reflected on his past failure and decided to pursue peace by uniting the world and inspiring successors to follow his path.
• Hayato Hyuga brought Neji Hyuga, who had recently lost his father, to train at the Uchiha Clan's Training Ground.
• Sasuke Uchiha welcomed Neji with candy, but Neji said he had come to get stronger rather than play.
• Hayato Hyuga arranged a shuriken match, and Sasuke repeatedly hit Neji despite Neji's attempts to close the distance.
• After eight defeats, Neji acknowledged Sasuke's skill, and Hayato suggested they compete in taijutsu.

After Sasuke defeated Neji in a spar, Madara judged Neji talented enough to enter the Training Ground. Team One then received an A-rank mission to escort Shinhiko Kōzuki, while Danzo secretly ordered Sōsuke Aburame to kill Shinhiko and his teammate Uchiha Itachi if he got the chance.

• Sasuke defeated Neji in a spar, and Hayato encouraged Neji while explaining Sasuke’s talent and advantages.
• Madara assessed Neji as better than Hayato and accepted him into the Training Ground.
• Kazuhiko Sarutobi briefed Team One on its A-rank mission to escort Shinhiko Kōzuki from the capital to his fief.
• Hayato questioned the mission’s political risks, and Kazuhiko explained that Shinhiko trusted his samurai and might want Konoha shinobi to deter assassins.
• Danzo ordered Sōsuke Aburame to kill Shinhiko and Uchiha Itachi if the opportunity arose, and Sōsuke agreed.

Madara Uchiha met with Hiruzen Sarutobi before departing to protect Shinhiko Kōzuki, explaining why the mission and preventing war mattered. Hiruzen revealed that he hoped Madara might someday reconcile the Uchiha Clan with Konoha, and urged Kazuhiko Sarutobi to keep him safe.

• Madara Uchiha told his family he would be away for half a month, packed, and left with Kazuhiko Sarutobi.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi questioned Madara about Shinhiko Kōzuki and the mission, and Madara argued that war was unwise and that Konoha had to protect its client.
• Madara explained that Shinhiko’s death could provoke the Land of Fire’s Hardliners and bring another war, so he must survive the journey.
• Hiruzen praised Madara after he left, then told Kazuhiko that he hoped Madara could one day become Hokage and reconcile the Uchiha with Konoha.
• Hiruzen warned Kazuhiko that the mission was dangerous and asked him to protect Madara, as Danzo was secretly making plans.