Chapter Summaries

After escaping Hanzō, Yui healed her wound and worked with Xiao You to transfer the poison-filled Cursed Seal from her back to her palm. The transfer left a mouse-shaped mark on her hand, though Yui endured severe pain along the way.

• Yui flew away from Hanzō, reflected that she was still weak, and landed in a tree to heal her back wound.
• Xiao You warned Yui not to undo the seal until the wound healed, since the poison might enter her bloodstream.
• Yui asked to remove the ugly Cursed Seal, and Xiao You offered to shrink it and move it to her palm while adding some of her own poison.
• Xiao You transferred the seal and poison, causing Yui intense pain as the seal moved from her back to her left palm.
• Yui saw a mouse-shaped mark on her palm and glared at Xiao You after the painful transfer.

Yui obtained a detailed map while searching for the Land of Whirlpools, but discovered that the town she entered was deserted. She returned to the shop to ask for directions, startling someone inside.

• Xiao You told Yui how to use the poisonous mist sealed in her mark, and Yui changed out of her poisoned clothes.
• Yui decided to head toward the Land of Whirlpools and spent three days searching for a town where she could buy a map.
• Yui bought a detailed map from a shopkeeper for forty ryo after he repeatedly lowered his own price.
• Yui found the Land of Whirlpools on the map but realized she did not know where she was, then noticed the town's streets were empty.
• Yui used her Byakugan and concluded the residents had moved away, then returned to the shop and heard objects fall inside after she knocked.

Yui learned that the Small Town in the northern Land of Waterfalls had been mostly abandoned and bought an Evil Ghost Mask from the shopkeeper. After spotting Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and their companion, she fled, and they chased after her.

• Yui learned that most Small Town residents had relocated a year earlier, while the shopkeeper stayed behind to sell his merchandise.
• Yui learned that the unnamed town was in the northern part of the Land of Waterfalls.
• Yui bought the Evil Ghost Mask for ten ryo despite the shopkeeper's warning about its legend.
• Yui spotted Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and their companion, then ran away.
• Jiraiya urged Orochimaru to pursue Yui, and the three chased after her.

Yui hid from Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Dan Katō in a shop, but the three tracked her down after Dan sensed her powerful mental energy. When they confronted her, she denied avoiding them and claimed she did not know them.

• Yui returned to the Shopkeeper’s store to hide from the three men pursuing her and worried that Konoha might connect her to Hyuga Feng’s death.
• Dan Katō told Jiraiya and Orochimaru that Yui’s mental energy was unusually strong, so they searched for her together and followed a faint footprint.
• Yui waited in the shop, bought Blank Scrolls, and tried to leave, but she ran into the three men and rushed back inside.
• The Shopkeeper pointed Yui out to Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Dan Katō when they asked about a woman with a black face.
• Yui faced the three men and insisted she had not been avoiding them and did not know them.

Yui paid 800 ryō for a silk kimono, then escaped when Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Dan Katō tried to speak with her. After she flew away, Orochimaru wondered whether her skin and hair colors resembled someone they knew.

• Yui claimed she had returned to the shop to buy something and reluctantly paid 800 ryō for a silk kimono.
• The shopkeeper revealed the black fabric was a finely made kimono, but Yui declined to try it on and left the shop.
• Orochimaru blocked Yui and identified her as a ninja, while Dan Katō and Jiraiya explained that they had been lost for three days and wanted directions.
• Yui told the three to ask the shopkeeper, but Dan Katō stopped her and insisted on talking.
• Yui unleashed a surge of chakra, used Flying Ninjutsu to escape, and left the three wondering whether her appearance seemed familiar.

Orochimaru, Dan Katō, and Jiraiya confirmed that the masked woman they encountered was Yui Hyuga, but chose to continue their mission in the Land of Iron instead of pursuing her. Yui planned a detour toward the Land of Whirlpools and decided to visit the Land of Iron first to repair her damaged Short Sword.

• The Shopkeeper recognized the woman on Orochimaru's scroll as the masked woman he had met, confirming she was Yui Hyuga.
• Dan Katō said hunting rogue ninja was not their mission, and Jiraiya agreed to continue to the Land of Iron after Orochimaru snapped him out of his daydream.
• Yui recalled that Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Dan Katō had recognized her and was glad they had not chased her.
• Xiao You woke inside Yui's sleeve and asked where they were going, and Yui explained that she planned to reach the Land of Whirlpools by detouring around the Land of Fire.
• Yui noticed the notch in her Short Sword from her fight with Hanzō and decided to go to the Land of Iron first to have it repaired.

Yui and Xiao You traveled to the Land of Iron, where Yui entered Iron City under an assumed identity. The chapter left them inside the snowy city, with Xiao You disappointed by the scenery.

• Yui explained that the Land of Iron was a nation of samurai and sped up toward it with Xiao You.
• Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Dan Katō hurried after rogue ninja who had stolen ninja tools, suspecting the thieves were heading toward the Land of Lightning.
• After flying for six hours, Yui ran low on chakra and continued toward the Land of Iron on foot while Xiao You slept in her sleeve.
• Yui reached Iron City and registered as the rogue ninja Xiao You, using the Shape Concealment Technique to alter her face and obtain a seven-day stay permit.
• Xiao You looked around Iron City and complained that it was just white everywhere.

Yui asked Iinaka to repair her chakra-metal blade, Wave Breaker, but learned it would need to be reforged and that there was no metal available to patch it. After she left, Iinaka encountered Mifune, who urgently needed his custom blade to help Konoha retrieve stolen ninja tools.

• Yui entered a ninja tool shop in Iron City and asked Iinaka whether he could repair Wave Breaker.
• Iinaka examined the chakra-metal blade and explained that he could only repair it by reforging it, which would take two months and could not guarantee it would remain the same.
• Yui declined the repair, accepted Iinaka's identity card, and left the shop.
• Iinaka realized he had forgotten to ask Yui's name, but she had already disappeared.
• Mifune asked Iinaka whether his custom blade was ready and explained that he needed it to help Konoha's ninjas recover tools stolen by rogue ninjas.

Yui learned that the stolen ninja tools included chakra-metal weapons and followed Orochimaru, Jiraiya, Dan Katō, and Mifune as they set out to recover them. The group searched the Land of Iron for targets who had reportedly remained inside its borders, while Yui hoped to seize the tools to repair her sword.

• Yui decided to seek information about chakra metal and hid when she saw Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Dan Katō enter Iron City.
• Dan Katō overheard samurai say that many ninja had recently visited Iron City, and Mifune arrived to meet the Konoha group.
• Orochimaru and Dan Katō urged Mifune to begin the mission immediately because the stolen shipment included valuable chakra-metal ninja tools.
• Yui overheard them, hoped to take the chakra-metal tools, and followed the group from a distance while worrying about Dan Katō's Spirit Transformation Technique.
• Orochimaru learned from Mifune that the targets were believed to still be inside the Land of Iron, leaving him, Jiraiya, and Dan Katō uneasy.

Orochimaru followed a deliberately misleading trail while suspecting that some of Mifune’s samurai had betrayed the mission. Yui pursued the group and used her Byakugan to investigate the route, noticing something was wrong.

• Dan Katō found faint wagon tracks east of the group, and Jiraiya led everyone after them.
• Yui reached the crude trail, wondered whether the Rogue Ninja were disguised Kumogakure ninja, and followed the group.
• Orochimaru suspected the tracks had been planted to anticipate their arrival, and Mifune defended his samurai.
• Mifune’s men insisted they were loyal, while the samurai in green armor smiled sinisterly among them.
• Orochimaru told Jiraiya and Dan Katō that some samurai might be suspicious and warned them to prepare for a fight.
• Orochimaru spotted tracks indicating the convoy was nearby, while Yui activated her Byakugan and noticed something was wrong.

Yui followed underground chakra fluctuations toward Orochimaru’s team, hoping to find chakra metal, while Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Dan Katō attacked a convoy of rogue ninja. After the fight, they discovered the wagons were empty and suspected the mission was a trap.

• Yui noticed underground chakra movements and followed them while keeping her distance from the ninja below.
• Orochimaru told Mifune to hold back with his samurai as he, Jiraiya, and Dan Katō approached the convoy.
• Dan Katō used the Spirit Transformation Technique to kill the convoy leader, and the Konoha ninja and Mifune’s samurai fought the remaining rogue ninja.
• Orochimaru defeated several enemies with Hidden Shadow Snake Hands, but he and Dan Katō suspected the weak opponents could not have stolen the shipment.
• Jiraiya reported that the wagons were empty, and Orochimaru warned that the mission could be a trap.

Yui discovered that Iwagakure had staged the theft of Konoha’s ninja tools to frame Kumogakure, and learned that the Tsuchikage was in Iron City. Meanwhile, Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Dan Katō survived an explosive trap that devastated Mifune’s convoy and exposed a suspected spy.

• Yui overheard Red Earth and his men reveal that Iwagakure planned to disguise themselves as Kumogakure ninja and leave a witness to frame them.
• Yui learned that the Tsuchikage was in Iron City and suspected the Land of Iron’s general had joined Iwagakure in stealing Konoha’s tools.
• A wounded black-clad ninja reported that Orochimaru’s group had defeated most of their attackers, and the tall, thin man left to investigate.
• Yui concluded that the tools were elsewhere in the Land of Iron and set off to search for them.
• Orochimaru pulled Jiraiya and Dan Katō clear when the transport wagon exploded, leaving Mifune with only two surviving samurai.
• Orochimaru’s accusation made the green-armored samurai deny being a spy, while the red-armored samurai also protested his innocence.

Mifune confronted Ichirō after a samurai exposed himself as a traitor and took his own life, while Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Dan Katō faced an ambush by Kumogakure shinobi. Dan used the Spirit Transformation Technique to break their Lightning Release formation, leaving the battle ongoing.

• A red-armored samurai committed seppuku, and Mifune realized Ichirō was the traitor.
• Ichirō challenged Mifune, who drew his sword to fight him while Orochimaru watched.
• More than thirty Kumogakure shinobi surrounded Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Dan Katō and unleashed the Falling Thunder Formation.
• Dan Katō entered a meditative state and released his spirit from his body as Jiraiya protected his body with Needle Jizo.
• Dan Katō's spirit possessed the attacking shinobi, causing them to collapse and the Lightning Release formation to fail.

Dan Katō, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru defeated the Kumogakure ninja while Mifune bested Ichirō in their duel. Ichirō revealed that the general and the Land of Earth's Tsuchikage had plotted to seize Konoha's shipment of ninja tools, though he did not know what deal they had made.

• Dan Katō's Spirit Transformation Technique incapacitated the Kumogakure ninja, though one escaped after being struck; Dan returned to his body exhausted and rested with Jiraiya and Orochimaru.
• Mifune defeated Ichirō with an iaido strike after Ichirō hurriedly attacked and left an opening.
• Ichirō failed to kill himself with his broken sword, and Mifune explained that his own conviction came from a desire for peace.
• Ichirō realized his drive to practice swordsmanship had come from Mifune and admitted that the general and the Land of Earth's Tsuchikage had schemed to steal Konoha's shipment of ninja tools.

Ichirō was about to reveal what he knew when Red Earth attacked, forcing Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Dan Katō to prepare for a fight. Meanwhile, Yui figured out that the missing ninja-tool wagons might be hidden underground and descended to investigate.

• Mifune kept the general’s actions from the Konoha ninja and left Orochimaru to question Ichirō.
• Ichirō agreed to tell Orochimaru what he knew, but the ground cracked and Red Earth appeared in his place.
• Red Earth identified himself as a Kumogakure ninja, and Orochimaru told Jiraiya to prepare to fight while Dan Katō rested.
• The Land of Iron’s general met the Tsuchikage, who agreed to fetch the promised chakra metal before leaving by air.
• Yui searched for the transport wagons with her Byakugan, realized Iwagakure might have hidden them underground, and descended to look.

Yui used Mental Power Attachment to locate a hidden transport wagon in the snow and had Xiao You remove the seals covering it. Inside, she found tens of thousands of ninja tools and retrieved a huge crate she believed held the chakra-metal tools she needed, but she was unsure what the talismans on it were.

• Yui scanned the snow with Mental Power Attachment and located the hidden transport wagon.
• Yui uncovered the wagon and found sealing jutsu across its cloth covering.
• Yui asked Xiao You to remove the seals, and Xiao You dissolved them before returning to Yui’s sleeve to sleep.
• Yui removed the cloth and discovered tens of thousands of ninja tools inside the wagon.
• Yui pulled out a huge crate she believed contained chakra-metal ninja tools and wondered what its paper talismans were.

Yui stole ninja tools from an Iwagakure transport cart, but Ōnoki caught her and attacked with Dust Release. A chakra-metal shield blocked the technique long enough for Yui to escape with several weapons, while Ōnoki kept the damaged shield and remembered her masked appearance.

• Yui removed the seals from a box, then packed as many ninja tools from the transport cart as she could into five sealing scrolls.
• Ōnoki arrived as Yui prepared to leave and demanded that she surrender the stolen tools.
• Ōnoki attacked Yui with Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique, and she threw the box in its path.
• The box burst apart, but the chakra-metal shield inside blocked Ōnoki’s Dust Release despite being badly damaged.
• Yui used the Body Flicker Technique to collect the two blades and pair of hammers, then escaped with the ninja tools.
• Ōnoki examined the cracked shield, regretted not chasing Yui sooner, and vowed to remember her black Evil Ghost Mask.

Yui escaped with three sealed ninja tools while Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Dan Katō survived an ambush that killed Red Earth. In Iron City, Ōnoki argued with the Land of Iron general over the missing chakra metal, then learned that Red Earth and the other shinobi had died.

• Yui escaped her pursuers, took three sealed ninja tools, and set off for Iron City.
• Orochimaru realized Red Earth was being used as bait, but an invisible Kumogakure shinobi detonated an explosive tag and killed him.
• Orochimaru stopped Jiraiya from chasing the invisible attacker, and the group decided to return to Iron City for answers.
• Ōnoki offered the Land of Iron general the small amount of chakra metal he had left and said the ninja tool shipment had been stolen.
• The general slapped the iron away, and a tall, thin shinobi arrived to report that Red Earth and the others were dead.

After learning that Red Earth had died, Ōnoki raged over the loss of his right-hand man and ordered a surviving Iwagakure ninja to return for punishment. Yui returned to Iron City to repair her blade and gave Master Iinaka a chakra-metal hammer she claimed she had found on the road.

• The tall, thin man told Ōnoki how Red Earth had died, while the General of the Land of Iron took a piece of iron and left, eager to have a famous blade forged.
• Ōnoki demanded to know why the Konoha ninja had been so powerful, then ordered the tall, thin ninja to return to the village and prepare for punishment.
• Yui entered Iron City, avoided the white-helmeted samurai guard, and went to Master Iinaka's shop.
• Yui showed Master Iinaka three ninja tools and gave him a small hammer made of chakra metal so he could repair her blade.
• Master Iinaka asked where she had gotten the chakra metal, and Yui said she had found it on the road.

Yui agreed to let Iinaka forge her a custom Ninja Blade in exchange for naming it, and he began repairing Wave Breaker. She left the forge and found an inn, while Jiraiya arrived at Iron City carrying Mifune.

• Iinaka confirmed that the chakra metal from Yui's hammer could repair Wave Breaker, but proposed forging her a custom blade instead.
• Yui accepted Iinaka's offer to make the blade without payment if he could name it, and he took the chakra metal into the forge to repair Wave Breaker.
• Iinaka told Yui to return the next morning to collect her repaired blade and assured her the seals would come undone when their targets disappeared.
• Yui left the shop, wandered around Iron City, and found an inn for the night.
• Jiraiya reached Iron City's gates with Mifune over his shoulder and called over two samurai for help.