Chapter Summaries

Toru Kujyo encountered Raiga Kurosuki and Ranmaru in the Land of Rivers, killed Raiga to obtain Lightning Release and Kiba traits, and took his blades and belongings. He left Ranmaru alive and alone at the devastated battlefield.

• Raiga Kurosuki defeated several Land of Rivers ninja with his lightning techniques while Ranmaru detected Toru Kujyo watching them.
• Toru Kujyo identified Raiga and Ranmaru's abilities, then redirected Raiga's lightning attack and knocked both of them down with his powers.
• Toru Kujyo stabbed Raiga with Kiba to test his trait-dropping ability, but the attack produced no result.
• Toru Kujyo killed Raiga with Shinra Tensei and obtained Lightning Release Proficiency and Lightning Blade: Kiba Mastery traits.
• Toru Kujyo searched Raiga's belongings, sealed his corpse and rare ore in a Storage Scroll, and left Ranmaru alive before departing with Kiba.

Toru Kujyo returned to Konoha and celebrated his birthday with Hinata and Hanabi, exchanging gifts with them. After the sisters tried on the sailor outfits he had made, they questioned whether the clothes were practical for going out or fighting.

• Toru Kujyo left a Shadow Clone in a cave to sell useful minerals and destroy the bodies before heading to Konoha with gifts.
• Hinata and Hanabi surprised Toru Kujyo with a birthday cake and presents, including a knitted scarf and a robe.
• Toru Kujyo gave Hinata and Hanabi custom sailor outfits, and they changed into them.
• Toru Kujyo photographed the delighted sisters as they posed in their new outfits.
• Hinata and Hanabi remarked that the outfits seemed too thin and short to wear outside or on missions.

Toru Kujyo celebrated his birthday with Hinata and Hanabi, taking photos and sharing cake before the party turned into a food fight. After seeing the sisters home, he reflected that his reputation in Konoha still limited him, while signs of change began to appear in the village.

• Toru Kujyo and the sisters took playful photos in their new outfits, and he posed in the snowman loungewear and white robe they had given him.
• Toru Kujyo, Hinata, and Hanabi ate strawberry cake and toasted together.
• Hanabi smeared cream on Toru Kujyo, who retaliated, and the three launched into a cake fight that ended with Toru Kujyo victorious.
• Toru Kujyo walked Hinata and Hanabi to the Hyuga residence after they bathed and changed; Hanabi hugged and kissed him, and Hinata wished him a happy birthday.
• Toru Kujyo concluded that his reputation was not yet enough to let him act freely, and a few days later Konoha's atmosphere began to change.

As Konoha prepared for the Chunin Exams, Toru Kujyo and Team 8 agreed to participate. Toru also discussed his ambitions with Sasuke Uchiha, whose revenge goal further strengthened Toru’s connection to a key story character.

• Konoha’s Jonin received a mobilization signal, and Kurenai Yuhi summoned Toru Kujyo to Training Ground Seven.
• Toru Kujyo, Kiba Inuzuka, Shino Aburame, and Hinata Hyuga agreed to take part in the Chunin Exams, which would begin on July 1.
• Hinata Hyuga left to ask her father about Gentle Fist training, while privately hoping to become strong enough to stand beside Toru Kujyo.
• Toru Kujyo and Sasuke Uchiha discussed their goals: Toru sought a way to overcome mortality, and Sasuke vowed to avenge his family.
• A system notification told Toru Kujyo that his connection with Sasuke Uchiha had deepened and increased his projected future point gains.

As Konoha filled with visiting ninja for the Chunin Ninja Exams, Team 8 arrived at the Academy and uncovered a genjutsu meant to test examinees. Hinata stood up to Neji, and the teams proceeded to Classroom 301 to register for the exam.

• Toru Kujyo watched the visiting ninja in Konoha before leading Team 8 to the Academy for the Chunin Ninja Exams.
• Shino Aburame and Hinata Hyuga detected a genjutsu barrier on the second floor, and Toru Kujyo explained that it tested the examinees' perception.
• Neji Hyuga challenged Toru Kujyo and criticized Hinata's choices, but Hinata firmly defended them, leaving Neji to depart with Rock Lee and Tenten.
• Naruto Uzumaki told Toru Kujyo he had improved and would surprise him in the exams, while Sasuke Uchiha headed upstairs.
• Toru Kujyo exposed the genjutsu, and Team 8 and Team 7 reached Classroom 301, submitted their applications, and received seat numbers.

Toru Kujyo deflected Rock Lee’s challenge toward Sasuke Uchiha, who fought Lee in the corridor and copied one of his taijutsu moves with the Sharingan. As Lee prepared to escalate the fight, Might Guy intervened, and Toru recognized the powerful taijutsu master.

• Sasuke Uchiha noticed Sunagakure ninja watching the group, while Toru Kujyo also spotted Rock Lee carrying the Eight Gates’ potential.
• Rock Lee challenged Toru Kujyo, but Toru sent Sasuke to face him instead.
• Rock Lee mistook Sasuke for Toru’s lackey, and Sasuke activated his Sharingan before Lee struck him hard enough to send him into a wall.
• Sasuke used the Sharingan to track Lee’s movements and copied his low kick, knocking Lee off balance and sending him flying.
• Rock Lee prepared to remove the weights on his legs, but Might Guy rushed between the fighters and told Lee not to waste his youthful effort on a meaningless duel.
• Toru Kujyo used his Tenseigan to identify Might Guy as a powerful taijutsu master with partial understanding of the Eight Gates Released Formation.

Toru Kujyo and the other Konoha Genin arrived at the Chunin Ninja Exams, where their instructors explained that the test had begun with the application process. Inside Room 301, the candidates faced a tense atmosphere, and Hinata told Toru that Hanabi had started learning the Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms.

• Might Guy confronted Rock Lee about trying to unlock a forbidden technique before the official matches, but Toru Kujyo reminded him that the first exam was about to begin.
• Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha argued on the way to Room 301 while Hinata Hyuga watched and Toru Kujyo and Shino Aburame walked ahead.
• Kurenai Yuhi and Kakashi Hatake explained to Team 7 and Team 8 that the exam had begun when they received their application forms and that a squad would be disqualified if any member failed to participate.
• Toru Kujyo led Team 8 into Room 301, and Team 7 followed into a room filled with wary candidates from different ninja villages.
• Hinata Hyuga told Toru Kujyo that her father had said Hanabi had begun learning the Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms.

Toru Kujyo and Hinata Hyuga calmly answered Ibiki Morino’s brutal written exam while their teammates and other candidates struggled with the questions and the cheating rules. After many teams were eliminated, Ibiki announced that a wrong answer to the tenth question would permanently bar candidates from taking the Chunin Exams again, leaving everyone to choose whether to continue.

• Ibiki Morino began the written exam, explaining the scoring rules and warning that the tenth question would come after forty-five minutes.
• Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha struggled with the questions, while Toru Kujyo and Hinata Hyuga wrote calmly; Sasuke activated his Sharingan and studied Toru’s writing process.
• Candidates used varied methods to cheat, and the proctors deducted points until candidate number 35 and his teammates were eliminated.
• Toru and Hinata finished early and exchanged coded hand gestures beneath their desk as the exam continued.
• Ibiki ended the first portion and announced that candidates who answered the tenth question incorrectly would lose the right to take the Chunin Exams forever, while those who gave up would be eliminated but could try again next year.

Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha expected to pass the first exam, but Ibiki Morino revealed that it was a test of resolve and trust, and everyone who stayed passed. Mitaraishi Anko announced the second exam in the Forest of Death, while the examinees reunited and argued after leaving the classroom.

• Naruto Uzumaki stayed relaxed as examinees withdrew, while Sasuke Uchiha used his Sharingan and a chakra thread to copy his answers onto Naruto's paper.
• Ibiki Morino announced that everyone who remained had passed, explaining that the exam tested intelligence gathering, decision-making, resolve, and trust in comrades.
• Mitaraishi Anko burst into the classroom and ordered the examinees to meet at Training Ground 44 the next morning for the second exam.
• Ino Yamanaka and Sakura Haruno bickered over Sasuke Uchiha as Shikamaru Nara and Choji Akimichi joined Toru Kujyo's group outside.
• Ino Yamanaka asked Hinata Hyuga how she maintained her figure, then grew dejected when Hinata said she ate a lot.

Toru Kujyo treated Team 7 and Team 10 to a barbecue after the first exam, where the young ninja bonded and took a group photo. The next morning, Hinata woke Toru for the second exam, but he stalled in bed until she kissed him.

• Toru Kujyo invited Team 7 and Team 10 to celebrate passing the first exam with barbecue, and Sasuke Uchiha accepted after Toru teased him.
• Naruto Uzumaki and Choji Akimichi ate competitively while Ino Yamanaka and Sakura Haruno argued over feeding Sasuke.
• Shikamaru Nara, Shino Aburame, and Toru discussed dangerous opponents expected in the second exam, including the Sunagakure boy with the gourd.
• Toru paid the restaurant bill, used a Shadow Clone to take a group photo, and saw the gathering as a circle of promising young ninja forming around him.
• The next morning, Hinata Hyuga woke Toru for the second exam, and he coaxed her into kissing his cheek before getting up.

Toru Kujyo prepared to conceal his Tenseigan before taking Team 8 into the Forest of Death for the second Chunin Exam. As Anko arrived to begin the test, Toru noticed a mysterious red-haired Kusagakure genin watching the Konoha rookies.

• Toru Kujyo put on colored contact lenses to hide his Tenseigan and warned Hinata that the exam might become a fierce battle.
• Toru Kujyo, Hinata, and Shino arrived at the Forest of Death and joined the other Konoha genin teams.
• Minako told Hinata and Sakura that only twelve members of their graduating class had passed their Elite Jonin's test.
• Sasuke confronted Toru, who teased him about brooding over the previous night's dinner-table defeat.
• Toru detected an unusual chakra fluctuation from a red-haired Kusagakure genin and met her gaze.
• Mitaraishi Anko arrived at the exam grounds as the whistle silenced the candidates.

Toru Kujyo, Hinata, and Shino entered the Forest of Death and learned that Gaara was among the candidates. Toru used his Tenseigan to locate Karin and led his teammates to her, where they found her being abused by her Kusagakure teammates.

• Toru Kujyo, Hinata, and Shino signed the death waiver, received an Earth Scroll, and entered the forest at Entrance 8.
• Hinata used her Byakugan to identify nearby squads with Earth Scrolls and sense Gaara's powerful chakra at Entrance 7.
• Toru detected Karin in the forest and told Hinata and Shino that he wanted to recruit her for her Uzumaki bloodline and unusual abilities.
• Shino's kikaichū scouted Karin's squad and found her two Kusagakure teammates bullying her and using her healing ability.
• Toru, Hinata, and Shino approached Karin and saw one of the Grass Ninja seize her arm and bite her so she would heal his injury.

Toru Kujyo and his team rescued Karin from the Grass Ninja who had been exploiting her healing ability. He treated her bite wounds and revealed that they were both members of the Uzumaki Clan, leaving Karin overwhelmed by the discovery that she had family.

• Hinata and Shino Aburame swiftly defeated the two Grass Ninja after Toru Kujyo ordered them to act.
• Hinata saw Karin's bite marks and killed the weakened Grass Ninja when he tried to rise.
• Toru Kujyo reassured Karin and demonstrated that she could transfer her bite wounds to him by biting his arm.
• Karin's wounds began to fade, and Toru Kujyo told her they were both Uzumaki and might be relatives.
• Karin broke down crying with joy and grief, while Shino recalled Toru Kujyo's earlier insight into her abilities.

Toru Kujyo took Karin in after restoring her strength and sent a Shadow Clone to shelter her. He then sent Hinata and Shino toward the Central Tower while setting out to deal with Sasuke Uchiha.

• Shino Aburame recognized Karin as an Uzumaki and noted Toru Kujyo seemed to have a similar sensory ability to the Mind's Eye of the Kagura.
• Toru Kujyo had Karin bite his arm again, replenishing her chakra and healing her remaining wounds.
• Toru Kujyo promised to protect Karin, and Karin agreed to stay with him; he sent a Shadow Clone to take her to a safe hiding place.
• Toru Kujyo gave the team's Earth Scroll to Shino and told Hinata and Shino to head toward the Central Tower without him.
• Toru Kujyo revealed that his next target was Sasuke Uchiha, puzzling Hinata and Shino.

Toru Kujyo left Hinata and Shino to find Sasuke as Orochimaru attacked Team 7 in the Forest of Death. Naruto fought back with hundreds of shadow clones, but Orochimaru sealed his chakra, and Sasuke attacked in anger.

• Toru Kujyo told Hinata and Shino that he needed Sasuke alive and wanted him to grow stronger, then set off to find him.
• Orochimaru revealed himself to Team 7, swallowed their Earth Scroll, and overwhelmed Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, and Sakura Haruno with killing intent.
• Naruto recovered, created hundreds of shadow clones, and attacked Orochimaru with a combined Wind Release: Great Breakthrough.
• Toru Kujyo arrived and declared that he would claim Orochimaru's prey before Orochimaru could.
• Orochimaru used giant snakes to capture Naruto, then struck him with the Five Elements Seal and left him unconscious.
• Sasuke drew shuriken, attached chakra threads, and attacked Orochimaru.

Sasuke and Naruto were trapped by Orochimaru until Toru Kujyo struck him with a devastating punch and freed them. Orochimaru survived and continued to target Sasuke, while Sasuke and Naruto insisted on fighting alongside Toru.

• Sasuke tried to escape with Naruto, but Orochimaru intercepted them after the Five Elements Seal disrupted Naruto’s chakra.
• Sasuke ordered Naruto to flee, but Naruto refused and made two shadow clones to help them fight together.
• Orochimaru trapped Sasuke and Naruto in the Swamp of the Underworld.
• Toru Kujyo appeared and punched Orochimaru through trees and into a distant hill, then pulled Sasuke and Naruto free of the swamp.
• Orochimaru emerged injured, identified Sasuke as his target, and drew Toru’s attention to his interest in the Uchiha bloodline.
• Sasuke and Naruto declared that they could still fight alongside Toru.

Toru Kujyo and Sasuke fought Orochimaru in the Forest of Death, with Toru shielding Sasuke and Naruto from the Sannin’s attacks. Toru’s devastating Gaia Energy Cannon shook the forest, drawing the attention of Anko and the ANBU monitoring the exam.

• Toru Kujyo intercepted Orochimaru as he tried to reach Sasuke, and Sasuke followed up with a Great Dragon Fire Technique that struck an Earth Substitution.
• Orochimaru attacked Sasuke with a giant python and hidden snakes, but Toru Kujyo cut them down with the Wind Cutter Technique.
• Toru Kujyo engulfed Orochimaru in flames and ordered Sasuke to carry the unconscious Naruto to safety.
• Toru Kujyo launched his Gaia Energy Cannon into the flames, causing a huge explosion and a fire vortex that devastated the surrounding forest.
• Mitaraishi Anko and the two ANBU felt the tremor and realized that Orochimaru was fighting someone capable of unleashing immense power.

Toru Kujyo unleashed a devastating Gaia Energy Cannon strike, then teleported Sasuke Uchiha and the unconscious Naruto Uzumaki to safety. Toru confirmed Orochimaru had survived the blast, and Orochimaru regenerated from the ruins, badly injured but alive.

• Toru Kujyo's attack devastated the surrounding forest, while Sasuke shielded Naruto from the blast.
• Toru teleported Sasuke and Naruto away from the explosion to a safer stretch of forest.
• Toru checked Naruto's condition and examined the Five Elements Seal, judging it too risky to undo immediately.
• Sasuke asked whether Orochimaru was dead, and Toru said the Sannin would not be so easily killed.
• Orochimaru regenerated from the scorched ruins, severely burned and drained but still alive.

Orochimaru escaped after Toru Kujyo's powerful attack and resolved to pursue Sasuke Uchiha for his Sharingan. Toru brought Sasuke and Naruto to safety, warned Sasuke that Orochimaru still wanted him, and urged him to use his fear as motivation to grow stronger.

• Orochimaru survived Toru Kujyo's attack, praised his power, and withdrew while deciding to target Sasuke again.
• Mitaraishi Anko sensed Orochimaru's chakra and ordered ANBU to report to the Hokage and send ninjas to the explosion site.
• Toru Kujyo took the unconscious Naruto and shaken Sasuke to a secluded area away from the blast.
• Toru praised Sasuke for risking his life for his comrades, and Sasuke admitted that he felt weak and wanted to become stronger.
• Toru warned Sasuke that Orochimaru coveted his bloodline and would remain a threat even if Sasuke passed the Chunin Ninja Exams.

Toru Kujyo urged Sasuke to seek safety in Central Street after the exam, and Sasuke asked him to teach him after learning the Gaia Energy Cannon was only a byproduct of a greater technique. Toru Kujyo took Sasuke and the unconscious Naruto to the Central Tower, while Anko investigated the devastated forest and wondered who had fought Orochimaru.

• Toru Kujyo proposed that Sasuke move to Central Street after the exam, and Sasuke agreed to the protection plan.
• Sasuke asked about the Gaia Energy Cannon, and Toru Kujyo described it as a half-finished byproduct of a technique that could manifest rules.
• Sasuke pleaded with Toru Kujyo to teach him, but Toru Kujyo prioritized reaching the Central Tower and getting Naruto medical care.
• Toru Kujyo checked that Orochimaru was gone, then led Sasuke and Naruto through the forest toward the tower.
• Anko arrived with ANBU and medical ninja, found the forest devastated, and sensed chakra unlike Orochimaru's or Jiraiya's.
• Toru Kujyo, Sasuke, and Naruto reached the Central Tower before nightfall, and Sasuke thanked Toru Kujyo for saving them.