Recaps

Hatake Sakumo’s squad ambushed Kushimaru Kuriarare’s force in a misty stream valley. Shinji and Miwako engaged the Kirigakure fighters, but Kushimaru began weaving a lethal web of chakra-infused steel wires across the battlefield.

• Hizashi spotted Kushimaru Kuriarare’s group resting across the stream valley, and Sakumo assigned the squad to surround and attack them.
• Sakumo struck first, engaging two elite Kirigakure fighters while Shinji and Miwako crossed the stream to attack the others.
• Miwako shattered a Water Dragon Bullet with Monster Strength: Break and fought a Kirigakure jonin, while Shinji killed two chunin with help from Hizashi’s observations.
• Kushimaru Kuriarare moved his hands and spread nearly invisible, chakra-infused steel wires across the battlefield.

Shinji Uchiha helped Miwako disrupt Kushimaru Kuriarare’s wire formation and wounded him, forcing the Kirigakure squad to retreat. Konoha secured a tactical victory, while Kushimaru escaped with Shinji marked as a dangerous opponent.

• Hizashi identified a buried junction in Kushimaru Kuriarare’s wire formation, and Miwako shattered the ground around it to disrupt his control.
• Shinji used the opening to attack Kushimaru, pierced his Water Clone, and cut his real body beneath the ribs.
• Hatake Sakumo and Hizashi joined Shinji as the Kirigakure squad’s position collapsed, and Kushimaru vanished into the mist while the remaining enemy ninja fled.
• Inuzuka Ao reported that one Jonin and two Chunin had escaped and the rest had been captured or defeated.
• Sakumo ordered the squad to gather intelligence and withdraw, while Shinji reflected on his injuries, his progress, and the likelihood of meeting Kushimaru again.

After months of brutal fighting, Shinji and his squad earned a brief rest at the Mist Lotus Castle garrison. Their respite ended with the arrival of Shinku Yuhi and three new genin, including several of Shinji’s former academy classmates.

• Shinji’s squad intercepted a Kirigakure supply convoy and killed a jonin, earning rotation to the rear garrison.
• Shinji rested in the barracks, where Miwako brought grilled beef and Hizashi remained alert even with his eyes closed.
• Shinku Yuhi arrived with newly formed Team Twenty-Seven and asked for Sakumo.
• Miwako explained that Sakumo had gone to headquarters, and Shinku introduced himself and the new genin: Shibi Aburame, Tsume Inuzuka, and Keigo Hyuga.
• Shinku recognized Shinji, Hizashi, and Miwa Kato and praised their reputation at the front.

Shinji reunited with his former classmates, who had been sent to the front after graduating early, and they shared food and conversation in the barracks. When Shibi asked what real combat was like, Shinji warned them that battlefield fights were unpredictable and hesitation could mean death.

• Tsume, Shibi, and Keigo reunited with Shinji, Hizashi, and Miwako at the frontline camp.
• Shinku explained that the village had called up promising students for early graduation because pressure on the front lines was enormous.
• Miwako invited everyone inside and shared food as Tsume recounted stories from their graduation assessment and journey to the front.
• Shibi asked Shinji how battlefield combat differed from training and mission simulations.
• Shinji described the dangers of traps and attacks from any direction, warning that hesitation could leave them dead.

Shinji and his squad shared hard-won battlefield advice with Shinku Yuhi’s inexperienced team, easing their fears and offering practical guidance before they left for their defensive assignment. Afterward, Shinji reflected on how quickly war had changed him and resolved to keep fighting alongside the comrades he trusted.

• Shinji warned Tsume Inuzuka, Shibi Aburame, and Keigo Hyuga about the dangers of battle, while Shinku Yuhi encouraged his team to trust their training and comrades.
• Hizashi cautioned Keigo to use his Byakugan without hesitation, and Miwako lightened the tense mood by sharing Kirigakure candy.
• Shibi discussed reconnaissance and traps with Shinji, while Keigo asked Hizashi for advice on using the Byakugan.
• Shinku thanked Shinji for his guidance and left with his squad to receive their defensive assignment.
• Miwako shared news about Nawaki’s success on the Northwest Front as she and Shinji reflected on their past and the bonds they had gained.

Hatake Sakumo's exhausted White Fang Squad was ambushed in the Shattered Rock Zone by a force of twelve Kirigakure shinobi. Hizashi identified the attackers as including the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, and the squad was left surrounded.

• Hatake Sakumo led Shinji Uchiha, Hizashi Hyuga, and Miwa Kato through the Shattered Rock Zone after their raid on a Kirigakure supply convoy.
• Hizashi found that interference in the area had sharply reduced his Byakugan's range and clarity.
• Shinji sensed hostile watchers in the rocks as the squad grew wary of an impending attack.
• Hizashi detected more than ten attackers emerging from underground and identified the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and their candidates.
• Seven shinobi burst from the ground, including Raiga Kurosuki wielding Kiba and Munashi Jinpachi wielding Shibuki.
• Five more Kirigakure shinobi joined them, encircling Hatake Sakumo's squad with twelve attackers in total.

Hatake Sakumo and his three Genin students were ambushed by Raiga Kurosuki and a dozen Kirigakure enemies on the Broken Coast. Sakumo evaded their opening assault as five opponents pinned him down, while the other five unleashed a lethal barrage at Shinji, Hizashi, and Miwako.

• Raiga Kurosuki revealed that the Kirigakure ninjas had prepared a trap to kill Hatake Sakumo.
• Sakumo ordered Shinji, Hizashi, and Miwako into a defensive formation and prepared to break out.
• Raiga Kurosuki and Munashi Jinpachi attacked Sakumo with lightning and explosive tags, but he dodged through the assault.
• Two reserve Ninja Blade wielders and three Kirigakure Jonin charged Sakumo to keep him from helping his students.
• Five other enemies attacked Shinji, Hizashi, and Miwako with a barrage of elemental ninjutsu, leaving the trio with no apparent way to dodge or block.

Shinji, Miwako, and Hizashi were overwhelmed by the candidates’ coordinated attacks on the Broken Coast. With their defenses broken and all three badly injured, Shinji was left unable to move as a massive blade fell toward his head.

• Miwako raised three earth walls to shield her team, but the candidates’ combined ninjutsu destroyed them one by one.
• Shinji countered the Water Dragon Bite Explosion with Great Dragon Fire Technique, but the clash injured him and failed to stop the remaining attacks.
• A candidate wielding a replica of Nuibari slipped through the steam and stabbed Miwako in the shoulder after Hizashi warned her of the attack.
• The Nuibari candidate prepared a second strike at Miwako’s throat while Hizashi struggled against two opponents and suffered deep wounds.
• A burly candidate wielding a replica Kubikiribōchō overpowered Shinji, smashed him against a reef, and raised his blade to deliver a final blow.

Shinji awakened his Two-Tomoe Sharingan at the brink of death and used it to counterattack the strength-focused Ninja Blade Candidate. He struck the man’s exposed nerve cluster with Fire Release and followed with a lethal slash across his throat.

• The strength-focused Ninja Blade Candidate kicked Hizashi in the chest, gravely wounding him, while Miwako remained pinned down by the Long Blade Candidate.
• Shinji resolved to protect his companions, and his Sharingan awakened into its Two-Tomoe form.
• Shinji used his new perception to evade the descending blade and fire a precise Dragon Fire Technique beneath his opponent’s armpit.
• The flames disrupted the opponent’s nerves and chakra, and Shinji cut across his throat with his Ninja Blade.

Shinji and Miwako killed the Long Blade Candidate after Baicha revealed his weakness, then joined forces to drive back the two remaining enemies threatening Hizashi. The battle remained unresolved, with Shinji, Miwako, and Hizashi badly wounded and the last two attackers considering retreat.

• Shinji used his Two-Tomoe Sharingan and explosive-tag shuriken to interrupt the Long Blade Candidate’s attack on the badly wounded Miwako.
• Baicha revealed the Long Blade Candidate’s injured left knee and unstable landing, allowing Shinji to strike the weakness with Uchiha Style: Grouse Moon Night.
• Miwako followed Shinji’s attack with a Monster Strength punch that shattered the Long Blade Candidate’s spine and killed him.
• Shinji and Miwako rushed to Hizashi, who lay gravely wounded, while struggling with their own injuries and exhaustion.
• Shinji and Miwako worked together to force back the Kirigakure Jonin and the Kabutowari candidate, whose assault faltered after their comrades’ deaths.

Hatake Sakumo fought five Mist shinobi while holding back with an ordinary kunai, then drew White Fang and gravely wounded Munashi Jinpachi with a single strike. Shinji and Miwako disrupted another enemy’s escape, giving Sakumo a chance to pursue him.

• Hatake Sakumo used precise footwork and taijutsu to withstand Raiga Kurosuki, Munashi Jinpachi, and three Kirigakure jonin without drawing White Fang.
• Raiga Kurosuki and Munashi Jinpachi launched Lightning Tiger Massacre and Great Explosion Burial together against Sakumo.
• Sakumo drew White Fang, appeared behind Jinpachi, and cut him so badly that he collapsed near death.
• A remaining Mist ninja tried to escape underground after using Water Shark Bullet Technique to delay Sakumo.
• Shinji attacked the fleeing ninja with Searing Migraine while Miwako trapped the ground beneath him in Swamp of the Underworld, slowing his escape.

Sakumo’s squad defeated the ambushing Kirigakure forces on the shattered coast, though Raiga escaped with Munashi Jinpachi and the survivors were badly wounded. As Sakumo organized their treatment and escape, Shinji and the others faced the aftermath of their first desperate battle as a hardened team.

• Sakumo incapacitated the last Ninja Blade Candidate, while Raiga fled with the gravely wounded Munashi Jinpachi after activating a dangerous lightning technique.
• Sakumo killed the two enemies attacking Hizashi, leaving nine of the twelve attackers dead and the remaining three alive but incapacitated or escaped.
• Shinji collapsed from exhaustion after overusing his Two-Tomoe Sharingan, while Miwako treated the unconscious and gravely wounded Hizashi.
• Sakumo treated Miwako’s wounds, gave Shinji a Ration Pill and water, and ordered them to recover while he gathered supplies and intelligence.
• Sakumo ordered the squad to leave within ten minutes, recognizing that Shinji, Miwako, and Hizashi had endured the battle and fought together as capable ninja.

After surviving the battle in the Shattered Rock Zone, Sakumo and his injured team took shelter in a seaside cave, where Miwako treated Hizashi and the others recovered. Sakumo recognized each teammate’s contribution, and the chapter ended with the survivors’ trust in one another strengthened.

• Miwako used medical chakra to stabilize Hizashi’s fractured chest and damaged organs while Shinji treated his own wounds and Sakumo kept watch.
• Sakumo reviewed how the team had defeated twelve Kirigakure enemies and praised Miwako, Hizashi, and Shinji for their roles.
• Sakumo singled out Shinji’s Two-Tomoe Sharingan awakening and his control of the power as the battle’s turning point.
• Shinji accepted Sakumo’s recognition and resolved to grow stronger and protect his comrades.
• Miwako joked about avoiding another ordeal, and her sincere address to Sakumo reflected the team’s growing trust.

After Hizashi recovered enough to relocate with the squad, he thanked Shinji for saving his life in the Shattered Rock Zone and openly recognized his strength and loyalty. Miwako's teasing affection showed how close the teammates had become, while Shinji faced the task of mastering his newly awakened Two-Tomoe Sharingan.

• Hizashi's condition stabilized, and the squad moved to a better-hidden camp beside a stream.
• Hizashi thanked Shinji for risking his life to save him and expressed sincere respect for him.
• Shinji replied that saving one another was simply part of being a team.
• Miwako playfully praised Shinji, ruffled his hair, and asked intrusive questions about his Two-Tomoe Sharingan until Hizashi interrupted her.
• Shinji recognized that he needed to master his new Sharingan and the responsibilities that came with it.

During the squad’s rest period, Shinji trained to master his Two-Tomoe Sharingan and developed new ways to use Fire Release in combat. He left with a working one-handed Great Fireball and the beginnings of a Fire Release Chakra Blade.

• Shinji practiced activating and controlling his Two-Tomoe Sharingan, learning to read opponents’ chakra flows and anticipate their ninjutsu.
• He repeatedly trained to simplify hand seals for the Great Fireball Technique and eventually cast it using only his left hand.
• Shinji compressed Fire Release chakra into a thin coating along his sword’s edge, creating a stable, heat-distorting blade.
• He tested the blade against a rock and cut a deep, smooth groove into it, then recognized the technique as the start of his own Fire Release Chakra Blade.

Reports of the battle in the Shattered Rock Zone spread through the shinobi world, establishing Hatake Sakumo as a near-Kage-level threat and bringing Shinji Uchiha, Hizashi Hyuga, and Miwa Kato to public attention. The White Fang Squad became a priority target for enemy villages, and its young members faced greater danger as their reputations grew.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Konoha's leaders received the report of Hatake Sakumo's victory over the Mist ambush and the genin's defeat of five Kirigakure jonin.
• Shimura Danzō, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura recognized Sakumo's strength and the extraordinary combat record of Shinji Uchiha, Hizashi Hyuga, and Miwa Kato.
• Konoha's ninja spread rumors of the White Fang Squad's achievements, raising Sakumo's prestige and making the three genin known as prodigies and heroes.
• Kirigakure's leadership classified Sakumo as a near-Kage-level threat and placed Shinji, Hizashi, and Miwa on a priority watch list, with orders to gather intelligence and consider eliminating them.
• The leaders of other major villages made similar assessments, and the White Fang Squad became known across the shinobi world.

Sakumo briefed Shinji, Miwako, and Hizashi on an A-Rank mission to infiltrate and destroy Kirigakure’s Gray Bream Harbor supply point and seize intelligence. Shinji took charge of the operation plan as Sakumo assigned the three youngsters their roles and set a strict fifteen-minute limit for the strike and withdrawal.

• Sakumo explained that Gray Bream Harbor stored vital supplies and strategic sealing scrolls, and described its guards, patrols, alarm barrier, and watchtower defenses.
• Hizashi proposed using his Byakugan to map the harbor, while Shinji offered to find and breach a weakness in the barrier.
• Sakumo rejected a direct attack on the warehouses and ordered Shinji to lead the combat while he monitored nearby patrols as backup.
• Shinji assigned Miwako to silently eliminate the outer patrols and watchtower sentries, and Hizashi to track enemy positions and monitor the Jonin and Communications Room.
• Shinji planned to assault the Command Center for the intelligence scrolls, create chaos, then regroup with Miwako and Hizashi to destroy the warehouses.
• Sakumo warned that the team had no more than fifteen minutes from breaching the barrier to completing the demolition and withdrawing, and all three youngsters accepted the mission.

Shinji, Hizashi, and Miwako infiltrated Gray Bream Harbor by exploiting a weak spot in its barrier, then began silently eliminating its guards. Shinji and Hizashi headed toward the command post while Miwako cleared a patrol, and Shinji took the watchtower.

• Hizashi identified a periodically weakening barrier near a southeastern drain, and Shinji confirmed that three adjacent nodes had to be struck at once.
• Shinji used Fire Release: Phoenix Flower Claw Crimson to disrupt the three nodes, and the squad slipped through the temporary gap into the harbor.
• Hizashi reported the harbor's personnel and patrol routes, and Shinji ordered Miwako to clear the perimeter while he and Hizashi went toward the command post.
• Miwako silently killed two Kirigakure Genin and a Chunin on patrol, then hid their bodies.
• Shinji damaged the watchtower's supports to distract its two sentries, climbed the tower, and killed them both.

Miwako, Shinji, and Hizashi attacked Kirigakure’s harbor, neutralizing its defenses and setting the Harbor District ablaze to draw away the guards. They then stormed the Warehouse District before its defenders could raise a barrier, defeating the remaining resistance and capturing one Genin alive.

• Miwako eliminated the harbor’s sentries and alarms, then burst into the Command Center and broke a Kirigakure Jonin’s arms with a punch.
• Shinji struck the Jonin with fire and a chakra blade while Hizashi incapacitated the Communications Room guard and secured coded records and an emergency transmission scroll.
• On Shinji’s order, Miwako and Shinji set the Harbor District’s ships and supplies ablaze, causing Kirigakure Ninja to scatter in confusion.
• Hizashi reported that four Genin were trying to activate the Warehouse District’s defensive barrier, and Sakumo ordered Shinji and Miwako to stop them.
• Shinji and Miwako overwhelmed the four defenders before they could complete the barrier, and Shinji knocked one unconscious to take prisoner.

Shinji and his squad destroyed Gray Bream Harbor, and Hatake Sakumo formally recommended Shinji for promotion to chunin. Shinji left determined to grow stronger and settle his blood debt.

• Shinji, Miwako, and their teammate planted explosive tags throughout Gray Bream Harbor and escaped as the warehouse and harbor facilities exploded.
• Two days later, news of the White Fang Squad's successful mission spread through Konoha's eastern front camp and raised morale.
• Hatake Sakumo praised Shinji's battlefield performance, leadership, and growth since awakening his Two-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Sakumo recommended Shinji for chunin promotion and warned him that the rank carried greater responsibilities and that his Sharingan might have a hidden cost.
• Shinji thanked Sakumo, then left the tent resolved to keep improving because he still had a blood debt to settle.

Shinji received a solo mission to eliminate Kirigakure troops at the No. 3 Iron Mine as his chunin promotion assessment, while Orochimaru secretly arranged the mission to test his abilities. Shinji reached the mine, spotted its defenses, and began his attack with a powerful Fire Style technique.

• Sakumo gave Shinji command's order to kill Shadow Thorn and his troops alone within twenty-four hours as a field assessment for promotion to chunin.
• Shinji accepted the mission despite suspecting it was a dangerous trial, and Miwako and Hizashi warned him to be careful.
• Orochimaru reviewed Shinji's battle report and ordered a subordinate to observe the mission without intervening unless Shinji was certain to die.
• Shinji surveyed the traps and signs of the enemy's preparations at the No. 3 Iron Mine, then chose a direct assault over stealth.
• Shinji leaped into the mine and unleashed Fire Style: Majestic Destroyer Flame.

Shinji Uchiha overwhelmed a Kirigakure squad, broke its Composite Barrier, and killed its leader, Shadow Sting, before returning with the mission intelligence. His battlefield performance earned him an immediate promotion to Konoha chunin, while Orochimaru became more interested in his abilities.

• Shinji used fire techniques and his Sharingan to defeat Kirigakure ninja, then broke their Composite Barrier and killed Shadow Sting.
• The six surviving Kirigakure ninja surrendered, and Shinji took Shadow Sting's forehead protector and encrypted scroll as proof of the mission's completion.
• Orochimaru heard a report of Shinji's victory and grew intrigued by his talent for seeing through barriers.
• Shinji returned to Konoha's main camp, submitted the mission proof, and underwent a brief medical examination.
• Several days later, Shinji was officially promoted to Konoha chunin and received cheers from Miwako and approval from Hizashi.

After being promoted to chunin, Shinji Uchiha received a letter from Senju Nawaki, who had become a jonin on the Stone Ninja front. Inspired by Nawaki’s progress and the dangers of the war, Shinji devoted his remaining time before an operations meeting to training.

• Miwako delivered a letter from Senju Nawaki to Shinji in his tent.
• Shinji read Nawaki’s news that he had passed the jonin assessment and was serving on the Stone Ninja front.
• Shinji reflected on Nawaki’s survival and the need to grow stronger amid the ongoing war.
• Shinji went to the camp training ground and practiced coating his sword with Fire Release chakra.

After learning of Nawaki’s death, Hatake Sakumo’s squad was ordered to leave the Kirigakure front and reinforce the Land of Wind front. On their way back through the Land of Fire, they fought off a Three-Tails jinchūriki and reached Konohagakure, where they prepared to recover before facing new dangers.

• Shinji, Hizashi, Miwako, and Hatake Sakumo heard that Nawaki had been killed in action and mourned his death.
• Sakumo received orders to redeploy the squad from the Kirigakure front to reinforce the Land of Wind front.
• A Three-Tails jinchūriki attacked the squad, and Sakumo fought him while the others sheltered behind Miwako’s Earth-Style Wall.
• Sakumo wounded the jinchūriki, who fled into the forest, and then led the squad onward.
• After several days of travel, the squad arrived at Konohagakure, where Shinji reflected on their experiences and the challenges ahead.

Shinji returned to Konohagakure and found his mother, Uchiha An, living in a neglected home with a bruised wrist. After she revealed how clan members had exploited and harassed her since his father’s death, Shinji told her to rest and prepared to deal with them.

• Shinji hurried home to see Uchiha An after returning from the battlefield.
• Shinji noticed the house was neglected and found Uchiha An looking haggard and hiding her injured wrist.
• Shinji uncovered bruises on Uchiha An’s wrist and demanded to know what had happened.
• Uchiha An explained that clan officials had withheld her benefits, young clan members had harassed her and tried to take her husband’s Ninja Blade, and an elder had pressured her to sell their home.
• Shinji comforted Uchiha An, told her she was not at fault, and said he would handle the matter.
• Uchiha An grabbed Shinji’s hand and begged him not to act rashly because his opponents had powerful backing.