Chapter Summaries

Sasuke and Kakashi stopped two attackers who ambushed Tazuna, then Tazuna admitted that Gato wanted him dead for building a bridge and that the mission was more dangerous than he had claimed. Naruto insisted the group continue, and as Kakashi assigned new lookout positions, mist rolled in from the woods.

• A chain-wielding attacker sprang from a puddle toward Tazuna, but Sasuke pinned one brother to a tree and Kakashi captured the other.
• Kakashi tied up the brothers and asked who had hired them, but they refused to answer.
• Tazuna revealed that Gato was targeting him because his bridge would undermine Gato’s control of coastal trade, and admitted that the escort mission had been misrepresented.
• Kakashi said the team had to withdraw under the rules, but Naruto declared they would not abandon Tazuna, and Sasuke, Sakura, and Kiyoshi stayed with him.
• Kakashi assigned new lookout positions as mist spread from the woods, and Kiyoshi marked the mist as the first sign of danger.

Team 7 escorted Tazuna across the foggy sea to the Land of Waves, where Kiyoshi noticed signs that armed strangers were investigating freight traffic before the bridge was finished. They reached Tazuna’s village, and Inari appeared, leaving the team facing the wary child.

• Kakashi inspected the ferry before the team boarded, and the group crossed beneath the unfinished bridge through thick sea fog.
• Naruto vomited during the crossing, then declared he would beat Gato, prompting Tazuna’s first brief laugh of the journey.
• The boatman told Kiyoshi that armed strangers had been asking about boats and freight since early spring, and Kiyoshi recognized the details from his booklet.
• Kakashi warned the team that the mission was no longer C-rank, and Kiyoshi began tracking the dock, ferry crossing, and bridge as key positions.
• Tsunami thanked the group at the village entrance and led them to Tazuna’s home, while fishing children followed the ninja.
• Inari counted the team members, then went inside and slammed the door when Naruto tried to speak.

Kiyoshi and Team 7 found the bridge work halted by Gato Trading Company's order, while Tazuna prepared to resume work and the village struggled with hunger and fear. Kiyoshi organized a night watch and recorded the bridge, ronin, and an unresolved plan to wait for mist as Tazuna prepared to work on the fourth level the next day.

• Team 7 passed the half-closed market and found Tazuna delaying his return to the bridge by cleaning and arranging his tools.
• At the bridgehead, the team found Gato Trading Company's stop-work order, two armed ronin, and untouched scaffolding; Kakashi assigned watches and ordered the four kids to accompany Tazuna onto the bridge.
• Kiyoshi shared his rations with village children, and Inari accused him of playing the good guy.
• At dinner, Inari warned Naruto that he would die like the man who had died, leaving the family and team silent.
• Kiyoshi recorded the stop-work order, boat inquiries, guard assignments, and ronin in his notebook, added “Wait for mist,” and circled the fourth level where Tazuna would work tomorrow.

Zabuza Momochi ambushed the group on the bridge, trapping Kakashi in a Water Prison Technique while his water clone threatened the workers and Tazuna. Kiyoshi protected Tazuna as Naruto and Sasuke waited for an opening, and the chapter ended with Zabuza testing the strength of their bonds with another attack.

• Tazuna led the group across the bridge as Kiyoshi noticed signs of preparation and an uneasy shift in the surroundings.
• Zabuza Momochi emerged from the mist, demanded a price for Tazuna's life, and attacked the guards with a Water Dragon Bullet.
• Kiyoshi pulled Tazuna behind the railing and shielded him from the spray and flying splinters.
• Zabuza trapped Kakashi in a Water Prison Technique and sent a water clone toward the workers.
• Kiyoshi kept Tazuna protected and drew Sakura behind him while Naruto and Sasuke watched Kakashi's prison.
• Zabuza spoke of testing their bonds, then sent a flash of steel sideways out of the mist.

Naruto and Sasuke helped Kakashi defeat Zabuza on the bridge, but a masked hunter-nin took Zabuza’s body away after apparently killing him with needles that avoided vital organs. Kakashi recognized the deception and told Kiyoshi to keep quiet; as Kakashi lay feverish and unconscious, Kiyoshi planned for Zabuza’s return within a week.

• Naruto transformed into a Fūma Shuriken and helped force Zabuza to release Kakashi from the water prison.
• Kakashi countered Zabuza’s Water Dragon Bullet and restrained him, but two needles struck Zabuza before Kakashi could act further.
• A masked hunter-nin identified himself as being from Kirigakure, took Zabuza and his great sword, and left; Kiyoshi noticed the needles had missed Zabuza’s vital vessels.
• Kakashi collapsed from exhaustion, and Kiyoshi and Sasuke carried him back to the village while Kakashi asked Kiyoshi whether he had seen the needle marks.
• Kiyoshi agreed to keep the needle marks secret and planned the team’s schedule around Zabuza returning within a week.
• Kakashi later started to ask Kiyoshi about the hunter’s needles before losing consciousness again, while Naruto waited anxiously outside.

After Kakashi warned that two enemies would return in about a week, his students began tree-climbing training to improve their chakra control. Kiyoshi quietly demonstrated his skill at night and planned his next steps, while Naruto and Sasuke kept training until they reached the treetops together at dusk.

• Kakashi told his students that the surviving enemy would return with another fighter in about a week and assigned them tree-climbing practice.
• Sakura climbed her tree on the first try, while Naruto, Sasuke, and Kiyoshi struggled; Kiyoshi deliberately climbed slowly and Sakura noticed.
• Naruto and Sasuke practiced until dark, repeatedly falling and climbing again, while Sakura watched them.
• Kiyoshi climbed to the treetop alone at night, confirmed his sticking power remained, erased his tracks, and updated his plans.
• The next day, Naruto caught Inari watching the training and told him to come back tomorrow; Kakashi watched from the courtyard window.
• Naruto and Sasuke mastered the two trees and reached their tops together at dusk, each tugging at the other.

After hearing about Kaiza’s death and Inari’s loss of hope, Naruto practiced alone by the river while Kiyoshi recognized Haku across the water and continued his patrol. Kiyoshi recorded what he knew, escorted Inari home, and later watched a force of boats land at the bridgehead without raising an alarm.

• Tsunami treated Naruto’s scraped hands and told him how Kaiza had protected Inari before the bridge occupiers killed him.
• Naruto left the house and practiced crossing the river, where Kiyoshi recognized Haku on the opposite bank.
• Kiyoshi saw Kakashi unwrap and rewrap his bandages, then heard him announce that training would be doubled.
• Kiyoshi found Inari beneath the bridge and escorted him home, where Tsunami told Kakashi that the children were ready to talk to him.
• Kiyoshi recorded Haku’s presence and the ronin’s approach in his Transcription Notebook, planning to show Kakashi only the ronin entry.
• Kiyoshi watched a dozen or more boats bring torches and people ashore at the bridgehead, counted them, and extinguished his lantern without sounding the whistle.

Kiyoshi and Kakashi prepared the group for the ronin’s expected attack as Tazuna completed his work on the bridge. When the mist arrived early, Kakashi faced the broad-backed swordsman while a second figure appeared, leaving the group braced for a fight.

• Kiyoshi reported the ronin’s torches and landing formation to Kakashi, who incorporated the information into his plans.
• Children imitated villagers queuing for extra food, and Kiyoshi briefly played along before hurrying away.
• Tazuna set out to finish the bridge, and Kakashi led Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, and Kiyoshi across it with Tazuna protected in the center.
• Mist rose from the sea, and the Kubikiribōchō struck the bridge as the broad-backed swordsman emerged and clashed with Kakashi.
• A second, shorter figure appeared in a conical hat and drove a long needle between Naruto and Sasuke.
• Kiyoshi moved Tazuna out of the line of attack and took the space facing the conical-hatted figure.

Kiyoshi held his position beside Tazuna while a masked boy trapped Naruto and Sasuke in the Ice Mirror Formation. After Sasuke took a sheet of needles meant for Naruto and fell motionless, Kiyoshi stayed to protect Tazuna as Naruto faced the attacker.

• Kiyoshi kept Tazuna in the railing's blind spot while the masked boy raised Ice Mirrors around Naruto and Sasuke.
• Naruto repeatedly charged the mirrors and was knocked back, while Sasuke's Sharingan failed to keep up with their movement.
• The masked boy launched needles from multiple directions, and Sasuke shoved Naruto aside before the needles struck him.
• Kiyoshi stayed beside Tazuna despite Sakura asking whether he would go, while Kakashi and Zabuza continued fighting through the mist.
• Naruto knelt beside Sasuke as the masked boy watched him from the tallest mirror, and Kiyoshi moved his hand away from his inner pocket.

Naruto’s uncontrolled red chakra destroyed Haku’s mirrors, and Haku fell before Kakashi’s attack as Zabuza cried out his name. As the mist cleared, a fleet reached the shore and Kiyoshi subdued a man who had crept onto the bridge, leaving the wounded and the newcomers facing an uncertain standoff.

• Naruto vanished in a surge of red chakra that shattered the mirrors, then walked toward Haku as Kakashi and Zabuza prepared to strike.
• Haku stepped in front of Zabuza, and Kakashi’s attack landed; Kakashi ran out of chakra, Zabuza dropped his sword, and Haku fell motionless.
• Kakashi stopped Naruto from touching Haku until the mist cleared, while Kiyoshi helped the unsteady Tazuna and noticed a fleet approaching.
• A soaked man crept across the bridge, and Kiyoshi caught and pinned him before returning to guard Tazuna with a bleeding arm.
• Boats reached the shallows as torches lit the shore, while Kiyoshi remained at his post beside the wounded.

Gato arrived with armed ronin and refused to pay for the bridge, then Zabuza killed him. Kiyoshi held off four ronin while Tazuna repaired a plank, but the remaining crowd surged onto the bridge to seize what they could.

• Gato arrived with ronin, declared that Tazuna would not be paid, and insulted Haku and Zabuza.
• Zabuza killed Gato with a Kunai as the ronin stood aside, then the lead ronin ordered men to claim the bodies.
• Kiyoshi stopped four ronin from reaching the wounded, using a Kunai blast, takedowns, and a Shuriken.
• Tazuna asked whether bridge work could resume the next day, then repaired a loose plank while Kiyoshi stood beside him.
• The ronin and people on shore crowded onto the bridge after someone shouted that they should take whatever was there.

Kiyoshi defended the wounded at the bridgehead, using a line of fire and a takedown to stop the ronin until Naruto drove them back with a mass of shadow clones. After the bridge fell quiet, Kiyoshi checked Sasuke and began writing in his Transcription Notebook.

• Kiyoshi moved Tazuna and Tsunami behind the bridge pier, then stood between the wounded and the advancing ronin.
• Kiyoshi ignited oil along the planks to form a line of fire, then subdued a ronin who had gone around it.
• Kiyoshi refused the ronin's attack, and Sakura brought him bandages while Kakashi remained beside the wounded.
• Naruto summoned a mass of shadow clones and drove the ronin back into the shallows, leaving their money chest and weapons behind.
• Kakashi praised Kiyoshi as the bridge cleared, and Sakura supported Kakashi by the railing.
• Kiyoshi examined Sasuke's nonlethal needle wounds and began writing in his Transcription Notebook.

After the deaths at the bridge, Kiyoshi watched Naruto mourn and saw Inari leave a hand-shaped piece of bridge timber at the smaller grave. As the village began returning to work, the ships remained idle, the bridge was still unfinished, and Kiyoshi recorded two names and “Ships” in his notebook.

• Naruto arranged kunai and a broken mask fragment at the smaller grave while Kakashi smoothed clothing at the larger mound.
• Kiyoshi told Kakashi that Sasuke’s needle wounds had avoided his vital points, and Kakashi left half a packet of medicine beside Sasuke.
• Inari returned from the far end of the bridge with wood shavings on his sleeves, leaving a shaped piece of bridge timber before the smaller grave.
• Tsunami asked Kiyoshi whether he would return someday, and he said yes.
• Kiyoshi saw Gato’s fleet still moored as Tazuna estimated the bridge would take three or four more days; Naruto hauled cables and quickly healed a cut.
• Alone at night, Kiyoshi wrote two names and the word “Ships” in his Transcription Notebook while Tazuna’s drawings still showed a gap in the bridge.

Kiyoshi watched the villagers overcome their hesitation and begin crossing the new bridge, while Inari’s first cart helped set the crowd in motion. As the bridge filled with people and laughter, Tazuna delayed naming it until the next day, when he would see Kiyoshi off.

• Inari pushed an empty handcart onto the bridge and called for the villagers to follow, prompting laughter and a stream of loaded carts to cross.
• Village children repeated Kiyoshi’s words, “No lining up to get on the bridge,” and turned them into a game as Naruto laughed among them.
• Kiyoshi lifted a child away from a charred mark on a bridge plank while the crowd continued crossing without noticing it.
• Tazuna showed Kiyoshi the blank space for the bridge’s name on his plans and said he would choose a name.
• Tsunami and Inari crossed with a loaded cart as villagers traveled in both directions, and Naruto’s joke about the bridge being wider than his front door made people laugh.
• At dusk, Tazuna told Kiyoshi he would reveal the bridge’s name the next day when he saw him off.

Tazuna named the new bridge the Great Naruto Bridge, and Kiyoshi and Team 7 left the Land of Waves and returned to the village. After recording the mission and his suspicions in his notebook, Kiyoshi noticed a crow watching him near the Clan Grounds.

• Tazuna named the bridge the Great Naruto Bridge as Naruto, Sasuke, and the gathered villagers listened.
• Kiyoshi accepted a piece of bridge timber from Inari, then departed with Team 7 as the villagers saw them off.
• After several days of travel, Kakashi submitted the mission documents, and the Third Hokage noted that certain children had been specifically selected from above.
• Kiyoshi crossed out the completed boat inquiry in his Transcription Notebook and recorded the bridge, while keeping his suspicions about the Anbu's notebook and the construction-site oil to himself.
• Kiyoshi walked toward the Back Mountain and watched a crow perched near the boundary wall; it looked toward the Clan Grounds without flying away.

Kiyoshi returned to the village after the bridge mission, where classmates and villagers crowded around him after news of his deeds spread. Kakashi gave Team 7 a week-long stand-down and offered them a long, low-paying assignment to the Land of Snow, which Kiyoshi left undecided as he began writing the first step toward accepting it in his Transcription Notebook.

• Kiyoshi collected his graduation assessment and mission evaluation from Iruka, who pointed out Kakashi's comment about team coordination.
• Nakajima and the others surrounded Kiyoshi outside the school, while Naruto excitedly retold the story of the Great Naruto Bridge.
• Kiyoshi noticed an unfamiliar, rigid clerk at the mission desk and suspected the man was ANBU.
• Kakashi gave Kiyoshi a one-week stand-down order and showed him a C-rank commission escorting a film crew to the Land of Snow, noting that Team 7 had been specifically requested.
• Kiyoshi considered the long trip and low pay, then copied a line into his Transcription Notebook as the first step toward taking the job.

Kiyoshi replaced his completed Transcription Notebook and continued practicing afterimages with Shisui, who showed him that he needed to misdirect observers rather than simply move faster. That night, Kiyoshi copied the circled line into the new notebook, added the character for “scheme,” and left the notebook beneath the commission sheet.

• Izumi examined Kiyoshi’s full Transcription Notebook and paused over a lightly circled line before giving him a new notebook.
• Shisui told Kiyoshi that his afterimage practice relied too much on speed and taught him to make observers watch the wrong thing.
• Kiyoshi practiced circling Shisui and found that Shisui’s eyes kept following the shadow before Kiyoshi moved.
• Izumi told Kiyoshi that the trade route to the Land of Snow would not open until winter.
• Kiyoshi copied the circled line into the new notebook, added the character for “scheme,” and placed the notebook beneath the commission sheet.

Kiyoshi joined Kakashi’s team for an escort job transporting a film crew and equipment, while the route plan and watch schedule were adjusted for security. The crew’s leading actress, Koyuki, fell into the river during a chase with Naruto, and Sandayu chose Kiyoshi for a role; Kakashi ended the chapter examining a boat ticket’s longer southern detour.

• Kakashi accepted the escort job and ordered the team to use the sentry schedule Kiyoshi had drawn.
• The convoy arrived with film equipment, and Koyuki left the loading area after Sandayu called out about her demanding schedule.
• Naruto chased Koyuki to the river, where they both fell in and were pulled out.
• Sandayu sized up Kiyoshi and told him to stand still because he had found the person he wanted, then noted something in his notebook.
• Kakashi increased the route’s personnel count, changed the watch rotation to four shifts, and studied the boat ticket’s southern detour.

Kiyoshi recorded irregular signals from the stern lookout as the ship carried Koyuki and the film crew toward the Land of Snow. Nadare Roga’s armored warriors attacked the ship, but Kakashi drove them back, and the ship continued into the icy mist.

• Koyuki suffered from seasickness in the crowded hold, and Kiyoshi gave her dried ginger, prompting her to call him “prop master” before correcting herself to “Ninja.”
• Kiyoshi recorded a late signal from the stern lookout while the ship followed a detour through darker water and floating ice.
• Nadare Roga and his armored warriors approached across the waves and demanded that the ship leave Koyuki behind.
• Sasuke’s fire and Naruto’s shadow clones failed against the warriors’ armor and freezing mist, while Kakashi struck the lead warrior with Lightning Blade and tore a plate from his armor.
• Nadare Roga withdrew with his warriors after declaring that the castellan awaited her niece, and Kakashi ordered two lookouts assigned to the third post.
• Kiyoshi updated the lookout record with the signal pattern as the ship continued toward the mist and drifting ice.

Kiyoshi joined a film shoot in the snow, where the camera captured his unplanned reactions and dialogue. During guard duty, he discovered that the liaison had left and that two sets of footprints merged at the edge of the woods, leaving him to record the clues without following them.

• Kakashi declined the welcoming banquet, while Kiyoshi noticed an empty assigned seat and followed the group toward camp.
• Sandayu placed Kiyoshi among the crowd for filming, and the camera recorded his unplanned movements and a line he had said off the cuff.
• At the screening, the crew laughed at Kiyoshi’s dialogue, and he asked the projectionist to keep the film rolling as he checked the footage.
• During guard duty, Kiyoshi found the liaison’s tent empty and saw a single trail of footprints leading south.
• Kiyoshi followed the tracks to the woods, where two trails met and continued as one, then recorded both locations in his Transcription Notebook.