Chapter Summaries

Chinatsu disguised herself as Gekko Hayate and searched an underground bounty organization for Hidan and Kakuzu. She found the pair and confronted them, ending by asking them to become her subordinates.

• Kakashi met Naruto and Sasuke after Chinatsu left Konoha and worried about their gloomy demeanor while preparing their first mission.
• Chinatsu transformed into Gekko Hayate and entered an underground bounty organization, where she saw bounties for Hyuga Hiashi, Kakashi, Might Guy, and herself.
• Chinatsu spotted Hidan and Kakuzu inside the organization and followed them after they left.
• Hidan and Kakuzu sensed Chinatsu following them and attacked, but she dodged their weapons and told them she was not hostile.
• Chinatsu asked Hidan and Kakuzu to become her subordinates.

Chinatsu tried to recruit Hidan and Kakuzu, defeating Hidan with Susanoo and demonstrating Wood Release to impress Kakuzu. Kakuzu remained stunned by her abilities, while Chinatsu waited to see whether he would accept her offer.

• Hidan challenged Chinatsu to prove her strength, and she fought him while using her Three-Tomoe Sharingan to evade his attacks.
• Chinatsu and her Shadow Clones unleashed the Five Release: Great Combo Technique, but Hidan survived the blast.
• Hidan rushed Chinatsu when she covered her eyes, but her chakra armor stopped his scythe and she manifested Susanoo to pin him down.
• Chinatsu offered Kakuzu another chance to join her, but he activated his combat form without answering.
• Chinatsu used Wood Release: Sea of Trees Emergence, leaving Kakuzu stunned by a kekkei genkai he believed belonged only to the First Hokage.

Chinatsu used Wood Release to trap Kakuzu and exploited his fear of Hashirama Senju to persuade him to become her subordinate while remaining in the Akatsuki. With Kakuzu seemingly won over, she considered whether to use Kotoamatsukami on the still-pinned Hidan.

• Chinatsu unleashed Wood Release: Tree Sea Advent and trapped Kakuzu in a growing forest while Susanoo pinned Hidan to the ground.
• Kakuzu broke free with Earth Grudge Fear, but Chinatsu's calm confidence and Wood Release left him afraid to challenge her.
• Chinatsu reminded Kakuzu that he worked for the Akatsuki without keeping most of his bounty earnings and offered to pay him a salary as her subordinate.
• Kakuzu fell silent as Chinatsu proposed that he stay in the Akatsuki but serve her instead.
• Chinatsu turned her attention to Hidan and considered using Kotoamatsukami to bring him under her control.

Chinatsu used Kotoamatsukami to make Hidan loyal to her, and Kakuzu agreed to join her after seeing her power. She sent them to arrange her introduction to Akatsuki under a false identity, while Nagato briefly felt unwell before resuming control of the Six Paths of Pain.

• Chinatsu used Kotoamatsukami on Hidan, giving him false memories that made him believe he had served her since childhood.
• Kakuzu saw Chinatsu's Susanoo, Wood Release, and genjutsu, then agreed to join her if the pay was good.
• Hidan regained his senses and addressed Chinatsu as his lady, while Kakuzu accepted her as his boss.
• Chinatsu ordered Hidan and Kakuzu to introduce her to Akatsuki naturally under a fake identity and contact her by carrier pigeon.
• Nagato Uzumaki briefly withdrew his consciousness from the Six Paths of Pain after feeling unwell, reassured Konan, and resumed controlling them.

Chinatsu chose to pursue senjutsu to increase her chakra, but she had no idea where to find a sage land and began searching casinos for Tsunade. In Konoha, Kakashi restored Naruto and Sasuke’s motivation with promises of rewards, then led Team 7 toward the Land of Waves.

• Chinatsu decided that learning senjutsu was a better way to expand her potential than becoming a jinchūriki, but she ruled out Mount Myōboku because she feared toads.
• Chinatsu set off to find Tsunade, hoping to locate her in a casino and gain access to Shikkotsu Forest.
• Kakashi discovered that Chinatsu had left Konoha and tried to lift Naruto and Sasuke’s spirits by promising to teach Sasuke Chidori and give Naruto an equally good reward after ten C-rank missions.
• Naruto and Sasuke regained their determination, and Kakashi took Team 7 on missions that led them toward the Land of Waves and Zabuza.
• Chinatsu searched casino after casino across the Land of Fire, growing increasingly frustrated as she failed to find Tsunade.

Chinatsu bought black-market information that narrowed down Tsunade’s whereabouts and set off to find her. Meanwhile, Kakashi’s team continued its upgraded mission in the Land of Waves, where Sasuke and Naruto surprised Zabuza with powerful attacks.

• Chinatsu paid 200,000 for information that narrowed Tsunade’s whereabouts to one region, then hurried there using the Body Flicker Technique.
• Naruto and Sasuke subdued Mist chunin hiding along the road, revealing that their client had lied about the mission’s rank.
• Kakashi let Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura decide whether to continue the more dangerous mission, and all three agreed.
• Zabuza appeared with the Kubikiribōchō and used the Hidden Mist Technique to obscure the battlefield.
• Sasuke’s Fire Style attack evaporated the mist, and Naruto struck Zabuza with a Rasengan that sent him flying.
• Kakashi praised Naruto and Sasuke as exceptional genin who had been raised by that woman.

Naruto and Sasuke fought Zabuza until Kakashi joined them, while Kakashi encouraged Sakura to focus on her strengths. Elsewhere, Chinatsu continued searching for Tsunade and found another casino, where she prepared to bet against her.

• Zabuza charged Naruto, who summoned a large number of Shadow Clones, while Sasuke attacked with Great Fireball Techniques.
• Kakashi advised Sakura to develop her chakra control and genjutsu talent and set the Chunin Ninja Exams as her first goal.
• Naruto and Sasuke struggled against Zabuza until Kakashi joined the fight with lightning, and the trio badly beat him as Haku watched without finding an opening to intervene.
• Chinatsu arrived in a town in the Land of Fire after searching for Tsunade for three months.
• Chinatsu found the village casino and took out her remaining money, intending to bet against Tsunade.

Chinatsu paid Tsunade’s casino debt, then used Wood Release to defeat the gamblers who threatened them. Tsunade recognized the technique and wondered whether Chinatsu was her little sister before Chinatsu asked her for help.

• Tsunade lost her money gambling and was cornered by gamblers demanding repayment.
• Chinatsu paid Tsunade’s five-hundred-thousand debt with money she had won by betting against Tsunade.
• The gamblers threatened Chinatsu, so she used Wood Release to bind and fling them away.
• Tsunade recognized Chinatsu’s Wood Release and wondered whether she was related to her grandfather.
• Chinatsu approached Tsunade and asked for her help.

Tsunade became fascinated by Chinatsu’s Wood Release and, after hearing that she wanted to learn Senjutsu, sent her to Shikkotsu Forest. Chinatsu arrived alone and came face-to-face with the Katsuyu Sage.

• Tsunade dragged Chinatsu to meet Shizune and questioned her about her identity and Wood Release.
• Tsunade learned that Chinatsu was an Uchiha and decided her Wood Release was genuine, not the result of an experiment.
• Chinatsu asked Tsunade to help her learn Senjutsu, and Tsunade agreed to open the way to Shikkotsu Forest.
• Tsunade activated the Reverse Summoning Technique, transporting Chinatsu to Shikkotsu Forest without accompanying her.
• Chinatsu explored the sacred land and encountered the enormous Katsuyu Sage.

Chinatsu trained alone in Shikkotsu Forest to learn Senjutsu, and after a week she mastered sensing and gathering natural chakra, though she had not entered Sage Mode. Sage Katsuyu realized Chinatsu might be unusually talented.

• Sage Katsuyu led Chinatsu to a mud pool in Shikkotsu Forest and left her to train without instruction.
• Chinatsu repeatedly tried to sense and absorb natural chakra, persisting through her failures as Sage Katsuyu watched from afar.
• Sage Katsuyu noticed a change in the flow of natural chakra and wondered whether Chinatsu was special.
• After a week, Sage Katsuyu brought Chinatsu food and offered her private tutoring, but Chinatsu said she had already mastered natural chakra.
• Chinatsu demonstrated natural chakra flowing into her body, leaving Sage Katsuyu amazed that she had mastered it in only a week.

As Naruto and Sasuke’s strength left Sakura struggling to keep up, Kakashi’s recommendation for the Chunin Exams led her to seek new training. She accepted Might Guy as her teacher and began learning the Eight Gates, setting off on a path different from the original story.

• Kakashi recommended Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura for the Chunin Exams, though he worried the boys were far stronger than their Genin rank suggested.
• Sakura fretted that she could not catch up to Naruto and Sasuke by studying Genjutsu alone.
• Might Guy approached Sakura while doing a handstand, introduced himself, and offered to train her.
• Sakura accepted Might Guy’s offer and received a green bodysuit in her size.
• Might Guy took Sakura to begin training in the Eight Gates.

While Sakura began conditioning for the Eight Gates and Naruto and Sasuke waited for Chinatsu to return, Chinatsu mastered Shikkotsu Forest’s Sage Mode. She discovered that her chakra had surged to the equivalent of sixty or seventy Kakashis.

• Sakura trained intensely to build the physical foundation needed to learn the Eight Gates, impressing Might Guy and Rock Lee.
• Neji dismissed Sakura as a threat and focused on Naruto and Sasuke, who ate skewers and worried about Chinatsu’s absence.
• Chinatsu continued refining natural chakra in Shikkotsu Forest while the Katsuyu Sage watched over her.
• Chinatsu balanced her energies and entered Sage Mode, becoming the second person to master Shikkotsu Forest’s Senjutsu.
• Chinatsu felt her chakra reserves skyrocket and estimated her new strength at sixty or seventy Kakashis.

After learning senjutsu in Shikkotsu Forest, Chinatsu returned to find that the Chunin Ninja Exams had already begun. She rushed toward Konoha, leaving Tsunade and the gamblers behind.

• The Katsuyu Sage formed a summoning contract with Chinatsu and sent her by Reverse Summoning Technique to Tsunade.
• Chinatsu crashed through a mahjong table in a casino, then used Sharingan genjutsu to subdue the angry gamblers.
• Tsunade saw Chinatsu's Sage Mode and was astonished that she had learned it so quickly.
• Chinatsu asked Tsunade about the Chunin Ninja Exams and learned that they had started that day.
• Chinatsu used senjutsu chakra to flee with the Body Flicker Technique and hurry back toward Konoha.

During the Chunin Ninja Exams’ written test, Naruto and Sasuke recognized Chinatsu’s old lesson in the test’s intimidating final question and stayed calm. The candidates passed by refusing to give up, while the chapter ended with the Forest of Death and Orochimaru awaiting them.

• Chinatsu hurried toward Konoha, worrying that Sasuke would stay safe and get stronger while Orochimaru sought his Sharingan.
• Gaara sensed Naruto and Sasuke’s unusual presence and threat, then became excited instead of picking a fight with them.
• Naruto and Sasuke recognized Chinatsu’s old test in the written exam’s final question and remained relaxed as other candidates panicked.
• Sakura saw Naruto and Sasuke’s confidence, stopped writing, and waited with them until the proctor announced that the remaining candidates had passed.
• A proctor questioned Naruto and Sasuke about their calm behavior, and they credited Chinatsu; the proctor recognized her as an extraordinary woman.
• The first exam stage ended, and the Forest of Death and Orochimaru lay ahead.

Chinatsu raced toward the Forest of Death on horseback while Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura passed the second exam and were ambushed by Orochimaru. As Orochimaru closed in on Sasuke, Chinatsu arrived and challenged him.

• Chinatsu found a horse, mounted it, and rode toward Konoha to save chakra.
• Naruto and Sasuke considered splitting up to find a Heaven Scroll, while Sakura opened the first of the Eight Gates.
• The team stayed together, took a Heaven Scroll from another team, and headed for the exam’s submission point.
• Orochimaru attacked Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura with a giant white snake, and the three fought back but were pushed to their limits.
• Chinatsu rode into the battle and taunted Orochimaru for targeting her little brothers.

Chinatsu rescued Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura by trapping Orochimaru in a Wood Release forest and overpowering him. Orochimaru summoned Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju with Impure World Reincarnation, leaving Chinatsu to face the two former Hokage.

• Chinatsu leaped from her runaway horse, watched Orochimaru's snake swallow it, and grieved over her lost mount.
• Chinatsu revealed her Wood Release, trapped Orochimaru in a forest, and charged in to attack him.
• Naruto relaxed when Chinatsu returned, while Sasuke watched her with his Sharingan nearing three tomoe and Sakura admired her.
• Chinatsu pursued Orochimaru through the forest, blocked his Wind Release, dodged his pythons, and defeated him in a direct clash.
• Orochimaru summoned Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju with Impure World Reincarnation.
• Hashirama and Tobirama recognized that Orochimaru had summoned them to fight Chinatsu, who prepared to face them.

Chinatsu fought Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju, who Orochimaru controlled with Impure World Reincarnation, and used their own techniques against them. She ended the chapter by teleporting to Orochimaru and stabbing him through the waist, thrilled that she had finally stabbed someone else.

• Chinatsu activated Shikkotsu Forest Sage Mode and bound Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju with Wood Release, but Orochimaru took control of them and ordered them to attack.
• Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju broke free, and Tobirama Senju used the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport beside Chinatsu and kick her.
• Hashirama Senju charged Chinatsu atop a Wood Dragon, but his attack missed, leaving Orochimaru puzzled.
• Chinatsu used her Mangekyō Sharingan to perform the Flying Thunder God Technique and teleport beside Orochimaru.
• Chinatsu drove her hand through Orochimaru's waist and celebrated the chance to stab someone else.

Chinatsu fought Orochimaru and the reincarnated Hashirama and Tobirama, then used her newly developed Nuclear Fusion Technique to blast them all. Hiruzen Sarutobi witnessed the attack and questioned whether he could stop Chinatsu if she turned against Konoha.

• Chinatsu stabbed Orochimaru through both kidneys, then teleported away from Hashirama and Tobirama with Flying Thunder God.
• As approaching footsteps announced that more people were nearing the battlefield, Orochimaru ordered Hashirama and Tobirama to cover his escape and fled behind a swarm of white snakes.
• Chinatsu used Flying Thunder God to outmaneuver the controlled Hashirama and Tobirama, then lined them up with Orochimaru along his escape route.
• Chinatsu threw her Nuclear Fusion Technique, engulfing Hashirama and Tobirama and striking the fleeing Orochimaru with a massive explosion.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived in time to witness Chinatsu's attack and wondered whether he could stop her if she sought revenge against Konoha.

Chinatsu’s nuclear fusion technique terrified Hiruzen Sarutobi and convinced the other villages that Konoha had a devastating secret weapon. Hiruzen then returned the Uchiha Clan’s confiscated property, including Tobirama Senju’s Scroll of Seals, to Chinatsu and the clan’s surviving children.

• Chinatsu used her nuclear fusion technique against Orochimaru, and Hiruzen Sarutobi realized he could not stop her if she became Konoha’s enemy.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Chinatsu about her technique, and she called it the ultimate technique for bringing nuclear peace to the world.
• The Chunin Ninja Exams were postponed, and visiting Genin reported Konoha’s terrifying weapon to their villages.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi worried over Shimura Danzō’s disappearance and dismissed Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu’s questions about the Uchiha Clan.
• Crates of confiscated Uchiha property arrived at the clan estate, and Chinatsu woke Naruto and Sasuke to help carry them inside.
• Chinatsu found Tobirama Senju’s Scroll of Seals among the returned clan assets.

Chinatsu read the Scroll of Seals and planned to choose techniques to teach Naruto and Sasuke. When Gaara appeared at the Uchiha Residence and silently stared at Naruto, Chinatsu punched him and told him to speak up.

• Chinatsu overheard Hiruzen Sarutobi overrule Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu’s objections to giving her the Scroll of Seals.
• Chinatsu read the Scroll of Seals, found its barrier techniques most useful, and decided to select jutsu for Naruto and Sasuke to learn.
• Sasuke sensed someone outside the Uchiha Residence, and Chinatsu led him and Naruto to meet Gaara.
• Gaara stared silently at Naruto until Chinatsu punched him on the head and told him to speak up.