Chapter Summaries

Meikyō gathered information about the mountain bandits in Tetsuseki Town while his teammates worked in the field, then gave Inuzuka Ryo a bloodstained cloth to track them. After Ryo found their stronghold, he questioned whether their mission was right after learning how Hida Yuichi had treated the town’s miners.

• Meikyō revealed his Sharingan to Hida Yuichi, who then shared what he knew about the mountain bandits.
• Meikyō spent the next day at the Lord's Mansion while Inuzuka Ryo gathered information and Aburame Nami scouted outside town.
• Meikyō gave Inuzuka Ryo a bloodstained cloth left from the bandits’ attack, and Ryo used its scent to find their stronghold.
• Inuzuka Ryo told Meikyō that the town was impoverished and that Hida Yuichi had captured miners to dig ore.
• Inuzuka Ryo explained that the Sand Ninja had released the miners during their raid, and that the bandits later looted the Lord's Mansion after Hida Yuichi escaped.

Uchiha Meikyō, Aburame Nami, and Inuzuka Ryo confronted the moral cost of their mission before entering the stronghold and finding its lone occupant, the bandit leader Okamoto Ichiro. Okamoto revealed that enemies of Hida Yuichi in the Lord's Mansion had helped the bandits escape, then asked Meikyō to grant him a request.

• Inuzuka Ryo challenged Meikyō over the mission’s demand that they kill oppressed townspeople, while Dan Katō secretly listened.
• Meikyō argued that ninja had to endure and gain power before they could change the system, then led the team toward the stronghold.
• Nami sent her insects around the stronghold, and the team discovered it was abandoned except for Okamoto Ichiro.
• Meikyō deduced that someone in the Lord's Mansion had warned Okamoto, who explained that some there hated Hida Yuichi.
• Okamoto asked Meikyō whether he would grant him a request if he explained why he had stayed behind.

Meikyō and his teammates dealt with Okamoto Ichiro’s bandits, recovered the hidden treasure, and reported the mission’s results to Hida Yuichi. When Hida challenged their incomplete evidence, Meikyō defended their actions by claiming his Uchiha Fire Style had destroyed every trace.

• Meikyō agreed to spare the stronghold’s remaining people if Okamoto Ichiro’s men scattered, and promised to tell Hida Yuichi they had died in a fire.
• Inuzuka Ryo killed Okamoto Ichiro while Meikyō and Aburame Nami searched the basement and counted the treasure.
• Meikyō and Inuzuka Ryo decided to report 1,830,000 ryo, concealing that the recovered amount was short and planning to split the difference.
• Hida Yuichi questioned the missing treasure and the lack of bandits’ bodies, while Inuzuka Ryo and Tetsu Maru supported the team’s account.
• Meikyō told Hida Yuichi he had burned the bodies and stronghold, then argued that his Uchiha Fire Style would leave no remains.

Meikyō and his teammates tried to cover up how they had handled the Mountain Bandit mission, but Dan Katō saw through their account and accepted a share of their profits. He warned them to earn extra money only within the rules and explained how to protect Konoha’s principles and reputation.

• Meikyō, Inuzuka Ryo, and Aburame Nami gave Dan Katō their agreed-upon version of the mission.
• Dan Katō revealed that he knew what they had really done and praised Ryo and Meikyō for their actions.
• Meikyō, Ryo, and Nami each gave Dan Katō part of their earnings, and he accepted the money to show he would not pursue the matter.
• Dan Katō explained that ninja could earn extra money selectively and said he would report Lord Hida’s suspected wrongdoing to Advisor Turnsole.
• Dan Katō pointed out mistakes in the team’s handling of the mission and taught them to uphold Konoha’s principles and reputation.

Three days after the Tetsuseki Town mission, Uchiha Meikyō trained his swordsmanship and reflected on his growing strength. Dan Katō assigned Kato Squad a new mission to arrest Hida Yuichi, a noble suspected of smuggling iron ore to enemy countries and engineering an attack on Tetsuseki Town.

• Uchiha Meikyō practiced Uchiha Style sword techniques but could not yet master Sword Leap Flame, which required combining Wind Style and Fire Style with swordsmanship.
• Meikyō reviewed his progress and recognized that his talent, strong Mental Power, and hard work had helped him surpass his teammates in sparring.
• Meikyō met Inuzuka Ryo and Dan Katō at the Hokage Building for another mission intended to expose the students to combat.
• Dan Katō explained that Hida Yuichi had allegedly smuggled Iron Ore and arranged the Sand Ninja attack to cover up missing shipments.
• Dan Katō gave Meikyō the mission scroll and explained that Hida Yuichi had hired samurai for protection, making them the squad's target.

Dan Katō uncovered Hida Yuichi’s smuggling scheme, and Meikyō led his squad in an assault on Hida’s mansion to capture him. Meikyō cornered Hida after killing his guards, but paused when Hida offered a fortune and revealed his terror in another way.

• Dan Katō revealed that Hida Yuichi had been smuggling Iron Ore to an enemy nation, and the squad set out for Tetsuseki Town.
• Meikyō assigned Aburame Nami to track escapees and Inuzuka Ryo to locate Hida before leading the attack on the Lord’s Mansion.
• Nami’s insects blocked the samurai’s vision while Meikyō and Ryo fought through the guards.
• Meikyō pursued Hida Yuichi as he fled and killed the samurai protecting him.
• Hida offered Meikyō money to spare his life, and Meikyō noticed that Hida had wet himself.

Meikyō used genjutsu to learn where Hida Yuichi had hidden his wealth, then killed him and kept the treasure for his team. Three months later, after Kato Squad completed another mission against Rogue Ninjas, the team reflected on reaching twenty C-rank missions and hoped to take on harder assignments.

• Meikyō used the Demonic Illusion: Hell Viewing Technique to make Hida Yuichi reveal the location of his money.
• Meikyō returned to the Lord's Mansion with Hida Yuichi's head and a Sealing Scroll, and told Inuzuka Ryo to split the contents with the team.
• Three months later, Meikyō defeated a Rogue Ninja with shuriken, genjutsu, and Fire Style after Inuzuka Ryo had narrowly survived a corpse trap on an earlier mission.
• Inuzuka Ryo and Aburame Nami returned after defeating the Rogue Ninja's companion, and the squad noted that it had completed twenty C-rank missions and 113 D-rank missions.

As Konoha struggled to maintain several fronts, Dan Katō told Meikyō and the other members of Kato Squad that they would be sent to the front to transport supplies and guard strategic resources. Meikyō departed with the squad, while Uchiha Yu warned him to survive and return as the clan’s future.

• Meikyō and Inuzuka Ryo discussed the growing unrest and the likelihood that Dan Katō would soon be sent to the front.
• Dan Katō told Meikyō and the other two Genin in Kato Squad that they would join him at the front, initially on support duties rather than direct combat.
• Uchiha Yu warned Meikyō that the village was risking its young shinobi and urged him to return alive without disgracing the Uchiha name.
• In winter of Konoha Year 35, Uchiha Yu watched the departing group from the street leading to the village entrance.

Meikyō, Inuzuka Ryo, and Aburame Nami learned they would join a supply escort mission after serving on safe duty at a rear camp near the Land of Rain. The convoy set out carrying supplies and Sealing Scrolls, with Meikyō watching for danger.

• Meikyō and Aburame Nami completed their guard duty without finding anything, and Inuzuka Ryo returned with Tetsu Maru.
• Inuzuka Ryo told Meikyō and Aburame Nami that Inuzuka Gaku had assigned them to the next supply escort mission.
• Meikyō explained why Inuzuka Gaku needed to give the young ninja more demanding work, and Inuzuka Ryo warned that escorts could face enemy attacks.
• Meikyō reassured Inuzuka Ryo that their team could survive an attack, though the mission remained dangerous.
• Meikyō joined the convoy as it traveled toward the front line, carrying supplies and Sealing Scrolls.

Konoha’s logistics escort discovered an Amegakure ambush and prepared a retreat, but Takeda Hiroshi ordered the Rain Ninja to attack. As the two forces clashed, Meikyō opened his Sharingan and watched the charging enemy.

• Aburame Nami detected around a hundred Rain Ninja, including Jonin-level fighters, waiting in ambush at the valley entrance.
• Shirakumo Tokinobu reorganized the Konoha escort, placed its sensor ninja and Genin in the center, and ordered the team to retreat while setting traps.
• Takeda Hiroshi confirmed that Konoha was withdrawing and sent more than a hundred Amegakure ninja to attack.
• Takeda’s troops washed away Konoha’s traps with Water Style techniques, and Konoha’s Earth Style users raised walls to block the flood and incoming weapons.
• Shirakumo clashed with an Amegakure Jonin as the Rain Ninja charged, and Meikyō activated his Sharingan to watch them approach.

Meikyō and his teammates fought Amegakure ninja, and Meikyō defeated a Chunin with his Sharingan, genjutsu, and Uchiha swordsmanship. After the team killed a second Chunin, Meikyō surveyed the battle, where Shirakumo Tokinobu was still fighting an Amegakure Jonin and Konoha’s forces were gaining the upper hand.

• Inuzuka Ryo, Tetsu Maru, Meikyō, and Nami cut down Amegakure Genin, drawing the attention of two Chunin.
• Nami blocked the Chunin’s senbon attack with her Insect Wall, while Inuzuka Ryo noticed the genjutsu and Meikyō recognized it with his Sharingan.
• Meikyō fought an Amegakure Chunin with his wakizashi, then used Genjutsu: Bubble and a flock of crows to set up Uchiha Style: Sword Leap Flame.
• Meikyō’s Sword Leap Flame cut through the Chunin’s Water Flow Whip and cleaved him in two.
• Inuzuka Ryo wounded the second Chunin, Meikyō cut off his arm, and Nami’s insects killed him.
• Meikyō saw Shirakumo Tokinobu still battling an Amegakure Jonin as Konoha’s other ninja gained the upper hand.

Meikyō and his squad helped defeat Amegakure’s attack on the supply convoy, then delivered the remaining supplies to Konoha’s front-line camp in the Land of Rain. While they rested and shared a simple meal, Mitokado Homura, Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade remained in the uneasy command room.

• Meikyō, Inuzuka Ryo, and Aburame Nami killed several Amegakure ninja before three Chunin pinned them down.
• Takeda Hiroshi recognized that Amegakure had failed to reach the supplies, and Shirakumo Tokinobu ordered the Rain Ninja to retreat.
• Shirakumo Tokinobu halted the pursuit and ordered the squad to rest briefly, inspect the supplies, and depart.
• Konoha’s logistics unit reached the front-line camp without another attack, and Meikyō’s squad warmed themselves with beef and foraged vegetables.
• A ninja reported the newly delivered supplies to Mitokado Homura, who ordered them distributed while Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade remained in the Command Room.

Orochimaru realized Hanzo would exploit Konoha’s weakened forces and ordered a retreat while he, Tsunade, and Jiraiya stayed to confront him. Amegakure’s main army arrived before the camp could prepare, leaving the three to face Hanzo as Mitokado Homura organized the evacuation.

• Tsunade and Jiraiya warned Mitokado Homura that the raiding unit was likely devastated after encountering Hanzo.
• Orochimaru suspected Amegakure had learned where Dan Katō and Kiyomi Kōtō were and predicted Hanzo would attack Konoha’s camp.
• A Sensor Ninja reported that Amegakure’s main army was charging toward the camp.
• Orochimaru told Mitokado Homura to evacuate most of the troops and send an elite force toward Dan Katō and Kiyomi Kōtō.
• Tsunade and Jiraiya agreed to remain with Orochimaru to confront Hanzo, while Mitokado Homura left to organize the retreat.

Uchiha Meikyō and his teammates fled Hanzo’s poison mist, then crossed the Land of Rain toward a Konoha outpost while worrying about Tsunade’s fight. Their escape was interrupted when an elite Amegakure squad detected them and prepared to attack.

• Aburame Nami detected a powerful approaching enemy through her insects, and Meikyō recognized the threat as Hanzo’s poison mist.
• Meikyō gave Tsunade gas masks taken from Amegakure ninja, and she passed them to Jiraiya and Orochimaru before Meikyō, Nami, and Inuzuka Ryo fled.
• Three hours later, Meikyō estimated that his team was about a hundred kilometers from the Konoha outpost and discussed what might happen if Tsunade and the others lost to Hanzo.
• Inuzuka Ryo sensed people nearby as the rain weakened, and Meikyō’s team formed a defensive formation.
• An Amegakure Sensor Ninja detected Meikyō’s team through ground vibrations while Nami used Secret Technique: Insect Cocoon to prepare more insects for battle.

Uchiha Meikyō, Inuzuka Ryo, and Aburame Nami ambushed and defeated a short Amegakure sensor ninja, then fought the remaining Rain ninja. When reinforcements turned the battle against them, Meikyō helped his teammates escape through the mist.

• Meikyō, Ryo, and Nami used genjutsu, claws, and Kikaichū to kill the short Amegakure sensor ninja.
• Ryo and Tetsu Maru fought one Rain ninja while Nami and Meikyō attacked another with insects, swordsmanship, and genjutsu.
• Four more Amegakure ninja arrived, shifting the fight in the Rain ninja's favor.
• Meikyō, Ryo, and Nami coordinated attacks and combined Fire Style with Wind Style to create a wall of mist.
• Meikyō helped Ryo and Nami break free from their opponents, and the three used the Body Flicker Technique to escape.

Uchiha Meikyō’s squad reunited with Hyuga Tetsu’s squad near the Land of Rain border and decided to confront the Amegakure pursuers. The chapter ended with the enemy captain dismissing the reunited teams’ threat and outlining his plan to exploit Aburame Nami’s injuries.

• Inuzuka Ryo led Meikyō and Nami toward the border, and Meikyō bandaged Nami’s wounds before they continued.
• Ryo recognized the scents of Hyuga Tetsu and Inuzuka Tsume, and the two squads met up with Kibata.
• Tetsu stopped the greetings and asked Meikyō to explain the pursuing Amegakure team; Meikyō recounted their encounter and escape.
• Meikyō chose to fight the six Amegakure ninjas rather than retreat with Tetsu’s squad.
• An injured Amegakure Chunin questioned the plan, but the squad captain urged them to attack and target Nami first.

Uchiha Meikyō and his allies ambushed a pursuing Amegakure team in the forest. Their opening attacks split the Rain ninjas into separate fights, but Meikyō faced a powerful umbrella-wielding swordsman who forced him onto the defensive.

• The Rain ninjas followed a fresh bloodstain and continued pursuing the Konoha team through the forest.
• Meikyō launched a coordinated shuriken attack, which two Rain Chunin blocked with Water Style.
• Hyuga Tetsu and Inuzuka Ryo engaged the two Rain Chunin while Meikyō fought the middle-aged umbrella-wielding Chunin.
• Aburame Nami, Kazemaki Kibata, and Inuzuka Tsume surrounded the three Rain Genin as they tried to join the battle.
• Meikyō's attacks failed to overcome the middle-aged Rain Ninja's skill, and the umbrella swordsman countered with hidden blades and senbon.

Uchiha Meikyō and his teammates overwhelmed the Rain Ninja, but the surviving middle-aged ninja detonated Explosive Tags in a final attempt to take them down. The blast shattered their defenses and scattered the group, leaving Meikyō battered but standing as he surveyed the battlefield.

• Inuzuka Tsume organized the Konoha team to support Meikyō, while Aburame Nami sent insects to aid him and Kazemaki Kibata joined Tsume against the tall Rain Ninja.
• Hyuga Tetsu paralyzed the tall Rain Ninja with the Hyūga Clan's Pressure Point Secret Technique, and Kibata killed him.
• Nami's insects and Tetsu's Gentle Fist blocked the middle-aged Rain Ninja's escape, while Kibata and the Inuzuka ninja killed another Rain Ninja.
• The middle-aged Rain Ninja revealed Explosive Tags strapped to his body, prompting Meikyō and Tetsu to pull their teammates back.
• Nami's Insect Wall and an Earth Style wall absorbed most of the explosion, though the blast shattered both defenses and sent everyone flying.

Meikyō and the wounded survivors reached a Konoha outpost as the frontline collapsed, while Hanzo spared Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya and named them Konoha's Sannin. The outpost’s spirits rose when Tsunade and Dan Katō arrived, and Tsunade treated Meikyō’s injuries with Medical Ninjutsu.

• Hyuga Tetsu led Meikyō’s injured group safely back to the outpost, where Inuzuka Gaku arranged treatment.
• Meikyō and Hyuga Tetsu told Inuzuka Gaku how organized Rain Ninja had forced them to retreat from the front.
• Hanzo spared Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya and bestowed on them the title Konoha's Sannin.
• The outpost’s population nearly doubled as Konoha Ninja retreated from the defeated frontline.
• Shirakumo Tokinobu arrived with Dan Katō and Tsunade, bringing news that lifted the survivors’ morale.
• Tsunade healed Meikyō’s arm and the other Genin’s injuries with the Mystical Palm Technique.

Tsunade taught Meikyō, Inuzuka Ryo, and Aburame Nami the basic Hemostasis Technique to improve their chances of surviving the war. Meikyō successfully healed a small wound, while Tsunade continued instructing the others.

• Tsunade restored Meikyō’s arm and offered to teach him and his teammates basic Medical Ninjutsu.
• Tsunade led the group to a river, where they caught animals to use as demonstration and practice subjects.
• Tsunade demonstrated the Hemostasis Technique on a rabbit, explaining how chakra speeds blood clotting and how stitches can help with larger wounds.
• Meikyō watched Tsunade’s technique with his Sharingan, then used the Hemostasis Technique to heal a small wound on a Mountain Chicken.
• Tsunade praised Meikyō and turned to teach Inuzuka Ryo and Aburame Nami.