Recaps

Sōkyū Hatake agreed to train Mitaraishi Anko after she offered a B-rank ninjutsu and to pay his food expenses. After completing his tasks and checking in at Hokage Rock, he received a Gravity Chamber from the Dragon Ball world.

• Mitaraishi Anko asked Sōkyū Hatake about becoming Orochimaru's apprentice, and he told her she needed to master the basic techniques and meet Orochimaru's requirements.
• Mitaraishi Anko asked Sōkyū Hatake to teach her and offered a B-rank ninjutsu plus food expenses, so he agreed to train her after school at his house.
• Sōkyū Hatake left a Shadow Clone in the classroom to study and headed to the Forest of Death to continue his tasks.
• Sōkyū Hatake checked in at Hokage Rock after finishing his tasks and received an adjustable Gravity Chamber that could shrink into a wristband.

Sōkyū Hatake tested his new Gravity Chamber, nearly collapsing under ten times normal gravity before lowering it and training at three times gravity. At dusk, Mitaraishi Anko arrived to train with him, and he assessed her Taijutsu and assigned her a demanding routine.

• Sōkyū Hatake activated the Gravity Chamber at ten times normal gravity and was pinned to the floor until the Rumble-Rumble Fruit turned him into lightning.
• Sōkyū Hatake lowered the setting to three times normal gravity and struggled through sword swings and Frog Jumps.
• Mitaraishi Anko arrived at the Hatake Clan compound and told Sōkyū Hatake she knew the Chakra Extraction Technique and basic Taijutsu.
• Sōkyū Hatake watched Mitaraishi Anko demonstrate Taijutsu, criticized her movements and strength, and assigned her basic strength training.
• Sōkyū Hatake told Mitaraishi Anko to train until eight, then use the Chakra Extraction Technique instead of sleeping, and she agreed, hoping to become Lord Orochimaru's disciple.

After five months of training Anko with Sōkyū, Sōkyū prepared to graduate and join Orochimaru at the front lines. Anko and Ayame resolved to follow him there, but Uchiha Fugaku arrived and put the two girls to sleep with a genjutsu before speaking privately with Sōkyū.

• Anko mastered Soru and Kami-e under Sōkyū’s guidance while he trained with his gravity chamber and awaited graduation.
• Anko learned that Sōkyū planned to join Orochimaru at the front lines, and she and Ayame shared their sadness at his departure.
• Ayame brought Ichiraku Ramen to Sōkyū, and the girls stopped bickering when they realized he would soon leave.
• Anko declared that she would graduate and find Sōkyū on the battlefield, and Ayame announced that she had decided to become a ninja too.
• Uchiha Fugaku cast a genjutsu that made Anko and Ayame fall asleep, then Sōkyū asked him why he had come.

After learning that Orochimaru’s forces faced a crisis on the Sunagakure front, Sōkyū Hatake decided to seek early graduation and go to the battlefield. Hiruzen Sarutobi approved the assessment but set Minamikawa Ōzora, a veteran Chunin, as Sōkyū’s opponent, hoping to keep him from graduating.

• Uchiha Fugaku showed Sōkyū Hatake Orochimaru’s urgent report that the Third Kazekage and Shukaku had appeared, threatening Orochimaru’s forces with defeat without reinforcements.
• Sōkyū told Uchiha Fugaku that he would apply for early graduation and would not fear the battlefield.
• Sōkyū applied for early graduation in Minamikawa Ōzora’s class, surprising his classmates, while Minamikawa warned him about the assessment’s risks.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived and approved the assessment, ordering Sōkyū to defeat Minamikawa Ōzora to graduate.
• Hiruzen chose the veteran Minamikawa as Sōkyū’s opponent because he wanted to prevent Sōkyū from reaching the battlefield.

Hiruzen Sarutobi appointed Minamikawa Ōzora to examine Sōkyū Hatake for early graduation, while Danzo came to watch and bet that Sōkyū would win. The exam began at the First Training Ground, where Sōkyū faced Minamikawa as Hiruzen and Danzo watched.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi named Minamikawa Ōzora as Sōkyū Hatake’s examiner and scheduled the public exam for that afternoon.
• Danzo learned of the exam, criticized Hiruzen’s choice of examiner, and decided to attend.
• Sōkyū Hatake visited Teuchi, who said Ayame had felt unwell after hearing Sōkyū planned to go to the battlefield.
• Sōkyū Hatake arrived at the First Training Ground and faced Minamikawa Ōzora before a crowd of spectators.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi predicted Minamikawa would win, while Danzo bet that Sōkyū would triumph.

Danzo and Hiruzen Sarutobi wagered on whether Sōkyū Hatake could defeat Minamikawa Ōzora, with Danzo hoping to recruit him. Sōkyū unveiled powerful techniques but left the fight unresolved when Minamikawa escaped his sword attack by taking to the sky on an eagle.

• Danzo bet that Sōkyū Hatake would win, wagering that Hiruzen Sarutobi could not stop him from approaching Sōkyū; if Danzo lost, he and Root would stay away from the upcoming graduates.
• Sōkyū used Soru and Finger Pistol against Minamikawa Ōzora, who blocked the first attack and dodged the second with Substitution Technique.
• Danzo praised Sōkyū’s aggressive fighting style, while Hiruzen insisted he had to win before Danzo could approach him.
• Sōkyū lured Minamikawa to the edge of the training ground and unleashed Wind Scar, carving five deep gouges into the field.
• Minamikawa avoided the sword attack by flying above Sōkyū while an eagle carried him by the shoulders, and he remarked that the strike must have cost Sōkyū considerable strength.

Sōkyū Hatake fought Minamikawa Ōzora, who summoned Reiyō and unleashed a powerful Wind and Water Combination Jutsu. After Sōkyū’s Wind Scar failed to stop it, lightning erupted from his body and lifted him into the air, leaving Hiruzen Sarutobi to wonder if he had awakened Chakra Nature Transformation.

• Minamikawa Ōzora summoned Reiyō, and Sōkyū Hatake called Pikachu to attack the Summoning Beast with Iron Tail.
• Minamikawa Ōzora released his killing intent and attacked Sōkyū Hatake with a Wind and Water Combination Jutsu.
• Sōkyū Hatake countered with Wind Scar, but Minamikawa Ōzora’s Combination Jutsu broke through and struck him.
• Lightning burst from Sōkyū Hatake’s body and lifted him into the air as the Anbu rushed to rescue him.
• Pikachu struck Reiyō with lightning, sending him back to the Summoning World.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi questioned whether Sōkyū Hatake was undergoing Chakra Nature Transformation Awakening.

Sōkyū Hatake staged a chakra nature awakening and used his lightning to defeat Minamikawa Ōzora, securing his graduation. Hiruzen Sarutobi declared him a graduate and asked him to visit the Hokage Office the next day, while Danzo pressed Hiruzen to honor their wager.

• Danzo and Hiruzen Sarutobi recognized Sōkyū Hatake’s lightning as a rare chakra nature awakening and suspended the match so Anbu could clear the arena.
• Sōkyū Hatake unleashed Forbidden: Thunderclap Hell at Minamikawa Ōzora, who chose to stand still and let the lightning strike him.
• Minamikawa Ōzora fell, giving Sōkyū Hatake the victory, and Sōkyū Hatake asked Hiruzen Sarutobi if he could graduate.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi declared Sōkyū Hatake had passed and said he would receive his forehead protector the next day, while Danzo repeatedly reminded Hiruzen about their wager.
• Sōkyū Hatake promised to protect Konoha, and Hiruzen Sarutobi invited him to the Hokage Office after he collected his forehead protector.

After graduating, Sōkyū Hatake planned to join Orochimaru on the Sunagakure Front, while Danzo and Hiruzen Sarutobi separately arranged to watch him. Back home, Sōkyū discovered his graduation mission was still incomplete and worried about his next check-in location and time.

• Sōkyū Hatake invited Mitaraishi Anko, Ayame, Iruka, and Uchida Uchiha to dinner, teasing Uchida Uchiha that graduating meant he had lost their contest.
• Danzo decided Root would approach Sōkyū Hatake on the battlefield rather than in Konoha, where Hiruzen Sarutobi was watching closely.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi confirmed Sōkyū Hatake would join Orochimaru on the Sunagakure Front after receiving his forehead protector and asked him to handle the Council of Elders matter.
• After Sōkyū Hatake left, Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered an Anbu squad to follow and protect him, and to investigate Orochimaru’s activities.
• At home, Sōkyū Hatake turned off his five-times-gravity chamber and found that his graduation mission remained incomplete until he received his forehead protector.

Sōkyū Hatake received his forehead protector and orders to leave for the front, but he attacked a villager who insulted his father on the way home. The Konoha Military Police Force watched without intervening, unsure how to handle a civilian assault by a member of the Council of Elders.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi gave Sōkyū Hatake his Forehead Protector and a Confirmation Letter ordering him to leave with the supply unit that afternoon.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that Jiraiya's front remained manageable and that the Third Raikage had not appeared, then called a brief meeting with the Hokage Advisors.
• Villagers gossiped about Sōkyū Hatake and questioned whether he would abandon missions like Hatake Sakumo, so Sōkyū Hatake stopped and confronted them.
• A villager said he hoped Sōkyū Hatake would not turn out like his father, and Sōkyū Hatake kicked him down, rebuked him, and walked away.
• The villager shouted that a ninja had attacked a civilian, while Xunfei Yamanaka and his Konoha Military Police Force squad watched from the shadows and debated whether to intervene.

Sōkyū Hatake observed how the Konoha Military Police Force’s reduced authority had weakened public order, then spoke with Shisui Uchiha about his graduation and a promised lesson. Before leaving for battle, Sōkyū set his plan in motion by ordering his Lightning Clone to retrieve or destroy documents from Hiruzen Sarutobi’s hidden compartment.

• Xunfei Yamanaka avoided intervening in a street argument, and villagers complained that the Konoha Military Police Force no longer kept order before leaving.
• Sōkyū Hatake watched the scene and reflected on how the Uchiha Clan had been undermined after giving up part of its authority in the force.
• Shisui Uchiha approached Sōkyū, congratulated him on graduating, and challenged him to wait for Shisui to break his record at the Ninja Academy.
• Sōkyū returned to the Hatake Clan Compound, looked at a photograph in Hatake Sakumo’s room, and said he would give them all an answer.
• Sōkyū instructed his Lightning Clone to take the documents from Hiruzen Sarutobi’s hidden compartment or destroy them, and to act after Sōkyū left.

Sōkyū Hatake checked his mission rewards, gaining Advanced Sage Mode and receiving a battlefield mission that promised Perfect Grade Conqueror's Haki. He left Konoha with a supply convoy, and as thunder sounded on the road, he prepared to travel ahead alone.

• Sōkyū Hatake read that he had earned Sage Mode and Advanced Sage Mode, then received a mission to kill specified numbers of enemy fighters for Perfect Grade Conqueror's Haki.
• An ANBU ninja summoned Sōkyū Hatake to join the group heading to the front lines, and he prepared to leave the Hatake Clan Compound.
• Akimichi Jia Yi assembled the convoy at the village entrance, where Mitaraishi Anko and Ayame promised to wait for Sōkyū Hatake's return.
• Uchida Uchiha, Shisui Uchiha, and Danzo watched Sōkyū Hatake depart while expressing plans to follow him to the battlefield or surpass him.
• On the two-day journey, a member of the Inuzuka Clan mocked Sōkyū Hatake for traveling with the group, and Akimichi Jia Yi defended him.
• After thunder suddenly sounded in the clear sky, Sōkyū Hatake said he could manage alone and began enveloping himself in purple lightning.

Orochimaru learned that the Third Kazekage planned to invade with Sunagakure’s puppet army and prepared an ambush. The Third Kazekage and Ebizo advanced with the puppets, while the Kazekage pursued the invasion to profit from Konoha’s troubles.

• Sōkyū Hatake turned into lightning and rushed toward the front lines, leaving Akimichi Kōgi and the others to follow.
• Shikaten Nara told Orochimaru that the Third Kazekage planned to invade with a puppet army, and Orochimaru approved an ambush at a narrow route between valleys.
• The next day, Shikaten Nara reported that the puppet army was approaching, and Orochimaru led the Third and Fifth Battalions to the ambush site.
• The Third Kazekage ordered the puppet force to scout ahead with puppets while keeping their real bodies back, and Ebizo relayed his commands.
• The Third Kazekage deployed the puppets and prepared to attack, intending to seize a share of the spoils from Konoha’s war.

Orochimaru ambushed what he believed was the Third Kazekage Rasa’s puppet force, only to discover that Rasa had switched the real people and puppets and trapped the Konoha group. Rasa transformed into Orochimaru and headed for Konoha’s base while Orochimaru tried to dismantle the formation, until an unexpected voice interrupted.

• Orochimaru ordered his ninja to wait for the puppet operators, then led an attack on the apparent Third Kazekage Rasa and his troops.
• Orochimaru realized that the Third Kazekage Rasa and the surrounding ninja were puppets, while the real Rasa and his people had disguised themselves and bypassed the blockade.
• The Third Kazekage Rasa activated the Electromagnetic Puppet Formation to encircle Orochimaru and the Konoha ninja, explaining that he intended to hold Orochimaru back and strike Konoha’s base.
• The Third Kazekage Rasa used the Transformation Technique to look like Orochimaru and set off with his people, while Orochimaru’s subordinate estimated that dismantling the formation would take at least three hours.
• Orochimaru sent white snakes to work on the formation, and an unidentified speaker arrived and remarked that Orochimaru’s predicament was amusing.

Sōkyū Hatake revealed his advanced Sage Mode, fused with Pikachu, and summoned a massive lightning attack against the Third Kazekage, Rasa, and his forces. As Rasa ordered the puppet corps to retreat, Sōkyū directed the lightning deity toward him and left Ebizo to face the coming attack.

• Sōkyū Hatake appeared above the battlefield, and Orochimaru revealed that he had graduated and warned Rasa not to underestimate him.
• Rasa attacked Sōkyū with Iron Sand Shower, but Pikachu blocked the needles with Thunderbolt.
• Sōkyū entered the clouds, activated Advanced Sage Mode, and fused with Pikachu, gaining yellow lightning-like markings and increased strength.
• Sōkyū summoned a thundercloud and used Ten Thousand Mamaragan Punishment: Divine Descent to strike Rasa's Electromagnetic Puppet Barrier.
• Rasa ordered his forces to retreat, but Sōkyū sent the lightning deity plunging toward him.
• Rasa told Ebizo to handle the attack as he tried to avoid dying on the battlefield.

The Third Kazekage Rasa escaped with his puppet ninja while Ebizo stayed behind to hold off Sōkyū Hatake’s Thunder Punishment. After learning Sōkyū was six years old and the Konoha White Fang’s son, Rasa ordered his forces to kill him on sight; Sōkyū reflected on the power and short duration of his Advanced Sage Mode.

• The Third Kazekage Rasa reinforced Ebizo’s puppet defenses with Magnet Release and used the clash to escape with his puppet ninja.
• Rasa told the gathered Sunagakure forces that Ebizo had volunteered to act as bait, and they accepted his account without speaking up.
• Rasa asked the intelligence division about Sōkyū Hatake and learned that he was a six-year-old student and the son of Hatake Sakumo, the Konoha White Fang.
• Rasa ordered his forces to kill Sōkyū on sight, believing the boy’s powerful ninjutsu required time to charge.
• Sōkyū watched Rasa leave and estimated that Advanced Sage Mode could sustain basic techniques for three minutes, though he could use a major technique only once.

After helping Orochimaru foil Rasa’s trap and capture Ebizo, Sōkyū Hatake checked in at the Konoha–Sunagakure border and received Thresh’s Hell’s Curse. He left eager to collect souls on the battlefield.

• Sōkyū Hatake revealed that Orochimaru’s real body had avoided Rasa’s trap, and Orochimaru’s ninja took the severely injured Ebizo into custody as a hostage.
• Orochimaru invited Sōkyū Hatake back to the command room and asked whether his body had withstood the strain of borrowing Heavenly Might.
• Sōkyū Hatake left Orochimaru to check in on a hill overlooking the border, where the system added the location to his check-in list.
• Sōkyū Hatake checked in successfully and received Hell’s Curse, which harvested nearby enemies’ souls and granted a random attribute increase for every 100 souls.
• Sōkyū Hatake inspected his updated system panel and eagerly anticipated using Hell’s Curse on the battlefield.

Sōkyū Hatake collected Orochimaru’s promised substitution technique and discussed his plans to join the fighting against Sunagakure. After learning that Rasa, Bunpuku, and possibly Chiyo were gathering against Orochimaru, Sōkyū discovered that Tsunade was coming to reinforce them.

• Sōkyū returned to the command room, where Orochimaru gave him a scroll containing his exclusive substitution technique.
• Orochimaru questioned why Sōkyū had displayed his strength, and Sōkyū admitted that he needed some fame for his next plans.
• Sōkyū asked when he could fight Sunagakure, and Orochimaru said the village would likely counterattack after Ebizo’s capture.
• Sōkyū learned that Third Kazekage Rasa and One-Tail Jinchuriki Bunpuku were on the battlefield and that Chiyo might join them.
• Orochimaru told Sōkyū that Tsunade had agreed to come reinforce their forces.

Sōkyū Hatake learned that Tsunade would join the Sunagakure front, then settled into quarters beside Orochimaru. At Sunagakure, Chiyo learned that Sōkyū Hatake had captured Ebizo and resolved to confront him because of her hatred for the Hatake clan.

• Orochimaru told Sōkyū Hatake that Tsunade would take the field to counter Chiyo’s poison.
• Sōkyū Hatake avoided warning Orochimaru about Tsunade’s hemophobia and went to rest in the room prepared beside Orochimaru’s.
• Chiyo confronted the Third Kazekage, Rasa, and demanded to know how Sunagakure would rescue her captured brother, Ebizo.
• A Kazekage guard revealed that Sōkyū Hatake had defeated and captured Ebizo, and Chiyo smashed the table in anger.
• Chiyo recalled that Hatake Sakumo had killed her son and daughter-in-law, then decided to kill Sōkyū Hatake.

Sōkyū Hatake joined Orochimaru’s forces as they moved to confront Sunagakure, whose Third Kazekage Rasa and Chiyo had come to the border. When Chiyo confronted Sōkyū over Ebizo’s capture and his family, Sōkyū claimed Rasa had ordered Ebizo to take the damage meant for the puppet unit.

• Sōkyū Hatake learned that Chiyo and Rasa were leading Sunagakure’s forces toward the border after Chiyo heard that Ebizo had been captured.
• Orochimaru ordered the Konoha forces to muster and led roughly five hundred ninja toward the border, keeping Sōkyū beside him.
• Orochimaru and Sōkyū faced Chiyo and Rasa, and Chiyo confronted Sōkyū about defeating and capturing Ebizo and being Hatake Sakumo’s son.
• Sōkyū told Chiyo that Rasa had ordered Ebizo to block the damage meant for the puppet unit, leaving Rasa worried that Chiyo would learn what happened.

Sōkyū Hatake used a Tone Dial to expose Rasa’s order that Ebizo take the blow meant for him, but Chiyo concealed her anger and rallied Sunagakure for battle. As Orochimaru prepared to face Rasa and Chiyo, Sōkyū received a mission to kill three Sunagakure ninja for beginner-level Observation Haki.

• Sōkyū played a Tone Dial recording of Rasa ordering Ebizo to block his attack, revealing Rasa’s willingness to sacrifice him.
• Chiyo recognized the voices in the recording but publicly dismissed it as an enemy scheme and urged Sunagakure to attack Konoha.
• Orochimaru told Sōkyū to stay away from Rasa and Chiyo, and Sōkyū questioned whether Orochimaru could face both Kage-level fighters alone.
• Sōkyū received a daily mission to kill three Sunagakure ninja, with beginner-level Observation Haki as the reward.

As the battle between Konoha and Sunagakure began, Sōkyū Hatake left Orochimaru to fight Chiyo and infiltrated the wooded battlefield. He disguised himself as the Third Kazekage, Rasa, and approached two Sand ninja.

• Orochimaru restrained Chiyo with snakes as the two sides began fighting, while Sōkyū Hatake dashed away to find his own opponents.
• Hyuga Hiashi and Hizashi Hyuga confronted Rasa and attacked him together with Twin Gentle Fist.
• Sōkyū Hatake used Mantra to locate two Sand ninja hiding among the trees and quietly approached them.
• Sōkyū Hatake transformed into Rasa and stepped out before Yan and Xiao He, who mistook him for their Kazekage.

Disguised as Rasa, Sōkyū Hatake tested two Sunagakure ninjas, but Brother Yan saw through the disguise before Sōkyū killed both men. After the fight, Orochimaru appeared to check on him, and Sōkyū wondered whether his sensei might still try to take his blood.

• Sōkyū, disguised as Rasa, confronted Xiaohe and Brother Yan, and Brother Yan stabbed the Shadow Clone after recognizing the disguise.
• Sōkyū used Soru to kill Xiaohe, transformed into him, and stabbed Brother Yan from behind.
• Sōkyū identified himself, killed Brother Yan with Bakusaiga, and destroyed both bodies with Wind Scar.
• The system reported that Sōkyū had killed two of the three Sunagakure ninjas required for his mission and collected two souls toward Thresh’s passive.
• Orochimaru emerged from a snake and explained that he had followed Sōkyū out of concern, while Sōkyū told him to return to his battle with Chiyo.

Sōkyū Hatake stayed hidden on the battlefield after Orochimaru left and ambushed a six-person Sunagakure squad. He unleashed his 30 Million Volt Thunder Bird, and the squad raised a Sand Shield as the attack approached.

• Orochimaru vanished, and Sōkyū Hatake decided to remain concealed and hunt enemy ninja.
• Sōkyū Hatake hid in the grass as six Sunagakure ninja investigated signs of a fight and searched for danger.
• Sōkyū Hatake generated lightning while the squad’s Elite Chunin sensed something was wrong and ordered everyone to stay alert.
• A Sunagakure ninja noticed the forest had fallen silent, but Sōkyū Hatake revealed himself in the sky before they could react.
• Sōkyū Hatake launched his 30 Million Volt Thunder Bird, and the Sunagakure squad formed a massive Sand Shield to defend themselves.

Sōkyū Hatake ambushed a Sunagakure team and killed or incapacitated most of its members with his lightning techniques. The Elite Chunin captain tried to escape while two wounded Chunin trapped Sōkyū Hatake in sand, leaving his fate uncertain.

• The Elite Chunin captain attacked Sōkyū Hatake with Sand Ninja Needles, but Sōkyū Hatake used Lightning Soru to get behind him.
• Sōkyū Hatake struck the team with 60 Million Volt Thunder Dragon, killing three Genin and badly wounding two Chunin while the captain escaped with Substitution Technique.
• The captain recognized Sōkyū Hatake and, after learning he had killed Xiaohe and Brother Yan, vowed to avenge them.
• The captain unleashed Quicksand Waterfall Flow to cover his escape as the two wounded Chunin used Desert Funeral to trap and crush Sōkyū Hatake in sand.