Chapter Summaries

Sōkyū Hatake convinced Kakashi that he could protect the Hatake Clan and pursue his plans by revealing his regenerative ability and the power of Bakusaiga. Kakashi accepted that his younger brother intended to reclaim their father’s honor, including confronting the Hokage.

• After Obito Uchiha and Rin Nohara left, Sōkyū Hatake told Kakashi to focus on the front line and challenged him to a sword spar.
• Sōkyū Hatake teased Kakashi about marrying Rin Nohara, prompting Kakashi to attack him with Lightning Blade.
• Sōkyū Hatake guided Kakashi’s Lightning Blade through his body and showed him that the wound in his chest healed completely.
• Sōkyū Hatake demonstrated Bakusaiga’s power by slicing a tree apart and pulverizing it with a blast of sword energy.
• Sōkyū Hatake told Kakashi that his choices would not harm the Hatake Clan or tarnish their father’s honor, and vowed to reclaim that honor.
• Kakashi accepted that Sōkyū Hatake would pursue those who had persecuted their father, including the Hokage.

Sōkyū Hatake told Kakashi about his plans, and Kakashi agreed to keep them secret while asking him not to act against Konoha. The brothers visited Hatake Sakumo’s grave, drank together, and Kakashi pondered why their father had chosen his path.

• Kakashi promised not to reveal Sōkyū Hatake’s plan but asked him not to act against Konoha.
• Sōkyū Hatake and Kakashi walked through the village and discussed how its people had treated them before Kakashi gained a reputation.
• Sōkyū Hatake told Kakashi he cleaned Hatake Sakumo’s gravestone every week, and the brothers sat beside it.
• Sōkyū Hatake brought out liquor, and he and Kakashi drank while talking about the battlefield.
• Kakashi asked what Hatake Sakumo had been thinking, and Sōkyū Hatake said their father had chosen a path he believed was right.

Sōkyū Hatake enrolled in Konoha's Ninja Academy and attended Hiruzen Sarutobi's opening speech with Kakashi and Umino Iruka. The system assigned him a graduation mission with Sage Mode as the reward, requiring him to graduate after six months but within a year.

• Kakashi introduced Sōkyū Hatake to Umino Iruha and Umino Iruka before they enrolled at the Academy.
• Sōkyū Hatake and Umino Iruka were assigned to Class A alongside children from ninja clans.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi gave the new students a long speech, which Sōkyū Hatake found tedious while Iruka eagerly took notes.
• The system gave Sōkyū Hatake a mission to graduate after more than six months and within one year, offering Sage Mode as the reward.
• Sōkyū Hatake left to use the restroom, and Iruka offered to show him his notes from Hiruzen Sarutobi's speech.

Sōkyū Hatake escaped the Hokage’s assembly, then attended his first Academy class, where he threatened Uchida Uchiha after Uchida insulted Hatake Sakumo. Bored by the lesson, Sōkū decided to send a Shadow Clone to school, but his first clone crashed into a pillar, leaving him to make another before heading to the Forest of Death to train.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi let Sōkyū Hatake leave the assembly to use the bathroom, and Sōkū hurried away.
• Minamikawa Ōzora introduced himself as the class’s Chunin homeroom teacher and called on the students to introduce themselves.
• Uchida Uchiha insulted Hatake Sakumo, so Sōkū used Soru to put Bakusaiga to Uchida’s neck and warned him not to provoke him again.
• Mitaraishi Anko admired Sōkū, and Minamikawa Ōzora taught the class the principles of chakra extraction.
• Sōkū fell asleep during the lesson and decided to send a Shadow Clone to class while he trained.
• Sōkū’s first Shadow Clone refused to go and destroyed itself against a pillar, so Sōkū made another clone and went to train in the Forest of Death.

Sōkyū Hatake trained with Pikachu and attracted Orochimaru’s attention when he revealed he had an Uchiha’s Sharingan. They headed to a secluded place to fight, and Sōkyū Hatake tried to keep pace with Orochimaru, ending determined to show that his speed had more to offer.

• Sōkyū Hatake and Pikachu combined Thunderbolt with Thunderbird to electrocute fish in a lake, and Sōkyū Hatake ate one.
• As Sōkyū Hatake trained, Orochimaru appeared and asked for the Uchiha Clan’s Sharingan that Sōkyū Hatake possessed.
• Sōkyū Hatake refused to hand over the Sharingan without a fight, so he and Orochimaru went to a secluded place.
• Sōkyū Hatake kept pace with Orochimaru using Soru, but Orochimaru surged ahead after Sōkyū Hatake challenged him not to be overtaken.
• Sōkyū Hatake resolved to prove that his lightning-enhanced speed could do more.

Orochimaru brought Sōkyū Hatake to the Valley of the End to test his combat strength, and the two began fighting. After Sōkyū Hatake’s attacks forced Orochimaru to respond, Orochimaru trapped him in a barrier and released purple gas.

• Orochimaru and Sōkyū Hatake arrived at the Valley of the End and agreed to fight there.
• Sōkyū Hatake drew Bakusaiga and attacked Orochimaru with Wind Scar.
• Orochimaru countered with Multiple Hidden Shadow Snake Hands, and the attacks collided over the lake.
• Sōkyū Hatake used Soru to close in, but Orochimaru matched his speed and evaded.
• Orochimaru formed the Four Black Snakes Formation around Sōkyū Hatake and released purple gas inside it.
• Sōkyū Hatake protested that Orochimaru was using poison against a six-year-old.

Sōkyū Hatake escaped Orochimaru’s Four Black Snakes Formation and unleashed his strongest lightning attack as Orochimaru transformed with the Eight Branches Technique, leaving their clash unresolved. At the Ninja Academy, Sōkyū Hatake’s clone vanished when Minamikawa Ōzora tried to drag him outside for punishment.

• Sōkyū Hatake used Lightning Hell to destroy Orochimaru’s Shadow Clones and escape the Four Black Snakes Formation.
• Orochimaru revealed that his charred body was a Water Clone, then attacked Sōkyū Hatake with the Kusanagi Sword.
• Sōkyū Hatake evaded Orochimaru’s thrust with Kami-e and summoned lightning armor with Thunder God Descent.
• Sōkyū Hatake launched God’s Relic as Orochimaru used the Eight Branches Technique, and their attacks collided in the Valley of the End.
• At the Ninja Academy, Sōkyū Hatake’s clone dodged Minamikawa Ōzora’s chalk and vanished in a puff of smoke when the teacher grabbed him.

Sōkyū Hatake’s Shadow Clone impressed his classmates, while the real Sōkyū recovered from a battle with Orochimaru after using a nature-powered attack. He paid Orochimaru the Sharingan he had lost in a bet, but Orochimaru still wanted to study his body.

• Sōkyū Hatake’s Shadow Clone vanished from class, surprising Minamikawa Ōzora and the students, while Uchida Uchiha resolved to surpass him.
• At the Valley of the End, Sōkyū Hatake lay exhausted after his battle with Orochimaru, who praised his powerful attack and explained that it had drained him because it harnessed nature’s power.
• Sōkyū Hatake called Pikachu to electrocute him, and the Thunderbolt restored enough strength for him to sit up and move.
• Orochimaru asked to study Sōkyū Hatake’s body, but Sōkyū refused and handed him the Sharingan he had lost in their bet.
• Orochimaru offered Sōkyū another three-tomoe Sharingan in exchange for letting him conduct research, but Sōkyū’s body remained his main interest.

Sōkyū Hatake and Orochimaru discussed Sōkyū’s plan to graduate in six months and made a bet over Orochimaru’s Substitution Technique. As Orochimaru took him back to class, they also discussed Anko and her father’s sacrifice.

• Orochimaru admired Sōkyū’s lightning body and Pikachu, while Sōkyū said he had to return to class after his Shadow Clone dispelled.
• Orochimaru asked when Sōkyū would join him on the front lines, and Sōkyū said he expected to go in about six months after graduating.
• Sōkyū challenged Orochimaru to bet on his graduation, asking for Orochimaru’s Substitution Technique if he won; Orochimaru wagered that Sōkyū would give him 2,000 cc of blood if he lost.
• Orochimaru carried Sōkyū out of the Valley of the End and told him that Anko’s father, Mitarashi Kurozuka, had died protecting him on a mission.
• Orochimaru said he had promised to take Anko as his student when she graduated because she worked hard.

Sōkyū Hatake returned to Konoha with Orochimaru, who brought him back to the Ninja Academy and said he would await him in six months. In class, Uchida Uchiha challenged Sōkyū, while Mitaraishi Anko asked whether Sōkyū was already Orochimaru’s disciple.

• Orochimaru said Mitaraishi Anko would have to pass his test before he considered taking her as a disciple, while Sōkyū Hatake insisted she would succeed.
• Orochimaru brought Sōkyū Hatake to the Ninja Academy and told Minamikawa Ōzora to keep the boy from sneaking out again.
• Orochimaru said he would be waiting for Sōkyū in six months, and Sōkyū wished him safety on the front lines before heading to class.
• Uchida Uchiha asked Sōkyū where he had learned the Shadow Clone Technique and declared that he would defeat him.
• Mitaraishi Anko asked Sōkyū whether he was Orochimaru’s disciple, and Sōkyū confirmed he had been one before enrolling.

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.