Arc 2Feifan's Desert and War Missions

Bieshu Feifan exploited dangerous assignments to gain new abilities, including the Three-Tomoe Sharingan and Magnet Release, while maneuvering against the Uchiha and his Konoha superiors. He was sent to the Land of Rain, where he survived a disastrous battle and reached Konoha’s battered main force nearly out of chakra.

  • Bieshu Feifan provoked the Uchiha into attacking him, secured compensation, trained with Might Duy, and gained a remnant of Senju chakra from a corpse in Konoha Hospital’s morgue.
  • Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned Bieshu Feifan to Uchiha Qiongyue’s squad, which entered the Land of Rivers and attacked Sunagakure forces before Qiongyue led his team deeper into the desert.
  • Bieshu Feifan allied with an Aburame ninja against Qiongyue, then fought the Aburame after Qiongyue’s ambush and watched Qiongyue die from his wounds and poison.
  • Bieshu Feifan took Qiongyue’s eyes, gained a Three-Tomoe Sharingan, and hid in the Land of Wind, where he hypnotized a wealthy man and trained while seeking Itadori Daiji’s Magnet Release chakra.
  • Bieshu Feifan helped an Inuzuka Clan Jonin destroy Itadori Daiji’s supply convoy, absorbed Daiji’s chakra, and returned to Konoha, where he awakened Magnet Release and obtained new jutsu scrolls from Hiruzen Sarutobi.
  • Bieshu Feifan caused an uproar with an eccentric hairstyle, received further technique scrolls, trained with Might Duy and Might Guy, and was deployed with underage recruits to the Land of Rain.
  • Bieshu Feifan’s squad encountered poisonous mist and enemy forces, and he used his Sharingan to make fellow Genin protect him as Konoha’s troops fought Rain, Sand, and Stone ninja.
  • Bieshu Feifan escaped an Iwagakure Jonin and other enemies by hiding underground and fleeing, then reached Konoha’s battered main force after Hanzo of the Salamander crossed the battlefield.
Chapters 26–50 Vol. 1 Read

Ch. 26A priceless Fire Release

Bieshu Feifan hired Might Duy to rebuild his home, then provoked the Uchiha children into attacking him so he could turn the incident into compensation. The chapter ended with Hiruzen Sarutobi dismissing the Uchiha adult after warning him to discipline the clan’s children.

  • Bieshu Feifan hired Might Duy to build a new house, paid him generously, and encouraged him to support his son’s future.
  • After training at home for several days, Bieshu Feifan faced three Uchiha children who challenged his resistance to genjutsu.
  • Uchiha Ba failed to trap Bieshu Feifan with his Sharingan and attacked him with Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique.
  • Bieshu Feifan deliberately exposed his hand to the flames, fled outside, and shouted that the Uchiha were killing people and rebelling.
  • Anbu restrained Bieshu Feifan and the three Uchiha, and Hiruzen Sarutobi heard the case in his office.
  • An Uchiha adult paid Bieshu Feifan more than five million in damages and another million for medical expenses before Hiruzen Sarutobi dismissed him.

Ch. 27The need for deeper study

After rebuilding his house and training with Might Duy, Bieshu Feifan visited Hiruzen Sarutobi to ask to return to school and study the Will of Fire more deeply. Hiruzen refused, gave him a book on the Will of Fire, and left Bieshu Feifan wondering if it would keep enemies from trying to kill him.

  • Bieshu Feifan paid Might Duy three hundred thousand ryo to help build a larger, three-story house and began building ties with him and his son.
  • A rumor spread through Konoha that Hiruzen Sarutobi had failed to handle the Uchiha, while Hiruzen ordered the Anbu to issue a notice denying a rebellion and end the matter.
  • Might Duy invited Bieshu Feifan to run five hundred laps, gave him a green training bodysuit, and ran with him while shouting about youth.
  • Bieshu Feifan went to the Hokage Building and told Hiruzen Sarutobi that enemies had tried to cut him down while he explained the Will of Fire.
  • Hiruzen Sarutobi refused Bieshu Feifan's request to return to school and gave him a book summarizing the Will of Fire.
  • Bieshu Feifan asked Hiruzen Sarutobi what he should do if enemies still tried to kill him after he read the book.

Ch. 28Konoha's morgue was pretty good

Bieshu Feifan secured a month to study the Will of Fire, then took a job at Konoha Hospital to search for special chakra among the dead. He absorbed a Senju’s lingering chakra and began strengthening his body, but someone knocked on his door before he could continue training.

  • Hiruzen Sarutobi gave Bieshu Feifan a month and a scroll containing Fire Release: Phoenix Flower Jutsu, while Bieshu Feifan ignored the Will of Fire book he received.
  • Bieshu Feifan bluffed a hospital Chunin into assigning him to move the seriously wounded and work in the morgue, then Hiruzen Sarutobi learned of the job and let him be.
  • Bieshu Feifan checked the morgue’s corpses and absorbed the remaining special chakra from a dead Senju, gaining a faint remnant of the Sage Body and a stronger constitution.
  • Bieshu Feifan trained at home to test his new chakra, then someone knocked and called for him to open the door.

Ch. 29The Uchiha's Night of Triumph

Bieshu Feifan completed his Senju chakra training and tested his growing strength in a fight with Uchiha Ba. He returned home after faking defeat, while Uchiha Ba was hit with a one-million-ryo compensation claim and reprimanded by the Hokage.

  • Uchiha Ni challenged Bieshu Feifan, but left without fighting when Bieshu refused to come outside.
  • Bieshu Feifan spent several days refining Senju chakra, strengthening his body, and practicing Fire Release.
  • After returning to work at Konoha Hospital, Bieshu Feifan decided to focus on getting stronger before Hiruzen Sarutobi sent him to the battlefield.
  • Uchiha Ba and another Uchiha cornered Bieshu Feifan, and he initially outmatched Uchiha Ba in their kunai fight.
  • Uchiha Ba used Fire Release and then kicked Bieshu Feifan through a wall; Bieshu pretended to be badly hurt to conceal that he had noticed the approaching Anbu.
  • Uchiha Ba returned home boasting of his victory, but the Anbu delivered a one-million-ryo Compensation Claim and a Letter of Reprimand from the Hokage, and his family beat him.

Ch. 30The Hokage wanted nothing to do with Bieshu Feifan

After Uchiha Ji trapped Bieshu Feifan in a terrifying genjutsu, Bieshu trained for nearly a month before visiting Hiruzen Sarutobi to ask about his chakra natures and criticize a book about the Will of Fire. The chapter left Hiruzen eager to hear Bieshu’s objections.

  • Uchiha Ji ambushed Bieshu Feifan and used genjutsu to make him believe his pigs had escaped back on Earth.
  • Bieshu Feifan recovered, resolved to increase his chakra, and kept up a routine of running, training, and working at the hospital for nearly a month.
  • Bieshu Feifan visited Hiruzen Sarutobi and asked him to explain a Fire Release technique, then claimed he had been attacked by the Uchiha.
  • Hiruzen Sarutobi had an Anbu bring Chakra Paper, and Bieshu Feifan discovered that he had Fire and Wind chakra natures.
  • Bieshu Feifan asked Hiruzen Sarutobi for a Wind Release technique and said he disagreed with parts of The Third Hokage's Will of Fire: Deluxe Edition.
  • Hiruzen Sarutobi set aside his pipe and asked Bieshu Feifan to explain what was wrong with the book.

Ch. 31Hiruzen Sarutobi Still Wouldn't Give Up

Bieshu Feifan used arguments about the Will of Fire to buy himself more time and obtained a chakra nature test that showed he had wind and fire affinities. Hiruzen Sarutobi eventually ordered him onto a Genin team, where he met two inexperienced former classmates and learned their leader was Uchiha Qiongyue.

  • Bieshu Feifan convinced Hiruzen Sarutobi to give him more time to study the Will of Fire and received a chakra nature test showing wind and fire affinities.
  • After more than a dozen days, Bieshu Feifan received an order to report to the Hokage's Office and was assigned a team with Dajirō and Feng You.
  • Bieshu Feifan questioned how Dajirō and Feng You had graduated and concluded that both were poorly prepared for ninja work.
  • At Training Ground Number Eleven, Bieshu Feifan identified their stern Chunin leader as Qiongyue, who introduced himself as Uchiha Qiongyue.
  • Uchiha Qiongyue cut off Feng You and Bieshu Feifan during their introductions, and Dajirō began explaining his father's connection to the Land of Fire's economy minister's butler.

Ch. 32A mission rife with infighting

Uchiha Qiongyue tested his three subordinates and led them toward the Land of Wind, suspecting that Konoha’s high command had sent them on a dangerous mission to eliminate him. At the border, Bieshu Feifan received secret orders to lead Uchiha Qiongyue to the Sand Ninja and found a Wind Release ninjutsu hidden in the scroll.

  • Uchiha Qiongyue knocked down Dajirō, Bieshu Feifan, and Feng You during a test of their abilities.
  • Uchiha Qiongyue told the team to gather intelligence in the Land of Wind and disrupt Sunagakure’s supplies, while Bieshu Feifan questioned whether the mission was designed to kill them.
  • Dajirō and Feng You struggled to keep up on the journey, so Uchiha Qiongyue stopped to let them rest and discussed the mission with Bieshu Feifan.
  • Uchiha Qiongyue led the squad to the Western Border outpost and planned to enter the Land of Rivers before attacking a Sunagakure outpost.
  • A patrolling ninja secretly ordered Bieshu Feifan to lead Uchiha Qiongyue to the Sand Ninja and handed him a scroll containing a Wind Release ninjutsu.

Ch. 33Clearing out the outposts

Bieshu Feifan’s squad joined Konoha forces in the Land of Rivers to destroy Sunagakure outposts, while Bieshu Feifan and Uchiha Qiongyue each weighed the danger of their mission. After heavy fighting and losses, the squad continued west, leaving Dajirō and Feng You exhausted and Bieshu Feifan uneasy about Uchiha Qiongyue’s calm.

  • Bieshu Feifan, Uchiha Qiongyue, Dajirō, and Feng You joined three Konoha squads and crossed into the Land of Rivers without notifying its daimyo.
  • At a cave rendezvous, Uchiha Qiongyue tried to teach Dajirō and Feng You to follow hand signals, while Bieshu Feifan said he had spent his time training instead.
  • Konoha’s forces ambushed and wiped out a four-person Sunagakure squad near a town, then moved west toward another outpost.
  • At the next outpost, Dajirō and Feng You froze during the battle until Bieshu Feifan killed a Sand ninja who tried to sneak up on them; Uchiha Qiongyue defeated two Chunin as Konoha eliminated three Sunagakure squads.
  • After Konoha divided its forces to continue the operation, Uchiha Qiongyue’s squad headed west, while exhausted Dajirō and Feng You struggled to keep up.
  • Bieshu Feifan considered defecting to avoid Shimura Danzō’s dangerous assignment, but Uchiha Qiongyue calmly ordered the squad to move out.

Ch. 34No Explanation Needed to Burn Bridges

Uchiha Qiongyue led the team into the Land of Wind and lured them into a fight with Sand Ninja, while Bieshu Feifan watched for a chance to protect himself. After Bieshu Feifan killed the pursuing Sand Ninja Genin, he abandoned Uchiha Qiongyue and disappeared into the desert.

  • Bieshu Feifan spotted an Aburame Genin tracking him and realized Uchiha Qiongyue was leading the team deeper into the desert.
  • Uchiha Qiongyue doubled back with a Sand Ninja squad, exposing Dajirō and Feng You to the enemy while engaging a Sunagakure Chunin.
  • Bieshu Feifan threw an explosive-tagged kunai at the pursuing Sand Ninja Genin, killing all three and searching their bodies for spoils.
  • Uchiha Qiongyue killed the Sunagakure Chunin and proposed attacking a nearby camp, but Bieshu Feifan fled into the sand and refused to work with him again.

Ch. 35Konoha Ninja with Schemes of Their Own

Bieshu Feifan uncovered Shimura Danzō’s plot and joined forces with an Aburame ninja to lure Sunagakure forces toward Uchiha Qiongyue. Qiongyue was ambushed by Sand Ninja, while the Aburame watched with Bieshu beside him.

  • Dajirō and Feng You chased after Uchiha Qiongyue, while Bieshu Feifan tracked the Aburame ninja who had been spying on them.
  • Bieshu confronted the Aburame ninja, learned Shimura Danzō had assigned their missions, and agreed to cooperate against Qiongyue.
  • Bieshu and the Aburame ninja arranged to scatter cloth strips marked with “Uchiha” near Qiongyue so Sunagakure would discover him.
  • Qiongyue left his two students behind and headed for a Sunagakure supply station, but sensed chakra surrounding him in the desert.
  • Sand Ninja burst from the sand and attacked Qiongyue with puppets and weapons; he raised an Earth Wall and charged toward an opening.
  • The Aburame watched the ambush succeed while Bieshu stood beside him, alert to their surroundings.

Ch. 36A simple use of explosive tags

Bieshu Feifan defeated and killed an Aburame ninja sent by Shimura Danzō after a prolonged exchange of insect techniques and explosive tags. He then approached Uchiha Qiongyue’s battlefield and found that Qiongyue had nearly defeated an entire Sunagakure team, convincing Feifan that he could not be allowed to survive.

  • The Aburame ninja ambushed Bieshu Feifan, but Feifan used a Clone Technique to evade the strike and countered with a kunai and Fire Release.
  • Bieshu Feifan and the Aburame ninja resumed their fight, trading explosive tags until Feifan outmaneuvered him and struck him beneath the sand.
  • The dying Aburame ninja revealed his connection to Shimura Danzō, and Bieshu Feifan killed him and collected what supplies remained.
  • Bieshu Feifan recovered with a Soldier Pill and used his Byakugan to locate Uchiha Qiongyue’s ongoing battle.
  • Bieshu Feifan saw that Uchiha Qiongyue had defeated all but one member of a Sunagakure team and decided Qiongyue could not be allowed to live.

Ch. 37The oriole wasn't big enough

Uchiha Qiongyue survived a second ambush by Bieshu Feifan after defeating a group of Sunagakure ninja, but both men were left badly injured. The chapter ended with Qiongyue revealing a Shadow Clone and three-tomoe Sharingan as Bieshu Feifan fled with a broken arm.

  • Uchiha Qiongyue killed the Sunagakure jonin after defeating the dozen or so Sand Ninja who had surrounded him, then collapsed from his wounds and poison.
  • Bieshu Feifan ambushed Qiongyue with explosive-tagged kunai, but Qiongyue escaped and countered with a Great Fireball Technique.
  • Bieshu Feifan pursued Qiongyue and exchanged volleys of concealed weapons and explosive tags with him until Qiongyue lost his left arm and appeared unable to fight.
  • Bieshu Feifan stabbed what he thought was Qiongyue, but it vanished as a Shadow Clone, and the real Qiongyue struck him from behind and broke his arm.
  • Bieshu Feifan fled after seeing Qiongyue's battered body and three tomoe in each eye.

Ch. 38The wonderful capital of the Land of Wind

Bieshu Feifan followed the dying Uchiha Qiongyue across the Land of Wind, then took his Three-Tomoe Sharingan after Qiongyue died. He avoided returning to Konoha and settled in the Land of Wind’s capital, where he used genjutsu to secure a comfortable home and continued training.

  • Uchiha Qiongyue collapsed and died in the desert from his wounds and poison while Bieshu Feifan followed him.
  • Bieshu Feifan confirmed Qiongyue was dead, took his eyes, and gained the power of a Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
  • After surviving the approaching sandstorm, Bieshu Feifan disguised himself as a wandering child laborer and went to the capital of the Land of Wind instead of returning to Konoha.
  • Bieshu Feifan hypnotized a wealthy middle-aged man into believing he was his father and had the man find a doctor for his injured arm.
  • Once his arm healed, Bieshu Feifan stayed in the man's home, ordered supplies and genjutsu scrolls, and trained his Fire and Wind Release techniques.

Ch. 39Sitting at Home

Bieshu Feifan used hypnosis to secure a wealthy household and collect jutsu while training in the Land of Wind. After fleeing when Sunagakure guards came looking for him, he learned that Itadori Daiji had been taught a technique by the Kazekage and began plotting to obtain his Magnet Release chakra.

  • Bieshu Feifan hypnotized his newfound son’s wives, concubines, and servants, then continued training with the Genjutsu scrolls his son found.
  • He ordered his son to discreetly collect more jutsu, and received Wind Release, sealing, unsealing, summoning, and Bubble Technique scrolls.
  • When his son said city guards wanted to see him, Bieshu Feifan packed his valuables and hid as two Sunagakure ninjas arrived.
  • Bieshu Feifan watched one guard recall a thrown kunai and suspected the ninja used Magnet Release.
  • His son explained that the guards were daimyo relatives seeking money and identified the kunai user as Itadori Daiji, a powerful ninja taught by the Kazekage.
  • Bieshu Feifan returned to his training room and plotted to obtain Itadori Daiji’s special Magnet Release chakra.

Ch. 40What a big black dog

Bieshu Feifan abandoned his surveillance of Itadori Daiji after finding a Konoha code, but Jonin Inuzuka and his ninja dog Earth Black Maru tracked him down and recruited him to destroy a supply convoy. When Itadori Daiji left the capital escorting the shipment, Bieshu Feifan followed, intent on killing him.

  • Bieshu Feifan watched Itadori Daiji for weeks, then found a Konoha code at his lookout and decided to flee the capital.
  • Jonin Inuzuka and Earth Black Maru cornered Bieshu Feifan, who briefly used genjutsu on the dog before Jonin Inuzuka stopped his escape.
  • Jonin Inuzuka revealed that Itadori Daiji would escort a supply shipment to the Land of Rain and ordered Bieshu Feifan to help destroy it.
  • Itadori Daiji left the capital with ninja and samurai guarding the convoy, while Jonin Inuzuka and Bieshu Feifan followed in secret.
  • Bieshu Feifan watched Itadori Daiji from the convoy and resolved to kill him.

Ch. 41Learning the Uchiha Madman's Dance

Bieshu Feifan and an Inuzuka Clan Jonin ambushed a Land of Wind supply convoy, killing its samurai and ninja and destroying the supplies. Afterward, Bieshu Feifan absorbed the Magnet Release chakra from Itadori Daiji’s corpse, and the two headed back to the village.

  • The Inuzuka Clan Jonin told Bieshu Feifan to kill the convoy’s samurai while he attacked its ninja, then fused with Earth Black Maru and charged into the convoy.
  • Bieshu Feifan used his Sharingan to slaughter the samurai and several hidden Sand Ninja, then pursued and killed the fleeing survivors.
  • The Inuzuka Clan Jonin defeated the dozen or so Sunagakure ninja but was left exhausted and injured.
  • Bieshu Feifan found Itadori Daiji’s corpse and absorbed its Magnet Release chakra.
  • Bieshu Feifan confirmed that he had burned the supply carts, and the Inuzuka Clan Jonin declared the mission complete and set off for the village.

Ch. 42The Uchiha with Long, Straight Black Hair

After returning to Konoha, Bieshu Feifan reported to Hiruzen Sarutobi and claimed Uchiha Qiongyue had repeatedly attracted Sunagakure ninja and might be a spy. Uchiha Fugaku arrived demanding news of his cousin, and Bieshu said Qiongyue was last seen being chased deeper into the desert.

  • Bieshu Feifan's hypnosis over Bieshu Feifan's son faded, while the man remained confused about memories of his father and took advantage of Itadori Daiji's disappearance to expand his business.
  • Bieshu Feifan returned to Konoha with an Inuzuka Clan Jonin, visited the hospital morgue, and was summoned to Hiruzen Sarutobi's office by an Anbu.
  • Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Bieshu Feifan about the mission and Uchiha Qiongyue, and Bieshu accused Qiongyue of being a Sunagakure spy who kept drawing Sand Ninja to them.
  • Uchiha Fugaku entered and demanded to know what had happened to his younger cousin, and Bieshu initially mistook Fugaku for Qiongyue.
  • Bieshu told Fugaku that Qiongyue had been chased by someone trying to kill him and had probably run deeper into the desert.

Ch. 43Maybe You Didn't Have to Be Too Normal

Bieshu Feifan returned to Konoha and told Hiruzen Sarutobi and Uchiha Fugaku that Captain Qiongyue had been betrayed and was likely dead. After an Uchiha ambushed him, Feifan secretly awakened Magnet Release and began considering whether acting more eccentric could keep Konoha’s leaders from targeting him.

  • Bieshu Feifan told Hiruzen Sarutobi and Uchiha Fugaku that Captain Qiongyue had colluded with Sunagakure and had been overwhelmed by pursuers.
  • Uchiha Fugaku left the Hokage's Office after learning Qiongyue was probably dead, while Hiruzen Sarutobi worried about the Uchiha discovering the plot against him.
  • Hiruzen Sarutobi questioned Feifan about his time in the Land of Wind, then dismissed him without agreeing to his demand for compensation.
  • An Uchiha with three-tomoe Sharingan ambushed Feifan near his home, and Feifan later woke with no serious injuries.
  • Feifan refined chakra absorbed from Itadori Daiji and made a kitchen knife fly, awakening Magnet Release.
  • Might Duy visited Feifan and invited him to a trial of youth, prompting Feifan to wonder whether acting less normal would make Hiruzen Sarutobi leave him alone.

Ch. 44The audacity of youth

Bieshu Feifan got an outrageous hairstyle and outfit to provoke Konoha, then used the commotion to demand a ninjutsu scroll from Hiruzen Sarutobi. After Might Duy and Uchiha Ji saw his new appearance, Uchiha Ji beat him.

  • Bieshu Feifan had a barbershop owner shave Hokage portraits into one side of his head and dye the other side into a rainbow afro.
  • Bieshu Feifan wore clothes declaring his love for women and went to the Hokage Building, where his appearance caused an uproar among Konoha's ninjas.
  • Bieshu Feifan demanded his reward from Hiruzen Sarutobi and left with a Wind Release: Wind Cutter Technique scroll.
  • Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered an Anbu to arrest the barbershop owner but chose not to punish Bieshu Feifan.
  • Might Duy saw Bieshu Feifan's new look, then disappeared during their run around Konoha before Feifan finished five hundred laps.
  • Uchiha Ji recognized Bieshu Feifan after handling the barbershop owner's interrogation and punched him over his hairstyle.

Ch. 45Visiting My Dear Nephew

Bieshu Feifan lost a fight with Uchiha Ji, received a Fire Release scroll from Hiruzen Sarutobi, and spent the next several days training Magnet Release. He visited Might Duy’s home and taught young Might Guy a dance, leaving Might Duy stunned when he returned.

  • Uchiha Ji beat Bieshu Feifan over his hairstyle, and Bieshu Feifan later received a Fire Release scroll from Hiruzen Sarutobi’s Anbu.
  • Bieshu Feifan found the barbershop closed and spent the next few days training Magnet Release, Fire Release, and Wind Release.
  • Bieshu Feifan visited Might Duy’s home and met young Might Guy, who agreed to call him Uncle Feifan.
  • Bieshu Feifan told Might Guy that his dance was more youthful than Might Duy’s jumpsuit and taught him to dance.
  • Might Duy returned home, saw Bieshu Feifan dancing with Might Guy, and dropped the ingredients he was carrying.

Ch. 46Being Dim-Witted Had Its Upsides and Downsides

Bieshu Feifan bonded with Might Duy and Might Guy, restored his notorious hairstyle, and bought a large supply of weapons while discovering that Hiruzen Sarutobi had publicly labeled him intellectually disabled. The chapter left Bieshu Feifan unaware that Hiruzen had ordered an Uchiha to burn off his hair, as someone watched him from the shadows.

  • Bieshu Feifan taught Might Guy the social shuffle, and Might Duy agreed to train with him to keep Guy from being led astray.
  • Bieshu Feifan found the barbershop owner and had his half-and-half hairstyle restored, but Anbu arrested the owner again after he left.
  • Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Jiahu to find an Uchiha who could burn off Bieshu Feifan's hair during a spar.
  • Bieshu Feifan went to a weapons workshop seeking chakra metal, then bought two hundred jin of refined steel weapons and a saber.
  • The shop owner showed Bieshu Feifan Hiruzen Sarutobi's notice granting him a discount as an intellectually disabled child, and Bieshu Feifan paid eight hundred thousand ryo before leaving.
  • An unseen observer watched Bieshu Feifan as he departed.

Ch. 47Youth gone by

Uchiha Tai attacked Bieshu Feifan and burned off his distinctive hairstyle, after which Bieshu Feifan reconciled with Might Duy and resumed training. Hiruzen Sarutobi then drafted Bieshu Feifan and Might Duy for the war, and they set off with other underage recruits toward the Land of Rain.

  • Uchiha Tai challenged Bieshu Feifan, then used fire techniques and a shadow clone to burn his hair and left him a hundred ryo.
  • Bieshu Feifan blamed Hiruzen Sarutobi for the attack and shaved his burned hair off.
  • Might Duy celebrated Bieshu Feifan's return to his old appearance and invited him to run five hundred laps around Konoha.
  • Hiruzen Sarutobi issued Bieshu Feifan another deployment order, and Bieshu Feifan packed his supplies and sealed metal for his Magnet Release into scrolls.
  • Bieshu Feifan and Might Duy joined several hundred underage recruits who followed the main force toward the Land of Rain.

Ch. 48The Free-for-All in the Land of Rain Began

Bieshu Feifan arrived in the Land of Rain with a Konoha force and was swept into a chaotic battle among several ninja villages. After his squad encountered Ibuse’s poisonous mist and escaped a Rain ninja’s counterattack, Weibei Tuisì led them away to help Orochimaru.

  • Bieshu Feifan was assigned to Weibei Tuisì’s squad alongside Qiuteng and Yeshan as Konoha sent a large force into the Land of Rain.
  • Orochimaru assembled the ninja at camp, and the force marched into the forest without Bieshu Feifan learning its mission.
  • Weibei Tuisì led his squad toward the fighting, where Bieshu Feifan spotted an approaching mist and bodies from several villages.
  • Weibei Tuisì’s squad attacked a Rain ninja, who retreated into Ibuse’s poisonous mist and fired water blades at Bieshu Feifan, Qiuteng, and Yeshan.
  • Bieshu Feifan, Qiuteng, and Yeshan dodged the water blades, and Weibei Tuisì ordered a retreat before leading them toward Orochimaru.

Ch. 49The Cannon Fodder's Headlong Charge

Bieshu Feifan tried to survive the battlefield while Weibei Tuisì repeatedly led Konoha forces toward Orochimaru. After escaping an Iwagakure Jonin’s attack and hiding underground, Bieshu Feifan was discovered when the Jonin unleashed another attack.

  • Weibei Tuisì charged toward Orochimaru, and Bieshu Feifan used his Sharingan to hypnotize Qiuteng and Yeshan into protecting him while they fought a Sunagakure puppeteer.
  • Weibei Tuisì survived successive clashes with Iwagakure, Sunagakure, and Rain Ninja, while Qiuteng and Yeshan died and Bieshu Feifan hypnotized other Genin to shield him.
  • As Weibei Tuisì led the remaining Konoha Ninja toward Orochimaru, an Iwagakure Jonin attacked with Earth Release: Earth Flow Spears, killing many and forcing the survivors into battle.
  • Bieshu Feifan escaped the fight using Magnet Release, hid underground, and suppressed his chakra, but the Iwagakure Jonin found him hours later.
  • Bieshu Feifan leaped out of the ground as another field of stone spikes erupted and fled from the Jonin.

Ch. 50Cannon Fodder Stumbles into the Imperial Family

Bieshu Feifan struggled to escape a battlefield crowded with powerful ninja, using his eyes and Magnet Release to survive several encounters. He finally reached Konoha’s battered main force and blended in among the wounded, exhausted and nearly out of Chakra.

  • Bieshu Feifan escaped a Stone Ninja Jonin, then killed a Sand Ninja who had ambushed him with a Great Fireball Technique.
  • Unable to find a safe route through the battle, Bieshu Feifan hid underground until Orochimaru summoned Manda nearby.
  • Manda and the assembled ninja forces resumed fighting, allowing Bieshu Feifan to escape after killing a Stone Ninja Chunin with his Sharingan Genjutsu and blade.
  • Bieshu Feifan saw Hanzo of the Salamander emerge from the poisonous mist and flee past him as Hanzo cut down nearby ninja.
  • Bieshu Feifan ran until he reached Konoha’s battered main force, then revealed his identity and blended in with the wounded, nearly out of Chakra.
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