Chapter Summaries

Bieshu Feifan defeated Shikaku Nara in a duel, then led a night raid that wiped out Kumogakure's camp and returned with its supplies. His growing popularity made Shikaku Nara and Minato Namikaze suspect he was aiming to become the Fourth Hokage.

• Shikaku Nara challenged Bieshu Feifan to a duel, but Bieshu Feifan knocked him out with one hit.
• Bieshu Feifan's plan to raid Kumogakure's camp in the Land of Rice Fields was approved, and he led a team there at night.
• Bieshu Feifan killed the Cloud Ninja guarding and occupying the town with Wind Release-charged leaves, while Might Duy and Might Guy's group ambushed fleeing shinobi.
• Bieshu Feifan returned to the Konoha camp with his entire team and divided the looted supplies, winning the loyalty of the chunin and genin who had accompanied him.
• Shikaku Nara guessed that Bieshu Feifan wanted to become the Fourth Hokage, and Minato Namikaze privately began to worry that the guess might be true.

Hiruzen Sarutobi recalled Bieshu Feifan, Might Duy, Might Guy, and Minato Namikaze from the front and publicly reprimanded the three Chunin, prompting Bieshu Feifan to confront him. That night, Bieshu Feifan slipped into Konoha Hospital disguised as a doctor and drugged the sleeping Sarutobi Tōgo.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi dismissed the battle reports, scolded Shikaku Nara and Minato Namikaze, and ordered Minato to stop attacking Kumogakure.
• Might Duy and Might Guy told Minato Namikaze that Hiruzen Sarutobi had once handed them over to Kumogakure, and Minato agreed to stop launching attacks.
• After the Third Raikage threatened war, Hiruzen Sarutobi recalled the squad and posted a public reprimand against Bieshu Feifan, Might Duy, and Might Guy.
• Bieshu Feifan confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi, who claimed the reprimand was meant to protect them, and Bieshu Feifan pretended to accept his explanation.
• Bieshu Feifan, Might Duy, and Might Guy tore down the reprimand notices until they grew tired and went to eat.
• Bieshu Feifan entered Konoha Hospital disguised as a doctor, injected Sarutobi Tōgo, and left him unconscious.

Hannibal’s attack left Sarutobi Tōgo critically injured, prompting Hiruzen Sarutobi to strengthen security and launch a search across Konoha. Bieshu Feifan, Might Duy, and Might Guy visited Tōgo’s guarded hospital room, where Feifan realized the patient was a decoy and exposed him by pinching his philtrum.

• Sarutobi Tōgo woke with severe injuries, and doctors discovered his tongue had been cut out, his remaining kidney removed, and fecal water injected into his body.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered extra Anbu protection for Tōgo and sent jōnin and Anbu to search Konoha for Hannibal.
• Might Duy, Might Guy, and Bieshu Feifan wondered why the Anbu were searching for someone but not questioning them, until Minato Namikaze explained that Hannibal had infiltrated the hospital and injured Tōgo.
• Bieshu Feifan and the others went to visit Tōgo and saw a noblewoman enter his heavily guarded ward.
• Bieshu Feifan realized the unconscious patient was a decoy and the noblewoman was likely a Shadow Clone, then pinched the decoy’s philtrum until he woke up angrily.

Hiruzen Sarutobi struggled to find Hannibal while confronting Bieshu Feifan over his protection-money schemes. Bieshu Feifan failed to get Hiruzen’s help becoming a Jōnin, partnered with Danzo to expand a tax racket, and left Hiruzen suspecting him as new gangs spread across the Land of Fire.

• Bieshu Feifan, Might Duy, and Might Guy visited the fake Sarutobi Tōgo and tormented Biwako Sarutobi with gifts and cooking advice.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi grew weary of the search for Hannibal, then summoned Bieshu Feifan after learning he had started collecting taxes again.
• Bieshu Feifan demanded Hiruzen help him become a Jōnin, but Hiruzen refused to arrange it.
• Bieshu Feifan went to Danzo and proposed a partnership in which Root supplied gang members for a noble’s protection-money operation; Danzo agreed to split the profits.
• Hiruzen noticed gangs collecting protection money from nobles and wealthy merchants, suspected Bieshu Feifan, and summoned him and Danzo.

Hiruzen Sarutobi negotiated with Bieshu Feifan and Danzo over the gangs spreading through the Land of Fire, granting Danzo more Root positions and letting Bieshu apply for Jōnin. The chapter ended with Kakashi returning from a disastrous mission to find Bieshu Feifan, Might Duy, and Might Guy barbecuing outside his home.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi confronted Danzo and Bieshu Feifan about whether Root and Bieshu Feifan’s Villa Gang were behind the new gangs, but both denied involvement and offered to eliminate them in exchange for concessions.
• Danzo asked for more Root personnel, and Hiruzen Sarutobi granted him twenty additional slots.
• Bieshu Feifan asked to become a Jōnin and cited his border combat record; Hiruzen Sarutobi allowed him to submit an application, but refused to recommend him himself.
• Bieshu Feifan and Danzo left together, while Hiruzen Sarutobi recalled Jiraiya’s warning and questioned whether he was fit to be Hokage before dismissing the thought.
• Kakashi returned home after another difficult mission in which two teammates died and the last one broke down, then found Bieshu Feifan, Might Duy, and Might Guy eating barbecue outside his door.

Bieshu Feifan asked Kakashi to recommend him for jōnin, and their conversation about teammates and missions made Kakashi reconsider his doubts about his father. After Bieshu Feifan defeated Kakashi and countered his Chidori, Kakashi wrote the recommendation, and Bieshu Feifan gave him a secret technique scroll before heading to Minato Namikaze’s house.

• Bieshu Feifan asked Kakashi for a jōnin recommendation, and Kakashi questioned him about choosing between a mission and teammates.
• Bieshu Feifan told Kakashi to follow his conscience and protect what he cherished, prompting Kakashi to reflect on Hatake Sakumo.
• Kakashi challenged Bieshu Feifan and was swiftly defeated after Bieshu Feifan blocked his kick and took down his shadow clones.
• Kakashi used his newly developed Chidori, but Bieshu Feifan dispersed it with Wind Release and left Kakashi stunned.
• Kakashi wrote Bieshu Feifan a jōnin recommendation, and Bieshu Feifan gave him a scroll containing Kumogakure’s Lightning Release Chakra Mode.
• Bieshu Feifan left Kakashi’s house and headed to Minato Namikaze’s house.

Bieshu Feifan collected three recommendations for promotion to Jōnin, but Hiruzen Sarutobi and the other officials rejected his application before an ability assessment. After leaving the Hokage Building, he angrily resolved to make trouble.

• Bieshu Feifan obtained Jiraiya's recommendation by giving him a new smut book, then received another from Minato Namikaze.
• Bieshu Feifan presented all three recommendation letters to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who scheduled an assessment for the next morning.
• Danzo supported Bieshu Feifan's promotion, but Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura, and the Nara Jōnin opposed it, citing his youth and poor mission record.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi sided with the majority, and Bieshu Feifan left the Hokage Building furious at the rejection.

Bieshu Feifan disguised himself as Biwako Sarutobi and sabotaged Sarutobi Tōgo, leaving him critically ill and Hiruzen Sarutobi furious. After Hiruzen fainted, Danzo took over the Hokage’s duties, prompting Hiruzen to rush back to the office.

• Kakashi, Might Duy, and Might Guy discussed Bieshu Feifan’s failed Jōnin application and suspected Hiruzen Sarutobi was blocking his advancement.
• Bieshu Feifan disguised himself as Biwako Sarutobi, visited Sarutobi Tōgo, and injected him with fecal water while attaching a revolver to him.
• Biwako Sarutobi found Sarutobi Tōgo critically ill, and the doctor told Hiruzen Sarutobi that someone had infected him and attached a revolver marked “Made by Nara.”
• The Nara Jōnin revealed that his son had been attacked and his revolver stolen; the doctor also reported Sarutobi Tōgo was missing transplanted organs, his tongue, and several toes.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi fainted from the news, then awoke to learn that Danzo had taken over, and hurried toward the Hokage’s Office.

While Hiruzen Sarutobi returned to the Hokage's Office, Danzo and the advisors discussed the hidden enemy in Konoha. Bieshu Feifan pressured Hiruzen into nominating him for Jōnin, then tried to add himself, Might Duy, and Might Guy to the Advisor Council, leaving the meeting in an argument.

• Danzo tried to handle Hiruzen Sarutobi's documents, but Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura reminded him that he was only an advisor and discussed another search for the hidden enemy.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi returned with Bieshu Feifan, Might Duy, and Might Guy, and Bieshu Feifan accused him of unfairly rejecting his Jōnin promotion.
• Bieshu Feifan demanded a Hokage nomination alongside three recommendation letters, and Hiruzen Sarutobi wrote and stamped the nomination.
• Bieshu Feifan proposed adding himself, Might Duy, and Might Guy to the Advisor Council, while Danzo supported discussing the proposal and Hiruzen stayed silent.
• Utatane Koharu objected, and she and Bieshu Feifan began arguing as Hiruzen Sarutobi and Mitokado Homura discussed matters quietly.

Bieshu Feifan passed the strength portion of his jōnin assessment and chose an A-rank escort mission to qualify for promotion. After the daimyo’s son-in-law antagonized him and his team, Bieshu Feifan, Might Duy, and Might Guy beat him and prepared to take him sightseeing anyway.

• Bieshu Feifan presented three jōnin recommendation letters, then fought the examiner to a draw and passed the strength assessment.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Bieshu Feifan he had to complete an A-rank or public S-rank mission to earn his jōnin title.
• Bieshu Feifan selected an A-rank mission to escort Shūbiàndiàodiào to the Land of Wind and set out with Might Duy and Might Guy.
• Shūbiàndiàodiào and his guards challenged Bieshu Feifan’s team, and Bieshu Feifan’s team beat them.
• Shūbiàndiàodiào said he would abandon the trip, but Bieshu Feifan and his companions continued hitting him and insisted on taking him sightseeing.

Hiruzen Sarutobi heard Bieshu Feifan and Shūbiàndiàodiào argue over a disastrous desert trip, then let Feifan go without punishment. Feifan later ambushed Shūbiàndiàodiào with Might Duy and Might Guy, and returned to Konoha to receive his Jōnin appointment and demand land and a high-ranking position.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi questioned Bieshu Feifan about Shūbiàndiàodiào’s complaints, but Feifan denied wrongdoing and the Hokage dismissed the dispute without punishing him.
• After Shūbiàndiàodiào left Konoha, Bieshu Feifan, Might Duy, and Might Guy ambushed him, beat him, and took his carriage, money, and wheelchair.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi formally appointed Bieshu Feifan as a Konoha Jōnin, and Feifan demanded applause from the gathered officials.
• Bieshu Feifan proposed building a villa and clan grounds on Konoha land and asked Hiruzen Sarutobi for a prestigious position.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi used cryptic remarks to end Feifan’s speech, and Feifan left while the officials watched the Hokage strangely.

After tricking Hiruzen Sarutobi into lending him a copied scroll of forbidden techniques, Bieshu Feifan memorized its contents and continued training for the coming war. When his clone reported that the Third Kazekage had left Sunagakure alone, Bieshu Feifan set out to intercept him and claim his Magnet Release.

• Bieshu Feifan celebrated becoming a jōnin with Might Duy, Might Guy, and Kakashi, who gave him a sword-technique scroll.
• Bieshu Feifan wore down Hiruzen Sarutobi with endless talk and used his Sharingan to plant a suggestion, persuading him to hand over a copied scroll of forbidden techniques.
• Bieshu Feifan memorized the techniques in the scroll, including Multiple Shadow Clone and Flying Thunder God, but did not obtain the Reaper Death Seal or Impure World Reincarnation.
• Bieshu Feifan trained harder as he watched for signs that the Third Shinobi World War was approaching, and he mastered senjutsu.
• Bieshu Feifan learned that the Third Kazekage had left Sunagakure alone and headed into the desert, so he went to intercept him and hoped to take his Magnet Release before Sasori could.

Bieshu Feifan found the Third Kazekage searching for mineral veins and fought him while looking for Sasori of the Red Sands. After defeating the Third Kazekage, Bieshu Feifan let him recover before throwing a yellow ball of light at him as he tried to flee.

• Bieshu Feifan recognized the man walking through the desert as the Third Kazekage, who attacked him after spotting him in the sky.
• Bieshu Feifan dodged the Third Kazekage's iron sand techniques and used a shadow clone to answer when the Third Kazekage suspected he was Daddy Shinobi.
• The Third Kazekage trapped Bieshu Feifan in an iron sand net, but Bieshu Feifan's armor blocked the attack and repaired itself.
• The Third Kazekage tried to escape, but Bieshu Feifan caught him at supersonic speed and struck him through his Iron Sand Shield.
• After the Third Kazekage regained consciousness and asked Bieshu Feifan to spare him, Bieshu Feifan questioned him and revealed he wanted to test a powerful move.
• The Third Kazekage turned and ran, and Bieshu Feifan formed a yellow ball of light and threw it after him.

Bieshu Feifan killed the Third Kazekage, absorbed his Magnet Release, and encountered Sasori of the Red Sands while searching for him. After defeating and capturing Sasori, Bieshu Feifan returned to Konoha with him, expecting war to break out soon.

• Bieshu Feifan used Scorch Release to dry out the Third Kazekage, absorbed his Magnet Release, and sealed away his corpse.
• Sasori of the Red Sands arrived looking for the Third Kazekage and mistook Bieshu Feifan for him from a distance.
• Bieshu Feifan pursued Sasori, and the two fought with Magnet Release and puppets.
• Bieshu Feifan stabbed Sasori and trapped him in a genjutsu where his parents rejected and attacked him.
• Bieshu Feifan cut off Sasori's limbs, captured him, and returned to Konoha with him.

Bieshu Feifan was summoned to a Konoha jōnin meeting after tensions among the villages threatened to spark another war. Hiruzen Sarutobi outlined the border crises, and Bieshu Feifan stood to speak, leaving the meeting waiting to hear what he had to say.

• Bieshu Feifan finished recording the Puppet Technique he had extracted from Sasori and shared a meal with Might Guy, Might Duy, and Kakashi.
• Kakashi told Bieshu Feifan that Hiruzen Sarutobi had summoned him, and they went to the Hokage's Office.
• Bieshu Feifan took a seat beside Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo, teased the attendees, and urged Hiruzen Sarutobi to make room for Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Ji.
• After the remaining jōnin arrived, Hiruzen Sarutobi warned that Kumogakure was raiding the Land of Fire, Kirigakure was landing on its coast, and Sunagakure was crossing the border while searching for its missing Third Kazekage.
• Bieshu Feifan stood to speak, rebuked a jōnin who tried to stop him, and told Hiruzen Sarutobi to take notes.

Bieshu Feifan proposed striking Sunagakure first and preparing defenses against the other villages, but Hiruzen Sarutobi and his advisers dismissed the plan in favor of caution. The chapter ended with Sunagakure launching a large-scale invasion, vindicating Bieshu Feifan's warning and shocking Hiruzen.

• Bieshu Feifan outlined a strategy to contain Iwagakure, defend against Kirigakure and Kumogakure, and crush Sunagakure before it could mount a desperate attack.
• Kakashi, Jiraiya, and Minato Namikaze found the proposal reasonable, while Hiruzen Sarutobi, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura rejected it as too aggressive.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ended the meeting without committing to a concrete plan, and Danzo later told Bieshu Feifan to share future strategies with him first.
• The Daimyō of the Land of Fire wrote to Hiruzen Sarutobi that Sand Ninja had appeared in the capital, and an Anbu reported that Sunagakure had begun a large-scale invasion under the pretext of searching for the Third Kazekage.

After Sunagakure invaded the Land of Fire, Hiruzen Sarutobi chose a Nara jōnin as commander and Minato Namikaze as deputy, rejecting the bids of Bieshu Feifan, Danzo, and Jiraiya. Bieshu Feifan took Kakashi and Might Guy to the Konoha Villa Gang's Martial Arts Hall, then left to seek a powerful backer.

• Sunagakure sent reinforcements into the Land of Fire and looted supplies, prompting Danzo to urge Hiruzen Sarutobi to adopt a wider war strategy, which Hiruzen rejected.
• Bieshu Feifan, Danzo, Minato Namikaze, and Jiraiya competed for command of the campaign against Sunagakure.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi appointed a Nara jōnin as commander and Minato Namikaze as deputy commander, leaving the other candidates without posts.
• Bieshu Feifan complained about the decision as he left the Hokage Building, while Kakashi and Might Guy accompanied him.
• Bieshu Feifan brought Kakashi and Might Guy to the Konoha Villa Gang's Martial Arts Hall, where Might Duy was training Genin, and Kakashi agreed to become an instructor.
• Bieshu Feifan left to find a backer with enough standing.

Bieshu Feifan accepted a mission to bring Tsunade back, but first traveled to the Capital of the Land of Fire to secure his business interests and extend his control over the Daimyō’s court. He then found Tsunade gambling in Tanzaku Town and introduced himself to Shizune as Senju Qiangjian.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi approved Bieshu Feifan’s mission to find Tsunade and ordered him to return within half a month.
• Bieshu Feifan told his managers to expand Hailuoying production and arrange Shinobi escorts as the war disrupted business.
• Bieshu Feifan used hypnosis and his followers to bring more nobles’ wealth and influence under his control, while keeping the Daimyō unaware of his visits.
• Bieshu Feifan left the Capital of the Land of Fire and went to Tanzaku Town, where he found Tsunade gambling and Shizune waiting outside.
• Bieshu Feifan asked Shizune to fetch Tsunade and claimed he was Senju Qiangjian.

Bieshu Feifan reunited with Tsunade and tried to persuade her to return to Konoha and support his bid to become Hokage. After defeating and binding her with Wood Release, he revealed his real name, and Shizune reminded Tsunade that he was the infamous Konoha idiot.

• Tsunade met Bieshu Feifan, who claimed to be Senju Qiangjian, and challenged him to prove his identity in a fight.
• Bieshu Feifan redirected Tsunade’s attacks with Shaori, then struck the ground with a blow that showed he had mastered Monstrous Strength.
• Bieshu Feifan asked Tsunade to return to Konoha and support his plan to become Hokage, but she refused.
• Bieshu Feifan used Wood Release to bind Tsunade and weaken her, then persuaded her to go eat with him.
• Tsunade asked for Bieshu Feifan’s real name, and Shizune recognized him as the man who had wanted to squeeze the Hokage’s crotch.

Bieshu Feifan returned Tsunade to Konoha, but Hiruzen Sarutobi mistakenly suspected he had become her kept man. At a dinner welcoming Tsunade, Jiraiya joined the group, and the gathering ended when an Anbu summoned everyone to a Jōnin Meeting.

• Tsunade reunited with Hiruzen Sarutobi, who thanked Bieshu Feifan for bringing her back and told her he would have her house cleaned.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi suggested that Bieshu Feifan had become Tsunade's kept man, so Bieshu Feifan rebuked him, stamped his own mission complete, and left.
• Bieshu Feifan, Might Duy, Might Guy, Kakashi, Tsunade, and Shizune shared a welcome dinner at Bieshu Feifan's home.
• Jiraiya arrived, tried to embrace Tsunade, and was punched away; he then joined the meal and asked whether Bieshu Feifan was her kept man.
• Tsunade called Bieshu Feifan her brother and asked him, Might Duy, and Might Guy to perform; their song and Jiraiya's teasing ended with Tsunade knocking Jiraiya into a wall.
• An Anbu rushed into Bieshu Feifan's home and urgently summoned everyone to a Jōnin Meeting.