Chapter Summaries

Hiruzen Sarutobi called a meeting as several villages’ movements made a major war seem unavoidable, but he chose defensive measures and kept Nara as western front commander. Afterward, Bieshu Feifan discussed his Hokage ambitions with Tsunade, Kakashi, and Jiraiya, then invited Tsunade to his Martial Arts Hall.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi reported Konoha’s defeat in the Land of Rivers, Kumogakure’s advance into the Land of Waterfalls, Iwagakure’s presence in the Land of Grass, and Kirigakure’s landings.
• Danzo, Bieshu Feifan, and Jiraiya argued over who should command the western front, but Hiruzen Sarutobi refused to replace Nara or send them as reinforcements.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Mimura to take five hundred men north to gather intelligence and Shikaku to take three hundred men to reinforce the western front, while the eastern forces stayed put.
• Bieshu Feifan, Tsunade, Kakashi, and Jiraiya criticized Hiruzen Sarutobi’s hesitation after leaving the meeting.
• Bieshu Feifan claimed he was the best candidate for Fourth Hokage, and he invited Tsunade to visit his Martial Arts Hall; Jiraiya followed them.

Bieshu Feifan and Kakashi were assigned to mentor Uchiha Zhongfen and Obito Uchiha, two prisoners recently released from prison. After Bieshu beat Zhongfen, he spotted Kakashi attacking Obito over Rin Nohara and stopped to watch.

• Tsunade stayed at Bieshu Feifan's Martial Arts Hall as an instructor, while Shizune joined her.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned Bieshu Feifan and Kakashi, then assigned them to guide Uchiha Zhongfen and Obito Uchiha.
• Kakashi reluctantly took Obito, while Bieshu took Zhongfen; the two men immediately fought, and Bieshu beat Zhongfen badly.
• Bieshu saw Kakashi punching Obito near Konoha Hospital while Rin Nohara tried to intervene, and hid nearby to watch.

After Kakashi beat Obito Uchiha for pursuing Rin Nohara, Obito encountered a strange old woman and witnessed the Zhurong Armor kill her, causing his Sharingan to awaken to two tomoe. Meanwhile, Uchiha Zhongfen was released from prison, beaten by Might Duy, and went to the Uchiha Clan Compound to gather backup.

• Kakashi beat Obito Uchiha after Obito approached Rin Nohara, then left with Rin, who told Obito she was already with Kakashi.
• Obito Uchiha cried over the rejection, awakened a single-tomoe Sharingan, and accepted an old woman's offer to take him home.
• The old woman insisted Obito ride on her back across the road; after a carriage crushed her hand, Obito went along with her strange custom of crawling across and back.
• A man in Zhurong Armor repeatedly ran over the old woman with a cart and carried away her remains, while Obito watched in horror and awakened a two-tomoe Sharingan before passing out.
• Obito Uchiha reported the killing to Hiruzen Sarutobi, whose Anbu could not determine whether Obito had experienced genjutsu or a mental episode.
• Uchiha Zhongfen woke after passing out, was beaten by Might Duy, and headed to the Uchiha Clan Compound to find backup.

After Uchiha Zhongfen brought Uchiha Ji and Uchiha Xiong Da to confront Bieshu Feifan and Might Duy, Bieshu Feifan demanded payment for a one-on-one fight and set rules for the match. The chapter ended as Might Duy faced Uchiha Ji, who activated his Sharingan and realized Duy was watching his feet instead of his eye.

• Uchiha Zhongfen went to fetch Uchiha Ji and Uchiha Xiong Da after Bieshu Feifan and Might Duy beat him up.
• Uchiha Ji demanded that Bieshu Feifan fight one-on-one, but Bieshu Feifan required a million per match, so Zhongfen returned to the Uchiha compound for the money.
• Tsunade and Shizune heard about the planned fight and went to Konoha Plaza, where a crowd had gathered.
• Bieshu Feifan laid down rules for the fights, including advance payment, no interference, no killing or crippling, and age-appropriate matches.
• Uchiha Zhongfen paid one million, and Bieshu Feifan sent Might Duy to fight Uchiha Ji.
• Uchiha Ji activated his three-tomoe eye but froze when he saw that Might Duy was looking at his feet.

Might Duy defeated Uchiha Ji with the Seventh Gate, and Bieshu Feifan and Might Guy quickly beat Uchiha Xiong Da and Uchiha Zhongfen. With all three Uchiha unconscious, a spectator rushed off to summon more Uchiha.

• Might Duy used the Eight Gates Technique to overpower Uchiha Ji in taijutsu, then opened the Seventh Gate and knocked him unconscious with ranged air punches.
• Tsunade checked Uchiha Ji and found he was only unconscious, while Might Guy gave Might Duy water and a Soldier Pill to ease the technique's aftereffects.
• Uchiha Xiong Da challenged Bieshu Feifan, but Bieshu Feifan knocked him down with one punch before he could use his Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Uchiha Zhongfen challenged Might Guy, who beat him in under two minutes and returned to his seat.
• After all three Uchiha lay unconscious, a spectator shouted that he would summon more Uchiha and urged everyone to stay.

Bieshu Feifan and his companions defeated every Uchiha who paid to challenge them, while Tsunade treated Might Duy and Might Guy between fights. As evening fell, Uchiha Fugaku arrived and challenged Bieshu Feifan, leaving their fight about to begin.

• A middle-aged Uchiha paid a million to challenge Bieshu Feifan, who knocked him down with one punch.
• An Uchiha challenged Kakashi Hatake, so the clan fetched a young Uchiha his age; Kakashi defeated him in under two minutes.
• Might Guy and Might Duy each defeated an Uchiha challenger while Tsunade treated their fatigue and injuries.
• More Uchiha arrived and lost to Bieshu Feifan, Kakashi, Might Guy, and Might Duy as the crowd bet on the fights.
• Uchiha Fugaku arrived to find the defeated clan members lined up on the ground, argued with Bieshu Feifan, and paid a million to challenge him.

Bieshu Feifan used the Uchiha’s failed challenge to promote his Villa Gang and private ventures, while Hiruzen Sarutobi reluctantly approved his construction land and reassigned Obito Uchiha to him. The chapter ended with Bieshu leaving Obito to handle a pile of D-rank missions as he went to deal with enemy shinobi at the border.

• Bieshu Feifan avoided fighting Uchiha Fugaku by demanding a hundred-million challenge fee, and Fugaku took the defeated Uchiha and left.
• Bieshu Feifan’s side celebrated its undefeated challenge record, then posted recruitment flyers for the Villa Gang and its training hall.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi confronted Bieshu Feifan about the hall, hospital, and missing Uchiha Zhongfen, then assigned Zhongfen to Kakashi and Obito Uchiha to Bieshu.
• Bieshu Feifan led his gang out at night to collect taxes, where they encountered Danzo’s group competing for the same territory.
• After nobles complained about the tax collectors, Hiruzen approved Bieshu Feifan’s construction land application and summoned Danzo.
• Obito Uchiha found Bieshu Feifan and asked to do missions, but Bieshu handed him dozens of D-rank assignments and left to address enemy shinobi at the border.

Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned commanders to Konoha’s fronts, giving Jiraiya the Kumogakure front and Uchiha Fugaku the Kirigakure front while appointing Mimura Hamaki to lead against Iwagakure. Bieshu Feifan was relegated to a support role, then staged an extravagant send-off before marching out with Kakashi and their troops.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned Jiraiya to the Kumogakure front and Uchiha Fugaku to the Kirigakure front, while Tsunade declined a battlefield command because of her condition.
• Bieshu Feifan and Danzo each pressed Hiruzen Sarutobi to appoint them commander against Iwagakure, but a vote confirmed Mimura Hamaki as commander with additional Jōnin sent to support him.
• Bieshu Feifan complained that Hiruzen Sarutobi had placed him in the reinforcement force without giving him command, and Tsunade promised to look after his Villa Gang.
• Kakashi joined Bieshu Feifan’s unit, which gathered around sixty troops at Konoha’s gate to depart for the front.
• Bieshu Feifan arrived on horseback to a staged ceremony with marching soldiers, a welcome song, and salutes, then led the stunned troops out of Konoha.

Bieshu Feifan drilled his unit, then traveled with Kakashi to the front and proposed a raid on Iwagakure’s logistics. He led a small team toward the mission while Kakashi stayed behind to draw the enemy’s attention, and Mimura Hamaki learned the two Jōnin had arrived.

• Bieshu Feifan defeated two challengers with single punches and got his unit to follow his commands.
• Bieshu Feifan and Kakashi rode in a sedan chair toward the border, where Bieshu ordered scouts to investigate Iwagakure’s deployments.
• After learning that Iwagakure had about three thousand troops led by Higashi Shibito, Bieshu proposed wiping out a squad and infiltrating the enemy rear to attack its logistics.
• Bieshu Feifan won the Chunin’s agreement to the raid, selected five Chunin and ten Genin to accompany him, and left the rest with Kakashi to distract Iwagakure and contact Mimura Hamaki.
• Mimura Hamaki questioned where Bieshu Feifan and Kakashi were when a Chunin reported that the two Jōnin had been spotted.

Bieshu Feifan and Kakashi arrived at the camp after raiding Iwagakure’s supply station, and Bieshu Feifan defended his unauthorized actions to commander Mimura Hamaki. When a force of Stone Ninja advanced, Bieshu Feifan stayed behind to guard the camp and quietly waited for the right moment to act.

• Bieshu Feifan celebrated the raid with his sixty-odd Shinobi, divided the captured supplies among them, and sent shares to their families in Konoha.
• Bieshu Feifan and Kakashi met Mimura Hamaki, where Bieshu Feifan defended the raid and argued that Konoha should focus on killing the invading Stone Ninja rather than avoiding their anger.
• Mimura Hamaki assigned Bieshu Feifan and Kakashi to guard the camp and began organizing the other new arrivals.
• A patrol reported that at least a thousand Stone Ninja were advancing, so Mimura Hamaki led most of the camp’s fighters out to meet them.
• Bieshu Feifan organized the remaining Shinobi to defend the camp, then relaxed with Kakashi while waiting for the right time to act.

Bieshu Feifan waited until Konoha's forces were close to defeat before entering the battle and slaughtering Iwagakure troops, turning the fight into a Konoha victory. He returned to camp acclaimed by his fellow shinobi, but decided he still needed to build more fame.

• Higashi Shibito led more than two thousand Iwagakure troops against Mimura Hamaki's outnumbered Konoha forces, forcing Mimura Hamaki to consider retreat.
• After scouts reported Konoha was losing, Bieshu Feifan took four shinobi with him to reinforce the battle and make witnesses to his deeds.
• Bieshu Feifan arrived in a palanquin, announced himself with an elaborate title, and cut down more than a hundred Iwagakure genin with his Xiuchun Dao.
• Bieshu Feifan fought an Iwagakure jōnin and Higashi Shibito, while a fast leaf pierced the bearded jōnin's forehead.
• Bieshu Feifan held off Higashi Shibito and numerous jōnin as Mimura Hamaki rallied Konoha, and Iwagakure retreated at dusk.
• Konoha shinobi praised Bieshu Feifan as he returned to camp, while he privately decided that the battle had not brought him enough fame.

After Iwagakure shifted to small-scale raids, Bieshu Feifan decided to seek merit by intercepting Stone Ninja patrols and recruited Kakashi and four Chunin for the mission. At the camp, he led the group past the obvious valley ambush site and pointed behind Iwagakure’s camp, saying he would take them to get supplies.

• Mimura Hamaki assigned defensive duties after predicting Iwagakure would stop large-scale attacks, and Bieshu Feifan approved his arrangements.
• Bieshu Feifan told Kakashi that he wanted to earn merit by intercepting Stone Ninja patrols near their camp, and Kakashi agreed to go with him.
• Mimura Hamaki hesitated over the risky plan but signed the Mission Consent Form after Bieshu Feifan assured him he could escape if discovered.
• Bieshu Feifan recruited four Chunin, assigned them code names, and took them with Kakashi into the Land of Grass.
• After Kakashi identified a likely valley entrance for an ambush, Bieshu Feifan instead pointed behind Iwagakure’s camp and said he would take the group to get supplies.

Bieshu Feifan led Kakashi and four chunin behind Iwagakure’s lines, where he forged supply orders and tricked Iwagakure into sending provisions and money to his group. As they seized the shipment, the Iwagakure front lines remained without rice, and Higashi Shibito grew anxious over the delayed supplies.

• Bieshu Feifan led Kakashi and four chunin to ambush an Iwagakure squad and capture its leader and three genin.
• Bieshu Feifan and Kakashi interrogated the prisoners, then Bieshu Feifan forged a supply requisition using the captured chunin’s chakra imprint and a copied seal.
• Ōnoki approved the forged request for doubled supplies and wages, while Bieshu Feifan’s group turned back messengers and secured an even larger payment request.
• Bieshu Feifan used Shadow Clones and Iwagakure’s passcodes to pose as a receiving unit and take delivery of dozens of carts of supplies and a sack of cash.
• Kakashi and the four chunin helped Bieshu Feifan move the stolen goods, while Higashi Shibito worried that the front had received no rice for more than half a month.

Bieshu Feifan distributed supplies seized from Iwagakure to his followers and argued with Zhuanqin Zhaopu over Konoha’s rules on battlefield spoils. He openly recruited more followers, while Iwagakure forces began approaching the group’s position in the Land of Grass.

• Bieshu Feifan summoned and distributed seized supplies, giving extra shares to Chunin and wounded shinobi.
• Mimura Hamaki asked Bieshu Feifan about the supplies, and Zhuanqin Zhaopu demanded that he hand them over under Konoha’s rules.
• Bieshu Feifan refused to yield the supplies, threatened Zhuanqin Zhaopu, and promised the others in the tent a share while excluding him.
• Bieshu Feifan ordered a subordinate to recruit followers with promises of extra supplies and weapons, and Mimura Hamaki decided not to intervene.
• Kakashi and Number One Chunin warned Bieshu Feifan that more Iwagakure forces were coming, while the Stone Ninja on the front lines continued demanding food.

Bieshu Feifan deceived Iwagakure’s front line and rear while preparing a scheme to profit from the war. After robbing the Land of Grass Daimyō and sending the frontline army a shipment adulterated with excrement, he received Ōnoki’s newly approved rewards and supplies.

• Bieshu Feifan promised Iwagakure’s anxious messenger supplies within seven days and extorted several million from him.
• Bieshu Feifan recruited Konoha shinobi skilled in Earth Release, disguised them as Stone Ninja, and organized a plan to rob the Land of Grass Daimyō.
• Kakashi led half the group to seize grain from the Daimyō, while Bieshu Feifan intercepted communications and had Chunin Number Three prepare dried excrement to mix into the supplies.
• Bieshu Feifan handed the adulterated grain to Higashi Shibito’s collection team after validating the transfer documents, seals, and chakra.
• Ōnoki approved three hundred million in rewards and additional weapons and supplies after reading Bieshu Feifan’s fabricated victory report, and Bieshu Feifan received the shipment.

Bieshu Feifan sabotaged Iwagakure’s food shipments and intercepted messages to keep Higashi Shibito’s front lines weakened, while secretly gathering supplies and money for his own subordinates. The chapter ended with Bieshu Feifan attending a defensive war meeting and Zhuanqin Zhaopu following him after being left out of the gifts.

• Higashi Shibito’s troops ate food contaminated with feces, suffered severe diarrhea, and received no weapons, while Higashi Shibito kept them eating the shipment and asked Iwagakure for fresh food and supplies.
• Bieshu Feifan intercepted the hawk carrying Higashi Shibito’s letters, altered messages to mislead both Higashi Shibito and Ōnoki, and ordered Number Three to develop odorless, flour-colored feces for future food shipments.
• Bieshu Feifan explained to Kakashi that he avoided a decisive victory because Mimura Hamaki would get the credit, then intercepted another message and prompted Ōnoki to gather supplies without sending them immediately.
• Bieshu Feifan’s Shadow Clone summoned military supplies and money, distributed most of them to his own subordinates, and arranged for the goods to be taken back to Konoha.
• Bieshu Feifan gave the other Jōnin money and joined Mimura Hamaki’s meeting, where the commanders agreed to maintain a defensive strategy as Iwagakure’s offensive weakened.
• Zhuanqin Zhaopu received no gift from Bieshu Feifan and followed him out of the meeting, visibly angry.

Bieshu Feifan defused Zhuanqin Zhaopu’s challenge with a fake gift, then helped steal Iwagakure supplies and secretly mix excrement into its food. When Higashi Shibito questioned the contaminated shipment, Bieshu Feifan invented medicinal ingredient names to reassure him and left him awaiting a reply.

• Bieshu Feifan stopped Zhuanqin Zhaopu from challenging his Shadow Clone by urging unity and giving him a gift box, which Zhuanqin later discovered was empty.
• Bieshu Feifan and Kakashi’s men took over an Iwagakure supply shipment, transferred it to Konoha, and prepared food mixed with excrement for the Stone Ninja.
• Higashi Shibito’s Medical Ninja found excrement in the food, and Higashi Shibito sent an envoy to demand an explanation from Bieshu Feifan.
• Bieshu Feifan presented a fake list of medicinal ingredients and claimed the contaminated food was a Tsuchikage-approved medicinal diet.
• Higashi Shibito accepted the explanation cautiously, tried to verify the ingredients, and sent a letter back to Iwagakure; Bieshu Feifan received it and replied that the ingredients improved the body.

Bieshu Feifan’s sabotage weakened the Stone Ninja, and he escaped Higashi Shibito’s pursuit before ambushing more Iwagakure squads on the way back to camp. At a meeting, he pushed for a large-scale attack and used his aura to silence Mei Gua Gaowan, prompting Mimura Hamaki to name Bieshu the most suitable leader.

• Bieshu Feifan intercepted Iwagakure messengers and investigators with genjutsu while his sabotage left many Stone Ninja ill and unable to fight effectively.
• After Higashi Shibito set out with troops to capture the quartermasters, Bieshu Feifan evacuated his camp and escaped with Kakashi and his men.
• Bieshu Feifan’s group disguised themselves as Stone Ninja and ambushed returning Iwagakure squads, killing more than thirty before returning to the Konoha camp.
• Bieshu Feifan urged Mimura Hamaki to authorize an attack on the weakened Stone Ninja, while Mei Gua Gaowan volunteered to lead it.
• Bieshu Feifan intimidated Mei Gua Gaowan with his aura, and Mimura Hamaki named Bieshu the most suitable person to lead the surprise attack.