Chapter Summaries

Bieshu Feifan tried to trade a book for access to Konoha’s Forbidden Techniques, but Hiruzen Sarutobi fooled him with a scroll of nonsense. After deciding to steal what he wanted, Bieshu Feifan disguised himself as an old woman and lured Obito away from the road, leaving Obito terrified and calling for help.

• Bieshu Feifan demonstrated Wind Release: Great Breakthrough, and Hiruzen Sarutobi demanded that he master fifteen Wind Release Ninjutsu before receiving access to Forbidden Techniques.
• Bieshu Feifan offered Hiruzen Sarutobi the book Night Shift Nurses, and Hiruzen confiscated it after learning Jiraiya had supplied it.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi showed Bieshu Feifan a scroll filled with fabricated, nonsensical Forbidden Techniques, so Bieshu left the Hokage's Office angry.
• Bieshu Feifan beat up a Uchiha who had been lurking outside his home, took his money, and resolved to steal the Forbidden Techniques instead.
• Bieshu Feifan disguised himself as an old woman and persuaded Obito Uchiha to escort him far from the village road.
• Bieshu Feifan revealed himself and called Obito Uchiha his companion, Uchiha Bandit, while Obito struggled and cried for help.

Bieshu Feifan staged an absurd encounter that convinced Obito Uchiha he was a monster hunted by Zhurong Armor and that the Scroll of Seals could hide his aura. He then persuaded Asuma Sarutobi to steal the Scroll of Seals by promising to help him marry Kurenai Yuhi, and waited for a chance to act without raising Hiruzen Sarutobi’s suspicions.

• Bieshu Feifan used Shadow Clones to stage Zhurong Armor attacking Obito Uchiha and a monster granny, who told Obito to find a Scroll of Seals technique that could hide a monster’s aura.
• Obito Uchiha believed the granny’s warning and became determined to obtain the Scroll of Seals so he could stay in Konoha with Rin Nohara.
• Bieshu Feifan approached Asuma Sarutobi with a forged-looking marriage contract claiming Kurenai Yuhi was engaged to him on the Daimyō’s orders.
• Bieshu Feifan promised to end the engagement and arrange a marriage between Asuma Sarutobi and Kurenai Yuhi if Asuma brought him the Scroll of Seals or a copy.
• Bieshu Feifan decided to wait until Hiruzen Sarutobi left the Hokage’s Office and planned to reinforce Obito Uchiha’s and Asuma Sarutobi’s resolve through suggestion.

Obito Uchiha and Asuma Sarutobi’s attempts to sneak into the Hokage’s Office created chaos while Bieshu Feifan’s shadow clones stole the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique and Flying Thunder God. After training in seclusion for over ten days, Bieshu heard that the Uchiha were investigating the incidents but had not suspected him.

• Obito Uchiha tried to enter the Hokage Building through a second-floor window and was caught by Anbu, while Asuma Sarutobi’s clones distracted guards as Bieshu Feifan’s clone entered the secret chamber.
• Bieshu Feifan’s clone memorized the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique and Flying Thunder God before Anbu destroyed it, and Hiruzen Sarutobi had Obito and Asuma beaten after questioning them.
• Bieshu Feifan practiced the stolen techniques at home for more than ten days.
• Might Duy and Might Guy told Bieshu Feifan that Hiruzen Sarutobi and the Uchiha were investigating the thefts and questioning ninjutsu users.
• Bieshu Feifan learned that Kakashi said the Uchiha had never suspected him, then decided to continue practicing ninjutsu.

Bieshu Feifan failed to understand Flying Thunder God, mastered Multiple Shadow Clones, and tested armor made from Wood Release and Magnet Release against Uchiha Fugaku. After Fugaku reported the encounter to Hiruzen Sarutobi, Bieshu Feifan concluded that the armor had real potential.

• Bieshu Feifan gave up studying Flying Thunder God, while the Konoha F4 ended its investigation by reclaiming Uchiha land, imposing compensation, and reinstating Danzo.
• Bieshu Feifan mastered Multiple Shadow Clones, brought food to Might Duy, and began training clones while researching armor that combined Wood Release and Magnet Release.
• Bieshu Feifan challenged Uchiha Fugaku in the forest while wearing armor, and Fugaku’s genjutsu failed to affect him.
• Bieshu Feifan used fire attacks and the armored Shadow Clone to test his defenses, but Fugaku eventually broke the armor and destroyed the clone.
• Uchiha Fugaku reported the armored warrior to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who marked Fugaku’s file top secret, while Bieshu Feifan received his clone’s report and judged the armor promising.

Bieshu Feifan searched Konoha Hospital’s Morgue for useful corpses, then helped expose Hiruzen Sarutobi as the hospital’s mysterious pervert without realizing who he was. After Hiruzen escaped and Might Duy was arrested as a scapegoat, Bieshu Feifan took Might Guy to confront the Hokage, who ended the meeting by offering Bieshu Feifan a mission.

• Bieshu Feifan searched the Morgue for Senju descendants and Wood Release resources, but found only a few bodies.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi fled pursuing hospital staff, and Bieshu Feifan’s fireball lit up his escape before Hiruzen hid in the Morgue as a corpse.
• Bieshu Feifan turned Hiruzen facedown and covered him with water, leaving him trapped in the cabinet for more than half an hour.
• The Anbu arrested Might Duy as the suspected hospital pervert, and Might Guy begged Bieshu Feifan to help him seek justice.
• Bieshu Feifan brought Might Guy to Hiruzen Sarutobi, challenged the arrest, and heard Hiruzen offer him a mission.

Bieshu Feifan accepted an escort mission to find Tsunade, but after killing two Sarutobi shinobi who plotted against him, he left the mission and tracked Tsunade down. He approached her in a restaurant, where he knocked out a man who challenged him, leaving Tsunade wary of his strength and intentions.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi offered Bieshu Feifan a Forbidden Technique after he mastered fourteen Wind Release Ninjutsu and promised to count finding Tsunade as an A-rank mission.
• Bieshu Feifan joined three Sarutobi shinobi to escort a noble, endured their hostility, and left after they delivered the noble safely.
• The three Sarutobi shinobi plotted to kill Bieshu Feifan, but he attacked them; two died, and the survivor returned to Hiruzen with all five limbs broken.
• Bieshu Feifan took most of the noble family's cash, enjoyed himself in the Capital, and used gambling dens to learn Tsunade was in Changma City.
• Bieshu Feifan found Tsunade eating with Shizune and tried to speak with her, then punched a rich young gentleman who challenged him.
• Tsunade stopped eating and watched Bieshu Feifan warily, recognizing that he was powerful and might have bad intentions.

Bieshu Feifan challenged Tsunade to a fight to persuade her to sell him Wood Release ninjutsu, but their battle ended without a deal. Over drinks, Tsunade admitted she recognized his Senju bloodline and mourned her lost family, while Bieshu Feifan asked Shizune to take the drunk Tsunade to rest.

• Bieshu Feifan revealed a weak Wood Release sapling and claimed he was a Senju, but Tsunade doubted him and demanded that he prove his Wood Release in a fight.
• Bieshu Feifan attacked Tsunade with repeated Fire Release techniques, and Tsunade activated Creation Rebirth before chasing him as he fled.
• Tsunade stopped pursuing Bieshu Feifan and summoned Katsuyu, whose acid attack forced him to back away; they agreed to talk over drinks.
• At the restaurant, Bieshu Feifan told Tsunade about his past as a pig butcher and again offered to pay for her Wood Release ninjutsu.
• Tsunade admitted she had recognized Bieshu Feifan as a Senju and spoke of her dead relatives, Dan, and the burdens of the family and village.
• As Tsunade became drunk and slumped against Shizune, Bieshu Feifan asked Shizune to help her to her room.

Bieshu Feifan received Tsunade’s collection of Wood Release techniques after a disastrous singing performance, then used hypnosis to take over the Fujiwara household. The chapter ended as one of his training Shadow Clones burst.

• Tsunade discovered that Brother Meat was a ten-year-old boy, and Bieshu Feifan explained that he had been a pig butcher before becoming a Shinobi.
• Tsunade agreed to give Bieshu Feifan the Wood Release Ninjutsu for free if his performance stirred her emotions, but she punched him while he sang.
• Tsunade handed Bieshu Feifan a box containing a broad collection of Wood Release techniques and asked Shizune to keep his existence secret.
• Bieshu Feifan entered the Fujiwara Nobles’ estate, hypnotized its servants, and made Fujiwara Fatty believe he was his father.
• Bieshu Feifan ordered Fujiwara Fatty to divorce his Sarutobi wife and have the household cook his meat thoroughly.
• One of Bieshu Feifan’s Shadow Clones burst while he was enjoying his new life.

Bieshu Feifan defeated an Uchiha squad, took their Sharingan, and evaded Konoha shinobi guarding the Fujiwara Nobles' home. He headed west toward Sunagakure to strengthen his Magnet Release, but stopped at an entertainment establishment for a foot bath.

• Bieshu Feifan confronted Uchiha Ku and three other Uchiha, revealing Wood Release and disguising himself as Tobirama Senju and then Madara Uchiha.
• Bieshu Feifan killed Uchiha Ku and the other three Uchiha, taking their Sharingan and learning that the Third had sent them to investigate the Fujiwara Nobles and kill him if they found him.
• Bieshu Feifan found Konoha shinobi surrounding the Fujiwara Nobles' home and withdrew rather than risk a fight.
• Bieshu Feifan decided his Wood Release was better suited to armor than offense and traveled west toward Sunagakure to improve his Magnet Release.
• Bieshu Feifan spotted a luxurious entertainment establishment in the Land of Fire's last town and decided to go in for a foot bath.

Bieshu Feifan was recognized by a former hypnosis victim while posing as a patron at a border entertainment establishment, where a Sand Ninja caravan ambushed him. After killing the attackers, he learned they were delivering war reparations to Konoha and hurried into the Land of Wind to continue searching for someone to make his son.

• Bieshu Feifan disguised himself and entered an entertainment establishment, where he reunited with a middle-aged fat man he had hypnotized years earlier.
• The fat man revealed that he had acquired protection against genjutsu and led a group of Sand Ninja to attack Bieshu Feifan.
• Bieshu Feifan fought back, killed the Sand Ninja, and learned that the fat man had been leading a caravan delivering war reparations to Konoha.
• Bieshu Feifan realized he had forgotten to wear his Konoha forehead protector, then left the city and traveled into the Land of Wind.
• Bieshu Feifan hypnotized a town sheriff, rejected him as a son for being too old, and continued searching for a suitable person.

Bieshu Feifan tried to lure Rasa out of Sunagakure with a lavish commission to teach Fangwu Zhuren ninjutsu, but the village kept sending unsuitable instructors while its leaders fought over the reward. After Bieshu threatened to cancel the mission, Sunagakure's Kazekage and elders panicked and argued over who should go.

• Sunagakure's leaders argued over who should take Bieshu Feifan's hundred-million-ryo commission, while the Third Kazekage advocated sending Rasa.
• After Suzuki Cai taught Fangwu Zhuren only basic skills, Bieshu paid him off and requested a replacement; the next chunin also failed to satisfy him.
• Sunagakure's leaders argued over the replacement as Bieshu raised the reward to two hundred million ryo.
• Sunagakure eventually sent Xiaohong, but Bieshu remained dissatisfied and wrote that he might cancel the commission, offering ten million ryo as compensation.
• The Kazekage and elders panicked at the prospect of losing the client and resumed arguing over who should take the mission.

Bieshu Feifan used Pakura’s paid lessons to study her Wind Release and Fire Release techniques while secretly plotting to absorb her Scorch Release. When Pakura realized the unusually quiet surroundings and Bieshu Feifan’s strange questions signaled danger, she stood up on guard.

• Bieshu Feifan welcomed Pakura, a nineteen-year-old Sunagakure Elite Jōnin, as Fangwu Zhuren’s instructor and arranged to learn from her as well.
• Bieshu Feifan used a Wood Clone to study Pakura’s demonstrations of Wind Release and Fire Release while his real body recorded her techniques with the Sharingan.
• Pakura refused to demonstrate or explain Scorch Release, calling it a secret vital to her survival and Sunagakure’s security.
• Fangwu Zhuren lost interest in Pakura’s lessons and spent more time with Xiaohong, while Bieshu Feifan kept bringing Pakura food and asking about her clothing and armpits.
• Bieshu Feifan asked Pakura whether she would explain Scorch Release and mentioned Kakashi, prompting her to suspect him and notice that the tenants and Xiaohong were absent.
• Pakura abruptly stood up, sensing that something was wrong.

Bieshu Feifan lured Pakura into a secluded fight and used genjutsu to make her believe she had killed him. After his wind bullet killed her, he absorbed her special chakra and acquired Scorch Release.

• Bieshu Feifan revealed himself to Pakura and challenged her, while she recognized his Sharingan and attacked with Scorch Release.
• Bieshu Feifan countered Pakura with Fire and Wind Release techniques, exhausting his chakra as they traded attacks.
• Pakura charged Bieshu Feifan with Extremely Steaming Murder, believing she had struck him down, but the apparent victory was part of his genjutsu.
• Bieshu Feifan's wind bullet had already pierced Pakura's head, and he absorbed her special chakra to acquire Scorch Release.
• Bieshu Feifan burned Pakura's body with a Great Fireball.

The Daimyō's envoy accused Sunagakure of profiting from the nobles' robberies, while Bieshu Feifan mastered Scorch Release and returned to the capital. Disguised as Feiyuan Kanyue, he got hired as a guard and used an illusion on the Daimyō, who mistook him for his father.

• The Daimyō's envoy confronted the Third Kazekage and Sunagakure's senior officials over the nobles' stolen fortunes and said Xiaohong had been detained.
• The Third Kazekage's officials discussed the possibility that the nobles' wealth could cover Sunagakure's funding, despite his warning to watch their words.
• Bieshu Feifan mastered Scorch Release and returned to the capital, where a wandering shinobi told him the Daimyō was hiring guards because nobles had been robbed.
• Bieshu Feifan, disguised as Feiyuan Kanyue, defeated a samurai in a trial and used an illusion to make him believe they were brothers, securing a guard position.
• After the Daimyō's welcome banquet, Bieshu Feifan slipped into his bedchamber, put him under an illusion, and told him he was his father and would take the bed.

Bieshu Feifan took over the Daimyō’s residence, tried to summon Rasa, and demanded money from nobles and other nations. His borrowing letters spread rumors of the Land of Wind’s impending bankruptcy, drawing looters to the capital, where Bieshu Feifan joined the plunder before the Third Kazekage arrived.

• Bieshu Feifan discovered that the Daimyō’s wife, Ma, was his daughter and ordered them to stay away from him.
• Bieshu Feifan told the Daimyō to summon Rasa, then used his dojutsu to issue orders demanding money from nobles and sent loan requests to other Daimyō.
• Bieshu Feifan ordered the Daimyō’s wives and princesses to perform for him while he waited for Rasa, but the nobles’ money was stolen.
• Bieshu Feifan learned that his loan requests had sparked rumors of bankruptcy and attracted wandering shinobi to rob the Land of Wind’s nobles.
• Bieshu Feifan joined the looters and recognized a Sunagakure shinobi among them as the capital fell into chaos.
• The Third Kazekage arrived with Sunagakure’s main force and lamented that he had come too late.

Bieshu Feifan escaped the battle in the Capital of the Land of Wind by disguising himself as a Sunagakure shinobi, then secretly stole most of the valuables Sunagakure was recovering. After burying his haul and crossing into the Land of Fire, he targeted a noble’s estate while Konoha’s leaders argued over Uchiha responsibility for the Wind daimyō’s apparent genjutsu; Bieshu Feifan began considering a laboratory to cultivate Hashirama Cells.

• The Third Kazekage led Sunagakure forces against the bandits, and Bieshu Feifan used his Sharingan to disguise himself as a Sand Ninja and flee the fighting.
• Bieshu Feifan encountered Rasa, declined to attack him, and joined the Sand Ninja transporting recovered valuables.
• Bieshu Feifan replaced dead transporters with wood clones and secretly diverted most of the recovered wealth, leaving Sunagakure with only twenty percent of the nobles’ property.
• Bieshu Feifan buried his enormous haul in the desert, crossed into the Land of Fire, and selected a noble’s estate as a place to establish a base.
• At the Hokage’s Office, Danzo demanded that the Uchiha accept responsibility for the Wind daimyō’s apparent genjutsu, while Uchiha Fugaku’s father pointed to the rogue Uchiha Biwako.
• Bieshu Feifan considered building his own laboratory to cultivate Hashirama Cells.

Bieshu Feifan searched the Capital of the Land of Fire for a doctor who could culture Hashirama cells, discovering that many prestigious hospitals mainly catered to nobles with service and painkillers. He found a capable Medical Ninja, funded a laboratory, and successfully cultured the cells, but the chapter ended as he noticed something he should not have seen.

• Bieshu Feifan visited the capital’s finest hospital to arrange for Hashirama cells to be cultured, but learned its top doctor was really a waiter with little medical skill.
• Bieshu Feifan discovered that many of the capital’s legitimate hospitals operated as entertainment venues, then found a small clinic run by a genuine Medical Ninja.
• Bieshu Feifan used genjutsu to befriend the doctor and persuaded him to stop treating patients and culture cells instead.
• Bieshu Feifan funded a sterile laboratory and supplied Hashirama cells he had obtained from Orochimaru for the doctor to cultivate.
• Two months later, Bieshu Feifan confirmed the culture had worked, rewarded the doctor generously, and insisted that they keep the work secret.
• As Bieshu Feifan prepared to benefit from the Hashirama cells, he saw something he should not have seen.

After nearly a year away, Bieshu Feifan was recalled to Konoha, reunited with Might Guy and Might Duy, and joined them for a barbecue. Their meal was interrupted by two Uchiha accusing him of colluding with the rogue ninja Uchiha Biwako, and Might Duy kicked one of them across the room.

• Bieshu Feifan met three Konoha Shinobi searching for Tsunade, and they told him to return to the village under the Hokage’s recall orders.
• Bieshu Feifan left a Wood Clone at his clinic and returned to Konoha, where he found his home had been cleaned outside but was moldy within.
• Might Guy greeted Bieshu Feifan, revealed he had graduated from the Ninja Academy, and began calling him Brother Feifan instead of Uncle.
• Bieshu Feifan, Might Guy, and Might Duy went to a barbecue restaurant, where Might Duy recovered his spirits after failing the Chunin written exam again.
• Two young Uchiha accused Bieshu Feifan of colluding with the rogue ninja Uchiha Biwako, and Might Duy kicked one of them before Bieshu Feifan could respond.

Bieshu Feifan, Might Guy, and Might Duy beat up two Uchiha and accused them of starting a coup, then took their complaint to Hiruzen Sarutobi. The Uchiha withdrew rather than admit defeat, while Hiruzen learned that Feifan had returned after the search for Tsunade failed.

• Might Duy kicked Uchiha Zhongfen through a window, while Bieshu Feifan and Might Guy attacked Uchiha 2.5.
• Bieshu Feifan and Might Guy overwhelmed Uchiha 2.5, and Might Duy warned that he had hit Uchiha Zhongfen too hard.
• Bieshu Feifan, Might Guy, and Might Duy ran to Hiruzen Sarutobi's office, claiming the Uchiha had rebelled and attacked them.
• Uchiha Zhongfen and Uchiha 2.5 demanded that Hiruzen hand over the three, but Bieshu Feifan challenged them over losing despite their Sharingan, and they left.
• Uchiha Zhongfen and his companion arrested more than a hundred witnesses and erased their memories with the Sharingan.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked why Bieshu Feifan had returned, and Feifan explained that the Inuzuka, Hyūga, and Bug Man had told him to come back while searching for Tsunade.

After returning to Konoha, Bieshu Feifan annoyed Hiruzen Sarutobi with his account of the year he spent away, then recruited Might Duy and Might Guy to earn money through a public performance outside the Hokage Building. The performance targeted Hiruzen Sarutobi and left him mortified as Bieshu Feifan’s singing grew louder.

• Bieshu Feifan returned to Konoha without finding Tsunade, irritated Hiruzen Sarutobi, and refused to write a mission report.
• Bieshu Feifan visited Might Duy and Might Guy, persuaded them to join his money-making plan, and gave them striking new hairstyles.
• Bieshu Feifan led Might Duy and Might Guy to the Hokage Building and began dancing and singing for donations.
• Bieshu Feifan displayed a sign saying the Hokage was his bro, while Hiruzen Sarutobi’s meeting with Danzo and the other two was interrupted by the performance.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi sent Anbu to deal with Bieshu Feifan, but learned that Bieshu Feifan was making money and could not easily be stopped.
• Bieshu Feifan continued singing downstairs, and Hiruzen Sarutobi nearly passed out from embarrassment.