Chapter Summaries

Bieshu Feifan and the Might brothers performed outside the Hokage Building, embarrassing Hiruzen Sarutobi and earning a large payment and audience tips. Afterward, Danzo summoned Bieshu Feifan and asked him to perform again, but Bieshu Feifan demanded to know how much Danzo would pay.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi tried to stop Bieshu Feifan’s performance but instead sent Anbu to notify the Uchiha, whose members recognized Bieshu Feifan and left without confronting him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi paid Bieshu Feifan one million ryo from his own pocket, and Bieshu Feifan and the Might brothers left with the money and audience tips.
• Bieshu Feifan split the earnings with Might Duy and Might Guy, and Might Duy agreed to perform with him again.
• A Root Shinobi brought Bieshu Feifan to Danzo’s underground headquarters, where Danzo praised the performance and asked him to put on another show.
• Bieshu Feifan agreed only if Danzo paid extra and asked how many million he would offer.

Bieshu Feifan, Might Duy, and Might Guy performed a humiliating song and dance at Konoha’s alliance celebration with Sunagakure, at Danzo’s request. Hiruzen Sarutobi tried to retaliate by ordering the trio onto low-paying D-rank missions, then summoned Bieshu Feifan to his office again.

• Bieshu Feifan rehearsed with Might Duy and Might Guy after receiving a three-million-ryō deposit from Danzo.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi hosted Sunagakure’s envoys to negotiate an alliance, and Danzo unexpectedly supported holding a banquet.
• Bieshu Feifan and his companions performed “My Husband Is the Hokage,” embarrassing Hiruzen Sarutobi while Danzo kept him from stopping the show.
• Danzo paid the trio the remaining six million ryō and ordered Root members to learn and spread their songs.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned the trio, offered to pay them to perform outside Danzo’s home, and learned Danzo had forbidden them from doing so.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered the trio to take only unpleasant, low-paying D-rank missions, then sent an Anbu to summon Bieshu Feifan again.

Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned Bieshu Feifan, Might Duy, and Might Guy to Chunin Bai Lu, who led them on a wheat-harvesting mission. After their disruptive behavior nearly derailed the job, Bai Lu resigned, leaving Hiruzen Sarutobi to search for another team leader.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi revealed that he planned to assign Bieshu Feifan, Might Duy, and Might Guy a Chunin leader, and introduced Bai Lu as their teacher.
• Bieshu Feifan mocked Bai Lu’s rank and questioned his ability to teach their different skills, but the three Genin accepted him as their leader.
• Bai Lu took the team on a D-rank wheat-harvesting mission, where Bieshu Feifan and Might Guy tried to leave for food until Bai Lu stopped them.
• The three Genin harvested the wheat while repeatedly shouting about being hungry, and Bai Lu returned to the Hokage’s Office to resign as their captain.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi listened to Bai Lu’s complaints and began searching Konoha’s ninja files for another suitable teacher.

Hiruzen Sarutobi struggled to find a captain who could manage Bieshu Feifan, Might Duy, and Might Guy, while Bieshu Feifan celebrated a successful Hashirama Cells experiment. The chapter ended with Kakashi assigned to lead the trio and dragging Bieshu Feifan out of the Hokage's Office.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned the trio a toilet-cleaning mission, but their Chunin captain returned furious after Bieshu Feifan's Great Fireball destroyed the family's toilet.
• Bieshu Feifan convinced Might Duy that they should pursue better-paying work, and Might Duy joined him and Might Guy in celebrating.
• Bieshu Feifan received a successful batch of Hashirama Cells from his Wood Clone and absorbed their chakra to regain Wood Release chakra.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi stopped sending captains because no Shinobi wanted to work with the trio, then summoned them to meet a new captain.
• Might Guy shattered Hiruzen Sarutobi's glass enclosure, and Bieshu Feifan took over the Hokage's seat while Hiruzen sat on the windowsill.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi appointed Kakashi as the trio's captain, and Kakashi grabbed Bieshu Feifan by the collar and led the team out.

Bieshu Feifan’s team went without a captain after Kakashi refused to lead them, and Bieshu Feifan spent the time training. He challenged Minato Namikaze to a spar and won with his improved strength, then was summoned to the Hokage’s Office.

• Kakashi told Hiruzen Sarutobi he would not lead Bieshu Feifan, Might Duy, and Might Guy, saying they could not keep up with his missions.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi failed to find another Shinobi willing to supervise the trio, so they trained without a captain; Might Guy took Kakashi’s refusal especially hard and trained intensely.
• Bieshu Feifan spotted Minato Namikaze, transformed into Hatake Kakanan, and challenged him to a spar.
• Bieshu Feifan used shadow clones and Fire Release to drive Minato into the air, then struck him with a powerful kick and won the match.
• An Anbu arrived near dusk and summoned Bieshu Feifan to the Hokage’s Office, leaving him to wonder whether Hiruzen Sarutobi had found a new captain for the team.

Bieshu Feifan’s antics in Hiruzen Sarutobi’s empty office caused a crowd to mistake him for a condemned man, and Might Duy and Might Guy burst in to rescue him. After the misunderstanding was cleared up, Hiruzen Sarutobi named Richuan Taiban captain of Bieshu Feifan, Might Guy, and Genin Dai, leaving Bieshu Feifan furious at his former teacher.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi hid in the ceiling while Bieshu Feifan waited in the empty office, so Bieshu Feifan climbed out the window and dangled from a curtain to frighten passersby.
• Villagers mistook Bieshu Feifan for someone Hiruzen Sarutobi was executing, and Might Duy and Might Guy rushed in to save him, smashing through the office wall.
• Might Duy and Might Guy accused Hiruzen Sarutobi of hanging Bieshu Feifan, but the group eventually cleared up the misunderstanding.
• A Chunin who had witnessed the commotion revealed himself as Richuan Taiban, and Bieshu Feifan recognized the teacher who had sent him toward the battlefield.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi appointed Richuan Taiban captain of Bieshu Feifan, Might Guy, and Genin Dai, while Bieshu Feifan objected and Richuan accepted.

Richuan Taiban took Bieshu Feifan, Might Duy, and Might Guy to a training ground for a bell test, confident he could prove his teaching abilities. The three Genin knocked him unconscious, then brought him to Hiruzen Sarutobi’s office, where Hiruzen ordered him taken to the hospital.

• Richuan Taiban led Bieshu Feifan, Might Duy, and Might Guy to a deserted training ground and announced a bell-grabbing test.
• Bieshu Feifan and Might Duy challenged the test, but Richuan Taiban said it would train the inexperienced Might Guy.
• Might Duy, Bieshu Feifan, and Might Guy attacked Richuan Taiban in quick succession, breaking his hand and knocking him unconscious.
• The three wondered whether Richuan Taiban had been replaced by a substitute, and Bieshu Feifan confirmed that the injured man was really their captain.
• Bieshu Feifan and the two Might brought Richuan Taiban to Hiruzen Sarutobi’s office and explained that he had been knocked out during the test.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered someone to take Richuan Taiban to the hospital and glared at the three Genin.

Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned Bieshu Feifan, Might Duy, and Might Guy to his son Sarutobi Tōgo, hoping he could manage them. Their antics during a casino security mission caused a public disturbance, and the chapter ended with Hiruzen considering sending them to the border while Bieshu Feifan cheered up his teammates with a feast.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned Bieshu Feifan, Might Duy, and Might Guy and introduced Sarutobi Tōgo as their new Jōnin captain.
• Sarutobi Tōgo took the trio on a casino security mission in the Capital of the Land of Wind.
• Bieshu Feifan, Might Duy, and Might Guy paced and performed on the casino roof, drawing a crowd and disrupting the nobles inside.
• Sarutobi Tōgo returned to Hiruzen Sarutobi with a complaint and refused to captain the trio unless he could beat them.
• An Anbu member reminded Hiruzen Sarutobi that the border needed Shinobi rotations, and Hiruzen considered the suggestion.
• Bieshu Feifan took the discouraged Might Duy and Might Guy home for a feast.

Bieshu Feifan, Might Duy, and Might Guy performed a song mocking Hiruzen Sarutobi on Danzo’s orders, earning nine million while Danzo plotted to replace Hiruzen as Hokage. As Danzo celebrated, Bieshu Feifan’s Shadow Clone infiltrated Root and found a ninjutsu scroll.

• Might Duy worried Hiruzen Sarutobi would punish them, but Bieshu Feifan and Might Guy reassured him that Hiruzen was his friend.
• Danzo hired Bieshu Feifan, Might Duy, and Might Guy for nine million to sing and dance in Konoha’s busiest square while praising Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• After hearing the trio sing a song mocking Hiruzen, Hiruzen ordered an Anbu to learn their performance and dance outside Danzo’s headquarters.
• Danzo watched the trio’s performance, paid them the rest of their fee, and told Kōichi that he should become Hokage with Hiruzen as his assistant.
• Bieshu Feifan’s Shadow Clone slipped into Root, searched for Danzo’s Wind Release Ninjutsu, and found a ninjutsu scroll while another clone kept Danzo occupied.

Bieshu Feifan infiltrated Root and hypnotized Danzo while searching for his Ninjutsu scrolls, but a disruption helped Danzo break free. After learning he had not found the Wind Release techniques, Bieshu Feifan decided to search Danzo’s home instead.

• Bieshu Feifan copied an Earth Release scroll and used a Shadow Clone to flatter and hypnotize Danzo while searching Root for Ninjutsu scrolls.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi sent Shinobi to make noise outside Root, interrupting Danzo’s conversation with the disguised Shadow Clone.
• Danzo recognized the deception, attacked Bieshu Feifan’s Shadow Clones, and ordered Root to investigate the intruder and retrieve the real Kōichi.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi celebrated the disturbance, while Danzo questioned Kōichi about his chances of becoming Fourth Hokage and received no useful advice.
• Bieshu Feifan learned that Root had no Wind Release scrolls and sent a Wood Clone to search Danzo’s home.

Bieshu Feifan impersonated Danzo, hypnotized the Shimura Clan, and turned Danzo’s home into a public dance performance while spreading embarrassing rumors about Hiruzen Sarutobi. The real Danzo arrived to find his clansmen collecting tips and charged at Bieshu Feifan in fury.

• Bieshu Feifan entered the Shimura compound disguised as Danzo, hypnotized the gatekeeper and clanspeople, and discovered that Shimura Daio had lost most of his left hand.
• Bieshu Feifan copied Danzo’s stored ninjutsu, then watched Anbu perform outside and criticized their imitation of his earlier show.
• Bieshu Feifan told villagers scandalous stories about Hiruzen Sarutobi and danced for tips, while the Shimura clanspeople began to recover from his genjutsu and collect the money.
• A Root member told Danzo that someone impersonating him was dancing outside his home, so Danzo hurried there with his men.
• Danzo saw Bieshu Feifan dancing in his likeness and his clanspeople picking up tips, then charged at him with a kunai.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo argued over a fake Danzo who had attacked Root and appeared to use Wood Release, each suspecting the other of hiding the truth. Meanwhile, Bieshu Feifan recovered the Wood Clone’s information and recorded Danzo’s Wind Release techniques, leaving him eager to study Wind Release and later obtain Genjutsu from the Uchiha.

• An Anbu told Hiruzen Sarutobi that a dancing impostor outside Danzo’s house was spreading rumors about Hiruzen looking at pictures of beautiful women in his office.
• Bieshu Feifan fought Danzo and Root shinobi, using his Sharingan to observe Danzo’s Wind Release before the Wood Clone was destroyed and burned to ash.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived after the brief battle, and he and Danzo later dismissed their guards to discuss the suspected Wood Release shinobi in private.
• Danzo warned Hiruzen Sarutobi that the attacker might have used Wood Release, while Hiruzen accused Danzo of hiding successful experiments in Root.
• Danzo revealed that he knew Hiruzen fired his Revolver in the office while looking at women through a telescope, leaving Hiruzen livid.
• Bieshu Feifan received the Wood Clone’s information, recorded Danzo’s Vacuum-series techniques, and planned to study Wind Release before seeking Genjutsu from the Uchiha.

Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned Bieshu Feifan to a three-month eastern border rotation, where he was unexpectedly placed with Uchiha Fugaku, Uchiha Ji, and Uchiha Zhongfen. After provoking his new teammates, Bieshu Feifan joined the rotation force as it set out for the eastern Land of Fire.

• Unable to find anyone willing to lead Bieshu Feifan's trio, Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Jiahu to send certain people to the border according to the normal rotation.
• An Anbu notified Bieshu Feifan that his turn for garrison duty had come, and Might Duy confirmed he had never received such a rotation assignment.
• Bieshu Feifan received orders to spend three months in the east guarding against Kirigakure Ninja and became interested in the possibility of encountering wandering shinobi with kekkei genkai.
• At the Konoha Gate, Bieshu Feifan discovered he had been assigned to a team with Uchiha Fugaku, Uchiha Ji, and Uchiha Zhongfen.
• Bieshu Feifan teased the Uchiha, Uchiha Fugaku stopped Uchiha Zhongfen from attacking him, and the pineapple-haired Jōnin led the rotation force toward the eastern Land of Fire.

Bieshu Feifan joined an Uchiha-heavy mission force bound for the coast, where he needled Uchiha Zhongfen and urged the clan to seek more battlefield experience. The Uchiha discovered he was in their outpost squad, and Fugaku later led Ji and Zhongfen away through thick fog, leaving Bieshu Feifan behind.

• Bieshu Feifan mocked Uchiha Zhongfen's accusations and challenged the Uchiha to prove their loyalty and strength.
• The force reached a coastal outpost, where Fugaku assigned patrol, guard, and rest rotations among the Uchiha squads.
• Bieshu Feifan encouraged the Uchiha to ask the Third for more missions and training, prompting Fugaku to reveal that he was not an Uchiha.
• The Uchiha recognized Bieshu Feifan and ended their clan discussion before Fugaku took him on patrol with Ji and Zhongfen.
• Fugaku led Ji and Zhongfen through thick fog and left Bieshu Feifan behind, though Bieshu Feifan tracked their movements with his Byakugan.

Bieshu Feifan evaded Kirigakure Shinobi and manipulated them into fighting Uchiha Fugaku’s patrol, then returned to the outpost and confronted a searching Uchiha team. He defeated Captain Shizai and carried him away as one of the remaining Uchiha’s chakra grew violent.

• Bieshu Feifan used his Byakugan to evade the Kirigakure Shinobi, then lured them toward Uchiha Fugaku’s patrol with a Shadow Clone that spat phlegm at them.
• Uchiha Fugaku, Uchiha Zhongfen, and Uchiha Ji fought the ten Kirigakure Shinobi while Bieshu Feifan watched and chose not to intervene.
• Bieshu Feifan returned to the outpost and told the Uchiha there that Fugaku and the others had gotten lost, then refused to go search for them.
• Bieshu Feifan, disguised with a mask while his Wood Clone remained at the outpost, intercepted four Uchiha searching for Fugaku.
• Bieshu Feifan overwhelmed Captain Shizai with powerful Fire Release and brute strength, knocked him unconscious, and carried him away.
• One of the three remaining Uchiha’s chakra grew suddenly more violent as they shouted after Bieshu Feifan.

Bieshu Feifan captured Uchiha Shizai, took his Sharingan, and forced him to reveal six genjutsu while Uchiha Fugaku debated how to respond. Fugaku tracked Bieshu Feifan to the coast and tried to rescue Shizai, but their fight left Bieshu Feifan certain Fugaku had no Mangekyō.

• Bieshu Feifan took Uchiha Shizai to a coastal cave, removed his Sharingan, and beat him until he agreed to disclose six Uchiha genjutsu.
• Uchiha Fugaku returned to the outpost, then left with another captain to search for Shizai while the rest continued patrolling.
• Bieshu Feifan recorded Shizai’s genjutsu and confronted Fugaku at the coast, demanding valuable Uchiha ninjutsu in exchange for Shizai.
• The other Uchiha used a wire and a cat to rescue Shizai, while Fugaku and Bieshu Feifan exchanged powerful Fire Release attacks.
• Fugaku survived Bieshu Feifan’s combined attack by burrowing underground, and Bieshu Feifan concluded that Fugaku did not have the Mangekyō before charging at him again.

Bieshu Feifan defeated Uchiha Fugaku in their fight but withdrew before Fugaku could learn the truth, and Fugaku told the Uchiha that they had fought to a draw. As the clan regrouped at the outpost, Bieshu Feifan privately considered stealing some Sharingan.

• Bieshu Feifan used shadow clones, fire, and wind techniques to overwhelm Fugaku, then kicked him until he could no longer get up and withdrew without taking his eyes.
• Uchiha Lanqiu returned to the outpost carrying the blinded Uchiha Shizai, and he and Uchiha Ji left to support Fugaku.
• Bieshu Feifan advised the Uchiha to stay together and joked about his hospital work while they treated Shizai.
• Fugaku returned with Lanqiu and Ji, claimed he had fought Bieshu Feifan to a draw, and warned the Uchiha not to separate on missions.
• Bieshu Feifan encouraged Fugaku to become stronger, while Fugaku concealed his bruises and injuries in his hut.
• Watching the Uchiha outside the outpost, Bieshu Feifan thought about gouging out some of their Sharingan.

Uchiha Fugaku appointed Uchiha Xiong Da, newly awakened to three tomoe, as captain while Bieshu Feifan stirred up the clan and secretly manipulated a patrol. Xiong Da’s confidence led him away from support, where Bieshu Feifan captured him, and Fugaku learned of the abduction.

• Bieshu Feifan interrupted Fugaku’s meeting, scolded him and the other Uchiha, and pushed Fugaku to discuss the patrol arrangements.
• Uchiha Xiong Da revealed that he had awakened three tomoe and asked to become captain so he could avenge Uchiha Shizai; Fugaku accepted, and Uchiha Ji did not object.
• Fugaku ordered the teams to keep patrolling and remain able to support one another, while Xiong Da led Xiong Er and Xiong San away from Uchiha Lanqiu’s group to hunt the villain.
• Xiong Da boasted about his three-tomoe Sharingan, but realized an unknown fourth person had joined the patrol; Bieshu Feifan struck him and dragged him away while his companions remained confused under hypnosis.
• Uchiha Fugaku received word that Xiong Da had been captured and jumped to his feet.

Bieshu Feifan manipulated Uchiha Fugaku into leading a rescue mission, then beat Fugaku and Uchiha Lanqiu while taking Uchiha Xiong Da’s remaining eye. The Uchiha withdrew to their outpost, where Bieshu Feifan’s original body openly appeared at night, watching the guards.

• Uchiha Fugaku agreed to rescue Uchiha Xiong Da and took Uchiha Lanqiu, while Bieshu Feifan’s Wood Clone stayed at the outpost.
• Bieshu Feifan attacked Fugaku and Lanqiu with Shadow Clones, leaving both badly beaten and each missing an eye before Fugaku rescued them.
• Bieshu Feifan taunted the Uchiha at the outpost, then defeated Uchiha Zhongfen when he challenged him.
• Fugaku led the Uchiha to stop venturing far from the outpost, and Bieshu Feifan’s original body appeared openly nearby during Uchiha Ji’s night watch.

Bieshu Feifan attacked the Uchiha outpost through the night, repeatedly threatening to gouge out their Sharingan while Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Ji struggled to protect the clan. After the Uchiha rested for several days, Bieshu Feifan returned and reached for Uchiha Xiong'er’s eyes, waking the outpost with his screams.

• Bieshu Feifan fought Uchiha Ji and the other Uchiha, testing their teamwork and forcing them to defend against his fire techniques and shadow clones.
• Bieshu Feifan’s clones repeatedly threatened the Uchiha’s eyes, while Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Ji rushed to rescue their clansmen; Bieshu Feifan’s genjutsu resistance foiled Uchiha Ji’s counterattack.
• At daybreak, the Uchiha found themselves exhausted but alive, and Bieshu Feifan claimed he had protected the three wounded; Uchiha Fugaku thanked him after realizing he had neglected them.
• Bieshu Feifan lectured the exhausted Uchiha about their patrols and their chances of becoming Hokage, while Uchiha Zhongfen argued with him and the others ignored him.
• After several quiet days, Bieshu Feifan slipped into the outpost at night and grabbed at Uchiha Xiong'er’s eyes, waking the Uchiha with his scream.