Recaps

Uya used the Kusanagi Sword to devastate the Iwagakure force, killing more than ten ninja with his first two Shockwave Slashes and leaving the survivors terrified. He charged into the remaining group and broke through an Earth Style Wall with a Quake Release attack.

• More Iwagakure ninja arrived, and Gando ordered them to capture or kill Uya and Tsunade.
• Uya's first Shockwave Slash cut through trees and killed more than ten Iwagakure ninja.
• Uya's second slash killed an Iwagakure jonin and carved a long fissure into the ground, frightening the survivors.
• Uya charged at the remaining ninja and cut down the nearest one as Gando warned them to watch out.
• A second ninja raised an Earth Style Wall, and Uya struck it with Quake Release: Air Shatter.

Uya overwhelmed the remaining Iwagakure forces while protecting Tsunade, countering their combined attacks and killing another Jonin. The special Anbu operative then unleashed a Lava Release attack and charged at Uya with a magma-enhanced fist.

• Uya killed the ninja in his path and forced the remaining Jonin and Elite Jonin to struggle against him as they tried to reach Tsunade.
• The special Iwagakure Anbu operative attacked Uya with Lava Release while the other Jonin supported him with fire, wind, and earth techniques.
• Uya shattered the incoming attacks with a powerful punch, then guided the Kusanagi Sword to pursue a Jonin while he attacked another.
• After discovering a Jonin hiding underground, Uya killed him with a punch, while the Kusanagi Sword wounded its target.
• The Anbu operative transformed the surrounding ground into magma with Lava River, but Uya stopped it to protect Tsunade.
• The Anbu operative charged at Uya with Lava Fist Transformation Technique.

Uya defeated the Iwagakure Anbu ninja in a clash of Quake Release and Lava Release, then hunted down the unit’s fleeing jonin. After identifying himself as Konoha Anbu special ninja Ten'u, he wiped out the entire force that had pursued Tsunade.

• Uya split the ground to divert the lava river and crushed the Anbu ninja’s magma fist with his tremors.
• The Anbu ninja unleashed his Super Lava Fist Transformation Technique, but Uya shattered the giant magma arm and killed him with a devastating punch.
• The last two Iwagakure jonin fled, and Uya chased them with the Kusanagi Sword.
• Uya killed one jonin despite his use of the Clone and Substitution Techniques, then stopped the other with Air Shatter.
• The final jonin asked who Uya was, and Uya identified himself as Konoha Anbu special ninja Ten'u before killing him.

After Uya defeated an elite Iwagakure unit and rescued Tsunade, he revealed his identity, leaving her astonished by how much his strength had grown. He carried the exhausted Tsunade to a hidden tree hollow so she could recover and heal.

• Tsunade thanked the masked Uya for saving her, and he removed his mask to reveal himself.
• Uya teased Tsunade by claiming to be his own older brother, then admitted his identity when she recognized him.
• Tsunade marveled at Uya's rapid growth and scolded him for trying to fool her.
• Uya supported Tsunade and then carried her away from the battlefield despite her protests.
• Uya found a concealed tree hollow, cleaned it out, and brought Tsunade inside to rest while she recovered chakra.

Ōnoki investigated the failed pursuit of Tsunade and suspected that a single powerful fighter had destroyed Iwagakure’s forces, prompting him to order a response against Konoha. While Tsunade recovered in a hollow tree, Uya considered ways to develop his vibration-based perception and movement techniques.

• Ōnoki reviewed the failed pursuit and learned that the Iwagakure forces sent after Tsunade had been wiped out.
• Ōnoki questioned reports of a Konoha elite unit and concluded that one person with an unknown secret technique or kekkei genkai might have caused the destruction.
• Ōnoki issued orders to teach Konoha a lesson.
• Tsunade told Uya her chakra had recovered, then sent him outside so she could treat her wounds.
• Uya reflected on using Quake Release to sense vibrations and on developing short-distance speed that could challenge Flying Thunder God, considering Soru.

Uya experimented with using Monstrous Strength to develop a faster Body Flicker Technique, then discovered a creature hiding underground. The creature attacked Tsunade with poisonous mist, while Uya and Tsunade retreated together after an awkward moment revealed that she had rushed out of the hollow tree without clothes.

• Uya repeatedly tested ways to use Monstrous Strength's recoil to improve his Soru, and his burst of speed began to increase.
• Uya sensed movement underground, but Tsunade suddenly blasted apart the hollow tree with a punch.
• A bizarre creature emerged from the shattered tree and sprayed poisonous mist at Tsunade.
• Tsunade warned Uya and retreated with him from the poison gas.
• Tsunade realized Uya had seen her naked, and Uya awkwardly offered his cloak before they faced the poisonous mist together.

Uya and Tsunade fought a venomous salamander, whose poison sac Tsunade planned to use to make an antidote for Hanzo of the Salamander’s poison. After they secured it, Tsunade went to find suitable clothes because she was wearing only Uya’s Anbu cloak.

• Uya recognized the monster as a venomous salamander and wondered whether Hanzo of the Salamander was nearby.
• Uya told Tsunade about Hanzo, and she said she could make an antidote from the salamander’s poison sac.
• The venomous salamander burrowed underground, but Uya used the Power of Tremors to force it back to the surface and kill it.
• Tsunade carefully extracted the poison sac and sealed it in a scroll.
• Tsunade agreed to find suitable clothes before leaving, while wearing only Uya’s Anbu cloak.

Uya refined Monstrous Strength into Soru, a burst-movement technique that tripled his speed for an instant, though his body could not yet withstand its full potential. After testing the perfected form, he left the forest considering how stronger body conditioning could let him surpass the Fourth Raikage’s speed.

• Tsunade postponed her return to Konoha’s camp to search for herbs and research an antidote to the salamander’s venom.
• Uya modified Monstrous Strength into Soru and tested its initial burst of speed against a distant tree.
• Uya refined his chakra control until Soru reached its perfected form, appearing almost instantaneously at a distance and nearly colliding with a tree.
• Uya concluded that his body limited Soru’s power and considered mastering the second stage of the Lightning Release Body Tempering Secret Technique and opening the Fourth Gate.
• Uya practiced Soru several times to memorize its chakra circulation, then left the forest with a new technique that advanced his strength.

Uya showed Tsunade the Soru technique he had developed from her Monstrous Strength, and she quickly learned it while beginning to contemplate the Strength of a Hundred Technique. The two left the forest and fought their way back through the Land of Rain, where they encountered an elite Sunagakure unit.

• Uya told Tsunade he had finished modifying Monstrous Strength and demonstrated Soru, astonishing her with his speed.
• Uya taught Tsunade Soru, and she practiced until she learned it, while he guided her toward developing the Strength of a Hundred Technique.
• Uya and Tsunade sparred, and Tsunade's Monstrous Strength proved greater than Uya's when he did not use the Power of Tremors.
• Uya and Tsunade left the forest and headed back toward Konoha's camp, killing enemy ninja they encountered along the way.
• Uya and Tsunade ran into an elite Sunagakure unit near the end of their journey.

Uya and Tsunade encountered Chiyo and her Sunagakure unit after a battle with the Stone Ninja, and Chiyo moved to kill Tsunade. Uya stopped the unit’s combined attack with a devastating shockwave and prepared to face them alone.

• Uya and Tsunade ran into Chiyo’s battle-worn Sunagakure unit after it annihilated a Stone Ninja unit.
• Chiyo recognized Tsunade, learned no other Konoha Ninja were nearby, and decided to seize the chance to kill her.
• Chiyo ordered her ninja to attack Uya and Tsunade with Fire Style, Wind Release, shuriken, and kunai.
• Uya shielded Tsunade and shattered the combined attack with a powerful strike that split and shook the ground.
• Uya told Tsunade he would handle the Sunagakure ninja alone, and Tsunade agreed to leave them to him.

Uya confronted Chiyo and demonstrated his overwhelming power by wiping out more than twenty Sunagakure ninja with two tremor-enhanced punches. Chiyo released all her puppets to stop him before her unit was destroyed.

• Chiyo challenged Uya after taking offense at his confidence, and Uya said he would deal with the Sunagakure ninja around them first.
• Uya shattered the air with a punch, crushed the incoming Ninjutsu, and killed nearly ten Sunagakure ninja.
• Uya threw a second punch as the survivors retreated, killing more than ten additional Sunagakure ninja.
• Chiyo released all her puppets, realizing she had to stop Uya to save her unit.

Uya fought Chiyo and destroyed her puppets with his Power of Tremors, while Tsunade engaged the Sunagakure ninja. The chapter ended with Uya emerging from Chiyo’s collapsed tornado at the height of his power as Chiyo struggled to find a way to counter him.

• Chiyo revealed her immense chakra and attacked Uya with the White Secret Technique: Chikamatsu Collection of Ten Puppets, but Uya shattered the poison needles with a punch.
• The Sunagakure ninja joined the attack, and Tsunade punched through an Earth Release technique before charging at them.
• Chiyo ordered her subordinates to deal with Tsunade and focused on holding Uya back, but his aura began to overpower hers.
• Chiyo sent three transforming puppets against Uya, and he destroyed them with a full-strength punch.
• Chiyo used Three Treasures Suction Crush to trap Uya in a tornado, but he broke it apart with repeated punches.
• Uya walked out of the collapsed tornado at his peak, leaving Chiyo sweating as she searched for a way to counter him.

Uya overwhelmed Chiyo and her puppets with his speed and destructive tremor-powered punches while Tsunade gained the upper hand against the Sunagakure forces. Chiyo began considering retreat as her puppets were destroyed and her side neared a rout.

• Uya charged Chiyo and shattered her Machine Light Shield Seal with a powerful punch, sending her flying but leaving her unharmed.
• Uya destroyed one puppet so thoroughly that its refined-steel components could not be reassembled, alarming Chiyo.
• Chiyo asked whether Uya was Konoha's Anbu Captain, and he denied it before continuing to smash her puppets.
• Uya repeatedly broke through Chiyo's ten puppets, while Tsunade used the Body Flicker Technique and Soru to kill or wound nearly half the Sunagakure ninja.

Uya and Tsunade routed the Sunagakure forces, with Uya destroying Chiyo’s puppets and forcing her to flee. Chiyo returned to the Sunagakure camp and ordered urgent intelligence sent to the Kazekage about the mysterious Konoha Anbu Ninja.

• Uya destroyed Chiyo’s puppets, then discovered that the Chiyo before him was also a puppet and struck her underground with his tremor power.
• Chiyo escaped underground after realizing she could not defeat Uya, leaving the Sunagakure ninja horrified by her defeat.
• Uya and Tsunade cut down the remaining Sunagakure ninja, and Uya killed a fleeing opponent with a Shockwave Slash.
• Tsunade reflected on Uya’s strength, while Uya regretted not drawing the Kusanagi Sword sooner to stop Chiyo from escaping.
• Chiyo arrived at the Sunagakure camp, treated her injuries, and ordered urgent intelligence sent to the Kazekage about Uya.

Uya returned to Konoha’s camp with Tsunade, who revealed that the masked Anbu Ten'u had rescued her from the Land of Rain. Her return ended a dispute in Konoha High Command over whether to send a rescue team, while the Kazekage continued to worry about the unidentified ninja who had defeated Chiyo.

• In Sunagakure, the Kazekage feared Uya’s strength and considered cooperation with Iwagakure, while wondering why Senjin had not returned.
• Uya and Tsunade traveled through the Land of Rain toward Konoha’s camp, where Tsunade remarked on Uya’s growing strength and likely future as Anbu Captain.
• At Konoha’s command post, Hatake Sakumo urged an elite team to search for Tsunade, but Danzo objected, believing she was dead and the mission too dangerous.
• Tsunade entered the command post alive and rebuked Danzo’s proposal by explaining that she had already returned.
• Tsunade credited her rescue to the Anbu ninja Ten'u, leaving the gathered Konoha High Command shocked by the masked operative’s strength.

After Tsunade returned safely, she told Hatake Sakumo how Uya had rescued her and defeated Chiyo. Uya later encountered Minato Namikaze at the supply camp, where he demonstrated a speed that left Minato stunned.

• Hatake Sakumo praised Uya for bringing Tsunade back, and Tsunade recounted how Uya had also defeated Chiyo.
• Uya left headquarters and walked through the camp after sending word to Konoha that he wanted Kumogakure's Lightning Release Body Tempering Secret Technique.
• Uya ran into Minato Namikaze, who was serving on a team transporting ordinary supplies.
• Minato asked Uya to spar, but Uya declined and suddenly appeared beside him, astonishing him with his speed.
• Minato wondered why Uya was still a genin and reflected on how wide the gap between them had become.

Uya was summoned to the command headquarters after Iwagakure's underground surprise attack force repeatedly ambushed Konoha's supply lines and attacked Minato Namikaze. Hatake Sakumo assigned Uya to help Jiraiya deal with them, but Jiraiya objected when he learned Uya could not use Earth Release.

• Uya worried about the threat posed by Madara Uchiha, Nagato, and Black Zetsu, then prepared to train.
• Hatake Sakumo urgently summoned Uya to the command headquarters, where Jiraiya was discussing Iwagakure's attacks.
• Hatake Sakumo explained that Iwagakure's Earth Release specialists traveled underground to ambush Konoha's rear supply lines, and Jiraiya said Minato Namikaze had recently escaped one of their attacks.
• Jiraiya explained that the force was hard to track and required fast ninja to respond, so Hatake Sakumo assigned Uya to coordinate with him.
• Uya told Jiraiya he knew no Earth Release, and Jiraiya protested that Uya would be unable to fight the attackers.

Jiraiya brought the Anbu ninja Ten'u to a border camp to help counter the Iwagakure Surprise Attack Force, though Ten'u lacked Earth Release. Minato Namikaze sensed something familiar about Ten'u but could not identify him.

• Hatake Sakumo told Jiraiya that Ten'u was the most suitable ninja for the mission and could act independently.
• Jiraiya tested Ten'u's speed as they traveled, and Ten'u kept pace effortlessly, leaving Jiraiya impressed by his strength.
• Jiraiya and Ten'u arrived at the Land of Fire border camp, where the ninja reported that the Iwagakure Surprise Attack Force had not appeared again.
• Jiraiya introduced Ten'u by his code name and explained that he specialized in speed but not Earth Release Ninjutsu.
• Minato Namikaze studied Ten'u and vaguely felt that he had seen him before.

As Konoha struggled to counter the Iwagakure Surprise Attack Force, Uya set off alone when the enemy struck again. He reached the ambush site and cut through the force’s earth technique with a Shockwave Slash.

• Konoha’s ninja discussed how to deal with Iwagakure’s underground surprise attack force, and Uya said they should kill them when they appeared.
• After a report announced the force had appeared again, Uya vanished before Jiraiya could lead the camp’s ninja out.
• At the border of the Land of Fire and the Land of Rain, the Iwagakure force slaughtered Konoha’s genin and wounded the surviving chunin.
• The Iwagakure captain ordered his men to destroy the supplies and withdraw while he held off the rapidly approaching Uya.
• The captain used Earth Release: Rock Press Technique, but Uya drew the Kusanagi Sword and split the surging earth with a Shockwave Slash.

Uya defeated the Iwagakure Surprise Attack Force captain and used repeated tremors to collapse the earth above the remaining buried ninja. Jiraiya arrived with the Konoha force just as the Iwagakure squad was wiped out.

• Uya broke through the Rock Press Technique, caught the captain as he tried to burrow underground, and killed him with the Kusanagi Sword.
• Uya discovered the remaining Iwagakure ninja had escaped underground and sent tremors crashing down after them.
• The buried ninja used Earth Release techniques to harden the soil and briefly withstand Uya’s tremors.
• Uya unleashed further waves of tremors, breaking through their defenses and burying the Iwagakure ninja alive.
• Jiraiya hurried his troops toward the battlefield to support Uya, then arrived after the buried squad had been wiped out.

Uya single-handedly wiped out Iwagakure’s surprise attack unit, earning Jiraiya’s admiration and leaving him puzzled about the Anbu ninja’s identity. In Iwagakure, Ōnoki learned of the unit’s destruction but received no information about who Uya was.

• Jiraiya arrived at the battlefield, comforted Uya, and watched him leave after he declared the mission complete.
• Jiraiya discovered the surprise attack unit’s captain’s corpse and used Earth Release to uncover the remains of the other nineteen members.
• Jiraiya and the Konoha ninja realized Uya had annihilated the entire unit, and Jiraiya wondered who the Anbu ninja codenamed Ten'u was.
• A scout reported the unit’s destruction to Ōnoki, who was shocked and asked for the Konoha Anbu ninja’s identity.
• The scout told Ōnoki that Iwagakure had no intelligence on the ninja, and Ōnoki dismissed him and pondered the report.

Ōnoki prepared Iwagakure for a head-on decisive battle after the losses caused by an unidentified Konoha ninja, while Konoha's leaders anticipated the coming clash. Uya searched for Konan and Yahiko in the Land of Rain without finding them, then unexpectedly encountered Orochimaru in disguise.

• Ōnoki concluded that Iwagakure had to force a head-on decisive battle because it kept losing the localized fighting.
• Jiraiya delivered a report on the destruction of the Iwagakure Surprise Attack Force, and Hatake Sakumo kept Uya's identity secret while predicting a decisive battle.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi worried about trusting Uya, and Danzo warned him not to give Uya power.
• Uya searched nearby towns for Konan and Yahiko but found no trace of them and eventually abandoned the search.
• Uya encountered Orochimaru, who was using a flawless Transformation Technique, in a small town.

Uya encountered Orochimaru outside a small town, where Orochimaru revealed his interest in Uya’s Kusanagi Sword and challenged him to a fight. Uya overwhelmed Orochimaru’s attacks with his tremor-based Kekkei Genkai, and the chapter ended as Uya struck back against a massive wave of snakes.

• Uya followed Orochimaru out of town, then revealed himself when Orochimaru called him out.
• Orochimaru asked about Uya’s Kusanagi Sword, and Uya warned him that nearly everyone who had seen it was dead.
• Orochimaru challenged Uya to test his abilities and attacked with Hidden Shadow Snake Hands.
• Uya shattered the snakes and blasted Orochimaru apart with his tremor power, but Orochimaru re-formed nearby.
• Orochimaru used Formation of Ten Thousand Snakes, and Uya punched into the oncoming wave, shattering the air ahead.

Uya defeated Orochimaru’s snake formation, then received the second-stage Lightning Release Body Tempering Secret Technique from him. As Konoha prepared for the decisive battle, Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Uya to fight openly as a Genin instead of under his Anbu codename Ten'u.

• Uya shattered Orochimaru’s Formation of Ten Thousand Snakes with the Power of Tremors, but Orochimaru emerged unharmed and warned that Uya’s growing strength could alarm Konoha’s leaders.
• Orochimaru gave Uya a scroll containing the second stage of the Lightning Release Body Tempering Secret Technique, which also confirmed that the technique had a third stage.
• Uya wondered why Orochimaru had kept the scroll from the village and given it to him, then set the question aside as the decisive battle approached.
• Iwagakure and Sunagakure gathered their ninja, while Sunagakure’s forces began fighting the Rain Ninja amid the chaos in the Land of Rain.
• Uya returned to Konoha’s camp and learned from an order passed down by Hiruzen Sarutobi that he had to join the main battlefield openly as a Konoha Genin, not as the Anbu member Ten'u.

Uya understood that Danzo and Hiruzen Sarutobi had sent him to the front lines to keep him from gaining authority as Anbu Captain, but he cared more about strength than rank. After leaving the Anbu, he joined the genin gathering and was appointed temporary captain of the third column.

• Uya realized that earning military merit could make him the next Anbu Captain, but Danzo and Hiruzen Sarutobi had transferred him to the front to limit his authority.
• Uya removed his Anbu mask, shattered it with the power of tremors, and went to join Konoha's genin.
• Senju Nawaki greeted Uya and encouraged him, easing his earlier vexation as he joked about becoming Hokage.
• Jiraiya fell off the makeshift platform while addressing the genin, then recovered and began assigning temporary captains.
• Jiraiya appointed Uya temporary captain of the third column on Hatake Sakumo's orders.