Chapter Summaries

Miya entered the Underground Exchange seeking valuable bounties and killed twenty-six patrons who confronted him. He collected their bounty money, bought intelligence, and left the receptionist shaken by his arrival.

• Miya asked the Underground Exchange receptionist whether the heads of the people there were worth anything, provoking the patrons.
• Miya used Extreme Chidori Stream to kill twenty-six patrons with single strikes and slit throats.
• The receptionist counted the corpses and paid Miya 5.5 million ryō after deducting the service fee.
• Miya declined to count the money and asked for copies of the valuable bounty notices.
• Miya left with the intelligence, and the receptionist called him a dangerous newcomer.

Miya traveled to the Land of Snow to collect the bounty on Kirigakure missing-nin Yuki Tera. He found Yuki Tera dining in the Town of Floss, and the two prepared to face each other after the meal.

• Miya chose Yuki Tera as his target because the missing-nin's head was worth eighteen million ryo and he seemed easy to hunt.
• Miya arrived in the Land of Snow, where the terrain and climate favored Yuki Tera's Ice Release.
• Yuki Tera sensed faint killing intent while eating sashimi at a restaurant in the Town of Floss.
• Miya entered, spotted Yuki Tera, and called his name, making his intent clear.
• Yuki Tera resumed eating, deciding to kill Miya after he had finished his meal.

Miya and Yuki Tera left a restaurant in the Land of Snow and began a fight in the snow. Yuki Tera attacked with Ice Release techniques, while Miya defended himself with his unfamiliar Peacock Method.

• Miya ordered a serving of the house specialty while Yuki Tera ate.
• After finishing their meal, Miya and Yuki Tera left the restaurant as a murderous aura chilled those nearby.
• Outside the Town of Floss, Yuki Tera confronted Miya and declared that Miya had chosen his own grave.
• Yuki Tera attacked Miya with Ice Release: Horned White Whale, but Miya dodged and clashed with him at close range.
• Yuki Tera used Thousand Flying Water Needles of Death, and Miya blocked the ice needles with butterfly wings formed by his Peacock Method.
• Yuki Tera sensed danger from Miya's unfamiliar technique and retreated as Miya's wings scattered a cloud of snow.

Miya tested his transformed Chakra against Yuki Tera’s Ice Release, then appeared before him as a child. Yuki Tera was left shocked by Miya’s sudden change in form and the Chakra surrounding him.

• Miya sent a Chakra tiger at Yuki Tera, who countered with an ice tiger that shattered on impact.
• Yuki Tera blocked Miya’s attack with Ice Rock Dome, though the wall cracked.
• Miya judged Yuki Tera’s strength and used the fight to test the changes in his Chakra after absorbing energy from the “Star.”
• Miya approached Yuki Tera in the form of a child, leaving him bewildered.

Miya Hanama revealed his identity to Yuki Tera and resumed their battle, defending against Yuki’s Ice Release attacks. Yuki trapped Miya inside Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals, but Miya countered with Lightning Release as they faced off inside the technique.

• Miya introduced himself to Yuki Tera as Miya Hanama from Konoha and approached him with the Mysterious Peacock Method surrounding him.
• Yuki attacked with Ice Release: Swallow Snowstorm, but Miya’s Chakra tiger blocked the snow darts.
• Yuki used Ice Release: Icicles, forcing Miya to cancel his defense and dodge before Yuki charged at him.
• Yuki trapped Miya inside Ice Release Secret Technique: Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals and vanished among the mirrors.
• Miya unleashed Nuclear Release: Chidori Stream as Yuki attacked from an ice mirror with Ice Release: Ice Shuriken.

Miya countered Yuki Tera’s Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals Technique by unleashing a lightning serpent that destroyed the mirrors from within. Yuki Tera escaped the shattered technique, but Miya’s lightning serpent lunged at him in midair, forcing him to defend himself.

• Yuki Tera attacked Miya from within the ice mirrors with a barrage of senbon.
• Miya used the Mysterious Peacock Method to form a lightning serpent that melted the senbon.
• Miya sent the lightning serpent crashing through the ice mirrors, destroying Yuki Tera’s technique.
• Yuki Tera escaped as the ice mirrors exploded, but Miya’s lightning serpent lunged at him before he could land.
• Yuki Tera prepared to defend himself against the incoming attack.

Miya overwhelmed Yuki Tera with a lightning serpent after Yuki tried to shield himself inside an ice prison. Yuki died from the attack, and Miya sealed away his ruined body.

• Yuki Tera trapped himself in an Ice Prison Jutsu and formed more ice to hold back Miya's lightning serpent.
• Miya increased his Chakra output, causing the serpent to grow and shatter the ice prison.
• Yuki Tera died from the lightning attack, and his body began to dissolve under the destructive power of Miya's Chakra.
• Miya sealed away Yuki Tera's corpse and took him away.

Three Rain Ninja targeted Miya for the money they thought he carried, but Miya lured them into a secluded alley and prepared to attack. The chapter ended as he used Nuclear Release: Mysterious Peacock Method: Feather Strike Line against their charge.

• Ko-Saburō, Toba, and Kōji spotted Miya carrying a suitcase and decided to steal it.
• The three Rain Ninja followed Miya into a remote alley, ignoring the danger of pursuing an apparently easy target.
• Miya revealed that he had noticed them and challenged them to come out.
• Ko-Saburō, Toba, and Kōji charged at Miya with kunai, and Miya launched Feather Strike Line.

Miya killed three Rain Ninja and returned to the Gyohei Ninja Tool Shop, where Saburō welcomed him respectfully. Meanwhile, Hiruzen learned that Miya was safe and watched tensions rise as Sunagakure sent ninja toward the Land of Fire's border after turning back Kumogakure.

• Miya used Chakra Threads to kill three Chunin-level Rain Ninja and left their bodies behind.
• Miya returned to the Gyohei Ninja Tool Shop, where Saburō greeted him and escorted him upstairs.
• Ninja from other villages noticed Saburō's deference to Miya and speculated about their relationship.
• Hiruzen received a report that Miya had appeared in Takumigakure and felt relieved that he was safe.
• After Rasa stopped Kumogakure's invasion and the villages held secret talks, Sunagakure sent returning Sand Ninja toward the Land of Fire's border.

Hiruzen Sarutobi assessed Konoha’s worsening position as Sunagakure invaded while Kumogakure and Iwagakure built up forces, and he issued Chunin Miya a confidential A-rank mission. He had divided the Sannin among the fronts and sent Shimura Danzō to peace talks with Kumogakure, unaware that Danzō wanted the war to intensify for his own ambitions.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi signed a confidential order and sent an Anbu Ninja to deliver it to Chunin Miya as an A-rank mission.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi recognized that Sunagakure had invaded the Land of Fire, while Kumogakure and Iwagakure were reinforcing their borders and Kirigakure’s position remained uncertain.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi stationed Orochimaru and Tsunade against Sunagakure, where Tsunade’s Medical Ninjutsu could counter the enemy’s poisoned puppets.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi sent Jiraiya to face Iwagakure and arranged for Shimura Danzō to hold peace talks with Kumogakure while keeping watch on its movements.
• Shimura Danzō secretly sought to make the war more severe so he could advance his own claim to the Hokage Position, while Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned patrols along the border with Kirigakure.

Miya arranged a large weapons-supply deal with the Gyohei Ninja Tool Shop and received the custom Ninja Blade forged by Mihyō Watari. The shop agreed to deliver fifty million ryō worth of supplies in three days, while Miya admired what Watari called his finest blade.

• Miya offered Mihyō Kazuki a fifty-million-ryō order for kunai, shuriken, and Explosive Tags, promising future orders would be at least as large.
• Miya summoned a python and retrieved two boxes containing twenty-five million ryō each, then paid Mihyō Kazuki upfront.
• Mihyō Kazuki accepted the deal and promised delivery in three days.
• Mihyō Watari arrived carrying Miya's custom Ninja Blade and invited him to inspect it.
• Miya was delighted with the blade, and Mihyō Watari said it was the finest one he had ever forged.

Miya received the Chakra Metal blade forged by Mihyō Watari, named it Dragon Slayer, and tested its strength at his inn. After discovering its advantages and deciding to learn swordsmanship, he prepared to put the blade to use.

• Miya admired the Tang-style blade Mihyō Watari forged and named it Dragon Slayer.
• Takumigakure Anbu found the three Rain Ninja Miya had killed, and veteran Jonin Amatsuka Fukiya recognized his nephew Kōji among the dead and demanded to know who killed him.
• Miya left the Gyohei Ninja Tool Shop and tested Dragon Slayer with Lightning Release, finding it superior to an ordinary kunai.
• Miya decided to learn swordsmanship and continued testing Dragon Slayer with Nuclear Release, which the blade easily withstood.

Miya completed his purchase of war supplies in Takumigakure and left with Dragon Slayer, while Amatsuka Yabuki tracked him down over the deaths of Rain Ninja. Miya killed eight of Yabuki’s men in quick succession and faced Yabuki as the sole survivor.

• Miya collected three sealing scrolls containing the supplies he had bought from Mihyō Kazuki and left Takumigakure.
• Mihyō Kazuki recognized Miya as Orochimaru’s disciple after learning about his snake summon.
• Amatsuka Yabuki learned that a Konoha child had killed Amatsuka Kōji and pursued Miya with eight Rain Ninja.
• Miya confirmed he had killed the Rain Ninja and cut down two who attacked him, drawing Dragon Slayer’s first blood.
• Miya killed the six remaining Rain Ninja and pointed Dragon Slayer at Amatsuka Yabuki.

Miya killed Amatsuka Yabuki and eight others, prompting Takumigakure to blame him for the deaths. After accepting a mission from Hiruzen Sarutobi, Miya turned toward the battlefield in the Land of Wind.

• Miya killed Amatsuka Yabuki, leaving nine corpses behind.
• Takumigakure discovered the bodies and, after investigating, named Miya its prime suspect to provide Amegakure with an explanation.
• Miya encountered three Konoha Anbu Ninja near the border of the Land of Artisans and learned they had brought mission instructions from Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Miya accepted the mission and asked the Anbu Ninja to tell Hiruzen he had weapons and Explosive Tags worth a hundred million for sale at a discount.
• Miya changed direction toward the Land of Wind battlefield.

Miya returned to Konoha’s front line at Kikyo Mountain after arranging a shipment of war supplies, while Hiruzen Sarutobi and the commanders learned of its value. The chapter ended with Orochimaru greeting Miya and staring at his sword.

• The Anbu reported Miya’s offer of war supplies worth a hundred million to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who suspected Miya was overcharging Konoha.
• Hanzō dispatched Rain Ninja to investigate Miya and demand answers from Takumigakure about Amatsuka Yabuki’s death.
• Miya arrived at Kikyo Mountain, identified himself to Keito Tsuchihashi, and asked him to notify Orochimaru.
• Orochimaru showed Tsunade the secret report about Miya’s supplies, and she recognized their importance to the front line.
• Orochimaru appeared before Miya, noticed his growth and sword, and Miya teased him for staring at it.

Miya arrived at the Kikyo Mountain command post and met Orochimaru and Tsunade. The chapter ended as Orochimaru looked up at him.

• Miya followed Orochimaru's Shadow Clone to the Kikyo Mountain command post.
• Miya greeted Orochimaru and Tsunade, changing his planned address for Tsunade at the last moment.
• Miya found only Orochimaru and Tsunade in the command post, apparently waiting for him.
• Orochimaru looked up at Miya.

After something happened to the detective snake, Miya released his technique and remarked on powerful sensory abilities. Chiyo brushed off the Sand Ninja’s concern, saying she had only struck a little snake.

• Miya released the technique after something happened to the detective snake.
• Miya spoke from the heart and said he was not surprised, since he could have done the same.
• A Sand Ninja asked Chiyo what was wrong after she struck in the snake’s direction.
• Chiyo said she had only struck a little snake.

Iwagakure's forces marched toward the Land of Fire after the Third Tsuchikage changed his deployment, disrupting his preferred timing for entering the war. The passage ended before explaining how Miya affected his plans.

• Iwagakure's frontline forces set out for the Land of Fire's border.
• Kumogakure received intelligence that Iwagakure had mobilized.
• The Third Tsuchikage adjusted his strategic deployment.
• The Third Tsuchikage would have preferred to enter the war after Konoha and Sunagakure had fought for some time.
• The passage began to explain that Miya had disrupted the Third Tsuchikage's calculations, but cut off mid-sentence.

Chiyo paid a considerable price to confirm that Konoha Ninja had found Miya and taken her to the rear. The news left Chiyo furious.

• Chiyo paid a considerable price to obtain reliable information.
• Chiyo learned that Konoha Ninja had found Miya and taken her to the rear.
• After losing more Sand Ninja, Chiyo reacted with rage to the news.

Nara Shikashi and the others finished their mission and decided to notify Lady Tsunade, trusting her to have prepared a countermeasure. As Nara Shikashi reached into his clothes, the chapter ended.

• Nara Shikashi and the other three were shaken and looked at one another.
• Nara Shikashi suggested notifying Lady Tsunade now that their mission was complete.
• The other three agreed with Nara Shikashi.
• Nara Shikashi reached into his clothes to pull something out.