Chapter Summaries

After Fuyou Group’s apology for the fraud case, Fuyou relaxed while Danzo’s film crew finished shooting and celebrated at Fuyou Grill. Danzo later handed the film to Fuyou, and Konoha’s first youth idol drama, Shooting Star Konoha, premiered.

• Fuyou reflected on the fraud case and offered discounted anti-fraud gift packs while waiting for the White Zetsu to respond.
• Fuyou told Suzune to inspect his newly completed house and arranged a banner and complimentary fruit platter for Danzo’s wrap party at Fuyou Grill.
• Fuyou offered to let Pakura stay at his house, but Suzune suddenly pressed too hard during his massage, making him jump up.
• Danzo and the crew celebrated finishing the film at Fuyou Grill, where Danzo gave an emotional speech about making it.
• Danzo handed the completed film to Fuyou, and Shooting Star Konoha premiered as Konoha’s first youth idol drama.

Fuyou attended the premiere of a melodramatic movie about the younger days of Hiruzen Sarutobi, Shimura Danzō, Mitokado Homura, and Uchiha Nishikyo, which drew a packed audience. The movie left viewers wanting more, and Fuyou concluded it was destined to become a hit.

• Fuyou brought Suzune and Pakura to the movie premiere and saw that the theater was packed with curious moviegoers.
• Mitokado Homura, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Danzo celebrated the full theater before a moviegoer told them to quiet down and put away Hiruzen's pipe.
• Fuyou's advertisements played before the film, which portrayed four clan heirs and a commoner girl in a melodramatic romance at the Ninja Academy.
• The audience watched Uchiha Obito play Uchiha Nishikyo and reacted with astonishment to the romantic misunderstandings and rain dance.
• The film ended with the four men becoming friends, seeing a shooting star, and heading to war to protect Konoha.
• Suzune and Pakura remained moved after the movie, and Fuyou decided it would become a hit.

The premiere of "Shooting Star Konoha" became a huge hit, and Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo celebrated their success. Asuma used his suspicions about Hiruzen's secretive computer use to provoke Biwako, leaving her visibly angry.

• Online fans praised the cast of "Shooting Star Konoha," while Asuma angrily objected to people admiring his father and the other older men.
• Shiranui Genma mistakenly concluded that Asuma craved a father's love, and Kakashi questioned his interpretation.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo celebrated the film's success with the crew, while Danzo explained that the box-office earnings would take time to calculate.
• Hiruzen headed home, relieved the film might recover his losses, and considered buying Asuma a computer with the profits.
• Asuma showed Biwako the computer and claimed Hiruzen was hiding something; Biwako's expression hardened as Asuma watched his plan work.

The premiere of Shooting Star Konoha stirred rumors about the Hokage’s past, while Asuma and the Third Hokage appeared badly beaten after a family dispute. Itachi started school slimmer and stronger, leaving Fuyou to wonder whether his nephew could become the Uchiha’s next talent.

• Shooting Star Konoha became a sensation, and Utatane Koharu angrily rejected its account of her classmates’ romantic lives.
• Asuma arrived injured and revealed that the other bandaged man was his father, the Third Hokage.
• Fuyou saw Itachi off to school, while Fugaku praised his son’s discipline and growing strength.
• Itachi entered his new class and attracted the girls’ attention, while Izumi watched him with an uncertain expression.

Izumi decided she would raise Itachi after watching him win praise at the Academy. Fuyou prepared for Pakura’s return to Sunagakure, while Black Zetsu redirected the furious White Zetsu toward playing games instead of attacking the world.

• Itachi graduated from the Academy’s requirements after impressing his teacher with his taijutsu, and Izumi resolved to raise him.
• Fuyou asked Pakura to promote the upcoming Konoha Mahjong Tournament before she returned to her village.
• Suzune proposed a farewell banquet for Pakura, and Fuyou accepted the idea.
• The White Zetsu demanded that Black Zetsu lead them in destroying the ninja world, but he told them to play games and frighten people online instead.

Asuma entered the beginner zone and found it covered in corpses, while Zabuza and other players discovered that a White Zetsu army was sweeping through the game. The army conquered every map and ninja village, leaving the ninja world under White Zetsu rule.

• Asuma arrived at the internet cafe bruised from a beating by his father and entered the beginner zone, where he found corpses covering the ground.
• Zabuza logged into the game and mocked Konoha before players called for help against a sudden attack.
• Countless White Zetsu charged through the game’s maps, killing players and destroying their resistance.
• The White Zetsu army conquered the Land of Rain, Kirigakure, the Land of Water, the Land of Fire, and Konoha.

Fuyou persuaded Itachi’s teacher to keep Itachi in school for social development and frustration training, while Izumi coaxed Itachi into eating dango. Back at the milk tea shop, Lingyin warned Fuyou that players were killing each other in the game and complaints were flooding in.

• Fuyou told Itachi’s teacher that Itachi must not graduate early and asked him to encourage friendships, criticize Itachi, and give him frustration training.
• Itachi’s teacher praised Fuyou’s wisdom and decided to use Fuyou’s Will of Fire essays in an exam, while holding Itachi to especially high standards.
• Itachi considered applying for outside training because the academy no longer challenged him.
• Izumi offered Itachi dango, and he accepted to keep the food from going to waste before she asked him to eat her remaining skewer too.
• Fuyou returned to the milk tea shop and found Lingyin and another person frantically using computers; Lingyin said players were killing each other and complaints threatened the game.

After White Zetsu players swarmed the game, Fuyu refused to punish them for playing within the rules, while Asuma rallied players from different villages to fight back. The players drove off the attackers after a day-long battle, and Fuyu commemorated their victory with a post and gift packs.

• Fuyu rejected complaints about the White Zetsu players but ordered a warning for Asuma after he was reported for insulting others.
• Asuma and his companions found their equipment durability depleted and decided to unite players from different villages against the attackers.
• Asuma contacted Hidden Mist Demon to cooperate, and despite their mutual hostility, players across the villages formed a united front.
• The battle lasted a day and a night, and players led by Asuma, Hidden Mist Demon, Land of Rain's Fish, and Lonely Sand Shinobi drove away the Little White Person XXX attackers.
• Pakura questioned Fuyu's claim that every ninja village had taken part, and Fuyu admitted he had posted about the victory to sell gift packs.

Black Zetsu ordered the White Zetsu to keep investigating Obito while considering a new spokesperson, as Obito joined Konoha's Anbu and shocked Minato with his request to be with Kakashi. A month later, Danzō and Hiruzen collected their share of the film profits, then discovered Fuyou had produced a loan note in Danzō's name.

• Black Zetsu silenced the White Zetsu and told them to investigate Obito, warning that they might need a different spokesperson if Obito did not change.
• Minato welcomed Obito into Konoha's Anbu, and Obito declared that he wanted to be with Kakashi.
• Pakura left Konoha with Fuyou Group employees to bring Internet access to the Land of Wind.
• Fuyou told Danzō and Hiruzen that Shooting Star Konoha had earned 310 million Ryo in net revenue and that their profit share was 155 million Ryo.
• Danzō and Hiruzen calculated their earnings, then saw a note stating that Shimura Danzō had borrowed money from Uchiha Fuyou.

Fuyou decided to spend the money he had earned from Danzo on Danzo, while Danzo, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Mitokado Homura planned to invest their remaining movie profits in a cinema chain. Danzo sought to borrow a billion by using himself as collateral, but a new bounty notice made Hiruzen and Homura reconsider how much he might be worth.

• Suzune described the old men’s troubles, prompting Fuyou to decide that the money he had recovered from Danzo should be spent on him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi explained that the trio had repaid a hundred million and had fifty-five million left from their movie earnings.
• Mitokado Homura offered to contribute his untouched ten million-plus to their next movie, and Danzo vowed to build a cinema chain with the remaining funds.
• Danzo proposed using himself as collateral to borrow a billion, and Hiruzen Sarutobi and Mitokado Homura reluctantly considered helping him.
• An Anbu ninja delivered a new bounty notice, and Hiruzen Sarutobi and Mitokado Homura suggested rejecting the offer for now and selling Danzo for 1.25 billion later.

Fuyou learned that Danzo shares had surged, while Hyuga Zongzhe used his investment to rally the Hyuga elders behind assigning protection to Danzo. Minato privately told Fuyou that a friend of his wanted to be with a man.

• Fuyou heard that Danzo shares had risen by 250 million and learned that Hyuga Zongzhe had bought ten percent using money borrowed from other elders.
• Hyuga Zongzhe persuaded the Hyuga elders to support assigning a Hyuga jonin to protect Danzo, offering to pay for the protection himself.
• Elder Baihua condemned Zongzhe's proposal as self-serving, but most of the elders left with Zongzhe while she remained behind, worried about the clan's ties to him.
• Minato met Fuyou in a private room and, after denying Fuyou's guesses about his troubles, said a friend of his wanted to be with a man.

Fuyou noticed winter had arrived and sent food to Itachi’s family. Itachi prepared to apply for off-campus training, but his teacher confronted him over a report that he had fought at school.

• Fuyou returned home, saw the first snow, and noted that winter had begun.
• Itachi received winter clothes and food from Fuyou before telling Fugaku he planned to apply for off-campus training.
• Fugaku urged Itachi to make friends, and Itachi remained confused about why his classmates seemed to dislike him.
• Izumi brought Itachi sandwiches, and he accepted them so they would not go to waste.
• At the academy, Itachi prepared his application form, but the teacher accused him of getting into a fight the previous day.

Minato tried to broaden Obito’s horizons for the sake of his mental health, but a misunderstanding led to a confrontation and an honest conversation between them. As spring arrived, Fuyou and Suzune prepared for the Mahjong Tournament, while Kana and Konan planned to attend and a red-haired woman quietly read Fuyou’s reply.

• Minato read a teacher’s letter about the Academy neglecting students’ mental health and decided to help Obito.
• Minato took Obito to a colorful establishment, but Obito misunderstood his intentions and fled, drawing attention to them.
• Minato and Obito spoke honestly, and Minato learned about Obito’s ninja way after recovering from his injuries.
• Fuyou and Suzune finished preparing for the Mahjong Tournament and planned to expand the network into Iwagakure and Kumogakure.
• Kana told Fuyou that she and Konan planned to attend the tournament, and Fuyou welcomed them.
• A red-haired woman in the Land of Rain read Fuyou’s reply and whispered his name.

Uchiha Obito escorted a Kumogakure delegation through Konoha and discovered that Asuma was selling his photographs, prompting him to attack in a rage. The chapter ended with Asuma pleading for his life while Obito struck at him with Chidori.

• Obito complained that Kakashi had resigned from the Anbu without telling him and planned to challenge him after work.
• Obito recognized Yugito Nii among the arriving Kumogakure delegation, and the two traded insults as he escorted the group into Konoha.
• Killer B and the Cloud Shinobi reacted to Obito’s declaration that women only affected his ninjutsu and heard Yugito ask him to take them to their lodging.
• Obito spotted Asuma selling photographs of him, including spiral-mask pictures, and charged forward with Chidori.
• Asuma tried to explain himself and claimed he was Obito’s actual uncle, but Obito shouted that even the Third Lord’s son had to die.

Obito brought Yugito Nii and the Cloud Shinobi to Fuyou Hotel, where Yugito discovered Konoha Delivery and ordered ramen from Ichiraku. With the delivery rider unable to reach them before the noodles went soggy, Might Duy took the order and opened the Gate of Life to deliver it in time.

• Asuma recovered in the hospital while Obito escorted Yugito Nii and the Cloud Shinobi to Fuyou Hotel, then vanished to vent his anger at Kakashi.
• Yugito Nii explored the hotel computer with the Cloud Shinobi and opened Konoha Delivery.
• The group ordered several bowls of ramen from Ichiraku and used a coupon to complete the order.
• Boss Ichiraku and the delivery rider realized the order could not reach Fuyou Hotel in time without the ramen getting soggy.
• Might Duy volunteered to deliver the ramen, opened the Gate of Life, and sped off with the delivery box held perfectly steady.

Uchiha Fuyou and Suzuon encountered a Kusagakure ninja abusing a red-haired girl, and Fuyou intervened after recognizing a possible connection to the Uzumaki Clan. The girl denied being an Uzumaki and warned him that the man he had kicked away, Lord Yamasa, was a ninja.

• Fuyou praised Might Duy's delivery work as the service's orders and customer acclaim grew.
• Fuyou encouraged Suzuon to take time off and enter the Mahjong Tournament.
• Fuyou and Suzuon saw a Kusagakure ninja threaten a red-haired girl outside a toy shop.
• The Kusagakure ninja raised his hand to strike the girl, and Fuyou kicked him away.
• Fuyou asked the girl if she belonged to the Uzumaki Clan, but she denied it and warned him about Lord Yamasa.

Fuyou rescued Uzumaki Enogu from a Kusagakure ninja and arranged for the Konoha Military Police Force to arrest him under a fabricated theft accusation. He comforted Enogu with a Nine-Tails doll and took her to meet Kushina Uzumaki, while Suzune watched him suspiciously.

• Fuyou learned that the red-haired girl was Uzumaki Enogu, a Kusagakure ninja whose mother had died after being forced to maintain the Box of Paradise.
• Yamasa attacked Fuyou, but three Uchiha members of the Konoha Military Police Force pinned him down and claimed he had tried to rob Fuyou.
• Fuyou accused Yamasa of stealing one hundred million in migrant workers' wages, and the Military Police Force took him away for questioning.
• Fuyou gave Enogu a chubby Nine-Tails doll and offered to take her home.
• Might Guy told Fuyou that Kushina Uzumaki was registering at the entrance, so Fuyou led Enogu to meet her while Suzune watched jealously.

Fuyu welcomed Kana, Konan, and Enogu to Konoha and led them to his home after helping Enogu escape trouble with Kusagakure shinobi. He arrived to find Suzune waiting inside in an apron, leaving him uneasy about her unexpected welcome.

• Kana and Konan waited at Konoha’s entrance with Hanzo of the Salamander until Fuyu came to meet them.
• Fuyu reunited with Kana and Konan, reassured them that the Kusagakure shinobi who had mistreated Enogu were arrested, and invited them to his home.
• Hanzo of the Salamander went to meet Minato while Fuyu led Kana, Konan, and Enogu through Konoha.
• Fuyu brought the group to his house, where Suzune greeted them from the entryway in an apron.

Fuyou left Rinne, Kushina Uzumaki, and Konan together at home after Minato summoned him to discuss the Mahjong Tournament and Kusagakure. He learned Kusagakure had abused Enogu's mother and planned to open the Box of Paradise, while Hanzo later asked him who Konoha's Handsome Guy was.

• Fuyou introduced Rinne and Kushina Uzumaki as having the same relationship with him, easing the tense atmosphere before an Anbu summoned him to Minato.
• After Fuyou left, Rinne told Kushina Uzumaki she would not give up, and the two decided to add each other on RenRen while Konan put away her Explosive Tags.
• Minato told Fuyou that Kusagakure had drained Enogu's mother's chakra while preparing to open the Box of Paradise, and planned to make the village pay for hiding the Uzumaki Clan's presence.
• Fuyou left the Hokage Building, regretted his awkward words at home, and ran into Hanzo, who said he had been denied a meeting with his little brother.
• Hanzo asked Fuyou who Konoha's Handsome Guy was.

Asuma left the hospital determined to avoid returning and headed for the internet cafe to prepare for the Mahjong Tournament. Meanwhile, Fuyou warned Kana and Konan about the dangers of meeting people online, and Kakuzu entered Konoha and logged into RenRen to contact Konoha's Handsome Guy.

• Asuma celebrated his discharge, planned to study at the internet cafe, and devised a mirror scheme to cheat at the Mahjong Tournament.
• Fuyou cautioned Kana and Konan about online scams and said Lingyin had returned to the Hyuga clan for a meeting.
• Fuyou noted that Konoha was crowded and unsettled, while Danzo remained under protection and planned to start a cinema business.
• Kakuzu entered Konoha in disguise, complained that he could not access his stored money, and went to an internet cafe.
• Kakuzu logged into RenRen and messaged Konoha's Handsome Guy that he had arrived.