Chapter Summaries

After Root Studio’s bankruptcy left Hiruzen Sarutobi struggling to repay its debts, he began delivering takeout while Shimura Danzō fled Konoha to seek new business opportunities. The chapter left Danzō stopped on the road by someone demanding the remaining payment.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi took on takeout deliveries to repay the debts after Root Studio went bankrupt, while Sarutobi Asuma left Konoha to earn money.
• Fuyou and Suzune spotted Hiruzen delivering a meal and watched him leave the shop.
• Hiruzen used Shadow Clones to deliver orders, then rested and wondered where Shimura Danzō had gone.
• Shimura Danzō continued traveling outside Konoha, insisting he would return after becoming rich.
• A voice behind Danzō asked him to settle the remaining payment.

Fuyou encountered another mysteriously appearing tree, while Hanabi Hyuga began investigating whether she had traveled through time or entered an illusion. Danzo tried to persuade White Zetsu to join his latest no-capital business scheme, 1040 Financial Engineering, and they turned hostile again.

• Fuyou left the Uchiha compound with Suzune, then accidentally struck his nose against a tree that had appeared beside the road.
• Hanabi Hyuga connected her arrival to an explosion at the Ancient Kingdom of Roran and decided to investigate the ruins and what Fuyou might know.
• Hanabi noticed the tree outside Fuyou's house but dismissed her suspicion that it could be a White Zetsu.
• Danzo told the White Zetsu he could not repay them and offered a business opportunity instead.
• Danzo proposed 1040 Financial Engineering, prompting the White Zetsu to suspect he was deceiving them and prepare to attack.

Shimura Danzō trained the White Zetsus to recruit people into a fraudulent investment scheme, teaching them to build trust and pose as wealthy success stories. He chose the Land of Earth as their target, though he said they still needed time to prepare.

• Shimura Danzō explained that they would recruit people by befriending them and presenting their company as legitimate, without coercion.
• Shimura Danzō taught the White Zetsus to package themselves as successful and instructed them to boast about vast riches.
• A White Zetsu named Fanfan read his success story, and Shimura Danzō dismissed its claims of a few million as too modest.
• Shimura Danzō gave an impassioned pitch promising that recruits could become billionaires in a year, and the White Zetsus shouted their agreement.
• Shimura Danzō selected the Land of Earth as their target and told the White Zetsus that the plan still needed preparation.

Fuyou and Suzune discussed declining business and game revenue, then planned to use the Third Hokage in an advertisement. After his release from prison, Roshi saw how much the Land of Rain had changed and was stunned to find Hiruzen Sarutobi promoting a game on a screen.

• Fuyou and Suzune reviewed the takeout business and game revenue, which had both declined.
• Fuyou proposed paying the Third Hokage to appear in a game advertisement, and Suzune agreed to ask him.
• Fuyou noticed that his system interface had appeared after he opened the takeout.
• Roshi was released from prison after his sentence was reduced and received wages for making Nine-Tails dolls.
• Roshi wandered through the transformed Land of Rain and saw a screen showing Hiruzen Sarutobi advertising Legendary Ninja.

Hanabi Hyuga questioned whether Fuyou Group was behind the strange changes in her world after seeing Hiruzen Sarutobi working as an extra. Hiruzen tried to call Asuma, who abruptly hung up while fighting the One-Tail in Sunagakure.

• Fuyou reflected that Shimura Danzō had likely fled the Land of Fire to start another business, while Hanabi Hyuga wondered whether Fuyou Group had altered her world.
• Hanabi told Fuyou she had seen the Third Lord working as an extra at a filming location, and Fuyou said Hiruzen often delivered his takeout.
• Hiruzen ate lunch on a film set, thought about Danzō and his debts, and called Asuma to check on him.
• Asuma answered and said he was fighting the One-Tail in Sunagakure before hanging up on Hiruzen.
• Hiruzen angrily shouted at Asuma for being unfilial.

Asuma and Chiriku discussed Kazuma’s suspicious behavior while Fuyou reviewed his latest system upgrades and learned that the Hyuga Clan was considering placing the Caged Bird on Neji. Hanabi wondered whether she could change Neji’s fate and grew more resolved as Rinne went to prepare dinner.

• Asuma ignored a call from his father to keep gaming with Chiriku, who mentioned Kazuma’s suspicious behavior and his contempt for Konoha’s shinobi.
• Fuyou checked his upgrade, which had unlocked mobile phones and automobiles, and noted the film industry’s growth across several villages.
• Rinne returned from the Hyuga Clan and told Fuyou and Hanabi that an elder wanted to prepare Neji’s Caged Bird ceremony, while Rinne’s second brother opposed it.
• Hanabi thought about Neji’s future and worried that she had no authority to prevent the ceremony or protect her identity.
• Rinne went to prepare dinner, and Hanabi watched her aunt with a complicated expression before becoming more resolute.

Fuyou and Hanabi watched Minato spend a happy day with young Naruto, while Hanabi wondered whether Naruto could change the Hyuga Clan’s future. That evening, Suzuoto returned from a tense meeting where Hizashi challenged the elders over placing the Caged Bird seal on his son.

• Fuyou met Minato and young Naruto at the rocking ride, and Minato invited Fuyou to visit his home.
• Fuyou declined the invitation and left with Hanabi, who wondered whether Naruto could change Neji and her father.
• Suzuoto attended a Hyuga Clan meeting about placing the Caged Bird seal on Hizashi’s son.
• Hizashi argued that the main family elders had lost the right to manage the clan and refused to let them seal his child.
• Suzuoto returned home troubled by the dispute and by the mysterious Hyuga woman’s growing interest in Fuyou.

Hanabi questioned Rinne about Fuyou’s past and left to investigate his connection to Obito, while Fuyou took Rinne to visit Minato and Kushina. Minato revealed that Kushina had heard rumors about Fuyou and intended to teach Rinne a lesson, leaving Fuyou alarmed by the gossip.

• Hanabi asked Rinne about Fuyou’s history, and Rinne recalled his efforts to dissuade Obito from becoming a ninja and his affection for Itachi.
• Fuyou invited Rinne and Hanabi to visit Minato, but Hanabi declined and left to investigate Fuyou’s connection to Obito.
• Fuyou and Rinne visited Minato’s home, where Kushina took Rinne upstairs while Minato spoke privately with Fuyou.
• Minato explained that Kushina believed Fuyou might abandon Rinne amid the Hyuga conflict and planned to teach Rinne a lesson.

Fuyou reassured Rinne amid the Hyuga main and branch family conflict, while Hanabi investigated him online and found clues suggesting his unusual influence and knowledge. She began to suspect that he might be connected to Uchiha Shin and decided he could be the key to breaking the illusory realm.

• Fuyou told Rinne to stay home and avoid Hyuga Clan meetings, promising to protect her during the conflict between the main and branch families.
• Fuyou dismissed Rinne's question about Hanabi by calling her a relative who could not find a job.
• Hanabi searched online for information about Fuyou and found accounts of his talents, businesses, relationships, and role in developing the Rasengan.
• Hanabi concluded that something was strange about Fuyou and wondered why he was acting this way if the world was an illusion.
• Hanabi recalled Uchiha Shin and considered whether he was connected to the same mystery, deciding to investigate him as a possible way to break the illusion.

Uchiha Fuyou reviewed the delivery industry's rapid growth and decided Might Duy should train delivery workers. Duy began teaching Itachi that food delivery was essential to mastering Taijutsu, then received a call from his boss.

• Uchiha Fuyou and Hyuga Rinne discussed the rise in delivery orders and complaints about disorder and impostors.
• Fuyou decided to establish delivery regulations and asked about Might Duy's performance.
• Rinne reported that Duy had the most five-star reviews and was known for reliable, helpful deliveries.
• Fuyou chose Duy to handle delivery-worker training.
• Might Duy coached Itachi on delivering food, insisting that it would improve his Taijutsu.
• Duy answered a call from his boss after his ringtone sounded.

Fuyou attended an Uchiha clan meeting called by Fugaku, where the elders said it concerned the Konoha Military Police Force. Meanwhile, Hanabi Hyuga secretly left Fuyou’s home, apparently preparing to act on her suspicions.

• Fuyou watched the growing ranks of green-clad delivery riders and considered how Might Duy’s training had improved the delivery industry.
• Hanabi Hyuga suspected Fuyou or the Fuyou Group was behind Konoha’s changes, but chose to wait for the right opportunity to act.
• Uchiha Fugaku told Fuyou to attend the clan meeting that night, and Fuyou agreed to show up.
• At the Uchiha compound, Fuyou asked the Great Elder about the Hyuga Clan’s main-branch dispute, and the Great Elder said the Uchiha should stay out of it.
• The Great Elder revealed that the meeting concerned the Konoha Military Police Force, and Fuyou entered the meeting room with the clan.
• Hanabi took the phone Fuyou had given her, then quietly left the house alone and disappeared into the night.

Fuyou attended an Uchiha clan meeting where Fugaku discussed the Fourth Hokage’s plans for the Konoha Military Police Force. Fuyou argued that sharing the force with other clans could help the Uchiha integrate into Konoha, then left and discovered someone following him.

• Fugaku told the Uchiha that the Fourth Hokage intended to change the Konoha Military Police Force, provoking angry opposition from the clansmen.
• The Great Elder asked Fuyou whether the Uchiha should give up their exclusive hold on the force, and Fuyou argued that sharing it with other clans would spread resentment across Konoha.
• Fuyou left the meeting after telling Fugaku he could help teach the children, but Fugaku ordered him out.
• As Fuyou walked home, he sensed someone following him and heard them declare, "I've locked onto you!"
• Fuyou saw a figure strike a stance and fly toward him, so he silently pulled out a stack of Explosive Tags.

Hanabi Hyuga confronted Uchiha Fuyou, concluded that he had also crossed between parallel worlds, and learned that the Dragon Vein might be her only way home. When she attacked him after doubting his explanation, Rinne arrived near the Uchiha compound and found the two looking disheveled.

• Hanabi Hyuga failed to find evidence of Fuyou’s hidden strength and attempted a surprise attack, but stopped when she saw the Explosive Tags he had prepared.
• Rinne waited at home with Enogu, then left to look for Fuyou after Enogu wondered whether Hanabi had gone out with him.
• Hanabi theorized that she and Fuyou had traveled between parallel worlds, and Fuyou agreed with her explanation.
• Hanabi asked how she could return to her world, but learned that the Dragon Vein might have dried up.
• Hanabi attacked Fuyou again, while he protested that he needed to go home for dinner.
• Rinne reached the woods near the Uchiha compound and found Fuyou and Hanabi emerging with disheveled clothes and flushed faces.

Hanabi asked Fuyou to help her change the Hyuga Clan, and he proposed publicly condemning its treatment of the branch house. As Hiashi's elders prepared to suppress the branch house, a ninja burst in with urgent news that the internet had exploded.

• Hanabi declared that she would change the Hyuga Clan and asked Fuyou for help, while Suzune struggled to understand their conversation.
• Hanabi explained that she feared revealing her identity and knowledge of future events, and Fuyou agreed to help in the name of Konoha.
• Fuyou told Hanabi they should condemn the Hyuga Clan's treatment of the branch house.
• Hiashi and the Hyuga elders debated whether to use the Caged Bird to suppress the branch house, while Byakka challenged their assumptions.
• Hiashi began ordering the main house to suppress the branch house, but a ninja rushed in announcing that the internet had exploded.

Online backlash forced the Hyuga Clan to delay Neji Hyuga’s Caged Bird branding until after Ninja Academy graduation, though Hanabi Hyuga worried the change would worsen her sister’s life. She asked Fuyou to change her father and offered him the Caged Bird formula, but their conversation ended when Fuyou spotted Sasuke and suggested dressing him in a skirt.

• People across the internet condemned the Hyuga Clan’s treatment of its branch family, and the Fuyou Group refused the clan’s demand to ban critics’ accounts.
• Minato summoned the major clans, and the Hyuga Clan agreed to postpone Neji Hyuga’s Caged Bird branding from age three until after graduation.
• Hanabi Hyuga thanked Fuyou but worried that Neji’s unmarked status would make her father train her sister more harshly, so she asked Fuyou to change her father.
• Hanabi told Fuyou that the Otsutsuki Clan from the moon would soon arrive and offered him the complete Caged Bird formula.
• Fuyou approached Uchiha Fugaku, Uchiha Mikoto, and Sasuke, pinched Sasuke’s cheek, and suggested he would look cute wearing a skirt.

Haruno Cho brought his family to a Fuyou Group event that encouraged people to post videos of their daughters on the new Nen app for a chance to win 10 million ryo. As the contest spread across the ninja world, Hanabi Hyuga watched its rankings and discovered that an Uchiha girl named Uchiha Sako had taken first place.

• Haruno Cho admired Fuyou's success and decided to enter the daughter-video contest with Sakura, hoping to win the 10 million ryo prize.
• The Fuyou Group's promotion drove Nen past one million downloads in a single day as families across the ninja world joined the contest.
• Hanabi Hyuga browsed the uploaded videos, recognized Sakura, Ino, and Tenten, and noted that Haku from Kirigakure had held first place.
• The rankings changed, and Hanabi watched a video of a black-haired girl with an Uchiha fan before reading the name Uchiha Sako.

Uchiha Mikoto discovered the Nen app through Mrs. Yamanaka and watched an adorable video of Ino, which inspired her to dress Sasuke in one of the girls’ clothes she had prepared. The chapter ended with Mikoto coaxing Sasuke into trying on a black princess dress.

• Uchiha Mikoto received a RenRen message from Mrs. Yamanaka asking her to like a video.
• Mikoto downloaded the Nen app and watched a short video of Ino Yamanaka among cosmos flowers.
• After seeing a link about a little princess, Mikoto wished she had a daughter to enter in the event.
• Mikoto noticed that Sasuke’s chubby face looked feminine and decided to try dressing him in one of her old girls’ outfits.
• Mikoto brought Sasuke a black princess dress and coaxed him by saying he must really want to wear it.

Itachi came home to find Sasuke dressed as a little girl, and Fuyu recorded the brothers’ reunion before asking Hanabi if she would teach and lead a team. Meanwhile, Mrs. Yamanaka grew furious when Ino fell out of the top ten in a cuteness competition after Sasuke’s video went viral, and she told Inoichi that their daughter had lost to a boy.

• Itachi returned from the academy and found Sasuke wearing a black princess dress when the younger boy hugged him.
• Fuyu saved a video of Itachi and Sasuke, then asked Hanabi whether she would become a teacher and lead a team.
• Mrs. Yamanaka saw Sasuke’s video rise to first place and discovered Ino had dropped to eleventh.
• Inoichi came home and found Mrs. Yamanaka and Ino waiting in a stern pose to discuss the competition.
• Mrs. Yamanaka explained that Ino had lost to Sasuke, whom many viewers mistook for a girl.

The Little Princess contest and Fuyou Group’s app became wildly popular after Uchiha Sasuke took first place, prompting parents to enter their sons as well. Hinata’s mother posted a video of her by the pond, Hiashi secretly liked it, and Naruto found a cute black-haired girl on his mother’s phone.

• The Little Princess contest surged in popularity after people learned that its first-place contestant was Uchiha Sasuke, and Fuyou Group’s app attracted new users.
• Mrs. Hyuga watched Hinata charm a dragonfly by the pond and recorded her for the app, hoping her daughter could grow up happily despite the Hyuga family conflict.
• Hiashi reviewed the branch family’s intelligence, installed Nen after receiving a notification from his wife, watched Hinata’s video, and tapped the heart before closing the app.
• Naruto woke from his nap, found his mother’s phone, and swiped through videos of young girls.
• Naruto stopped at a video of a cold-looking black-haired girl and called her cute before his mother came in to greet him.

Sunagakure faced backlash over its treatment of Gaara, while the villages’ online event ended and the shinobi world continued changing. The chapter ended with Maruboshi Kosuke warning the Third Hokage that Biwako might beat him for publicly playing the victim.

• Sunagakure’s video of Gaara surged to first place after reports accused the village of abusing children, prompting its leaders to apologize and suspend the Jinchuriki experiments.
• The month-long voting event ended, and the reformed Konoha Military Police Force opened to shinobi from every clan.
• The Otsutsuki Clan visited Konoha, and Hyuga Hiashi’s conversations with them seemed to ease the main family’s treatment of the branch family.
• Konoha still could not find Shimura Danzō, while the Third Hokage delivered food and worked as an extra to repay his debts.
• Maruboshi Kosuke quietly asked the Third Hokage whether Biwako would beat him for pretending to be a tragic debtor in front of the extras.