Chapter Summaries

Orochimaru questioned Liuyun about hiding his strength and discovered he was developing a close-range Lightning Release technique. After Liuyun demonstrated the technique, he asked Orochimaru how to make it powerful enough to pierce an enemy without injuring his palm.

• Orochimaru invited Liuyun to a secluded spot and asked why he hid his strength, but Liuyun did not explain.
• Orochimaru noticed burn scars on Liuyun's hand and asked whether he was practicing Lightning Release; Liuyun admitted he was trying to develop a close-combat technique.
• Orochimaru offered to help Liuyun with his new ninjutsu, and Liuyun accepted his guidance.
• Liuyun gathered a dazzling current in his scarred palm and asked Orochimaru how to control it without injuring himself.

Liuyun struggled to develop Chidori because the lightning injured his palms, so he sought Orochimaru’s guidance and learned about medical ninjutsu while recovering. Orochimaru assessed the technique and began explaining why Liuyun’s attempts had failed.

• Liuyun showed Orochimaru his hand seals and asked for help solving the problem of Chidori’s lightning injuring his palms, and Orochimaru invited him to return the next morning.
• Liuyun went to Konoha Hospital, had a Medical Ninja heal his electrical burns, and asked whether he needed to become a Genin before learning medical ninjutsu.
• Liuyun visited Orochimaru the next morning, and Orochimaru praised his grasp of Chakra shape transformation and nature transformation.
• Orochimaru told Liuyun that the technique and its hand seals were sound, but that Liuyun had been too conservative or lacked enough Chakra for it to take shape.

Liuyun perfected his Lightning Release technique under Orochimaru’s guidance and named it Chidori. Impressed by Liuyun’s talent, Orochimaru offered to teach him and gave him a scroll to help master the technique, though he stopped short of formally accepting him as a disciple.

• Orochimaru told Liuyun to pour more Chakra into Chidori, allowing the technique to produce its full thunderous power.
• Liuyun charged at a boulder and destroyed it with Chidori, though the attack left him drained and with minor palm injuries.
• Liuyun named the technique Chidori, and Orochimaru classified it as an A-rank Lightning Release Ninjutsu.
• Liuyun claimed he had completed the technique from incomplete notes found by his family, and Orochimaru offered to guide his ninjutsu training.
• Liuyun bowed to Orochimaru as a disciple, but Orochimaru clarified that he would only offer guidance rather than formally accept him.
• Orochimaru gave Liuyun a Communication White Snake and a Lightning Release fundamentals scroll, then explained ways to refine Chidori.

Liuyun suggested morbid businesses to his bored mother, Asuka, who settled on considering a flower shop. Three days later, Liuyun mastered Chidori and reunited with Kushina, who noticed the technique’s damage to a tree.

• Asuka worried that Liuyun trained too much, and he suggested she find a business to keep herself occupied.
• Liuyun proposed selling funeral flowers and mourning clothes, but Asuka scolded him and rejected those ideas.
• Asuka left to explore opening a flower shop, while Liuyun privately expected flowers associated with death to sell well.
• Three days later, Liuyun used Chidori to pierce a target beside a secluded river.
• Kushina arrived in a new dress, and Liuyun greeted her before she noticed the charred tree and asked about the lightning technique.

Liuyun teased Kushina after she offered to teach him Uzumaki Clan Sealing Technique, and his close-range confession made her faint. He caught her, then began reading the scroll while the unconscious Kushina toppled over.

• Kushina offered to teach Liuyun Sealing Technique and asked him to call her Great-Aunt.
• Liuyun trapped Kushina against a tree and teased her about making her call him daddy when he taught her.
• Kushina realized Liuyun was nervous too and moved closer, trying to turn the teasing back on him.
• Liuyun whispered compliments and began to confess that he liked Kushina, causing her to faint.
• Liuyun caught Kushina, set her against the tree, and read the scroll; when he let go, she toppled to one side.

Liuyun studied the basics of Sealing Techniques with Kushina, then took her to the Senju Clan Grounds for dinner. There, they met Mito Uzumaki, and Liuyun realized she was the first Nine-Tails Jinchuriki whose seal kept the beast’s chakra hidden.

• Kushina pretended to wake up after leaning against Liuyun, then stayed to teach him Sealing Techniques.
• Liuyun listened as Kushina explained two basic scrolls and invited her to dinner.
• Liuyun sent a Shadow Clone home with a message and brought Kushina to the Senju Clan Grounds.
• Liuyun sensed little chakra from Mito Uzumaki and inferred that her Yin Seal stored most of it while suppressing the Nine-Tails.
• Mito Uzumaki studied Liuyun’s unusually bright eyes and praised him as a good child.

Mito Uzumaki noticed that Liuyun had unusually strong Pupil Power and chakra, and suspected he had awakened the Sharingan despite his young age. She and Tsunade considered whether his Uchiha and Senju bloodlines had caused this, then agreed to keep his abilities secret.

• Kushina asked Mito Uzumaki for permission to have dinner with Liuyun, and Mito warmly agreed.
• Tsunade accused Liuyun of flirting with Kushina, but Mito scolded Tsunade and sent the two youngsters off to eat.
• After Liuyun and Kushina left, Mito told Tsunade that Liuyun's Pupil Power was stronger than that of most adult Uchiha Clan members.
• Mito revealed that Liuyun had chakra reserves comparable to an ordinary Jonin and might already have awakened his Sharingan.
• Tsunade suggested Liuyun's Uchiha and Senju bloodlines might have caused an unusual mutation, and Mito warned her to keep his abilities secret.

Liuyun took Kushina to Konoha’s night market, where he bought a struggling widow’s treasured Bell Bracelet for 28,000. Kushina wondered about his wealth and who the bracelet was for as Liuyun prepared to put it on her.

• After failing to find ramen, Liuyun treated Kushina to yakiniku and took her around the night market, buying her a butterfly hairpin.
• Liuyun learned that the female vendor was selling her late mother’s Bell Bracelet to support her two children and decided to buy it for 28,000.
• The vendor accepted Liuyun’s money, and he reassured Kushina that the purchase would help the woman and her children.
• Kushina asked where Liuyun got his money, and he said he would show her Uzuyama Ming’s bookstore.
• Kushina shyly asked who Liuyun planned to give the bracelet to, and he opened the jewelry box and took it out beside her.

Liuyun offered Kushina the Bell Bracelet as a precious gift, but she hesitated and struggled when he asked whether she would accept it. Their misunderstanding left both hurt, and Kushina ran away while Liuyun returned home and tried to distract himself by studying sealing techniques.

• Liuyun took Kushina's hand and asked whether she was willing to accept the Bell Bracelet as a precious thing.
• Kushina worried that accepting Liuyun's feelings was too soon and struggled, so Liuyun released her hand to respect her wishes.
• Kushina misread Liuyun's release as proof that his words were false, cried, and fled; Liuyun did not chase her.
• Liuyun returned home, brushed off Asuka's questions, and used a Shadow Clone to study the two Sealing Technique scrolls Kushina had given him.
• Kushina entered the Senju Clan Grounds after vowing through tears never to speak to Liuyun again.

Liuyun waited for Kushina, then accepted Orochimaru’s invitation to leave the village on a confidential mission with him and Nawaki. Kushina waited for Liuyun to visit that afternoon and grew anxious when he never came.

• Liuyun waited outside the Senju Clan Grounds, where Mito Uzumaki told him Kushina had only fallen asleep at dawn.
• Liuyun resumed his training, completed his daily routine, and later encountered Orochimaru and Nawaki.
• Orochimaru invited Liuyun to accompany them on a mission outside the village, and Liuyun agreed despite having planned to visit Kushina.
• Orochimaru told Liuyun the mission was confidential and that he only needed to observe.
• Kushina waited near the clan gates for Liuyun, then worried that he was angry or had been delayed when he did not arrive.

Orochimaru took Nawaki and Liuyun to a bandit stronghold to expose them to the realities of killing, leaving Liuyun to collect the bodies after Nawaki completed the mission. Nawaki and Liuyun began cleaning up the fortress under Orochimaru’s orders when Orochimaru called Liuyun over.

• Orochimaru told Nawaki to wipe out the bandit stronghold alone while Liuyun watched.
• Nawaki silently killed the guards and entered the stronghold, where Liuyun saw the bodies and struggled with the blood and stench.
• Orochimaru ordered Liuyun to gather the corpses, and Liuyun vomited after seeing a bandit cut in two but finished the task.
• Nawaki reported that he had killed the bandits but could not remember their number, and Orochimaru criticized him for losing focus.
• Orochimaru sent Nawaki to help Liuyun clean up and collect valuables, then called Liuyun over.

Liuyun killed a wounded bandit to complete the mission, then helped Orochimaru and Nawaki feed the corpses to Manda. After Manda returned to Ryūchi Cave, the team burned down the bandit stronghold and headed back to Konoha.

• Orochimaru ordered Liuyun to kill a wounded bandit, and Liuyun drove a blade through the man’s heart.
• Orochimaru summoned Manda and offered it the bandits’ corpses, but Manda demanded that its next hundred offerings be alive.
• Manda ordered Liuyun and Nawaki to strip the corpses and feed them to it, while Orochimaru covered for Liuyun’s defiant stare.
• Manda devoured the corpses and vanished back to Ryūchi Cave without greeting Orochimaru.
• Orochimaru set the bandit stronghold ablaze and led Liuyun and Nawaki toward Konoha.

After returning from a bloody mission with Orochimaru, Liuyun reassured his curious mother and struggled with his memories and feelings through the night. The next morning, he waited outside the Senju Clan gates, where Kushina finally spotted him.

• Liuyun washed off the blood from his mission, came home, and ate a meal prepared by Asuka.
• Asuka questioned Liuyun about his mission with Orochimaru, and he gave her a vague explanation.
• Liuyun struggled to sleep as memories of the massacre and thoughts of Kushina troubled him.
• Liuyun got up at dawn and trained while waiting outside the Senju Clan gates.
• Kushina, exhausted after a night of insomnia, went out intending to find Liuyun and apologize if necessary.
• Kushina spotted Liuyun squatting in a corner and playing with a leaf, and Liuyun noticed her too.

Liuyun apologized to Kushina, and the two reconciled and grew closer as they headed to train in Tree Climbing. Mito Uzumaki believed their love could help Kushina resist the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox, while Kushina learned why Liuyun had missed their appointment and worried about the bloodshed he had witnessed.

• Liuyun approached Kushina, apologized, and comforted her until she embraced him.
• Mito Uzumaki watched them and believed their love could help Kushina withstand the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox’s hatred and resentment.
• Kushina and Liuyun apologized to each other and set off for the training grounds so he could teach her Tree Climbing.
• Liuyun explained that he had missed their appointment because Orochimaru and his teacher had recruited him for a task.
• Kushina worried that Liuyun might have had nightmares after seeing corpses, which reminded her of her hometown.

Liuyun comforted Kushina after she was reminded of Whirlpool Village’s destruction, then took her home so she could rest. There, he revealed that he wrote the story behind the famous Dragon Ball manga, leaving Kushina astonished and admiring him.

• Liuyun noticed Kushina trembling and reassured her by taking her hand and promising to face difficulties with her.
• Liuyun brought the exhausted Kushina home to rest before they resumed training that afternoon.
• Kushina learned that Liuyun’s mother had quit her tiring job and planned to open a flower shop.
• Liuyun explained that he earned money by writing stories and showed Kushina Dragon Ball, credited to Ye Liuyun as its story writer and character designer.
• Kushina recognized Ye Liuyun as Liuyun’s pen name, believed his claim, and privately rejoiced at having discovered his talent.

Liuyun used his Sharingan to make the exhausted Kushina fall asleep, then trained while she rested at his home. He persuaded Asuka to buy a flower shop in a quiet area of Konoha, and went to wake Kushina when lunch was ready.

• Kushina grew sleepy while talking with Liuyun, who hypnotized her with his Sharingan and carried her to his room to sleep.
• Liuyun used a Shadow Clone to practice Fire Release chakra nature transformation while he exercised in the courtyard.
• Asuka showed Liuyun two possible flower shop locations, and he insisted she buy a spacious storefront in the quiet area he had recommended.
• Liuyun told Asuka that Kushina was already at their home and sleeping in his room, prompting her to misunderstand before he explained what happened.
• When lunch was ready, Liuyun stopped Asuka from waking Kushina and went to get her himself.

Kushina woke at Liuyun’s house after passing out and joined him for lunch with his mother, Asuka. After Liuyun let Kushina take the blame for his cooking lie throughout the meal, she attacked him in fury as they left to train.

• Liuyun explained that Kushina had slept for three hours in his bed after overworking herself while practicing genjutsu, and that he had informed Grandma Mito.
• Liuyun asked Kushina to help cover up his claim that she had taught him to cook, and she agreed on the condition that he explain himself after lunch.
• Asuka warmly welcomed Kushina and praised her cooking, while Liuyun joined in and Kushina endured the embarrassment in silence.
• After lunch, Asuka chatted with Kushina until Liuyun suggested they go outside to train.
• Kushina kicked Liuyun down and scolded him for leaving her to bear his lie, then punched him in the face when he smiled.

Liuyun taught Kushina tree climbing by the river, but their training turned into a quarrel and a prank. After Nawaki delivered Liuyun’s mission reward and a scroll from Orochimaru, Kushina pretended to faint and caught Liuyun checking on her, leaving him pinned beneath her.

• Liuyun taught Kushina to climb trees and tried to catch her when she fell, but she slapped him after he grabbed her inappropriately.
• Liuyun stopped helping Kushina and trained on his own while she kept falling and insisted she would master the technique faster than him.
• Nawaki found Liuyun and Kushina, delivered Liuyun’s share of the mission reward and a scroll from Orochimaru, then left.
• Liuyun and Kushina traded insults, and Kushina threatened him as her tree-climbing practice continued.
• Kushina pretended to pass out, and Liuyun rushed to check on her before she revealed the prank and pinned him down.

Liuyun teased Kushina during their training, then studied two Lightning Release techniques Orochimaru had sent him. The chapter ended with a Uchiha Chunin notifying Liuyun that his family had to attend the clan’s Mid-Year Clan Meeting.

• Kushina revealed she had faked being injured to tease Liuyun, so he slapped her and dodged her attempts to retaliate by using Water Walking.
• Liuyun tricked Kushina with a Shadow Clone, making her furious enough to unleash her chakra and throw everything she could find at him before running off.
• Liuyun read the two Lightning Release techniques, Falling Thunder Technique and Earth Flow, that Orochimaru had sent through Nawaki.
• A Uchiha Chunin told Liuyun that his family had to attend the Mid-Year Clan Meeting in two days, explaining that the clan had sent him because the elders had not stripped them of their surname.

Liuyun reassured Asuka that he would attend the Uchiha Clan’s Mid-Year Clan Meeting to protect their access to Uchiha Sheng’s grave, despite wanting to abandon the clan surname. The next morning, he spotted Kushina waiting in ambush and prepared to turn her prank against her.

• A Uchiha Chunin reminded Liuyun that every household had to send a representative to the Mid-Year Clan Meeting or risk losing its surname.
• Asuka admitted she did not want to attend, and Liuyun told her he shared her dislike of the clan but would go to preserve their ability to visit Uchiha Sheng’s grave.
• Liuyun decided to attend the meeting alone and promised that he would retrieve his father’s remains when he was able.
• Kushina hid near Liuyun’s home, planning to ambush him during his morning jog, but Liuyun detected her and devised a counter-ambush.
• Asuka appeared just as Kushina was about to attack, and Liuyun stopped beside the bushes, blocking Kushina’s escape route.