Chapter Summaries

Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō fought through successive simulated battles in Uchiha Qi’s Genjutsu Game, reliving different stages of their lives and testing themselves on equal terms. After more than a hundred cycles of killing and revival, both collapsed from mental exhaustion.

• A stirring battle theme drove Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō into a childhood-style fistfight, which Hiruzen won before restoring them both.
• Hiruzen turned them ten years younger and challenged Danzo to fight as they had during the Second Great Ninja War; his mastery of all five chakra natures overwhelmed Danzo’s Wind Release.
• Hiruzen revived Danzo and restored them to their thirties, then summoned Enma as Danzo brought out Baku for another battle.
• The two fought with their summons and repeatedly killed and revived each other, while Uchiha Qi watched and received four points of Golden Spirit from their battles.
• After more than a hundred cycles of combat, Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō collapsed in the street, mentally exhausted.

Hiruzen Sarutobi defeated Shimura Danzō in their final battle, and Uchiha Qi collected the resulting Golden Spirits and gained several powerful rewards. After handing Orochimaru a beauty serum formula, Uchiha Qi watched Ultimate Storm draw the other great ninja villages toward Konoha, where they sought the full game.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi killed Shimura Danzō after Danzō accepted defeat, then sat beside him in silence as they watched the distant scenery.
• Uchiha Qi spent his Golden Spirits and obtained a moral-condemnation skill, an upgraded life-saving skill, and an all-attribute enhancer.
• Uchiha Qi reviewed his other rewards, including a beauty serum formula, and gave the formula and its materials to Orochimaru.
• Orochimaru delegated research on the beauty serum to a Shadow Clone because he had too many other projects.
• The other great ninja villages dispatched delegations to Konoha to acquire the full version of Ultimate Storm for training their forces.

The Third Kazekage and Rasa accepted that Sunagakure needed to pay for Konoha’s “Ultimate Storm,” while believing Konoha’s commercial growth would leave it vulnerable in a future war. When the village delegations arrived in a booming Konoha, Sarutobi Mizuki demanded a much larger bribe from Rasa to secure the uncensored game, leaving Rasa forced to apologize.

• The Third Kazekage told Rasa to organize a delegation to import “Ultimate Storm,” and explained that Sunagakure could not afford to fall behind other villages.
• The Third Kazekage predicted that Konoha’s focus on commerce would weaken it and that the other villages could seize its wealth when war began, convincing Rasa to set out with the delegation.
• Delegations from major and minor ninja villages traveled to Konoha to import “Ultimate Storm,” expecting Konoha to be declining but arriving to find a prosperous city filled with rapidly built high-rises.
• Konoha’s reception personnel solicited bribes from the delegations, and Rasa offered Sarutobi Mizuki around ten thousand ryo.
• Sarutobi Mizuki rejected Rasa’s payment and threatened to deny Sunagakure the uncensored game, so Rasa stopped him and repeatedly apologized.

Uchiha Qi’s Strategic Deception Bureau made rival villages believe Konoha was decadent, persuading them to postpone war while Konoha secretly grew stronger. As the plan’s success astonished Konoha’s leaders, Uchiha Qi’s Call of the Dead cooldown ended and he prepared to summon a second deceased person.

• Sarutobi Mizuki accepted a million ryō from Rasa and spent three days showing him Konoha’s luxurious pleasures, leading Rasa to conclude that Konoha was weak and self-destructive.
• Rasa convinced the Sunagakure delegation that Konoha’s apparent decadence meant they should delay war and wait to claim its wealth later.
• Konoha’s reception staff from the Sarutobi, Koharu, and Mitokado clans similarly entertained rival delegations and accepted bribes, encouraging them to postpone war.
• Sarutobi Mizuki and the other reception staff handed their bribe money over to Konoha’s leaders and revealed their actions were part of Uchiha Qi’s Strategic Deception Bureau plan.
• Konoha’s leaders praised Uchiha Qi’s successful deception, and Uchiha Qi prepared to use his refreshed Call of the Dead skill to summon a second deceased person.

Uchiha Qi summoned Hashirama Senju into the Spiritual Network, where Hashirama learned about his family’s deaths and the repeated Ninja World Wars. After recovering from his shock, Hashirama met his grandson Nawaki and warmly greeted the others.

• Uchiha Qi summoned Hashirama Senju instead of Tobirama Senju because Madara had become absorbed in the Game Arcade and gained a new Mangekyo Sharingan ability.
• Hashirama Senju learned that Nawaki, Tobirama, his son, and his daughter-in-law had died, and that wars had continued after his death.
• Hashirama Senju’s goofy reaction surprised Tsunade, Nawaki, Minato Namikaze, Jiraiya, and the others, while Tsunade helped him recover from his dejection.
• Tsunade introduced Hashirama Senju to Nawaki, and Hashirama comforted his grandson and greeted him warmly.
• Hashirama Senju chatted with Nawaki before cheerfully welcoming the other people gathered around him.

Hashirama Senju reunited with Konoha’s younger generation and was delighted by Nawaki and Tsunade’s New Konoha. As he helped Nawaki build it, Hashirama recalled how he had used Wood Release to construct the original village and explained his beliefs about belonging.

• The Konoha shinobi thanked and respected Hashirama Senju for ending the Warring States Period and establishing the ninja village system.
• After the group introduced themselves, Nawaki took Hashirama Senju to see New Konoha, which filled Hashirama with emotion.
• Nawaki showed Hashirama how to use the building panel, and Hashirama offered to help him build.
• Hashirama told Nawaki that he had built the original Senju and Uchiha clan compounds with Wood Release before Tobirama Senju and Madara stopped him.
• Hashirama explained that he believed people would naturally feel they belonged to Konoha if the village sincerely accepted them.

Uchiha Qi watched Jiraiya’s first H-game, a tragic romance spanning three heroines, and urged him to release it immediately. The chapter ended with Jiraiya’s game ready for sale.

• Hashirama Senju played with Nawaki while Tsunade joined them in building New Konoha.
• Uchiha Qi explained to Kikyo Uzumaki and the others that the historical image of Hashirama Senju combined traits of Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju.
• Uchiha Qi and Jiraiya visited Jiraiya’s small plane, where Jiraiya showed him the game he had created.
• Jiraiya’s game followed a ninja who lost three lovers to war, revenge, and tragedy before deciding to raise his child.
• Uchiha Qi praised Jiraiya’s work and told him to package it and put it on sale immediately.

Uchiha Qi taught Jiraiya new H-Game ideas before meeting Hashirama Senju and describing how he had helped the Uchiha Clan integrate into Konoha. Hashirama and Nawaki praised Qi and assumed he was secretly involved with Tsunade, leaving Qi to deny that they were a couple.

• Uchiha Qi shared numerous H-Game concepts with Jiraiya, who eagerly took notes and went into seclusion to study them.
• Nawaki messaged Uchiha Qi that Hashirama Senju wanted to see him, so Qi teleported to New Konoha.
• Uchiha Qi explained Konoha's rapid development and his role in integrating the Uchiha Clan, impressing Hashirama Senju and Nawaki.
• Hashirama Senju praised Uchiha Qi and said he would leave Konoha and Tsunade in Qi's hands.
• Nawaki announced that Qi would marry Tsunade and offered to help arrange a wedding, prompting Qi to insist that they were only friends.

Uchiha Qi explained that Uchiha Madara had survived the Valley of the End and revealed the real motive behind Madara’s later attack on Konoha. Hashirama Senju learned that Madara had staged the attack to force a fight and sought Hashirama’s cells to awaken the Rinnegan.

• Hashirama Senju and Nawaki urged Uchiha Qi to consider marrying Tsunade, but Qi said he would let their relationship develop naturally.
• Uchiha Qi told Hashirama Senju that Uchiha Madara had survived by using Izanagi to fake his death.
• After Nawaki left, Uchiha Qi explained that Hashirama could reach Madara through the Genjutsu Game and asked him to help stop Madara if necessary.
• Uchiha Qi revealed that Madara had brought the Nine-Tails to Konoha to provoke Hashirama into fighting him, not to destroy the village.
• Uchiha Qi said Madara wanted Hashirama’s cells so he could combine the Senju Sage Body with the Sage Eye and awaken the Rinnegan.

Uchiha Qi explained the origins of the Senju and Uchiha clans and revealed that Madara pursued the Rinnegan to achieve lasting peace. Hashirama Senju realized Madara had never abandoned his ideal, and Uchiha Qi received Golden Spirit from him.

• Uchiha Qi told Hashirama Senju that the Senju and Uchiha descended from the Sage of Six Paths’s sons, and that their bloodlines could combine to awaken the Rinnegan.
• Hashirama Senju accepted Uchiha Qi’s account, reasoning that Qi could have learned the secrets from the dead.
• Uchiha Qi explained that the Senju and Uchiha feud began with the opposing ideals of the Sage of Six Paths’s sons, and that the Uzumaki and Senju shared an origin.
• Hashirama Senju asked why Madara had sought the Rinnegan, and Uchiha Qi revealed that Madara wanted to bring permanent peace to the ninja world.
• Hashirama Senju concluded that Madara had never changed, and Uchiha Qi received Golden Spirit from him.

Uchiha Qi explained the Eye of the Moon Plan to Hashirama Senju, who rejected it as a threat to humanity and learned that a mastermind had deceived Uchiha Madara. Enraged and determined to save his friend, Hashirama asked how he could reach Madara, and Uchiha Qi said Madara would listen to him.

• Hashirama Senju questioned how Uchiha Madara planned to bring peace, and Uchiha Qi explained the Eye of the Moon Plan.
• Hashirama Senju rejected the plan because humanity could die while trapped in the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Uchiha Qi told Hashirama Senju that a mastermind had manipulated Uchiha Madara and turned his pursuit of peace into a scheme against the ninja world.
• Hashirama Senju became furious that someone had exploited Madara and asked how he could reveal the truth to him.
• Uchiha Qi explained that Hashirama Senju could reach Madara through the Genjutsu World and that Madara would listen to him.

Hashirama Senju agreed to use a female game avatar to approach Uchiha Madara without revealing his identity. After choosing a twelve-year-old appearance and trying it out, he accidentally stunned Nawaki with his new avatar.

• Uchiha Qi proposed that Hashirama Senju disguise himself as a woman in the Genjutsu Great World to build trust with Uchiha Madara.
• Uchiha Qi showed Hashirama Senju the Nine-Tails' female avatar and explained that the Nine-Tails had reconciled with Kushina Uzumaki and joined their side.
• Hashirama Senju chose a twelve-year-old female alt account, explaining that Uchiha Madara would be more tolerant of a younger person.
• Hashirama Senju put on the avatar and practiced moving in his new body, making enough noise to alert Nawaki.
• Nawaki returned, saw Hashirama Senju's beautiful avatar greet him, and blushed as he thought he had fallen in love.

After Nawaki learned that the beautiful girl he admired was Hashirama Senju in disguise, Uchiha Qi helped him create a female avatar so he could play anonymously. Hashirama Senju became engrossed in the game Escape and produced Golden Spirit, while the new games’ player count neared the system mission’s target.

• Uchiha Qi explained that the girl Nawaki had fallen for was Hashirama Senju, and Nawaki fled in heartbreak.
• Hashirama Senju tried the Genjutsu Games, became absorbed in Escape, and played through a scene featuring Tobirama Senju and Uchiha Madara.
• Nawaki asked Uchiha Qi to create a female avatar for him, and Uchiha Qi made one modeled on a younger Naruko Uzumaki.
• Hashirama Senju produced Golden Spirit while playing Escape, confirming that resurrected dead people could generate it through games.
• Uchiha Qi learned that the new games had surpassed 180,000 players, leaving fewer than 20,000 needed to complete the system mission.

Rasa used Sunagakure’s delegation funds to cultivate ties with Konoha’s corrupt officials and quickly secured the uncensored version of “Ultimate Storm.” After other villages copied his approach and completed their negotiations, the delegations resolved to maintain their new connections.

• Rasa bribed Konoha officials through Sarutobi Mizuki, clearing obstacles to Sunagakure’s negotiations over “Ultimate Storm.”
• Sarutobi Mizuki persuaded Rasa that village work expenses should be paid from public funds, and Rasa requested more money while using Sunagakure’s emergency reserves.
• Rasa’s delegation mistook his indulgent outings for sacrifices made on Sunagakure’s behalf, and Rasa accepted their admiration while resolving to work harder for the village.
• Other villages investigated Rasa’s success, lowered their guard, and began entertaining Konoha’s officials to build rapport.
• The other delegations completed negotiations for “Ultimate Storm” within days and agreed to preserve their ties with Konoha’s officials.

Reports of Konoha’s corruption reached the major villages, prompting their Kage to consider delaying war until Konoha weakened further. The chapter ends with Kumogakure’s leaders optimistic about the future, unaware that Uchiha Qi’s influence had changed the timeline.

• The Third Kazekage accepted Rasa’s report of Konoha’s decline and ordered Sunagakure to delay war.
• Ōnoki doubted the intelligence and decided to send more investigators and question his returning delegation.
• Karatachi Yagura approved extra funding for the delegation, hoping to worsen Konoha’s corruption.
• Third Raikage A celebrated the report but explained that Konoha’s strength remained intact and that an early war would rally the village.
• Yotsuki Ai suggested attacking Konoha, so Third Raikage A struck him through a wall before urging him to embody the Will of Lightning.
• Kumogakure’s elders praised Ai as a future leader while Uchiha Qi’s influence continued to reshape the timeline.

Sarutobi Mizuki became the first director of Konoha’s newly established Strategic Deception Bureau after leading its successful effort to hoodwink foreign delegations. Uchiha Qi completed his game-player mission, received its rewards, and upgraded Spiritual Network Mastery to LV4, with his Sharingan reaching the strongest Three-Tomoe state.

• Sarutobi Mizuki and the Strategic Deception Bureau celebrated their successful mission and his appointment as director, while Uchiha Qi left them to enjoy the banquet.
• Uchiha Qi explained that the bureau’s mission had tested its members’ initiative and taught Konoha to recognize and guard against corruption.
• Sarutobi Mizuki urged the bureau members to remember that Uchiha Qi had given them their opportunities, and they raised their cups in his honor.
• Uchiha Qi received notice that he had completed the main mission by reaching 200,000 total game players, then saw the next mission raise the player target to 500,000.
• Uchiha Qi used the dark-gold reward to upgrade Spiritual Network Mastery to LV4, and after absorbing its knowledge, his Sharingan reached the strongest Three-Tomoe state.

Uchiha Qi tested his newly awakened Three-Tomoe Sharingan and explored the new capabilities of his Spiritual Network. He began planning a ninja-world network using the Nine-Tails as a possible base station, interrupting the beast’s gaming habit to enlist its help.

• Uchiha Jiri saw Uchiha Qi’s Three-Tomoe Sharingan and mistakenly believed his talent had been suppressed by the clan’s past, while Uchiha Qi remained confused by her sympathy.
• Uchiha Qi tested his forced Genjutsu Game effect against Uchiha Jiri and confirmed it could affect newly awakened Three-Tomoe Sharingan but not stronger ones.
• Uchiha Qi concluded that the ability could identify powerful ninja and could clear weaker opponents in battle, though Konoha would keep him in the rear.
• Uchiha Qi examined the new military-industrial modules in his upgraded Spiritual Network and decided Sasori should see what modern weapons could do.
• Uchiha Qi studied the network-building technology and summoned the Nine-Tails to help research how it could serve as a chakra-powered base station, interrupting its Ultimate Storm gaming.

Uchiha Qi and the Nine-Tails developed a prototype network base station using the Nine-Tails’ Chakra, creating a signal bridge to Uchiha Qi’s root server. The prototype succeeded, and Uchiha Qi assigned Orochimaru and Sasori to improve the system as the effort to expand the network began.

• Uchiha Qi tested the Nine-Tails’ Chakra and found that one base station could reliably cover only about three hundred kilometers, so the Nine-Tails proposed splitting off Chakra to connect a chain of stations.
• Uchiha Qi agreed to pursue the distributed approach and brought Kushina Uzumaki and Orochimaru into the research, while secretly inviting Sasori to help.
• Uchiha Qi, Kushina Uzumaki, Orochimaru, and Sasori built a crude three-meter-wide, five-meter-tall prototype with a three-kilometer range using sealing techniques, Sasori’s engineering, and Konoha technology.
• The prototype activated successfully and bridged its signal to Uchiha Qi’s root server, proving that the base-station system worked.
• Uchiha Qi assigned Orochimaru and Sasori to improve the base stations’ size and efficiency, and Orochimaru expressed surprise at Sasori’s presence before Uchiha Qi defended the ninja system and trusted Minato’s plans for change.

Orochimaru and Sasori began researching how to improve Konoha’s network while Uchiha Qi prepared to bring internet coverage to the village and its surroundings. Tsunade approved the plan, pledged Konoha’s support, and arranged for Minato Namikaze and other officials to help, while privately weighing her growing feelings for Uchiha Qi.

• Orochimaru and Sasori left to conduct research, and Orochimaru reflected on Konoha’s changes and the value of fellow researchers.
• Orochimaru considered recruiting Hiruko from prison, believing knowledge could redirect the researcher’s ambitions.
• Uchiha Qi told Tsunade through WeChat that the Nine-Tails could provide network coverage across Konoha and a three-hundred-kilometer radius.
• Tsunade considered her support for Minato Namikaze’s reforms and her growing affection for Uchiha Qi, while wondering whether he and the women close to him would accept her.
• Tsunade approved the network deployment, told Minato Namikaze to prioritize assisting Uchiha Qi, and ordered Konoha’s important personnel to be notified.

Uchiha Qi prepared to expand the Spiritual Network, using the Nine-Tails as its root server and limiting its early rollout to avoid alerting rival villages. Konoha began introducing the Genjutsu Network publicly as a gaming upgrade while keeping its long-distance communications restricted and confidential.

• Uchiha Qi concluded that the Nine-Tails could handle the Spiritual Network's information pressure and serve as its root server.
• Uchiha Qi assessed his own growing capacity to withstand mental pressure and considered how the network might eventually expand with more tailed beasts.
• The Konoha Gaming Guild introduced the Genjutsu Network to Game Arcade players as an expanded local network for playing games together.
• Konoha concealed the network's broader capabilities to avoid provoking other villages while the Strategic Deception Bureau worked to prevent the Third Shinobi War.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and other senior ninjas tested WeChat Sealing Scrolls by communicating with an outpost one hundred kilometers away, then restricted the function to screened Konoha personnel.