Chapter Summaries

Yamanaka Kei was assigned to lead a genin squad after being transferred from the Analysis Team, then discovered that his long-awaited Career Entry System had activated. He examined his entries and prepared to use his new extraction opportunities.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen assigned Yamanaka Kei to lead Yuhi Kurenai, Might Guy, and Shiranui Genma.
• Yamanaka Kei accepted his transfer order and was told to collect his team at Konoha Training Ground 4 the next day.
• Yamanaka Kei received a notification that the Career Entry System had finished activating and granted him three entry extractions and one gifting opportunity.
• Yamanaka Kei returned home, activated his Five Direction Anti-Sensing Barrier, and checked his personal panel and entry descriptions.
• Yamanaka Kei smiled at the results of his years of training and began extracting new entries.

Yamanaka Kei activated the Purple Entry Get Whatever You Shout and discovered that it greatly improved his Chakra control and Ninjutsu speed. After resting, he prepared to test whether ordinary shinobi missions could earn him more Entry opportunities.

• Yamanaka Kei activated Get Whatever You Shout, gaining precise Chakra control and the ability to cast familiar Ninjutsu with simplified or one-handed signs.
• Yamanaka Kei tested his techniques and found that his commonly used Ninjutsu cast more than twice as fast, while less familiar techniques also became faster and easier to control.
• Yamanaka Kei cautioned himself against overestimating his strength and recalled the horrors of the Second Shinobi World War.
• Yamanaka Kei dispelled his Shadow Clones, ate dinner, and slept soundly through the night.
• Yamanaka Kei reviewed how the System awarded Entry opportunities, then headed out to take his waiting subordinates on ordinary missions and test their drop rate.

Yamanaka Kei saw Kushina Uzumaki clash with Shimura Danzo over the Uzumaki Clan’s sealing techniques and secretly gave Danzo the Brainwave Amplification entry. Danzo was injured when the Jonin Waiting Station collapsed, and Kushina thanked the clansmen who had supported her before greeting Yamanaka Kei.

• Yamanaka Kei arrived at the Jonin Waiting Station just as Kushina Uzumaki and Shimura Danzo’s confrontation destroyed the building.
• Kushina refused Danzo’s demand for the Uzumaki Clan’s sealing secret techniques, while Yamanaka Kei and several clan leaders stood behind her.
• Danzo threatened to send Kushina to Root training, then left; Yamanaka Kei used the system to give him the Brainwave Amplification entry.
• A roof beam fell on Danzo after his leg cramped, and Root ninja pulled him from the rubble with a bleeding head.
• Kushina thanked her supporters, and Kurama Murakumo departed before she turned to Yamanaka Kei and greeted him.

Yamanaka Kei was transferred to the regular forces as a team-leading jonin and arrived late to meet his new squad. He tested Might Guy, Shiranui Genma, and Yuhi Kurenai with a lifelike Genjutsu, then introduced himself after they passed.

• Kushina Uzumaki teased Yamanaka Kei about being mistaken for a girl as a child, and he told her he had been transferred to the regular forces.
• Yamanaka Kei left the ruined Jonin Waiting Station and headed to Training Ground 4, where his new subordinates had waited since morning.
• A giant python burst from the ground and attacked Yuhi Kurenai, but Might Guy kicked its head aside while Shiranui Genma led the others in retreat.
• Yuhi Kurenai urged her teammates to run toward Training Ground 3 and call for help, but the scene shattered and revealed the attack as a Genjutsu.
• Yamanaka Kei introduced himself as their new team-leading jonin and congratulated Might Guy, Shiranui Genma, and Yuhi Kurenai for passing his test.

Yamanaka Kei assessed the talents of his three genin and reflected on the cruelty of sending children into battle. After Yuhi Kurenai kindly tried to spare him the cost of an expensive lunch, he decided he wanted to do something to make the world better.

• Yamanaka Kei led Might Guy, Yuhi Kurenai, and Shiranui Genma to celebrate passing his test with grilled skewers.
• Yamanaka Kei considered the three genin’s Word Entries and potential, then resolved to help them surpass their original futures.
• Yamanaka Kei reflected on how young children in the shinobi world were forced to face battle and killing.
• Might Guy worried about the high prices at Sanmi Residence, and Yuhi Kurenai suggested they get ramen instead.
• Yamanaka Kei laughed at Yuhi Kurenai’s concern, patted her head, and decided to do something because he found the sunshine, wind, and people lovely.

After a meal at Sanmi Residence, Yamanaka Kei took Yuhi Kurenai, Might Guy, and Shiranui Genma on a mission to eliminate a boar threatening farmland. Completing the mission earned Kei entry rewards, and fusing two entries gave him the powerful Ninja World Know-It-All ability.

• Yamanaka Kei treated Yuhi Kurenai, Might Guy, and Shiranui Genma to a feast at Sanmi Residence, then agreed to take them on a mission.
• Yuhi Kurenai, Might Guy, and Shiranui Genma trapped and killed a giant boar in Nakayoshi Village while Yamanaka Kei observed their performance.
• The System marked the D-Rank mission complete and awarded Yamanaka Kei two Entry Draw Opportunities and one Entry Gifting Opportunity.
• Yamanaka Kei drew the Memory Palace and Glass Cannon entries, then activated Memory Palace and chose to fuse it with Slightly Understand.
• The fusion gave Yamanaka Kei the blue entry Ninja World Know-It-All, granting him vast memory and broad knowledge of the Ninja World.

After completing a mission, Yamanaka Kei corrected and praised his young teammates on their performance before returning to Konoha. At home, he found Kushina Uzumaki waiting for him and hurriedly brought her inside to avoid rumors, but her reaction made the situation even more awkward.

• Yamanaka Kei reviewed the team’s mistakes in handling the wild boar and explained how they could have assessed it and used their tools more effectively.
• Yamanaka Kei praised Yuhi Kurenai, Might Guy, and Shiranui Genma for their teamwork, adaptability, and care for the client’s property.
• Kurenai asked how Kei would have handled the wild boar as a genin, and he joked that his Yamanaka abilities could make it kill itself.
• After returning to Konoha and eating at Ichiraku Ramen, Kei sensed Kushina Uzumaki waiting inside his home.
• Kushina rushed out to greet Kei, and he used the Body Flicker Technique to bring her inside and activate an anti-sensing barrier before the clan could spread rumors.
• Kushina raised her hands and acted timidly after watching Kei secure the room, leaving him exasperated.

Yamanaka Kei comforted Kushina Uzumaki after Danzo made her pay for the Jonin Waiting Station’s reconstruction, lending her money and offering to attack him. Kushina mourned Grandma Mito and revealed she had sensed Kei’s malice toward Danzo.

• Yamanaka Kei found Kushina Uzumaki drunk amid a trashed living room, and his puppet clones helped them clean it.
• Kushina asked Kei to lend her eight million ryo, explaining that she had lent her inheritance to Tsunade and Danzo had blamed her for the station’s damage.
• Kei gave Kushina two five-million-ryo deposit slips and advised her to save money and take better care of herself.
• Kushina cried over missing Grandma Mito, and Kei offered to accompany her to the Senju Old Residence or help clobber Danzo.
• Kushina told Kei she had sensed his malice toward Danzo, and Kei stopped denying it.

After comforting Kushina, Yamanaka Kei reflected on how she had sensed his malice and decided to be more cautious. The next morning, he delivered a mission report and learned from Nara Shikaku that he was expected to mentor his new team, especially Yuhi Kurenai.

• Yamanaka Kei carried the exhausted Kushina to the guest room, then reviewed the events at the Jonin Waiting Station and reconsidered how she had sensed his attack on Shimura Danzo.
• Kushina left the next morning with a playful note thanking Kei for carrying her, and he set off for the Mission Assignment Office in high spirits.
• Yamanaka Kei turned in the signed completion document to Nara Shikaku and collected the payment for his mission.
• Nara Shikaku told Kei that Hiruzen Sarutobi had carefully chosen his new subordinates and urged him to take Yuhi Kurenai as a disciple.
• Kei agreed to teach his team seriously and recognized that Hiruzen intended to use Kurenai to strengthen ties with Yuhi Shinku and the grassroots ninja.

Yamanaka Kei assigned Might Guy, Shiranui Genma, and Yuhi Kurenai a river-cleaning mission, then made it harder by placing them under a heavy seal while he relaxed nearby. Meanwhile, Shimura Danzo suspected someone was targeting him after a series of falling objects struck his head and ordered Root to investigate everyone who had contacted him.

• Yamanaka Kei accepted a D-Rank mission to clear garbage from the River Depression and led the three youngsters there after distributing their previous rewards.
• Yamanaka Kei placed Four Limbs Heavy Seals on Might Guy, Shiranui Genma, and Yuhi Kurenai to train them while they worked.
• Might Guy eagerly adapted to the seal, Shiranui Genma forced himself to move, and Yuhi Kurenai complained after nearly falling face-first into the filthy water.
• Yamanaka Kei left the three to clean the river channel while he relaxed in a tree and organized information about the plot.
• Shimura Danzo reviewed Root's report that Orochimaru had found no abnormality in his body and studied a record of the Nine-Tailed Jinchuriki's movements.
• A stone struck Shimura Danzo's helmet, prompting him to order Root to identify everyone who had contacted him the previous day.

Yamanaka Kei visited Kushina Uzumaki as she supervised construction of a building she had designed, then received an urgent summons from the Hokage. An Anbu followed him closely, leading Kei to suspect Hiruzen Sarutobi was reacting to his and Kushina’s overnight stay.

• Yamanaka Kei trained Yuhi Kurenai, Might Guy, and Shiranui Genma until they could barely maintain Water Walking Under Seal Condition, then sent them home and located Kushina through Konoha’s Sensory Barrier.
• Yamanaka Kei brought Kushina Sand Dumplings at the Jonin Waiting Station construction site, where she proudly showed him the unusual building design she had commissioned.
• Yamanaka Kei praised the symbolism of Kushina’s design and privately resolved to increase the maintenance budget so its red paint would not fade.
• An Anbu summoned Yamanaka Kei to the Hokage Office for an important mission and followed him as he left, while Kushina accepted his three new disciples into her care.
• Yamanaka Kei realized Hiruzen Sarutobi might suspect that he and Kushina had become intimate after staying under the same roof, though they had slept separately.

Yamanaka Kei received a mission to investigate the escalating clashes between Sand Village and Mist Village in Tea Country, with Namikaze Minato assigned as his partner. Back in the Hokage’s office, Shimura Danzo continued pursuing the identity of his attacker and was struck by another painful accident.

• Shimura Danzo delivered intelligence about the fighting between Sand Village and Mist Village, and Sarutobi Hiruzen assigned Yamanaka Kei to investigate.
• Yamanaka Kei noticed Pakura’s name in the mission scroll and worried about facing the famed Scorch Release user alone.
• Namikaze Minato joined Yamanaka Kei as his partner, and Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered them to depart as soon as they were ready.
• Shimura Danzo used a Chakra-sensing curse mark to rule out Yamanaka Kei, then argued with Sarutobi Hiruzen about Kushina and the Nine-Tailed Jinchuriki.
• A cracking sound startled Shimura Danzo into fleeing through the office window, where he suffered another painful blow as a crow crashed into something.

Sarutobi Hiruzen considered the need to protect Kushina and preserve Konoha’s jinchuriki options as war loomed, while Yamanaka Kei and Namikaze Minato hurried toward their mission. During a quiet moment aboard their ship, Minato asked Kei about rumors that he and Kushina were preparing to marry, and Kei realized Konoha’s clans might be spreading the gossip to clear obstacles between them.

• After Danzo was taken for treatment, Sarutobi Hiruzen reflected on Kushina’s needs, the risks of childbirth, and the possibility that Konoha would soon need a jinchuriki’s power in war.
• Yamanaka Kei and Namikaze Minato traveled at full speed from Konoha to the southern port, secured their ship with warning systems and summoned toads, then rested overnight.
• Minato served Kei seafood ochazuke the next morning, and the two relaxed on deck after eating.
• Minato asked Kei whether he and Kushina were planning to marry, citing rumors about Kei’s ten million in wedding money and the pair living together.
• Kei suspected Nara Shikaku had arranged for the clans to spread the rumors as a way to reassure Konoha’s leaders, then joked that Kushina might avoid punching Minato because she would have to comfort him afterward.

Yamanaka Kei and Namikaze Minato reached Tea Country and discovered that Hidden Sand and Hidden Mist forces were preparing for a large clash. They deployed crows marked with Minato’s Flying Thunder God Technique to observe the battlefield and wait for an opening to carry out their mission.

• Yamanaka Kei and Namikaze Minato disguised themselves as carpenters after arriving at a port town in southern Tea Country.
• Suikazan Fuguki and three Hidden Mist ninja passed them, then Hidden Sand operatives emerged from the town and pursued the group.
• Yamanaka Kei sensed more than thirty chakra signatures and shared the locations of Hidden Mist and Hidden Sand forces with Namikaze Minato.
• Yamanaka Kei and Namikaze Minato agreed to use Tactics Two, summoning three crows for Minato to mark with Flying Thunder God Technique formulas.
• Yamanaka Kei sent the crows toward Hidden Mist’s ambush, where Hidden Sand’s elderly leader had already triggered casualties among the Mist forces.

Pakura fought Suikazan Fuguki and the Hidden Mist forces until her Sand Ninja allies broke the encirclement, while Yamanaka Kei and Namikaze Minato seized their chance to intervene. Minato teleported toward the fallen Great Sword Samehada at Kei’s urging.

• Suikazan Fuguki’s Hidden Mist squad overwhelmed Pakura with coordinated Water Release, summoned beasts, and underwater attacks, extinguishing her Scorch Release fireballs.
• Pakura used Scorch Release: Scorching Stream to boil the water, burn Hidden Mist Ninja, and destroy one of their Summoning Beasts before Suikazan Fuguki attacked her with Samehada.
• Pakura’s Scorch Release overheated Samehada, but Suikazan Fuguki continued fighting and wounded her until Wind Release from the arriving Sand Ninja disrupted the Hidden Mist’s water barrier.
• The twelve Sand Ninja clashed with the Hidden Mist forces, breaking the encirclement and allowing Pakura to attack Suikazan Fuguki without Samehada.
• Yamanaka Kei and Namikaze Minato spotted the wounded fighters and fallen Samehada left behind as the battle moved away, then Kei sent crows carrying Flying Thunder God formulas toward their targets.
• At Yamanaka Kei’s urging, Namikaze Minato used the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport toward the fallen Samehada.

Yamanaka Kei and Namikaze Minato captured Hidden Mist and Hidden Sand ninjas, then Kei read their memories to obtain war intelligence. After completing the mission, Kei copied Minato’s Space-Time Insight entry and discovered he could perceive spatial coordinates, leaving him ready to develop his own Flying Thunder God marks.

• Namikaze Minato used Yamanaka Kei’s crow-assisted attacks to eliminate six Hidden Mist ninjas and returned with two unconscious captives, Samehada, and four heads.
• Yamanaka Kei and Namikaze Minato disguised themselves and the captives, entered a luxurious inn, and took refuge in its largest suite.
• Yamanaka Kei read the two captives’ memories over several hours and recorded important intelligence from their past two years.
• The System announced that the S-Rank mission was complete and awarded Kei an Entry Draw Chance and an Entry Copy Chance.
• Yamanaka Kei copied Namikaze Minato’s Space-Time Insight entry and gained the ability to perceive spatial structures and Flying Thunder God coordinates.
• Yamanaka Kei sensed that Minato’s coordinates were poorly suited to his own Chakra and decided to study coordinates of his own.

Yamanaka Kei tested his new Flying Thunder God Technique after sending intelligence and two captured Hidden Mist ninjas toward Mount Myōboku with Namikaze Minato. The chapter ended with Kei noticing that the mark he had placed on a teacup looked like a mahjong tile and shouting, “East Wind pays up!”

• Yamanaka Kei drew the White Word Entry “Brother, You Smell So Good” and was disappointed by its effect.
• Namikaze Minato summoned Toad Takoma to send Kei’s intelligence scroll to Jiraiya at Mount Myōboku.
• Yamanaka Kei gave Minato the scroll containing the captured Hidden Mist ninjas and teased him into joining the feast at Mount Myōboku.
• Namikaze Minato sent the captives to Mount Myōboku in Toad Chū and was reverse-summoned there himself.
• Yamanaka Kei tested the Flying Thunder God Technique, marked a teacup, and recognized the mark as East Wind.

Yamanaka Kei practiced the Flying Thunder God Technique and concluded that he needed a Super-Speed Reaction entry to use it effectively in battle. Namikaze Minato returned from Mount Myōboku’s feast feeling sick, and Kei teased him about it.

• Yamanaka Kei repeatedly teleported between two marked teacups and quickly grew comfortable with the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Yamanaka Kei felt the technique drain his Chakra and decided that Super-Speed Reaction was essential for using it in combat.
• Yamanaka Kei stopped practicing after spending over half his Chakra and destroyed the marked teacups to keep the technique secret.
• Namikaze Minato returned from Mount Myōboku looking ill and nearly vomited as he remembered its feast.
• Yamanaka Kei teased Namikaze Minato about his contract and asked what he wanted for dinner after Minato finished retching.

Suikazan Fuguki discovered that Samehada had been stolen and angrily ordered his men to find the thief. Pakura’s group took shelter in town, but a strange clue led them to flee, only to be attacked by Fuguki’s Mist Ninja; Yamanaka Kei and Namikaze Minato then debated whether to return the sword or kill the attackers.

• Suikazan Fuguki failed to summon Samehada and threatened his subordinates unless they found the thief.
• Pakura’s group hid in a town residence after losing five people and suffering injuries in their battle with the Mist Ninja.
• A Sand Ninja reported that four headless Mist Ninja had been killed in a single strike, prompting Pakura to order an immediate withdrawal.
• Water-wrapped sharks tracked Pakura’s group into the street, and Suikazan Fuguki launched an attack with his Mist Ninja.
• Yamanaka Kei and Namikaze Minato realized the stolen Samehada had caused the battle in town and agreed to follow Kei’s plan.

Yamanaka Kei and Namikaze Minato infiltrated the battle between Hidden Mist and Hidden Sand by disguising themselves as enemy shinobi, then secretly killed fighters from both sides. After Pakura and Suikazan Fuguki realized a third party had interfered, Kei trapped the survivors with the Yamanaka Clan's Mind Confusion Dance Technique.

• Yamanaka Kei and Namikaze Minato transformed themselves into Mist and Sand shinobi and linked their minds to coordinate their attacks.
• Kei and Minato used the fog and their disguises to ambush and kill more than ten shinobi from both sides.
• Pakura warned the fighters that impostors were among them, and the remaining Mist and Sand shinobi stopped fighting and watched one another warily.
• Suikazan Fuguki demanded the return of Samehada, but Pakura told him a third party had taken it and caused the battle.
• Suikazan Fuguki recognized the Yamanaka Clan's Mind Confusion Dance Technique after Kei immobilized the surviving fighters.