Chapter Summaries

Yamanaka Kei and Namikaze Minato tried to keep Konoha's involvement in the Hidden Mist–Hidden Sand conflict secret, so Kei killed Suikazan Fuguki and decided to change Pakura's fate instead. The chapter ended as Kei forced Pakura and the Hidden Mist Ninja to attack the Sand Ninja with opposing Ninjutsu.

• Suikazan Fuguki begged Yamanaka Kei to spare him and offered Samehada, intelligence, and his services, but Kei had the controlled ninja kill him.
• The System rewarded Yamanaka Kei with a Trait Extraction Opportunity and a Trait Bestowal Opportunity for killing Suikazan Fuguki.
• Yamanaka Kei considered changing Pakura's fate to influence the main storyline, while Pakura mistook his changing expressions for signs that he was a pervert planning to kill her.
• Namikaze Minato warned Yamanaka Kei that ordinary people might see them, and Kei increased his control over Pakura and the Hidden Mist Ninja.
• Pakura launched Scorch Release: Over Steam Kill at the Hidden Mist Ninja, who retaliated with Water Release techniques aimed at the Sand Ninja, and both sides were swallowed by their Ninjutsu.

Yamanaka Kei massacred the Mist and Sand Ninja, then rewrote Pakura’s memories to make her believe she had been a Konoha spy since childhood and blamed the dead Suikazan Fuguki for the battle. The System rewarded him with two Entry chances, and he gained and activated Water Release Mastery.

• Yamanaka Kei used Scorch Release and Water Release to kill the Mist and Sand Ninja, sparing only Pakura, while Namikaze Minato helped prepare the scene.
• Yamanaka Kei explained to Namikaze Minato that Pakura’s muscle memory had allowed her body to use Scorch Release while under his control.
• Yamanaka Kei rewrote Pakura’s memories to establish her as a Konoha spy, blamed Suikazan Fuguki for the deaths, and sealed the altered memories so they would gradually return.
• The System awarded Yamanaka Kei one Entry Draw Chance and one Entry Gift Chance for changing Pakura’s fate, and he drew Water Release Mastery and Smiling Face.
• Yamanaka Kei activated Water Release Mastery and rejected the Smiling Face Entry.

After Yamanaka Kei and Namikaze Minato left the shack, Pakura woke to find her comrades dead and mourned them. On the voyage back to Konoha, Minato pondered how to bring peace to the ninja world and suggested Madara Uchiha could provide a common threat, alarming Kei because he knew Madara was still alive.

• Yamanaka Kei pulled Namikaze Minato into the shack and corrected his mistaken assumption about Kei and Pakura.
• Yamanaka Kei and Namikaze Minato slipped away, and Pakura woke to find the battlefield littered with the bodies of her comrades and hidden mist ninja.
• Pakura grieved and began collecting the bodies of her fallen comrades as civilians cautiously returned to the area.
• On the ship returning to Konoha, Namikaze Minato asked Yamanaka Kei what ninja existed for, and Kei answered that they existed for conflict.
• Namikaze Minato recalled Kei's ideas about achieving peace and said that Madara Uchiha could threaten the entire ninja world.
• Yamanaka Kei panicked because he knew Madara Uchiha was still alive and feared Minato might provoke him.

Yamanaka Kei and Namikaze Minato learned that Konoha planned to help surviving Uzumaki Clan members, prompting Kei to decide to find a wife for Minato. He redirected their ship toward Summoning Island, hoping to rescue Uzumaki Honoka before she died there.

• Minato left the ship after Mount Myōboku summoned him and returned with news that Konoha had called on its ninja to help Uzumaki Clan members they encountered.
• Kei concluded that the Third Hokage wanted to gather Uzumaki survivors and warned Minato that the clan might hate Konoha.
• Kei teased Minato about marrying a red-haired woman, and Minato admitted he might want one.
• Kei ordered the ship to change course for Summoning Island, where he believed Uzumaki Honoka might still be alive.

Yamanaka Kei and Namikaze Minato began transporting Summoning Island’s powerful creatures to Konoha for an auction, using controlled Sea Beasts and Gamayu, the Great Toad of Mount Myōboku's stomach. Their actions stirred the island’s creatures into chaos, and they suspected they had been discovered by whatever occupied the central laboratory.

• Yamanaka Kei soothed his frightened Summoning Crows and asked Namikaze Minato about preparations in Konoha for the Summoning Beast auction.
• Namikaze Minato said the Third Hokage had prepared Training Ground Zero to hold the creatures and that Jiraiya was ready.
• Yamanaka Kei controlled a Giant Swordfish and two Sea Beasts with fish puppets, while he and Namikaze Minato rode them toward the shore.
• Namikaze Minato summoned Gamayu, the Great Toad of Mount Myōboku's stomach, which swallowed the three Sea Beasts and returned to Mount Myōboku.
• The creatures across Summoning Island roared and grew hostile after Gamayu vanished, and Yamanaka Kei and Namikaze Minato wondered whether the laboratory’s occupants had noticed them.

Yamanaka Kei and Namikaze Minato arrived at Mist Village’s research facility just as its Ultimate Summoning Beast awakened and began slaughtering the researchers. After sensing Uzumaki Honoka in danger, Minato raced ahead to save her, leaving Kei behind.

• Namikaze Minato used Flying Thunder God Technique to take Yamanaka Kei to the research facility as the facility began destroying its research data.
• The Ultimate Summoning Beast awakened, unleashed a strange roar that drove the island’s creatures into a rampage, and began attacking the researchers.
• Yamanaka Kei sensed Uzumaki Honoka using Adamantine Sealing Chains against the beast and transmitted the scene to Namikaze Minato with Mind Transmission Body Technique.
• The Ultimate Summoning Beast swallowed researchers, absorbed the ninjas’ attacks, and killed three of the four Hidden Mist Ninjas.
• After Uzumaki Honoka’s desperate plea for help reached them, Namikaze Minato broke free from Yamanaka Kei and sped toward her, prompting Kei to accuse him of pretending to be slower.

Namikaze Minato rescued Uzumaki Honoka from the Ultimate Summoning Beast while Yamanaka Kei incapacitated a Hidden Mist Jonin and cleared researchers from the laboratory. As the monster continued attacking and a stampede approached, Minato focused on the fight while Honoka explained the beast’s abilities.

• Namikaze Minato arrived as Uzumaki Honoka’s Adamantine Sealing Chains shattered, struck the Ultimate Summoning Beast with a Rasengan, and evaded its Wind Blades and water cannons with her.
• Yamanaka Kei caught a Hidden Mist Jonin preparing to attack Minato, trapped him in Demonic Illusion: Heavenly Paradise, and used puppets to remove him and the researchers from the laboratory.
• Yamanaka Kei sensed a stampede approaching and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to leave the laboratory.
• Uzumaki Honoka explained that the Ultimate Summoning Beast devoured living creatures and Chakra to absorb strengths and grow organs that let it use different Ninjutsu, while Namikaze Minato continued fighting it.

Yamanaka Kei subdued the island’s attacking creatures while Namikaze Minato and Uzumaki Honoka battled the Ultimate Summoning Beast inside the volcano. Minato and Honoka defeated it, and it sank into the magma as Kei watched them reunite.

• Yamanaka Kei controlled the falcon-like predator that attacked him, then sealed it to the ground.
• Yamanaka Kei cast the Nirvana Temple Technique across a thousand-meter radius, putting the island’s charging beasts and circling birds to sleep.
• Namikaze Minato and Uzumaki Honoka fought the mutated Ultimate Summoning Beast inside the volcano, with Honoka binding its wings using Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Namikaze Minato struck the Ultimate Summoning Beast with an enlarged Rasengan, sending it into the magma.
• Namikaze Minato appeared beside Yamanaka Kei while carrying Uzumaki Honoka, and Kei marveled at Minato’s romantic flair.

Yamanaka Kei left Minato and Honoka behind and brought the unconscious peregrine falcon to the research institute, while Konoha held an auction for the arriving Summoning Beasts. The auction continued as clans and civilian shinobi bid, and Jiraiya kept summoning more beasts despite his injured thumb.

• Kei decided to contract the peregrine falcon and dragged it away from Minato and Honoka before it could be roasted.
• At Konoha's Training Ground Zero, Shikaku tried to keep the waiting crowd calm while Jiraiya waited for Kei's Summoning Beasts to arrive.
• Jiraiya summoned two injured giant female eagles, and Shikaku confirmed they were alive before opening the bidding at two million ryo each.
• Clan representatives bought the giant eagles and hawks, then shinobi began bidding on land beasts as more arrived.
• Jiraiya repeatedly performed the Summoning Technique, enduring pain in his bitten thumb as the auction continued.

Yamanaka Kei read Hozuki Fuyuki’s memories and discovered the Second Mizukage Gengetsu Hozuki’s inheritance and the Clam Clan summoning contract. He secured the contract for himself, severed its existing bonds, and returned it to the clam for safekeeping.

• Yamanaka Kei read Hozuki Fuyuki’s memories and learned about the Hozuki Clan’s Water Release techniques, Gengetsu Hozuki’s inheritance, and the Summoning Beast Mirage.
• Yamanaka Kei controlled Hozuki Fuyuki and summoned the black clam that guarded the Summoning Contract Scroll.
• Yamanaka Kei took the contract scroll and signed his own name to form a contract with the Clam Clan.
• Yamanaka Kei used the Contract Seal to sever Gengetsu Hozuki’s and the other signatories’ contracts, leaving only his name active.
• Yamanaka Kei resummoned the black clam and returned the contract scroll to it for safekeeping.

Yamanaka Kei learned about the Clam Clan from Hozuki Fuyuki, who killed himself after threatening to bring the clan after him. After Kei finished overseeing the evacuation of the research facility, a System notification revealed that Namikaze Minato had altered an important character’s fate, prompting Kei to suspect Minato had been lying about spending time with Uzumaki Honoka.

• Yamanaka Kei learned that the Clam Clan had powerful abilities but no Sage Technique Inheritance, then used the Mind Transfer Clone Technique on Hozuki Fuyuki.
• Hozuki Fuyuki threatened Kei and dissolved himself with the Water Transformation Technique, leaving no body behind.
• Yamanaka Kei used Fire Release to erase the water stains, then joined Namikaze Minato’s Shadow Clone as researchers packed up the facility and the Summoning Beasts were transferred.
• Namikaze Minato’s Shadow Clone claimed the original had gone home with Uzumaki Honoka only to sort documents, while a System notification rewarded Kei for changing an important character’s fate trajectory.
• Yamanaka Kei challenged Minato’s Shadow Clone to have the original appear within three seconds, but Minato did not arrive, so Kei decided to leave for Konoha that night.

Yamanaka Kei used his Blue Entry Upgrade on Water Release Mastery, gaining extensive knowledge of Water Release techniques and discovering that he could use Water Transformation. After testing his new abilities, he struggled to add Water Release nature transformation to the Rasengan and was left with only a vague grasp of the technique.

• Yamanaka Kei reviewed his System panel and considered his accumulated Entry rewards, including the Blue Entry Upgrade.
• Yamanaka Kei upgraded Water Release Mastery and absorbed decades' worth of Water Release training experience.
• Yamanaka Kei tested Water Transformation and other body-altering Water Release techniques, finding that he could absorb moisture from the air to strengthen himself.
• Yamanaka Kei concluded that Purple-level mastery over ninjutsu might be the threshold for a Kekkei Genkai.
• Yamanaka Kei repeatedly infused the Rasengan with Water Release, causing his arm to explode and recover until he nearly ran out of Chakra and grasped a hint of the method.

After failing to create a Water Release Rasengan, Yamanaka Kei resumed training and copied Namikaze Minato’s Super-Speed Reaction entry. He then accepted the System’s offer to fuse it with Get Whatever You Shout, leaving the fusion’s result unknown.

• Yamanaka Kei sat by the sea recovering his Chakra and reconsidering how to make the Water Release Rasengan work.
• Namikaze Minato and Uzumaki Honoka returned with a small stack of research materials, while the researchers and toads arranged to transport the equipment to Konoha.
• Yamanaka Kei noticed Uzumaki Honoka had gained the Mutual Devotion entry, which would gradually improve her abilities toward those of the person she loved.
• Yamanaka Kei copied Namikaze Minato’s Super-Speed Reaction entry and found that it made the world seem slower and increased his hand-seal speed.
• The System offered to fuse Super-Speed Reaction with Get Whatever You Shout, and Yamanaka Kei chose to begin the fusion.

Yamanaka Kei fused Say What You Get and Super-Speed Reaction into the powerful Red Entry Zero Frame Startup, then used his enhanced abilities to create a devastating Water Release Rasengan. After narrowly escaping its explosion with the Flying Thunder God Technique, he celebrated the breakthrough with Namikaze Minato, who suggested embarrassing names for the move.

• Yamanaka Kei obtained Zero Frame Startup, which greatly enhanced his bodily control, Chakra control, reaction speed, and Ninjutsu casting speed.
• Yamanaka Kei formed a Rasengan faster than before and kept a Water Release Rasengan stable for thirty seconds, but it exploded when his concentration slipped.
• Yamanaka Kei escaped the blast with the Flying Thunder God Technique, while Uzumaki Honoka assured Namikaze Minato that he was safe inside the laboratory.
• The explosion pulverized a boulder and left countless tiny cuts in the steel gate, revealing the Water Release Rasengan's tremendous destructive power.
• Yamanaka Kei told Namikaze Minato he had succeeded in creating the technique, and Minato praised him before proposing ridiculous names that made Kei cringe.

Yamanaka Kei persuaded the Hawk Falcon to become his Summoning Beast by showing it that its mates were safe and promising it food, lodging, and a chance to reunite with them. The Hawk Falcon signed the contract, giving Kei a rideable flying Summoning Beast.

• Yamanaka Kei tried to convince the chained Hawk Falcon to become his Summoning Beast while two crows tormented it.
• The Hawk Falcon revealed through the Mind Transmission Body Technique that it believed Kei had killed its mates, and Kei used Genjutsu to show it the female eagles living at the ranch.
• The Hawk Falcon agreed to the arrangement after learning it could reunite with its mates and have its food and lodging covered.
• Yamanaka Kei promised the crows would serve the Hawk Falcon and guided it through signing the Summoning Blood Contract.

Yamanaka Kei and Namikaze Minato returned to Konoha with Uzumaki Honoka, Great Sword Samehada, and the Hozuki clan’s secret techniques. Hiruzen Sarutobi classified the mission as top secret, stored the techniques, and let Kei keep Samehada, warning him not to show it off until the conflict between Mist and Hidden Sand was resolved.

• Yamanaka Kei enjoyed flying on Hawk Falcon before returning to Namikaze Minato and discussing how to report the mission and hand over Gengetsu Hozuki’s inheritance.
• Kei and Minato brought Uzumaki Honoka and the mission spoils back to Konoha, where Honoka’s anxiety about settling in the village eased as she watched them banter.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi classified the mission as top secret, ordered the Hozuki techniques stored in Konoha’s Scroll Chamber and Book of Sealing, and offered Kei and Minato two techniques each as rewards.
• Yamanaka Kei claimed Great Sword Samehada as a local specialty for Kushina and took its sealing scroll.
• Hiruzen allowed Kei to keep Samehada but warned him not to show it off until the conflict between Mist and Hidden Sand was resolved.

After leaving the Hokage Office Building, Yamanaka Kei encountered Konoha spy Yakushi Nonou and learned about her abilities and vulnerability to face blindness. He considered killing Danzo to prevent future abuses, while Nonou prepared to leave on another undercover mission.

• Yamanaka Kei excused himself from Minato and Honoka as they debated where Honoka would stay.
• Yamanaka Kei noticed Yakushi Nonou watching Konoha’s streets and identified her as a spy with the Wandering Miko and Eye Disease Entries.
• Yamanaka Kei recalled how Danzo had manipulated Yakushi Nonou and Yakushi Kabuto, then considered killing Danzo.
• Yakushi Nonou wondered how Yamanaka Kei had sensed her identity, encouraged herself, and prepared to leave for another undercover mission.
• Yamanaka Kei noticed Nonou’s tension and let her go, wishing the Wandering Miko a safe return.

Yamanaka Kei returned home convinced that Kushina had approved the rumors linking them, but found Tsunade waiting instead. After disrupting the clan members spying on him, he caught Tsunade’s attack and threw her out through the front door.

• Yamanaka Kei questioned Yamanaka Santian and concluded that Kushina had accepted the rumors about their relationship.
• Yamanaka Kei detected clan members using sensory Ninjutsu to watch his house and struck them with a Genjutsu that caused chaos.
• Yamanaka Kei entered his home and found Tsunade waiting with sake instead of Kushina.
• Tsunade attacked Yamanaka Kei with a Chakra-enhanced punch, and he seized her wrist and threw her out through the front door.

Yamanaka Kei defeated Tsunade by trapping her in a Genjutsu, then reunited with Kushina, who welcomed him home with a meal she had prepared. Their teasing conversation left Kushina delighted and hopeful about beginning a romance with him.

• Tsunade attacked Yamanaka Kei, but he predicted her moves and cast Demonic Illusion: Heavenly Paradise, trapping her despite her Mitotic Regeneration seal.
• Yamanaka Kei inspected Tsunade’s Entries and admired her medical abilities, strength, and Eternal Youth.
• Kushina watched Tsunade fall into the Genjutsu and praised Yamanaka Kei, then blushed when he greeted her as he came home.
• Kushina served Yamanaka Kei a meal made from recipes in his old cookbook, and he praised her cooking.
• Yamanaka Kei and Kushina teased each other about her admirers, her nickname, and what reward he wanted.

Yamanaka Kei confessed to Kushina, and the two became a couple. After they decided to gather her belongings, Kei explained that Tsunade was still trapped in his gambling-themed Genjutsu because she wanted to keep playing.

• Kushina accepted Kei’s confession, and they kissed after celebrating that they were no longer single.
• Kei asked how Shikaku and Inoichi had helped Kushina deal with the rumors, but she refused to explain.
• Kushina said Tsunade had returned to the village and dragged her to Kei’s home while waiting for him.
• Kei and Kushina agreed to go pack her clothes and daily necessities together.
• Kei explained that Tsunade had recognized the Genjutsu but stayed inside his Gambling City because she did not want to stop gambling.