Chapter Summaries

Yamanaka Kei hosted Tsunade and his students for dinner, accepting the chance to study Tobirama Senju’s Water Release scrolls in exchange for cooking. Tsunade then told the students how Kei’s Genjutsu had terrified Jiraiya and transformed a Mount Myōboku toad, leaving them horrified by its effects.

• Tsunade demanded dinner and offered Yamanaka Kei Tobirama Senju’s Water Release scrolls, prompting him to rush into the kitchen.
• Yamanaka Kei assigned Might Guy, Shiranui Genma, and Yuhi Kurenai kitchen work in exchange for lessons in techniques.
• Yuhi Kurenai asked Kei about a Genjutsu that caused victims and Summoning Beasts to suffer, revealing that Jiraiya had told her about it.
• Tsunade recounted how Kei’s Genjutsu frightened Jiraiya and caused Gamari to return to Mount Myōboku and later reappear as Gamari.
• Might Guy and Shiranui Genma reacted with horror as they heard about the Genjutsu’s lingering effects.

Yuhi Kurenai eagerly asked Yamanaka Kei to teach her his powerful Genjutsu, while Might Guy learned about Baji Quan and the group prepared food together. Tsunade returned with Tobirama Senju’s Water Release scrolls, revealing the Senju Clan’s vast collection.

• Yuhi Kurenai insisted on learning Yamanaka Kei’s Genjutsu despite his warning about its demands and consequences.
• Yamanaka Kei explained the technique’s visual and tactile illusions and the defenses Yuhi Kurenai would need to master.
• Yamanaka Kei introduced Might Guy to Baji Quan, and Tsunade listened closely to its combat principles.
• Tsunade, Might Guy, Shiranui Genma, and Yuhi Kurenai eagerly ate Yamanaka Kei’s elaborate meal.
• Kushina arrived after finishing her duties and joined the group in preparing food for a gathering.
• Tsunade returned with Tobirama Senju’s Water Release scrolls, astonishing Yamanaka Kei with their quantity.

Yamanaka Kei received Tsunade’s Water Release scrolls and records, then talked with Kushina about the Nine-Tails and Honoka. At Konoha Hospital, Danzo asked Orochimaru to improve his defenses through Bloodline Limit experimentation, and Orochimaru secured his support by promising rapid progress.

• Tsunade left Yamanaka Kei a vast collection of Water Release techniques and cultivation records, which he gratefully accepted.
• Yamanaka Kei and Kushina discussed the Nine-Tails, and Kushina said Honoka could visit after completing Anbu Reverse Hypnosis questioning.
• Orochimaru found Danzo’s hospital-room door damaged and inferred that Tsunade’s treatment had not solved Danzo’s problem.
• Danzo asked Orochimaru to modify his body with Bloodline Limits that could block or resist the attack affecting him.
• Orochimaru cited low success rates for some transplants and promised to raise them above eighty percent within a month if Danzo provided more test subjects.
• Orochimaru privately relied on Hiruko’s research into Bloodline Limit transplantation and left through the window rather than use Danzo’s broken door.

Yamanaka Kei hosted a lively gathering and confronted Jiraiya over using his face to challenge Nadeshiko Village’s chief and telling Kei’s disciples about his exploits. The two agreed to spar for three days, and Kei reflected on the troublesome Word Entries that shaped Jiraiya’s talents and vices.

• Yamanaka Kei welcomed friends, their families, and several young ninja to a gathering at his estate.
• Jiraiya admitted that he had told Kei’s disciples about Kei’s exploits and had used Kei’s face to fight Nadeshiko Kayo.
• Yamanaka Kei demanded three days of sparring, and Jiraiya agreed while asking him not to use his Genjutsu.
• Yamanaka Kei considered Jiraiya’s powerful and troublesome Word Entries, including the effects that fueled his writing and lechery.

Yamanaka Kei studied the Senju Clan’s Water Release scrolls through the night, then went to meet Jiraiya for their planned sparring. After waking with a hangover, Kushina vowed to quit drinking.

• The young ninja party ended, and the guests left while Jiraiya was forgotten until Namikaze Minato and Honoka returned to send him to the Cultivation Cave.
• Yamanaka Kei carried the passed-out Kushina to bed, then spent the night studying Tsunade-sama’s Senju Clan scrolls and discovering powerful Water Release techniques.
• Yamanaka Kei left breakfast and a note for Kushina, then flew to the Cultivation Cave to meet Jiraiya for their three-day sparring session.
• Yamanaka Kei startled Jiraiya awake by shouting that a peeping pervert was at the women’s bathhouse, sending him into the lake.
• Kushina woke with a hangover, realized she had passed out before anything happened with Yamanaka Kei, and swore to quit drinking.

Yamanaka Kei defeated Jiraiya in a spar, using mist, underwater attacks, and traps to keep him on the defensive. Afterward, Kei reviewed what he needed to improve before facing Madara Uchiha, while Jiraiya praised his strength and avoided discussing his Sage Mode training.

• Yamanaka Kei abandoned his plan to use Genjutsu and attacked Jiraiya underwater with Water Release: Wave Riding Strike.
• Jiraiya used Barrier: Canopy Formation, but Kei’s water dragon attack drove off the Iron Arm Toad and Kei’s hidden crows and puppets trapped Jiraiya.
• Jiraiya surrendered to avoid being caught in Kei’s Mind Disturbance Technique, and Kei dismissed the mist and recalled his summons and puppets.
• Yamanaka Kei reviewed his Ninjutsu, taijutsu, battle habits, and Flying Thunder God training as preparation for fighting Madara Uchiha.
• Jiraiya praised Kei’s strength, explained why he had not counterattacked, and changed the subject when Kei asked about his Sage Mode training.

After three days of sparring with Yamanaka Kei, Jiraiya fled to Mount Myōboku to learn Sage Mode, leaving Kei and Namikaze Minato to train together. Their spar began with a clash of kunai, and Minato realized Kei had secretly prepared a Flying Thunder God counter.

• Yamanaka Kei spent three days sparring with Jiraiya, improving his combat skills until Jiraiya left for Mount Myōboku to train in Sage Mode.
• Yamanaka Kei and Namikaze Minato joked with their students about Jiraiya's departure before starting the day's training.
• Yamanaka Kei and Namikaze Minato began sparring, exchanging kunai and moving their fight outside.
• Namikaze Minato used a coordinated Flying Thunder God kunai throw to attack Yamanaka Kei from multiple angles.
• Yamanaka Kei teleported to a kunai he had thrown earlier and summoned nine crows bearing Flying Thunder God formulas, making Minato realize Kei had concealed his progress.

Yamanaka Kei and Namikaze Minato fought an intense spar that pushed Minato into a breakthrough, but Kei won by disrupting Minato’s Chakra and using the Mind Disturbance Technique. Kei discovered Minato had gained a new Rival Best Friend Entry and, with their students watching, demanded that Minato dance as his prize.

• Yamanaka Kei and Namikaze Minato exchanged attacks at high speed until Kei used his water-transformed body to disrupt Minato’s Chakra and seize control of him with the Mind Disturbance Technique.
• Kei inspected Minato’s Entries and found that his new Red Entry was Yellow Flash, while Rival Best Friend had also appeared.
• Minato said the spar had helped him break through, but Kei insisted that Minato owed him a victory prize.
• Kei gave the immobilized Minato a choice between performing Little Apple or Subject Three, and Minato tried to avoid choosing because Honoka was coming.
• Obito Uchiha, Nohara Rin, and Yuhi Kurenai discussed which dance they wanted to see while Kakashi, Might Guy, and Shiranui Genma moved away from them.

Yamanaka Kei and Namikaze Minato reflected on their sparring as Kei prepared to travel to the Land of Iron in search of Madara Uchiha. Before that plan could advance, Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned Kei a classified mission in Cloud Village as border tensions threatened to escalate.

• Obito asked Yamanaka Kei to teach him Minato’s songs and dances, and Minato punished Obito with extra training after lunch.
• Namikaze Minato reviewed the strengths and weaknesses of Crow Flying Thunder God and Flying Thunder God Kunai, then resolved to train harder and protect his technique formula from theft.
• Yamanaka Kei planned to ask Nara Shikaku for a mission to the Land of Iron so he could search for Madara Uchiha.
• After days of routine training and time with Kushina, Yamanaka Kei was summoned to the Hokage’s office in mid-November.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi sent Yamanaka Kei on a classified mission to Cloud Village, where the Wandering Miko would provide intelligence support.

Yamanaka Kei learned that Danzo had proposed recruiting him into Root and suspected the Third Hokage was using the proposal to test Danzo. After accepting a covert mission to Cloud Village, Kei prepared to pursue Madara Uchiha and obtain his Sage Body.

• Yamanaka Kei used the Mind Transmission Body Technique to contact Nara Shikaku and teased him about guessing where his mission would take him.
• Nara Shikaku failed to block Kei’s mental connection and gave up on hiding in the confidential room after Kei threatened to expose his visits to Adofuku Street.
• Nara Shikaku told Kei that Danzo had proposed recruiting him into Root with treatment equal to Orochimaru’s, and suggested the Hokage and Danzo were testing each other through him.
• Yamanaka Kei condemned the Hokage and Danzo for dragging him into their power struggle, then checked his ninja tools and Sealing Scrolls.
• Yamanaka Kei planned to use Pidgeot to travel to Cloud Village for his rendezvous with Yakushi Nonou, detour through the Land of Iron, and seek Madara Uchiha’s Sage Body.

Yamanaka Kei flew to the Land of Iron, located Mountain Graveyard, and cautiously approached Madara Uchiha’s lair. He discovered that White Zetsu were secretly watching the area and examined one of them as he considered the threat.

• Yamanaka Kei learned that Pidgeot had been enjoying lavish treatment and many female birds at the Breeding House, then threatened to neuter it if it failed to reach the Land of Iron quickly.
• Yamanaka Kei prepared Flying Thunder God Marks during the flight, and Pidgeot carried him to the snowy Land of Iron in less than two days.
• Yamanaka Kei identified Mountain Graveyard from the air, dismissed Pidgeot, marked a giant rib bone, and checked his retreat routes before heading toward the sunken pit.
• Yamanaka Kei concealed his presence and scent near Mountain Graveyard, then sensed a White Zetsu hidden in a tree.
• Yamanaka Kei inspected the dormant White Zetsu’s traits and realized how dangerous the mass-produced soldiers could be.

Yamanaka Kei infiltrated Madara Uchiha’s lair at the Mountain Graveyard and copied Madara’s Sage Body entry. He revealed himself to Madara and greeted him, leaving their confrontation about to begin.

• Yamanaka Kei bypassed the White Zetsu and entered the crater where the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path was hidden.
• Madara Uchiha reviewed a scroll from the Mizukage’s office while Black Zetsu reported on tensions between Mist, Hidden Sand, and Konoha.
• Yamanaka Kei saw Madara Uchiha’s entries and copied his Red Sage Body entry with the System.
• Yamanaka Kei dispelled his camouflage and addressed Madara Uchiha as an inherently evil Uchiha old ghost.

Yamanaka Kei trapped Madara Uchiha in a genjutsu built from an absurd alternate life, then escaped and activated the Sage Body in hiding. The transformation vastly increased Kei’s physical strength, life energy, chakra, and control of nature transformations.

• Madara Uchiha attacked Yamanaka Kei with his scythe and Fire Release: Dragon Flame Song Technique.
• Yamanaka Kei trapped Madara Uchiha in a genjutsu that turned him into a woman, paired him with Hashirama Senju, and imagined their clans and villages uniting.
• Yamanaka Kei left two Shadow Clones behind to intercept Madara Uchiha and escaped Mountain Graveyard using the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Yamanaka Kei hid in a glacier crevice, set up a seal to conceal his presence, and activated the Sage Body.
• The Sage Body transformation doubled Kei’s physical strength, increased his life energy dozens or hundreds of times, and expanded his chakra into a vast reserve.

Yamanaka Kei returned to Madara Uchiha’s cave after activating new entries and faced Madara’s awakened Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and Susanoo. Kei survived Madara’s attack and countered with a high-pressure water technique aimed at Susanoo and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

• Yamanaka Kei reviewed his activated entries, transformed into Tobirama Senju, and returned to the cave using a Flying Thunder God Mark.
• Madara Uchiha temporarily awakened his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, accepting the strain on his aged body because he considered Kei too dangerous for his Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
• After receiving his Shadow Clone’s memories, Kei confronted Madara, who mocked his return and summoned his Second Stage Susanoo.
• Madara’s Susanoo struck Kei twice and destroyed the cave entrance, revealing the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Kei used the Water Transformation Technique and Zero Frame Startup to survive the slashes, then launched a high-pressure water jet at Susanoo and the statue.

Yamanaka Kei battled Madara Uchiha while trying to separate him from the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. Madara countered Kei’s attacks and anticipated his ambush, leaving Kei to prepare to test the Test System against Madara at full strength.

• Madara Uchiha raised Susanoo to its Third Stage and blocked Yamanaka Kei’s Water Release: Water Severing Wave while protecting the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Yamanaka Kei unleashed Great Exploding Water Colliding Wave, and Madara Uchiha countered it with Fire Release, filling Mountain Graveyard with dense mist.
• Kei sent a shadow clone marked with a Flying Thunder God Mark to attack Madara with Hard Vortex Water Blade, but Madara recognized the tactic and destroyed the clone with Susanoo and Fire Release: Great Fire Destruction.
• Madara Uchiha guessed that Kei’s original body was targeting the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and leaped through the mist to intercept him.
• Kei realized Madara had read his plan and prepared to test the Test System against Madara’s desperate full-power response.

Yamanaka Kei’s Shadow Clone transferred the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path away, but Madara Uchiha transformed into his Complete Body Susanoo and unleashed a devastating assault. As Kei struggled to survive, he used his entry abilities to strip Madara’s Heaven-Chosen Uchiha and Indra’s Power and downgrade his Sage Body, leaving Madara’s condition unclear.

• A Shadow Clone wrapped the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path in the Flying Thunder God Technique, and Madara Uchiha’s Complete Body Susanoo attacked too late to stop its transfer.
• Madara Uchiha grew his Complete Body Susanoo to over two hundred meters and attacked Yamanaka Kei with its blade and Yasaka Magatama.
• Madara Uchiha unleashed Wood Release: Flower Tree World Advent and sent Wood Release Clones to scatter while Kei dodged his attacks.
• Kei decided to risk his stored entry abilities and ordered the system to strip Madara’s Heaven-Chosen Uchiha and Indra’s Power and downgrade his Sage Body.
• Three mysterious lights entered Madara Uchiha, and Kei sensed a faint cracking sound as Madara appeared to have thrown out his back.

Madara Uchiha lost his remaining strength and eyesight after his abilities were stripped away, but chose to fight on by replacing his eyes and charging Yamanaka Kei with his Wood Release Clones. Kei used Mirage and his Shadow Clones to draw the clones into battle and prepared to strike Madara directly.

• Madara Uchiha's Susanoo collapsed, his Sharingan regressed, and he staggered to the ground as his life force and Chakra drained away.
• Yamanaka Kei held back rather than attack Madara, whose Wood Release Clones regrouped around him and protected him.
• Madara repaired his spine, embraced a final fight, and replaced his failing eyes with two Three-Tomoe Sharingan brought by White Zetsu.
• Kei retreated into Mirage's fog, while Madara and his Wood Release Clones pursued him through the shifting illusion.
• Kei created more than thirty Shadow Clones to engage Madara's Wood Release Clones, then unleashed the Second Mizukage's Vapor Explosion technique.

Yamanaka Kei used Steaming Danger Tyranny, Shadow Clones, and Flying Thunder God to overwhelm Madara Uchiha while battling his Wood Release clones. Kei pierced Madara’s chest with a Water Release Rasengan, but Madara vowed they would meet again.

• Kei created five Steaming Danger Tyranny clones, which attacked Madara, but Madara countered them with his Flame Fan and gou lian.
• Kei’s Shadow Clones fought Madara’s Wood Release clones as Kei recovered Chakra and prepared to join the attack.
• Kei used Flying Thunder God and his clones’ explosions to pressure Madara, then marked Madara’s Flame Fan during a clash.
• Kei used Mirage’s genjutsu to conceal his strategy and teleported beside Madara inside a Wood Clone’s Susanoo.
• Kei’s Water Release Rasengan pierced Madara’s gou lian and struck his chest, and Madara promised they would meet again.

Yamanaka Kei killed Madara Uchiha with Water Release Rasengan, though he remained wary that Madara could have survived through a hidden trick. After securing the battlefield and sending his Shadow Clones to search Madara’s buried base, Kei examined his System rewards and discovered the new Entry Reset ability.

• Yamanaka Kei used Flying Thunder God Technique to escape as his Water Release Rasengan shredded Madara Uchiha and destroyed his Wood Release Clones.
• Madara Uchiha’s remaining clones concealed the signs of his Wood Release, and Yamanaka Kei realized they were trying to protect the Eye of the Moon Plan by making Madara’s survival seem impossible.
• The System notified Yamanaka Kei that a villainous BOSS had been killed ahead of schedule and awarded him several Entry-related opportunities.
• Yamanaka Kei left a Steaming Danger Tyranny Clone to guard the battlefield, then sent Shadow Clones to recover bloodstained soil and search the buried base for Madara’s possessions and White Zetsu.
• Yamanaka Kei inspected his rewards and learned that Entry Reset could randomly change an entry into another entry from the same series.

Yamanaka Kei drew the White Entry Average Luck E, then reset it into the Black Entry Unlucky Conflict, which forced challengers into a fight while bringing misfortune to both sides. He decided to keep it as a desperate trump card and planned to recruit friends and village elders to take the risk for him.

• Yamanaka Kei set aside Entry Reset as too risky to use in combat, though he considered saving it for White Entries or helping friends and relatives.
• Yamanaka Kei used a Conceptual Entry Draw and obtained Average Luck E, which lowered both combatants’ luck during an accepted 1V1 challenge.
• Yamanaka Kei reset Average Luck E and obtained Unlucky Conflict, which forced challengers to accept and drastically increased misfortune, injury, and death for both fighters.
• Yamanaka Kei considered sending Jiraiya, Namikaze Minato, or Akimichi Choza into unlucky fights, then decided he should make more friends and involve Konoha’s elders.
• Yamanaka Kei used his remaining three Entry Draw Opportunities.