Chapter Summaries

Yamanaka Kei gained the Silent Walker entry and strengthened his stealth, then decided to bestow Complete Childhood on Itachi Uchiha to make his childhood less rigid and mature. He left with one entry copy and a plan to alter Itachi’s future.

• Yamanaka Kei received Silent Walker, Crosstalk Expert, and Complete Childhood from the System.
• Yamanaka Kei activated Silent Walker and absorbed techniques that improved his stealth, concealment, and ability to evade sensory ninjutsu.
• Yamanaka Kei dismissed Crosstalk Expert as useless to him and considered which child should receive Complete Childhood.
• Yamanaka Kei chose Itachi Uchiha, reasoning that the entry could make Fugaku Uchiha discipline him more and reduce the chance that Itachi would become a ruthless adult.
• Yamanaka Kei checked his System interface and wondered whether changing Itachi’s fate would earn him a reward.

Yamanaka Kei defeated Madara Uchiha, seized scrolls, White Zetsu, Sharingan, and the Uchiha Flame Fan, then marked the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path before heading for the Land of Lightning. Black Zetsu identified Kei as a threat and took control of the remaining White Zetsu, declaring himself Madara Uchiha.

• Yamanaka Kei considered copying another entry and collected more than forty White Zetsu, scrolls, three pairs of Three-Tomoe Sharingan, and the Uchiha Flame Fan.
• Yamanaka Kei found the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, cut off two horns, covered it with Flying Thunder God Technique Formulas, and flew toward the Land of Lightning.
• Black Zetsu identified Yamanaka Kei as the ninja who had disrupted their plans and ordered Tobi to accompany him to Mist Village.
• Black Zetsu ordered the White Zetsu to search for and bury the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, then used his power to silence them.
• Black Zetsu declared that he was Madara Uchiha and ordered the White Zetsu to obey him.

Yakushi Nonou arrived at a covert meeting in New Moon Street and mistook Yamanaka Kei, disguised as a Cloud Village ninja, for a suspicious stranger. After Kei stopped her attack and revealed his identity, the two reunited, though Nonou’s sudden strike left him offended.

• Yakushi Nonou followed a coded marker to an old residence in New Moon Street and heard suspicious sounds from inside.
• Yamanaka Kei, disguised as Cloud Village chunin Sesei, approached Nonou and tested her with their agreed passwords.
• Nonou recognized the danger and attacked Kei with a Chakra Scalpel, but Kei used the Mind Disturbance Technique to stop her.
• Kei revealed that he was using the Kitadani Clan’s Face Copy Technique and explained its abilities and drawbacks.
• Nonou identified Kei as a member of Konoha’s Analysis Team, and Kei wondered how she had recognized him so quickly.

Yamanaka Kei met with Yakushi Nonou, learned that his target was Redobi, and infiltrated Cloud Village to assassinate him while framing the Hozuki Clan. After escaping and returning to the village amid the alarm, Kei encountered a young girl who looked like Yugito Nii.

• Yakushi Nonou questioned Yamanaka Kei about the people near their meeting place, gave him a coded scroll, and left.
• Yamanaka Kei decoded the scroll and learned Redobi was a jonin and the Third Raikage's nephew, then destroyed the message.
• Yamanaka Kei entered Cloud Village disguised as Sesei and found Redobi drinking with seven jonin.
• Yamanaka Kei lured Redobi into an alley and killed him with the Water Transformation Technique, making a Cloud Village jonin believe the attacker belonged to the Hozuki Clan.
• Yamanaka Kei escaped through an underground river and returned to Cloud Village, where he saw a little girl who resembled a young Yugito Nii.

Yamanaka Kei comforted Yugito Nii after his startled reaction made her think he rejected her, then accompanied her toward the village commotion. Hidden Cloud Anbu watched them and discussed the danger and isolation faced by Jinchuriki, leaving the captain considering speaking well of Sesei to the Raikage.

• Yamanaka Kei apologized to Yugito Nii, patted her head, and offered to investigate the village commotion with her.
• Yugito Nii followed Yamanaka Kei, held onto his clothes, and brightened when he did not push her away.
• Yamanaka Kei considered but rejected the idea of kidnapping Yugito Nii, fearing the consequences for himself and his clan.
• A young Hidden Cloud Anbu asked his captain about Sesei, and the captain explained that Sesei was a kind chunin with a child.
• The Anbu captain reflected on his own grief and resentment toward Jinchuriki, then considered praising Sesei to the Raikage.

Yamanaka Kei watched Third Raikage A take control of the crisis caused by the suspected Mist Village attack and considered how difficult A would be to defeat. As Kei headed home, Yugito Nii asked to visit him, while his son Musai teased him about her and was threatened with retirement.

• Third Raikage A arrived, silenced the arguing officials, and ordered the village secured while a message was sent to the Mist Village.
• A told the officials to prepare to explain themselves at a conference, then left as Yamanaka Kei assessed his formidable entries and strength.
• Yugito Nii asked to visit Kei's home, and he gave her his address while privately worrying about his secret identity.
• Musai asked whether Yugito was his stepmother's daughter or his stepmother, so Kei hit him and threatened to make him retire and raise pigs.
• The Anbu monitoring Yugito watched Kei and Musai leave and laughed at Musai's failure to recognize the Two-Tails Jinchuriki.

Yamanaka Kei met Yakushi Nonou in Cloud Village's cemetery and used their mind link to obtain assassination orders and intelligence on nine village officials. After planning his next moves, he returned home and found Yugito Nii waiting outside, hungry and asking for juice.

• Yamanaka Kei turned in a C-rank Mission, left a calla lily at the agreed gravestone, and mourned a dead friend while waiting for Yakushi Nonou.
• Yakushi Nonou arrived with chrysanthemums and exchanged thoughts with Yamanaka Kei through his Mind Transmission Body Technique, which included an application of Memory Reading Technique.
• Yakushi Nonou gave Yamanaka Kei intelligence on nine Cloud Village officials and left the cemetery after he teased her about her thoughts.
• Yamanaka Kei stayed to plan the assassinations, then returned home and found Yugito Nii waiting by a rock pillar.
• Yamanaka Kei asked Yugito Nii whether she wanted juice or milk and whether she had eaten breakfast, and she asked for juice.

Yamanaka Kei gave Yugito a rare day of warmth and companionship, then considered whether he should die once before leaving Cloud Village. Musai told him he was ready to retire from being a ninja, and Kei agreed to help him start raising livestock.

• Yamanaka Kei praised Yugito's hair, made her breakfast, and spent the day teaching her games while she laughed happily.
• An Anbu Ninja reminded Yugito to go home for school, and she left reluctantly after dinner.
• Yamanaka Kei asked the Anbu squad captain whether he was under suspicion and explained that he feared Musai would die on the battlefield.
• Yamanaka Kei decided that dying once before leaving might be the right thing to do.
• Musai returned home, argued with Yamanaka Kei over dinner, and said he would submit a retirement application after discussing it with his teammates.
• Yamanaka Kei agreed to rent land and buy cattle and pigs for Musai, who worried about whether they had enough money.

Yamanaka Kei carried out a staged assassination attempt against Dodai, disguising himself as a Konoha swordsman before escaping through the water pipes. Dodai survived but suffered a devastating injury, and the Third Raikage A arrived to find him in agony.

• Yamanaka Kei sent eight Shadow Clones to the Cemetery and infiltrated Dodai's home through the water pipes.
• Yamanaka Kei struck Dodai's Lava Release Rubber Clone, then fought the real Dodai after he revealed himself from the attic.
• Yamanaka Kei escaped underground while Dodai's barriers sounded and the Third Raikage A and his son rushed toward the residence.
• Dodai realized Yamanaka Kei had badly injured him with a blade on his sandal and begged for a male Medical Ninja.
• The Third Raikage A found Dodai kneeling in pain and demanded to know which village's ninja had attacked him.

Yamanaka Kei hid his role in the attacks by changing shoes and pretending to respond to Cloud Village’s alarm with Musai. The screening led him to discover that Killer B had been caught in a separate battle and was being treated at the scene.

• Yamanaka Kei returned home after escaping Dodai and changed shoes before rushing Musai out to answer the alarm.
• Yamanaka Kei joined the search for an attacker, while Cloud Village ninjas surrounded a battle involving a massive octopus tail and lightning.
• Dodai ordered the ninjas to check everyone’s shoes, but his chakra trace could not identify the assassin.
• Yamanaka Kei and Musai were sent with the barefoot suspects to the battle site.
• Yamanaka Kei saw Third Raikage A and other Cloud Village leaders gathered around the injured Killer B.

Yamanaka Kei realized his Unlucky Conflict entry had caused Killer B’s bizarre Eight-Tails rampage, while evidence from Dodai’s attack convinced Third Raikage A that Mist was behind the assassinations. The Raikage declared war on Mist, completing Kei’s mission to redirect Cloud Village’s strategic target.

• Third Raikage A questioned an Anbu ninja, who recounted Killer B’s string of accidents before the Eight-Tails rampaged and then inexplicably withdrew.
• Yamanaka Kei recognized that his active Unlucky Conflict entry had caused Killer B’s misfortune and deactivated it.
• Dodai reported traces of the Water Transformation Technique near his breached underground water pipe, pointing suspicion toward Mist.
• Third Raikage A connected the attack to the assassinations and Blue B’s past rampage, then declared that Cloud Village would go to war against Mist.
• Yamanaka Kei received the System’s rewards for completing the mission to incite war against another nation.

After the assassinations in Cloud Village, Third Raikage A ordered a lockdown and internal inspections while reassuring suspected ninja that he trusted them. At home, Yamanaka Kei discovered the village had searched his house, then drew new Word Entries, including a magical-girl transformation ability he considered giving to Kushina.

• Third Raikage A reassured the barefoot ninja that he trusted them, and they dispersed for rest.
• An Anbu captain reported that searches of the ninja's homes had found no suspicious traces, so Third Raikage A ordered Cloud Village sealed and internal inspections to begin the next day.
• Yamanaka Kei noticed that someone had searched his house, pretended not to notice, and sent Musai to bed.
• Yamanaka Kei drew the White Word Entry 'Fallen Woman's Comeback' and the Purple Word Entry 'Magical Girl Transformation,' then considered giving the latter to Kushina.
• Yamanaka Kei upgraded 'Expired Milk' into the Green Word Entry 'Spiked Milk' and activated it to improve his Medical Ninjutsu.

Yamanaka Kei mastered several Medical Ninjutsu, then discovered that the Mystical Palm Technique had an unsettling effect and decided not to use it on others. After helping Musai retire and arrange a ranch, Kei learned that Yakushi Nonou’s cover was at risk during a village lockdown and offered to help her escape.

• Yamanaka Kei mastered Medical Ninjutsu and tested Chakra Scalpel and the Mystical Palm Technique, whose strange effects made him swear off using it on others.
• Yamanaka Kei accompanied Musai as he retired from the Cloud Village and rented land to start a ranch.
• Yamanaka Kei noticed Yakushi Nonou drop the signal book “Ripple” and used the Mind Transmission Body Technique to contact her.
• Yakushi Nonou told Yamanaka Kei that the Cloud Village planned to attack the Mist Village and was inspecting the village for spies, forcing her to flee.
• Yamanaka Kei claimed he could leave safely with complete certainty, and Yakushi Nonou accused him of trying to trick her into bed.

Yamanaka Kei secretly evacuated Yakushi Nonou and two Konoha spies from Cloud Village, then left Nonou an embarrassing sealed mark as revenge for her suspicion. Back in Cloud Village, he saw a Two-Tails chakra flare near Yugito and rushed out to protect her.

• Yamanaka Kei agreed to extract Yakushi Nonou and two other Konoha spies through a classified route, meeting them at Training Ground 14.
• Yamanaka Kei put the three spies to sleep with the Nirvana Temple Technique and teleported them to a forest west of Cloud Village.
• Yamanaka Kei left Nonou a map and a sealed tally-mark design on her thigh, then returned to Cloud Village while his Shadow Clone hid the sleeping spies.
• Yakushi Nonou woke, found the mark, and became furious when she could not remove it, though she confirmed she was unharmed.
• Yamanaka Kei saw ghostly blue flames near Yugito and rushed out, fearing that she was under attack.

Yamanaka Kei rushed to Yugito Nii’s side after discovering that Blood Dragon Eye Genjutsu and a hallucinogen had caused Two Tails Matatabi to rampage. He used a modified Genjutsu to confront Matatabi, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Yamanaka Kei left Musai at home and hurried to the battlefield despite the village lockdown.
• He found Yugito struggling to suppress Two Tails while Hidden Cloud ninja fought disguised attackers around her.
• Yamanaka Kei recognized Blood Dragon Eye Genjutsu and a hallucinogen as the cause of Yugito and Matatabi’s condition.
• Killer B arrived, defeated the remaining enemies, and waved Yamanaka Kei toward Yugito.
• Yamanaka Kei touched Yugito’s head and used a modified Demonic Illusion to trap Matatabi in Genjutsu.

Yamanaka Kei subdued Two Tails Matatabi inside Yugito Nii’s spiritual world and discovered that Yugito recognized him through the cat’s ability to see souls. After comforting Yugito and promising her a gift, he left her unconscious as Killer B expected her future to improve.

• Matatabi’s playful field transformed into a giant hunting scene, where eight humanlike Tailed Beasts pinned her down.
• Yamanaka Kei left Matatabi’s Genjutsu and found Yugito in a bleak inner world, watching memories of their time together on a Sugoroku board.
• Yugito recognized Yamanaka Kei because Matatabi said his soul looked tastier than his appearance, and she told him she could not suppress the excited cat.
• Yamanaka Kei reassured Yugito that she had done well, then promised her a gift before her consciousness faded.
• Matatabi’s chakra withdrew into Yugito’s Iron Armor Seal, Yugito lost consciousness, and Killer B called for the medical team while hoping her future would be smooth.

Yamanaka Kei stayed with the recovering Yugito Nii and was promoted to Special Jonin and Ninja School Head Teacher, leaving him worried that his new post would ruin his plan to fake his death. Before taking up the position, he joined Toroi on a dangerous sea-survey mission, intending to die without leaving a body.

• Yamanaka Kei stayed at the hospital overnight while Yugito Nii recovered, and Killer B praised his courage in song.
• Musai visited Yamanaka Kei, joked about collecting his bereavement compensation, and left to ask about construction crew prices.
• Yugito Nii woke, and Yamanaka Kei helped her eat breakfast and told her stories while she recovered.
• The Raikage appointed Yamanaka Kei Special Jonin and Head Teacher at the Ninja School, prompting him to worry that he would have no chance to fake his death.
• Toroi recruited Yamanaka Kei for a final mission to survey the sea southeast of the Land of Lightning, and Yamanaka Kei left Cloud Village with him intending to die at sea.

Yamanaka Kei and a Hidden Cloud team reached Offshore Island and discovered a Hidden Mist ambush led by two of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen and a Blood Dragon Eye ninja. Surrounded and cut off from escape, Troy prepared to fight while Kei urged the others to look for a chance to break through.

• Yamanaka Kei sensed fifteen Chakra signatures in Offshore Island's harbor and recognized the Blood Dragon Eye ninja who had attacked Yugito.
• Troy's team disguised themselves and disembarked, but the Hidden Mist destroyed their ship and killed the two chunin guarding it.
• Munashi Jinpachi and Kushimaru Kuriarare revealed themselves with Hidden Mist forces and trapped Troy's team on the waterfront.
• Troy prepared his Magnet Release weapons and taunted the enemy, while Yamanaka Kei quietly told Nikai to watch for a chance to escape.
• Troy warned Nikai not to charge in and signaled that his earlier boast was merely trash talk.

Yamanaka Kei used a planned breakout and a staged death to help Toroi and the surviving Hidden Cloud ninjas escape the Hidden Mist ambush. Hidden underwater with a Flying Thunder God mark, he received a reward for altering a supporting character’s fate and wondered whose fate had changed.

• Kushimaru Kuriarare and Jinpachi Munashi ambushed Toroi, Yamanaka Kei, Nikai, and the other Hidden Cloud ninjas in thick mist, while Toroi used Magnet Release and Kei used Lightning Release to counter them.
• Kei ordered the group to break through, and Toroi used a shuriken storm to create an opening as Nikai and the other chunin charged ahead.
• Jinpachi threw Exploding Blade: Splash at Toroi, but Kei hurled Toroi toward Nikai and took the blast himself, allowing Toroi to escape while two Hidden Cloud chunin were killed.
• Kei used Genjutsu to mislead Jinpachi, substituted Sesei’s corpse for himself, and escaped with the Flying Thunder God Technique as the Hidden Mist ninjas pursued Toroi.
• Kei hid beneath the seawater and received a system reward for greatly altering a supporting character’s fate, but he did not know whose fate he had changed.

Yamanaka Kei captured Oshiro En, stole his Blood Dragon Eyes, and uncovered Hidden Stone Village’s role in a plot against Cloud Village. After carrying Oshiro En back toward Konoha, Kei received new rewards when news of his supposed death reached Cloud Village.

• Yamanaka Kei identified Nikai as the ninja whose fate had changed and traveled to Oshiro En’s residence on Offshore Island.
• Yamanaka Kei reflected Oshiro En’s Blood Dragon Eye genjutsu, took his eyes, and subdued him with Heavenly Paradise.
• Yamanaka Kei read Oshiro En’s memories and learned that Hidden Stone Village had hired him while disguising itself as Mist Village.
• Yamanaka Kei carried Oshiro En back toward Konoha and considered teaching Yuhi Kurenai to summon clams.
• Yamanaka Kei received a Fate-type Entry Draw Chance and other rewards after news of his supposed death reached Cloud Village, then told the System to draw.