Chapter Summaries

Yamanaka Kei activated Fate Reversal Apprentice and absorbed ownerless Fate Power from Yugito’s fate change in Cloud Village. He reset Spiked Milk into the Blue Entry Ecstasy Milk, then traveled with Oshiro En to the outskirts of Konoha.

• Yamanaka Kei activated Fate Reversal Apprentice and absorbed Fate Power from far away in Cloud Village.
• Yamanaka Kei considered how to use his Entry resources and reset Spiked Milk despite the random odds.
• The reset changed Spiked Milk into Ecstasy Milk, improving Yamanaka Kei’s Medical Ninjutsu abilities and knowledge.
• Yamanaka Kei used Space-Time Insight and Flying Thunder God Technique coordinates to travel with Oshiro En toward Konoha.
• Yamanaka Kei arrived less than a kilometer from Konoha’s gates and approached on the main road to avoid revealing Flying Thunder God Technique.

After learning that Sesei had died protecting his comrades, Yugito nearly lost control of Matatabi, but Yamanaka Kei appeared through the memories he had left sealed inside her and comforted her. Yugito returned home with Kei secretly guiding her, while the Third Raikage prepared to retaliate against the Hidden Mist and she dreamed of going to Konoha.

• The Third Raikage told Yugito Nii and Musai that Sesei had died covering his comrades' retreat, and Dodai described Sesei's actions in battle.
• Grief sent Yugito's Tailed Beast Chakra surging, but she entered her Inner Sea and found Yamanaka Kei controlling Matatabi and restoring her sealed memories.
• Yamanaka Kei warned Yugito that the Raikage might notice her unusual behavior if she stayed overwhelmed for too long, and she left the office while pretending to mourn.
• The Third Raikage told Dodai to support Sesei's family, monitor Yugito, and prepare to target the Hidden Mist in retaliation.
• Yugito hid beneath her bedroom covers and asked Yamanaka Kei to take her to Konoha, and he told her to become a perfect jinchuriki first.

Yamanaka Kei returned to Konoha with evidence that Mist Village and Hidden Stone Village had formed an alliance, then discovered Shimura Danzo had gained a powerful new ability. Danzo proposed recruiting Kei into Root, and Kei confronted Nara Shikaku, Yamanaka Inoichi, and Akimichi Choza after realizing they had helped set up the offer.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen, Shimura Danzo, Torifu Koharu, and Mitokado Homura heard Oshiro En's intelligence about the Mist Village and Hidden Stone Village alliance, while Danzo praised Kei's investigation.
• Kei saw Danzo's new Demon Bud Disturbance Second Stage entry and wondered how he had acquired it and whom he had victimized to gain his Balanced Offense and Defense entry.
• Danzo presented Sarutobi Hiruzen with a scroll and argued that Root needed a ninja like Kei, but Hiruzen postponed the matter and sent Kei home.
• Kei used the Body Flicker Technique to reach Sanmi Residence and accused Nara Shikaku, Yamanaka Inoichi, and Akimichi Choza of encouraging Danzo to recruit him.
• Shikaku argued that joining Root could benefit Kei, and Kei questioned whether he would still bear responsibility for Root's dirty work and mocked Danzo's Balanced Offense and Defense state.

Yamanaka Kei explained why joining Root could give him influence, then revealed that he had killed Madara Uchiha and showed his friends the battle. After turning down the prospect of becoming Fourth Hokage, he used a genjutsu to punish Nara Shikaku for plotting behind his back.

• Nara Shikaku explained that Konoha’s crowded hierarchy made Root a strategic path for Yamanaka Kei to gain authority.
• Yamanaka Kei revealed that he had killed Madara Uchiha and shared images of their battle, shocking Nara Shikaku, Akimichi Choza, and Yamanaka Inoichi.
• Nara Shikaku urged Yamanaka Kei to become Fourth Hokage, but Kei refused and warned that excessive clan power would invite a backlash.
• Yamanaka Kei confronted his friends for arranging his move to Root without telling him, while Akimichi Choza and Yamanaka Inoichi blamed Nara Shikaku.
• Yamanaka Kei immobilized Nara Shikaku with the Mind Disturbance Technique and cast Demonic Illusion: Heavenly Paradise.

Yamanaka Kei returned home to Kushina after his mission, then accepted the position of deputy director in the Anbu Training Department. He intended to use his new authority over training and missions to weaken Shimura Danzo's control of Root.

• Yamanaka Kei's Genjutsu made Nara Shikaku dance and sing about Iwama Momoko and Yanagi Sakura in front of Nara Yoshino, while Yamanaka Inoichi and Akimichi Choza escaped.
• Nara Shikaku tried to explain that Yamanaka Kei had controlled him with Genjutsu, but Nara Yoshino sent him to kneel on a washboard in the storeroom.
• Yamanaka Kei returned home and reunited affectionately with Kushina, who told him Tsunade was still in the village under the Third Hokage's House Arrest Order.
• Kushina told Yamanaka Kei she would leave her bedroom door unlocked that night, and he went to prepare for a bath.
• Captain Ox offered Yamanaka Kei the deputy director position in the Anbu Training Department on behalf of the Third Hokage, and Yamanaka Kei accepted.
• Yamanaka Kei planned to use his authority over reserve Anbu training, assessments, and missions to undermine Shimura Danzo's control of Root.

Yamanaka Kei learned he had been appointed deputy director of Root and reassured Kushina that he could handle Danzo. Tsunade brought Kakashi to Kei for counseling, and Kei used a modified Genjutsu and a new Crosstalk Expert entry to address Kakashi’s grim silence.

• Kushina guessed Kei’s new assignment incorrectly, and Kei told her he was joining Root as deputy director without the Curse of Root’s Silence.
• Tsunade arrived with Kakashi and asked Kei to counsel him after a teammate died on a mission.
• Kei asked whether Rin or Obito had died, and Kakashi said the casualties were Konoha ninja he did not know.
• Kakashi refused to explain the mission because he considered its details confidential, frustrating Kei.
• Kei cast a modified Hell Viewing Technique on Kakashi and instructed his System to grant Kakashi the Crosstalk Expert entry.
• Kei told Tsunade that Kakashi’s illusion showed a father’s concern and love, and Kakashi suffered through it.

Yamanaka Kei treated Kakashi and Tsunade with genjutsu, upgraded his Fate Weaver entry, and considered changing the destinies of powerful figures for rewards. After receiving a Root appointment scroll, he decided to target Danzo instead.

• Yamanaka Kei dispelled Kakashi's genjutsu and noticed that the therapy had made him unusually polite.
• Yamanaka Kei sent Tsunade into a gambling-themed genjutsu while Kushina watched.
• Yamanaka Kei upgraded Fate Reversal Apprentice into Fate Weaver and discovered that Tsunade and Kakashi had deep purple luck while he glowed green.
• Yamanaka Kei received an appointment scroll from Root ninja Otsu and said he would report the next day.
• Yamanaka Kei decided that Danzo would be his next target for changing someone's fate.

Yamanaka Kei spent the night with Kushina, then gave her the Magical Girl Transformation ability the next morning. Kushina discovered her new magical-girl form and its power, and the two planned to spar at the Cultivation Cave.

• Yamanaka Kei secretly entered Kushina's bedroom and spent the night with her.
• Kushina told Yamanaka Kei that Anbu had taken Tsunade-sama away to assess treatment for two returning ninja.
• Yamanaka Kei used the System to give Kushina the Magical Girl Transformation ability.
• Kushina transformed into a magical-girl version of herself with a cartoon Nine-Tails companion and discovered she could draw a golden star from her bag.
• Kushina tested the ability's stamina and Chakra costs, and she and Yamanaka Kei planned to spar at the Cultivation Cave.

Yamanaka Kei toured Root and discovered the scale of Danzo’s organization and its brutal child-training program. When he met Danzo in the office, Danzo trapped him in the Tsuchigumo Clan’s Dream Bubble barrier, revealing that the Danzo he had spoken with was a Shadow Clone.

• Squad Leader B guided Yamanaka Kei through Root’s underground departments and described the size of its Combat Team.
• Yamanaka Kei saw Root’s young trainees and learned that its groups contained hundreds of children subjected to years of training and deadly assessments.
• Squad Leader B brought Yamanaka Kei to the office beside Danzo’s, where Aburame Ryoma stood guard.
• Danzo discussed Root’s secret operations while preparing tea, and Yamanaka Kei challenged him for revealing too much.
• Danzo signaled his four masked Root ninjas, but they did not move, and a purple Dream Bubble barrier filled the room.
• The Danzo before Yamanaka Kei burst into Chakra smoke, revealing that he had been a Shadow Clone.

Yamanaka Kei outmaneuvered Danzo’s traps, captured his real body, and began extracting the secrets of Root. He learned how to control Root’s silence curse and started gathering its personnel, operations, and intelligence records.

• Danzo appeared in his office and tried to bind Yamanaka Kei with genjutsu and a sealing barrier.
• Yamanaka Kei’s hidden shadow clones used applause to cast genjutsu, then rescued his real body with the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Yamanaka Kei returned with Kushina, who wanted to punish Danzo, but Kei told her not to touch him.
• Yamanaka Kei used Memory Reading Technique to find the control, casting, release, and transfer methods for Root’s silence curse.
• Yamanaka Kei searched Danzo’s memories and recorded Root’s structure, facilities, funding, missions, and spies.

After finishing his review of Danzo’s memories, Yamanaka Kei altered Danzo’s identity and fate, then used his reward to draw a new blue entry. The chapter ended with Kei wondering whether “Invisible Decapitation” would sever something other than a literal head.

• Yamanaka Kei used shadow clones to take over Root’s affairs while he spent two days reviewing Danzo’s memories and began transferring Root’s silence curse to himself.
• Kushina continued beating Danzo, and Yamanaka Kei forcibly erased his memories, implanted frightening false ones, and altered his face and body.
• Yamanaka Kei removed Danzo’s Sharingan, changed his appearance, and abandoned him naked in a remote garbage pile in Konoha.
• The System rewarded Yamanaka Kei for changing Danzo’s fate, and the Fate Weaver converted Danzo’s fading fate power into fortune power.
• Yamanaka Kei used a Conceptual Entry Draw Opportunity and obtained the blue entry “Invisible Decapitation,” whose description left him unsure what it could sever.

Yamanaka Kei gained new Word Entries, mastered sword techniques, and tested Invisible Decapitation on two roosters. Tsunade discovered the bloody mess and chased him after he accidentally shaved off her eyebrows.

• Yamanaka Kei acquired Change Size at Will and Crimson Frenzy, then upgraded Ninja World Know-It-All into Source Viewer.
• Yamanaka Kei activated Invisible Decapitation and absorbed extensive memories of sword and blade techniques.
• Yamanaka Kei left Danzo under a Shadow Clone's watch and reassured Kushina that his plan would fool Sarutobi Hiruzen.
• Yamanaka Kei tested Invisible Decapitation on Kushina's roosters, triggering it only after many strikes and leaving the birds badly mutilated.
• Tsunade arrived, saw the chicken blood, and demanded that Yamanaka Kei demonstrate his wooden-stick technique; he accidentally shaved off her eyebrows, prompting her to chase him.

Yamanaka Kei accidentally shaved off Tsunade’s eyebrow while demonstrating a Chakra Scalpel, then persuaded her to undergo a Genjutsu treatment for her psychological problems. After constructing a six-year simulated life for Tsunade, he realized he was close to understanding the principles behind Tsukuyomi and Kotoamatsukami.

• Yamanaka Kei ran from Tsunade after his Invisible Decapitation trait activated and shaved off her eyebrow.
• Kushina called Tsunade and Yamanaka Kei to lunch, interrupting the chase.
• After lunch, Yamanaka Kei convinced Tsunade to try a treatment that sealed her memories and placed her in a simulated life through Genjutsu.
• Yamanaka Kei used Genjutsu and the Uzumaki Clan’s Memory Sealing Technique to place Tsunade into the simulation, then gave her the Crimson Frenzy trait through the System.
• Yamanaka Kei told Kushina that the massive Genjutsu had helped him understand the principles behind Tsukuyomi and Kotoamatsukami.

Yamanaka Kei developed a new Genjutsu concept while juggling research, training, and Root's workload. He went to Konoha Hospital at Hiruzen Sarutobi's request and began examining Mikoto Uchiha, who appeared trapped in Genjutsu.

• Kushina asked what Genjutsu Kei had used, and he jokingly named it "Drink This Bowl of Meng Po Soup" before considering a memory-based Limited Tsukuyomi.
• Kei recorded his new ideas and continued refining Tsukuyomi and Kotoamatsukami while Kushina trained nearby.
• Might Guy, Yuhi Kurenai, and Shiranui Genma visited, so Kei sent a Shadow Clone to train them.
• An Anbu messenger summoned Kei to Konoha Hospital, and he left a Shadow Clone to continue his Genjutsu research.
• At the hospital, Hiruzen Sarutobi and Uchiha Kazushima asked Kei to treat Mikoto Uchiha, and Kei entered her ward to assess her mental state.

Yamanaka Kei rescued Uchiha Mikoto from a powerful Yin Release force and learned that she had encountered Akatsuki and a masked Sharingan user during her mission. After Mikoto stabilized, Kei decided to travel to the Rain Country to find Nagato, while Uchiha Kazushima asked him to talk.

• Yamanaka Kei used his Mind Transfer Clone Technique to overpower the Yin Release force attacking Uchiha Mikoto's consciousness.
• Uchiha Mikoto told Kei that her squad met Akatsuki members in the Land of Rain and was later attacked by a masked ninja with a Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Kei suspected Black Zetsu was involved and decided to go to the Rain Country to find Nagato and take his Rinnegan.
• Kei told Fukiro that Mikoto's external Yin Release energy had been cleared, and Sarutobi Hiruzen and the Uchiha clan members were relieved to hear she would recover.
• Uchiha Kazushima invited Kei to talk, and Kei agreed.

Yamanaka Kei traveled to Amegakure after considering Uchiha Kazushima’s offer to send Uchiha ninjas into Root. He found the original Akatsuki members gathered with Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato, then attacked Nagato without explaining why.

• Uchiha Kazushima asked Yamanaka Kei to recruit Uchiha ninjas into Root and offered the clan’s support for his plans there.
• Yamanaka Kei considered which Uchiha might join Root and decided to accept a few useful recruits.
• Yamanaka Kei flew into the Rain Country and found that none of the original Akatsuki members were being impersonated or parasitized by White Zetsu.
• A Mist Village Anbu disguise let Yamanaka Kei approach Konan, Yahiko, Nagato, and the other Akatsuki members on a balcony in Amegakure.
• Yamanaka Kei said explaining would take too much trouble, then swung the Great Sword Samehada at Nagato.

Yamanaka Kei defeated Nagato, Yahiko, Konan, and the other Akatsuki members, but discovered Nagato had a fabricated Rinnegan and that the three leaders carried unknown Transcription Seals. As Amegakure sounded the alarm and reinforcements approached, Kei sent the unconscious trio away for safekeeping and prepared to face whoever was coming.

• Yamanaka Kei used Samehada and Taijutsu to knock Yahiko, Konan, Nagato, and the other Akatsuki members unconscious.
• Kei stopped his Shadow Clone from taking Nagato’s eyes after discovering Nagato’s entries revealed a Pseudo-Rinnegan and an altered Uzumaki bloodline.
• Kei’s Shadow Clone found Transcription Seals on Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan, leaving Kei wary of bringing them to Konoha or killing them.
• Samehada began draining Nagato’s chakra, and Kei’s guard clone captured a Genjutsu-stricken White Zetsu as Amegakure’s alarm sounded.
• Kei summoned a small Clam and had the Shadow Clone place Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan inside before returning the summon to its settlement.
• As figures approached the building, Kei picked up Samehada and prepared to confront them.

Yamanaka Kei battled Amegakure’s forces with Water Release, captured Salamander God Da, and stole Shell King’s summoning contract. As Hanzō the Salamander approached, Kei turned his attention toward the powerful presence.

• Amegakure reinforcements surrounded Yamanaka Kei, who used Water Release: Rain Cutting to strengthen his attacks and weaken theirs.
• Salamander God Da summoned Shell King and ordered the Amegakure ninjas to organize an attack on Kei.
• Kei used Water Clones to overwhelm Salamander God Da, knocked him unconscious, and sent a clone carrying him into a nearby building.
• Kei fought through Amegakure’s Water Release attacks, killed a ninja in the mist, and used Hiding in Mist Technique to conceal his movements.
• Kei’s System awarded him an Entry Draw Opportunity, and he took the Summoning Contract Scroll before sensing Hanzō the Salamander rapidly approaching.

Yamanaka Kei fought Salamander Hanzō while discovering that Black Zetsu was using a formation and the Akatsuki to provoke a massacre in Amegakure and ignite the Third Shinobi World War. Kei ordered his Shadow Clones to capture the formation’s operators alive and decided to kill Hanzō, confident he could challenge Black Zetsu’s plan.

• Yamanaka Kei sent one Shadow Clone toward the Central Tower to find the Salamander Clan’s Summoning Contract Scroll and another to the Poisonous Pool to target the clan.
• Salamander Hanzō summoned Salamander Ibuse and filled the mist with lethal poison, but Yamanaka Kei used Water Release techniques to evade and repel Hanzō’s attacks.
• Yamanaka Kei sensed a formation beneath the Akatsuki Base, where three figures covered in White Zetsu parasites were stirring bloodlust among Amegakure ninja.
• Yamanaka Kei realized Black Zetsu planned to provoke a massacre and force Hanzō and the great nations toward war, advancing his own plan to collect the Tailed Beasts.
• Yamanaka Kei contacted his Shadow Clones and ordered them to capture the formation’s operators alive and destroy the formation.
• Yamanaka Kei decided to kill Salamander Hanzō for the System reward and challenge Black Zetsu by demonstrating superior power.

Yamanaka Kei killed Hanzō the Salamander after escaping his poison and counterattacking with the Flying Thunder God Technique. He secured Hanzō’s head and the Salamander Clan’s Summoning Contract Scroll, then withdrew from Amegakure with Ibuse and other captives already being moved to safety.

• Hanzō ordered Amegakure squads to secure the village after Salamander Ibuse vanished, then charged Yamanaka Kei with his poisoned sickle.
• Yamanaka Kei wounded Hanzō with concealed attacks, and Hanzō lunged at him with a furious Iai Slash.
• Yamanaka Kei used the Flying Thunder God Technique to evade Hanzō’s strike, then Shadow Clones restrained Hanzō and beheaded him.
• Yamanaka Kei sealed Hanzō’s head and received three System opportunities after Hanzō’s death.
• Yamanaka Kei recovered the Salamander Clan’s Summoning Contract Scroll and learned that his Shadow Clones had moved Ibuse, the Salamanders, and the captured Evil God Sect members and White Zetsu away.
• Yamanaka Kei took Samehada and vanished from Amegakure using the Flying Thunder God Technique.