Chapter Summaries

The Third Hokage stripped Danzo, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura of their authority after discovering their secret misuse and concealment of village supplies, and merged Root into the Anbu. Meanwhile, Chiyue learned Minato had told Kushina and Uchiha Mikoto about his doubts over being a ninja, and Kushina offered to quit and support him.

• The Third Hokage questioned Danzo about Chakra Metal taken from the Logistics Department, and Danzo admitted that Root's delivery had been lost to an attack outside the village.
• Danzo refused to hand over the remaining Chakra Metal, and Utatane Koharu revealed that she and Mitokado Homura had contributed supplies before accusing Danzo of acting alone.
• The Third Hokage stripped Danzo, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura of their authority and ordered Root merged into the Anbu, while keeping their titles.
• Chiyue realized that Minato had told Kushina and Uchiha Mikoto about his possible decision to stop being a ninja.
• Kushina declared that she would quit being a ninja and support Chiyue if he left the village's service.

Chiyue explained that his application to leave the ninja ranks was meant to force the Hokage to stop troubling him, not to actually give up being a ninja. After dinner, Minato went to the hospital and told Nawaki what Chiyue planned, leaving Nawaki relieved but angry at the Hokage.

• Chiyue told Minato, Uchiha Mikoto, and Kushina that the Hokage would leave his application pending and that he was submitting it to make his dissatisfaction clear.
• Uchiha Mikoto, Kushina, and Minato worried that Chiyue's open defiance would provoke retaliation, but Chiyue said he was prepared to face the consequences.
• Chiyue prepared dinner, and the group left his home afterward.
• Uchiha Mikoto and Kushina noticed Minato was troubled and followed him to the hospital to hear what he had planned to discuss with Nawaki.
• Kushina assured Nawaki that Chiyue did not intend to stop being a ninja, and Nawaki expressed relief and criticized the Hokage for targeting Chiyue.

Minato worried that Yagami Chiyue might leave Konoha if the village continued to mistreat him, alarming Kushina and Uchiha Mikoto. Far from Konoha, Tsunade received an intelligence scroll from the village during a war meeting.

• Uchiha Mikoto said she could only support Chiyue, while Nawaki cursed the Elder Council and hoped Tsunade would scold them when she returned.
• Kushina fed Nawaki venison and meat soup, and Minato warned that Chiyue might leave Konoha if further problems arose.
• Kushina panicked at the thought of Chiyue defecting, and Minato fled when she chased him; Uchiha Mikoto followed to hold her back.
• Nawaki realized Minato’s escape had left the spilled meal on the floor and shouted after him.
• At the command center, Tsunade agreed to fight Sunagakure’s Puppet Force, then received an intelligence scroll sent from the village.

Tsunade learned that Yagami Chiyue was being kept in the village as a Jonin Instructor and criticized by the Third Hokage despite his service, prompting him to consider retirement. She decided to return to Konoha to confront the matter, leaving Hatake Sakumo worried about the impact on the war.

• Tsunade read Orochimaru's scroll and angrily condemned Danzo for his failed negotiations with Hanzō and the losses suffered by Root and the Anbu.
• Tsunade told Hatake Sakumo that the Third Hokage had questioned Yagami Chiyue's service after Chiyue refused a mission, and that Chiyue was preparing to retire.
• Hatake Sakumo and the command center realized that Chiyue was being targeted, apparently because of his Uchiha bloodline, and feared losing a promising ninja.
• Tsunade announced that she would return to Konoha, refusing Hatake Sakumo and Shikaku Nara's pleas to stay on the battlefield.

Chiyue submitted a retirement application, but the Third Hokage refused to approve it and arranged for Orochimaru and Jiraiya to return to the front lines. The Hokage also warned Orochimaru against accepting Danzo’s terms and promised to handle Nawaki’s weapon.

• Tsunade said she would return to Konoha and send Orochimaru and Jiraiya back to support Hatake Sakumo.
• Chiyue submitted a retirement application to the Third Hokage, who filed it without approving it.
• The Third Hokage summoned Orochimaru and Jiraiya, told them he had stripped Koharu and Homura of their authority, and ordered them back to the front lines after one day of rest.
• Jiraiya agreed to leave with Orochimaru, though he complained that he was exhausted and needed sleep.
• The Third Hokage told Orochimaru not to accept Danzo’s conditions and said he would handle Nawaki’s weapon.

Chiyue and Minato drank together at the cemetery, then visited Nawaki in the hospital and left him furious. Tsunade rushed back to Konoha, checked on Nawaki, and found Chiyue drunk at home, where she confronted him.

• Chiyue visited his parents' graves and shared drinks and snacks with Minato.
• Chiyue and Minato visited Nawaki in the hospital, where Nawaki yelled that they had drunk without him.
• Tsunade returned to Konoha in one day and went to the hospital to see Nawaki.
• Tsunade learned that Nawaki had made a fuss because his friends drank without him and warned the doctor to watch him.
• Tsunade climbed through Chiyue's window, woke him from his drunken sleep, and scolded him for drinking.

After Tsunade warned Chiyue that Konoha might treat resistance to a memory-sealing order as betrayal, Chiyue revealed that repeated persecution had made him consider destroying the village and showed her his Mangekyo. Tsunade was left shocked by his newly awakened eyes and the danger they represented.

• Chiyue prepared firm noodles for Tsunade, and they discussed his retirement application and the likelihood that the Third Hokage would reject it.
• Tsunade warned Chiyue that Konoha might try to seal his memories and that resisting the sealing squad could make him a Rogue Ninja.
• Chiyue said he would never willingly become a Rogue Ninja, but threatened to make Konoha disappear if the village left him no other choice.
• Tsunade angrily challenged Chiyue over his dangerous threat, and he told her she could not stop him.
• Chiyue revealed his Mangekyo Sharingan, and Tsunade froze in shock as he explained that it had evolved after he was forcibly kept in the village.

Yagami Chiyue explained to Tsunade that Konoha’s leaders targeted the Uchiha Clan to protect their power and argued that lasting change required new people to take charge. He said Tsunade would have to become Fourth Hokage to cut away the village’s corruption, leaving her to consider the idea.

• Tsunade said she would handle the conflict with Konoha’s leaders, but Chiyue argued that the problem could not be resolved without changing the system.
• Chiyue told Tsunade he would rather side with the Uchiha Clan than become a second Kagami Uchiha.
• Chiyue suggested Tsunade could make a scene at the Hokage’s Office to curb the leaders temporarily, but said she would need to become Fourth Hokage for a lasting solution.
• Tsunade erupted when Chiyue teased her about being lazy and called her old, then calmed down and considered his proposal.
• Chiyue explained that the higher-ups targeted the Uchiha Clan to maintain their power and said Konoha needed new leaders to remove its corruption.

Chiyue urged Tsunade to seek control of the Finance Department or Logistics Department so she could restrain Danzo and the other village leaders, and warned that Nawaki could face similar obstacles in the future. Tsunade quietly confronted the Third Hokage, who defended his refusal to approve Chiyue’s retirement application, and she accused him of setting a precedent by letting the higher-ups target a young village genius.

• Chiyue told Tsunade that taking over the Finance Department or Logistics Department would give her leverage over Danzo and the other leaders.
• Chiyue warned Tsunade that Nawaki might face retaliation if he challenged powerful people in the future, and said her medical reforms would be rejected unless she gained influence.
• Tsunade stayed at Chiyue’s home instead of confronting the Third Hokage that night, while Chiyue refused to prepare her guest bed.
• Tsunade entered the Hokage’s office quietly the next morning, unsettling the Third Hokage with her silence.
• The Third Hokage said he would not approve Chiyue’s retirement application, and Tsunade accused him of allowing the higher-ups to target a young village genius.

Tsunade confronted the Third Hokage over his treatment of Nawaki and demanded a role in Konoha’s administration. He refused to hand over the Finance Department or Anbu, but agreed to place her in the Medical Department, and Tsunade then asked to cash out all her military merits.

• Tsunade told the Third Hokage that his repeated promises had failed to prevent harm to Nawaki and challenged him over the village’s treatment of its geniuses.
• The Third Hokage said he had relieved Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura of their duties, and Tsunade welcomed the resulting vacancies.
• Tsunade demanded control of the Finance Department, but the Third Hokage insisted it could not be given away.
• Tsunade proposed taking the Logistics Department instead, and the Third Hokage offered her a place in the Medical Department.
• Tsunade accepted the Medical Department position and asked the Third Hokage to convert all her military merits into money.

Tsunade confronted the Third Hokage over broken promises and demanded that her and Yagami Chiyue’s military records be exchanged for money, threatening to leave if the Utatane and Mito Clans regained control of important posts. She and Chiyue then went house hunting, with Tsunade planning to charge her shopping costs to the Hokage’s Office Building.

• Tsunade demanded payment for her and Yagami Chiyue’s military achievements and contributions so they could buy houses at the Land of Fire's Daimyo Residence.
• Tsunade accused the Third Hokage of breaking his promises and abandoning her, then threatened to leave if the Utatane Clan and the Mito Clan regained their original posts.
• The Third Hokage refused to settle accounts with Tsunade, and she left, convinced that Chiyue had been right to stop cooperating with the village.
• Chiyue invited Tsunade to buy a house, and she agreed, intending to have the Hokage's Office Building pay for her purchases.
• Chiyue and Tsunade visited Konoha's largest real estate office, where people recognized Tsunade and Chiyue separated from her to avoid attention.

Chiyue and Tsunade went on a shopping spree, with Tsunade charging villas, luxury goods, and dinner to the Hokage’s Office. The Third Hokage received the bills and realized Tsunade’s spending was only beginning.

• Chiyue chose a two-story villa, and Tsunade bought three connected villas, intending one for herself, one for Nawaki, and one for Kushina.
• Sarutobi Yiliang brought the Third Hokage a bill for Tsunade’s villas, and the Third Hokage ordered that she be summoned.
• Tsunade bought three of each luxury furnishing and appliance, instructed the store to bill the Hokage’s Office, and refused the Anbu ninja’s request to meet the Third Hokage.
• Tsunade and Chiyue went to eat grilled meat, and Tsunade had the restaurant send her bill to the Hokage’s Office.
• The Third Hokage accepted the restaurant bill from an Akimichi Clan member and worried that Tsunade would keep sending more bills.

Tsunade spent tens of millions of Ryo on barbecue and three villas, prompting the Third Hokage to summon her over the bills. While Chiyue and Kushina settled into their new home, Tsunade defended her purchases to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was left with little grounds to object.

• The Third Hokage nearly choked at Tsunade's barbecue bill and ordered her to come to the Hokage's Office.
• Kushina celebrated moving into a villa Tsunade had bought, while Chiyue and Minato went ahead to look it over.
• Chiyue offered Minato a loan for a smaller house, and Minato happily accepted.
• Kushina and Chiyue prepared a barbecue while Tsunade went to meet the Third Hokage.
• Tsunade told the Third Hokage she had bought villas for herself, Nawaki, and Kushina, and he struggled to argue with her reasons.

Tsunade forced the Third Hokage to hand her control of the Logistics Department, promising to inspect it while leaving major personnel changes until after the war. Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura arrived expecting to regain the Third Hokage’s trust, only to learn that Tsunade had taken over.

• Tsunade blamed the Third Hokage for her spending and refused to be persuaded to stop.
• The Third Hokage guaranteed that no one would target the Logistics Department or Yagami Chiyue again, then gave Tsunade the director’s seal on the condition that she avoid major personnel changes during the war.
• Tsunade accepted and announced that she would inspect the Logistics Department starting the next day.
• After Tsunade left, the Third Hokage summoned Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura and decided Danzo should remain out of village affairs.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura arrived expecting to regain their former positions, but the Third Hokage told them Tsunade had taken over the Logistics Department and defended his authority to appoint her.

Tsunade took control of Konoha’s Logistics Department while the Third Hokage tried to rein in the Elder Council and separate it from Danzo. Sunagakure surrendered, bringing the Second Shinobi World War to an end, and Tsunade began replacing Logistics Department personnel.

• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura argued with the Third Hokage over losing the Logistics Department, but he warned them not to target Yagami Chiyue and offered them the Mission Department.
• The Third Hokage revealed that he knew the two elders had diverted Finance Department funds to support Danzo’s Root, and they promised not to help Danzo without his consent.
• Tsunade returned to Chiyue with the seal granting her the Logistics Department and told him the Third Hokage had promised to stop targeting him.
• Tsunade inspected the Logistics Department’s accounts as the war continued and Sunagakure suffered repeated defeats.
• Sunagakure surrendered to Konoha, and the Elder Council imposed harsh terms during negotiations, ending the Second Shinobi World War.
• Hanzō withdrew to the Land of Rain after Ōnoki and the Third Raikage intervened, while Tsunade began replacing Logistics Department personnel.

Danzo resented Tsunade’s control of the Logistics Department but had to curb his plans after the Daimyo honored Hatake Sakumo, whose standing made him a likely Fourth Hokage. Meanwhile, Nawaki celebrated passing the jonin examination, and Chiyue explained why the Third Hokage wanted him and Minato to become Jonin Instructors.

• Tsunade managed the Logistics Department without making things difficult for Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura, while Danzo lost his ability to requisition Root supplies freely.
• The Daimyo granted Hatake Sakumo the right to wear the Hokage’s half-sleeve, prompting many in Konoha to expect him to become Fourth Hokage.
• Nawaki showed off his jonin vest, and Chiyue teased him and Minato about their brightly colored outfits.
• Nawaki told Minato and Chiyue that the Third Hokage had asked him to become a Jonin Instructor, as he had asked Minato before.
• Chiyue explained that the Third Hokage wanted them to lead young shinobi and take on missions because Konoha lacked experienced shinobi to handle high-rank work.

After Nawaki passed the Jonin exam, Chiyue advised him and Minato to weigh the demands of becoming Jonin Instructors against the freedom of taking missions. On the way to celebrate, Nawaki became smitten with a girl accompanying Hyuga Rinne, and the group began preparations for the celebration at the Hot Pot restaurant.

• Chiyue told Minato and Nawaki that becoming Jonin Instructors meant more responsibility and less freedom, and advised Nawaki to ask Tsunade for her opinion.
• Nawaki resisted asking Tsunade, but Chiyue and Minato joked that he could skip it if he was not afraid of getting beaten up.
• The group met Hyuga Rinne and her attendant Hyuga Miko on the street, where Nawaki stared at the older girl accompanying them.
• Chiyue invited Tsunade and Mikoto to Nawaki's celebration, and Kushina went to notify them.
• Chiyue, Minato, and Nawaki entered a private room at the Hot Pot restaurant, where the atmosphere seemed unusual.

Nawaki admitted to Chiyue that he had fallen for Hyuga Miko and asked him to find out more about her, leaving Chiyue shocked by the problem of Nawaki pursuing a girl from the Hyuga Clan. Earlier, the group celebrated Nawaki passing his jonin assessment, while Chiyue reflected on his Eternal Mangekyo.

• Chiyue and Minato noticed Nawaki acting unusually quiet and wondered if he was serious about liking someone.
• Kushina invited Tsunade to celebrate Nawaki passing his jonin assessment, and Tsunade bought him green hair ribbons.
• The group celebrated at the Hot Pot restaurant, where Nawaki perked up when he received gifts.
• Chiyue saw his Sharingan had evolved into the Eternal Mangekyo, a secret known only to Tsunade.
• Nawaki visited Chiyue after the gathering and nervously asked him to find out about Hyuga Miko.
• Chiyue reacted with disbelief when Nawaki confirmed he genuinely liked Miko, who belonged to the Hyuga Clan.

Chiyue told Tsunade that Nawaki liked a girl from the Hyuga Clan, and Tsunade worried about the clan's refusal to let outsiders marry in. The chapter ended with Tsunade learning Nawaki had only met the girl once and leaving in annoyance.

• Chiyue summoned Tsunade to discuss Nawaki's crush, despite Nawaki's attempt to stop him.
• Tsunade eagerly questioned Nawaki about the girl and reacted with delight when she heard he liked someone.
• Chiyue revealed the girl was from the Hyuga Clan, prompting Tsunade to worry about the clan's marriage rules.
• Tsunade reassured Nawaki that she did not object and began considering how to help him.
• Chiyue explained that Nawaki had only met the girl once and was still in unrequited love, so Tsunade kicked Nawaki and left angrily.

Nawaki asked Chiyue to arrange a meeting with Hyuga Miko, but Chiyue worried that helping him would provoke the Hyuga Clan. Chiyue and Minato decided to leave the village on a mission, and Chiyue woke Tsunade to ask for help finding one.

• Nawaki left after asking Chiyue to help him pursue Hyuga Miko, and Tsunade complained that she might have to deal with her brother's stubbornness.
• Tsunade chose to sleep in Chiyue's bedroom, and Chiyue reflected that Nawaki's plan depended on getting Hyuga Rinne and Hyuga Miko out together.
• The next day, Chiyue told Minato that Nawaki was serious about Hyuga Miko and explained that the Hyuga Clan opposed marriages outside the clan.
• Chiyue proposed that he and Minato take a mission so they could avoid being pressed into helping Nawaki, and Minato agreed.
• Chiyue woke Tsunade and summoned her to help find a suitable mission, while Minato stepped onto the balcony.