Chapter Summaries

A became furious when Konoha turned his planned showdown with Chiyue into a ticketed spectacle, while Nagato and Konan dismissed rumors that Chiyue’s eyes were damaged. Tsunade and Hatake Sakumo visited Uchiha Fugaku, who sought Chiyue as a teacher for Uchiha Itachi and negotiated the Uchiha Clan’s support in exchange for restored rights and an end to their persecution.

• A learned Konoha was charging for tickets to his showdown with Chiyue, and Dodai sent people to secure tickets before they sold out.
• Konan beat Yahiko for suggesting Chiyue might be blind, and Nagato said Chiyue’s eyes seemed unharmed.
• Tsunade and Hatake Sakumo visited Uchiha Fugaku, who asked about finding Uchiha Itachi a teacher and hinted that the Uchiha Clan’s support could be tied to the request.
• Tsunade offered to stop the Uchiha Clan from being singled out and restore its authority on the Elder Council if it remained stable.
• Tsunade warned Uchiha Fugaku that Konoha needed the Uchiha Clan to avoid internal chaos.

Tsunade secured Uchiha Fugaku’s cooperation and asked what his Mangekyo had seen, learning that he foresaw the Uchiha Clan’s destruction at Danzo’s hands. The conversation left Tsunade considering restoring the Senju Clan name and finding a way to ensure its future.

• Uchiha Fugaku promised Tsunade that the Uchiha Clan would settle its internal conflicts and avoid causing trouble in Konoha.
• Tsunade asked Uchiha Fugaku what his eyes had seen, and he revealed that he had foreseen the Uchiha Clan’s destruction.
• Uchiha Fugaku said Danzo was responsible for the destruction he foresaw, while noting that circumstances had since changed.
• Tsunade and Hatake Sakumo discussed the danger of the Mangekyo and the dwindling numbers of their clans.
• Tsunade considered restoring the Senju Clan surname and said she wanted to pass down the Senju Clan’s glory.

Tsunade discussed restoring the Senju surname and finding matches for Nawaki, while Chiyue and the others joked about the Hokage becoming a matchmaker. At Training Ground Four, Nawaki’s crush became the focus of Tsunade’s attention, leaving him desperately trying to keep it secret.

• Tsunade proposed restoring the Senju Clan surname and having the Third Hokage help find suitable matches for Nawaki and Hatake Sakumo.
• Chiyue, Kushina, and Uchiha Mikoto laughed at the idea of the Hokage arranging marriages and expanding the Senju Clan.
• Chiyue, Minato, and Nawaki arrived at the crowded Training Ground Four, where Chiyue said Summoned Beasts could fight and the Konoha referee would handle any objections from Kumogakure.
• Chiyue and Minato teased Nawaki about his crush and Tsunade’s matchmaking plans, making him blush.
• Tsunade mistook Nawaki’s flushed face for a sign that he had been reading Jiraiya’s explicit novels, then warned him not to imitate Jiraiya.
• Chiyue revealed that Nawaki liked a girl, and Tsunade pulled him into the lounge to ask who she was while Nawaki frantically signaled for the others to keep quiet.

Tsunade prepared to oversee Chiyue’s public fight with A as Konoha’s incoming Fourth Hokage, while Dodai warned A not to underestimate Chiyue’s Summoned Beast. The match began before a packed crowd, with White appearing at Chiyue’s side and A questioning whether the small, harmless-looking creature was truly dangerous.

• Minato accidentally identified himself as Mikoto’s colleague, prompting Tsunade to tease Nawaki before Chiyue redirected her attention to the upcoming fight.
• Tsunade explained that she would attend Chiyue’s match to show Konoha’s support and then left to receive important guests.
• Dodai warned A that Chiyue’s powerful Summoned Beast might appear, but A dismissed the warning and vowed to crush Chiyue.
• An Anbu ninja summoned the fighters, and A strode toward the training ground as the spectators gathered behind Konoha’s protective barriers.
• Chiyue entered the arena to loud cheers with White in his arms, while A studied the small creature and wondered whether it was really dangerous.

Chiyue entered the arena with White and, instead of fighting A himself, placed the harmless-looking creature on the ground and stepped aside. A took the gesture as a grave insult, lost control of his temper, and launched himself at Chiyue at terrifying speed.

• The Fire Country daimyo praised Chiyue, but Tsunade cut off his attempt to discuss a match with him by saying Chiyue already liked several girls.
• Dodai worried that Chiyue would provoke A, but Chiyue stayed quiet as Hatake Sakumo began the battle.
• A activated his Lightning Release Armor, while Chiyue set White down and withdrew to watch.
• The spectators and shinobi were stunned by Chiyue's choice, and A realized it made him appear unworthy of Chiyue's personal attention.
• A erupted in rage, blasted the ground beneath him, and vanished from his position at high speed.

A attacked Chiyue at tremendous speed, but White struck him from behind with a red, tailed-beast-like Chakra tail and slammed him into the ground. The spectators and village shinobi were left questioning White’s nature, while Tsunade defended Chiyue’s choice to let his Summoned Beast fight.

• A activated Lightning Release Chakra Mode and charged at Chiyue, who stood still without defending himself.
• White swung a red Chakra tail at A from behind and smashed him into the training ground before he could react.
• The spectators and shinobi from the Five Great Shinobi Villages recognized the tail’s aura as resembling tailed beast Chakra and wondered whether White was another tailed beast.
• Chiyo confirmed that White’s aura was indeed that of a tailed beast, while Yagura asked Tsunade about White’s resemblance to the Nine-Tails.
• Tsunade said White had formed a summoning contract with Chiyue when he was young, then challenged Dodai to name any rule forbidding Summoned Beasts from fighting.

Little White fought A in Chiyue’s place and overwhelmed him, while Chiyue claimed she had about the combined might of nine Tailed Beasts. The chapter ended with Little White continuing to pummel A as Tsunade realized Little White had picked up her favorite insult.

• Tsunade rebuked Dodai for Kumogakure provoking Chiyue despite knowing about his eye problem.
• A recovered from Little White’s first tail strike and shifted his focus from Chiyue to her.
• Little White grew into a white fox over two meters tall and blocked A’s Lightning Style-powered punch with one paw.
• Little White knocked A down again and whipped him with her nine tails while insulting him.
• Chiyue told Hatake Sakumo that Little White was about as strong as the combined might of nine Tailed Beasts.
• Chiyue recognized Little White’s insult as a phrase she had learned from Tsunade, who felt guilty about teaching it to Kushina.

White brutally beat Kumogakure’s A while Chiyue discussed Konoha’s preparations with Hatake Sakumo. When the Daimyo of the Land of Fire suggested ending the fight, laughter from the other villages escalated tensions between Kumogakure and Iwagakure, leaving Chiyue to stop the dispute with a display of White’s power.

• White overwhelmed A, striking him repeatedly whenever he tried to fight back or speak.
• Chiyue turned away from the beating to ask Hatake Sakumo whether Konoha had finished its preparations.
• The Daimyo of the Land of Fire suggested ending the fight, prompting Kitsuchi and the Iwagakure delegation to laugh at A’s humiliation.
• Dodai accused Iwagakure of provoking Kumogakure, and the two delegations began trading insults as Kirigakure and Sunagakure watched.
• Chiyue sent the Anbu, Kushina, and Uchiha Mikoto to intervene, then White stopped beating A and pinned him beneath one foot.
• Chiyue climbed onto White’s head, unleashed White’s intimidating presence, and challenged the Kumogakure and Iwagakure groups to start trouble.

Chiyue used White and the Nine-Tails to intimidate the assembled villages and stop the conflict in Konoha. Kumogakure conceded the match, while Tsunade hinted that Konoha might share its method for controlling Tailed Beasts in exchange for acceptable terms.

• Chiyue arrived atop White, and Hatake Sakumo led the Anbu in calming the frightened spectators.
• Kushina brought out the Nine-Tails, but White smacked it into silence after it roared.
• Tsunade warned the villages not to start conflicts in Konoha, and Yagura and Chiyo agreed.
• Chiyue sent the Nine-Tails back, then Dodai accepted Kumogakure's defeat after A was carried away unconscious.
• Chiyo and the other village representatives recognized that Konoha could control its Tailed Beasts, and Tsunade suggested sharing the secret only for acceptable terms.

After White defeated A and the Nine-Tails, Tsunade offered the visiting villages a chance to negotiate for Konoha’s classified method of creating perfect Jinchuriki after the ceremony. In the hospital, A learned that the Nine-Tails had taken control of its Jinchuriki and had feared White, whom A believed was a Tailed Beast stronger than the Eight-Tails.

• Tsunade delayed negotiations with Chiyo, Yagura, Dodai, and Kitsuchi until after the ceremony, while indicating she would cooperate with the villages.
• Tsunade sent the Anbu and Uchiha Clan members to organize the Daimyo delegations’ departure after Little White and the Nine-Tails’ display of power frightened them.
• Chiyue skipped the ceremony and went home to rest, while A remained in Konoha Hospital recovering from injuries caused by White.
• A told Dodai that White’s strength and speed surpassed the Eight-Tails and might even exceed the Nine-Tails.
• Dodai explained that Konoha might have a method for making perfect Jinchuriki and that the Nine-Tails had controlled its Jinchuriki’s body in a golden form.

A ordered Kumogakure to abandon its war plan against Konoha and seek information about perfect Jinchuriki after learning about Chiyue and Kushina. In Konoha, Tsunade took office after the Third Hokage’s lengthy ceremony speech, while Chiyue entered the Sealing Space and surprised the Nine-Tails with praise.

• A ordered Dodai to negotiate for information about perfect Jinchuriki and contact Lord Raikage to reassess Kumogakure’s war plans against Konoha.
• The Third Hokage delivered a speech lasting nearly three hours before apologizing and stepping aside at the ceremony.
• Tsunade gave a brief speech promising to inherit her grandfather’s will and protect Konoha, prompting loud cheers from the villagers.
• Chiyue stayed away from the ceremony and later entered the Sealing Space with Little White to deal with the Nine-Tails.
• The Nine-Tails nervously explained that it had controlled its power to help Kushina, then froze when Chiyue praised it.

Chiyue had White create a smaller body from the Nine-Tails’ chakra and consciousness, giving the fox a way to move around outside its seal. The Nine-Tails chose to put its main body to sleep and transfer its mind into the smaller body.

• Chiyue scolded the Nine-Tails for acting rashly, and it angrily tried to bite him before White struck it.
• White beat the Nine-Tails and tore away a large chunk of its chakra and some of its consciousness, then spat out a smaller Nine-Tails body.
• Chiyue explained that the Nine-Tails could control both bodies or transfer its consciousness into the smaller one to move outside the seal, though it would need to stay near Kushina.
• Chiyue explained that he had helped because the Nine-Tails could not split its soul between two bodies, and the fox chose to transfer its consciousness into the smaller body.

Chiyue helped Nine-Tails bring a clone out of the Sealing Space while ensuring it could still return to its main body to protect Kushina. Nine-Tails summoned Minato and Nawaki for an urgent matter, then revealed it only wanted to play cards.

• Nine-Tails worried that leaving the Sealing Space might put Kushina at risk, and Chiyue explained that its consciousness could return to its main body at any time.
• Chiyue loosened the seal and brought Nine-Tails's clone into the living room, where Kushina hugged it and White watched skeptically.
• Nine-Tails asked Kushina to call Minato and Nawaki, so Chiyue used Minato's special kunai to summon them.
• Minato and Nawaki arrived at Chiyue's home, and Nine-Tails announced that it had something important to handle with them.
• Nine-Tails made Minato and Nawaki play cards and celebrated winning with a rocket.

Chiyue received an appointment as Hokage's Assistant and weighed Konoha's looming war and other threats, deciding that war and Danzo were the priorities. Meanwhile, a gambling game ended when Tsunade stormed in and seized the winnings.

• Chiyue found Tsunade's appointment letter naming him Hokage's Assistant and accepted the easy post.
• Chiyue considered the threat of war with Iwagakure and Kumogakure, Danzo, and the dangers surrounding Nagato and Obito, then focused on war and Danzo.
• Minato won a growing pile of money from Nawaki, Kushina, and the Nine-Tails as Chiyue left to take White upstairs.
• Chiyue sent White to fetch Tsunade, who returned and confiscated the gambling money while Minato and Nawaki fled and Kushina ran off with the Nine-Tails.

Chiyue urged Tsunade to use the negotiations over perfect Jinchuriki to help Konoha recover while ordering a census of every clan’s shinobi. Tsunade agreed and left to warn the Third Hokage, Uchiha Fugaku, and Torifu Akimichi before the investigation began.

• Tsunade asked Chiyue how he planned to handle other villages seeking a method to create perfect Jinchuriki, and he said he had a plan to speed Konoha’s recovery.
• Chiyue told Tsunade to summon Nara Shikaku and assign him a census of the clans’ shinobi.
• Chiyue instructed Tsunade to begin with the Uchiha Clan and Ino-Shika-Cho, then investigate smaller clans before confronting the major clans.
• Chiyue advised Tsunade to warn the Third Hokage about the Sarutobi Clan and use rumors to counter clans that resisted the census.
• Tsunade accepted Chiyue’s proposal and left to speak with the Third Hokage, Uchiha Fugaku, and Torifu Akimichi.

Tsunade told the Third Hokage she would conduct a census of unregistered clan ninja and asked him to support the effort. She began securing cooperation from the Uchiha and Ino-Shika-Cho, leaving Torifu Akimichi wary after Tsunade treated his hesitation as resistance.

• Tsunade informed the Third Hokage that she would summon clan representatives to discuss a census of unregistered ninja.
• The Third Hokage warned that the clans would resist, but Tsunade insisted the census was necessary and asked him to choose whether to support it.
• Tsunade summoned Uchiha Fugaku and Torifu Akimichi, asking Ino-Shika-Cho to lead the census effort.
• Uchiha Fugaku agreed immediately, while Torifu Akimichi hesitated and tried to explain his concerns.
• Tsunade told Torifu Akimichi to address her as Lord Hokage, then softened her stance after he agreed that Ino-Shika-Cho would cooperate.

Tsunade rejected Uchiha Fugaku’s plan to purge the Uchiha Hawk Faction and instead urged him to keep its ambitious members under control. Fugaku left prepared to monitor them and put them to use, while Tsunade remained confident that Konoha had enough strength to contain any trouble.

• Torifu Akimichi left the Hokage’s Office after Tsunade dismissed his attempt to persuade her.
• Uchiha Fugaku offered to resolve the Uchiha Clan’s internal problems, but Tsunade told him not to turn the Hawk Faction into a deadly purge.
• Tsunade warned Fugaku to manage the Uchiha Clan’s conflicts and keep its ambitious members alive for now.
• Fugaku worried that the Hawk Faction might cause trouble later, but Tsunade said Konoha’s strength could easily suppress them and cited Chiyue as a threat.
• Fugaku agreed to pass on Tsunade’s message, watch the Hawk Faction, and send its members to the front lines if the village needed them.

After meeting with Tsunade, Uchiha Fugaku told the clan that its surveillance would end and its authority would be restored. He reassured the Hawk Elders that they would not need to sacrifice their members, and said the Uchiha Clan would prove its sincerity by fighting on the front lines if war broke out.

• Uchiha Fugaku convened a clan meeting and announced that Tsunade had agreed to end surveillance, restore the Uchiha Clan's elder authority, and leave the Police Force alone.
• The clan celebrated the agreement, then turned its attention to how the Hawk Elders would demonstrate their sincerity.
• The Hawk Elders elder offered to take responsibility himself so the younger members would not suffer, while some younger Hawk Elders protested.
• Uchiha Fugaku reminded the clan of its pride and explained that Tsunade wanted stability and did not want Uchiha turning their blades against one another.
• Uchiha Fugaku told the clan to prepare to represent Tsunade and fight on the front lines if war broke out, prompting renewed cheers.

Uchiha Fugaku agreed to have the Uchiha Clan disclose and register its hidden ninja for Tsunade’s census, then decided to arrange teachers for Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi through Uchiha Mikoto. He summoned the two boys late at night with gifts, preparing to ask Mikoto to instruct them and hoping to draw closer to Yagami Chiyue.

• Uchiha Fugaku told the clan to cooperate fully with Tsunade’s census and register all of its gray-robed ninja.
• The Uchiha clansmen celebrated the prospect of the Hyuga Clan being troubled by the census.
• Uchiha Fugaku announced that he planned to find teachers for Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi.
• Uchiha Fugaku chose Uchiha Mikoto to teach the boys, intending to use her connection to Yagami Chiyue.
• After the meeting, Uchiha Fugaku summoned Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi and presented them with gifts.

Uchiha Fugaku asked Uchiha Mikoto to take Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi as disciples, and she agreed despite being unsure how she would teach them. The chapter ended with Mikoto telling her mother about her new responsibility after a long night of work.

• Uchiha Mikoto continued working overtime during the village celebrations while the Uchiha Clan handled public security.
• Uchiha Fugaku summoned Uchiha Mikoto to his office, where Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi waited beside gift boxes.
• Uchiha Fugaku asked Uchiha Mikoto to take Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi as her disciples, and she agreed after he and the boys bowed to her.
• Uchiha Mikoto sent her new disciples home to rest, then returned to work while wondering how she would train them.
• Uchiha Mikoto came home late and told Mikoto's mother that she had become a teacher, leaving her mother stunned and unwilling to help.