Chapter Summaries

Chiyue, Minato, and Uchiha Mikoto were cornered by the Third Kazekage, who had come after them in the Land of Fire. Chiyue trapped the Kazekage in a powerful Genjutsu and led the others away before Sunagakure reinforcements arrived.

• The Third Kazekage caught up with Chiyue, Minato, and Uchiha Mikoto, and Minato offered to hold him off so Chiyue could escape with the intelligence.
• Chiyue refused to abandon Minato and challenged the Third Kazekage, who declared that none of them would escape.
• Chiyue used his Genjutsu to trap the Third Kazekage in a cherry-blossom-filled illusion where he was forced to dance.
• Chiyue threw a Kunai, but the Kazekage's Iron Sand automatically protected him.
• Chiyue carried the captive person away, and Minato and Uchiha Mikoto followed before Sunagakure reinforcements arrived.

Chiyue used an illusion to escape the Third Kazekage, who ordered Sunagakure’s ninja to stop the pursuit and begin their operation. Chiyue, Minato, and Uchiha Mikoto reached a Fire Country outpost and sent word to Konoha that Sunagakure’s forces had invaded.

• The Third Kazekage broke free of Chiyue’s illusion, suffered severe mental pain, and fled after ordering his reinforcements to stop pursuing the group and begin the operation.
• Chiyue, Minato, and Uchiha Mikoto rested after escaping with their three unconscious employers, and Chiyue asked them to keep the Third Kazekage’s involvement secret.
• Minato and Uchiha Mikoto agreed to keep quiet, and the three resumed their journey toward Konoha.
• At a roadside outpost, Minato reported Sunagakure’s invasion of the Fire Country to a stationed ninja.
• The outpost ninja verified the group’s identities and sent the intelligence to Konoha by ninja hawk.

After Chiyue's group reached a Konoha outpost, their intelligence and Red Ghost's corpse confirmed that the Third Kazekage had led Sunagakure's invasion of the Land of Fire. The Third Hokage ordered Konoha to mobilize an army, and the village prepared to drive Sunagakure out.

• Minato reported the group's encounter to Captain Xia Mu Xiao Zuo, and Chiyue presented Red Ghost's corpse as proof of the jonin squad's defeat.
• The sentry captain verified Chiyue's Three-tomoe Sharingan and sent the intelligence and corpse to Konoha.
• The Intelligence Department examined Red Ghost's brain and confirmed that the Third Kazekage had personally led Sunagakure's attack.
• The Third Hokage rejected peace talks with Amegakure and ordered an immediate mobilization to expel Sunagakure's forces.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura arranged supplies and preparations as Konoha's clans assembled their ninja for the army.

Chiyue Squad returned to Konoha and was summoned to the Hokage’s Office, where the Third Hokage questioned Chiyue about defeating a Sunagakure Jonin squad. When Shimura Shūitsu challenged his account, Chiyue proved his Three-tomoe Sharingan and Genjutsu by controlling Shūitsu and making him dance before the gathered Jonin.

• Chiyue Squad returned to Konoha after earning military merit for relaying intelligence, and Anbu summoned them to meet the Third Hokage.
• The Third Hokage asked Chiyue to recount how he discovered the enemy and stayed behind to cover his teammates’ retreat.
• Shimura Shūitsu questioned whether Chiyue had really used Genjutsu to defeat the enemy squad, while the Third Hokage watched without intervening.
• Chiyue activated his Three-tomoe Sharingan and trapped Shimura Shūitsu in Genjutsu, making him dance awkwardly in front of the Jonin.
• The Jonin laughed at Shimura Shūitsu’s dance as Hatake Sakumo burst out laughing.

Chiyue’s Genjutsu left Shimura Shūitsu injured, and Chiyue openly resented the Third Hokage for allowing him to be questioned. After leaving the Hokage’s Office and returning home, Chiyue was confronted by someone who criticized his outburst.

• Chiyue refused to undo Sakura Falling, and an Anbu ninja failed to dispel it with the usual method.
• Chiyue explained that Sakura Falling made its victims dance and caused severe mental trauma, then Shimura Shūitsu collapsed and vomited blood.
• The Third Hokage ruled that Chiyue had only been proving himself and ordered Shimura Shūitsu taken to the hospital.
• Chiyue left without bowing, cursed the Third Hokage, and departed with Uchiha Mikoto while Minato followed.
• After going home and finishing his bath, Chiyue was eating when White warned him someone had arrived, and the intruder entered through the window to scold him for cursing the Hokage.

After Hatake Sakumo tried to reassure Chiyue about his standing with Konoha, Chiyue rejected the chance to join the battlefield and later slammed the door on Uchiha Fugaku, refusing the Uchiha Clan's belated interest. The Sand-Konoha war began, and the chapter ended with Kushina admitting she had obtained a spare key to Chiyue's house.

• Hatake Sakumo shared Chiyue's meal, explained that Shimura Shūitsu's accusations were personal, and passed along the Hokage's promise to recognize Chiyue's merit.
• Hatake Sakumo asked Chiyue to join the battlefield, but Chiyue refused because he did not want to be questioned again.
• Hatake Sakumo reported back to the Third Hokage before departing for the front as Konoha sent reinforcements against Sunagakure's invading forces.
• Uchiha Fugaku visited Chiyue, but Chiyue refused to let him inside and condemned the Uchiha Clan for rejecting him and his mother.
• Kushina entered Chiyue's home with a spare key she had obtained from a locksmith and startled him when he confronted her.

Kushina brought Chiyue a lavish grilled-meat breakfast, and Minato joined them before asking whether they might be sent to a new war. Chiyue dismissed the worry and agreed to host a meal with Minato, Kushina, and Uchiha Mikoto; the chapter ended as village intelligence arrived.

• Kushina brought Chiyue breakfast made with the Akimichi Clan's grilled-meat recipe, which she had bought from the Third Hokage.
• Minato climbed through Chiyue's window, stole a drumstick from Kushina, and was punched in the face after tricking her.
• Minato told Chiyue that a new war was coming and asked whether they would be sent to the battlefield, but Chiyue dismissed the worry.
• Minato and Chiyue agreed to host a meal for Kushina and Uchiha Mikoto, with Minato buying groceries and Chiyue cooking.
• Village intelligence arrived.

Orochimaru received word that Sunagakure had declared war on Konoha, and Tsunade prepared to return to the village to guide Chiyue. Meanwhile, Chiyue hosted a dinner gathering with Minato, Nara Shikaku, Kushina, and Uchiha Mikoto.

• Orochimaru read a scroll reporting that the Third Kazekage had led Sunagakure's forces into the Land of Fire and that the Third Hokage wanted Tsunade to bring Chiyue along for experience.
• Tsunade read that Chiyue had awakened the Three-tomoe Sharingan and could control Jonin with Genjutsu, then said she would return to Konoha as soon as possible.
• Minato brought Nara Shikaku to Chiyue's dinner gathering, and Chiyue sent him to help wash vegetables.
• Nara Shikaku accidentally caused a crash in the kitchen, so Minato sent him out while Chiyue laughed and invited him to sit down.
• Nara Shikaku told Chiyue he had graduated but had not yet been assigned a Jonin Instructor, and said Tsunade had been planned as Chiyue's teacher before Chiyue refused.
• Kushina arrived with Uchiha Mikoto and pastries, and Chiyue introduced Nara Shikaku to her.

Kushina's hostility toward Nara Shikaku disrupted a dinner at Chiyue's home, while the Uchiha Clan Head redirected efforts to recruit Uchiha Mikoto into the Police Force. Chiyue worried that Mikoto might be sent to the front lines and struggled to find a way to persuade her to join the force.

• Kushina frightened Nara Shikaku during dinner, and Uchiha Mikoto calmed her before Shikaku hurried away.
• Minato tried to leave after seeing Kushina's anger, then Kushina calmed down with Uchiha Mikoto's help.
• Uchiha Fugaku told the Uchiha Clan Head that Chiyue had refused his approach, so the Clan Head ordered him to ask Uchiha Mikoto's mother to have her join the Police Force.
• Uchiha Fugaku visited Uchiha Mikoto's family late at night and conveyed the Clan Head's suggestion.
• Chiyue worried that Mikoto could be sent to the battlefield and considered persuading her to join the Police Force, but feared her reaction.

Uchiha Mikoto told Chiyue that she was joining the Police Force, and he supported her while warning that he and Minato might soon be sent to the front. As Konoha’s war continued, Chiyue and Minato wondered why they had not received orders, while Tsunade returned to the Hokage’s Office after escorting wounded soldiers back to the village.

• Uchiha Mikoto told Chiyue that Uchiha Fugaku had arranged for her to work as a Police Force clerk and receive training from a jonin, and Chiyue encouraged her to accept.
• Chiyue warned Uchiha Mikoto that he and Minato might be deployed to the Land of Rivers or Land of Rain, and she agreed to join the Police Force and stay with Kushina.
• Chiyue and Minato ate grilled fish by the river and discussed the ongoing war, with Minato wishing for peace and Chiyue saying it existed only in dreams.
• Tsunade returned to Konoha with a unit of wounded soldiers and reported to the Third Hokage that they had been sent to the hospital for treatment.
• Tsunade complained that the war had exhausted her and that she had no one to play cards with at the front, while the Third Hokage ignored her grumbling.

Tsunade returned from the Land of Rain and found Chiyue’s house, where she slept in his bed and demanded food. Over dinner, she described the worsening war and revealed that she had come to take Chiyue and Minato to the front lines.

• Tsunade left the meeting, and Hiruzen brushed aside Koharu’s anger at being ignored.
• Chiyue found that someone had tampered with his window and discovered Tsunade asleep under his blanket.
• Tsunade insisted that Chiyue cook for her, then devoured the braised pork trotters he made.
• Tsunade told Chiyue that Amegakure was holding its own under Hanzō and criticized Danzo’s command as the war spread across the Land of Rain.
• Tsunade praised Chiyue’s strength, warned him about Danzo and the Shimura Clan, and said she had returned to take him and Minato to the front lines.

Chiyue learned that Tsunade planned to take him and Minato to the Land of Rain battlefield, while Little White appeared to be entering its second growth stage. The next morning, Kushina found Tsunade sleeping in Chiyue’s bed and learned that Chiyue had disappeared overnight.

• Chiyue told Minato that Tsunade had returned and that they would head to the Land of Rain battlefield together, then stayed at Minato’s house for the night.
• Tsunade woke hungry, failed to find Chiyue at home, and settled for drinking milk before going back to sleep.
• Chiyue saw that Little White had grown to a huge size and seemed to be beginning its second stage of growth.
• Kushina went to Chiyue’s house with a lunchbox, assumed he was asleep, and pulled the quilt off the figure in his bed.
• Kushina found Tsunade in the bed, and Tsunade explained that Chiyue had run off and left her hungry.

Tsunade ate Kushina’s food, rushed to a scheduled surgery, and was summoned by the Third Hokage afterward to discuss Danzo’s proposal for reconciling with Amegakure. She doubted Hanzō would agree unless Konoha lowered its head, and the chapter ended with her questioning why the Third Kazekage had not joined Sunagakure’s campaign.

• Tsunade ate the lunch Kushina had brought for Chiyue, then hurried out to perform a scheduled surgery.
• After Tsunade finished the surgery, Anbu summoned her to the Hokage’s Office at the Third Hokage’s request.
• The Third Hokage told Tsunade that Danzo wanted to contact Hanzō and seek reconciliation between Konoha and Amegakure.
• Tsunade argued that Hanzō would not accept reconciliation unless Konoha was willing to lower its head.
• Utatane Koharu reported that the Third Kazekage had camped in the Land of Rivers, and Tsunade wondered what he was plotting by staying out of the fighting.

Tsunade learned that the casinos in Konoha had closed to keep her from delaying her return to the Land of Rain, so Chiyue introduced her to Fight the Landlord. After Tsunade recruited Kushina and brought back a deck, the three began playing, with Chiyue expecting to take advantage of Tsunade's poor luck.

• Tsunade discussed the Land of Rivers front with the Third Hokage, approved Hatake Sakumo as commander, and urged him to send Shikaku Nara as well.
• Tsunade argued with Utatane Koharu over Danzo, then left the Hokage office after realizing the Third Hokage would not replace him.
• Tsunade found the casinos closed and returned to Chiyue's home, unaware that the Third Hokage had ordered them shut until she left Konoha.
• Chiyue suggested Fight the Landlord, and Tsunade rushed off to get playing cards and bring Kushina back to join them.
• Chiyue explained the rules, but Tsunade skipped bidding to claim the landlord role and quickly accused him of having all the high cards.

Chiyue, Tsunade, and Kushina played Landlord, and Tsunade lost all her money after Kushina won with the Nine-Tails’ advice. Four days later, Tsunade left Konoha for the battlefield in the Land of Rain with Chiyue, teasing him on the way.

• Chiyue repeatedly beat Tsunade at Landlord, leaving her furious and nearly out of money.
• The Nine-Tails urged Kushina to play a two, and Kushina followed its advice to win the round and double her payout.
• Tsunade lost all her money, refused to stop teasing Chiyue, and went to sleep in his room; Kushina followed to keep her company.
• After a day, Tsunade tried to persuade Chiyue to play a paper-strip game, but he refused.
• On the fourth day, Tsunade left Konoha for the Land of Rain battlefield with Chiyue and teased him for not saying goodbye to Kushina and Uchiha Mikoto.

Chiyue, Minato, and Tsunade reached Konoha’s camp in the Land of Rain, where Tsunade began treating the wounded and Chiyue and Minato learned how Sunagakure’s poison attacks were worsening the situation. The chapter ended with a medical ninja mischievously sending the two newcomers to lift a cloth behind the tent.

• Tsunade bullied Minato at cards while Chiyue watched during their journey from Konoha.
• After two days, Chiyue, Minato, and Tsunade reached the rain-soaked Land of Rain and discussed Shimura Danzō’s choice to place the camp there.
• Tsunade led Chiyue and Minato into the medical division, then left them to help restrain a wounded patient while she treated the seriously injured.
• A medical ninja told Chiyue and Minato that a Sunagakure Puppet Ninja had poisoned the patient and that Tsunade’s antidotes had prevented further losses.
• The medical ninja motioned for Chiyue and Minato to lift a white cloth behind the tent, and Chiyue realized he was teasing them.

Chiyue and Minato joined Nawaki at the front-line camp, where they learned their duties would begin at night and found that the available food was unappealing. Chiyue decided they would obtain ingredients and firewood to cook for themselves.

• A medical ninja joked with Minato, then became excited when Chiyue and Minato said Tsunade had brought them to the camp.
• The medical ninja directed Chiyue and Minato to Nawaki, and they found him working in the camp.
• Nawaki welcomed them into his tent, and the three cleaned its messy interior together.
• Nawaki said Orochimaru had told him to gain experience in camp before going to the battlefield, and he declared his ambition to become as powerful as Senju Hashirama.
• Nawaki explained that their work would get busy at night and offered them compressed biscuits and soldier pills.
• Chiyue told Nawaki to get ingredients and firewood from the Logistics Department so they could cook for themselves.

Chiyue arranged a separate kitchen by having Nawaki request supplies in Tsunade’s name, and Tsunade approved the plan after learning about it. The supplies reached the camp, where Danzo was asked to inspect them.

• Chiyue persuaded Nawaki to request a separate kitchen’s supplies from the logistics department using Tsunade’s name.
• The logistics department quickly agreed and promised to deliver supplies to Nawaki’s place every day.
• Nawaki told Tsunade about the kitchen, and she agreed to come for dinner and handle the camp’s arrangements.
• Tsunade realized Nawaki had used her name, scolded him for lacking Chiyue’s brains, and told him to keep the kitchen going.
• The logistics department delivered the supplies and notified Danzo for inspection.

Danzo approved special meals for Tsunade while weighing the pressures of commanding the front lines. At dinner, Tsunade and Chiyue bickered familiarly, leaving Nawaki stunned by their closeness.

• Danzo approved special meals for Tsunade and decided not to summon Chiyue or Minato, though he privately worried about his command responsibilities and the Third Hokage's peace negotiations.
• Chiyue teased Nawaki for staring hungrily at the food, and Tsunade arrived in time to defend her brother.
• Tsunade sat beside Chiyue, but he pushed her away and questioned whether she had washed before sitting on his bed.
• Chiyue sniffed Tsunade to check that she was clean, while Nawaki stared in shock at their closeness.
• Tsunade asked Chiyue for a massage after dinner and threatened to sleep on his bed if he refused, prompting Nawaki to drop his bowl onto the table.

Chiyue, Minato, and Nawaki spent the evening with Tsunade before learning they had been assigned to guard sealed corpses at the camp morgue. Nawaki revealed that his teacher had arranged the assignment, leaving Chiyue wondering why.

• Chiyue massaged Tsunade while Nawaki watched and questioned Minato about their unusually close relationship.
• Tsunade borrowed Nawaki’s allowance for a card game, then lost it to Minato and Chiyue.
• Jiraiya asked Orochimaru whether they should return to camp after their ambush, and Orochimaru said they would go back the next day.
• Chiyue offered to treat Nawaki after Tsunade gambled away his money, but Nawaki said he would hide his allowance next time.
• Nawaki told Chiyue and Minato they had been assigned to guard the Sealing Scrolls containing corpses at the morgue.
• Chiyue asked Nawaki whether he had offended someone, and Nawaki replied that his teacher had arranged the assignment.