Chapter Summaries

Chiyue ate ramen alone and met Uchiha Fugaku, who tried to persuade him to return to the Uchiha Clan. Chiyue refused and left, asking Fugaku to stop disturbing his life.

• Chiyue ordered two bowls of vegetable ramen from Teuchi and learned that Minato, Nawaki, Mikoto, and Kushina were away.
• Uchiha Fugaku arrived with two subordinates, and Chiyue told him that his smile was scary.
• After Fugaku's subordinates left, Fugaku asked whether Chiyue had returned from the battlefield and tried to persuade him to rejoin the Uchiha Clan.
• Chiyue refused, said he wanted no involvement with the clan, and asked Fugaku not to disturb his life.
• Chiyue left money on the table and headed home, while Teuchi protested being called uncle.

Kushina asked Chiyue to help her open a hot pot restaurant so her Uzumaki clansmen could earn a living, and Chiyue agreed to prepare the soup base and take half the shares. He went to Uchiha Mikoto’s home to find someone trustworthy to manage the cash register.

• Kushina woke Chiyue early, then explained that she wanted to open a restaurant for her clansmen, who refused official jobs and her financial support.
• Chiyue agreed that hot pot would be the restaurant’s specialty after Kushina revealed she had already renovated a shop on her luxury street.
• Chiyue set terms for the business: Kushina’s clansmen could share the profits but could not manage the restaurant or handle the cash register, and Kushina gave him half the shares.
• Chiyue decided to ask Mikoto’s mother to run the cash register and visited her home with gifts and fruit.
• Chiyue entered the Uchiha Clan territory under the watch of a secret follower and found Mikoto’s mother drinking tea in the courtyard.

Chiyue visited Mikoto's mother to ask her to manage the cash register and accounts for the restaurant he planned to open with Kushina, and she agreed. Mikoto returned home and learned about Chiyue's plan and new assignment as a Jonin Instructor, leaving her surprised.

• Chiyue visited Mikoto's mother with gifts and asked her to handle the restaurant's cash register and accounts.
• Mikoto's mother accepted Chiyue's request and embraced him affectionately.
• Mikoto came home early from the Police Force, saw Chiyue, and brought him orange juice.
• Chiyue told Mikoto about opening a restaurant with Kushina, and Mikoto approved of his choice of her mother to manage it.
• Chiyue told Mikoto that Minato and Nawaki had gone to the Land of Rivers battlefield and that Lord Hokage wanted him to become a Jonin Instructor with three unusual students.

Chiyue learned that his new students included an Uchiha and a Hyuga from the Main Family, and suspected the Third Hokage had arranged the team to manipulate him. He helped Kushina open a Hot Pot restaurant, then witnessed the Land of Rain camp's forces return to Konoha.

• Chiyue told Uchiha Mikoto that Hyuga Rinne, Uchiha Ryoi, and Masumi had been assigned to his team, and Mikoto warned him that Ryoi's grandfather was one of the Uchiha he disliked.
• Chiyue suspected the Third Hokage had assigned the students to constrain him and worsen his conflict with the Uchiha Clan.
• Kushina worried about the Hot Pot restaurant's quiet opening, and the Third Hokage visited with Sarutobi Biwako and Sarutobi Shinnosuke, drawing customers and attention.
• After helping at the restaurant for a day, Chiyue left its management to others and focused on resting and training.
• More than ten days after Chiyue returned, the Land of Rain camp's forces withdrew, and the Third Hokage welcomed them at Konoha's gate as Tsunade grew emotional at the cheering crowd.

Tsunade returned to Konoha and learned that the village had kept Yagami Chiyue away from the Land of Rivers battlefield, appointing him a Jonin Instructor because the Third Kazekage might target him. She left the meeting ridiculing the decision, while Chiyue remained asleep at home after weeks of night training.

• Tsunade arrived in Konoha and learned from Kushina that Chiyue was asleep after training through the night.
• At the Hokage meeting, Tsunade told the Third Hokage that Danzo needed several months to recover from the poison in his cranial nerves.
• The Third Hokage said Jiraiya, Orochimaru, Minato, and Nawaki had gone to the Land of Rivers battlefield to assist Hatake Sakumo.
• Tsunade realized Chiyue had stayed in Konoha while the rest of his squad went to war and asked the Third Hokage why.
• Utatane Koharu explained that the village had kept Chiyue in Konoha as a Jonin Instructor because the Third Kazekage might target him.
• Tsunade mocked the decision, comparing it to keeping Hatake Sakumo in the village despite Chiyo's hatred of him, then left the meeting.

Tsunade protested Chiyue being kept in Konoha as a Jonin Instructor, but Chiyue was content to avoid the battlefield and continue training in Sage Mode. After dinner, Tsunade took Kushina to train, leaving Chiyue to worry about the mess and whether Sage Mode would change his body.

• Tsunade criticized the Third Hokage and the elders for keeping Chiyue in the village while others had been sent to the Land of Rain battlefield.
• Dan Katō tried to introduce himself to Tsunade outside the Hokage Office Building, but she brushed him off.
• Chiyue told Kushina he expected to finish the first stage of Sage Mode training after another half month and asked her to arrange hot pot.
• Chiyue, Kushina, and Tsunade ate together, and Tsunade said she would rest before returning to the front lines.
• Tsunade carried Kushina off to supervise her Supernatural Strength Technique training, leaving Chiyue to notice Tsunade had not washed the dishes.
• Little White assured Chiyue that tailed-beast Sage Mode would not alter his body, though he remained worried about gaining animal-like features.

Chiyue entered Little White Sage Mode for the first time and began adding Nine-Tails Chakra Mode to his training. Meanwhile, Nawaki was dragged out of bed for another mission and complained that Chiyue had been gone for a month.

• With Little White's guidance, Chiyue entered Sage Mode and discovered that its only visible effect was hair that resembled fox ears.
• Little White confirmed Chiyue had achieved perfect Little White Sage Mode, and Chiyue maintained it for three minutes before his senjutsu Chakra ran out.
• Chiyue decided to train both Sage Mode and Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, while Little White explained that Kushina and the Nine-Tails still had a long way to go before accepting each other.
• Minato woke Nawaki for a mission, and Nawaki grumbled about being overworked and missing Chiyue, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya.

Nawaki and Minato missed Chiyue during a month of difficult missions, unaware he would not join them at the front because he had become a Jonin Instructor. Chiyue collected his new squad and brought them to Training Ground 13, where he prepared to test them.

• Nawaki and Minato asked Orochimaru and Jiraiya why Chiyue had not reached the front lines, but neither knew when he would arrive.
• Chiyue became an official Jonin Instructor, ending any chance of joining Nawaki and Minato's squad at the front.
• Chiyue entered the graduating students' classroom and summoned Hyuga Rinne, Uchiha Ryoi, and Masumi to join him.
• Uchiha Ryoi recognized Chiyue and called him by name, so Chiyue struck him with an eraser and identified himself as their Jonin Instructor.
• Chiyue led the three Genin to Training Ground 13 and announced that they had to pass their instructor's test to remain on the team.

Yagami Chiyue tested Hyuga Rinne, Uchiha Ryoi, and Masumi by making them stand motionless in the sun for hours, then passed them. The next morning, the team met at the village entrance for its first mission and Chiyue asked them to introduce themselves while they waited for the client.

• Chiyue announced an unconventional test and ordered the three students to stand at attention without moving while he slept.
• The Third Hokage spied on the test but decided not to interfere as the students endured more than four hours in the sun.
• Chiyue passed the students, told them to meet at the village entrance at nine the next morning, and then went to the Hot Pot restaurant.
• The students struggled home with sore, exhausted legs after the test.
• The next morning, Chiyue met the punctual team at the village entrance and led them toward their first mission at a patch of farmland.
• While waiting for the client, Chiyue asked the students to introduce themselves and share their dreams and favorite foods.

Yagami Chiyue introduced himself to his new squad and warned Masumi, Uchiha Ryoi, and Hinata Suzune not to bring trouble or clan rivalries into the team. After confirming their D-rank land-clearing mission with the client, Chiyue left the students discussing rumors about his strength, while Hinata Suzune questioned how much she could trust them.

• Masumi declared that he wanted to become the Fourth Hokage, and Uchiha Ryoi mocked his dream and civilian status.
• Uchiha Ryoi and Hyuga Rinne introduced themselves, revealing their lack of ambitions and clan-centered goals.
• Yagami Chiyue introduced himself, forbade the students from calling him teacher or seeking discipleship, and warned them not to cause trouble or bring rivalries into his squad.
• Yagami Chiyue checked the client's land-clearing request and confirmed that its details were accurate.
• Masumi told Uchiha Ryoi and Hinata Suzune that Chiyue's gaze had frightened him, and Ryoi described Chiyue's Sharingan and past Genjutsu feats.
• Hinata Suzune wondered whether the rumors about Chiyue were true, since the Hyuga main family viewed him as aligned with the Uchiha.

Chiyue made Hyuga Rinne, Uchiha Ryoi, and Masumi cultivate a muddy field while he trained to control the Nine-Tails' Chakra. By evening, the exhausted team had not finished the work, and Chiyue ate a roasted rabbit in front of them without sharing.

• Chiyue assigned the three newcomers a field-cultivation mission, and Masumi had to teach Hyuga Rinne and Uchiha Ryoi how to use their hoes.
• Chiyue left the team working under the sun and trained his control of the Nine-Tails' Chakra, asking White whether golden Chakra was stronger.
• Hyuga Rinne and Uchiha Ryoi struggled with the farm work while Masumi did most of the digging.
• Chiyue returned in the evening, mocked the team's slow progress, and roasted a rabbit as the three continued working.
• Chiyue ate the rabbit while Masumi, Uchiha Ryoi, and Hyuga Rinne watched hungrily.

Chiyue took his three new teammates to his hot pot restaurant after they finished their task, where Masumi angered Kushina by repeating her old nickname and was dragged off for a beating. After the teammates left, Chiyue and Kushina discussed the squad’s divisions between clan and civilian shinobi, and Kushina asked whether Chiyue would help Masumi.

• Chiyue promised his teammates hot pot if they finished their digging task before nightfall, and they completed it in time.
• At the restaurant, Masumi called Kushina the Crimson Red Hot Pepper, and Kushina tore off the private-room door and dragged him away for a chat.
• Masumi returned with a black eye, and Chiyue told the three teammates to rest until their next mission.
• Uchiha Ryoi and Hyuga Rinne left separately from Masumi, while Uchiha Ryoi said their captain was an oddball and might give them few missions.
• Kushina pointed out the squad’s internal conflicts, and Chiyue explained that Uchiha Ryoi and Hyuga Rinne looked down on Masumi as a Civilian Ninja.
• Kushina asked Chiyue whether he would help Masumi earn his teammates’ recognition.

Chiyue considered how to handle conflict among his team before the Nine-Tails noticed a tailed beast’s Chakra presence on him. He persuaded Kushina to consider a deal with the Nine-Tails, promising that his plan could bring freedom to her and her clansmen.

• Chiyue said he did not know how to resolve the conflict between Masumi, Uchiha Ryoi, and Hyuga Rinne without worsening tensions.
• The Nine-Tails demanded control of Kushina’s body to check whether Chiyue carried a tailed beast’s Chakra presence, but Kushina refused and shut it out of the Sealing Space.
• Chiyue realized the Nine-Tails might have detected Little White’s Chakra presence clinging to him.
• After confirming no one else was monitoring Kushina nearby, Chiyue suggested she let the Nine-Tails check him in exchange for its Chakra.
• Chiyue asked Kushina whether she wanted freedom, and she said she dreamed of it.
• Chiyue promised Kushina that if his plan succeeded, she and her clansmen would gain freedom and no longer face restrictions or special treatment.

Chiyue arranged to make the Nine-Tails curious about White’s Tailed Beast Chakra, while Kushina tried to negotiate with the fox. The Nine-Tails refused to lend its Chakra, but it sensed White’s unfamiliar aura and became alert.

• Chiyue told Kushina to offer the Nine-Tails a chance to identify his Tailed Beast Chakra in exchange for its Chakra, and Kushina entered the Sealing Space to ask.
• Kushina baited the Nine-Tails with the offer, but it refused to lend its Chakra and she left without securing its agreement.
• Chiyue took Kushina to his house and instructed her to loosen the Sealing Space restrictions whenever White released Chakra.
• Chiyue went to the Anbu hiding place with drinks and distracted the ninja while White leaked a little Chakra.
• The Nine-Tails sensed White’s unfamiliar Tailed Beast Chakra and abruptly stood up, certain that it belonged to no Tailed Beast it knew.

Kushina pressured the Nine-Tails into lending her Chakra by promising to reveal the source of a mysterious Chakra presence. She told him it came from Chiyue’s Summoned Beast, White, leaving the Nine-Tails to wonder whether White had also been forcibly summoned.

• Chiyue returned home after taunting two Anbu ninja, who decided not to report the encounter.
• Kushina went back into the Sealing Space and baited the Nine-Tails with the promise of an explanation.
• The Nine-Tails agreed to lend Kushina his Chakra if she identified the unusual Chakra presence.
• Kushina said the presence belonged to Chiyue’s white fox Summoned Beast, White, who had nine small tails.
• The Nine-Tails recalled Uchiha Madara forcing him to sign a summoning contract and wondered if White had suffered the same fate.

Kushina told the Nine-Tails that White had called it a stinky fox, provoking its fury, and Chiyue then sent White into the Sealing Space to coax the beast into accepting Kushina. The Nine-Tails became entranced by White instead of attacking him, leaving Kushina baffled as it asked whether White was a tailed beast.

• Kushina bargained with the Nine-Tails for help meeting White, then accidentally revealed that White had called it a stinky fox.
• The Nine-Tails roared at Kushina and demanded she beat White, but Kushina fled the Sealing Space without agreeing.
• Kushina told Chiyue what had happened, and Chiyue sent White with her to provoke the Nine-Tails into willingly accepting her as its Jinchuriki.
• White insulted the Nine-Tails' smell and challenged it about wanting to teach him a lesson, but the Nine-Tails was captivated by White and did not retaliate.
• The Nine-Tails regained its composure, asked whether White was a tailed beast, and breathed in his pleasant scent.

Chiyue’s plan to provoke the Nine-Tails with Little White failed when the Nine-Tails became infatuated with Little White, leaving Kushina embarrassed. Later, Masumi found Chiyue training by the river to ask for guidance, and Chiyue offered him watermelon.

• Little White returned from the Sealing Space furious because the Nine-Tails had become obsessed with its scent instead of reacting to the provocation.
• Kushina explained what had happened to Chiyue, then went home and scolded the humiliated Nine-Tails.
• Kushina spotted Masumi hiding outside the Hot Pot restaurant and told him where Chiyue was training.
• Chiyue continued practicing Nine-Tails Chakra Mode by the river and noticed Masumi approaching.
• Chiyue invited Masumi to sit and eat watermelon, remarking that prices had gone up.

Chiyue told Masumi not to sacrifice his growth to win his teammates’ approval and explained that becoming stronger was the best way to earn respect. He began Masumi’s training with chakra control, leaving him to practice tree climbing and water walking.

• Masumi asked Chiyue to guide his training, and Chiyue agreed to teach him the basics while reserving advanced techniques for contribution-point exchanges.
• Chiyue asked Masumi to consider his role on the squad, then told him he did not need to become a support or change himself to please his teammates.
• Chiyue argued that Masumi needed to grow stronger rather than seek Uchiha Ryoi and Hyuga Rinne’s recognition through self-sacrifice.
• Chiyue told Masumi to start with chakra control by practicing tree climbing and water walking.
• Masumi tried climbing a tree, managed several steps, then fell as Chiyue urged him to continue.

After training Masumi, Chiyue returned home and received the Raijin Sword from Tsunade, then tested its sharpness. Tsunade rushed off to arrange a sheath after Chiyue paid her, leaving him to clean the kitchen.

• Chiyue paid Masumi for the previous day's mission and told him to go to the hospital for treatment.
• Tsunade visited Chiyue, complained about village work and pressure to go to the front lines, and gave him Tobirama's Raijin Sword.
• Chiyue tested the Raijin Sword with Lightning-nature Chakra and easily cut through two kunai.
• Tsunade said a high-quality sheath would cost five million ryo, then corrected herself to fifty thousand; Chiyue gave her seventy thousand and demanded guaranteed quality.
• Tsunade promised to deliver the sheath in three days and hurried toward the Hokage's Office Building, while Chiyue cleaned up the kitchen.

Tsunade demanded that the Third Hokage make a sheath for the Raijin Sword, which she planned to give to Yagami Chiyue, and he agreed despite Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura’s objections. After losing the money Chiyue had given her at the casino, Tsunade went to Konoha Hospital, while Koharu continued complaining about the decision.

• Tsunade asked the Third Hokage to make a sheath for the Raijin Sword within three days so she could give it to Yagami Chiyue.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura objected to giving away Senju Tobirama’s sword, but Tsunade insisted it was her family’s property.
• Tsunade pressured the Third Hokage by threatening to stop treating Danzo, and he agreed to have the sheath delivered to Chiyue’s home.
• Tsunade went to the casino and lost all seven hundred thousand within an hour before heading to Konoha Hospital.
• Utatane Koharu complained to Mitokado Homura about the Third Hokage favoring Tsunade, and Homura reminded her that the sword belonged to the Senju Clan.