Chapter Summaries

Hoshiryu Uchiha rejected Uchiha Ang’s attempt to bind him to the Uchiha Clan through an engagement and an offer of Hokage support. After Hoshiryu demonstrated his overwhelming power, Ang recognized that the clan needed him and pledged the Uchiha Clan’s support.

• Uchiha Ang proposed that Hoshiryu Uchiha marry his granddaughter, Uchiha Chiri, but Hoshiryu rejected the idea.
• Uchiha Ang warned Hoshiryu that Mangekyo users eventually went blind, but Hoshiryu said he would handle the problem himself.
• Uchiha Ang offered the Uchiha Clan’s support for Hoshiryu to become Hokage if he agreed to an engagement.
• Hoshiryu released a powerful Chakra shockwave and challenged Ang’s assumption that the clan could control or support him.
• Uchiha Ang realized the Uchiha Clan needed Hoshiryu and knelt to pledge the clan’s support.

Hoshiryu Uchiha met with Uchiha Ang, who pledged the Uchiha Clan’s support because he believed Hoshiryu could become Hokage and protect Konoha. They discussed ways to awaken the Sharingan, and Hoshiryu left after refusing Ang’s renewed engagement proposal for Chiri.

• Hoshiryu Uchiha asked whether Uchiha Ang could represent the Uchiha Clan, and Ang said he could speak for the clan as its head and the Dove Faction’s representative.
• Uchiha Ang explained that the clan had chosen Hoshiryu because he had fulfilled his talent and had a strong chance of becoming the next Hokage, unlike Madara Uchiha.
• Uchiha Ang told Hoshiryu how Chiri’s Sharingan awakening had affected the clan, and Hoshiryu suggested fear and anger as other ways to awaken the Sharingan.
• Uchiha Ang proposed an engagement between Hoshiryu and Chiri again, but Hoshiryu refused and said they could discuss the future later.
• After Hoshiryu left, Uchiha Sen asked why his father trusted him so much, and Uchiha Ang said Hoshiryu might surpass Madara Uchiha.

Hoshiryu Uchiha escaped questioning from the Sealing and Medical Department heads by leaving them the Medical Talisman’s production method, then returned to the Senju Compound. There, Tsunade got him to guide her training through a Shadow Clone, and he approached Nonō as she practiced.

• Mito Uzumaki introduced Hoshiryu Uchiha to Uzumaki Ten and Senju Kaho, then left him to answer their questions about the Medical Talisman.
• Hoshiryu Uchiha left the talisman’s production method on a scroll and escaped using a Shadow Clone, while Uzumaki Ten and Senju Kaho began studying it.
• Hoshiryu Uchiha returned to the Senju Compound and sat with Mito Uzumaki as Tsunade and Nonō trained.
• Tsunade asked Mito Uzumaki to train with her, so Mito turned to Hoshiryu Uchiha, who sent a Shadow Clone to guide Tsunade.
• Hoshiryu Uchiha noticed Nonō training and walked over to her with a smile.

Mito Uzumaki received the other Four Kage’s invitation to hold peace talks in the Land of Iron, and Hoshiryu Uchiha persuaded her to reject their proposed location and suggest a joint Chunin Exam to determine how benefits would be divided. The Jonin Council approved both proposals, and Mito told Hoshiryu she wanted him to safeguard Konoha’s chances in the exam.

• Chika brought Mito Uzumaki intelligence that the other Four Kage had met privately and delivered their invitation to hold a Five Kage Summit in the Land of Iron.
• Hoshiryu Uchiha urged Mito to choose a different summit location, and she agreed that accepting the other villages’ choice was unsafe.
• Hoshiryu proposed that the five villages hold a joint Chunin Exam and divide benefits according to the results, which Mito decided to raise at the Jonin Council.
• After realizing Konoha would likely rely on him as its strongest young competitor, Hoshiryu regretted proposing the exam.
• Mito returned after the council and told Hoshiryu that the Jonin had approved Konoha choosing the summit location and had mostly approved his exam proposal.
• Mito explained that the council had spent much of the meeting discussing who would compete and wanted Hoshiryu to serve as Konoha’s safeguard.

Mito Uzumaki prepared Hoshiryu Uchiha to serve as Konoha’s hidden safeguard in the future Chunin Exams and gave him the Shikkotsu Forest summoning scroll. Half a month later, as Mito prepared to leave for the Five Kage Summit, Hoshiryu showed her that he had learned to use the Flying Thunder God Technique.

• Mito Uzumaki explained the Three Great Holy Lands and gave Hoshiryu Uchiha the Shikkotsu Forest summoning scroll, hoping he would learn Sage Mode.
• Mito asked Hoshiryu to enter the future Chunin Exams under a disguise and intervene only if Konoha’s contestants needed help, and he agreed.
• Hoshiryu asked whether Tsunade could sign the scroll, and Mito said he could decide who used it.
• After half a month of negotiations, Mito prepared to depart for the Five Kage Summit.
• Hoshiryu gave Mito a Flying Thunder God-marked shuriken, revealing that he had learned the technique and giving her an added safeguard for the meeting.

Hoshiryu Uchiha took Tsunade, Nonō, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya to train, where he taught the girls to summon slugs from Shikkotsu Forest. Jiraiya tried the Summoning Technique and vanished, while Hoshiryu waited for him to return from the place that would change his fate.

• Hoshiryu Uchiha went to the Ninja Academy with Tsunade and Nonō and invited Jiraiya to train with them.
• Hoshiryu led the group to the Senju Training Grounds, where Orochimaru studied a new ninjutsu scroll on his own.
• Hoshiryu showed Tsunade and Nonō the Shikkotsu Forest Summoning Scroll, and they signed it and summoned small slugs.
• Jiraiya watched the girls, learned the Summoning Technique hand seals, and vanished when he tried the technique.
• Hoshiryu reassured the others and waited for Jiraiya to return.

Jiraiya was pulled through space and time to Mount Myoboku, where the Great Toad Sage revealed fragments of his future. The prophecy left Jiraiya facing the prospect that a momentous choice he made would shape whether his future disciple brought peace or destruction.

• Jiraiya accidentally traveled through space and time and appeared on Mount Myoboku.
• Gamabunta attacked Jiraiya after he called him a toad demon, but Sage Fukasaku stopped him and said the Great Toad Sage wanted to see Jiraiya.
• Sage Fukasaku explained Mount Myoboku and its summoning contracts as he led Jiraiya to the Great Toad Sage.
• The Great Toad Sage awoke, forgot who Fukasaku was, and then recognized Jiraiya as the guest he had requested.
• The Great Toad Sage told Jiraiya that his future disciple would change the ninja world and that Jiraiya's momentous choice would influence whether the disciple brought peace or destruction.

Six-year-old Jiraiya met the Great Toad Sage at Mount Myoboku and was told he was the teacher of the Child of Prophecy. After signing Mount Myoboku’s Summoning Scroll, he returned to the Senju Clan’s training grounds and told his astonished companions what had happened.

• The Great Toad Sage asked Jiraiya how he had reached Mount Myoboku, and Jiraiya explained that his Summoning Technique had brought him there while he was practicing.
• The Great Toad Sage named Jiraiya the teacher of the Child of Prophecy and instructed Sage Fukasaku to give him Mount Myoboku’s Summoning Scroll.
• Jiraiya signed the scroll under Sage Fukasaku’s guidance, then was summoned back to the Senju Clan’s training grounds.
• Orochimaru questioned Jiraiya’s reckless use of the Summoning Technique, and Jiraiya defended himself as his companions laughed.
• Jiraiya told Hoshiryu Uchiha, Tsunade, Orochimaru, and the others about meeting the Great Toad Sage and signing a contract with Mount Myoboku.

Hoshiryu Uchiha learned that the Great Toad Sage's prophecy had not foreseen him, and he continued training Jiraiya. At the Five Kage Summit, Mito Uzumaki confronted the Third Raikage over his accusation about Tobirama Senju's death, until Uchiha Ang used a terrifying Mangekyo power that alarmed the assembled Kage.

• Hoshiryu Uchiha concluded that the Great Toad Sage's prophecy had limits and that he could still change the world's course.
• Jiraiya showed off his Summoning Technique, summoned a tadpole, and Hoshiryu Uchiha began guiding his training.
• Mito Uzumaki and the other Kage gathered for the Five Kage Summit, where they agreed the war needed to end.
• The Third Raikage accused the Hokage of responsibility for the Second Raikage's death, and Mito Uzumaki challenged him over Tobirama Senju's death.
• Mito Uzumaki and the Third Raikage prepared to fight, but Uchiha Ang unleashed flames that tore through space and made the Kage wary.

Uchiha Ang's eyes manifested Hoshiryu Uchiha's sealed Mangekyo, warning the Kage and stopping the Five Kage Summit from turning into a fight. Mito Uzumaki challenged the Third Raikage over his remarks, and he apologized before the negotiations resumed.

• Hoshiryu Uchiha's Transcription Seal awakened Brahma Flame in Uchiha Ang's eyes when Mito Uzumaki was about to fight.
• The Mangekyo's appearance made the other Kage cautious, and the Third Raikage returned to his seat.
• Mito Uzumaki asked whether the Third Raikage had spoken for Kumogakure or only for himself.
• The Third Raikage weighed the danger Hoshiryu Uchiha's Mangekyo posed to him and his village, then said his remarks were personal and apologized.
• Mito Uzumaki dispersed her golden Chakra protection and returned to her seat.

The Five Kage agreed to end the war by distributing benefits according to the results of a Chunin Joint Examination, which Konoha would host. Mito Uzumaki returned to a jubilant Konoha, while Hoshiryu Uchiha watched Orochimaru rejoice at the end of the fighting.

• Shamon and the Third Mizukage urged the Kage to end the war, and the Raikage proposed that Konoha make sacrifices to support the other nations.
• Mito Uzumaki proposed a Chunin Joint Examination, with benefits awarded according to the nations’ results, and the other Kage agreed.
• The Five Kage chose Konoha as the examination venue and concluded their summit.
• Mito Uzumaki sent word to the front lines that the war was over, and Konoha’s shinobi celebrated their return home.
• The villagers welcomed Mito Uzumaki back to Konoha, while Hoshiryu Uchiha noticed Orochimaru rejoicing among the wounded.

Orochimaru reunited with his parents, but learned that a Sand Shinobi toxin had shortened their lives. Hoshiryu Uchiha offered to seal them in suspended animation, and Orochimaru left to discuss the choice with them before Mito Uzumaki summoned Hoshiryu to Hokage Tower.

• Orochimaru’s parents survived the war, but a New Toxin from the Sand Shinobi damaged their cells and left them with little time to live.
• Orochimaru asked Hoshiryu Uchiha to seek a cure from the Senju Clan, and Hoshiryu judged that they likely had no solution.
• Hoshiryu offered to seal Orochimaru’s parents in suspended animation to prolong their lives.
• Orochimaru thanked Hoshiryu but said he needed to discuss the plan with his parents before deciding.
• Mito Uzumaki signaled for Hoshiryu to meet her at Hokage Tower, and he agreed.

Mito Uzumaki told Hoshiryu Uchiha that the other Four Nations might unite against Konoha during the Jointly Held Chunin Exams and asked him to participate. Before he left, she also revealed Uchiha Ang’s plan to arrange an engagement between Hoshiryu and Uchiha Chiri.

• Mito Uzumaki recounted the Five Kage Summit to Hoshiryu Uchiha and warned that the other four villages might target Konoha during the exams.
• Mito Uzumaki asked Hoshiryu Uchiha to enter the exams and suppress the other villages’ contestants, and he agreed.
• Mito Uzumaki asked Hoshiryu Uchiha to give the Cloud Ninja a ruthless lesson, and he readily agreed.
• Mito Uzumaki told Hoshiryu Uchiha that Uchiha Ang wanted him to become engaged to Uchiha Chiri.
• Hoshiryu Uchiha realized Uchiha Ang had been arranging the match and privately resolved to get back at him.

Hoshiryu Uchiha brought Uchiha Chiri into his Truancy Squad and persuaded her to help with a plan after using her grandfather’s attempted engagement arrangement to pressure her. Tsunade and Nonō also joined the plan, while Jiraiya and Orochimaru stayed behind for their own reasons.

• Hoshiryu Uchiha brooded over Uchiha Ang’s matchmaking plans and decided to act on his own.
• Hoshiryu watched Uchiha Chiri and realized that Ang’s talk of their future marriage had made her shy and uncomfortable around him.
• Hoshiryu pulled Chiri away from class and took her to the training ground, where he implied he might reveal Ang’s engagement plans unless she helped him.
• Hoshiryu explained his plan to Chiri, who agreed despite her surprise.
• Tsunade and Nonō arrived, heard the plan, and agreed to join, while Jiraiya watched them leave and Orochimaru went to Konoha Hospital with his parents.

Uchiha Ang was tricked into believing that Uchiha Chiri had been kidnapped and rushed to rescue her, where a staged attack drove him to awaken the Mangekyo. The deception was exposed when Chiri vanished and the assembled onlookers mocked Ang for his reaction.

• Uchiha Sen, Tsunade, and Nonō told Uchiha Ang that Chiri had been kidnapped, and he hurried to the scene without noticing a camera recording him.
• Uchiha Ang saw Hoshiryu confronting spies who held Chiri hostage, and Hoshiryu refused their demand to leave the Land of Fire with her.
• The leader stabbed toward Chiri, but a swift figure knocked him away and killed the two spies behind him.
• Uchiha Ang caught Chiri and saw blood pour from her mouth and a fatal wound over her heart, causing his Mangekyo to form as he grieved.
• Chiri vanished with a bang, and people using the Body Flicker Technique appeared around Uchiha Ang and laughed at him.

Uchiha Ang awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan after believing Uchiha Chiri had been killed, only to discover that Hoshiryu Uchiha had staged the ordeal to warn him against overstepping. Hoshiryu took the recording of Ang’s humiliation and proposed showing it at a Clan celebration, leaving Ang horrified.

• Uchiha Ang awoke surrounded by Uchiha Clan members and anxiously asked whether anyone had recorded what happened.
• Uchiha Sen revealed that he had recorded everything, prompting Uchiha Ang to lunge for the device.
• Hoshiryu Uchiha took the Camera before Uchiha Ang could grab it and made clear he had arranged the deception as a warning.
• Hoshiryu Uchiha explained that the spies and Uchiha Chiri had been Shadow Clones, and that he had also wanted to see whether Uchiha Ang would awaken the Mangekyō.
• Hoshiryu Uchiha proposed holding a celebration banquet and showing the recording of Uchiha Ang’s Mangekyō awakening.

Uchiha Ang awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and realized Hoshiryu Uchiha had used a supposed recording to give him a way out, then took his anger out on Uchiha Sen. Afterward, Ang withdrew from administration while Orochimaru, Jiraiya, Nonō, and Tsunade advanced along new paths with Hoshiryu’s support.

• Hoshiryu Uchiha told Uchiha Ang he had recorded Ang’s eye-awakening, then let him believe the recorder was destroyed and the incident could be treated as a joke.
• Uchiha Ang glared at Uchiha Sen and the other Uchiha, who fled one by one, while Hoshiryu Uchiha vanished.
• Uchiha Ang pulled off his belt and beat Uchiha Sen, who was not seen for a month afterward.
• Uchiha Ang stopped interfering with administration, leaving it in the hands of the truancy small group.
• Orochimaru asked Hoshiryu Uchiha to seal away his parents, joined the Senju Clan faction for resources, and began pursuing biology after his modified techniques entered the Ninja Academy curriculum.
• Jiraiya began training under Sage Fukasaku, while Nonō and Tsunade studied Medical Ninjutsu under Hoshiryu Uchiha.

As New Year approached and Konoha prepared for the Jointly Held Chunin Exams, Hoshiryu Uchiha received his perfect exam score and made plans with his friends. He agreed to unseal Orochimaru’s parents for the holiday, refused Jiraiya’s request to celebrate at his house, and invited Uchiha Chiri to join him, Nonō, and Tsunade.

• Teacher Tsukiji praised Hoshiryu Uchiha for earning a perfect exam score despite skipping class, and Hoshiryu thanked him before joking that he would skip class again next year.
• Hoshiryu Uchiha and the Truancy Squad walked home together, and Orochimaru asked him to unseal his parents before New Year so they could celebrate together.
• Hoshiryu Uchiha agreed to help Orochimaru but refused Jiraiya’s request to spend New Year at his house.
• Hoshiryu Uchiha asked Uchiha Chiri to join him, Nonō, and Tsunade at the New Year celebration, and she had not yet answered.

Hoshiryu Uchiha spent time with Uchiha Chiri and Tsunade, then reviewed the system’s new notices and his growing abilities. He gave Tsunade a cultivation scroll and wondered how well she would use Wood Release.

• Hoshiryu Uchiha agreed to meet Uchiha Chiri on New Year's Day, while Tsunade left after seeing them together.
• Hoshiryu Uchiha caught up with Tsunade, who asked for a New Year's gift, and he promised he had prepared one.
• Hoshiryu Uchiha checked his system status and learned that he had gained an AFK slot, that beginner benefits had ended, and that a World Gate function would unlock when he met its conditions.
• Hoshiryu Uchiha considered how alchemy and his other improved abilities could help his companions, including the Bloodline Purification Pill and Wood Release.
• Hoshiryu Uchiha handed Tsunade a cultivation scroll and wondered whether she would be able to use Wood Release beyond building houses.

Hoshiryu Uchiha gave Tsunade a Wood Release Training Scroll, and she brought it to Mito Uzumaki for her opinion. After examining it and imagining Hoshiryu wielding Wood Release alongside his Mangekyō Sharingan, Mito asked where her own gift was.

• Hoshiryu Uchiha gave Tsunade a Wood Release Training Scroll, and she excitedly grabbed his hand and ran to the Senju Compound.
• Nonō watched them leave and kept her wish for a gift to herself.
• Tsunade showed the scroll to Mito Uzumaki, who carefully read it and considered what it could mean for Hoshiryu.
• Mito imagined Hoshiryu commanding Susanoo and True Several Thousand Hands together, while Hoshiryu interrupted her thoughts to ask what she thought of the gift.
• Mito asked Hoshiryu where her gift was.