Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Asuka dealt with a series of Sand Ninja attacks, struck a generous lodging deal with Pakura, and began training Sunagakure children as battlefield Medical Ninjas. After demonstrating his harsh approach to amputation and hemostasis, he left to cook and planned to take missions to earn money.

• Asuka defeated a Sand Ninja who attacked him outside his lodging, then told Pakura about his offer to support Sunagakure and her dream.
• Pakura found Asuka’s breakfast and note the next morning, then told a meeting of Sunagakure officials that he had paid one million ryo to rent her sofa for three months and that she had donated most of the money to the orphanage.
• Rasa and the officials discussed the threat from Iwagakure and proposed seeking reconciliation and assistance from Kirigakure.
• Asuka frightened a group of Sunagakure children who resented Konoha, then explained that he would teach them battlefield Medical Ninjutsu.
• Asuka amputated a Sand Ninja’s ruined foot without anesthetic and made the children practice stopping the bleeding, praising those who endured the screams.
• Asuka left the hospital and considered making pineapple fried rice, deciding that he would take missions to earn more living expenses.

Asuka visited Sunagakure to post a sales mission and spoke with Pakura about difficult childbirth, while Rasa revealed that he had sealed a tailed beast inside his pregnant wife, Karura. When the beast’s chakra began spilling out four nights later, Asuka realized Sunagakure was facing a rampage and started gathering valuables.

• Pakura found Asuka at Sunagakure’s mission office, where he posted a D-rank mission to hire genin to sell Uchiha-themed fried chicken and luosifen.
• Pakura asked Asuka what could be done if a pregnant woman could not give birth, and he suggested a C-section without realizing she had a specific person in mind.
• Rasa told Yashamaru that he had sealed a tailed beast inside his pregnant wife, Karura, and that she might die during the process.
• Asuka woke in Pakura’s home when Sunagakure’s wind stopped and sensed the tailed beast’s chakra spilling out.
• Asuka found Pakura gone, recognized that the beast was about to rampage, and gathered his belongings along with valuables from her home.

Asuka watched Shukaku’s brief rampage in Sunagakure, then treated Yashamaru’s gravely injured sister and discovered that Shukaku’s Chakra had been sealed into her womb. By morning she was alive, but Rasa’s men considered how to handle Asuka after he learned the village’s secret.

• Shukaku emerged and attacked Rasa, but fled when Rasa countered with Gold Dust.
• Yashamaru brought his injured sister to Asuka, who took her inside to treat her.
• Asuka discovered that Shukaku’s Chakra had been sealed into the woman through her womb and extracted a small amount into a mark on his finger.
• Asuka told Rasa the woman was alive, and Rasa left with his ninja while warning them that killing Asuka in Sunagakure could provoke Konoha.
• A Sand Ninja suggested that Asuka’s death might be acceptable if it happened at someone else’s hands.

Asuka dealt with Pakura after saving Karura, kissed Pakura, and later joked with Karura about his lack of a girlfriend. The chapter ended with Asuka admitting to himself that his feelings had stirred, while Pakura prepared to head to the front lines.

• Pakura returned and told Asuka that Chiyo had exhausted her Chakra saving Karura, while Asuka demanded compensation for his help.
• Asuka kissed Pakura, then fled when she began to flare with anger.
• Kankuro thanked Asuka for saving Karura and asked to learn Medical Ninjutsu, and Asuka gave him an absurd chicken-based lesson.
• Spiral White Zetsu brought Uchiha Madara Luosifen and fried chicken, and Madara tried the noodles before dismissing them.
• Pakura cooked for Asuka and said she might soon go to the front lines because Iwagakure had become active; Asuka told her to stay safe.
• Karura asked whether Asuka liked anyone, and Asuka said his interest in Temari had started with her looks before reflecting on his revived desire for romance.

Sunagakure’s officials debated whether to trade Pakura to Kirigakure for a tailed-beast control method, while Rasa argued the deal would let Gaara become a powerful Jinchuriki. Meanwhile, Asuka entertained Kankuro with ideas for puppets, and Fei Fei ended the chapter with gossip about Rasa.

• Rasa told Sunagakure’s officials that Kirigakure offered a verified method for controlling tailed beasts in exchange for Pakura, and he argued the deal would strengthen the village through Gaara.
• Several officials theatrically injured or drowned themselves rather than approve the plan to sacrifice Pakura, while another proposed asking Kirigakure to help deal with Uchiha Asuka.
• Asuka described an enormous, weaponized puppet to Kankuro, but Chiyo interrupted and challenged him to a fight.
• Chiyo questioned Asuka about his food ingredients and mentioned that more than ten thousand chickens had gone missing from the Land of Lightning; Asuka denied involvement.
• Fei Fei told Asuka that his captain feared Shinnosuke was in danger, then revealed gossip that Rasa had been secretly keeping two women with Kekkei Genkai.

Asuka learned that Yuzo, Ebizo’s disciple, was involved with the daimyo’s concubine, giving Ebizo reason to fear the scandal could threaten Sunagakure’s funding. Ebizo asked Asuka to keep it secret, and Asuka agreed in exchange for buying Chiyo’s forbidden medical technique, leaving Ebizo rushing home with money for the village.

• Asuka heard the Orange Cat’s account of Mari’s affair with Yuzo, a disciple of Ebizo who was also rumored to be the daimyo’s concubine’s lover.
• Karura brought Kankuro to Chiyo to learn puppet techniques, and Kankuro repeated gossip about Yuzo that he had heard from Asuka’s cat.
• Chiyo and Ebizo discussed Sunagakure’s financial crisis and Ebizo decided to visit Asuka about the scandal involving Yuzo.
• Ebizo asked Asuka to keep the matter secret, and Asuka readily swore that he would not spread the gossip.
• Ebizo insisted Asuka accept something in return, so Asuka offered money for Chiyo’s forbidden medical technique, Reanimation Jutsu.
• Ebizo accepted the money and hurried home, believing it could help Sunagakure’s finances.

Ebizo gave Chiyo’s Reanimation Jutsu scroll to deal with a captured Konoha ninja, while Pakura returned to Sunagakure and received a secret mission to negotiate peace with Kirigakure. Asuka prepared to leave for the Land of Water to search for Sarutobi Shinnosuke, tried to confess his feelings to Pakura, and arrived the next morning to find she had already left.

• Ebizo persuaded Chiyo to hand over the Forbidden Technique: Reanimation Jutsu scroll and said he had sent people to clean up loose ends.
• Pakura returned to Sunagakure, found Maki noticeably heavier, and confronted Asuka about how he had cared for her disciple.
• Rasa assigned Pakura a confidential mission to travel to Kirigakure and deliver Sunagakure’s agreement to a ceasefire, reparations, and military support.
• Asuka learned that Sarutobi Shinnosuke had gone missing in the Land of Water after a Sand Ninja exposed his identity, and he planned to go look for him.
• Asuka silently confessed that he liked Pakura, but she caught him moving his lips, told him to stay at an inn, and pulled the Orange Cat back inside.
• Asuka returned the next morning to retrieve the Orange Cat and found that Pakura had left; the cat leapt at him in anger after a night of being tormented.

Uchiha Asuka and the Orange Cat traveled to the Land of Water while tracking Pakura, then encountered a Kirigakure ninja who investigated Asuka’s knowledge of Jashin. Asuka subdued her with Sharingan genjutsu and left the interrogation to the Orange Cat.

• The Orange Cat read from a travel guide as Uchiha Asuka explained why some people in the Land of Water targeted foreign tourists.
• The Orange Cat identified Pakura’s scent, and Uchiha Asuka changed course to follow her toward the Land of Water.
• Uchiha Asuka entered the capital, waited for the Orange Cat to adjust to the local mist, and spent the night at an inn.
• After seeing people worship Jashin, Uchiha Asuka shut his window and said they would leave once the Orange Cat recovered its sense of smell.
• A Kirigakure ninja entered Uchiha Asuka’s room and threatened him with a kunai while questioning his knowledge of Jashin.
• Uchiha Asuka used Sharingan genjutsu to incapacitate the ninja and assigned the Orange Cat to interrogate her about Kirigakure’s negotiations with Sunagakure and Jashin.

Ringo Yurui returned to her companion after Asuka and Orange Cat interrogated her, while Asuka tracked Pakura to a remote valley. There, Mitani ambushed Pakura and revealed that Sunagakure had handed her over as a sacrifice, leaving her near death as she thought she saw Asuka approaching.

• Ringo Yurui woke in Asuka's room, met her companion, and learned they had obtained information on the Evil God Organization.
• Asuka told Orange Cat that Ringo Yurui had a serious illness, and Orange Cat tracked Pakura's faint aura northeast.
• Pakura entered Kirigakure's foggy valley to attend negotiations and met the welcoming ninja Mitani.
• Mitani stabbed Pakura in the back, and other mist shinobi attacked her with kunai from the cliffs.
• Mitani told the dying Pakura that Sunagakure had traded her as a sacrifice in the ceasefire agreement, and she thought she saw Asuka before her eyes grew heavy.

Asuka arrived too late to save Pakura, killed the Hidden Mist ninja who had murdered her, and charged into a larger Mist force. He left the surviving enemies facing his overwhelming strength as the battle escalated.

• Asuka found Pakura dead and killed Mitani with a single strike.
• Asuka asked the Orange Cat to take Pakura's body somewhere safe, then went to confront the Hidden Mist ninjas.
• Asuka attacked the gathered Mist force, decapitating one ninja and cutting into a Hozuki Clan fighter.
• Asuka burned the Hozuki ninja with a Great Fireball Technique, causing an explosion that killed another enemy.
• Asuka caught an Exploding Tag kunai and threw it back into the crowd, killing several Hidden Mist ninjas.

Uchiha Asuka unleashed his sealed power while fighting Kirigakure forces in Blackened Valley, devastating the battlefield and carrying the dead Pakura away. Mei Terumi encountered him on the way back, and the chapter left Kirigakure pursuing the aftermath while Asuka headed toward Konoha.

• Uchiha Asuka killed several Kirigakure ninjas in Blackened Valley, and Kito Hotaru stabbed a comrade who suggested calling genin to help.
• Uchiha Asuka survived an Exploding Tag trap, released the seal covering his body, and unleashed overwhelming Fire Release that engulfed the Kirigakure forces.
• Fei Fei explained that Asuka's seal released a vast reserve of Chakra for ten seconds, empowering his defense and ninjutsu.
• Kirigakure dispatched teams toward the red sky, and Mei Terumi led a squad toward the battlefield.
• Uchiha Asuka, carrying the dead Pakura, used his Sharingan to place Mei Terumi under genjutsu and walked past her.
• Mei Terumi recovered with ash in her mouth, while Asuka and Fei Fei continued toward Konoha.

Asuka used the Reanimation Jutsu to revive Pakura, then revealed that Izanagi had saved him from dying at the cost of his Sharingan. Pakura kissed him, agreed to return to Konoha with him, and planned to travel the ninja world before reuniting with him in a year or two.

• Asuka completed the Reanimation Jutsu on Pakura while Fei Fei and the other Ninja Cats worried that he would die.
• Asuka revealed he had used Izanagi to undo his death, sacrificing the sight in his right eye, and Pakura awoke with her memories of dying intact.
• Pakura and Asuka confessed their feelings, kissed, and joked about how awkward their first kiss had been.
• Pakura agreed to travel the ninja world and return to Asuka in a year or two, while asking Fei Fei to sign a contract with her.
• Pakura decided to take Asuka back to Konoha before beginning her travels.

After bidding farewell to Pakura, Uchiha Asuka replaced his blind eye with a Three-Tomoe Sharingan and claimed a system reward that advanced his Mangekyo progress. He then discovered that his new Samehada-like weapon was a foul-mouthed, taunting blade.

• Uchiha Asuka replaced his blind eye with the Three-Tomoe Sharingan entrusted to him by Shichinosuke and explained that the clan had sealed away knowledge of Izanagi and Izanami.
• The Orange Cat asked for a Sharingan, but Asuka refused to give it one because he thought it looked too frightening.
• Asuka reached home and claimed his system reward, receiving energy that brought his Mangekyo awakening progress to about 4000/10000.
• Asuka inspected his rewards, dismissed the Body Technique Cultivation Acceleration Card, and read that his Samehada-like weapon was arrogant, talkative, and fond of mocking opponents.

Asuka summoned a talking teapot that contained a weakened, juvenile Shukaku, who emerged and tested his power with a failed attack. Outside, Mikoto was struck by Shukaku’s wind attack while protecting Kushina and left convinced that Asuka had deliberately caused her injury.

• Asuka summoned a black teapot and discovered that it could move and speak.
• Shukaku emerged from the teapot, delighted to be outside, then realized his consciousness had been separated from his original body in Sunagakure and his power restricted.
• Shukaku attacked Asuka with a Wind Release: Drilling Air Bullet, but Asuka dodged it and concluded Shukaku was too weak to threaten him.
• Shukaku retreated into the teapot in dejection after seeing how little power he had.
• Outside Asuka’s house, Kushina sensed the Nine-Tails acting up and took Mikoto nearby, where Shukaku’s stray wind attack hit Mikoto’s leg as she protected Kushina.
• Mikoto limped away with Kushina, claimed her leg had cramped, and suspected Asuka had caused the incident deliberately.

Uchiha Asuka discovered that Shukaku could share a small amount of Chakra through the Tea Kettle and that he could summon it back whenever it tried to escape. Shukaku ran through Konoha, found Kushina, and provoked her while communicating with the Nine-Tails, leaving the fox irritated after Kushina kicked it away.

• Kushina questioned the bound Nine-Tails, which blamed the Uchiha, the Whirlpool Clan, and the Senju for its troubles after hearing that Uchiha Asuka had returned from Sunagakure.
• Asuka tested the Tea Kettle and learned that it could transmit a small amount of Chakra; Shukaku misunderstood the Uchiha family relationships and decided to seek a way back to its main body.
• Shukaku asked Asuka about returning to its main body, then repeatedly tried to escape and discovered that Asuka could summon it back through an unknown contract.
• Shukaku sprinted through Konoha as villagers mistook it for a strange Uchiha pet, while Kakashi and the Anbu watched it follow Kushina home.
• Shukaku insulted Kushina and secretly communicated with the Nine-Tails, provoking Kushina to knead it and then kick it out of the house.
• The Nine-Tails opened its eyes after Shukaku was kicked away and silently resented the tanuki's foul mouth.

Black Zetsu learned that there were now two One-Tails, one in Sunagakure and one in Konoha, and decided Uchiha Madara needed to investigate the connection. Madara heard the news and considered leaving his underground lair despite his dependence on the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

• Black Zetsu worried that the two genuine One-Tails could disrupt the Eye of the Moon Plan and chose to tell Uchiha Madara about them.
• Spiral White Zetsu woke Madara with Three-Colored Dango and reported that the One-Tail was both easier to capture and duplicated between Sunagakure and the Hidden Leaf Village.
• Madara asked Spiral White Zetsu to repeat the news and realized the Eye of the Moon Plan had gone wrong.
• Spiral White Zetsu suggested that Madara absorb energy from the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path so he could move freely for a short time.
• Black Zetsu, watching from the shadows, accepted that Madara might need to regain some strength and remain alive longer.

Asuka tried to persuade Shukaku that working twelve hours for the fried chicken shop meant it could enjoy twelve hours of freedom, then attended a Uchiha meeting about improving the clan’s public image. He proposed using a marriage between Fugaku and Tsunade to promote the Uchiha and Senju clans’ shared history, but Ryoichi only agreed in principle and urged caution.

• Asuka explained Shukaku’s twelve-hour work and twelve-hour free-time arrangement, and Uzuki Yugao embraced the tanuki after Asuka introduced it as family and a shop shareholder.
• Shukaku taunted the Nine-Tails through Kushina about its freedom, so Asuka covered Shukaku’s mouth and hurried away; Kushina and Mikoto discussed Mikoto’s pregnancy and the name Sasuke.
• At the Uchiha clan meeting, Asuka learned that the discussion concerned how strongly to support the Fourth Hokage and improve the clan’s public image, not replacing Fugaku as clan head.
• Asuka suggested polishing the clan’s history and changing younger villagers’ impressions through propaganda about the Uchiha and Senju founding Konoha.
• Asuka argued that Fugaku should divorce and marry Tsunade so the clans could promote Hashirama Senju and Uchiha Madara together, but Ryoichi agreed only in principle and said the proposal needed careful consideration.

At a clan meeting, Asuka argued that Fugaku should divorce Mikoto to help the Uchiha improve their image, then fought alongside Shukaku when the meeting erupted into a brawl. After the Great Elder assigned Asuka to beautify the clan’s history, Asuka provoked Mikoto outside her home, and Shukaku began forming a Tailed Beast Bomb.

• The Great Elder considered whether Mikoto’s heartbreak might awaken her Mangekyo Sharingan, while Ryoichi and other elders made competing demands for support.
• Asuka proposed using Tsunade as an emissary of justice to improve the Uchiha’s reputation, then asked when Fugaku would divorce Mikoto.
• Uchiha Yuta challenged Asuka’s reasoning, and Shukaku’s taunts triggered a fight that forced Ryoichi to end the clan meeting.
• The Great Elder assigned Asuka to beautify the Uchiha clan’s history, and Asuka decided to create an adult comic instead.
• Asuka and Shukaku insulted Mikoto while she stood on a wall, and Mikoto attacked Asuka with a fireball.
• Shukaku suggested giving an angry woman “one” and began forming a Tailed Beast Bomb, shocking Asuka.

Asuka brought two erotic manga chapters to Konoha’s largest bookstore and arranged to have them published under the pen name Tsunade Iruka. He left the shop after negotiating the print deal and joking about Tsunade’s reaction.

• After Uchiha Mikoto left, Asuka warned Shukaku not to fire its Tailed Beast Bomb carelessly, and Shukaku claimed one shot could settle disputes with angry women.
• After three days of drawing, Asuka took two manga books to the bookstore and let the owner read them.
• The owner praised Asuka’s detailed art, learned that Dan Katō died in the first story, and asked Asuka to publish both books.
• Asuka chose the pen name Tsunade Iruka and said the Uchiha chapter had authorization from the Great Elder.
• The owner worried that Tsunade might object because Dan Katō resembled her dead boyfriend, and Asuka negotiated a sixty-forty publishing split while advising him to use subcontractors.

Uchiha Madara visited Konoha to see Hashirama’s tomb, then watched Uchiha Asuka’s fried chicken stall and recognized Asuka as someone who resembled a friend from his past. After learning Asuka’s name, Madara began to suspect the young Uchiha was connected to that old friend.

• Uchiha Madara remembered the village he had built with Hashirama and decided to visit Hashirama’s tomb before pursuing Uchiha Asuka.
• Asuka watched Shukaku sprinkle chili powder on fried chicken while Shukaku offered Kushina a Family Bucket and privately enjoyed upsetting the Nine-Tails.
• Madara observed Shukaku at the stall and realized the tanuki was the One-Tail, then reflected on his failed efforts to protect the Uchiha Clan.
• Asuka offered Madara a free piece of fried chicken, and Madara recognized that Asuka’s face resembled someone from his memories.
• Madara asked Asuka’s name, heard that he was Uchiha Asuka, and told him, “I saw it for you!”