Chapter Summaries

Yuu treated Tsunade to wine, but she caught him serving it in a deceptive cup and persuaded him to open his stash. As Tsunade grew drunk and flirted with him, Yuu pounced to seize the initiative.

• Yuu tried to serve Tsunade wine in a cup with a raised bottom, but she noticed it held very little.
• Tsunade teased Yuu about his generosity until he agreed to give her the best wine.
• Tsunade drank heavily, and Yuu begged her to stop because he was worried about his rare wine.
• Tsunade asked Yuu what was wrong with her, then pinched his cheek and called him handsome.
• Yuu declared that he would show Tsunade who had authority in the household and pounced on her.

Tsunade woke beside Yuu and recalled what she had done while drunk the night before. Yuu complained about her overpowering him and vowed to strengthen himself before challenging her again.

• Tsunade woke early and realized she was in bed beside Yuu.
• Tsunade confronted Yuu, and he pointed out the bite marks she had left on his neck and shoulders.
• Tsunade remembered getting drunk and making an apparent confession before acting on her feelings.
• Yuu declared that he would get stronger on the battlefield and defeat Tsunade in their next contest.

Yuu teased Tsunade after their intimate encounter, but Kurenai, Rin, and Shizune arrived with breakfast before they could continue. The chapter ended with Rin noticing marks on Yuu’s neck and shoulders, while Tsunade angrily reacted to his explanation.

• Tsunade blushed and hesitated when Yuu urged her to go another round.
• Yuu prepared to pounce on Tsunade, but Kurenai, Rin, and Shizune knocked at the door.
• Tsunade hurriedly straightened her clothes as Yuu calmly went to greet the visitors.
• Kurenai and Shizune brought Yuu breakfast, and Rin noticed marks on his neck and shoulders.
• Yuu blamed a drunk little wildcat, making Tsunade angrily call him out from inside.

Tsunade visited Yuu under the pretext of notifying him about an upcoming meeting, and Rin, Shizune, and Kurenai reacted to the marks on him by joining in. Several days later, Konoha held a meeting of its elite Jonin.

• Tsunade claimed she had come to tell Yuu about a meeting, and he backed up her excuse when she pleaded with him.
• Rin confronted Yuu about Tsunade’s marks and threw herself into his arms.
• Shizune and Kurenai joined Rin in teasing Yuu.
• Several days later, Konoha’s elite Jonin gathered in the Hokage’s office building for an official meeting.

Konoha’s jonin gathered in the Hokage’s Office to prepare for war against Iwagakure and Kumogakure, while Yuu’s presence drew attention from the assembled shinobi. The meeting began with Yuu taking Jiraiya’s place, leaving Jiraiya protesting beside Minato.

• Konoha’s major clans prepared forces for the Iwagakure and Kumogakure front, while the Hyuga Clan and Uchiha Clan guarded the border with the Land of Water.
• The jonin assembled in the Hokage’s Office for the prewar deployment meeting.
• Yuu shoved Jiraiya aside and complained that Jiraiya was crowding him.
• The jonin praised Yuu’s strength and mistook Jiraiya’s retreat for fear of him.
• Minato tried to comfort Jiraiya, who insisted he had willingly given his spot to Yuu.

Hiruzen Sarutobi opened Konoha’s Jonin Meeting to begin pre-war deployment, while Yuu ignored his instructions to observe from the back and claimed a prominent place among the jonin. The meeting began with Yuu still standing at the front beside Minato and Jiraiya.

• Jiraiya remained defiant after being bullied, and Minato watched his teacher with amusement.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived and took his seat as Hokage before the gathered jonin.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Yuu to move to the back, but Yuu pretended he had not heard the instruction.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi gave up arguing with Yuu and opened the Jonin Meeting.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi announced that Konoha would begin its pre-war deployment.

As Konoha prepared for war against Iwagakure and Kumogakure, Hiruzen Sarutobi gave a lengthy speech that Yuu interrupted with a yawn. The chapter ended with Yuu threatening to leave for home, prompting Hiruzen Sarutobi to signal Tsunade to stop him.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi delivered a pre-war speech to Konoha’s forces in the Hokage’s Office.
• Jiraiya waited for Yuu to interrupt Hiruzen Sarutobi’s speech, as he had before.
• Yuu yawned, drawing everyone’s attention and earning a stern lecture from Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Yuu ignored Hiruzen Sarutobi and announced that he was going home to drink and sleep because he was in a bad mood.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi realized Yuu might quit and gave Tsunade a signal to stop him.

Hiruzen Sarutobi began assigning forces against Iwagakure and Kumogakure after Yuu impatiently interrupted his speech. The chapter ended with Jiraiya and Minato ordered to the Cloud Battlefield to join Orochimaru and watch for Kumogakure’s movements.

• Yuu refused to return to the group until Hiruzen Sarutobi offered him a few kind words, then followed Tsunade back to the front.
• Kurenai Yuhi worried that Yuu’s strength had made him a formidable future son-in-law and threatened his standing as Kurenai’s strongest support.
• Yuu interrupted Hiruzen Sarutobi and declared that he would cut down Iwagakure and Kumogakure.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Jiraiya and Minato to go to the Cloud Battlefield, rendezvous with Orochimaru, and watch for Kumogakure’s movements.
• Jiraiya happily accepted the assignment, relieved that he would not have to take Yuu to the battlefield again.

Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned Tsunade and Yuu to the Iwagakure front, but Yuu’s question about which enemy village had tougher bodies left him baffled. Yuu explained that tougher shinobi were easier to cut down.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned Tsunade and Yuu to lead Konoha’s campaign against Iwagakure.
• The jonin accepted Hiruzen Sarutobi’s battlefield deployment without objections.
• Yuu interrupted the meeting to ask whether Iwagakure or Kumogakure shinobi had tougher bodies.
• Yuu said tougher bodies made enemy shinobi easier to cut down.

Yuu decided to seek out physically sturdy opponents to gain Physique Points, and Hiruzen Sarutobi steered him toward Iwagakure by claiming Kumogakure’s muscles came from Lightning Release training. Yuu remained suspicious and threatened Jiraiya if he had been lied to.

• Yuu vowed to gain many Physique Points and prove his strength to Tsunade after the war.
• Tsunade wondered whether Yuu wanted to target sturdy people because she had upset him, and she blushed as she recalled that night.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi suggested Iwagakure’s ninjas were sturdy and claimed Kumogakure’s muscles came from Lightning Release Chakra Secret Jutsu.
• Yuu asked Jiraiya to confirm Hiruzen Sarutobi’s claim, and Jiraiya agreed under Hiruzen Sarutobi’s threatening gaze.
• Yuu warned Jiraiya not to lie to him, leaving Jiraiya worried that Yuu might later confront him.

Yuu agreed to go to the Stone Battlefield, while Tsunade kept him from learning about the Cloud Battlefield. Konoha’s ninja prepared his supplies and grew excited about his arrival at the front.

• Yuu agreed to head to the Stone Battlefield and looked forward to proving himself against Tsunade.
• Tsunade decided to keep Yuu with her and glared at Jiraiya for losing track of him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi worried that Yuu might confront him later but resolved to deny knowing anything about the Iwagakure ninja’s toughness.
• Konoha ninja loaded Yuu’s supplies onto transport vehicles and became careful and excited when they learned he was going to the front.

Hiruzen Sarutobi warned Yuu not to act recklessly now that Iwagakure and Kumogakure had fully entered the war. He assigned Tsunade to keep an eye on Yuu and placed Shikaku Nara’s squad under her command.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi recognized the crates as wine taken from Konoha’s warehouses, but Yuu insisted they were strategic resources because drinking made him stronger.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi questioned how Yuu’s drinking ability worked, and Yuu threatened him with Shusui for staring.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Tsunade to keep Yuu from causing trouble, warning that Iwagakure and Kumogakure had joined the war in force.
• Tsunade promised to watch Yuu, and Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned Shikaku Nara’s squad to her.
• Yuu complained that Hiruzen Sarutobi doubted him and declared that he would chop the Iwagakure fighters to pieces.

Yuu left with Tsunade’s reinforcements for the Konoha front line, bringing Kakashi along to train him. After days of hunting game for Yuu, Kakashi finally reached the camp near Iwagakure’s front.

• Hiruzen accepted Yuu’s concern about his health and agreed to listen to Tsunade.
• Hiruzen assigned Kakashi to accompany Yuu, and Yuu made him responsible for hunting game as swordsmanship training.
• After Yuu departed, Hiruzen missed bickering with him and took out his frustration on Asuma.
• Tsunade and Yuu led the Konoha reinforcements to the front line camp against Iwagakure.
• Kakashi reached the camp exhausted after spending every mealtime hunting for Yuu.

As the main force neared the battlefield, Yuu promised to reveal the secrets behind his swordsmanship after Kakashi complained about their recent “training.” Kakashi, Tsunade, and the surrounding jonin eagerly listened as Yuu began to explain.

• Yuu recalled that Kakashi had spent recent days hunting game and catering to his drinking and bathing demands.
• Yuu urged Kakashi to cheer up and cut down more Iwagakure ninja on the battlefield.
• Yuu saw Kakashi's frustration and promised to tell him the secrets of his swordsmanship.
• Kakashi, Tsunade, and the surrounding jonin leaned in as Yuu began to explain why his swordsmanship was so powerful.

Yuu told Kakashi that drinking and cutting people down had forged his powerful swordsmanship, leaving Kakashi doubting his own training. A Konoha jonin interpreted Yuu’s words as praise for honing blade techniques through real combat and resolved to spar with his son.

• Yuu told Kakashi that drinking more and cutting down more people would forge powerful swordsmanship.
• Kakashi doubted Yuu’s explanation, then questioned whether his own arduous training had been flawed.
• Yuu grabbed Tsunade and headed toward the main camp while Kakashi remained dejected.
• A Konoha jonin claimed Yuu meant that blade techniques had to be honed through actual combat rather than basic training.
• The jonin decided to spar with his two-year-old son when he returned.

Yuu grumbled over Kakashi’s strange reaction to his offer of swordsmanship lessons, while Tsunade suggested Kakashi might have gained insight from Yuu’s words. A summons to the War Room interrupted them as Tsunade took command of Konoha’s front line.

• Kakashi interpreted Yuu’s comments about killing Stone Ninja as a promise to teach him swordsmanship and resolved to prove himself.
• Yuu complained to Tsunade about Kakashi acting strangely and decided he could teach him a few moves later.
• Tsunade suggested Kakashi might have gained insight into swordsmanship from Yuu’s words.
• A Konoha ninja announced that Mimura Hamaki and the others had gathered in the War Room.
• Tsunade acknowledged the summons and prepared to review the front-line situation as its commander.

Yuu attended a strategy meeting on the Konoha-Iwagakure front, where Tsunade introduced him to the assembled shinobi. The meeting began with Tsunade asking Mimura Hamaki to explain the battlefield situation.

• Tsunade invited Yuu to the strategy meeting, and he complained that meetings were a pain.
• Tsunade and Yuu entered the war room, where Mimura Hamaki and the other Konoha shinobi greeted them as Lord Tsunade and Lord Yuu.
• Yuu grandly acknowledged the shinobi, leaving Mimura Hamaki and the Jonin dumbfounded and Tsunade annoyed.
• Tsunade began the meeting, took the main seat, and had Yuu sit beside her.
• Tsunade asked Mimura Hamaki to introduce the battlefield situation.

Tsunade learned that Ōnoki had joined the Iwagakure front lines and brought Yuu to Konoha's camp, where Yuu claimed he would defeat the Tsuchikage. At Iwagakure's camp, Ōnoki identified Yuu as the reason he had gone to war, while Mazhī volunteered to fight him.

• Mimura Hamaki told Tsunade that Ōnoki had personally arrived at the front lines.
• Yuu drank wine seized from Iwagakure, gained chakra and swordsmanship comprehension, and promised to chop down Ōnoki.
• Tsunade and Yuu led Konoha's reinforcements to the front-line camp.
• Ōnoki learned that Tsunade and Yuu had arrived, and said he had gone to war to eliminate Yuu.
• Mazhī dismissed reports of Yuu's strength and volunteered to cut him down.

Ōnoki gathered Iwagakure’s Jonin to plan how to eliminate Saiki Yuu before war with Konoha, while the Jonin offered increasingly impractical suggestions. The meeting ended with Daishi proposing that Iwagakure lure Saiki Yuu with fine wine.

• Mazhī dismissed Saiki Yuu’s reputation and hoped to kill him on the battlefield.
• Ōnoki explained that Iwagakure’s campaign against Konoha would prioritize killing Saiki Yuu.
• Iwagakure’s Jonin suggested forcing Saiki Yuu into battle or demanding that Konoha hand him over.
• Daishi proposed using a shipment of fine wine to lure Saiki Yuu into robbing it.
• Ōnoki angrily rejected Daishi’s plan.

Ōnoki devised a trap to lure Saiki Yuu into an ambush by sending supply convoys along a rocky route. Several days later, Tsunade noticed that Iwagakure had stopped its usual small-unit operations and suspected something was wrong.

• Hikari connected Daishi’s suggestion to Saiki Yuu’s past attack on Sunagakure’s supply lines, inspiring Ōnoki to target him with a supply convoy trap.
• Ōnoki ordered Higashi, Mazhī, Daishi, and Hikari to wait in ambush while Iwagakure repeatedly sent supply teams along the selected route.
• Ōnoki expected Hiruzen Sarutobi to send Saiki Yuu after the convoys and looked forward to celebrating the planned victory.
• Several days later, Tsunade reviewed an intelligence report and questioned why Iwagakure’s usual small-unit actions had ceased.