Chapter Summaries

Lin Feng won over Nagato and Konan, gained a reward that raised all his Naruto-plane skills to max level, and assigned them tasks to disband the Akatsuki Organization and find the Whirlpool Clan’s scattered members. He refused to take Konan with him, warned them about Obito Uchiha, and ended by inviting Konan to join the Whirlpool Clan.

• Lin Feng received the Mouth Jutsu Expert achievement and opened a chest that raised all his mastered Naruto-plane skills to max level.
• Nagato proposed that Konan accompany Lin Feng, but Lin Feng told her to stay and protect Nagato from Obito Uchiha.
• Lin Feng warned Nagato and Konan about Obito and said he would eliminate him if they met again.
• Nagato and Konan worried that they had taken Lin Feng’s gold without helping, so he reminded them to disband the Akatsuki Organization and locate the Whirlpool Clan’s scattered members.
• Lin Feng sympathized with Konan and invited her to join the Whirlpool Clan as Whirlpool Konan.

Lin Feng accepted Konan into the Whirlpool Clan despite her purple hair and advised Nagato on recovering from the strain of using the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. Before leaving Amegakure, Lin Feng replaced Nagato’s chakra-draining rain technique with three protective barriers.

• Lin Feng told Konan that she qualified for the Whirlpool Clan regardless of her hair color.
• Lin Feng examined Nagato and advised him to recover in Amegakure and avoid using the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path once it was no longer needed.
• Lin Feng told Nagato to stop maintaining the chakra-consuming Rain Tiger at Will Technique.
• Lin Feng created three layers of barriers around Amegakure, including underground defenses against Black Zetsu, and suggested a ninja squad take turns maintaining them.

Lin Feng left Amegakure after giving Nagato and Konan a display of his barrier and teleportation abilities. He set his sights on Konoha and decided to seek out Gaara, the One-Tail Jinchuriki, as his next good deed.

• Lin Feng created a three-layer barrier without detectable Chakra, astonishing Konan.
• Nagato gave Lin Feng a village token to help him avoid trouble while traveling through Rain Country.
• Lin Feng said goodbye to Nagato and Konan, then vanished using the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Nagato and Konan realized Lin Feng had used a powerful space ninjutsu and marveled at China's mysteries.
• Lin Feng considered capturing tailed beasts to intimidate the villages and decided to visit Gaara, the One-Tail Jinchuriki.

During the Chunin Exams, Lin Feng considered whether to keep Naruto alive and planned to capture Shukaku. In the Death Forest, Team Eight hid near a confrontation after Akamaru sensed a frightening opponent, and Shino advised them to wait for a chance to escape.

• Lin Feng planned to capture Shukaku and considered meeting Naruto before deciding whether to extract the Tailed Beast from him.
• The chapter explained that the Chunin Exams’ second stage required teams to obtain Heaven and Earth Scrolls in the Death Forest, where killing was permitted.
• Kiba led Team Eight toward a confrontation because he wanted to eliminate other teams, despite already having both scrolls.
• Akamaru became frightened after sensing the strength of someone among the teams fighting nearby.
• Hinata suggested leaving, but Shino told Team Eight to wait until the fight began and then look for an opportunity to escape.

Gaara refused to leave the Death Forest despite already having the required scrolls, and he confronted three Rain ninja. After they attacked him with senbon, he killed them with Sand Waterfall Funeral, leaving Kankuro and Temari still with him in the forest.

• Three Rain ninja challenged Gaara, Kankuro, and Temari and demanded their scrolls.
• Kankuro urged Gaara to head to the central tower because their team already had a complete set of scrolls.
• Gaara refused to stop killing and threatened to kill Kankuro if he objected again.
• The Rain ninja attacked Gaara with Rain Dew Senbon, but his sand blocked every needle without injuring him.
• Gaara used Sand Waterfall Funeral to crush the three Rain ninja and shower the area with blood.

Gaara killed three Amegakure ninja during the Chunin Ninja Exams, frightening Team 8 before Temari persuaded him to leave. Meanwhile, Lin Feng returned to the Land of Fire, enjoyed a barbecue, and considered how to unify the ninja world while limiting the bloodshed.

• Gaara killed three Amegakure ninja, and Team 8 watched in terror as sand began to gather around them.
• Temari warned Gaara not to reveal his bloodthirsty nature before the exams ended, and he agreed to leave.
• Hinata and the others breathed a sigh of relief after Gaara and his companions departed.
• Lin Feng entered a prosperous city in the Land of Fire and ordered an expensive barbecue meal.
• Lin Feng considered his mission to gather the tailed beasts and unify the ninja world, and resolved to seek a plan that would minimize fighting.

Lin Feng encountered Tsunade hiding from casino thugs in a grilled meat restaurant and considered whether he could use her future position as Hokage to control Konoha. When the thugs came looking for her, Lin Feng described Tsunade to them.

• Lin Feng set aside his thoughts about war and prepared to eat grilled meat.
• Tsunade rushed into Lin Feng's room, transformed her appearance, and told him to pretend she was his friend.
• Lin Feng recognized Tsunade and teased her about losing at gambling and dodging her debts.
• Lin Feng considered using Heavenly Hand of Almighty to control Tsunade, but decided Konoha's politics would make that plan troublesome.
• Casino thugs entered the restaurant searching for a woman in green, and Lin Feng described Tsunade's appearance to them.

Lin Feng provoked Tsunade while helping her evade thugs who were searching for a woman she had been impersonating. After Tsunade wrecked a restaurant table and Lin Feng paid for the damage, she led him into an alley and asked why a member of the Whirlpool Family had left Konoha.

• Lin Feng questioned the big man about whether he planned to capture Tsunade, and the man mistook her for a much younger woman.
• The big man called Tsunade an old woman, so Lin Feng pointed the thugs toward the window and said their target had escaped that way.
• After the thugs left, Tsunade smashed the table when Lin Feng repeated the insult, and he paid the restaurant owner for the damage.
• Tsunade led Lin Feng into an alley and asked whether he had become a rogue ninja despite the Whirlpool Clan being forbidden to leave Konoha.

Lin Feng told Tsunade that the Whirlpool Clan was free to leave Konoha and proved it with the Third Hokage's letter. Tsunade accepted money from him, then questioned how he had gotten so wealthy.

• Lin Feng showed Tsunade the Third Hokage's letter, confirming that the Whirlpool Clan no longer had to stay hidden in Konoha.
• Tsunade studied Lin Feng and noticed how much he had changed since they last met.
• Tsunade asked Lin Feng for emotional-damages money, and he handed her a pouch so she could win back her losses.
• Tsunade accepted the money and asked how Lin Feng had obtained it despite the Whirlpool Clan living on Konoha's subsidies.

Lin Feng told Tsunade that his wealth came from an unbroken winning streak at casinos, and she grudgingly believed his convincing act. Their exchange was interrupted when Shizune arrived looking for Tsunade and mistook Lin Feng for a creditor.

• Lin Feng pointed to the gambling symbol on Tsunade's clothes and claimed he had won his money gambling after leaving Konoha.
• Tsunade doubted Lin Feng until he insisted that casinos had banned him because he never lost.
• Tsunade envied Lin Feng's luck and considered giving him an unforgettable beating.
• Shizune arrived with Tonton, apologized to Lin Feng, and promised to repay the money she thought Tsunade owed him.
• Tsunade denied that she had been gambling and pointed out that she still had her money.

Tsunade tried to set Shizune up with Lin Feng, then offered her disciple in exchange for his delicious wine. The chapter ended with Shizune, emboldened by drink, imagining a future with Lin Feng as he brought out another jug.

• Tsunade introduced Shizune to Lin Feng and hinted that she should pursue him.
• Tsunade treated Lin Feng and Shizune to a meal, hoping to play matchmaker.
• Lin Feng shared a jug of wine from the System Space, and Tsunade and Shizune loved it.
• Tsunade offered Shizune to Lin Feng in exchange for more wine.
• Shizune imagined marrying Lin Feng and starting a family, and Lin Feng took out another jug of wine.

Shizune woke with a hangover and learned that Lin Feng had left to return to Konoha, supposedly to watch a student prove himself to a former teacher. Shizune wanted to return to Konoha too, but Tsunade refused, still bound by her vow never to go back.

• Shizune woke up hungover and apologized after Tsunade reprimanded her for drinking too much.
• Tsunade told Shizune that Lin Feng had left for Konoha to watch an outstanding student challenge a former teacher's judgment.
• Shizune wondered whether Lin Feng was describing himself, and Tsunade thought of Orochimaru as a possible match for the student.
• Shizune suggested that she and Tsunade return to Konoha, but Tsunade silently refused because she had vowed never to return.

Tsunade refused to return to Konoha, while Nagato and Konan disbanded the Akatsuki and rejected Obito Uchiha’s plan. Obito was warned that he and Zetsu would be treated as invaders if they entered Amegakure.

• Tsunade declared that she would never return to Konoha, even if she starved to death.
• Deva Path Pain told Itachi Uchiha and Kisame that the Akatsuki had disbanded and sent them away with their compensation.
• Konan spotted Obito Uchiha watching from behind a boulder and challenged him to reveal himself.
• Obito Uchiha demanded to know why Nagato and Konan had abandoned the Akatsuki and their plan to bring peace.
• Konan told Obito Uchiha that she and Nagato had chosen a new path to peace and warned that he and Zetsu would be treated as Amegakure’s enemies if they infiltrated the village.

Nagato and Konan disbanded the Akatsuki Organization and planned to establish the Whirlpool Clan, while Obito disappeared with a threat. During Orochimaru’s attack on Konoha, Sasuke pursued the Sand ninjas carrying Gaara, leaving Shino to face Kankuro.

• Konan and Nagato returned to Amegakure after warning Obito, and Obito vanished after threatening Nagato.
• Nagato and Konan celebrated completing their first task and prepared to replace Akatsuki with the Whirlpool Clan.
• Orochimaru launched the Konoha Crush during Sasuke and Gaara’s exam match, trapping the Third Hokage and throwing the arena into chaos.
• Sasuke chased the Sand ninjas, defeated Temari, and caught up with Kankuro as Temari pursued them.
• Shino appeared and volunteered to hold off Kankuro so Sasuke could continue after Gaara.

Naruto confronted Gaara after Gaara transformed and overwhelmed Sasuke, then used a vast number of Shadow Clones to fight back. Gaara transformed fully into One-Tail Shukaku, crushing Naruto’s clones and leaving the Konoha trio terrified.

• Shino and Sasuke exchanged boasts before Sasuke left, and Kankuro challenged the Konoha Genin Squad.
• Gaara unleashed a Tailed Beast Transformation and brutally defeated Sasuke as he pursued Temari.
• Naruto arrived while Sakura could only watch over the injured Sasuke, and Gaara threatened Sakura to provoke Naruto.
• Naruto used Shadow Clones and Exploding Tags to strike Gaara with the Konoha Secret Technique: [Thousand Years of Death].
• Sasuke tried to protect Naruto, but Naruto summoned thousands of Shadow Clones and overwhelmed Gaara with his Four Thousand Barrage.
• Gaara transformed into One-Tail Shukaku and crushed Naruto’s Shadow Clones, frightening Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura.

Naruto summoned Gamabunta to fight Gaara’s released One-Tail Shukaku, but Lin Feng stepped in and repelled Shukaku’s attack with Shinra Tensei. Lin Feng offered Shukaku a choice, and Shukaku’s response left Lin Feng preparing to beat him and take him away.

• Naruto summoned Gamabunta, who slashed down Gaara’s complete form.
• Gaara used the False Sleep Technique and released One-Tail Shukaku.
• Shukaku attacked Gamabunta with Wind Release: Air Bullet, and Lin Feng deflected the attack with Shinra Tensei.
• Lin Feng told Shukaku he could grant him a wish or beat him flat and take him away.
• Shukaku began forming a Tailed Beast Ball, and Lin Feng declared that Shukaku had chosen the second option.

Lin Feng seized Shukaku’s Tailed Beast Ball and made it explode inside the One-Tail’s mouth, then sealed the battered beast with Adamantine Sealing Chains. Shukaku was left tightly bound, and Lin Feng had won without giving him a chance to recover.

• Shukaku grew enraged at Lin Feng’s taunts and began forming a Tailed Beast Ball, alarming Sasuke, Sakura, and Gamabunta.
• Lin Feng grabbed the Tailed Beast Ball with his golden Void Handprint instead of dodging it.
• Lin Feng clenched his hand and caused the Tailed Beast Ball to explode inside Shukaku’s mouth, badly injuring him.
• Lin Feng summoned Adamantine Sealing Chains that wrapped around and tightly bound Shukaku.

Lin Feng released Shukaku from Gaara, restrained him again, and captured him inside the Heavenly Dao Small Tower. As Gamabunta tried to flee with Naruto, a colossal golden hand descended from the sky.

• Lin Feng broke Gaara's False Sleep Technique and pulled him out of Shukaku's body.
• Lin Feng released the seal on Gaara's stomach, allowing Shukaku to appear in his true form.
• Shukaku refused to work for Lin Feng, so Lin Feng bound him with Adamantine Sealing Chains and captured him in the Heavenly Dao Small Tower.
• Gamabunta realized Lin Feng might be after the Tailed Beasts and tried to escape with Naruto.
• A colossal golden hand descended as Gamabunta prepared to leap away.

Lin Feng drove Gamabunta away and discovered that Konoha had used Heavenly Hand of Almighty to reshape Naruto's loyalty. He introduced himself to Naruto as his biological uncle, Whirlpool Maple Forest.

• Lin Feng attacked Gamabunta, who fled back to Mount Myōboku, and Lin Feng caught Naruto as he fell.
• Lin Feng sensed Heavenly Hand of Almighty in Naruto and concluded that the Third Hokage and Konoha's elders had used Shisui Uchiha's eye to make Naruto protect Konoha.
• Sasuke stepped between Lin Feng and Naruto, but lowered his guard after Lin Feng reminded him that he had saved them.
• Naruto praised Lin Feng, who introduced himself as Whirlpool Maple Forest, Naruto's biological uncle and the person who chose his name.

Lin Feng revealed to Naruto that he was his uncle and that Naruto was the son of the Fourth Hokage and Uzumaki Mito. When Naruto urged Lin Feng to save the Third Hokage, Lin Feng used Heavenly Hand of Almighty to make Naruto listen to his uncle.

• Lin Feng explained that Naruto's seal had a special lock and considered using Heavenly Hand of Almighty to control him.
• Lin Feng showed Sasuke and Sakura the Third Hokage's notes as proof that the Whirlpool Clan had existed in Konoha.
• Lin Feng told Naruto that his parents were the Fourth Hokage and Uzumaki Mito, and Naruto tearfully embraced him.
• Naruto asked Lin Feng to save the Third Hokage from Orochimaru's attack and called Konoha Lin Feng's hometown.
• Lin Feng realized Naruto's plea was affecting him, then used Heavenly Hand of Almighty to make listening to his uncle Naruto's lifelong goal.