Chapter Summaries

After Tazuna admitted he had lied about the mission’s rank because he could not afford a higher reward, Kakashi’s team debated whether to continue protecting him. Makoto rejected Tazuna’s emotional appeals and then received the Wood Golem Technique from Hashirama after agreeing to call him teacher, leaving the team’s decision unresolved.

• Tazuna confessed that Gato was targeting the Land of Waves and that he had concealed the danger because he could not pay for a higher-ranked mission.
• Kakashi asked the team whether they should continue, and Sakura argued that the mission was too dangerous while Tazuna appealed to them with the fate of his family.
• Madara and Tobirama condemned Tazuna for lying, while Makoto said his pleas could not morally blackmail him.
• Makoto called Hashirama teacher, and Hashirama gifted him the Wood Golem Technique.
• Makoto offered to acknowledge Hashirama as his adoptive father and joked about his relationship with Tsunade, but Madara urged him to handle the matter at hand.

Kakashi agreed to continue protecting Tazuna, but Makoto challenged Tazuna over concealing the mission’s true danger and threatened his family to expose the consequences. He then persuaded Naruto that becoming Hokage meant following mission rules and protecting Konoha’s ninja, leaving Naruto convinced Makoto had a point.

• Kakashi agreed to continue protecting Tazuna, who thanked him.
• Makoto called out Tazuna for threatening them with his daughter’s hatred and said he should eliminate her as an enemy.
• Tazuna pleaded that his granddaughter would suffer and that he would die, but Makoto replied that he would reunite the family.
• Naruto objected to Makoto’s threats, so Makoto asked about Naruto’s dream of becoming Hokage.
• Makoto explained that falsified mission ranks and concealed dangers could get ninja killed, and urged Naruto to take responsibility for their safety.
• Naruto understood Makoto’s argument about matching missions to their ranks, though he wondered how Makoto had ended up persuading him.

After Makoto Ito confronted Tazuna over lying about the mission rank, Tazuna agreed to pay the B-rank fee, and the groups continued to the Land of Waves. They landed at the bridge under construction, where Kakashi and Makoto Ito braced for an attack as Naruto spotted a rabbit and threw a kunai at it.

• Makoto Ito rebuked Tazuna for concealing the mission's danger and insisted that the mission rank and payment be raised.
• Kakashi told Tazuna they would end the mission unless he paid the B-rank fee, and Tazuna agreed to the new terms.
• Kakashi's Team 7 and Makoto Ito's group traveled by boat to the Land of Waves without encountering danger.
• After seeing the unfinished bridge, Kakashi and Makoto Ito heightened their vigilance, while Makoto Ito anticipated Zabuza and Haku's arrival.
• Naruto Uzumaki threw a kunai at a white rabbit, and Kakashi sensed that something was wrong.

Kakashi detected an ambush, and Zabuza attacked the group with his Kubikiribōchō. Makoto Ito dodged the flying sword and caught it, leaving Zabuza stunned and weaponless.

• Kakashi suspected they were being watched after noticing a snow rabbit with unusual white fur.
• Zabuza hid nearby and prepared to ambush Kakashi and the others.
• Kakashi sensed Zabuza's Chakra and warned Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura Haruno, and Tazuna to get down.
• Sasuke pulled Tazuna down, Sakura Haruno knocked Naruto down, and Makoto Ito dodged the spinning Kubikiribōchō.
• Makoto Ito caught the Kubikiribōchō as he landed, and Zabuza realized the sword was gone from his hand.

Zabuza Momochi confronted Kakashi’s team, but Makoto Ito had already taken the Kubikiribōchō. The discussion then turned to the names of Konoha and the Hokage, and Hashirama Senju explained that Madara had named the village while Hashirama had named its leader.

• Makoto Ito took Zabuza Momochi’s Kubikiribōchō, ruining Zabuza’s planned entrance.
• Zabuza appeared before Kakashi’s group and identified Kakashi as the reason the Demon Brothers had failed.
• Kakashi recognized Zabuza as a dangerous rogue ninja and shielded Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura Haruno, Tazuna, and the others.
• Naruto challenged Zabuza, but Kakashi stopped him from rushing into danger.
• Makoto Ito joked that the Hokage title seemed better suited to Fire Release users, prompting Hashirama Senju to explain that Madara Uchiha named Konoha after Hashirama’s Wood Release and Hashirama named the Hokage position after Madara’s Fire Release.

Makoto Ito, Madara Uchiha, and Tobirama Senju argued that strength secured a nation's standing, while Minato Namikaze proposed making the Ninja World suffer before pursuing peace. Outside, Kakashi Hatake revealed his Sharingan during the fight with Zabuza, leaving Sasuke shocked and Naruto confused about Kakashi's surname.

• Tobirama Senju, Madara Uchiha, and Makoto Ito discussed Konoha's former strength and agreed that power underpinned diplomacy.
• Hashirama Senju said he had changed his views, while Minato Namikaze suggested scamming the Ninja World out of rice to teach it to value peace.
• Kushina Uzumaki, Mikoto Uchiha, and Mito Uzumaki ignored the men and played Fight the Landlord as Mito prepared to teach Mikoto the Yin Seal.
• Kakashi Hatake revealed his Sharingan as Zabuza reached for his missing great sword and mocked Kakashi for hiding it.
• Sasuke was shocked to see Kakashi's Sharingan, and Naruto mistakenly concluded that Kakashi's name was Uchiha Hatake Kakashi.

Makoto Ito challenged Zabuza while Kakashi watched over Zabuza’s sword, but Zabuza used Hidden Mist Technique to conceal himself and approach Kakashi. Makoto dispelled the mist with a powerful tornado, exposing Zabuza sneaking toward his sword.

• Kakashi revealed his Three-Tomoe Sharingan, shocking Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura, while Makoto showed no surprise.
• Makoto threw Zabuza’s Kubikiribōchō in front of Kakashi and charged at Zabuza, asking Kakashi to watch the sword.
• Zabuza grew angry at Makoto’s challenge and used Hidden Mist Technique to obscure the battlefield.
• Kakashi joined Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura in protecting Tazuna while Makoto unleashed Wind Release: Tornado Destroys Parking Lot.
• The tornado swept away the mist and revealed Zabuza sneaking toward Kakashi and his sword.

Makoto Ito overwhelmed Zabuza with powerful ninjutsu, then switched to taijutsu and dominated him. Zabuza was left unable to match Makoto as Makoto mocked his fighting skills.

• Makoto Ito bombarded Zabuza with powerful Fire Release techniques, forcing him to dodge while Kakashi and the others retreated from the battlefield.
• Makoto Ito refused to kill Zabuza because he wanted him as a subordinate, then accepted Zabuza’s challenge to fight without ninjutsu.
• Makoto Ito crushed Zabuza in taijutsu, outmatching his speed, strength, experience, and ability to read his moves.
• Makoto Ito taunted Zabuza for his clumsy fighting, while the group chat joked about the battle and Kushina Uzumaki attacked Minato Namikaze with Adamantine Chains.

While Makoto Ito fought Zabuza, the group chat joked about Minato Namikaze’s pain, Tobirama Senju and Izuna Uchiha’s supposed relationship, and Madara Uchiha cooking for Hashirama Senju. Makoto subdued Zabuza with a surprise attack and used Kotoamatsukami to make him obey, leaving Zabuza unconscious beneath a tree.

• The group chat teased Minato Namikaze for seeming to enjoy being struck, then joked that Izuna Uchiha was Tobirama Senju’s wife after noticing his signature.
• Hashirama Senju asked Madara Uchiha why he had never made him hangover soup, prompting Mito Uzumaki to remind him that she was his wife.
• As Makoto Ito read the chat while fighting Zabuza, his laughter enraged Zabuza, and their clashes carried them deeper into the forest.
• Makoto Ito used Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu, appeared behind Zabuza, and hit him with a Rasengan.
• Makoto Ito revealed his Sharingan and used Kotoamatsukami to command Zabuza to obey him, then sent Zabuza crashing through trees.

Makoto Ito used Kotoamatsukami to make Zabuza respect him and accept him as his leader, then recruited Zabuza and Haku to go to Konoha. Zabuza agreed after Makoto promised he could live peacefully there, and Haku began treating his injuries.

• Makoto Ito deflected three senbon needles aimed at Zabuza and heard Zabuza call him Lord Makoto.
• Zabuza called Haku down from his hiding place and told him that Makoto was his boss and that his orders were Zabuza’s orders.
• Haku questioned Makoto and nearly attacked him, but Zabuza stopped him and insisted that Makoto was his good big brother.
• Makoto told Zabuza and Haku to follow him to Konoha, explaining that his teacher, Hiruzen Sarutobi, would allow them to join.
• Zabuza accepted Makoto’s offer, and Haku bowed to him before treating Zabuza’s injuries.
• Madara Uchiha, Tobirama Senju, Izuna Uchiha, and Hizashi Hyuga discussed Kotoamatsukami and questioned Haku’s trustworthiness, while Makoto described Zabuza and Haku’s bond as true love.

Makoto Ito convinced the injured Zabuza to abandon his mission and join Konoha, claiming his strange Will of Fire had moved him. The group accepted Zabuza and Haku, though Kakashi remained baffled by Makoto’s explanation.

• Makoto Ito taught Zabuza and Haku his version of Konoha’s Will of Fire, and Zabuza eagerly repeated it.
• Kakashi arrived with Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno, Tazuna, and the others, then found Makoto sitting peacefully with Zabuza and Haku.
• Makoto told the group that Zabuza had been moved by his Will of Fire and wanted to join Konoha; Zabuza confirmed that Gato had hired him to sabotage the bridge but that he now planned to help build it.
• Naruto mistook Haku for a beautiful big sister and asked if she was Zabuza’s girlfriend, but Haku revealed that he was a boy, surprising Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura.
• Zabuza declared Makoto Ito his great big brother and offered to be monitored, while Kakashi decided to leave explaining the situation to the Third Hokage to Makoto.

Makoto Ito traveled with Team 7, Zabuza, and Haku to Tazuna’s home as Naruto and Sasuke asked him to help them become stronger. He agreed to teach them, but wondered how to overcome the Nine-Tails’ interference with Naruto’s chakra and whether he could awaken Sasuke’s Sharingan early.

• Naruto repeatedly begged Makoto Ito to teach him ninjutsu, while Sasuke silently watched and resolved not to fall behind.
• Makoto Ito asked Naruto about the Rasengan, and Naruto admitted he had memorized it but could not learn it; Makoto promised to teach him when they arrived.
• Makoto Ito offered to teach Sasuke ninjutsu and said he might find a way to help him awaken the Sharingan; Sasuke accepted while pretending he did not want help.
• Kakashi heard Makoto Ito promise to teach Naruto the Rasengan and thought of his teacher, Minato Namikaze.
• Makoto Ito realized the Nine-Tails’ chakra was interfering with Naruto’s chakra circulation and considered helping Naruto build a relationship with the Nine-Tails.
• Makoto Ito wondered if his powerful spiritual energy could help him use genjutsu to awaken Sasuke’s Sharingan, then asked others for ideas on helping Naruto.

Makoto Ito sought a way to help Naruto befriend the Nine-Tails, and Minato Namikaze proposed gifting Makoto a copy of the Yin Nine-Tails so he could enter Naruto’s Sealing Space. The group considered whether combining Yin and Yang Nine-Tails Chakra might create a new Nine-Tails, but Mito Uzumaki said the idea was uncertain and worth trying.

• Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju suggested using Sharingan or brute force to control the Nine-Tails, while Makoto Ito dismissed their advice as unsuitable for Naruto.
• Kushina Uzumaki and Mito Uzumaki said they had handled the Nine-Tails by beating it whenever it misbehaved, but Makoto Ito noted that Naruto did not know Sealing Jutsu.
• Minato Namikaze explained that the Yin Nine-Tails was sealed inside him and suggested gifting it to Makoto, since the Chat Group could copy gifts without removing them from the giver.
• Minato Namikaze said Makoto could use the Yin Nine-Tails’ Chakra to enter Naruto’s Sealing Space and help him, though Tobirama Senju wondered whether this could create another Nine-Tails.
• Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha joked about fighting multiple Nine-Tails, and Tobirama Senju awkwardly teased Madara Uchiha by calling him Mito Uzumaki’s sister-in-law.
• Mito Uzumaki said she could not predict whether combining Yin and Yang Nine-Tails Chakra would create a new Nine-Tails, but thought the experiment was worth trying.

Makoto Ito claimed the Yin Nine-Tails gifted by Minato Namikaze and discovered that the Chat Group had created a miniature, obedient Kurama with the Nine-Tails’ memories and Chakra. As the group reacted to the strange new pet, Tobirama Senju realized something about Madara Uchiha’s remark and pressed him to explain.

• Minato Namikaze confirmed that the Yin Nine-Tails gift had succeeded, and Makoto Ito went into the forest with Zabuza and Haku to claim it safely.
• Makoto Ito claimed the gift and watched the Nine-Tails’ Chakra form into a miniature creature without any resistance.
• The miniature Nine-Tails introduced itself as Kurama, called Makoto Ito its Master, and explained that it had the original Nine-Tails’ memories and Chakra but was a separate being.
• Makoto Ito tested Kurama with commands, and Kurama obediently sat and shook his paw.
• The Chat Group members marveled at Kurama’s behavior, and Tobirama Senju seized on Madara Uchiha’s comment about the nine tailed beasts and demanded he clarify what he meant.

Tobirama Senju and Minato Namikaze realized the Chat Group copied gifted items, meaning Minato could potentially create extra Nine-Tails by gifting his Yin Nine-Tails. Makoto Ito claimed the gifts as Minato produced a crowd of new Nine-Tails, but the Chat Group fixed the bug before they could make more.

• Tobirama Senju and Minato Namikaze reasoned that gifting the Yin Nine-Tails might duplicate it rather than remove it from Minato.
• Minato Namikaze gifted the Yin Nine-Tails to Makoto Ito, who claimed it and felt a new Nine-Tails form inside him.
• Minato Namikaze repeatedly gifted the Yin Nine-Tails, and Makoto Ito claimed the gifts until twenty or thirty Nine-Tails appeared around him.
• The Chat Group announced that it had fixed the bug, leaving the Nine-Tails already created but preventing further gifts.

Makoto Ito claimed dozens of miniature Nine-Tails from the Chat Group and sealed them inside a scenic space in his body. As he considered giving them to friends and allies, the Nine-Tails inside Naruto sensed the many chakra signatures and panicked, while Kakashi noticed a powerful chakra reaction near Makoto.

• Makoto Ito was overwhelmed by miniature Nine-Tails arguing over who was real and fighting for space on his body.
• Makoto Ito used the Four Symbols Seal to move the Nine-Tails into a bright Sealing Space and told them he would find families to adopt them.
• Makoto Ito considered giving the miniature Nine-Tails to Chat Group members, his future wives, and the Konoha 12 Rookies.
• The Nine-Tails sealed inside Naruto sensed dozens of chakra signatures and feared that his other half had been split apart.
• Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura Haruno noticed nothing, but Kakashi sensed a powerful chakra reaction coming from Makoto Ito's direction.

Makoto Ito, Zabuza, and Haku went to Gato’s base so Makoto could reclaim Gato’s money. Gato’s warriors failed to stop Zabuza and Haku, and Gato threatened Makoto as he approached him.

• Makoto Ito rejoined Kakashi’s group with Zabuza and Haku, then left them at Tazuna’s home to visit Gato’s base.
• Gato berated Zabuza for failing to kill Tazuna and mocked him for following Makoto Ito.
• Zabuza drew the Kubikiribōchō and demanded that Gato respect Makoto, but Gato insulted them and ordered his warriors to attack.
• Zabuza cut down the warriors while Haku froze them, and Makoto Ito asked Gato where he kept his money.
• Gato threatened Makoto Ito and demanded that he kneel, claiming his wealth would bring endless assassinations upon him.

Makoto Ito tortured Gato for the location of his fortune, cutting off his arms and a leg before Gato revealed a hidden basement containing at least one billion ryo. Makoto killed Gato and left to claim the money, ending the threat he posed to the Land of Waves.

• Makoto Ito demanded to know where Gato had hidden his money and cut off one of his arms when Gato threatened him instead of answering.
• Gato threatened to seek an explanation from Konoha, so Makoto cut off his other arm and demanded an answer again.
• Gato offered ten million ryo, but Makoto rejected the amount and cut off one of his legs.
• Gato revealed a secret passage in his bedroom leading to a basement where he had hidden at least one billion ryo in cash.
• Makoto Ito killed Gato with a slash, having never intended to spare him.

Makoto Ito, Zabuza, and Haku found Gato’s hidden basement and collected nearly one billion ryo before Makoto burned down Gato’s residence. Meanwhile, Kushina Uzumaki used Makoto’s help to seal Minato Namikaze and punish him, while Kakashi’s group remained unaware of Makoto’s newfound wealth.

• Makoto Ito led Zabuza and Haku into Gato’s basement, where they found a vast pile of cash and packed nearly one billion ryo into sealing scrolls.
• Kushina Uzumaki gave Makoto Ito a guide to sealing techniques, and Makoto used it to immobilize Minato Namikaze.
• Kushina Uzumaki bound Minato with Adamantine Chains and seals, then whipped him as he cried out in pain.
• Makoto Ito burned down Gato’s residence and left with Zabuza and Haku.
• Kakashi’s group remained unaware that Makoto Ito had become extraordinarily wealthy, with enough money to buy around thirty Asuma Sarutobi heads at bounty price.

Makoto Ito returned to Tazuna's house with Zabuza and Haku after taking one billion ryo from Gato, then discussed ways to strengthen Sasuke and Naruto. He trapped Sasuke in a genjutsu where a hooded attacker killed Kakashi, Sakura, Zabuza, and Haku before revealing himself as Itachi Uchiha.

• Makoto Ito told Naruto that he and Zabuza and Haku had collected one billion ryo from Gato, astonishing the group.
• Kakashi paused training, leaving Sakura Haruno feeling like an outsider while Makoto Ito, Sasuke, and Naruto gathered together.
• Makoto Ito said he had ideas for making Sasuke and Naruto stronger, then placed Sasuke in a genjutsu without Sasuke noticing.
• In the genjutsu, a hooded attacker beheaded Kakashi, Sakura Haruno, Zabuza, and Haku, leaving Sasuke, Naruto, and Makoto Ito alive.
• The attacker revealed himself as Itachi Uchiha, and Sasuke recognized him and vowed to kill him.