Chapter Summaries

Hashirama and Tsunade discovered that the game’s top-up feature was incomplete, so they planned to visit Torikaze that night. Meanwhile, Torikaze gave Minato a phone and learned from Amado that the game needed a convenient way to accept payments.

• Hashirama tried to summon ninjas ten times, but the game said he lacked tickets and could not top up yet.
• Tsunade agreed to accompany Hashirama to see Torikaze that night, then went to call Tobirama for dinner.
• Ashina searched the Senju Clan Grounds and gave Tsunade an inscrutable look as she left.
• Tobirama put down his game and went to dinner, annoyed that Madara Uchiha was ranked S in Naruto.
• Torikaze gave Minato a phone, and Minato quickly learned to use it and play the game.
• Amado showed Torikaze the incomplete top-up screen, prompting Torikaze to prioritize a convenient payment method.

Torikaze found a System Shop item that let players top up their Naruto game accounts with cash, solving the payment problem. After Amado asked for a recharge, Hashirama arrived and paid 100,000 taels, planning to pull Hashirama Senju.

• Torikaze searched the System Shop for a way to let players top up from home and found the Naruto Mobile game Recharger.
• Torikaze exchanged for the recharger and tested its process of entering a game ID, choosing an amount, and inserting money.
• Amado asked Torikaze to top up his account so he could try to pull Madara Uchiha, and Torikaze agreed.
• Amado asked when the Torikaze character would be released, and Torikaze said it would take at least two or three more releases.
• Hashirama came to the Cloud Clan Grounds, gave Torikaze 100,000 taels to top up his account, and said he wanted to pull Hashirama Senju.

Hashirama enjoyed learning the game Torikaze had introduced and drew cards until he obtained his own character. He planned to practice and challenge the mysterious player who had beaten him in the Arena.

• Hashirama complained that an Arena opponent had defeated him with three S-Rank Ninjas and sent a head-patting emote, while Torikaze realized he had been that opponent.
• Hashirama thanked Torikaze for making his life more engaging and asked who was stronger in the game, himself or Madara Uchiha.
• Hashirama returned home, where Mito watched as he made successive ten-pulls and collected ninja fragments.
• Hashirama finally drew Hashirama Senju and Hiruzen Sarutobi, then resolved to practice so he could defeat his mysterious Arena opponent.

Hashirama lost his first Arena match to Torikaze despite using S-Rank ninjas, while Chisato visited Torikaze to top up her account and try out the game. After she asked about Minato, Torikaze invited her to watch his school’s Combat Training.

• Mito found her locked S-Rank portrait in the game and joined Hashirama in exploring it.
• Hashirama entered the Arena with three C-Rank ninjas but Torikaze defeated him with a full combo, leaving him discouraged.
• Mito returned to her room to practice while Torikaze decided to avoid the Arena until other players improved.
• Chisato visited Torikaze to top up her account, tried ninjas on his maxed account, and said she wanted to pull Madara Uchiha.
• Chisato asked whether Minato was at school, and Torikaze explained that his class had Combat Training and invited her to watch.

Torikaze and Chisato visited the game recharge shop before secretly watching Minato’s school Combat Training. Minato defeated a Nara Clan classmate, and Torikaze and Chisato joked about never having gone to school.

• Chisato and Torikaze decided to watch Minato’s Combat Training, and Torikaze considered teaching him the Flying Thunder God Technique when he was older.
• Torikaze and Chisato went to the crowded recharge shop under the Presence Concealment Technique, where Chisato recharged 500,000 ryo.
• Torikaze and Chisato arrived at the field and watched Minato face a Nara Clan child.
• Minato avoided his opponent’s Shadow Imitation Technique and won by striking him with a water ball.
• Torikaze praised Minato’s skills, and he and Chisato joked that neither of them had gone to school.

Torikaze and Chisato secretly observed Konoha’s school, but their conversation gave them away and they revealed themselves to the teachers. Torikaze watched the students’ Combat Training and offered a reward to the top child in each grade.

• Chisato thanked Torikaze for the opportunities and technology he had brought to Konoha, while Torikaze credited her talent for earning Shishou’s attention.
• Minato’s teacher heard Torikaze and Chisato talking and gathered the other teachers to investigate, prompting the pair to reveal themselves.
• Torikaze explained that he and Chisato had come to observe Combat Training, and the teachers reported on the school’s educational situation.
• Minato told his classmates that he was Torikaze’s little brother and said he wanted to work hard so he could help him in the future.
• Torikaze asked the teachers to continue Combat Training and promised a reward from the Hokage to the top student in each grade.
• The children began their exercises as Torikaze and Chisato watched, seeing them react in different ways to failed techniques.

Minato won first place in his grade’s combat training and received a trophy from Torikaze, who also saw the villagers’ game spending as a source of funding for Konoha’s development. After lunch, Minato tried Torikaze’s Naruto game and became engrossed, unaware that he had only one hour of playtime left.

• Torikaze awarded trophies to the six grade winners, including Minato, and dismissed the students for the day.
• Torikaze praised Minato at home, then checked his Tranquility Points and considered how game spending could fund Konoha’s development.
• Amado revealed that losing a game to someone using Hashirama had kept him awake, then rushed out with money to spend on the game.
• Minato opened the Naruto game after lunch and became absorbed in it, unaware that only one hour of playtime remained.

Nawaki returned to Konoha and learned to use the phone Hashirama had saved for him, while Uzumaki Ashina secretly investigated the Hokage Rock and prepared to act that night. The chapter ended with Torikaze cooking dinner as he waited for Minato to return.

• Nawaki came home from a mission, discovered that Konoha residents had phones, and found Hashirama playing a game on one.
• Hashirama gave Nawaki a phone and taught him how to use it, after which Nawaki began playing the game.
• Uzumaki Ashina avoided getting a phone and drew Torikaze's suspicion with his unusual behavior.
• Ashina visited the Hokage Rock, returned to his room, packed his luggage, and decided to act that night.
• Torikaze cooked dinner while Amado set out bowls and chopsticks for the three of them.

Torikaze woke to an alert and intercepted White Zetsu fleeing Konoha, discovering the hidden enemy after trapping him in crystal. As Torikaze demanded to know what White Zetsu had taken, an approaching figure claimed they needed the prisoner.

• Torikaze shared dinner with Amado and Minato, then played Arena matches late into the night.
• Uzumaki Ashina secretly entered Hashirama's house and scattered an unknown powder beside Hashirama and his wife's bed.
• Cloud Palace alerted Torikaze to an enemy leaving Konoha, and he pursued the fast-moving target toward the Hokage Rock Faces.
• Torikaze transformed and crystallized the forest, trapping and exposing the fleeing White Zetsu.
• Torikaze held the Crane's Cry Sword to White Zetsu's throat and demanded to know what he had taken before an approaching figure asked him to hand over the prisoner.

Torikaze confronted Madara Uchiha after White Zetsu escaped, and the two fought with their Susanoo and powerful techniques. Torikaze trapped Madara’s Susanoo with Crystal Vines, leaving Madara’s attempt to break free with Lightning Release ineffective.

• Madara Uchiha arrived and let White Zetsu escape before challenging Torikaze to fight.
• Madara and Torikaze summoned their Susanoo, and Torikaze clad his in Crystal Release armor.
• Torikaze activated Sage Mode and attacked with Sage Art: Feather Blade Storm, but Madara destroyed the cloud feathers with Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation.
• Madara used a Clone Technique and attacked Torikaze with his Tachi, but Torikaze dodged and vanished.
• Torikaze trapped Madara’s Susanoo in Crystal Vines, and Madara’s Lightning Release failed to break the vines or stop them from gnawing at the Susanoo.

Torikaze fought Madara Uchiha in the Back Mountain, using Crystal Release, cloud techniques, and his puppets to counter Susanoo. After Madara’s attack was trapped and hurled back at him, the final combined blast left a gigantic crater with no one inside.

• Madara Uchiha dispelled Susanoo to escape Torikaze’s Crystal Vines, then summoned it again midair and attacked with its Dual Blades.
• Torikaze evaded the blades by transforming into Cloud Cranes and formed a Cloud Sword, whose clash with Madara’s attack lit the sky above Konoha.
• Torikaze sent Clones to intercept Konoha’s approaching night guards and learned that Madara had sent White Zetsu to retrieve his Shishou’s flesh and blood.
• Torikaze unleashed Crystal spikes that pierced Susanoo, but Madara shattered the crystals and challenged Torikaze’s strength compared with his elder’s.
• Madara combined fire and lightning into a powerful slash, which Torikaze trapped inside a Cloud Orb and hurled back at him.
• Torikaze and his puppets poured their strongest attacks into the resulting cloud waterfall, and the blast left a gigantic crater with no one inside.

After Madara Uchiha escaped following a battle with Torikaze, Torikaze and Tobirama returned to Konoha and discussed concealing Madara’s survival from the villagers. At Hashirama’s house, they also discovered that the Ashina who had returned with Torikaze was an impostor, leaving the real Ashina’s fate unknown.

• Tobirama arrived at the battlefield after Madara Uchiha had escaped, and Torikaze explained that Madara used Izanagi and had been covering a white figure’s retreat.
• Tobirama and Torikaze returned to Konoha, where Torikaze told the worried villagers he would give them an explanation at the bulletin board the next day.
• Torikaze told Hashirama and the others that Madara Uchiha had attacked, and Hashirama agreed to let him conceal Madara’s name from the villagers.
• Torikaze revealed that the Ashina who had returned with him was a disguise expert impersonating the real Ashina, whose fate was uncertain.
• Mito said Hashirama had been injured by the impostor, and she planned to send a message to the Land of Whirlpools to find out whether Ashina was alive.

After Madara Uchiha attacked Konoha, Torikaze returned home and prepared a public account of the battle before telling Kagami Uchiha that Madara was still alive. The chapter left Kagami confronting the implications of Madara’s survival and the Uchiha Clan’s forbidden technique, Izanagi.

• Mito agreed to send someone to the Land of Whirlpools to check on her Big Brother, while Torikaze asked her to comfort Kushina after Ashina’s impersonation.
• Torikaze returned home, reassured Minato that he was unharmed, and considered Madara Uchiha’s Rinnegan and the danger it posed.
• Torikaze woke late, went to Hokage Tower, and posted an announcement saying he had killed a mysterious foreign enemy who tried to assassinate Hashirama.
• Kagami Uchiha visited Torikaze and asked whether Uchiha Setsuna had been the enemy after seeing Susanoo.
• Torikaze revealed that the enemy was Madara Uchiha and reminded Kagami of the Uchiha Clan’s forbidden technique, Izanagi.

Torikaze revealed that Madara Uchiha had survived with Izanagi, then received the real Ashina and brought him to Hashirama’s home. Ashina reunited with a crying Kushina, who had been hurt by the impostor.

• Kagami learned that Madara Uchiha had escaped death using Izanagi, and Torikaze agreed to keep the truth from the villagers.
• Torikaze considered Madara’s future and left the Hokage Tower for home after summoning the Intelligence Puppet.
• A system alert warned Torikaze that outsiders were approaching Konoha, so he sent a Cloud Bird to inspect them.
• Torikaze recognized the white-haired visitor as the real Ashina and learned that the impostor had nearly killed him.
• Torikaze brought Ashina and the Uzumaki ninja to Hashirama’s courtyard, where Ashina comforted a crying Kushina.

Ashina reunited with Kushina and the Senju family in Konoha after surviving an attack and recovering. He decided to stay in Konoha while Kushina grew up, leaving his guards to return to the Land of Whirlpools with the news.

• Kushina recognized Ashina as her real grandfather when he recalled their memory of the glowing waves, and she embraced him.
• Tobirama, Hashirama, Mito, Tsunade, and Nawaki welcomed Ashina, who was surprised that Hashirama, Mito, and Tobirama had grown younger.
• The family went inside, where Ashina recounted falling under an Uchiha enemy's genjutsu and returning to the Royal Capital after recovering from superficial wounds.
• Ashina said he would remain in Konoha with Kushina rather than return to the Land of Whirlpools, while his guards stayed behind to deliver the news.

Torikaze spent time with Ashina and his family after the impostor’s defeat, then reassured Chisato when she hurried over to check on him after Madara Uchiha’s attack. The chapter left Torikaze and Chisato reflecting on the growing threats in the Shinobi World while he hoped to protect his family.

• Ashina decided to stay in Konoha so he could be with Kushina as she grew up.
• Mito served lunch, and Ashina and Kushina reunited happily while Ashina learned about cellphones.
• Torikaze left the Senju Clan Grounds and returned home, where Chisato soon arrived to ask whether Madara Uchiha had hurt him.
• Torikaze reassured Chisato that he was safe, and she described her concern over the increasingly chaotic Shinobi World.
• Chisato asked whether Torikaze had gone to the office himself that morning, and he said he had gone to announce the news and inform the Uchiha Clan.

Torikaze explained how Madara Uchiha had impersonated Senior Ashina and reassured Chisato, Minato, and Amado that the real Ashina had arrived in Konoha. As Torikaze warned that another turbulent period might be coming, he resolved to protect Konoha and the people he cherished.

• Torikaze told Chisato that Madara Uchiha had disguised himself as Senior Ashina, and that the real Ashina had returned to Konoha and been verified by Cloud Palace, Kushina, and Torikaze.
• Chisato left the Cloud Clan Grounds to meet Senior Ashina after Torikaze explained that Ashina knew them through information gathered in his secret chamber.
• Minato and Amado asked Torikaze about the previous night's events over dinner, and he explained the imposture and promised to catch a white monster for Amado to study.
• Torikaze urged Minato and Amado to grow stronger before the Shinobi World entered another turbulent period.
• Torikaze reflected that, as Hokage, he had to protect Konoha, its villagers, and the people he cherished.

Four years after becoming Hokage, Torikaze prepared to examine Minato for graduation and explained that secret techniques could help him make a name in the Shinobi World. Minato realized that, as a clanless ninja, he had no access to inherited techniques, and Torikaze could not teach him Cloud Release.

• Torikaze woke when Minato practiced ninjutsu before his graduation exam and told him that Torikaze would be his chief examiner.
• Torikaze reflected on Konoha’s peaceful growth, his own Peak Kage-level strength, and the village’s expansion.
• Chisato called Torikaze to confirm he remembered the exam, and he summoned Minato to talk before they left.
• Torikaze told Minato that secret techniques and Kekkei Genkai helped clans distinguish themselves, but he could not teach Minato Cloud Release because of his clan’s rules.
• Minato understood that he had no clan techniques to rely on and was shaken by the thought that he might not make a name for himself.

Torikaze offered Minato the sealed Flying Thunder God technique as a risky alternative to ordinary ninjutsu. Minato chose to learn it, determined to fulfill his ambitions despite the chance of failure.

• Minato grew discouraged when Torikaze explained that lacking a Secret Technique or Kekkei Genkai could make it hard to rise in the Shinobi World.
• Torikaze gave Minato a scroll containing Flying Thunder God and explained that many talented children had failed to master the technique, leading Lord Hashirama to seal it as a Forbidden Technique.
• Torikaze asked Minato to choose between risking his future on Flying Thunder God or continuing to cultivate ordinary ninjutsu, and promised to support him either way.
• Minato chose Flying Thunder God without hesitation and vowed to master it.
• Torikaze praised Minato's talent as Minato held the scroll aloft beneath the morning sunlight.

Torikaze and Minato ate at Teuchi’s new ramen stall, where Torikaze recognized the future Ichiraku Ramen owner and praised his cooking. They returned home, then headed to the Ninja Academy, where Torikaze ordered the graduation exam to begin.

• Torikaze and Minato tried Teuchi’s tonkotsu ramen, and Torikaze praised the new stall owner’s cooking and business sense.
• Teuchi declined to rely on Torikaze’s fame to build his reputation, saying he was satisfied that the Hokage liked his ramen.
• Torikaze recognized Teuchi from his previous life and told Minato to study under his guiding Jonin and practice the Flying Thunder God after the exam.
• Torikaze arrived at the Ninja Academy, where Chisato, Sarutobi Mizuya, and the graduating classes’ Homeroom Teachers were waiting.
• Torikaze gave the order to begin the graduation exam.