Chapter Summaries

Torikaze arranged for Kakuzu to bring Yahiko and Konan from the abandoned villages in Rain Province to the Land of Fire, where they would be adopted. As the children traveled toward Konoha, Torikaze prepared two houses for them in the Cloud Clan Grounds.

• Tsunade agreed to teach Shizune, while Torikaze teased her about her Medical Ninjutsu and placed the quiet child in her arms.
• Torikaze returned home and spent the following week resting as Konoha dealt with the aftermath of the war and the funeral.
• Kakuzu established a base in Rain Province and searched the former Rain Country for two children at Torikaze's request.
• Kakuzu found Yahiko and Konan, explained why their country had fallen into chaos, and promised they could find a home together in Konoha.
• After several days recovering, Yahiko and Konan set out with Kakuzu for the Land of Fire, and Torikaze prepared two empty houses for their arrival.

Torikaze prepared for two new disciples to arrive and spent the day shopping and eating ramen with Chisato. He told her about his organization and plans for Rain Province, and she offered to help train the children.

• Torikaze arranged for two rooms to be cleaned and told Minato that two children would arrive as his disciples, not his younger brothers.
• Unable to understand the system's door-shaped reward, Torikaze left it in the experimental area for Amado to study.
• Torikaze met Chisato for a day out and explained that his organization would use Rain Province as its base.
• Torikaze told Chisato that two wandering children from the Rain Country would arrive tomorrow, and she offered to help teach them.
• Torikaze and Chisato ended their outing at Ichiraku Ramen, where they discussed the shop's success.

Torikaze prepared a home in Konoha for Yahiko and Konan, while Kakuzu brought the two children from the Land of Fire. Torikaze welcomed them as his disciples and promised Kakuzu materials and appliances for the organization’s new base.

• Torikaze arranged connected, redecorated rooms for Yahiko and Konan and prepared origami paper and stuffed toys for them.
• Kakuzu traveled toward Konoha with Yahiko and Konan, reassuring them that they would live with the kind Lord Hokage.
• Kakuzu spent the night in a cave with the children, then continued toward Konoha the next morning and contacted Torikaze to meet them.
• Yahiko and Konan reached Konoha with Kakuzu, and Torikaze welcomed them as his disciples.
• Torikaze asked Kakuzu what the base needed and promised to provide building materials and appliances.

Torikaze brought Yahiko and Konan to the Cloud Clan Grounds, welcomed them as his disciples, and gave them rooms in his home. The boys settled into their new rooms and thanked him as he promised to introduce them to the rest of their new family later.

• Kakuzu agreed to care for the organization’s base in Rain Province while Torikaze promised to arrange appliances, phones, and other supplies for its members.
• Torikaze gave Yahiko and Konan candy, then took them back to the Cloud Clan Grounds without entering through Konoha’s gate.
• Torikaze told Yahiko and Konan to call him Shishou or teacher, and they accepted him as their master.
• Torikaze showed the children two connected rooms and let them choose where to live.
• Yahiko and Konan thanked Torikaze for sheltering them, and he told them they were family and would meet their relatives later.

Torikaze welcomed Yahiko and Konan to his home, where they rested after their journey. He planned to teach them and help them adjust to Konoha before sending them to the academy to make friends.

• Yahiko and Konan chose rooms at Torikaze’s home and fell asleep from exhaustion.
• Chisato visited Torikaze, and he told her the children had arrived and asked her to help teach them when she could.
• Torikaze explained that he would introduce Yahiko and Konan to Konoha and teach them the basics before enrolling them in the academy.
• Torikaze decided the academy would help Yahiko and Konan find companions and build friendships that he could not provide through private lessons.

Amado introduced Torikaze’s new disciples, Yahiko and Konan, to the household and showed them around. They met Seiryu and his young Cranes, who explained the Summoning Technique and considered forming contracts with the children in the future.

• Amado emerged from the Lab and learned that Yahiko and Konan were Torikaze’s new disciples, then offered to show them around.
• Amado introduced the children to A-Bai and showed them the rooms and the Cranes’ nest.
• Seiryu welcomed Yahiko and Konan, explained that a summoning contract depended on mutual understanding, and invited them to study toward forming one with his children.
• Three young Cranes returned to the nest, met Yahiko and Konan, and looked forward to forming contracts with someone in the household.

Minato welcomed Yahiko and Konan to Torikaze’s family and reassured them that they would attend the Ninja Academy. The family planned a barbecue, and Torikaze asked Minato to invite Chisato.

• Minato introduced himself to Yahiko and Konan as their senior brother and promised they could attend the Ninja Academy.
• Yahiko and Konan wondered why Torikaze had chosen two homeless orphans as disciples, and Minato and Amado told them they had also been orphans taken in by Kakuzu.
• Torikaze invited everyone to a family barbecue, and Seiryu asked him to bring back raw beef for himself and Ryuufuu.
• Torikaze warned Yahiko and Konan not to think facing death was cool and hoped they would never experience it firsthand.
• Torikaze told Minato to call Chisato so the family could go eat barbecue together.

Torikaze took Minato, Yahiko, and Konan to a barbecue shop to celebrate Yahiko and Konan joining the family, while Amado explained Minato’s phone to the newcomers. As they crossed Konoha, Yahiko and Konan experienced the village’s kindness and bright streets for the first time, and the group arrived at the shop to meet Chisato.

• Torikaze told Minato to invite Chisato to join them for barbecue, and Minato called her on his phone.
• Amado explained that the phone could make long-distance calls and play games, and he promised Yahiko and Konan phones of their own.
• Torikaze led the group through Konoha, where Yahiko and Konan noticed the villagers’ kind looks and colorful lights.
• Torikaze reassured Yahiko that they would soon reach the barbecue shop and that he could eat as much as he wanted.
• The barbecue shop’s Boss welcomed Torikaze and praised Yahiko and Konan as future pillars of the village.

Torikaze took Yahiko and Konan to a barbecue meal with Chisato and Minato, while Jigen learned that Yan had failed to capture Torikaze. Jigen delayed another attempt until a new test subject was ready, as he sensed his clansmen approaching the planet and wondered whether they would rescue him.

• Torikaze praised Yahiko and Konan's potential, then ordered every signature dish at the Barbecue Shop.
• Chisato joined Torikaze, Yahiko, Konan, and Minato after finishing clan business, and Torikaze confirmed he had arranged the children's household registration and ID cards.
• Chisato and Minato showed Yahiko and Konan how to eat barbecue while the children began settling into life in Konoha.
• Yan reported to Jigen that Torikaze had defeated her, and Jigen ordered Doctor to deal with Hanzo or use him as a replacement vessel if necessary.
• Jigen stopped Yan from making another attempt until a new test subject was developed and revealed that he had sensed his clansmen approaching the planet.

Jigen reflected on Kaguya’s betrayal, his plans to use Torikaze as a vessel, and the approaching Ōtsutsuki clansmen. Meanwhile, Torikaze treated Yahiko, Konan, and the others to a huge meal, leaving them full and grateful as he led them away from the restaurant.

• Jigen considered Kaguya’s betrayal and resolved to surpass her after finding a suitable vessel for reincarnation.
• Jigen recalled how he had used Artificial Humans to test Torikaze’s strength and hoped the latest model would succeed, while considering letting his arriving clansmen act first.
• Torikaze asked Yahiko and Konan if they were full, and they thanked him for the meal and called him Shishou.
• Torikaze and the others finished a meal of around a hundred plates, and the Boss charged about 200,000 ryō while waiving the remaining cost.
• Torikaze thanked the Boss, led everyone downstairs, and returned the greetings of the customers who recognized him as Lord Hokage.

After a lavish dinner, Torikaze and Amado talked about their shared past, Torikaze's plans to marry Chisato, and how he would guide Yahiko and Konan. Amado had finished repairing the Second Generation Appliances and planned to rest, while Torikaze hoped no further problems would threaten Konoha's reputation.

• Torikaze saw Chisato off, then returned to the Cloud Clan Grounds with Minato, Yahiko, and Konan.
• Torikaze and Amado reminisced about when they had lived alone at the clan grounds and Amado had first built Alarm Clocks.
• Torikaze told Amado that he and Chisato might marry within the next year or two.
• Torikaze said he planned to let Yahiko and Konan grow freely while guiding them as their shishou.
• Amado said he had fixed the flaws in the Second Generation Appliances and would take a break from the Lab.

Torikaze let Amado rest after discussing possible problems with Konoha’s Second Generation Appliances, then enjoyed a quiet morning at home. He began teaching Yahiko and Konan how to refine Chakra and waited to see which child would succeed first.

• Torikaze told Amado to use the Replicator to make replacements if appliance problems arose, then went to sleep.
• Torikaze woke to sunny weather and relaxed outside in a rocking chair while playing a game on his phone.
• Yahiko and Konan woke up, ate breakfast, and joined Torikaze for Chakra training.
• Torikaze formed meditation cushions with his family’s secret ninjutsu and told the children that he would not teach it to anyone outside his descendants.
• Torikaze guided Yahiko and Konan through Chakra refinement, and the two children competed to be the first to succeed.

Torikaze taught Yahiko and Konan to extract Chakra and tested their affinities, then encouraged Konan to combine her love of paper folding with wind techniques. After Konan expressed her wish to touch the sky, Torikaze bound the children to him and prepared to take them upward.

• Yahiko extracted Chakra in nearly an hour, and Konan succeeded about ten minutes later.
• Torikaze tested their Chakra affinities: Yahiko’s strongest was water, while Konan’s strongest was wind, with water and earth as well.
• Konan asked whether wind affinity could make paper cranes fly, and Torikaze encouraged her to develop techniques combining wind and paper folding.
• Konan told Torikaze she wanted to see beyond the gray Rain Country sky and reach out to touch the blue sky.
• Torikaze secured Yahiko and Konan with chains and told them he was taking them to touch the sky.

Torikaze took Yahiko and Konan on their first flight, inspiring them to pursue the possibilities of becoming ninja. He began teaching them Chakra training and planned to send them to the Ninja Academy after a few more days of instruction.

• Torikaze took Yahiko and Konan into the sky on Seiryu, and they delighted in flying above the clouds.
• Torikaze encouraged Konan to pursue her ideas and told her he hoped she would someday take him flying.
• After they returned, Torikaze explained that becoming ninja could make their imagined goals possible and began teaching them Chakra basics.
• Torikaze trained Yahiko and Konan for several days, correcting Yahiko when he lost focus while Konan meditated steadily.
• Yahiko and Konan trained until noon, and Yahiko asked Torikaze if they were going to eat ramen again.

Torikaze took Yahiko and Konan to Ichiraku Ramen before heading to Konoha's gate to meet a group of visitors. There he reunited with Mifune, the samurai he had helped years earlier, who had become a respected warrior in the Land of Iron.

• Torikaze took Yahiko and Konan to Ichiraku Ramen, where Yahiko asked about Torikaze's business partnership with Teuchi.
• Cloud Palace alerted Torikaze to friendly visitors near Konoha, so he sent a Shadow Clone home with Yahiko and Konan and went to the gate.
• Torikaze told Konoha's guards not to attack the approaching group and ordered the gates opened.
• Mifune recognized Torikaze as Ikeda Tatsuya, the man who had given him a samurai blade and money years earlier.
• Mifune's companion revealed that Mifune had become a disciple of Ichiryu and a leading samurai of the Land of Iron.

Torikaze welcomed Mifune to Konoha, where Mifune thanked him for an old kindness and sought friendly relations. As Torikaze led the samurai through the village, its unfamiliar modern conveniences left Mifune and his companions astonished by how far the isolated Land of Iron had fallen behind.

• Mifune apologized for arriving without warning and explained that he had come to thank Konoha, establish friendly relations, and repay Torikaze and his family for an old kindness.
• Torikaze revealed that the person who had once stayed with Mifune was Tobirama Senju, shocking Mifune and the samurai accompanying him.
• Torikaze led Mifune and the samurai into Konoha, where they were overwhelmed by its signs, communication devices, streetlights, and giant screen.
• Torikaze explained that Amado had invented the electrical appliances and that the Land of Iron had missed out by closing its borders.
• Mifune followed Torikaze toward their accommodations, marveling at the unfamiliar objects and realizing how outdated the Land of Iron had become.

Torikaze showed Mifune and the samurai Konoha’s phones, infrastructure, and modern guest accommodations, leaving Mifune determined to persuade his master to trade with Konoha so the Land of Iron could catch up.

• Torikaze explained that children were playing Naruto on mobile phones and that the devices could make long-distance calls within Konoha.
• Mifune learned that Konoha’s appliances and facilities could be exported, and he resolved to discuss trade with his master, offering ore or ironwood as payment.
• Torikaze described Konoha’s electrical grid and waterworks before taking Mifune and the samurai to their guest apartments.
• Torikaze showed Mifune the television, air conditioner, washing machine, and refrigerator, and Mifune praised Konoha’s development.

Mifune and the samurai were stunned by Konoha’s prosperity and discussed changing the Land of Iron through cooperation with Torikaze. After spending the day learning to use modern appliances, Mifune left his apartment to attend dinner with Torikaze.

• Torikaze reassured Mifune that the Land of Iron’s isolation was not his fault, then invited him to discuss matters at a banquet.
• Mifune and the samurai explored their apartment, and Mifune resolved to persuade Shishou to cooperate with Konoha and change the Land of Iron.
• Mifune learned to use a washing machine and shower, while the samurai admitted they did not want to return to their old way of life.
• Mifune spent the afternoon experimenting with the apartment’s appliances until Torikaze called him to dinner.

Torikaze hosted Mifune at a dinner banquet, where they discussed cooperation between Konoha and the Land of Iron and Mifune’s injured head. After Torikaze eased Mifune’s pain with a Healing Technique, Mifune returned to his apartment, and Torikaze went home to Minato, Yahiko, and Konan.

• Torikaze escorted Mifune to dinner, where Mifune said he wanted to partner with Konoha but needed his teacher Ichiryu’s approval.
• Torikaze explained that cooperation could provide Konoha with a stable supply of ore, and Mifune promised to try to persuade Ichiryu to open the Land of Iron to new ideas.
• Torikaze offered surgery for Mifune’s head injury, but Mifune declined because his visit was limited to three or four days.
• Torikaze used his personal Healing Technique to relieve Mifune’s headache, and the two shared a toast before leaving the banquet.
• Torikaze escorted Mifune back to his apartment, then returned home to find Minato, Yahiko, and Konan waiting for him.

Torikaze reunited with Mifune, then returned home to advise Minato, Yahiko, and Konan on training. The next morning, he took the children and Minato out for breakfast after their usual practice.

• Torikaze escorted Mifune back to his apartment after they shared drinks and talked.
• Torikaze told Yahiko and Konan to focus on refining Chakra while Konoha hosted guests.
• Torikaze advised Minato to gain combat experience before attempting the Chunin exam and to be patient with his Flying Thunder God training.
• The next morning, Minato practiced ninjutsu while Torikaze waited for Yahiko and Konan to wake.
• Torikaze invited Minato, Yahiko, and Konan to breakfast, and they set off together after Minato changed clothes.