Chapter Summaries

Torikaze returned home, welcomed Kushina as she sought refuge from Tobirama's singing, and shared lunch with the family. He bought a Holographic Projector from the System Shop and tested it, deciding to use it to add attractions to Konoha's Spring Festival.

• Torikaze left the Hokage Tower and returned to the Windcloud Clan residence, where Kushina explained that she had come to escape Tobirama's singing.
• Torikaze offered Kushina a room and told her she could stay until Tobirama lost interest in singing.
• Torikaze and Chisato shared lunch with Yahiko, Konan, Hogen, Minato, and Kushina, then Chisato went inside to nap.
• Torikaze bought a Holographic Projector for 100,000 Tranquility Points and tested it by projecting a chirping azure bird.
• Torikaze decided to use the projector to create activities and a festive atmosphere for Konoha's Spring Festival.

Torikaze tested a Holographic Projector and prepared Konoha for the Spring Festival as visitors from other lands arrived. Ōnoki, the Kazekage, and Mifune gathered in Konoha for the holiday.

• Torikaze connected his consciousness to the Holographic Projector and added an imagined crystal to its library, planning a New Year surprise for the villagers.
• Spring Festival decorations spread through Konoha as news of the holiday drew visitors from across the Shinobi World.
• Ōnoki arrived in Konoha ahead of the Kazekage after waiting for him at their meeting point, then toured the decorated village and settled into his apartment.
• Torikaze waited for the Kazekage at a teahouse and went to the gate when a gust of wind signaled his arrival.
• The Kazekage arrived with Mifune, and the three greeted each other and caught up.

Torikaze welcomed the Kazekage, Mifune, and Scorpion to Konoha for a holiday visit, gave Scorpion a Healing Necklace, and showed them the city’s Spring Festival decorations. After settling the guests, Torikaze returned to the Hokage Tower, where his secretary panicked over the lack of a formal welcoming ceremony.

• The Kazekage introduced his disciple Scorpion, Chiyo’s grandson, to Torikaze and Mifune.
• Torikaze gave Scorpion a Healing Necklace, which immediately eased his travel fatigue.
• Torikaze escorted the Kazekage, Scorpion, and Mifune through Konoha’s Outer City and explained the Spring Festival decorations.
• Torikaze left the guests at their apartment and returned to the Hokage Tower.
• Torikaze reassured his secretary that personally welcoming the visitors was sufficient, leaving the secretary surprised.

Torikaze arranged a New Year shinobi tournament so Yahiko and Konan could test themselves against talented young ninja from other villages. The tournament was announced to Konoha, where villagers debated whether the children's competition would be worth watching.

• Torikaze told Yahiko and Konan that the Kazekage had brought the First Kazekage's grandson, a talented puppeteer, and asked them to spar with him.
• Torikaze proposed a New Year tournament, and the Tsuchikage, Kazekage, and Mifune agreed to send their sons or disciples to compete.
• Torikaze invited eligible Konoha shinobi aged ten to fourteen to enter the tournament alongside the visiting contestants.
• Torikaze had his secretary post the tournament announcement, prompting villagers to discuss the event and its contestants.

Konoha’s major clans prepared their young ninjas for Torikaze’s Tournament, anxious that the competition could expose their strength and cost them face. As excitement spread through the village, Torikaze scheduled the Tournament to begin in three days at the Chunin Exams arena.

• The major clans began searching for eligible competitors and warned them not to underestimate their opponents.
• Hiruzen learned that fourteen-year-old Shinnosuke could enter, encouraged him to aim for the top three, and told five-year-old Asuma to watch instead.
• Asuma agreed to cheer for Shinnosuke, while clans across Konoha selected and advised their own young contestants.
• Villagers began speculating about who would compete and win, building the Tournament’s popularity.
• Torikaze ordered the Chunin Exams arena decorated and set the Tournament to begin in three days.

Torikaze organized a four-country Tournament in Konoha and gathered the contestants as the villages prepared for the event. Yahiko and Konan studied the roster and prepared to compete, while Torikaze confirmed the winner would receive a chakra-nature-suited herb.

• Torikaze scheduled the Tournament for three days later at the Chunin Exams arena and told the other Kage, who arranged for young ninjas from their villages to compete.
• The Lands of Earth, Wind, and Iron each sent ten contestants, while Konoha clans selected their own young ninjas for the roster.
• Torikaze reviewed the entrants, including Uchiha Inaho, Uchiha Junsu, Nara Shikaku, Choza, and Shinnosuke, while noting that Minato and several older youths were over the age limit.
• Yahiko and Konan felt some pressure after seeing the roster, and Torikaze urged them to fight properly and gain experience.
• Torikaze told Chisato that the Tournament winner would receive an herb suited to their primary Chakra nature.

With the Tournament three days away, the clan heads studied the contestants while the Kazekage coached Scorpion on Konoha’s clans and other threats. Scorpion prepared to meet the Hokage’s disciples the next day, aware that the competition might be tougher than he expected.

• Torikaze confirmed that the Tournament champion would receive a medicinal herb, then returned home to rest with Hogen.
• After the participant list appeared, Konoha’s clan heads analyzed the contestants to help their own children advance.
• The Kazekage taught Scorpion about Konoha’s major clans, their secret techniques, and their Kekkei Genkai.
• The Kazekage warned Scorpion to watch for samurai from the Land of Iron, who could exploit the lack of defense in his puppet-controlling body.
• Scorpion said he would take every match seriously, and the Kazekage planned to introduce him to the Hokage’s two disciples the next day.

The Kazekage brought Scorpion to visit Torikaze at the Windcloud Clan Grounds, where Scorpion befriended Yahiko and Konan. The adults arranged a friendly spar to compare the young disciples’ abilities, but the match had not yet begun when the chapter ended.

• The Kazekage reflected on Konoha’s strength and took Scorpion to bed before preparing for their visit.
• The Kazekage brought Scorpion to the Windcloud Clan Grounds and introduced him to Torikaze, Yahiko, and Konan.
• Scorpion, Yahiko, and Konan quickly became friends and played together in the courtyard.
• The Kazekage told Torikaze that Scorpion was a talented candidate for future Kazekage, and the two agreed to let the children spar.
• Amado joined the gathering, and after joking about his own fighting ability, he called the three disciples over to arrange a match.

Torikaze arranged a spar between Yahiko and Scorpion to assess their abilities, and Scorpion demonstrated his skill controlling four puppets. Yahiko countered with Boil Release, damaging Scorpion’s puppets, but Scorpion prepared another attack as the spar continued.

• Torikaze brought Yahiko, Konan, and Scorpion to the Windcloud Clan’s training ground and chose Yahiko to spar with Scorpion first.
• Scorpion summoned four puppets and attacked Yahiko with steel needles and a torrent of flames.
• Yahiko evaded the attacks and extinguished the flames with Water Release—Water Arrow Rain.
• As Scorpion’s puppets closed in for a pincer attack, Yahiko used Boil Release mist, corroding the puppets and blocking Scorpion’s vision.
• Scorpion recalled his damaged puppets and launched Red Secret Technique—Scattering Snow.

Yahiko defeated Scorpion in their spar by using a carefully staged water-based substitution tactic. Scorpion learned how Yahiko had tricked him, while the Kazekage praised Yahiko’s battle sense.

• Scorpion used his puppets to disperse Yahiko’s Boil Release vapor, then attacked him with chains as Yahiko dodged around the training ground.
• Yahiko drew Scorpion’s attention with a powerful water technique, making it seem as if he was running out of strength.
• Scorpion’s chains caught Yahiko, but Yahiko turned into water as a kunai appeared at Scorpion’s throat.
• The Kazekage explained that Yahiko had left a puddle behind Scorpion, hidden a clone in it, and used a substitution while Scorpion focused on the water attack.
• Scorpion regarded Yahiko with new wariness after learning that Yahiko had also used deception to manipulate his expectations.

Yahiko and Konan sparred with Scorpion, who lost both matches despite Yahiko’s trickery and Konan’s overwhelming strength. Torikaze rewarded the three disciples with Chakra-enhancing herbs, leaving Scorpion determined to challenge Yahiko and Konan in the Tournament.

• Yahiko explained how he had used Scorpion’s pride and distraction to win, and Scorpion challenged him to settle the score in the Tournament.
• Torikaze healed Scorpion, who then sparred with Konan and was defeated by her paper ninjutsu.
• Torikaze praised Konan’s abilities as the Kazekage and Scorpion reacted with surprise at her self-developed techniques.
• Torikaze gave Yahiko a wind-enhancing herb and Konan a Water-enhancing herb.
• Torikaze gave Scorpion a Nine-Leafed Grass to strengthen his wind attribute and Chakra capacity, and Scorpion accepted it eagerly.

Torikaze gave Scorpion a Nine-Leafed Grass to help him prepare for the Tournament, and Scorpion gained a large boost to his Chakra and wind-nature control. Torikaze then warned Yahiko and Konan not to underestimate Scorpion before the group gathered for lunch.

• Torikaze gave Scorpion the Nine-Leafed Grass, and the Kazekage thanked him before leaving with his disciple.
• Scorpion ate the herb at the apartment and felt his Chakra and wind-nature control increase greatly.
• The Kazekage and Scorpion agreed to find a way to repay Torikaze for the gift.
• Torikaze told Yahiko and Konan that Scorpion had grown stronger and warned them that the Kazekage might prepare counters for the Tournament.
• Torikaze sent Yahiko and Konan to call Minato and Amado for lunch, then planned to rest after the meal.

Torikaze opened the Shinobi World's first Youth Tournament in Konoha, welcoming young contestants from Iwagakure, Sunagakure, and the Land of Iron. The first elimination match began with Shinnosuke Sarutobi facing Kai Hyuga.

• Torikaze and the Kazekage, Tsuchikage, and Mifune watched as thousands gathered for the Tournament.
• Torikaze announced the competition and introduced Mifune, the Kazekage, and the Tsuchikage to the crowd.
• Anka Nara took over as host and introduced the first match between Kai Hyuga and Shinnosuke Sarutobi.
• Torikaze recognized Shinnosuke as the son of his old friend Hiruzen Sarutobi and explained their history to the Kazekage.
• Shinnosuke drew his blade while Kai activated his Byakugan and studied Shinnosuke's Chakra flow and weak points.

Shinnosuke Sarutobi defeated Kai Hyuga with a self-created Ninjutsu, and several more tournament matches passed without impressing the Kage. The tenth match paired the confident Akimichi Choza with Konan, whose entrance left Choza stunned and the audience cheering.

• Shinnosuke Sarutobi dodged Kai Hyuga's Gentle Fist and won their match with a Ninjutsu he had created himself.
• The Kage watched five or six further matches and found little to impress them, aside from Mifune's disciple's samurai techniques.
• The secretary announced the tenth match would feature a heavyweight, and Akimichi Choza entered to cheers from Konoha's clans.
• The Kage speculated about who Choza's opponent would be as the audience waited for the match to begin.
• Konan entered the arena, leaving Choza stunned and prompting thunderous cheers from the crowd.

Konan faced Akimichi Choza in the tournament and revealed her paper-based ninjutsu, taking flight and striking him with steel-hard Paper Shuriken. Choza curled into a spinning Human Boulder to defend himself, leaving the match unresolved.

• Konan appeared as Choza's opponent, surprising the audience and drawing their support.
• Konan introduced herself to Choza and promised to go all out before An'hua began the match.
• Choza swallowed Soldier Pills, enlarged his arms with the Multi-Size Technique, and attacked Konan.
• Konan used Dance of the Paper to fly above Choza and evade his attacks.
• Konan formed the floating paper into Paper Shuriken and wounded Choza with them.
• Choza curled into a ball and began spinning with Human Boulder to block Konan's attacks.

Konan overwhelmed Choza in the arena with her paper techniques, then defeated him without injuring him. The Kazekage revealed that Scorpion had already lost to Konan and Yahiko in sparring, leaving him with no hope of his disciple winning the championship.

• Konan’s Paper Shuriken wounded Choza, who used Human Boulder to chase her while she flew beyond his reach.
• After Choza exhausted himself, Konan unleashed paper spears and used Divine Punishment to surround him without striking his body.
• Choza admitted defeat, and Anka Nara announced Konan as the winner.
• Konan apologized to Choza and gave him a paper butterfly before leaving to cheers from the villagers.
• The Kazekage told Ōnoki that Scorpion had already lost to both Konan and Yahiko in sparring, and accepted that Scorpion could not win the championship.

The Kazekage told Ōnoki that Scorpion had already lost to Konan and Yahiko, then Torikaze advised the Kage on teaching young ninjas to develop their own ninjutsu. After the morning matches, Yahiko advanced by bye while Choza struggled to accept his loss to Konan.

• The Kazekage told Ōnoki that Scorpion had sparred with Konan and Yahiko and had lost decisively to both.
• Ōnoki complained that the Kazekage had not invited him to watch the sparring, and Torikaze shared his approach to teaching disciples to create ninjutsu.
• The Kage discussed self-created ninjutsu while Mifune found himself excluded from their conversation.
• The morning matches ended, and Torikaze learned from An'hua that Yahiko had received a bye into the next round.
• Torikaze treated the Kage and Mifune to lunch while Yahiko and Konan went home to cook.
• Shikaku and Inoichi comforted the dejected Choza after Konan defeated him in the first round.

Choza accepted his overwhelming loss to Konan and went to lunch with Inoichi and Shikaku, while Konan and Yahiko returned to the Cloud Clan Grounds after discussing their tournament prospects. Amado praised Konan for her victory and asked whether she had revealed too much of her strength.

• Choza showed Inoichi and Shikaku the paper butterfly Konan had left him, admitted the defeat had exposed the gap between them, and invited them to barbecue lunch.
• Konan told Yahiko she might beat him in the Tournament, and Yahiko answered that he had improved too and would take her seriously if they faced each other.
• Choza, Inoichi, and Shikaku discussed Konan and Yahiko's strength before continuing to the Barbecue Shop.
• Konan and Yahiko returned to the Cloud Clan Grounds, where Minato and Kushina were serving lunch and Amado asked Konan whether she had held back in her match.

After Konan’s tournament victory, Torikaze encouraged her to develop a new use for her paper ninjutsu that could surprise Yahiko and give her a chance to win the championship. Konan left with a possible strategy, though she still had to find a way to make it work before the Tournament ended.

• Amado told Konan and Yahiko that Scorpion and Mifune's disciple were the other opponents worth watching in the Tournament.
• Minato and the family congratulated Konan on her victory, while Amado revealed that he had invented a range hood.
• Torikaze returned home and praised Konan for representing him well before the Kage.
• Konan admitted she doubted she could defeat Yahiko, so Torikaze advised her to find a new form for her paper ninjutsu that Yahiko would not anticipate.
• Konan saw Torikaze's advice as an opportunity to mislead Yahiko, but she still had to develop and use the technique in time.

Torikaze encouraged Konan to use the Tournament to catch Yahiko off guard, hoping their rivalry would spur both disciples to train harder. The next morning, the Kage and other guests gathered to watch the continuing matches, including a bout featuring one of Torikaze’s other disciples.

• Torikaze urged Konan to look for a chance to defeat Yahiko, and she hurried inside to consider his advice.
• Torikaze told Chisato about his plan to encourage healthy competition between Konan and Yahiko, and she supported him.
• The first round continued through the afternoon, and many participants advanced to the second round.
• The next morning, Hashirama, Mito, and Tobirama Senju joined the Windcloud Clan at the competition grounds, where Hashirama drew loud cheers.
• Torikaze explained Mito’s Youth-Preserving Technique to the other Kage, and they discussed Scorpion’s puppet skills before the matches began.
• Mifune asked which opponent Torikaze’s other disciple would face that day.