Chapter Summaries

Torikaze searched for Jiraiya after spotting Orochimaru and eventually found the young boy playing outside his home. He began getting acquainted with Jiraiya and learned that Orochimaru lived next door.

• Torikaze spotted Orochimaru with his family but chose not to interrupt them.
• Torikaze decided to search for Jiraiya and set out the next day after reaching two hundred thousand Tranquility Points.
• A local woman directed Torikaze to the street where Jiraiya and Orochimaru lived as neighbors.
• Torikaze found Jiraiya playing alone in a sandpile and introduced himself.
• Jiraiya agreed to play with Torikaze and pointed out Orochimaru's house next door.

Torikaze took Jiraiya flying over Konoha, and Jiraiya spotted Orochimaru and called out to him. With his parents’ permission, Orochimaru joined them in the air, where Torikaze told him he could call him Big Brother.

• Torikaze bound Jiraiya to his back with Crystal Vines and flew with him above Konoha.
• Jiraiya admired the village from above and spotted Orochimaru, calling to him from the sky.
• Orochimaru and his parents looked up, and his father recognized Torikaze as the Hokage’s disciple.
• Orochimaru’s father agreed to let him fly, and Torikaze’s Crystal Vine pulled him up beside Jiraiya.
• Orochimaru addressed Torikaze as Lord Torikaze, but Torikaze invited him to call him Big Brother.

Torikaze took Jiraiya and Orochimaru flying over Konoha before bringing them home as night fell. Jiraiya reunited with his returning parents, while Torikaze returned to the clan grounds to rest and watch for Kakuzu ahead of the Lord Hokage's Succession Ceremony.

• Orochimaru's parents went home, and Orochimaru set off with Jiraiya and Torikaze.
• Jiraiya sang and declared that he would become Konoha's strongest ninja, while Torikaze encouraged both boys.
• Jiraiya spotted his parents returning to the village, and Torikaze landed at the gate with the children.
• Jiraiya reunited with his parents and told them about Torikaze and their flight over Konoha.
• Torikaze brought Orochimaru home, where Orochimaru's worried mother welcomed him back.
• Torikaze returned to the clan grounds to rest and keep watch for Kakuzu before the Lord Hokage's Succession Ceremony.

On the day Tobirama Senju succeeded Hashirama as Hokage, Torikaze helped them develop a plan for Konoha's public security. Hashirama announced the creation of a Military Police Force, and Torikaze continued advising the new Hokage on how to implement it.

• Torikaze flew to the Hokage Office and found Hashirama and Tobirama discussing how to maintain public order in Konoha.
• Torikaze proposed a comprehensive Konoha Military Police Force and warned that putting it under a single clan's control would alienate the villagers.
• Hashirama agreed that ninja from every clan should serve in the force and wrote a notice announcing its establishment.
• Kagami posted the notice, and Konoha's villagers welcomed the plan as a response to growing disorder and street fights.
• Torikaze discussed implementation details and shared further advice with Hashirama and Tobirama.

Torikaze and the Senju brothers finalized plans for the Konoha Military Police Force as Tobirama prepared to become Hokage. When Hashirama and Tobirama appeared for the Succession Ceremony, Torikaze used Crystal Release to broadcast the proceedings across Konoha and bring the swelling crowd under control.

• Torikaze discussed the Military Police Force with Hashirama and Tobirama, and they expected to establish it within two weeks.
• Chisato brought Tobirama his Second Hokage cloak, and he put it on as Hashirama reflected briefly on Madara.
• Hiruzen reported that order outside had stabilized, and Tobirama instructed him to keep watch.
• Hashirama and Tobirama went to the rooftop for the Succession Ceremony, drawing a huge crowd that overwhelmed the ninja maintaining order.
• Hashirama asked the villagers to stay in place, and Torikaze created Crystal Mirrors throughout Konoha so everyone could watch the ceremony.

Hashirama resigned as Hokage after reflecting on the peace he had worked to achieve, and Tobirama took office as the Second Hokage. After the ceremony, the brothers discussed Tobirama’s new responsibilities and bickered about his unmarried status.

• Hashirama told Konoha’s villagers about his efforts to secure peace and announced that he was stepping down as Hokage.
• The villagers thanked Hashirama and urged him to rest, while he told them Konoha’s future belonged to the next generation.
• Hashirama handed Tobirama the Hokage’s hat, and Tobirama promised to work for the village’s prosperity.
• The succession ceremony ended, and Hashirama and Tobirama left together as the villagers celebrated.
• Hashirama reassured Tobirama about his new duties, then scolded him for not having a wife, prompting Tobirama to retort about Hashirama’s son.

After Tobirama Senju took the Hokage's seat, Torikaze returned home and used his Sharingan Puppet to travel with Kakuzu. They crossed into the Land of Waterfall and continued toward Takigakure.

• Tobirama Senju took the Hokage's seat and began working with Kagami on village affairs.
• Torikaze returned home, fooled Seiryu and Ryuufuu into thinking the new village chief might catch and roast them, and rested.
• Torikaze transferred most of his consciousness into the Sharingan Puppet and appeared before Kakuzu with four puppets.
• Kakuzu confirmed he would honor their wager and told Torikaze they were near the border of the Land of Waterfall.
• Kakuzu guided Torikaze and the puppets into the Land of Waterfall, explaining that Takigakure's entrance lay beyond a massive waterfall.

Kakuzu returned to Takigakure after failing to defeat Hashirama Senju and reported the mission to the Elders. They had him imprisoned, leaving him stunned as Torikaze claimed victory in their wager.

• Kakuzu entered Takigakure through the waterfall while Torikaze and the four puppets hid inside the mark on his arm.
• Kakuzu told the villagers that his mission had succeeded, then went to the Elders' estate to report his failure.
• Four Elders berated Kakuzu for failing, and the Grand Elder proposed sending him to prison before deciding on his punishment.
• Takigakure shinobi restrained Kakuzu and locked him in prison, where Torikaze said he had won their wager.

Torikaze won his bet when Konoha’s Elders sentenced Kakuzu to hanging despite claiming to forgive him, prompting Kakuzu to join Torikaze’s faction. Kakuzu revealed his plan to steal Earth Grudge Fear and take revenge on the Elders, and he and Torikaze escaped the prison to carry it out.

• The Elders sentenced Kakuzu to hanging, and Torikaze mocked the verdict as Kakuzu admitted he had lost their bet.
• Torikaze welcomed Kakuzu into his faction and received 20,000 Tranquility Points.
• Kakuzu told Torikaze that he planned to steal Earth Grudge Fear and kill the Elders, while avoiding harm to the villagers.
• Torikaze used Dust Release to cut through the prison cage, then helped Kakuzu fly out with the Super-Lightened Boulder Technique.
• Kakuzu knocked out the sleeping guards as he and Torikaze escaped the prison.

Torikaze and Kakuzu infiltrated Takigakure’s Treasure Pavilion to retrieve the Earth Grudge Fear Secret Technique. They reached its underground passages, where Kakuzu explained that the Elders had kept the technique hidden to prevent one another from gaining its power.

• Kakuzu knocked out the guards holding him and told Torikaze where the Earth Grudge Fear scroll was kept.
• Torikaze and Kakuzu reached the Treasure Pavilion, where Torikaze killed five guards with his golden chains.
• Kakuzu opened a hidden entrance beneath the pavilion floor and led Torikaze into the underground cavern.
• Kakuzu explained that none of the Elders had cultivated Earth Grudge Fear because they feared it would give one of them an advantage over the others.

Torikaze and Kakuzu found the hidden scroll on Earth Grudge Fear beneath Takigakure, but the Grand Elder stole it and attacked them. Kakuzu and Torikaze fought back, and Kakuzu declared that the conflict would end with one of them dead.

• Torikaze widened the narrow passage with Dust Release as he followed Kakuzu to an underground river.
• Kakuzu opened a sealed hiding place by the river and retrieved a scroll describing how to cultivate Earth Grudge Fear.
• The Grand Elder, wrapped in black threads, stole the scroll and accused Kakuzu of betraying Takigakure.
• The Grand Elder revealed his Earth Grudge Fear and attacked Kakuzu and Torikaze with black threads and False Darkness.
• Torikaze blocked the Grand Elder's Lightning Release with an Earth Wall and erased his spreading threads with Dust Release.
• Kakuzu kicked the Grand Elder and declared that one of them would die in their fight.

Torikaze and Kakuzu defeated the Grand Elder in the Karst Cave, where Kakuzu took the old man's heart to obtain Earth Grudge Fear. The chapter ended with Kakuzu seeing the mask that formed on his back and recognizing the technique.

• The Grand Elder tried to escape while fighting Torikaze and Kakuzu, but Torikaze revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan and trapped him with Susanoo’s Bone Claw.
• Torikaze captured the Grand Elder and let Kakuzu practice Earth Grudge Fear on him.
• Kakuzu reached into the Grand Elder’s chest, tore out his heart, and killed him.
• Black threads consumed the heart and formed a mask on Kakuzu’s back, prompting him to recognize Earth Grudge Fear.

Torikaze helped Kakuzu master Earth Grudge Fear, and the two set out to kill the remaining Elders at their estate. They slaughtered their way inside, leaving the Second, Third, and Fourth Elders trapped behind Earth Walls as they scrambled for a way to escape.

• Kakuzu gained Earth Grudge Fear and gave its scroll to Torikaze.
• Torikaze and Kakuzu reached the Elders' estate and killed the two guards at the gate.
• The pair moved through the estate, killing its occupants and easily defeating the weakest Elder.
• Kakuzu shouted an alarm while fighting the Fifth Elder, waking the estate, but Torikaze's Earth Walls blocked the clan from calling for help.
• The Second, Third, and Fourth Elders gathered, lamented the Grand Elder's absence, and considered destroying the walls together.

Kakuzu defeated the three Elders after their attempt to break through the earthen wall failed, while Torikaze intervened to save him from the Second Elder’s attack. Kakuzu prepared to reveal the complete Earth Grudge Fear.

• The Second, Third, and Fourth Elders used their strongest ninjutsu against the earthen wall, but it remained intact.
• Kakuzu reached the Elders and killed the Fourth Elder by tearing out his heart.
• The Third Elder reflected on how he had become corrupt, then died after Kakuzu removed his heart.
• The Second Elder learned that the Grand Elder was already dead and attacked Kakuzu with Water Release—Cross Water Blade.
• Torikaze blocked the water blade with Susanoo, and Kakuzu revealed four masks attached to the black threads emerging from his back.

Kakuzu killed the Second Elder, and he and Torikaze escaped Takigakure with the elders’ wealth. They founded the Lotus Organization and headed for the Land of Fire, while Torikaze returned to his body and received the system’s reward.

• Kakuzu revealed the four Mask Monsters, captured the Second Elder, and tore out his heart.
• Kakuzu mourned losing his home and comrades, then searched the elders’ homes for valuables while Torikaze burned the corpses.
• Torikaze and Kakuzu chose the name Lotus for their organization and prepared to leave for the Land of Fire.
• Kakuzu slashed his Takigakure headband, and Torikaze withdrew his consciousness from the puppet.
• Torikaze received 8,000 Tranquility Points for completing the Chaos Event and unlocked Kakuzu’s Character Compendium for another 1,000 points.

Torikaze attended a meeting where Tobirama discussed Kakuzu’s massacre of Takigakure’s Elders, then reviewed Tobirama’s proposed reforms to the Ninja Academy and ninja ranks. Torikaze suggested adding an Elite Jonin rank, and Tobirama invited him to continue.

• Tobirama told Torikaze, Chisato, and Hiruzen’s team that Kakuzu had murdered Takigakure’s five Elders and exterminated their clans.
• Hiruzen, Chisato, and Torikaze shared their analyses of the attack during Tobirama’s lesson on evaluating events.
• After the others left, Tobirama showed Torikaze and Chisato a document outlining Ninja Academy improvements and a Genin, Chunin, and Jonin ranking system.
• Torikaze argued that three ranks could not adequately distinguish ninja of different strengths and proposed adding Elite Jonin for those above the average Jonin level.
• Tobirama smiled and asked Torikaze to explain further.

Torikaze's proposals for Elite Jonin and Special Jonin ranks won Tobirama's approval, and Konoha prepared to hold a village-wide ninja examination. Torikaze was promoted directly to Elite Jonin, while Chisato learned she would have to take the exam, including a written test, before they went to eat and look for missions.

• Torikaze proposed Elite Jonin and Special Jonin ranks, and Tobirama accepted both ideas as part of a new ranking system and upcoming ninja examination.
• Tobirama excused Torikaze from the exam and promoted him to Elite Jonin, but told Chisato she had to take it and that he would examine her.
• Tobirama told Torikaze and Chisato to choose a mission, and they left the Hokage Office after discussing how Hashirama had been neglecting his disciples.
• Torikaze told Chisato that the exam included a written test, upsetting her until he reassured her it would cover basic knowledge.
• Torikaze and Chisato went to Akimichi Barbecue for their usual meal before planning to visit the Mission Assembly Hall.

Torikaze and Chisato found that all ordinary missions had been taken, but Tobirama assigned them an A-rank intelligence mission in the Land of Lightning. They learned they were to locate his informant and return with information about the country and its people’s response to the war.

• Torikaze and Chisato ate at the Barbecue Shop and then went to the Mission Assembly Hall, hoping to find a mission somewhere new.
• The mission clerk told them that all missions requiring travel outside the village had been taken, but a ninja arrived with a sealed letter naming them for a Hokage-assigned mission.
• Torikaze and Chisato read Tobirama’s letter and learned they were to gather intelligence in the Land of Lightning.
• Torikaze and Chisato asked Tobirama about the assignment, and he explained that they were to find his informant rather than infiltrate Kumogakure.
• Tobirama told Torikaze and Chisato that a Kumogakure spy sent to Konoha three years earlier had been intercepted before he could capture and interrogate him.

Torikaze and Chisato accepted a mission from Lord Tobirama to escort a valuable Kumogakure informant back to Konoha if he was exposed, unaware that Torikaze himself had once taken the spy away. After preparing for the journey, Torikaze found a Sage Arts cultivation service in the System Shop and considered spending most of his saved Tranquility Points on it.

• Lord Tobirama recalled a Kumogakure spy who had vanished three years earlier, while Torikaze secretly joined him and Chisato in condemning the spy.
• Lord Tobirama gave Torikaze and Chisato a contact code and ordered them to bring his informant back to Konoha if the informant was exposed.
• Torikaze and Chisato planned to set out the day after tomorrow, and Lord Tobirama offered Chisato a possible Special Jonin promotion for good performance.
• Torikaze returned home, spoke with A-Bai, and prepared tents and cooking supplies for the mission.
• Torikaze browsed the System Shop and found a 150,000-point Sage Arts One-Stop Service that appeared to teach a form of sage cultivation different from ordinary Sage Mode.

Torikaze decided to spend Tranquility Points on Senjutsu training rather than save them for blueprints, then set out with Chisato on a mission to gather intelligence in the Land of Lightning. They flew on Seiryu and Ryuufuu, and Torikaze demonstrated his ability to control the clouds as they traveled.

• Torikaze chose to exchange Tranquility Points for a Senjutsu training method and went to sleep.
• Torikaze met Chisato at Konoha's gate, stored her gear in his Space Ring, and prepared to depart.
• Torikaze summoned Seiryu and Ryuufuu, and he and Chisato rode the Cranes toward the Land of Lightning.
• Chisato admired the view above the clouds and asked Torikaze how long the flight would take; he said they would arrive the following night.
• Torikaze gathered the surrounding clouds into a small vortex in his palm to show Chisato he could control them.