Chapter Summaries

Torikaze opened the second class of the Konoha Art Academy and urged its students to work hard despite the fierce competition. He then recruited Iruka to teach at Konoha Village School, where Iruka agreed to begin training for the role.

• Torikaze warned the new Art Academy students that success required great effort and announced the official start of the second class.
• The teachers led the students away, while Minato invited the Kage to gather at the Cloud Clan Grounds.
• Torikaze teleported to the Ninja Academy and asked Iruka to come with him to Konoha Village School.
• Torikaze offered Iruka a teaching position and promised to train him for a month before he led a class.
• Iruka accepted the offer, determined to live up to Torikaze's expectations.

Iruka accepted Torikaze's offer to become a teacher at Konoha Village School and won his father's enthusiastic support. Meanwhile, Kurenai remained uninterested in befriending most students from other countries, and Shinku suggested she could later form her own team.

• Torikaze offered Iruka a month of training before he began teaching at Konoha Village School, and Iruka accepted.
• Iruka told his father, Umino Ikkaku, about the opportunity, and Ikkaku encouraged him to seize it and work hard.
• Iruka promised to study diligently and prove Torikaze had chosen well, and his family celebrated his new position over dinner.
• Shinku asked Kurenai whether she had met students from other countries, and she said she did not want to associate with most of them.
• Shinku accepted Kurenai's decision and suggested she could form her own team, like Aburame Tengen.

Kurenai Yuhi discussed her plans to compete for a place in the school’s top three and develop a large-scale genjutsu, while Yuhi Shinku encouraged her. Torikaze struggled with training the school’s first batch of teachers and considered personally giving them an intensive course.

• Kurenai Yuhi told Yuhi Shinku she was not interested in joining a team and wanted to develop a large-scale genjutsu so she could compete alone.
• Yuhi Shinku agreed to help Kurenai practice and said she could ask Chisato for guidance if needed.
• Torikaze found the teachers’ training difficult, dismissed those who slacked off, and noted that the first batch might soon be replaced.
• Torikaze returned to the Cloud Clan Grounds and told Minato and Ōnoki that the teachers were worrying him.
• Ōnoki suggested Torikaze give the teachers an intensive crash course, and Torikaze agreed while asking Minato for help recruiting staff.

Torikaze discussed the Konoha Village School’s unqualified teachers with Minato and Ōnoki, then arranged to recruit and train capable replacements. He persuaded Ōnoki to send willing Ordinary People from Iwagakure to study in Konoha, leaving both villages with plans to prepare for future needs.

• Torikaze returned to the Cloud Clan Grounds and told Minato and Ōnoki that the school’s teachers lacked real abilities.
• Minato agreed to find at least five hundred people to train as teachers for Konoha.
• Torikaze explained to Ōnoki that Ordinary People could manage village affairs if ninja died in a prolonged war.
• Torikaze advised Ōnoki to send willing children from Iwagakure to study in Konoha and later return as teachers.
• Ōnoki decided to search for students after returning to his village, while Torikaze warned him not to force them to leave home.

Minato reflected on Ōnoki’s explanation of the authority and bearing that came with being Hokage, then resolved to keep working for Konoha. At the Academy of Arts, Pakura asked Kurenai about Konoha’s Trial Tower and learned that Kurenai had visited but was poorly suited to climbing it as a genjutsu ninja.

• Ōnoki agreed to recruit willing, clever Ordinary People to study, and Torikaze left to rest.
• Ōnoki told Minato that holding the position of Kage created a sense of majesty, which was especially pronounced in Torikaze after he reached Six Paths Level.
• After Ōnoki departed, Minato considered how his outlook differed from other Hokage and went to his office to review documents.
• At the Academy of Arts, Pakura asked Kurenai whether outsiders could enter Konoha’s Trial Tower and heard that preparation affected the rewards.
• Kurenai said she had entered the Trial Tower several times but was not suited to climbing it because she was a genjutsu ninja.

Pakura and Kurenai became a duo at the Academy of Arts and discussed balancing their ambitions as performers with ninja training. They planned to visit Konoha’s Trial Tower after school, then turned their attention to the Head Teacher’s lesson.

• After dance class, Pakura asked Kurenai about the Trial Tower, and Kurenai explained that she had visited but was unsuited to climbing it as a genjutsu ninja.
• Pakura invited Kurenai to form a duo, and Kurenai agreed as they both tried to figure out how to pursue stardom.
• Kurenai said they should train daily and improve their chakra control to avoid their abilities accidentally harming an audience.
• Kurenai explained that she intended to continue being a ninja and set an example for her younger brother, while Pakura said she had little interest in establishing a family line for Scorch Release.
• Pakura and Kurenai decided to try the Trial Tower after school, hoping to improve their strength and earn rewards.
• Kurenai warned Pakura that their teacher was the strict Head Teacher personally appointed by Lord Torikaze, and Pakura resolved to listen carefully.

Torikaze prepared the Konoha Village School by assessing its teachers, while Iruka began work as an official teacher after a month of training. Iruka left for a staff meeting ahead of the school’s opening the next day.

• Kurenai Yuhi warned Pakura that their Academy of Arts teacher was strict and had been personally appointed by Lord Torikaze.
• After a month of study, the Academy of Arts students had adapted to life in Konoha, and Torikaze continued preparing the Konoha Village School.
• Torikaze dismissed unsuitable teachers and planned a further review for the fifty who remained, especially valuing those who worked hard to improve.
• Umino Ikkaku congratulated Iruka on becoming an official teacher and encouraged him to work hard and get along with his colleagues.
• Iruka headed to the Konoha Village School for a teachers’ meeting, nervous about teaching children when classes began the next day.

Iruka prepared to begin teaching at Konoha Village School and attended a teachers' meeting led by Torikaze. After the meeting, Torikaze reassured Iruka that the school had enough teachers and instructed him to register the incoming students and their families.

• Iruka left home for work after Umino Ikkaku encouraged him to get along with his colleagues.
• Iruka arrived at Konoha Village School and joined the teachers in the main conference hall.
• Torikaze told the teachers to correct students through guidance and forbade corporal punishment and humiliation.
• Torikaze explained that the first students might vary in age and that the teachers should teach them alike.
• Iruka asked whether there would be enough teachers for the incoming students, and Torikaze said the staff was sufficient and ordered him to record each student's family information, address, and parents' telephone numbers.

Torikaze encouraged Iruka to aspire to become Konoha Village School’s permanent Head Teacher after passing a month of training. Iruka toured the new school and looked forward to beginning his teaching career the next day.

• Torikaze reassured Iruka that Konoha had enough teaching staff and instructed him to register the new students and their family information.
• Torikaze told Iruka he believed in his talent and asked whether he wanted the Head Teacher’s seat; Iruka admitted he did and vowed to work toward it.
• Torikaze left for the Cloud Clan Grounds, while Iruka went to Konoha Village School to explore the new campus.
• Iruka reflected on how the school would give ordinary children access to learning and felt excited about putting his teacher training into practice.

Iruka reflected on beginning his new life as a teacher, while Torikaze helped Naruto and Xin rescue five baby swallows from a fallen nest. Naruto and Xin committed to raising the chicks, and Torikaze healed them and entrusted their care to the children.

• Iruka returned home, excited and confident that he was ready to begin teaching Ordinary Students the next day.
• Torikaze found Naruto and Xin beside a fallen swallow's nest containing five frightened chicks and one dead chick.
• Torikaze used Chakra to move the surviving chicks into a new nest beneath the eaves, though Chisato doubted their parents would return to care for them.
• Naruto offered to raise the chicks, and Xin volunteered to help him.
• Torikaze healed the five chicks with a Healing Art and told Naruto and Xin to feed them until they could fly.

Torikaze healed five orphaned swallows, and Naruto and Xin took responsibility for raising them. Naruto promised to wake early to feed them, while Xin’s parents praised her kindness but said she was still too young to change her sleep schedule.

• Torikaze healed the five swallows and told Naruto and Xin they were responsible for feeding them until they could fly.
• Chisato brought fish fry, and Naruto carefully fed the hungry swallows.
• A-Bai admired Naruto and Xin’s kindness and secretly scattered some of her Chakra over the fledglings.
• Minato praised the children, and Naruto promised to wake early while Minato agreed to bring fresh fish fry every day.
• Xin told Amado and An'hua about saving the swallows, and they praised her but said she was too young to get up early.

Xin told Amado and An'hua about rescuing the swallows with Naruto, while Naruto prepared to keep caring for them. As Konoha Village School prepared to open, Torikaze supported Iruka's appointment as acting Head Teacher, and the Umino Family received attention for his new role.

• Xin told Amado and An'hua how she and Naruto had rescued the swallows, and Naruto continued feeding them with Xin.
• Kushina called Naruto and Xin to dinner, and Yahiko washed their hands before they ate.
• Minato agreed to arrange for the Anbu and Military Police Force to manage the crowds at the school's opening.
• Torikaze explained that Iruka was acting Head Teacher to gain experience before earning the permanent position.
• After Konoha Village School confirmed Iruka's appointment involved no favoritism, visitors brought gifts to the Umino Family.

Konoha Village School officially opened, and Iruka led the enrollment of thousands of children while Torikaze explained the school’s purpose to their parents. The students began their orientation as registration remained open for three more days.

• Konoha Village School clarified that Iruka was only acting Head Teacher until he proved capable, and the Umino household received gifts from visitors.
• Torikaze arrived early to open the school and organized teachers, tables, and materials for student registration.
• Iruka registered children, marking shy students for special attention and reassuring their parents that teachers would guide them.
• More than five thousand children enrolled, and Iruka told parents that late registration would remain open for three days.
• Torikaze explained that the school would teach technical skills for village work rather than train performers, then teachers began guiding students around the school.

Torikaze reassured parents about Konoha Village School and its purpose, then left as Iruka began the children's first school day. Torikaze returned to the Cloud Clan Grounds, where Fugaku from another world came to see him.

• Torikaze explained the school's curriculum, defended equal access to education, and clarified that ninja privileges did not permit abuse of ordinary villagers.
• The parents expressed trust in Torikaze and Konoha Village School, then left their children in the teachers' care.
• Iruka led the children on a tour and assigned them to classes without separating those whose names had been marked in red.
• The teachers took their classes to their classrooms to begin lessons and explain school life.
• Torikaze returned to the Cloud Clan Grounds, where Fugaku introduced himself as being from another world.

Uchiha Fugaku reported that Takigakure had descended into chaos after its chief began killing dissenters, and Minato had found the masked man who once attacked Konoha there. Torikaze urged Minato to capture the man decisively, despite concerns that exposing his Uchiha identity would damage the clan’s reputation.

• Uchiha Fugaku visited Torikaze and described how Takigakure's chief had turned against ninjas who questioned him, plunging the village into conflict.
• Minato captured Takigakure's chief but encountered the masked man who had attacked Konoha before, and Fugaku came to ask Torikaze who he was and whether to pursue him.
• Torikaze said the masked man needed to be captured so he could not cause more trouble across the Shinobi World.
• Fugaku explained that the man appeared to be an Uchiha traitor with the Mangekyo Sharingan, which could harm the clan's reputation if revealed.
• Torikaze told Fugaku to help capture the man so the Uchiha Clan could answer criticism with its actions.

Torikaze traveled to Another World Konoha and sent Minato Namikaze and Uchiha Fugaku to capture Obito Uchiha at Takigakure, where he had taken control of the Seven-Tails. Torikaze then visited the Uzumaki Clan and learned that the Land of Whirlpools was flourishing under Ran, while Tomohiro looked forward to retiring.

• Torikaze agreed to visit Another World Konoha and told Minato Namikaze to face the masked Sharingan user with Uchiha Fugaku.
• Torikaze and Uchiha Fugaku traveled through the portal and learned that the villages had opened up tourism and trade after peace took hold.
• At Takigakure, Torikaze told Minato Namikaze and Uchiha Fugaku to capture Obito Uchiha, while the other assembled shinobi dealt with the Seven-Tails and its controlled forces.
• Torikaze returned to Konoha and visited Tomohiro, who described the Uzumaki Clan's growth and hoped to hand its affairs to Ryosuke.
• Torikaze told Tomohiro that Ran had revived the Land of Whirlpools after purging its corrupt ministers and using the confiscated assets for development, and that Ashina had grown closer to Ran.

Torikaze and Tomohiro discussed Tomohiro’s retirement and Ryosuke’s future leadership of the Uzumaki Clan. After Minato and Fugaku captured the masked man at Takigakure, they unmasked him as Obito Uchiha, who blamed Minato for Rin’s death.

• Tomohiro said he wanted to hand the Uzumaki Clan’s affairs to Ryosuke and retire to Torikaze's World.
• Torikaze and Tomohiro agreed that Ryosuke and his two companions could guide the clan, with Torikaze suggesting the companions share authority if needed.
• Torikaze sensed that Minato and Fugaku had finished subduing Takigakure, then vanished to join them.
• Minato and Fugaku told Torikaze they had captured the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki and the masked man.
• At Torikaze’s urging, Minato removed the masked man’s mask and recognized him as Obito Uchiha.
• Obito accused Minato of failing to recognize him and blamed him for Rin’s death, so Torikaze slapped him twice.

Torikaze confronted Obito Uchiha over his choices and revealed the truth behind Rin’s death and Madara Uchiha’s plan. Minato agreed to let Obito see another world’s Rin, while Torikaze decided Obito would remain sealed and the group would return to Konoha.

• Torikaze rebuked Obito for blaming Minato and explained that Rin had sacrificed herself to protect Konoha from Kirigakure’s plot.
• Torikaze refused to let Obito die and revealed that Black Zetsu had deceived both him and Madara Uchiha to resurrect its mother.
• Torikaze told Obito that Rin lived in another world, and Minato agreed to let him see her under supervision.
• Minato rejected Obito as his student, while Torikaze healed Obito and said he would be sealed in the Cloud Stone to reflect.
• Torikaze prepared to return to Konoha and said Takigakure would have to pay for its treatment and Konoha’s assistance.

Torikaze returned to Konoha with the clan heads after the battle in Takigakure and arranged for Obito Uchiha to be imprisoned in Torikaze's World. In Konoha, Uchiha Fugaku negotiated the mission fee and medical expenses with a recovering Takigakure shinobi.

• Torikaze sent Minato Namikaze and the clan heads back to Konoha, while Obito Uchiha remained sealed in prison.
• Minato Namikaze chose to imprison Obito, then asked Torikaze to take him to Torikaze's World to prevent his accomplice from rescuing him.
• Torikaze warned Uchiha Fugaku to watch over his clan and its war orphans before leaving Konoha.
• Uchiha Fugaku learned that the Takigakure shinobi had awakened and went to discuss payment for Konoha's aid.
• The Takigakure shinobi agreed to pay four times the standard S-rank mission reward and cover medical costs for the injured.

Uchiha Fugaku settled Takigakure’s compensation for the mission and returned to Konoha, while Torikaze brought a sealed Uchiha Obito to the prison to reunite him with Rin and Kakashi. The reunion left the group stunned as the imprisoned Obito accused Kakashi of failing to protect Rin.

• Uchiha Fugaku accepted Takigakure’s offer of four times an S-rank mission’s rate and told them Konoha would continue treating their injured.
• Uchiha Fugaku explained that Konoha could not claim Takigakure’s Seven-Tails because the attacker was a Rogue Ninja from Konoha and Lord Hokage’s disciple.
• Torikaze placed Uchiha Obito in a prison cell, then brought Rin, Kakashi, and the others there to meet him.
• Torikaze removed Uchiha Obito’s blindfold, and Obito wept when he saw Rin while Kakashi realized he was seeing the Obito he had believed dead.
• Uchiha Obito accused Kakashi of killing Rin, and Kakashi replied that Rin had chosen to sacrifice herself for the village.