Chapter Summaries

Masahiko struggled to manage Naruto’s rebellion against being sent to the Land of Whirlpools Ninja Academy, while also watching over Konoha’s vulnerable forces and his disciples. When Naruto threatened to expose Masahiko’s relationship with Sara and tried increasingly outrageous ways to get sent to Konoha, Masahiko insisted he would not bow to threats—until Naruto threatened to transform into him.

• Masahiko kept busy watching his disciples’ romances, worrying about Konoha’s weakened headquarters, and disciplining Naruto, who repeatedly demanded to go to Konoha.
• After Kushina gave Kimimaro and the other two a few days off, Masahiko hoped to rest, but Minato woke him the next morning to deal with Naruto’s latest trouble.
• Kushina explained that Naruto had told his friends about Masahiko’s relationship with Sara, then Naruto threatened to spread the story unless Masahiko took him to Konoha.
• Naruto threatened to use the Sexy Jutsu to turn into Haku and then to marry Haku, earning repeated slaps from Kushina while Masahiko refused to yield.
• Naruto threatened to use the Sexy Jutsu to turn into Masahiko, and Masahiko finally agreed to take him to Konoha before regretting the concession.

Masahiko accompanied Minato, Kushina, and Naruto to Konoha, where they saw how villagers still carried mixed feelings about Minato’s return and the losses of war. Minato led them to the orphanage, where Kabuto Yakushi greeted them.

• Masahiko recalled how he had loosened the Nine-Tails’ seal so it could disrupt Naruto’s Transformation Technique, then arranged Naruto’s academy placement.
• Kushina, Minato, and Naruto woke Masahiko and had him fly them to Konoha without explaining their plans.
• At Konoha’s gate, Izumo and Kōtetsu recognized Minato and let the group enter.
• Minato led the group around Konoha, where they encountered villagers whose reactions ranged from excitement to resentment over the war’s losses.
• Minato brought the group to Konoha’s orphanage, where Kabuto Yakushi opened the gate and welcomed them.

Masahiko, Minato, Kushina, and Naruto visited the orphanage and learned why Minato and Kushina had not returned to Konoha. Naruto insisted he would overcome the hostility of children affected by the war and become Hokage, while Masahiko continued to smack him.

• Masahiko met Kabuto at the orphanage and recognized Yakushi Nonō as its director.
• Nonō explained that Danzo had taken a child from the orphanage to accompany Naruto, but Naruto revealed that Sai had told him about it.
• Nonō asked why Minato and Kushina had stayed away from Konoha, and Minato explained that rumors blamed Kushina for Minato abandoning the village.
• Minato warned Naruto that many war orphans might resent him and that becoming Hokage would be difficult.
• Naruto declared that he would change the children's minds and become a greater Hokage than those before him.
• Naruto admitted he had teased Masahiko because he shared a name with someone Naruto disliked, and Masahiko smacked him again.

Masahiko and his companions visited the Senju Clan Compound after Kushina donated an enormous sum to the Konoha Orphanage. There, Masahiko learned that Kohiko had awakened the Sharingan before entering the Ninja Academy and agreed to intervene so the child would not have to change his surname to Uchiha.

• Kushina gave Yakushi Nonō more than two hundred million in Masahiko's money, and Masahiko accepted that he could not ask for it back.
• Masahiko and his companions arrived at the Senju Clan Compound, where they met Mikoto and her son, Senju Masahiko, whom Masahiko called Kohiko.
• Mikoto told Masahiko that Kohiko had awakened the Sharingan three months earlier during his first Chakra extraction, drawing attention from the Uchiha.
• Masahiko realized Mikoto and Nawaki had named their child after him so he would be more likely to overturn the agreement requiring a Sharingan-awakened child to take the Uchiha surname.
• Masahiko agreed to intervene and keep Kohiko from changing his surname to Uchiha.

Masahiko helped Kushina decide to enroll Naruto in the Ninja Academy and met Hinata on the way there. After sensing someone spying on Konoha, he found Toneri and his father observing Hinata from a strange aircraft and confronted them.

• Mikoto told Masahiko that the Uchiha elders were pressuring her and Kohiko after Kohiko awakened his eyes, and Masahiko promised to speak with Kagami when he returned.
• Kushina agreed to take Naruto to enroll at the Ninja Academy, and Masahiko and Kohiko sparred with him before they set out.
• Masahiko, Kushina, Minato, and Naruto met Hinata and a Hyuga Branch Family member on their way to the academy.
• Masahiko sensed that someone was watching them and vanished toward the southwest while the others continued to enroll Naruto.
• Masahiko found Toneri and his father observing Konoha in an aircraft, where Toneri's father revealed his plan to pair Toneri with Hinata to awaken the Tenseigan.

Masahiko was blasted onto Toneri's spacecraft and accidentally traveled to the moon, where he confronted Toneri and his father. After Toneri's father collapsed, Masahiko found the lunar palaces deserted and began considering making the moon his home.

• Toneri's Father attacked Masahiko with a Chakra-absorbing technique, and the resulting explosion sent Masahiko onto the spacecraft as it fled to the moon.
• Masahiko surprised Toneri and his father aboard the landed spacecraft, then followed Toneri as he piloted them toward the deserted palaces.
• Toneri's Father pretended to be unconscious and sent puppets after Masahiko, who destroyed them with two Rasenshuriken.
• Toneri's Father said the world should be destroyed because the Ten-Tails' husk had been stolen and Kaguya Otsutsuki might be freed.
• Toneri's Father collapsed, and Masahiko considered taking over a lunar palace as a place to stay.

Masahiko spared Toneri after Toneri’s father died and invited him to leave the moon for Earth. After building himself a castle and learning to pilot a spaceship, Masahiko prepared to return to Konoha with Toneri, who hoped to attend the Ninja Academy and pursue Hinata.

• Masahiko explained to Toneri that he had not intended to kill his father and encouraged Toneri to experience life on Earth rather than remain alone on the moon.
• Masahiko spent four days clearing the ruined palaces and building himself a castle on the moon.
• Masahiko learned to pilot Toneri’s spaceship and asked Toneri to show him the place where his clan had observed the ninja world, only to learn Masahiko had already destroyed it.
• Toneri decided to accompany Masahiko to Earth and asked whether he could attend Konoha’s Ninja Academy.
• Masahiko teased Toneri about liking Hinata, then encouraged him to pursue her and prepared to leave for Earth the next morning.

Masahiko returned from the moon with Toneri and reunited with Kushina, Minato, and Mikoto after a chaotic landing. He introduced Toneri and reflected on accepting that the future he remembered would not necessarily unfold as he expected.

• Masahiko piloted Hamura’s spacecraft back to Earth, then jumped out from high above the ground to try bungee jumping.
• Kushina arrived below and accidentally caused Masahiko to crash into the ground; Minato mistook Toneri for the culprit and knocked him unconscious.
• Masahiko returned to Mikoto’s home, explained his recent adventures, and learned that the Fourth Shinobi War had ended.
• Masahiko introduced Toneri as a descendant of Otsutsuki Hamura and told him that Hamura had truly died.
• Masahiko considered Kohiko’s surname and name, then decided to let events unfold instead of trying to force his remembered future.

Masahiko took Toneri to enroll at Konoha’s Ninja Academy on the first day of school, where Toneri joined Iruka’s class and sat behind Hinata. After witnessing Naruto’s enrollment and changing the main storyline, Masahiko received Witness Points and left wondering where to go next.

• Masahiko endured Mikoto and Kushina’s pleas about the name-change agreement, then spanked Naruto after Naruto loudly called Toneri a rival in love.
• On March 1st, Masahiko accompanied Toneri to the academy to complete his registration while Minato, Kushina, and Mikoto escorted Naruto and Kohiko.
• An academy teacher showed Masahiko the previous first-grade exam results, where Tenten ranked first, Neji second, and Rock Lee last.
• Iruka welcomed Toneri into his first-grade class, and Toneri chose the seat behind Hinata while Naruto and Kohiko sat at opposite ends of the room.
• Masahiko received 20 (*5) Witness Points for witnessing Naruto’s enrollment and left the academy wondering where to go next.

Masahiko wandered Konoha looking for something fun to do, then got hired as Fat Cat’s personal chef at Tenten’s family ninja tool shop. After serving Fat Cat a meal, he watched the cat fake an injury so Tenten would tend to it.

• Masahiko visited Ichiraku Ramen, praised Teuchi’s improved cooking, and left without paying.
• Masahiko saw the notice hiring a chef at Tenten’s family shop and introduced himself as Indra.
• Masahiko demonstrated his cooking skills and was hired to make dinner for Fat Cat.
• Masahiko prepared fish for Fat Cat, which devoured a whole fish and praised his cooking.
• Fat Cat pulled bones from its mouth, faked a paw injury, and let Tenten comfort it while Masahiko stared in disbelief.

Masahiko watched Konoha’s postwar tensions and the children’s Academy rivalries while secretly helping Tenten handle Fat Cat’s Two-Tails-tainted blood. Just as he settled into life as a spectator, Kimimaro’s Bloodline Disease flared up.

• Masahiko secretly visited Tenten each night to help her digest Fat Cat’s blood and conceal the Two-Tails Chakra in her reserves.
• Tsunade left Konoha with Shizune, and Jiraiya followed, leaving all three Sannin away from the village; Dan Katō’s death had awakened Obito’s Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
• The Senju and Uchiha clans clashed over the child formerly known as Senju Masahiko, who was renamed Sasuke Uchiha but remained with the Senju.
• Hiruzen stayed on as Hokage, strengthened the Anbu, and appointed Rin to lead Konoha’s medical corps while trying to ease the village’s tensions.
• At the Academy, Naruto fell for Sakura, Sakura preferred Sasuke, and the children continued competing, with Toneri as a shared target to surpass.
• Masahiko planned to keep spectating until Kimimaro’s Bloodline Disease suddenly flared up.

Masahiko's attempts to treat Kimimaro's Bloodline Disease made the boy worse, so Masahiko took him to find Orochimaru. At the site of Orochimaru's former laboratory, Masahiko found Otogakure and faced Jirobo.

• Masahiko learned that Kimimaro's muscle weakness had begun over a month earlier and realized his medicinal soup was worsening the boy's condition.
• Hiashi brought Masahiko the Bagua Two Hundred Fifty-Six Palms book and asked about Otsutsuki Toneri and Hinata.
• Masahiko decided to take Kimimaro, Karin, and Haku to Orochimaru's laboratory in the Land of Fields.
• Masahiko found Otogakure where the laboratory had been and recognized Jirobo and Tayuya.
• Jirobo charged at Masahiko with an Arhat Fist, and Masahiko tapped him on the forehead with One Yang Finger.

Masahiko brought Kimimaro to Orochimaru for an examination and learned that Kimimaro’s illness worsened when he used Shikotsumyaku. After rejecting Orochimaru’s proposed remedies, Masahiko decided to study medicine himself so he could treat Kimimaro.

• Masahiko defeated the Otogakure ninja who surrounded him, then summoned Orochimaru with his Lion's Roar Technique.
• Masahiko took Kimimaro, Karin, and Haku to Orochimaru’s underground laboratory and allowed Orochimaru to draw Kimimaro’s blood for tests.
• Orochimaru found that Kimimaro had a genetic defect that caused muscle weakness and grew much worse when he used Shikotsumyaku.
• Orochimaru offered to give Kimimaro another body or use a curse formation, but Masahiko rejected both options.
• Masahiko asked Orochimaru for all his research and medical collections, then spent several days studying in hopes of activating his Medical Jutsu skill.

Masahiko advanced his Medical Jutsu and used it to suppress Kimimaro’s Bloodline Disease, then faced Guren after she challenged him over his treatment of Orochimaru’s subordinates. He provoked her with a supposed fusion technique and left Haku to handle her charge.

• Masahiko raised Medical Jutsu to level eight and discovered his healing abilities had nearly surpassed the Mystical Palm Technique.
• Masahiko treated Kimimaro, temporarily suppressing his Bloodline Disease and helping him regain his strength.
• Haku told Masahiko that Jirobo had come looking for him, and Masahiko went downstairs to meet him.
• Guren confronted Masahiko, accusing him of destroying their village and disrespecting Orochimaru, while Tayuya warned her that he was powerful.
• Masahiko challenged Guren with a supposedly fused One Yang Finger and Lion’s Roar Technique, then told Haku to handle her as she charged.

Masahiko helped Haku hold off Guren and the Otogakure ninja, then let Orochimaru decide what to do with them. After learning that Danzo could not be summoned with Impure World Reincarnation, Masahiko planned to find a sparring partner and asked Orochimaru to prepare Hashirama and Tobirama.

• Masahiko used his Chakra to lower the temperature and help Haku stabilize his fight against Guren.
• Karin, Kimimaro, Jirobo, and Tayuya joined the battle, but Guren held her own against them.
• The Otogakure ninja stopped fighting when they noticed Orochimaru and knelt before him.
• Masahiko asked Orochimaru to let Guren stay and advised him to investigate Zaku, who was already in Orochimaru's laboratory.
• Orochimaru told Masahiko that Impure World Reincarnation could not summon Danzo, leading Masahiko to suspect the Rinnegan was involved.
• Masahiko asked Orochimaru to prepare Hashirama and Tobirama as sparring partners.

Masahiko discussed Konoha’s leadership crisis with Hashirama and Tobirama, then developed an eighteen-form taijutsu style with their help. Tobirama identified its main weakness: it defended well but was slow to defeat opponents, leaving Masahiko to reconsider how useful it would be to teach.

• Masahiko told Hashirama and Tobirama about recent events and listened as they debated whether Minato, Nawaki, or Uchiha Obito should lead Konoha.
• Masahiko asked Hashirama to spar with him and Tobirama to advise him as he combined techniques into a taijutsu style of his own.
• Over a month, Masahiko condensed hundreds of techniques into eighteen forms and used them to withstand Hashirama’s Sage Mode attacks.
• Masahiko’s treatment suppressed Kimimaro’s Bloodline Disease, and Tobirama guided Kimimaro, Haku, and Guren in training.
• Tobirama praised the new style’s defense but warned that beginners would struggle to generate force and finish fights quickly, prompting Masahiko to question its value.

Masahiko finished developing his weaponless taijutsu, then prepared to travel with Kimimaro, Haku, and Karin after Kimimaro’s condition was suppressed. At Orochimaru’s laboratory, he discovered experiments to create Curse Marks from Sage Mode and agreed to make medicine to help the children endure the process.

• Masahiko and Hashirama tested the taijutsu with kunai, but Masahiko concluded it needed new killing moves for weapon use.
• Hashirama’s summoned body crumbled, and Tobirama left for Konoha to see Hiruzen and Kagami without interfering in current affairs.
• Masahiko told Kimimaro, Haku, and Karin that they would leave Otogakure soon and travel rather than return to Konoha.
• Masahiko found Orochimaru experimenting on children and asked about the screams; Orochimaru explained that he was trying to grant them Sage Mode through Curse Marks.
• Orochimaru asked Masahiko to make an Awakening Pill to help the children adapt, and Masahiko agreed to prepare medicine.

Masahiko left Otogakure with Kimimaro, Haku, and Karin, traveling across the ninja world toward the Land of Earth. Near Iwagakure, he shot down a giant bird with a slingshot, sending its blond rider tumbling from the sky.

• Masahiko made Awakening Pills for Orochimaru and trained Kimimaro, Haku, and Karin in his evasion-based taijutsu, though Karin struggled to learn it.
• Masahiko decided the group would travel to the Land of Earth after Kimimaro and Haku outvoted Karin's preference for the Land of Wind.
• Masahiko and the three children left Otogakure, traveled leisurely through the ninja world, and passed through Takigakure while Kakuzu was away.
• By the end of June in Konoha Year 54, Masahiko and the children reached a mountain forest near Iwagakure.
• After hearing explosions nearby, Masahiko used a slingshot to hit a white giant bird, causing its blond rider to fall and curse at him.

Masahiko and the children fought Deidara, who had fled Iwagakure, before he escaped and tried to hide. Masahiko caught him by surprise, and they argued over what counted as art.

• Deidara attacked Masahiko and the children with explosive clay creatures, while Haku froze them and blocked their blasts.
• Masahiko sent Kimimaro after Deidara, but Deidara fled; a girl emerged from the woods asking where her brother had gone, and Masahiko sent her in the wrong direction.
• Masahiko warned the children that they were not invincible and urged them to train harder as they continued pursuing Deidara.
• Deidara hid behind a giant tree to retrieve his fallen bird, but Masahiko found him and blasted him with Small Fireballs.
• Deidara challenged Masahiko’s understanding of art, and Masahiko called himself a performance artist.

Masahiko and his companions fought Deidara and then met Kurotsuchi and her Iwagakure escorts in the Giant Forest. After sharing lunch, Masahiko asked Kurotsuchi to guide them to Iwagakure, and she vowed to usurp Ōnoki's Tsuchikage position.

• Deidara ran low on clay and Chakra while fighting Kimimaro, who eased up to prolong their battle.
• Masahiko kicked the invisible Oonoki out of hiding as Kurotsuchi arrived with two Iwagakure ninja to help Deidara.
• Masahiko returned Oonoki and invited the group to lunch, explaining that he had mistaken him for a bird.
• Masahiko served roasted wild boar, and Kurotsuchi befriended his group despite Deidara's suspicions.
• Masahiko asked Kurotsuchi to guide them to Iwagakure, and she said she planned to take Ōnoki's Tsuchikage position in two years.