Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Hiko persuaded Miss Kobayashi to help recruit his sworn Big Brother by using her beauty to win him over. After he gave her an Amethyst Necklace, she dressed up for the mission, and Hiko praised her before they set out.

• Uchiha Hiko told Miss Kobayashi that her help could persuade his sworn Big Brother to join them, and she agreed.
• Uchiha Hiko fastened the Amethyst Necklace around Miss Kobayashi's neck and urged her to prepare to leave quickly.
• Miss Kobayashi changed into a carefully chosen outfit and applied makeup while Uchiha Hiko waited in her garden.
• Miss Kobayashi asked Uchiha Hiko whether she looked ready for the mission, and he praised her beauty.

Uchiha Hiko walked Miss Kobayashi out and teased her about how often she praised him to her parents. She revealed that her polished, clever manner was an act she had worked hard to develop, and the chapter ended as she explained why she wanted to change.

• Uchiha Hiko took Miss Kobayashi by the hand and led her out of the room.
• Uchiha Hiko asked whether Miss Kobayashi had mentioned him to her parents, and her blush revealed that she had often praised him at home.
• Uchiha Hiko called her Kobayashi Yui and said he understood her feelings and saw her as pure beneath her foxlike act.
• Kobayashi Yui recalled that people had called her a pretty vase, so she had bought books and practiced honorific speech to set herself apart.

Miss Kobayashi told Uchiha Hiko that he had saved her from drunken Weaving Guild workers and bandaged her injured hand. Uchiha Hiko eventually remembered the handkerchief he had used, which he had gotten in an exchange with a little girl for candied hawthorn skewers.

• Miss Kobayashi explained that Uchiha Hiko had rescued her on the back mountain behind the Weaving Guild when drunken workers harassed her.
• Uchiha Hiko struggled to remember the incident, and Miss Kobayashi realized he had forgotten.
• Miss Kobayashi recalled that Uchiha Hiko had bandaged the cut on her hand with his handkerchief.
• Uchiha Hiko remembered the handkerchief and explained in his thoughts that he had traded for it with a little girl in exchange for candied hawthorn skewers.
• Uchiha Hiko put the handkerchief into his pocket.

Uchiha Hiko remembered saving Yui Kobayashi from a group of drunken men, unaware at the time that she was the woman he had rescued. Yui told him how her parents had tried to marry her off for money, and the chapter ended with her beginning to explain what happened after she repaid the debt.

• Uchiha Hiko recalled using his handkerchief to bandage the injured Yui Kobayashi after rescuing her from drunken men.
• Yui told Uchiha Hiko that the rescue began her love for him and that she had once been an ordinary-looking girl forced toward marriage by her parents.
• Yui explained that her parents arranged her marriage to a wealthy widower whose previous wives had been abused to death.
• Yui said she defied her parents by declaring her love for Uchiha Hiko, but they had borrowed heavily from the widower to fund her younger brother's expenses.
• Yui told Uchiha Hiko that she repaid the debt through overnight shifts at the Weaving Guild, then began explaining whether her parents called off the engagement.

Miss Kobayashi explained how she had used Sato Ijin as a cover for her feelings for Uchiha Hiko and described the men who pursued her and her parents’ attempts to sell her to a widower again. She asked Uchiha Hiko to protect her, and he burned with anger at those who had targeted her.

• Miss Kobayashi told Uchiha Hiko that she had claimed to like Sato Ijin so her family would let her pursue him.
• Miss Kobayashi said a friend had humiliated her after she confessed her feelings for Uchiha Hiko, so she hid her love and used Sato Ijin as a shield.
• Miss Kobayashi explained that Sato Ijin began pursuing her after noticing her changes, while Yamamoto Ichiro also tried to take her as his concubine.
• Miss Kobayashi said Sato Ijin gave up when Yamamoto Ichiro declared his intentions, and she publicly claimed she would marry only Sato Ijin to reject Yamamoto Ichiro.
• Miss Kobayashi revealed that her parents had secretly contacted Ito Taro to sell her to him again, then asked Uchiha Hiko to protect her.

Uchiha Hiko comforted Miss Kobayashi and agreed to accompany her as she went to find Master Roshi to help save Earth. As they left her courtyard, they encountered Sato Ijin, who was stunned to see them holding hands.

• Uchiha Hiko reassured Miss Kobayashi that he would protect her from anyone who tried to force or covet her.
• Miss Kobayashi urged Uchiha Hiko to begin their mission to find Master Roshi and asked to take the lead.
• Uchiha Hiko agreed to accompany Miss Kobayashi and told her that bringing Master Roshi would make her a hero.
• Uchiha Hiko took Miss Kobayashi's hand and led her out of her courtyard.
• Sato Ijin saw their clasped hands, approached Miss Kobayashi, and remarked that she had become even prettier.

Uchiha Hiko and Miss Kobayashi affirmed their relationship after Sato Ijin accused Hiko of forcing her. Yamamoto Ichiro arrived and, after Sato Ijin pointed him toward the couple, noticed their clasped hands.

• Miss Kobayashi told Uchiha Hiko that she had found the love of her life, then slapped Sato Ijin and said she had never liked him.
• Yamamoto Ichiro arrived with roses and threatened Sato Ijin, who trembled in fear.
• Miss Kobayashi told Uchiha Hiko that Yamamoto Ichiro was a wealthy martial artist who had once beaten Sato Ijin for pursuing her.
• Sato Ijin claimed he had only been passing by and urged Yamamoto Ichiro to take Miss Kobayashi back, blaming Uchiha Hiko for forcing her.
• Yamamoto Ichiro turned his attention to Uchiha Hiko and Miss Kobayashi's clasped hands.

Yamamoto Ichiro confronted Uchiha Hiko over Miss Kobayashi, who said she loved Hiko and rejected Ichiro. Hiko beat Ichiro after he insulted and attacked him, leaving Ichiro to remember his father's warning about Hiko.

• Yamamoto Ichiro proposed to Miss Kobayashi and promised to protect her, but she moved closer to Uchiha Hiko and rejected him.
• Yamamoto Ichiro insulted Hiko and demanded that he apologize and leave.
• Uchiha Hiko punched Yamamoto Ichiro, knocking out two of his front teeth.
• Yamamoto Ichiro charged at Hiko, who caught his fist and struck him repeatedly in the stomach.
• Yamamoto Ichiro regretted provoking Hiko and recalled his father's warning to avoid him.

Uchiha Hiko beat Yamamoto Ichiro for harassing Miss Kobayashi, then destroyed his car with a fireball technique. He rescued Yamamoto Ichiro from the flames and brought him back alive, leaving him to face Uchiha Hiko’s taunt.

• Uchiha Hiko ignored Yamamoto Ichiro’s threats and beat him until Miss Kobayashi asked him to stop.
• Yamamoto Ichiro fled in his car and threatened to take revenge on Uchiha Hiko.
• Uchiha Hiko launched a fireball that consumed Yamamoto Ichiro’s car.
• Miss Kobayashi worried that Uchiha Hiko had killed Yamamoto Ichiro, but Uchiha Hiko explained that his fireball affected objects, not people.
• Uchiha Hiko used Instant Transmission to pull Yamamoto Ichiro from the car and bring him back, then challenged him to make good on his threat.

Uchiha Hiko let Yamamoto Ichiro go after he apologized to Kobayashi Yui and promised not to harass her again. He warned Yamamoto to treat the civilians under his authority well, then turned his attention to the terrified Sato Ijin.

• Uchiha Hiko asked Yamamoto Ichiro whether he still wanted revenge, and Yamamoto knelt and begged for forgiveness.
• Uchiha Hiko asked Kobayashi Yui whether Yamamoto should be forgiven, and she said she only wanted him to stop harassing her.
• Yamamoto kowtowed to Kobayashi Yui and promised not to harass her again.
• Uchiha Hiko warned Yamamoto not to mistreat civilians or pursue Kobayashi Yui, then ordered him to leave.
• Yamamoto scrambled away, and Uchiha Hiko turned toward the trembling Sato Ijin.

Uchiha Hiko frightened Sato Ijin into fainting without hitting him, then called President Sato to come collect his son. He left Sato Ijin protected by a barrier near Miss Kobayashi's home.

• Sato Ijin knelt and begged Uchiha Hiko to forgive him, but Uchiha Hiko warned him that he would receive the same treatment as Yamamoto Ichiro.
• Uchiha Hiko cracked his knuckles and threw a punch, but Sato Ijin fainted from fright before it touched him.
• Miss Kobayashi asked why Sato Ijin had collapsed when Yamamoto Ichiro had endured several blows, and Uchiha Hiko explained that he had not hit Sato Ijin.
• Uchiha Hiko called President Sato and asked him to come deal with his fainted son.
• Uchiha Hiko placed a barrier around Sato Ijin to keep unrelated people from harming him.

Uchiha Hiko left the unconscious Sato Ijin protected by a barrier and explained to Miss Kobayashi how his friendship with President Sato began. As they walked away together, Miss Kobayashi learned that President Sato had supported Hiko’s early business ideas.

• Uchiha Hiko reassured Miss Kobayashi that Sato Ijin was safe inside a barrier and that he had given Sato Ijin’s father the incantation to open it.
• Uchiha Hiko and Miss Kobayashi clasped hands and left Sato Ijin behind.
• Miss Kobayashi asked Uchiha Hiko about his connection to the president of the Weaving Guild.
• Uchiha Hiko recalled arriving in the village with few prospects and bringing his designs to President Sato.
• President Sato accepted and bought Uchiha Hiko’s idea, helping him earn his first money in the village.
• Miss Kobayashi remarked that President Sato seemed free-spirited despite rarely leaving the Weaving Guild.

Uchiha Hiko told Miss Kobayashi how President Sato’s initial loan helped him find and develop mineral veins, build his fortune, and later save Sato’s Weaving Guild. He ended by hinting that President Sato would discipline his own son for mistreating him.

• Uchiha Hiko explained that his Chakra energy helped him locate mineral veins, and that he initially mistook the two aliens for treasure hunters.
• Uchiha Hiko said he gave President Sato a coal mine in gratitude for the money that had helped him start his business.
• Uchiha Hiko recounted developing a mineral vein, selling ore, building a blast furnace, and becoming the village’s richest man.
• Uchiha Hiko said he invested in President Sato’s struggling Weaving Guild and hired fashion designers whose work revived it.
• Miss Kobayashi complained that the Guild’s expensive fabrics had made her work stressful, and Uchiha Hiko realized his decision had caused her trouble.
• Uchiha Hiko asked whether Miss Kobayashi thought President Sato would let his son mistreat him without disciplining him himself.

Uchiha Hiko reassured Miss Kobayashi that President Sato would discipline his son, then confronted Ito Taro, the wealthy widower who claimed he had bought Miss Kobayashi from her parents. Ito Taro summoned more than a dozen bodyguards, leaving Uchiha Hiko facing a new challenge.

• Uchiha Hiko told Miss Kobayashi that President Sato would punish Sato Ijin for betraying him and pestering her.
• Uchiha Hiko and Miss Kobayashi headed to tell Bulma they would pick up Master Roshi, but encountered Ito Taro on the street.
• Miss Kobayashi explained that Ito Taro was the widower her parents had contacted and that she had never been involved with him.
• Uchiha Hiko confronted Ito Taro, who claimed he had paid Miss Kobayashi's parents and threatened to beat Uchiha Hiko.
• Ito Taro clapped his hands, and more than a dozen bodyguards appeared around him.

Sato Taro ordered his bodyguards to seize Miss Kobayashi and kill Uchiha Hiko, but Hiko used his Sharingan to interfere with them. The bodyguards closed in, and their leader drew a dagger to attack Hiko as Miss Kobayashi watched him seemingly refuse to resist.

• Sato Taro offered his bodyguards ten million yen to kill Uchiha Hiko and bring Miss Kobayashi to him.
• Miss Kobayashi stood between the bodyguards and Hiko, then urged him to escape while she held them off.
• Hiko comforted Miss Kobayashi and secretly activated his Sharingan to influence the approaching bodyguards.
• The bodyguards rushed Hiko, and their leader pulled out a dagger and aimed it at his chest.
• Miss Kobayashi rose from Hiko's arms, surprised that he showed no sign of resisting.

Uchiha Hiko used his scarlet-eyed power to freeze Ito Ichiro and his bodyguards before they could kill him and Miss Kobayashi. He stopped Ito Ichiro from fleeing and confronted him, mocking his plan to have the bodyguards murder him.

• Miss Kobayashi tried to shield Uchiha Hiko from the bodyguard’s dagger, while Ito Ichiro taunted Uchiha Hiko for not fighting back.
• Uchiha Hiko’s scarlet eyes stopped the bodyguards mid-attack, leaving their daggers just short of Miss Kobayashi.
• Ito Ichiro tried to rouse his frozen bodyguards, then grabbed Uchiha Hiko and demanded to know what he had done.
• Ito Ichiro turned to flee, but Uchiha Hiko froze him, lifted him back upright, and challenged him about his plan to kill Uchiha Hiko.

Uchiha Hiko confronted Ito Ichiro for threatening him and coveting Miss Kobayashi, then used Ito’s own bodyguards to kill him without striking the fatal blows himself. Hiko left with Miss Kobayashi, who asked what he had done.

• Uchiha Hiko restored Ito Ichiro’s ability to speak and rejected his pleas for mercy and offers of wealth.
• Ito Ichiro invoked the law and claimed he had paid Mr. and Mrs. Kobayashi for Kobayashi Yui, frightening Miss Kobayashi.
• Uchiha Hiko reassured Miss Kobayashi and made Ito Ichiro’s bodyguards turn on him with their daggers.
• Uchiha Hiko left with Miss Kobayashi as Ito Ichiro screamed, and she asked Hiko what he had done.

Uchiha Hiko carried Miss Kobayashi away from the bodyguards and explained how his Sharingan worked. Miss Kobayashi worried that witnesses could expose him, but Hiko assured her he had taken precautions.

• Uchiha Hiko carried Miss Kobayashi across rooftops until she asked him to put her down.
• Uchiha Hiko set Miss Kobayashi down and invited her to ask about what had happened.
• Uchiha Hiko explained that the Sharingan could block or copy Ninjutsu and that controlling minds was difficult.
• Miss Kobayashi worried that witnesses might expose Uchiha Hiko and asked how the bodyguards would treat Sato Ichiro.
• Uchiha Hiko reassured Miss Kobayashi that he had left no hidden danger and described how ninjas used Chakra barriers.

Uchiha Hiko reassured Miss Kobayashi that his barrier would prevent witnesses from noticing what happened, and explained how he had arranged for Ito Taro’s bodyguards to be caught after killing him. Miss Kobayashi worried that the bodyguards might expose Uchiha Hiko once they regained consciousness.

• Uchiha Hiko told Miss Kobayashi that his barrier would make passersby avoid the area and prevent them from remembering what happened.
• Miss Kobayashi asked whether Ito Taro would die, and Uchiha Hiko said he had killed him for insulting her.
• Miss Kobayashi asked about Ito Taro’s bodyguards, and Uchiha Hiko explained that they would kill Ito Taro under his control and be caught afterward.
• Uchiha Hiko assured Miss Kobayashi that the bodyguards would regain consciousness when witnesses found them but would be unable to move until guards arrived.
• Miss Kobayashi worried that the bodyguards might expose Uchiha Hiko after waking up.

Uchiha Hiko explained to Miss Kobayashi how he used the bodyguards’ greed to make them kill Ito Taro and alter their memories. He reassured her that he would not use his mind-control ability lightly, while warning that he would punish anyone who targeted her.

• Miss Kobayashi worried that the bodyguards might accuse Uchiha Hiko of controlling them, and he said he had altered their memories so they would forget meeting them.
• Uchiha Hiko explained that Ito Taro’s offer of money made the bodyguards’ minds easier to invade and planted the idea that stabbing someone could earn them money.
• Uchiha Hiko said the bodyguards would have resisted if he had forced them to kill Ito Taro without that incentive, and controlling them would have taken several times more Chakra energy.
• Miss Kobayashi grew frightened by how dangerous Uchiha Hiko’s ability was, so he comforted her and promised not to use it lightly.
• Uchiha Hiko told Miss Kobayashi that he had been furious and would not let anyone who targeted her get away with it.