Chapter Summaries

After a tsunami devastated several countries, Sasuke left to investigate the Land of Water while Naruto sought advice from Uchiha Yoichi. Yoichi refused the first summons, but Sakura persuaded him to visit the Hokage Building by mentioning Ino, leaving Sakura suspicious of his interest in her friend.

• Naruto and Shikamaru told Kakashi and Sasuke that a massive tsunami had submerged the Land of Water and struck several other countries and coastal areas.
• Sasuke shared what he had learned about the Otsutsuki, then left to investigate the Land of Water with secret medicine from Sakura.
• Yoichi finished refining Dragon Power Pills and refused to meet Naruto when Ao and Nitta summoned him, then controlled them with Command Spells.
• Sakura and Sasuke freed Ao and Nitta from the mental control, and Sakura went to apologize to Yoichi and ask him to meet Naruto.
• Yoichi agreed to go after Sakura mentioned Ino, and Sakura resolved to investigate why he seemed to treat Ino differently.

After a tsunami submerged the Land of Water, Naruto Uzumaki and the other Kage coordinated relief while Uchiha Yoichi offered limited help and Shikamaru Nara’s suspicions drove him away. Uchiha Sasuke set out alone to investigate the gigantic Sea Kings, while civilians near Konoha discovered a strange, indestructible treasure chest in the tsunami’s wreckage.

• Naruto Uzumaki apologized to Uchiha Yoichi and explained that tsunamis had devastated the Land of Water and struck other regions; Yoichi said he could not stop natural disasters but offered to sense and analyze threats in exchange for keeping any treasures he found.
• Shikamaru Nara accused Yoichi of seeking treasure, prompting Yoichi to leave; Shikamaru later admitted to Naruto that he had no evidence for his suspicions and returned to work.
• Chojuro requested aid from the other four Kage after Kirigakure restored communications, and they agreed to help; Naruto told them about Yoichi’s prophecy and that Uchiha Sasuke had gone to investigate the disaster’s source.
• After learning that Mist Ninja had sighted at least three Sea Kings thousands of meters tall, Uchiha Sasuke rejected a team investigation and traveled alone toward their location.
• Two civilian brothers searching their tsunami-damaged home found a magnificent chest they could not break open and decided to take it to Konoha or the capital to sell.

Two brothers sold Uchiha Yoichi a strange treasure chest containing the Mera Mera no Mi, which he recognized as a fruit from another world. After telling Ino Yamanaka that space-time collisions would bring disasters and treasures every three days, he sent her to warn Naruto.

• Ino Yamanaka brought two brothers to Yoichi's Pharmacy to sell a treasure chest they could not open.
• Uchiha Yoichi sensed the Mera Mera no Mi inside the chest and bought it from the brothers for four million ryo.
• After the brothers left, Uchiha Yoichi opened the chest and told Ino Yamanaka the fruit might grant fire-related abilities with drawbacks.
• Uchiha Yoichi took Ino Yamanaka upstairs, then told her his prophecy that another space-time collision would occur after midnight the next day.
• Uchiha Yoichi explained that collisions happened every three days and could bring disasters, Exotic Beasts, and treasures, so Ino Yamanaka hurried off to inform Naruto.

After eating the Mera Mera no Mi, Uchiha Yoichi gained much finer control over his Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame and refined a Heavenly Eye Pill from Gamamaru’s eyes. As the Kage prepared for nine more disasters, Yoichi redeemed the Dream Weaving superpower to decide what to do next.

• Uchiha Yoichi ate the Mera Mera no Mi, transformed his hand into flame, and found that he could control the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame with new precision.
• Uchiha Yoichi refined a Dragon Power Pill more quickly, then used Gamamaru’s eyes to make a Heavenly Eye Pill.
• Ino Yamanaka warned Naruto Uzumaki and Shikamaru Nara that nine more disasters were expected; Naruto assigned Ino to help strengthen Konoha’s barrier and decided Sai should continue investigating a hostile organization.
• Naruto and the other four Kage questioned Uchiha Yoichi about the disasters, then left to prepare for the next one.
• Uchiha Yoichi considered his clones’ projects and his dwindling alchemy supplies, then redeemed the Dream Weaving superpower.

Uchiha Yoichi used the Dream Space to practice alchemy before entering Ino Yamanaka’s dream, where Sakura witnessed Ino with Yoichi. Sakura and Ino both woke believing the vivid encounter had only been a dream.

• Uchiha Yoichi materialized twenty Black Demon Cauldrons and ingredients in the Dream Space, then sent twenty Shadow Clones to refine Rank 6 Pills.
• Uchiha Yoichi left his own dream and entered Ino Yamanaka’s dream.
• Haruno Sakura treated injured people near Konoha’s border, then ordered her medical team to return to the village after receiving an emergency message.
• Sakura dreamed that Konoha was empty and found Ino with Uchiha Yoichi at the Yamanaka residence.
• Sakura woke at the medical team’s quarters and remembered the dream, while Ino also woke at home and went to wash herself.

As Konoha’s leaders prepared for the prophesied disaster, no Exotic Beast appeared in any of the Five Great Nations, while a destroyed Lightning Train and an unconscious Temari were discovered in the Land of Wind. The chapter left the cause of the wreck and Temari’s condition unknown.

• Sakura returned to Konoha and prepared the hospital’s staff and medicine for the coming disaster.
• Victor used the Kamui Clone’s advice to mislead Sai’s investigation and direct attention toward the Kara Organization.
• Naruto Uzumaki and the other Kage found no sign of a disaster in their villages and ordered searches across their nations.
• Naruto Uzumaki and Ino Yamanaka persuaded Shikamaru Nara to go home and rest.
• A Sand ninja search team found destroyed Lightning Train tracks and Temari unconscious, then took her back to identify and question her.

Temari woke in Sunagakure to find that its shinobi did not recognize her or believe she was Gaara’s sister, leaving her bound and facing Anbu interrogation. Elsewhere, Uchiha Yoichi’s Tenseigan Clone killed a White Whale and collected the treasures inside it before returning to the Merchant Guild convoy.

• Temari woke in a Sunagakure hospital and insisted she was Gaara’s older sister, but the shinobi accused her of being involved in the Lightning Train incident and left her bound.
• Sunagakure Anbu told Temari that Gaara and Kankuro had no older sister and demanded that she confess her identity and role in the incident.
• In the Land of Fire, Uchiha Yoichi’s Tenseigan Clone sensed a huge creature approaching inside mist that blocked the Byakugan.
• Uchiha Yoichi’s Tenseigan Clone used Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion to slice the White Whale and bring it crashing down.
• Uchiha Yoichi’s Tenseigan Clone collected books, colorful ores, and jewelry from the White Whale’s stomach, then returned to the Merchant Guild convoy and sent guards to investigate the corpse.

Temari returned to Konoha after Sunagakure rejected her, hoping Shikamaru and Shikadai would remember her, but they did not. Shikamaru began investigating her claim that a White Whale had erased everyone’s memories and took her to see Uchiha Yoichi.

• Sunagakure's Ninja drove Temari out despite confirming she had not damaged the Lightning Train Track, and she hurried back to Konoha.
• Konoha's Ninja found a huge, hollowed-out White Whale corpse and brought it back to study while the Tenseigan Clone's caravan continued its plans.
• Temari reached Konoha and tried to reunite with Shikadai, but he did not recognize her and threatened to call the Security Force.
• Temari explained to Shikamaru that she was his wife and that a White Whale had erased everyone's memories of her, but he did not recognize her either.
• Shikamaru discussed Temari's claims with Naruto, who decided to consult Sasuke and send Anbu to question their classmates.
• Naruto advised Shikamaru to take Temari to Uchiha Yoichi, and Shikamaru led her toward Yoichi's pharmacy.

Nara Shikamaru sought Uchiha Yoichi’s advice about Temari, whom everyone had forgotten after the White Whale attacked her, and Yoichi suggested she might have inherited someone else’s memories. Temari returned to ask for help, and Yoichi offered to investigate the White Whale in exchange for rare treasures; as the third descent began, he continued studying the beast and may have found a way to counter its Mist of Annihilation.

• Nara Shikamaru brought Temari to Uchiha Yoichi, who suggested that the White Whale had either erased her existence or given her someone else’s memories.
• After Naruto reported that others remembered Shikamaru’s wife as dead, Shikamaru told Temari to stay in Konoha until her problem could be addressed, leaving her devastated and doubtful.
• Temari returned to Yoichi’s Pharmacy and demanded help, so Yoichi offered to investigate the White Whale if she could find five rare treasures from his exchange catalogue.
• Yoichi sent a Kamui Clone to study the White Whale’s organs in the Kamui Dimension, while Temari recovered from her injuries and failed to find the listed medicinal materials.
• The Five Great Shinobi Villages classified the White Whale as the second descent’s disaster Exotic Beast and searched for the third descent’s location, while Yoichi continued his research and may have found a way to counter the Mist of Annihilation.

Sakura woke from recurring dreams about Ino while Konoha remained on alert for Exotic Beasts. Uchiha Yoichi tested a secret medicine that could restore someone erased by the White Whale’s Mist of Annihilation, then offered Temari the medicine in exchange for rare ingredients or spending the night with him, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Sakura woke from another vivid dream about Ino, cleaned herself up, and prepared breakfast for Sarada before leaving home.
• Uchiha Yoichi refined three Pills that could reverse the White Whale’s Mist of Annihilation, and he kept the last one after his Kamui Clone tested the effects.
• Temari visited Uchiha Yoichi’s Pharmacy after hearing he had examined the White Whale’s corpse and asked whether he had found a way to restore her existence.
• Uchiha Yoichi said Temari had to gather rare medicinal ingredients and warned that the medicine would lose potency in about ten days.
• When Temari protested that the ingredients were impossible to find in time, Uchiha Yoichi offered to give her the medicine if she spent the night with him.
• Temari grabbed Uchiha Yoichi and tried to attack him, but he bound her with a Command Spell and told her to leave if she would not accept his terms.

Temari tried to convince Shikamaru that they were married, but his rejection left her determined to win him back. After her actions began affecting Shikadai, Shikamaru gave her a final warning to stay away from his family.

• Temari rejected Uchiha Yoichi’s offer of help and went to the Hokage Building to ask Shikamaru whether he planned to remarry.
• Shikamaru denied having marriage plans, rebuked Temari, and told her not to visit him so often while the village investigated the White Whale.
• Shikadai told Shikamaru that he would not mind if his father married, and Shikamaru asked whether he felt aggrieved.
• Temari approached Shikadai on his way to the Ninja Academy, but Shikamaru intervened and ordered his son to go to school.
• Shikamaru warned Temari to stay at the inn and threatened to have the Anbu detain her if she disturbed his family again.

Temari agreed to Uchiha Yoichi’s demand in exchange for his help restoring her existence, and he gave her a secret medicine that dispersed the Mist of Annihilation. Shikamaru Nara and Naruto Uzumaki began remembering Temari, while Uchiha Yoichi continued filming her at the pharmacy.

• Temari visited Uchiha Yoichi and, after he refused to help without compensation, agreed to satisfy his sexual needs in exchange for treatment.
• Uchiha Yoichi locked the pharmacy door, recorded Temari’s consent, and kissed her before they had sex.
• Uchiha Yoichi gave Temari the secret medicine, causing the mist around her to disperse and restoring her existence throughout the Ninja World.
• Shikamaru Nara remembered Temari and rushed out to find her, while Naruto Uzumaki also remembered her but chose not to interfere.
• Uchiha Yoichi aimed the Camera at Temari and began positioning her again as she rested on the pharmacy floor.

Shikamaru searched for Temari after remembering her, apologized when he found her, and brought her home. Temari concealed what Uchiha Yoichi had done and resolved to recover the recording and contract he held.

• Shikamaru went to Uchiha Yoichi's Pharmacy looking for Temari, but Yoichi claimed not to know where she was and sent him away.
• After Shikamaru left, Yoichi carried Temari upstairs despite her pleas to go find Shikamaru.
• Shikamaru searched through the night, found Temari near the Forest of Death, apologized, and took her home.
• Temari and Shikamaru reunited with Shikadai, then discussed the White Whale and the village's search for the other Exotic Beasts.
• Temari concealed the reason Shikamaru had remembered her and decided to take back the recording and contract from Yoichi.

Naruto Uzumaki and Uchiha Sasuke killed the Dragon-headed Lion, the sixth Exotic Beast, and prepared to share the discovery with the other Ninja Villages. Meanwhile, Uchiha Yoichi forced Temari into an agreement involving five petals and a compromising video, while Shikamaru Nara believed she was at home.

• Naruto Uzumaki and Uchiha Sasuke defeated the Dragon-headed Lion with a Lightning Release Kirin and a Tailed Beast Bomb, then confirmed it was dead.
• Naruto Uzumaki asked Shikamaru Nara to clean up the battle site before returning to Konoha for the Five Kage Summit.
• After the summit, Naruto Uzumaki left Uchiha Sasuke to guard the Dragon-headed Lion's corpse and urged him to return home when he was done.
• Uchiha Yoichi threatened Temari with a compromising video and marked her with a five-petal rune, promising to return the video and agreement after the petals disappeared one by one.
• Temari agreed to Uchiha Yoichi's terms, took the medicine he offered, and tried to leave, but he stopped her.
• Naruto Uzumaki told Shikamaru Nara that the other four Ninja Villages would send researchers to Konoha, while Shikamaru said he thought Temari was at home doing housework.

Shikamaru told Temari and Shikadai that Konoha planned to invite Uchiha Yoichi to examine the Exotic Beast, while Sakura brought Yoichi to the beast’s corpse the next morning. Yoichi revealed his fire-transformation ability to Sakura, and the chapter left him offering to buy a mysterious ring found inside the beast’s mouth.

• Shikamaru returned home, shared dinner with Temari and Shikadai, and explained that Konoha would study the Exotic Beast with help from Yoichi.
• Sakura visited Yoichi’s Pharmacy and invited him to inspect the Exotic Beast’s corpse at Root’s former base.
• Yoichi showed Sakura that he could transform into fire and regenerate after cutting off his arm, then praised Ino as his friend.
• Sakura and Yoichi reached the beast’s corpse, where a Konoha Ninja showed Sakura a ring found inside its mouth.
• Yoichi recognized the ring as a Storage Ring and offered to buy it from Sakura.

Uchiha Yoichi bought an unknown ring from Konoha for a large sum and Secret Medicines after Naruto and the others failed to detect anything unusual about it. He left with the ring, then met Temari at his medicine shop and continued their intimate encounter.

• Uchiha Yoichi offered Sakura two hundred million ryō and several Secret Medicines in exchange for the ring.
• Sakura consulted Naruto, Shikamaru, Ino, and Hanabi, but none of them found anything unusual about the ring.
• Naruto and Shikamaru agreed to sell the ring to help Konoha's strained budget, and Sakura returned to accept Yoichi's offer.
• Yoichi accepted the Storage Ring and told Sakura he would provide the money and Secret Medicines later.
• Yoichi returned to his medicine shop, where he found Temari waiting and carried her to the bathroom.

Uchiha Yoichi emptied the Dragon-headed Lion’s Storage Ring while Temari returned home and tried to conceal her late arrival from Shikamaru. In the Land of Silence, Sai infiltrated Victor’s Artificial God Tree base and discovered a Kamui Clone using a space-time ability like Uchiha Obito’s.

• Uchiha Yoichi erased the Storage Ring’s imprint, claimed its hoard of Magic Cores, ingredients, treasures, and techniques, and planned to refine Pills in the Dream Space.
• Temari woke late, took medicine from Uchiha Yoichi, and hurried home, where Shikadai and then Shikamaru noticed she had returned unusually late.
• Shikamaru searched the house for clues about Temari but found nothing before she called the family to dinner.
• Sai followed clues to Victor’s pharmaceutical company and infiltrated the deepest part of the Artificial God Tree base.
• The Kamui Clone warned Victor not to interfere with events in Konoha before the God Tree plan was complete, then left using his space-time ability.
• Sai recognized the ability as resembling Uchiha Obito’s Kamui and decided to return to the village to report what he had seen.

Sai escaped Victor’s Underground base after photographing the God Tree, but Deepa confronted him outside. Meanwhile, Uchiha Yoichi visited Ino at home, and the next morning Inojin learned that Sai had returned to Konoha Hospital and hurried to wake his mother.

• An alarm exposed Sai’s infiltration of Victor’s Underground base, forcing him to flee after taking photos of the God Tree and fighting through the guards.
• Deepa emerged unharmed from Sai’s Explosive Tag and prepared to attack him.
• Uchiha Yoichi finished refining a Jonin Pill that could permanently increase a Ninja’s Chakra, then went to visit Ino at the Yamanaka residence.
• Ino let Uchiha Yoichi into her bedroom, where they were intimate while Inojin slept nearby.
• A Konoha Ninja told Inojin that Sai had returned and was at Konoha Hospital, so Inojin rushed upstairs to wake Ino.

Ino visited the hospitalized Sai, who revealed that Victor Medical Company was using Hashirama Cells to cultivate the God Tree and working with a masked person whose space-time ability resembled Obito’s Kamui. As Ino returned home, she found that Yoichi had quietly cleaned and cooked before leaving, while Konoha prepared for the coming midnight crisis.

• Ino left Inojin at home and went to Konoha Hospital, where Sakura stabilized Sai with a Recovery Pill.
• Sai told Naruto, Ino, Sakura, and Shikamaru that Victor Medical Company was behind the Hashirama Cell theft and was trying to cultivate the God Tree.
• Sai reported that Victor’s masked accomplice had a space-time ability identical to Obito’s Kamui, prompting Naruto to plan to alert the other Kage after addressing the midnight monster crisis.
• Naruto and Shikamaru left to prepare, while Ino stayed to care for Sai and later helped the Barrier Team inspect Konoha’s defenses.
• Ino returned home near evening and discovered that Yoichi had cleaned the bedroom, cooked curry, and left a vase of Great Dahlias beside the bed.

Uchiha Yoichi learned of Iwagakure’s planned sale of its monster corpse and arranged to attend, while probing Sakura about Ino’s troubled marriage to Sai. He also prepared for new developments in his plans, including launching mobile phones and searching for Jigen.

• Sai left the hospital despite Ino Yamanaka’s concern, then argued with her over Inojin’s training and whether he should learn the Mind Body Switch Technique.
• The eighth otherworldly monster appeared near Iwagakure and caused heavy damage; the village planned to sell its remains after a month and invited Uchiha Yoichi.
• Sakura told Uchiha Yoichi that Konoha would share research findings with Iwagakure, and he agreed to attend the sale with her.
• Uchiha Yoichi asked Sakura about Ino and Sai’s relationship, then offered to buy the Dragon-headed Lion’s Magical Core from Konoha.
• Uchiha Yoichi’s clones continued monitoring Victor and building a mobile communications business, while he decided to seek Jigen’s whereabouts.