Chapter Summaries

Chen Fan confronted Uchiha Itachi and Kisame by Konoha’s river, demanding a toll and preparing to fight them. Kakashi arrived, recognized Kisame, and Itachi hinted that Chen Fan’s identity explained his confidence.

• Chen Fan blocked Itachi and Kisame by the river and demanded they pay a toll to pass.
• Kisame threatened to attack Chen Fan, while Itachi warned him not to underestimate the Konoha jonin.
• Chen Fan drew Orochimaru’s Kusanagi Sword, prompting Kisame and Itachi to recognize its significance.
• Kakashi arrived, identified Kisame as one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, and recognized Samehada.
• Itachi pointed out that Chen Fan’s reputation explained his confidence, prompting Kisame to recall a rumor about him.

Chen Fan fought Uchiha Itachi and Hoshigaki Kisame after they came to Konoha searching for something. He overwhelmed them in a brief exchange, but Kisame launched a water attack as the battle continued.

• Kisame prepared to fight Chen Fan, but Itachi warned him not to risk a prolonged battle and revealed himself to Kakashi.
• Itachi said they had come to find something, and Kakashi suspected they were looking for Sasuke.
• Chen Fan vanished before Kakashi could warn him, then struck Kisame with his sword hard enough to make Samehada cry out and crater the ground.
• Chen Fan followed with a Tempest Kick, which Itachi's Water Formation Wall failed to stop until Kisame blocked it with Samehada.
• Itachi identified Chen Fan's techniques as Soru, Moonwalk, and Tempest Kick, while Kisame vowed revenge for Samehada and unleashed Water Shark Bomb Jutsu.

Chen Fan and Kakashi fought Kisame and Itachi by the river, where Chen Fan’s swordsmanship turned aside their ninjutsu and wounded Kisame. Itachi decided the pair should retreat, leaving Chen Fan and Kakashi alive.

• Kisame and Kakashi clashed with Water Release: Five Hungry Sharks while Itachi attacked Kakashi with Great Fireball Technique.
• Chen Fan cut Itachi’s fireball in half and helped Kakashi finish the ninjutsu clash with Kisame.
• Chen Fan exchanged blows with Kisame, wounded him with a slash, and deflected Itachi’s Phoenix Sage Fire with his sword.
• Itachi judged that fighting Chen Fan and Kakashi could get both him and Kisame killed, so they escaped using the Body Flicker Technique.

Chen Fan stopped Kakashi from pursuing Itachi and Kisame, then left to prepare for a long trip as the Akatsuki members reconsidered their mission. Meanwhile, Yakushi Kabuto began repairing Orochimaru’s shattered body and revived his heart, leaving Orochimaru conscious and asking whether he was still alive.

• Chen Fan told Kakashi that Itachi and Kisame were after Naruto and assured him that Jiraiya was protecting Naruto.
• Itachi told Kisame that Chen Fan had ignored his Illusion Magic and that fighting Chen Fan would likely have killed them both.
• Yakushi Kabuto and the Sound Four brought Orochimaru’s sealed remains to a cave, where Kabuto ordered the others to guard the entrance.
• Yakushi Kabuto reconstructed Orochimaru’s heart and restarted it with a shock.
• Orochimaru opened his eyes and asked Yakushi Kabuto whether he was still alive.

Yakushi Kabuto treated Orochimaru’s severe injuries, but Orochimaru needed a new body and raged when he learned Chen Fan had survived. Meanwhile, Chen Fan searched for Tsunade and found her at a casino on Tanzaku Street, where his arrival set off a panic.

• Yakushi Kabuto replaced Orochimaru’s damaged organs and warned that he needed a new vessel within three days.
• Orochimaru learned Chen Fan had survived the explosion unharmed, lost control, and was sedated by Yakushi Kabuto.
• Yakushi Kabuto ordered the Sound Four to bring Uchiha Sasuke from Konoha while he prepared to choose another vessel.
• Chen Fan searched for Tsunade, earned money at casinos, and paid people to find her location.
• Chen Fan arrived at Tsunade’s casino on Tanzaku Street, prompting gamblers and the casino owner to try to close the place.
• Tsunade stopped everyone from leaving and demanded that they stay so she could win back her money.

Chen Fan met Tsunade and Shizune at a casino and lent Tsunade one million after she lost all her money. As Tsunade began gambling again, Chen Fan told Shizune he had something to ask of her teacher, prompting Shizune to question his identity and intentions.

• Chen Fan arrived at the casino and told the owner he was only there to watch, not gamble.
• Tsunade lost all her money, and Chen Fan offered to lend her funds to keep gambling.
• Chen Fan lent Tsunade one million with no interest, despite Shizune warning that they could not repay it.
• Chen Fan asked Shizune about her relationship with Tsunade and said he had something to ask of her teacher.
• Shizune asked Chen Fan who he was and what he wanted from Tsunade.

Chen Fan used Tsunade’s gambling losses to make Shizune his collateral, then lent Tsunade five million in exchange for her agreeing to become his maid if she could not repay him. Tsunade signed the agreement and took the money, leaving Shizune stunned by her gambling.

• Chen Fan told Shizune he wanted Tsunade to give her to him, and Tsunade signed a document making Shizune collateral for another million.
• Chen Fan told Shizune he would buy Tsunade too so the two of them could stay together.
• After losing more money, Tsunade begged Chen Fan for another loan, and he offered five million in exchange for her becoming his maid if she could not repay him.
• Tsunade agreed, signed the document, and received the five million from Chen Fan.
• Shizune was dumbfounded that Tsunade kept gambling despite the huge amount of money.

After Tsunade lost the money Chen Fan had lent her, he declared that she and Shizune were his maids, so they fled and tried to evade him. He repeatedly appeared wherever they went, and the chapter ended with him blocking their escape at a barbecue restaurant.

• Chen Fan took the IOUs and told Shizune that she and Tsunade would no longer be separated.
• Tsunade lost the money she had borrowed from Chen Fan, and he said that she and Shizune had to become his maids.
• Tsunade and Shizune fled using the Body Flicker Technique, but Chen Fan repeatedly appeared wherever they tried to hide.
• Hungry, Tsunade and Shizune entered a barbecue restaurant and learned that Chen Fan had ordered food for them.
• Chen Fan blocked the restaurant doorway, and Tsunade and Shizune shouted that he was scarier than a ghost.

Chen Fan caught Tsunade and Shizune after they tried to flee and used a melodramatic story about suicide to make them feel guilty. When they argued over which of them should accompany him, Chen Fan insisted that both had to come with him because he held their contracts of sale.

• Chen Fan brought Tsunade and Shizune to a meal after catching them running from him.
• Tsunade and Shizune ate hungrily while Chen Fan said he had spent all his savings on them and threatened to kill himself.
• Tsunade offered Shizune as Chen Fan’s companion, but Shizune argued that Tsunade should take responsibility instead.
• Chen Fan interrupted their argument and declared that both would come with him because he held their contracts of sale.
• Tsunade and Shizune clung to each other and screamed when Chen Fan confronted them as their creditor.

Chen Fan confronted Tsunade and Shizune over the seven million they owed him and tried to stop them from escaping. Tsunade challenged him to a fight, and Chen Fan proposed that if he won, both women would spend the night in his room.

• Chen Fan revealed that he had fabricated his earlier story and insisted that Tsunade and Shizune were his maids because he had spent seven million to buy them.
• Tsunade protested that she would repay him someday, while Shizune warned that Chen Fan’s ability to catch them suggested he was exceptionally powerful.
• Chen Fan publicly accused the women of refusing to repay their debts, drawing the restaurant diners’ contempt toward them.
• Tsunade refused to go with Chen Fan and challenged him to settle the matter with a fight, promising to go with him if he defeated her.
• Chen Fan agreed to demonstrate his strength, and Shizune offered to fight him first to avoid Tsunade seriously injuring him.
• Chen Fan added that if he won, Tsunade and Shizune would keep him company in his room that night, and they called him shameless.

Chen Fan made Tsunade and Shizune sign an agreement before testing Shizune in a fight. He effortlessly dodged her attacks and embarrassed her with unwanted advances, leaving her furious and unable to touch him.

• Chen Fan threatened to pursue Tsunade and Shizune for repayment until they agreed to his terms.
• Tsunade and Shizune signed another agreement, which Chen Fan carefully kept as potential leverage.
• Shizune challenged Chen Fan, and Tsunade encouraged her to teach him a lesson.
• Chen Fan dodged Shizune's punches and kicks with unusual movements, then stroked her cheek and grabbed her butt.
• Shizune called Chen Fan a filthy pervert, and he admitted he was one while claiming he chose which girls to tease.

Chen Fan defeated Shizune in a fight and revealed that he was a Konoha ninja sent to seek Tsunade’s help and bring her back as Fifth Hokage. Tsunade refused to return and challenged Chen Fan to prove he could force her.

• Shizune repeatedly attacked Chen Fan, but he evaded her and took advantage of her, leaving her unable to land a hit.
• Tsunade told Shizune to admit defeat and pointed out that Chen Fan could have defeated her with a kunai.
• Tsunade questioned Chen Fan’s identity, and he revealed Konoha’s forehead protector.
• Chen Fan said the Third Hokage had asked him to bring Tsunade back as Fifth Hokage, though he had another reason for seeking her help.
• Tsunade refused to return to Konoha and challenged Chen Fan to test his strength.

Chen Fan challenged Tsunade to a wager, putting his debts and claims against her promise to return to Konoha, then fought her for their pendants. The intense duel continued as Shizune realized how far Chen Fan surpassed her.

• Chen Fan provoked Tsunade over Shizune, and Tsunade attacked him, but he dodged her blows with Paper Arts.
• Chen Fan proposed wagering his seven-million debt, their signed document, and his claim over Shizune against Tsunade returning to Konoha; Tsunade accepted.
• Chen Fan and Tsunade agreed that whoever took the other's pendant would win, despite Shizune warning that Tsunade's pendant was priceless.
• Chen Fan rushed for Tsunade's pendant, but Tsunade shattered the ground and raised a wall to block him.
• Chen Fan dodged the debris and Tsunade's attacks with Paper Arts and Moonwalk, while Shizune watched in astonishment.

Chen Fan fought Tsunade using Taijutsu and insisted he would not hurt women, while trying to take her pendant. He endured Tsunade’s powerful punch with Iron Body, leaving Shizune stunned as the fight continued.

• Tsunade asked Chen Fan about his air-walking Taijutsu, and he called the technique Moonwalk.
• Chen Fan drew the Kusanagi Sword, then handed it to Shizune and explained that he would not use weapons against women.
• Tsunade charged Chen Fan to teach him a lesson, but he evaded her attacks and touched her leg while she tried to sense his Chakra.
• Chen Fan said he could not use Chakra and told Tsunade he was ready to take the pendant.
• Chen Fan caught Tsunade’s wrist to stop her Chakra Scalpel and reached for her pendant, then used Iron Body to withstand her punch.

Chen Fan outmaneuvered Tsunade and won their bet without seriously fighting her. Tsunade agreed to return to Konoha with him, and he led her and Shizune to an inn for the night with her pendant in his possession.

• After Tsunade's punch buried Chen Fan in rubble, Shizune and Tsunade went to check on him.
• Chen Fan emerged unharmed, leaving Tsunade and Shizune shocked by his durability.
• Tsunade attacked again, but Chen Fan stopped her fist and revealed that he had taken her pendant when he accepted her earlier punch.
• Chen Fan explained that he had never intended to defeat Tsunade and reminded her that she had lost their bet.
• Tsunade agreed to return with Chen Fan, who kept her pendant until they reached Konoha.
• Chen Fan led Tsunade and Shizune to an inn to spend the night, while Tsunade admitted that he had outplayed her.

Tsunade agreed to return to Konoha after realizing Chen Fan had maneuvered her into honoring their bet. Chen Fan returned her treasured pendant but kept the receipts he was using as leverage, leaving Tsunade and Shizune to prepare for the trip back.

• Tsunade told Shizune that she would honor her bet and return to Konoha.
• Tsunade realized Chen Fan could use the receipts to threaten them and suggested that Shizune steal them back.
• Chen Fan decided to return Tsunade's pendant after hearing Shizune explain its importance to her.
• Chen Fan went to Tsunade and Shizune's room and handed Shizune the pendant for Tsunade.
• Tsunade asked Chen Fan to return the receipts, but he refused and kept them as leverage.

Chen Fan returned to Konoha with Tsunade and Shizune, who learned more about his deeds and reputation in the village. After going home alone, Chen Fan was summoned by Danzō, who had been observing him since he first arrived in Konoha.

• Chen Fan traveled back to Konoha with Tsunade and Shizune and learned that Tsunade's hemophobia had been cured, though she still felt haunted by the deaths of Dan Katō and her younger brother.
• Tsunade and Shizune saw villagers welcome Chen Fan and learned about his notable actions in Konoha before heading to the Hokage Building to ask the Third Hokage about him.
• Chen Fan returned to an empty house and fell asleep, but an Anbu member approached him and was stopped by Chen Fan's killing intent.
• The Anbu member told Chen Fan that Danzō had invited him to meet, and Chen Fan agreed to go with him.
• Chen Fan learned that Danzō's people had monitored him since his first day in Konoha, and the Anbu member said Danzō would explain the details himself.

Chen Fan met Danzou’s masked stand-in in an underground chamber and learned that Danzou wanted him to become the Fifth Hokage. Danzou revealed that his real plan was for Chen Fan to later hand the position over to him.

• An Anbu member led Chen Fan through a hidden passage to an underground chamber, where Danzou’s stand-in was waiting.
• Chen Fan recognized that the man was not the real Danzou and questioned him about the meeting.
• Danzou asked whether Chen Fan wanted to become Hokage, and Chen Fan said he had no interest in the position.
• Danzou admitted that he had long wanted to become Hokage and explained that he had lost to Hiruzen Sarutobi because of public opinion.
• Danzou proposed that Chen Fan become the Fifth Hokage, then pass the position to him so Danzou could take power openly.

Chen Fan confronted Danzō about his ambition to become Hokage, and the tense meeting escalated when Danzō’s Anbu attacked. Chen Fan countered their assault and vanished among the fighters, leaving the battle underway.

• Danzō questioned Chen Fan’s motives, and Chen Fan guessed that Tsunade’s return had made Danzō anxious about losing his chance to become Hokage.
• Danzō warned Chen Fan that knowing too much could be dangerous, and Chen Fan threatened to make Danzō disappear if he continued.
• Danzō summoned Anbu members, who attacked Chen Fan with shuriken and senbon, but Chen Fan sent the weapons flying back into them.
• Danzō’s shinobi launched water dragons at Chen Fan, but Chen Fan vanished and appeared behind an Anbu member, striking him with Finger Pistol.
• The Anbu charged Chen Fan, and his Kusanagi Sword cut an opponent’s kunai in half.

Chen Fan killed Danzō’s loyal Root soldiers and left Danzō’s stand-in brain-dead after Danzō provoked him. The Third Hokage and Tsunade discovered the aftermath and discussed Danzō’s influence as Tsunade prepared to become the Fifth Hokage.

• The Third Hokage told Tsunade that Chen Fan had refused to become Hokage, and Tsunade praised his unusual character.
• An Anbu reported that Root had taken Chen Fan, so the Third Hokage, Tsunade, and their companions hurried to the site.
• Chen Fan emerged unharmed and said that the people inside were having problems, then explained that he had warned Danzō after hearing something he disliked.
• The Third Hokage and Tsunade found Root soldiers dead in a bloodied pool and Danzō’s stand-in brain-dead.
• The Third Hokage explained that the man was a substitute who had posed as Danzō for years and said Danzō’s removal had cleared an obstacle to Tsunade becoming Fifth Hokage.