Chapter Summaries

Tsunade repeatedly bought blind boxes hoping to get a figurine of her grandfather, but every box she opened contained the same Jiraiya figurine. Meanwhile, Orochimaru watched a movie about the Sannin and was shocked by its portrayal, while Kusana saw the Land of Grass’s revenue rise.

• Tsunade opened hundreds of blind boxes, all containing identical Jiraiya figurines, while the shop owner confirmed that other customers could pull rare ones.
• Tsunade refused to stop and bought more boxes, continuing to find only Jiraiya figurines as other customers pulled rarer figures.
• Orochimaru stopped in a city in the Land of Fire to watch a movie titled “Sannin Wreak Havoc in Grasswood.”
• Orochimaru watched the film portray Jiraiya and Tsunade together and was left utterly shaken.
• Kusana reviewed revenue figures from across the Land of Grass and concluded they would not be short of money soon.

Kusana discovered that Mujie and Jiraiya had spent days competing to collect blind-box figures in the Land of Grass. When Kusana learned Mujie wanted to design a revealing figure, he had him taken away to copy a book as punishment, while Jiraiya fled without paying for his boxes.

• Kusana learned that Mujie and Jiraiya’s blind-box purchases had made the Land of Grass’s sales unusually high.
• Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan watched the pair compete over boxes, and Yahiko worried that his father would find out about his plan to involve Teacher Amang.
• Kusana confronted Mujie at the shop and offered to give him the figures, but Mujie admitted he wanted to design a revealing one for himself.
• Kusana ordered the guards to take Mujie away and make him copy a book a thousand times.
• Jiraiya mistook Mujie’s arrest for a sign that their book purchases had been discovered, then ran off without paying for a hundred boxes.

Kusana resumed funding the Land of Grass’s reconstruction before meeting with Jiraiya, who asked him to keep Nagato’s eyes secret and deliver a letter to Teacher Ooki. After Jiraiya left, Nagato questioned whether the Child of Destiny existed, and Kusana urged him to rely on himself.

• Kusana approved funding for the Academy, Research Institute, Military Police Force, Medical Department, and other projects.
• Jiraiya visited Kusana, praised the Land of Grass’s progress, and asked him to keep Nagato’s eyes secret.
• Jiraiya asked Kusana to deliver a letter to Teacher Ooki, whom he had failed to find, and pawned his Three Great Sage Princesses figurines for travel money.
• Kusana brought the three children to see Jiraiya off and promised to take good care of the figurines.
• Nagato asked Kusana whether the ninja world had a Child of Destiny, and Kusana said people had to create their own happiness.

Nagato’s essay taught the Land of Grass that everyone could shape their own fate, inspiring the country’s people to rebuild together. After years of peace and rapid development, Kusana saw a breakthrough at the Research Institute: the Chakra Capacitor.

• Nagato won praise for his essay arguing that everyone was a Child of Destiny, and Teacher Jiang Yi connected its message to the Uzumaki Clan’s rescue by the Leader.
• Teacher Jiang Yi urged his students to rely on themselves and work together to strengthen the Land of Grass; Elder Yang Zheng listened and applauded from outside the classroom.
• Jiraiya quietly left, reflecting that the Leader understood the ninja world better than he did and resolving to report a research breakthrough.
• After three years of peace, Nagato’s essay spread throughout the Land of Grass and inspired its people to contribute to the country’s rapid development.
• Elder Yang Zheng showed Kusana a cylindrical device, and Kusana excitedly recognized it as the Chakra Capacitor.

Kusana and the researchers celebrated the successful development of a Chakra Capacitor and a Wind Release-powered harvester that could ease the Land of Grass’s labor shortage. Their celebration ended when Mujie reported that Hatake Sakumo had committed suicide out of guilt.

• Kusana reflected on how Chakra Capacitors and miniature scrolls could power Scientific Ninja Tools and support technological development.
• Uzumaki Yangzheng showed Kusana the completed Chakra Capacitor and miniature-scroll-powered harvester, explaining how its Wind Release blades could help with the harvest.
• Kusana praised the researchers’ success and congratulated them on their first major achievement.
• Mujie rushed in and told Kusana that Hatake Sakumo had committed suicide out of guilt.

Kusana and the Grass ninja leaders discussed rising tensions and prepared the Land of Grass for a possible Third Shinobi World War while maintaining neutrality. As their meeting ended, Iwagakure ninja arrived to request an audience, and they were astonished by the Land of Grass’s bustling appearance.

• Mujie and Uzumaki Yangzheng lamented Konoha White Fang’s death and discussed reports of rising tensions in the ninja world.
• Kusana ordered the Land of Grass to develop its industry, education, economy, and technology while avoiding alliances with either side.
• Kusana told the Grass ninja leaders to prepare for war by securing the autumn harvest and stockpiling food and weapons.
• A Grass ninja announced that visitors from Iwagakure had arrived to see Kusana.
• Iwagakure ninja looked over the bustling Land of Grass in shock.

Kusana received an Iwagakure delegation led by Kitsuchi, but avoided hearing its urgent proposal and left Mujie to entertain the visitors. Kusana then reviewed information about the delegation and instructed Oyakamon to help Mujie handle his operation.

• Kitsuchi introduced himself as the leader of Iwagakure’s delegation and said the Third Tsuchikage had sent them to discuss an important matter.
• Kusana praised Iwagakure and the Third Tsuchikage, then sent Kitsuchi and his group to look around the Land of Grass with Mujie.
• Kitsuchi suspected Kusana knew Iwagakure’s purpose, while Mujie agreed to show the delegation the Land of Grass’s Ninja Academy.
• Kusana reviewed information about the Iwagakure ninja and told Oyakamon to warn Mujie to be careful and have the departments cooperate with his operation.

Kitsuchi and the Iwagakure delegation toured Kusagakure while Mujie repeatedly diverted them from their diplomatic mission. After learning Mujie may be a disgruntled traditionalist with ties to Konoha, Kitsuchi decided to approach him, while Kusana examined the visitors’ intelligence and focused on the Jōshūryū Clan.

• Mujie showed Kitsuchi and the Iwagakure ninja Kusagakure’s academy, where students studied broad subjects and recited the new Spirit of Grass.
• Mujie led the delegation through the Land of Grass’s harvest fields, showing them farming machines and Grasswood while deflecting questions about their mission.
• The Iwagakure ninja discussed their findings and learned that Mujie was suspected of opposing the Grass Ninja Leader, associating with Konoha, and conducting secret dealings.
• Kitsuchi decided to use Mujie as an opening for Iwagakure’s mission after concluding that Kusagakure’s leader would not cooperate directly.
• Kusana reviewed the intelligence on the Iwagakure delegation and singled out Jōshūryū Maruhachi and his clan.

Kusana secretly ordered Mujie to recruit the Jōshūryū Clan from Iwagakure, while Mujie doubted the plan and tried to disguise his criticism when a Grass ninja recorded their conversation. Kitsuchi then visited Kusagakure to propose an alliance, but Mujie reaffirmed neutrality and loyalty to Konoha, leaving Kitsuchi to claim that Mujie secretly resented Kusana.

• Kusana secretly assigned Mujie the task of recruiting the Jōshūryū Clan from Iwagakure.
• Mujie criticized Kusana’s plan, then praised it after learning a Grass ninja was recording their conversation.
• Mujie learned that Kitsuchi had arrived from Iwagakure and went to meet him.
• Kitsuchi asked Kusagakure to form an alliance, but Mujie said the Land of Grass would remain neutral in a war between major powers and would not betray its Konoha allies.
• Kitsuchi told Mujie that he knew Mujie was deeply dissatisfied with Kusana, and Mujie denied it in shock.

Mujie negotiated with Iwagakure’s Kitsuchi, selling the village ten harvesters in exchange for an alliance and safe passage while Kusagakure stayed out of the war. At the Research Institute, Kusana learned that production equipment and a patented Sealing Jutsu were ready, and guessed that Mujie had made his first sale.

• Kitsuchi accused Mujie of opposing Leader Mang and offered Iwagakure’s help, but Mujie insisted that foreign ninja could not interfere in Kusagakure’s affairs.
• Mujie asked Iwagakure to buy harvesters, setting the price at three million per unit and requesting an order of ten.
• Mujie promised Iwagakure an alliance and guidance through Kusagakure while refusing to join the war, and Kitsuchi agreed to report the deal to the Tsuchikage.
• At the Research Institute, Uzumaki Yangzheng told Kusana that some equipment could be mass-produced and that the patented Sealing Jutsu was complete.
• Mujie arrived excitedly, and Kusana smiled, realizing that he had made his first sale.

Kusana approved using Iwagakure’s thirty-million order to fund factories and research while delaying delivery to protect Kusagakure’s position before the war. Meanwhile, Mujie gave Iwa ninja a tour of Kannabi Bridge and its concealed routes, openly showing them terrain that could aid their plans.

• Kusagakure’s ninja celebrated the profitable Iwagakure order and began secretly preparing for the coming war.
• Kusana approved spending part of the thirty million on factory construction and putting the rest into research.
• Kusana told Uzumaki Yangzheng and Uzumaki Yoichi to delay producing Iwagakure’s harvesters and to modify exported technology.
• Mujie led Iwa ninja to Kannabi Bridge while posing as a tour guide for tourists visiting the Land of Grass.
• Mujie described hidden paths and concealment around the bridge as Kitsuchi took notes and praised the tour’s value.

After the Iwa ninja finished their visit to the Land of Grass, Mujie failed to recruit Jōshūryū Maruhachi and Kusana inspected the newly completed Scientific Ninja Tool factory. With the factory ready but short on staff, Kusana decided to recruit workers from a neighboring country.

• Mujie showed the Iwa ninja around Kannabi Bridge and hosted them before they prepared to return to Iwagakure.
• Kitsuchi and the Iwa ninja declined Mujie's offers to buy intelligence and departed with Jōshūryū Maruhachi.
• Mujie admitted that his attempt to recruit from Iwagakure had failed, then told Kusana that Konoha had done little to maintain its alliance with Kusagakure.
• Mujie hurried to see the completed Scientific Ninja Tool factory, and Kusana followed with Uzumaki Yangzheng and the others.
• Kusana found the factory empty of workers and decided to recruit them from next door.

Kusana finalized a large-scale recruitment plan for the Land of Grass and prepared to travel to the Land of Rain. Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato asked to accompany him to revisit their old homes, and he agreed but assigned them a lengthy reflection paper.

• Kusana and Kusagakure's senior officials finalized the Land of Grass Large-Scale Recruitment Plan, with Kusana leading the mission to recruit workers in the Land of Rain.
• Kusana visited Nagato and told him he was leaving, then scolded him about his studies after stepping on his flowers.
• Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato asked to travel with Kusana so they could revisit places and people from their past in the Land of Rain.
• Kusana agreed to take them along, then told them they would each have to write an extracurricular reflection of at least six thousand words.

In the war-ravaged Land of Rain, Kawaisuke struggled to find food and work while trying to keep his family safe. A red-haired child named Nagato left a recruitment flyer at their door, offering a job with a multinational corporation, and Kawaisuke and Shizuko discovered it was genuine.

• Kawaisuke returned home without finding work, and Shizuko comforted him as they reunited with their daughter, Ryukako.
• Kawaisuke warned Shizuko to keep the doors locked after hearing that ninjas from other villages had been seen nearby.
• Nagato knocked and offered a job with a multinational corporation, but Kawaisuke stayed silent and refused to open the door.
• Nagato slipped a recruitment flyer under the door and walked away, while Kawaisuke checked that he was gone.
• Kawaisuke and Shizuko read the flyer and found that it advertised a well-funded company partnered with the Five Great Nations.
• Nagato looked at his remaining stack of flyers and muttered that he should not have come.

Kusana, Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan prepared a recruitment site in the Land of Rain while the boys discussed their work and Yahiko recalled his approach to handing out flyers. The chapter ended with Yahiko explaining that he had called to a household, “Fellow villager, open the door!”

• Yahiko and Nagato finished setting up banners and the recruitment site, while Nagato worried about writing a six-thousand-word reflection report.
• Yahiko wondered why the Land of Rain had not found peace after the Second Great Ninja War, and Nagato said its leader was powerful but not a qualified leader.
• Kusana praised the recruitment site and asked Nagato and Yahiko how their flyer distribution had gone.
• Nagato said he had distributed flyers nearby and spoken with some interested people, while Yahiko admitted he had not put any directly into people's hands.
• Yahiko explained that he had tried to reassure a household by calling out, “Fellow villager! Fellow villager, open the door!”

Kawaisuke risked visiting a recruitment site in the Land of Rain because his family was running out of food, while Kusana and the others prepared to interview applicants for the Land of Grass. After Kawaisuke entered for his interview, Yahiko wondered what might have become of him and Nagato if they had stayed in the Land of Rain.

• Kawaisuke hesitated outside the recruitment site, fearing a scam but desperate to find food for his wife and daughter.
• Kusana told Yahiko they should wait for applicants to come in on their own, since desperate workers would value the opportunity and remain loyal.
• Kawaisuke became the first applicant to enter, and Yahiko welcomed him and helped him register.
• Kawaisuke asked to be hired for any job if the company would provide food for his family, then carried his registration inside for an interview.
• Yahiko asked Nagato what their lives might have been like if they had stayed in the Land of Rain, and Nagato reminded him that they now lived in the Land of Grass.

Kawaisuke accepted a job with an international company that would take his family out of the Land of Rain. He returned home with proof of his hiring, and Shizuko agreed they would leave together, hopeful about their future.

• Kusana interviewed Kawaisuke and offered him work in another country with food, housing, and arrangements for his family.
• Kawaisuke accepted the job, and the people waiting outside rushed in after seeing him leave with a smile.
• Kawaisuke noticed that the rain had stopped as he headed home.
• Shizuko welcomed Kawaisuke home, and he showed her the paper proving he had been hired.
• Kawaisuke explained that the family would have to leave the Land of Rain, and Shizuko agreed to go with him and Ryukako.

Kusana’s team recruited ten thousand ordinary people in the Land of Rain, while Nagato reluctantly advertised for them and the interviews exposed Kusana’s unusual hiring rules. With Amegakure likely to suspect their plans, Kusana decided that the group would return home the next day.

• Nagato broadcast recruitment slogans around the Land of Rain, embarrassed to be carrying a loudspeaker.
• Kusana rejected Ishibe after he threatened violence, then hired Tajima after he gave the expected answers.
• Kusana and his team filled their quota with ten thousand ordinary employees, though no ninja applicants impressed him.
• Kusana reminded the exhausted trio to write six thousand words of reflections before realizing Amegakure might stop them from leaving unnoticed.
• Kusana announced that the team would head home the next day.

Hanzo ordered his men to investigate the unfamiliar ninja recruiting workers in the Land of Rain, then decided they should bring them in for talks if they posed no danger. Kusana led the recruits toward the Land of Grass, but when six Rain ninja caught up, he trapped his three students behind a paper wall and left them to fight while he escaped with the group.

• Hanzo dismissed the workers-recruitment story as suspicious but ordered his men to bring the recruiters to him if they seemed harmless, hoping to keep the Land of Rain out of further conflict.
• Kusana reviewed survival lessons with his three students, then led the recruited workers toward the Land of Grass.
• The group traveled through the Land of Rain, with the recruits pressing on despite hunger and exhaustion because they hoped the promised new life was real.
• Kusana sensed six Rain ninja approaching and moved to the rear with his students.
• Kusana used Paper Release: Seven Fold Paper Wall Technique to separate the three boys from the workers, then told them to survive as he escaped with the group.
• The boys realized their teacher had left them to face the Rain ninja, while a nearby figure watched them and wondered how well they had learned.

Kusana led more than thirty thousand laborers out of the Land of Rain and joined up with Land of Grass ninjas, while Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan escaped their pursuers. As the group prepared to return to the village, Yahiko reminded his friends that they still had a six-thousand-word reflection to write.

• Kusana used his Seven Fold Paper Wall Technique and left a Paper Release clone behind while leading the laborers onward.
• The exhausted laborers marched through rain and mud until Kusana spotted the Grass Ninja unit waiting with firelight.
• Kusana and the Grass Ninja Captain joined forces, arranged food, rest, and medical care for the more than thirty thousand laborers, and planned to return to the village the next morning.
• Kusana told the Grass Ninja Captain that Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan were safe and expected to arrive soon, and reminded him to tell them to hurry back and finish their homework.
• Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan rested in a secluded house after escaping the Rain Ninja, and Nagato urged them to leave.
• Yahiko proposed dying for their country, but after Konan told him to speak normally, he said they had to write a six-thousand-word reflection when they returned.