Chapter Summaries

Chiyo approved Might Duy’s Taijutsu Rank Ranking Tournament for its first staging three months later, spurring Konoha’s taijutsu students to train intensely. Meanwhile, Uchiha Hikari and Izumi Uchiha opened the clan’s ninja fundamentals lessons to children from other clans and civilian families, fostering a more inclusive classroom.

• Chiyo praised Might Duy’s tournament proposal, approved it, and scheduled the first competition for three months later, with future tournaments every six months.
• Might Duy and Might Guy celebrated the approval, and word of the tournament spread throughout Konoha as the Taijutsu Class intensified its training.
• Might Guy pushed himself toward becoming the tournament’s first Ninth Dan, while Kakashi Hatake refined his Lightning Release technique and Obito Uchiha vowed to defeat him.
• Kazahana Koyuki continued training to prepare for reclaiming her homeland, with Shizune and Guy supporting her progress.
• At Uchiha Hikari’s suggestion and with Chiyo’s tacit approval, the clan’s lessons became an open Children’s Ninja Fundamentals Class that included taijutsu.
• Hikari and Izumi Uchiha taught children from the Uchiha Clan, friendly clans, and civilian families basic shuriken throwing, encouraging them to learn and improve together.

Chiyo accompanied Tsunade and Mikoto to their checkups, where both pregnancies were confirmed healthy, while Konoha and other villages sent congratulations shaped by their hopes and fears. At Orochimaru’s laboratory, Chiyo reviewed the new Sage Crystals, a safer way to help ninjas develop their chakra control and affinity for Nature Energy, and approved a small trial batch.

• Chiyo took Tsunade and Mikoto to Konoha Hospital, where Shizune confirmed that both babies were developing healthily and showed signs of unusual chakra traits.
• Konoha’s clans and allies sent gifts to celebrate the pregnancies, while Ōnoki and Fourth Raikage A ordered cautious congratulatory gifts from their villages.
• Orochimaru showed Chiyo a Sage Crystal that resonated with a user’s chakra and helped them sense Nature Energy, improve control, and prepare for Sage Jutsu training.
• Chiyo approved a small trial batch of Sage Crystals for Anbu elites and promising participants in the Taijutsu Rank Ranking Tournament, prioritizing safety and combat data.
• Chiyo left the laboratory in high spirits and began planning connected nurseries for Tsunade and Mikoto’s children.

Konoha’s first Taijutsu Rank Ranking Tournament began, drawing packed crowds and observers from other villages. Obito Uchiha, Kazahana Koyuki, and Kakashi Hatake won their matches before Might Guy defeated Shiranui Genma, as the tournament continued.

• Chiyo opened the tournament before the packed arena and visiting village delegations.
• Obito Uchiha used his Sharingan and a well-timed counterattack to defeat Waiyou Xiaotai, then celebrated with Rin Nohara.
• Kazahana Koyuki endured her larger opponent’s attacks and used precise timing to bring down the Chunin and win.
• Kakashi Hatake used Lightning Release, Body Flicker to outmaneuver his opponent and astonish the spectators and village observers.
• Might Guy unleashed his speed and power against Shiranui Genma, knocked him out of the arena, and declared, “Oh!! This is youth!!”

Kakashi Hatake defeated Might Guy in the first Konoha Taijutsu Rank Ranking Tournament final by combining taijutsu with his modified Lightning Release: Living Body Intensification, while the referee stopped Guy from opening the fourth gate. The tournament’s influence spread through the ninja villages, and Kakashi earned the title “White Lightning” as Konoha’s taijutsu innovations gained prominence.

• Kakashi Hatake and Might Guy began the final with a fierce exchange, and Kakashi used Lightning Release: Living Body Intensification to match Guy’s speed.
• Guy opened the first three gates and pushed Kakashi back, but Kakashi modified his lightning technique to boost both his movement and attacks, blasting Guy across the arena.
• The referee stopped Guy before he could open the fourth gate and declared Kakashi the winner; the rivals congratulated each other as the crowd applauded.
• Hatake Sakumo quietly left the arena, while Uchiha Hikari told Izumi Uchiha that Kakashi had shown new possibilities for taijutsu.
• Chiyo reported that visiting villages had shown interest in Konoha’s taijutsu methods, and other ninja villages later expanded their own taijutsu programs.
• Kakashi received the title “White Lightning,” and his Lightning Release: Living Body Activation system was classified as advanced Nintaijutsu for limited instruction.

Chiyo and Tsunade welcomed their daughter, Mirai Uchiha, while Mikoto prepared for the birth of her own child. Chiyo also approved Orochimaru’s new Spirit-Healing Crystal research and appointed him to lead Konoha’s Academy of Sciences, bringing his work under village regulation.

• Tsunade gave birth to a healthy daughter, and Chiyo named her Mirai Uchiha.
• Chiyo reassured Mikoto about her approaching delivery, while Sosuke Uchiha brought them food and offered to stay with her.
• Orochimaru showed Chiyo the second-generation Spirit-Healing Crystal, which soothed the mind, repaired hidden injuries, and helped stabilize Jugo’s Nature Energy.
• Chiyo ordered the crystals prioritized for the hospital and tested with the Anbu, then offered Orochimaru the director position at the Konoha Academy of Sciences.
• Orochimaru accepted the appointment under Konoha’s regulations, and Chiyo left to return to his family as dawn broke.

Chiyo balanced the attention of Konan and newly promoted Jonin Kurenai while overseeing Konoha’s projects and receiving news of a breakthrough in Flying Thunder God technology. After learning Cloud Anbu had probed the border, he ordered stronger defenses and accelerated Konoha’s preparations.

• Kurenai told Chiyo she had passed the Jonin examination and asked to stand closer to him, while Konan arrived with soup for Tsunade and plans to discuss cooperation with Konoha.
• Chiyo sent Konan to the Hokage’s Office and directed Kurenai to confirm her team assignment and submit a report on her new technique; Kurenai kissed him before leaving.
• Minato Namikaze reported that Konoha had created the Flying Thunder Array Technique, which could rapidly transport small supplies and intelligence to designated locations.
• An Anbu reported that suspected Cloud Anbu had retreated after being spotted near the border between the Land of Hot Water and the Land of Fire.
• Chiyo ordered increased border patrols, activation of warning barriers, analysis of Cloud and Iwagakure activity, faster deployment of the coordinate network, and joint Taijutsu and ninjutsu training.

Chiyo balanced Kurenai's attention and Konan's request for reassurance, promising Konan that she was irreplaceable and agreeing to visit her that night. After visiting Mikoto, he set off toward Konan's room to keep his promise.

• Kurenai waited outside the Hokage Building and offered Chiyo a box of dumplings, but Konan's paper-crane note summoned him to the Naka River.
• Konan admitted she wanted to remain special to Chiyo, and he held her hand and assured her no one could replace her.
• Konan urged Chiyo to visit Mikoto, then asked him to come to her place that night; Chiyo promised he would.
• Chiyo visited Mikoto, comforted her, and told her that seeing her gave meaning to his busy work.
• After leaving Mikoto, Chiyo vanished into the shadows and headed toward Konan's room.

Chiyo and Konan spent the night together after she confessed her longing for him, and he received Paper Style Jutsu as a mission reward. He later comforted Tsunade as she mourned Nawaki while caring for newborn Mirai, before the story shifted to an energetic scene at the Third Training Ground.

• Konan welcomed Chiyo into her lodging, and he reassured her before they embraced and spent the night together.
• Chiyo left Konan a paper crane in the morning, then received Paper Style Jutsu from the system for completing his mission.
• Chiyo checked on Mikoto and then visited Tsunade, noticing her exhaustion and sadness as she held Mirai.
• Tsunade told Chiyo that seeing Mirai had brought back memories of her brother Nawaki, and Chiyo comforted her by promising she was not alone.
• Tsunade regained her composure and teased Chiyo, while the scene shifted to the Third Training Ground, where someone called Kakashi to feel the power of youth.

Kakashi and Might Guy’s Taijutsu demonstration became a fierce spar that inspired the children watching. At Konoha’s Academy of Sciences, Orochimaru advanced new defensive and Chakra-based equipment projects and wondered whether scientific research might reveal the secret to eternal life.

• Uchiha Hikari introduced Kakashi and Might Guy’s Taijutsu demonstration to the children at Konoha’s Third Training Ground.
• Might Guy turned the demonstration into a real fight, and Kakashi met his attacks with precise dodges and counters.
• Might Guy opened the First Gate, forcing Kakashi to use Lightning Release: Living Body Intensification as the children grew excited about Taijutsu.
• Uchiha Hikari explained the different strengths of Kakashi’s and Might Guy’s Taijutsu, while Izumi Uchiha watched in amazement.
• At Konoha Academy of Sciences, Orochimaru reviewed plans for Chakra amplification gauntlets, adaptive defense barriers, explosive tag arrows, and portable shields.
• Orochimaru ordered a project report for the Hokage’s Office and wondered whether the secret to eternal life might lie in scientific research.

Chiyo and Mikoto welcomed their daughter, Chiemi Uchiha, and Chiyo gained two powerful abilities from the System. At the Ninja Academy, Itachi Uchiha protected classmates from bullies and revealed he had used a Shadow Clone, prompting a report to the Hokage’s Office.

• Mikoto gave birth to a daughter, and Chiyo and Mikoto named her Chiemi Uchiha.
• Chiyo used his draw opportunity and obtained All-Killing Ash Bones and Kamui’s intangibility ability.
• Itachi Uchiha intervened when Ryunosuke threatened Kentaro and his companions, then easily defeated the attackers.
• Ryunosuke gathered upperclassmen to ambush Itachi after school, but the Itachi they caught vanished as a Shadow Clone.
• A Chunin teacher reprimanded the attackers, and the incident was recorded in a Genius Observation Report sent to the Hokage’s Office.

Chiyo visited Itachi after hearing about his conduct at school, taught him that a ninja’s strength was meant to protect others, and watched him spar with Shisui. Later, he explained the emotional cost of awakening the Sharingan, then met Izumi and Hikari at a dango shop, where Hikari showed how much she had settled into her new life.

• Chiyo praised Itachi for standing up to injustice at school and taught him that strength should be used to protect family, companions, and the village.
• Shisui sparred with Itachi, and Chiyo judged that Itachi’s skills already surpassed those of a Chunin.
• Itachi asked what the Sharingan was, and Chiyo and Shisui explained that its awakenings were tied to intense emotional pain.
• Chiyo took Itachi and Shisui to eat dango, where they met Izumi and Hikari after their teaching classes.
• Izumi and Hikari reported their students’ progress, and Chiyo praised their work.
• Hikari told Chiyo that she liked her life, then left with Izumi after Izumi noticed her smile.

Itachi Uchiha resolved that protecting the clan and village did not have to mean choosing between them, then tested his abilities by descending the Hokage Rock. Meanwhile, Chiyo cared for his newborn daughters and embraced his role as a father, leaving him balancing Hokage duties with family life.

• Itachi reflected on his family, Shisui, and Teacher Chiyo before concluding that clan and village could be protected together.
• Itachi jumped from the Hokage Rock and controlled his descent with a Kunai, landing safely on the grass.
• Shisui found Itachi, recognized that he had worked things out, and took him to eat dumplings.
• Chiyo visited Tsunade and their newborn daughter Mirai, then went to Mikoto and their newborn daughter Chiemi.
• Chiemi gripped Chiyo's finger, deepening his sense of responsibility and protectiveness as a father.
• Over the next few days, Chiyo divided his time between the Hokage's Office and caring for Tsunade, Mikoto, and their daughters.

Itachi Uchiha asked Chiyo to approve his early graduation and entry into the Anbu, and Chiyo allowed him to take the Anbu assessment. Meanwhile, Orochimaru presented civilian scientific ninja tools, and Chiemi showed a possible talent for controlling Chakra threads, leaving Chiyo wary of what her gift might mean.

• Itachi Uchiha told Chiyo he wanted to graduate early and join the Anbu to protect Konoha, and Chiyo approved his graduation while requiring him to pass an assessment.
• Chiyo asked Shisui to guide Itachi and keep him from losing his way in the Anbu.
• Orochimaru unveiled civilian scientific ninja tools, including a Chakra-insulated baby bottle and a stroller defense barrier generator, at a public presentation.
• Tsunade confronted Orochimaru over the voice-controlled paper crane toy he had given Chiemi, but Chiyo said it had been inspected and was safe.
• Chiemi pointed at the paper crane, and its wings moved slightly as Chakra threads responded to her.
• Chiyo warned Orochimaru not to cross boundaries involving his family, then agreed to prioritize Academy of Sciences funding for the Rōran Town Area-Type Adaptive Defense Barrier.

Konoha established a village-wide ninja preschool, while Chiyo and his family celebrated Mirai’s first word and discovered Chiemi’s extraordinary Chakra control. The chapter ended with Chiyo vowing to protect and guide both daughters.

• Tsunade and Mikoto noticed Chiemi instinctively coiled a precise strand of Chakra around Tsunade’s finger.
• Uchiha Hikari opened Konoha Ninja Preschool, where she and Izumi Uchiha began teaching the first students basic Chakra control.
• Hikari urged Izumi to grow stronger if she wanted to stay by Chiyo Uchiha’s side, and Izumi promised to work hard.
• Mirai called Chiyo “Papa” for the first time, filling Chiyo and the others with joy.
• Chiemi instinctively shaped wrapping paper into a lifelike paper crane with precise Chakra control, astonishing Chiyo, Tsunade, and Mikoto.
• Chiyo called Chiemi’s talent a blessing and promised to protect and guide both daughters.

Konan proposed a youth ninja exchange program to Chiyo, who supported her effort to build peace between Konoha and the Land of Rain. Meanwhile, Itachi completed his first Anbu missions, grappled with the cost of protecting the village, and awakened his two-tomoe Sharingan; he left Hokage Rock resolved to protect the light from the shadows.

• Konan gave Chiyo gifts for Mirai and Chiemi and proposed a cross-border youth ninja exchange program, which Chiyo fully supported.
• Itachi began his Anbu career by helping uncover a Cloud spy who had stolen research data from a Konoha institute.
• Itachi protected a Land of Iron weaponsmith from a Cloud assault squad while guarding the master's visit to Konoha.
• After witnessing the moral costs of Anbu work, Itachi reflected on the meaning of protection atop Hokage Rock.
• Itachi awakened his two-tomoe Sharingan and resolved to face the shadows to protect the people and hopes he valued.

Chiyo investigated a dangerous Nature Energy disturbance while teaching Itachi Uchiha and Shisui Uchiha to sense Nature Energy. After Itachi challenged an Anbu captain’s plan to kill a coerced Konoha Chunin, the rescued victims and his own doubts led him to commit to forging his own path of protection.

• Chiyo ordered Minato Namikaze to investigate a border outpost that had gone silent amid an unusual Nature Energy fluctuation, and he directed Shikaku Nara to raise security and alert Jiraiya and Orochimaru.
• Chiyo began teaching Itachi Uchiha and Shisui Uchiha to sense Nature Energy, but Kurenai Yuhi and Konan interrupted with competing offers of breakfast and requests for his attention.
• During an Anbu pursuit, Itachi discovered that Kenichi Aota had been coerced by Cloud and persuaded Captain Leopard to keep him alive for interrogation.
• Kenichi revealed a Cloud contact point, allowing Anbu to raid it and rescue his daughter and other kidnapped victims.
• Itachi reflected on the mission atop Hokage Rock and resolved to follow his own path of protection.

Minato Namikaze and his Anbu squad were ambushed by Sasori of the Red Sands, who used Nature Energy to animate corpses and empower his puppets. Surrounded and pushed to the brink, Minato began summoning a trump card as the battle escalated.

• Minato detected traces of corrupted Nature Energy, then led his Anbu squad through an ambush by corpse-like attackers.
• Minato found Sasori controlling the attackers from atop a Third Kazekage puppet and learned Sasori had used the Fountain of Life to infuse the dead with Nature Energy.
• Sasori unleashed the Third Kazekage puppet's Sand Iron, while Minato used Flying Thunder God to protect himself and his teammates.
• Minato attempted to strike Sasori and restrain him with Sealing Jutsu, but Sasori countered with poison weapons and summoned over a hundred Nature Energy-empowered puppets.
• As the Anbu were overwhelmed, Minato prepared to summon a powerful ally and pressed his hand to the ground.

Minato Namikaze entered Sage Mode and defeated Scorpion, sealing his Regeneration Core and collecting evidence of the corrupted Nature Energy. At Konoha’s underground containment facility, Orochimaru became fascinated by the core and decided to personally pursue a dangerous consciousness activation experiment.

• Minato Namikaze used Sage Mode and a Flying Thunder God network to destroy the Hundred Puppets and defeat the Third Kazekage puppet.
• Minato Namikaze dismantled Scorpion’s puppet body, sealed his Regeneration Core in a Scroll, and ordered the Anbu to collect puppet fragments and corrupted remains.
• Minato Namikaze and the Anbu returned Scorpion and the collected evidence to Konoha for investigation.
• Orochimaru examined the Regeneration Core and learned that its unstable Nature Energy was unlike the energy of Ryūchi Cave or Jugo.
• Orochimaru ordered preparations for a Limited Consciousness Activation Experiment despite the Hokage’s safety restrictions, then said he would conduct it himself.

Minato reported that Sasori’s power came from a violent, unknown energy, prompting Chiyo to order a search for its source. An experiment on the Regeneration Core revealed its ability to drive living creatures into destructive frenzy, and Chiyo assigned Orochimaru to research its controlled use while Minato pursued its origins.

• Minato told Chiyo that Sasori’s energy resembled Nature Energy but was more chaotic, and that it had dissipated after Sasori was sealed.
• Chiyo ordered Minato to lead a search for the place where Sasori had found the energy, then joined Minato and Orochimaru at the laboratory to oversee an experiment.
• Orochimaru resonated with the Regeneration Core, causing it to awaken and violently attack the laboratory’s sealing barriers.
• Orochimaru exposed a white mouse to diluted energy, and the mouse became deformed and violently attacked its enclosure.
• Chiyo proposed studying the energy’s destructive traits for defensive and tactical use, and assigned Orochimaru to lead a secret research project while raising Minato’s source investigation to the highest priority.
• Chiyo wondered where Nature Energy came from and whether it might one day help fight the Otsutsuki Clan.

Chiyo experimented with combining Nature Energy with his abilities, then defended his Ninja Federation proposal to Konoha’s clan leaders and outlined a gradual plan to build alliances. A secret report revealed that the Regeneration Core’s residual Chakra pointed toward an unknown region in the sky, possibly the moon and the place where Ōtsutsuki Kaguya was sealed.

• Chiyo turned to stone while testing Nature Energy directly, then had Shadow Clones develop Sage Art versions of All-Killing Ash Bones and Kamui.
• Tsunade told Chiyo that Nature Energy might not be neutral and could conceal an unknown force.
• Clan representatives challenged Chiyo’s Ninja Federation proposal, raising concerns about former enemies and Konoha’s interests.
• Chiyo argued that unity would prepare the Shinobi World for larger threats and proposed starting with alliances with the Land of Tang, the Land of Grass, and a moderate faction in Sunagakure.
• Shikaku Nara and Minato Namikaze agreed to advance cooperation plans and the exchange program, while the clan representatives temporarily accepted Chiyo’s decision.
• A top-secret report said Orochimaru had detected faint Chakra from the Regeneration Core pointing to an unknown place in the sky, leading Chiyo to suspect the moon.