Chapter Summaries

Torifu slaughtered most of a Kumogakure force with the Blood Lotus Pond before Kinkaku and Ginkaku arrived to challenge him. He countered their attacks and weakened Kinkaku with a chilling chain technique, but both brothers remained alive.

• Torifu controlled the Blood Lotus Pond to kill roughly seven thousand Kumogakure shinobi, leaving only about two thousand survivors.
• A powerful wind and flames destroyed most of the lotuses, allowing the surviving shinobi to flee.
• Kinkaku and Ginkaku arrived with the Sage's ninja tools and charged at Torifu.
• Kinkaku used the Bashosen to create a fiery vortex, but Torifu extinguished it with combined water and wind techniques.
• Torifu's white chains bound Ginkaku and pierced Kinkaku, sending freezing mist into Kinkaku's lungs and weakening him.

Torifu fought Kinkaku and Ginkaku, countering their cloud and lightning techniques with his own abilities. He ended the chapter by unleashing a massive Cloud Sphere that sucked the surrounding ninja into it, while the brothers struggled to resist its pull.

• Torifu turned Kinkaku and Ginkaku’s thundercloud technique against them, then transformed the clouds into fast Cloud Birds that flew into their mouths.
• Kinkaku and Ginkaku rushed Torifu and struck him with lightning, but two cries and a spiral of air stopped Kinkaku and freed Torifu.
• Torifu sent Kinkaku flying and pierced him with ice and crystal spikes, but Kinkaku stood up and forced the spikes from his body.
• Torifu formed a Cloud Sphere in the sky and made it absorb the surrounding clouds.
• Torifu sent the Cloud Sphere crashing down, and its powerful suction dragged nearby ninja into it while Kinkaku and Ginkaku resisted being pulled in.

Torifu crushed the Cloud Sphere, killing the two thousand Kumogakure shinobi trapped inside, then faced Kinkaku and Ginkaku as they unleashed Nine-Tails Chakra. Hashirama and Tobirama arrived and watched as Torifu stood his ground against the two transformed brothers.

• Torifu asked Kinkaku and Ginkaku whether they wanted the trapped shinobi back, then crushed the Cloud Sphere and devastated the surrounding land.
• Kinkaku and Ginkaku were badly injured by the shock wave and threw aside the Sage of Six Paths' tools before preparing to fight Torifu themselves.
• Kinkaku and Ginkaku released Nine-Tails Chakra and transformed into enormous black-and-red beasts.
• Hashirama and Tobirama sensed the Nine-Tails Chakra and Torifu's presence, then hurried to the battlefield.
• Hashirama prepared to help Torifu, but Tobirama stopped him, and the brothers watched as Torifu faced Kinkaku and Ginkaku.

Torifu revealed his crane-themed Sage Mode and overwhelmed Kinkaku and Ginkaku, leaving the Gold and Silver Brothers weakened and unable to escape. As the brothers argued over who would hold Torifu off, he warned that neither of them would get away.

• Torifu transformed into Sage Mode, gaining golden eyes, feather markings, and enormous wings.
• Torifu used Sage Art: Wing Storm to wound Kinkaku and Ginkaku despite their Tailed Beast Cloaks.
• Kinkaku and Ginkaku fired a massive combined Chakra orb, but Torifu stopped it with a Cloud Sphere and the attacks exploded in the sky.
• Hashirama and Tobirama marveled at Torifu's hidden strength and his successful Sage Mode transformation.
• Kinkaku and Ginkaku argued over who would stay behind so the other could escape, but Torifu declared that neither would get away.

Torifu used Sage Art to destroy Kinkaku and Ginkaku, then ended Sage Mode as Hashirama and Tobirama confronted him for sneaking onto the battlefield. Tobirama acknowledged Torifu’s extraordinary strength, while Hashirama scolded him for disobeying orders.

• Torifu trapped Kinkaku and Ginkaku with chains and repeatedly pierced them with Crane Shadows and Cloud Birds until their bodies were completely destroyed.
• Torifu ended Sage Mode, and Qingyun and Liufeng separated from his wings and transformed back into cranes.
• Hashirama and Tobirama stepped out of hiding after Torifu pretended he was about to ride away on the cranes.
• Torifu greeted Hashirama and Tobirama awkwardly, and Hashirama scolded and punched him for sneaking onto the battlefield.
• Tobirama praised Torifu’s strength, wondered privately about his talent, and decided not to pry into how he had advanced so quickly.
• Hashirama reproached Torifu for breaking his promise to behave, while Torifu thought that he would not have come if the system had not given him a mission.

Torifu returned from wiping out Kumogakure’s forces with Hashirama and Tobirama, who planned to summon the Third Raikage for peace negotiations. Impressed by Torifu’s strength and achievements, the brothers decided to raise his standing in Konoha and considered him the future Hokage.

• Torifu told Hashirama and Tobirama that he had wiped out Kumogakure’s remaining forces, and Hashirama decided they would return to Konoha and summon the Third Raikage for negotiations.
• Torifu rode Qingyun back toward Konoha while Hashirama and Tobirama traveled on foot, and the brothers speculated that the Kumonaka Ancestor had given Torifu his cranes.
• Hashirama defended Torifu’s right to keep secrets after Tobirama mentioned his work on Impure World Reincarnation.
• Tobirama said Torifu was more outstanding than Sarutobi and should eventually take the Hokage Position because no one could match his strength.
• Hashirama and Tobirama agreed to publicize Torifu’s accomplishments and raise his standing among Konoha’s villagers.

Konoha publicized Torifu’s role in defeating the invading Kumogakure army, dramatically raising his standing as a potential Hokage. Torifu slept through the village’s reaction and planned to visit the blacksmith to collect materials for Amado’s alarm clock.

• A notice announced that Hashirama, Tobirama, and Torifu had destroyed Kumogakure’s invading army, with Torifu credited with killing Kinkaku, Ginkaku, and nine thousand shinobi.
• Villagers and shinobi marveled at Torifu’s battlefield record, and the news spread throughout Konoha.
• The clan heads recognized that the Hokage was building Torifu’s reputation and that his achievements had won the village’s support.
• Torifu woke at eleven after returning home late and found Amado away at school while workers finished building the house.
• After lunch, Torifu planned to visit the blacksmith’s shop for materials so Amado could make an alarm clock.

Torifu collected the handmade alarm clock parts from the Tsuchigumo brothers’ blacksmith shop and learned that Tobirama had publicized his role in defeating Kumogakure’s invasion. He returned home to find Amado admiring his new house.

• Torifu used the Breath Concealment Technique to walk unnoticed through Konoha and headed to the blacksmith shop.
• The Tsuchigumo brothers’ foreman told Torifu that Tobirama had spread news of his victory over the Kumogakure invaders, earning him the nickname “Brave and fearless young man.”
• Torifu inspected the alarm clock parts, approved their craftsmanship, and paid the foreman two thousand ryo.
• Torifu explained that the parts were for an alarm clock and left the shop using the Breath Concealment Technique.
• Torifu heard villagers discussing his wartime exploits on his way home and found Amado admiring his new house in the yard.

Torifu gave Amado clock plans and encouraged him to pursue his talent, while confirming that he had killed nine thousand ninjas in the war. Chirori visited to check on Torifu after hearing the news, and he reassured her that he was unharmed.

• Torifu startled Amado in the courtyard, then showed him clock parts and a blueprint and set a maximum selling price of eighty thousand ryo.
• Amado learned Torifu had truly gone to war and killed nine thousand people, and Torifu praised Amado’s unusual talent.
• Amado promised to build the clock within two days and returned to the house with the parts and blueprint.
• Chirori confronted Torifu for going to war without telling her, then admitted she had come to make sure he was safe.
• Torifu confirmed the reported death toll, and Chirori relaxed after seeing that he was unharmed.

Torifu reassured Chirori and hosted Hiruzen, Koharu, Danzo, and Kagami, who came to hear about his victory over Kumogakure’s forces. He introduced them to his clock and said Amado was making a smaller one, then the visitors returned to work.

• Torifu showed Chirori a modified Breath Concealment Technique and offered to teach it to her.
• Hiruzen and his companions visited Torifu to ask about his battle with the Cloud ninjas, and Torifu described them as average while misunderstanding Koharu’s question.
• Torifu shared a few details about the battle, then cooked lunch for the group while Amado stayed in his room working on a clock.
• Torifu explained how his clock told time and said he would give everyone one if Amado succeeded in making a smaller version.
• Hiruzen and the others left for their duties, while Torifu and Chirori remained free of public office work.

Torifu comforted Chirori about her progress as a ninja, then faced an overwhelming outpouring of admiration from Konoha’s villagers for his battlefield deeds. Hashirama and Tobirama watched the villagers’ response and discussed Torifu’s future before Hashirama rushed off to pick up Tsunade.

• Chirori worried that she was falling behind Torifu, and he encouraged her by praising her strength and telling her not to rush her growth.
• After resting, Torifu went outside at dusk to let the villagers see him following the announcement of his battlefield deeds.
• Villagers crowded around Torifu to praise him and offer him food, so he used the Water Mirror to keep the crowd from trampling anyone.
• Hashirama and Tobirama watched from the Hokage Building and agreed that the villagers’ support for Torifu came from his good reputation.
• Tobirama reminded Hashirama that he had been supposed to pick Tsunade up from school, and Hashirama hurried away.

Torifu wandered through Konoha after the villagers finally left him alone and found Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Hiruko training together. Hiruko learned that Jiraiya and Orochimaru had both met his idol, Torifu, and hoped their teacher could help him meet Torifu too.

• The villagers finally went home, and Torifu used the Breath Concealment Technique to take a walk around the village.
• Torifu passed Amado, who was working on an alarm clock, and thought about buying several at a discounted price.
• Torifu visited Orochimaru's home and watched Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Hiruko practice ninjutsu.
• Jiraiya and Orochimaru confirmed to Hiruko that Torifu had taken them flying, leaving Hiruko envious and disheartened.
• Torifu recognized Hiruko as Hiruzen's student and reflected that his life might turn out differently in this world.
• Hiruko regretted missing Torifu and asked Jiraiya to help arrange a meeting through their teacher.

Hiruzen’s new students trained while Torifu secretly watched, then revealed himself and explained how he knew them. Jiraiya and Hiruko joked about their progress, while Orochimaru demonstrated that he had learned the Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique.

• Jiraiya and Hiruko bickered while Orochimaru practiced and successfully performed the jutsu once.
• Hiruzen arrived and spoke with the concealed Torifu, while his students mistook the conversation for him talking to himself.
• Torifu revealed himself, prompting Hiruko to rush over and declare his admiration for him.
• Jiraiya admitted he had not learned the assigned jutsu, and Hiruko joked that his progress was having a shuriken.
• Orochimaru said he thought he had learned the technique and demonstrated the Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique.

Orochimaru quickly mastered the Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique while Hiruzen praised his disciples and recognized Torifu’s standing in Konoha. Across the Shinobi World, news spread that Hashirama and Tobirama had destroyed Kumogakure’s army, while Mu suspected Konoha had lured the Second Raikage into a trap.

• Orochimaru demonstrated the Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique after only a few days of instruction, astonishing Hiruzen.
• Hiruzen asked Torifu whether he planned to take a disciple, and Torifu said he was not ready to teach anyone.
• Torifu encouraged Jiraiya, Hiruko, and Orochimaru to train hard before he and Hiruzen left for home.
• Reports revealed that Hashirama and Tobirama had annihilated Kumogakure’s thirty-thousand-man army and killed the Second Raikage.
• Mu concluded that Konoha had likely set a trap for the Second Raikage, leaving Kumogakure devastated without Konoha losing a soldier.

Mu, Ōnoki, and Hozuki Gengetsu discussed Konoha’s destruction of Kumogakure and agreed that other villages should keep quiet while Senju Hashirama remained alive. The chapter ended with Torifu awake in Konoha as a burning pain in his arm signaled that Kakuzu was summoning him.

• Mu told Ōnoki that Konoha may have lured the Raikage into a trap and warned him to keep Iwagakure out of the conflict.
• Ōnoki accepted Mu’s advice to stay quiet and avoid drawing Konoha’s attention.
• Hozuki Gengetsu complained that Kumogakure’s wealth and resources would go to Konoha, then told his secretary that peace suited Kirigakure.
• Hozuki Gengetsu reflected that the Raikage had led Kumogakure’s forces to their deaths and that the village was unlikely to recover.
• Torifu remained awake as pain spread through his arm, signaling that Kakuzu was summoning him.

Torifu reported rumors that the Third Raikage would refuse to apologize to Konoha, and Tobirama ordered him to assassinate the new Raikage. Torifu prepared to leave, regretting that he had brought the rumor to Tobirama.

• Torifu met Kakuzu at night and heard that the Third Raikage had taken power and might refuse to apologize to Konoha.
• Torifu told Tobirama the rumors the next morning, and Tobirama said Konoha had already heard the news.
• Tobirama decided Konoha would not let the Third Raikage avoid consequences and ordered Torifu to assassinate him.
• Torifu accepted the mission, though he regretted reporting the rumor and thought his Puppets could challenge the Third Raikage.

Torifu accepted a mission to assassinate the Third Raikage after learning that Kumogakure was spreading rumors against Konoha. He set out for Kumogakure with Qingyun and Liufeng, planning to strike quickly and escape.

• Torifu tried to hand the assassination mission to Hiruzen, but Hiruzen refused, then agreed that the Third Raikage had to die after hearing Kumogakure was spreading rumors that Konoha attacked first.
• Hiruzen chose to stay in Konoha, and Torifu went home to pack and tell Abai he would be away.
• Torifu took Qingyun and Liufeng with him, planning to assassinate the Third Raikage and have the cranes intercept the remaining Kumogakure fighters.
• Qingyun and Liufeng assured Torifu they could fly indefinitely by absorbing natural energy, so he ordered them to fly straight to Kumogakure.
• Torifu flew toward Kumogakure, reflecting that Konoha had secretly turned Hell Valley into a mine and secured valuable ore from Oyashiro.

Torifu visited Hell Valley on his way to assassinate the Third Raikage, where he replaced an overloaded Cloud Sphere and told Senju Jie about his mission. The chapter left Senju Jie stunned by the scale of Torifu’s feats as Torifu prepared to continue toward his target.

• Torifu flew into the Land of Lightning and stopped at Hell Valley to rest before making his move that night.
• Senju Jie welcomed Torifu and led him through the changed valley, where Senju and Oyashiro Clan members mined ore.
• Torifu found the Cloud Sphere could no longer fully purify the Red Mist, so he created a new one and sent the old sphere into the sky to explode.
• Senju Jie asked about Torifu’s mission, and Torifu explained the war, his victories, and Tobirama’s order to kill the Third Raikage.
• Senju Jie struggled to believe Torifu’s account and marveled at how powerful the twelve-year-old had become.

Torifu rested at Hell Valley before flying to Kumogakure to assassinate the Third Raikage. After Torifu injured him with a Cloud Spear, the Raikage recovered and attacked, leaving their fight underway.

• Torifu told Senju Jie he would handle the mission alone, then explored Hell Valley and rested.
• After nightfall, Torifu flew to Kumogakure with Qingyun and Liufeng and found the Third Raikage working in the Raikage Building.
• Torifu pierced the Raikage with a Cloud Spear, but the Raikage used Lightning Release to survive and recover his breathing.
• Torifu revealed he had come to kill the Raikage because Kumogakure had repeatedly provoked Konoha.
• The Raikage cut Torifu's Crystal Dragon in half, then rushed him, scooped him up, and leaped into the air.

Torifu fought the Third Raikage, using his Cloud Release, Crystal Release, and Ice Release to weaken him. Torifu destroyed Kumogakure’s remaining ninjas, leaving the Third Raikage to realize his village was finished.

• The Third Raikage repeatedly attacked Torifu, but Torifu used Cloud decoys and his ability to become clouds to evade him.
• Torifu poisoned the Third Raikage with a Crystal Snake, then bombarded him with ninjutsu while he treated the wound.
• Torifu made crystal dust enter the Third Raikage’s lungs and grow into needles, but the Raikage shattered them and destroyed the building with lightning.
• Torifu unleashed Crystal Snake Vines on the arriving Kumogakure ninjas, crystallizing the remaining thousand and ending the village.
• The Third Raikage asked whether Torifu had also killed people on the battlefield, and Torifu admitted killing nine thousand people, Kinkaku, and Ginkaku.