Chapter Summaries

Torifu and Uzumaki Ashina waited on the shore for Rain and the Iron-Masked Guard, who arrived with Torifu’s controlled friends. The battle began, leaving Torifu facing Rain while Ashina confronted the guard.

• The Iron-Masked Guard revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan to the impostor Second Prince and set out to capture Kumonaka Torikaze.
• Rain and his allies rushed toward the red pillar of light, while Torifu and Uzumaki Ashina prepared for them on the shore.
• The Iron-Masked Guard attacked Torifu, but Torifu blocked his blade with Cloud Qi and countered; Rain then appeared with Chirori, Hiruzen, and the others under his control.
• Rain sent Kagami to fight the Iron-Masked Guard, and Uzumaki Ashina agreed to face the guard while Torifu focused on Rain.
• Torifu used Cloud Qi to knock back his controlled friends and summoned six Puppets to fight them, then attacked Rain with the Heming Sword; Rain dodged and said he would try harder.

Torifu battled Rain on the beach, resisting Rain’s mind-affecting technique and crystallizing him with Crystal Poison. Rain escaped into the sea by transforming into a tiny fish, leaving Torifu and the others behind.

• Rain encircled Torifu with seawater that disrupted his Chakra, but Torifu froze it and attacked with Ice Release sword strikes.
• Rain blocked Torifu’s blade with scaled hands, healed his wounds, and trapped the beach in a deep-blue illusion that filled Torifu, the Iron-Masked Guard, and Uzumaki Ashina with pain and temptation.
• Torifu escaped Rain’s grasp and pinned him with crystals, poisoning him until his body began to crystallize.
• Rain summoned a school of fish to cover his escape, but Torifu froze the fish and caught Rain’s crystallized feet in ice.
• Rain shattered his own legs, reached the seawater, transformed into a tiny fish, and swam out to sea.

Torikaze faced Rain in the sea after Rain’s power surged beyond what he could wield on land. Rain attacked with enormous water constructs, and Torikaze summoned Qingyun and Liufeng to help as the final battle began.

• Rain turned into a small fish and swam out to sea while Torikaze healed Ashina and regrouped with his companions.
• Ashina bound Rain’s guard with Adamantine Sealing Chains, and Torikaze explained that he would fight Rain to bring Uchiha Chirori and his friends home.
• Torikaze rode a Cloud Crane over the sea and rejected Rain’s demand that he become a vessel for the great one’s reincarnation.
• Rain emerged from a towering column of water and sent an enormous water whale at Torikaze, who froze it and cut it apart.
• Torikaze summoned Qingyun and Liufeng, but Rain declared that swords no longer worked on him and shattered the column of water above them.

Torifu battled Rain across the sea, using Ice, Crystal, and Cloud Release while Rain countered with scales, regeneration, and water creatures. As Rain summoned Water Knights and two enormous Cranes approached, Torifu unleashed a White Cloud Tornado over the sea.

• Torifu froze Rain's collapsing curtain of water with Crystal Release, but Rain shattered the crystal prison and attacked with fish made of water.
• Torifu and Rain traded sword, claw, and water attacks until Torifu injured Rain's unprotected back with exploding ice spikes, though Rain quickly healed.
• Rain summoned ten Water Knights from whirlpools, and Torifu released his Puppets, whose Dust Release attacks proved effective against them.
• Rain said his companions would break free of Torifu's control, and two enormous Cranes burst through the clouds toward him.
• Torifu leaped into the air and formed a White Cloud Tornado as Qingyun and Liufeng circled outside it and the sea began to swirl.

Torifu used Sage Mode to overwhelm Rain, but Rain transformed into a merfolk-like form and continued fighting. Torifu poisoned Rain with crystal-filled gas, though Rain dispelled the crystals before his tail became more translucent.

• Torifu entered Sage Mode and attacked Rain with Cloud Qi and crystal fragments, wounding and trapping him.
• Torifu compressed Rain inside a Cloud Sphere and detonated it, but Rain survived and attacked from beneath the sea.
• Rain emerged in a new form with a scaled fish tail and fired water arrows at Torifu.
• Torifu used shifting mirrors to evade Rain and released crystal-filled gas into his lungs.
• Rain expelled the crystals and reversed his crystallization, but the translucent part of his tail grew larger.

Torifu and Rain fought fiercely over the sea, trading attacks that injured and poisoned Torifu while Rain’s recovery consumed more of his fish tail. Rain’s wounds healed again, and he warned that his poison would only make Torifu dizzy as the battle continued.

• Rain recovered from his crystallization, and Torifu realized each recovery made Rain’s fish tail more transparent.
• Rain attacked Torifu with a sailfish and a swarm of flying fish, leaving Torifu’s wings bloodied and his wounds slow to heal.
• Torifu froze the sea, but Rain’s chains caught him; Torifu used his own chains to haul Rain out of the water.
• Rain wounded Torifu’s arm and poisoned his blood, while Torifu pierced Rain’s chest with a crystal and used Cloud Transformation to disperse his body.
• Rain recovered from his injuries, leaving much of his tail translucent, and told Torifu that his poison would make him dizzy rather than kill him.

Torifu endured Rain’s venom and sound-wave attacks, then used the sunlight to charge his Crystal Release: One Arrow of Light against the bound enemy. The chapter ended with Torifu aiming the powerful attack at Rain on the sea.

• Rain revealed that his venom had made Torifu drowsy and urged him to return as a vessel for the lord.
• Rain struck Torifu with a shriek, but Torifu used Crystal Release: Wall of Sighs to shield himself and took medicine from the System Shop to clear his mind.
• Qingyun and Liufeng urged Torifu to stay awake, reminding him that Rain was still alive and his comrades remained unrescued.
• Rain attacked with a water fish and smaller hidden fish, wounding Torifu, who healed himself while still affected by the venom.
• Torifu gathered clouds around Rain, blasted him into the sea, and bound him with chains and spikes formed from Cloud Qi.
• Torifu focused sunlight through crystals into a massive chest crystal and aimed Crystal Release: One Arrow of Light at Rain.

Rain survived Torifu’s scorching attack but remained badly injured, so he used genjutsu to send Chirori and the others after Torifu. After Chirori stabbed Torifu with a poisoned kunai and disrupted his Sage Mode, Rain and the others prepared to overwhelm him.

• Torifu’s Crystal Release beam burned Rain severely, but the heat destroyed the chains and Rain escaped beneath the sea.
• Rain controlled Chirori and then Hiruzen, Kagami, Danzo, Koharu, and Homura, ordering them to attack Torifu.
• Chirori emerged from the waves and attacked Torifu while he struggled against Rain’s poison-induced drowsiness.
• Rain sent flying fish at Torifu, creating an opening for Chirori to stab him in the shoulder with a poisoned kunai.
• The kunai disrupted Torifu’s Sage Mode, and Hiruzen and the others emerged from the sea as Rain surfaced and declared that the tide had turned.

Torifu fought Rain and his mind-controlled friends while poison and a mental attack wore down his defenses. He struck Rain with Crystal Poison, then lost consciousness after telling Uchiha Chirori they would go home together.

• Torifu defended himself from Hiruzen, Kagami, Danzo, Koharu, Homura, and Uchiha Chirori as Rain’s poison made him drowsy.
• Torifu asked Qingyun and Liufeng to restrain Kagami and Danzo, but Rain interrupted them with water arrows.
• Rain used a hypnotic song to further weaken Torifu, whose crystal shields eventually shattered.
• Torifu unleashed Crystal Verdict, impaling Rain with crystal spikes and injecting him with Crystal Poison.
• Torifu kissed Uchiha Chirori’s forehead and told her they would go home together before collapsing into the sea.

Chirori awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan after Torifu fell into the sea, broke free of Rain’s control, and freed Kagami and Koharu. With Koharu treating Torifu and Kagami holding off Hiruzen and Danzo, Chirori learned Torifu would recover from his injuries.

• Torifu kissed Chirori’s forehead before losing consciousness and sinking into the sea, awakening Chirori’s Mangekyō Sharingan through her grief.
• Chirori rescued Torifu with her Susanoo and fought Rain’s controlled allies, using her Sharingan and Susanoo to free Kagami from the control.
• Kagami gave Chirori his antidotes and defended her against Hiruzen and Danzo while she treated Torifu.
• Chirori freed Koharu from Rain’s control and asked her to treat Torifu.
• Koharu examined Torifu and assured Chirori that his injuries were not too serious and that he would recover.

Koharu treated Torifu while Chirori freed Hiruzen, Danzo, and Homura from Rain’s control. After Rain died, a mysterious Uchiha guardsman revealed that he had been waiting for the battle to end and attacked Chirori and Kagami to seize Torifu.

• Koharu healed Torifu’s wounds, and Qingyun and Liufeng returned to their summoning realm after learning he was safe.
• Kagami brought Hiruzen and Danzo to Chirori, who freed them and later released Homura from Rain’s control.
• Rain’s body crystallized as he revealed that his poison would not kill Torifu, then his crystal form dissolved into bubbles in the sea.
• As Chirori prepared to take Torifu home, a guardsman emerged from the water and demanded that she hand him over, claiming the supposed Second Prince and his guardsman were fakes.
• The guardsman revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan and Susanoo, then attacked Chirori and Kagami after explaining he had waited for Rain and Torifu to weaken each other.

Uchiha Chirori, Kagami, Hiruzen, and Danzo fought the Susanoo guard but failed to overcome his strength and genjutsu. After Chirori revealed her ability to drain chakra with red flowers, the guard recovered and prepared to capture everyone, especially Kumonaka Torikaze.

• Chirori and Kagami blocked the guard while Danzo and Hiruzen attacked his Susanoo, but their techniques had little effect.
• Chirori and Kagami damaged the guard's Susanoo with Yasakani Magatama, but the guard shattered Kagami's genjutsu and knocked him into the sea.
• Koharu told Hiruzen that Torifu's injuries had healed, but he remained unconscious, so Hiruzen and Danzo decided to fight without relying on the Tailed Beast's power.
• Hiruzen and Danzo combined Fire Release and Wind Release against the guard, but he shrugged off the flames and bound them with genjutsu until Chirori freed them.
• Chirori covered the guard with red flowers that drained his chakra, but he dispelled them and restored his Susanoo.
• The guard declared that he would keep everyone there and fixed his attention on Kumonaka Torikaze.

The guard overwhelmed Hiruzen, Danzo, and their allies while trying to seize the unconscious Torifu. Chirori was badly wounded protecting Torifu, but as she prepared to fight again, Torifu began to wake.

• The guard attacked the group, breaking Kagami's Susanoo and knocking Kagami and Homura unconscious.
• Chirori used Sea of Flowers to drain the guard's Chakra, but he struck down Hiruzen and Danzo.
• Koharu opened a gap in the wall of flames with a massive water technique and urged Chirori to escape with Torifu.
• The guard caught Chirori and defeated her, leaving her and the unconscious Torifu on the sea.
• Chirori summoned Susanoo again, and Torifu opened his eyes and asked what had happened.

Torifu woke and helped Chirori defeat the masked guard, who was revealed as Uchiha Setsuna, before he escaped with White Zetsu. Torifu and Chirori rescued Hiruzen and the others, then recounted the strange events as they prepared to return to shore.

• Torifu woke up and joined Chirori as the guard attacked, strengthening her Susanoo with crystal armor.
• Torifu and Chirori overwhelmed the guard, split his mask, and discovered he was Uchiha Setsuna.
• Uchiha Setsuna escaped using invisible chains, and Torifu told Chirori he had killed Setsuna years earlier.
• Torifu treated Hiruzen and the others while Uchiha Setsuna met White Zetsu on shore and left Uzumaki Ashina behind.
• Hiruzen and the others recovered, and Torifu explained what had happened as the group prepared to return to shore.

Torifu and his companions recovered in the Land of Whirlpools while Uzumaki Ashina restored order and prepared to return to Konoha with them. As Torifu faced his coming appointment as Third Generation Hokage, a mysterious monk chose to wait before sending another enemy after him.

• Torifu found Uzumaki Ashina asleep on the rocky beach and told him that Rain was dead and the guard had been driven off.
• Torifu and his companions returned to Uzushiogakure to rest, while Uzumaki Ashina restored order and appointed the Third Prince as the new Daimyo.
• Uzumaki Ashina handed the Daimyo and clan head positions to the Third Prince and planned to travel to Konoha with Torifu.
• Torifu told Uzumaki Ashina that he would become the Third Generation Hokage, and Ashina urged him to accept life's changes.
• A monk learned that the failed specimen had died, but decided to wait for the right moment before sending another attacker after Torifu.

Torifu and his companions left the Land of Whirlpools with Uzumaki Ashina and returned to Konoha, where Ashina reunited with Tobirama. Torifu faced the prospect of becoming Third Hokage, while Uchiha Setsuna remained at large.

• A monk-robed man rejected a plan to send someone after Torifu, deciding they should wait for a better opportunity.
• Uzumaki Ashina said goodbye to his sons and boarded a warship with Torifu and the others bound for Konoha.
• Hiruzen reminded Torifu that he would likely become Third Hokage, and Torifu complained that Tobirama had turned the mission into a vacation.
• The party sailed to Yuhai Village, left early the next morning, and returned to Konoha that afternoon.
• Torifu introduced Ashina to the village guard, then led the group to report to Tobirama.
• Tobirama embraced Ashina in the Hokage Office, and Ashina wondered why Tobirama looked so young.

Torifu returned to Konoha after helping Ashina in the Land of Whirlpools, where Tobirama rewarded the group for their mission. He reunited with Minato and took him out for barbecue, while Minato secretly worried about how dangerous the mission had been and resolved to grow stronger.

• Tobirama reunited with Ashina, heard Torifu's account of the Land of Whirlpools crisis, and awarded the group three S-rank mission records.
• Torifu hurried home to the Yunzhong Clan Grounds, where Minato tearfully welcomed him back after his half-month absence.
• Torifu promised Minato he would leave a clone at home during future missions and took him out for barbecue without Abai.
• Torifu reassured Minato that the mission had not been dangerous, though Minato had seen Qingyun and Liufeng return exhausted after Torifu ended the summoning.
• Minato kept his worries to himself and wished to grow up quickly so he could become strong enough to help Torifu.

Torifu visited the Senju Compound with Minato, then told Hashirama, Tobirama, and the others about the dangerous mission and the mysterious forces targeting him. The elders planned an investigation and set a date for Torifu to take office as Hokage, though he privately hoped to avoid the work.

• Torifu took Minato to the Senju Compound, where Minato greeted Kushina and Torifu asked Tsunade about her friendship with Dan.
• Torifu told Hashirama and the others that an enemy had tried to capture him as a vessel for reincarnation, and they discussed the danger to the Shinobi World.
• Torifu revealed that Uchiha Setsuna had returned despite having been killed years earlier, leaving the group unsure how he had become stronger.
• Hashirama asked Tobirama to send intelligence shinobi to investigate the mysterious organization.
• Mito mentioned Torifu's upcoming Hokage cloak, and the elders set the date for his official inauguration.
• Torifu privately considered ways to avoid Hokage duties, then took Minato home.

After completing an S-rank mission, Torifu used Summoning Seeds to help Minato form a contract with a celestial crane named Fufeng. He then examined the Cloud Palace and Wisdom Puppet the system had awarded him, and went to sleep pleased with the new tools.

• The system rewarded Torifu for completing an S-rank mission with 10,000 Calmness Points, a Cloud Palace, and a Wisdom Puppet.
• Torifu gave four Summoning Seeds to Qingyun and Liufeng's chicks, strengthening them, and chose the most gifted chick for Minato.
• Torifu helped Minato sign a summoning contract with the chick, which Minato named Fufeng.
• Torifu learned that the Cloud Palace could detect outsiders and let him summon chosen emissaries or switch places with them.
• Torifu tested the Wisdom Puppet, decided it could handle his work, and went to sleep.

Torifu used a mechanical cube to install Naruto Mobile Game on Amado’s phone prototype and explored how the game had changed to reflect the Shinobi World. Afterward, he praised Minato for demonstrating two ninjutsu techniques.

• Torifu redeemed Naruto Mobile Game for 50,000 Calmness Points and took the mechanical cube to Amado’s laboratory.
• Torifu used the cube to install the game on Amado’s phone prototype, then explained how the cube worked and left it with Amado.
• Torifu played the game, found that its roster and story had changed to feature people from their world, and realized he could not find an opponent in the Duel Arena.
• Minato came outside to practice before school, and Torifu asked him to demonstrate his ninjutsu.
• Minato performed Wind Release: Wind Palm and Water Release: Water Bullet, and Torifu praised his skill.