Chapter Summaries

Torifu took Minato to breakfast, where Minato asked when Torifu would become Hokage. Torifu then reunited with Jiraiya, who described the Great Toad Sage’s prophecy and wondered how to find the student destined to shape the ninja world.

• Torifu praised Minato’s jutsu and took him out for breakfast before Minato left for the Ninja Academy.
• At the food stall, Minato asked when Torifu would take over as Hokage, and Torifu said it would probably happen in a few days.
• Torifu ran into Jiraiya, who had returned from Mount Myoboku after learning Senjutsu.
• Jiraiya told Torifu that the Great Toad Sage had prophesied that one of his future students would shape the ninja world.
• Torifu advised Jiraiya to stop searching for the prophesied student among the students he had gathered and let events unfold naturally.

Torifu visited the Embroidery Shop to inspect the Hokage Cloak being made for his inauguration, and the villagers’ efforts led him to take his coming role more seriously. He later met Hizashi and Hiashi, who eagerly learned that he would become Hokage in a few days.

• Torifu parted ways with Jiraiya, then wandered through Konoha after finishing breakfast.
• Torifu visited the Embroidery Shop, where Hongnu showed him the nearly finished Hokage Cloak embroidered with cranes, clouds, and the word “Third.”
• Torifu praised the cloak and reflected on the villagers’ faith in him, deciding to take his inauguration and role as Hokage more seriously.
• Torifu met Hizashi and Hiashi, told them he would become Hokage in a few days, and asked them to keep the news secret.
• Torifu gave the boys candy and reflected that abolishing the Hyuga Clan’s Branch Family system had let Hizashi and Hiashi grow up as ordinary siblings.

Torifu strolled through Konoha, met Hatake Sakumo, and returned home to spend a peaceful lunch with Minato and Amado. Amado revealed that he had completed a standard phone model, but mass production remained impractical, leaving Torifu to seek another solution.

• Torifu reflected on the Hyuga Clan abolishing the Branch Family system and caught up with old friends around the village.
• Torifu met Hatake Sakumo, who had returned from a mission against rogue shinobi from the Sand Country.
• Minato came home and told Torifu that Kushina wanted to visit for dinner and discuss her studies.
• Torifu, Minato, and Amado ate lunch together after Amado showed them his finished phone model.
• Amado explained that producing phones at scale would require a Factory and an assembly line, and Torifu said he would find a solution.

On the day of his succession ceremony, Torifu encouraged Minato to discover his own convictions and promised to train him to become the Fourth Hokage. As the villagers celebrated Torifu's coming appointment, Minato resolved to work hard and live up to his brother's faith in him.

• After Tobirama officially announced that Torifu would succeed him, Konoha's villagers celebrated enthusiastically.
• Torifu explained to Minato that the Hokage served and protected the villagers, and told him to find his own convictions in the Will of Fire.
• Torifu promised Minato a mysterious reward if he ranked first on his term's final exam and reminded him to stay with his brothers or Chirori at the ceremony.
• Torifu and Minato walked through the village, where the villagers greeted Torifu warmly and called him their future Hokage.
• Torifu told Minato he would train him to become the Fourth Hokage, and Minato promised to work hard despite doubting himself.

Torifu collected the Third Hokage’s cloak with his student Minato and prepared for his succession ceremony. At the Hokage Building, Tobirama, Hiruzen, Danzo, and Torifu’s companions gathered as the village made final preparations for the ceremony.

• Torifu took Minato to the Embroidery Shop, where Hongnu gave the boy the boxed cloak and explained the formalities for collecting it.
• Torifu and Minato brought the cloak to the Hokage Building, where Tobirama asked Torifu how he felt about becoming Hokage.
• Torifu assured Tobirama that protecting Konoha would be his top priority.
• Hiruzen and Danzo reported that shinobi and Anbu had prepared the streets and were ready to assist villagers and watch for enemies.
• Uchiha Chirori, Kagami, Koharu, and Homura arrived and congratulated Torifu, while Chirori asked about the Jade Crown he was wearing.

As Konoha prepared for Torifu’s Hokage succession ceremony, Tobirama assigned duties while Chirori took Minato to meet Kushina and Ashina. Chirori then checked on Hashirama and Mito, who were getting ready to attend the ceremony.

• Tobirama told Torifu to change into his Hokage cloak and assigned Hiruzen, Danzo, Kagami, Koharu, and Homura tasks for the ceremony.
• Chirori took Minato to the Senju Compound and met Ashina walking with Kushina.
• Ashina encouraged Chirori to take Kushina to watch the ceremony, and Kushina agreed to go.
• Chirori visited Hashirama and found him watching Legend of Hashirama while Mito got ready.
• Mito emerged in a red dress, and she told Hashirama to change so they would not be late.

Hashirama, Mito, and Chirori joined Konoha’s villagers to witness Torifu’s succession ceremony. Tobirama resigned and named Kumonaka Torifu the Third Hokage, and Torifu greeted the cheering crowd.

• Hashirama dressed for Torifu’s ceremony, and he and Mito left the Senju Compound with Chirori, Minato, and Kushina.
• Hashirama and Mito were warmly welcomed by villagers as they made their way to the Hokage Building rooftop.
• At noon, Tobirama and Torifu appeared before the gathered villagers, who watched through Torifu’s Crystal Mirror projections.
• Tobirama announced that he had chosen Torifu as his successor when Torifu was about ten and praised his growth and strength.
• Tobirama resigned as Second Hokage and passed the position of Third Hokage to Kumonaka Torifu.
• Torifu greeted the jubilant villagers as they cheered and threw flower petals.

Torifu became Konoha’s Hokage amid a jubilant village celebration, while Hashirama, Mito, Chirori, and Minato watched. After the cheers faded, Torifu revealed a vast Cloud Palace above the Hokage Building, which Qingyun, Liufeng, and four little cranes flew into.

• Torifu accepted the Hokage Hat and declared that he would govern Konoha as villagers cheered for him.
• Hashirama and Mito approved of Torifu’s succession and reminisced about Konoha’s founding and Madara.
• Chirori celebrated Torifu’s success and resolved to keep training after awakening her Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Minato began to believe that Konoha’s villagers might accept him too and vowed to make his name resound throughout the Shinobi World.
• Torifu released the Cloud Palace from his Ring, and it formed above the Hokage Building as Qingyun, Liufeng, and four little cranes flew inside.

Torifu completed his succession ceremony as Hokage and introduced the Cloud Palace, a village-wide sensor meant to detect intruders. After the villagers celebrated, he settled into his new office and argued with Tobirama over replacing his chair, then headed home for lunch with Hashirama, Mito, and the others.

• Torifu explained that the Cloud Palace floated over Konoha and could detect and locate anyone entering the village.
• The succession ceremony ended, and Konoha's restaurants organized a celebration with free food and discounts for the villagers.
• Hashirama praised Torifu's Cloud Palace after Torifu compared it to an upgraded Cloud Mist Formation.
• Mito invited Torifu to lunch, and Chirori insisted on joining them.
• Torifu sat at the Hokage's desk, complained that the chair was uncomfortable, and persuaded Tobirama to order him a softer one.
• Hashirama reminded Tobirama that he was no longer Hokage, and Torifu urged everyone to head home for lunch.

After becoming Hokage, Torifu returned to the Senju Compound and warned Nawaki against arrogance, while explaining the Cloud Palace’s defenses to Ashina. Ashina left with a sudden headache after pointing out a weakness in the device’s ability to detect spies already inside Konoha.

• Torifu returned to the Senju Compound, where the clan members congratulated him on becoming Hokage.
• Nawaki rushed to greet Torifu, who scolded him for boasting that his Wood Release might surpass Hashirama’s and then healed his head.
• Torifu reflected that unknown enemies were targeting him and that Nawaki needed to stay humble and grow stronger.
• Ashina asked about the device Torifu had launched, and Torifu explained the Cloud Palace’s functions to him.
• Ashina noted that the Cloud Palace could not detect spies already inside Konoha, and Torifu explained that it would detect them when they left its coverage.
• Ashina claimed his head hurt and left, puzzling Hashirama, who had just seen him feeling fine.

The family celebrated Torifu becoming the Third Hokage while Kushina worried that Ashina had changed after Uncle Eight’s death. Torifu planned to send a Wisdom Puppet to learn the Hokage’s work so he could avoid handling it himself.

• Ashina claimed his headache had returned and left the family gathering to lie down.
• At lunch, Hashirama and Tobirama remarked that Ashina seemed different, while Kushina told Minato she believed Uncle Eight’s death had changed him.
• Mito sent Kushina back with food for Ashina, and Torifu and Chirori planned to visit him and see whether Healing Jutsu could help.
• Hashirama reminded Torifu that he would take office the next day, and Tobirama agreed to guide him through the Hokage’s duties.
• Torifu privately planned to send a Wisdom Puppet to learn the work so he could leave the government tasks to it.

After becoming Hokage, Torifu hid his plan to delegate the work to a Wisdom Puppet while discussing Amado’s completed phone prototype and the need for a new production line. Minato mentioned that he had something to tell Torifu about Grandpa Ashina, but Torifu let him nap first and waited to hear it.

• Torifu left the Senju Compound with Minato and Uchiha Chirori, concealed himself from the excited villagers, and parted from Uchiha Chirori at the Uchiha Clan Grounds.
• At home, Torifu congratulated Amado on completing a phone prototype, learned mass production required a new production line, and promised Amado a long rest once the production problem was solved.
• Minato told Torifu he had something to say about Grandpa Ashina, and Torifu carried him to bed for a nap before asking him to explain later.

Torifu bought a Replicator from the system Shop and successfully tested its ability to copy an alarm clock. He stored the machine in his Ring and went to Amado to discuss placing it in the factory, finding him playing Naruto.

• Torifu spent nearly fifty thousand Calmness Points cycling through Shop items before finding and buying the Replicator for eighty thousand points.
• Torifu materialized the Replicator outside and read that it could copy objects from basic materials, but not items from the system Shop.
• Torifu tested the machine with a metal alarm clock and matching metal, and the Replicator produced about forty or fifty identical clocks.
• Minato woke at the noise, saw Torifu beside the machine, and returned to bed after deciding it was safe.
• Torifu found an option to adjust how the Replicator dispensed products, stored it in his Ring, and went to ask Amado where it could fit in the factory.
• Torifu found Amado in the Laboratory playing Naruto and told him he needed to discuss something.

Torifu brought a Replicator to Amado's Laboratory and proved it could mass-produce working phones. They planned to use clones to run the machine and sell the phones, advertising them through the Game.

• Torifu told Amado he had found a way to mass-produce phones and led him to an empty Laboratory room.
• Torifu revealed the Replicator and explained that it had already produced dozens of alarm clocks in a minute.
• Amado gathered raw materials and his phone, and Torifu used them to make sixty copies.
• Amado installed the system on a copied phone and confirmed that its functions and the Game worked.
• Torifu and Amado agreed to have clones operate the Replicator and sell the phones when the time was right, using the Game to advertise.

Torifu considered Minato’s report that Elder Ashina’s personality had changed and resolved to observe him carefully as Hokage. He also prepared a Signal Transceiver to support the planned phone and game launch.

• Minato told Torifu that Kushina believed Elder Ashina’s changed personality stemmed from his eighth uncle’s death, and Torifu agreed that the cause might be more complicated.
• Torifu recalled how Ashina had seemed cheerful despite his grief before becoming distant and sage-like in Konoha, and decided to watch for signs of ulterior motives.
• Torifu chose to place a Signal Transceiver in the Hokage Office so its limited coverage could reach Konoha and the surrounding area.
• Torifu planned to distribute Signal Cards with the phones and expected the Game to attract players across the Shinobi World.

Amado’s mobile phone was unveiled in Konoha, where villagers learned it could make calls, send messages, and play a game developed by Torifu. The demonstration sparked a rush of interest, and news of the invention spread throughout the village as Torifu watched from above.

• Electronics shops posted notices announcing Amado’s mobile phone, and a shop assistant demonstrated how it worked to curious villagers.
• Tsunade and Dan joined the crowd, learned about the phone, and agreed to buy one together the next day.
• The shop assistant demonstrated Naruto, a game about Hashirama’s life that let players follow its story and duel others.
• Villagers and clan members grew captivated by the phone and game, and news of Amado’s invention spread across Konoha in less than half a day.
• Torifu watched the crowded shop through the Cloud Bird and saw the enthusiastic response he had expected.

Torifu and Amado prepared to launch Amado’s new phones across Konoha after villagers and clans showed strong interest. On the morning of the sale, Torifu stayed in the clan grounds and used Cloud Birds to monitor the village in real time.

• Tsunade told Hashirama about Amado’s phones and the Naruto game, and Hashirama asked her to buy the game for him and his grandmother.
• Torifu and Amado discussed the successful promotion, and Amado showed him forty thousand boxed phones ready for sale.
• Torifu told Amado to distribute thirty thousand phones among Konoha’s Appliance Stores to prevent dangerous crowds.
• The next morning, Torifu saw the shop owners collecting their stock and reminded Amado to take care of himself.
• Torifu sent a Wisdom Puppet to work at the Hokage Building and used Cloud Birds to watch events across Konoha.

Torifu watched Konoha’s villagers buy Amado’s new phones, which were priced affordably and sold rapidly. After seeing a shopkeeper help a boy who lacked enough money, Torifu learned the man was Yamatsuki Sokei and considered giving him more responsibility.

• Torifu watched through Cloud Birds as villagers crowded Konoha’s electronics shops to buy phones.
• Yamatsuki Sokei sold a phone to a boy who wanted to buy one for his mother, covering the shortfall himself and offering help to other families in need.
• Torifu saw Yamatsuki Sokei’s kindness and asked Amado about him.
• Amado identified Yamatsuki Sokei as a former Genin whom he respected.
• Torifu suggested giving Yamatsuki Sokei more responsibility in the future, including work selling products in other countries.

Torifu discussed giving Yamatsuki Sokei more responsibility while continuing to rely on Wisdom Puppets to handle most of his Hokage duties. As phones and a game about Hashirama and Madara spread through Konoha, Hashirama struggled to beat the first level until Tsunade offered to teach him.

• Torifu agreed with Amado that Yamatsuki Sokei deserved more responsibility in the business.
• Torifu reflected on how Wisdom Puppets handled official work, leaving him free to avoid the Hokage’s office.
• Villagers and ninjas bought phones and played the Naruto game, competing to progress through its stories and levels.
• Tsunade found Hashirama struggling with the first level and laughed as he kept failing.
• Hashirama finally beat the first level, then asked Tsunade to teach him how to reach the part where he befriended Young Madara Uchiha.

Hashirama and other Konoha residents enjoyed Torifu’s Naruto Mobile Game, while the game’s creator dominated the Duel Arena. Hashirama discovered that he needed Summoning Tickets to obtain new ninja and faced a choice about buying them with Gold Coins.

• Tsunade taught Hashirama the game, and he reached the young Madara Uchiha in its story.
• Uchiha Teruaki and Chirori played the game, with Chirori showing Aika her childhood-era master, Hashirama.
• Naruto Mobile Game spread through Konoha, making villagers and Ninja Academy students talk openly about Madara Uchiha.
• Torifu entered the Duel Arena and used three S-rank ninja to defeat a player whose team consisted of three C-rank ninja.
• Hashirama lost to Torifu’s team, then found the Summon menu and learned that he lacked Summoning Tickets.