Chapter Summaries

Hashirama and Tsunade discovered that the game's top-up feature was incomplete, while Torifu gave Minato a phone and learned that players needed an easier way to buy Gold Coins. The chapter ended with Torifu deciding to prioritize a solution for topping up from home.

• Hashirama tried to summon ten times, but Tsunade explained that Gold Coins had to be bought through the game, whose top-up feature was not yet complete.
• Tsunade called Tobirama to dinner after encountering Ashina searching around the Senju Compound, and Ashina watched her leave with an inscrutable look.
• Tobirama put down his Game and went to dinner, reflecting on retirement and his anger at Madara being an S-class character.
• Torifu gave Minato a phone with Minato's picture on it and showed him how to use it, and Minato quickly learned the basics and started playing.
• Amado showed Torifu the incomplete top-up screen, and Torifu decided to prioritize making it possible for players to top up from home.

Torifu solved the Game’s top-up problem by redeeming a cash-powered backup device, then helped Amado and Hashirama add money to their accounts. The chapter ended with Hashirama planning to pull the Senju Hashirama character.

• Torifu searched the System Shop and redeemed a backup top-up device that accepted cash and Game IDs.
• At dinner, Amado asked Torifu to top up his account so he could recruit Madara Uchiha and asked when Kumonaka Torikaze would be released.
• Torifu told Amado to wait for later updates, and Amado decided to practice with Madara Uchiha before entering the Duel Arena.
• Hashirama arrived at Torifu’s home with money and asked to top up one hundred thousand ryo.
• Torifu added the money to Hashirama’s account, and Hashirama said he planned to pull Senju Hashirama.

Hashirama complained to Torifu about losing in the Duel Arena, not realizing Torifu had been the player who defeated him. After topping up his account, Hashirama went home and drew characters until he recruited himself, leaving him eager to practice and challenge his mysterious opponent again.

• Hashirama told Torifu that an opponent with three S-Rank Ninjas had beaten him and sent a head-patting emote, while Torifu hid that he had been the opponent.
• Hashirama asked Torifu who was stronger between him and Madara Uchiha in the game, then decided to draw ninjas and headed home.
• Amado and Minato laughed with Torifu about Hashirama's poor game skills after Hashirama left.
• Hashirama used Body Flicker Technique to return home, where Mito joined him as he opened the recruitment screen.
• Hashirama drew repeatedly, collected Senju Hashirama and Hiruzen Sarutobi fragments, and eventually recruited himself.
• Hashirama resolved to practice with his new characters so he could defeat the mysterious player who had beaten him.

Hashirama lost a Duel Arena match to Torifu after underestimating the game, while Mito practiced her skills. Chirori visited Torifu to top up her account and try out Ninjas, then asked about Minato’s practical combat class.

• Mito found her portrait among the game’s locked S-Rank Ninjas, and Hashirama spent the night learning the controls.
• Hashirama entered the Duel Arena and was matched against Torifu, who defeated him with a C-Rank Ninja.
• Mito recognized that Hashirama had lost and went to practice the game herself.
• Chirori visited Torifu to top up her account and tried out Ninjas on his fully unlocked account, including herself and Madara Uchiha.
• Torifu told Chirori that Minato’s school was holding a practical combat class, and she showed interest in watching.

Torifu and Chirori visited a game top-up shop before watching Minato’s practical class, where Minato defeated a Nara Clan student. The chapter ended with Torifu joking that he had never gone to school, and Chirori pointing out that she had not either.

• Torifu and Chirori decided to watch Minato’s practical class, and Torifu considered teaching him the Flying Thunder God Technique when he was older.
• Torifu and Chirori went to the game top-up shop, where Chirori added five hundred thousand ryō to her account.
• Torifu and Chirori headed to the field under the Breath Concealment Technique and watched students compete in practical lessons.
• Minato dodged a Nara Clan student’s Shadow Possession Jutsu and defeated him with a water ball.
• Torifu praised Minato’s footwork, then said he had never gone to school, and Chirori reminded him that she had not either.

Torifu and Chirori secretly visited Konoha’s school to watch Minato and the practical classes, but their conversation gave them away. Torifu encouraged the teachers to continue the lesson and promised rewards for each grade’s top student as the classes began.

• Minato’s teacher heard Torifu and Chirori talking and gathered the other teachers to investigate the unseen visitors.
• Torifu and Chirori revealed themselves, and Torifu told the teachers they had come to observe the students.
• Minato confirmed to his classmates that Torifu was his older brother and said he wanted to work hard to help him.
• Torifu told the teachers to continue the practical class and promised a reward for each grade’s top student.
• The teachers began the practical lessons as Torifu and Chirori watched the children practice ninjutsu.

Minato earned first place in his grade and received a trophy from Torifu, while Torifu checked the profits from his game and heard about Amado’s frustrating loss. After lunch, Minato tried the Naruto game and became engrossed, unaware that his remaining playtime was limited.

• Torifu awarded trophies to the six top students, including Minato, and dismissed the students for the day.
• Torifu praised Minato at home and checked that villagers had spent millions on games that morning.
• Amado told Torifu and Minato that he had lost a promotion match and stayed up all night, then left to buy more in-game currency.
• Minato started playing the Naruto game after lunch and became absorbed in it, unaware he had only one hour of game time left.

Nawaki returned to Konoha and discovered that Amado’s new phones had spread throughout the village, while Hashirama gave him one and taught him how to use it. Meanwhile, Torifu’s suspicions about Uzumaki Ashina grew as Ashina secretly prepared to act that night, and the chapter left Torifu and Amado waiting for Minato to come home for dinner.

• Nawaki returned from a mission, learned about Amado’s phones, and hurried home to ask for one.
• Hashirama showed Nawaki his phone and Duel Arena game, then gave him a new phone and taught him how to use it.
• Torifu continued watching Uzumaki Ashina, who walked around the village and inspected the area near the Hokage Monument.
• Ashina returned to his room, packed his things, and said that he would act that night despite the Cloud Palace’s ability to detect outside enemies.
• Torifu cooked dinner while Amado prepared bowls and chopsticks for himself, Torifu, and Minato.

Torifu enjoyed dinner with Amado and Minato before the Cloud Palace alerted him to an enemy leaving Konoha. He captured the infiltrator, revealed to be White Zetsu, but an approaching stranger demanded that Torifu hand him over.

• Torifu, Amado, and Minato ate dinner together, and Minato told Torifu about his practical class.
• After dinner, Torifu played the Duel Arena despite his promise to stop, while Uzumaki Ashina sneaked into Hashirama’s bedroom and scattered unknown powder.
• The Cloud Palace warned Torifu about an enemy outside Konoha, and he tracked the fleeing figure beyond the village.
• Torifu transformed into a giant Cloud Crane and then a Crystal Seed, trapping the enemy in crystal spikes and revealing him as White Zetsu.
• Torifu questioned White Zetsu and held the Heming Sword to his throat, but an approaching stranger demanded that Torifu hand him over.

Torifu confronted Madara Uchiha in the forest after White Zetsu escaped, and the two clashed with Susanoo and Torifu’s Cloud and Crystal Release abilities. The fight left Madara trapped by crystal vines, while Torifu’s advantage became clear.

• Madara Uchiha arrived and ordered White Zetsu to leave, then challenged Torifu to fight.
• Madara unleashed Perfect Susanoo, and Torifu countered with the Uchiha Puppet, Susanoo, and Crystal Armor.
• Torifu entered Sage Mode and attacked with a storm of cloud feathers, but Madara burned them away with Fire Release.
• Madara created a Susanoo clone and struck at Torifu with his sword, but Torifu dodged and ensnared Susanoo in crystal vines.
• Madara covered Susanoo in Lightning Release, but the lightning failed to break Torifu’s Crystal Release vines.

Torifu battled Madara Uchiha in Konoha’s Back Mountain, countering Susanoo with Crystal Release and cloud techniques. After Torifu and his Puppets unleashed a combined attack, the cloud qi cleared to reveal a massive crater with no one inside.

• Madara Uchiha dispelled Susanoo to escape Torifu’s Crystal Vines, then summoned Perfect Susanoo again and clashed with Torifu’s Cloud Sword.
• Torifu sent a clone to stop Konoha’s night guards from approaching and confronted Madara about sending White Zetsu to retrieve his master’s flesh and blood.
• Torifu shook the ground and drove crystal spikes through Susanoo, but Madara dodged the strike and smashed the spreading crystals.
• Madara attacked Torifu with fused Thunder-Fire Blade Aura, but Torifu trapped it in a Cloud Sphere and hurled it back at him.
• Torifu’s Puppets unleashed their strongest abilities into the Cloud Sphere, creating a tremendous blast that left a huge crater with no one inside.

Torifu and Tobirama returned to Konoha after Madara Uchiha escaped the battle, and Torifu decided to conceal Madara’s identity from the villagers. At the Senju Compound, Torifu revealed that an impostor had attacked Hashirama in Ashina’s guise, leaving the real Ashina’s fate unknown.

• Tobirama arrived at the crater and learned from Torifu that Madara Uchiha had escaped using Izanagi while covering the retreat of a mysterious white man.
• Tobirama and Torifu returned to Konoha, where Torifu told the worried villagers he would explain the battle on the notice board the next day.
• At the Senju Compound, Torifu told Hashirama and Mito that Madara had attacked and said he would report a mysterious invader rather than reveal Madara’s identity.
• Tobirama noticed blood on Hashirama’s sleeve, and Torifu explained that an impostor disguised as Ashina had wounded him.
• Torifu said he did not know whether the real Ashina had been killed or captured, and Mito planned to send someone to the Land of Whirlpools to check on him.

Torifu handled the aftermath of the attack, then posted a notice claiming he had killed the mysterious enemy. He later revealed to Kagami Uchiha that the enemy had been Madara Uchiha, who was still alive.

• Mito worried about Ashina and promised to send someone to the Land of Whirlpools to check on him.
• Torifu returned home, reassured Minato, and reflected that Madara Uchiha had obtained the Rinnegan but could not gather the Tailed Beasts.
• Torifu went to the Hokage Building and posted a notice telling villagers that he had killed the enemy who attacked Konoha.
• Kagami asked Torifu whether the attacker was Uchiha Setsuna, and Torifu told him it was Madara Uchiha, who was still alive.
• Torifu brought up the Uchiha Clan’s forbidden technique, Izanagi.

Kagami and Torifu kept Madara Uchiha’s survival secret to protect the Uchiha Clan’s standing, while Torifu concluded that Madara could not resurrect Kaguya Otsutsuki. The real Ashina arrived in Konoha, confirmed that the previous Ashina was an impostor, and reunited with a crying Kushina.

• Kagami worried that Madara Uchiha’s survival and actions could undo the Uchiha Clan’s hard-won acceptance, and Torifu agreed to keep the secret.
• Torifu reasoned that Madara could awaken the Rinnegan but could not resurrect Kaguya Otsutsuki without the Tailed Beasts, then left the Hokage Building for home.
• The system warned Torifu that outsiders were approaching Konoha, and he hurried to the gate after recognizing the real Ashina among them.
• Ashina told Torifu that an impostor had caused trouble and asked whether Hashirama was safe, then accompanied him to the Senju Compound.
• Ashina recognized Kushina and embraced her, and Kushina cried in relief when she realized her grandfather was truly back.

Ashina reunited with Kushina and the Senju family in Konoha after escaping the impostor’s genjutsu. He decided to stay in Konoha until Kushina grew up, leaving his guards to return to the Land of Whirlpools with the news.

• Kushina recognized Ashina as her real grandfather when he called her Little Wave and cried in his arms.
• Tobirama confirmed Ashina was genuine, and Hashirama, Mito, Tsunade, and Nawaki welcomed him.
• Ashina explained that an Uchiha enemy had trapped him in genjutsu, but he had escaped with only superficial injuries.
• Ashina told Mito he would remain in Konoha until Kushina grew up rather than return to the Land of Whirlpools.

Ashina stayed in Konoha to raise Kushina, and the family welcomed him back over lunch. Later, Uchiha Chirori rushed to Torifu’s home to make sure he had survived Madara Uchiha’s attack, while Torifu worried that more threats were coming.

• Ashina told Tobirama he would stay in Konoha so Kushina could grow up with more freedom and friends.
• Ashina reunited with Mito and Kushina over lunch, and Hashirama told him about phones.
• Torifu left the Senju Compound and returned home after making an excuse about having work.
• Uchiha Chirori hurried to Torifu’s house after hearing he had fought Madara Uchiha and asked if he was hurt.
• Torifu reassured Chirori, then reflected on the growing chaos and the danger of future threats.
• Chirori asked whether Torifu had personally gone to the office, and he admitted he had gone to inform the villagers and the Uchiha Clan.

Torifu told Chirori and later Minato and Amado about the impostor who had posed as Senior Ashina and the strange white creature that escaped. With the real Senior Ashina safely back in Konoha, Torifu warned that another storm might be coming and urged the boys to grow stronger.

• Torifu explained to Chirori that the Ashina they had known was an impostor and that the real Senior Ashina had arrived in Konoha that morning.
• Torifu assured Chirori that the real Senior Ashina knew them from monitoring the outside world, and she hurried to go see him.
• At dinner, Minato and Amado asked Torifu about the previous night, and he confirmed that Kushina's real grandfather was back in Konoha.
• Torifu described the white creature that had ambushed the First and promised Amado he would try to capture one alive for study.
• Torifu told Minato and Amado that the Shinobi World might face another storm and urged them to focus on getting stronger.

Four years into Torifu’s Hokage rule, Minato prepared for his graduation exam, which Torifu would administer. Before the exam, Torifu explained that secret techniques gave ninja an advantage, leaving Minato troubled by his lack of a clan or inherited abilities.

• Torifu woke to Minato practicing ninjutsu for his graduation exam and told him that he would be the examiner.
• Torifu reflected on Konoha’s peaceful growth, his own rise to peak Kage Level, and the village’s expanding population and influence.
• Chirori called to remind Torifu about the exam, and he assured her that he remembered.
• Torifu asked Minato what helped a ninja make a name for himself and praised his hard work before saying that strength and perseverance were not enough.
• Torifu explained that clans guarded their secret techniques and Kekkei Genkai, and that he could not teach Minato Cloud Release because of clan rules.
• Minato realized that being clanless left him without access to inherited techniques and felt discouraged about his prospects.

Torifu offered Minato the chance to study the dangerous Flying Thunder God technique, and Minato chose to stake his future on mastering it. Torifu encouraged him as Minato began pursuing the path toward making his mark on the Shinobi World.

• Torifu told Minato that ordinary talent and ninjutsu might not be enough to stand out in the Shinobi World, then offered him a technique suited to him.
• Torifu showed Minato the Flying Thunder God scroll and explained that many gifted students had failed to learn the forbidden technique and lost years of their lives trying.
• Torifu told Minato he could either risk his future on Flying Thunder God or continue training in ordinary ninjutsu, and promised to support either choice.
• Minato chose Flying Thunder God without hesitation and vowed to master it.
• Torifu praised Minato's talent as the morning sunlight shone on the boy, who felt certain his future was no longer uncertain.

Torifu and Minato ate ramen at a new stall in Konoha’s Morning Market, where they met the hardworking owner and praised his food. Torifu left with the owner’s contact card, which bore the name Ichiraku, as the market began to wake up.

• Torifu and Minato went to the Morning Market for breakfast before Minato’s graduation exam demonstration.
• Torifu asked the young stall owner whether he was new to Konoha, and the owner said he had registered his identity two days earlier.
• Torifu and Minato enjoyed the tonkotsu ramen, and Torifu told the owner he would make a name for himself.
• The owner gave Torifu a contact card for food deliveries, then declined a customer’s suggestion to use the Hokage’s name to promote his stall.
• Torifu examined the card as he walked away and saw a name beginning with “Ich”.