Chapter Summaries

Uzumaki Chenhao and Chun Muzi arrived at Back Mountain to train, but they first relaxed beneath a large tree on a warm, breezy day. They planned to begin training after resting for a while.

• Uzumaki Chenhao and Chun Muzi set down their supplies beneath a large tree at Back Mountain.
• Chun Muzi admired the peaceful spot and said she might nap there during their training break.
• Uzumaki Chenhao teased Chun Muzi for thinking about resting before training had started.
• Uzumaki Chenhao suggested they sit and chat before training, and Chun Muzi joined him on the grass.
• Uzumaki Chenhao found Chun Muzi so cute that he turned away to keep from staring at her.

Uzumaki Chenhao and Chun Muzi enjoyed the breeze together in a tree, and Chun Muzi promised to come train with him there often. Chenhao reflected on how much he missed his old life and friends, though he no longer wanted to return to it alone.

• Uzumaki Chenhao thought about how cute Chun Muzi looked and resolved to protect her.
• Uzumaki Chenhao remembered his former Ninja Academy friends and the person who used to bully him, and decided to visit them when he had the chance.
• Chun Muzi said she had never realized how comfortable it was to sit in a tree and feel the breeze.
• Uzumaki Chenhao told Chun Muzi that he used to rest in the tree after training there alone.
• Chun Muzi promised to come train with Uzumaki Chenhao often, and he welcomed the peaceful life they could share.
• Uzumaki Chenhao said he missed his old life but would not want to live it alone again.

Chun Muzi and Uzumaki Chenhao talked about friendship and their hopes for the future before deciding to resume training. Chun Muzi eagerly agreed and jumped up as they prepared to begin.

• Chun Muzi told Uzumaki Chenhao how difficult it had been when she was alone and said she wanted to spend her free time with him.
• Uzumaki Chenhao agreed that having friends felt great and said he hoped they could keep training and having fun together.
• Chun Muzi said they would have even more interesting experiences when they grew up, and Uzumaki Chenhao replied that they should focus on the present.
• Chun Muzi stood up and urged Uzumaki Chenhao to train instead of wasting the day resting.
• Uzumaki Chenhao said he had recovered and encouraged Chun Muzi to keep learning, and she happily jumped up.

Chun Muzi began training with Uzumaki Chenhao after feeling stronger and more energetic. She demonstrated her Ninja Tool Throwing skills by striking the center of a target with a shuriken.

• Chun Muzi brought her training equipment to an open, shaded area with Uzumaki Chenhao.
• Uzumaki Chenhao set up targets on several trees and began training Chun Muzi in Ninja Tool Throwing.
• Chun Muzi threw a shuriken that pierced the center of a target.
• Uzumaki Chenhao praised Chun Muzi's strength, and she proudly credited her master, Uzumaki Chenhao.

Uzumaki Chenhao taught Chun Muzi how to curve a shuriken around a tree to hit a hidden target. Chun Muzi believed she could learn the technique and was told that shuriken worked better than kunai for such attacks.

• Uzumaki Chenhao challenged Chun Muzi to hit targets he had placed behind trees.
• Uzumaki Chenhao demonstrated by flicking his wrist to curve a shuriken around a tree and strike a target.
• Chun Muzi checked the target and asked how Uzumaki Chenhao had changed the shuriken's trajectory.
• Uzumaki Chenhao explained the wrist flick, and Chun Muzi said she would practice until she learned it.
• Uzumaki Chenhao said shuriken were better than kunai for attacks that required changing a weapon's trajectory.

Chun Muzi practiced changing a shuriken’s trajectory after Uzumaki Chenhao encouraged her through her uncertainty with the weapon. She altered its path on her first attempt, though it struck the tree instead of the target behind it.

• Chun Muzi said the shuriken felt unfamiliar after watching Uzumaki Chenhao demonstrate the technique, and he encouraged her to persist.
• Chun Muzi regained confidence and continued training while Uzumaki Chenhao watched.
• Chun Muzi sensed the shuriken calling to her and focused on a large tree as her target.
• Chun Muzi flicked her wrist as she threw, shifting the shuriken’s trajectory for the first time.
• Chun Muzi’s shuriken struck the left side of the tree instead of hitting the target behind it.

Uzumaki Chenhao praised Chun Muzi for making a shuriken change direction and encouraged her to keep practicing. Chun Muzi continued training, improving her control while narrowly avoiding several shuriken that curved back toward her.

• Uzumaki Chenhao congratulated Chun Muzi on changing her shuriken's trajectory and encouraged her to practice hitting a target hidden behind a tree.
• Chun Muzi thanked Uzumaki Chenhao and said the technique would help defeat enemies hiding behind trees.
• Uzumaki Chenhao left Chun Muzi to practice on her own.
• Chun Muzi threw dozens of shuriken over several minutes, and several nearly hit the target behind the tree.
• Chun Muzi dodged several shuriken that curved back toward her.

Chun Muzi rested after practicing an attack technique and told Uzumaki Chenhao she had grasped its basics. Chenhao demonstrated a miniature Rasenshuriken and explained how its quiet, low Chakra signature and remote control made it useful for assassination missions.

• Chun Muzi reflected that she wanted to become stronger and earn recognition, though she disliked the busy life of a Hokage.
• Chun Muzi noticed Uzumaki Chenhao making a tiny Rasenshuriken and walked over to him.
• Uzumaki Chenhao asked whether Chun Muzi had encountered a problem, and she said she was merely tired after learning the technique’s basics.
• Chun Muzi asked about Chenhao’s miniature Rasenshuriken, and he explained its quiet sound, low Chakra, and controllable movement.
• Uzumaki Chenhao formed the miniature Rasenshuriken again, and Chun Muzi observed that his claims were accurate.

Uzumaki Chenhao demonstrated how the super-mini Rasenshuriken could be controlled and used for silent assassinations. Chun Muzi practiced under his guidance and successfully stabilized her own miniature Rasenshuriken.

• Chun Muzi praised the super-mini Rasenshuriken's usefulness for assassination missions.
• Uzumaki Chenhao floated the miniature Rasenshuriken above his hand by controlling his fingers, then made it vanish.
• Uzumaki Chenhao invited Chun Muzi to try forming one herself.
• Chun Muzi's first attempt grew too large, and her second produced an unstable Rasenshuriken.
• Uzumaki Chenhao told Chun Muzi to relax and focus, and she stabilized the super-mini Rasenshuriken in her palm.

Uzumaki Chenhao taught Chun Muzi to throw a super-miniature Rasenshuriken into the air, but the strain made her wrist sore. She asked him to rub it, and the two shared a quiet, intimate moment.

• Uzumaki Chenhao instructed Chun Muzi to throw the super-miniature Rasenshuriken from her palm into the air.
• Chun Muzi succeeded on her second attempt, but her wrist soon hurt from maintaining control.
• Uzumaki Chenhao encouraged Chun Muzi to keep practicing and said the technique could be useful for assassinations.
• Chun Muzi asked Uzumaki Chenhao to rub her sore wrist, and he gently massaged it.
• Chun Muzi blushed and panted softly while Uzumaki Chenhao enjoyed the moment in silence.

Uzumaki Chenhao massaged Chun Muzi’s wrist until it felt better, then realized they needed lunch and went into the village to buy food. Chun Muzi stayed behind to rest and train.

• Uzumaki Chenhao massaged Chun Muzi’s wrist for ten minutes.
• Chun Muzi said her wrist had recovered and agreed to rest.
• Chun Muzi asked what they would eat for lunch, and Uzumaki Chenhao offered to buy food.
• Chun Muzi lay down to rest while Uzumaki Chenhao walked down the slope toward the village.

Uzumaki Chenhao went into Konoha to find lunch for Muzi but struggled to choose what to buy. He left the crowded market streets to look elsewhere.

• Uzumaki Chenhao realized Muzi had reminded him that it was time to get lunch.
• Uzumaki Chenhao walked from the Back Mountain into Konoha and searched the busy streets for food.
• Uzumaki Chenhao watched shoppers crowd around stores offering promotions and a mascot dancing outside a butcher shop.
• Uzumaki Chenhao decided to leave the packed streets before the crowd squeezed him and look somewhere else.

Uzumaki Chenhao shopped for food on a quieter street after escaping a crowded bargain sale. The system then ordered him to return to the dangerous street and buy a tuna, leaving him reluctant to face the shoppers again.

• Uzumaki Chenhao left the crowded street and chose a quieter one to buy food.
• Uzumaki Chenhao recalled how fiercely the shoppers had fought over discounted goods and hurried to finish shopping.
• Uzumaki Chenhao picked out food from the vendors on the quieter street.
• The system ordered Uzumaki Chenhao to go to the other street and buy a tuna.
• Uzumaki Chenhao feared returning to compete with the women for food.

Uzumaki Chenhao searched a crowded shopping street for tuna after finding most shops sold out. He finally located the only shop with tuna, but faced another packed crowd blocking the entrance.

• Uzumaki Chenhao returned to the crowded street to look for a tuna shop.
• Uzumaki Chenhao found that several tuna shops had already sold out and continued deeper into the street.
• Uzumaki Chenhao struggled through the clearance-sale crowd for more than ten minutes before reaching a quieter area.
• Uzumaki Chenhao spotted a shop selling tuna with a crowd packed outside and squeezed toward it to buy some.

Uzumaki Chenhao struggled through a crowded market to buy one of the last tuna and complete his mission. He left with the fish, still unsure what reward the system would give him.

• Uzumaki Chenhao heard the seller announce that only ten tuna remained and pushed through the crowd to reach the shop.
• Uzumaki Chenhao found five tuna left, then watched customers take three of them.
• Uzumaki Chenhao grabbed one of the two remaining tuna and paid the shop owner.
• The shop owner explained that his was the only shop still selling tuna, and Uzumaki Chenhao realized why the crowd had been so large.
• Uzumaki Chenhao carried the tuna safely through the crowd and celebrated completing the mission, though he still did not know its reward.

Uzumaki Chenhao returned to Back Mountain with tuna and other food after struggling through a crowded shopping area. He and Chun Muzi ate together while he described the chaotic crowds.

• Uzumaki Chenhao left the crowded shopping area with the tuna he had bought and picked up more food on another street.
• Uzumaki Chenhao returned to Back Mountain and found Chun Muzi still training.
• Uzumaki Chenhao told Chun Muzi that the shopping crowds had nearly squeezed him flat and that he would avoid them in the future.
• Uzumaki Chenhao unpacked the food and said he had fought hard to get the tuna.

Uzumaki Chenhao and Chun Muzi ate the tuna and other food Chenhao had bought after joining Konoha's rush for discounted goods. They planned to rest after eating and then resume training, while the crowds continued scrambling to shop.

• Uzumaki Chenhao said he would never join another mad scramble for goods, and Chun Muzi shared memories of shopping at morning markets with her mother.
• Uzumaki Chenhao handed Chun Muzi a set of utensils, and the two began eating.
• Uzumaki Chenhao and Chun Muzi praised the tuna's flavor and the shop owner's careful preparation.
• Uzumaki Chenhao suggested they rest after eating and then train again, while wondering how long Konoha's shoppers would keep scrambling.

Uzumaki Chenhao and Chun Muzi finished their meal on Hokage Rock and rested before their planned afternoon training. As Chun Muzi watched Uzumaki Chenhao sleeping, she decided she wanted to get to know him better.

• Uzumaki Chenhao and Chun Muzi joked about the crowded shopping frenzy and the risk of missing discounted goods.
• Uzumaki Chenhao and Chun Muzi sat on Hokage Rock and spent thirty or forty minutes finishing their food.
• Uzumaki Chenhao suggested resting before training all afternoon, and he lay down as Chun Muzi joined him.
• Chun Muzi watched Uzumaki Chenhao and thought that he looked handsome and that she wanted to learn more about him.

Chun Muzi rested in the shade while Uzumaki Chenhao slept on Hokage Rock, but the heat eventually woke him. The chapter left Chenhao at the stream, preparing to wash his face before returning to sleep beside Muzi.

• Chun Muzi took off her coat and sat in the shade beneath a large tree.
• Chun Muzi leaned against the tree and fell asleep after eating.
• Uzumaki Chenhao woke on Hokage Rock, sweating from the heat.
• Uzumaki Chenhao noticed Chun Muzi asleep and decided to wash his face before resting beside her.
• Uzumaki Chenhao went to the stream, knelt down, and looked at his reflection.

Uzumaki Chenhao admired the clear river and enjoyed its cool water before returning to the tree where Chun Muzi slept. He decided to let her rest after her hard morning and considered having her do simple training later.

• Uzumaki Chenhao praised the river's clear water and washed his face in it.
• Uzumaki Chenhao noticed the river flowed away from Konoha and wondered where it began and ended.
• Uzumaki Chenhao washed his face and arms again, then enjoyed the cooling breeze beneath the large tree.
• Uzumaki Chenhao found Chun Muzi asleep and decided to let her rest after her hard work.
• Uzumaki Chenhao thought Chun Muzi was exceptionally talented and admired her learning and practical skills.