Chapter Summaries

Chun Muzi prepared warm clothes for a snowball fight with Uzumaki Chenhao, while they discussed how cold the snowmelt weather might be. They were ready to head outside, expecting movement to help them stay warm.

• Chun Muzi worried that thick winter clothes were uncomfortable but necessary for going out in the snow.
• Chun Muzi dressed warmly and picked up her hat for the planned snowball fight.
• Uzumaki Chenhao watched the sunny, snowy weather and recalled that melting snow meant especially cold temperatures.
• Chun Muzi asked Uzumaki Chenhao how cold it had been outside, and he said her clothes should be suitable for their active outing.

Uzumaki Chenhao and Chun Muzi talked about winter and the fun they could share in the snow. Chun Muzi promised to stay with him, and Uzumaki Chenhao vowed to remain by her side and protect her.

• Chun Muzi said she found the house warmer than outside and discussed how winter clothes restricted her movement.
• Chun Muzi and Uzumaki Chenhao shared their mixed feelings about winter's cold and its snow.
• Uzumaki Chenhao recalled that he had nobody to play with during winter before.
• Chun Muzi hugged Uzumaki Chenhao and promised she would always stay with him.
• Uzumaki Chenhao promised Chun Muzi they would stay together and that he would always protect her.

Uzumaki Chenhao asked Chun Muzi to leave Konoha with him in a year or two to explore the world, and she eagerly agreed. They planned to travel together, with Uzumaki Chenhao promising to protect her wherever they went.

• Uzumaki Chenhao asked Chun Muzi whether she would go with him when he left the Anbu to see the world.
• Chun Muzi agreed, saying she would follow her master and crediting him with helping her grow stronger.
• Uzumaki Chenhao explained that they had little left to learn in Konoha and knew almost nothing about the people and techniques beyond it.
• Chun Muzi said she had long wanted to explore the outside world but had been waiting for Uzumaki Chenhao to bring it up.
• Uzumaki Chenhao assured Chun Muzi that he would protect her and accompany her wherever they went.

Uzumaki Chenhao and Chun Muzi went to Back Mountain to play in the fresh, untouched snow. Chun Muzi started a snowball fight by throwing a snowball at Uzumaki Chenhao.

• Uzumaki Chenhao and Chun Muzi left her house and headed toward Back Mountain after noticing the sun had become less harsh.
• They saw that workers had cleared snow from the streets and piled it along the roadsides.
• At Back Mountain, Chun Muzi and Uzumaki Chenhao found clean snow without any footprints and walked into it.
• Chun Muzi packed a snowball, called to Uzumaki Chenhao, and threw it at him.

Uzumaki Chenhao and Chun Muzi started their first snowball fight together and chased each other through the snow. They kept playing despite the cold, and Chenhao decided he wanted to have snowball fights every winter.

• Chun Muzi surprised Uzumaki Chenhao by hitting him with a snowball.
• Uzumaki Chenhao made snowballs and ran after Chun Muzi as she threw another one at him.
• Chun Muzi failed to dodge several snowballs Chenhao threw and vowed to knock him down in revenge.
• Uzumaki Chenhao and Chun Muzi ran around throwing snowballs at each other, ignoring their cold, red hands.
• Uzumaki Chenhao decided he wanted to come out for snowball fights every winter.

Uzumaki Chenhao and Chun Muzi built snow walls and continued their snowball fight. After Chun Muzi dodged his barrage, Uzumaki Chenhao resolved to throw harder, and their close-range battle went on.

• Uzumaki Chenhao built a snow wall, and Chun Muzi made a small snow fort of her own.
• Chun Muzi challenged Uzumaki Chenhao to attack, and he prepared several snowballs.
• Chun Muzi hit Uzumaki Chenhao on the head with a few snowballs while he was distracted.
• Uzumaki Chenhao threw a barrage of snowballs at Chun Muzi, but she crouched behind her wall and avoided them.
• Uzumaki Chenhao decided to throw harder, and the two continued their snowball fight from behind their forts.

After a joyful snowball fight, Uzumaki Chenhao and Chun Muzi talked about how happy they were together and looked forward to leaving to see the outside world. When snow began falling again, Chun Muzi urged them to find shelter.

• Chun Muzi lay down to rest after the snowball fight, and Uzumaki Chenhao sat beside her, noticing they were both warm from exercising.
• Chun Muzi told Uzumaki Chenhao that being with him made her happiest and asked him to keep her company when he had time.
• Uzumaki Chenhao agreed and said he hoped they would soon leave and see the outside world, while Chun Muzi said she wanted to experience it for herself.
• Uzumaki Chenhao and Chun Muzi noticed snowflakes starting to fall, and Chun Muzi suggested they find shelter.

Uzumaki Chenhao and Chun Muzi took shelter from a sudden snowfall in a cave and talked about building snowmen. They waited near the entrance for the snow to stop, and Chun Muzi offered to teach Uzumaki Chenhao how to make one.

• Uzumaki Chenhao and Chun Muzi left the Back Mountain to find shelter from the unexpected snow.
• They found a spacious cave by a cliff and entered, staying near the entrance because the interior was too dark to explore.
• Uzumaki Chenhao and Chun Muzi discussed the strange weather and expected the light snowfall to stop soon.
• Uzumaki Chenhao admitted he had never built a snowman, and Chun Muzi promised to teach him how to make a pretty one.

Uzumaki Chenhao and Chun Muzi talked about building a snowman after the snowfall. As the snow grew heavier and the temperature dropped, Uzumaki Chenhao gave Chun Muzi his coat, and they stayed in the cave looking forward to making a snowman.

• Uzumaki Chenhao and Chun Muzi agreed to build a snowman once the snow stopped.
• The snowfall grew heavier, piled up outside, and brought colder weather.
• Uzumaki Chenhao draped his coat over Chun Muzi to keep her warm.
• Uzumaki Chenhao and Chun Muzi watched the snow and looked forward to building a large snowman.

Uzumaki Chenhao and Chun Muzi talked in a cave as they waited for the heavy snowfall to ease. They agreed to enjoy their free time together, leaving their plans for the next day open in case the snow continued.

• Uzumaki Chenhao reflected that the past year had made him more mature, and Chun Muzi agreed that she had grown too.
• Chun Muzi said she was happy that there was little war but wondered what the future would bring.
• Uzumaki Chenhao promised that he and Chun Muzi would face the future together and one day become the strongest.
• Chun Muzi noticed that the snowfall had weakened but was still continuing.
• Uzumaki Chenhao suggested they wait in the cave and go out the next day if it kept snowing, and Chun Muzi agreed.

Uzumaki Chenhao and Chun Muzi discussed why people seek strength and the heavy responsibilities of becoming Hokage while watching the snow. They set aside worries about the future and resolved to steadily improve their strength.

• Chun Muzi asked Uzumaki Chenhao whether people became stronger to protect others, and he said strength also brought recognition and personal benefits.
• Chun Muzi said she believed strength was mainly for protecting others and praised Lord Hokage for putting Konoha before himself.
• Uzumaki Chenhao and Chun Muzi talked about how hard Uncle Minato worked and how the Hokage's role carried great pressure and responsibility.
• Chun Muzi recalled once wanting to become Hokage, while Uzumaki Chenhao noted that the position brought recognition and demanded great ability.
• Uzumaki Chenhao urged them to stop worrying about the future and focus on steadily improving their strength.

Uzumaki Chenhao and Chun Muzi waited out the snowfall in a cave, then went outside once it stopped. Chenhao reflected on how growing stronger could help him protect the people he cared about.

• Chun Muzi said she believed she and Uzumaki Chenhao would become the strongest people in Konoha and perhaps the world.
• Uzumaki Chenhao reflected on how strength earned recognition and recalled how he had once been weak and bullied.
• After waiting in the cave for more than ten minutes, Chun Muzi noticed that the snow had stopped.
• Chun Muzi ran outside and found the snow thick and soft, while Uzumaki Chenhao followed.
• Uzumaki Chenhao decided to keep growing stronger so he could protect the people he wanted to protect.

Uzumaki Chenhao and Chun Muzi began building a snowman after a heavy snowfall. Chun Muzi rolled a large snowball while Uzumaki Chenhao went to find pebbles for its face.

• Uzumaki Chenhao admired the fresh snow and remembered enjoying snowfall in his old world.
• Chun Muzi rolled a large, smooth snowball for their snowman.
• Uzumaki Chenhao praised Chun Muzi's snowball, and she encouraged him to practice.
• Uzumaki Chenhao set out to find pebbles for the snowman's eyes and mouth while Chun Muzi continued working.

While gathering stones to make a snowman with Muzi, Uzumaki Chenhao remembered a lonely winter from his original world and the girl he had met in the snow. He recalled that she had been the first girl he ever spoke to, though he never learned her name.

• Uzumaki Chenhao brushed snow aside to search for stones suitable for the snowman’s eyes and mouth.
• Uzumaki Chenhao remembered spending winters alone in his original world, with no friends and little chance to go out and play.
• Uzumaki Chenhao recalled wandering outside during heavy snowfall when a girl running in shorts and Leggings Artifact crashed into his arms.
• Uzumaki Chenhao remembered that the girl was the first girl he had spoken to and tried to befriend, but he had not asked her name.
• Uzumaki Chenhao stopped gathering stones and thought that the girl had reminded him of Muzi and had been beautiful, with light makeup.

Uzumaki Chenhao recalled the night he met a girl who had been chased after leaving a meal without paying, and how they drank and talked together. He wondered if he would ever return to his original world, but decided that Muzi was enough for him and imagined building a future with her.

• Uzumaki Chenhao remembered how the girl invited him into a bar, where they drank and talked.
• The girl became drunk and lost consciousness, so Uzumaki Chenhao took her home and let her sleep in his bed while he slept in the living room.
• The girl made Uzumaki Chenhao breakfast the next morning, and they chatted before she left without telling him her name.
• Uzumaki Chenhao reflected that he might never return to his original world and felt that being with Muzi was enough.
• Uzumaki Chenhao imagined that he and Muzi might grow closer and start a family someday.

Uzumaki Chenhao found matching pebbles and joined Chun Muzi to finish their snowman. They admired it together, then Chun Muzi realized they had forgotten to give it arms.

• Uzumaki Chenhao searched for over ten minutes before finding smooth, matching pebbles for the snowman's eyes and mouth.
• Uzumaki Chenhao returned to Chun Muzi, who had finished building the snowman's two large snowballs.
• Uzumaki Chenhao gave Chun Muzi some pebbles, and together they put the snowman's eyes and mouth in place.
• Uzumaki Chenhao and Chun Muzi stepped back to admire their completed snowman.
• Chun Muzi noticed that they had forgotten to make the snowman's arms.

Chun Muzi added branch arms to the snowman she and Uzumaki Chenhao had built, making it complete. As they admired it, Uzumaki Chenhao reflected on how his new life with friends and family fulfilled an old wish, while Chun Muzi hoped they would build snowmen together every year.

• Chun Muzi snapped off two branches and stuck them into the snowman to make its arms.
• Uzumaki Chenhao worried that warmer weather might melt the snowman, and Chun Muzi reassured him that the snow and cold would last.
• Uzumaki Chenhao said building a snowman together was fulfilling because it was their first time doing so together and his first time ever.
• Chun Muzi said she hoped they could build snowmen together every year.
• Uzumaki Chenhao remembered wishing as a child that his parents would build a snowman with him, then felt grateful for his life with friends and family now.
• Chun Muzi told Uzumaki Chenhao that she was happy building the snowman with him.

Uzumaki Chenhao and Chun Muzi shared a quiet moment beside the snowman they had built, recalling childhood memories and feeling grateful for each other. They wondered about their future and agreed to grow up one step at a time.

• Uzumaki Chenhao and Chun Muzi fondly remembered building their snowman together.
• Chun Muzi recalled making snowmen with her mother, while Uzumaki Chenhao described playing alone during snowy winters.
• Chun Muzi rested her head on Uzumaki Chenhao's shoulder, and they sat together in silence.
• Chun Muzi asked what their lives and Konoha might be like when they grew up.
• Uzumaki Chenhao said he believed the future would improve and that they should focus on growing up.

Uzumaki Chenhao and Chun Muzi reflected on Konoha’s future and imagined becoming teachers to a new generation. They remembered their old school friends, who were nearing graduation from the Ninja Academy.

• Uzumaki Chenhao said Konoha would develop beyond their expectations, and Chun Muzi agreed as they looked at the village.
• Chun Muzi said she loved Konoha and imagined that she and Uzumaki Chenhao might become teachers or masters.
• Chun Muzi called herself Uzumaki Chenhao’s disciple and promised to become an outstanding one, and Uzumaki Chenhao said he would be proud if she surpassed him.
• Chun Muzi wondered how their old school friends were doing and noted that a year had passed since they left the Ninja Academy.
• Uzumaki Chenhao realized their friends were close to graduating, then stood on Hokage Rock and looked down at Konoha.

Uzumaki Chenhao and Chun Muzi reflected on their old school friends and how much they had changed. After a happy day together, they returned home, where Chenhao wondered whether the strong people of the world counted as heroes.

• Chun Muzi said she missed her old friends and wanted to meet them for a meal.
• Uzumaki Chenhao recalled being bullied and said he had grown strong enough that his former bullies could no longer hurt him.
• Uzumaki Chenhao said he ought to thank those who had bullied him because they had helped him become stronger.
• Chun Muzi reflected on how much Uzumaki Chenhao had matured and considered that she might have changed too.
• Uzumaki Chenhao and Chun Muzi spent the day happily together, then returned home.
• Uzumaki Chenhao entered his home and wondered whether strong people in the world were heroes.