Chapter Summaries

Qingcheng arranged support and settlement money for the Kamizuru Clan’s relocation to Konoha, while Tsunade and Qingcheng fought over the clan’s Royal Jelly. After discovering that the Royal Jelly carried energy that could strengthen shinobi, Qingcheng turned his attention to recruiting the Kuroki Clan.

• Tsunade and Kakashi questioned Qingcheng for accepting Royal Jelly from Kuroba, but Qingcheng assigned Kakashi to arrange the Kamizuru Clan’s relocation and give them ten million from Konoha’s treasury.
• Hyuga Changchun escorted Kuroba to eat and promised to send Elite Jonin to assist the Kamizuru Clan’s relocation.
• Qingcheng explained to Tsunade that accepting a gift reassured immigrant clans that Konoha would welcome and value them.
• Tsunade snatched and drank the Royal Jelly, becoming flushed and excited, while Kakashi watched uneasily.
• Qingcheng used his Mangekyō Sharingan to examine Tsunade and detected energy in the Royal Jelly that could strengthen a shinobi’s body.
• Qingcheng decided to meet Kuroki Ichi of the Kuroki Clan, which raised Ninja Oxen and Ninja Sheep and specialized in Lightning Release and Earth Release.

Uchiha Qingcheng forced Kuroki Ichi to choose between joining Konoha and dying, then promised to protect the Kuroki Clan from the Hidden Cloud Village. Kuroki Ichi agreed to relocate, while Kakashi watched Qingcheng’s brutal persuasion with newfound respect.

• Qingcheng sent Tsunade away after she admitted she had drunk too much and joked about taking a share of his spoils.
• Kakashi brought the surrendered Kuroki Ichi to meet Qingcheng, who offered him death and the destruction of his clan or relocation to Konoha with one hundred million in funds.
• Kuroki Ichi feared the Fourth Raikage would hunt his clan, and Qingcheng promised Konoha would protect them and eventually deal with the Raikage.
• Qingcheng threatened to kill Kuroki Ichi and appoint another clan member if he refused, so Kuroki Ichi agreed to join Konoha.
• Kakashi reflected that Qingcheng’s persuasion was brutal and waited respectfully for his next order.

Qingcheng forced Kuroki Ichi to agree that the Kuroki Clan would join Konoha, then ordered Kakashi to seize the Hidden Cloud prisoners’ money and techniques. Meanwhile, the Police Force tortured the Fourth Raikage until he tried to surrender, but they continued beating him when they could not understand his words.

• Qingcheng sent Kakashi to escort Kuroki Ichi and the Kuroki Clan to Konoha, and Kuroki Ichi declared that they were joining voluntarily.
• Qingcheng ordered Kakashi to search the Hidden Cloud prisoners for their money and techniques, especially Darui’s Storm Release and Black Lightning.
• Kakashi went to summon the Police Force while Hyuga Hisaharu and the others repeatedly strangled and revived the unconscious Fourth Raikage.
• The Fourth Raikage woke up, tried to surrender, and found that the wire around his neck made his words unintelligible.
• Kakashi told the Police Force to loosen the Raikage, but one member pressed a knocked-out tooth back into his mouth and mocked him.

Hyuga Hisaharu and the Konoha Police Force continued torturing and humiliating the captured Fourth Raikage until Kakashi arrived with the Hokage’s orders. Hisaharu then led the Police Force to the prisoner-of-war camp to seize the Cloud Shinobi’s techniques, especially Darui’s Black Lightning and Storm Release.

• The Police Force strangled, insulted, and humiliated the Fourth Raikage until he fainted, then ordered him revived so they could continue interrogating him.
• Kakashi watched the Police Force’s brutal methods and spoke with Hyuga Hisaharu, who credited their training to the Hokage and Minister Zhang.
• Kakashi told Hyuga Hisaharu to obtain the Cloud Shinobi’s ninjutsu and money, with special attention to Darui’s Black Lightning and Storm Release techniques.
• Hyuga Hisaharu promised to make the prisoners write down their techniques and to collect Darui’s blood for research.
• Hyuga Hisaharu led Police Force members to the prisoner-of-war camp to begin with Darui.

Shouhon Yihan and Hayakumo Sōma divided their forces at the Land of Lightning border, with the Police Force heading for the Hidden Cloud Village and Sōma’s troops heading toward Kyoto. As Sōma’s men disguised themselves as Cloud Shinobi, they realized they needed to darken their skin to make the disguise convincing.

• Shouhon Yihan demanded money, ninja tools, and learned ninjutsu from the surrendered Cloud Shinobi, then ordered Kameida Meikai to collect the spoils.
• Hayakumo Sōma and Shouhon Yihan agreed to split up, with the Police Force attacking the Hidden Cloud Village and Sōma’s troops going to Kyoto in the Land of Lightning.
• Shouhon Yihan ordered the Police Force to attack the Hidden Cloud Village and break into the Raikage Building.
• Hayakumo Sōma told his troops to wear Cloud Shinobi uniforms so they could rob civilians while posing as Hidden Cloud ninja.
• Teyano Hisashi pointed out that the Konoha troops’ skin tones made their disguise unconvincing, and Kogane Sōsuke offered to use Ink Release to darken some of them.

Hayaiwa Sōsuke used Ink Release to disguise Konoha Ninja as Hidden Cloud shinobi and create a giant bird for their journey to the Land of Lightning. Hayakumo Sōma led the group toward the Land of Lightning, promising Sōsuke a share of their spoils.

• Hayakumo Sōma learned that Hayaiwa Sōsuke had recently become a Konoha Apprentice Jonin after mastering Ink Release Ninjutsu.
• Sōsuke created an ink barrel and adjusted its ink so the Konoha Ninja could darken their faces and arms to resemble Hidden Cloud shinobi.
• Hayakumo Sōma asked Sōsuke to draw a bird to carry the group to the Land of Lightning, and promised him a share of any spoils.
• Sōsuke drew a giant ink bird, and the Konoha Ninja climbed aboard as he prepared to fly them toward the Land of Lightning.

Hyuga Hisaharu used genjutsu to break Darui’s resistance and obtain the training methods for Storm Release and Black Lightning Release. After Konoha confiscated the Cloud shinobi’s scrolls and valuables, Hisaharu reported his acquisitions to the Hokage.

• Hyuga Hisaharu had Police Force members subject Darui to genjutsu until visions of the Fourth Raikage being tortured shattered his resolve.
• The Police Force realized they had not asked Darui any questions, then demanded his Black Lightning and Storm Release training methods; Darui refused to betray his village.
• Eight Police Force members used B-rank genjutsu on Darui, and by nightfall they extracted the methods for Storm Release and Black Lightning Release from his memories.
• Konoha shinobi searched the Cloud prisoners, confiscated their ninjutsu scrolls and ryo, and delivered food to the POW camp.
• Hyuga Hisaharu reported to the Hokage that he had obtained the Storm Release and Black Lightning training methods.

Hyuga Hisaharu brought Qingcheng Darui’s blood and Storm Release materials, and Qingcheng began studying how to cultivate the Kekkei Genkai. After bantering with Tsunade about women, Konoha’s Police Force, and the Hokage’s seat, Qingcheng prepared to cultivate Storm Release.

• Hyuga Hisaharu delivered a ninjutsu scroll and Darui’s blood to Qingcheng, who sent him away and sealed the blood.
• Qingcheng studied the Storm Release cultivation method and concluded that it combined Water- and Lightning-nature Chakra, with Yang Release involved in Darui’s awakening of the Kekkei Genkai.
• Qingcheng declared that he would abstain from women to focus on cultivating Storm Release, but then asked Tsunade to compensate him for the Royal Jelly she had eaten.
• Tsunade criticized Qingcheng for letting his subordinates rob people and exploit Konoha’s residents, while Qingcheng praised the Police Force’s battlefield record and joked about blaming Shouhon Yihan for his misdeeds.
• Tsunade threatened to impeach Qingcheng and take the Hokage’s position, but he teased her about gambling and she told him to get lost.

Qingcheng left Tsunade to train in Storm Release ninjutsu, then discussed ways to help Kakashi grow stronger and offered to bring him into the Uchiha Clan. Kakashi declined, saying he wanted to preserve the Hatake Clan by leaving behind a bloodline.

• Qingcheng fled Tsunade and headed into the forest to train in Storm Release ninjutsu.
• Tsunade planned to train in the Wood Human technique after awakening Wood Release and gaining a stronger body.
• Qingcheng asked Kakashi whether the Fourth Raikage had surrendered and threatened to raid Hidden Cloud Village if he had not.
• Qingcheng offered Kakashi paths to greater strength through Sage Mode, Wood Release, and a potion to help him control his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Kakashi agreed to follow Qingcheng's plans, then corrected himself after calling himself Uchiha Kakashi.
• Qingcheng offered Kakashi a place as Uchiha Clan Vice-Head and promised him girlfriends, but Kakashi declined so he could continue the Hatake bloodline.

Qingcheng negotiated the Fourth Raikage’s surrender and planned to use Turtle Island to train Naruto before going to the forest to awaken Storm Release. He successfully fused Water and Lightning Chakra, then tested Black Lightning and Storm Release techniques, leaving the forest badly damaged.

• Kakashi told Qingcheng that the Fourth Raikage had surrendered and requested that Little Acorn’s matter and nude photos remain secret, while Qingcheng joked about the Raikage and suggested sending him porridge and returning his teeth.
• Kakashi warned that Shouhon Yihan and Hayakumo Sōma might have impoverished the Hidden Cloud Village and the Land of Lightning, but Qingcheng proposed prolonging negotiations and taking Turtle Island for Naruto’s training.
• Qingcheng went to the forest and fused Water and Lightning Chakra with Yang Release Chakra to awaken Storm Release.
• Qingcheng used Lightning Release: Black Panther, then Storm Release: Lightning Light Wave, cutting down trees with the laser-like attack.
• Qingcheng tested Storm Release: Lightning Dragon Sumo Technique and destroyed more of the forest.

Qingcheng tested his newly awakened Storm Release by destroying a forest with a powerful technique, then told Hyuga Changchun that the Byakugan could reach the Tenseigan. He left Hyuga Changchun with a hint about awakening it, intending to use the Hyuga Clan for a future research project.

• Qingcheng unleashed Storm Release: Vortex Water Dragon Biting Explosion, reducing the forest to ruins and leaving a massive crater.
• Konoha Ninja arrived to protect Qingcheng, and he told them he had only been practicing Ninjutsu before urging them to train harder.
• Hyuga Changchun delivered news that Kurenai Yuhi had given birth to a daughter named Uchiha Mirai.
• Hyuga Changchun asked Qingcheng for an Uchiha Enhancement Vaccine, but Qingcheng told him the Hyuga bloodline needed to return to its ancestral origins.
• Qingcheng explained that the Byakugan's endpoint was the Tenseigan and said Hinata Hyuga and Hanabi were qualified to awaken it.
• Qingcheng intended for Hyuga Changchun to pass the Tenseigan information to Hyuga Hiashi so the Hyuga Clan could fund a future research plan.

Qingcheng received reports that Shouhon Yihan’s Police Force had wreaked havoc in the Hidden Cloud Village and used Qingcheng’s name to abduct women. He ordered the Tsukiyo women released, the Charlotte women and their Swift Release techniques brought to Konoha, and Samui retrieved as a Konoha ninja.

• Qingcheng read reports that the Police Force had destroyed the Raikage Building, seized the Hidden Cloud Village’s Scroll of Seals and Lightning Stone, and carried out mass arrests and fines.
• Qingcheng learned that Shouhon Yihan’s men had abducted women from the Tsukiyo and Charlotte Clans while claiming they were for Qingcheng, ruining his reputation in the Hidden Cloud Village.
• Qingcheng ordered Hyuga Changchun to release the Tsukiyo women and bring the Charlotte women to Konoha, along with their Swift Release techniques.
• Qingcheng instructed Hyuga Hisaharu to send the Charlotte women held in the prisoner-of-war camp to Konoha and warned Shouhon Yihan to stop using his name.
• Qingcheng ordered Hyuga Changchun to bring Samui to him, claiming she was a Konoha ninja who had been taken by the Raikage.

The Kamizuru Clan arrived in Konoha and agreed to join the village, where Qingcheng promised them a natural home and paid them for their Royal Jelly. Tsunade took the finest jar and left Qingcheng to prepare a feast for the newcomers.

• Black Fang led the Kamizuru Clan to Konoha, where Qingcheng, Tsunade, and Kakashi welcomed them.
• Kamizuru Kurosa thanked Qingcheng and pledged the clan’s unconditional loyalty to Konoha.
• Tsunade recognized Black Fang, asked for Royal Jelly, and argued with Qingcheng over her attempts to get it for free.
• Black Fang presented the clan’s Royal Jelly stock, including a golden jar, and Qingcheng gave them two hundred million Ryo and promised to build their new home.
• Tsunade took the golden Royal Jelly, left to go home, and told Qingcheng to prepare a feast for the Kamizuru Clan.

Qingcheng mocked Tsunade’s cooking, distributed credit for the Kamizuru Clan’s Royal Jelly, and encouraged Kakashi to pursue a captured female ninja. After learning the returning Konoha forces had brought back livestock and Charlotte Family ninjas, Qingcheng named Charlotte Reiko as Kakashi’s prospective partner and suggested naming their son Hatake Kakarot.

• The Kuroki Clan Chief, Black Fang, and Konoha’s ninjas praised Qingcheng after he claimed Tsunade’s cooking had cost him more than twenty billion.
• Qingcheng ordered Kakashi to distribute the Kamizuru Clan’s Royal Jelly and then left to see Tsunade, leaving Kakashi to host the Kamizuru Clan.
• Hyuga Changchun told Qingcheng that the returning Police Force, Kuroki Clan, and Flying Thunder God Squad had brought back two hundred thousand cattle and over one hundred thousand sheep.
• Qingcheng showed Kakashi the third chapter of Icha Icha Paradise and encouraged him to pursue one of the female ninjas taken from another village.
• Qingcheng identified Charlotte Reiko as Kakashi’s prospective partner and suggested that Kakashi name their son Hatake Kakarot.

Qingcheng distributed Royal Jelly to Konoha’s medical ninja and other personnel while teasing Kakashi into admitting he wanted to meet Miss Reiko. The gathering was interrupted when Shouhon Yihan and his group returned from the Land of Lightning with a vast herd of cattle and sheep, claiming they had captured Cloud Shinobi for Qingcheng.

• Qingcheng provoked Kakashi with the prospect of Yamanaka Fu pursuing Miss Reiko, and Kakashi removed his mask and admitted he wanted to meet her.
• Qingcheng defended Kakashi after Shizuka criticized his teaching, then gave Shizuka a jar of Royal Jelly.
• Medical ninja and Konoha Ninja crowded around Qingcheng to receive Royal Jelly, but he stopped their antics by threatening fines and ordering them back to their posts.
• Qingcheng told Kakashi to arrange the Royal Jelly distribution and announced ideological training for Konoha’s ninja.
• Shouhon Yihan, Police Force members, and people from Black City arrived at Konoha Camp with hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep, claiming they had captured several Cloud Shinobi for Qingcheng.

Qingcheng reprimanded Shouhon Yihan for the Police Force’s raid on the Hidden Cloud Village, then took the clan’s stolen money and questioned him about other alleged abuses. The Kuroki Clan relocated to Konoha, while Samui and captured Cloud ninja remained furious over their treatment.

• Qingcheng denounced Shouhon Yihan for claiming that Qingcheng had ordered the Police Force to seize female Cloud Shinobi, and Shouhon Yihan admitted he had acted on his own.
• Qingcheng saw the bound Samui among the captives as she and members of the Charlotte Clan angrily resented the Konoha ninja for their raids and abductions.
• Kuroki Ichi told Qingcheng that the Kuroki Clan had relocated, and Qingcheng promised to welcome both the Kuroki and Kamizuru Clans to Konoha.
• Qingcheng asked Shouhon Yihan to hand over his stolen funds, and Shouhon Yihan surrendered more than seventeen billion Ryo taken from the Hidden Cloud Village and another seven billion three hundred million Ryo of his own savings.
• Qingcheng confronted Shouhon Yihan over accusations that the Police Force ate without paying and kept clan fines, while Shouhon Yihan suspected Yamanaka Fu had reported him.

Qingcheng confronted Shouhon Yihan over complaints about the Police Force and made him surrender stolen money, personal items, and stolen ninjutsu scrolls. Shouhon Yihan accepted Qingcheng’s authority and was promised a chance to become Associate Kage if he continued serving him well.

• Qingcheng accused Shouhon Yihan of extorting villagers and demanded that he hand over the dirty money he had collected.
• Shouhon Yihan mistakenly emptied a scroll of personal items, including stolen female ninja clothing and enemas, before producing a separate scroll containing ninjutsu scrolls.
• Qingcheng warned Shouhon Yihan to stop stealing and misusing his position, then confiscated the enemas and scrolls, including Swift Release, Magnet Release, Storm Release, and Dark Release techniques.
• Qingcheng told Shouhon Yihan to pressure the surrendered Fourth Raikage for more compensation, and Shouhon Yihan agreed to serve more loyally.
• Qingcheng suggested Shouhon Yihan could be promoted to Associate Kage, motivating him to work toward gaining greater authority.

Qingcheng rewarded the Flying Thunder God Squad for retrieving Lightning Stones and Hidden Cloud Village’s Scroll of Seals, then considered how to use the haul to strengthen Konoha. The squad requested more Flying Thunder God training and Storm Release instruction, while Qingcheng planned to build a Lightning training force.

• Qingcheng told Shouhon Yihan not to spread the proposal to make him an Associate Kage and urged him to improve his strength.
• Qingcheng welcomed Genma Shiranui and the other two members of the Flying Thunder God Squad, praised their mission, and offered them an S-rank Ninjutsu lesson and a million Ryo each.
• Genma Shiranui handed Qingcheng the Lightning Stones and Hidden Cloud Village’s Scroll of Seals, and the squad chose to continue studying the Flying Thunder God Technique instead of learning another S-rank Ninjutsu.
• Qingcheng examined the Lightning Stones and considered using them to establish a Cloud Gorge training ground and a Lightning Armor Squad for Konoha.
• Qingcheng reviewed the scroll’s Lightning Release, Storm Release, and Magnet Release techniques, then offered the squad a chance to learn Storm Release; they accepted his offer to teach them later.

Tsunade secretly watched Qingcheng and his allies collect money, supplies, and spoils from several schemes, then rushed out to join them. Qingcheng ordered Hayakumo Sōma to stop her and keep her away from the money.

• Tsunade used a Wood Release Clone Technique to secretly follow Qingcheng and Shouhon Yihan into the forest.
• Tsunade watched Shouhon Yihan give Qingcheng a large sum of Ryo and dozens of Ninjutsu Scrolls, then saw the Flying Thunder God Squad deliver Lightning Stones and Hidden Cloud Village's Scroll of Seals.
• Tsunade saw Konoha ninja return disguised as Cloud Shinobi after robbing the Land of Lightning, and she drank premium Royal Jelly while watching.
• Tsunade saw Hayakumo Sōma bring Qingcheng more than a dozen piles of Ryo and rushed out, asking to join them.
• Qingcheng told Hayakumo Sōma to stop Tsunade from approaching the money.

Qingcheng tried to take Hayakumo Sōma’s 78.2 billion Ryo back to Konoha, but Tsunade chased him down and demanded a share. After bargaining and arguing, he agreed to give her 500 million, while Tsunade planned to gamble at the Uchiha Clan’s casino.

• Hayakumo Sōma fled from Tsunade, leaving Qingcheng to use Yomotsu Hirasaka to store all 78.2 billion Ryo in Yomi Space.
• Tsunade demanded the money, but Qingcheng insisted it belonged to Konoha and teased her about training Wood Release.
• Qingcheng planned to travel to Shikkotsu Forest to improve his Sage Body, but Tsunade grabbed him and pressed him against her chest to persuade him to share the money.
• Qingcheng offered Tsunade 500 million Ryo, and Tsunade threatened to change Tomoki’s surname when she caught him drooling.
• Tsunade said she wanted money to gamble at the Uchiha Clan’s casino, where Uchiha Yamafuku secretly rigged games to let her win sometimes.