Chapter Summaries

Jingyi Hyuga joined Konoha Hospital’s Medical Department under the pretense of treating his supposed Byakugan degeneration, while secretly waiting for his Tenseigan to stabilize. He began studying medical ninjutsu with Tsunade and discovered his chakra control had already improved substantially.

• Jingyi explained his bloodline degeneration to Tsunade, who approved his application to study in the Medical Department.
• Jingyi returned to the Hyuga Clan Grounds, repainted the Caged Bird Seal on his forehead, and trained his chakra control while hiding the Tenseigan’s fetal movements.
• Jingyi arrived at Konoha Hospital the next morning, where Tsunade gave him beginner medical-ninja books before falling asleep at her desk.
• Jingyi read through the books and realized his chakra control already met the learning standards for a medical ninja.
• Tsunade slept through the morning, and Jingyi noticed she had drooled on the desk.

Jingyi began apprenticing under Tsunade at Konoha Hospital and learned the Mystical Palm Technique in only three days. Tsunade was stunned by his talent and told him to focus on studying so he could take the medical ninja assessment early.

• Tsunade woke when Jingyi opened his lunchbox, ate his meal, and demanded he bring her another lunch the next day.
• Tsunade made Jingyi her assistant and taught him the basics of medical work, including wound care and bandaging.
• Tsunade let Jingyi study her medical books and scrolls, and he took the Mystical Palm Technique scroll home.
• After three days of limited practice, Jingyi mastered the Mystical Palm Technique and showed Tsunade the green chakra covering his palms.
• Tsunade questioned Jingyi about how he learned the technique, then praised his talent and freed him from assistant duties so he could study for an early medical ninja assessment.

Jingyi Hyuga learned medical ninjutsu under Tsunade’s guidance, passed the medical ninja assessment, and applied to work at the hospital. After receiving a serious letter, Tsunade took Kushina to visit Jingyi, while the Third Hokage reviewed Jingyi’s file and weighed his complicated status.

• With Tsunade’s guidance, Jingyi learned the Chakra Scalpel and other medical ninjutsu, then passed the medical ninja assessment and applied to work at the hospital.
• Tsunade reunited with Orochimaru and Jiraiya, scolded Jiraiya about Nawaki’s books, and later promised Kushina a shopping trip after messing up her hair.
• Tsunade received a letter and decided to visit Jingyi with Kushina, judging that Jingyi was someone she trusted.
• Tsunade took Kushina to the Hyuga Clan Grounds with food, and the Anbu monitoring Kushina reported the visit to the Third Hokage.
• The Third Hokage reviewed Jingyi’s file, noting his medical talent and Tsunade’s support, but concluded that Jingyi’s circumstances made him only half one of their own.

While recovering at home from the Tenseigan’s second stirring, Jingyi met Uzumaki Kushina when Tsunade brought her over. He shared his feelings about being rejected by his clan, and his words helped Kushina feel less alone in Konoha.

• Jingyi stayed home with his eyes covered and welcomed Tsunade and Kushina after they arrived.
• Tsunade reassured Jingyi that she would handle his hospital work and brought him food, but he offered to cook instead.
• Jingyi prepared beef stew with potatoes, which Kushina and Tsunade eagerly ate before Tsunade fell asleep on his sofa.
• Kushina told Jingyi she felt lonely and trapped in Konoha, with no familiar people around her.
• Jingyi explained that his clan treated him as useless because of his eye condition and urged Kushina to leave past pain behind, prompting her to listen closely.

Kushina talked happily with Mito Uzumaki about her dinner with Jingyi Hyuga, while Tsunade was scolded for letting an injured Jingyi cook. As Jingyi explored the Tenseigan’s emerging powers, Mito summoned the Third Hokage to the Senju ancestral residence, leaving Kushina’s situation unresolved.

• Kushina told Mito Uzumaki and Nawaki that Jingyi Hyuga had treated her and Tsunade to dinner, and she praised his cooking.
• Mito Uzumaki learned that Jingyi had cooked despite his impaired vision and sternly confronted Tsunade, who blamed Jingyi’s determination and tried to defend herself.
• Mito sent Nawaki and Kushina away, while Tsunade feared the lecture she was about to receive.
• Jingyi practiced moving a floating glass with the Tenseigan’s power and considered how he could gradually master its abilities.
• After work, the Third Hokage went to the Senju ancestral residence at Mito Uzumaki’s request.

Mito Uzumaki pressed Hiruzen and the Konoha advisors to compensate Kushina and give her more freedom, while Kushina worried about keeping Tsunade’s promise to Jingyi. Mito arranged for Kushina to deliver groceries with a guide, promising she could freely visit friends in Konoha.

• Mito Uzumaki told the Third Hokage that Kushina deserved personal freedom and compensation for what Konoha had taken from the Uzumaki Clan.
• The Third Hokage presented Mito’s plan to the Konoha F4, and Shimura Danzō objected to relaxing surveillance until he learned the plan was Mito’s order.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura read Jingyi Hyuga’s file and accepted that Kushina could associate with him.
• Kushina worried that Jingyi would be disappointed because Tsunade was still sulking and had not gone to buy his groceries.
• Mito encouraged Kushina to deliver the groceries instead, and Kushina agreed to go with Muyong as her guide.
• Mito promised Kushina she could move around Konoha freely and visit friends, and Kushina cried in her arms before leaving. Tsunade entered afterward with a complicated expression.

Kushina brought Jingyi groceries and learned to cook mud-roasted beef with his guidance, enjoying her first homemade meal. After sharing stories and returning to the Senju residence on time, she proudly brought some beef to Mito, Tsunade, and Nawaki.

• Tsunade questioned Mito Uzumaki's plan to draw Kushina out, but Mito defended Jingyi's reliability.
• Kushina arrived at Jingyi's home with a large haul of groceries she had bought for him.
• Jingyi guided Kushina in making mud-roasted beef, and she delighted in the meal she had cooked herself.
• Jingyi told Kushina about the Hyuga Clan's Main House and Branch House, and she worried about his safety.
• Kushina returned to the Senju ancestral residence on time and presented her homemade beef to Mito Uzumaki, Tsunade, and Nawaki.
• Jingyi began preserving the extra beef by marinating it and making smoked beef jerky.

Kushina began spending time with Jingyi and grew comfortable enough to plan how she would respond to bullies, while Danzō failed to convince the Third Hokage to intervene in their friendship. After his Tenseigan’s second pulse ended, Jingyi prepared to start work and find a place of his own.

• Tsunade arranged for Kushina to buy groceries for Jingyi, and Kushina eagerly brought him a large supply of food the next day.
• Kushina told Jingyi she was nervous about transferring to the Ninja Academy, and he encouraged her to fight anyone who bullied her.
• Danzō urged the Third Hokage to stop Kushina from getting close to Jingyi, but the Hokage cited Mito Uzumaki’s order and defended their friendship.
• Danzō left the Hokage’s office angry and decided to speak with Jingyi himself.
• Jingyi wondered why his Tenseigan’s pulses lasted so long, then prepared to start work and find a suitable house.

Jingyi Hyuga left Danzo’s warning to stay away from Kushina to his powerful backers, then began his work at Konoha Hospital and informed Tsunade. Tsunade brought the matter to Mito Uzumaki, who promised to handle it herself.

• Two Anbu escorted Jingyi to a park, where Danzo warned him to stay away from Kushina, the Nine-Tails’ jinchuriki.
• Jingyi agreed calmly and left, while Danzo grew angry and suspected Kushina’s other protectors were involved.
• Jingyi arrived at Konoha Hospital, where Tsunade introduced him to staff and told him where to find the Chakra Enhanced Strength scroll.
• Jingyi told Tsunade that Danzo had warned him about Kushina, and Tsunade cursed Danzo and decided to tell Mito Uzumaki.
• Tsunade informed Mito about Danzo’s interference, and Mito said she would handle the matter personally.

After Mito Uzumaki reported Shimura Danzō’s warning to Jingyi Hyuga, the Third Hokage summoned Konoha’s senior leaders to confront him. The Third Hokage ended the dispute by taking sole control of all matters concerning Kushina.

• Mito Uzumaki summoned the Third Hokage after Shimura Danzō warned Jingyi Hyuga not to get close to Kushina.
• The Third Hokage gathered Torifu Akimichi, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura at the Hokage Office before Shimura Danzō arrived.
• Shimura Danzō defended his warning as necessary for the village’s stability and the control of the Jinchūriki.
• Torifu Akimichi pointed out that Kushina was only six and that Jingyi Hyuga was more interested in Tsunade, while Mitokado Homura agreed.
• The Third Hokage ordered that he alone would handle all matters concerning Kushina and barred Shimura Danzō and the Elder Council from interfering.

Jingyi read Tsunade’s proposal for reforming Konoha’s Medical Department and avoided getting involved, but she forced him to leave work. At the hospital, they encountered injured villagers accusing Fugaku Uchiha’s Police Force of beating them, and one of his teammates lost his temper.

• Tsunade confronted Jingyi and examined his eyes, wondering whether his Byakugan was degenerating or evolving.
• Tsunade showed Jingyi a proposal to replace the Medical Department’s apprenticeship system with mass training, and he called the change too drastic.
• Jingyi declined to help with the reforms and returned to reading about puppets, so Tsunade made him clock out.
• Jingyi and Tsunade saw Fugaku Uchiha bring injured villagers to the hospital after a Police Force incident.
• The villagers accused Fugaku Uchiha’s team of beating them, and one Uchiha ninja angrily reacted to the accusations.

Tsunade intervened when the Uchiha Police Force brought three injured villagers to the hospital, ordering fair treatment and punishment for both sides. Jingyi warned her that resentment was growing against several ninja clans, and the chapter ended with Tsunade joining him for a meal after he said he was moving the next day.

• Fugaku Uchiha explained that the three villagers had caused trouble, resisted arrest, and insulted the Uchiha clan leaders.
• Tsunade ordered the villagers treated at their own expense and directed Fugaku Uchiha to take them to the Police Force afterward, while both sides reported the incident to the Hokage's office.
• Tsunade complained that the village's dissatisfaction with the Uchiha was growing, and Jingyi told her that other ninja clans, including the Hyuga Clan, faced resentment too.
• Jingyi pointed out that the Sarutobi and Shimura clans were becoming more popular, prompting Tsunade to suspect the Hokage's office was influencing opinion.
• Jingyi told Tsunade he had found a house and would move the next day, and she offered to help before following him to eat.
• Tsunade devoured most of Jingyi's meal, and Jingyi teased her about not having a boyfriend.

Kushina worried about starting at the Ninja Academy, and Tsunade and Jingyi tried to reassure her. Jingyi advised her to use her fists against anyone who bullied her, leaving Kushina amused and nearly convinced before Tsunade took her away.

• Tsunade offered to beat up whoever had upset Kushina, then backed down when Kushina said it was Grandma Mito.
• Kushina told Jingyi and Tsunade that Grandma Mito wanted her to attend the Ninja Academy, but she feared her classmates would not welcome her.
• Tsunade urged Kushina to see school as a chance to learn and make friends, while Jingyi said learning should come first.
• Jingyi told Kushina to beat up anyone who provoked or insulted her and to name Tsunade as her powerful backer.
• Tsunade tried to kick Jingyi, who dodged, and then took Kushina away as Kushina giggled and nodded at Jingyi's playful punching gesture.

Kushina started at the Ninja Academy and beat up Little Honda after he mocked her red hair, then invoked Tsunade to deter the teacher from stopping her. The Third Hokage sent Sarutobi Muyu to report the incident to Tsunade, who had just arrived at Konoha Hospital.

• Jingyi finished moving into his new home and prepared breakfast while Kushina nervously went to the Ninja Academy.
• Sarutobi Muyu introduced Kushina to First-Year Class Three, where Little Honda and other students mocked her red hair.
• Kushina punched Little Honda, grabbed his hair, and kept beating him until Sarutobi Muyu separated them after she declared that Tsunade was her sister.
• Sarutobi Muyu reported the fight to the Third Hokage, who told him to inform Tsunade and let her handle the matter.
• Sarutobi Muyu arrived at Konoha Hospital just as Tsunade got there.

Jingyi refused Tsunade’s demand that he handle Kushina’s school fight, so Tsunade went to the Ninja Academy herself. There, she confronted Old Honda for insulting Kushina, and he quickly backed down and promised to discipline his son.

• Tsunade burst into the hospital break room and demanded that Jingyi deal with Kushina beating up classmates who had mocked her.
• Jingyi argued that Kushina had been right to fight back and refused to go to the Ninja Academy, leaving Tsunade to handle the dispute.
• Old Honda arrived at the Ninja Academy demanding an explanation, while Sarutobi Muyu urged Kushina to apologize and she refused.
• Tsunade entered the office, confronted Old Honda for saying Kushina had no manners, and reminded him that his son had bullied her.
• Old Honda apologized, blamed his son, and promised to educate him properly.

Kushina visited Jingyi’s new home after fighting a classmate, and Tsunade joined them for dinner after a frustrating day teaching. At the Senju residence, Mito Uzumaki decided to invite Jingyi over so her family would come home to eat with her.

• Tsunade let Kushina visit Jingyi after warning her not to start fights in class again.
• Kushina bought groceries for Jingyi, then told him she had knocked out a classmate’s front tooth after he mocked her red hair.
• Tsunade arrived at Jingyi’s home exhausted from teaching and asked him to make three portions of ramen.
• Mito Uzumaki lamented that Tsunade and Kushina often missed meals at home, while Nawaki said he wanted to try Jingyi’s cooking.
• Mito Uzumaki told Tsunade to invite Jingyi over the next day so the family would return home for meals.

Jingyi began making puppets and decided to use powerful animal corpses rather than ninja corpses as materials. After he posted a long-term commission to collect them, the Third Hokage noticed the request and sent the Mission Department to consult Tsunade and confirm the rewards with Jingyi.

• Tsunade told Jingyi that Mito Uzumaki wanted to see them together after work, and Jingyi wondered why Mito had summoned him.
• Jingyi assembled an ugly first puppet, dismantled it, and then made a small humanoid puppet with the materials available.
• Jingyi decided powerful animals could make useful puppets and posted a long-term commission offering rewards based on the animals' strength.
• The Third Hokage read Jingyi's commission and ordered a Mission Department staff member to consult Tsunade and confirm the rewards with Jingyi.

Tsunade took over Jingyi’s mission to collect powerful creature corpses for puppet-making, intending to arrange the work and take a cut of the reward. She brought the mission to Orochimaru and offered it to him for five hundred thousand ryo.

• The Mission Department brought Tsunade Jingyi’s mission document and asked her to review it and discuss the reward standards with him.
• Tsunade questioned Jingyi about collecting powerful creature corpses, and he explained that he wanted them to make puppets rather than conduct experiments.
• Tsunade took charge of the mission and told the Mission Department ninja to report her decision to the Third Hokage.
• Jingyi agreed to let Tsunade arrange the mission and pay once the materials arrived.
• Tsunade went to Orochimaru’s laboratory and offered him the mission for five hundred thousand ryo.

Tsunade negotiated with Orochimaru to gather animal corpses for Jingyi Hyuga’s puppet-making, then brought Jingyi to the quiet Senju ancestral residence. Jingyi met Mito Uzumaki, while an Anbu ninja reported his arrival to the Hokage.

• Orochimaru agreed to collect varied, powerful animal corpses for Jingyi’s puppets after bargaining Tsunade’s commission down to two hundred thousand ryo.
• Tsunade and Jingyi left the hospital and walked through the quiet Senju ancestral residence, where Tsunade explained Tobirama Senju’s decision to scatter the clan and assimilate its members into civilian life.
• Tsunade brought Jingyi into the residence and called out to her grandmother, Mito Uzumaki.
• An Anbu ninja recognized Jingyi at the residence and decided to report his visit to the Hokage.
• Mito Uzumaki warmly greeted Jingyi and teased Tsunade about his good looks.

Tsunade brought Jingyi to Mito Uzumaki’s home, where Mito had him help prepare dinner while explaining that she wanted their home to feel livelier and to bring scrutiny upon him while she could still protect him. The family gathered for dinner as Nawaki and Kushina returned from school.

• Mito Uzumaki told Tsunade to prepare dinner for their guest, so Tsunade dragged Jingyi into the kitchen to help cook.
• Tsunade asked Mito why she had invited Jingyi, and Mito said she wanted a livelier home and was not worried about the Third Hokage overreacting.
• Mito warned Tsunade that Jingyi would attract attention eventually because he was close to Kushina, and she could keep the situation under control while she was alive.
• Nawaki and Kushina returned from school, and Tsunade pulled Nawaki away when he tried to hug Mito.
• Mito welcomed Kushina and asked about school, and Kushina bragged that she could beat up anyone who bullied her.