Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Gen and his teammates attended a Basic Genjutsu class taught by Uchiha Sora, whom Gen recognized as his older brother. Sora began teaching the class after briefly addressing Gen and Jiraiya’s conversation about his clan.

• Jiraiya praised Gen and his teammates for completing missions quickly and saving enough points.
• Orochimaru explained that an Uchiha instructor would teach their Basic Genjutsu class.
• Uchiha Sora introduced himself as the new instructor, and Gen realized he was his older brother.
• Gen told Jiraiya that Sora was the son of an elder in the Hawk Faction, and Jiraiya apologized for criticizing the clan.
• Sora stopped Gen and Jiraiya from talking during class and began teaching genjutsu principles, identification, and self-rescue.

Uchiha Sora taught the students how genjutsu worked and how to detect and break it, using demonstrations and examples. He dismissed the class with a question about distinguishing a genjutsu-stricken teammate from a traitor.

• Orochimaru explained that genjutsu deceived the senses by disrupting an opponent’s chakra, and Kuno Chigusa described signs that someone might be under an illusion.
• Uchiha Sora taught the students to disrupt their chakra or use the Rat, Rabbit, and Dog release seals, then had Tsunade try a simple genjutsu, which she broke in five seconds.
• Orochimaru identified a logical flaw in a genjutsu recorded on a scroll, while Jiraiya failed to recognize an illusory pool and was sprayed with pollen.
• Gen suggested checking whether a person had escaped a genjutsu or remained trapped in a second layer, and Uchiha Sora confirmed that advanced illusions could have multiple layers.
• Uchiha Sora ended the lesson by asking how to tell whether a teammate behaving strangely had fallen under genjutsu or betrayed the group.

Uchiha Sora adjusted to life as a teacher at Konoha University, where students and teachers were treated as equals, and Kagami Uchiha gave him a sealed letter for his father. Meanwhile, Kumoi led Hiruzen Sarutobi and Nara Shikato through the changing West District.

• Sora finished his Genjutsu class with Jiraiya, Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Gen, then returned to the teachers' office.
• Sora reflected on the university's equal treatment of teachers and students and shared his Genjutsu case study with a fellow teacher.
• Kagami reminded Sora to speak freely at school, asked about Elder Yusuke, and gave Sora a sealed letter to deliver to his father.
• Kagami invited Sora to eat at the cafeteria, and they left the office together as ordinary teachers.
• Kumoi led Hiruzen Sarutobi and Nara Shikato through the West District and remarked on its recent changes.

Kumoi inspected the West District and saw that the Uzumaki Clan had settled into new homes and built productive Sealing Jutsu workshops. He proposed letting interested orphanage children apprentice there, and Shui Yuan wondered whether doing so would take work away from others.

• Shikato reported that construction in the West District was advancing quickly and that demand for the Uzumaki Clan's Barrier Foundations and Sealing Scrolls exceeded supply.
• Shui Yuan showed Kumoi, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Shikato the Uzumaki homes, where children were settled and preparations for their early education were underway.
• Shui Yuan guided the group through the workshops, which produced forty percent of Konoha's Barrier Foundations and also made confidential components for the Thunder Halberd project.
• Kumoi told Shui Yuan and the workers that the Uzumaki Clan were Konoha's family and partners, not guests or helpers.
• Kumoi suggested that interested orphanage children could apprentice in Sealing Jutsu when they were older, and Shui Yuan asked whether this would take work away from others.

Kumoi inspected the West District’s workshops and the Uzumaki Clan’s new residential area, seeing how its residents had rebuilt their lives in Konoha. The visit ended with Kushina Uzumaki declaring that she would one day protect everyone like the Hokage.

• Kumoi reassured Shui Yuan that Konoha had plenty of work for everyone, and the Uzumaki workers bowed to him before returning to their jobs.
• Shui Yuan showed Kumoi, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Shikato the barrier-node streetlights designed by Kagami Uchiha and Elder Long Yi as they headed to the residential district.
• Kumoi praised the Uzumaki Clan’s new homes and watched children play, while Shui Yuan recalled how frightened and malnourished they had been when they arrived.
• Kushina Uzumaki introduced herself to Kumoi and said she wanted to become like him and protect everyone; he encouraged her and ruffled her hair.
• An elderly Uzumaki woman thanked Kumoi for the homes, food, and schooling, and a middle-aged woman offered him freshly baked buns, which he praised.

Kumoi visited the Uzumaki clan’s new home in Konoha’s West District and reassured Shui Yuan that the clan had become part of the community. He addressed the gathered residents, praising their work and promising they could remain in Konoha for as long as they wished.

• Kumoi observed the lively West District as Shui Yuan told him he was no longer afraid for the clan’s future and thanked him for their new home.
• At Shui Yuan’s request, Kumoi agreed to speak to the residents, and more than a hundred Uzumaki gathered in the square.
• Kumoi described the homes, workshops, and children as signs of the community the clan had built for itself.
• Kumoi revealed that the clan’s workshops supplied forty percent of Konoha’s Barrier Foundations and praised the Uzumaki as builders of Konoha.
• Kumoi promised that Uzumaki children could study at Konoha University and that their skills could be taught across clans.
• When an elderly man asked whether the clan could live there forever, Kumoi said the West District was their home and no one could drive them away as long as they wished to stay.

Kumoi reassured the Uzumaki refugees that they were family in Konoha and promised to expand the West District to give them more opportunities. After realizing that the red-haired girl was Kushina Uzumaki, he recognized her as Naruto's mother.

• Kumoi encouraged a young man to develop his sealing and barrier skills and assured a young mother that her red-haired child could become a ninja.
• Kushina told Kumoi she wanted to become Hokage someday, and he promised to wait for her to take over from him.
• Kumoi told the Uzumaki that Konoha was their home and that its clans would protect it together, earning cheers from the crowd.
• Shui Yuan thanked Kumoi on behalf of the Uzumaki, and Kushina promised to grow up and become Hokage.
• Kumoi decided to bring forward the West District's second phase after reviewing the refugees' needs and potential.
• Kumoi remembered Kushina's name, realized she was Naruto's mother, and blurted out his shock.

Hokage Kumoi learned that Kushina had appeared and began planning to find and protect Minato Namikaze, while Uchiha Sora told his father about his new life as a teacher. The chapter ended with Sora returning to his room and Kumoi ordering a search of Konoha’s newborn records.

• Kumoi recognized Kushina and realized Minato Namikaze should also have been born, then resolved to protect him and consider him as a future Hokage.
• Kumoi ordered an Anbu to compile records of every newborn in Konoha from the past five years.
• Uchiha Sora visited his father, Uchiha Yusuke, and described how the university let him teach without clan identities defining him.
• Sora praised his students, including Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru, and admitted that he enjoyed teaching.
• Yusuke sent Sora to rest before his next day of classes.

After Yusuke received a letter and burned it, he and the Hawk Faction backed Kagami’s decisions, clearing the way for Kagami to regain control of the Uchiha Clan. As Konoha awakened to news of the West District Phase Two project hiring workers, Jiraiya and Orochimaru discussed why the Uzumaki Clan needed outside help.

• Yusuke read a sealed letter, burned it, and remained silent as the ashes fell.
• At the clan meeting, Yusuke supported Kagami’s decision, and the Hawk Faction followed, ending most opposition to the integration policy.
• Kagami looked over the Uchiha Compound at dusk and said the train of the Uchiha’s new era was about to depart.
• Konoha residents read that the West District Phase Two project was hiring workers across the village.
• Jiraiya bought a newspaper about the hiring, and Orochimaru noted that the expanded project was too large for the Uzumaki Clan to manage alone.

Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade headed to meet their teacher after discussing the West District’s new hiring drive. In the Hokage office, Kumoi selected three-year-old Minato Namikaze for an ancestry investigation focused on signs of Senju blood, and the Anbu returned with findings.

• Jiraiya and Orochimaru read about Phase Two construction and recruitment in the West District before leaving to meet Tsunade.
• Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade set off together for the Hokage Assistant’s office.
• Kumoi reviewed Konoha’s newborn records and chose Minato Namikaze, whose father had disappeared during the Battle of the Land of Whirlpools.
• Kumoi ordered the Anbu to investigate Minato’s family history and search for traces of a special bloodline, particularly Senju characteristics.
• The Anbu returned and told Kumoi that they had found something.

Kumoi confirmed that Minato Namikaze came from an ordinary civilian family and wished him well as he continued his work. Earlier that day, Hiruzen Sarutobi began reviewing Team 7’s mistakes in the Land of Hot Water, and the discussion continued over lunch.

• Kumoi read an Anbu report showing that Minato Namikaze’s family had no special bloodlines or physiques and concluded that Minato’s genius came from his own talent and hard work.
• Kumoi filed Minato’s records, finished reviewing his documents, and quietly wished for the child to grow up well.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi questioned Jiraiya about using the Summoning Technique without a contract, and Jiraiya recognized that he had failed to consider the risks.
• Tsunade admitted that she had entered the cave alone because she believed she could handle the situation herself.
• Orochimaru acknowledged that he had underestimated the enemy after acting without gathering enough intelligence.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi paused the review for lunch and told Team 7 that their discussion would continue that afternoon.

Hiruzen Sarutobi reviewed the battle with Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru, teaching them that true strength came from making power their own. After dinner with their teacher, Jiraiya remained thoughtful about the lesson.

• Tsunade asked Hiruzen Sarutobi what he had felt when the Resonance Token broke, and he admitted he had been anxious and wondered whether he had trained his students enough.
• Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Jiraiya each accepted responsibility for the incident before Hiruzen Sarutobi stopped them from blaming themselves.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked why the Hokage had defeated Wisker, and Orochimaru explained that the Hokage's self-cultivated power differed from Wisker's borrowed energy.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi urged his students to make everything they learned their own before ending the review and taking them to dinner.
• The three students noticed the Hokage working late, and Hiruzen Sarutobi later left them at the barbecue restaurant to handle other business.
• Tsunade asked Jiraiya whether he was thinking about the afternoon's lesson, and he said he remembered everything Hiruzen Sarutobi had told them.

After their defeat by Wisker, Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru resolved to seek summoning beasts and train to become stronger. Tsunade asked Mito about summoning beasts, and Mito recognized how much she had grown.

• Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru discussed how helpless they had been against Wisker and decided to pursue summoning beasts.
• Orochimaru chose Ryūchi Cave, Jiraiya planned to return to Mount Myōboku, and Tsunade decided to ask her grandmother about the slugs of Shikkotsu Forest.
• Jiraiya imagined being celebrated as a hero, and Tsunade scolded him before leaving and reminding him not to be late for training.
• Tsunade went to Mito and explained how she had been trapped on the altar in the Land of Hot Water, then asked for help getting a summoning beast of her own.
• Mito listened to Tsunade's wish to become stronger and told her that she had grown up.

Mito introduced Tsunade to the Senju clan’s contract with Shikkotsu Forest and helped her form a summoning contract with its slug. Tsunade signed the scroll and felt an intangible connection form with the tiny slug.

• Mito explained that Hashirama had left behind the Senju clan’s summoning talisman for Shikkotsu Forest.
• Mito activated the talisman, summoning a tiny pale-blue slug that greeted her and remembered Hashirama.
• Mito introduced Tsunade to the slug, which accepted her request to form a contract.
• Tsunade hesitated because the slug was so small, but Mito assured her that the slugs were powerful summoning beasts.
• Tsunade signed the contract, and the scroll vanished into her palm as she sensed a connection with the slug.

After Tsunade bonded with Slug, Orochimaru researched Ryūchi Cave and uncovered signs that its records concealed important secrets. He decided to prepare carefully before setting out to investigate.

• Slug ended the summoning contract, and Tsunade told Mito she felt a connection with the slugs.
• Orochimaru visited the Konoha Library and borrowed books about summoning techniques and Ryūchi Cave.
• The librarian warned Orochimaru that pages had been torn from a Ryūchi Cave book and that books alone could not reveal the real cave.
• Orochimaru read about summoning techniques and Ryūchi Cave, noting the missing pages and references to the Snake Sage's trial.
• Orochimaru wrote an investigation plan to gather information, prepare supplies, report to his teacher, and set out for Ryūchi Cave.

Team 7 completed a long series of missions, earned enough points to register for the Genin Exam in one month, and celebrated with Hiruzen Sarutobi. At dinner, they discussed their plans to train at their respective legendary locations after the exam, then ran into Kagami Uchiha and Team 10.

• Team 7 finished a string of D- and C-rank missions and returned to Konoha exhausted.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi submitted Team 7's reports, and the mission desk registered them for the Genin Exam one month later.
• Hiruzen warned Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru that the exam could be dangerous, then treated them to dinner.
• Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru agreed to train at Mount Myōboku, Shikkotsu Forest, and Ryūchi Cave after the exam.
• Kagami Uchiha arrived with Team 10, joined Team 7 at dinner, and heard about their missions and improving teamwork.