Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Yin began assessing Kurotsuchi as his student by asking about her chakra natures and Kekkei Genkai. After she revealed that she had Lava Release, he decided he would need to study it.

• Kurotsuchi nervously accepted Uchiha Yin’s warning that he would not go easy on her.
• Uchiha Yin asked Kurotsuchi to name her chakra natures, and she listed water, fire, and earth.
• Uchiha Yin asked whether Kurotsuchi had a Kekkei Genkai, and she admitted she had Lava Release.
• Uchiha Yin thought of Mei Terumi’s Lava Release and said he would have to study Kurotsuchi’s ability properly.

Uchiha Yin tested Kurotsuchi by challenging her to attack him, then waited as she concealed herself and searched for an opening. Kurotsuchi remained hidden in the grass, while Uchiha Yin sensed her but let her continue learning.

• Uchiha Yin told Kurotsuchi to attack him as if she meant to kill him and promised to grant her one request if she touched him.
• Kurotsuchi hesitated, then accepted the challenge when Uchiha Yin closed his eyes and stood still.
• Kurotsuchi concealed herself and hid behind a clump of grass while watching Uchiha Yin.
• Kurotsuchi patiently searched for a weakness before striking, and Uchiha Yin sensed her but chose not to reveal her position.

Uchiha Yin let Kurotsuchi attack, then evaded her Lava Release technique and appeared behind her. Kurotsuchi saw that she had sealed a lookalike, while Yin stood free beside it.

• Uchiha Yin waited as Kurotsuchi watched him from hiding.
• Uchiha Yin sat against a tree and closed his eyes, prompting Kurotsuchi to attack with a shuriken.
• Uchiha Yin tilted his head to dodge the shuriken without opening his eyes.
• Kurotsuchi used Lava Release: Quicklime Congealing Technique to seal what she believed was Uchiha Yin inside hardened cement.
• Uchiha Yin spoke from behind Kurotsuchi, who turned and saw him standing beside the sealed lookalike.

Uchiha Yin defeated Kurotsuchi in a brief spar and warned her not to hesitate against enemies. He softened his reprimand afterward, while Kurotsuchi reacted with a wounded, sulky look.

• Uchiha Yin explained that his clone had been made with the Shadow Clone Technique and dismissed the damage Kurotsuchi had dealt it.
• Kurotsuchi lunged at Uchiha Yin with a shuriken but hesitated before striking his face.
• Uchiha Yin vanished and pressed a shuriken against Kurotsuchi's back, prompting her to admit defeat.
• Uchiha Yin warned Kurotsuchi that showing mercy to an enemy could get her killed.
• Uchiha Yin patted Kurotsuchi's head and told her that acting spoiled would not work during training.

Uchiha Yin reprimanded Kurotsuchi for acting carelessly and demonstrated how easily an enemy could kill her. He warned her that the battlefield would not offer the same restraint as her Master.

• Kurotsuchi realized she had been acting spoiled and apologized to Uchiha Yin.
• Uchiha Yin warned Kurotsuchi she would be punished if she repeated her behavior.
• Uchiha Yin threw a Shuriken at Kurotsuchi, then used a second one to knock it off course just before it hit her.
• Kurotsuchi stepped back as both Shuriken struck the ground beside her feet.
• Uchiha Yin told Kurotsuchi that another attacker would have killed her and warned her not to expect mercy on missions or the battlefield.

Uchiha Yin continued teaching Kurotsuchi after warning her to be more careful, while Anko visited Rin and celebrated becoming his woman. Rin was happy for Anko but felt bitter that she had not seen Yin in a long time.

• Uchiha Yin told Kurotsuchi that Ōnoki and Kitsuchi had sheltered her and urged her to be more careful.
• Uchiha Yin said Rin and the others had finished their lessons and that he would teach only Kurotsuchi from then on.
• Anko recovered from resting and went to Rin's house.
• Rin recognized what had happened and teased Anko, who happily said Uchiha Yin had called her his woman.
• Rin felt a pang of bitterness because she had not seen Uchiha Yin for a long time.

Anko visited Rin after getting closer to Master Yin, but Kurenai's chilly questioning left her flustered. Rin tried to ease the tension, while her own sadness over missing Master Yin remained.

• Rin missed Master Yin and felt bitter seeing how happy Anko was.
• Anko entered Rin's house and found Kurenai waiting with a cold expression.
• Kurenai congratulated Anko and questioned how quickly she had moved forward.
• Anko admitted she wanted Master Yin to pay more attention to her after seeing how well he treated Kurotsuchi.
• Rin teased Kurenai for making Anko blush and tried to help her.

After teasing Kurenai about making a move, Anko and Rin learned that she was considering acting on her feelings. During dinner with Kurotsuchi, Yin received a report of a strange black shape near Konoha’s border and suspected Black Zetsu had returned.

• Anko, Kurenai, and Rin laughed together after Anko realized Kurenai had teased her.
• Kurenai admitted she wondered whether she should make a move, and Rin teased her about feeling left behind.
• Yin went to Ichiraku Ramen for dinner with Kurotsuchi after training her.
• Inoichi Yamanaka reported that a strange dark shape had been spotted near Konoha’s border.
• Yin suspected the figure was Black Zetsu and grew angry, frightening Kurotsuchi.

Uchiha Yin left Kurotsuchi at Ichiraku and went to the ANBU headquarters to investigate Black Zetsu. After learning Uzuki Yugao was watching him, Yin concealed his presence and set out to find her.

• Uchiha Yin told Kurotsuchi to return on her own, then left Ichiraku using Space-Time Ninjutsu.
• Uchiha Yin arrived at the Hokage's ANBU headquarters and went to the intelligence-gathering division.
• The ANBU agents apologized for failing to identify Black Zetsu, but Uchiha Yin refused to blame them and asked where he was.
• The agents told Uchiha Yin that Black Zetsu was still under observation by Uzuki Yugao.
• Uchiha Yin concealed his presence and used the Mind's Eye of the Kagura to search for Uzuki Yugao.

Uchiha Yin met up with Uzuki Yugao while tracking Black Zetsu and considered how to deal with the elusive observer. The chapter ended when Yin noticed Yugao gazing at him fervently.

• Uchiha Yin sensed Uzuki Yugao ahead and appeared beside her, stopping her from attacking.
• Uzuki Yugao recognized Uchiha Yin, saluted him, and reported that Black Zetsu was moving around nearby.
• Uchiha Yin suspected Black Zetsu was observing them because of the barrier he had secretly placed around Konoha.
• Uchiha Yin pondered whether he could eliminate Black Zetsu, whose ability to hide in plants and soil made him difficult to catch.
• Uzuki Yugao gazed at Uchiha Yin while he thought, and he turned to find her looking at him fervently.

Uchiha Yin pursued Black Zetsu with Uzuki Yugao following behind, but Black Zetsu fled after seeing Yin accelerate. Yin used Space-Time Ninjutsu when the Body Flicker Technique could no longer close the distance.

• Uzuki Yugao blushed and claimed she was waiting for Uchiha Yin's orders, and Yin told her they would try to catch Black Zetsu.
• Uchiha Yin raced ahead at full speed while Uzuki Yugao struggled to keep up.
• Black Zetsu noticed Yin approaching and stood his ground, provoking Yin and angering Uzuki Yugao.
• Black Zetsu recognized Yin's sudden acceleration and fled, unwilling to be captured after witnessing Yin fight Madara Uchiha.
• Uchiha Yin switched from the Body Flicker Technique to Space-Time Ninjutsu when he could not close the gap.

Uchiha Yin cornered Black Zetsu near Konoha, and Uzuki Yugao used her swordsmanship to predict his movement through a tree. The chapter ended as her longsword struck toward Black Zetsu where he emerged.

• Black Zetsu fled toward Konoha's outskirts after Uchiha Yin disappeared behind him.
• Uchiha Yin reappeared in front of Black Zetsu and demanded to know why he had come.
• Black Zetsu taunted Uchiha Yin and began merging into a tree trunk to escape.
• Uzuki Yugao caught up and attacked Black Zetsu with the Dance of the Crescent Moon, but he dodged by moving through the tree.
• Uzuki Yugao worked out Black Zetsu's movement pattern and timed her next strike to hit where he emerged.

Uchiha Yin stopped Uzuki Yugao from attacking Black Zetsu and used lightning combined with fire-nature chakra to set Black Zetsu’s tree ablaze. Black Zetsu fled as the lightning continued chasing him.

• Black Zetsu evaded Uzuki Yugao’s sword, and Uchiha Yin pulled her back before she could attack again.
• Uchiha Yin told Uzuki Yugao that her attack would not work, and she stood beside him.
• Uchiha Yin added fire-nature chakra to his lightning and sent it after Black Zetsu.
• Black Zetsu fled, but the lightning caught him and set his tree ablaze.
• The lightning kept pursuing Black Zetsu, leaving him terrified.

Uchiha Yin drove Black Zetsu off with a barrage of lightning and started back with Uzuki Yugao, who admired him openly. Yugao then heard a mysterious voice declare her a Host and activate a quest involving Uchiha Yin.

• Uchiha Yin struck Black Zetsu with repeated lightning, and Black Zetsu sank into the earth and vanished.
• Uchiha Yin saw Uzuki Yugao admiring him and hurriedly led her back.
• Uzuki Yugao heard a voice in her mind congratulate her on becoming a Host.
• The voice activated the Unique Main Quest: climb into Uchiha Yin's bed.

Uzuki Yugao received a system quest ordering her to have a meal with Uchiha Yin within twenty-four hours or face a humiliating penalty. Though she struggled to ask him, she appeared pleased to have the system, while Yin sensed her watching him.

• Uzuki Yugao’s system assigned her a meal with Uchiha Yin and threatened that she would never see him again if she failed.
• The system told Uzuki Yugao it would reveal how long she had fantasized about Yin if she refused the quest.
• Uzuki Yugao considered postponing the task, but the system set a twenty-four-hour deadline.
• Uzuki Yugao resigned herself to completing the quest and secretly seemed happy to be the system’s host.
• Uchiha Yin sensed someone watching him and knew through his Mind’s Eye of the Kagura that Uzuki Yugao was behind him.

Uchiha Yin slowed down to give Uzuki Yugao a chance to speak to him. She finally invited him to get something to eat, offering to pay, and waited anxiously for his answer.

• Uchiha Yin realized the feeling he sensed came from Uzuki Yugao and slowed his pace so she could catch up.
• Uzuki Yugao panicked when she found Uchiha Yin suddenly close, nearly fell from a tree, then recovered and hurried after him.
• Uchiha Yin waited for Uzuki Yugao to speak and gently asked if something was wrong when she finally called out to him.
• Uzuki Yugao gathered her courage and invited Uchiha Yin to get something to eat, adding that she would pay.

Uchiha Yin agreed to have dinner with Uzuki Yugao, and they went to Ichiraku Ramen. They ordered the same ramen and began eating together.

• Uchiha Yin agreed to Uzuki Yugao's invitation to dinner.
• Uzuki Yugao asked Uchiha Yin what he wanted to eat, and he suggested Ichiraku Ramen.
• Uchiha Yin told Uzuki Yugao to stop hopping around so they could reach Ichiraku sooner.
• Uchiha Yin and Uzuki Yugao arrived at Ichiraku and ordered the same kind of ramen.
• Uzuki Yugao stopped smiling dreamily when their ramen arrived, and she invited Uchiha Yin to eat.

Uchiha Yin shared ramen with Uzuki Yugao, whose messy eating and intense affection surprised him. After he left, Yugao watched him go, and a mysterious system rewarded her for completing a mission, leaving her puzzled by the change she felt.

• Uzuki Yugao ate her noodles quickly and messily while Uchiha Yin reconsidered his impression of her.
• Uchiha Yin finished his ramen, paid, and parted ways with Yugao.
• Yugao watched Yin leave, recalling how she had fallen for him as his reputation spread.
• A system announced that Yugao had completed a mission and gained All Attributes +1.
• Yugao did not understand the system's words, but she felt the change take effect.

Uchiha Yin returned home and found Kurotsuchi asleep after waiting for him, then cared for her and ate the food she had saved. The next morning, he took her to train and considered her poor Chakra control.

• Uzuki Yugao received a side quest to get a hug from Uchiha Yin, then used the Body Flicker Technique to go home.
• Uchiha Yin found Kurotsuchi asleep on the sofa and carried her toward her room.
• Kurotsuchi woke briefly, told Uchiha Yin she had left food for him, and fell asleep in his arms.
• Uchiha Yin tucked Kurotsuchi into bed and ate the food she had saved for him.
• The next morning, Uchiha Yin took Kurotsuchi to the Training Ground and noted that her Chakra control needed work.

Uchiha Yin trained Kurotsuchi in chakra control as she repeatedly tried to climb a tree trunk. When he sensed Uzuki Yugao approaching, his expression darkened, and Kurotsuchi mistook his reaction for disappointment in her progress.

• Uchiha Yin watched Kurotsuchi fall while she practiced walking up the tree trunk with chakra.
• Uchiha Yin encouraged Kurotsuchi to keep trying, and she felt pleased despite recognizing his praise was halfhearted.
• Uchiha Yin sensed a fast-moving Jonin approaching and used Mind's Eye of the Kagura to identify Uzuki Yugao.
• Kurotsuchi saw Uchiha Yin's darkened expression, grew anxious, and struggled even more to climb the trunk.