Recaps

Tetsuya and Hatake Sakuya spent six months scouting towns beyond Konoha for possible Ramen Shops, and Tetsuya grew troubled by the poverty and oppression he saw. As they headed back to Konoha, he hid his concerns from Sakuya and agreed to visit the Hot Springs.

• Tetsuya was surprised but pleased when Hatake Sakuya took his commission, and the two set out from Konoha to scout towns in the Land of Fire.
• Tetsuya was shocked by the first town’s poor conditions, while Sakuya explained that most places outside the shinobi villages were similarly run-down.
• Tetsuya questioned why the First had built a village instead of reforming the whole Shinobi World, but Sakuya said he did not know and only focused on missions.
• As they visited more towns, Tetsuya saw the Shinobi World as defined by oppression and despair and began to understand Jiraiya’s hopes for the Child of Prophecy.
• After half a year, Sakuya noticed Tetsuya had been smiling less; Tetsuya blamed exhaustion from traveling, and they agreed to relax at the Hot Springs after returning to Konoha.

After returning from a six-month scouting trip around the Land of Fire, Tetsuya settled his mission payment and visited his ramen shop. He left Teuchi in charge of the Konoha shop as he planned a branch in the capital, then cooked ramen for Teuchi and Jiraiya.

• Tetsuya told Hiruzen Sarutobi that his trip had been disappointing but had revealed several possible locations, then paid his mission fee.
• Tetsuya returned to the ramen shop, thanked Teuchi for running it, and refused to inspect the accounts because he trusted him.
• Tetsuya told Teuchi he planned to open a branch in the Land of Fire's capital and asked him to manage the Konoha shop.
• Jiraiya arrived, and Tetsuya cooked signature ramen for him and Teuchi.
• Jiraiya and Teuchi praised Tetsuya's ramen before they parted for home.

Tetsuya built Chiba Ramen Shop into the luxurious Chiba Grand Hotel by attracting nobles and wealthy travelers, while considering how much he could change the Shinobi World. After using some of his profits to draw Ninja Shards, he watched the hotel thrive alongside the revived Uchiha Izuna.

• Tetsuya opened Chiba Ramen Shop in the Capital City and made it profitable by sending VIP Cards and selling exclusive Luxury Set Meals to nobles.
• Tetsuya rejected the ideas of robbing or killing the nobles, deciding that either choice would cause ordinary people to suffer more.
• Husky persuaded Tetsuya to spend money on Ninja Shards, and Tetsuya noted that Uchiha Izuna's collection progress had reached thirty-seven percent.
• Tetsuya expanded his successful ramen business into the Chiba Grand Hotel, adding lavish renovations and high-end food.
• Tetsuya joked with Izuna about the hard work of entertaining nobles, while Izuna reflected on Tetsuya's immense strength.

Tetsuya explained to Izuna that the Shinobi World had changed and that his money-based ability could resurrect Madara, prompting Izuna to ask him to bring his brother back. Later, Tetsuya welcomed Young Master Nakamura and the oiran Mikiko to the hotel, where Izuna recognized her as someone from the Land of Lightning.

• Izuna concluded that Tetsuya was vastly stronger than him after losing to him by exactly half a move in at least ten consecutive matches.
• Tetsuya told Izuna that the age of Shinobi Villages had replaced the Warring States period and explained that his ability let him do extraordinary things, including resurrecting the dead, in exchange for money.
• Izuna excitedly asked Tetsuya to bring Madara back to life.
• Young Master Nakamura arrived at the hotel with the newly chosen oiran Mikiko, and Tetsuya escorted them to a private dining room.
• Izuna told Tetsuya that Mikiko appeared to be from the Land of Lightning.

Tetsuya and Izuna discussed Mikiko’s possible ties to the Land of Lightning as she used chakra to control Nakamura. Tetsuya chose not to interfere, and he and Izuna later talked about spies, business, and strange lore from a distant era.

• Izuna told Tetsuya that Mikiko had a religious symbol from the Land of Lightning tattooed on her back, but Tetsuya dismissed the spy’s importance to his business.
• Mikiko used a surge of chakra to control Nakamura, then ordered him to help her take over the Nakamura Family and obey her.
• Tetsuya used his Mangekyō Sharingan to notice the chakra fluctuation in Nakamura’s suite and guessed that Mikiko had made her move.
• Tetsuya told Izuna that war was unlikely soon and that Konoha would have its own spies in the Land of Lightning.
• Tetsuya and Izuna talked about Izuna’s past before Tetsuya shared strange, unofficial Naruto lore about Hagoromo, Hamura, and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki.

Tetsuya and Izuna discussed the Sage of Six Paths before watching Nakamura and Mikiko leave after a staged night out. Suspicious of Tetsuya despite reports that he was an ordinary businessman, Mikiko ordered her agents to test whether he was secretly a ninja.

• Tetsuya criticized the Sage of Six Paths for favoring Asura over Indra, and Izuna warned him that the Sage truly existed in the Pure Land.
• Nakamura and Mikiko came downstairs, with Tetsuya and Izuna recognizing that Nakamura was under genjutsu and Mikiko's neck marks were part of a disguise.
• Nakamura praised Tetsuya's food and wine, gave him a generous reward, and left with Mikiko, who signaled that their plan was proceeding.
• Izuna surmised that Mikiko's group intended to control the Nakamura Family by manipulating its young master, while Tetsuya dismissed the family's influence as limited.
• Two agents reported Mikiko that Tetsuya was the last scion of the Chiba Clan, a former Konoha clan, and had built his restaurant business without becoming a ninja.
• Mikiko trusted her intuition that Tetsuya was hiding something and ordered the agents to test whether he was really a ninja.

Tetsuya and Izuna captured two Kumogakure spies and used Sharingan genjutsu to learn about the village’s covert infiltration plans. The chapter left Tetsuya aware that Kumogakure was preparing for a future war.

• Tetsuya sensed two intruders near his room, and Izuna captured them with Sharingan genjutsu after Tetsuya told him to spare them.
• Tetsuya questioned the masked shinobi and learned they were Kumogakure agents sent by Okai, who posed as the courtesan Mikiko.
• The agents revealed that Kumogakure’s leaders had created plans to infiltrate the great nations and gather intelligence.
• Tetsuya and Izuna concluded that Kumogakure was covertly preparing for another conflict after the First Shinobi World War.

Tetsuya sent two genjutsu-controlled Lightning ninja back as informants while building his business in the Capital City. He returned to Konoha for Teuchi’s wedding and the birth of Teuchi’s son, whom he named Ichiraku, before Teuchi’s questions about his own love life left him irritated.

• Tetsuya told Izuna to use genjutsu to make the two Lightning ninja report on Okai and the Land of Lightning, then send them back as double agents.
• The two ninja regularly sent Tetsuya reports, mostly trivial gossip about Okai, while Tetsuya established himself in the Capital City and worked on plans to expand his business.
• Tetsuya returned to Konoha for Teuchi’s wedding and paid Hiruzen Sarutobi to stop families from trying to arrange a marriage for him.
• A year later, Teuchi asked Tetsuya to name his newborn son, and Tetsuya named the child Ichiraku.
• Teuchi asked Tetsuya when he planned to marry, prompting Tetsuya to complain that Teuchi’s mouth was coated in poison.

Over the years, Tetsuya built his strength and wealth, gave his Konoha ramen shop to Teuchi, and expanded his business while living apart from the village. As time passed, most of Konoha forgot him, though Teuchi’s family and Hatake Sakuya still remembered him.

• Tetsuya handed his Konoha ramen shop over to Teuchi, who renamed it Ichiraku Ramen, and Tetsuya chose not to resurrect anyone else because Tobirama Senju remained the featured summon.
• After Doggo urged him to use the lottery again, Tetsuya gained more strength, business skills, and items, including ways to locate mineral veins and smelt steel.
• Tetsuya examined his Mangekyō abilities: Eternal Divine Kingdom trapped a visible opponent and drained their chakra and stamina, while Mirror Beyond the Clouds created a replica of someone he had seen.
• Tetsuya gave up on opening more hotels like the Chiba Grand Hotel and instead sent shadow clones to establish ramen shops in several large cities.
• As time passed, most people in Konoha forgot Tetsuya, while Teuchi’s family, Hatake Sakuya, and a few others still remembered him.

Izuna trained against a copy of himself created by Tetsuya’s Dōjutsu, Mirror Beyond the Clouds, then learned that Kumogakure planned to abduct an Uzumaki orphan bound for Konoha. Tetsuya returned to Konoha not to intervene, but to watch the unfolding events.

• Izuna fought his replicated counterpart in a barrier-enclosed forest and lamented that Tetsuya’s Dōjutsu had grown stronger.
• Tetsuya explained that his Dōjutsu reflected his desire for protection, while Izuna’s eyes reflected his pursuit of strength.
• A Ninja Pigeon delivered a report that Kumogakure planned to abduct an Uzumaki orphan traveling from the Land of Whirlpools to Konoha.
• Tetsuya identified the orphan as Kushina and said he would return to Konoha, while Izuna guessed he intended to protect her.
• Tetsuya clarified that he only wanted to watch the abduction attempt and the events that followed.

Tetsuya left Izuna to watch over the Chiba Grand Hotel and traveled back toward Konoha, but Kakuzu attacked him on the road. Tetsuya recognized the rogue ninja and prepared to face him.

• Tetsuya invited Izuna to see the Uchiha Clan and Konoha, but Izuna refused and chose to stay behind to manage the hotel.
• Izuna asked when Tetsuya would resurrect Madara Uchiha, and Tetsuya promised to do so when the time was right.
• Tetsuya left the capital by carriage and enjoyed the journey until he sensed a hostile chakra nearby.
• A kunai and shuriken failed to hit Tetsuya, and the carriage driver fled after seeing his Sharingan.
• Kakuzu appeared in a tree, and Tetsuya recognized the rogue ninja and bounty hunter.

Tetsuya confronted Kakuzu, who attacked him after receiving false information about his abilities. The two exchanged increasingly powerful ninjutsu, and the chapter ended with Kakuzu unleashing a barrage of combined elemental attacks.

• Kakuzu attacked Tetsuya with Earth Grudge Fear, but Tetsuya easily dodged his taijutsu.
• Tetsuya offered to work with Kakuzu for profit, but Kakuzu refused and used Lightning Release: False Darkness.
• Tetsuya released his chakra seal, revealing immense chakra and evading Kakuzu’s lightning attack.
• Kakuzu and Tetsuya clashed with Water Release and Wind Release techniques, matching each other’s attacks.
• Kakuzu combined his elemental ninjutsu into a relentless barrage against Tetsuya.

Tetsuya overwhelmed Kakuzu with his chakra, ninjutsu, and Susanoo, then spared him and offered him work. He began explaining that business with nobles could earn more than bounty hunting, leaving Kakuzu surprised by the proposal.

• Tetsuya and Kakuzu traded powerful ninjutsu until Kakuzu unleashed a combined wind, fire, and lightning attack.
• Tetsuya awakened his Sharingan and used Susanoo to slash through the forest, while Kakuzu survived by hiding underground with Earth Grudge Fear.
• Tetsuya found Kakuzu and revealed that he had spared him, noting that Kakuzu had two hearts left.
• Tetsuya invited Kakuzu to work for him because they both liked money.
• Tetsuya told Kakuzu that doing business with nobles could earn more than taking missions or collecting bounties, and Kakuzu listened in surprise.

Tetsuya recruited Kakuzu as a partner by promising him wealth through business, then left the aftermath of their fight for Konoha’s ninja to investigate. Hiruzen suspected the golden giant belonged to the supposedly resurrected Izuna, while Danzō seized on the incident to demand punishment of the Uchiha Clan.

• Tetsuya persuaded Kakuzu to join him in pursuing wealth through business and gave him a key to the Chiba Grand Hotel as a token.
• Kakuzu left to restore his lost hearts and promised to meet Tetsuya at the hotel after recovering.
• Tetsuya sensed Konoha ninja approaching the battle site and fled, deciding to let Izuna take the blame.
• ANBU examined the destroyed site, and Hiruzen read their report about a golden giant that might have been Susanoo.
• Hiruzen wondered whether Uchiha Izuna had returned, and Danzō entered his office demanding that the Uchiha Clan be punished for fighting outside the village.

Hiruzen Sarutobi rejected Danzo’s demand to punish the Uchiha, while Tetsuya returned to Konoha and used the name Chiba Ryo to meet his former student Teuchi. After seeing how much the village and its people had changed, Tetsuya encountered Sakuya, who recognized him despite his youthful appearance.

• Danzo urged Hiruzen Sarutobi to suppress the Uchiha, but Hiruzen refused and reminded him that Uchiha Kagami had saved his life.
• Tetsuya returned to his home in Konoha and welcomed Teuchi and Teuchi’s son, Ichiraku, introducing himself as Chiba Ryo.
• Tetsuya served Teuchi and Ichiraku lunch and claimed that his parents were well in the capital but had sent him to visit Konoha.
• After seeing Teuchi and Ichiraku off, Tetsuya walked through Konoha and reflected on how the village and its residents had aged and changed.
• Sakuya recognized Tetsuya and questioned why he still looked so young, so Tetsuya introduced himself as Chiba Ryo and asked whether Sakuya knew his father.

Tetsuya met Hatake Sakuya in Konoha and learned that unrest at the borders signaled the coming Second Shinobi World War. As Tetsuya left the village, Orochimaru recognized him and was shocked that he had not aged.

• Tetsuya posed as Chiba Ryo, Tetsuya’s son, and spoke with Hatake Sakuya, who remembered traveling with Tetsuya years earlier.
• Sakuya said he was leading an A-Rank Mission because the Land of Fire’s borders had grown increasingly unsettled.
• Tetsuya realized the twenty years of peace were nearly over and considered whether he could take advantage of the coming war.
• Tetsuya prepared to leave Konoha by carriage, thinking Kakuzu had probably been waiting for him.
• Orochimaru saw Tetsuya in the carriage and wondered how Mr. Chiba could still look so young.

Tetsuya returned to the Chiba Grand Hotel with Kakuzu, whom he had recruited, and told Izuna that another Shinobi World War was likely within three years. Rather than fight, the three planned to use their advance warning to profit from the coming war, beginning with Kakuzu's proposal to stockpile grain.

• Tetsuya returned to the hotel and found Izuna and Kakuzu reviewing the accounts.
• Tetsuya explained that he had met Kakuzu while Kakuzu was pursuing his bounty and recruited him to work for the hotel.
• Tetsuya told Izuna and Kakuzu that Kumogakure was gathering intelligence and that a Shinobi World War might begin within three years.
• Izuna proposed joining the war and fighting the Five Great Shinobi Villages, but Tetsuya said he wanted to make money from the conflict instead.
• Kakuzu proposed stockpiling grain so they could sell it at higher prices when war broke out.

Tetsuya organized a massive stockpile of food and iron ore, aiming to profit from the coming war by controlling supplies across the Land of Fire and other countries. As the Second Shinobi World War approached, food and iron prices soared, and Kakuzu celebrated the success of their plan.

• Tetsuya explained that he planned to stockpile iron ore, and Izuna revealed that he had acquired blacksmith shops and a contract with the Land of Fire’s iron mines.
• Tetsuya tasked Kakuzu with buying iron ore in other countries, assigned Izuna to stockpile food, and planned to secure priority access to the Land of Fire’s ore through the Daimyo.
• Tetsuya’s businesses filled granaries with food, while Kakuzu sent back Sealing Scrolls packed with iron ore and Refined Iron.
• Tensions rose across the Ninja World, and in Konoha Year 35 Hatake Sakuya died in a clash between Konoha and the Land of Earth.
• Food and iron prices surged as the major Shinobi Villages prepared for war, and Kakuzu rejoiced at their profits.

Tetsuya directed Kakuzu to sell iron ore to four Shinobi Villages at a higher price while keeping their supplies balanced, profiting from the escalating war. He told Izuna that Tobirama Senju was next in line for resurrection, and Kakuzu later delivered the villages’ payments without revealing that one seller supplied them all.

• Kakuzu reported that four groups from the Great Shinobi Villages wanted to buy iron ore, and Tetsuya told him to demand five percent more and sell each village roughly equal amounts.
• Tetsuya explained to Izuna that he wanted no single village to gain too great an advantage, since prolonged fighting would bring him more business.
• Tetsuya told Izuna that Tobirama Senju was next in his resurrection order, and Izuna angrily proposed killing or sealing him after his return.
• Tetsuya refused to reveal that he had used Izuna’s name to save Tobirama’s life.
• As the war intensified, the villages bought grain and iron ore from Tetsuya, and Kakuzu brought him the payments while assuring him that the shared source would remain secret.

Tetsuya gave Kakuzu access to the Treasury and heard his intelligence about the war and Amegakure’s plans. After mapping out how the Land of Rain could profit from trade, Kakuzu urged Tetsuya to conquer it.

• Tetsuya handed Kakuzu the Treasury key, and Kakuzu vowed to serve him while staying alive to make more money.
• Kakuzu reported that the war was deadlocked and that Senju Nawaki had died on the front lines.
• Kakuzu said Konoha was sending more Ninjas to the battlefield, including Jiraiya, and Tetsuya remarked that the fighting would not reach the Capital City.
• Kakuzu confirmed that Hanzo of the Salamander wanted to buy their Ninja Tools and join the war.
• Tetsuya explained that the Land of Rain could become a trade hub linking six countries, and Kakuzu suggested conquering it.

Tetsuya stopped Kakuzu and Izuna from trying to conquer the Land of Rain, warning that it would make them enemies of the Ninja World. Back in his room, Husky revealed a new Platinum Wheel draw pool that might offer a way to counter Ōtsutsuki Karma.

• Kakuzu proposed that Tetsuya, Izuna, and he eliminate Hanzō and take control of Amegakure and the Land of Rain.
• Tetsuya argued that attacking during the war would provoke the great nations and Shinobi Villages, preventing them from making money.
• Tetsuya privately worried that going to the Land of Rain could attract Madara Uchiha, Black Zetsu, or Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, then left the Tea House.
• Izuna asked Kakuzu to play Go while Tetsuya returned to his room and confronted Husky about appearing after he had cursed it in his thoughts.
• Husky offered Tetsuya a new Platinum Wheel draw pool and claimed it could provide a way to counter Karma.
• Tetsuya accused Husky of hiding the best rewards and asked whether Emerald and Diamond Wheels came after the Platinum Wheel.

Tetsuya spent a fortune on the platinum prize pool and asked Husky about his new rewards, including Hashirama Cells, Mangekyō Sharingan, the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and Isobu. He planned to save the upgrade materials for Izuna and ended the conversation after learning the statue and tailed beast came from another world.

• Tetsuya received ten rewards from the platinum prize pool and complained that its cost was draining his wealth.
• Husky explained that the Hashirama Cells had no harmful side effects, and Tetsuya considered saving them for Izuna or Kakuzu.
• Husky explained that the blood-kin Mangekyō Sharingan could help Izuna awaken the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, and Tetsuya considered giving him the eyes and cells.
• Tetsuya said he would not take Izuna's future Rinnegan and could draw a pair later if he needed one.
• Husky told Tetsuya that the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and Isobu came from elsewhere, not from the Shinobi World.
• Tetsuya dismissed Husky after it ended its customer service, calling the dog greedy.

Hanzo of the Salamander prepared Amegakure to enter the war against the great nations, while Tetsuya and Izuna tested Izuna’s newly awakened Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan. A letter from Kakuzu revealed that Hanzo had repelled the Land of Earth’s offensive and forced the Tsuchikage to withdraw.

• Hanzo of the Salamander ordered Amegakure’s Ninjas to prepare for war once their black-market equipment arrived.
• Tetsuya and Izuna fought with their Susanoo to test Izuna’s Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Izuna told Tetsuya that his ocular power was gradually increasing, and they speculated that his eyes might eventually evolve into the Rinnegan.
• Itachi delivered a letter from Kakuzu to Tetsuya and received a Sealing Scroll filled with chicken as payment.
• Tetsuya and Izuna read that Hanzo had repelled the Land of Earth’s attack and that the Tsuchikage had withdrawn his troops.

Tetsuya and Izuna discussed how the Second Shinobi World War might unfold as Hanzo of the Salamander’s Amegakure held off Iwagakure, Sunagakure, and Konoha. Tetsuya predicted Konoha would defeat Sunagakure before turning against Amegakure, and he told the skeptical Izuna to wait for news.

• Hanzo of the Salamander drove Iwagakure’s forces out of the Land of Rain, but Chiyo and Tsunade developed ways to counter his poison on the other fronts.
• Amegakure’s forces fought fiercely against Sunagakure and Konoha while those two great nations also battled each other.
• Tetsuya read Kakuzu’s intelligence and asked Izuna how he thought the war would change.
• Izuna predicted Sunagakure and Konoha would unite to eliminate Amegakure before settling their conflict, citing the Land of Rain’s limited resources.
• Tetsuya argued that Konoha and Sunagakure would keep treating each other as their true rival, and predicted Konoha would ultimately win before confronting Hanzo of the Salamander.
• Izuna doubted Tetsuya’s prediction, and Tetsuya said they would hear news soon.

Tsunade struggled to develop an antidote for the Sand Ninja’s poison while Jiraiya and Orochimaru learned that Hatake Sakumo had gone alone to attack Sunagakure for revenge. As Amegakure’s forces assaulted Konoha’s camp, Sakumo prepared to confront a team outside the Sand village.

• Tsunade told Jiraiya that Chiyo’s poison, complicated by Hanzo’s poison, would take more time to counter, though her suppressant was delaying its effects.
• Orochimaru revealed that Sakumo had entered the Land of Wind alone to attack Sunagakure and cut off supplies.
• Tsunade explained that Sakumo had gone to avenge his older brother, Sakuya, who had been killed by Sunagakure.
• Amegakure’s ninja attacked Konoha’s camp, and Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru fought them together.
• Outside Sunagakure, Sakumo drew his blade as two ninja led a team out into the desert.