Chapter Summaries

Tobirama warned Hiruzen about Uchiha Izuna’s return and urged him not to provoke the Uchiha Clan. Meanwhile, Tetsuya tried to improve his income by drawing a skill and ended up with a method for making cup noodles after losing all his savings.

• Tobirama told Hiruzen that Izuna had appeared during his fight with Kinkaku and Ginkaku, helped him defeat them, and taken the Six Paths Treasured Tools.
• Tobirama warned Hiruzen to handle the Uchiha Clan carefully and keep their conversation secret, fearing Izuna might return at full strength.
• Tetsuya decided to use the system’s draws to find a better way to make money after his ramen income barely increased.
• Tetsuya spent all his savings on draws and received a method for making instant cup noodles as a guaranteed reward.
• Tetsuya returned to his shop the next morning and cursed the system for draining his money on useless junk.

Tetsuya showed Sakuya his convenient instant cup noodles, won his approval, and launched Chiba Cup Noodles, which quickly sold out. Jiraiya arrived too late to buy any, while Tsunade and Orochimaru came to the shop for ramen, with Tsunade taking a serving for her great-uncle, Lord Second.

• Tetsuya prepared a cup of instant tonkotsu ramen for Sakuya, who found it tasty and convenient despite its flavor being slightly weaker than fresh ramen.
• Sakuya suggested that Tetsuya eventually make more flavors, then approved the noodles and agreed to help promote them.
• Tetsuya used machinery obtained through the system to set up a factory beneath his ramen shop and began mass-producing Chiba Cup Noodles.
• Chiba Cup Noodles went on sale, and the first batch sold out after Sakuya helped spread the word among Konoha's ninja and villagers.
• Jiraiya arrived after the noodles had sold out and asked Tetsuya for the recipe, but Tsunade punched him for trying to pry into a trade secret.
• Tsunade and Orochimaru came to the shop for ramen, and Tetsuya began preparing a serving for Tsunade to take to her great-uncle, Lord Second.

Tsunade brought Chiba ramen to Tobirama, who told her how the Chiba Clan had sacrificed itself for the Senju and the village. Meanwhile, Tetsuya confronted his system, which revealed that it had created a High Recruitment Pool as a special reward.

• Tsunade brought ramen from Chiba Tetsuya to Tobirama and told him that Chiba had given her an extra portion for him and Grandma.
• Tobirama explained to Tsunade that the Chiba Clan’s members had died protecting the Senju and the village, leaving only Chiba alive.
• Tobirama tasted the ramen and heard Tsunade describe Chiba’s business and Instant Ramen.
• Tetsuya complained to his system about splitting Cup Noodles production equipment into five parts and refused to spend money on more draws.
• The system showed Tetsuya a High Recruitment Pool, saying it had prepared the reward because he wanted to resurrect people.

Tobirama’s life ended after he appointed Hiruzen Sarutobi as the Third Hokage, and Konoha held a funeral to mourn him. Tetsuya left ramen at Tobirama’s grave and learned the System could resurrect him through premium recruitment, though he had no immediate plan to do so.

• Tetsuya complained that a hundred recruitment pulls had earned him only twenty Izuna fragments, then returned to running his ramen shop.
• Tobirama realized his time had come, used a Secret Technique to summon Konoha’s leaders, and appointed Hiruzen Sarutobi as the Third Hokage before dying.
• Hiruzen held a rainy funeral for Tobirama, where Tsunade mourned her teacher and relative.
• Tetsuya placed Tobirama’s favorite ramen at his grave and learned from the System that Tobirama could be resurrected through premium recruitment.
• Tetsuya considered resurrecting Tobirama to work alongside Izuna, but left without making a decision.

Tetsuya hired a Konoha ninja to escort him as he began traveling around the Land of Fire to research expanding his ramen business. He left Teuchi in charge of the shop and was surprised to find Sakuya waiting at the village gates to accompany him.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi approved Tetsuya’s escort mission and issued him a travel permit for the Land of Fire.
• Tetsuya paid the deposit, gave Hiruzen Sarutobi a membership card, and returned to his ramen shop.
• Tetsuya told Teuchi to run the shop with help from a clone while he was away.
• Tetsuya went to Konoha’s gates and discovered that Sakuya had taken the escort mission.

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.