Chapter Summaries

Moonlight Ruyun rescued Kushina Uzumaki from three bullies and discovered that her personally gifted red hair could be refined by his equipment system. After Kushina left with a masked shinobi, Ruyun prepared to refine the hair as the Second Shinobi World War drew nearer.

• Moonlight Ruyun found three boys bullying Kushina Uzumaki and wounded them with his sword before making them apologize to her.
• Kushina beat the boys after they blamed one another, then introduced herself to Ruyun.
• Ruyun learned that Kushina's red hair was recognized as equipment material, but it required her personal gift to be refined.
• A masked shinobi summoned Kushina to Lady Mito, and Kushina gave Ruyun several strands of her hair.
• Ruyun watched Kushina leave and received confirmation that the hair's refining condition was met.

Moonlight Ruyun crafted and equipped Kushina Uzumaki's Red Hair, gaining a major increase in strength. After demonstrating his new power, he learned his late father had left him a sword made entirely of chakra metal, which he wondered might serve as crafting material.

• Moonlight Ruyun spent thirty thousand ryō to craft Kushina Uzumaki's Red Hair, which slightly increased his luck and boosted his strength by 60%.
• Moonlight Ruyun equipped the hair and used his short sword to smash a wooden dummy apart with powerful blows.
• Gekko Naoto praised Moonlight Ruyun's strength and said he was already beyond genin level at nine years old.
• Gekko Naoto told Moonlight Ruyun that he would give him his father's chakra-metal sword after he graduated from the Ninja Academy.
• Moonlight Ruyun wondered whether the chakra-metal sword could count as equipment material.

Moonlight Ruyun searched for ways to earn money for equipment while preparing to challenge Minato Namikaze again. When Kushina Uzumaki joined his class and was mocked for her hair and Hokage dream, Ruyun stood up for her, and she chose the seat beside him.

• Moonlight Ruyun asked Minato Namikaze to spar after school, but Minato said he was busy and suggested their next class combat test in half a month.
• Moonlight Ruyun considered making money by betting against Tsunade, then thought about writing stories based on Jiraiya’s reputation.
• Kushina Uzumaki joined the class and announced that she dreamed of becoming Konoha’s first female Hokage.
• Classmates mocked Kushina’s hair and ambition, so Moonlight Ruyun threw a book at the loudest boy and told him to be quiet.
• Kushina greeted Moonlight Ruyun and chose the seat beside him, leaving Minato Namikaze disappointed.

At the Ninja Academy, Moonlight Ruyun returned Kushina Uzumaki’s hair in a handmade sachet, making her blush. In the Hokage’s office, Hiruzen Sarutobi refused Shimura Danzō’s demand to take Kushina into Root, and an ANBU arrived with a scroll concerning Moonlight Ruyun.

• Kushina Uzumaki asked Moonlight Ruyun about the boy who had mocked their classmates, and he identified him as Hayato.
• Moonlight Ruyun gave Kushina Uzumaki a sachet containing her red hair, and she called it pretty.
• Shimura Danzō demanded that Hiruzen Sarutobi transfer Kushina to Root for training as a weapon.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi refused, citing Mito Uzumaki’s wishes and insisting Kushina needed bonds and the Ninja Academy.
• Shimura Danzō stormed out after Hiruzen ordered him not to interfere with Kushina.
• An ANBU operative brought Hiruzen a scroll concerning Moonlight Ruyun.

Moonlight Ruyun persuaded his uncle to teach him ninjutsu before his match with Minato Namikaze, though he promised to use it only as a last resort. Meanwhile, Danzo reviewed promising Ninja Academy students and ordered Minato Namikaze and Yakushi Nonō placed under close surveillance.

• Moonlight Ruyun asked his uncle to teach him ninjutsu, but his uncle initially refused because Ruyun had too little chakra.
• Moonlight Ruyun said he needed ninjutsu to win a match against Minato Namikaze in half a month, and his uncle agreed to teach him if he promised to use it only as a last resort.
• Moonlight Ruyun's uncle promised to return from his mission in time to watch the match.
• A Root member reported promising Ninja Academy students to Danzo and gave him files on Minato Namikaze, Moonlight Ruyun, and Yakushi Nonō.
• Danzo dismissed Moonlight Ruyun as too mediocre for Root and ordered weekly reports on Minato Namikaze and Yakushi Nonō.

Moonlight Ruyun learned the Great Fireball Technique and met Tsunade and Nawaki at the Ninja Academy. After Tsunade ruffled his hair, his system detected Hashirama Senju's Necklace as possible equipment but said he could not craft it unless Tsunade personally gifted it to him.

• Moonlight Ruyun discovered his chakra affinities were Wind and Fire, and Gekko Naoto showed him the Great Fireball Technique.
• Moonlight Ruyun learned to perform a small Great Fireball Technique and went to the Ninja Academy with Gekko Naoto the next day.
• Gekko Naoto greeted Tsunade, who introduced her brother Nawaki to Moonlight Ruyun.
• Tsunade recognized Moonlight Ruyun as the boy Kushina had been praising and laughed when he warned her about wearing perfume on missions.
• Tsunade ruffled Moonlight Ruyun's hair, triggering a system notice that Hashirama Senju's Necklace required her personal gift before he could craft it.

Moonlight Ruyun learned that Kushina had invited him to dinner with Mito Uzumaki and began publishing a manuscript under the pen name “Toad Literary Master.” He left the publishing house intrigued by the Land of Snow’s Chakra Armor and its potential as equipment material.

• Moonlight Ruyun concluded that the system recognized objects with extraordinary personal or historical significance as equipment materials, and Kushina reassured him about his uncle’s mission with Tsunade.
• Kushina invited Moonlight Ruyun to dinner with Mito Uzumaki in two weeks, and he accepted; she explained that the date had been postponed until Tsunade returned from her mission.
• After school, Moonlight Ruyun brought his manuscript to the Ninja Literature Publishing House and submitted it under the pen name “Toad Literary Master.”
• The publishing house owner praised the manuscript and asked for more, explaining that movies from the Land of Snow had hurt book sales.
• Moonlight Ruyun remembered the Land of Snow’s Chakra Armor and considered whether it could amplify his chakra and qualify as equipment material.

Moonlight Ruyun taught Kushina the Great Fireball Technique, and her enormous fireball set the woods across the river ablaze. After they put out the fire, two figures rushed toward them as Jiraiya and Minato investigated the distant explosions.

• Moonlight Ruyun showed Kushina how to perform the Great Fireball Technique after revealing his wind and fire affinities.
• Kushina produced a fireball over ten meters wide, which crashed into the opposite bank and started a forest fire.
• Moonlight Ruyun crossed the river to fight the flames while Kushina swam across, and they eventually put out the fire.
• Jiraiya praised Minato Namikaze's swordsmanship and discussed his unfinished ninja story with him.
• Minato proposed an extravagant title for Jiraiya's book, but explosions from the village interrupted them, and Jiraiya hurried toward the sound with Minato following.
• Kushina apologized to Moonlight Ruyun for the fire, and they rested before two rushing figures approached through the forest.

Jiraiya found Kushina and Moonlight Ruyun after Kushina’s Great Fireball Technique damaged the forest, then invited her, Ruyun, and Minato to dinner at Yakiniku Q. Kushina cheered up after Ruyun promised to eat the boxed lunches she had made, just as Jiraiya noticed her tears.

• Jiraiya arrived at the damaged forest and learned that Kushina had practiced the Great Fireball Technique, a C-rank jutsu, under Moonlight Ruyun’s instruction.
• Minato arrived with Jiraiya’s robe, and Jiraiya discovered that Minato and Kushina were classmates with Ruyun.
• Jiraiya invited the three students to dinner at Yakiniku Q, and Ruyun accepted so he could get closer to Jiraiya.
• Kushina revealed that she had prepared boxed lunches for herself and Ruyun, and Ruyun promised to eat them later.
• Kushina laughed after Ruyun said he wanted the lunches cold, and Jiraiya asked why she had been crying.

At a grilled-meat feast, Jiraiya described his first book, The Tale of the Utterly Gutsy Shinobi, while Moonlight Ruyun and the others discussed Minato's bizarre proposed title. As the meal ended, Ruyun brushed Jiraiya's arm and detected new equipment material.

• Jiraiya told Moonlight Ruyun that he was writing his first book and planned to use the pen name Toad Sage.
• Jiraiya explained his story about a determined ninja, and Minato and Kushina praised it while Ruyun privately found its plot clichéd.
• Jiraiya revealed Minato's proposed title, Super Ninja Way: Flashing Heart, Supreme Resonance, Unfettered Adventure Travelogue, Type Zero, and Ruyun argued its strangeness might draw readers.
• Jiraiya paid for the feast, then wondered whether Minato might be the Child of Prophecy as the youngsters rested after eating.
• Ruyun poured everyone water and brushed Jiraiya's arm, triggering a message that new equipment material had been detected.

Moonlight Ruyun discovered several crafting materials linked to Jiraiya and decided Hiruzen Sarutobi's pipe was his best chance. After suggesting Naruto as the protagonist's name, he spotted the pipe bulging from Jiraiya's pocket while they visited a new film shop in Konoha.

• Moonlight Ruyun reviewed four equipment-material notifications and settled on trying to get Hiruzen Sarutobi's pipe, which Jiraiya had to gift him personally.
• Moonlight Ruyun suggested Naruto as the protagonist's name, and Jiraiya, Minato, and Kushina considered his explanation.
• Moonlight Ruyun invited Jiraiya, Minato, and Kushina to walk around Konoha, where Kushina enjoyed the lively shopping district.
• Jiraiya stopped at a new film shop and learned that Fuuka Kozakura's promotional title was based on an event with only one entrant.
• Moonlight Ruyun noticed a pipe-shaped bulge in Jiraiya's pocket and realized he had found Hiruzen Sarutobi's pipe.

Moonlight Ruyun obtained Hiruzen Sarutobi's Pipe from Jiraiya and successfully refined it into equipment with Fire Release and tracking traits. The chapter ended with Danzo ordering Root to investigate Moonlight Ruyun and Minato while turning his attention to Yakushi Nonō and the orphanage.

• Moonlight Ruyun noticed Jiraiya carrying Hiruzen Sarutobi's Pipe and asked him for it, claiming it was a precious memento of the Hokage.
• Jiraiya gave Moonlight Ruyun the pipe, and Moonlight later successfully refined it on his first attempt.
• Moonlight Ruyun discovered that the pipe increased Fire Release power by 60 percent and could secretly mark and track up to three enemies.
• A Root member reported Jiraiya's encounter with Minato Namikaze, Kushina Uzumaki, and Moonlight Ruyun to Danzo.
• Danzo ordered Root to investigate Minato's connection to Jiraiya and recheck Moonlight Ruyun's grades, then asked about Yakushi Nonō and the orphanage.

Moonlight Ruyun created a chakra mark on Kushina and excelled at the Ninja Tool Throwing test, while Kushina struggled. Hayato challenged Ruyun after mocking Kushina, leaving the teacher to decide whether to accept the challenge.

• Moonlight Ruyun ate Kushina's lunch and created an invisible chakra mark that let him sense her location.
• Moonlight Ruyun hit seven of eight moving targets during Ninja Tool Throwing practice, while Kushina hit only one.
• Hayato mocked Kushina's poor score, then challenged Moonlight Ruyun in front of the class.
• The teacher asked Hayato whether he was sure he wanted to challenge Moonlight Ruyun.

Jiraiya told Hiruzen Sarutobi that he wanted to teach Minato, Kushina, and Moonlight Ruyun, but Hiruzen refused to let him train Kushina or Ruyun. After watching Ruyun defeat Hayato’s challenge with a Great Fireball Technique, Jiraiya asked who Hiruzen planned to teach the two of them.

• Jiraiya explained that Minato had been reverse-summoned to Mount Myōboku and said Moonlight Ruyun’s words had inspired him to take pupils early.
• Jiraiya asked to teach Minato, Kushina Uzumaki, and Moonlight Ruyun, but Hiruzen Sarutobi told him to focus only on Minato.
• Hiruzen demanded his pipe, and Jiraiya claimed he had thrown it away at Mount Myōboku rather than admit Moonlight Ruyun had it.
• An ANBU reported that Hayato had publicly challenged Moonlight Ruyun, so Hiruzen used a crystal ball to watch the confrontation with Jiraiya.
• Moonlight Ruyun used the Great Fireball Technique against the ground, while Hayato’s jutsu failed and the teacher pulled him out of danger.
• Jiraiya praised Ruyun’s talent and asked Hiruzen who he planned to teach Ruyun and Kushina.

Moonlight Ruyun trained with Might Duy and tried to meet the conditions for refining Duy’s green bodysuit. After meeting Orochimaru at Ichiraku Ramen, Ruyun recognized the girl leaving for school as Yakushi Nonō, drawing Orochimaru’s notice.

• Moonlight Ruyun met Might Duy during an early-morning run and challenged him to a race, but Duy easily outran him.
• Ruyun told Duy he would win their next race, making Duy cry with excitement and possibly fulfilling the bodysuit’s special condition.
• Duy explained that the Ninja Clothing Shop had made his bodysuit, then declined Ruyun’s invitation to breakfast to continue training.
• At Ichiraku Ramen, Orochimaru recognized Ruyun as the boy Jiraiya wanted as his student and spoke with him while they ate.
• Ruyun recognized the girl leaving for school as Yakushi Nonō, and Orochimaru noticed his reaction and repeated her name.

Moonlight Ruyun visited Gekko Naoto in the hospital after his uncle returned from a dangerous mission with his dominant arm severed. Naoto urged Ruyun to find a strong teacher, and Kushina arrived with word that Tsunade wanted to see him.

• Moonlight Ruyun learned that Gekko Naoto had survived a dangerous mission but lost his dominant arm, and Naoto agreed to rest instead of attending Ruyun’s duel with Minato Namikaze.
• Gekko Naoto told Ruyun he wanted him to become strong and proposed asking Hatake Sakumo to take him as a disciple.
• Moonlight Ruyun deferred the idea of becoming Hatake Sakumo’s student until after graduating from the Ninja Academy.
• Kushina Uzumaki visited the hospital with boxed lunches and told Ruyun that Tsunade wanted to see him in her office.
• Gekko Naoto recognized Kushina’s Uzumaki surname and remembered the clan’s history and ties to the Senju Clan.

After Tsunade reported a mission ambush by Kumogakure and Kirigakure ANBU, she urged Hiruzen Sarutobi to establish a medical ninja system, but he refused. Hiruzen named Moonlight Ruyun as her prospective student, and Tsunade offered to take him on if he mastered her reading list within a year.

• Tsunade told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Kumogakure and Kirigakure ANBU had ambushed her team, and they suspected the villages had joined forces.
• Tsunade asked Hiruzen Sarutobi to train more medical ninja, but he said they would not be ready for the coming war.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Tsunade that Mito Uzumaki wanted her to teach Moonlight Ruyun.
• Tsunade apologized to Moonlight Ruyun for his uncle's injury and asked him to become her student.
• Moonlight Ruyun eagerly accepted, and Tsunade gave him a reading list to master within a year as a condition of his training.

Danzo ordered Root to stop watching Minato Namikaze and to approach Moonlight Ruyun, while Ruyun received Might Duy’s old green jumpsuit and refined it into powerful equipment. After equipping it, Ruyun headed to the Ninja Academy for his scheduled fight with Minato.

• Danzo learned that Minato Namikaze had become Jiraiya’s student and ordered Root to withdraw its surveillance of Minato and approach Moonlight Ruyun.
• Might Duy thanked Ruyun for the new green jumpsuit and gave him his old one as a memento.
• Ruyun returned home and successfully refined Might Duy’s Green Jumpsuit, gaining traits that could stun opponents with Konoha Style Taijutsu and strengthen the Eight Gates Formation.
• Ruyun equipped the jumpsuit and headed to the Ninja Academy for his scheduled fight with Minato.

Kushina, Nawaki, Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya gathered at the Ninja Academy to watch Moonlight Ruyun challenge Minato Namikaze. Jiraiya revealed that Minato had summoned Gamabunta on his first attempt, leaving Tsunade worried about Ruyun’s chances.

• Kushina told Nawaki that Ruyun was challenging Minato, and Mito Uzumaki allowed Nawaki to go watch after Tsunade objected.
• Tsunade accompanied Nawaki to the Academy and met Orochimaru and Jiraiya at the training ground.
• Jiraiya explained that he had taken Minato as his student, while Tsunade revealed that Ruyun was her student.
• Jiraiya said Minato had summoned Gamabunta on his first attempt and believed Ruyun could win only if he was a Jinchūriki.
• Tsunade regretted not having Ruyun sign a Summoning Contract with Shikkotsu Forest.

Moonlight Ruyun and Minato Namikaze fought a real-combat sparring match while Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru watched and bet on the winner. Ruyun cut Minato and discovered that Minato’s blood had fulfilled the special condition for refining his kunai.

• Jiraiya proposed a bet on the sparring match, and Tsunade bet on Minato Namikaze while Orochimaru bet on Ruyun.
• Moonlight Ruyun and Minato Namikaze agreed to fight under real-combat rules as their classmates watched.
• Ruyun used his strength and swordsmanship to pressure Minato, who escaped a strike with the Substitution Technique.
• Minato lost focus, and Ruyun cut his arm before retreating and seeing a prompt that his blood fulfilled the kunai’s refining condition.