Chapter Summaries

Shisui proposed opening a restaurant in the Uchiha district to bring villagers and Uchiha into contact over good food, and Uchiha Makoto agreed to help with conditions. Shisui took responsibility for organizing the venture, while Makoto began laying out the terms and turned his attention to Obito for his fourth condition.

• Shisui proposed opening a restaurant near Naka Shrine to ease tensions between the Uchiha and other villagers and provide jobs for ordinary clan members.
• Uchiha Makoto weighed the restaurant's benefits and drawbacks, including its potential to improve the Uchiha's reputation and the work and clan resistance it might bring.
• Obito, Guy, and Kakashi reacted enthusiastically, asking for free meals, post-training food, and delivery.
• Uchiha Makoto agreed to provide core recipes and initial staff training, while leaving daily operations to Shisui.
• Uchiha Makoto required Uchiha staff, especially in key kitchen roles, and assigned Shisui responsibility for the location, renovations, security, and accounts.
• Uchiha Makoto turned to Obito as he began stating his fourth condition.

Uchiha Makoto and Shisui established a Uchiha-run Chinese restaurant that grew popular with villagers and began to bridge the divide between the clan and Konoha. During a packed dinner service, Makoto agreed to share his table with an unremarkable middle-aged man whose identity remained unknown.

• Cheng made Obito agree to work at the restaurant three days a week in exchange for meals, while Shisui volunteered to handle other tasks.
• Uchiha Makoto prepared ten adapted Chinese recipes, and Shisui recruited five Uchiha clan members to train as cooks and workers.
• The Uchiha opened a restaurant across from Naka Shrine, and Uchiha Makoto grew more receptive to the idea of it bringing the clan and village together.
• The restaurant became popular across Konoha, drawing civilians, shinobi, and other visitors who came to try its Chinese Cuisine.
• Shisui conscripted Uchiha Makoto to help during a busy dinner service, where Makoto agreed to share his table with a weary, ordinary-looking middle-aged man.

Uchiha Makoto recognized a disguised visitor at his restaurant as a powerful Konoha figure, likely the Hokage, and cautiously endured his probing conversation. After the visitor left, Makoto dismissed the encounter as a test and returned to his routine, which continued peacefully as time passed.

• Uchiha Makoto sensed that the middle-aged man sharing his table was using the Transformation Technique and identified him as an exceptionally powerful expert.
• The man questioned Makoto about the restaurant, its Chinese cuisine, the Uchiha Clan, and the Ninja Academy, while Makoto gave guarded answers.
• The man shared a melancholy story about someone waiting for him at home, then thanked Makoto, praised the food, and said Konoha's future rested on young people like him.
• Makoto suspected the man's sentimental display was part of a test and dismissed him as an old fox after he left.
• Makoto resumed training Nako's team, researching ninja tools, visiting Orochimaru, and building trust with premium customers as time passed.

As Konoha Year 45 approached, Uchiha Makoto’s team had grown capable enough to handle missions mostly on its own while Orochimaru stayed away. Makoto arranged a restaurant-funded B-rank procurement mission for his own team, leaving Kakashi stunned when he received the assignment.

• Uchiha Makoto and Kakashi had become much stronger and more experienced, while Harada Yuichi struggled to keep pace and Orochimaru largely stopped accompanying the team on missions.
• Uchiha Makoto reflected on how long Konoha’s peaceful days might last as Konoha Year 45 approached.
• Uchiha Makoto submitted a B-rank mission request through Uchiha Chinese Cuisine Restaurant to escort its purchasing staff and gather ingredients in the Land of Rivers, specifying his own team.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi recognized that Uchiha Makoto had used the rules to assign himself a restaurant-funded mission and approved the paperwork.
• Kakashi read the mission scroll, objected to the arrangement, learned that Hiruzen Sarutobi had approved it, and reluctantly accepted the assignment for his team.

Uchiha Makoto led a team on a mission to procure restaurant ingredients in the mountains near the Land of Rivers, while using the journey to train Nako, Shun, and Entetsu. Rain, a flash flood, and Kakashi’s objections made the trip difficult, and the three youths’ expected outing became grueling training.

• Uchiha Makoto arranged for Nako, Shun, and Entetsu to join the mission as restaurant employees and logistics personnel.
• Uchiha Makoto, Kakashi, and Harada Yuichi set out with the three youths and restaurant workers to gather supplies in the mountains.
• Rain and a flash flood forced the team onto difficult trails as Uchiha Makoto stopped to identify plants and argue with Kakashi about collecting ingredients.
• Nako, Shun, and Entetsu admired the trust between Uchiha Makoto and Kakashi while Harada Yuichi felt caught between them.
• Uchiha Makoto established a training ground near the Land of Rivers border and put the three youths through intensive practice during their rest stops.

Uchiha Makoto put Nako, Shun, and Entetsu through rigorous, specialized training while secretly helping them grow with Life Return: Modified Version 10.0. As their foundations and combat skills improved, he began considering the Yin Seal.

• Uchiha Makoto trained Nako in chakra control, sensing, evasion, and precise support skills.
• He trained Shun to use Wind Release and Lightning Release efficiently to make his attacks faster and more effective.
• He trained Entetsu in stable Fire Release, chakra control, and resilient close-combat fundamentals.
• Uchiha Makoto secretly taught all three Life Return: Modified Version 10.0, rapidly boosting their chakra reserves and physical and mental strength.
• The three endured grueling drills and ambushes from Shadow Clones, gradually improving their perception, techniques, and combat awareness.
• As their foundations grew stronger, Uchiha Makoto began thinking about the Yin Seal.

Uchiha Makoto considered teaching Nako, Shun, and Entetsu the Yin Seal, but worried about its difficulty and the attention its visible mark would attract. As their intensive training continued, he tested Entetsu’s attacks against his Earth-Style Wall and easily repaired the damage.

• Uchiha Makoto weighed the Yin Seal’s potential to save the three students against the risks of teaching it and exposing their secret, but postponed his decision.
• Uchiha Makoto continued pushing Nako, Shun, and Entetsu through intensive training in the woods.
• At a mountain stream, Uchiha Makoto told Entetsu to attack a rock face with his strongest offensive ninjutsu.
• Entetsu struck Uchiha Makoto’s Earth-Style Wall with Gale Palm and Great Fireball Technique, damaging it but failing to break through.
• Uchiha Makoto repaired the scorched and cracked wall with a finger gesture, leaving Entetsu frustrated and disbelieving.

Uchiha Makoto tested Shun, Nako, and Entetsu’s combat skills, then used their brief break in the Land of Rivers to search for rumors of hidden opportunities and Akatsuki activity. After finding no useful leads, he set out with the three youngsters to investigate an abandoned shrine in the northern mountains.

• Uchiha Makoto showed Entetsu that his strongest attacks could not break through a sand wall and told him to keep practicing.
• Uchiha Makoto sparred with Shun and Nako, assessing their improved speed, defense, and teamwork.
• Kakashi sent word that the purchasing was nearly complete, giving the group three days before their return journey.
• Uchiha Makoto disguised himself and the three youngsters and searched remote parts of the Land of Rivers for rumors, but found no useful information.
• Uchiha Makoto led Nako, Shun, and Entetsu north to investigate an abandoned mountain shrine.

Uchiha Makoto and his team found a strangely well-maintained ancient castle hidden in the Land of Rivers and sensed a powerful presence inside. As they tried to retreat, a masked man attacked them, and Makoto recognized him as Kakuzu.

• Uchiha Makoto led Nako, Shun, and Entetsu through the northern mountains in search of an abandoned shrine.
• Uchiha Makoto sensed traces of unusual energy and guided the team to a massive castle that looked recently maintained.
• Uchiha Makoto detected powerful chakra inside the castle and ordered everyone to withdraw.
• A masked attacker used Wind Release: Pressure Damage to block their escape, and Uchiha Makoto recognized him as Kakuzu.

Uchiha Makoto confronted Kakuzu and chose to prepare a trap rather than flee or accept Kakuzu’s ten-minute head start. The chapter left Nako, Shun, and Entetsu heading out to place Capture Cage triggers while Makoto faced Kakuzu.

• Uchiha Makoto used a powerful Fire Release technique to break through Kakuzu’s Wind Release and lead Nako, Shun, and Entetsu to cover behind a boulder.
• Kakuzu recognized the four as Konoha ninja and gave them ten minutes before he began hunting them.
• Uchiha Makoto activated his Four-Tomoe Sharingan and decided that fleeing or fighting Kakuzu head-on would be too dangerous.
• Uchiha Makoto told Nako, Shun, and Entetsu to plant modified Capture Cage triggers at separate locations around the area.

Uchiha Makoto stayed behind to face Kakuzu while Nako and the other two fled, using Kakuzu’s ten-minute challenge to buy time for a trap. After testing each other with ninjutsu, Makoto launched an explosive ambush, leaving the fight’s outcome uncertain.

• Nako and the other two took the metal spheres and fled in separate directions while Uchiha Makoto remained to cover their escape.
• Kakuzu attacked Uchiha Makoto with a combined wind-and-fire technique, but Makoto used a Water Formation Wall and evasive movement to avoid its worst effects.
• Uchiha Makoto countered with Great Dragon Fire Technique, and Kakuzu used Earth Spear to withstand the blast.
• Uchiha Makoto analyzed Kakuzu’s chakra shifts and noticed a brief delay when he changed to earth release.
• Uchiha Makoto sent a Water Dragon Bullet Technique crashing into the ground around Kakuzu, triggering Explosive Tags from three directions.

Uchiha Makoto exploited Kakuzu’s chakra-switching delay to land the first hit, forcing Kakuzu to reveal Earth Grudge Fear and attack with two masks. Makoto then released Yin-Yang Release, overwhelmed one mask with a punch, and gained a dramatic new burst of speed.

• Uchiha Makoto used a feint to catch Kakuzu during a chakra-nature switch and grazed his ribs with a wind blade.
• Kakuzu revealed Earth Grudge Fear and sent his wind and fire masks to attack Uchiha Makoto from multiple directions.
• Uchiha Makoto released the first stage of Yin-Yang: Dual Extremes Seal and dodged Kakuzu’s coordinated attacks.
• Uchiha Makoto struck the wind mask with a Yin-Yang Release–infused punch, breaking its tendrils and shocking Kakuzu.
• Uchiha Makoto’s power transformed further, letting him move so quickly that he left seven lingering afterimages.

Uchiha Makoto’s newly awakened Yin-Yang Release gave him overwhelming speed and strength, allowing him to overpower Kakuzu and destroy his Wind Release mask. Kakuzu then sent his Lightning Release mask to strike Makoto from behind, while Makoto appeared not to notice the ambush.

• Uchiha Makoto tested his enhanced power and speed against Kakuzu, who was shocked by the sudden change.
• Makoto dodged Kakuzu’s three ninjutsu attacks and shattered his Earth Release-hardened fist with a punch.
• Kakuzu unleashed his Wind Release mask, but Makoto’s Yin-Yang-enhanced Earth Release overwhelmed the wind and destroyed the mask.
• Kakuzu sent his Lightning Release mask around to Makoto’s blind spot and fired a lightning spear at his heart.

Uchiha Makoto overwhelmed Kakuzu by countering his attacks and destroying his masks. After Kirin pierced Kakuzu’s Water Curtain and struck the Water Release mask, Kakuzu was left with only his main body’s Earth Release heart.

• Uchiha Makoto reflected Kakuzu’s Lightning Release spear with the Water Mirror Technique, destroying the Lightning Release mask and its heart.
• Kakuzu and his Fire Release mask attacked Makoto with fire and earth techniques, but Makoto cut through the flames with a concentrated Water Release torrent.
• Makoto crossed the passage through the fire and shattered the Fire Release mask with a kick, destroying Kakuzu’s third heart.
• Kakuzu raised a Water Curtain and summoned an Earth Dragon Bullet while Makoto called down Kirin.
• Makoto’s lightning pierced the Water Curtain and struck the Water Release mask, leaving Kakuzu with only his main body’s Earth Release heart.

Uchiha Makoto defeated and sealed Kakuzu after destroying four of his hearts, then returned with his squad to the rendezvous point where Kakashi was waiting with the Uchiha Chinese Cuisine employees and supplies.

• Uchiha Makoto sealed Kakuzu's gathered chakra and bound him after Kakuzu tried to detonate his remaining power.
• Uchiha Makoto secured Kakuzu with chakra-suppressing chains and ordered Nako, Shun, and Entetsu to collect the battlefield evidence and prepare a Sealing Scroll.
• Nako, Shun, and Entetsu witnessed Makoto's strength and helped seal Kakuzu inside the scroll.
• Uchiha Makoto estimated that defeating Kakuzu had cost him about two months of accumulated yin and yang chakra.
• Uchiha Makoto and his squad left the forest with Kakuzu and later reached the rendezvous point, where Kakashi waited with the employees and supplies.

Uchiha Makoto returned to Konoha with Kakashi and the others after secretly capturing Kakuzu and sealing him in his backpack. He split from Kakashi at the village entrance and headed toward the Uchiha district with Nako, Shun, and Entetsu to handle his personal business.

• Kakashi noticed that Uchiha Makoto and the younger shinobi had returned late, exhausted, and bearing signs of battle, but accepted Makoto's story that they had gotten lost during extra training.
• Kakashi sensed unusual chakra coming from Uchiha Makoto's enlarged backpack, but chose not to question him further as the group set off for Konoha.
• Uchiha Makoto worried that Kakuzu's Earth Grudge Fear might escape the seals and planned to reinforce the containment at his base.
• The group returned to Konoha without incident, and Izumo Kamizuki and Kotetsu Hagane checked their credentials at the gates without detecting Kakuzu.
• Uchiha Makoto asked Kakashi to file the mission report, then left with Nako, Shun, and Entetsu for the Uchiha district while Kakashi and Harada Yuichi went to the Mission Hall.

After returning from the mission, Uchiha Makoto smoothly accepted the Third Hokage’s reprimand for exploiting the mission system. He then headed back to his shop to check on the captured Kakuzu and consider how to use him, only to realize he had miscalculated.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi praised Makoto’s work on the mission, then warned him for posting a mission through his own shop and assigning his team to it.
• Makoto apologized emphatically and promised not to do it again, while privately planning to exploit a different loophole next time.
• After leaving the Hokage’s Office, Makoto invited Kakashi to eat mushroom hot pot and went back to the shop to check on his unusual new captive.
• Makoto found Kakuzu confined in a chakra-suppressing glass cage and admitted that he had miscalculated.

Uchiha Makoto arranged constant guards for Kakuzu while he developed a stronger cage by manifesting improvements from his friends’ suggestions. After a week, he brought the completed black metal cage into the containment room, leaving Kakuzu to wonder what Makoto planned to do with him.

• Uchiha Makoto ordered Nako, Shun, and Entetsu to guard Kakuzu around the clock and activate the room’s emergency restrictions if anything seemed wrong.
• Uchiha Makoto gathered suggestions from Obito, Kakashi, Guy, and Shisui, then used the system to manifest a more advanced cage.
• Kakuzu spent a miserable week confined in the glass cage, trying unsuccessfully to manipulate his guards while plotting how to escape and get revenge.
• Uchiha Makoto entered the containment room with assistants carrying a covered object, then revealed a black metal cage covered in intricate runes.

Uchiha Makoto trapped Kakuzu in a cage that punished attempts to escape, leaving Kakuzu terrified and defeated. Later, Makoto coaxed Kakashi into accompanying him around Konoha to find the latest books.

• Uchiha Makoto moved Kakuzu into the Demon-Sealing Cage: Modified and left him alone.
• Kakuzu tried to escape, but the cage's runes triggered a brutal assault on his mind and chakra.
• After the cage's effects subsided, Kakuzu realized Makoto had prepared it to control uncooperative prisoners and gave up hope of escaping.
• Uchiha Makoto visited Kakashi and persuaded him to come along by promising to find bookstores carrying the newest installments of Ninja Romance Tales.
• Uchiha Makoto and Kakashi walked through Konoha's main street as Makoto greeted villagers and stallholders.

Uchiha Makoto went with Kakashi to buy books and encountered Jiraiya, who scolded him for looking at adult novels. As Jiraiya grew suspicious of Makoto's innocent act, Kakashi claimed responsibility for the purchase.

• Uchiha Makoto and Kakashi visited a discreet bookstore where Makoto selected books and the latest volume of Icha Icha Paradise.
• Jiraiya entered the store and rebuked Makoto for buying what he called unhealthy books.
• Uchiha Makoto acted like a timid, innocent child, surprising Kakashi and making Jiraiya suspicious.
• Jiraiya recognized Makoto as Orochimaru's young Uchiha student and questioned his behavior.
• Kakashi stepped in and told Jiraiya that he had brought Makoto and was the one buying the books.