Chapter Summaries

Yanbai and Orochimaru cleared up the misunderstanding with Uchiha Sumi at an ice cream shop, where Orochimaru privately imagined Yanbai had found a younger lover. After Uchiha Sumi left, Orochimaru asked Yanbai about his agelessness and warned that eternal life meant enduring the loss of everyone he loved.

• At the ice cream shop, Uchiha Sumi struggled to decide what to call Yanbai, while Orochimaru shared his bowl of ice cream with him.
• Orochimaru mistakenly suspected Yanbai planned to replace Madara Uchiha with a younger lover, but Yanbai explained that Madara was staying home to play games in his eyes.
• Orochimaru apologized to Uchiha Sumi for the trouble Yanbai had caused, and Uchiha Sumi said the encounter had been a misunderstanding caused by wariness of spies.
• Yanbai paid the bill, and Uchiha Sumi hurried back to the Konoha Military Police Force to report what had happened.
• As they walked through Konoha, Orochimaru asked Yanbai why he did not age and whether living forever made him suffer the loneliness of watching loved ones die.

Yanbai worried about Orochimaru’s pursuit of immortality, then returned home with Yumemizuki and heard that Madara Uchiha had found the direction of Yanbai’s incarnation in the Dōjutsu World. Madara asked to change characters because his current one was mocked as “the desert shorty,” but Yanbai reassured him that his own incarnation was short too.

• Yanbai reflected on Orochimaru’s plans and recalled making him promise not to experiment on people from the Land of Fire or Konoha Shinobi Village.
• Yumemizuki found Yanbai and complained that home was cold and full of ghosts, so Yanbai carried the cat back to the Underground Palace.
• Madara Uchiha told Yanbai that he had used the information Yanbai gave him to locate the direction of Yanbai’s incarnation in the Dōjutsu World.
• Madara Uchiha asked whether he could play a different character because people called his current character “the desert shorty.”
• Yanbai claimed that his own incarnation was extremely short, and Madara Uchiha accepted the reassurance.

Yanbai visited Orochimaru’s home with roasted pine nuts and startled Tsunade, who mistook him for a romantic rival before learning he was Orochimaru’s mother. The visit ended with Tsunade resuming her argument with Jiraiya over his plan to travel the world.

• Madara Uchiha told Yanbai about exploring the virtual world and rescuing a stranger he later abandoned in the desert.
• Yanbai decided to visit Orochimaru and Tobirama, brought roasted pine nuts, and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to reach Orochimaru’s home.
• Yanbai met Uchiha Sumi outside and learned that Tsunade was angry because Jiraiya had applied for a dangerous job that would take him around the world.
• Tsunade opened the door, but Orochimaru called Yanbai his mother and invited him inside, dispelling her mistaken suspicion about a fiancée.
• Yanbai went farther into the house while Jiraiya defended his desire to travel, and Tsunade shouted that his wallet was too small to go anywhere.

Yanbai visited Orochimaru’s home and healed Tobirama Senju, who refused Yanbai’s offer to care for him in his final days. Tsunade grew suspicious of Yanbai’s identity as she went to see Tobirama, while Tobirama warned Yanbai that Orochimaru needed to take responsibility for his own family.

• Tsunade beat Jiraiya after he gawked at Yanbai, then brought him to the table when Orochimaru invited everyone to eat.
• Jiraiya asked Orochimaru who Yanbai was, and Orochimaru said Yanbai was his mother before Tsunade punched Jiraiya for questioning how his mother could be alive.
• Tsunade recalled how often Orochimaru credited his adoptive mother for the food and other comforts in his life, and she began to suspect Yanbai’s identity as she headed toward Tobirama Senju’s room.
• Yanbai healed Tobirama Senju enough for him to sit up and speak, then offered to take him in and care for him.
• Tobirama Senju refused Yanbai’s offer and insisted Orochimaru should fulfill his own filial duties, warning that Orochimaru’s closeness to Tsunade concerned him.

Tsunade overheard that Yanbai was Orochimaru’s adoptive parent and her Grand-Grandaunt, then was ambushed by a poisoned assassin in the dark hallway. As Tsunade and the others struggled against him, an old man unleashed thorn-covered vines that turned the fight in their favor, while the assassin began summoning Salamander Ibuse.

• Tsunade overheard Tobirama Senju and Yanbai talking and realized Yanbai was her Grand-Grandaunt.
• Tsunade sensed killing intent and dodged a volley of senbon before the assassin attacked her with a poisoned kunai.
• Tsunade retreated toward Tobirama Senju’s room and warned Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Uchiha Sumi about the poison.
• The assassin overwhelmed the teenagers, and Jiraiya was quickly knocked down while Orochimaru and Uchiha Sumi shielded him.
• An old man complained about the noise and filled the area with thorn-covered vines that trapped the assassin.
• The assassin formed hand seals and began summoning Salamander Ibuse.

Yanbai caught Hanzō after he attacked the children in Orochimaru’s home, then refused to hear his explanation and tried to kill him. Hanzō escaped the house in an explosion and attempted to flee underground as Tobirama extinguished the spreading fire and Konoha’s Military Police arrived.

• Yanbai’s Flower of Thorns drained Ibuse, healed the poisoned children with white roses, and bound the masked attacker.
• Uchiha Sumi recognized Yanbai’s Wood Release as the Flower of Thorns while he and Orochimaru carried the unconscious Jiraiya away.
• Yanbai identified the attacker as Hanzō and decided to kill him without hearing his explanation.
• Hanzō broke through a window, used fire release amid the poison gas and explosive tags, and tried to escape underground.
• Tobirama’s water release extinguished the fire, while the Konoha Military Police Force rushed to the scene.

Yanbai used Konoha’s plants to drive Hanzō through the sewers and capture him alive after he tried to flee. At the Konoha Military Police Force headquarters, Yanbai’s identity card stunned the officer taking his statement.

• Yanbai realized Hanzō had likely come to abduct Orochimaru and Tobirama Senju or steal their research, and he sent Konoha’s plants into a frenzy.
• Hanzō fled through the sewers, where Yanbai’s roots chased him through the filth and stripped away his ninja tools.
• Yanbai had the plants drag Hanzō out, wound him, and repeatedly dunk him in the sewers before handing him to the Konoha Military Police Force.
• Yanbai and his family went to the Konoha Military Police Force to give statements, and the officer was stunned after checking Yanbai’s identity card against the records.

Yanbai visited the Konoha Military Police Force, where young Shimura Danzō took his statement and let him request how Hanzō would be treated. After Yanbai asked them to disinfect Hanzō with quicklime, he confronted the prisoner and revealed the secret behind his breathing mask.

• Shimura Danzō questioned Yanbai, then offered to let him see Hanzō and make a request about the prisoner’s treatment.
• Yanbai asked the Konoha Military Police Force not to bathe Hanzō, then suggested they disinfect him with quicklime after learning they had already washed him with Water Release.
• Shimura Danzō ordered his colleagues to apply quicklime to Hanzō, who was left badly burned and covered in white residue.
• Yanbai entered the detention facility without a mask and approached Hanzō while Shimura Danzō and the other officers prepared to record what he said.
• Yanbai revealed that Hanzō had received the Poison Gland of the venomous Black Ibuse, making him resistant to poison but causing poisonous gas to spread whenever he breathed.

Yanbai misled Hanzō and the Konoha Military Police Force with a mix of true details and fabricated claims about Hanzō’s abilities, ambitions, and plans. After returning to Konoha Hospital, Yanbai learned that Tobirama Senju intended to stay there and await death once Orochimaru recovered.

• Yanbai described Hanzō as a poison jinchūriki to Shimura Danzō and the Konoha Military Police Force, who recorded his account.
• Yanbai embarrassed Hanzō by revealing his demigod reputation and accusing him of warmongering and seeking peace through his “Ultimate Freeloading Technique.”
• Yanbai outlined how Hanzō would struggle against Sunagakure, Ōnoki, and the Land of Iron, then mocked his decision to provoke Konoha and Yanbai.
• Yanbai used the Flying Thunder God Technique to return to Tobirama Senju at Konoha Hospital, where Orochimaru and the other children were recovering.
• Tobirama Senju told Yanbai he would remain in the hospital and await death after Orochimaru was out of danger, and Yanbai accepted his decision.

Yanbai returned to Madara Uchiha and helped him manage their two overweight cats before visiting their dying old friends. A few quiet days later, Orochimaru brought news that Tobirama Senju had died, leaving Yanbai and Madara silent.

• Yanbai found Madara Uchiha watching Kagura and Divine Return exchange lazy paw swats, and helped him devise a noodle-based way to make the cats exercise.
• Yanbai told Madara about the previous night’s events, including Hanzō’s humiliating punishment.
• Yanbai took Madara to visit Uchiha Izuna, who was unconscious and being cared for by the Nine-Tails; Madara chose not to have him healed.
• Yanbai and Madara visited Tobirama Senju, who refused further treatment because he did not want to burden Orochimaru.
• After a few uneventful days, Orochimaru arrived and told Yanbai and Madara that Tobirama had died and had asked them not to hold a funeral or grieve too much.

After Tobirama Senju and Izuna died, Yanbai mourned the people around him as immortality left him watching loved ones pass away. Madara Uchiha also died peacefully and departed for Yanbai’s other world, leaving Zetsu suspicious that Yanbai had secretly plotted with him.

• Orochimaru handled Tobirama Senju and Izuna’s remains in secret, while Yanbai grieved their deaths.
• Madara Uchiha wondered aloud whether he had little time left and said he no longer needed to be revived.
• Yanbai reflected that he had treated Madara well so Madara would help him after death, and Madara died peacefully with Yanbai and the cats beside him.
• Yanbai arranged Madara Uchiha’s remains and kept his soul outside the Land of the Dead.
• Zetsu confronted Yanbai about Madara’s death and, after hearing that Madara’s soul might be in Yanbai’s Dōjutsu World, warned him to keep any schemes hidden from Zetsu and Kaguya.

Yanbai explained why Madara Uchiha had to break his seal in another virtual world before Yanbai could escape the Shinobi World. Madara awakened in a powerful role in a world with the Akademiya, while Yanbai remained isolated and learned of Hanzō’s crimes against the Uzumaki Clan.

• Yanbai waited for Madara Uchiha’s progress, knowing he needed Madara to free Yanbai’s incarnation in another virtual world without triggering an alarm.
• Madara Uchiha entered a new body in another world and learned that the Akademiya’s scholars had insulted and helped imprison the person he sought.
• Madara declared that the scholars had now wronged him and implied he would take action against them.
• Yanbai learned from Zetsu and Orochimaru that Konoha’s investigation had exposed Hanzō’s trafficking and murder of Uzumaki Clan members.
• Orochimaru told Yanbai that the Land of Rain had gained a large population of adolescents with mixed Uzumaki ancestry.

Mito Uzumaki visited Yanbai with Kushina and realized he was a man, though his body appeared female. After explaining why she had kept her distance from him, Yanbai listened as Mito revealed her declining health and her plan to entrust Kushina to him, leaving that decision uncertain.

• Mito Uzumaki brought Kushina to Yanbai's Mountain Gate after the Uzumaki Clan sought Konoha's help.
• Yanbai told Mito that he disliked how easily she saw through him, and Mito concluded that he was a man.
• Mito inferred that Yanbai's circumstances had made intimacy and marriage painful for him, and she asked whether she could help.
• Yanbai told Mito to stop making trouble for him, while Mito explained that her health was failing and she had intended to leave Kushina in his care.

Yanbai explained to Mito how he had obtained powers from Hashirama and Madara, while Mito revealed the rising tensions between the nations and asked him to protect Kushina. The chapter ended with Mito facing the awkward problem of entrusting the young girl to Yanbai, who had become an old man.

• Yanbai told Mito that he had healed Hashirama to copy his abilities, then used warmth and Genjutsu to obtain the power he wanted from Madara.
• Mito chose not to challenge Yanbai about his motives and warned him that tensions were rising as Konoha's older generation died and other countries tested its strength.
• Mito said the Daimyo had not responded as conflict intensified among the nations surrounding the Land of Fire.
• Mito explained that the Uzumaki Clan had sent Kushina to her for protection after catching Kirigakure spies, and she asked Yanbai to look after the girl.
• Mito struggled with the dilemma of entrusting Kushina to Yanbai after he had suddenly become an old man.

As tensions rose between Konoha and the other countries, Mito told Yanbai that Kirigakure was gathering intelligence on the Land of Whirlpools and the Uzumaki Clan feared an invasion. Yanbai refused to protect them for free and demanded payment, leaving Mito to deliver his ultimatum.

• Mito explained that Kima Senju was frightened by the growing threat and that the Uzumaki Clan wanted to join a war if one began.
• Mito reported that Kirigakure had sent spies to the Land of Whirlpools for months, and Yanbai reasoned that an invasion would test Konoha's strength.
• Yanbai had Satsuki Cat take the nervous Kushina to the bathroom while he and Mito discussed the Uzumaki Clan's motives for sending her to him.
• Yanbai rejected the idea of protecting the Uzumaki Clan for free and demanded mission payment or the clan's secret jutsu.
• Yanbai warned that he might conquer the Land of Whirlpools himself if the Uzumaki Clan tried to take advantage of him, and Mito agreed to pass on his words.

Yanbai refused to help the Uzumaki Clan as it prepared to face war alone, while Mito kept trying to persuade him to reconsider. After accepting Mito’s kitchen waste processor and discussing the clan’s future, Yanbai contemplated how a joint assault on Konoha might play out and hinted at using giant hogweed against enemy countries.

• The Uzumaki Clan’s new leader condemned Konoha and decided to muster the Land of Whirlpools to face the coming war alone, while Yanbai dismissed the clan’s plight.
• Mito began visiting Yanbai with Kushina and brought him a kitchen waste processor, which Yanbai gleefully tested as a potential corpse shredder.
• Mito told Yanbai that the Uzumaki Clan had begun preparing for war and apologized for continuing to raise the subject.
• Yanbai explained that Mito hoped to preserve family ties as a way to secure help for her descendants, but he saw no reason to assist the Uzumaki Clan.
• Yanbai considered the possibility that other countries would launch a joint assault on Konoha and wondered what giant hogweed could do to their lands, alarming Mito.

The Land of Whirlpools remained untouched as the other nations feared Konoha and Yanbai, until Kumogakure unexpectedly attacked the Land of Fire. Yanbai welcomed the chance to fight, leaving Kima Senju and Mito alarmed about what he would do next.

• Mito told Yanbai that the Uzumaki Clan's leader had prepared the clan for casualties, and Yanbai praised his reasoning while pointing out its flaws.
• A month passed without any nation attacking the Land of Whirlpools, partly because Konoha spread word of Yanbai's defeat of Hanzō and advertised the incident as a warning to other countries.
• The Uzumaki Clan continued training and spread rumors that Princess Senju would avenge the Land of Whirlpools if it were destroyed, further deterring the Four Countries.
• Kumogakure unexpectedly attacked the Land of Fire, and Kima Senju brought the intelligence to Yanbai and asked for his advice.
• Yanbai smiled at the news and welcomed the chance to fight, making Kima Senju tremble as Mito asked what he planned to do.

Yanbai declined to take part in Konoha’s war preparations, preferring to remain a carefree old man, while Orochimaru concealed his research into immortality from Tobirama Senju. The chapter left Orochimaru continuing his secret investigation into Yanbai.

• Yanbai told Mito and Kima Senju that he was too old to take action and did not want to become Konoha’s muscle.
• Kima Senju left to arrange affairs in Konoha and coordinate war preparations with the Land of Fire Daimyo’s Residence.
• Mito took Kushina back to the Senju Clan Compound, and Yanbai returned to the Underground Palace with Satsuki as cold rain began to fall.
• Orochimaru visited Tobirama Senju in the Konoha Research Institute, where Tobirama confronted him about trying to create a child from Yanbai and Madara’s genes.
• Orochimaru apologized and agreed not to use the stored materials, but privately revealed that his true research concerned immortality and Yanbai.

On a rainy night, Orochimaru visited Yanbai and admitted that he had secretly summoned Tobirama Senju and planned to use Yanbai and his father's cells to create an artificial human. Yanbai mistook the plan for research into asexual reproduction, leaving Orochimaru struggling to hide his true pursuit of immortality.

• Yanbai waited beneath the eaves with Satsuki as messenger birds returned through the rain.
• Orochimaru arrived at the Princess Mausoleum and nervously followed Yanbai into the Underground Palace.
• Over tea, Orochimaru accidentally revealed that he had secretly used Impure World Reincarnation to summon Tobirama Senju.
• Orochimaru claimed he had wanted to combine Yanbai's somatic cells with his father's to create an artificial human, and said Tobirama had objected.
• Yanbai assumed Orochimaru was studying asexual reproduction, while Orochimaru feared that admitting his real immortality research would be a trap.

Orochimaru admitted to Yanbai that he was researching immortality and had used Yanbai and Madara’s cells as cover for his experiments on artificially creating a child. Yanbai realized Tobirama had likely put away Orochimaru’s materials to steer him toward the child research, since Tobirama had no interest in immortality.

• Orochimaru confessed to Yanbai that he was researching immortality and had used the child project as a cover, while avoiding experiments on people from Konoha or the Land of Fire.
• Orochimaru explained that he had not dared ask Tobirama about immortality, though Tobirama shared his pragmatic views on medical experiments and had put away the experimental materials.
• Yanbai surmised that Tobirama knew about Orochimaru’s true research but had used the child project to direct him toward creating an artificial child.
• Yanbai pointed out that Orochimaru could use his own cells and Tsunade’s for the child research, and suggested Tobirama would withhold the materials unless Orochimaru told him the truth.