Chapter Summaries

Xuandou accepted a fifty-million-ryō mission to capture Hidan alive and sent Shisui to the Land of Hot Water with instructions on countering Hidan’s abilities. After picking Mikoto up from her home, Xuandou went with her to collect Kushina and her newborn son Naruto from the hospital, where he was left alone with Kushina and remembered the Slave Mark he had placed on her.

• A retainer from the Land of Hot Water offered the Uchiha a fifty-million-ryō S-rank mission to deal with Hidan, whose killings were hurting the country’s hot-spring economy.
• Xuandou assigned Shisui to capture Hidan alive, warning him about Hidan’s immortality and blood-based curse ritual.
• Mikoto arrived to take Xuandou to the hospital, and Xuandou delayed their departure by pulling her into bed while Pakura stood at the doorway.
• Xuandou and Mikoto reached the hospital, where Kushina held her sleeping newborn son, Naruto.
• Mikoto hurried out to handle Kushina’s discharge paperwork, leaving Xuandou alone with Kushina as he remembered her Slave Mark.

After Kushina left the hospital with Naruto, Hiruzen told her that her home and family assets had been lost or taken for Konoha’s reconstruction. Xuandou challenged Hiruzen over the confiscation, and Hiruzen defended it by blaming Minato for the Nine-Tails’ Catastrophe.

• Kushina thanked Xuandou for sealing the Nine-Tails, and he claimed he had invented the unusual seal himself.
• A masked silver-haired ninja escorted Kushina, Mikoto, and Xuandou to the Hokage’s Office after her discharge.
• Hiruzen told Kushina that the catastrophe had destroyed her home and that nothing had been recovered from it.
• Hiruzen admitted he had used Minato’s account assets, including Kushina’s inheritance from Mito, to fund Konoha’s reconstruction and offered them an apartment instead.
• Xuandou objected that Hiruzen should contribute his own wealth, and Hiruzen retorted that Minato bore responsibility for the catastrophe as Fourth Hokage.

Xuandou challenged Hiruzen over Minato’s death, Kushina’s finances, and her shabby new home, while Hiruzen clashed with Danzo over the Military Police Force’s treatment of civilians. After seeing the filthy apartment assigned to Kushina, Xuandou invited her and Naruto to live at his house.

• Xuandou accused Hiruzen and Konoha’s high command of ignoring his warning about an attack during Kushina’s childbirth, then criticized them for taking Minato’s assets and offering Kushina only fifty thousand ryo a month.
• Kushina urged Xuandou to let the matter go, and Hiruzen dismissed his criticism before sending Kushina and Naruto to Apartment Building 12, Room 304.
• Hiruzen warned Danzo to stop the Military Police Force from mistreating civilians, but Danzo defied him and left the Hokage’s Office.
• Kushina, Mikoto, and Xuandou found the assigned apartment filthy and rundown, and Mikoto questioned how Hiruzen could have placed Kushina there.
• Xuandou offered to let Kushina and Naruto live in one of his spare rooms.

Xuandou helped Kushina move into an Uchiha apartment and gave her money to settle in. That night, he used the live feed to watch her caring for Naruto, then followed her as she went to the bathroom.

• Xuandou offered Kushina a vacant apartment in the Uchiha Clan Compound, and she agreed to see it.
• Kushina admired the furnished apartment and accepted Xuandou's offer to live there.
• Xuandou lent Kushina five hundred thousand ryō and asked Mikoto to take her shopping.
• That night, Xuandou activated the apartment's live feed and watched Kushina feed Naruto and put him to sleep.
• Kushina heard other residents through the walls, grew restless, and walked toward the bathroom as Xuandou watched.

Xuandou received the captured Hidan and negotiated a lucrative long-term escort contract with the Land of Hot Water, planning to use the assignment to gather intelligence. He then asked Hidan to join his side and target Shimura Danzō.

• Itachi and Shisui brought the captured Hidan to Xuandou, while the Land of Hot Water's retainer praised the Uchiha and proposed a long-term escort contract.
• Xuandou negotiated a fee of thirty million ryō per Anbu member per year for guarding visiting Daimyō and nobles.
• Xuandou told Shisui to select ten Anbu members for the escort mission and secretly gather intelligence from their clients.
• Xuandou told Hidan he wanted him to join their side, then named Shimura Danzō as his target.

Xuandou failed to make Hidan cooperate, then helped a bereaved Uchiha inherit his father’s Sharingan and awaken a second tomoe. The Uchiha reached A-Rank prosperity, unlocking a Ninja Academy and Training Ground, while Xuandou used repeated lottery rewinds to win the Yamanaka Clan’s mental secret techniques and decided to keep drawing.

• Xuandou ordered Shisui to seal away Hidan after Hidan refused to help kill Danzo.
• In Konoha year 56, Xuandou transferred a dead Uchiha’s one-tomoe Sharingan to his son, whose grief and hatred awakened a second tomoe.
• The system announced that Uchiha prosperity had reached A-Rank, with a population of 4,521 and 2,305 ninja, and unlocked a Ninja Academy and Training Ground.
• Xuandou gave Pakura the blueprints and told her to have Goumu Yanō build the two new clan facilities.
• Xuandou rewound repeated lottery draws until he received the S-rank Yamanaka Clan Mental Secret Techniques, including mind-control, mind-reading, and communication jutsu.
• After absorbing the techniques, Xuandou wondered whether he could obtain the Akimichi Clan’s Multi-Size Technique and told the system to keep drawing.

Xuandou sought Orochimaru’s help after the system tasked him with having a child, and learned his unusually strong Yin Release Chakra was preventing conception. He offered Orochimaru information about Kakuzu’s immortality and asked for Anko in exchange.

• Xuandou won an S-rank Mangekyō Dōjutsu Copy Card and received a quest to have his first child.
• Xuandou traveled to Orochimaru’s laboratory with Manda and asked him to investigate his infertility.
• Orochimaru discovered that Xuandou’s excessive Yin Release Chakra had altered his sperm cells and explained two possible ways to overcome the problem.
• Xuandou told Orochimaru that Kakuzu had survived since Hashirama Senju’s era and was now a bounty hunter from Takigakure.
• Xuandou offered further information about Kakuzu’s immortality in exchange for Anko, and Orochimaru asked what he wanted.

Xuandou traded information about Kakuzu’s forbidden technique to Orochimaru in exchange for Anko, then brought her to Konoha and offered her a place with him. Anko chose to stay with Xuandou rather than return to the village, and he took her to his private hot spring to help her bathe.

• Orochimaru gave Xuandou Anko and a scroll explaining how to control her Cursed Seal after Xuandou described Kakuzu’s Earth Grudge Fear technique.
• Xuandou stopped Orochimaru from erasing Anko’s memories and left with her for Konoha’s Forest of Death.
• Anko refused to return to Konoha, fearing the village would arrest and interrogate her, and asked to stay with Xuandou.
• Anko told Xuandou she wanted to be his woman because she believed his strength made Orochimaru wary of him.
• Xuandou took Anko through Konoha’s barrier to his home and led her to his private hot spring to bathe.
• Anko jumped into the hot spring to evade Xuandou, but he caught her ankle and said he only wanted to help her bathe.

Xuandou gained water-attribute chakra and created a new medical ninjutsu before overseeing the completed Uchiha Ninja Academy. He appointed its staff and then went to invite Kushina to teach, hoping to move their relationship beyond friendship.

• At the dango shop, Xuandou claimed an A-Rank Family Chest and gained Water-Attribute Chakra Nature Mastery.
• Xuandou used an A-Rank Ninjutsu Random Creation Card to create Yin Healing: Acupoint-Passing Finger, a technique that improved chakra circulation.
• A month later, Xuandou inspected the completed Ninja Academy in the Uchiha Clan Compound and appointed Uchiha Somen as principal.
• Xuandou assigned veteran ninja as teachers, with Kurenai teaching basic Genjutsu and Anko teaching introductory Taijutsu.
• Xuandou decided to invite Kushina Uzumaki to teach at the academy and went to her home, hoping to break through the unspoken barrier between them.

Xuandou rescued Naruto from villagers’ children who were bullying him and learned that Naruto suffered abuse because the village feared Kushina and did not know he was Minato’s son. After Kushina explained the Third’s secrecy order, Xuandou said he had something to tell her.

• Xuandou found several children throwing stones at Naruto and drove them away, then confronted the villagers who defended the bullying.
• Naruto clung to Xuandou and cried, and Xuandou reassured him before carrying him home to Kushina.
• Kushina saw Naruto’s injuries, held him close, and sent him to wash and change before they spoke with Xuandou.
• Kushina told Xuandou that Naruto was bullied every few days and hid his injuries so she would not worry.
• Kushina explained that the Third had forbidden her from revealing Naruto was Minato’s son, while villagers’ fear and hatred of her as a Jinchuriki fell on Naruto.
• Xuandou told Kushina she should not have to bear everything alone and said he had come to tell her something.

Xuandou took Kushina and Naruto to Ichiraku, then offered Naruto a place at the Uchiha Ninja Academy and Kushina a teaching job. Kushina agreed to both, while a Root agent reported their meeting to Danzo.

• Xuandou took Kushina and Naruto to Ichiraku, where Teuchi warmly served Naruto ramen.
• On their walk home, Xuandou offered Naruto a place at the Uchiha Ninja Academy and invited Kushina to teach there for a monthly salary of three hundred thousand ryo.
• Naruto eagerly agreed to attend, and Kushina accepted both the school place for him and the teaching job for herself.
• After Kushina took Naruto inside, Naruto asked whether she liked Xuandou and suggested that he become his father.
• A dark figure went to the Root Base and told Danzo that Uchiha Xuantou had contacted the Jinchūriki again.

Naruto began attending the Uchiha Clan’s new Ninja Academy, where his classmates welcomed him with curiosity rather than hostility. While Naruto met the aloof Sasuke, Xuandou confessed his desire to marry Kushina and be Naruto’s father, then kissed her and began pursuing her in his office.

• Kushina brought Naruto to the Uchiha Clan Compound, where Xuandou introduced him to his teacher, Shizuka Uchiha.
• Shizuka presented Naruto to first-year Class One, whose students reacted to him with curiosity instead of rejection.
• Naruto approached the indifferent Sasuke and tried to get his attention.
• Xuandou and Kushina watched Naruto’s introduction before Xuandou led Kushina to his office.
• Xuandou told Kushina he wanted to be Naruto’s father and her husband, then kissed and embraced her.
• When Xuandou pushed Kushina onto the desk, she protested that they were in an office where someone might see them.

Xuandou took Kushina to a private hot spring and used his newly invented medical ninjutsu to clear her chakra points, easing her fatigue and old injuries. Afterward, Kushina turned the tables and approached him, ready to get back at him for teasing her.

• Xuandou led Kushina to a secluded indoor hot spring after she insisted they go somewhere else.
• Kushina changed into a swimsuit, and Xuandou claimed his new medical ninjutsu could ease her physical fatigue.
• Xuandou used Yin Healing: Acupoint-Passing Finger to stimulate Kushina’s chakra pathways and help heal her hidden injuries.
• Kushina admitted that the treatment felt good and left her relaxed, with her yang release chakra flowing more easily.
• Kushina pressed Xuandou onto the pool’s edge and approached him, saying she would show him what she could do.

Konoha’s leaders discussed the Uchiha’s growing influence and approved Danzo’s plan to move against them, while Xuandou earned an S-rank reward and received a powerful new ninja tool. The chapter left Xuandou examining five rings that could seal and control an enemy.

• Mitokado Homura, Utatane Koharu, and Danzo warned that the Uchiha’s Mission Hall and Ninja Academy were expanding the clan’s wealth and strength.
• Inoichi Yamanaka suggested negotiating with the Uchiha, but Danzo proposed arresting Uchiha Xuantou and eliminating the clan.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned Danzo to handle the matter, warning him not to provoke an outright rebellion.
• Xuandou received an S-rank Clan Treasure Chest after meeting its objective and learned the Nara Clan’s secret shadow techniques.
• Xuandou used a Random Ninja Tool Creation Card and received five rings that could seal and control an enemy.

Xuandou arranged for Kushina and Naruto to move into a nearby house, where Kushina began making a home for them. After several days of settling in, Xuandou visited Kushina and proposed that they have another child.

• At the hot springs, Xuandou asked Kushina and Naruto to move into the Uchiha Clan Compound and offered them a free three-bedroom house with a yard.
• Kushina picked Naruto up from the Ninja Academy, heard about his first day and his meeting with Sasuke Uchiha, and greeted Itachi.
• Xuandou bought a detached house near the school and sent Uchiha Anbu to help Kushina move in and furnish it.
• Kushina planned flowers and vegetables for the yard and looked forward to making the house a home for herself and Naruto.
• Several days later, Xuandou embraced Kushina on the bed and suggested they give Naruto a little brother.

Xuandou learned that Kushina was pregnant, then set out with Kurenai to rescue her father, Yuhi Shinku, who had been captured during a mission in Amegakure. He suspected Konan was responsible and planned to use Kotoamatsukami if he encountered her.

• Xuandou received a system notification that Kushina was pregnant, and he resolved to protect her during the pregnancy.
• Xuandou, Kushina, and Naruto ate ramen at Ichiraku before Xuandou went to the Mission Hall.
• Kurenai told Xuandou that Yuhi Shinku and three other squad members had been captured after completing an intelligence mission in Amegakure.
• Xuandou agreed to help Kurenai rescue Shinku and left for the Land of Rain with her.
• Xuandou planned to use Kotoamatsukami to control Konan if he encountered her.

Xuandou infiltrated Amegakure by posing as an Akatsuki informant and located the organization’s hidden underground base. He found Yuhi Shinku alive in a cell, where Konan was interrogating captured Konoha ninjas.

• Xuandou hid Kurenai in Yomotsu Space and went alone to Amegakure to find someone monitoring Hanzō.
• Xuandou identified a suspicious peddler, took control of him, read his memories, and learned he was Sōsuke, an Akatsuki informant.
• Xuandou killed Sōsuke, concealed the body in Yomotsu Space, and transformed himself into Sōsuke.
• Xuandou used Sōsuke’s memories to enter Akatsuki’s underground base and persuaded the guards to let him pass by claiming he had urgent intelligence for Lady Angel.
• Xuandou reached the third underground level and found Yuhi Shinku and three other Konoha ninjas bound in a cell, with Konan interrogating them.

Xuandou attacked Konan to capture her, but their battle was interrupted by her attempt to threaten his comrades. In Konoha, Danzo persuaded Hiruzen to lure Kushina into a trap and use her to pressure Xuandou.

• Xuandou approached Konan under the guise of reporting intelligence, but she attacked him with explosive paper and raised the alarm.
• Xuandou used genjutsu, Susanoo, and Yomotsu to pursue Konan, but the Konans he seized were Paper Clones.
• When the real Konan moved to attack the bound Konoha ninjas, Xuandou appeared behind her and trapped her with the Five Binding Yin-Control Rings.
• Danzo told Hiruzen that Xuandou had bought Kushina a home and enrolled Naruto Uzumaki in Uchiha's Ninja Academy, then proposed using Kushina to pressure Xuandou.
• Hiruzen agreed to summon Kushina and have her restrained with Sealing Jutsu so she could be used against Xuandou.

Xuandou escaped the Akatsuki base after discovering that the Konan he had restrained was a Paper Clone, then reported his abilities to Nagato and the Masked Man. Back in Konoha, Uchiha Itachi confronted three Anbu at the Uchiha compound and was struck by their leader’s Wind Blade.

• Konan’s Paper Clone scattered into sheets, and Xuandou took the four captured Konoha ninja into Yomotsu Space before escaping with space-time ninjutsu.
• Konan reported Xuandou’s abilities to Nagato and the Masked Man, who learned that he was Uchiha Xuantou and decided to prioritize overthrowing Hanzō.
• Nagato detected Xuandou on the outskirts of Amegakure, where Xuandou used a Flying Thunder God mark to return to Konoha.
• Three Anbu approached the Uchiha compound, but Itachi stopped them and said the Clan Head had forbidden outsiders from entering.
• The Anbu leader attacked Itachi with Wind Release: Wind Blade, piercing his body as the two other Anbu stood ready to support.

Itachi killed three Anbu at the entrance to the Uchiha Clan Compound, then rushed to Kushina’s home after an explosion revealed Danzo and Root trying to take her. Xuandou arrived as Shisui defended the courtyard, and a system quest presented him with choices for dealing with Danzo.

• Itachi saw through an Anbu captain’s genjutsu, killed him and two other Anbu, and confirmed their deaths.
• An explosion destroyed part of Kushina’s courtyard wall, where Shisui and four Uchiha Anbu faced Danzo and his Root ninja.
• Danzo claimed he had come on the Hokage’s orders to summon Kushina, but she refused to go with him.
• Danzo ordered Root to attack, and Shisui used Susanoo to shield the courtyard entrance from their ninjutsu.
• Xuandou arrived by Flying Thunder God and confronted Danzo as a system quest offered rewards for repelling, wounding, or killing him.