Recaps

After returning to Konoha, Liumu brought Han from the Time House and settled her into his home. Tsunade’s troubled expression left him wondering what had happened in the village, while Han struggled with her new surroundings and ended the night beside him.

• After three months on the road, Liumu and the others returned to the Land of Fire, and Orochimaru parted ways with them.
• Liumu went alone to bring Han from the Time House, then walked with her toward Konoha and comforted her when she admitted she was scared.
• Liumu settled Han into his home and went to the Hokage Office, where Tsunade gave him his mission payment and urged him to rest without explaining her troubled expression.
• Liumu returned home, found Han had cleaned the house, and cooked dinner for them.
• Han crawled under Liumu’s covers because she was scared, and he comforted her before she told him his arm was pinning down her hair.

Liumu used his Summoning Scroll in the Time House and received a Heavenly Fox template, but Taotie’s Devouring consumed it and turned its powers into two immortal skills. Still sleepless, Liumu spotted several figures moving across the rooftops outside and went to investigate.

• Liumu entered the Time House to draw the Summoning Scroll he had chosen for Han’s hidden quest.
• A human-form Heavenly Fox emerged, and Liumu read that the ancient beast could beguile people and see through confusion.
• Taotie’s Devouring activated without Liumu’s permission and consumed the Heavenly Fox template, upgrading itself with Heavenly Fox Eyes and Heavenly Fox Heart.
• Liumu lamented losing the template but realized the new skills covered his weakness in Genjutsu.
• Liumu noticed several dark figures crossing the rooftops and went to the window to look after them.

Liumu found Kakashi mourning Hatake Sakumo and tried to comfort him as he questioned his father’s choices. After Kakashi left, Liumu decided to force broader changes in Konoha, then returned home and promised Han they would fight a boss.

• Liumu arrived at the Hatake Clan residence, saw the gathering around Hatake Sakumo’s portrait, and asked where Kakashi was.
• Liumu found Kakashi at Hokage Rock with a broken sword and an ANBU mask, and sat with him through the night.
• Kakashi asked why his father had made his choices, and Liumu said he believed human lives came before missions and that people should not surrender their ability to choose.
• Kakashi left after saying Liumu would make a good teammate, while Liumu resolved to turn the world upside down and clear the way for change.
• Liumu returned home, reassured Han, and told her they would fight a boss after breakfast.

Liumu nearly confronted the people in the Hokage Office over the treatment of Kakashi and the Hatake Clan, but Jiraiya stopped him and promised that the mistake would be corrected. While Liumu waited for the Hokage Office’s decision, Jiraiya taught him the Rasengan and asked to travel with him again after the matter was settled.

• Jiraiya stopped Liumu and Han outside the Hokage Office and questioned what Liumu hoped to accomplish by going inside.
• Liumu challenged Jiraiya’s defense of Konoha’s rules, and Jiraiya said mistakes would be corrected and anything that could not be corrected would be removed.
• Liumu waited at home for the Hokage Office’s decision about Hatake Sakumo’s situation while Jiraiya offered to teach him a new ninjutsu.
• At the Valley of the End, Jiraiya demonstrated the A-rank Rasengan, and Liumu reminded him that he had awakened a Kekkei Genkai.
• Jiraiya said Tsunade had told him about Liumu’s experiences in Kirigakure, then asked Liumu to travel with him after the matter was over.

Danzo tried to recruit Liumu into Root, but Liumu rejected him and challenged his guards to fight outside the village. One guard trapped Liumu in genjutsu, only for Liumu to turn the illusion against him while the other guard tried to break it.

• Danzo approached Liumu and offered him a place in Root, praising his talent and abilities.
• Liumu refused Danzo’s offer, accused him of wanting Root to serve his own bidding, and challenged Danzo’s guards to an exchange outside the village.
• In the forest, one of Danzo’s guards used genjutsu to make Liumu appear trapped and struck him with a sword.
• Liumu turned the genjutsu back on the black-haired guard, who collapsed laughing as he was pinned and tickled by an illusion.
• The second guard recognized the genjutsu and called out, "Release!"

Liumu defeated Danzo’s two subordinates with illusions, then fought Danzo using Light Release and overcame his attacks. The chapter ended with Liumu walking home with Han, who asked why Danzo had behaved so strangely after being caught in Liumu’s final illusion.

• Liumu trapped the black-haired man in a tickling illusion and defeated the Short Man with his Heavenly Fox Eyes.
• Danzo challenged Liumu after watching him defeat his subordinates, and Liumu warned him about a seductive genjutsu.
• Danzo attacked Liumu with Wind Release: Vacuum Wave, but Liumu regenerated after being cut in half.
• Liumu turned into specks of light, passed through Danzo’s attacks, and hit him with a genjutsu-like Sexy Jutsu.
• Han asked why Danzo had acted strangely, and Liumu explained that the illusion had shown him alluring young women.

Liumu treated Han’s fever, then asked Jiraiya about learning the Multi Shadow Clone technique and secretly entered Konoha’s Scroll of Seals to copy its contents. After returning home, he planned to travel with Han and Jiraiya once the current matter was settled, while Han came to find him in the kitchen.

• Liumu noticed Han was feverish, gave her medicine, and told her to rest.
• Liumu asked Jiraiya to help him learn the Multi Shadow Clone from the Scroll of Seals, and Jiraiya realized he was being drawn into the plan.
• Liumu slipped into the building holding the Scroll of Seals and spent nearly half an hour copying techniques that interested him.
• Liumu returned home, checked on Han, and began making her porridge while thinking about taking her on his travels.
• Han called to Liumu and appeared in the kitchen doorway, and he told her to put on another layer and return to bed.

Liumu and Han shared a warm evening as a storm began, then returned to the Time House to train. Liumu quickly learned Multi Shadow Clone and created a convincing transformed clone, leaving him pleased with his new possibilities.

• Han hugged Liumu, then explained that she had come to bring in the laundry before the rain.
• Liumu hurried outside as the storm broke, retrieved the clothes, and folded them with Han’s small garment among them.
• Liumu and Han agreed to travel together, then went to the Time House to train; Han chose to study Medical Ninjutsu.
• Liumu learned Multi Shadow Clone with ease and realized the Kizaru template had greatly improved his talent for ninjutsu.
• Liumu experimented with a transformation, creating a clone that looked exactly like a woman he remembered from screens.

After waking from an eight-day sleep, Liumu learned that Danzo had been pressuring Jiraiya and sending Root agents to watch his home. Liumu lured twenty-four Root members into the Village Protection Forest and surrounded them with thousands of clones, preparing to fight.

• Liumu and Han emerged from the Time House, then collapsed into bed and slept for eight days.
• Danzo criticized Jiraiya at a village council meeting, and Jiraiya refused Hiruzen Sarutobi's offer of an elite Jonin post.
• Liumu woke, cheered Jiraiya up with Harem Jutsu, and learned that Root had been watching his house because he had refused Danzo's offer to join Root.
• Liumu left Konoha that evening and led twenty-four Root members into the Village Protection Forest.
• Liumu summoned thousands of clones around the Root members and announced that they would fight.

As Liumu worried over Kakashi’s isolation and agreed to assess a newly formed genin squad, Jiraiya arranged for him to test Yuhi Shinku’s team. Liumu began the assessment with a test based on cooperation and deception, leaving the three genin to figure out how to pass before sunset.

• Liumu visited the Hatake Clan several times but could not find Kakashi, who had withdrawn into ANBU after his father’s disgrace.
• Jiraiya told Liumu that the Third wanted him to lead a squad, but Liumu refused and agreed instead to help Yuhi Shinku assess a genin team.
• Three days later, Liumu watched the three genin at the Training Ground as they discussed the young chunin assigned to assess them.
• Liumu introduced himself and explained that the three would join Yuhi Shinku’s squad only if they passed his assessment.
• Liumu told the genin that one of them would learn the test’s correct answer and that they could use any means to deceive each other or obtain information before sunset.

Liumu’s test pushed Hechi, Xiaojin, and Matsushita into suspecting and attacking one another over a nonexistent answer. As sunset neared and Liumu prepared to announce the results, a strange scene unfolded on the Training Ground.

• Liumu watched the three Genin accuse one another and test their trust, though he had given none of them an answer.
• Hechi used Water Release: Water Formation Wall and attacked Xiaojin and Matsushita to force the answer from them.
• Matsushita broke through the water wall with Fire Release: Fireball Technique and urged Xiaojin to help him defeat Hechi.
• Hechi and Matsushita then suspected Xiaojin, leaving all three in a standoff as the deadline approached.
• Liumu decided the test had lost its meaning after the rift formed, but a strange scene appeared on the Training Ground before he could announce the results.

Hechi, Xiaojin, and Matsushita realized Liumu’s test had no real answer, reconciled, and learned they had passed. After the three left, Kakashi told Liumu that the Third Hokage had apologized before Hatake Sakumo’s spirit, and asked him to leave the matter behind.

• Hechi apologized for attacking Xiaojin and Matsushita, and Matsushita apologized for doubting him.
• Xiaojin and Matsushita revealed that they had guessed the test’s answer was a trick and punched Hechi for not realizing it sooner.
• Hechi said the test had shown them how dangerous a rift in their team could be, and the three accepted their mistakes.
• Liumu told them they had passed and that Jonin Yuhi Shinku would train them in three days.
• After the team left, Kakashi told Liumu that the Third Hokage had bowed before Hatake Sakumo’s spirit and intended to step down, but two daimyo in the clan had stopped him.
• Kakashi asked Liumu to leave the matter behind, saying Hatake Sakumo would not want his death to bring blame upon others.

Kakashi’s birthday present led Liumu to learn that his friends knew his birthday, and Jiraiya organized an unwanted party that Liumu escaped. He returned home to find Han, Rin, Tsunade, Suiguang, and the others celebrating with him.

• Kakashi gave Liumu a framed class photo for his upcoming sixth birthday, and Han told him she had already prepared a present of her own.
• Liumu learned that Yuhi Shinku had found his birthday in his records and told Jiraiya, who arranged a surprise party at Liumu’s home.
• Jiraiya gathered guests and tried to surprise Liumu with cake, but Liumu dodged it with Light Release and escaped to Hokage Rock.
• Liumu returned home in the evening and found Rin, his classmates, Tsunade, Suiguang, and others waiting to celebrate his birthday.
• Tsunade pulled Liumu into her arms while Jiraiya watched with a bruised face.

Liumu celebrated his birthday with friends while Tsunade tried to persuade Jiraiya to let her take him in. After the party, Liumu opened his gifts with Han and passed off Jiraiya’s risqué book as a Taijutsu manual.

• Liumu celebrated his birthday with his classmates and playfully smeared cake cream on Han’s face.
• Tsunade scolded Jiraiya for inviting women to Liumu’s home and asked him to let her have Liumu as her student, but Jiraiya refused.
• After the guests left, Liumu helped the drunk Tsunade to bed and thanked Han for gathering his old friends for the party.
• Liumu opened his gifts with Han and complained about receiving a Watermelon Rind Set and a large amount of toilet paper.
• Liumu found Jiraiya’s Make-Out Heaven and told Han its unclothed scenes were meant to teach the details of Taijutsu.

At the market, Minato took Liumu to a grassland and challenged him to a spar, where Liumu revealed his abilities and unleashed an enormous Rasengan. Minato then asked Liumu to stay and help with a difficult mission, leaving Liumu wondering what mission could be coming.

• Liumu went shopping to prepare a meal for Han before he departed, and Minato appeared and took him to a grassland using Flying Thunder God.
• Minato attacked Liumu with a Rasengan, and Liumu formed one of his own and matched the strike.
• Minato used a Tri-pronged Kunai and Flying Thunder God to attack, but Liumu's Kizaru Template and Taotie's power let him withstand and absorb the Rasengan.
• Liumu formed an enormous Rasengan and threw it at Minato, demonstrating its destructive power.
• Minato told Liumu that the Third Hokage wanted him to stay, then asked for his help on a difficult mission; Liumu refused at first and wondered what mission Minato meant.

Liumu agreed to help Minato with the mission to the Ancient Kingdom of Roran while insisting on traveling with Jiraiya and Han, and devised a way for Minato to summon one of his clones when needed. As the group set out, Liumu wondered why Konoha was interested in Roran and learned that his clone in the Land of Rain had dispersed, completing the first step of his plan.

• Liumu agreed to assist Minato on the Roran mission but refused to stay in Konoha, then explained that Minato could summon his clone through Mount Myōboku when needed.
• Liumu switched to the Saitama template, created several shadow clones, and sent them in different directions while Han washed the dishes.
• Several days later, Liumu, Jiraiya, and Han left Konoha, while Minato reported Liumu's plan to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who approved the mission and stressed Liumu's exceptional strength.
• During the journey, Liumu recalled Roran's Ryūmyaku and questioned why Konoha had learned about it, while considering how his presence might change the future.
• Liumu learned that the clone he had sent to the Land of Rain had dispersed, marking the completion of the first step in his ambition.

Liumu escaped Mount Myōboku through Minato’s Reverse Summoning Technique, which sent him into a desert near the Ancient City of Rōran. He found Sara and discovered that the city’s apparent citizens were humanoid puppets, while Sara was being presented as its new queen.

• Sage Shima and Fukasaku urged Liumu to eat insects at Mount Myōboku, but Minato’s Reverse Summoning Technique abruptly whisked him away.
• Liumu landed headfirst in a desert, realized Minato was nowhere nearby, and followed a song toward the Ancient City of Rōran.
• Liumu found Sara singing in an abandoned well, but she fled into a stone chamber and sealed its entrance when she noticed him.
• Liumu recalled that Mukade had become Anrokuzan and suspected Anrokuzan was the target of Minato’s mission.
• Liumu watched Sara appear as Rōran’s new queen during a celebration, then noticed that the nearby citizens were humanoid puppets.

After Liumu saved Sara from a collapsing platform, he revealed that the cheering subjects were puppets, leaving her to confront the deception surrounding Rōran. Sara learned that people had been taken in her name and went to investigate, but the Queen’s Main Hall attacked her.

• Liumu rescued Sara from the falling platform, and she slapped him before realizing he had saved her.
• Liumu exposed the people in the square as puppets, and Sara recognized that Rōran’s apparent subjects were not real.
• Sara decided to confront Anrokuzan, whom she suspected of controlling the puppets, and entered the underground passages.
• A group of Rōran residents told Sara that soldiers had taken their family members in her name, and Sara promised to investigate.
• Sara reached the Queen’s Main Hall, where mechanical sounds and flashing weapons struck as Liumu warned her to watch out.

Liumu and Sara faced Anrokuzan, who used the Ryūmyaku to restore his puppets and body. After Minato and Chōza arrived and failed to defeat him, Sara revealed she alone could control the Ryūmyaku’s mechanism, and Liumu was told to take her there.

• Liumu recognized Anrokuzan as Mukade and destroyed his puppets, but the Ryūmyaku restored them.
• Liumu told Sara to escape while he confronted Anrokuzan, but Minato and other Konoha ninja arrived to help.
• Minato’s Rasengan was absorbed by Anrokuzan, and Chōza’s giant attack shattered much of his puppet body.
• The Ryūmyaku rapidly restored Anrokuzan, who declared himself the true king of Rōran.
• Sara explained that she alone could control the Ryūmyaku’s mechanism, and Liumu was ordered to take her there safely.

Sara and Liumu discovered Anrokuzan’s puppet factory beneath Rōran and tried to stop him by sealing the Ryūmyaku. When Anrokuzan’s altered seal foiled Sara and his Mukade Puppet attacked, Sara helped the enslaved people escape, and they joined her in forcing open a concealed door.

• Liumu and Sara found Anrokuzan’s puppet factory, where Rōran’s people were being forced to extract the Ryūmyaku’s energy.
• Sara reached the Ryūmyaku Key and tried to seal it with her blood, but Anrokuzan revealed that he had altered the seal.
• Anrokuzan burst into the factory in his Mukade Puppet as Minato and the others joined Liumu and Sara.
• Minato and Liumu prepared enormous Rasengan while Sara freed the workers and tried to open a concealed door.
• Sara’s people rallied around her and helped push the door mechanism until the first part sank into the wall.

Liumu and Minato combined their Rasengan and used it to badly injure Anrokuzan, but Anrokuzan fused with the Ryūmyaku and transformed into a gigantic, regenerating enemy. After the system tasked Liumu with restoring the Ryūmyaku, Liumu realized he could use Taotie's chakra-devouring ability and told Minato to get the others to safety.

• Liumu broke through the mechanical wall with a shadow clone, and his Rasengan merged with Minato's to form the Super Ball Rasengan.
• Minato disrupted Anrokuzan's puppet while Liumu struck its chest, shattering the puppet and badly wounding Anrokuzan.
• Anrokuzan opened a Ryūmyaku pipe, absorbed its energy, and grew into a towering form that could regenerate from ordinary attacks.
• The system assigned Liumu a mission to restore the Ryūmyaku, and he realized its energy was chakra that Taotie could devour.
• Liumu told Minato to take Choza and the others to safety, but Choza objected to Liumu fighting alone.

Liumu stopped Choza from taking a dangerous pill, then fought Anrokuzan by absorbing the Ryūmyaku and repeatedly destroying his giant form. He dragged Anrokuzan into the Time House, cutting off the Ryūmyaku’s restoration, and vaporized him with a full-power punch.

• Liumu prevented Choza from swallowing a red chili pill and had Minato escort Choza and the Aburame ninja out of the ruined factory.
• Liumu broke through the factory floor and used Taotie's devouring power to absorb the Ryūmyaku alongside Anrokuzan.
• When Anrokuzan attacked, Liumu grabbed his hand and drained Ryūmyaku energy from his body, forcing Anrokuzan to sever his own arm.
• Liumu summoned thousands of clones that repeatedly smashed Anrokuzan apart as the Ryūmyaku restored him.
• Liumu stopped absorbing the Ryūmyaku, seized Anrokuzan, and took him into the Time House, cutting off the source of his regeneration.
• Liumu struck Anrokuzan with a full-power Serious Consecutive Punch and vaporized him.

Sara resealed the Ryūmyaku with Minato’s help, while Liumu absorbed the energy that had escaped into the palace. After learning the truth about her mother’s death, Sara chose to remain in Rōran as its queen and protect the Ryūmyaku.

• Sara sensed the Ryūmyaku’s power boiling and returned to the cavern to close the seal before it endangered Rōran and the desert.
• Liumu left the Time House after defeating Anrokuzan, and Minato carried Sara to the Ryūmyaku’s key so she could use her blood to reactivate it.
• Sara closed the key, and Minato formed a new Sealing Jutsu that sealed the Ryūmyaku completely.
• Liumu absorbed the energy Anrokuzan had drawn out of the Ryūmyaku, while Minato carried the unconscious Sara to safety.
• Sara told Minato she suspected her mother had been killed because of Anrokuzan’s plot, and Minato confirmed it was likely true.
• As the Konoha ninja prepared to leave, Minato asked Liumu why he would not take Sara away, and Liumu explained that she had chosen to stay and protect the Ryūmyaku.

After parting from Sara in Rōran, Liumu rejoined Jiraiya and Han in the Land of Rain and visited the Akatsuki headquarters. There, Konan welcomed them and revealed that Nagato’s rain surveillance had detected Jiraiya but not Liumu.

• Minato gave Sara his Chakra Blade as a parting gift, and Liumu invited her to visit Konoha before he headed south to catch up with Jiraiya and Han.
• Half a month later, Liumu reached the Land of Rain and learned that Jiraiya planned to visit Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan.
• Jiraiya’s Liumu Shadow Clone vanished, startling Han, who learned that the Liumu accompanying her had been a clone.
• At the Akatsuki headquarters, Konan greeted Jiraiya, Liumu, and Han, and said Yahiko was attending the Land of Rain’s Ninja Academy opening ceremony.
• Konan explained that Nagato’s rain surveillance had detected Jiraiya’s arrival but not Liumu, and she suspected Liumu’s unusual abilities were responsible.

While Liumu stayed in the Land of Rain, Jiraiya received news of rising tensions between the great nations and told Liumu that he had stopped a recommendation to promote him to Jonin. That night, Liumu asked the system how to protect his summoned beast from Taotie, and the system said he would need to draw a summon strong enough to match it.

• Jiraiya received a scroll from Toad Wu and told Liumu and Han that clashes between the Land of Earth and Konoha had increased, while Kirigakure shinobi had appeared in the Land of Fire.
• Jiraiya told Liumu that Minato, Akimichi Chōza, and Aburame Shimi had recommended him for Jonin, but he had blocked the promotion because Liumu was too young and needed more time to mature.
• Liumu celebrated Jiraiya's decision, then accidentally hurt his shoulder because his strength control had worsened since he absorbed the Ryūmyaku's power.
• After Konan and Han fell asleep beside him, Liumu asked the system how to stop Taotie from devouring his summoned beast.
• The system explained that Taotie ranked as a divine beast and the Heavenly Fox as an immortal beast, and said Liumu would need to draw a summoned beast on Taotie's level.