Recaps

Han considered accepting the Fourth Hokage’s offer to work at the Ninja Academy, while Liumu grew suspicious that the Masked Man’s plans might involve Akatsuki. After returning to Konoha, Liumu reunited with Jiraiya, who began to explain why it was fortunate Liumu had stayed away from the Land of Crafts on the night of the Nine-Tails attack.

• Han told Liumu that the Fourth Hokage had offered her a position at the Ninja Academy, and Liumu supported her making her own decision.
• Liumu questioned the Template System about its lack of missions, then suspected Madara’s plans might bring the new Masked Man to Nagato and left for the Land of Rain.
• Yahiko allowed Tobi to stay with Akatsuki as an unofficial member and assigned him to go with Sasori.
• Liumu visited Akatsuki Headquarters, but Yahiko did not tell him about Tobi, and Liumu found nothing unusual in Yahiko before leaving.
• Half a month later, Liumu returned to Konoha and met Jiraiya, who said it was fortunate Liumu had not gone to the Land of Crafts on the night of the Nine-Tails attack.

Jiraiya reported on the Land of Crafts and its meteor-made ninja tools before leaving Konoha, while Liumu discussed the Masked Man with Fugaku at the Uchiha compound. After offering to arrange Itachi’s early graduation, Liumu astonished Shisui, Itachi, and Fugaku by launching a pebble with devastating force.

• Jiraiya told Minato that the Masked Man had the Mangekyō Sharingan and gave him a scroll describing the Land of Crafts’ ninja-tool techniques.
• Jiraiya left Konoha, and Liumu went to visit the Uchiha compound.
• Fugaku told Liumu that the Masked Man was not a member of his clan, though he might have Uchiha blood from outside it.
• Liumu watched Shisui and Itachi train and offered to arrange Itachi’s early graduation so he could join the ANBU.
• At Shisui and Itachi’s request, Liumu threw a pebble that shattered trees and blasted a crater into the ground, then claimed his hand had slipped.

Liumu brought Itachi to a training ground to assess him for early graduation, testing his ability to attack and think ahead. After Itachi’s clever tactics prompted Liumu to use Water Release to counter his fire, Liumu passed him in the first round and began the question-and-answer portion.

• Liumu reviewed Itachi’s excellent academy records and took him to Konoha’s Training Ground for his early graduation assessment.
• Liumu told Itachi he had to touch him to pass the attack test, and Itachi used wired kunai and a clone to surprise him.
• Liumu advised Itachi to anticipate what would happen after an opponent evaded his attacks, and Itachi awakened his two-tomoe Sharingan.
• Itachi used a Great Fireball Technique to restrict Liumu’s escape routes and prepared a second attack, but Liumu extinguished the flames with Water Formation Wall.
• Liumu passed Itachi in the first round and started the second part of the assessment, a question-and-answer session.

Liumu tested Itachi with questions about loyalty, sacrifice, and judgment, then used a trick question to introduce the idea of visual deception. Fugaku interpreted the lesson as a warning about the Uchiha Clan’s reliance on the Sharingan and isolation from Konoha, and told Itachi to notify his friends before reporting to ANBU the next day.

• Liumu asked Itachi whether he would choose the village or his family, and Itachi said he would side with justice, peace, and what the majority wanted.
• Itachi said he would send the weakest teammate back with mission intelligence while the stronger teammates held off the enemy, but he would not abandon his team if he were the weakest.
• Liumu advised Itachi that acting recklessly was unwise and that a person should wait until strong enough to seek revenge.
• Liumu confused Itachi with a finger-counting trick, and later Fugaku identified the lesson as visual deception and warned that the Uchiha relied too much on their eyes.
• Fugaku concluded that Liumu was warning him about the Uchiha Clan’s isolation, then told Itachi to inform his friends before reporting to ANBU the next day.

Minato urged Liumu to marry Han, and Liumu decided to take her on a journey instead of proposing at home. After visiting friends and traveling through several countries, Liumu revealed that he was taking Han back to the Land of Water.

• Minato pressed Liumu about marrying Han, and Liumu admitted he was hesitant despite caring deeply for her.
• Liumu asked Han when her school would have a long break and told her he wanted to take her somewhere.
• Half a month later, Liumu and Han left Konoha and traveled together, with Liumu catching and grilling fish for her along the way.
• Liumu and Han visited Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan in the Land of Rain, then traveled to the Land of Grass and continued toward the Land of Lightning.
• After boarding a southbound ship, Liumu embraced Han and revealed that he was taking her to the Land of Water for a visit.

Liumu brought Han to the Land of Water and her ancestral homeland, then proposed to her before the iceberg where he said her clanspeople rested. Han accepted, and the two became engaged.

• Liumu and Han visited Kirigakure, but Han declined to enter because the village stirred painful memories.
• Liumu took Han to a northern ice field and showed her the iceberg she recognized as her homeland.
• That night, Liumu told Han that her clanspeople, including her parents and elders, were in the iceberg, then explained how he had fallen in love with her.
• Liumu proposed to Han with a black meteorite ring, and Han accepted while saying she wanted twins.
• Liumu slipped the ring onto Han's finger and embraced her.

As Liumu and Han traveled through a snowy mountain valley, Konoha residents prepared wedding gifts for them. Fugaku organized the construction of a house near Liumu’s home and learned that Tenzo had been renamed Yamato after transferring to the ANBU; the chapter ended with Liumu embracing Han on the mountaintop.

• Tenzo showed his Wood Release ability at a gift shop while discussing wedding gifts with other masked ninja.
• Kushina and Minato talked about Liumu and Han’s upcoming wedding while caring for Naruto.
• Shisui showed Itachi a thorny flowering plant he had found as a possible wedding gift, and Itachi whispered what Fugaku was planning.
• Fugaku gathered Uchiha clan members to prepare a vacant plot near Liumu’s home for a house built with Tenzo’s Wood Release.
• Tenzo arrived and told Fugaku that his name was now Yamato because Liumu had transferred him from Root to the ANBU under Kakashi.
• Liumu embraced Han in a snowy mountain valley, told her it felt like a dream, and looked toward the world below.

After choosing to travel instead of holding a wedding, Liumu and Han returned to Konoha three years later, with Han pregnant. They reunited with Shisui, Minato, Kushina, and young Naruto, while the masked figures approaching the village fled.

• Liumu asked Han to postpone their wedding and travel with him, and she agreed; they planned to hold a ceremony after returning to Konoha.
• Three years later, Shisui spotted Liumu and Han approaching Konoha, while the concealed figures in the nearby forest fled.
• Han dispersed the lingering mist she had used to scout the forest, and Liumu, Han, and Shisui entered the village together.
• Liumu reunited with Minato, Kushina, and Naruto, teasing Naruto to call him big brother.
• Shisui explained that he had kept Liumu's house clean during his absence, and Kushina urged the pregnant Han to take special care.

Liumu caught up with Kakashi and Guy, discussed Root and an investigation in the Land of Rain, then teased them about finding girlfriends and offered to play matchmaker. At Ichiraku Ramen Shop, they ran into Obito on a date with Rin.

• Liumu asked Kakashi about the ANBU and Root, and Kakashi said the plan to disband Root was progressing while they waited for an opportunity.
• Kakashi told Liumu that a squad had gone to the Land of Rain to investigate a man but found he had already disappeared.
• Liumu asked Kakashi and Guy whether they would lead squads, and Guy said he would only teach three bright, youthful kids.
• Liumu teased Kakashi and Guy about their lack of girlfriends and promised to find someone to arrange matches for them.
• Liumu, Kakashi, and Guy went to Ichiraku Ramen Shop and found Obito on a date with Rin; Obito said he had stopped wearing his goggles.

After returning to Konoha, Liumu reunited with old friends and visited Fugaku’s family, where Itachi discreetly revealed that a Masked Man had shown him the Uchiha Clan’s stone tablet. Liumu learned that the clan’s growing unrest implicated Itachi and Shisui, and he decided to handle the crisis himself while asking what they would choose if conflict became unavoidable.

• Liumu met Rin and Obito, learned Obito led the police force’s first squad, and agreed to visit Fugaku with him.
• At Fugaku’s house, Liumu met Sasuke and heard Fugaku complain that the boy clung to Itachi instead of him.
• That night, Itachi and Shisui told Liumu that the Masked Man had taken Itachi to the Uchiha Clan’s stone tablet months earlier.
• Itachi explained that the Uchiha Clan was growing discontented and viewed him and Shisui as traitors for serving in the ANBU.
• Shisui said they had told Liumu because they trusted him and most Uchiha wanted peace, so Liumu told them not to inform the Fourth Hokage and asked what they would choose if conflict became unavoidable.

Liumu confronted the Uchiha Clan over rumors of rebellion and used two Genjutsu to show them the devastation and deaths a revolt could bring. He then demonstrated his power by flattening half the mountain Fugaku had chosen for a training ground.

• Liumu told Fugaku and the assembled Uchiha clan members that he had heard rumors they were planning a rebellion.
• Liumu trapped everyone, including Fugaku, in a Genjutsu depicting Konoha destroyed by the Uchiha, Itachi, and Shisui.
• Liumu subjected them to a second Genjutsu in which Konoha's forces overwhelmed and killed the Uchiha before the clan could learn whether it would win.
• Liumu warned that he would act if he confirmed the rebellion plans, then asked Fugaku about the clan's proposed training ground.
• After Fugaku identified the mountain behind the clan, Liumu punched through the office window and reduced the peak to half its former height.

Liumu warned Fugaku that the Uchiha did not need to abandon their clan identity and revealed that the Stone Tablet had been altered, with Infinite Tsukuyomi leading to disaster. Later, as Liumu waited with Han for Jiraiya to return before their baby was born, Gaara was left wondering why his father disliked him.

• Liumu sent two figures to inform the Fourth Hokage about what had happened at the Uchiha Clan grounds.
• Liumu told Fugaku he opposed integrating the Uchiha into the village and warned him that the Stone Tablet had been tampered with and Infinite Tsukuyomi would bring disaster.
• Liumu shared breakfast with Fugaku, then left him with more questions about Liumu's knowledge and motives.
• Liumu read Jiraiya's book to Han as they watched snow fall, and he promised Jiraiya would return before the baby was born.
• Gaara used sand to make food for two children, but his father sent them away, leaving Gaara to ask a blond man why his father did not like him.

After a boy’s transformation drew dark figures to his window, a stream of sand killed them. In Konoha, Liumu rescued Hinata from Kumogakure kidnappers and headed for the peace talks venue to confront them, while Naruto accompanied Hinata and Hyuga Hiashi back to the village.

• A boy changed as savage roars filled his room, and sand wrapped around the figures gathered outside his window and killed them.
• Minato received news that Kumogakure had signed a ceasefire agreement, but an explosion in Konoha interrupted him.
• Liumu pursued the men who had abducted Hinata, killed one, and captured the other intruders as Hyuga Hiashi rescued her.
• Liumu identified the abductors as likely Kumogakure ninja, refused to let Hiashi take the blame, and decided to confront them at the peace talks venue.
• Liumu sent Hiashi back with Hinata and Naruto, and Naruto introduced himself to Hinata as they walked toward the village.

Liumu confronted Kumogakure’s delegation with the bodies of the spies who had abducted Hinata and warned them against further schemes. After returning to Konoha, he visited Han in the hospital and settled in beside her as she neared childbirth.

• Liumu arrived at the peace talks, presented five corpses to Kumogakure’s delegation, and threatened to visit their village if they continued plotting against Konoha.
• Liumu ordered the delegation to relay his warning to A, and the Kumogakure ninja took the corpses’ ashes back to their village.
• On the journey home, Shikaku explained that Kumogakure had delayed signing the ceasefire while a squad tried to abduct Hinata and steal her Byakugan.
• Liumu returned to Konoha, visited Han in the hospital, and set up a bed beside hers so he could stay with her.

As Han's delivery approached, an unexplained white mist and ice spread from her despite her not using chakra, and the medical ninjas could not determine the cause. When Liumu's Taotie's Gluttony activated outside the delivery room, time appeared to stop, and he saw a flame-wreathed infant in Suiguang's arms.

• Liumu told Han a joke about a little girl selling nuclear bombs, then recounted a simplified version of Life of Pi.
• Han felt the baby kick, and white mist and ice began spreading from beneath her without her channeling chakra.
• Rin and the other medical ninjas examined Han but could not explain the mist, and Suiguang arranged to consult Lady Tsunade.
• As Han's contractions intensified, Liumu waited outside the delivery room while Minato told him their teacher and the others were on their way.
• Liumu's Taotie's Gluttony activated, freezing everything around him; he entered Han's room and saw Suiguang holding an infant wreathed in flames.

Liumu and Han welcomed their daughter Muhan, whose inherited abilities included Ice Release and the power to freeze space and time. A month later, Liumu traveled to the Land of Rain and confronted Nagato about the Akatsuki’s plan to capture Jinchūriki, demanding to meet its members.

• Han gave birth to Muhan, whose ice-blue eyes and chakra aura revealed that she had inherited Ice Release and could freeze space and time.
• Over the next month, Jiraiya and Tsunade helped care for Muhan while Liumu and Han kept her abilities secret.
• When Jiraiya planned to investigate the Land of Rain, Liumu insisted on going himself and warned Jiraiya not to go.
• Liumu left for the Land of Rain and interrupted Nagato discussing plans to capture a child with a Tailed Beast and Kumogakure’s Two-Tails Jinchūriki.
• Liumu confronted Nagato about targeting Jinchūriki and demanded to meet all the members of the Later Akatsuki.

Liumu kept Akatsuki and the Land of Rain under surveillance while investigating Nagato’s intentions and the tailed beasts. Years later, Naruto came to Liumu with trouble circulating his chakra, and Liumu discovered signs that the Eight Trigrams Seal was weakening.

• Liumu learned that Nagato had sent Tobi to Sunagakure and warned Nagato and Konan not to forget their childhood ideals before leaving the Land of Rain under surveillance.
• Five years later, Kakashi told Liumu that Orochimaru had failed to take Nagato’s Rinnegan and that Akatsuki was hunting him.
• Liumu continued investigating the Land of Rain and ordered Kakashi’s team not to take unnecessary risks while pursuing his plans involving jinchūriki.
• Naruto came to Liumu’s room after noticing that the chakra inside him was difficult to circulate, explaining that Minato had been away for weeks and Kushina did not know.
• Liumu inspected Naruto’s abdomen and saw that the Eight Trigrams Seal was showing signs of weakening.

Liumu examined Naruto’s seal and told him to ask Minato or Kushina to reinforce it, then encouraged Kakashi to consider leading a Genin squad. He later attended Muhan’s Ninja Academy assessment to investigate her unusual abilities.

• Liumu entered Naruto’s seal, frightened the Nine-Tails, and told Naruto to seek Minato or Kushina to repair it.
• Liumu asked Kakashi to consider leading a Genin squad and chose to leave Orochimaru alone.
• Liumu and Kakashi discussed the growing threat from the Akatsuki, who were recruiting Rogue Ninja and capturing Jinchūriki.
• Liumu went to Muhan’s Ninja Academy assessment after Kakashi reminded him to support her.
• Liumu asked Meichuan Neiku to test Muhan’s chakra and investigate whether her strange fire came from Fire Release or Taotie’s Gluttony.

Muhan’s frost-covered Chakra Paper revealed her kekkei genkai, but Liumu refused Minato’s offer to give her private tutoring so she could have a normal childhood. Liumu and Minato later watched Naruto’s class take a practice graduation test, where Naruto scored nine points on kunai throwing and Sasuke scored ten.

• Muhan’s Chakra Paper frosted over without burning, confirming that she had a kekkei genkai.
• Minato asked Liumu to tutor Muhan privately, but Liumu refused because he wanted her to grow up with friends and a childhood.
• Liumu told Minato that Han could guide Muhan’s education and learned that Minato and Kushina planned to reinforce Naruto’s seal that night.
• Liumu and Minato watched the Ninja Academy’s practice graduation assessment from the principal’s office.
• Naruto scored nine points in kunai throwing, and Sasuke scored ten before bristling at the teacher’s comparison to Itachi.

Liumu and Minato watched the students' tests and discussed the children, Kakashi's trainees, and Neji's duties to the Hyuga Branch Family. The tests ended with the adults pleased, and Minato asked Liumu how the Uchiha Clan had been doing.

• Minato praised Naruto's nine-ring score, while Liumu watched Choza's son use the Akimichi Multi-Size Technique and Shikamaru miss his kunai target.
• Liumu recognized the Kirigakure blades among Kakashi's future ANBU trainees and learned that Gekko Hayate was teaching them, with Orochimaru's Kusanagi Sword completing the team's weapons.
• Hyuga Takashi said Kirigakure had not returned the Byakugan taken from the Hyuga Main Family, and he explained that Neji could not graduate early because he had to protect Hinata.
• Liumu questioned whether Neji wanted to graduate early, but Takashi insisted that Branch Family members did not need their own opinions.
• Minato praised Sasuke's Fire Release and asked Liumu about the Uchiha Clan, and Liumu said they were doing fine.

Liumu took Han and Muhan to the market, then turned a family dinner into a village-wide barbecue at the Training Ground. The gathering ended with villagers eating together under the stars while Muhan shared her food with her father.

• Liumu carried Muhan home from school and went with Han to the market to buy ingredients for dinner.
• Liumu invited Minato and the Uchiha Clan Head to dinner, and the invitation brought a crowd of villagers to his home.
• Liumu moved the gathering to the Training Ground and began grilling food while the children played nearby.
• Han used her Ice Release to prepare the pig that Liumu had mistakenly ordered instead of pork.
• The villagers gathered around the bonfire as Kakashi took Liumu's chicken wings, and Muhan offered her father some garlic-topped eggplant.

Muhan asked Liumu for younger siblings, prompting him to take indefinite leave from Minato. Later, Sasuke asked Liumu to become his teacher, and Liumu considered whether Genjutsu could trigger the Sharingan.

• Muhan asked Liumu and Han for a younger brother and sister so she could form a team with her siblings.
• Liumu told Muhan she would have younger siblings, then submitted a request for indefinite leave to Minato to try to grant her wish.
• Sasuke approached Liumu and asked to become his student because he wanted to grow stronger and surpass Itachi.
• Liumu questioned Sasuke's impatience and wondered whether shocking an Uchiha with Genjutsu could awaken the Sharingan.
• Liumu decided the idea was worth testing and planned to discuss it with Fugaku.

Liumu proposed using carefully controlled genjutsu to awaken the Uchiha’s Sharingan and arranged for Fugaku, Itachi, and Shisui to develop the plan. Three years later, Naruto graduated from the Ninja Academy, and Liumu reassured Minato about Kakashi leading his team.

• Liumu told Sasuke he would find him a suitable teacher after he graduated from the Ninja Academy.
• Liumu proposed that Fugaku use genjutsu to stimulate Uchiha clansmen into awakening their Sharingan, and Fugaku agreed to consider the experiment.
• Liumu informed Itachi, Shisui, and Minato about the idea, then told the Uchiha to design the genjutsu so its targets would not discover the deception.
• Izumi met Itachi as he escorted Liumu out, and Liumu left them alone together.
• Liumu learned that Minato had invited Muhan to his home and suspected Minato wanted her to become Naruto’s future wife.
• Three years later, Naruto graduated from the Ninja Academy, and Liumu told Minato he trusted Kakashi to lead Naruto’s squad.

Liumu received a Poseidon template and a Huodou summoning beast card, then activated Poseidon’s powers before summoning Huodou to tame it. He named the furious beast Erha and raised a trident of water as he prepared to face it.

• Liumu left the Ninja Academy and selected a character template, receiving Poseidon, while his second draw gave him the demonic beast Huodou.
• Liumu noticed that demonic beasts required taming and entered his Time House to activate the Poseidon template.
• Liumu examined Poseidon’s attributes and skills, then decided to test them by summoning Huodou.
• Huodou emerged in flames and black mist, and Liumu named it Erha.
• Liumu summoned water into a three-bladed trident and rose above the ground on a river as he faced Erha.

Liumu defeated Huodou, awakened his Divine Domain, and gained the beast as a summon named Erha. He then joined Minato at Hokage Rock, where the weakened seal on the Three-Tails prompted Liumu to suggest finding it a jinchūriki.

• Liumu used water techniques and Divine Sight to subdue Huodou, then activated Divine Domain and discovered he could control the ocean within it.
• Huodou gave Liumu a fiery bead, acknowledged him as his master, and became his summoning beast, Erha.
• An ANBU member told Liumu that Minato wanted to meet him at Hokage Rock.
• Minato explained that the spell sealing the Three-Tails had weakened and asked Liumu to guard him while he reinforced its Eight Trigrams Seal.
• Liumu suggested finding the Three-Tails a jinchūriki, but Minato said selecting a suitable host would be difficult.