Recaps

Shikaku Nara, Inoichi Yamanaka, and Choza Akimichi suspected that Hiruzen Sarutobi had concealed Danzo’s crimes and might have caused his death, while Shikaku predicted Danzo’s funeral would bring a major announcement. Xia Yu learned of Danzo’s reported suicide and refused to postpone his wedding, ordering Sasuke to join the celebration instead of attending the funeral.

• Shikaku Nara, Inoichi Yamanaka, and Choza Akimichi discussed their suspicions that Danzo’s death and the Uchiha massacre were connected to Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Shikamaru Nara told the trio that the academy had dismissed its students so they could attend Danzo’s funeral, leading Shikaku to suspect Hiruzen planned a major announcement.
• Xia Yu woke and began preparing a wedding for Kurenai Yuhi and his newly married wives, including Uzuki Yugao.
• Sasuke told Xia Yu that Danzo had reportedly killed himself and that the village had ordered everyone to attend the funeral.
• Xia Yu suspected Hiruzen Sarutobi had killed Danzo and insisted on holding his wedding that day, telling Sasuke to take off his mourning clothes and help with the celebration.

At Danzo's funeral, Hiruzen Sarutobi revealed Danzo's crimes, including his role in the Uchiha Clan Massacre, while fireworks from Xia Yu's wedding at the Uchiha Clan Compound continued overhead. Shikaku Nara feared that Konoha was about to face a major upheaval.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi noticed that the Uchiha Clan had not attended Danzo's funeral and learned that Xia Yu was holding a wedding.
• When fireworks burst over the Uchiha Clan Compound, Hiruzen Sarutobi sent an Anbu member to investigate and learned Xia Yu was celebrating with his newly betrothed wives.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told the mourners that Danzo had stolen Shisui Uchiha's Sharingan, transplanted First Hokage Hashirama's cells, and masterminded the Uchiha Clan Massacre.
• Konoha's villagers erupted in anger at Danzo's crimes, while Shikaku Nara questioned why Hiruzen Sarutobi had publicly revealed them.
• Shikaku Nara told Inoichi and Choza that he feared Konoha would soon undergo a major upheaval as fireworks continued above the Uchiha Clan Compound.

Hiruzen Sarutobi publicly blamed Danzo, apologized for the Uchiha Clan Massacre, and staged an offer to resign that persuaded the villagers to beg him to stay. After promising compensation for the Uchiha Clan, he led Anbu squads to the Uchiha Clan Compound, where he planned a malicious gift for Xia Yu.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi dismissed an Anbu member’s concern and let the villagers vent their anger at Konoha High Command.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi blamed Danzo for the crimes and used a tearful apology to claim responsibility as Hokage.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi offered to step down, but the villagers urged him to remain in office.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi promised generous compensation for the Uchiha Clan and told the crowd to disperse.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi dropped his remorseful act and led Anbu squads to the Uchiha Clan Compound, intending to torment Xia Yu with a planned gift.

Hiruzen Sarutobi offered Xia Yu leadership of Root and a Senior Advisor position, presenting the appointment as compensation for the Uchiha Clan’s suffering. Xia Yu recognized the offer as an attempt to make him a scapegoat but accepted so he could gain power and challenge Hiruzen.

• Sasuke brought Xia Yu out to meet Hiruzen Sarutobi, who had arrived with masked Anbu Ninja.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Xia Yu that Danzo had killed himself and revealed Danzo’s crimes, then offered authority over Root and a vacant Senior Advisor position.
• Xia Yu accepted the positions, deciding that gaining influence would help him expose Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• After Hiruzen Sarutobi left, Xia Yu dismissed the Root ninja, but their leader asked him to restore the sealing jutsu on their tongues.
• Xia Yu told the Root leader to put his tongue away before they discussed the sealing jutsu.

Xia Yu took command of Root and ordered its members to remove the masks they had worn since joining. He gave them their first mission under him: attend his wedding with their real faces.

• Xia Yu reflected on Root's absolute obedience and learned that its members followed whoever was named their master.
• Xia Yu asked how long the Root members had worn their masks and told them to take them off.
• The Root members removed their masks, revealing youthful faces marked by indifference and composure.
• Xia Yu forbade them from wearing masks again and told them to reclaim their identities.
• Xia Yu assigned Root its first official mission under him: attend his wedding with their real faces.

At a wedding, Sasuke befriended four young Root members and persuaded Xia Yu to let them train with him. In Amegakure, Konan told Nagato she thought she was pregnant, leaving him stunned and demanding to know whose child it was.

• Xia Yu brought the Root members to the wedding, where four hungry newcomers watched the feast without moving.
• Sasuke introduced himself to Aburame Torune, Yamanaka Fū, Shin, and Sai, shared his rice balls, and asked them to train with him.
• Aburame Torune refused to go without orders, so Sasuke asked Xia Yu to authorize the outing.
• Xia Yu agreed, and Sasuke took the four Root kids outside to train.
• Konan told Nagato she thought she was pregnant, and Nagato demanded to know whose child it was.

Pain summoned the Akatsuki and announced that Konan was pregnant, but neither she nor Pain knew who the father was. The members denied involvement, and Pain suspended the investigation until the child was born while Konan stepped away from missions.

• Pain summoned the Akatsuki members and announced that Konan was pregnant.
• The members congratulated Pain and Konan before Pain revealed the child was not his and neither he nor Konan knew who the father was.
• The Akatsuki members denied being responsible and speculated that Tobi might be involved.
• Pain ended the accusations, said he believed Konan, and decided they would wait until the child was born to learn the truth.
• Pain told the members that Konan would focus on her pregnancy and stop taking missions.

On his first day as a Senior Advisor, Xia Yu roamed the Hokage Building and used his ability to make women suffer stomach pains and numbness. When reports of the building-wide incident reached Utatane Koharu, she realized that she alone had been left unaffected.

• Xia Yu got dressed and headed to the Hokage Building, intending to use his new position to explore it.
• He entered offices throughout the building, and women inside began suffering stomach pains and numbness after he visited.
• Xia Yu entered Utatane Koharu's office, where she questioned his appointment as a fellow Senior Advisor.
• Ninja reported that every woman in the building had developed the same symptoms and suspected poison.
• Utatane Koharu asked why she was unaffected, leaving the ninja unable to answer.

After women throughout the Hokage Building suddenly suffered stomach pains, Hiruzen Sarutobi revealed that Danzo had helped Orochimaru plant Kabuto as a spy and assigned Xia Yu to investigate him. The meeting ended with a medical ninja reporting that all the affected women were pregnant.

• Medical staff treated the women who had fallen ill, and Hiruzen Sarutobi asked his advisers and Xia Yu to assess the suspicious incident.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura blamed Kumogakure, while Xia Yu agreed and insulted the suspected attackers.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi revealed that Danzo had helped Orochimaru plant Kabuto in the village and explained why he wanted Kabuto watched rather than arrested.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Xia Yu to uncover Kabuto's mission and, if possible, find Orochimaru's hideout; Xia Yu accepted while planning to slack off.
• A medical ninja rushed in and reported that all the women who had fallen ill were pregnant.

Xia Yu investigated the mass pregnancy at Hiruzen Sarutobi's request, then met Kabuto Yakushi, who offered Hashirama cells and invited him to meet Orochimaru alone. Xia Yu agreed to go, leaving the Root members behind.

• A Medical Ninja reported that sixty-four women in the Hokage Building were pregnant, and Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned Xia Yu to investigate Orochimaru and follow the lead on Kabuto.
• Xia Yu ordered three Root ninja to follow Kabuto Yakushi, then learned Kabuto had come to the Uchiha Clan Compound to see him.
• Kabuto explained that Orochimaru wanted to continue his cooperation with Root and showed Xia Yu a jar of viable Hashirama cells as an inducement.
• Kabuto invited Xia Yu to meet Orochimaru alone, and Xia Yu agreed despite a Root member's warning.

Xia Yu rejected Orochimaru’s demand for his eyes, then used his Mangekyō ability to inflict a severe internal injury on him. As Kabuto treated Orochimaru, he discovered that Orochimaru’s current body was pregnant, leaving both Orochimaru and Xia Yu stunned.

• Orochimaru offered to implant Hashirama cells in Xia Yu in exchange for Xia Yu’s eyes, but Xia Yu refused and proposed renegotiating their cooperation.
• Orochimaru lunged for Xia Yu’s eyes, and Xia Yu blocked him with a blue-flamed Susanoo rib.
• Xia Yu used his Mangekyō ability to cause Orochimaru intense internal pain and knock him to the ground.
• Kabuto Yakushi treated Orochimaru with medical ninjutsu while Xia Yu waited nearby.
• Kabuto discovered that Orochimaru’s current body was pregnant, shocking both Orochimaru and Xia Yu.

Xia Yu’s Mangekyō Sharingan ability left Orochimaru pregnant, and Orochimaru fled with Kabuto rather than accept Xia Yu’s offer to take responsibility. After discovering the pregnancy could not be erased, Orochimaru decided to have the child and claimed the child as both his and her own.

• Xia Yu offered to take responsibility for the child, but Orochimaru refused and left with Kabuto.
• As they traveled toward a base in the Land of Fire, Orochimaru’s pain and numbness subsided.
• Kabuto examined Orochimaru and found that the pregnancy remained, offering to abort the child later.
• Orochimaru told Kabuto that she had always wanted a biological child and decided to give birth.
• Orochimaru warned Kabuto not to insult the child, then reflected on the child’s Uchiha blood and Sharingan heritage.

Xia Yu watched Sasuke lose repeatedly to Root children and learned that Torune considered Shino stronger than himself. That night, Orochimaru demanded Xia Yu protect Kabuto in Konoha, but discovered Xia Yu had blamed him for impregnating the women in the Konoha High Command Building, putting Kabuto at risk.

• Xia Yu saw Sasuke get beaten by Torune Aburame, Yamanaka Fū, Shin, and Sai, but Sasuke insisted on continuing to fight.
• Torune told Sasuke that Shino Aburame was stronger than he was, prompting Sasuke to resolve to beat Torune and then challenge Shino.
• Xia Yu watched Sasuke train with fierce determination, then returned to the Uchiha Clan Compound to continue visiting the bridal homes.
• Orochimaru appeared with Kabuto Yakushi and asked Xia Yu to keep Kabuto safe in Konoha as part of their cooperation.
• Xia Yu told Orochimaru that the Konoha leadership knew Kabuto's identity and that he had blamed Orochimaru for the women in the High Command Building becoming pregnant.
• Orochimaru realized Kabuto might face harsh measures and erupted at Xia Yu for making him the scapegoat.

Orochimaru met Xia Yu again and learned that Anko was now Xia Yu’s wife and that Orochimaru was pregnant with Xia Yu’s child. Orochimaru agreed to help teach Xia Yu’s children in exchange for Xia Yu protecting Kabuto, but insisted that he would choose their names.

• Anko sensed Orochimaru nearby and rushed over to warn Xia Yu that her former master was dangerous.
• Xia Yu told Anko that Orochimaru was pregnant with his child, leaving Anko stunned and confused.
• Xia Yu offered to protect Kabuto if Orochimaru agreed to teach his children when they grew older.
• Orochimaru accepted the arrangement but demanded the right to name Xia Yu’s children himself.
• Xia Yu joked that Orochimaru’s child might be numbered eighteen hundred, and Orochimaru told him to get lost.

Xia Yu told Orochimaru he wanted Hiruzen Sarutobi publicly disgraced rather than simply killed, and agreed to protect Kabuto Yakushi from Konoha’s elders. Orochimaru reflected on his resentment toward Hiruzen and his plans to attack Konoha, while Xia Yu warned him that his chance to act might soon disappear.

• Orochimaru rejected Xia Yu’s number-based naming scheme for their child, then asked him to protect Kabuto Yakushi from Konoha’s elders.
• Xia Yu sent Anko away and told Orochimaru he wanted Hiruzen Sarutobi’s crimes exposed so he would be disgraced and despised.
• Orochimaru recalled how Hiruzen had twice blocked his path to becoming Hokage, leading him to defect and plan an attack on Konoha.
• Xia Yu told Orochimaru he knew his plan and urged him to move against Hiruzen soon, warning that he might otherwise lose his chance.

After the Harvest Season brought Xia Yu’s family to more than 2,000 children, the system advanced to level 3 and he chose the Heart-to-Heart Technique. Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned him over Kabuto Yakushi and revealed that Tsunade and Jiraiya were returning, while secretly planning to eliminate Xia Yu and Orochimaru.

• The Harvest Season ended with nearly a thousand new Uchiha Clan members, bringing Xia Yu’s children above 2,000 and the clan’s population past 5,000.
• The system reached level 3, and Xia Yu chose the Heart-to-Heart Technique from the gift pack.
• A Root ninja summoned Xia Yu to meet Hiruzen Sarutobi, who asked whether he had found anything new about Kabuto Yakushi.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi said he would use force to capture Kabuto Yakushi and revealed that Tsunade and Jiraiya were returning to help find Orochimaru.
• Xia Yu looked forward to Tsunade’s return, while Hiruzen Sarutobi secretly planned to eliminate Xia Yu and Orochimaru.

Tsunade was summoned back to the village by the Hokage after losing another round of gambling, but she stopped for a drink and found Jiraiya carousing in a tavern. The chapter ended with Jiraiya recognizing Tsunade in the doorway.

• Tsunade and Shizune hurried toward Tanzaku Town and passed several figures fleeing through the woods.
• A gambling house owner welcomed Tsunade and exchanged all the money in her suitcase for chips.
• Three Anbu summoned Tsunade back to the village, but she gambled for an hour before agreeing to leave.
• Tsunade lost her money, then stopped at a tavern for a drink despite Shizune's objections.
• Tsunade found Jiraiya drinking with women and confronted him as he recognized her.

Tsunade and Jiraiya compared their reasons for returning to Konoha and discussed Danzo’s death and the strange pregnancies among the village’s women. Their reunion was interrupted by a group from Kumogakure, including the current Raikage.

• Tsunade found Jiraiya drinking in a tavern and teased him about spending time with young women.
• Shizune and the Anbu arrived, and Jiraiya revealed that he believed Danzo’s death involved Uchiha Xia Yu, who had captured him after awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan in both eyes.
• Jiraiya told Tsunade that Orochimaru had caused nearly every woman in Konoha’s High Command to become pregnant, possibly using a drug.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade prepared to drink before returning to Konoha, but white-clad visitors from Kumogakure forced their way into the tavern.
• Tsunade demanded to know what the Kumogakure group wanted, and Jiraiya warned her that the muscular man among them was the current Raikage.

Tsunade refused Amayi’s plea to save his injured comrade, and the Raikage threatened to take her by force. In the tavern backyard, Tsunade challenged him to an arm-wrestling bet, which he accepted.

• Amayi knelt before Tsunade and begged her to use her Medical Ninjutsu to save his comrade.
• Tsunade rejected Amayi’s plea and condemned Kumogakure over its past attempt to steal the Hyuga Clan’s Byakugan.
• The Raikage threatened to take Tsunade by force, and Jiraiya warned him not to lay a hand on her.
• Shizune tried to restrain Tsunade, but Tsunade left the tavern to confront the Raikage in the backyard.
• Tsunade proposed that she would go with the Raikage if he beat her at arm wrestling, and the Raikage accepted.

Tsunade lost an arm-wrestling match to the Raikage but agreed to treat his injured subordinate, Karui, and Shizune successfully removed the explosive bug from him. Tsunade and Jiraiya returned to Konoha, where the gate guards recognized them and prepared to report their arrival.

• The Raikage used a sudden release of his grip and a burst of speed to defeat Tsunade, then agreed that he owed her a favor.
• Tsunade examined Karui and learned that he had been infected by explosive bugs while the Raikage's group tried to seize Cedar Village's Secret Technique.
• Tsunade assigned Shizune to operate on Karui, and Jiraiya kept the Raikage from discovering Tsunade's fear of blood.
• Shizune completed the operation and removed an explosive bug, saving Karui; the Raikage thanked Tsunade and promised help from himself or Kumogakure in the future.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade returned to Konoha, and Kotetsu Hagane and Izumo Kamizuki recognized them at the main gate and went to report to the Hokage.

Jiraiya and Tsunade returned to Konoha and heard Hiruzen Sarutobi explain his plan to eliminate Orochimaru and Xia Yu. Jiraiya accepted the mission but intended to speak with them first, while Tsunade was sent to the hospital to work on an antidote.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi dismissed the Anbu and told Jiraiya and Tsunade about Orochimaru, Kabuto, and the recent events in Konoha.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi revealed that he planned to use the operation against Orochimaru to kill Xia Yu as well, with Jiraiya and Root carrying out the final attack.
• Tsunade questioned the need to kill Xia Yu, and Hiruzen Sarutobi defended Danzo’s actions as necessary to protect Konoha.
• Jiraiya said he would join the mission but would speak face-to-face with Orochimaru and Xia Yu before killing them.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi tasked Jiraiya with finding Orochimaru’s hideout and sent Tsunade to the hospital to develop an antidote from the collected bodily fluids.

Xia Yu accompanied four pregnant wives to Konoha Hospital, where a doctor confirmed his health was excellent. After spotting Tsunade and Shizune, he used the Ninja art: Heart-to-Heart Technique and left the outcome unresolved.

• Jiraiya asked Hiruzen Sarutobi how Minato's son was doing, and Hiruzen said the child was safe and protected.
• Xia Yu took Kurenai Yuhi, Mitaraishi Anko, Akimi Inuzuka, and Uzuki Yugao to Konoha Hospital for pregnancy checkups.
• The four women sent Xia Yu for a health examination, and the doctor declared his body exceptionally healthy.
• Xia Yu put the old doctor to sleep with his three-tomoe eyes after the doctor asked to study his organs.
• Xia Yu noticed Tsunade and Shizune walking through the hospital and used the Ninja art: Heart-to-Heart Technique.

Xia Yu’s Heart-to-heart Technique stirred up intense attraction in Tsunade and Shizune, though they left before speaking to him. After Xia Yu left the hospital with his companions, an Anbu summoned him to meet Hiruzen Sarutobi, and he expected to see Tsunade again soon.

• Xia Yu used the Heart-to-heart Technique on Tsunade and Shizune, who felt drawn to him but walked away before approaching him.
• Tsunade and Shizune hid around a corridor corner, discussed their sudden desires, and Shizune went out to speak to Xia Yu, only to find his chair empty.
• Tsunade guessed the young man might be Uchiha Xia Yu after Shizune noted his resemblance to an Uchiha.
• Xia Yu complained to the system about the technique while returning from Konoha Hospital with Kurenai, Qiushi, Anko, and Yugao.
• An Anbu told Xia Yu that Hiruzen Sarutobi urgently wanted to see him, and Xia Yu told his companions to return to the Clan Compound without him.

Hiruzen Sarutobi sent Xia Yu to lead Root in a hunt for Orochimaru, while Xia Yu secretly resented the Hokage and planned his downfall. Jiraiya followed Naruto and discovered the child’s cheerful manner hid deep loneliness, then invited him out for real ramen.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi gave Xia Yu a map of Orochimaru’s secret bases and ordered him to investigate with Root while Jiraiya and Tsunade stayed hidden as support.
• Xia Yu accepted the mission but privately plotted to make Hiruzen Sarutobi suffer before killing him.
• Jiraiya watched villagers shun Naruto after school and believed the boy was coping with their hostility.
• Jiraiya saw Naruto return home, drop his smile, and cry alone before preparing instant ramen.
• Jiraiya noticed Naruto’s pile of empty ramen cups, opened his window, and invited him to eat nutritious ramen.
• Naruto nearly fell from his chair and asked Jiraiya who he was.

Jiraiya spent the day keeping little Naruto company, taking him to Ichiraku Ramen and a hot spring, where Naruto called him a Pervy Sage. After promising to visit again, Jiraiya met Tsunade and learned that their mission against Orochimaru and Uchiha Xia Yu now included killing every member of Root.

• Jiraiya introduced himself to little Naruto as the Toad Sage and took him to Ichiraku Ramen, where Naruto ate ten bowls and asked for more.
• Jiraiya took Naruto to a hot spring, but Naruto exposed his attempt to peep at the women bathing and called him a Pervy Sage.
• Jiraiya walked Naruto home and promised to visit again after Naruto said it was the first time anyone had kept him company.
• Tsunade told Jiraiya that Uchiha Xia Yu had taken Root to the Land of Rice Fields and that the old man had ordered them to leave no Root members alive after their mission.
• Jiraiya questioned what had changed about their teacher, and Tsunade warned him that Anbu were nearby before they left together.