Chapter Summaries

Yūto and Yugito Nii reached Yugakure, where a wave of gruesome murders had troubled the village despite its reputation for peace. While Yugito enjoyed the hot springs, a silver-haired boy revealed himself as a Jashin cultist who planned to offer the pair as sacrifices.

• Yūto and Yugito Nii arrived near Yugakure, and a silver-haired boy identified the village before recognizing them as potential sacrifices for Lord Jashin.
• Yūto carried the eager Yugito into Yugakure, where he noticed fear among the villagers.
• Yūto paid for a room at a hot spring inn after Yugito demanded a stay.
• Yūto and Yugito entered the men's and women's baths, while Yūto listened to the women chatting through the partition.

Yūto and Yugito Nii were caught up in the aftermath of another murder at a hot spring inn in Yugakure. After inspecting the victim, Yūto refused the Yukage’s implied request to investigate and returned to his room with Yugito.

• Yūto and Yugito Nii heard a scream announcing another death and left their baths to find the inn’s customers gathered in fear.
• Yūto used his Sharingan to silence men staring at the women and asked the proprietor to lead him to the crime scene.
• At the VIP Hot Spring, Yūto saw the victim nailed to a wall and wondered whether a silver-haired boy he had seen resembled Hidan.
• The Yukage told Yūto that the murder was the twenty-third, but Yūto declined to investigate because he needed to continue his mission.
• Yūto carried the curious Yugito away by her yukata collar, and the Yukage recognized his claim that she was his little sister as a poor excuse.

Yūto tried to arrange passage to the Land of Iron, but discovered the shipowner had been murdered. The Yukage offered to hold off Kumogakure’s pursuers if Yūto investigated the killer, and Yūto agreed on several conditions.

• Yūto struggled to wake and wash Yugito Nii before taking her downstairs.
• Yūto asked the innkeeper about ships to the Land of Iron, and she directed him to shipowner Mr. Fujiwara.
• Yūto, Yugito Nii, and the innkeeper found a crowd gathered around Mr. Fujiwara’s home, where his corpse was nailed to the wall.
• The Yukage asked Yūto to investigate the murderer and offered to hold off the Kumogakure ninja pursuing them.
• Yūto agreed to find the killer within three days, provided the Yukage arranged a ship to the Land of Iron and watched Yugito Nii.

Yūto investigated several former Jashin Cult sites for the killer but found only abandoned hideouts and old ritual records. The chapter ended with Hidan, a surviving cultist with an immortal body, living in Yugakure and secretly killing people for sacrifices.

• Yūto studied the reports and map, then decided to search the former Jashin Cult headquarters while leaving Yugito Nii in the Yukage’s care.
• Yūto spotted disguised Kumogakure ninja watching Yugakure and slipped past them into the surrounding forest.
• Yūto searched the Jashin Cult headquarters and found signs of past activity, but no killer.
• Yūto inspected an abandoned mine and an ancient shrine, finding no recent occupants at either site.
• Hidan, an immortal Jashin Cult survivor, lived in Yugakure by stealing and killing people for sacrifices.

At the hot spring inn, Hidan revealed his violent nature by attacking Yugito Nii, and the Yukage intervened to protect her. The Yukage realized Hidan was the killer who had nailed the victims to the walls.

• The Yukage comforted the inn's proprietress and explained that Hidan was an orphan he sometimes helped.
• Hidan paid for a hot spring bath and entered the women's bath, where Yugito Nii was soaking alone.
• Hidan attacked Yugito Nii with his triple-bladed scythe, calling her a sacrifice for Lord Jashin.
• The Yukage used Water Release: Water Formation Wall to block Hidan while the proprietress pulled Yugito Nii away.
• Hidan threatened the Yukage, who recognized that Hidan had murdered the victims found nailed to the walls.

Yūto returned to the hot spring just as Hidan was about to use his ritual to kill Yugito Nii, after the Yukage had already been fatally wounded. Yūto knocked Hidan away from the ritual circle, interrupting his attack.

• Yūto saw explosions from Yugakure and hurried back, believing Hidan had lured him away to target Yugito Nii.
• The Yukage and Yugito Nii fought Hidan, who revealed that his ritual linked their injuries and wounded the Yukage with a spear.
• The Yukage recalled helping Hidan as a child and died after pleading with him not to kill anyone else.
• Yugito Nii forced out some Tailed Beast Chakra and attacked Hidan, but he reached the ritual circle and prepared to stab himself.
• Yūto arrived and knocked Hidan over with a flying kick before he could complete the attack.

Yūto recognized Hidan and led him away from the village to protect its residents, then formed a plan to use the Jashin Cult Headquarters against him. Yugito Nii ended up fighting Hidan while Yūto drew them farther from the cave, leaving her furious as he continued to retreat.

• Yūto recognized Hidan from his body paint and carried Yugito Nii away from the hot springs after confirming the Yukage had died.
• Yūto led Hidan through the woods and out of the village while Yugito Nii reported that physical attacks barely affected him and his wounds healed quickly.
• Yūto recognized the Jashin Cult Headquarters and decided to make it Hidan’s grave by preventing his immortal body from recovering.
• When Hidan caught up, Yugito Nii blocked his scythe as Yūto retreated, then Yūto used the Body Flicker Technique to draw Hidan and Yugito Nii farther away from the cave.
• Yugito Nii chased after Yūto in anger, and he snatched up a gray rabbit as he fled.

Yūto and Yugito Nii fought Hidan as they fled toward a volcano, where Yūto used a rabbit to trick Hidan’s blood ritual and sent him into the magma. Yugito Nii learned Yūto had survived and, after scolding him, agreed to eat the rabbit.

• Yūto and Yugito Nii raced toward the volcano while Hidan pursued them, and Yūto used fire to slow Hidan down.
• When Yugito Nii stumbled and Hidan nearly struck her, Yūto blocked the scythe and deliberately let Hidan draw his blood.
• Hidan used the blood to begin his ritual, but Yūto secretly substituted rabbit blood from his Ninja Tool Pouch.
• Hidan stabbed Yūto, and Yugito Nii attacked him before surrendering at the crater’s edge.
• Yūto sprang up and kicked Hidan into the magma, where Hidan’s immortal body was destroyed by the heat.
• Yūto explained the trick to Yugito Nii, who scolded him for the deception and agreed to eat the rabbit.

Yūto attended the Yukage’s funeral with Yugito Nii, then left Yugakure with her by ship for the Land of Iron. As Yugito blamed herself for the Yukage’s death and withdrew beneath the covers, Yūto began telling her a story about a prince born during a demon fox’s attack.

• Yūto attended the Yukage’s funeral, where the Yukage’s daughter honored him with a hot-spring ritual and said she would divert the Kumogakure shinobi.
• The shrine maiden gave Yugito Nii a tomoe necklace made from the Yukage’s hot-spring stones, and Yugito apologized for the Yukage’s death.
• Yūto took Yugito Nii to the southern docks, and they boarded a ship bound for the Land of Iron.
• Yūto planned to travel through the Land of Waterfalls to avoid taking Yugito through the Land of Iron toward Konoha.
• Yugito stayed beneath the covers, calling herself a jinx, so Yūto began telling her about a prince whose birth coincided with a demon fox attacking his capital.

Yūto comforted Yugito Nii with a story about a jinchūriki learning to accept help, and she began to recover. When Kumogakure pursuers attacked their ship, Yugito Nii’s response left Shiroi realizing she had targeted him.

• Yūto told Yugito Nii a story about a jinchūriki who overcame isolation with help from others, prompting her to remember people who had stood by her.
• Yugito Nii asked what happened next, and Yūto told her she would have to write the rest herself.
• Yūto and Yugito Nii went to the deck after the ship lurched, where they spotted Kumogakure pursuers led by Shiroi.
• Shiroi mistook Yugito Nii for an ally and attacked Yūto with lightning while calling for her to strike.
• Yugito Nii launched several Rat Tail Balls toward Shiroi, freezing his confident smile.

Yūto and Yugito Nii escaped the Kumogakure pursuers and traveled through the Land of Iron to the Land of Grass. At Konoha’s Iwagakure front headquarters, Orochimaru assigned Yūto a delivery mission back to the Kumogakure front.

• Yugito Nii attacked Shiroi’s group with Rat Tail Balls, and Yūto helped drive the exhausted Kumogakure ninja away from their ship.
• Yūto convinced Shiroi that he had controlled Yugito Nii with genjutsu, letting the two escape without revealing her choice to stay with him.
• Yugito Nii thanked Yūto for making her feel less alone and asked to lean on him, while Yūto kept his doubts about their future to himself.
• Yūto and Yugito Nii bypassed the Land of Iron and reached Konoha’s headquarters on the Iwagakure front in the Land of Grass.
• Orochimaru recognized Yugito Nii as Kumogakure’s Two-Tails Jinchūriki, and Yūto defended her before asking to return to the Kumogakure front.
• Orochimaru gave Yūto a sealed scroll and asked him to deliver medical supplies to the Kumogakure front.

Yūto returned to the Konoha frontline camp with Yugito Nii, where Tsukimi confronted them with jealousy and A demanded that Yugito return to Kumogakure. The chapter ended with A grabbing Yugito by the collar as Yūto and Yūna stood nearby.

• Yūto arrived at the camp with Yugito Nii, and Tsukimi challenged their closeness before Tsunade stopped the two women from fighting.
• Yūto led Yugito Nii into the camp, where Yūna thanked him for helping the Chinoike Clan and A confronted Yugito about her actions.
• Yūna revealed that A had come for peace talks, provoking him with remarks about Kumogakure's losses and the desperate fighting.
• A activated Lightning Release Chakra Mode, charged at Yugito Nii, and grabbed her by the back of her collar, declaring that he would take her back to Kumogakure.

Yūto stopped A from taking Yugito Nii and attended Minato’s meeting about Kumogakure’s push for peace. The Konoha leaders argued over reparations, with Tsunade proposing a billion ryō as the discussion ended.

• Yūto used his speed to stop A from taking Yugito Nii, and A released her before leaving camp.
• Yūna told Yūto the Chinoike Clan wanted a marriage alliance, then said she would bring the prospective bride to his tent that night.
• A Konoha ninja summoned Yūto to a Jonin meeting, where Minato said Kumogakure wanted the Two-Tails jinchūriki returned and the war ended.
• Fugaku demanded at least three hundred million ryō in reparations, while Minato and Shikaku argued that Konoha needed to end the war because its other fronts were under pressure.
• Tsunade demanded a billion ryō in bereavement payments, prompting the others to support Fugaku’s lower demand.

Yūto agreed to take Yūna’s daughter Chino as his disciple after learning Danzo had been harassing the Chinoike Clan. Konoha and Kumogakure reached a peace agreement, and as Yūto returned to Konoha, he approached Fugaku to discuss the Chinoike.

• Fugaku’s plan passed the Jonin meeting, and Yūto fled Tsunade after voting against her demand for reparations.
• Yūna revealed that the proposed bride was her young daughter Chino and asked Yūto to take her as his disciple to protect the Chinoike from Danzo.
• Yūto agreed to train Chino and said he would discuss helping the clan with Fugaku.
• Konoha and Kumogakure agreed that Kumogakure would pay 350 million in reparations and Konoha would return Yugito Nii.
• Yūto and Tsunade chose to return to Konoha, and Yūto approached Fugaku to talk about the Chinoike Clan.

After returning to Konoha, Yūto helped the Chinoike Clan settle beside the Uchiha and persuaded the Third Hokage to place them under Uchiha supervision instead of Root. Danzo still threatened their safety, so Yūto devised a plan to make him famous.

• Fugaku agreed to let the Chinoike Clan settle beside the Uchiha Clan Compound because the Uchiha owed them a debt from the past.
• After returning to Konoha, Yūto learned that the Chinoike Clan had settled on vacant land east of the Uchiha compound.
• The Third Hokage told Yūto and Tsunade that Danzo wanted to incorporate the Chinoike Clan into Root to control the Ketsuryūgan.
• Yūto argued that the Chinoike Clan had accepted Uchiha protection, and the Third Hokage agreed to place them under Uchiha supervision for now.
• Yūto warned Tsunade that Danzo would keep pursuing the Chinoike Clan, then decided to make Danzo famous by turning him into the male lead of Icha Icha Paradise.

Yūto finished writing the second volume of his Icha Icha Paradise sequel, then found Chino trying to make breakfast at his home. When Shisui visited, Yūto persuaded him to take over teaching Chino.

• Yūto completed the second volume of his Icha Icha Paradise sequel and put the manuscript away.
• Yūto found Chino cooking breakfast with an explosive tag and took it from her.
• Shisui visited Yūto after returning to Konoha from the Iwagakure front.
• Yūto pretended he had no time to teach Chino, prompting Shisui to offer to train her.
• Yūto agreed to entrust Chino to Shisui, who thanked him tearfully.

Yūto tricked Shisui into agreeing to train Chino, then showed him a fabricated manuscript depicting Danzo in a scandalous light. Yūto planned to sell it as a book, but at the bookstore he learned that his first Icha Icha Paradise volume was already a huge hit.

• Chino revealed she had cooked breakfast so she could use Explosive Tags, and Shisui reluctantly vowed to train her.
• Yūto showed Shisui his draft of "Icha Icha Paradise: Danzo Special" and falsely claimed it came from a reliable source.
• Shisui resolved to expose Danzo, but Yūto persuaded him to sell the manuscript as a book instead of handing out copies.
• At Konoha's largest bookstore, the owner told Yūto that the first volume of Icha Icha Paradise was selling wildly across the Land of Fire and beyond.

Yūto published a scandalous second volume of Icha Icha Paradise that damaged Danzo’s reputation, then arrested Root shinobi who threatened the bookstore owner. Danzo confronted Yūto at the Police Force, where Tsunade and Hiruzen arrived as Yūto presented evidence against Root.

• Yūto gave the bookstore owner volume two of Icha Icha Paradise and offered him a fifty-fifty profit split to publish it.
• Villagers and shinobi clans spread rumors about Danzo and Root after reading the book, and Danzo ordered an investigation.
• Root shinobi tried to seize the bookstore owner, but Yūto incapacitated them and took them to the Konoha Military Police Force.
• Danzo arrived at the Police Force with more than twenty Root shinobi to demand their comrades’ release.
• Tsunade arrived with Hiruzen and challenged Danzo, while Yūto presented a record scroll containing the bookstore owner’s testimony against Root.

Yūto used public rumors about his novel to pressure Danzo, and Hiruzen ultimately confined Danzo and ended Root’s harassment of the Chinoike Clan. As Tsunade prepared to take Yūto away, Hiruzen stopped her.

• Hiruzen tried to defuse the standoff between Danzo, Tsunade, and Yūto in front of the villagers.
• Yūto hinted that his next novel would reveal details about Danzo, prompting the crowd to clamor for a third volume.
• In Hiruzen’s office, Yūto offered Hiruzen a collector’s edition of Icha Icha Paradise, and Hiruzen accepted it while Tsunade warned Yūto not to write another such book.
• Yūto argued that the Konoha Military Police Force had authority to arrest Root members who threatened civilians, and Hiruzen agreed.
• Hiruzen ordered Danzo to remain confined and reflect on Root’s conduct, resolving the harassment of the Chinoike Clan.
• As Tsunade prepared to take Yūto away, Hiruzen asked her to wait.

Hiruzen Sarutobi sent Tsunade to the Sunagakure front to counter Chiyo’s poison, and Tsunade forced Yūto to go with her. Yūto recruited Shisui to escape looking after Chino, then brought them to the Chinoike Clan, where the clan welcomed him and praised his book.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Tsunade that Konoha’s troops were dying from Chiyo’s poison, and Tsunade agreed to go to the Sunagakure front.
• Tsunade grabbed Yūto and threatened to spread a rumor about him until he agreed to accompany her.
• Yūto found Shisui battered by Chino’s explosive mishaps, and Shisui eagerly asked to join the trip to the front.
• Chino caught up with them and asked to come along, so Yūto told her they were going to buy explosive tags and fled with Shisui.
• Yūto brought Chino and Shisui to the Chinoike Clan’s residence, where the clanspeople welcomed him and said they were studying Icha Icha Paradise.