Chapter Summaries

Jiraiya reverse-engineered a Reverse Summoning Jutsu and accidentally transported himself to Mount Myōboku, where the Great Toad Sage revealed a prophecy about him. Sarutobi Hiruzen learned Jiraiya was missing and could not determine when he would return, while Jiraiya remained at Mount Myōboku puzzling over the prophecy.

• Jiraiya tested his Reverse Summoning Jutsu, transported himself to Mount Myōboku, and encountered Gamabunta.
• Fukasaku and Shima told Gamabunta that Jiraiya was Mount Myōboku's next contractor, then led him to meet the Great Toad Sage.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen found Jiraiya's flawed Sealing Formula and asked Uzumaki Mito for help, but she could not retrieve Jiraiya or predict when he would return.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered Anbu ninja to search the Shinobi World for Jiraiya and regretted failing to guide his disciples toward the Enma Clan.
• Jiraiya heard the Great Toad Sage's prophecy that he would be the companion of a savior with black hair and golden eyes who could split the moon with one sword strike, then wondered who it described.

After two years away training, Chishima Chiba and Tsunade returned to Konoha, reunited with Uzumaki Mito, and met the newborn Senju Nawaki. Later, they encountered Orochimaru at their old secret base, where another familiar voice interrupted their reunion.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen worried about Orochimaru and Jiraiya while the five newly promoted Special Jonin remained away from Konoha.
• Two years passed as Konoha expanded and several future shinobi, including Senju Nawaki, were born.
• Chishima Chiba and Tsunade returned from Shikkotsu Forest and reunited with Uzumaki Mito, who introduced them to their baby brother, Senju Nawaki.
• Chishima Chiba and Tsunade helped Uzumaki Mito care for Nawaki and spent the day catching up with her.
• After Uchiha Hei's visit interrupted their family reunion, Tsunade took Chishima Chiba to their secret base, where they found Orochimaru.
• Chishima Chiba and Orochimaru embraced and spoke about their years of training before an unseen voice called out to them.

Chishima Chiba, Tsunade, Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Hatake Sakumo reunited after two years away and showed off how they had changed. They visited Sarutobi Hiruzen, who scolded them for disappearing and kept Jiraiya behind to punish him for his reckless summoning techniques.

• Jiraiya returned from Mount Myōboku and bragged about becoming its contract ninja, but Tsunade and Orochimaru stole his spotlight with their own accomplishments.
• Hatake Sakumo arrived with a reforged White Fang, and the five agreed to spar the next day and visit their teacher, Sarutobi Hiruzen.
• Chishima Chiba led the reunited squad to the Hokage Building, where Sarutobi Hiruzen angrily rebuked them for vanishing for two years and told them to collect their flak jackets from Lady Mito.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen made the five clean his office, then ordered Jiraiya to stay behind while Chishima Chiba, Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Hatake Sakumo escaped.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen confronted Jiraiya about reversing the Summoning Jutsu and inventing a Reverse Summoning Jutsu, then whipped him as the others listened outside and laughed.

Jiraiya returned from Mount Myōboku, bragged to Sarutobi Hiruzen, and went to spy on a bathhouse, where he nearly recognized his disguised teacher. Meanwhile, Chishima Chiba and Tsunade shared a private bath, and their playful talk turned to what their future child might look like.

• Jiraiya stayed with Sarutobi Hiruzen after being beaten and told him about his time training at Mount Myōboku.
• Jiraiya asked Sarutobi Hiruzen about bathhouses, then hurried off to spy on one; Sarutobi Hiruzen later followed in disguise and encountered him.
• Chishima Chiba and Tsunade returned to Konoha, put Senju Nawaki to bed, and went together to a private mixed-bathing pool.
• Tsunade's chest floated up in the water, and Chishima Chiba saw it before drawing the curtain closed again.
• Tsunade asked Chishima Chiba whether their child would look more like her or him, and he answered that the child would look like him.

Chishima Chiba and Tsunade grew closer as he promised to marry her when her hair reached her waist. At the training ground, Sarutobi Hiruzen tested his five disciples in battle, and their coordinated assault forced him to fight seriously.

• Chishima Chiba styled Tsunade's hair and told her to marry him once it reached her waist, and Tsunade happily agreed.
• Uzumaki Mito interrupted Chishima Chiba and Tsunade, gave them new clothes, and left with a smile.
• Chishima Chiba and Tsunade joined Hatake Sakumo, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya at the training ground, where Sarutobi Hiruzen challenged them to show their strength.
• Hatake Sakumo, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya attacked Sarutobi Hiruzen together, while Chishima Chiba supported them with combination Ninjutsu.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen evaded Chishima Chiba's Earth Dragon Flame Flow, and Tsunade rushed toward his new position with a Monstrous Strength Punch.

Chishima Chiba and his allies fought Sarutobi Hiruzen in a coordinated battle, forcing him to reveal more of his strength. Chiba awakened his Storm Release Kekkei Genkai and wounded Hiruzen, who then decided to fight him with Kage-level power.

• Tsunade struck the ground with immense force, and Chiba and Hiruzen countered each other’s Ninjutsu as the fight began.
• Sakumo, Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade attacked Hiruzen together, but Hiruzen used Enma’s Adamantine Staff to break their coordinated assault.
• Chiba trapped Hiruzen in a hardened swamp, while Sakumo, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya followed up with attacks that Hiruzen survived by enlarging Enma.
• Gamabunta struck Enma with his blade and returned to Mount Myōboku, while Chiba protected his allies with Triple Rashomon against Hiruzen’s Five Element Release.
• Hiruzen fought Chiba at close range, but Chiba fused Lightning and Water Release into Storm Release and cut Hiruzen with a laser-like sword strike.
• Hiruzen recognized Chiba’s Storm Release and increased his power to Kage level.

Chishima Chiba fought Sarutobi Hiruzen at full strength, revealing Ice Release and forcing Hiruzen to win through a combination of sealing and genjutsu. Hiruzen praised the five students’ growth, declared they no longer needed his training, and left them to choose their own path as Jiraiya and Hatake Sakumo prepared to challenge their teammates.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen unleashed the Great Flame Technique, but Chishima Chiba used Ice Release to split the flames and protect himself.
• Hatake Sakumo defeated one of Hiruzen’s Shadow Clones with his Shattered Fang Instant Kill technique, then went to support Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen trapped Chishima Chiba with the Three-Way Seal and Bringer-of-Darkness Technique, then used an opening to press a Kunai against his back and claim victory.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen assessed Jiraiya, Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Hatake Sakumo, then said the five students could contend with a Kage-level ninja together and would no longer need his support.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen left, and Jiraiya challenged Orochimaru while Hatake Sakumo challenged Chishima Chiba.

Chishima Chiba and his teammates finished their sparring before he accompanied Tsunade on a shopping trip that turned increasingly intimate. After Tsunade asked him to close the door, the story left them alone together in her room.

• Chishima Chiba defeated Hatake Sakumo in a sword fight, while Jiraiya and Orochimaru fought to a draw after exhausting themselves.
• Chishima Chiba and his teammates ate together, then Tsunade and Chishima Chiba went shopping for clothes and lingerie.
• Tsunade made Chishima Chiba help choose lingerie, and he later tied the straps of one piece for her in her room.
• Tsunade teased Chishima Chiba about looking at her, then sent him away, prompting him to think they should move into his new home.
• Tsunade called Chishima Chiba back, embraced him, and whispered for him to close the door.

Chishima Chiba and Tsunade grew closer before Sarutobi Hiruzen summoned them and their teammates for a highly classified S-Rank mission. The five accepted orders to infiltrate Sunagakure and assassinate Second Kazekage Shamon, then planned to slip out of the village that night.

• Chishima Chiba and Tsunade shared an intimate evening, discussed their future together, and hid the stained blanket in a Sealing Scroll.
• An Anbu ninja summoned Chishima Chiba and Tsunade to the Hokage Building, where they met Hatake Sakumo, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen assigned the five an S-Rank mission to infiltrate Sunagakure and assassinate Second Kazekage Shamon, recover Konoha ninja turned into Human Puppets if possible, and retrieve or destroy Shamon's forbidden technique.
• Chishima Chiba explained that Sunagakure's growing strength and Shamon's actions threatened Konoha's interests, and the team agreed to meet at eight that night to leave the village in secret.

Chishima Chiba and his team infiltrated the Land of Wind to assassinate Second Kazekage Shamon, planning to exploit chaos in Sunagakure and the release of the One-Tails. As Chiba attacked the Jinchuriki’s guards, Shamon recognized the trap and rushed to confront him.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered the Anbu to disavow Chishima Chiba and his team as rogue ninja if anything went wrong during their secret mission.
• Chishima Chiba, Tsunade, Hatake Sakumo, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya force-marched toward the Land of Wind and agreed to create a disturbance in Sunagakure while Chiba located and freed the One-Tails Jinchuriki.
• The five reached Sunagakure, where Hatake Sakumo, Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya attacked the village gates to draw out its defenders.
• Chishima Chiba used Mind's Eye of the Kagura to find the One-Tails Jinchuriki and killed one of the elite guards protecting him.
• Second Kazekage Shamon recognized that the gate attack was a feint, sent his Shadow Guard Squad to deal with the attackers, and rushed to the Jinchuriki's location himself.

Chishima Chiba unleashed the One-Tailed Shukaku by breaking Bunpuku’s seal, forcing Second Kazekage Shamon to confront the rampaging beast. Chiba reunited with Tsunade and the others, then led them back to attack Shamon’s supporting forces and prepare for a chance to kill him.

• Chishima Chiba cut through Sunagakure’s guards, reached Bunpuku, and partially undid the seal holding the One-Tailed Shukaku.
• Chishima Chiba set Bunpuku ablaze with Scorch Release Kunai, triggering Shukaku’s release, then escaped as Shamon turned to stop the beast.
• Shukaku attacked Shamon and Sunagakure with Magnet Release: Raging Sand Current while Chishima Chiba fled to reunite with Tsunade, Hatake Sakumo, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru.
• Chishima Chiba’s group escaped the pursuing Sunagakure Ninja and circled back toward the battle between Shukaku and Shamon.
• Chishima Chiba assigned Hatake Sakumo to fight Chiyo and Ebizo, sent Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade against five Sunagakure Ninja, and confronted Kawai as the teams clashed.

Chishima Chiba defeated Kawai and helped Tsunade, Hatake Sakumo, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya turn the battle against Sunagakure by killing Second Kazekage Shamon and briefly releasing Shukaku. After Tsunade realized Chiyo had poisoned her, Chishima Chiba led the group in retreat.

• Chiyo summoned the Chikamatsu Collection of Ten Puppets, putting Hatake Sakumo at a disadvantage while he held her and Ebizo back from supporting the other Sunagakure Ninja.
• Chishima Chiba countered Kawai’s Iron Sand attacks with Storm Release and Scorch Release, then used Lightning Release to paralyze Kawai and pin him with lightning-coated Kunai.
• Chishima Chiba and Tsunade coordinated to kill a Sunagakure Elite Jonin, and Tsunade hurled Chishima Chiba toward Second Kazekage Shamon while he was sealing Shukaku.
• Chishima Chiba beheaded Shamon, released Shukaku, and used the Four Symbols Seal to force the tailed beast back into Bunpuku before leaving Shukaku to obstruct the pursuing Sunagakure Ninja.
• Tsunade revealed that Chiyo had poisoned her with a weapon, so Chishima Chiba carried her as he led Hatake Sakumo and the others out of the battle.

Chishima Chiba took the poisoned Tsunade to Shikkotsu Forest and used his healing blood and Medical Ninjutsu to save her. After she recovered enough to sleep, Chishima Chiba reflected on his training and set Shadow Clones to work.

• Chishima Chiba sent Hatake Sakumo, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya back to Konoha to report the mission while he took Tsunade to Shikkotsu Forest.
• The Slug Sage transported Chishima Chiba and Tsunade to her dwelling, where Chishima Chiba identified the poison in Tsunade's blood.
• Chishima Chiba and the small slugs treated Tsunade, and his Uzumaki blood helped her body expel the poison and recover.
• Tsunade vowed to take revenge on Chiyo, and Chishima Chiba promised to help her.
• After Tsunade fell asleep, Chishima Chiba considered how to improve his Chakra control and summoned Shadow Clones to train.

In Shikkotsu Forest, Chishima Chiba and Tsunade spent time together before resuming their training. They planned to wait for Sakumo and the others to return to the village so the Slug Sage could send them back safely, while the retreating team crossed out of the Land of Wind without incident.

• Tsunade worried that her injury and poison might have separated her from Chishima Chiba, and he urged her to develop Yin Seal and Creation Rebirth.
• Chishima Chiba and Tsunade bathed together in the pond outside the Slug Sage's dwelling.
• Chishima Chiba explained that they had to wait for Sakumo and the others to unfold the giant scroll before returning to the village from Shikkotsu Forest.
• Tsunade learned that Sakumo, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya had safely left the Land of Wind and were traveling toward the Land of Iron.

After returning to Konoha, Chishima Chiba and Tsunade were told to begin living separately, with Uzumaki Mito arranging a home for Chiba and planning their engagement. Chiba learned that Tsunade was the daughter of the Fire Country Daimyo and Senju Ziharu, and he prepared to move out while Tsunade went to learn to cook.

• Uzumaki Mito welcomed Tsunade and Chishima Chiba back, then told Chiba to move out of the Senju Compound.
• Uzumaki Mito arranged land beside the Senju and Uchiha compounds for Chiba and allowed Tsunade to stay at his renovated house, provided she returned for dinner.
• Uzumaki Mito planned for Chiba to visit the Daimyo's Mansion next year to arrange his engagement to Tsunade, and revealed Tsunade's parents' identities.
• Uzumaki Mito warned Tsunade and Chiba to avoid having a baby, then sent them away while she went to check on Senju Nawaki.
• Chiba teased Tsunade about her inability to cook, and she chased him before deciding to learn from Auntie.
• Chiba created a Shadow Clone to buy manga for Jiraiya and give him instructions, then packed to move out.

Chishima Chiba and Tsunade moved into their new home, spent the day shopping for supplies and furniture, and finished setting it up together. The chapter left them preparing their first meal in the kitchen, with Chishima Chiba hinting at more intimate fun.

• At dinner, Tsunade served Chishima Chiba her first attempts at cooking, and he praised them while Uzumaki Mito watched their affectionate behavior.
• Tsunade and Chishima Chiba planned to shop for kitchenware and packed Tsunade's belongings before leaving the Senju Compound the next morning.
• The couple bought household supplies, then realized their new home had no furniture and returned to the shopping district to buy a bed and other furnishings.
• Tsunade and Chishima Chiba carried furniture into the third-floor home and used Shadow Clones to finish arranging it late that night.
• After celebrating their new home, Tsunade and Chishima Chiba went to the bathroom and then prepared to cook together in the kitchen.

After returning to Konoha, Chishima Chiba and Tsunade received promotions and rewards from Sarutobi Hiruzen before Chiba obtained Tobirama’s research notebook to study the Flying Thunder God Slash. At the secret base, Chiba fulfilled his promise to Jiraiya by revealing the Rasengan.

• Chishima Chiba and Tsunade spent the night together, then reported to Sarutobi Hiruzen, who promoted them and Hatake Sakumo, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya to Jonin and granted them rewards and access to the Scroll of Seals.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen assigned the group another S-Rank Mission in one week, and Tsunade looked forward to returning from it so she and Chishima Chiba could get engaged.
• Uzumaki Mito gave Chishima Chiba Tobirama’s research notebook and warned him to be careful with its forbidden techniques and ideas.
• Chishima Chiba told Tsunade he planned to study Tobirama’s Flying Thunder God Slash, and she asked him to teach her any technique he developed from it.
• Tsunade confronted Jiraiya at the secret base, and Chishima Chiba revealed the Rasengan he had promised him.

Chishima Chiba demonstrated the Rasengan and explained how its chakra rotation formed the technique, prompting Jiraiya, Hatake Sakumo, and Tsunade to try it. After showing that he could combine the Rasengan with Scorch and Ice Releases, Chiba left his friends to train and develop their own techniques.

• Chishima Chiba created a Rasengan and explained its principles to Jiraiya, Tsunade, Hatake Sakumo, and Orochimaru.
• Hatake Sakumo formed a Rasengan after one explanation but failed to stabilize it when he added wind-nature Chakra.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade learned to form Rasengan, and Jiraiya lost control of his before striking a tree and seeing its destructive power.
• Chishima Chiba explained that Jiraiya's loss of control came from an incorrect Chakra mixing ratio and warned that combining wind nature and shape transformations could injure the user.
• Chishima Chiba demonstrated Scorch Release: Crimson Lotus Rasengan and Ice Release: Freezing Rasengan, after which Jiraiya, Hatake Sakumo, Orochimaru, and Tsunade began training or pursuing their own work.

Chishima Chiba fused Wind and Earth Chakra to awaken Magnet Release, then used it to create Flying Thunder God Sealing Formulas and develop a wide-area sword technique. He left with a new way to spread Flying Thunder God marks across a battlefield, while Tsunade and the others struggled to resume training after watching him.

• Chishima Chiba decided to replace Kunai carriers for the Flying Thunder God Sealing Formula by using Magnet Release Chakra.
• Chishima Chiba fused Wind Release Chakra and Earth Release Chakra within his body and awakened Magnet Release, noticing that the fusion had weakened his life force and might trigger Bloodline Disease later.
• Chishima Chiba formed Iron Sand into Flying Thunder God Sealing Formulas and found that Magnet Release Chakra worked naturally with the technique.
• Chishima Chiba tested a Magnet Release Rasengan but rejected it because its Sealing Formula covered only the area of its impact.
• Chishima Chiba coated the Kusanagi Sword in Magnet Release Chakra and slashed through a forest, scattering Flying Thunder God Sealing Formulas across a radius of two hundred meters.
• Tsunade and the other three watched Chishima Chiba's rapid breakthroughs and were too demoralized to focus on their training.

Chishima Chiba tested his improved Flying Thunder God in a spar and defeated Tsunade, Hatake Sakumo, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru almost instantly. The group recognized how difficult his technique was to counter, then Tsunade challenged the others to try beating him at dice instead.

• Chishima Chiba asked Hatake Sakumo to spar so he could test his newly learned Flying Thunder God, and Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru joined in against him.
• Chishima Chiba used a Magnet Release blade flash to scatter Flying Thunder God formulas across the battlefield, then teleported behind Tsunade and pulled her from the group's formation.
• Chishima Chiba evaded Hatake Sakumo, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru's attacks and tagged each of them, defeating all four opponents in moments.
• Tsunade and the others examined Chishima Chiba's technique, while Orochimaru identified preventing the blade flash from exploding as a possible counter.
• Chishima Chiba admitted that repeated spatial transfers made him dizzy after a few hundred uses, and Tsunade accused him of showing off.
• Tsunade pulled out a Dice Cup and challenged the others to beat Chishima Chiba at dice, while he looked smugly on.