Chapter Summaries

Chishima Chiba and Tsunade spent a happy day cooking, training, and enjoying each other’s company before their team received a new S-Rank Mission. Sarutobi Hiruzen sent the five to the Land of Demons to investigate Iwagakure’s experiments and stop its plans.

• Chishima Chiba and Tsunade went home together, cooked dinner, and spent the night as a couple.
• Chishima Chiba made breakfast for Tsunade, and the two joined Hatake Sakumo, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru for training.
• After the team’s rest period ended, Chishima Chiba and the others went to the Hokage Building to receive an S-Rank Mission.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen told the five that Iwagakure’s secret experiment had turned civilians in the Land of Demons into immortal monsters and ordered them to investigate and thwart Iwagakure’s plans.
• Chishima Chiba and the others accepted the mission and agreed to meet at their usual place at eight that evening to prepare for departure.

Chishima Chiba led Tsunade, Hatake Sakumo, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru on an S-Rank mission to the Land of Demons, where Iwagakure sought to exploit Moryo and its Undead Legion. After splitting up to gather intelligence and intercept reinforcements, Chishima Chiba and Tsunade reached the battlefield, and he launched an attack on the Iwa-nin while holding her close with Flying Thunder God formulas scattered across the area.

• Chishima Chiba briefed his team on the mission and assigned Orochimaru to investigate the Iwa-nin, Hatake Sakumo and Jiraiya to cover him and intercept reinforcements, and himself and Tsunade to deal with Moryo.
• Chishima Chiba gave his teammates Flying Thunder God talismans, while Orochimaru and Jiraiya provided a snake and a toad for sharing intelligence.
• After traveling through the Land of Rain and onward to the Land of Demons, the group received Orochimaru's report that the Iwa-nin were led by an Elite Jonin.
• Chishima Chiba sent Hatake Sakumo and Jiraiya north to join Orochimaru, while he and Tsunade headed toward the battlefield where Moryo, the Iwa-nin, and the Land of Demons' warriors had gathered.
• Chishima Chiba and Tsunade discussed the Miko's unusual power and Moryo's apparent connection to the Warring States Period, and Chishima Chiba decided to study Moryo's power.
• Chishima Chiba attacked the Iwa-nin with a Magnet Release blade that scattered Flying Thunder God formulas, then pulled Tsunade into his arms and vanished to begin the assault.

Chishima Chiba and Tsunade ambushed and wiped out an eighteen-man Iwa-nin squad in seconds, then returned to watch the Miko of the Land of Demons prepare to seal Moryo. As the Miko began her life-consuming sealing technique, Chishima Chiba and Tsunade launched into action.

• Chishima Chiba used Flying Thunder God and his Kusanagi Sword to kill most of the Iwa-nin squad before Tsunade defeated one Elite Jonin with her monstrous strength.
• Chishima Chiba killed two more Elite Jonin with a Rasengan and a Flying Thunder God-assisted sword strike, eliminating all eighteen Iwa-nin in fifteen seconds.
• Tsunade complained that Chishima Chiba had left her with little fighting experience, then discussed the Miko, Moryo, and Iwagakure's covert attempt to control the demon with him.
• Chishima Chiba told Tsunade to hold back the Undead Legion and the Land of Demons' army while he dealt with the Miko and Moryo.
• The Miko of the Land of Demons unleashed a life-consuming sealing power that destroyed Undead Legion soldiers, while Moryo pleaded with her to join him.
• Chishima Chiba and Tsunade suddenly moved as the Miko continued the sealing operation.

Chishima Chiba and Tsunade attacked the Miko of the Land of Demons, extracted Moryo’s other half of power and soul, and sealed him in a scroll. They escaped the battlefield and reunited with Hatake Sakumo, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru after completing the mission.

• Tsunade knocked aside the Miko’s guards while Chishima Chiba used sealing techniques and Adamantine Sealing Chains to extract Moryo’s other half of power and soul from the Miko.
• Chishima Chiba let Moryo reunite with his missing half while secretly preparing a seal, then trapped him inside a Four Red Yang Formation.
• Chishima Chiba’s hidden Five Elements Sealing Jutsu restrained Moryo, and his Shadow Clones added three more seals before Chishima Chiba sealed him in a scroll with a Four Symbols Seal.
• Chishima Chiba and Tsunade escaped using Flying Thunder God as the Land of Demons’ forces discovered the Miko and the vanished Undead Legion.
• Chishima Chiba and Tsunade used prepared Flying Thunder God formulas to reach Hatake Sakumo, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru at the border, then Chishima Chiba took the group away.

After sealing Moryo and returning to Konoha, Chishima Chiba secured permission to study him with Orochimaru while Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzō argued over who should control the sealed monster. The chapter left Danzō heading to supervise the research, while Ōnoki prepared Iwagakure for retaliation and future conflict.

• Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure’s intelligence operatives to identify the ninja who destroyed the Moryo operation and authorized a retaliation plan against Chishima Chiba and Tsunade.
• Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure to accelerate training and accumulate funds, while Chishima Chiba led his five-person team across five national borders and back to Konoha.
• Chishima Chiba reported the mission to Sarutobi Hiruzen, confirmed that Moryo was sealed in a scroll, and asked to study him with Orochimaru without leaving the village for nonessential missions.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen approved the research on the condition that Chishima Chiba and the Sealing Squad were present, and he agreed to Orochimaru’s involvement.
• Shimura Danzō urged Sarutobi Hiruzen to hand Moryo to Root Anbu to create an Undead Army, but Sarutobi Hiruzen instead assigned Danzō to supervise the research jointly with Chishima Chiba, Orochimaru, and the Sealing Squad.

Chishima Chiba refused Shimura Danzō’s demand to take control of Moryo and left the Sealing Squad headquarters with Orochimaru. As they discussed Orochimaru’s ambitions, Chiba inspired him to establish a school of scientific research and promised to help him build a Research Department in Konoha.

• Shimura Danzō ordered Chishima Chiba and Orochimaru to hand Moryo over to him, but Chiba challenged his authority and refused.
• Danzō offered to let Chiba and Orochimaru research Moryo under his supervision, but Chiba rejected the condition and left with Orochimaru.
• Orochimaru confided that he wanted to uncover mysteries, and Chiba urged him to create research standards that could be passed on to future generations.
• Orochimaru declared his dream of founding a school of scientific research, and Chiba promised to give him enough time to achieve it.
• Chiba proposed establishing a Konoha Research Department and making Orochimaru its director, and they began looking for a site.

Chishima Chiba discussed Moryo and Konoha’s new research department before spending a romantic evening with Tsunade. The chapter ended with them watching fireworks together and kissing beneath the night sky.

• Chishima Chiba and Orochimaru selected a remote site near the Hokage Rock Mountain Range for the Konoha Research Department.
• Chishima Chiba gave Uzumaki Mito the sealing scroll, and she confirmed that Moryo was securely sealed and may be a conglomeration of Natural Energy.
• Uzumaki Mito told Chishima Chiba that Sarutobi Hiruzen had visited to ask about his and Tsunade’s engagement and marriage plans.
• Chishima Chiba and Tsunade strolled through Konoha, bought fireworks and sparklers, and set them off near the Hokage Rock Mountain Range.
• Chishima Chiba kissed Tsunade as fireworks burst overhead.

Chishima Chiba and Tsunade enjoyed a loving morning routine before Chishima Chiba took Orochimaru to establish a research site in Konoha’s back mountain. They experimented on Moryo’s energy and transferred its consciousness into a Ryūchi Cave white snake, though the energy continued to change.

• Chishima Chiba and Tsunade shared breakfast, household chores, and affectionate conversation on their way to the secret base.
• Chishima Chiba took Orochimaru to the Hokage Rock Mountain Range, where they carved out a cave to serve as Orochimaru’s research site.
• Orochimaru showed Chishima Chiba his research notes and equipment, and Chishima Chiba admitted that Orochimaru surpassed him in research.
• Chishima Chiba used Adamantine Sealing Chains to extract a piece of Moryo’s purplish-red energy for study with Orochimaru.
• Chishima Chiba and Orochimaru developed an initial Sealing Jutsu: Soul Stealing Technique to separate consciousness and place it in a vessel.
• Orochimaru summoned a Ryūchi Cave white snake, and Chishima Chiba transferred Moryo’s consciousness into it as the energy in the ampoule changed.

Chishima Chiba removed Moryo’s consciousness and fed it to Orochimaru’s White Snake, then tried to contain Moryo’s immense Natural Energy before the Sealing Scroll collapsed. With Tsunade’s necklace fused into the Kusanagi Sword, he transformed it into a Super Divine Artifact and tested its power with a swing that changed the sky.

• Chishima Chiba used the Soul Stealing Technique to strip Moryo’s consciousness from the Sealing Scroll and feed it to Orochimaru’s White Snake, which grew into a massive python and returned to Ryūchi Cave.
• Tsunade found Chishima Chiba and Orochimaru, listened to their findings, and joined them when the cracked Sealing Scroll threatened to collapse.
• Chishima Chiba transferred Moryo’s Natural Energy into the Kusanagi Sword, but the sword reached its limit, so Tsunade tried to place her Yin Seal on it.
• Chishima Chiba fused Tsunade’s green crystal necklace into the Kusanagi Sword’s hilt, allowing the sword to absorb and store the Natural Energy as its blade turned violet-red.
• Chishima Chiba, Tsunade, and Orochimaru drained all the Natural Energy from the Sealing Scroll, and Chishima Chiba swung the transformed sword, changing the color of the sky.

Chishima Chiba demonstrated the Kusanagi Sword’s immense power and discovered that it recognized him and Tsunade as its owners. The next day, he sought Uzumaki Mito’s backing to establish the Konoha Research Department, then left to speak with his teacher about funding.

• Chishima Chiba infused the Kusanagi Sword with Sage Jutsu and unleashed sword strikes that lit up the sky above Konohagakure.
• Orochimaru found the Kusanagi Sword too heavy to wield, while Tsunade could use it easily because it recognized her as an owner.
• Chishima Chiba explained that the sword’s power was external strength, and the three left after an Uchiha Anbu squad investigated the disturbance.
• Tsunade proposed that the Kusanagi Sword become a family heirloom, and Chishima Chiba and Tsunade returned home together.
• Chishima Chiba visited Uzumaki Mito to ask for her support in establishing the Konoha Research Department.
• Uzumaki Mito warned that Chishima Chiba and Orochimaru would have limited influence in the new department, then agreed to cover for him as he went to seek his teacher’s financial support.

Chishima Chiba confronted Sarutobi Hiruzen about limiting Shimura Danzō’s authority and then persuaded him to support a privately operated Konoha Research Department. The chapter ended with Sarutobi Hiruzen agreeing to Chishima Chiba’s demands as they settled the department’s funding and equity.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen worried about Chishima Chiba’s growing influence and decided to hear what his former student wanted.
• Chishima Chiba told Sarutobi Hiruzen that he and Tsunade planned to get engaged next year, then urged him to restrict Shimura Danzō’s authority.
• Chishima Chiba warned that Shimura Danzō was overstepping his role, and Sarutobi Hiruzen agreed to keep an eye on him and let Chishima Chiba handle future problems.
• Chishima Chiba proposed establishing a Konoha Research Department with funding from the Daimyo and private investors, with profits from research into ninjutsu and daily life.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen embraced the proposal and agreed to Chishima Chiba’s demands as they began arranging the initial funding and equity distribution.

Chishima Chiba secured Sarutobi Hiruzen’s approval for Orochimaru’s Research Department, then left Konoha with Tsunade to visit the Daimyo’s Mansion. Shimura Danzō arranged an attack on them, but Uzumaki Mito uncovered his scheme and confronted Sarutobi Hiruzen, demanding permission to kill him.

• Chishima Chiba showed Orochimaru Sarutobi Hiruzen’s approved document and told him to prepare an equipment list and budget for the Research Department.
• Chishima Chiba and Tsunade left Konoha for the Daimyo’s Mansion after Uzumaki Mito gave them gifts and travel supplies.
• Shimura Danzō ordered a subordinate to leak news of Chishima Chiba and Tsunade’s departure and hand a captured Iwagakure spy to Uchiha ninja, hoping the Iwa-nin would kill them.
• Uzumaki Mito learned of Shimura Danzō’s orders, preserved the evidence, and summoned Hatake Sakumo, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya to support Chishima Chiba and Tsunade.
• Uzumaki Mito confronted Sarutobi Hiruzen and demanded to know whether he objected to her killing Shimura Danzō.

Uzumaki Mito confronted Sarutobi Hiruzen over Shimura Danzō’s role in exposing Chiba and Tsunade’s mission, then declared Danzō must die despite Hiruzen’s attempt to limit the punishment. The Shimura Clan chose to abandon Danzō, while Mito’s allied clans gathered to await its response.

• Uzumaki Mito presented a Root Anbu ninja who admitted leaking information about Chiba and Tsunade, though he denied acting on Shimura Danzō’s orders.
• Shimura Danzō burst into the Hokage Office and tried to kill the Root Anbu ninja, but Uzumaki Mito subdued him and ordered Uchiha Hei to take him away.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen proposed suspending Shimura Danzō, but Uzumaki Mito rejected the compromise, killed the Root Anbu ninja, and left to rally her allies.
• Uzumaki Mito gathered the Uchiha, Akimichi, Nara, Yamanaka, and Hatake representatives and gave the Shimura Clan until nightfall to respond.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen met with allied clan leaders, and the Shimura Clan said it would abandon Shimura Danzō while fearing Mito would punish the clan too.

Uzumaki Mito secured Shimura Danzō’s execution and negotiated protections for the Shimura Clan while planning changes to Konoha’s leadership. In Tanzaku Town, Chishima Chiba and Tsunade learned of Danzō’s quiet death, then went to take wedding photos together.

• Uzumaki Mito persuaded Sarutobi Hiruzen and the village clans to execute Shimura Danzō for betraying Konoha, colluding with the enemy, and framing comrades.
• Uzumaki Mito reassured Shimura Kouichi that the Shimura Clan would not be punished collectively and discussed a future appointment for a clan member.
• Uzumaki Mito considered placing Hatake Sakumo in Shimura Danzō’s former Anbu position and using the vacancy to strengthen Konoha’s leadership arrangements.
• In Tanzaku Town, Chishima Chiba read that Shimura Danzō had been executed without causing a ripple, then strolled along Tanzaku Street with Tsunade.
• Chishima Chiba took Tsunade to a photography studio and ordered a full set of wedding photos, and the two chose matching outfits.

Chishima Chiba and Tsunade spent a romantic day taking photos in Tanzaku Town, then shared a quiet night at a hot spring inn, where Tsunade fell asleep after worrying about meeting her parents and their approval. Meanwhile, Ōnoki sent Iwa-nin on a retaliation mission and decided to target Hanzō and Amegakure, setting the Land of Rain on course for turmoil.

• Tsunade joyfully admired the outfits she and Chishima Chiba had bought, and the two took many commemorative photos around Tanzaku Town.
• After spending the day and night together, Chishima Chiba and Tsunade checked into a hot spring inn, where they talked about her parents and promised to stay together even if her family opposed them.
• Tsunade fell asleep in the bathing pool, and Chishima Chiba dried her and carried her to the tatami.
• In Iwagakure, Ōnoki sent six elite Iwa-nin to carry out retaliation, believing Konoha's leadership was in disarray.
• Ōnoki identified Hanzō the Salamander as a threat to Iwagakure's mission contracts and ordered action against Amegakure and the Land of Rain.

Chishima Chiba and Tsunade continued toward the Fire Country Daimyo's Residence, unaware that an Iwa-nin squad was tracking them after their departure information leaked. They prepared to fight the six attackers, and the chapter ended as Chishima Chiba's Iron Sand defense met the squad's Mountain Earth Technique.

• Chishima Chiba collected the couple's photographs and negatives with Tsunade, then they left Tanzaku Town for the Fire Country Daimyo's Residence.
• Six pursuers arrived in Tanzaku Town and saw Chishima Chiba and Tsunade on a poster at the photography studio.
• Chishima Chiba sensed a group approaching and told Tsunade that Shimura Danzō had leaked their departure information; he identified the attackers as Iwa-nin.
• Chishima Chiba and Tsunade prepared an ambush, but Chishima Chiba sensed that the Iwa-nin's sensor ninja had detected their setup.
• The Iwa-nin squad advanced and used Earth Release: Mountain Earth Technique as Chishima Chiba formed an Iron Sand barrier around himself and Tsunade.

Chishima Chiba and Tsunade defeated an Iwa-nin squad, though some of Chishima Chiba’s combat information was transmitted to the village. After burying the dead, they left to meet Tsunade’s parents.

• Three Iwa-nin Elite Jonin used Mountain Earth Technique, but Chishima Chiba shattered the giant rock sphere with Sage Art: Storm Release Slash.
• Tsunade destroyed the Iwa-nin Special Jonin’s Earth Spikes and earth wave with her Monstrous Strength Punch, while Chishima Chiba killed him with Sage Art: Scorch Release Slash.
• Chishima Chiba’s further slashes scattered the remaining Iwa-nin, and he used Flying Thunder God Technique marks to kill several as they tried to send intelligence back to their village.
• Chishima Chiba joined Tsunade to defeat the last Iwa-nin Elite Jonin, then Tsunade dug pits and buried the bodies.
• As they walked away, Tsunade worried that Chishima Chiba’s combat information had leaked, but he said none of his core information had been exposed and asked her to take him to meet her parents.

Chishima Chiba and Tsunade arrived in the Land of Fire’s capital, where Tsunade reunited with her mother, Senju Ziharu, and was welcomed by the daimyo. Chishima Chiba resisted the daimyo’s attempt to recruit him permanently, reached an understanding with him, and prepared to join the banquet at the Daimyo’s Mansion.

• Senju Ziharu and the Fire Country Daimyo arrived with a samurai procession and welcomed Tsunade; Senju Ziharu embraced her, and Tsunade returned the embrace.
• Senju Ziharu led Tsunade to the palanquin, while Chishima Chiba reassured her and stayed behind with the daimyo.
• The Fire Country Daimyo offered Chishima Chiba a mansion and urged him and Tsunade to settle in the capital and marry, but Chishima Chiba said they would visit for several months each year instead.
• Chishima Chiba and the daimyo discussed Konoha, family succession, and Nawaki, then reached a consensus as they walked through the capital.
• The daimyo paid Chishima Chiba for the matter they had discussed, and Chishima Chiba presented Uzumaki Mito’s gifts as Tsunade’s banquet was prepared.

Chishima Chiba won the Fire Country Daimyo and Senju Ziharu’s approval, became the Land of Fire’s Prince Consort, and secured an engagement date with Tsunade. After celebrating their happiness together, he and Tsunade left the capital to return to Konoha, promising Senju Ziharu they would visit again.

• At the family banquet, Senju Ziharu and the Fire Country Daimyo accepted Chishima Chiba as their son-in-law, gave him gifts, and called him their son-in-law.
• The next day, the Fire Country Daimyo officially declared Chishima Chiba the Prince Consort and set his engagement date with Tsunade.
• During the following two days, Chishima Chiba and Tsunade toured the capital, took photographs, and celebrated their relationship at the Princess’s Residence.
• After their night together, Tsunade scolded Chishima Chiba and blamed Jiraiya for his suggestive ideas.
• Chishima Chiba and Tsunade said farewell to the Daimyo and Senju Ziharu before leaving for Konoha, promising to visit again in a couple of months.

After returning to Konoha, Chishima Chiba reassured Sarutobi Hiruzen that he should remain Hokage and helped arrange roles for Tsunade, Orochimaru, and others. He then visited Orochimaru to discuss the new Research Department and suggested Hiruko as a potential assistant.

• Chishima Chiba and Tsunade returned to Konoha after nearly a month away, leaving Sarutobi Hiruzen worried about Chishima Chiba's growing influence.
• Chishima Chiba told Sarutobi Hiruzen that he was suited to remain Hokage but needed to punish anyone who broke the law impartially.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen showed Chishima Chiba plans for the Konoha Research Department, offered Tsunade the role of Medical Department deputy head, and asked about positions for Jiraiya and a team leader role for Uchiha Fugaku.
• Chishima Chiba declined to lead Uchiha Fugaku's team for now and left two hundred million taels in the Hokage Office before visiting Orochimaru.
• Chishima Chiba suggested Hiruko as a talented potential assistant for Orochimaru, who agreed to consider recruiting him if his ability and character were suitable.