Recaps

Naruto left Konoha with Jiraiya for a two-and-a-half-year training journey, while the tavern and Zhang Yu's new tea house settled into their routines. Tsunade offered Zhang Yu the Hokage's position, but he refused, then brought a roast chicken to Yugao and the others, leaving Tsunade irritated in the kitchen.

• Naruto told Zhang Yu he would get stronger and bring Sasuke back, then left Konoha with Jiraiya for training.
• Tenten, Hinata, Sakura, and Ino finished their month of work at the tavern and returned to training and missions.
• Zhang Yu opened a wellness tea house and left Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki in charge.
• Tsunade asked Zhang Yu if he wanted the Hokage's position and offered to hand it over, but Zhang Yu refused.
• Tsunade started making eggs while Zhang Yu prepared a roast chicken for Yugao, Haku, Karin, and Tayuya, upsetting Tsunade.
• Zhang Yu brought the roast chicken to Yugao's room, where Haku, Karin, Tayuya, and Yugao began sharing it.

After saving 7.2 million gold coins, Zhang Yu triggered a task to gather the Nine Tailed Beasts as mascots for the Undead Tavern. He assembled a team to hunt them and told the girls he would leave Konoha, then prepared to show them his skills.

• Yugao invited Zhang Yu to her room the following night, and he later shared roast chicken and erguotou with Tsunade.
• Over two months, Zhang Yu completed everyday tasks around Konoha and saved 7.2 million gold coins.
• The system offered Zhang Yu one million gold coins for each tail he obtained by gathering the Nine Tailed Beasts for the tavern.
• Zhang Yu held a meeting and chose Madara, Hashirama, and Tobirama to accompany him, while the others stayed to manage the tavern and teahouse.
• Zhang Yu told the girls he would leave Konoha for a while and asked them to stand aside so he could demonstrate his skills.

Zhang Yu set out to capture all Nine Tailed Beasts and supported Hashirama’s proposal to use the effort to pursue an alliance among the Five Great Nations. After Tsunade decided to go with them, Zhang Yu began finding assistants for Shizune, but his visit to Kurenai Yuhi ended with him diving headfirst into a basin of flour.

• Zhang Yu told Yugao, Haku, Karin, and Tayuya that he would capture all Nine Tailed Beasts and return each time he caught one.
• Hashirama proposed forming an alliance between the Five Great Nations, and Zhang Yu agreed to let him try while Madara resisted helping.
• Tsunade decided to accompany Zhang Yu and leave Konoha’s official work to Shizune, triggering a quest for Zhang Yu to find three assistants for her.
• Zhang Yu brought Yugao to the Hokage office as Shizune’s first assistant, and Yugao began learning how to handle mission assignments.
• Zhang Yu went to recruit Kurenai Yuhi as another assistant, then pretended to faint and plunged headfirst into a basin of flour at her home.

Zhang Yu used a System Shop skill to make ramen for Kurenai Yuhi, Hinata, Kiba, and Shino, impressing them with his cooking. After lunch, he asked Kurenai Yuhi to become the Hokage’s assistant while Tsunade was away, and she agreed to try.

• Zhang Yu bought the Top-Level Ramen Master Skill from the System Shop after getting covered in flour.
• Zhang Yu prepared and served five bowls of ramen, and Kiba, Hinata, Shino, and Kurenai Yuhi praised the meal.
• Hinata asked Zhang Yu to teach her how to make ramen, and he agreed.
• Zhang Yu asked Kurenai Yuhi to handle routine documents as the Hokage’s assistant while Tsunade was away.
• Kurenai Yuhi worried she was unqualified, but Zhang Yu encouraged her, and she agreed to try.

Zhang Yu recruited Kurenai Yuhi, Yugao, and Anko to help Shizune with Hokage office paperwork, completing the office crisis mission. He then prepared to travel with Hashirama, Tobirama, Madara, Izuna, and Tsunade to collect the Tailed Beasts, while Kakashi and Might Guy stayed behind at the tavern.

• Zhang Yu recruited Anko with a monthly pass for free tavern snacks, and she agreed to help Shizune while promising to watch her weight.
• Tsunade and Shizune trained Kurenai Yuhi, Yugao, and Anko to handle office paperwork, and the three soon managed most tasks on their own.
• Zhang Yu completed the Hokage office crisis mission and received 300,000 gold coins.
• Tobirama outlined a route to collect the Tailed Beasts, and Zhang Yu chose the Land of Water as their first stop and assigned Izuna to prepare meals.
• Kakashi and Might Guy asked to join the expedition, but Zhang Yu told them to stay at the tavern as temporary workers.
• Might Guy gave Kakashi a golden badge as proof of their bond of youth.

Kakashi accepted Might Guy’s badge, completing their pairing before Zhang Yu’s group continued toward the Land of Water and stopped in the Land of Hot Water. At the inn, Zhang Yu and Tsunade were left with a small room, while Kakuzu and Hidan arrived and ran into a toilet-paper problem.

• Kakashi accepted Might Guy’s badge, and the system paired them and awarded Zhang Yu 600,000 gold coins.
• Zhang Yu’s group reached a hot spring town in the Land of Hot Water, where Tsunade persuaded him to stop for two days.
• Hashirama arranged three rooms at the inn, but Tsunade and Zhang Yu were left with the only small room; Zhang Yu went downstairs to ask about renting another.
• Kakuzu and Hidan arrived at the inn, took its last available room, and Kakuzu left to visit the Exchange while Hidan waited.
• Hidan entered a public restroom and called to Kakuzu for toilet paper, but Kakuzu said he had none and Hidan had spent all the money.

Zhang Yu discovered the inn had no rooms left and agreed to sleep on the sofa in Tsunade’s room. After confronting Hashirama and Madara, he learned they had not arranged for someone to rent the neighboring room, and he set plans for barbecue and hot springs.

• Kakuzu left Hidan at the toilet and went to the Exchange to sell the corpse.
• Zhang Yu learned the last guest room had been booked and accepted Tsunade’s invitation to sleep on her sofa.
• Zhang Yu confronted Hashirama and found Madara blushing while the two argued about sharing a room.
• Hashirama admitted he had listened at the wall but denied arranging for anyone to rent the neighboring room.
• Zhang Yu told Hashirama and Madara to meet him for barbecue at noon and said everyone would discuss going to the hot springs afterward.

Zhang Yu and his companions went to a barbecue restaurant, where he spotted Kakuzu and Hidan with a suitcase of bounty money. After a system mission tasked him with secretly switching the money, Zhang Yu stopped Tsunade from approaching and prepared to act.

• Tsunade and Zhang Yu napped at the inn while Kakuzu counted his bounty money eight times and Hidan complained about the wait.
• Hashirama called Zhang Yu, and the group left the inn for a barbecue restaurant, ordering every specialty and several pots of wine.
• Kakuzu and Hidan entered the restaurant and sat with their suitcase of bounty money.
• Zhang Yu triggered a mission to steal and replace Kakuzu's money without being noticed, with a reward of gold coins and an undead summon.
• Tsunade recognized the Exchange suitcase and moved to approach it, but Zhang Yu held her back and told her not to rush.

Zhang Yu and his companions arranged to lure Kakuzu and Hidan to a hot spring so they could swap Kakuzu’s money case, while lunch turned into a series of disputes over feeding grilled meat. The others left for the hot spring, and Kurama woke up at the barbecue shop, where Tsunade gave him a platter of meat.

• Zhang Yu and Hashirama, Tobirama, Madara, and Izuna planned to distract Kakuzu and Hidan at the hot spring while replacing Kakuzu’s money case.
• Zhang Yu and his companions announced their hot spring plans, and Hidan pestered Kakuzu until he agreed to go after the barbecue.
• Hidan fed grilled meat to Kakuzu, while Tsunade asked Zhang Yu to feed her and he refused.
• Hashirama pulled Madara toward the hot spring, and Izuna and Tobirama followed them out of the shop.
• Kurama woke from a two-day sleep, began eating grilled meat, and told Zhang Yu about the noisy habits of some of his former Jinchūriki.
• Tsunade placed a large platter of grilled meat in front of Kurama and told him to eat.

Zhang Yu and Tsunade finished a barbecue meal, then pretended to be a couple to keep Hidan and Kakuzu from suspecting their mission. Hidan persuaded Kakuzu to follow them to the hot spring bathhouse, where the owner mistakenly gave them a couples’ discount.

• Kurama ate grilled meat, complained about Tsunade petting him, and left to find Hashirama and the others.
• Tsunade ordered more meat and made Zhang Yu finish what she could not eat.
• Tsunade linked arms with Zhang Yu and suggested visiting the hot spring house as part of their mission, while Hidan and Kakuzu watched.
• Hidan proposed that he and Kakuzu take a couples’ bath, and Kakuzu threatened to hold him underwater.
• The barbecue owner mistook Hidan and Kakuzu for a couple and gave them a discount, so Kakuzu paid and followed Hidan toward the hot spring bathhouse.

Hashirama and Tobirama switched the hot spring signs to send Zhang Yu into the men's bath, then prepared to stall Hidan and Kakuzu. Hidan and Kakuzu arrived and entered the same pool as Hashirama, Madara, Tobirama, Izuna, and Kurama, without recognizing them through the steam.

• Hashirama and Tobirama swapped the men's and women's bath signs so Zhang Yu entered the men's hot spring valley.
• Zhang Yu took a tray of Erguotou into the hot spring valley while Tsunade soaked in the women's pool.
• Hashirama splashed Madara when he jumped into their chosen pool, and Tobirama and Izuna confirmed that he had done it on purpose.
• Hidan and Kakuzu arrived, and Kakuzu locked his briefcase of money in a locker before they went to the men's hot spring valley.
• Hidan jumped into the pool with Hashirama, Madara, Tobirama, Izuna, and Kurama, while Kakuzu sat down without recognizing them.
• Kakuzu said they would leave for the Land of Lightning after soaking to search for the Two-Tails, and Hidan complained that he could not even have a drink.

Hashirama and the others shared liquor with Hidan and Kakuzu, who revealed their search for the Two-Tails and Hidan’s faith in the Jashin Cult. Meanwhile, Tsunade stole a bottle of erguotou from Zhang Yu, and he chased her through the hot spring.

• Hashirama brought out liquor, and Madara, Tobirama, Izuna, and Kurama joined him for drinks in the hot spring.
• Hidan smelled the alcohol and persuaded Kakuzu to let him approach Hashirama’s group.
• Tobirama and Izuna realized Hidan and Kakuzu were after the Tailed Beasts, while Hashirama invited them to drink.
• Hidan praised the Jashin Cult and tried to recruit Hashirama, who asked whether joining meant he could drink every day.
• Zhang Yu soaked alone with erguotou, and Tsunade stole a bottle from his tray.
• Zhang Yu noticed the missing liquor and chased Tsunade through the hot spring.

Zhang Yu caught Tsunade in the women’s bath after Hashirama and Tobirama switched the signs, but she kept his sake and persuaded him to stay and drink with her. Meanwhile, Hashirama, Tobirama, and Madara questioned Hidan about the Jashin Cult, leaving Hashirama curious about the unfamiliar group.

• Zhang Yu chased Tsunade through the hot spring pool and discovered that Hashirama and Tobirama had switched the bath signs.
• Tsunade claimed Zhang Yu’s sake as compensation, took the remaining bottles, and invited him to drink with her.
• Zhang Yu chose the system mission option to stay and drink with Tsunade rather than go to Kakuzu’s storage locker.
• Hashirama asked Hidan about the Jashin Cult, while Tobirama and Madara said they had never heard of it.
• Hidan preached that the Jashin Cult offered eternal life, but Tobirama and Madara rejected his claims.

Zhang Yu returned to the hot spring bathhouse and found Kakuzu and Hidan drunk, with Kakuzu boasting that he had once defeated Hashirama. After the pair passed out, Zhang Yu opened Kakuzu’s cash box, but Tsunade claimed the money and promised to return it if Zhang Yu played with her tomorrow.

• Zhang Yu marked Kakuzu’s cash box with a Flying Thunder God Formula and went to fetch the others from the hot spring valley.
• Zhang Yu returned to find Kakuzu, Hidan, Hashirama, Madara, Tobirama, and Izuna drinking, and Kakuzu drunkenly claimed that he had beaten Hashirama in battle.
• Hashirama sent Kakuzu and Hidan flying out of the pool with Wood Release after Kakuzu’s boastful story continued.
• Zhang Yu received his mission reward, then used Wood Release: Key Jutsu to open Kakuzu’s locker and retrieve the briefcase full of money.
• Tsunade grabbed the briefcase and told Zhang Yu she would give it back if he played with her the next day.

After learning that Kakuzu and Hidan were gathering information on the Two-Tails, Zhang Yu decided to use them to search for the Six-Tails. He assembled his companions in disguises as the Akatsuki and planned to confront the pair that night.

• Kakuzu woke up, checked his cash box, and confirmed that none of his money was missing.
• At the inn, Hashirama told Zhang Yu that Kakuzu and Hidan were heading to the Land of Lightning to investigate the Two-Tails.
• Zhang Yu decided to have Kakuzu and Hidan search for the Six-Tails and asked the group to help him stage a meeting as the Akatsuki.
• Zhang Yu transformed into Deva Path Pain, Tsunade took Konan's appearance, and Hashirama, Madara, Izuna, Tobirama, and Kurama disguised themselves as the other Paths.
• Zhang Yu instructed the group to practice their lines and scheduled their operation for two thirty in the morning, when Kakuzu and Hidan would be asleep.

Zhang Yu and his allies disguised themselves as Pain and Konan to surprise Kakuzu and Hidan at their inn. Kakuzu handed over the organization’s mission money to Tsunade, leaving the group in control of the cash box.

• Kakuzu claimed the bedroom and gave Hidan bedding for the sofa, prompting Hidan to say Kakuzu was a good person.
• Zhang Yu sensed the cash box next door and gathered everyone to disguise themselves as Pain and Konan.
• The group entered Kakuzu and Hidan’s room, where the two initially prepared to fight before recognizing their supposed leader.
• Zhang Yu ordered Kakuzu to give Konan the money owed to the organization, and Kakuzu handed Tsunade the cash box.

Zhang Yu and his companions tricked Kakuzu and Hidan into handing over their money, then followed Tsunade to the gambling hall, where Zhang Yu let her gamble with millions of ryo. By the end, they had lost ten million ryo, and Zhang Yu had realized the gambling hall was cheating.

• Zhang Yu ordered Kakuzu and Hidan to investigate the Six-Tails Jinchuriki in the Land of Water, then returned to the inn with Tsunade and the others.
• Tsunade opened the stolen money box, and Zhang Yu received a reward of 200,000 gold coins for completing his mission.
• The next morning, Hashirama told Zhang Yu that Tsunade had taken several hundred thousand silver taels to the Quick Money Entertainment Hall, so Zhang Yu went after her with Hashirama and Madara.
• Kakuzu and Hidan left the hot spring town to take assassination missions before heading to the Land of Water.
• At the gambling hall, Tsunade lost her money, and Zhang Yu joined her, losing ten million ryo as he watched the dealer and the others cheat.

Zhang Yu exposed a rigged gambling hall, won back the money he had lost, and forced the hall to close. After spending a week in the hot spring town, his group joined Kakuzu and Hidan on their journey to the Land of Water to search for the Six-Tails Jinchuriki.

• Zhang Yu revealed the gambling hall’s dice and table mechanisms, defeated its dealer and attendants, and won twenty million ryo in the final round.
• Zhang Yu drove off men who pursued them for the money and ordered the gambling hall to shut down, which it did that evening.
• Zhang Yu, Tsunade, Hashirama, Madara, Tobirama, Izuna, Kurama, Kakuzu, and Hidan spent a week in the hot spring town.
• Zhang Yu’s group met Kakuzu and Hidan as they prepared to travel to the Land of Water, and both groups agreed to go together.
• Zhang Yu and the others reached a bustling market town near Kirigakure.

Zhang Yu and his companions stayed at an inn near Kirigakure, where Hashirama and Madara and Tobirama and Izuna were assigned to share beds. After bringing Tsunade back from a gambling hall, Zhang Yu recruited her to the Undead Tavern and restored her youthful appearance.

• Tsunade assigned Hashirama and Madara to one room, Tobirama and Izuna to another, and herself and Zhang Yu to a third.
• Hashirama found that his room with Madara had only one bed, while Tobirama and Izuna discovered their room was decorated for couples and agreed to share its large bed.
• The next morning, Hashirama and Madara told Zhang Yu that Tsunade had taken hundreds of thousands of silver taels to a gambling hall.
• Zhang Yu passed Kakuzu and Hidan as they set out to gather information, then found Tsunade at the gambling hall and brought her back to the inn.
• Zhang Yu offered Tsunade a job at the Undead Tavern and explained that he could restore her youth, so she signed the employment contract.
• Zhang Yu paid 500,000 gold coins to switch Tsunade to her Konoha Sannin era form, and she thanked him excitedly after regaining her youthful appearance and vitality.

Zhang Yu reassured Tsunade that her restored youthful form was permanent, while his companions learned that Kirigakure was struggling to contain the rampaging Three-Tails. Zhang Yu chose to wait and watch Kirigakure’s efforts, then brought Tsunade to the inn’s rooftop.

• Mei Terumi learned that Kirigakure’s seal on the rampaging Three-Tails could hold for only about a week and that the cause of its rampage was unknown.
• Zhang Yu learned through the system that Tsunade’s youthful form had been fixed permanently and reassured her she would not change back.
• Hashirama and Tobirama noticed Tsunade’s restored youth, and Tobirama confirmed that her body and Chakra had returned to their peak.
• Tobirama reported that Kirigakure had sent Anbu toward the Three-Tails, and Zhang Yu ordered the group to rest for three days while monitoring events.
• Tsunade ate dinner with Zhang Yu, then he took her to the inn’s rooftop terrace to enjoy the breeze.

Tsunade persuaded Zhang Yu to accept that Konoha belonged to him, and he became Acting Hokage to pursue a system quest to form an alliance among the Five Great Nations. As the Three-Tails neared a rampage in Kirigakure, Hashirama and Madara debated how to seize it, leaving their plan unresolved.

• Tobirama reported that the Three-Tails would break free within three days and head for Kirigakure, but Zhang Yu urged everyone to keep a low profile.
• Tsunade argued that Konoha belonged to its Hokage and therefore belonged to Zhang Yu, who reluctantly agreed to help the village.
• Tsunade proposed visiting the Five Great Nations to negotiate an alliance, and Zhang Yu accepted the system quest by becoming Acting Hokage.
• The system recognized the Land of Fire alliance and awarded Zhang Yu one million gold coins, leaving four nations to visit.
• Hashirama reported that the Three-Tails would go berserk within two days, and Madara proposed overwhelming Kirigakure with Perfect Susanoo and Wood Release.

Zhang Yu prepared to travel alone to the Land of Water to find the Three-Tails, bringing the Nine-Tails along to meet its younger brother. After the Nine-Tails sensed Isobu, they headed toward a valley near Kirigakure, where the Three-Tails was already fighting a squad of sealing ninjas.

• Zhang Yu refused Tsunade’s offer to accompany him and said he would leave for the Land of Water the next morning.
• Zhang Yu told the Nine-Tails that the other Tailed Beasts were its younger brothers and planned to visit the Three-Tails first.
• The Nine-Tails explained that it knew the Three-Tails, Isobu, from when they were young and asked to fight it again.
• Zhang Yu left town with the Nine-Tails the next morning and traveled southeast toward Isobu.
• The Nine-Tails sensed Isobu, and Zhang Yu detected a squad of sealing ninjas suppressing the Three-Tails.
• At a lake in a valley near Kirigakure, the Three-Tails thrashed through the water as its tails sent waves crashing toward shore.

Mei Terumi and Kirigakure’s Sealing Squad struggled to contain the rampaging Three-Tails until Zhang Yu’s Nine-Tails intervened and overpowered it. When the sealing chains broke and the Three-Tails charged ashore again, Mei attacked it while Zhang Yu chose to let the battle continue.

• Mei Terumi ordered Kirigakure’s exhausted Sealing Squad to keep suppressing the Three-Tails, but Isobu broke through the seal and shattered their chains.
• Zhang Yu allowed the Nine-Tails to attack, and it sent the Three-Tails flying with one swipe before dragging it into the lake and pinning it down for the sealing squad.
• Mei ordered the squad to bind the Three-Tails while the Nine-Tails held it underwater, but a surge of Chakra snapped the chains and knocked the Nine-Tails’ paw aside.
• Zhang Yu explained that the seal had broken and the Three-Tails was completely berserk, then told the Nine-Tails to wait and let them fight.
• Mei Terumi ordered the Sealing Squad to retreat and struck the charging Three-Tails with Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique, but the attack barely moved it and enraged it further.

Zhang Yu sent Kurama to stop the rampaging Three-Tails while Mei Terumi’s strength ran out. Kurama beat the Three-Tails into submission and ordered him to wait in the valley as Zhang Yu and Mei watched.

• Mei Terumi lured the rampaging Three-Tails away from Kirigakure while Zhang Yu watched with Kurama.
• Zhang Yu told Kurama to beat the Three-Tails, and Kurama transformed into the Nine-Tails and confronted him.
• Kurama knocked the Three-Tails into the lake, pinned him down, and repeatedly battered him until he submitted and called Kurama big brother.
• Mei ran to Zhang Yu for shelter, and Zhang Yu said he was Konoha’s Acting Hokage and told her to rest.
• Kurama ordered the subdued Three-Tails to lie down in a nearby valley and wait for his big brother to lecture him.

Zhang Yu cared for the exhausted Mei Terumi after the Three-Tails was subdued, then fed her while she recovered. The two went to speak with the Three-Tails, and Zhang Yu revealed that he had come to seek an alliance with Mei Terumi, though not simply an alliance between villages.

• After the Three-Tails was subdued, Mei Terumi lost her strength and fainted, so Zhang Yu carried her to the lakeside, cleaned her, and made a place for her to rest.
• Mei Terumi woke to find Zhang Yu had washed and dried her clothes, and she angrily demanded that he bring them to her.
• Zhang Yu teased Mei Terumi about having seen her naked, but she held back her anger because she was still weak.
• Mei Terumi joined Zhang Yu by the fire, ate his grilled fish, and gradually recovered as dawn approached.
• Zhang Yu and Mei Terumi went to speak with the Three-Tails, and Zhang Yu told her he was the Acting Hokage who had come to find her and seek an alliance.