Recaps

Zhang Yu charged Orochimaru three hundred ryo for cola and then demanded another ten thousand for a supposed special edition, while Orochimaru endured the public humiliation to protect his plans. Orochimaru returned to the Kusagakure group, secretly vowing to get revenge, and Zhang Yu confirmed that his cola was no different from everyone else's.

• Zhang Yu stopped Orochimaru from leaving and charged him three hundred ryo for the cola he had already drunk.
• Orochimaru paid after sensing powerful watchers in the trees and deciding not to risk exposing his identity or ruining his plans.
• Zhang Yu claimed Orochimaru had received a special-edition cola and demanded ten thousand ryo, drawing laughter from the other examinees when Orochimaru's voice briefly turned feminine.
• Orochimaru paid the extra ten thousand ryo rather than provoke the watchers, then left while promising himself he would deal with Zhang Yu later.
• Kiba asked whether Orochimaru's cola was truly special, and Zhang Yu said it cost the same as the others' cola.

Zhang Yu explained that Orochimaru had paid ten thousand ryo for a bottle of cola, then returned the other examinees to their teams as Anko explained the Forest of Death test. After the other teams entered, Zhang Yu went to receive his scroll and Anko privately asked about his background and role in the exam.

• Zhang Yu said Orochimaru had willingly paid ten thousand ryo for the cola, and the system rewarded him with 50,000 gold coins for tricking everyone present.
• Zhang Yu told Ino, Sakura, Tenten, and Hinata to return to their teams, and they left after reminding him to be careful.
• Mitaraishi Anko explained the Forest of Death rules: teams had five days to obtain both scrolls and reach the central tower with all three members intact.
• The teams received scrolls and entered the forest in batches, while Zhang Yu noticed Karin was absent and decided he would recruit her when he found her.
• After the other examinees entered, Zhang Yu went to the tent to receive his scroll, where Mitaraishi Anko asked about his background and what he would do as the person in charge.

Zhang Yu used the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique to take the Heaven Scroll from Anko after she challenged him to retrieve it without Ninjutsu. He left her immobilized and flustered, and Anko called out to stop him as he headed for the exam.

• Anko offered to work as Zhang Yu's right-hand woman, then challenged him to take the Heaven Scroll from her using only Taijutsu.
• Zhang Yu used the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique without Hand Seals and immobilized Anko, explaining that Genjutsu was not Ninjutsu.
• Zhang Yu took the Heaven Scroll from Anko and told her the Genjutsu would wear off in two minutes as punishment for disrespecting her superior.
• Anko blushed and struggled to decide whether to confess her feelings while Zhang Yu teased her.
• Zhang Yu started to leave for the exam, and Anko called out, telling him to wait.

Anko questioned Zhang Yu about how he cast Genjutsu without Hand Seals, then he entered the Forest of Death with Haku and Uzuki Yugao for the second exam. Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju followed him, but Tobirama Senju arrived to assign them a search for cocktail and kitchen ingredients.

• Anko asked Zhang Yu why he could cast Genjutsu without Hand Seals, and he explained that a glance or a raised hand was enough before her paralysis wore off.
• Zhang Yu gave Haku the Heaven Scroll and warned him to keep it safe from other examinees.
• Zhang Yu, Haku, and Uzuki Yugao entered the Forest of Death through entrance seventeen and walked straight into the forest.
• Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju followed Zhang Yu through the trees and received a message from Tobirama Senju.
• Tobirama used Flying Thunder God to reach Hashirama and gave him illustrated guides to herbs, flowers, and fruits to collect for the tavern and kitchen.

Zhang Yu and his companions headed toward the central tower, where three Sunagakure ninja ambushed them. After a system mission offered rewards for stealing and selling scrolls, Zhang Yu let Haku and Uzuki Yugao fight the attackers.

• Hashirama, Madara, Tobirama, and Izuna coordinated gathering materials while Zhang Yu continued toward the central tower.
• Zhang Yu caught a Kunai between two fingers when three Sunagakure ninja surrounded his group and demanded their scroll.
• Zhang Yu received a mission to steal Heaven and Earth Scrolls from people who rubbed him the wrong way and sell them publicly near the central tower.
• Uzuki Yugao and Haku offered to handle the Sunagakure ninja, and Zhang Yu agreed.
• Haku attacked with Ice Release: Thousand Flying Water Needles of Death, while Uzuki Yugao used Dance of the Crescent Moon to kill two attackers.

Zhang Yu, Haku, and Yugao defeated three Sunagakure ninja and began seizing scrolls from other exam teams in the Forest of Death. After a day of attacks, word spread, and examinees started checking for Zhang Yu’s group before approaching other squads.

• Haku and Yugao killed three Sunagakure ninja, and Yugao found a Heaven Scroll among them.
• Zhang Yu told Yugao to keep the scroll in a hidden pocket inside her qipao, deepening her suspicions about his secrets.
• Zhang Yu ordered Haku to scout for examinees and Yugao to search for scrolls as they continued through the forest.
• The group took scrolls from teams from Amegakure, Kusagakure, and Takigakure, killing those who resisted while letting cooperative teams leave.
• Zhang Yu’s group targeted ten squads in one day, and rumors warned examinees to run if they saw them.
• On the second day, examinees began checking whether Zhang Yu’s group was nearby before fighting other squads.

Zhang Yu gathered nearly twenty exam scrolls to sell while Madara, Hashirama, and Tobirama collected supplies for the tavern. Near a creek, Zhang Yu’s group rescued Karin, and he offered her a job as a maid before pointing out something in the distance.

• Zhang Yu avoided the major teams and collected nearly twenty Heaven and Earth Scrolls to sell at the central tower.
• Madara and Hashirama gathered fruit and herbs in the Forest of Death while Tobirama transported their supplies to the tavern.
• Zhang Yu, Haku, and Yugao found three Kirigakure Ninja threatening Karin near a creek.
• Haku froze the Mist Ninja, and Yugao and Haku killed them before Zhang Yu gave Karin a new pair of glasses.
• Zhang Yu offered Karin a paid maid position with room and board, and she accepted.
• When Karin worried about Kusagakure, Zhang Yu pointed into the distance and told her to look.

Zhang Yu took Karin in after Hashirama and Madara killed the Kusagakure ninja who had abandoned her. As Karin changed in the house Hashirama built, Zhang Yu had Hashirama and Madara catch fish and prepare a fire by the creek.

• Hashirama and Madara returned with the two Kusagakure ninja dead, and Karin asked Zhang Yu to take her in; he agreed.
• Zhang Yu gave Karin clothes and ordered Hashirama to build her a private house, which made Yugao wonder who Zhang Yu was.
• Karin went inside to change while Zhang Yu rested and told Hashirama and Madara to catch six fish.
• Hashirama and Madara caught the fish, and Hashirama grew firewood from the ground.
• Madara used a supposedly tiny Great Fireball to light the pile, and Zhang Yu remarked that its two-meter size showed improvement.

Zhang Yu rested with Haku while smoke from the campfire drew teams of examinees toward the clearing. After waking, Zhang Yu learned that Haku was still hiding a secret, then decided to sell the Heaven and Earth Scrolls he had collected to the approaching teams.

• Hashirama and Madara grilled fish while Zhang Yu and Haku rested, and the smoke attracted examinees from several villages, including Ino, Shikamaru, Choji, Naruto, Sasuke, and Gaara's team.
• Orochimaru spotted the smoke but avoided the clearing, sending a snake to search for Sasuke instead.
• Karin emerged in a new purple outfit, and Zhang Yu complimented her before waking Haku to eat.
• Haku told Zhang Yu his stomach felt uncomfortable and stayed behind, worrying that revealing his secret would make Zhang Yu reject him.
• Zhang Yu ate grilled fish as Madara and Hashirama reported that nearly all remaining teams were approaching the clearing.
• After counting twenty Heaven and Earth Scrolls, Zhang Yu said he would sell the eighteen left over after reserving his team's pair.

Zhang Yu recruited Karin and set up a stall to sell the stolen Heaven and Earth Scrolls for fifty thousand ryo each. The examinees and proctors gathered at his camp, where three Kusagakure ninja threatened to seize the scrolls by force.

• Karin signed an employment contract, bringing the tavern to seven employees and unlocking a list of potential businesses.
• Zhang Yu used a sign and Hashirama’s wooden table to prepare twenty scrolls for sale the next morning.
• Zhang Yu called out the thirteen hidden examinee teams, and teams from several villages emerged around the clearing.
• Kakashi, Might Guy, Asuma, Kurenai Yuhi, Anko, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and masked Anbu arrived to observe Zhang Yu’s scroll marketplace.
• Three Kusagakure ninja refused to pay and threatened to take every scroll, prompting Yugao and Haku to ready themselves while Karin tensed.

Zhang Yu killed three Grass Ninja who tried to rob him, establishing control over the scroll trade in the Forest of Death. After Madara suppressed Gaara’s tailed-beast chakra, the Sunagakure team left, and an Amegakure team bought a scroll.

• Zhang Yu ordered Madara and Hashirama to attack, and the three Grass Ninja were killed almost instantly.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi decided not to interfere with Zhang Yu’s trading and sent Anbu to maintain the exam’s original rules.
• Gaara began losing control, but Madara stopped his chakra with a glance, leaving Gaara unconscious and frightening Shukaku.
• Kankuro carried Gaara away with Temari, and the Sunagakure team left the clearing.
• An Amegakure team paid Karin fifty thousand ryo for an Earth Scroll.

Zhang Yu sold scrolls to exam teams, but Ino, Sakura, and Tenten traded promises of gifts for scrolls instead. Hinata then approached him with the same offer, leaving Zhang Yu to decide whether to give Team 8 a Heaven Scroll.

• Zhang Yu sold scrolls for fifty thousand ryo each, and some teams withdrew when they could not afford one.
• Ino promised Zhang Yu a special gift after the exam, and he gave her an Earth Scroll without payment.
• Sakura offered Zhang Yu an even more mysterious gift and received an Earth Scroll.
• Tenten promised Zhang Yu a different mysterious gift, and he gave her a Heaven Scroll for Team 3.
• Hinata thanked Zhang Yu for protecting her in the Forest of Death and offered to prepare him a gift in exchange for a Heaven Scroll.

Zhang Yu sold scrolls in the Forest of Death while the Konoha teams reached the Central Tower and rival teams prepared to buy their way forward. The next morning, he opened his stall and demanded eight hundred thousand ryo for a Heaven Scroll from a Sunagakure team, despite yesterday’s posted price of fifty thousand.

• Hinata accepted the Heaven Scroll from Zhang Yu, and the Konoha teams left the clearing with both kinds of scrolls.
• Zhang Yu and his companions returned to their cabin, while the other candidates withdrew and planned to raise money for scrolls.
• The Konoha 12 teams reached the Central Tower safely and waited out the five-day period.
• Kabuto told Orochimaru that Zhang Yu held most of the remaining scrolls and estimated they would need one million ryo to buy enough for both teams.
• Temari reported Zhang Yu’s scroll sales to Baki, who gave her money so both Sunagakure teams could advance.
• Candidates from several villages waited outside Zhang Yu’s cabin until noon, when he opened his stall and demanded eight hundred thousand ryo from a Sunagakure team for a Heaven Scroll.

Zhang Yu sold every scroll in the Forest of Death, including his own team’s, and made a fortune while disqualifying himself, Haku, and Yugao from the next stage. After Tobirama collected the money, Zhang Yu led his companions to the Central Tower’s viewing platform to watch the matches.

• Zhang Yu sold scrolls to the Sand, Gaara’s, Kabuto Yakushi’s, and Sound Ninja teams, charging different prices according to the buyers.
• Zhang Yu announced that all the scrolls were sold, including his team’s set, leaving himself, Haku, and Yugao unable to continue the exam.
• Uzuki Yugao called Zhang Yu devious, and he teased her about having an even naughtier side.
• Tobirama used Flying Thunder God to collect the money and ledger, taking the table back to the tavern for accounting.
• Zhang Yu sent Hashirama and Madara back to the tavern, then led Yugao, Haku, and Karin to the Central Tower’s viewing platform.
• Kakashi and Might Guy greeted Zhang Yu at the viewing platform as Rock Lee prepared to show off his youth.

Hinata, Neji, Tenten, Sakura, and Naruto won their preliminary matches, while Sasuke advanced after his opponent forfeited and Kabuto's team withdrew. The final match began with Rock Lee struggling to get past Gaara's automatic sand defense.

• Hinata defeated a Sunagakure ninja by striking his Chakra points after dodging his Wind Release attacks.
• Neji used Eight Trigrams Palms: Heavenly Spin to repel a barrage of explosive Kunai, then sealed his opponent's Chakra points with Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms.
• Tenten overwhelmed an Amegakure ninja with ninja tools, and Sakura defeated a Takigakure ninja with a powerful strike that sent him out of the arena.
• Naruto used Shadow Clones to pin Kiba down and win their match.
• Sasuke advanced when his opponent forfeited, and Kabuto withdrew his entire team from the exam.
• Rock Lee began fighting Gaara, but Gaara's sand automatically blocked his rapid attacks.

Rock Lee removed his leg weights and pushed Gaara to the limit with his speed and the Reverse Lotus, but Gaara survived and won after Might Guy rescued Lee from the Sand Binding Coffin. After the preliminaries ended, Zhang Yu learned from the System that his actions had changed the world’s relationships and began scrutinizing Haku, then offered to accompany him to the bathroom under the pretext of preventing heatstroke.

• Rock Lee removed his weights, outpaced Gaara’s sand, and opened the Eight Gates before striking Gaara with the Reverse Lotus.
• Gaara’s sand cushioned the final blow, then trapped Lee with Sand Binding Coffin until Might Guy intervened, and Gekko Hayate declared Gaara the winner.
• Gekko Hayate announced that the final showdown would take place one month later, and Zhang Yu asked Yugao whether she had a boyfriend.
• Yugao said she was single and fled after Kakashi and Might Guy teased her, prompting Zhang Yu to ask the System why her relationship with Gekko Hayate differed from the original timeline.
• The System explained that Zhang Yu’s intervention could change characters’ fates and relationships, so Zhang Yu turned his attention to Haku and gave him six bottles of cola.
• Zhang Yu said he would go to the bathroom with Haku in case he fainted, while Haku accepted his explanation that the cola was meant to cool him down.

After the Chunin Ninja Exams’ first half, Zhang Yu welcomed Karin as the tavern’s newest employee and prepared to expand the business. He considered summoning Asura and Indra so Hashirama and Madara could confront their past-life sources, but warned them not to start a fight.

• Zhang Yu brought Karin to the Undead Tavern, introduced her as a new employee, and showed her to a room near his own.
• Zhang Yu gave Karin new clothes and told her to begin work the next day.
• Zhang Yu checked the system and saw that he needed three more employees to unlock the tavern’s business expansion function.
• Hashirama recommended summoning Asura, and Madara recommended summoning Indra so they could speak with the sources of their Chakra reincarnations.
• Zhang Yu warned Hashirama and Madara not to fight after the summons, threatening to ban the instigator from drinking for a month.

Zhang Yu summoned Indra Otsutsuki and Asura Otsutsuki to the Undead Tavern, where Madara and Hashirama suppressed them after they arrived ready to fight. After learning they were undead in a later era, the brothers were assigned to work and train under their reincarnations, though Indra objected to learning from Madara.

• Zhang Yu used two undead summons to bring Indra Otsutsuki and Asura Otsutsuki into the chat group.
• The next morning, Indra and Asura arrived in the backyard and released their powers, prompting Madara and Hashirama to suppress them.
• Zhang Yu stopped the clash, removed everyone's Chakra, and ordered Madara and Hashirama to explain the undead and tavern rules to the brothers.
• Indra and Asura learned they had been dead for over a thousand years and that Madara and Hashirama were later reincarnations of their Chakra.
• Zhang Yu assigned Asura to train under Hashirama and Indra to train under Madara; Indra objected to learning from his own reincarnation.

Zhang Yu’s new employees settled into the tavern, and Madara explained how he survived the Valley of the End and awakened the Rinnegan. When Hashirama, Indra, and Asura pressed him about his later plan, Zhang Yu sent them to the Backyard Dispute Arena, where Madara and Hashirama chose their sparring partners.

• Karin learned tavern duties quickly, while Asura bonded with Hashirama and Indra gradually reconciled with Madara.
• Indra, Hashirama, and Asura asked Madara how he gained the Rinnegan and Wood Release.
• Madara revealed that he bit off a piece of Hashirama’s flesh, escaped death with Izanagi, and eventually awakened the Rinnegan after decades of waiting.
• Madara described gaining Yin-Yang Release and using the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to survive, but refused to reveal his final plan.
• Zhang Yu directed the group to the Backyard Dispute Arena, where Madara chose to spar with Indra and Hashirama chose to spar with Asura.

Madara and Hashirama dragged Indra and Asura to the Dispute Arena for a brutal sparring match while Zhang Yu watched. Afterward, Uzuki Yugao visited the tavern, having realized during her week away that she had developed strong feelings for Zhang Yu.

• Madara and Hashirama insisted that Indra and Asura join them in the Dispute Arena, and Zhang Yu refused to intervene.
• Madara and Hashirama dragged the brothers through the back door, then attacked them before they were ready.
• Zhang Yu told Indra and Asura to enjoy their visit and reminded them not to damage the arena as crashes and screams sounded from the backyard.
• Uzuki Yugao entered the tavern and asked Zhang Yu about the fighting; he explained it was an exchange between employees.
• Yugao reflected on her feelings for Zhang Yu, told him she had taken time off, and accepted the chair he pulled out for her.

Zhang Yu had Yugao stay at the Undead Tavern and begin training as a temporary server, triggering a quest to recruit her as the tenth employee. He then watched Madara and Hashirama face Indra and Asura in the Dispute Arena, where the four unleashed enormous attacks and the fight remained undecided.

• Yugao told Zhang Yu that she would continue following him until the Chunin Ninja Exams mission ended, and Zhang Yu invited her to stay at the tavern.
• The system gave Zhang Yu a quest to recruit Yugao as the tavern's tenth employee within one month for 20,000 gold coins and an undead summoning opportunity.
• Zhang Yu assigned Yugao to train as a temporary server under Haku, and she began learning how to take orders and serve customers.
• After hearing crashes from the rear courtyard, Zhang Yu went to the Dispute Arena and joined Tobirama and Izuna in watching the fight on its enormous screen.
• Madara and Hashirama prepared to end the fight with their strongest techniques, while Indra and Asura unleashed their own colossal powers against them; the battle continued without a winner.

Orochimaru approached Zhang Yu’s tavern in a female body, hoping to investigate him while posing as a customer. Unable to sense his abilities, she bought every kind of alcohol he offered and was stunned by the 250,000 ryō price.

• Haku told Zhang Yu that an unfamiliar woman had come looking for the tavern owner, so Zhang Yu left the viewing room to meet her.
• Zhang Yu recognized the woman as Orochimaru, who had taken a female body through Living Corpse Reincarnation and prepared a new identity.
• Orochimaru repeatedly tried to sense Zhang Yu’s Chakra and abilities but detected nothing, while Zhang Yu introduced her to the tavern’s drinks.
• Orochimaru chose to buy all the alcohol without asking its price, and Zhang Yu charged her 250,000 ryō.
• Orochimaru questioned the high price and remembered being charged for the cola at the entrance to the Forest of Death.

Orochimaru paid 250,000 ryo for the drinks and left the Undead Tavern, while Zhang Yu received a system reward for completing his exclusive mission. Ino Yamanaka and Hinata Hyuga then arrived with an unexpected gift and offered to work at the tavern until the Chunin Ninja Exams final round.

• Orochimaru paid Zhang Yu 250,000 ryo for the drinks after he reminded her that she had confirmed the purchase twice.
• Orochimaru concluded that Zhang Yu was unlikely to interfere with the Konoha Crush plan unless the conflict threatened the tavern, then left with her drinks.
• Zhang Yu received 20,000 gold coins from the system for completing his exclusive mission.
• Ino Yamanaka and Hinata Hyuga arrived and revealed that they were the mysterious gift Ino had promised Zhang Yu.
• Ino and Hinata told Zhang Yu that their fathers had agreed to their offer and said they would help at the tavern for free until the Chunin Ninja Exams final round.

Ino and Hinata joined Zhang Yu’s tavern as unpaid helpers, while Zhang Yu asked Uzuki Yugao to become a permanent employee. The chapter ended with Yugao surprised by his offer to leave her temporary Anbu assignment and stay at the tavern.

• Ino and Hinata offered to work at the tavern for room and board, and Haku began training them with the menu.
• Karin joined Ino and Hinata in learning the front-of-house work while Yugao continued cleaning tables.
• Zhang Yu checked the system and saw that the tavern needed one more employee to unlock its business expansion function.
• Zhang Yu called Yugao to his office and asked her to officially join the tavern instead of serving as a temporary helper or Anbu Ninja stationed there.
• Yugao froze in surprise at Zhang Yu’s offer to have her stay permanently.

Zhang Yu recruited Uzuki Yugao as the tavern’s tenth employee, completing the main quest and unlocking business expansion. He chose to open a combined hot pot and barbecue restaurant next door, and the staff began planning how to build it.

• Zhang Yu offered Yugao a job at the tavern, and she agreed after he promised to handle her departure from the Anbu with Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Yugao signed the employment contract, triggering the system’s rewards and unlocking the tavern’s business expansion options.
• Zhang Yu selected an undead all-you-can-eat hot pot restaurant and told the staff that Yugao had officially joined them.
• At the evening meeting, Zhang Yu announced plans to open a hot pot restaurant and combine it with a barbecue restaurant in the neighboring space.
• Tobirama proposed managing the two businesses together, Izuna offered to plan the kitchen equipment, and Hashirama volunteered to break through the wall.