Chapter Summaries

Zhang Yu and the others rested at the Undead Tavern while Konoha fought off the invasion, then learned that Hiruzen Sarutobi had died and Orochimaru had escaped. After Konoha recovered, Orochimaru placed a Cursed Seal on Sasuke, and the tavern and neighboring restaurants settled into profitable business.

• Zhang Yu, Madara, Hashirama, and Tobirama lounged at the Undead Tavern as the battle raged through Konoha.
• Tobirama brought Zhang Yu the battle report, which confirmed that Sunagakure and Otogakure had withdrawn, Hiruzen Sarutobi had died, and Orochimaru had escaped.
• Konoha spent three days repairing damage and mourning Hiruzen Sarutobi, while Sasuke reconsidered his strength after seeing Naruto face Gaara.
• Orochimaru approached Sasuke outside his home, bit his shoulder, and placed a Cursed Seal on him before escaping.
• A week later, Konoha had returned to normal, and the Undead Tavern and its neighboring restaurants were earning a combined net profit of two hundred thousand ryo per day.

Jiraiya visited the Undead Tavern to ask Zhang Yu for help persuading Tsunade to return to Konoha as Hokage, but Zhang Yu was swimming with Yugao and Karin. After Zhang Yu pulled Haku into the pool and helped Haku out, he met Jiraiya, who explained that Konoha needed a Hokage.

• Jiraiya went to the Undead Tavern, hoping Hashirama and Tobirama could help persuade Tsunade to become Hokage.
• Haku found Zhang Yu swimming with Yugao and Karin and told him a guest was waiting.
• Zhang Yu grabbed Haku and pulled Haku into the pool, then supported Haku when Haku could not swim.
• Zhang Yu lifted Haku out of the pool and learned that Jiraiya wanted to meet him.
• Jiraiya told Zhang Yu that Konoha needed a Hokage after Hiruzen Sarutobi died and that leaving the position vacant could cause trouble.

Jiraiya told Zhang Yu that he planned to find Tsunade and bring her back to become the Fifth Hokage, while Hashirama and Tobirama objected to Tsunade and Danzo taking the position. Zhang Yu agreed to help Jiraiya search, and they arranged to leave from Konoha the next morning.

• Jiraiya explained that he had refused the Hokage position and intended to find Tsunade as a better candidate.
• Hashirama objected to Tsunade becoming Hokage because of her gambling and tried to persuade Jiraiya to take the position instead.
• Jiraiya warned that Danzo might become Hokage if Tsunade refused, and Tobirama declared that Danzo could not be allowed to lead Konoha.
• Zhang Yu agreed to accompany Jiraiya, then received a mission to find Tsunade and bring her back within a month for 50,000 gold coins.
• Zhang Yu and Jiraiya agreed to meet at Konoha's main gate at eight the next morning, and Jiraiya left the tavern.

Zhang Yu left Konoha with Jiraiya and Haku to search for Tsunade, while Hashirama, Madara, and Tobirama secretly followed them. Back at the tavern, Izuna struggled to handle the accounts alongside his kitchen duties.

• Hashirama worried about Tsunade becoming Hokage, and Zhang Yu assigned the tavern, restaurant, and security duties before preparing to leave.
• Zhang Yu, Haku, and Jiraiya left Konoha to search for Tsunade along nearby roads and settlements.
• Hashirama and Madara decided to follow Zhang Yu, and Tobirama joined them so they could play Dou Dizhu and use his Flying Thunder God technique if needed.
• The three men secretly followed Zhang Yu's group from the edge of the woods and agreed not to reveal themselves without Zhang Yu's permission.
• At the Undead Tavern, Izuna complained about Madara leaving while trying to manage the accounts, and Zabuza told him to help in the kitchen.

Asura accidentally revealed in the Tavern Chat Group that Hashirama, Madara, and Tobirama were secretly following Zhang Yu on his search for Tsunade. Zhang Yu allowed them to continue as long as they stayed hidden, while warning Jiraiya that Hashirama opposed Tsunade returning to Konoha as Hokage.

• Asura asked the Tavern Chat Group whether Hashirama, Madara, and Tobirama had secretly followed Zhang Yu, forgetting that Zhang Yu could read the messages.
• Hashirama, Madara, and Tobirama saw Asura's messages and sent a flimsy explanation that they were guarding Zhang Yu and keeping each other out of trouble.
• Zhang Yu told Haku and Jiraiya that Hashirama, Madara, and Tobirama were following them, and Jiraiya realized he had failed to detect them.
• Zhang Yu permitted the three men to keep following but ordered them not to appear or interfere without his permission.
• Jiraiya said Hashirama's presence might help when they found Tsunade, but Zhang Yu warned that Hashirama opposed her returning to Konoha as Hokage.

Zhang Yu and Haku stayed at an expensive inn while Jiraiya split off to search for Tsunade. As Zhang Yu and Haku explored the town and were mistaken for newlyweds, Hashirama, Madara, and Tobirama arrived without money and debated how to find lodging.

• Zhang Yu booked two rooms at an expensive inn, and Jiraiya reluctantly paid for his own room.
• Jiraiya reported that Tsunade might have been nearby half a month earlier and split up with Zhang Yu and Haku to search for her.
• Zhang Yu and Haku went shopping, where townspeople mistook them for newlyweds, and Zhang Yu took Haku's hand.
• Hashirama, Madara, and Tobirama reached the town and realized they had brought almost no money.
• Tobirama refused to use Flying Thunder God to fetch money because Asura, Indra, and Izuna might follow them.

Hashirama, Madara, and Tobirama entered the market town without money and followed Tobirama’s plan to find a way to earn some. Meanwhile, Tsunade and Shizune arrived broke and in debt, and Tsunade proposed using Tonton to secure cash.

• Hashirama stopped Madara from robbing a shop, arguing that Zhang Yu would send them back if they caused trouble.
• The three realized they had brought no money, and Hashirama considered selling his playing cards before Tobirama led them into town with a secret plan.
• Tsunade and Shizune found they had no money and owed the casino, so Tsunade decided to seek a room at the town’s best inn.
• Tsunade suggested taking Tonton to the black market to borrow money against her, but Shizune reminded her that she had made the same promise before.

Tsunade sent Shizune to raise money by pawning Tonton and checked into the town’s most expensive inn without paying upfront. Meanwhile, Zhang Yu and Haku returned from shopping and prepared dinner, until Tsunade confronted the innkeeper over refusing to serve her food on credit.

• Tsunade persuaded Shizune to take Tonton to the black market for money, promising to buy Tonton back and not gamble or buy drinks.
• Tsunade booked the inn’s best suite for a month and told the owner that Shizune would bring the payment later.
• Zhang Yu and Haku returned from shopping, sorted souvenirs for their friends, and Haku began preparing dinner in their suite.
• Haku declined the innkeeper’s offer to bring dinner because they were cooking for themselves, and Zhang Yu fell asleep on the sofa.
• Tsunade argued with the innkeeper after he refused to bring her dinner before she had paid, insisting that Shizune would arrive soon with the money.

Tsunade persuaded Haku to feed her after she found herself without money, and she became intrigued by Zhang Yu while he slept. Meanwhile, Hashirama, Madara, and Tobirama continued waiting in an alley.

• Tsunade argued with the innkeeper over dinner until Haku came out and asked her to keep quiet because Zhang Yu was asleep.
• Tsunade followed Haku into the room and convinced him to prepare her a meal, then introduced herself as Tsunade.
• Haku recognized Tsunade as the Konoha Sannin and let her wait while he cooked, though he insisted the meal was for Zhang Yu.
• Tsunade sampled meat from the pan and asked Haku about his relationship with Zhang Yu, but Haku said he was only an employee.
• Hashirama asked Tobirama whether they would keep waiting in the alley, and Tobirama told him to wait.

Tobirama waited near the Exchange for a chance to obtain money without provoking it, and Hashirama stopped Madara from attacking the building. When Shizune fled her pursuers, the three men defeated them and took one million ryo, then left to find food and lodging.

• Tobirama explained that they should wait for people to leave the Exchange and take their money, while Hashirama restrained Madara from attacking it.
• After hours of waiting, Shizune ran into the alley with Tonton as more than a dozen people chased her over money and goods.
• Hashirama, Madara, and Tobirama blocked the pursuers and quickly defeated them when they attacked.
• Tobirama argued that the fight was a private conflict outside the Exchange, and Madara made the remaining pursuers hand over their money.
• Tobirama counted one million ryo, and the three men left to find food and lodging as Shizune escaped in the opposite direction.

Zhang Yu welcomed Tsunade into the inn and accepted her challenge to a drinking contest, with Haku serving as witness. Tsunade and Zhang Yu drank through the first bottle and into the second while Haku grew visibly drunk.

• Zhang Yu woke up and learned from Haku that Tsunade had come in for food because she had no money for a room or dinner.
• Zhang Yu invited Tsunade to eat and brought out erguotou, triggering a system quest to get her drunk for 20,000 gold coins.
• Tsunade proposed a bet: if she won, Zhang Yu would provide unlimited food and liquor for a month; if Zhang Yu won, she would wash their clothes and clean the room for a month.
• Tsunade eagerly drank the erguotou, praised it, and persuaded Haku to join her and Zhang Yu.
• As the second bottle was half gone, Haku swayed and began seeing double, while Tsunade kept drinking without using Medical Ninjutsu.

Zhang Yu outdrank Tsunade in a contest with Erguotou, and both Tsunade and Haku passed out. After earning the Drunken Tsunade achievement and 20,000 gold coins, Zhang Yu carried Haku to bed and then picked up Tsunade.

• Haku passed out after the second round, leaving Zhang Yu and Tsunade to continue drinking.
• Zhang Yu and Tsunade drank through several more bottles, while Tsunade grew unsteady and her Medical Ninjutsu failed to clear the alcohol.
• Tsunade challenged Zhang Yu to drink standing up, then collapsed onto the table after finishing her glass.
• The system awarded Zhang Yu the Drunken Tsunade achievement and 20,000 gold coins.
• Zhang Yu carried Haku to bed, returned to the living room, and picked up the still-sleeping Tsunade.

Shizune found Tsunade drunk in Zhang Yu’s room and paid two million ryo toward the liquor bill, signing an IOU for the remaining half-million. Meanwhile, Hashirama, Madara, and Tobirama spent lavishly in town, while Itachi and Kisame continued toward Konoha after sensing a powerful presence near the market town.

• Shizune found Tsunade asleep in Zhang Yu’s bedroom and learned that she had drunk five bottles of limited-edition liquor.
• Zhang Yu charged Shizune two and a half million ryo, and she paid two million and signed an IOU for the rest.
• Shizune misunderstood Zhang Yu’s remark about bedtime, then realized he was directing her to a separate bedroom.
• Hashirama, Madara, and Tobirama spent nearly two hundred thousand ryo eating, shopping, and playing games in the market town.
• Itachi sensed an unfamiliar, powerful presence near the town, but he and Kisame chose to continue their mission toward Konoha.

Madara Uchiha warned Zhang Yu that two suspicious Chakra signatures were heading toward Konoha, and Zhang Yu identified them as Uchiha Itachi and Kisame Hoshigaki. After discovering Zhang Yu's immense Chakra while giving him a massage, Shizune grew frightened, then mistook his Flying Thunder God Kunai for a threat as he summoned Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju.

• Madara Uchiha noticed two powerful Chakra signatures heading toward Konoha and told Hashirama Senju about them.
• Tobirama Senju teleported Hashirama Senju away after their argument with Madara Uchiha.
• Shizune sensed Zhang Yu's enormous Chakra while massaging him and trembled as she recalled that she had considered attacking him.
• Madara Uchiha reported the suspicious presences in the Tavern Chat Group, and Zhang Yu identified them as Uchiha Itachi and Kisame Hoshigaki.
• Zhang Yu told Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju to meet him, and Tobirama Senju asked him to take out a special Flying Thunder God Kunai.
• Shizune panicked when Zhang Yu produced the Kunai, but Zhang Yu reassured her that he was not going to stab her.

Zhang Yu summoned Hashirama, Tobirama, and Madara to the inn, where their chaotic arrival shocked Shizune. Tsunade woke and prepared to face the three men, still suspecting someone was impersonating her relatives.

• Zhang Yu used a Flying Thunder God kunai to bring Hashirama, Tobirama, and Madara into the living room, where they stumbled into one another.
• Hashirama asked about Tsunade, and Shizune recognized the three legendary figures and screamed before Zhang Yu quieted her.
• Hashirama, Tobirama, and Madara introduced themselves to Shizune, who struggled to believe they had returned from the dead.
• Zhang Yu told Shizune to wake Tsunade and bring Haku out, and Shizune found Tsunade already awake from the commotion.
• Shizune told Tsunade who was outside, and Tsunade suspected impostors before asking Haku whether he knew the three visitors.

Tsunade learned that Hashirama, Tobirama, and Madara had been revived through Zhang Yu's Undead Tavern and worked there as employees. She heard how they had returned and began to accept their identities, though Hashirama and Tobirama were still trying to convince her with memories from her childhood.

• Zhang Yu carried the weakened Haku into the living room, where Tsunade met Hashirama, Tobirama, and Madara.
• Zhang Yu explained that the Undead Tavern revived the dead with new bodies, and that Hashirama, Tobirama, and Madara worked there alongside other revived people.
• Tsunade learned that the three men spent much of their free time playing cards and that Hiruzen had died using the Reaper Death Seal during Orochimaru's attack on Konoha.
• Hashirama and Tobirama shared private childhood memories to prove they were Tsunade's grandfather and second grandfather, but Tsunade remained unconvinced.

Tsunade reunited with Hashirama and Tobirama, grieved with them over her losses, and thanked Zhang Yu for bringing them back. When she refused to become the Fifth Hokage, she proposed Zhang Yu for the position, revealing that Hashirama and Tobirama had discussed it with her.

• Hashirama proved his identity to Tsunade with embarrassing childhood memories, and she embraced him and Tobirama after recognizing them.
• Zhang Yu left the room with Haku, Shizune, and Madara to give Tsunade time alone with her relatives.
• Shizune reflected on Zhang Yu's power and the tavern's rules while waiting for the reunion to end.
• Tsunade thanked Zhang Yu, then caught Hashirama and Tobirama up on the Senju Clan, Nawaki, Dan Katō, and her departure from Konoha.
• Zhang Yu told Tsunade that Hiruzen Sarutobi was dead and Jiraiya wanted her to become the Fifth Hokage, but she refused and nominated Zhang Yu instead.
• Hashirama and Tobirama admitted they had discussed the Hokage position with Tsunade, and Tobirama said Zhang Yu was better suited than her.

Zhang Yu persuaded Tsunade to return to Konoha and become its Fifth Hokage, while promising to support her if needed. After the group decided to stay in the market town for a few days, Zhang Yu spent one million gold coins on an Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and was asked to choose its Mangekyō Dojutsu.

• Zhang Yu refused the Hokage position and told Tsunade to take it, promising to help her if Konoha faced trouble.
• Tsunade agreed to return to Konoha and become the Fifth Hokage.
• Zhang Yu completed the mission to bring back Tsunade, received 50,000 gold coins, and got a new mission to intimidate Orochimaru.
• Zhang Yu and the others decided to rest in the market town for a few days before returning to Konoha.
• Zhang Yu bought an Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan for one million gold coins and was prompted to choose a Mangekyō Dojutsu.

Zhang Yu unlocked and mastered the Eternal Kamui Mangekyō Sharingan, then set a goal of saving one hundred million gold coins for the Nine-Tomoe Rinne Sharingan. Meanwhile, Itachi and Kisame entered Konoha to gather information on the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and stopped at the Undead Tavern.

• Zhang Yu chose Obito Uchiha and fused his ocular power with Madara's, unlocking the Eternal Kamui Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Zhang Yu tested both eyes' abilities, entering his independent Kamui Dimension, becoming intangible, and moving directly between rooms.
• Zhang Yu checked the shop, saw that the Nine-Tomoe Rinne Sharingan cost one hundred million gold coins, and decided to save up for it.
• Itachi and Kisame entered Konoha while avoiding patrols and planned to locate the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Kisame suggested visiting the Undead Tavern, and Itachi agreed before they entered and ordered snacks from Karin.

Indra recognized Uchiha Itachi and Kisame at the tavern, and Zhang Yu arranged for Madara to confront Itachi while also pursuing the mission involving Orochimaru. Zhang Yu and Madara teleported back to the tavern, where Madara prepared to settle the Uchiha Clan’s affairs.

• Indra asked Izuna to examine the two cloaked visitors, and Izuna identified Itachi’s pure Uchiha bloodline and awakened Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Itachi and Kisame noticed the tavern staff watching them, but Itachi decided they were merely curious and stayed to eat.
• Indra identified the visitor as Uchiha Itachi and alerted Zhang Yu through the Tavern Chat Group.
• Zhang Yu asked Madara to intimidate Itachi and pursue the derivative mission involving Orochimaru, with instructions not to kill Itachi outright.
• Zhang Yu used the Flying Thunder God Technique to bring Madara back to the tavern, where Madara prepared to confront Itachi.