Chapter Summaries

Zhang Yu beat Guy and Kakashi to Hokage Rock by using Space-Time Ninjutsu, then gave them invitations to the Undead Tavern Summer Festival. He privately tasked Guy with getting Kakashi to sincerely accept a Brotherhood Badge, and Guy returned to Kakashi determined to do it.

• Guy questioned Kakashi about how he had known Zhang Yu would be waiting with tea, but Kakashi denied arranging anything.
• Guy and Kakashi accepted their defeat in the race, and Zhang Yu explained that the invitations were theirs while the wager had only promised Guy a free day at the tavern.
• Zhang Yu took Guy aside and gave him two Brotherhood Badges, instructing him to get Kakashi to accept one freely so Kakashi's name would appear on it.
• Guy promised to persuade Kakashi before the day ended, then returned to the table and approached a wary Kakashi.

Guy tried to give Kakashi a Brotherhood Badge, but Kakashi mistook it for a ring and fled. Zhang Yu then encountered Yamato on the Hokage building roof, where Yamato questioned how he had arrived there and what abilities he had used.

• Guy asked Kakashi if they were best friends and offered him a golden Brotherhood Badge.
• Kakashi mistook the badge for a ring, used the Body Flicker Technique to escape, and Guy chased after him to explain.
• Zhang Yu left Hokage Rock and landed on the Hokage building rooftop, where an Anbu Ninja threw a kunai at him.
• Zhang Yu let the kunai pass through his body and caught it, then identified the Anbu Ninja as Yamato.
• Yamato questioned Zhang Yu about his identity and how he had reached the roof, while Zhang Yu claimed he had simply jumped from Hokage Rock.

Zhang Yu landed on the Hokage building roof and was mistaken for an intruder by Yamato, but Tsunade cleared up the misunderstanding. As they prepared to leave, Zhang Yu caught Tsunade hiding an unopened bottle of tavern liquor, and she denied taking it.

• Yamato confronted Zhang Yu on the Hokage building roof after seeing him drop onto it and mistook him for an intruder.
• Tsunade arrived with Shizune, recognized Zhang Yu, and learned he had landed there after visiting Hokage Rock.
• Yamato apologized, and Zhang Yu invited him to the Undead Tavern's summer festival.
• Tsunade asked for an invitation, but Zhang Yu pointed out that she already lived at the tavern and visited daily.
• Zhang Yu pulled an unopened bottle of erguotou from inside Tsunade's clothing, and Tsunade insisted it had appeared there by itself.

Zhang Yu kept Tsunade from taking the erguotou and used her false molestation accusation to complete a system task. Tsunade fled the rooftop without the liquor, and Yamato admired Zhang Yu.

• Tsunade denied taking the liquor and tried to snatch it from Zhang Yu, who offered to sell it to her for fifty thousand ryo.
• Zhang Yu caught Tsunade's punch and held her fist still, while Shizune and Yamato watched in amazement.
• Tsunade shouted that Zhang Yu was molesting her, prompting a system task that told him to do the opposite.
• Zhang Yu cornered Tsunade by the rooftop railing and challenged her accusation, but she escaped with Shizune and abandoned the liquor.
• Zhang Yu received two thousand gold coins for completing the task, and Yamato praised him.

After Tsunade made Yamato promise to forget her humiliating encounter with Zhang Yu, Zhang Yu delivered Summer Festival invitations to Kiba Inuzuka, Akamaru, Shino Aburame, and Kurenai Yuhi at Training Ground Eight. Kiba accepted excitedly, and Kurenai agreed to attend before Kiba teased her about Zhang Yu.

• Tsunade returned to the rooftop and made Yamato pretend he had seen nothing of her encounter with Zhang Yu, then angrily vowed to get even with Zhang Yu.
• Zhang Yu left the Hokage building and continued delivering invitations to the Summer Festival.
• At Training Ground Eight, Kiba Inuzuka and Akamaru used Fang Over Fang against Shino Aburame, but Shino trapped them with Kikaichū and won the spar.
• Zhang Yu complimented Kurenai Yuhi, then invited her, Kiba, and Shino to the Summer Festival.
• Kiba was excited by the free food and fireworks, Kurenai agreed to attend, and Kiba teased her that she and Zhang Yu looked good together.

Zhang Yu walked Kurenai Yuhi home, and she invited him into her apartment for dinner. As Kurenai Yuhi cooked, Zhang Yu secretly photographed her, and she caught him with the camera as she set the last dish on the table.

• Kiba pulled Shino away from the training ground after Kurenai Yuhi glared at him, and Zhang Yu offered to walk her home.
• Kurenai Yuhi took a slow route back to her apartment, then invited Zhang Yu in for dinner after his stomach growled.
• Kurenai Yuhi showed Zhang Yu her tidy apartment and asked him to call her Zhang Yu rather than boss.
• Kurenai Yuhi cooked braised fish and several side dishes while Zhang Yu secretly took photos of her with his SLR camera.
• Kurenai Yuhi brought the last dish to the table and saw Zhang Yu holding up the camera as he took another picture.

Zhang Yu gave Kurenai Yuhi an album of candid cooking photos, enjoyed her meal, and received her promise that she would cook for him again. As he left, he hinted that she would make a good wife, and she heard him; Zhang Yu later returned to the Undead Tavern.

• Zhang Yu showed Kurenai Yuhi the candid photos he had taken while she cooked, then printed them and gave her an album.
• Kurenai Yuhi accepted the album, put it safely in a drawer, and told Zhang Yu he could come to her for another home-cooked meal.
• Zhang Yu praised Kurenai Yuhi's food as they ate, and she served him more dishes.
• After cleaning up, Kurenai Yuhi saw Zhang Yu to the door, where he remarked that a beautiful, gentle woman who cooked so well would be a shame not to marry.
• Kurenai Yuhi overheard Zhang Yu's remark and watched him leave before closing her apartment door.
• Zhang Yu walked back to the Undead Tavern, where Hashirama drank tea, Madara rested, and Tobirama checked the Summer Festival expenses.

Zhang Yu confronted Hashirama, Madara, and Tobirama over stolen tavern wine, and they blamed one another until he let them off with a warning. Tsunade then tried to steal more wine, while Tobirama revealed he had arranged it to bring her and Zhang Yu together; the chapter ended with Hashirama and Madara teasing Tobirama about being single as he complained about carrying Konoha’s burdens.

• Zhang Yu confronted Hashirama, Madara, and Tobirama with the unopened bottle he had taken from Tsunade and demanded to know how she got it.
• Hashirama, Madara, and Tobirama exposed one another’s roles in stealing wine from the cellar, and Zhang Yu warned them not to do it again.
• A tavern subordinate reported that Tsunade was secretly drinking in the back courtyard, and Zhang Yu headed there.
• Tobirama told Hashirama and Madara that he had sent Tsunade to steal wine so she and Zhang Yu would spend more time together.
• Madara and Hashirama teased Tobirama for being single, and Tobirama complained that Hashirama and Madara had left him to manage Konoha.

Tobirama’s matchmaking plan focused on getting Tsunade and Zhang Yu together, while Tsunade got drunk after drinking vodka in the back courtyard. The chapter ended with Zhang Yu catching her and carrying her after she vomited and could no longer walk steadily.

• Tobirama argued with Madara about being single, and Madara left with Hashirama following him.
• Indra told Tobirama that Tsunade and Zhang Yu had already spent plenty of time together, and Tobirama declared his plan was still on track.
• Zhang Yu found Tsunade drinking vodka while Shizune tried to stop her, and he sent Shizune to rest so he could look after her.
• Tsunade refused to give up the bottle, drank the remaining vodka, and vomited despite insisting that she was not drunk.
• Tsunade tried to walk but pitched forward, so Zhang Yu caught her and scooped her into his arms.

Tsunade got drunk, and Zhang Yu carried her to bed while Hashirama, Tobirama, and Madara argued about Tobirama’s matchmaking plan and his single life. The next morning, Tsunade woke with a hangover, confronted Zhang Yu, and denied to Shizune that he had visited her room.

• Zhang Yu carried the sleeping Tsunade to her room after she drank half a bottle of vodka.
• Hashirama praised Tobirama’s plan to bring Tsunade and Zhang Yu closer, while Madara and Tobirama argued with Hashirama about being single and Konoha’s burdens.
• Shizune changed Tsunade’s clothes and stayed to watch over her as Zhang Yu, Yugao, Karin, and Haku left.
• Tsunade woke with a painful hangover, and Zhang Yu told her she had thrown up and nearly fallen in the backyard.
• Tsunade threw a pillow at Zhang Yu, who caught it and vanished using Flying Thunder God.
• Shizune asked whether Zhang Yu had been in the room, and Tsunade denied it while claiming she had been cursing him.

Zhang Yu prepared the Undead Tavern’s Summer Festival, choosing fireworks and inviting Tenten and Rock Lee. On the festival’s first morning, he praised Haku and Karin’s kimonos, but Karin asked him to give her outfit a more serious opinion.

• Tsunade complained to Shizune that Zhang Yu had carried her to her room and laughed at her, while insisting he had done nothing.
• Zhang Yu chose four-, six-, and nine-shakudama fireworks for the Summer Festival and decided to save the powerful Spring Festival Twelve Reports set for the New Year Visit Festival.
• Zhang Yu invited Tenten and Rock Lee to the festival, and both accepted enthusiastically.
• Over the next three days, Zhang Yu and the others decorated the streets and prepared the fireworks, food, and festival supplies.
• On the festival morning, Zhang Yu complimented Haku’s and Karin’s kimonos, and Karin asked him to take another look and give her a serious opinion.

Zhang Yu and the others finished preparing the Undead Tavern for its Summer Festival, while Kakashi explained why Guy’s golden badge had not bound to him. The festival began as the guests arrived, including Kurenai Yuhi and Mitaraishi Anko.

• Yugao reported that the fireworks, food, drinks, and equipment were ready, and Madara and Hashirama argued over who had checked the fireworks before Tobirama sent them back to work.
• Kakashi arrived exhausted and told Zhang Yu that Guy had pressured him into accepting a golden badge; Zhang Yu explained that the badge required genuine acceptance from both people, so it had not bound.
• Kakashi fell asleep at the tavern, while Zhang Yu learned that Sasuke was training alone instead of attending the Summer Festival.
• Ino and Sakura arrived in competing kimonos, bickered over each other’s outfits, then helped bring snacks out from the kitchen.
• The Summer Festival began, and Kurenai Yuhi brought Mitaraishi Anko to the Undead Tavern, where Anko tried a snack and praised it.

Anko and Kurenai enjoyed pastries at the Undead Tavern before Guy arrived to demand that Kakashi accept their Brotherhood Badge. As Zhang Yu prepared the tavern for the Summer Festival, he treated everyone to food and paid for their shopping, leaving Tobirama to keep track of the growing expenses.

• Anko asked Zhang Yu whether the tavern's pastries would make her gain weight, and he assured her they would not, so she and Kurenai ate more.
• Guy shook the sleeping Kakashi awake and insisted he accept the Brotherhood Badge, while Kakashi asked Zhang Yu to make Guy leave.
• Zhang Yu told Asura and Indra to prepare beer, barbecue, hot pot, and malatang as the tavern filled with food, lights, and music for the Summer Festival.
• Zhang Yu took Hanabi and Hinata to a toy stall, bought Hanabi the items she wanted, and announced that he would pay for everyone's festival shopping.
• The tavern's guests explored the street stalls, and Zhang Yu helped Sakura and Ino resolve an argument over a cat-face mask by buying them one each.
• Hashirama bought seventeen items while Tobirama recorded the expenses, and the group spent the morning shopping for toys, masks, candy, and snacks.

Zhang Yu organized a Summer Festival cosplay photoshoot with Sakura, Ino, and Hinata, then invited Yugao, Haku, and Karin to join them. The six finished a day of group and individual photos around the tavern and nearby stalls as evening approached.

• Zhang Yu took Sakura, Ino, and Hinata to the dressing room to choose cosplay outfits for a Summer Festival photoshoot.
• Yugao, Haku, and Karin followed them, and Zhang Yu invited the three to join the shoot and choose outfits.
• The six women changed into their costumes and posed together for the first group photo.
• Zhang Yu photographed the six around the tavern and nearby festival stalls throughout the afternoon.
• The women grew more comfortable posing and helping one another as the photoshoot continued until nearly evening.

Zhang Yu gave the group their Summer Festival photo albums, and Sakura asked him to take a private set of photos in the room where she used to stay. As the tavern prepared a seafood hotpot feast, Naruto left to fetch Sasuke, while Hashirama asked Zhang Yu how to toss flatbread.

• Zhang Yu handed out photo albums containing individual and group pictures, and Sakura asked him to take an album of photos featuring only her.
• Sakura and Zhang Yu left for the room where she used to stay while the others prepared seafood, vegetables, fish, and grilled meat for dinner.
• Hyuga Hiashi, Hizashi Hyuga, and Hanabi arrived at the tavern, where the guests gathered for the feast.
• Naruto noticed Sasuke was absent and rushed out to bring him to the tavern despite Kakashi's warning that Sasuke would not come if he did not want to.
• Hashirama asked Zhang Yu how to toss a large flatbread, and Zhang Yu told him to throw it into the air and catch it.

Hashirama accidentally hit Kakashi with a flatbread while practicing, while Naruto tried and failed to persuade Sasuke to attend the Summer Festival. After encountering the Nine-Tails in his mind, Naruto learned a plan to lure Sasuke out by taking the clothes he had hung on his balcony.

• Hashirama's flatbread landed on Kakashi's head, and Hashirama continued practicing as everyone moved out of range.
• Naruto went to the Uchiha compound and urged Sasuke to attend the festival, but Sasuke refused so he could keep training with the Cursed Seal of Heaven.
• Naruto kept shouting outside Sasuke's home until he suddenly lost consciousness and found himself before the Nine-Tails.
• The Nine-Tails frightened Naruto with a surge of Chakra, then agreed to help him get Sasuke to the tavern.
• The Nine-Tails told Naruto to take Sasuke's clothes from the balcony so Sasuke would come after him.

Naruto stole Sasuke’s clothes and chased him through Konoha to the Undead Tavern, where Sasuke refused to join the Summer Festival. Sakura’s private photo shoot with Zhang Yu left her flustered, and Naruto kept trying to persuade Sasuke to stay.

• Naruto took Sasuke’s clothes from his balcony and taunted him into chasing him through Konoha.
• Sakura and Zhang Yu left the changing room after her solo photo shoot, and Sakura blushed while discussing the photos.
• Ino and Hinata noticed Sakura’s flushed face, but Sakura claimed her stomach was upset.
• Zhang Yu checked the new Sakura photo album in his system inventory and considered arranging individual shoots for the other women.
• Naruto arrived at the Undead Tavern with Sasuke’s clothes, and Sasuke followed him inside wearing only a thin undershirt.
• Sasuke tried to leave, but Naruto clung to his wrist and urged him to stay for dinner and the fireworks.

Zhang Yu forced Naruto and Sasuke to stay for the Summer Festival, where the tavern’s guests ate, drank, and watched a fireworks show. After the regular fireworks ended, Zhang Yu bought nine enormous fireworks, leaving everyone staring at the giant launcher he summoned.

• Zhang Yu stopped Naruto and Sasuke from leaving and ordered them to stay for the festival dinner.
• Madara restarted the music, and the guests ate and drank while Naruto served Sasuke hot pot and Tsunade ran off with drinks.
• Zhang Yu announced the fireworks, and Hashirama and Madara launched a twenty-minute show as everyone watched.
• Zhang Yu bought nine nine-shaku-dama fireworks and summoned a massive launcher, astonishing Hashirama and Madara.

Zhang Yu set off nine enormous fireworks over Konoha, leaving the crowd stunned by their scale and beauty. He promised even more powerful fireworks for the New Year Visit Festival, then reopened the tavern for midnight snacks and drinks.

• Zhang Yu told everyone to move back before igniting the nine-tube launcher.
• The nine-shaku shells filled the sky above Konoha with enormous bursts of color, drawing attention from villagers, ninjas, and people in nearby villages.
• The crowd praised the fireworks, and Zhang Yu said the New Year Visit Festival would feature fireworks thirty times as powerful.
• Zhang Yu ended the fireworks show and announced that late-night food and drinks would be served without a time limit.

After the Summer Festival, Zhang Yu collected three million gold coins and one use of the replication ability, then gathered the Evil Forces Group of Six to discuss new summons. The system said summoning the Sage of Six Paths would cost ten million gold coins, leaving Zhang Yu nearly six million short.

• The Summer Festival ended with the guests asleep around the tavern, and Zhang Yu received three million gold coins and one use of the replication ability.
• Zhang Yu carried Haku to bed, heard her call him “Brother Zhang Yu,” and helped settle several other guests before leaving the rest in the front hall.
• The guests departed the next morning, and Zhang Yu woke in the afternoon to find the tavern cleaned and the festival over.
• Zhang Yu summoned the Evil Forces Group of Six and asked them for suggestions about using his remaining summons.
• Madara Uchiha suggested summoning the Sage of Six Paths, but the system quoted a cost of ten million gold coins.
• Zhang Yu checked his balance and found he had 4,005,000 gold coins, leaving him almost six million short.