Chapter Summaries

Zhang Yu separated the Nine-Tails’ consciousness from Naruto and brought it out as a tiny fox, promising it freedom and meals at the Undead Tavern in exchange for following the rules. The Nine-Tails perched on Zhang Yu’s shoulder, and Zhang Yu sent the injured Naruto into the Kamui Dimension.

• Zhang Yu offered to separate the Nine-Tails from Naruto and set rules for its conduct at the Undead Tavern, threatening to stew it if it misbehaved.
• The Nine-Tails agreed to obey the rules after Zhang Yu promised it three meals and a late-night snack each day.
• Zhang Yu used his Ten-Tails Chakra to draw the Nine-Tails’ consciousness out of its body as a tiny, nine-tailed fox while leaving the seal and Naruto’s life intact.
• The Nine-Tails perched on Zhang Yu’s shoulder, panicked when it saw Hashirama and Madara, and agreed to keep an eye on them when Zhang Yu was away.
• Zhang Yu returned to the Valley of the End with Haku and the Nine-Tails, then used Kamui to send the injured Naruto into the Kamui Dimension.

Zhang Yu flew back to Konoha with Haku and the Nine-Tails, then brought Naruto to the hospital for treatment. He walked through the village with Kurama and arrived at the Hokage's office, where Shizune and Ino panicked at the sight of the Nine-Tails.

• Zhang Yu carried Haku through the sky toward Konoha while the Nine-Tails enjoyed its first flight.
• Zhang Yu arrived at the Undead Tavern, where the Nine-Tails asked for food and reminisced about eating wild boars before being sealed.
• Zhang Yu brought Naruto out of the Kamui Dimension and left him at Konoha Hospital to receive treatment.
• Zhang Yu walked through Konoha with the Nine-Tails, promising to take it to the village's food shops when he had time.
• Zhang Yu met Shizune and Ino at the Hokage's office, where Kurama revealed that he was the Nine-Tails and frightened Shizune.

Zhang Yu returned to Tsunade’s office, introduced the Nine-Tails as a resident of the Undead Tavern, and later heard Yamato’s report that Sasuke had chosen to join Orochimaru. The pursuit mission ended with Sasuke still on his own path, while the other Genin returned to Konoha without serious injuries.

• Zhang Yu caught Tsunade secretly drinking erguotou, and she kissed him to stall him before admitting she had no intention of handing over the bottle.
• The Nine-Tails revealed himself to Tsunade, who learned that Zhang Yu had separated his consciousness from Naruto and brought him to live at the Undead Tavern.
• The Nine-Tails jumped onto Tsunade, causing her to fall on top of Zhang Yu just as Shizune entered the office.
• Yamato led the Genin back to Konoha and reported that Sasuke had chosen to seek out Orochimaru and that no one else was seriously injured.
• Zhang Yu received 100,000 gold coins for completing the mission to help Tsunade plan the pursuit of Sasuke.

Tayuya settled into the Undead Tavern, where Zhang Yu and the others shared dinner and the Nine-Tails was fussed over as a pet. After Kurama went to bed in a new custom bed, Uzuki Yugao stayed awake, holding a golden badge.

• Tsunade ordered surveillance of the Sound Ninja and updates on Sasuke before Zhang Yu headed to the Undead Tavern with the Nine-Tails and Tayuya.
• Ino, Sakura, Hinata, and Tenten cuddled the Nine-Tails until Zhang Yu stopped them, then agreed to work at the tavern for free for the rest of summer after losing a bet.
• Tayuya joined the tavern residents for dinner, and the Nine-Tails discovered erguotou before Yugao and Karin tried to pet it too.
• Tsunade and Shizune joined the meal after Tsunade realized Zhang Yu had saved them seats.
• Zhang Yu gave Kurama a luxurious bed on the front hall counter, and Kurama settled in for the night.
• Uzuki Yugao sat awake in the backyard, holding a golden badge.

Yugao confessed her feelings to Zhang Yu and spent the night in his room, while four young women began working at the Undead Tavern. Jiraiya returned to Konoha, learned that Tsunade had become Fifth Hokage and Sasuke had defected, and hurried to visit Naruto in the hospital.

• Yugao told Zhang Yu she loved him, and he invited her to stay in his room for the night.
• Tenten, Hinata, Sakura, and Ino arrived in matching uniforms and began their month of work at the tavern.
• Jiraiya learned from Izumo Kamizuki that Tsunade had returned to Konoha as Fifth Hokage and Zhang Yu was there too.
• Tsunade caught Yugao leaving Zhang Yu's room, and Zhang Yu took Yugao's hand and led her to the front hall.
• Jiraiya confronted Zhang Yu for not telling him about Tsunade, and Zhang Yu revealed that Sasuke had defected and Naruto was in Konoha Hospital.
• Jiraiya rushed out of the tavern to visit Naruto.

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.