Chapter Summaries

Madara and Hashirama had Naruto and Sasuke pick and carry vegetables as endurance training while Zhang Yu began teaching Sakura advanced Chakra precision. The chapter ended with Sakura practicing Chakra-controlled finger massage on Zhang Yu, who corrected her pressure.

• Madara told Naruto and Sasuke to pick ripe vegetables and carry them to cold storage, and Hashirama presented it as endurance training.
• Naruto picked an unripe cucumber and had to correct his work, while Sasuke filled his basket more carefully.
• Madara and Hashirama watched the boys work and justified letting them handle the garden chores despite their tuition.
• Zhang Yu invited Haku and Sakura to the office and demonstrated precise Chakra control by shattering a boulder with one punch.
• Zhang Yu explained that Sakura would first practice advanced force control through finger massage, and Sakura began massaging his shoulders before he told her to ease up.

Team 7 began Zhang Yu’s special tavern training, with Sakura practicing Chakra massage, Naruto and Sasuke hauling vegetables, and Kakashi covering tavern duties alongside Zabuza. After their exhausting first day, Kakashi reflected on how tavern life had changed Zabuza, while Hashirama declared the training complete for the day.

• Sakura practiced controlling the pressure and flow of Chakra through her fingertips while massaging Zhang Yu, gradually improving under his instructions.
• Naruto and Sasuke picked and carried vegetables to cold storage by hand, while Kakashi and Zabuza served customers at the tavern.
• After the customers left, Kakashi and Zabuza discussed how Zabuza’s killing intent had faded as he adapted to life at the tavern.
• Naruto and Sasuke carried the final baskets into cold storage, and Hashirama confirmed they had completed the first day of special training.

After Team 7 finished its first day of special training, Zhang Yu received a modest reward and unlocked quests to build a swimming pool and hold a pool party. The next day, Hashirama and Madara assigned Naruto and Sasuke the task of clearing adult fish from the tavern pond, and the boys jumped in to compete.

• Naruto and Sasuke argued over who would work faster while Hashirama approved of their rivalry, and Sakura and Kakashi finished their exhausting work.
• Zhang Yu received 10,000 gold coins for Team 7's training and resolved to make the next day harder.
• The system gave Zhang Yu quests to build a pool without Chakra and hold a pool party, with rewards of up to 200,000 gold coins combined.
• As ninja visitors arrived in Konoha ahead of the multi-village Chunin Ninja Exams, Team 7 continued its daily training at the tavern.
• Hashirama and Madara ordered Naruto and Sasuke to remove every adult fish from the pond and replace them with fry, then reminded them that children of their generation lacked the hardship of wartime.
• Naruto jumped into the pond to catch the fish, and Sasuke followed so he would not lose.

Zhang Yu announced plans for a large swimming pool and stopped Madara and Hashirama from avoiding the construction work. He left them facing a massive excavation job that had to be completed with shovels and no chakra or ninjutsu.

• Madara and Hashirama watched Naruto and Sasuke clean the fishpond and agreed that they valued the peaceful life at the tavern.
• Zhang Yu told Madara and Hashirama that he planned to build a swimming pool and hold a pool party.
• Madara and Hashirama silently agreed to find an excuse to leave, but Zhang Yu exposed their eyebrow code and their habit of making others do the work.
• Zhang Yu led them to the backyard and specified a pool fifty meters long, twenty meters wide, and up to three meters deep.
• Zhang Yu forbade chakra, ninjutsu, Shadow Clones, Wood Release, Earth Release, and Susanoo, then produced six shovels and ordered them to dig by hand.

Zhang Yu persuaded Hashirama and Madara to dig a pool by promising them beer, cola, and vodka, then gave Sakura a tavern uniform matching Haku’s. Sakura went to change, while Haku continued working at the bar, still appearing to be a young woman.

• Hashirama and Madara complained about digging a fifty-meter pool by hand, so Zhang Yu offered six workers drinks and vodka as rewards.
• Hashirama and Madara eagerly took shovels and planned how to divide the digging, while Zhang Yu left to find four more workers.
• Zhang Yu found Sakura helping at the tavern and told her she would work there in a uniform matching Haku’s.
• Zhang Yu gave Sakura a blue-and-white sailor uniform, and she happily ran to the changing room to put it on.
• Zhang Yu watched Haku arrange glasses and noted that Haku’s appearance still made him seem like a young woman.

Zhang Yu ordered Kakashi and Zabuza to help Hashirama and Madara dig an outdoor swimming pool by hand, offering beer, vodka, and unlimited cola as compensation. Kakashi and Zabuza reluctantly went to the backyard, where Hashirama welcomed them and Madara pointed out the shovels.

• Sakura changed into a sailor uniform and asked Zhang Yu what he thought of it.
• Zhang Yu assigned temporary employee Kakashi and permanent employee Zabuza to help dig the pool without using Chakra or Ninjutsu.
• Zabuza agreed to the work after Zhang Yu offered vodka and beer, and Kakashi gave up resisting and followed him.
• Haku and Sakura watched Kakashi and Zabuza head to the backyard and quietly laughed at their reluctance.
• Hashirama welcomed Kakashi and Zabuza, saying six people would make the digging go faster, while Madara pointed out the shovels.

Zhang Yu organized workers to dig a pool for a special training challenge and recruited Jiraiya and Might Guy to fill the remaining spots. After learning Kakashi was already participating, Might Guy wondered if Kakashi was secretly trying to surpass him.

• Hashirama, Madara, Kakashi, and Zabuza agreed to dig separate sections of the pool without using Chakra.
• Zhang Yu ruled out the tavern staff who had essential duties and looked for two more workers.
• Tobirama told Zhang Yu that Jiraiya had arrived with Might Guy, so Zhang Yu went to greet them.
• Might Guy announced that he had come to challenge Kakashi for the thirty-first time.
• Zhang Yu told Might Guy and Jiraiya that Kakashi was taking part in the Ultimate Pool Party Special Training Challenge.
• Might Guy suspected Kakashi was training in secret to surpass him.

Zhang Yu drew Might Guy and Jiraiya into helping build a pool by calling it an ultimate special training challenge and promising construction workers priority at the pool party. Jiraiya abandoned his intelligence mission to claim the last shovel and join the crew.

• Zhang Yu led Might Guy and Jiraiya to the backyard, where Kakashi, Hashirama, Madara, and Zabuza were preparing to dig a pool.
• Might Guy mistook the pool construction for a special training challenge, eagerly joined the crew, and challenged Kakashi to finish his section first.
• Zhang Yu assigned Might Guy the fifth shovel and noticed that Jiraiya was eyeing the last one.
• Jiraiya tried to leave for the Hokage's intelligence mission, but Zhang Yu warned that construction workers would get priority at the pool party.
• Jiraiya decided the investigation could wait and asked Hashirama for the final shovel.

Zhang Yu’s crew began digging a pool, with Hashirama and Madara overseeing the work while the others handled the shoveling and dirt hauling. As construction continued over the next two days, Sakura practiced Chakra control by massaging Zhang Yu, and Jiraiya kept wondering whether Kurenai and the others would attend the party.

• Jiraiya changed his mind about leaving when he learned Kurenai and the others might attend the party, and he joined the pool construction crew.
• Zhang Yu assigned Hashirama, Madara, Kakashi, Might Guy, Zabuza, and Jiraiya to dig the pool without using Chakra.
• Hashirama and Madara checked the measurements, then reassigned Kakashi, Zabuza, and Jiraiya to haul dirt while they supervised.
• Sakura practiced Chakra control by massaging Zhang Yu’s shoulders as Haku brought him a cold cola.
• Pool construction progressed over the next two days, with Might Guy loudly counting shovelfuls and Jiraiya reminding Zabuza about an undug section.

While Hashirama and Madara oversaw a week of noisy backyard construction and training, Team 3 searched Konoha for the missing Might Guy and went to the Undead Tavern. Tobirama checked their vouchers and told them Zhang Yu would meet them in twenty minutes, while Neji began examining the tavern with his Byakugan.

• Hashirama and Madara supervised construction as Naruto and Sasuke trained and argued, while Guy, Jiraiya, and the others worked around the backyard.
• Tenten, Rock Lee, and Neji searched Konoha for Might Guy but could not find him.
• Tenten led the team to the Undead Tavern, where Haku welcomed them and Tobirama checked their snack and cola vouchers.
• Tobirama contacted Zhang Yu, who identified the three as Guy's disciples and asked them to wait twenty minutes.
• Neji assessed Tobirama as exceptionally strong and activated his Byakugan to inspect the tavern.

Neji recognized the tavern’s bartender as Tobirama Senju, while Team 3 visited the Undead Tavern to ask about their missing jonin leader, Might Guy. Zhang Yu confirmed their free-meal coupon was valid, and Neji stopped him to ask something further.

• Neji identified the powerful bartender as the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, after recalling an old photograph.
• Sakura appeared in a pink qipao and fox-ear ornaments, and Zhang Yu complimented her and adjusted one of her hair ornaments.
• Tenten grew interested in working at the tavern and felt disappointed when Sakura sat close beside Zhang Yu.
• Neji introduced himself, Tenten, and Rock Lee as members of Team 3 and explained that they had not seen Might Guy for a week.
• Zhang Yu confirmed Tobirama had verified Team 3’s coupon and told them their snacks and drinks would be free.
• As Zhang Yu got up to leave, Neji stopped him before he could go.

Neji and his teammates suspected that Tobirama was the Second Hokage after learning he worked at the Undead Tavern, while Jiraiya was digging a pool in the backyard. Tenten and Rock Lee later found Kakashi and Might Guy at the tavern, where Guy admitted he had forgotten to lead his team’s training after joining the pool project.

• Neji questioned whether Tobirama was the Second Hokage, and Zhang Yu pointed him toward the Undead Tavern’s name rather than answering directly.
• Neji concluded that Jiraiya and possibly Konoha High Command knew the tavern’s secret, while Tobirama confirmed Jiraiya was digging a pool for drinks and snacks.
• Tenten, Neji, and Rock Lee enjoyed snacks and cola delivered by Haku, and Tenten regretted using most of her free-meal voucher.
• Kakashi returned from the backyard to request a case of cola, and Tenten and Rock Lee recognized him and Might Guy as their missing teachers.
• Might Guy admitted he had joined Kakashi’s pool party challenge and forgotten the special team training, while Kakashi insisted they had only been digging a pool.

Kakashi and Might Guy cleared up the misunderstanding about their week of digging, but Tenten still misread their closeness. Neji then recognized Tobirama Senju behind the counter, and Kakashi confirmed his identity as Konoha's Second Hokage while warning the others to keep it secret.

• Tenten, Rock Lee, and Neji questioned Kakashi about his week with Might Guy, and his explanations only made them more suspicious.
• Might Guy explained that he and Kakashi had spent the week digging a pool by hand as part of a special training challenge.
• The students understood the pool-digging explanation, but Tenten again misunderstood Kakashi and Might Guy when they clasped hands.
• Neji asked whether Kakashi had called the person at the counter Lord Tobirama, and Kakashi admitted that he had.
• Kakashi confirmed to Neji, Tenten, Rock Lee, and Might Guy that the man behind the bar was Tobirama Senju, Konoha's Second Hokage.

Kakashi revealed that Tobirama was the Second Hokage and warned Tenten, Neji, and Rock Lee to keep the tavern's secrets. The chapter ended with Might Guy realizing that Hashirama, who had spent the week digging a swimming pool with him, was the First Hokage.

• Kakashi confirmed that Tobirama was the Second Hokage and told Tenten, Neji, and Rock Lee to keep his return secret.
• Kakashi tried to scare the three Genin by talking about undead, and Zhang Yu turned off the tavern lights to play along.
• Sakura hugged Zhang Yu in the dark, and he reassured her that he had turned off the lights himself.
• The lights came back on, and Kakashi told the Genin not to make a fuss about strange things at the Undead Tavern.
• Might Guy recognized Tobirama and realized that he had spent the past week digging a swimming pool with Hashirama, the First Hokage.

Might Guy tried to recruit his students for a Chakra-free pool-digging challenge, but Tenten instead asked Zhang Yu for a job at the tavern. Zhang Yu hired her as a server, and she quickly learned the work; by evening, the tavern closed and the construction workers returned from the courtyard.

• Might Guy invited Tenten, Neji, and Rock Lee to join his pool-digging challenge as training for the Chunin Ninja Exams, but Neji carried Rock Lee away and Tenten left with them.
• Tenten asked Zhang Yu about fencing and then asked whether the tavern was hiring; Zhang Yu agreed to assess her for a server position.
• Tenten qualified to join the Undead Tavern as a server, and Sakura explained the job's duties to her.
• Zhang Yu taught Tenten the tavern's service procedures, and she soon helped Haku welcome guests and deliver drinks without mistakes.
• The tavern closed for the evening, Izuna prepared dinner, and the construction workers returned to the main hall.

Zhang Yu assigned Tenten, Sakura, and Haku to wear maid outfits for the tavern’s new theme, though Tenten did not know what kind of clothes he had chosen. The three went to change, leaving Zhang Yu to order a martini while Tobirama suspected the outfits were not ordinary uniforms.

• After dinner, Zhang Yu arranged for the construction workers to stay in the backyard apartments, paid the day’s wages through the Tavern Chat Group, and went to bed.
• The next morning, Tenten greeted Zhang Yu and told him she had cleaned the front room, drawing on her experience helping at her family’s ninja tool shop.
• Zhang Yu announced that the tavern would have a maid theme and told Tenten, Sakura, and Haku to serve customers in maid outfits.
• Tenten agreed to wear the outfit without knowing its design, while Sakura looked forward to it and Haku reluctantly accepted.
• Zhang Yu bought three outfits from the System Shop and gave a gift box to each of them to open in their rooms.
• After the three went upstairs to change, Tobirama asked whether the clothes were ordinary servant uniforms, and Zhang Yu admitted they were not before ordering a perfect martini.

Zhang Yu recruited Tobirama to train as the Undead Tavern’s bartender and bought professional equipment and supplies. Meanwhile, Tenten discovered the revealing maid outfit she had agreed to wear and reluctantly came out of her room dressed in it.

• Zhang Yu explained bartending to Tobirama and recruited him to learn the job while continuing to handle the tavern’s accounts.
• Tobirama accepted the position and said he would master the recipes and techniques in a week.
• Zhang Yu bought Tobirama a bartending guide, professional tools, drinks, and ingredients, filling the bar with supplies.
• Tenten opened the gift box in her room, saw the maid outfit, and regretted agreeing to wear it.
• Tenten decided to go through with it and emerged in the maid outfit, feeling self-conscious about its short skirt.

Tenten began her first shift as a maid-dressed server at Zhang Yu’s tavern, where Ino arrived and mistook the uniforms for a cosplay shoot. After seeing Kakashi and Might Guy digging a swimming pool as part of their training, Ino asked Zhang Yu to let her work at the tavern too.

• Zhang Yu checked Tenten, Sakura, and Haku in their maid outfits and told Sakura and Haku to guide Tenten through her first shift.
• Tenten welcomed Ino Yamanaka, who mistook the matching uniforms for a cosplay shoot and complained that she had not been invited.
• Tenten explained that she had taken a temporary server job instead of helping Guy-sensei dig a swimming pool, while Sakura said tavern work was part of her training under Zhang Yu.
• Ino argued with Sakura over joining the training and insisted she could work at the tavern too.
• Zhang Yu showed Ino Kakashi and Might Guy digging the pool, and Ino asked him to let her stay and work as a temporary server.

Ino joined Sakura and Tenten at the tavern, where she learned the job and discovered Sakura’s Chakra control training involved massaging Zhang Yu. Three days before the Chunin Ninja Exams began, Jiraiya told Hiruzen that Zhang Yu and the resurrected First and Second Hokage were occupied with the tavern and its new pool.

• Zhang Yu accepted Ino’s request to train and work alongside Sakura, earning 2,000 gold coins from the system.
• Ino began learning tavern service from Sakura and moved into Sakura’s room with her and Tenten.
• Sakura revealed that her Chakra control training involved channeling Chakra through her fingers while massaging Zhang Yu.
• Three days before the Chunin Ninja Exams, Jiraiya reported to Hiruzen that Zhang Yu showed no interest in the exams.
• Jiraiya told Hiruzen that the First Hokage was digging a pool while the Second Hokage learned to mix drinks.

Jiraiya and Hiruzen Sarutobi discussed how to get Hashirama and Tobirama to protect Konoha during the Chunin Ninja Exams, while Zhang Yu prepared the Undead Tavern’s new pool for a midnight party. The party staff finished their setup, and Tobirama proved his bartending skills by making Zhang Yu a martini.

• Jiraiya told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Hashirama and Tobirama would not act without Zhang Yu’s approval, and the two began discussing another approach to enlist them for the exams.
• A week later, the outdoor pool was complete, and Zhang Yu received 100,000 gold coins from the system.
• Zhang Yu sent Tenten and Ino to invite Kurenai Yuhi and Hinata Hyuga to the midnight pool party.
• Zhang Yu assigned party duties to the tavern staff, including music for Hashirama and Madara, lighting for Zabuza, drinks for Tobirama, snacks for Izuna, and a dance performance for Haku.
• The staff set up the party equipment, and Tobirama made a martini that Zhang Yu praised as master-level.