Chapter Summaries

Tsunade and Jiraiya returned to Konoha as the village struggled after losing Minato, Kushina, the Nine-Tails, and many of its shinobi. Orochimaru defected after Hiruzen Sarutobi caught him conducting human experiments, while the question of who would become the Fifth Hokage remained unresolved.

• Tsunade decided to return to Konoha after learning of Yuzuru’s actions, and Jiraiya hurried back from abroad.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi caught Orochimaru conducting human experiments, and Orochimaru fought him before escaping with serious injuries.
• Orochimaru became a missing-nin, and Konoha exposed his human experimentation crimes.
• Tsunade and Jiraiya returned to Konoha and refused Hiruzen Sarutobi’s request that either become the Fifth Hokage.
• Danzo urged Hiruzen Sarutobi to resume the Hokage position, while Tsunade insulted Danzo and dismissed his ambitions.

Orochimaru arrived in the Land of Water, was astonished by Yuzuru’s reforms, and accepted the post of minister of science and technology. With Orochimaru’s research, the country rapidly developed new technology and a railway network, leaving it transformed into a major industrial power.

• Kakashi escorted Orochimaru through the prosperous Land of Water and Sea Capital, where Orochimaru saw the Nine-Tails surrounded by children.
• Yuzuru explained his reforms and recruited Orochimaru as minister of science and technology, promising help with immortality and assigning him to the laboratory.
• Yuzuru told Minato and Kushina that Konoha’s leadership had pushed Orochimaru out and asked them to work with him on a chakra-suppressing sealing barrier.
• Orochimaru studied a White Zetsu, recognized it as a suitable body for Living Corpse Reincarnation, and achieved his long-held goal of immortality.
• Orochimaru developed Yuzuru’s assigned technologies, and within a year the Land of Water opened electric railways linking its major cities and towns.

Yuzuru strengthened the Sea Capital by ordering Minato and Kakashi to recruit Yakushi Nonō, Kabuto Yakushi, and orphans, while bringing Utakata under the city’s jinchuriki program. The chapter ended with Nonō and Kabuto assigned new roles in the Sea Capital’s medical, orphanage, and technology institutions.

• Yuzuru ordered Minato and Kakashi to bring Yakushi Nonō, Kabuto Yakushi, and the children from their orphanage to the Sea Capital.
• Utakata arrived at the presidential office, where Yuzuru appointed him one of the Sea Capital’s nine guardians and assigned him to teach at Sea Capital Academy.
• Yuzuru discussed possible future Tailed Beast hosts with Mikoto and considered the Nine-Tails and Eight-Tails for her.
• Six days later, Minato and Kakashi returned with Nonō, Kabuto, and a dozen or so orphans.
• Yuzuru appointed Nonō deputy head of the medical department and assigned her to lead the orphanage or teach at the medical academy, then overrode her choice and made her deputy director of the orphanage.
• Yuzuru assigned Kabuto as the orphanage’s deputy director and Orochimaru’s assistant in the technology department.

Yuzuru reviewed the Land of Water’s expanding education system and technological progress while considering weapons for his ambitions beyond the country. When Kakashi reported that the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki had been found in Takigakure, Yuzuru ordered the scouts to watch and treat the Jinchuriki as bait for Obito and Madara Uchiha’s plans.

• Yuzuru reviewed the finalized kindergarten and Sea Capital Academy grade divisions and directed Mikoto to deliver the education plan to Mei Terumi.
• Yuzuru reflected on how electric trains and widespread electrical technology had improved life in the Land of Water and made Lightning Release a common source of income.
• Yuzuru considered the need for advanced weapons and decided to seek Sasori, whose puppet-making skills could support his ambitions to unify the Shinobi World.
• Mei Terumi visited Yuzuru to express her displeasure at being assigned more planning work, then left to begin it.
• Kakashi reported that the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki, Kaede, had been found in Takigakure, and Yuzuru ordered the scouts to keep watch without acting because the Jinchuriki could serve as bait for Obito and Madara Uchiha.

Yuzuru traveled to the Land of Earth and defeated Roshi and Son Gokū with an array of powerful ice techniques, freezing them inside a colossal ice pillar. Ōnoki arrived with Han and his men, horrified by the scale of the attack.

• Yuzuru received intelligence about Roshi and Yugito, then left Mikoto to handle his work while he and Uchiha Hikari headed for the Land of Earth.
• Yuzuru and Uchiha Hikari tracked Roshi to a town, where Yuzuru confronted him and Roshi attacked.
• Roshi transformed alongside Son Gokū, but Yuzuru trapped them with eight ice dragons and enormous ice mirrors before freezing them inside a hundred-meter ice pillar.
• Yuzuru told Uchiha Hikari he planned to trade Roshi rather than take him back.
• Ōnoki learned of Roshi's defeat, paused the front-line fighting, and went to the ice pillar with Han and his men.

Yuzuru overwhelmed Iwagakure, captured both of its Jinchūriki, and forced Ōnoki to trade Iwagakure’s secret techniques for his people’s release. After Ōnoki delivered the scroll, Yuzuru freed Roshi and left with Uchiha Hikari, while Ōnoki argued that sharing the Dust Release method would not let others master it.

• Yuzuru froze Roshi in a giant ice pillar, then attacked Iwagakure with an ice sphere and phoenix while Han and the shinobi defended themselves.
• Uchiha Hikari used the Yata Mirror to deflect Ōnoki’s Dust Release, and Yuzuru’s genjutsu and ice chains captured Han.
• Yuzuru surrounded Iwagakure’s forces and demanded the training methods for Dust Release and Iwagakure’s weight-manipulation techniques in exchange for everyone’s release.
• Ōnoki flew to Iwagakure and returned before sunset with the requested scroll while Yuzuru and Hikari waited.
• Yuzuru accepted the scroll, left with Hikari, and melted the ice pillar; Han caught the freed Roshi.
• Kitsuchi asked whether Ōnoki had truly given away the Dust Release method, and Ōnoki said that possessing the instructions did not mean anyone could learn the technique.

Yuzuru and Uchiha Hikari captured Yugito, the Two-Tails Jinchūriki, and returned to the Sea Capital, where Yuzuru planned military preparations and Naruto’s future. The chapter ended with Yuzuru asking Kushina to seal Yugito.

• Yuzuru and Uchiha Hikari entered the Land of Lightning and waited until a message revealed Yugito’s location.
• Yuzuru attacked Yugito with a giant ice man, and Uchiha Hikari hypnotized her and placed her in the Kamui Dimension.
• Yuzuru returned to the Sea Capital and told Minato to train the armies in Iwagakure’s combination Ninjutsu and prepare for a future war.
• Yuzuru warned Minato that their enemies could include resurrected Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju, and said Naruto and Sasuke would become guardians of the Sea Capital.
• Yuzuru told Minato that Naruto would become the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki soon and asked how preparations to split the Nine-Tails were progressing.
• Uchiha Hikari released Yugito, and Yuzuru summoned Kushina to set up a Sealing Jutsu.

Yuzuru kept Yugito alive, had Kushina seal her chakra and the Two-Tails, and arranged for her to stay in the Sea Capital. After getting lost and being mistaken for a spy, Yugito was identified and returned to her apartment, where she ended the day mortified.

• Yuzuru explained that Yugito could help govern the Land of Lightning, and Kushina reinforced the seal on her and the Two-Tails.
• Yugito woke in an unfamiliar apartment, discovered she could no longer use chakra, and went outside without her key or money to find out where she was.
• Yugito wandered through the Sea Capital, got lost, and accepted an old woman's help contacting the police.
• Police officers arrested Yugito as a suspected spy, but the oversight department recognized her as the Two-Tails' jinchūriki and confirmed Yuzuru had brought her there.
• The oversight department returned Yugito to her apartment, gave her a map, and left her embarrassed by her ordeal.

Yugito struggled to make sense of the Sharingan, Byakugan, and Ketsuryūgan users sharing a workplace in the Sea Capital. At a family barbecue, Yuzuru discussed plans for Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata, then Kushina urged him to bring Tsunade to the Sea Capital as well.

• Yugito recognized the red eyes as the rare Ketsuryūgan and wondered how three famous dōjutsu clans could work together in the Sea Capital.
• Hyuga Karen visited Kushina and Mikoto, and they discussed Hinata's pure Byakugan, Naruto and Sasuke's future as jinchūriki, and Yuzuru's plans for the children.
• Minato and the others joined Yuzuru and Sakumo's gathering for a barbecue, and Yuzuru told Minato to use no titles in private.
• Yuzuru said Naruto and Sasuke would become jinchūriki in a month and that he had other arrangements for Hinata, with more preparation needed as the children grew.
• Kushina asked when Yuzuru would bring Tsunade to the Sea Capital, and Yuzuru replied that Konoha was her shackle.

Yuzuru explained that Hashirama Senju’s decision to distribute the tailed beasts caused the wars and losses that bound Tsunade to Konoha through grief and obligation. The discussion turned to the Senju Clan’s collapse and the Uchiha Clan’s present strength, before Yuzuru and Orochimaru mocked Fugaku for enduring Konoha’s mistreatment.

• Yuzuru told Kushina that Tsunade knew nothing of their plans and would not abandon Konoha while her family’s sacrifices tied her to it.
• Orochimaru agreed that Konoha held too much weight for Tsunade, and Yuzuru blamed Hashirama Senju’s choices for the wars that killed her loved ones and destroyed the Senju Clan.
• Yuzuru argued that Hashirama’s distribution of the tailed beasts gave other nations confidence to fight and forced the Senju Clan to bear the consequences.
• Uchiha Hikari and Yuzuru discussed how the Senju Clan vanished within decades, and Yuzuru said the Uchiha were now the Shinobi World’s strongest clan.
• Yuzuru and Orochimaru mocked Fugaku for tolerating the Uchiha Clan’s mistreatment, leaving Uchiha Hikari stunned by the contrast with the clan’s former strength.

Yuzuru explained the Ōtsutsuki threat to the Nine-Tails and arranged to split and seal it into Naruto and Sasuke. The twins became Jinchūriki, and Yuzuru planned their future training and education.

• Yuzuru said the Uchiha clan faced eventual destruction and described how his Ice Release could counter Sharingan techniques such as Izanagi.
• Yuzuru asked Kakashi about becoming a Jinchūriki, then reflected on the strength of Kakashi, Shisui, and Itachi.
• A month later, Kushina prepared to split the Nine-Tails while Yuzuru told the fox about Kaguya, the Ōtsutsuki, and the danger they posed to the Tailed Beasts.
• Kushina split the Nine-Tails into Yin and Yang halves and sealed the Yin half inside Sasuke and the Yang half inside Naruto.
• Yuzuru planned to begin teaching the boys to extract chakra at age four and send them to military school at six.

Yuzuru chose Hinata as his future protégé and visited her home to make her his disciple. Afterward, he learned from Katsuyu that Tsunade was still treating Konoha's war wounded and sent her a message, leaving her quietly reflecting on his invitation to the Sea Capital.

• Yuzuru decided Hinata could grow powerful enough to keep Naruto and Sasuke in line, and went to visit her.
• Yuzuru asked Hyuga Karen for permission to take Hinata as his disciple, gave her a million, and said he would begin teaching Hinata personally when she turned six.
• Hinata called Yuzuru “Teacher Big Sister,” and he corrected her, insisting she call him “Teacher Big Brother.”
• Yuzuru learned from Katsuyu that Tsunade was working at Konoha Hospital and that Iwagakure and Kumogakure had secretly escorted their Jinchūriki home.
• Yuzuru told Katsuyu he had captured the Two-Tails and beaten the Four-Tails and Five-Tails, then asked her to tell Tsunade he missed her and that she could always come to the Sea Capital.
• Tsunade angrily blamed Yuzuru for taking the Nine-Tails, then quietly listened to his message and looked out over Konoha.

Yuzuru explained his plans to use Temari to help administer the Land of Wind and met with Yugito after she asked to see him. After describing the Sea Capital’s future and offering her a choice, he gained Yugito as a new member, though she asked not to fight Kumogakure.

• Mei Terumi told Yuzuru that the Sand Ninja wanted Temari collected, and he sent Mei Terumi, Zabuza, and Kisame to Sunagakure with Kakashi providing covert support.
• Yuzuru explained that Temari could help the Sea Capital govern the Land of Wind and that local administrators would reduce conflict after conquest.
• Yugito confronted Yuzuru about his actions and questioned what would happen when the Sea Capital’s existence became known.
• Yuzuru revealed his intention to bring down the old order in a future war and offered Yugito a place among the Sea Capital’s guardian Jinchūriki or extraction of the Two-Tails.
• Yugito agreed to join the Sea Capital but asked Yuzuru to send someone else if it fought Kumogakure; he welcomed her without promising to grant the request.

Yugito joined Pakura as deputy commander in the Sea Capital’s First Military District, while Mei Terumi brought six-year-old Temari from Sunagakure to the Sea Capital. After seeing its prosperity and learning how its Jinchūriki lived, Temari met Yuzuru, who urged her to study so she could one day help change Sunagakure.

• Yugito met Pakura, who assigned her as deputy commander and told her to study the Military Department’s rules and train to become a Perfect Jinchūriki.
• Mei Terumi, Zabuza, Kisame, and Kakashi traveled to Sunagakure, where Mei received Temari as the village’s promised hostage and assured them of her safety and education.
• Mei’s group brought Temari through the Land of Water’s mist barrier and explained that Kirigakure and its ninja system had been replaced by the Sea Capital.
• Temari saw Yugito and Rin practicing with Tailed Beast Chakra and learned that poor sealing and a strained bond with a Tailed Beast could cause the problems Gaara faced.
• Temari entered the Sea Capital, marveled at its modern buildings, and told Yuzuru it was far better than Sunagakure.
• Yuzuru encouraged Temari to study in the Sea Capital, promising to give her an opportunity to help change Sunagakure’s circumstances in the future.

Temari spent two years studying in the Sea Capital and embraced its new ideas, while Yuzuru planned the education of Hinata, Naruto, and Sasuke. After Hinata revealed her fire and lightning chakra natures and her recent victories in sparring, Yuzuru arranged for her to begin learning ninjutsu, with Uchiha Hikari set to teach her Fire Style.

• Yuzuru arranged for Temari to attend the Sea Capital's elementary school, where she studied its reforms and gradually abandoned her former identity as a shinobi.
• After two years, Temari had become a third-year student at the Sea Capital's directly administered school.
• Yuzuru planned Sasuke's lessons with Kakashi, Itachi, and Shisui, and Naruto's lessons with Guy, Minato, and Kushina.
• Hinata told Yuzuru that her chakra natures were fire and lightning and that she had beaten Naruto and Sasuke using taijutsu she had copied with her Byakugan.
• Yuzuru arranged to take Hinata to the training grounds to learn ninjutsu, and Uchiha Hikari agreed to teach her Fire Style.
• Hinata joined Yuzuru, Kurenai, and Uchiha Hikari for dinner, where Hikari teased her about her rumbling stomach.

Hinata began learning chakra control and tree climbing from Yuzuru and Uchiha Hikari, while Yuzuru reflected on his long effort to evolve his power using senjutsu chakra. His developing eye gained the ability to see through physical surfaces, which he secretly tested on Mikoto; the chapter ended with Hinata mastering tree climbing and revealing an enormous chakra reserve.

• Yuzuru took Hinata and Uchiha Hikari to a training ground, explained chakra control, and demonstrated tree climbing before leaving Hinata in Hikari’s care.
• Uchiha Hikari pressed Yuzuru about making a commitment with her and Kurenai, and Yuzuru fled back to his office.
• Yuzuru considered his attempt to evolve beyond Ōtsutsuki power by combining the Nine Tomoe Sharingan with natural energy and senjutsu chakra.
• Yuzuru tested his newly developing ability to see through surfaces on Mikoto, who sensed his gaze but could not determine what he was doing.
• Uchiha Hikari guided Hinata through tree climbing, which Hinata mastered; Yuzuru noted that she had roughly five times Kakashi’s chakra.

Hinata quickly mastered Tree Climbing and learned the Great Fireball Technique, impressing Uchiha Hikari with her chakra and talent. Hikari began teaching her Water Walking as preparation for the Shadow Clone Technique, while reflecting on Sea Capital’s alternatives to the shinobi system.

• Hinata mastered Tree Climbing in less than two hours, and Uchiha Hikari praised her chakra control and Byakugan.
• Uchiha Hikari demonstrated the Great Fireball Technique, and Hinata produced a fireball about four meters in diameter on her first try.
• Hikari chose the Shadow Clone Technique as Hinata’s next lesson and explained that she needed to practice Water Walking first.
• Hinata ate snacks during a break, then watched Hikari demonstrate Water Walking and used her Byakugan to study the chakra flowing through Hikari’s body.
• Hinata began practicing Water Walking at the river, and Hikari gave her hands-on instruction as Hinata gradually grasped the technique.

Naruto and Sasuke joined Guy and Kakashi in a running contest around the Sea Capital, then learned that Hinata had been training too. Uchiha Hikari took Hinata home while Naruto and Sasuke waited for their teachers to finish.

• Guy brought Naruto to the Sea Capital and started running laps with him.
• Sasuke trained Lightning Release with Kakashi until Guy challenged them to a race, and Sasuke and Naruto agreed to compete.
• Kakashi, Guy, Naruto, and Sasuke raced around the Sea Capital, with Naruto and Sasuke completing seven laps before they stopped to rest.
• Uchiha Hikari teased Naruto and Sasuke, told them to avoid overtraining, and warned Naruto not to call her Auntie.
• Naruto and Sasuke learned that Hinata had been training and vowed to beat her; Uchiha Hikari then took Hinata home.

Yuzuru arranged for Mikoto to begin studying senjutsu while drawing closer to her, then explained to Kurenai and Hikari how an Ōtsutsuki eye had become his third eye. The chapter ended with Yuzuru showing them his transformed Nine-Tomoe Rinnegan.

• Yuzuru praised Mikoto, arranged for her to travel to Ten Thousand Fathom Peak to study senjutsu, and invited her to call him by his name in private.
• Yuzuru praised Hinata's training progress, shared dinner with her, and escorted her home.
• Kurenai and Hikari confronted Yuzuru about his changed body and asked whether he had experimented on himself.
• Yuzuru explained that the Nine Tomoe Sharingan had left an Ōtsutsuki corpse and become his third eye during his senjutsu cultivation.
• Yuzuru told Kurenai and Hikari that the eye was evolving under the influence of senjutsu chakra and let Kurenai touch it.

Yuzuru continued evolving his Nine Tomoe Sharingan to prepare for future Ōtsutsuki threats, while recruiting Mei Terumi and Pakura to handle presidential work. After an embarrassing encounter with Mei Terumi, he went to Hakujun to accelerate his training.

• Yuzuru explained to Uchiha Hikari that his Byakugan and Nine Tomoe Sharingan were evolving through senjutsu chakra, while he worried about future Ōtsutsuki enemies and considered Kaguya a potential ally.
• Kurenai and Uchiha Hikari invited Yuzuru to sleep with them, then pushed him to the side; overnight, his Nine Tomoe Sharingan absorbed senjutsu chakra.
• After breakfast, Yuzuru went to the presidential building and summoned Mei Terumi to replace Mikoto as his secretary, offering to make her vice president.
• Mei Terumi teased Yuzuru before agreeing to take the secretary position, and Yuzuru assigned Pakura to assist her while continuing to oversee the First Army's district.
• Yuzuru left a Shadow Clone in the office and went to Hakujun to train and speed up the Nine Tomoe Sharingan's integration, determined to avenge his humiliation.