Chapter Summaries

Minazuki Yuzuru pursued Killer B and A, then outmaneuvered Ōnoki’s Dust Release and confronted the Five Kage. As Yuzuru’s ice dragons froze the battlefield, a masked man arrived and challenged him.

• Yuzuru chased Killer B and A with a giant ice figure while Kisame, Zabuza, and Mei Terumi headed to the battlefield.
• Ōnoki attacked Yuzuru with Dust Release, destroying part of the ice figure, but Yuzuru escaped through an ice mirror.
• Yuzuru appeared through four ice mirrors, dismissed Dust Release as too slow, and confronted the Five Kage.
• Yuzuru sent out ice dragons that lowered the temperature and disrupted the Kage’s chakra flow.
• A masked, white-haired man arrived and attacked Yuzuru with Storm Release: Light Fang, while Mei Terumi smiled.

Arashi stopped Minazuki Yuzuru from attacking the Five Kage, but Yuzuru escaped after summoning four ice giants to delay them. Once the Kage defeated the giants, Arashi proposed escorting them back to their villages together to prevent another ambush.

• Arashi cut apart Minazuki Yuzuru’s ice attacks and confronted him as the Five Kage watched.
• Minazuki Yuzuru summoned four ice giants, then escaped through an ice mirror.
• The Five Kage fought and destroyed the ice giants, with Hiruzen Sarutobi, Ōnoki, Mei Terumi, and Rasa using their respective techniques.
• Arashi offered to escort the Kage home together, starting with the injured Raikage, because Minazuki Yuzuru might ambush them if they traveled alone.

After escorting the Five Kage back to their villages, Yuzuru returned to Kirigakure with Mei Terumi and spent the night at her home. The next morning, he cared for her before they resumed their flirtation.

• Arashi sent the Kage's ninja guards ahead and escorted A, Ōnoki, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Rasa back to their villages.
• Rasa returned to Sunagakure, resenting his village's bad luck and briefly thinking about Pakura.
• Mei Terumi dropped her act once she and Yuzuru were away from Sunagakure, and Yuzuru took her to her home with Flying Thunder God.
• Yuzuru and Mei Terumi spent the night together, and Yuzuru used the Mystical Palm Technique to treat her afterward.
• Yuzuru cooked for Mei Terumi the next morning, carried her to the bathroom, and helped her eat.
• After Yuzuru finished the housework, Mei Terumi called to him seductively, and he prepared to punish her again.

Yuzuru returned to work after spending time with Mei Terumi and learned that Mikoto had returned from her Senjutsu training. He visited Mikoto at home, where their flirtation resumed as he used his Byakugan to tease her.

• Mei Terumi and Yuzuru discussed his plan to step down as president once the Sea Region Academy opened and Mei’s future role as president.
• Pakura and Mabui discussed the Five Kage Summit, the Sea Region Academy’s preparations, and Yuzuru’s absence before he returned to the presidential building.
• Yuzuru learned that Mikoto had returned from her training and gone home, then left the office to visit her.
• Yuzuru told Mikoto to return to her secretary duties and teased her about his Byakugan and her preference for purple.
• Mikoto blushed and stood up after Yuzuru used his Byakugan to rekindle the sensation she had felt before.

Yuzuru discussed Mikoto’s work and Itachi’s upbringing with her, then left for the hospital to find Tsunade. He found her focused on work in the analysis room and watched her quietly.

• Yuzuru told Mikoto she could return to normal working hours, and she silently resented him for getting her hopes up.
• Mikoto thanked Yuzuru and Tsunade for helping Itachi, and Yuzuru blamed Fugaku’s upbringing for warping Itachi’s beliefs.
• Yuzuru left Mikoto’s home and went to the hospital to see Tsunade.
• Rin told Yuzuru that Tsunade was in the analysis room on the third floor of the building next door.
• Yuzuru found Tsunade working in the analysis room and watched her without interrupting.

Tsunade explained her findings on kekkei genkai diseases and discussed ways to treat Kimimaro and Itachi. Yuzuru planned to seek help on the moon for Itachi, whose Mangekyō Sharingan was damaging his body, while Tsunade proposed temporarily sealing or removing his eyes if necessary.

• Tsunade advised the Kaguya Clan to avoid using their bones and told Yuzuru that Kimimaro would need about a year of treatment and should not use his bones afterward.
• Tsunade said she was using Sasuke's blood to strengthen Itachi, whose genes deteriorated faster when he activated his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Yuzuru and Tsunade considered whether the two divine artifacts in Itachi's Susanoo were overwhelming his still-developing body.
• Yuzuru said he would visit the moon to ask the progenitor of chakra for a solution to Itachi's condition.
• Tsunade suggested sealing Itachi's Mangekyō temporarily, or surgically removing his Sharingan as a last resort, until he reached adulthood.

Yuzuru returned home and spent the next day teasing Tsunade into calling him “hubby” instead of “little bastard.” Tsunade gave in, though she remained anxious that Kurenai, Hikari, or Shizune might discover their relationship.

• Tsunade and Yuzuru bought groceries and returned home, where Yuzuru cooked dinner for Tsunade, Kurenai, Hikari, and Shizune.
• That night, Kurenai and Hikari joined Yuzuru in his bedroom, while Shizune blushed at breakfast the next morning and hurried out.
• With the house empty, Yuzuru entered Tsunade’s bedroom, and they spent the day together.
• Yuzuru pressed Tsunade to stop treating their relationship as a secret and to call him “hubby.”
• Worried that Kurenai and the others might return, Tsunade finally called Yuzuru “hubby,” then yielded again when he asked her to repeat it.

After reuniting with Tsunade, Yuzuru spent time with her before visiting Kaguya, who asked about his Nine Tomoe Sharingan. Yuzuru demonstrated its Space-Time Body abilities and explained that they let him create powerful copies of himself and teleport through space.

• Yuzuru teased Tsunade after their encounter, kissed her, and left her to rest; she later cleaned up and acted as if nothing had happened when the others returned.
• Yuzuru spent time with the others, then visited Kaguya on the weekend after handing his work to Mikoto and Mabui.
• Kaguya explained that only Main Family members could switch between the Byakugan and Rinnegan, and said Yuzuru's Nine Tomoe Sharingan surpassed the Rinnegan.
• Yuzuru used Space-Time Body to create a near-perfect copy of himself from two months earlier, explaining that he could make up to three copies.
• Yuzuru told Kaguya that Space-Time Body also let him teleport to visible places or existing spatial coordinates, and Kaguya compared it favorably to Isshiki's black eye.

Yuzuru asked Kaguya how to treat Itachi's Kekkei Genkai Disease, and she explained that his three divine artifacts were damaging his developing body. After Kaguya helped revive her chakra and revealed she had broken free of the seal, Yuzuru returned home exhausted, leaving Tsunade, Kurenai, and Uchiha Hikari stunned by his account of their encounter.

• Yuzuru asked Kaguya whether she could seal a Sharingan and explained Itachi's condition.
• Kaguya concluded that Itachi's divine artifacts were breaking down his body and warned that awakening the third would make it worse.
• Kaguya said she could help only if Yuzuru paid a price, then drew chakra from the Ten-Tails inside him and revealed that she had broken the seal.
• Kaguya explained that she was staying hidden to avoid drawing the Main Family's attention, while Yuzuru endured her prolonged advances.
• Yuzuru returned home half a month later looking exhausted, and Tsunade learned that Kaguya had kept him occupied.
• Kurenai and Uchiha Hikari questioned Yuzuru about Kaguya as he ate ravenously and described her as a vampire who would not let him rest.

Yuzuru resigned as Sea Capital president, made Mei Terumi his successor, and put Konan in charge of the new academy’s preparations. Kaguya repeatedly summoned him to train and examine him, leaving him stronger but subject to her demands every week.

• Kaguya used the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to observe the Shinobi World and decided she wanted Yuzuru as a companion.
• Yuzuru resigned as president and handed the role to Mei Terumi, then became minister of education and principal of the Sea Capital Institute.
• Yuzuru assigned Konan the academy’s teacher list and told her to admit the people on his predetermined student list.
• Kaguya pulled Yuzuru through a spatial rift, checked his condition, and taught him the Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack.
• Kaguya made Yuzuru agree to return weekly, and he realized he would need her guidance to keep growing stronger.

As enrollment at the Sea Region Academy approached, the Land of Waves filled with applicants from across the Shinobi World. Yuzuru and Mei Terumi prepared to limit admission to five hundred students and test applicants, while acknowledging that expanding education would take years.

• Villages and nations gathered eligible children to compete for places at the academy, crowding the Land of Waves with visitors and tents.
• Yuzuru entrusted the treasury and the new order to the Uchiha, while inspection corps members used the Ketsuryūgan, Sharingan, and Byakugan to expose misconduct.
• Mei Terumi told Yuzuru that Kisame, Zabuza, and Ameyuri had left to maintain order during enrollment.
• Yuzuru set the academy's intake at five hundred and ordered Orochimaru and the others to test unlisted applicants' intelligence.
• Yuzuru and Mei Terumi agreed that expanding universal education across the Land of Water would take about three more years.

Yuzuru oversaw Konoha’s enrollment at the Sea Region Academy and brought the selected children through a spatial passage to the school. After discovering that two seven-year-olds had been sent as Root tools, he rejected them and left Shikaku to report the matter to the Hokage.

• Yuzuru corrected the Mist swordsmen about his title, then ordered them to help maintain order during enrollment.
• Konoha’s eligible children passed the examinations, including Rock Lee, and nearly thirty students prepared to leave for the academy.
• Yuzuru told Shikaku that the academy would remain independent of factions, then opened a spatial passage and led the children through it.
• Yuzuru returned with two seven-year-old Root trainees and rejected them because the academy would not accept children sent as tools.
• Shikaku took the two children away to inform the Hokage, while Yuzuru paused enrollment until the afternoon.

Yuzuru welcomed the Shinobi World's next generation to the Sea Region Academy, where Orochimaru and Tsunade would help reshape their understanding of the world. He explained that the academy was part of his plan to unify the Shinobi World and prepare for future enemies from space.

• Yuzuru introduced the Sea Region Academy to more than three hundred new students and announced that classes and dorm assignments would begin.
• Yuzuru revealed that Orochimaru and Tsunade had both abandoned their identities as shinobi and invited the students to discover why.
• Yuzuru told Orochimaru that gathering talented children from across the Shinobi World would help unify it and prepare a new generation to govern.
• Orochimaru said the Sea Capital and Land of Water had overwhelming military strength, while Yuzuru explained that he was waiting for future wars to reduce the number of shinobi.
• Yuzuru urged Orochimaru to continue developing weapons for threats from space and said that a healthy civilization should inspire people to explore the sky.

Konan began her work as Sea Region Academy's principal and reunited with Ajisai, encouraging her to study so she could change Amegakure. At the academy, the Konoha 12 met Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha, whose presence left Shikamaru wondering about the school's connections.

• Tsunade and Orochimaru decided to visit Kurama Yakumo after Yuzuru noted her extraordinary Genjutsu talent and difficulty controlling her Yin Release.
• Konan accepted documents from Yuzuru and traveled through the Flying Thunder God Formation to Sea Region Academy to take up her duties as principal.
• Konan recognized Ajisai among the students, embraced her, and urged her to study hard and make her dreams for Amegakure come true.
• Konan told the teachers to finish showing the students around and prepare for a new student assembly at three that afternoon.
• The teachers brought the Konoha 12 to the training grounds, where they saw Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha sparring.
• Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha introduced themselves, prompting Shikamaru to wonder about their presence and Ino and Sakura to admire them.

Hinata arrived at the new academy with Naruto and Sasuke, where her formidable Byakugan and aloof manner drew attention from the other students. After the new student assembly, she returned to Sea Capital each night using her emerging spatial abilities, while the academy began introducing the newcomers to its modern facilities.

• Hinata brought milk tea for the new classmates, and the teacher explained that her eyes were the Byakugan.
• Neji questioned Hinata about having the Byakugan, and she said she was Hinata Ōtsutsuki and had been separated from the Hyuga Clan seven years earlier.
• Hinata, Naruto, and Sasuke attended the new student assembly at the academy's expansive sports field, where Konan and the college heads gave speeches.
• The students settled into dorm rooms, while Naruto and Sasuke received a private room and Hinata chose to return to Sea Capital at night.
• Hinata used her developing spatial abilities to travel between fixed locations and could summon Kaguya through the mark Kaguya had left on her.

At Sea Region Academy, the students learned to view chakra as an energy source rather than merely a tool for ninjutsu, while Yuzuru reorganized classes according to exam results and arranged for Orochimaru to examine Neji’s Caged Bird Seal. At home, Yuzuru and Tsunade grew closer, and Tsunade noticed her vitality increasing as her Senju and Uzumaki bloodlines began to merge.

• The Konoha 12 and their classmates studied chakra’s broader uses as energy at Sea Region Academy.
• Yuzuru reviewed the monthly exam results, noted Ajisai’s second-place ranking and Rock Lee’s strong physical-education scores, and ordered students divided into rotating classes of thirty.
• Yuzuru asked Orochimaru to investigate Neji Hyuga’s Caged Bird Seal so Neji would not remain under outsiders’ control.
• Yuzuru spent an intimate evening and the following day with Tsunade, while Kurenai, Hikari, and Shizune returned home and joined the household.
• Tsunade noticed her vitality improving and her Senju and Uzumaki bloodlines beginning to merge toward their ancestral state.

Yuzuru led Class One in questioning what shinobi were and what they did for ordinary people. He challenged the students’ assumptions about shinobi missions, then began a discussion about the relationship between daimyo, shinobi villages, and their countries.

• Yuzuru asked the students to set aside their backgrounds and define what a shinobi was, and they offered praise as well as insults.
• Hinata, Naruto, and Sasuke condemned shinobi, prompting arguments with classmates who dreamed of becoming powerful shinobi.
• Yuzuru said he was not a shinobi despite possessing power greater than the Five Great Shinobi Villages, and he agreed with the three students’ harsh descriptions.
• Yuzuru asked how villagers robbed by bandits could afford to commission shinobi missions, leaving Kurotsuchi and the class unable to answer.
• Yuzuru asked about the relationship between daimyo, shinobi villages, and their countries, and a student answered that daimyo ruled while villages protected the country in exchange for money.

After Yuzuru challenged his students to question the Shinobi World, Shikamaru read critical accounts of its history and began to understand his father’s distance from the village. He continued studying late into the night, while Yuzuru and his household spent the evening together over barbecue.

• Yuzuru asked his students whom shinobi villages protected and how they viewed the Shinobi World, and Hinata, Naruto, and Sasuke called it backward and primitive.
• Shikamaru went to the library with Ino and Choji, borrowed five books about shinobi and the Shinobi World, and began reading them; Ajisai also borrowed books.
• Yuzuru took Hinata home for barbecue, and the family ate with Hyuga Karen until everyone but Yuzuru and Hinata drank too much.
• Shikamaru read late into the night and concluded that the Shinobi World was a painful cage, which helped him understand why his father and the Nara Clan avoided involvement in village affairs.

Shikamaru reflected on the Nara Clan’s powerlessness in the Shinobi World before falling asleep. The next day, Yuzuru cared for the hungover household, spent time with Tsunade, and asked Kurenai to teach at the Sea Region Academy; she agreed.

• Shikamaru realized the Nara Clan’s preference for avoiding village affairs was an escape from a world they understood but could not change, then fell asleep.
• Yuzuru served hangover tea and breakfast to the household, and everyone went back to rest.
• Yuzuru and Tsunade discussed her Ōtsutsuki heritage and his plans to target members of the Hyuga Main Family.
• Yuzuru and Tsunade prepared dinner, and the others later came downstairs to eat.
• Yuzuru invited Kurenai to become Hinata, Naruto, and Sasuke’s homeroom teacher at the Sea Region Academy, and she agreed.

Kurenai led Class One through its first practical combat lesson, introducing Scientific Ninja Tools that let students release ninjutsu by feeding chakra into them. The students kept their tools, but Kurenai warned them not to use ninjutsu at school or risk expulsion.

• Kurenai took Class One to the training ground for its first practical combat lesson and handed out experimental wristbands and ninjutsu cartridges.
• Kurenai demonstrated how to charge the wristband with chakra and release a fireball, then explained how Scientific Ninja Tools bypassed the need to learn individual chakra natures.
• Hinata, Naruto, and Sasuke demonstrated the tools by striking wooden targets with electric, stone, and wind attacks.
• The students took turns trying the tools, and nearly half the class lacked enough chakra to meet the minimum requirement for a C-rank ninjutsu.
• Kurenai let the students keep their Scientific Ninja Tools and warned them that using ninjutsu at school would lead to mandatory expulsion.