Recaps

Rikuto gave Tsunade, Shizune, and Karin tailored outfits, then revealed three mysterious fruits he called Devil Fruits. He explained that Tsunade’s fruit had been cultivated using First Hokage cells obtained from Danzo, leaving the women astonished.

• Rikuto admired Shizune’s changed appearance, and Tsunade and Karin praised her outfit.
• Tsunade changed into Rikuto’s tailored clothes, and Karin and Shizune marveled at her figure.
• Karin, Shizune, and Tsunade tried on various outfits, though Tsunade and Shizune refused to wear their swimsuits and underwear.
• Tsunade and Shizune thanked Rikuto for the clothes, and he revealed that he had another gift for them.
• Rikuto produced three patterned fruits, and Tsunade sensed their Chakra and vitality.
• Rikuto called the fruits Devil Fruits and told Tsunade that hers had been cultivated using First Hokage cells he had obtained from Danzo.

Rikuto explained that his Artificial Devil Fruits could grant Kekkei Genkai and offered Tsunade, Shizune, and Karin fruits tailored to them. Tsunade agreed to accept the gifts, and the three women began eating their fruits despite their terrible taste.

• Rikuto revealed that Tsunade's fruit was cultivated from the First Hokage's flesh and blood and could grant her Wood Release.
• Rikuto explained that Shizune's fruit would grant Swift Release, boost her Chakra reserves, and add fire and lightning nature transformations.
• Rikuto told Karin that her fruit could grant her Uzumaki abilities, including Adamantine Sealing Chains, and all five basic Chakra natures.
• Tsunade recalled the Senju's failed experiments to gain Wood Release and agreed that she, Shizune, and Karin should accept Rikuto's gifts.
• Tsunade, Shizune, and Karin each took a bite of their Devil Fruits and recoiled at their awful taste.

Rikuto had Tsunade, Shizune, and Karin eat Artificial Devil Fruits, which increased their vitality and Chakra. He used Tsukuyomi to let Tsunade memorize the First Hokage’s Wood Release techniques, and Karin awakened Adamantine Sealing Chains as she began testing her expanded Chakra attributes.

• Tsunade, Shizune, and Karin ate the Artificial Devil Fruits and felt their vitality and Chakra grow.
• Rikuto transported them outside town and used Tsukuyomi to give Tsunade time to memorize the First Hokage’s Wood Release scroll.
• Tsunade returned to reality and demonstrated Wood Release by binding and crushing a tree.
• Tsunade practiced several more Wood Release techniques while Karin awakened the Uzumaki Clan’s Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Rikuto told Karin that she should now possess all seven Chakra attributes and handed her Chakra Paper to test them.

Rikuto helped Shizune awaken Swift Release and additional abilities, while Karin revealed that she had all five Chakra affinities. Later, as the group soaked in a hot spring, Rikuto asked Tsunade how Hashirama Senju could have died despite his extraordinary vitality, and Tsunade began to answer.

• Karin discovered that she had all five Chakra affinities and asked Rikuto to teach her the Five Release: Great Combo Technique.
• Shizune tested her new Swift Release, displaying incredible speed and strength, and reported improved reflexes, sensory abilities, and Chakra reserves.
• Rikuto explained that Shizune had also received Hagoromo Clan genes, and Tsunade described the clan's history and its destruction.
• Rikuto, Tsunade, Shizune, Karin, and the others relaxed together at an inn's hot spring after the Jashin Cult incident had died down.
• Rikuto asked Tsunade how Hashirama Senju could have died despite his remarkable vitality, and Tsunade began to explain.

Rikuto reflected on why the First Hokage had died, then trained Shizune in several techniques that evening. Shizune fled back to her room in embarrassment, while Rikuto admired her.

• Tsunade told Rikuto that the First Hokage had died after grief over killing Madara Uchiha weighed on him.
• Rikuto invited Shizune to resume training and teach her the Mysterious Peacock Method, while Tsunade chose to practice Wood Release on her own.
• Rikuto advised Shizune to use Lightning Release to improve her reflexes and sensory abilities so she could better control Swift Release.
• Rikuto used the Spirit Transformation Technique to demonstrate the Yin Seal, the Strength of a Hundred Technique, and the Mysterious Peacock Method to Shizune.
• At eleven that night, Shizune fled to her room using Swift Release, worried that Karin might see her, and then hurried to the bathroom in embarrassment.
• Rikuto watched Shizune leave and thought of her as a treasure.

A week after Rikuto returned, he stayed in the Land of Hot Water with Tsunade, Shizune, and Karin to train and await the summer festival. In Konoha, Tenzo reported a border village massacre and the deaths of four Konoha Ninja, prompting the Third Hokage to investigate.

• Rikuto joined Tsunade, Shizune, and Karin for breakfast, and they planned to keep training with their new powers in the Land of Hot Water.
• Karin looked forward to the Land of Hot Water's summer festival, and Rikuto teased her before she retaliated with jutsu.
• A week later, Tenzo told the Third Hokage that a village on the Land of Fire's border had been massacred.
• Tenzo reported that a Special Jōnin and three Chunin had also been found dead, all with expressions of extreme terror.
• The Third Hokage grew grave and asked whether Tenzo had learned what had happened.

The Third Hokage assigned Kurenai Yuhi to lead an S-rank pursuit mission against Raiga Kurosuki, with Uzuki Yugao, Mitarashi Anko, and Hana Inuzuka on her team. The squad assembled at Konoha’s gate, where Anko eagerly prepared to test her newly improved strength.

• Kakashi reported that the dead Konoha shinobi had encountered Raiga Kurosuki, a missing-nin and former member of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.
• The Third Hokage chose Kurenai Yuhi to lead the mission and told Kakashi he wanted to see how much Chiya Rikuto had strengthened her.
• Kurenai accepted the S-rank mission and selected Uzuki Yugao, Mitarashi Anko, and Hana Inuzuka as her team.
• The Third Hokage approved Kurenai’s team and gave her written orders for Anko and Hana.
• Kurenai’s squad assembled at the Konoha Gate, and Anko excitedly anticipated testing her abilities against Raiga Kurosuki.

Anko, Kurenai Yuhi, Uzuki Yugao, and Hana Inuzuka set out on a mission after Anko jokes about their team being the Four Beauties of Konoha. Two days later, Zabuza confronts Raiga Kurosuki over his attacks on villages, and their alliance appears close to breaking apart.

• Anko reassured Kurenai Yuhi that Rikuto's training gave them a way to escape if they could not win against their target.
• Anko dubbed herself, Kurenai Yuhi, Uzuki Yugao, and Hana Inuzuka the Four Beauties of Konoha, embarrassing the others before Kurenai Yuhi ordered the team to move out.
• In a cave in the Land of Tea, Zabuza criticized Raiga Kurosuki for slaughtering villages and attracting Konoha's attention.
• Raiga insisted that he would keep taking revenge on Konoha and reminded Zabuza of his promise to help him.
• A boy with Senbon accused Raiga of breaking their agreement by killing civilians instead of helping Zabuza establish a new ninja village.

Kurenai Yuhi’s team tracked Zabuza and Raiga Kurosuki to their cave and prepared to attack after discovering the group was stronger than expected. The chapter leaves them poised to engage, with Anko assigned to hold off Raiga.

• Hana Inuzuka’s Ninja Dogs followed the faint scent of five enemies, and Kurenai Yuhi sensed their chakra signatures from afar.
• Kurenai Yuhi decided the team would advance rather than request reinforcements, and she used her Red Eye to guide them around traps.
• Kurenai Yuhi identified Zabuza and Raiga Kurosuki inside a cave by their swords, including the Kubikiribōchō.
• Anko volunteered to fight Raiga Kurosuki, while Hana Inuzuka and Uzuki Yugao worried about her facing an S-rank missing-nin alone.
• Kurenai Yuhi accepted Anko’s assignment and told her to hold Raiga off while the team prepared to attack.

Kurenai Yuhi, Anko, Uzuki Yugao, and Hana Inuzuka attacked Zabuza and his allies at their cave base. Kurenai countered Zabuza’s Hidden Mist and Silent Killing Technique, but Zabuza responded with a massive Water Release attack.

• Kurenai Yuhi collapsed the cave with Earth Release, and the Demon Brothers were crushed in the rubble.
• Zabuza, Yuki Haku, and Raiga Kurosuki emerged and prepared to fight the Konoha kunoichi.
• Anko attacked with Dragon Fire, but Zabuza countered it with a Water Dragon Bullet drawn from the nearby river.
• Zabuza spread the Hidden Mist and tried to use Silent Killing, but Kurenai saw through the mist and struck his Water Clone with Great Dragon Fire.
• Zabuza appeared by the river and launched a Great Waterfall Technique at Kurenai and the others, while Kurenai began forming an Earth-Style Wall.

Anko, Uzuki Yugao, Hana Inuzuka, and their allies fought Zabuza, Yuki Haku, and Raiga Kurosuki. Anko countered Raiga with Wind Release, but he began gathering a powerful lightning attack.

• Anko raised an enormous earthen wall to carry her allies above Zabuza's water torrent.
• Hana Inuzuka and her Ninja Dogs attacked Yuki Haku, who escaped with a water clone and drove them back with water needles.
• Uzuki Yugao and her Shadow Clones attacked Yuki Haku, but he blocked them with Ice Release.
• Raiga Kurosuki charged at Anko, who struck him with fireballs, shuriken, and snakes before he cut through her attacks and pursued her.
• Anko used Wind Release: Wind Cutter to slice through Raiga's lightning and force him back.
• Raiga thrust his lightning blades into the air and began gathering electricity with Lightning Release: Lightning Fang.

Kurenai Yuhi used Phantom Body Flicker Technique and Earth Release to expose Zabuza’s water clone and impale him with an earth spear. As Yuki Haku rushed to reach the wounded Zabuza, Hana Inuzuka and Kuromaru attacked, and Haku raised an Ice Mirror beside him.

• Anko countered Raiga Kurosuki’s lightning with Wind Release while admiring Kiba and wanting to take the swords for herself.
• Zabuza attacked Kurenai Yuhi, but her Phantom Body Flicker Technique let her evade his blade and strike at him.
• Zabuza’s apparent death proved to be a water clone, so Kurenai used Earth Release: Earth Flow Spears to impale the real Zabuza through the abdomen.
• Yuki Haku tried to rush to Zabuza, but Hana Inuzuka combined with Kuromaru and charged at him.
• Yuki Haku created an Ice Mirror beside Zabuza as Hana and Kuromaru attacked.

Kurenai Yuhi’s team killed Zabuza and Yuki Haku, then watched Anko fight Raiga Kurosuki. Raiga unleashed Lightning Burial: Banquet of Lightning, and Kurenai began forming hand seals as the attack threatened the group.

• Yuki Haku rescued the wounded Zabuza and attacked Hana Inuzuka and Uzuki Yugao, but Kurenai Yuhi’s genjutsu revealed that the apparent rescue and counterattack were illusions.
• Kurenai Yuhi stabbed Yuki Haku, who died after seeing Zabuza still pinned and lifeless.
• Kurenai Yuhi stopped Hana Inuzuka and Uzuki Yugao from helping Anko, saying Anko did not like others interfering in her fights.
• Raiga Kurosuki saw that Zabuza and Yuki Haku had been killed, then attacked Anko and the others with Lightning Burial: Banquet of Lightning.
• Kurenai Yuhi formed hand seals as Raiga’s lightning bolts approached the group.

Anko used her enhanced Dark Release to absorb Raiga Kurosuki’s lightning attacks and turn them back on him. After overpowering his Lightning Armor, she pressed her attack while Kurenai assured the others that Anko had not yet shown her full strength.

• Kurenai Yuhi stopped the lightning aimed at her group with Wind Release, while Uzuki Yugao and Hana Inuzuka worried that Anko faced the main attack.
• Anko absorbed Raiga Kurosuki’s lightning with Dark Release: Wind Hole and blasted it back at him.
• Raiga protected himself with Lightning Armor, but Anko rushed forward and used Dark Release to drain the armor’s lightning into Chakra.
• Kurenai explained that Rikuto had strengthened Anko’s Dark Release and helped her master her Cursed Seal transformation.

Anko used her Cursed Seal Transformation and Dark Release to defeat Raiga Kurosaki, then learned that keeping his stolen Kiba blades could cause trouble with Kirigakure. She planned to ask the Third Hokage for permission and turn to Rikuto if he refused.

• Anko transformed with the Cursed Seal, blocked Raiga Kurosaki's lightning blade, and blasted him with Dark Release, killing him.
• Kurenai Yuhi explained to Uzuki Yugao and Hana Inuzuka that Rikuto had helped Anko control the transformation and that it granted her enhanced abilities at the risk of going berserk.
• Anko celebrated her victory and handled the Kiba blades while reflecting on her recovered memories and her wish to confront Orochimaru.
• Kurenai Yuhi warned Anko that the Third Hokage might not let her keep Kiba because the treasured blades belonged to Kirigakure.
• Anko said she would ask the Third Hokage and seek Rikuto's help if he refused.

Konoha’s leaders awarded Anko the Kiba Blades and promoted her to Jonin after she helped defeat two S-rank missing-nin, while learning more about the abilities Rikuto had given her and Kurenai. Half a month later, Rikuto and Karin were in the Land of Hot Water for its summer festival, where Karin headed out to enjoy the festivities.

• Kurenai reported that her squad had defeated Raiga Kurosuki and Zabuza and returned safely.
• Anko told the Third Hokage that Rikuto had perfected her Cursed Seal Transformation into an alternative Sage Mode.
• The Third Hokage entrusted the Kiba Blades to Anko and promoted her to Jonin.
• Uzuki Yugao reported Kurenai’s long-range vision and Anko’s Dark Release to the Third Hokage, who credited Rikuto with their extraordinary abilities.
• Half a month after Rikuto and Karin reunited with Tsunade and Shizune in the Land of Hot Water, Karin went out to enjoy the summer festival.

Rikuto, Tsunade, Shizune, and Karin enjoyed the festival in Hot Water Town, where Tsunade sensed powerful Chakra signatures and Rikuto identified one as Utakata, Kirigakure's Six-Tails Jinchuriki. Rikuto then spotted Kirigakure's Tactical Assassination Squad hidden among the festival crowd.

• Karin urged Tsunade, Shizune, Rikuto, and the others to join the festival, and they went out in their festive outfits.
• Tsunade sensed several strong Chakra signatures in Hot Water Town, including one with an ominous aura.
• Tsunade guessed that the strongest Chakra belonged to a Jinchūriki, and Rikuto recognized the masked figure as Utakata from the bounty handbook.
• Rikuto used his Red Eye to scan the town and identified the hidden ninja as Kirigakure's Tactical Assassination Squad.

Mei Terumi and Ao spotted Tsunade and the Six-Tails Jinchuriki, Utakata, in Hot Water Town. Mei dismissed Ao’s suspicion that Tsunade was Konoha’s Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and ordered him to focus on capturing Utakata, leaving their confrontation for later.

• Rikuto used his Red Eye to spot Mei Terumi and Ao in the festival crowd while traveling with Tsunade.
• Ao sensed Tsunade’s immense Chakra but failed to detect Rikuto, who concealed his presence.
• Ao told Mei that Utakata and Tsunade were in town, and wondered if Tsunade was Konoha’s new Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Mei rejected Ao’s guess and warned that Kirigakure could not afford to lose the Six-Tails after losing the Three-Tails.
• Mei ordered Ao to keep watching Utakata and capture him when he left town.

Ao, Mei Terumi, and Kirigakure’s Anbu cornered Utakata in a forest and tried to capture him, but the Six-Tails Jinchuriki fought back and refused to surrender. After their Water Dragon Bullet attacks overwhelmed him, Utakata rose injured and vowed they would take him back only as a corpse.

• After the fireworks festival, Rikuto, Tsunade, Karin, and Shizune left the inn to follow the powerful Chakra signatures outside Hot Water Town.
• Ao and Mei Terumi confronted Utakata in the forest and demanded that he return to Kirigakure.
• A Kirigakure Anbu used the Rain Cutter Technique to destroy Utakata’s explosive bubbles.
• Utakata revealed a slime-covered tail and used it to strike at an Anbu, then faced the group’s Water Dragon Bullet attacks.
• A water dragon hit Utakata and sent him flying, but he stood back up and refused to surrender to Ao.

Utakata transformed into the Six-Tails' partial Tailed Beast form and attacked Mei Terumi and the Kirigakure Anbu with overwhelming speed and corrosive chakra. Mei Terumi dodged his assaults and countered with Lava Release, then reappeared behind him to continue her attack.

• Utakata transformed and killed a Kirigakure Anbu before Mei Terumi blocked his charge with a Water Formation Wall.
• The Kirigakure Anbu bound Utakata with water whips and struck him with lightning, but he broke free and attacked Mei Terumi.
• Mei Terumi's Melting Apparition Technique corroded Utakata's arm, and he retaliated with acidic gas and chakra tails that pierced her body—only for her to turn into water.
• Mei Terumi reappeared unharmed and attacked with Lava Release: Water Barrage, while Utakata dodged and countered with a barrage of corrosive acid.
• Utakata rushed Mei Terumi and tore her apart, but she again turned into water and emerged behind him, forming Hand Seals.

Tsunade and the Kirigakure Anbu confronted each other after Utakata escaped during their fight with the Six-Tails. Utakata fled injured, but an unknown figure appeared to block his path.

• Mei Terumi attacked Utakata with a Water Dragon Bullet, but his Six-Tails Chakra Cloak protected him from serious harm.
• Ao warned Mei that Tsunade and her group were approaching, and Utakata fired a miniature Tailed Beast Bomb at them before fleeing.
• Tsunade arrived to find the forest devastated and learned that Utakata had escaped; Mei and her Anbu turned to face her and her companions.
• Mei demanded to know why Tsunade had interfered, but Tsunade denied doing so and mocked Kirigakure for letting Utakata escape.
• Several miles away, an injured Utakata found an unknown figure blocking his path and demanded to know who they were.

Rikuto used his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan to send Utakata into darkness, causing the Six-Tails to rampage toward Tsunade, Mei Terumi, and their companions. As Kirigakure prepared to deal with the beast, Mei told Tsunade that Madara Uchiha had controlled the Fourth Mizukage, Yagura.

• Rikuto appeared before Utakata and used his Sharingan to incapacitate him.
• The Six-Tails went berserk and charged toward the group, prompting Ao to warn that it was out of control.
• Mei Terumi demanded that Tsunade let Kirigakure handle its Tailed Beast, while Tsunade agreed not to interfere if Mei could keep it from harming nearby towns.
• Mei reminded Tsunade that the Uchiha Clan had been destroyed by Uchiha Itachi, and Tsunade reacted angrily.
• Mei revealed that Madara Uchiha had controlled Yagura for years, startling Tsunade and the others.

Mei Terumi and Tsunade exchanged information about the Masked Man's involvement in the Uchiha massacre and other disasters before the rampaging Six-Tails attacked. Mei led Kirigakure's forces against Saiken, but her attacks failed to harm it, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Mei Terumi told Tsunade that Madara Uchiha had controlled the Fourth Mizukage, and Tsunade confirmed that a Masked Man had likely been behind the Uchiha massacre and the Nine-Tails' Attack.
• The berserk Six-Tails charged at the group and sprayed acidic gas, forcing Mei, Tsunade, Rikuto, and the others to retreat as the forest dissolved.
• Rikuto explained that Mei possessed Boil Release and Lava Release, but that her abilities would be less effective against the Six-Tails.
• Mei ordered Kirigakure's Anbu to support her and attacked Saiken with a water dragon strengthened by lightning, but the strike barely affected it.
• Mei's Lava Release collided with Saiken's acid and canceled out, while Ao examined the Six-Tails with his Byakugan.

Rikuto saved Mei Terumi and Hot Water Town from the Six-Tails’ Tailed Beast Bomb by redirecting it with Flying Thunder God: Guiding Thunder. Afterward, he flirted with Mei, who happily entertained the idea of marrying him, while Karin watched jealously.

• Ao warned Mei Terumi that the Six-Tails’ Chakra was being controlled by Genjutsu, and the beast attacked the Kirigakure forces.
• Mei Terumi blocked the Six-Tails’ acidic barrage with Water Release: Water Formation Wall, but the beast formed a Tailed Beast Bomb.
• The Six-Tails fired the bomb toward Mei Terumi and Hot Water Town, and Rikuto appeared in its path.
• Rikuto used Flying Thunder God: Guiding Thunder to send the Tailed Beast Bomb away, where it exploded on the distant horizon.
• Rikuto introduced himself to Mei Terumi and joked that he might become her future husband; Mei responded with a smile, while Karin grew jealous.

Rikuto rescued Mei from Six-Tails Saiken and revealed that he had mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique, shocking the Kirigakure shinobi. He left the battle against Saiken to Tsunade while Karin angrily watched him with Mei.

• Rikuto carried Mei away from Saiken’s acid attack and dodged its strike by teleporting to a marked kunai in a tree.
• Rikuto told Mei that his Flying Thunder God Technique came from Tobirama Senju, and Ao and the Kirigakure Anbu realized he had mastered the legendary technique.
• Rikuto asked Tsunade to handle Saiken, and she charged into battle.
• Karin glared at Rikuto and Mei, calling Rikuto a womanizing scoundrel, while Shizune tried to calm her.