Chapter Summaries

Rikuto revived Nawaki, who had been dead for almost thirty years, and explained that he was Tsunade’s disciple and husband. He showed Nawaki the Fourth Hokage’s face on Hokage Rock, leaving Nawaki stunned that Minato Namikaze had achieved the dream he once held.

• Rikuto revived Nawaki in a younger body and told him that he had been dead for almost thirty years.
• Rikuto explained his relationship with Tsunade and transformed into her to show Nawaki how she looked.
• Rikuto took Nawaki to a rooftop, where Nawaki saw the Fourth Hokage’s face carved into Hokage Rock and lamented that someone else had become Hokage.
• Rikuto identified the Fourth Hokage as Minato Namikaze and mentioned his wife, Kushina Uzumaki, whom Nawaki remembered from before his death.

Rikuto brought the resurrected Nawaki back to the Root base and explained his new Tag Formation system, which could let people activate inscribed techniques by supplying Chakra. Nawaki learned that his sister Tsunade had spent years grieving him, and Rikuto planned to take him to see her the next morning.

• Rikuto used the Flying Thunder God Technique to return with Nawaki to the Root base and told him that Tsunade had mourned him for years.
• Nawaki awkwardly accepted Rikuto as his brother-in-law and agreed to wait until morning to see Tsunade, though he could not sleep.
• Rikuto showed Nawaki a Mystical Palm Tag and explained how Tag Formations could inscribe techniques onto tags and scrolls for later use.
• Rikuto described single-use, reusable, and permanent Tag Formations and said the system could create a new profession in the Shinobi World.

Rikuto brought Nawaki back to life and reunited him with Tsunade in the Land of Whirlpools. Tsunade wept with relief and learned that Nawaki had become younger, while he said Rikuto had revived him.

• Nawaki admired Rikuto's Flying Thunder God seal and asked to learn seal arrays, so Rikuto told him to wait until he became a Jonin.
• Rikuto took Nawaki to the Land of Whirlpools to meet Tsunade and Moegi.
• Tsunade recognized Nawaki and rushed to embrace him, crying and scolding him for charging into danger on the battlefield.
• Tsunade asked why Nawaki looked younger, and Nawaki said he did not know but had become smaller after Rikuto brought him back to life.

Rikuto told Tsunade that Root had kept Nawaki’s internal organs and explained how he had prepared and sacrificed a spy to revive him. Tsunade learned that Nawaki may have survived the Explosive Tags and turned against Hiruzen’s circle, while Rikuto returned to Konoha with Moegi.

• Rikuto told Tsunade that Danzo’s Root had kept Nawaki’s internal organs, and Tsunade erupted in rage, frightening Nawaki and causing Moegi to faint.
• Nawaki explained that he had used Earth Release: Earth Spear Jutsu after stepping on Explosive Tags, leading Tsunade to suspect the Konoha higher-ups had killed him and to lose her remaining affection for Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Rikuto explained that he had used Nawaki’s cells to grow a body and combined forbidden techniques with Impure World Reincarnation to revive him, sacrificing a spy from the Village of the Sky Ninja.
• Tsunade thanked Rikuto, who left breakfast for her and Nawaki before taking Moegi back to Konoha.
• Moegi woke in a forest, and Rikuto told her to control her Wood Release and avoid using it openly.

Chiya Rikuto returned to the village and visited the Ninja Academy, where he reunited with Iruka and drew the attention of the students. As Iruka continued the practical lesson, Sakura and Ino argued over which of them Rikuto had been looking at.

• Moegi returned to the village, and Rikuto sensed that she had gone to the Ninja Academy's training ground.
• Rikuto used his Red Eye to observe the students, then walked to the Academy to watch their practical combat lesson.
• Iruka announced that students could choose whom to challenge, but the class's girls were distracted when Rikuto arrived.
• Rikuto greeted Iruka and nodded to Shikamaru, Ino, Hinata, Amaru, and the others before asking Iruka to continue the lesson.
• Sakura told Ino that Rikuto had looked at her, and Ino insisted that he had been looking at her instead.

Chiya Rikuto visited the Ninja Academy and demonstrated his strength to students who doubted Iruka’s claim that he was already Jonin-level. The chapter ended with Rikuto punching straight through the Rashomon he had summoned, leaving the class stunned.

• Iruka introduced Chiya Rikuto as Tsunade’s disciple and said he had turned down a Jonin appointment, prompting disbelief from many students.
• Naruto challenged Iruka’s claim, while Uzumaki Amaru and Ino defended Rikuto and Sasuke struggled with his own loss of rank.
• Rikuto took over the lesson and summoned a massive Rashomon without making Hand Seals, then offered three days of free training to anyone who could punch through it before sunset.
• Rikuto vanished in a blur and punched through the iron gate, shocking the students with his strength.

Rikuto demonstrated his overwhelming strength by destroying Rashomon with one punch, then offered Class A students free instruction and an advanced Ninjutsu if they could break through another gate. Kiba and Akamaru took the first challenge, but their Fang Over Fang attack left them unconscious.

• Rikuto shattered Rashomon with a single punch, then summoned an intact gate and challenged the students to break through it before sunset for instruction and an advanced Ninjutsu.
• Rikuto demonstrated Chidori Sharp Spear by firing a lightning blade through a tree, inspiring Sasuke to pursue the reward as a way to grow strong enough to kill Uchiha Itachi.
• Iruka encouraged Class A to seize the opportunity, and Kiba volunteered to challenge the gate with Akamaru.
• Kiba gave Akamaru a Military Rations Pill, then the pair used Human Mimicry Ninjutsu and Fang Over Fang to charge Rashomon.
• Kiba and Akamaru struck the gate and their eyes rolled back.

Rikuto tested the students’ strength against his reinforced Rashomon, which Kiba, Ino, and Sasuke failed to damage significantly. Hinata then launched an Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm at the gate, and the chapter ended before its effect was shown.

• Kiba and his dog passed out after spinning, while Rikuto assured Iruka they were unharmed.
• Ino struck the Rashomon with the Superhuman Strength Fist, dented its nose, and treated her swollen hand with the Mystical Palm Technique.
• The Third Hokage watched through a crystal ball and questioned whether Rikuto’s test was too difficult for the students.
• Sasuke Uchiha hit the Rashomon with Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique, but only scorched its surface.
• Rikuto urged Shikamaru to try the test, then asked Choji for chips.
• Hinata attacked the Rashomon with Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm.

Hinata’s Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm and Choji’s Human Bullet Tank dented the Rashomon during the training exercise, while Ino and the others watched. The chapter ended with Rikuto sitting in a large tree as the training continued.

• Hinata struck the Rashomon with Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm, leaving a deep dent and surprising Naruto, Kiba Inuzuka, and the others.
• Ino praised Hinata’s growing strength, while Sasuke Uchiha brooded over falling behind her and Ino.
• Ino told Choji to attack the Rashomon, and Shikamaru used Shadow Log Bridge to give him a path to charge along.
• Choji used Multi-Size Technique and Human Bullet Tank to crash into the Rashomon, denting it slightly before falling back.
• Ino teased Shikamaru after he complained, while Rikuto sat in a large tree.

Rikuto left the Ninja Academy and went to confront Hiruko, who had captured Root members to steal their Kekkei Genkai. Rikuto appeared in Hiruko’s hideout and revealed his Sharingan, leaving Hiruko stunned.

• Rikuto left the Ninja Academy after patting Ino, Hinata, and Amaru on the head, while Naruto broke his fist striking the Rashomon.
• Aburame Ryoma told Rikuto that Hiruko had captured two Root members with Steel Release and Storm Release.
• Shimura Danzō explained that Hiruko was a missing-nin seeking Kekkei Genkai through the Chimera Technique, and Rikuto decided to visit him.
• Rikuto teleported to Hiruko’s hideout in the Land of Forests, where Hiruko planned to collect five Kekkei Genkai and gain an immortal body.
• Rikuto walked through the sealed cell bars, revealed his Sharingan, and shocked Hiruko, who asked how he had Uchiha eyes.

Rikuto defeated Hiruko, killed him, and took his memories before disguising a Wood Clone as the missing-nin and eliminating his returning subordinates. He left the cave with Hiruko’s research and planned to pose as a bounty hunter, while Ino continued failing to break Rashomon at the Ninja Academy.

• Hiruko attacked Rikuto with Swift Release and Steel Release, but Rikuto immobilized him with his Mangekyō Sharingan and drained his Chakra.
• Rikuto used the Yamanaka Clan’s Secret Techniques to search Hiruko’s memories, destroying Hiruko’s brain and killing him.
• Rikuto sent the captured Kekkei Genkai users back to the Root base, transformed a Wood Clone into young Hiruko, and erased the cave’s traces with Dust Release.
• Three of Hiruko’s subordinates returned, and the disguised Rikuto killed them with Dust Release after claiming he had regained his youthful appearance.
• Rikuto gathered Hiruko’s research and scrolls, planned to become a black-market bounty hunter, and left a Wood Clone behind.
• At the Ninja Academy, Ino was thrown back by Rashomon again and complained that Rikuto’s test was impossible.

Sasuke and the others struggled to break Rikuto’s Rashomon, while Shikamaru pointed out that they might succeed by coordinating their attacks. The class agreed to work together and draw lots for Rikuto’s instruction, and Shikamaru revealed that Sasuke’s Fire Style could soften the gate for Hinata’s attacks.

• Sasuke’s Fire Style scorched the Rashomon but failed to break it, and he remained determined to gain Rikuto’s guidance.
• Shikamaru said the group might break the gate if they coordinated, but only one person could earn the instruction, prompting the others to question who would get the chance.
• Sasuke, Kiba Inuzuka, Ino, Hinata, and the others agreed to break the Rashomon together and draw lots afterward, while Naruto lamented that his broken hand left him unable to help.
• Ino offered to absorb Naruto’s Chakra so she could strengthen her Superhuman Strength Fist, and Naruto agreed to provide it.
• Shikamaru explained that Sasuke’s flames had softened the Rashomon, allowing Hinata to leave a larger dent with her attack.

The students worked together to break the towering Rashomon by piling firewood around it, heating it with Fire and Wind Release, and attacking its weakened surface. Ino’s punch badly dented the gate, but it remained standing as Sasuke and Amaru began another combined attack.

• Amaru and several clan-born classmates volunteered their Wind and Fire Release techniques, leaving Naruto stunned that they knew more ninjutsu than he did.
• Following Shikamaru’s strategy, the students gathered enough firewood to bury the Rashomon, then Sasuke, Santaro Sarutobi, Amaru, and other students heated it with Fire and Wind Release.
• Hinata used Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm to blast away the firewood and dent the glowing Rashomon, then struck it again to cave it in further.
• Sasuke threw an Explosive Tag-tipped kunai into the dent, and Ino, protected by Shikamaru’s Shadow Cloak and launched by Choji, punched the Rashomon and made it cave in further.
• Ino replenished her Chakra from Naruto after retreating, while Sasuke and Amaru began another combined Fire and Wind Release attack.

After the students of third-year class A broke through Rashomon through teamwork, Iruka organized a draw for Rikuto’s promised reward. The students opened their paper balls, but the chapter ended before revealing who had won.

• Hinata struck Rashomon again, then Ino used Naruto’s Chakra and Shikamaru’s Shadow Garment to land the final blow and pierce it.
• Ino credited the group’s teamwork, especially Hinata’s repeated attacks, while Iruka praised the students and apologized for doubting them.
• Iruka announced a supervised draw to choose one student for Rikuto’s guidance or a Ninjutsu reward.
• Rikuto arrived at the Ninja Academy and agreed that the students had earned the reward by breaking Rashomon together.
• The students each drew a paper ball, and Iruka told them to open them all at once.
• Naruto, Sasuke, Ino, and Hinata opened their paper balls anxiously, but the winner was not revealed.

After Sakura Haruno won the chance to spend time with Rikuto, he rewarded the students who had worked together to break Rashomon with Gravity Talismans. Rikuto warned them about the dangers of overusing the talismans, then invited Sakura to come with him.

• Sakura Haruno excitedly revealed that her slip had the character for “shinobi,” while Sasuke and Ino reacted with disappointment and envy.
• Rikuto rewarded the students for their teamwork by giving them Gravity Talismans, with two for those who had contributed greatly and one for everyone else.
• The Third Hokage watched through his crystal ball and was astonished that Rikuto had developed a talisman that could double a person's weight for a month.
• Sasuke and other students tried activating their talismans, and Rikuto cautioned them against stacking them or wearing them during rest because of the risk of serious injury.
• Rikuto approached Sakura Haruno and invited her to come with him.

Rikuto took Sakura Haruno aside for training, explained that she had Senju ancestry, and offered to arrange for Shizune to teach her. He brought Sakura to Konoha Hospital to meet Shizune, leaving Sakura astonished by the sudden trip.

• Sakura eagerly followed Rikuto to Training Ground Three while Ino and the other students watched enviously.
• Rikuto told Sakura that she had Senju blood and that it contributed to her strong Chakra control.
• Rikuto said he would recommend Shizune, Tsunade’s foremost disciple and his senior apprentice sister, as Sakura’s teacher.
• Rikuto took Sakura to Konoha Hospital in an instant, where Shizune greeted him in surprise.

Rikuto brought Sakura to Shizune and encouraged her to take the girl as a disciple, while Sakura pleaded to study under her. After Shizune agreed to consider training Sakura, Rikuto visited Uzuki Yugao, who had gained a three-Tomoe Sharingan and greatly enhanced abilities from the artificial Devil Fruit.

• Rikuto introduced Sakura Haruno to Shizune and recommended her as a talented medical-ninjutsu student.
• Sakura asked Shizune to take her as a disciple, and Shizune agreed to train her if she was ready for strict lessons.
• Rikuto visited Uzuki Yugao and asked whether she had adapted to the power of the artificial Devil Fruit.
• Uzuki Yugao reported increased chakra, sharper sensory abilities, and five chakra natures, then revealed her three-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Rikuto explained that the power had also caused Kurenai and Anko's increased strength and Kekkei Genkai, and said Yugao should master her Sharingan before trying to awaken its Mangekyō.
• Uzuki Yugao thanked Rikuto, and he invited her to train with him.

Rikuto trained Uzuki Yugao in a time-dilating Genjutsu, gave her the Peacock Twin Swords, and strengthened her body while teaching her the improved Mysterious Peacock Method. He then returned to the Land of Whirlpools and joined Tsunade in her bedroom, where she openly welcomed his affection.

• Rikuto illuminated Root's training ground and drew Uzuki Yugao into a Genjutsu world where he taught her Wind, Lightning, and Fire Release techniques.
• Rikuto helped Uzuki Yugao recover from the Genjutsu's mental fatigue and told her to focus on mastering Wind and Lightning nature transformations.
• Aburame Ryoma brought the Peacock Twin Swords, and Rikuto gave them to Uzuki Yugao, explaining how they amplified Wind Release.
• After training, Rikuto strengthened Uzuki Yugao's Chakra Pathway System, taught her the improved Mysterious Peacock Method, and spent the night with her.
• Rikuto returned to the Land of Whirlpools and went to Tsunade's bedroom, where Tsunade embraced him and took the initiative in their intimacy.

Rikuto and Tsunade spent the morning together before traveling to the Land of Fire’s capital to watch a movie. The film introduced Princess Fuun’s revenge story and her childhood bond with a young samurai.

• Tsunade sent a Wood Clone to guide Nawaki’s training while she stayed with Rikuto.
• Rikuto and Tsunade left the island and used a Flying Thunder God Mark to travel to the Land of Fire’s capital.
• Rikuto and Tsunade entered a crowded theater to watch Princess Fuun’s Ninja Chronicles, starring Fujikaze Yukie.
• The film showed Princess Fuun surviving her family’s assassination, training in Ninjutsu, and falling in love with her fellow disciple.

After the movie moved Tsunade to tears, Rikuto recognized its actress Fujikaze Yukie in the cinema and suggested taking Tsunade to the casino. Yukie fled to her hotel, where she told Sandayu that Rikuto seemed to know her identity, and Sandayu reacted with alarm when she mentioned Tsunade.

• Tsunade asked Rikuto to promise he would stay alive, and he reassured her while praising the movie.
• Rikuto spotted the disguised Fujikaze Yukie leaving the cinema and recognized her as the actress.
• Rikuto suggested going to the casino, and Tsunade eagerly agreed.
• Yukie rushed back to the hotel and told Sandayu that a young man at the cinema seemed to know her identity as the Land of Snow's princess.
• Yukie said the woman with Rikuto was called Tsunade, and Sandayu reacted in disbelief as Yukie urged them to leave.