Chapter Summaries

Rikuto’s allies marveled at his strength and the Shadow Doppelgänger technique he had given the Nara Clan. After leaving Anko and Kurenai at odds, Rikuto went to Root to prepare for Impure World Reincarnation using White Zetsu clones as sacrifices.

• Shikaku Nara demonstrated how the Shadow Personification Technique created a durable Shadow Doppelgänger capable of using shadow techniques.
• Shikaku explained why the Nara, Yamanaka, and Akimichi clans had entrusted their secret techniques to Rikuto, who had also helped their younger members grow stronger.
• After dinner, Rikuto taught Anko the Mysterious Peacock Method, then left Kurenai and Anko arguing over him and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to reach Root.
• Shimura Danzō, Aburame Ryoma, Yamanaka Fū, and Aburame Torune reported that they had prepared numerous White Zetsu clones as sacrifices for Impure World Reincarnation.

Rikuto used Impure World Reincarnation to summon Second Tsuchikage Mu and controlled him with Kotoamatsukami to obtain Dust Release and Iwagakure’s Earth Release techniques. After studying Mu’s Dust Release and mastering the Ultra-Light-Weight Rock Technique, Rikuto began working toward developing his own Sage Art: Dust Release.

• Rikuto chose White Zetsu as a sacrifice and summoned Second Tsuchikage Mu with Impure World Reincarnation.
• Rikuto used Kotoamatsukami to control Mu and ordered him to provide Dust Release and Iwagakure’s weight-altering Earth Release techniques.
• Rikuto memorized Mu’s secret technique scrolls and learned the Light-Weight Rock and Added-Weight Rock techniques.
• Rikuto possessed Mu with the Spirit Transformation Technique and studied how he fused wind, earth, and fire Chakra to perform Dust Release.
• Rikuto mastered the Ultra-Light-Weight Rock Technique and floated into the air while Mu watched in amazement.

Rikuto demonstrated his enhanced Mysterious Peacock Method, Sage Mode, and seal-less Dust Release, then tested the destructive power of two Sage Art Dust Release techniques in Kakuriyo Space. After the collision devastated Root’s underground training ground, he assigned Second Tsuchikage Mu to help Root improve Nue and develop Forbidden Techniques.

• Rikuto used the Mysterious Peacock Method to move at astonishing speed and destroyed a stone pillar with seal-less Dust Release.
• Rikuto entered Sage Mode, activated his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, and used Ōnamuchi to enter Kakuriyo Space with a Wood Clone.
• Rikuto and his Wood Clone collided their Sage Art Dust Release techniques, distorting space and reducing the underground training ground to ruins.
• Rikuto emerged unharmed and ordered Danzo to send the Root members away.
• Rikuto told Second Tsuchikage Mu to remain in Root and help Danzo improve Nue and develop Forbidden Techniques.

Rikuto used Ranmaru’s corpse to cultivate a strange fruit that might pass on the Red Eye, then began testing whether the same method could produce a fruit from a Storm Release ninja. The chapter ended with the Storm Release Devil Tree growing on its test subject.

• Root members reported that Raiga Kurosuki had escaped after a fight and brought Rikuto the corpse of his companion, Ranmaru, whose Red Eye abilities had caused heavy losses.
• Mu and Danzō identified Ranmaru’s Kekkei Genkai as the rare Red Eye, once considered the Byakugan’s natural enemy.
• Rikuto planted a chakra seed in Ranmaru’s corpse, and the resulting Devil Tree produced a red, patterned fruit before withering away.
• Rikuto considered giving the fruit to Kurenai but decided to test its effects and risks first.
• Rikuto planted another Devil Tree in a Root-collected Storm Release ninja’s corpse to see whether it could produce a similar fruit.

Rikuto tested a lightning-patterned Devil Fruit on a Root member, then returned to Kurenai Yuhi and gave her a red Artificial Devil Fruit. Kurenai ate it despite its awful taste, and the chapter ended before its effects were revealed.

• Rikuto ordered a Root member to eat the blue Devil Fruit, which gave him the ability to produce powerful electricity.
• Rikuto possessed the Root member and demonstrated Storm Release: Chidori Sharp Spear to Aburame Ryoma.
• Rikuto returned to the Yuhi household and spent the night with Kurenai Yuhi, who welcomed their new intimacy the next morning.
• Rikuto gave Kurenai a red Artificial Devil Fruit and urged her to finish eating it despite its revolting taste.

Rikuto revealed that the fruit he gave Kurenai Yuhi granted her the Red Eye, then prepared to leave Konoha with Karin as their leave ended. At the gate, he said goodbye to Kurenai Yuhi and Anko, while Ino, Tenten, and Hinata arrived and Karin bristled at Rikuto’s growing circle of girlfriends.

• Kurenai Yuhi ate Rikuto’s fruit and awakened the Red Eye, which let her see through objects and observe internal anatomy and chakra pathways.
• Rikuto explained that he had created the fruit using a forbidden technique and said the Red Eye was a Kekkei Genkai believed to be the Byakugan’s natural enemy.
• About ten days after Rikuto brought Karin back to Konoha, Karin tearfully said goodbye to her mother, Nanako, before leaving to study under Tsunade.
• At the Konoha Gate, Rikuto embraced Kurenai Yuhi and Anko and promised to return; Anko teased Kurenai about sharing Rikuto, and Kurenai reluctantly agreed to consider it when he came back.
• Ino, Tenten, and Hinata arrived to see Rikuto off, and Karin glared at him, thinking he was a womanizer.

Rikuto said goodbye to his friends and left Konoha with Karin, who had mastered the Mysterious Peacock Method. As they flew toward the Valley of Hot Water, Karin challenged him to a race.

• Ino clung to Rikuto and kissed his cheek while Hinata, Tenten, Anko, Kurenai Yuhi, and others said their farewells.
• Karin used the Mysterious Peacock Method to form Chakra wings and flew ahead of Rikuto.
• Rikuto formed his own Chakra wings and caught up with Karin, who teased him about his many girlfriends.
• Karin combined the Ultra-Light-Weight Rock Technique with the Mysterious Peacock Method and sped past Rikuto.
• Karin challenged Rikuto to race to the Valley of Hot Water, and Rikuto wagered that she would call him senior brother if he won.

Rikuto beat Karin in a flying race, then reunited with Tsunade and Shizune in Hot Water Town. The chapter ended with Rikuto embracing Tsunade and asking whether she had missed him.

• Karin agreed to Rikuto's bet but forbade him from using the Flying Thunder God Technique, then flew ahead to gain an advantage.
• Rikuto combined the Ultra-Light-Weight Rock Technique with the Mysterious Peacock Method and Wind Release to overtake Karin at high speed.
• Karin eventually caught up to Rikuto at the Land of Hot Water's Grand Canyon, admitted defeat, and called him Senior Brother Rikuto.
• Rikuto and Karin flew to Hot Water Town and reunited with Tsunade and Shizune outside an inn.
• Rikuto embraced Tsunade and asked whether she had missed him.

Rikuto returned to Tsunade and Shizune with Karin, showing off his perfected Yin Seal and sharing what had happened in Konoha. At the inn, he and Karin gave Tsunade and Shizune gifts, and Rikuto offered to teach them the improved flight technique.

• Rikuto showed Tsunade his perfected Yin Seal, and Karin told Tsunade and Shizune that he had destroyed the Third Hokage's face on Hokage Rock.
• Tsunade said Jiraiya had paid the thirty million ryo bill before leaving, and Rikuto complained that he had hoped to fleece him again.
• Rikuto offered to teach Tsunade and Shizune the improved Chakra-wing technique he and Karin had used to fly.
• Karin unpacked gifts for Tsunade, Shizune, and Tonton, including Konoha snacks, homemade sausages, dango, and Ichiraku Ramen.

Rikuto gave Tsunade, Shizune, and Karin custom-made clothes, then persuaded them to try the outfits on. Karin and Shizune modeled their spring clothes, leaving Shizune surprised by her youthful new look.

• Tsunade and Shizune finished the Ichiraku ramen Karin had brought and thanked her.
• Rikuto gave Tsunade and Shizune storage scrolls filled with custom outfits, and gave Karin a scroll of her own.
• Tsunade and Shizune blushed at the revealing designs but thanked Rikuto and agreed to try the clothes on.
• Karin changed into a spring outfit, and Rikuto praised her look.
• Shizune modeled denim shorts, a piglet T-shirt, and high-heeled sandals, surprising Karin and Tsunade with her youthful appearance.

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.