Recaps

After Izuna wrecked a street in Kyoto, Yūki and the others helped repair it, and Yūki realized he had begun to share Izuna’s sense of responsibility. On the journey back, Yūki resolved to find a way to overcome his fear and become useful before the pressure broke him.

• Ichiyo told Yūki that Izuna had wrecked a street, and Hashirama led the group to help repair it.
• Yūki saw the extensive damage and began moving rubble alongside the adults and children.
• A civilian boy questioned why a Ninja would do manual labor, and Yūki explained that those who break things should fix them.
• Yūki recalled Izuna helping others and recognized that Izuna’s example had shaped his own sense of responsibility.
• Three days later, Yūki reflected on his fear and resolved to find a way to become useful rather than end up like Koremori.

Yūki went with his friends to find Izuna at the Hokage Building, where they encountered children from several clans and an ordinary merchant family. Watching them play together, he saw how much the village had changed and was left feeling that their unity was a wonderful sight.

• Yūki lost his nerve when Izuna hurried down a side road, but Hinata, Takuma, Harukawa, and Ichiyo caught up and agreed to look for him together.
• Rokuhiko told the children that Izuna was at the Hokage Building and encouraged them to go there.
• Takuma and Ichiyo watched the building’s windows for Izuna, while more children arrived, eager to see the hero who had defeated the Hyuga Clan.
• Yūki reflected on the lingering hostility between the Senju and Uchiha and noticed that the children from different clans were now playing together freely.
• The children chased, teased, and wrestled with one another while sharing sunflower seeds, and Yūki watched with happiness.

Yūki and the other children marched into the Hokage Building to catch Izuna and overheard Hashirama persuading him to teach at the Ninja Academy. After Izuna agreed, the children eagerly promised to attend, leaving him flustered but willing to think about teaching.

• Yūki reflected on how children from different clans now played together before Takuma gathered everyone to plan how to catch Izuna.
• Ichiyo convinced the children to use Yūki's status as Hashirama's son to enter the Hokage Building, and the guards let them pass.
• At the Hokage's Office door, Yūki and the children overheard Hashirama explain that Izuna could encourage the Hyuga Clan to send their children to the Ninja Academy.
• Izuna agreed to teach at the Ninja Academy, and Yūki burst into the office to ask if it was true.
• The children enthusiastically promised to attend, while Tobirama teased Izuna and Izuna blushed before saying he would think about it.

Izuna proposed using safe Genjutsu-simulated Ranking Matches to attract visitors to the amusement park and train Ninja Academy students, with quarterly tournaments offering rewards. Tobirama suggested allowing Ninja from other countries to compete, and Izuna realized the plan resembled an early version of the Chunin Ninja Exams.

• Hashirama and Tobirama asked Izuna to explain Ranking Matches, and he described Genjutsu-simulated duels with restricted techniques that could not injure participants.
• Izuna proposed bringing Ranking Matches to the amusement park and using them at the Ninja Academy to rank students, select elites for his instruction, and expose weaknesses for other teachers to address.
• Izuna suggested the matches could test the Hyuga children and challenge their attachment to old rules, while Tobirama raised the danger of participants using real Ninjutsu and Izuna explained the disqualification penalty.
• After Hashirama suggested Ninjutsu and money as prizes, Izuna proposed quarterly tournaments with rewards for top competitors, funded in part by ticket sales.
• Tobirama suggested opening the tournament to Ninja from other countries, and Izuna recognized the idea as resembling the Chunin Ninja Exams.

Izuna accidentally volunteered to plan the ranking tournament, then left the office to buy lunch. Afterward, Hashirama, Madara, and Tobirama discussed the limits of Izuna’s sensory ability, and Hashirama offered to test it.

• Izuna realized he had turned his spiteful remarks into a detailed ranking tournament plan and complained about being made responsible for carrying it out.
• Izuna left to buy udon for Tobirama, a mushroom rice bowl for Hashirama, and inari sushi with char siu for Madara.
• After Izuna left, Tobirama questioned why Izuna had not sensed the children outside the office despite his ability to detect threats and dodge attacks.
• Madara refused to test Izuna himself because he did not want to damage their hard-won peace or make Izuna feel doubted.
• Hashirama asked Madara to trust him and said he would check Izuna’s sensory ability without making him sad.

Hashirama, Madara, and Tobirama secretly followed Izuna to test his perception, but Izuna spotted them and mistook their actions for an attempt to slack off. After Tobirama claimed Hashirama wanted to spar, Izuna agreed to fight him outside the village, where Madara hoped to learn why Izuna relied only on Taijutsu.

• Hashirama prepared to ambush Izuna, but Izuna sensed him from fifty meters away and located Hashirama, Madara, and Tobirama on his System Map.
• Izuna called out the three hidden men, who emerged awkwardly from their hiding places.
• Izuna assumed the men had followed him to avoid work, and Tobirama said Hashirama had wanted to spar.
• Izuna accepted Hashirama's invitation to fight, while Madara insisted they go outside the village.
• Madara recalled that Izuna had relied on Taijutsu in his recent fights and wanted to discover why; Hashirama warned Izuna not to hold back.

Hashirama and Izuna fought fiercely on the Naka River, with Izuna matching Hashirama using Senju-style Taijutsu and Monster Strength. When Hashirama asked why Izuna had not used his Sharingan, Izuna said he could not activate it and blamed Tobirama’s work on his eye, leaving Tobirama anguished and unable to reveal the truth.

• Hashirama and Izuna traveled to the upper Naka River and began a serious sparring match.
• Izuna used Senju-style Taijutsu and Monster Strength to trade powerful blows with Hashirama, impressing him and Madara.
• Hashirama used Wood Release and Water Release, but Izuna countered with a Great Fireball and attacked through the steam.
• Hashirama struck Izuna’s shoulder and asked why he had not used his Sharingan.
• Izuna said he could not activate his Sharingan and suggested Tobirama had made his left eye improperly.
• Tobirama silently suffered as he remembered the other Tobirama’s devotion to Izuna, while Madara watched him coldly.

Hashirama tried to stop sparring with Izuna by trapping him, but Izuna smashed through his Wood Release techniques and forced him to give up. The fight ended with Hashirama claiming he was too hungry to continue, while Madara watched from a distance.

• Hashirama sent vines and a Deep Forest Emergence technique at Izuna, but Izuna dodged and burst through the trees to attack him.
• Izuna destroyed Hashirama's Wood Human Technique and battered the Hōbi shield with his punches.
• Hashirama summoned a Wood Dragon, but Izuna used the forest to evade it, tangled it among the trees, and smashed its head.
• Hashirama called off the fight and admitted defeat, then claimed he needed food to replenish his energy.
• Izuna questioned Hashirama's age and excuse as Hashirama sat down to eat.

Hashirama learned how Izuna’s perception worked and saw how much Izuna cared about Tobirama. He brought Tobirama the udon Izuna had requested, and Tobirama ate it while insisting Izuna was meddlesome.

• Hashirama asked Izuna about his perception, and Izuna explained that he sensed attacks in advance and could actively search a wider area.
• Hashirama praised Izuna’s ability, and Madara affectionately agreed before the brothers went to eat tempura.
• Izuna told Hashirama to make sure Tobirama ate, so Hashirama took udon to Tobirama’s lab.
• Tobirama refused Hashirama’s attempt to comfort him and said he still disliked the Uchiha.
• Hashirama explained that Izuna had asked him to bring the udon and watch him eat, and Tobirama silently finished the meal, calling Izuna meddlesome.

The four great nations sent envoys to investigate the Land of Fire’s agreement granting Konoha a Special Administrative Region, while their Daimyo and Ninja weighed its implications. Izuna spotted the delegations approaching and began preparing for their visit and Hashirama’s inauguration.

• The Daimyo of the Land of Lightning angrily condemned Yuan Yusheng’s agreement, while his messenger privately praised the decision to treat Ninja as people.
• The Daimyo of the Land of Wind ordered an envoy to investigate, and the Daimyo of the Land of Water also sent one to the Land of Fire.
• Mū sent his thirteen-year-old disciple Ōnoki with the Land of Earth’s envoy to observe Konoha and report back.
• Three days later, envoys and Ninja guards from all four great nations set out toward the Capital of the Land of Fire.
• A week later, Izuna used his map to find the approaching delegations, including Ōnoki, and anticipated that they would soon visit Konoha.
• Izuna realized he would have to help prepare for the visitors and Hashirama’s inauguration, then looked forward to hearing the speech he had written read aloud.

Mito reported that her research into sealing Black Zetsu had made little progress, while Izuna revealed that envoys from the Four Great Nations would arrive soon for Konoha’s inauguration. The chapter ended with Hashirama eagerly agreeing to memorize Izuna’s carefully written inauguration speech.

• Mito told Hashirama and Madara that her sealing research needed more information about Black Zetsu, and Madara agreed to ask about arranging a confrontation.
• Izuna returned with dumplings and warned that envoys from the Four Great Nations would reach Konoha in about a week, including Ōnoki, Mū’s disciple.
• Izuna assigned Mito to watch the Barrier Team and Tobirama to coordinate discreet security with the Anbu.
• Izuna gave Hashirama a speech for the inauguration ceremony, and Hashirama decided to memorize every word after reading it.
• Tobirama doubted Hashirama could remember the speech, so Izuna threatened to put sugar in his food if he refused to learn it.

Mito rejected the Uzumaki faction’s suggestion that Konoha seek greater political power, believing it would threaten Hashirama’s goal of peace and the progress Izuna had helped build. Sōsuke resolved to confront the clan members who had approached her and send them away before the Land of Fire delegation arrived.

• Mito learned that Uzumaki clan members had returned to persuade her to influence Hashirama over the Special Administrative Region.
• Sōsuke explained that the faction wanted Konoha to seek greater autonomy and a formal political position, possibly replacing the Daimyo.
• Mito argued that pursuing the Daimyo’s position would undermine Hashirama’s purpose in founding Konoha, and recalled how Izuna had helped children from rival clans get along.
• Sōsuke admitted he had failed to stop his clan members from bypassing him and decided to confront them himself.
• Mito agreed to let Sōsuke handle the visitors before the Land of Fire delegation arrived.

Sōsuke blocked the Land of Whirlpools’ envoys from seeing Mito and arranged for them to meet Hashirama instead. After hearing their ambitions for Konoha, Hashirama chose to focus on the upcoming delegations, inauguration, Ninja Theme Park, and Izuna’s secret opening performance.

• Sōsuke refused Quhai and Wataru’s request to see Mito, then used Adamantine Sealing Chains to stop Wataru from forcing his way through.
• Quhai accepted Sōsuke’s offer to arrange a meeting with Hashirama, while Hideki confronted Sōsuke outside and struggled to understand how he had changed.
• Gensei called Sōsuke ungrateful, but Hideki stayed behind, wondering whether Konoha had changed his childhood friend.
• Sōsuke went to the Hokage Building and found Izuna presenting plans for a surprise opening performance for the arriving delegations.
• Sōsuke told Hashirama that the envoys wanted Konoha to push for even greater power, possibly the Daimyo’s position.
• Hashirama said the envoys did not understand Konoha’s purpose and asked Sōsuke to arrange their meeting.

Izuna noticed the Uchiha clan acting strangely toward him, while Madara knew their reaction came from a story Izuna had told that hinted at an unfamiliar Sharingan awakening. The brothers spent an ordinary evening together at home, ending with Madara falling asleep in Izuna’s lap as Izuna read.

• Izuna asked Madara why Hikaku and the other Uchiha had been avoiding him and treating him like a rarity, but Madara refused to explain.
• Madara remembered that the clan had discussed Izuna’s example of a child awakening the Sharingan from joy, and that the elders had privately questioned Madara about Izuna.
• The brothers stopped for oden, went home, hugged, and teased each other about whether their daily embraces were normal for brothers.
• Madara made noodles for Izuna, then Izuna washed the bowls and prepared to read while Madara agreed to attend the rehearsal the next day.
• Madara lay down in Izuna’s lap, and Izuna continued reading the Local Gazetteer until he realized Madara had fallen asleep.

Izuna quietly cared for Madara after he pretended to sleep, while Madara remembered how Hashirama had overcome the other clans’ fear and apathy to make Konoha their home. Madara reflected on the Uzumaki Clan’s recent demands and the sacrifices they failed to understand.

• Izuna moved Madara from his lap to the bed, tucked him in, and wished him good night.
• Madara revealed to himself that he had stayed awake while Izuna carried and cared for him, and felt happy to be looked after.
• Madara remembered how his intimidation had silenced Konoha’s other clans, leaving the Senju and Uchiha to build the village largely alone.
• Hashirama visited the clans and knelt before them, begging them to think of Konoha as home, while Mito stayed beside him.
• The clans began contributing to Konoha’s construction and services after Hashirama’s appeal, and he explained to Madara that they had needed a reason to believe in the village.
• Madara recalled Hashirama’s words as he considered the Uzumaki Clan’s demands and scoffed at their failure to understand how Konoha had been built.

Izuna joined Madara, Hashirama, and Tobirama for a meeting with the Uzumaki Clan about Konoha’s Special Administrative Region status. Quhai argued that Konoha needed political power to protect itself from future wars, but Izuna challenged the Uzumaki delegation for interfering in Konoha’s affairs.

• Izuna persuaded Madara to let him attend the meeting with the Uzumaki Clan.
• At the Hokage Building, Izuna rebuked Uzumaki Wataru for questioning why the Uchiha brothers were present.
• Quhai urged Hashirama to seek greater autonomy and a role in the Land of Fire’s political structure, warning that other nations would eventually threaten Konoha.
• Tobirama rejected Quhai’s call for political power, insisting that Konoha had been established to give Ninja a stable home and peace.
• Quhai warned that Konoha could not avoid future wars, even with the Tailed Beasts, because powerful fighters and rival nations could overwhelm its leaders.
• Izuna asked whether Quhai’s advice amounted to interference in Konoha’s internal affairs.

Izuna exposed Quhai’s attempt to incite Konoha into rebellion and sent the Land of Whirlpools delegation away. After they left, Hashirama enthusiastically hugged Izuna until Madara intervened, and Izuna escaped by bringing up the afternoon rehearsal.

• Izuna challenged Quhai’s advice as interference in Konoha’s internal affairs and questioned his motives.
• Izuna explained that Konoha lacked the people and unity to rule the Land of Fire, then accused Quhai of inciting rebellion.
• Quhai and the others left after Hashirama ended the meeting, while Madara laughed at their defeat.
• Hashirama tightly hugged Izuna to praise him, and Madara repeatedly ordered him to let go.
• Izuna mentioned the rehearsal to make Hashirama release him, then hid behind Madara as Hashirama asked to watch it.

Izuna dismissed the Land of Whirlpools’ political arguments and prepared for the amusement park’s opening, while his touch transformed Sōsuke’s Ultimate Technique Illustration. In the Land of Fire’s Capital, the Land of Earth’s envoy and his guards were astonished by the bright nighttime streets, and Ōnoki wondered what awaited him in Konoha.

• Izuna advised Hashirama and Tobirama to stop meeting with the Land of Whirlpools’ delegation, and they agreed.
• Izuna told Sōsuke to give the delegation a choice between leaving and staying for the amusement park’s opening.
• Izuna touched Sōsuke’s Ultimate Technique Illustration, causing it to burn away and reappear with Sōsuke surrounded by flames and peonies.
• The Land of Earth’s envoy arrived at the Land of Fire’s Capital and instructed his party to rest before visiting the Daimyo the next day.
• The envoy and his guards awoke to the brightly lit streets, while Ōnoki compared the city with the Land of Earth and wondered what Konoha would be like.

A red-haired young man struggled against golden chains in a world consumed by fire until a barefoot figure with a blue-violet blade shattered his shackles. The young man rose in red armor as peonies spread through the flames, and he met the figure’s gaze without hesitation.

• A young man strained against golden chains that bound him in a burning wasteland.
• A barefoot figure emerged from the flames and used his blade to shatter the chains.
• Peonies erupted across the ground as the flames receded, then spread while burning alongside them.
• Red armor formed around the young man, who stood and met the blade-wielding figure’s gaze without hesitation.

Hashirama struggled under the pressure of preparing Konoha for its future and the arrival of foreign envoys, while Madara reflected on the marriage that had once been arranged for him. After sharing rice balls, Madara and Tobirama headed back to work, and Hashirama hurried after them with his lunchbox.

• Tobirama summoned rice balls for a hungry Hashirama, and Madara joined them for lunch.
• Madara recalled how his clan had arranged for him to marry a girl from the Chinoike Clan, whose family later sent her to the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning.
• Madara remembered that he had avoided further marriage pressure as events between the Uchiha and Senju changed and Konoha was founded.
• Madara told Hashirama to get back to work, and Tobirama left with him while Hashirama hurried after them, still clutching the lunchbox.

Izuna continued preparing for the new program and visited the Hyuga Clan Compound for the fifth day in a row to collect Tetsuya, Akari, and Ren. Tetsuya brought along his cousin Shūichi, the boy Izuna had defeated in the Hyuga duel, who had been eager to meet him again.

• Izuna heard the familiar warning drumming as he walked through a quiet alley but ignored it.
• Izuna arrived at the Hyuga Clan Compound, where the guard recognized him and went to announce his visit.
• Tetsuya, Akari, Ren, and Hyuga Ibara came out to meet Izuna.
• Izuna recognized Shūichi as the last Hyuga boy to charge him during their duel.
• Tetsuya introduced Shūichi as his cousin and explained that Shūichi had been asking about Izuna and insisted on coming along.

Izuna discovered that Hyuga Shūichi had learned Rotation after only six months and invited him to join the amusement park rehearsal. Sōsuke delivered Izuna’s ultimatum to the Uzumaki visitors, who chose to stay, then walked with Hideki and began reconnecting with him.

• Izuna checked Shūichi’s profile, learned he was thirteen and had studied Rotation for six months, and invited him to the rehearsal.
• Tetsuya, Akari, Shūichi, Ibara, and Ren followed Izuna toward the rehearsal area.
• Sōsuke told Quhai and Hang that they could leave or stay for the amusement park opening, and Quhai chose to stay.
• Quhai asked Hideki to walk with Sōsuke, and Sōsuke spoke gently with him about how he had come to Konoha.
• Sōsuke recommended a roast chicken shop, and Hideki felt comforted by the familiar warmth in his voice.

Hideki met Sōsuke for a meal and learned why Konoha’s clans could not simply secure power through marriage or political arrangements. He returned to Quhai admitting he had failed, then watched ordinary life in Konoha and reflected on the hatred its people had buried.

• Sōsuke praised Konoha’s progress and repeated Uchiha Izuna’s belief that the village was still circling its past.
• Hideki told Sōsuke that Quhai wanted the Uzumaki Clan to gain influence in the Land of Fire through marriage, but Sōsuke explained that Konoha’s clans still carried deep mutual hatred.
• Sōsuke asked Hideki whether he could live peacefully with the Hagoromo Clan, which had killed his father, and Hideki admitted that he could not.
• Hideki recalled Uchiha Izuna’s warning that Konoha’s hatred had only been suppressed, then spent the rest of the visit chatting with Sōsuke before leaving.
• Hideki told Quhai that he had failed and did not explain what Sōsuke had helped him understand.
• Hideki sat by his inn window and watched Konoha’s people go about their ordinary lives, with no visible sign of their past blood feud.

Hideki wondered why Konoha’s leaders and Sōsuke held Uchiha Izuna in such high regard after hearing Yuansheng complain about him. Meanwhile, Izuna arrived at rehearsal and was left to endure Shinya and Hideki’s familiar argument.

• Yuansheng told Hideki that Konoha had become livelier in the past month and credited Hashirama Senju with improving the village.
• Yuansheng called Uchiha Izuna a Tengu and criticized his treatment of Lord Quhai during the diplomatic meeting.
• Hideki recalled how Hashirama, Tobirama, Madara, and Sōsuke had all shown unusual approval of Izuna, and wondered who he really was.
• Izuna arrived at the rehearsal grounds and found Uchiha Shinya and Senju Hideki arguing over the music.
• Tetsuya quietly led his family away, leaving Izuna alone to deal with the bickering performers.

Shūichi watched the performers rehearse and reflected on his humiliating defeat by Izuna, whose skill had left him unable to land a single blow. Three days later, Izuna arrived at the Hyuga compound and left with Tetsuya, Akari, and the Branch Family girl, leaving Shūichi wondering why Tetsuya seemed so pleased to go with him.

• Shinya and Hideki argued over how to play their music until Izuna calmed them, and rehearsal began.
• Shūichi watched the group work and recalled how observing adults had taught him Rotation, but Izuna had effortlessly evaded all of his attacks.
• Shūichi remembered Izuna turning the humiliating fight into a farce, which left him unsure where to direct his anger and curious about Izuna.
• After the Hyuga Clan elders met and the Clan Head visited the Hokage Building, Shūichi assumed he would return to training as usual.
• Three days later, Izuna came to the Hyuga compound, and Tetsuya left with him alongside Akari and the Branch Family girl.