Chapter Summaries

Izuna visited Kasuga’s parents to ask about his belongings and unfulfilled wishes, and they told him how Kasuga had changed after his older brother Akiyuki died because of the Hyuga Main Family’s Caged Bird Seal. Their account ended with the day Izuna called Kasuga’s name on the street, leaving Izuna to hear what happened next.

• Izuna visited Kasuga’s home on behalf of Konoha’s administration and asked Takayuki and Kasuga’s mother about Kasuga’s belongings and last wishes.
• Kasuga’s parents explained that Kasuga had once been a cheerful child who admired his talented older brother, Akiyuki.
• Akiyuki died after a Main Family member used the Caged Bird Seal during a retreat, leaving him vulnerable to an enemy’s Water Release attack.
• After Akiyuki’s funeral, Kasuga devoted himself to mastering the Gentle Fist and became a renowned fighter, but his hatred of the Main Family left him isolated.
• Takayuki began telling Izuna that Kasuga’s life changed again on the day Izuna called out to him in the street.

Izuna visited the families of people killed by Isshiki to collect their belongings and final wishes, learning how his actions had changed Kasuga’s life and how much pain Asari had carried. After hearing Asari’s cousin agree to attend the Memorial Service, Izuna left with Mokushō, who asked whether he wanted to learn how to guide the dead to the afterlife.

• Takayuki told Izuna that his music and ideas had inspired Kasuga to support Hyuga reform and join Izuna’s production crew.
• Izuna visited families across the clans, listened to their memories of the dead, and invited them to the Memorial Service.
• Asari’s cousin recounted the deaths that had shaped Asari’s life and explained that Asari had not hated Izuna.
• Izuna asked Asari’s cousin to attend the Memorial Service, and the man agreed.
• As Izuna and Mokushō left the Senju Clan Compound, Mokushō asked if Izuna wanted to learn how to guide the dead to the afterlife.

Izuna practiced Transcendence for the Memorial Service with Mokushō’s guidance, while Madara brought him dinner at the Training Ground. The chapter ended with the brothers sharing a quiet moment after Madara praised Izuna’s song.

• Mokushō told Izuna that he could learn Transcendence by practicing swordplay and singing with his Rhythm Game System.
• Izuna sent a Shadow Clone to tell Madara where he was practicing.
• Madara prepared dinner and rice balls, then followed the clone’s directions to the Training Ground.
• Madara watched Izuna practice Transcendence as warm light spread from him and he sang.
• Madara brought Izuna the packed meal, and Izuna claimed Mokushō was a Biwa Hōshi he had met on the road.
• Madara praised Izuna’s song and gently rubbed his head.

Mokushō met with Tsukimiyo, who had arrived in the Land of Fire in the crow Netsuke, and worried about Tobirama’s unexplained presence and intentions. Meanwhile, Ōnoki struggled with the fact that his uncle Kudan Moku would not be commemorated in Konoha despite dying to protect its people.

• Mokushō retrieved the crow Netsuke and spoke with Tsukimiyo, who warned him to find Tobirama and stay within his limits.
• Tsukimiyo transformed into a crow, slapped Mokushō into the bushes, and flew back to Madara’s residence, settling beside Izuna’s pillow.
• Mokushō wondered why Tobirama had left without saying goodbye and questioned how Tsukimiyo had reached this world.
• Ōnoki recalled finding and then losing the crow Netsuke in the Land of Fire’s Capital.
• Ōnoki brooded over Kudan Moku’s death and the decision to bury him in the Land of Earth without listing his name at Konoha’s Memorial Service.

Izuna and Tobirama organized Konoha’s Memorial Service and debated whether to honor a Rock Ninja who died protecting a Konoha shinobi. Izuna proposed a permanent register for foreign Ninja who died for Konoha, and Tobirama agreed to draft rules for it.

• Izuna and Madara went to the Hokage Building, where Izuna and Tobirama reviewed plans and supplies for the Memorial Service.
• Izuna learned that Envoy Ishimi had refused to let Kudan Moku, a Rock Ninja killed while protecting a Konoha shinobi, be included in the service.
• Izuna argued that Konoha should honor Kudan Moku and described a memorial tradition for foreign volunteers who died helping another country.
• Hashirama endorsed Izuna’s proposal to create a Memorial Register for foreign Ninja who died for Konoha and eventually establish a cemetery for them.
• Tobirama agreed to draft rules for the register that day and put the cemetery proposal on the agenda for a future village affairs meeting.

Izuna rehearsed a complicated piece for the Memorial Service, using Haeharu’s mental link to teach the band its full arrangement. Meanwhile, Ōnoki explored Konoha and sneaked into the Amusement Park with Hinata and the other children, who discovered the rehearsal and listened from outside.

• Izuna gave the band his difficult score and, with Haeharu’s help, shared the completed piece through a mental link.
• Ōnoki bought a short sword as a keepsake for Kudan Moku and wandered through Konoha, wishing he could visit the closed Amusement Park.
• Hinata invited Ōnoki to sneak into the Amusement Park, and he joined Hinata and the other children exploring it.
• Golden light and music led the children to the theater, where they heard the band struggle through the piece.
• Izuna told the musicians to focus on conveying the song’s emotion rather than reproducing the original, and they began rehearsing again.

At the memorial service for the sixteen warriors killed fighting Isshiki, Hashirama and the fallen families honored the dead while struggling to express their grief. Izuna performed a song that filled the Dueling Arena with golden light and orchestral music, leaving Tobirama wondering what he was doing.

• Hashirama delivered a eulogy at the Dueling Arena, honoring the sixteen warriors who had died fighting Isshiki.
• The fallen warriors' families offered incense and shared brief, grief-stricken words before the altar.
• Izuna asked Tobirama to bring the family speeches to a close early, and Tobirama arranged for the waiting families to return to their places.
• Izuna took the stage in light-colored robes and began singing and dancing to music played by the musicians.
• Golden light spread from Izuna and an unseen orchestra joined the accompaniment, moving the mourners to tears.
• Tobirama noticed that the light resembled the battlefield's rainbow radiance and wondered what Izuna was trying to do.

Izuna’s memorial performance summoned the souls of seventeen fallen Ninja, allowing them to briefly reunite with their loved ones before ascending amid a field of flowers. The service ended with the crowd stunned, while Tobirama worried about the mysterious power behind the phenomenon and Hashirama trusted that Izuna was safe among them.

• As Izuna sang and danced, Natural Energy surrounded him and seventeen souls of the fallen appeared above the Dueling Arena.
• The deceased approached their families and friends, including Kudan Moku, who comforted Ōnoki and Tōho as they grieved.
• White beams carried the souls skyward while flowers spread across the arena, and the gathered families watched them depart with smiles.
• Izuna ended the memorial service, then joined Madara, who draped a Haori around his shoulders and offered to make him tea.
• Tobirama questioned whether Izuna’s soul-guiding power could be replicated or misused, while Hashirama reassured him that Izuna was on their side.

After the memorial service, the Four Nations’ envoys stayed in Konoha to understand its growing power and consider the danger of united Ninja. Ishimi urged the Land of Earth to treat its Ninja with respect, while Quhai warned that the Land of Whirlpools could be destroyed and challenged Hang’s faith in Hashirama’s protection.

• The Four Nations’ envoys asked Hashirama to let them remain in Konoha and observe its reconstruction and daily life, and he welcomed them.
• Ishimi reflected on Kudan Moku’s memorial and wrote to the Daimyo of the Land of Earth, urging him to treat the country’s Ninja with the highest courtesy.
• Quhai feared the Land of Whirlpools would become a target because it was ruled by Ninja, and he told Hang they needed to bind their country to Konoha.
• Hang dismissed Quhai’s concerns and trusted Hashirama and the Senju-Uzumaki ties to protect them.
• Quhai argued that Hashirama would put Konoha’s peace before the Land of Whirlpools’ survival and asked Hang why he would risk that peace for their distant blood ties.

After Quhai dismissed Hideki to explore Konoha, Hideki visited Sōsuke and noticed the town’s new warmth while still feeling like an outsider. Uchiha Izuna then grabbed him and insisted on taking him somewhere, leaving Hideki protesting as he was dragged along.

• After Hang stormed out and Yuansheng followed, Quhai sent Hideki away to explore while he considered how to secure Konoha’s support for the Land of Whirlpools.
• Hideki visited Sōsuke at Konoha Hospital, left fruit by his bed, and went wandering through the streets.
• Hideki saw Konoha residents offering one another small acts of help and goodwill, but felt excluded because he was not a Konoha ninja.
• Uchiha Izuna startled Hideki on the street and invited him to come along, admitting he had left a Shadow Clone to handle his diplomatic duties.
• Izuna seized Hideki’s sleeve and dragged him away despite Hideki’s protests.

Izuna took Hideki to a newly marked Inari Shrine, where he and Mokushō revealed its hidden Divine Realm. The chapter ended with Izuna and Hideki praying at the shrine, while its purpose and the reason it appeared remained unexplained.

• Izuna ignored Madara’s warning to stay home and used the System’s Shrine marker to set out, bringing Hideki along and flying through the air as Mokushō followed.
• Izuna, Hideki, and Mokushō arrived at an old Inari Shrine on a ridge outside Konoha.
• Mokushō led them through the torii, and the shrine transformed into a spacious, bright Divine Realm.
• Izuna recognized the place as a Divine Realm and joked with Mokushō about being spirited away and offered food.
• Izuna prayed at the worship hall, and Hideki copied his actions.

Izuna enlisted Mokushō to resolve a delayed Land of Whirlpools shipment and brokered a trade agreement exchanging preferential access for cooperation in sealing techniques. Hideki realized his superiors would likely accept, while Mokushō set out to investigate the border checkpoint.

• Mokushō took the offertory coins and criticized Izuna and Hideki for making vague or unsuitable wishes, but agreed to answer them as best he could.
• Izuna asked Mokushō to help resolve the Land of Whirlpools’ storage scroll order, which had been held up at a Land of Fire checkpoint.
• Izuna offered the Land of Whirlpools preferential trade rights in return for sending sealing experts to Konoha to teach or collaborate, and proposed repairing Inari Shrine as Mokushō’s part of the deal.
• Hideki objected that Lord Quhai had to approve the proposal, but he realized Quhai would likely agree and fell silent.
• Izuna told Mokushō to investigate who had obstructed the shipment before returning, and Mokushō promised to deal with the traitors.

After Senju guards at the border delayed a shipment of Sealing Jutsu products from the Land of Whirlpools out of resentment toward the Uchiha, Hashirama discovered the repeated insubordination and ordered a change to border staffing. Izuna took responsibility for placating the caravan while Tobirama prepared the Rotation Plan.

• News of Izuna's success in Kyoto stirred Senju guards at the Border Checkpoint, who feared the Uchiha were gaining influence and stopped a shipment from the Land of Whirlpools.
• Hashirama ordered the guards to release the shipment, but they later delayed other Sealing Jutsu goods with repeated paperwork objections.
• Izuna found the report about the delayed goods and showed it to Hashirama, who grew angry at his clansmen's disobedience.
• Madara warned that the incident could damage Konoha's reputation, while Hashirama told Izuna to focus on receiving the Envoys.
• Hashirama ordered Tobirama to formalize the Rotation Plan and replace the Senju guards, while Izuna offered to placate the Land of Whirlpools' caravan.

Hashirama assigned Tobirama to resolve the Senju border dispute under Konoha’s military procedures, while Izuna agreed to apologize to the Land of Whirlpools caravan afterward. The chapter ended with Hashirama drowning in paperwork and Madara keeping Izuna at home for his safety as he and Hashirama bickered.

• Izuna offered to handle the border dispute, but Hashirama chose Tobirama because the Military Police Force charter restricted who could mobilize troops.
• Hashirama explained that Tobirama could rotate the border garrison without special authorization, and Izuna agreed to visit the Land of Whirlpools caravan with Hashirama to apologize.
• Hashirama privately reasoned that sending Tobirama would give the Senju clansmen a chance to save face and keep their resentment from falling on Izuna.
• After the Memorial Service, new documents overwhelmed Hashirama, who regretted sending Tobirama away and pleaded for his return.
• Madara said he had told Izuna to stay home because someone might hurt him, then rejected Hashirama’s attempt to comfort him as Hashirama chased him around the office.

Izuna went with Wakako to the Hyuga Clan to discuss the clan’s reforms and Ren and Hinata’s marriage, but he attacked a young Main Family member who insulted Akiyuki, Kasuga, and Izuna. Madara and Hashirama arrived as Tennin demanded an explanation, leaving the cause and consequences of the brawl unresolved.

• Bored at home, Izuna decided to visit Wakako and use her status to support talks with the Hyuga Clan about Ren and Hinata’s marriage.
• Wakako enthusiastically agreed to accompany Izuna, and they set out for the Hyuga Clan Compound with her attendants.
• Izuna and Wakako discussed the Caged Bird Seal reforms and the marriage proposal with Tennin, who admitted that the Main Family resisted changing the seal.
• A young Hyuga insulted Akiyuki, Kasuga, and Izuna in the corridor, so Izuna stormed out of the Meeting Room and beat him.
• Madara and Hashirama arrived to find Izuna holding the injured youth, while Tennin demanded to know what had happened.

Izuna beat the Hyuga youth who had insulted him, secured Tennin’s agreement to address the Caged Bird Seal, and settled the terms of Hinata and Ren’s engagement. Tennin punished the youth’s family and began elevating the Branch Family, while Tobirama led a newly assembled squad toward the border.

• Izuna beat the Main Family youth, pressured Tennin to cooperate on the Caged Bird Seal, and arranged Hinata and Ren’s engagement ceremony for three days later.
• Tennin stripped the youth of Main Family status, confined him permanently, and barred his family from the Main Family for three generations; Wakako predicted he would die before long.
• Tennin confronted Hyuga Shin'ei and his son, then stripped Shin'ei of his Elder position and demoted his family to the Branch Family.
• Tennin appointed Hyuga Masayoshi as Elder, marking a shift toward equality between the Main and Branch Families.
• Tobirama led a newly assembled squad toward the border through the night.

Tobirama replaced the Senju guards at the border and reprimanded them for detaining a Land of Whirlpools caravan to obstruct the Uchiha, ordering Tetsutake to apologize to Mito. During the caravan’s return journey, a mysterious man used vines and a Genjutsu to abduct Senju clansmen, including Senju Akira, and asked him to help identify whoever had spread rumors that led to the man’s death.

• Tobirama slapped Tetsutake for detaining Mito’s people, ordered the Senju personnel replaced, and rebuked the clan members for trying to protect Hashirama through underhanded tactics.
• Tobirama ordered Tetsutake to return to Konoha and apologize to Mito after the handover, and the Senju group escorted the delayed caravan away from the checkpoint.
• On the journey, Tetsutake let the young Senju complain about the Uchiha and Tobirama, while several men left camp one after another and disappeared into the woods.
• A mysterious man bound Tetsutake with vines and silenced him as the rest of the camp failed to notice that five Senju were missing.
• Senju Akira wandered through a forest under the man’s influence, became bound by vines, and heard him demand help finding the person whose rumors had caused his death.

Tobirama returned to Konoha and discovered that Izuna had caused a string of diplomatic and administrative upheavals while he was away. After dealing with the stranded Envoys, Tobirama confronted Izuna, who remained cheerful and unconcerned about the trouble he had caused.

• Tobirama found that Izuna’s supposed waterfall site was only an open plain and realized Izuna had fabricated the map for the Power Plant plan.
• Tobirama read reports that Izuna had forced the Hyuga Clan to agree to remove the Caged Bird Seal and set Hinata and Ren’s engagement banquet, and that Ōnoki had become Madara’s disciple.
• Tobirama learned that Izuna had sent the Envoys from the Four Nations on Konoha’s High-Altitude Zipline and arranged for them to land safely and receive Condolence Gifts.
• Tobirama heard that the Land of Whirlpools wanted a technical cooperation agreement and a joint Sealing Jutsu Research Laboratory project because Izuna had shown them a path forward.
• Tobirama found Izuna playing combat training games with the children and asked why he had left the Envoys on the Zipline, but Izuna said they were safe and needed no supervision.

Izuna explained that Lady Wakako’s idea led to Ōnoki becoming Madara’s disciple, then recounted how he spent the day playing truth or dare with Konoha’s children, Wakako, and Madara’s Shadow Clone. The game ended with Ōnoki asking Izuna how he knew so many strange things and Izuna declaring himself the “Konoha God of Wacky Ideas.”

• Tobirama questioned Izuna about the Hyuga wedding arrangements and Ōnoki becoming Madara’s disciple, and Izuna said Lady Wakako had set the latter in motion.
• Wakako asked Izuna to guide her around Konoha, and Madara sent a Shadow Clone to keep watch as they went to the Training Ground.
• Izuna introduced the children to truth or dare, and Wakako joined the game while Madara’s Shadow Clone watched.
• The children and Wakako completed silly truths and dares, including Ren confessing to a tree and Wakako imitating Cheshire Cat.
• Ōnoki drew the Daimyo card and asked Izuna how he knew so many strange things, and Izuna called himself the Konoha God of Wacky Ideas.
• Madara’s Shadow Clone defended Izuna, then smacked Takuma on the head when he called Madara biased.

During a card game, Madara accepted Ōnoki as his disciple, while Izuna and Tobirama discussed the Land of Whirlpools’ peril and its offer to cooperate with Konoha on sealing techniques. The chapter ended with Tobirama realizing Izuna’s warning had brought the two nations into a closer alliance.

• Wakako ordered Madara to take card number three as his disciple, and Ōnoki eagerly asked to be accepted.
• Madara agreed to teach Ōnoki and told him to come to the Training Ground at five the next morning.
• Tobirama asked Izuna why the Land of Whirlpools had requested a meeting and proposed long-term technical cooperation.
• Izuna explained that he had warned Hideki that the Land of Whirlpools’ monopoly on Sealing Jutsu could make it a target.
• Tobirama reasoned that the Land of Whirlpools was endangered because it was a nation ruled by Ninja, and recognized that Izuna had brought it and Konoha into the same boat.