Chapter Summaries

At the Five Kage Summit, Hashirama Senju and the other Kage revised a draft agreement for economic cooperation intended to reduce the chance of another war. They added safeguards for costs, trainees, workers, disputes, and withdrawal, but continued to negotiate how disasters and unmet obligations would be handled.

• Hashirama Senju proposed that Konoha fund and support livelihood projects in other lands in exchange for resources, training, and labor, while Reto and A warned that Konoha could not bear all the risks or costs.
• Hashirama and the Kage discussed fair exchanges, force majeure provisions for delayed deliveries, and limits on suspending livelihood projects when a party breached the agreement.
• Byakuren, A, Reto, and Ishikawa raised concerns about trainees and craftspeople abroad, leading the group to propose return-to-service rules, border inspections, protections against poaching and detention, and basic-level skill exchanges with trainee caps.
• A proposed staged dispute resolution process, and Hashirama suggested a Joint Coordination Committee with representatives from all five villages to monitor obligations and determine compliance.
• Reto raised the possibility of withdrawal, and the Kage discussed advance written notice, settlement of debts and unfinished projects, and evidence requirements when disasters prevented a party from fulfilling its obligations.

The Five Kage finalized and signed a general peace agreement, then discovered Izuna had been entertaining their guards by restyling their hair and clothes. A conversation about marriage turned into the Kage trying to find wives for Madara and Izuna, leaving Izuna overwhelmed by their matchmaking.

• Hashirama calmed the arguing Kage, and the Five Kage settled the agreement’s clauses, signed their copies, and added their fingerprints.
• Ishikawa reflected on Hashirama’s dedication to peace before noticing that Mū and the other guards had not returned.
• Hashirama and the other Kage found Izuna combing Hozuki Gengetsu’s hair while Madara rested nearby, and A admired Killer B’s new outfit.
• The Kage chatted about their wives and families, and Madara revealed that he had never married while Izuna said he was unmarried too.
• Reto, A, Byakuren, Ishikawa, and Hashirama offered to find wives for Izuna, while Madara objected and Izuna asked them to stop.

Izuna helped Hashirama and the Four Kage settle policies for exchange students, missions, and sharing intelligence about global threats, then explained his role in defeating Ōtsutsuki Isshiki. After Izuna defeated Hozuki Gengetsu in a spar, the other Kage offered him jobs as a guest instructor.

• Izuna proposed rules for exchange students who wanted to remain in Konoha, and Hashirama and the Four Kage agreed to the plan.
• Izuna suggested that villages set their own mission prices and share intelligence about threats severe enough to endanger the world.
• Hashirama and Madara confirmed that Ōtsutsuki Isshiki had threatened the world and that Izuna had killed him.
• Hozuki Gengetsu challenged Izuna to a friendly spar, but Izuna saw through his Genjutsu and sent him flying with a blast of wind.
• A, Byakuren, Ishikawa, and Reto invited Izuna to become a guest instructor in their villages, leaving him dumbfounded.

Madara shielded Izuna from the other Kage’s attempts to invite him abroad, but Hashirama encouraged Izuna to handle the attention himself at dinner. Izuna befriended Gengetsu over food and conversation, while Mū recalled their hostile first meeting and Madara quietly struggled with jealousy.

• Madara refused the Four Kage’s requests to have Izuna visit their villages, and Hashirama redirected the discussion to dinner.
• The Five Kage and their guards ate at Yukimiya, where Gengetsu took the seat beside Izuna and asked about his appearance and interests.
• Izuna and Gengetsu chatted about plays, Noh, clothing, and village symbols as Madara watched jealously and made sure Izuna ate.
• Mū remembered meeting Gengetsu at an izakaya, where Gengetsu’s compliments and questions had led to a fight that cost Mū his mission reward.
• Gengetsu asked why Konoha had its name, and Izuna explained that Madara and Hashirama had chosen it to describe a village nestled in the woods.

Madara watched Izuna navigate the banquet with unexpected diplomatic skill, while Mū warned Izuna that Hozuki Gengetsu’s compliments might signal romantic interest. After the gathering, Izuna went shopping in the Land of Iron with Madara and Hashirama, where he began collecting rough stones for reasons he did not explain.

• Madara realized Izuna understood how to handle strangers and wondered whether Izuna might share more about his past.
• Hozuki Gengetsu frightened Madara with his long conversation with Izuna, while Izuna reassured Gengetsu that his brother was easy to talk to.
• Mū warned Izuna that Hozuki Gengetsu might have ulterior motives, and Izuna concluded that Gengetsu probably just had low emotional intelligence.
• Izuna, Madara, and Hashirama decided to explore the Land of Iron’s markets after the banquet and look for a better home for Tsukimiyo.
• At the Ishimiya shop, Izuna bought several inexpensive raw stones, saying that he liked them, while Madara and Hashirama wondered why.

Izuna bought stones and an old umbrella for Tsukimiyo, then spent a peaceful afternoon eating with Madara and Hashirama. Their outing ended when Tobirama arrived with news that trouble had erupted again in the Land of Hot Water.

• Madara tried to understand Izuna’s memories by listening as Izuna explained the stones and gemstones they examined.
• Izuna bought several stones, then chose an old umbrella as Tsukimiyo’s new home, insisting Tsukimiyo would like it.
• Izuna, Madara, and Hashirama ate skewers and drank sweet sake in the snowy lower district.
• Izuna wondered whether Hozuki Gengetsu had disfigured Mū in the original story and asked Madara how he would react to being praised for his looks.
• Four Messenger Hawks flew overhead, and Tobirama appeared to tell Hashirama that something had happened in the Land of Hot Water.
• Madara urged the others to return to the inn before Tobirama explained what had happened.