Chapter Summaries

Xun Uzumaki watched Madara Uchiha enter the unfolding hostage standoff while the Mist Ninja argued over whether to surrender to the Land of Whirlpools. Just as Suikazan Fuguki tried to steer them toward joining the Land of Whirlpools, the Mist Ninja were knocked unconscious, leaving him unconscious too.

• Kakuzu recognized Madara and fled, while Xun Uzumaki decided to watch Madara disrupt the unfolding story.
• Mikoto Uchiha spotted the encircled Mist Ninja and asked Madara whether they should avoid the commotion, but Madara chose to investigate.
• Juzo Biwa threatened Haruya as the Whirlpool Ninja delayed their response, while Youjie and Zimu wondered which Mist Ninja would play the pro-Whirlpool role in the script.
• Suikazan Fuguki stopped Juzo Biwa from killing Haruya and argued that the Mist Ninja should remain loyal to Kirigakure despite the hardships he described.
• The Mist Ninja suddenly collapsed unconscious, and Suikazan Fuguki tried to stop the Whirlpool Ninja before he also fell unconscious.

Xun Uzumaki dealt with the unconscious Mist ninja after Madara Uchiha incapacitated them with genjutsu, then arranged for them to be returned to the labor camp under closer supervision. The group ended by watching fireworks while Madara questioned Xun’s motives.

• Zimu and Keita found the Mist ninja unconscious and wondered what to do with them.
• Xun Uzumaki considered recruiting the Mist ninja into the Land of Whirlpools and ordered a commendation banner for Madara Uchiha.
• Zimu questioned Mikoto Uchiha and Madara Uchiha, but Xun appeared and confirmed Madara’s identity.
• Xun ordered the Mist ninja returned to the labor camp with increased supervision.
• Madara asked what Xun was trying to do, and Xun said he acted for peace before diverting everyone’s attention to fireworks.

After Haruya recovered from the hostage crisis, he discovered that the seal on his body had been lifted. Xun Uzumaki ordered the captured mist ninja assigned to public works instead of executed, while Suikazan Fuguki accepted his comrades’ praise to conceal that he had been trying to help them.

• Haruya read that a gray-haired citizen had rescued him, then realized his body felt strange and that its seal had been lifted.
• Xun Uzumaki learned that Madara’s gold-trimmed banner had been completed and ordered the captured mist ninja split up for national construction and sanitation work.
• Xun Uzumaki called for a heroic story to restore the mist ninja’s public image, and Hibiki Uzumaki agreed to carry out the order.
• Suikazan Fuguki woke among the mist ninja and heard Juzo Biwa praise him for bravely charging the whirlpool ninja.
• Suikazan Fuguki hid that he had meant to shout that he was on their side, accepted the praise, and decided to wait and see what the whirlpool ninja planned.

Hatake Sakumo arrived in the Land of Rain on a classified mission while Dan continued as acting commander and revealed he had proposed to Tsunade. Jiraiya joined Tsunade with Akatsuki-made bladed tools, while Xun Uzumaki explored the Land of Whirlpools’ shipbuilding and agricultural projects.

• Hatake Sakumo told Dan that he would remain acting commander, then said he was carrying out a classified mission and would leave after one night.
• Dan told Hatake Sakumo that Tsunade had given him her necklace and that he had proposed to her.
• Jiraiya told Tsunade that Konoha had to hold the defensive line and that Kumogakure might cooperate against Iwagakure; he then showed her bladed tools made by the Akatsuki Organization.
• The Great Elder explained to Xun Uzumaki that the Iron Ship was difficult to build and consumed too much Chakra to fly efficiently.
• Xun Uzumaki ordered continued ship research while prioritizing fertilizer and livestock projects, and the Great Elder reported that Life Potion’s effects on pigs and crops faded after two generations.

Hibiki Uzumaki met with Suikazan Fuguki to discuss the mist ninja’s pending verdict and Fuguki’s mission, but fled when someone approached. In Konoha, Hiruzen Sarutobi and a Kumogakure commander negotiated over a legendary ninja blade, with Hiruzen offering to let the mist ninja inspect it first.

• Hibiki Uzumaki told Suikazan Fuguki that the mist ninja would receive a verdict the next day and that Fuguki’s mission was to lead them as a model squad.
• Hibiki Uzumaki left when he sensed someone approaching, and Juzo Biwa mistook Fuguki’s position over the rooftop parapet for an attempt to jump.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi met with Kumogakure’s commander, who asked to see the legendary ninja blade Konoha had obtained.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi claimed the blade had been sent to the Fire Daimyo, then offered to let the mist ninja inspect it before it was sent away.

Konan, Nagato, and Yahiko arrived for the opening of the Land of Whirlpools' second affiliated academy, while Xun Uzumaki worried about the country's slow growth and lack of resources. Madara Uchiha prepared to teach the new students, and the chapter ended with him quietly thinking of Hashirama.

• Konan's Mother warned Konan to behave at the academy, and Konan promised to study hard while privately blaming Teacher Tobi for tattling on her.
• Nagato and Yahiko greeted Konan and her mother; Konan's Mother and Nagato invited Yahiko to share meals with their families because his father was often absent.
• Xun Uzumaki watched students arrive and worried that the Land of Whirlpools lacked population, farmland, machinery, and Earth Release ninja for expanding its territory.
• Mikoto Uchiha urged Madara Uchiha to smile so he would not frighten his students, but Madara insisted that aspiring ninja should be treated as ninja rather than children.
• When Mikoto Uchiha was not looking, Madara Uchiha struggled to smile and murmured that he wanted to say something to Hashirama.

Mikoto Uchiha introduced Class One to its homeroom teacher, Madara Uchiha, who sulked instead of teaching until Uchiha Qi challenged his ability. When Haruya arrived to thank Madara for saving him, Madara dismissed the family and turned his attention back to Qi.

• Mikoto Uchiha called roll for Class One, which included Nagato Uzumaki, Yahiko, Muxin Tree, and Uchiha Qi.
• Madara Uchiha ignored Mikoto’s request to introduce himself, prompting her to excuse his behavior to the students.
• Uchiha Qi insulted Madara, and Mikoto told him to apologize before Madara stood up and announced that someone was coming.
• Xun Uzumaki watched the classroom through a crystal ball and wondered why Haruya had come to the school with his young daughter.
• Haruya, Kajia, and Chudai Huayi entered to thank Madara for saving Haruya, but Madara rejected their gifts and ordered them to leave.
• After Haruya’s family departed, Madara stared at Uchiha Qi and began to address him.

Madara Uchiha punished Senju and Uchiha students while teaching a class, as Zicheng continued his punishing taijutsu training despite Keita’s concern. In Konoha, a Cloud Ninja commander received Frostmourne to admire overnight and promised to return it intact.

• Uchiha Qi and the Senju students argued during their assigned 100-kilometer run, then raced each other and traded insults.
• Madara Uchiha taught the other students about taijutsu and privately justified putting the Senju and Uchiha students through training.
• Zicheng trained alone with one-handed push-ups, and Keita warned him that excessive exercise could injure him before leaving for a date with Yuzu.
• A Konoha ninja delivered the sealed Frostmourne to the Cloud Ninja commander, who promised to return it the next day and said Kumogakure had sent troops to hold back Iwagakure.

Xun Uzumaki inspected Yuta’s experimental crops and livestock, learned that Life Potion-grown grain might have health benefits, and planned to expand agricultural production and trade. He left Yuta preparing seeds for spring planting and arranging a company, while directing the Land of Whirlpools to grade and export Life Potion-treated meat.

• Xun Uzumaki asked Yuta about the yields and safety trials of crops grown with Life Potion, and Yuta reported that yields had tripled or quadrupled and animal trials showed no harm.
• Yuta admitted that he had eaten the grain and said it had helped his cold; Xun Uzumaki decided to have the medical academy examine the grain and animals.
• Yuta told Xun Uzumaki that hybrid rice seedlings had high yields but could not be used as seed, so Xun Uzumaki proposed selling the rice cheaply to other countries.
• Xun Uzumaki told Yuta to prepare seeds for the Land of Whirlpools’ spring planting and establish a high-yield seed company with guidance from the Kamitsuru clan.
• Yuta asked about pigs injected with Life Potion, and Xun Uzumaki ordered the slaughterhouse to grade their meat M1 through M9 and ship it overseas.

Hiruzen Sarutobi arranged for Anbu and Root to watch the Cloud Ninja while the Cloud Ninja captain planned to smuggle out the legendary ninja sword. Danzo meanwhile won the commoners’ trust by helping them, and the chapter ended as an Anbu shinobi rushed in with an urgent report about the Cloud Ninja.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Danzo to have Anbu and Root watch the Cloud Ninja and said he would inspect the village himself.
• The Cloud Ninja captain decided to steal the ninja sword by disguising himself as a toad and having a clone carry him out.
• Danzo visited farmers, praised Konoha’s care for the people, and promised to defend them from corrupt officials.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi watched Danzo speaking with the commoners in a crystal ball and wondered what Danzo was planning.
• An Anbu shinobi rushed into Hiruzen Sarutobi’s office and began reporting that something had happened with the Cloud Ninja.

The Raikage learned that his mission against Konoha had failed and wondered whether Mangekyo was seeking a legendary ninja sword in the Land of Lightning. In the Land of Whirlpools, Juzo Biwa refused to farm without food, while Suikazan Fuguki enjoyed a meal and decided he liked his new mission.

• A Cloud Ninja reported to the Raikage that the mission had failed and every Cloud Ninja involved had died, but the Raikage dismissed him rather than declare war.
• The Raikage suspected Mangekyo had come to the Land of Lightning for a legendary ninja sword and questioned whether Iwagakure's information was true.
• A whirlpool ninja ordered Juzo Biwa and the mist ninja to farm, threatening to withhold food if they slacked off.
• Juzo Biwa threw down his hoe and told his men to refuse the work, insisting they could endure hunger to preserve Kirigakure's dignity.
• Suikazan Fuguki praised an old man's fish stew and tried his braised pork, privately concluding that he enjoyed carrying out the mission.

Suikazan Fuguki persuaded the mist ninja that their work and enjoyment in the Land of Whirlpools served a plan to assimilate into it, while Juzo Biwa and his men mistakenly believed they were being left to starve. An elderly woman’s kindness moved Juzo, who drank the water she offered and found it delicious.

• Suikazan Fuguki told a mist ninja that working and eating wholeheartedly would help them assimilate into the Land of Whirlpools and eventually escape.
• The mist ninja believed Suikazan Fuguki’s explanation and agreed to share the burden, and he led them back to work.
• Juzo Biwa and the mist ninja with him lay thirsty and hungry, convinced the whirlpool ninja intended to starve them.
• An elderly woman brought Juzo Biwa water and thanked the mist ninja for helping tend her fields.
• Juzo Biwa learned that the woman had lost her family in the war and cared for orphans, then drank the water and exclaimed that it tasted good.

As Iwagakure and Kumogakure became enemies, Xun Uzumaki visited the ailing Uzumaki Mito, who entrusted him with protecting Kuhon after her death. Meanwhile, Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru remained on the war front, where Jiraiya tried to lift the others’ spirits.

• Ōnoki rejected the Raikage’s proposal to cooperate against Konoha, and Iwagakure and Kumogakure became enemies.
• Xun Uzumaki visited the frail Uzumaki Mito after sensing that her special kunai had been activated.
• Uzumaki Mito told Xun she would take the Uzumaki Clan’s Sealing Jutsu with her but leave the Yin Seal behind.
• Uzumaki Mito asked Xun to protect Kuhon and help her live happily, and Xun agreed to keep an eye on her.
• Jiraiya tried to cheer up Tsunade and spoke with Orochimaru as they waited for the war to end.

After Uzumaki Mito died, Hiruzen Sarutobi promised to let the new Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, Kuhon, live peacefully and ordered Anbu to protect her from Danzo’s interference. In the Land of Whirlpools, Madara Uchiha read a newspaper whose headline announced a new era.

• Uzumaki Mito died in Early Konoha Year 36, leaving Konoha in mourning and the old generation gone.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi rejected Danzo’s apparent attempt to control Kuhon and ordered him not to interfere with the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi instructed an Anbu shinobi to protect Kuhon around the clock so she could live happily in the village.
• In the Land of Whirlpools, Uchiha Qi and Muxin Tree faced off while Madara Uchiha urged them to begin their match.
• Mikoto Uchiha brought Madara Uchiha the day’s Shinobi News, and he opened it to a headline declaring the arrival of a new era.

Madara Uchiha reflected on his old beliefs and resolved to confront Zetsu, while Zetsu continued spreading the Goddess of the Moon Cult and Xun Uzumaki sensed the war nearing its end. In Konoha Year 36, Hatake Sakumo’s attacks pushed Sunagakure into a disadvantage, and the Third Kazekage ordered Chiyo’s son to capture him.

• Madara Uchiha remembered his past with Hashirama and realized that the Infinite Tsukuyomi was only an illusion of the world he wanted.
• Mikoto Uchiha mistook Madara’s tears for grief over Mito, while Madara wheeled away and decided to confront Zetsu.
• Zetsu confirmed that the seeds had been distributed without mentioning the Land of Whirlpools and worried that Madara was staying too long with Xun Uzumaki.
• Xun Uzumaki sensed that the war was about to end as spring rain fell.
• In Konoha Year 36, Hatake Sakumo’s assassination squad killed Sand Ninja leaders and helped shift the war’s momentum against Sunagakure.
• The Third Kazekage ordered Chiyo’s son to capture Hatake Sakumo.

Xun Uzumaki found Sasori’s parents after Hatake Sakumo had apparently killed them and revived them with Life Potions, intending to take them to the Land of Whirlpools. In Sunagakure, Chiyo learned that the war was nearing its end and decided to seek revenge before resigning with Ebizo to spend time with Sasori.

• Hatake Sakumo killed Sasori’s parents in the desert and continued on with his mission.
• Xun Uzumaki found the couple, injected them with Life Potions, and confirmed that Qian Luo’s heartbeat had returned.
• Xun planned to take Sasori’s parents to the Land of Whirlpools Hospital and leave Hatake Sakumo blamed for their missing bodies.
• Chiyo learned that Sunagakure intended to end the war and resolved to go to Konoha’s battlefield to avenge her son and daughter-in-law.
• Ebizo agreed to accompany Chiyo, and the two planned to resign after the war and spend more time with Sasori.

Hatake Sakumo denied desecrating Sand Ninja corpses as their forces charged, while Xun Uzumaki and Kakuzu discussed opening the Land of Whirlpools to foreign merchants and creating a Mechanical Industry Department. Sasori’s mother woke in the Land of Whirlpools and learned that her husband Qian Luo was alive but still in critical condition, leaving her asking to see him.

• Hatake Sakumo denied harming the missing Sand Ninja corpses, and Dan told him intelligence confirmed they had not been found.
• Xun Uzumaki explained his plan to open the Land of Whirlpools to foreign commerce, but Kakuzu objected to giving merchants three years without taxes or rent.
• Xun Uzumaki and Kakuzu discussed dividing the Research Department into specialized fields and establishing a Mechanical Industry Department.
• Sasori’s mother woke in the Land of Whirlpools, where Nonō Yakushi told her that Qian Luo was in the emergency room and had not passed the critical stage.
• Sasori’s mother asked Nonō if she could go see Qian Luo.

Dan Katō’s forces struggled against Chiyo’s poison until Hatake Sakumo said Konoha would send help, while Tsunade left for the Sunagakure battlefield and reconciled with Orochimaru. In the Land of Whirlpools, Konan and the other children arranged to visit Grandpa Madara after class.

• Dan Katō worried that Chiyo’s poison had overwhelmed Konoha’s medical camp, and Hatake Sakumo told him that Hokage-sama would send help.
• Tsunade punched Jiraiya, told Orochimaru she had forgiven him for Nawaki’s death, and departed with ninja for the Sunagakure battlefield.
• Orochimaru thanked Tsunade and planned to rely on the antidotes she had left behind while Jiraiya teased him.
• Konan asked Mikoto Uchiha about Grandpa Madara, and Nagato, Yahiko, Muxin Tree, and Uchiha Qi joined the conversation about visiting him.
• Mikoto Uchiha agreed to take the children to visit Grandpa Madara after class.

Qian Luo and Kiko decided to abandon their lives as Sunagakure ninja and stay in the Land of Whirlpools, though Qian Luo remained wary of its intentions. Madara wondered about Zetsu, while Juzo Biwa returned home to his mother and reflected on how much he had changed.

• Kiko told Qian Luo she no longer wanted to be a ninja and wanted to stay in the Land of Whirlpools.
• Qian Luo agreed to stay with Kiko and leave his Sunagakure identity behind, while worrying about what the Land of Whirlpools wanted from them.
• Madara questioned Tobi about Zetsu, then sent him to answer the door and privately called him a good child.
• Juzo Biwa came home with char siu for his mother, who urged him to reform and find a wife.
• Juzo wondered how Kirigakure was doing and felt guilty about Suikazan Fuguki as he recognized his own change.

Xun Uzumaki’s effort to integrate the mist ninja into the Land of Whirlpools faced a setback when Suikazan Fuguki escaped after confronting Juzo Biwa. Xun gave Juzo three days to persuade the remaining holdouts before the Land of Whirlpools acted against them.

• Xun Uzumaki reflected that mist ninja had gradually made lives and families in the Land of Whirlpools, then anticipated Suikazan Fuguki would make his move.
• Suikazan Fuguki confronted Juzo Biwa over joining the Land of Whirlpools, but wished him happiness and left without exposing the other mist ninja.
• Juzo Biwa realized Suikazan Fuguki had meant to protect the mist ninja who had surrendered and went home to his mother.
• In the summer of Year 36 of Konoha, Suikazan Fuguki attacked whirlpool ninja, broke his Chakra seal, and escaped underwater.
• Juzo Biwa pleaded with Xun Uzumaki to spare the remaining mist ninja and promised to persuade them, offering to kill them himself if he failed.
• Xun Uzumaki refused to spare them indefinitely but gave Juzo three days before the Land of Whirlpools would act.