Chapter Summaries

In Year 28 of Konoha, Kirigakure watched the Land of Whirlpools’ reforms with suspicion while struggling to recover from the First Great Ninja War. Xun Uzumaki set out the nation’s trade and three-year development plans, then sensed an unexpected visitor.

• Jōyō Minazuki ordered Kirigakure’s Anbu to monitor Konoha and the Land of Whirlpools, and demanded progress on the Jinchuriki plan despite its sacrifices.
• Xun Uzumaki told the officials to establish an official merchant caravan and sell the Sea Salt Production Method to coastal nations.
• Xun Uzumaki tasked the Great Elder with organizing the Academy of Sciences and pursuing agricultural improvements, while Gato handled trade and funding.
• Xun Uzumaki announced plans for an elementary school, a Welfare Institute run by Uzumaki Meiling, and widespread identification cards for citizens.
• After the First National Congress adjourned, Xun Uzumaki sensed someone in a corner and asked if they had arrived.

Xun Uzumaki revealed that he had reached Kage-level and argued to Zetsu that peace could eventually make collecting the Tailed Beasts easier. He asked Zetsu to investigate Hiruko and spies in the Land of Whirlpools, then enlisted White Zetsu to plant trees before sending Zetsu off with advice about changing his grin.

• Xun Uzumaki showed Zetsu that his abilities had risen to Kage-level and learned that his first step toward harmony had earned him five Attribute Points.
• Xun Uzumaki argued that peace and technological progress could reduce the Tailed Beasts' usefulness, making them easier to buy, while Black Zetsu said he would consult Madara.
• Xun Uzumaki asked Zetsu to find the Konoha ninja Hiruko and investigate spies in the Land of Whirlpools.
• Xun Uzumaki asked White Zetsu to plant trees, and White Zetsu reluctantly agreed.
• Xun Uzumaki told Zetsu that his eight-toothed grin looked lecherous and suggested making a funny face instead.

Anshouji told Ping that the Land of Whirlpools had lowered its requirements for household registration, letting him and Xiangzi become citizens. Zicheng asked Keita to help him become a ninja, and Keita gave him a Chakra extraction scroll to study.

• Anshouji informed Ping that he and Xiangzi could register their household in the Land of Whirlpools.
• Ping rushed home and told Xiangzi the news, and they embraced and discussed having a child who could attend school for free as a citizen.
• Zicheng told Keita that he wanted to become a ninja so he could protect the Land of Whirlpools and his companions.
• Keita agreed to help Zicheng and gave him a Chakra extraction scroll to read.

Madara learned that Xun Uzumaki had reached Kage-level strength but chose not to target him, dismissing his peaceful approach as childish. In the Land of Whirlpools, Xun checked on the nation’s stability and considered building its military, while its new commercial street remained empty.

• Zetsu woke Madara and told him that Xun Uzumaki had become Kage-level in less than half a year.
• Tobi teased Madara about being too old to lift a blade, and Madara angrily drove him away with a Great Fireball Technique.
• Madara ordered Zetsu to keep stirring up war and to ignore Xun unless he threatened their mission, rejecting Xun’s idea that peace would help them gather the Tailed Beasts.
• White Zetsu and Black Zetsu decided to visit Konoha and carry out Xun’s task of planting greenery in the Land of Whirlpools.
• Xun asked Hibiki Uzumaki about conditions in the Land of Whirlpools, then considered writing a military code and organizing its forces.
• Xun saw that no merchants had moved into the newly built commercial street and worried about the empty shops.

Xun Uzumaki planned to strengthen the Land of Whirlpools’ economy and food supply while checking on a war-disabled ninja who had opened a noodle shop. Meanwhile, Danzo investigated Xun’s plans and refused an order to return to Konoha.

• Xun Uzumaki told Hibiki Uzumaki to have Gato bring livestock to the Land of Whirlpools and considered buying animal husbandry books.
• Xun Uzumaki visited the Whirlpool Ninja Ramen Shop and learned its owner, a disabled Uzumaki Chunin, was happy running the business with his young son.
• Xun Uzumaki ate the owner’s ramen, praised it, and decided not to ask him to teach at the school.
• Danzo asked a masked jonin whether Xun Uzumaki had done anything else and wondered why he was raising civilians’ status while lowering ninjas’ status.
• The masked jonin reported that Hokage-sama had ordered them back to Konoha, but Danzo refused to return until he understood the Land of Whirlpools’ plans.

Xun Uzumaki oversaw the Land of Whirlpools’ construction, security, and spring planting as its citizens began building new lives and a sense of belonging. The chapter left him encouraged by the country’s progress and by the bonds forming between its people and the newly recruited ninja.

• Xun Uzumaki called for faster construction, a bridge to the Land of Fire, and a nationwide surveillance project while captured spies were put to work hauling bricks.
• Xun Uzumaki and Hibiki Uzumaki inspected spring planting and discussed distributing seeds, assigning Water Release ninja, and having experienced farmers teach others.
• Old Yang and Old Qiu praised Xun Uzumaki’s support and talked about their family’s future in the Land of Whirlpools.
• Xun Uzumaki noticed the citizens working together and told Hibiki Uzumaki that ninja should listen humbly to experienced farmers.
• Hibiki Uzumaki pointed out Ushijima Tai, whose Chakra had been sealed, as the child beside him doubted he was a real ninja and brought him a snack.
• Ushijima Tai watched the child leave and reflected that life in the Land of Whirlpools might not be so bad.

Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Danzo back from the Land of Whirlpools while secretly observing Minato Namikaze struggle to learn the Rasengan. In Iwagakure, the Kamizuru Clan Head accepted the Tsuchikage’s demand to surrender their land and considered a special kunai as his clan faced worsening persecution.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered an Anbu to summon Danzo back and wondered what the Land of Whirlpools’ republican government meant.
• Minato Namikaze failed again to form the Rasengan, while Hiruzen Sarutobi watched his secret training without intervening.
• The Kamizuru Clan Head told his people to stay inside as Iwagakure’s Anbu and other clans continued to pressure them.
• The Tsuchikage demanded the Kamizuru clan surrender the land behind their mountain, and the Kamizuru Clan Head agreed despite its importance for raising bees.
• After his jonin left, the Kamizuru Clan Head stared at a special Kunai and wondered whether he had any choice but to act.

Xun Uzumaki learned that the Kamizuru clan had arrived as the Land of Whirlpools’ second clan-based shinobi force and began planning how to bring them in safely. In Iwagakure, Aoba Jōshūryū and the Great Elder confronted the clan’s decision to leave, with Aoba determined to protect its future.

• Xun Uzumaki approved the wandering shinobi’s progress but waited for Zetsu to finish checking for spies before formally accepting them.
• Ōnoki questioned why the Kamizuru clan had surrendered its back mountain and ordered Anbu to watch the clan closely.
• Xun Uzumaki returned to his office, prepared confidential documents for the Great Elder, and decided to leave alone for several days.
• Xun Uzumaki began considering how to bring the Kamizuru clan to the Land of Whirlpools without provoking the Five Great Shinobi Villages.
• Aoba Jōshūryū told the Great Elder that the Kamizuru clan had no choice but to leave Iwagakure, and the Great Elder agreed to watch the clan’s elders.
• Aoba Jōshūryū vowed to ensure that nothing happened to the Kamizuru clan.

Xun Uzumaki disguised himself as Madara Uchiha to promote their organization and recruit for the Land of Whirlpools, while Zetsu objected to using Madara’s name without permission. Xun decided to call himself Shin Uchiha and set off for Iwagakure with Zetsu.

• Xun Uzumaki used a hair dye and a colored contact lens to make himself look like Madara Uchiha.
• Xun explained that he planned to promote the organization and recruit people for the Land of Whirlpools while keeping the Land of Whirlpools clear of blame.
• Black Zetsu refused to help unless Madara approved, but Xun said he would proceed alone.
• Xun announced that he would call himself Shin Uchiha and told Zetsu to wear matching uniforms.
• Xun and Zetsu headed for Iwagakure.

Xun Uzumaki negotiated the Kamizuru clan’s immigration to the Land of Whirlpools and prepared a staged operation for them to follow. As the clan leader went to consult the elders, Xun revealed that the compound had already been surrounded.

• Xun Uzumaki and Zetsu appeared before Aoba Jōshūryū, who learned that the Land of Whirlpools would require the Kamizuru clan’s lives and loyalty.
• Aoba Jōshūryū agreed to consider joining after reaching the Land of Whirlpools, while insisting the Kamizuru clan would not fight Iwagakure’s shinobi.
• Xun Uzumaki gave Aoba Jōshūryū a script and instructed the clan to cooperate in a staged operation as Shin Uchiha.
• In the Land of Whirlpools, Xun Uzumaki’s Shadow Clone told Hibiki Uzumaki to prepare supplies in the underground shelter and keep the order secret.
• Aoba Jōshūryū went to discuss the plan with the clan elders, and Xun Uzumaki warned that the Kamizuru compound had already been surrounded.

The Jōshūryū clan agreed to secretly defect from Iwagakure, while some elders chose to stay behind and die. Xun Uzumaki arranged their evacuation and asked Zetsu to film Madara Uchiha’s coming battle with Iwagakure as the organization’s first official job.

• The Jōshūryū elders agreed to leave Iwagakure, with the Great Elder warning that loyal clan members must not learn of the plan and deciding some elders would remain behind.
• Xun Uzumaki assured the Jōshūryū Great Elder that citizens of the Land of Whirlpools would be treated equally, and the Great Elder accepted his offer after learning he was the eight-year-old Kage.
• The Jōshūryū Clan Head set the relocation for that night, and Xun Uzumaki prioritized the elderly, weak, sick, disabled, children, women, and civilians.
• Xun Uzumaki summoned photography equipment and instructed Zetsu to record Madara Uchiha’s battle against Iwagakure for the organization’s first official job.

Xun Uzumaki and the Kamizuru elders staged an attack on the Kamizuru compound to make it appear that Madara Uchiha had struck Iwagakure, while Xun’s ordinary Fire Style proved overwhelmingly powerful. Ōnoki rushed to respond, and the chapter ended as Xun fought an Iwagakure jonin amid the deception.

• Ōnoki questioned his uneasy feeling and asked about the Kamizuru clan before a Great Fireball Technique erupted from their compound.
• Xun Uzumaki prepared the Kamizuru elders to act as mourners while Zetsu filmed, then told them to call him Madara Uchiha and Shin Uchiha.
• Ōnoki flew toward the blaze as Iwagakure descended into chaos and civilians were evacuated.
• Xun learned that his high Ninjutsu and Chakra levels had made his C-rank fire technique resemble a Forbidden Jutsu.
• Xun unleashed the Phoenix Sage Fire Technique, evaded an Iwagakure jonin, and counterattacked with a Shuriken.

Xun Uzumaki burned the Kamizuru clan’s estate and fought Ōnoki while pretending to be Madara Uchiha. Zetsu arrived to call him away, but Ōnoki exposed the disguise by pointing out that Madara was not so short.

• Xun Uzumaki extinguished Ōnoki’s attempts to defend the Kamizuru estate by burning the clan members who charged him.
• Ōnoki fought Xun Uzumaki with Dust Release and a stone golem, then mistook him for Madara Uchiha.
• Xun Uzumaki continued attacking and playing Madara while the Zetsu watched and debated withdrawing.
• Black Zetsu ordered the others to leave, and Zetsu emerged to tell Xun Uzumaki that the mission was complete.
• Xun Uzumaki claimed they had obtained an item and asked Zetsu to use Space-Time Ninjutsu to take him away.
• Ōnoki declared that Xun Uzumaki was not Madara because Madara was not as short as him.

Xun Uzumaki returned to the Land of Whirlpools and checked on the Jōshūryū clan, who were hiding underground while spies were being cleared out. In Iwagakure, Ōnoki assessed the aftermath of the Jōshūryū clan’s destruction and prepared to convene a meeting about the attackers and the newly revealed Mangekyo.

• Xun Uzumaki returned to his office, changed out of his masked disguise, and went to the underground cavern to check on the Jōshūryū clan.
• Ōnoki learned that the attack had caused little damage beyond the street and the Jōshūryū clan, then ordered the scene cleaned up and an Elder Council meeting called.
• Yōhachi Jōshūryū reassured a child that the clan would soon leave the cavern, while privately suspecting that Ōnoki had forced them out of Iwagakure.
• Xun Uzumaki arrived at the cavern and found his Shadow Clone telling Aoba Jōshūryū that the spies in the Land of Whirlpools would soon be dealt with.
• Xun Uzumaki punched his Shadow Clone after it joked about their height, while Aoba Jōshūryū realized the clan had lost its place in Iwagakure.

After the attack on Iwagakure, Konoha’s leaders debated whether an Uchiha had wielded the Mangekyo and ordered Danzo back from the Land of Whirlpools. There, whirlpool ninja surrounded Haruya Naodai’s home, leaving Haruya to face arrest while worrying about his new wife, Kajia.

• Ōnoki reported that masked attackers had stolen a legendary Six Paths Tool and slaughtered the Jōshūryū clan, and warned the villages about a short Mangekyo user.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and the Elder Council confirmed the attack, considered whether an Uchiha was responsible, and decided to question the Uchiha Clan Head and publicly deny Konoha’s involvement.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Danzo to return from the Land of Whirlpools, where he was investigating the country’s purpose.
• Whirlpool ninja marched toward Haruya Naodai’s home as nearby citizens followed to learn what had happened.
• Haruya Naodai tried to hide his unease from Kajia while fearing he might never see her again.
• A voice outside declared that Haruya Naodai was under arrest.

Xun Uzumaki found Danzo and Root hiding underground in the Land of Whirlpools and confronted them over violating local immigration laws. Danzo surrendered with his subordinates and was taken into custody, while Xun gave him a book before the chapter ended.

• Xun Uzumaki used his heightened senses to locate Danzo and Root beneath a small mountain.
• Xun ordered the whirlpool ninja to call out to the hidden group, and Danzo learned they had been discovered.
• Danzo and his subordinates emerged, and Xun accused them of illegal immigration and occupying land without permission.
• Xun ordered the whirlpool ninja to seal Danzo and Root and notify Konoha to collect them.
• Danzo held back from resisting, Root surrendered, and Xun summoned a copy of Workplace Scheming as a gift for Danzo.

Xun Uzumaki arrived as Whirlpool Ninja tried to arrest Haruya as a spy, only to find Kajia shielding him and Keita beating him. The chapter ended with Keita pleading with Xun not to arrest Haruya, while Xun considered a solution after noticing Kajia’s belly.

• Xun Uzumaki wondered whether his book might make Danzo more capable of challenging Hiruzen Sarutobi, while the Land of Whirlpools prepared to handle its remaining spies.
• Whirlpool Ninja tried to arrest Haruya, but Kajia refused to move aside and insisted he was not a spy.
• Haruya offered to go quietly and claimed he had deceived Kajia to protect her, but Keita attacked him for mistreating her.
• Xun Uzumaki stopped Keita from continuing to beat Haruya, and Keita begged him not to arrest Haruya.
• Xun Uzumaki noticed Kajia’s belly and began thinking of a possible solution.

Xun Uzumaki arranged to treat Haruya as a Land of Whirlpools citizen and use his case to demonstrate the nation’s tolerance toward foreign-born ninja. Meanwhile, Konoha discussed paying to retrieve Danzo, and Hiruzen Sarutobi began to report the Uchiha Clan’s response about Iwagakure’s stolen Six Paths Tools.

• Xun Uzumaki decided Haruya should receive gentler treatment than the other spies so the Land of Whirlpools could show that it welcomed law-abiding outsiders.
• Xun Uzumaki ordered Xiangxi to put the spies under Haruya’s command, make Haruya and his children citizens, and summon the leaders for a meeting.
• Xun Uzumaki considered broadening the law enforcement team beyond the Uzumaki Clan and kept Danzo and his companions confined while they read books on ideological construction.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Utatane Koharu agreed that the Shimura Clan would pay thirty million ryo to bring Danzo back from the Land of Whirlpools.
• Utatane Koharu asked about the Uchiha Clan and Iwagakure’s stolen Six Paths Tools, and Hiruzen Sarutobi began to explain what the Uchiha had said.

The Uchiha Clan Head worried about rumors blaming his clan and the mysterious one-eyed Mangekyo, while Xun Uzumaki revealed that he had staged the incident using a colored contact lens. Xun briefed the Land of Whirlpools’ officials on the Kamitsuru clan’s relocation and ongoing plans for surveillance, manufacturing, and protecting against spies.

• The Uchiha Clan Head wondered who was spreading rumors against his clan and who had appeared with a one-eyed Mangekyo.
• Xun Uzumaki admitted that he had created the Mangekyo incident with a colored contact lens and told the officials to keep it secret.
• Xun explained that the Jōshūryū clan had joined the Land of Whirlpools under the Kamitsuru surname, and Aoba Kamitsuru said they needed a loan to buy houses and shops.
• Xun presented a plan to bring the entire Land of Whirlpools under surveillance, but the Great Elder said the Scrying Jutsu required naturally pure crystals.
• Xun ordered preparations for factories producing household stoves and Chakra Batteries.
• Xun warned the officials to protect against spies from other ninja villages.

Xun Uzumaki pushed the Land of Whirlpools to develop military technology, train civilians, and build an airship using the newly completed Ultra-Light-Weight Rock Technique. On the academy’s opening day, he found that nearly three hundred children had enrolled but almost none had chosen science, and he wondered when Hiruko would arrive.

• Xun Uzumaki learned that the Land of Whirlpools had built a Chakra Cannon, but it was too large, weak, and wasteful to be useful in war, so he urged the researchers to keep developing Scientific Ninja Tools.
• Xun Uzumaki ordered weekly militarized training for residents aged eighteen to forty and discussed the need for Taijutsu specialists, swordsmen, and ships.
• The Great Elder gave Xun Uzumaki a completed inscription for the Ultra-Light-Weight Rock Technique, which could make objects float, and Xun imagined using it to build an Amphibious Air-Land-Sea Ship.
• Danzo read a book while held apart from Konoha and wondered when Hiruzen would come to retrieve him.
• Xun Uzumaki planned to acquire technology and scientists from the Sky Ninja Village after its destruction in the Second Ninja World War, then visited the Land of Whirlpools Affiliated Elementary School on opening day.
• The Clan Head told Xun Uzumaki that nearly three hundred children had enrolled but almost none had chosen science, and Xun thought about raising scientists' prestige and wondered when Hiruko would arrive.