Chapter Summaries

After dealing with his moon-bound encounters and returning to Konoha, Uchiha Gin collected his dividend and arranged for Uchiha Madara to rest. He then took Madara to watch a fruit shop, where they saw someone resembling Izuna approach the young shopkeeper in an unusual outfit.

• Otsutsuki Tsukihime beat Uchiha Gin, then left after he claimed she had been hypnotized in his genjutsu; Otsutsuki Bi Luo comforted him and took him away with her.
• Uchiha Gin returned to Konoha, where Uchiha Hikari and Senju Itama questioned him about his visit to Tsukihime; later, Uchiha Dark waited in his bed and used his secret to corner him.
• Uchiha Gin visited the Hokage's Office, received payment from Tobirama Senju, and urged Uchiha Madara to take time off while they waited for Hashirama Senju to return.
• Hashirama Senju returned from the Wind Country with torn clothes and described being attacked by a man with kunai; Uchiha Gin then took Madara away to rest.
• Uchiha Gin brought Uchiha Madara to watch a fruit shop, where a young man resembling Uchiha Izuna approached the shopkeeper wearing Doudou Shoes and cropped pants.

Uchiha Izuna’s visits to Uchiha Mihui Zi’s fruit shop sparked neighborhood rumors and a confrontation with Uchiha Madara, but Uchiha Gin learned Izuna genuinely loved her and agreed to support him if he acted properly. The story left Uchiha Gin explaining that Izuna’s interest in a woman gave him hope of fulfilling their late uncle’s wish for the family line to continue.

• Uchiha Izuna bought ten jin of lemons from Uchiha Mihui Zi and promised to investigate why her fruit shop’s business had declined.
• Uchiha Gin revealed that rumors claimed Izuna was pursuing Mihui Zi, and he and Uchiha Madara confronted Izuna before taking him back to the Clan Leader’s Mansion.
• Uchiha Izuna admitted that he loved Mihui Zi, while Uchiha Gin warned him to respect the law and find out whether she liked him too.
• Uchiha Gin agreed to support Izuna if he used no underhanded methods, then explained that their late uncle had asked him to watch over the brothers’ romantic lives.

Uchiha Gin sent Uchiha Madara back to rest, prompting a mix-up involving Uchiha Izuna and his Shadow Clone, while Madara investigated the Stone Tablet and Black Zetsu plotted to manipulate him. At the village cold drink shop, Gin summoned Kaguya in Wang Liang’s form, unknowingly fed her Hand-Made Lemon, and celebrated when she spoke, leaving Kaguya content to let him mistake her for his creation.

• Uchiha Gin made Uchiha Izuna change his flashy clothes and ordered Uchiha Madara to rest, threatening to reveal his secrets if he returned to work.
• Uchiha Madara found Uchiha Izuna working in the Clan Leader's Office, apologized, and took over the paperwork, only to discover that Izuna's Shadow Clone had been working while the main body pursued Mihui Zi.
• Uchiha Madara ordered Uchiha Izuna to resume the paperwork and send a clone to see Mihui Zi, then studied the Stone Tablet at Naka Shrine and suspected that All Things in Nature power would reveal its final contents.
• Black Zetsu watched Uchiha Madara and planned to turn him against the reincarnation of Ashura so he could make Madara his pawn.
• Uchiha Gin summoned Wang Liang-chan at the cold drink shop, touched her rabbit ears, and made her a series of Hand-Made Lemon drinks.
• Kaguya, posing as Wang Liang-chan, drank the Hand-Made Lemon, spoke aloud, and let Uchiha Gin believe he had taught his silent creation to talk.

Uchiha Gin served Kaguya ice cream at the Cold Drink Shop, while Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, and Uchiha Madara discussed Konoha’s finances and the need to acquire a Tailed Beast. The chapter ended with Tobirama probing Hashirama about the Nine-Tails and Hashirama exaggerating how difficult it had been to fight.

• Uchiha Gin ran out of lemons and offered Kaguya ice cream, which she eagerly ate before he wiped her face and flustered her.
• Uchiha Chiri arrived at the Cold Drink Shop, and Uchiha Gin hurried to conceal Kaguya before Chiri mistook the cream on his tissue for something else.
• Uchiha Madara returned to the Hokage’s Office in a flashy new outfit and began helping Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju with their paperwork.
• Uchiha Madara and the Senju brothers discussed the Land of Water’s attack on Whirlpool Country and Tobirama argued that Konoha needed a Tailed Beast as a deterrent.
• Tobirama proposed taking the Nine-Tails, but Hashirama refused to break his promise to Kurama; Tobirama then asked about the fox’s strength, and Hashirama claimed he had only fought it to a draw.

Uchiha Gin confronted Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju about the unfulfilled promise to hire him at Konoha Prison, then proposed dividing village leadership between civilian and military affairs. The chapter ended with Tobirama Senju asking what to call the new position, and Uchiha Gin suggesting “Village Branch Secretary.”

• Uchiha Madara teased Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju about Uchiha Izuna dating, then raised concerns about the disorderly pile of village documents.
• Tobirama Senju said he planned to create a Council of Elders, but Uchiha Gin warned that elders could undermine the Hokage’s authority.
• Uchiha Gin demanded the prison job Hashirama Senju had promised him, and Tobirama Senju offered to issue the appointment letter if Gin proposed a useful solution.
• Uchiha Gin suggested dividing village leadership into civilian and military affairs, with separate authority and resources for each side.
• Hashirama Senju volunteered to manage civilian affairs, but Tobirama Senju stopped him and asked what the other leadership position should be called.
• Uchiha Gin suggested naming the position “Village Branch Secretary.”

Uchiha Gin’s proposal for a second Konoha leadership position won the Fire Country Daimyo’s approval, but Tobirama Senju stopped Hashirama Senju from appointing Uchiha Madara without consultation and called Konoha’s first Representative Assembly. Uchiha Gin headed to the meeting, where he encountered Hyuga Tenyo and Sarutobi Sasuke.

• Uchiha Gin left the Hokage Building with Uchiha Madara, and the Senju brothers discussed the proposal after they departed.
• Hashirama Senju defended Uchiha Madara as a candidate, while Tobirama Senju grew furious after discovering he ranked 250th on Konoha’s Handsome Men Ranking, below Uchiha Gin.
• Tobirama Senju took the proposal to the Fire Country Daimyo, who approved it and left the choice of the second leader to Konoha.
• After Tobirama Senju returned with the Daimyo’s Letter of Appointment, Tobirama Senju objected to Hashirama Senju naming Uchiha Madara immediately and called a Representative Assembly.
• Uchiha Gin went to the assembly with Uchiha Izuna, met Hyuga Tenyo, and greeted Sarutobi Sasuke with an apology about Iwagakure’s offer.

Uchiha Gin sold snacks during a clan meeting, then watched as Hashirama Senju announced a new leadership position and held an election between Tobirama Senju and Uchiha Madara. Tobirama won through careful political maneuvering, but Gin decided the result might bring Uchiha Izuna closer to his dream of becoming Hokage.

• Uchiha Gin pushed a snack cart through the Hokage's Office and sold out his goods while Uchiha Izuna scolded him for disgracing the clan.
• Sarutobi Sasuke told Uchiha Gin that Hashirama Senju had called the meeting to establish another village leadership role.
• Hashirama Senju announced the Village Branch Secretary position, and Tobirama Senju warned the Senju Great Elder after he challenged the Hokage's authority.
• Uchiha Izuna nominated Uchiha Madara, while the Senju Great Elder nominated Tobirama Senju; most clan representatives favored Tobirama because of their alliances and grievances against the Uchiha.
• Tobirama Senju won the vote by an overwhelming margin, and Uchiha Gin told Uchiha Izuna that the outcome made his Hokage dream more attainable.

Uchiha Madara accepted losing the Village Branch Secretary election and used Tobirama Senju’s appointment to secure his eligibility to run for Hokage, while Uchiha Gin later realized he had been left without a job. After Senju Itama punched Gin through the house, Gin found Naruto looking down at him from the pit.

• Uchiha Gin calmed Uchiha Madara as he despaired over losing the election, then reminded him that Tobirama Senju’s new position left him free to pursue the Hokage role.
• Uchiha Madara asked whether a Village Branch Secretary could still run for Hokage, and Hashirama Senju confirmed that serving as secretary disqualified Tobirama Senju from running.
• Uchiha Gin explained the advantage to Uchiha Izuna, while clan representatives congratulated Gin and Uchiha Madara anticipated becoming Second Hokage.
• Uchiha Gin declined Hashirama Senju’s dinner invitation and helped Uchiha Izuna create a Blue Enchantress outfit to impress Mihui Zi.
• Uchiha Gin realized he had never received his Letter of Appointment, and Senju Itama suggested that he take missions instead of waiting for a government job.
• Senju Itama punched Uchiha Gin through the roof after he called her cuter as a child, and Gin found Naruto standing at the edge of the pit.

Uchiha Gin dealt with Naruto’s Four-Tails transformation, stored a completed Nine-Tailed Chakra, and reunited with the transformed Senju Itama before wandering through Konoha. At the Mission Hall, he found a way to help Uchiha Madara pursue the Hokage position, though Madara doubted his ability to surpass Hashirama Senju.

• Naruto transformed into Four-Tails and began forming a Tailed Beast Ball, but Uchiha Gin disrupted it with a compressed Rasengan and then stored the synthesized Nine-Tailed Chakra in the Amber Purifying Pot.
• Senju Itama appeared in a female form, argued with Uchiha Gin, and bit him until Uchiha Hikari intervened and punished him.
• Uchiha Gin walked through peaceful Konoha and met Yamanaka Minako outside the Mission Hall, where she refused his offer to help her relax.
• Uchiha Gin tried to buy the Women's Bathhouse Guard mission from a boy, then found Maruboshi Kosuke’s name on the mission list and memorized it.
• Uchiha Madara told Uchiha Gin that Hashirama had asked him to organize the mission lists, and Uchiha Gin encouraged him to prepare a great gift to win Hashirama over and become Second Generation.

Uchiha Gin invited Hyuga Tenyo to a public bathhouse, then secretly used him and Maruboshi Kosuke in a scheme to peep at the women’s bath. When the women discovered them, Gin redirected their suspicion onto Tenyo and told Kosuke to help catch the supposed peeping tom.

• Uchiha Gin brought Hyuga Tenyo to the bathhouse, used expired father-and-son tickets to get them inside, and persuaded Tenyo to help catch a peeping tom.
• Uchiha Gin sneaked into the women’s bath and found Maruboshi Kosuke trying to peep through the mist; he taught Kosuke the Hidden Mist Technique.
• Maruboshi Kosuke used the Hidden Mist Technique, but the female ninja sensed his chakra and began searching for the intruder.
• Uchiha Gin signaled Hyuga Tenyo to activate his Byakugan, causing the women to mistake Tenyo for the peeping tom and move to catch him.
• Uchiha Gin told Kosuke they were safe for the moment and ordered him to help catch the peeping tom.

Hyuga Tenyo was tricked into taking the blame for a peeping incident, while Uchiha Gin quietly arranged his release and concealed the real culprit’s identity. Meanwhile, Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju learned that Kakuzu had escaped with the Seven-Tails, and Kakuzu awakened on a cliff after the beast saved him, recalling how Takigakure had betrayed him.

• Hyuga Tenyo was beaten by the bathhouse women after they mistook him for a peeping creep, and Uchiha Huoke’s Police Force detained him.
• Uchiha Gin arrived, pretended not to know what had happened, and persuaded Uchiha Huoke to release Hyuga Tenyo before hinting that the real peeping creep used Space Ninjutsu.
• Hyuga Tenyo realized the culprit might be a powerful figure and thanked Uchiha Gin, who promised to cover his expenses.
• Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju read a report that Kakuzu had killed Takigakure’s leaders, taken the Seven-Tails, and escaped with it.
• Kakuzu awoke on a cliff with the Seven-Tails speaking through its Tailed Beast Card and remembered how Takigakure had stolen his savings and branded him a rogue ninja.
• Kakuzu recounted killing Takigakure’s officials and confronted the village leader, demanding to know where his money was hidden.

Kakuzu survived the Waterfall ninja’s pursuit after the Seven-Tails Chomei saved him and was sealed inside a mysterious card. Uchiha Gin revealed the card’s purpose and gave Kakuzu a transformation device, leaving the story with Kakuzu becoming the first Tailed Beast Rider.

• Kakuzu found the village treasury empty, took its remaining scroll and golden card, and used the card’s energy to recover as the Waterfall ninja surrounded him.
• Kakuzu fled into the Forbidden Ground, where Chomei sensed their shared experience of betrayal and rescued him from the Waterfall ninja.
• Chomei was drawn into the golden card, and Uchiha Gin appeared, reclaimed the card, and explained that Tailed Beasts and their chosen Riders would battle in a contest.
• Uchiha Gin returned Chomei’s card to Kakuzu and gave him a Transformation Device before leaving him to become a Rider.
• With Chomei’s guidance, Kakuzu inserted the card into the device and transformed into the first Tailed Beast Rider, an armored beetle Rider.

Uchiha Gin agreed to lead a covert mission to find the missing Seven-Tails in Waterfall Country, bringing Uchiha Hikari and Uchiha Chiri. After recruiting them, he prepared to leave the next morning with Tobirama Senju’s marked kunai.

• Uchiha Gin gave Uchiha Madara money and warned him not to lend it to Hashirama Senju again.
• Uchiha Gin met Maruboshi Kosuke, who had given up his voyeuristic habits after witnessing Hyuga Tenyo’s miserable fate.
• Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju told Uchiha Gin that a Takigakure rogue ninja had taken the Seven-Tails, and that Karma could not track it from far away.
• Uchiha Gin agreed to search for the Seven-Tails with Uchiha Hikari and Uchiha Chiri, and Tobirama Senju gave him a kunai bearing a Cursed Script.
• Uchiha Gin recruited Uchiha Chiri at her cold drink shop, then asked Uchiha Hikari to join the mission; she eagerly accepted.

Uchiha Gin’s team traveled to Waterfall Country to find the Seven-Tails while rival nations searched for it as well. In the capital, Senju Itama collided with Kinkaku, and Uchiha Chiri recognized Kinkaku and Ginkaku as old acquaintances.

• Uchiha Gin explained that his team had to locate the missing Seven-Tails and watch for rival teams from the other great nations.
• Senju Itama joined the mission after Uchiha Chiri and Uchiha Hikari persuaded Uchiha Gin to let her come along.
• Mū and Shamon ordered their teams to keep searching for the Seven-Tails, while Hozuki Gengetsu set out with Mist ninja.
• Uchiha Hikari failed to sense the Karma she had planted on the Seven-Tails, so Uchiha Gin led the team toward Waterfall Country’s capital to gather information.
• Senju Itama crashed into Kinkaku in the capital, and Uchiha Chiri intervened before Kinkaku could attack.
• Kinkaku and Ginkaku recognized Uchiha Chiri as Uchiha Gin’s disciple, and she recalled that she had once beaten Kinkaku until he cried.

Uchiha Gin and his companions searched Waterfall Country for clues about the Seven-Tails while reconnecting with familiar allies and watching foreign ninja teams arrive. A clash between Mū and Hozuki Gengetsu drew in the mysterious Ghost Soldier Squad, and Mū ended the chapter by trying to recruit its leader into Iwagakure.

• Uchiha Gin and Uchiha Hikari ate honey yokan, where they ran into Shamon, who was buying sweets for his disciples.
• Uchiha Chiri met Kinkaku and Ginkaku, recognized that the brothers were hiding their mission, and hurried to tell Uchiha Gin.
• Uchiha Gin reunited with Uchiha Chiri, scolded Senju Itama, and told the group to avoid clashing with the other nations until an opportunity arose.
• Uchiha Gin and his companions went to watch after Hozuki Gengetsu attacked Mū in the capital, and they saw Mū use a new Fission Technique to evade Gengetsu.
• The Ghost Soldier Squad arrived and fought Mū, whose leader displayed Uchiha-style swordsmanship and prompted Mū to invite him to join Iwagakure.

Uchiha Gin’s group learned that Kakuzu had become a bounty hunter and moved to pursue him, while Mū and Hozuki Gengetsu also set out to capture him for information about the Seven-Tails. Kakuzu collected a bounty at the Exchange Office, then was ambushed by Taki ninja and swiftly defeated their first attack.

• Hozuki Gengetsu rescued Mū from a Ghost Soldier Squad leader’s attack, then escaped into mist as Mū vanished using his invisible technique.
• Shamon ordered Black Bro to investigate the Ghost Soldier Squad, while Kinkaku and Ginkaku watched the mysterious force with interest.
• Senju Itama told Uchiha Gin and the others that Kakuzu had become a powerful bounty hunter, and Gin’s group learned his whereabouts.
• A Taki ninja informed Mū that Kakuzu was alive and working as a bounty hunter, so Mū gathered his men and set out to capture him; Hozuki Gengetsu followed.
• Kakuzu collected a bounty at the Exchange Office, ignored the clerk’s warning, and was ambushed outside by Taki ninja.
• Kakuzu used Water Release: Water Curtain Tent to knock out the charging Taki ninja, then faced their Elite Jonin leader.

Kakuzu fought off the Takigakure leader and refused Mū’s offer to join Iwagakure, but four factions converged to seize him over the Seven-Tails. Kinkaku’s squad overwhelmed the others, and Hozuki Gengetsu unleashed Steaming Danger Tyranny as Mū and Shamon attacked Kinkaku.

• Kakuzu defeated the Takigakure leader with Lightning Release: False Darkness, then rejected Mū’s offer and fought the Iwagakure ninja.
• Uchiha Gin’s group watched as Hozuki Gengetsu and Shamon arrived, each trying to capture Kakuzu for information about the Seven-Tails.
• Kinkaku and Ginkaku arrived with the Black Bros, and Kinkaku ordered them to attack the other factions instead of joining forces.
• Kinkaku injured Shamon and forced Hozuki Gengetsu and Mū to cooperate with him, while Ginkaku prevented Kakuzu from escaping.
• Kinkaku used the Bashō Fan’s elemental attacks to drive the three leaders back, prompting Hozuki Gengetsu to unleash Steaming Danger Tyranny as Mū and Shamon struck at Kinkaku.

Kinkaku overwhelmed Hozuki Gengetsu, Mū, and Shamon, but their combined attacks broke his Lightning Armor and left him badly wounded. Ginkaku revealed that he could wield the Two-Tails’ Chakra and used a Tailed Beast Card and a strange transformation device to begin summoning Matatabi’s power.

• Hozuki Gengetsu’s exploding clone failed to kill Kinkaku, and Mū’s Dust Release struck Gengetsu instead as Kinkaku dodged it.
• Kinkaku used Lightning Release Chakra Mode to defeat the three leaders and knock down their ninja, but Hozuki Gengetsu, Mū, and Shamon trapped him and Shamon’s Wind Style broke his Lightning Armor.
• Ginkaku arrived to protect Kinkaku, rejected Shamon’s offer to share information, and revealed the Two-Tails’ Chakra within himself.
• Ginkaku showed the others a Tailed Beast Card depicting Matatabi and pressed a blood-draining device against his waist.
• Ginkaku inserted the card into the device and began transforming with Matatabi’s power.

Ginkaku’s transformation into a Tailed Beast Knight led him to go berserk, and the Two-Tails took control of his body while his allies failed to stop him. Kakuzu revealed that he too was a Tailed Beast Knight and transformed with Chomei’s power, confronting Ginkaku as the chapter ended.

• Ginkaku used his Transformation Device to become a Tailed Beast Knight and quickly defeated Mū, Hozuki Gengetsu, and Shamon.
• Chomei warned Kakuzu that Matatabi was about to go mad, and Kakuzu tried to withdraw before Kinkaku stopped him.
• Ginkaku lost control and attacked everyone nearby, forcing Kinkaku, Mū, Shamon, and Hozuki Gengetsu to fight him; Ginkaku defeated them one by one.
• Kinkaku tried to restrain Ginkaku with his Red Gourd, but the Two-Tails spoke through Ginkaku and overwhelmed Kinkaku with a Mini Tailed Beast Ball.
• Kakuzu demanded one billion from Kinkaku to take down Ginkaku, then revealed his Transformation Device and Chomei’s card.
• Kakuzu transformed into the Seven-Tails Chomei Tailed Beast Knight and challenged the berserk Ginkaku.

Uchiha Gin’s Tailed Beast Knight defeated Two-Tails’ Ginkaku after Chomei took control of Kakuzu and upgraded their armor. Gin then arrived as a mysterious Kamen Rider and offered belts to the gathered leaders in exchange for one promise from each of them.

• Uchiha Gin left the girls to use the toilet while Kakuzu, urged by Chomei, fought Two-Tails in Ginkaku’s body.
• Chomei took over Kakuzu, created an upgrade card, and transformed into a stronger Seven-Tailed Knight.
• Seven-Tails defeated Two-Tails, but Kinkaku intervened to protect his brother’s body, and Chomei lowered his weapon.
• Uchiha Gin appeared as a Kamen Rider, revealed that he had supplied Seven-Tails’ belt, and drew the attention of Mū, Hozuki Gengetsu, and Shamon.
• Gin refused offers of money and other valuables, saying he wanted one promise from each of them in exchange for belts.