Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Madara woke in Mountain Tomb in the Land of Iron and mistook Black Zetsu for a hostile Hashirama Clone, but Black Zetsu convinced him that he had awakened Hashirama Senju’s memories and rescued him. Black Zetsu persuaded Madara not to return to Konoha and urged him to become stronger to protect his friends and family.

• Uchiha Madara awoke from his coma in an underground room and pretended to remain unconscious when a Hashirama Senju Clone entered.
• Black Zetsu tried to pull down Madara’s pants, so Madara attacked him, beat him, and demanded to know where they were.
• Black Zetsu told Madara that they were in Mountain Tomb in the Land of Iron and claimed he had rescued him from the battlefield.
• Black Zetsu pretended to have awakened Hashirama Senju’s memories, and he answered Madara’s secret questions well enough to earn Madara’s trust.
• Black Zetsu refused to return to Konoha with Madara, warning that Jigen could endanger the village, and told Madara to become stronger.

At Tobirama Senju's funeral, Senju Hi Shin watched Uchiha Gin and Uchiha Izuna turn the service into a bizarre dance party before Izuna paid his respects to his old rival. The ceremony ended with political uncertainty among Konoha's clans, and Izuna told Gin he no longer wanted to become Hokage if he could not boss Tobirama around.

• Senju Hi Shin attended her own funeral as the village mourned Tobirama Senju, whose Clone had been buried in his place.
• Uchiha Gin and Uchiha Izuna arrived in flashy outfits, lit their high-beam belts, and made the mourners sway to music in the rain.
• Senju Hi Shin used Flying Thunder God to bring Izuna to Tobirama's grave, where Senju Taohua persuaded him to offer incense.
• Izuna remembered his rivalry with Tobirama, left three incense sticks at the grave, and walked away grieving.
• Kagami-zai warned Hiruzen that the Hokage succession was uncertain as the Ninja Clan Alliance gained strength.
• As Gin and Izuna headed back to the Uchiha Clan Grounds, Izuna said he no longer wanted to be Hokage if he could not boss Tobirama around.

Uchiha Izuna declined to become Hokage while Uchiha Gin urged him to support Kagami-zai and discussed Uchiha Setsuna’s suspicions about a plot against the clan. At a celebratory banquet, Setsuna planned to target Senju Hi Shin the following night, while Gin’s feast was interrupted by someone arriving to take him away.

• Uchiha Izuna told Uchiha Gin that he would prioritize finding his missing big brother and agreed to support Kagami-zai in the Hokage vote.
• Uchiha Izuna explained that Uchiha Setsuna and his followers believed the Senju Clan was secretly causing Uchiha casualties, and he decided to have Fuyou watch them.
• Uchiha Gin and Uchiha Izuna returned to the Clan Grounds, where the Uchiha celebrated after hearing that Uchiha Madara was not in danger.
• Uchiha Setsuna rallied his followers to attack Senju Hi Shin the next night, while his subordinates proposed digging up graves and made crude remarks.
• Uchiha Gin ate Honey Glazed Eight Treasure Rice despite Uchiha Hikari’s warning, then stood up when a fair hand took the remaining food and its owner said they had come to collect him.

After Tobirama Senju’s funeral, Senju Itama skipped a family gathering to eat the braised pork knuckles Uchiha Gin brought home, then revealed that Tobirama owed her more than thirty billion. Gin took over the debt and went to collect it, but found intruders had already broken into Senju Hi Shin’s home.

• Uchiha Gin welcomed Uchiha Hikari, Uchiha Eimi, and Uchiha Chiri to the Uchiha banquet while Uchiha Izuna moved to another table.
• Senju Itama attended Tobirama Senju’s funeral, declined Senju Taohua’s invitation to stay, and left to eat braised pork knuckles, enraging Senju Hi Shin.
• Uchiha Gin and Uchiha Hikari brought the packed pork knuckles home, where Senju Itama devoured them and revealed that she had lent Tobirama more than thirty billion.
• Uchiha Gin took over Senju Itama’s debt and said he would collect it, while she warned him not to mistreat Tobirama’s widow and daughter.
• That night, Uchiha Gin spotted three people breaking into Senju Hi Shin’s home and heard cries from inside before announcing himself as the police.

Uchiha Gin arrived at Senju Hi Shin’s home after she defeated three Uchiha attackers, and the Police Force and Senju guards clashed before Uchiha Huoke took control of the scene. Hi Shin then claimed Gin had saved her, leaving him stunned and asking what she was trying to do.

• Uchiha Gin kicked in the door of Senju Hi Shin’s home, found her unharmed, and declared that the three unconscious Uchiha attackers would be punished.
• Senju Hi Shin warned Gin about renewed hostility within the Uchiha Clan, and Gin promised to handle the attackers according to the law.
• Senju clansmen and Uchiha Huoke’s Police Force squad arrived, and a Senju guard attacked Huoke before Huoke used his Sharingan to restrain him.
• Uchiha Gin emerged with the three attackers, including Uchiha Setsuna, and Huoke questioned whether Setsuna was really a criminal.
• Senju Hi Shin broke Huoke’s Sharingan restraint and identified herself as the victim, while Huoke asked whether she was Tobirama Senju’s illegitimate daughter.
• Senju Hi Shin said Uchiha Gin had saved her and asked the others to send him a silk banner, prompting Gin to privately demand an explanation.

Uchiha Setsuna accused Senju Hi Shin of stealing the Sharingan, but the Police Force arrested him and the other intruders instead. After everyone else left, Uchiha Gin stayed behind to confront Hi Shin about a debt, then demanded three hundred taels for half a cup of caramel macchiato.

• Uchiha Huoke kicked the unconscious Uchiha Setsuna and defended Uchiha Gin for stopping the three intruders.
• Uchiha Setsuna claimed Senju Hi Shin had used Sharingan power to subdue them, and Uchiha Gin and Hi Shin secretly discussed her stolen eye.
• Uchiha Setsuna implied Gin and Hi Shin had been together at night, prompting the Senju clansmen to accuse Gin of wrongdoing.
• Uchiha Huoke ordered the Police Force to arrest Uchiha Setsuna, while he and the Senju clansmen left the courtyard.
• Uchiha Gin stayed behind with Senju Hi Shin and demanded three hundred taels for the caramel macchiato she had taken.

Senju Hi Shin maneuvered to block Uchiha Izuna’s bid for Hokage by backing Sarutobi Hiruzen and collecting campaign funds from rival clan leaders. The chapter ended with her home filled with donated money and storage scrolls.

• Uchiha Gin refused to reassure Senju Hi Shin about the Uchiha Clan’s plans, instead claiming they intended to win the leadership election.
• Sarutobi Sasuke gathered the Ninja Clan Alliance and proposed his son Hiruzen as Hokage, but the clan leaders worried about opposing Uchiha Izuna.
• Senju Hi Shin joined the alliance and agreed to support Hiruzen, securing 10 billion in startup campaign funding from Sarutobi Sasuke.
• Shimura Kenichi offered 20 billion for Danzo to gain a position among Konoha’s upper ranks, and Senju Hi Shin promised to help arrange it.
• More clan leaders brought money to Tobirama Senju’s home, leaving Senju Hi Shin amazed by how easily she had raised funds.

As Konoha held its leadership election, the other villages weighed whether to exploit its apparent weakness, while Kirigakure’s Mizukage Katsura confronted the Bloodline Limit clans over the Knight System. Uchiha Gin, ineligible to vote, launched a betting promotion outside the Hokage Building as the candidates awaited the results.

• Kinkaku rejected Hee’s proposal to invade the Fire Country, while Shamon advised Chiyo to congratulate Uchiha Izuna if he became Hokage and planned to train Sunagakure’s prophesied child.
• Ōnoki prepared Iwagakure to invade the Fire Country, intending to deploy its Five-Tails Card user alongside himself despite the Knight Protocol.
• Katsura faced Kirigakure’s Bloodline Limit clan representatives, who demanded access to the Knight System in exchange for supplies, and insisted that they fight for the village; they agreed.
• Konoha’s Jonin entered the Hokage Building to vote while Uchiha Gin and Uchiha Hikari watched from a nearby building.
• Senju Itama delivered Gin’s wrapped display board, and Gin set it up outside the election venue and loudly promoted Konoha Betting to the crowd.

Uchiha Gin opened a charity betting pool on Konoha’s Hokage election while Senju Hi Shin secretly wagered a huge sum on Hiruzen. As the Jonin vote was counted, Uchiha Izuna received more votes than the Uchiha clan had Jonin, leaving Hi Shin convinced someone had secretly shifted support.

• Uchiha Gin persuaded the crowd to bet on the Hokage candidates, collecting wagers while claiming that part of the proceeds would go to Konoha Orphanage.
• Senju Hi Shin’s Shadow Clone placed around sixty billion on Hiruzen with Uchiha Gin, confident the wager would pay off.
• Senju Hi Shin assured Sarutobi Sasuke and Senju Taohua that Hiruzen had enough support, while Taohua warned her about the Ninja Clan Alliance.
• The Jonin cast their ballots, and Uchiha Izuna’s vote total exceeded the number of Uchiha Jonin.
• Senju Hi Shin confirmed that Hyuga Tenyo’s vote count matched expectations and wondered who had secretly influenced the election.

Uchiha Izuna won Konoha’s Hokage election after the Ninja Clan Alliance unexpectedly lost votes, while Uchiha Gin profited from his betting pool. Senju Itama suspected the result had been manipulated, and Gin hinted that the alliance had a traitor.

• The election votes shifted toward Uchiha Izuna, and Senju Hi Shin blamed a traitor within the Ninja Clan Alliance for the alliance’s defeat.
• The notary announced Izuna in first place and Hiruzen in second, prompting cheers from the Uchiha Clan and disappointment from the alliance.
• Jiraiya, Tsunade, and others discovered they had lost their bets, while Hatake Sakumo and Orochimaru made money.
• Uchiha Gin collected his winnings and returned to the secret base, where Uchiha Hikari confronted him about his betting operation.
• Senju Itama questioned Gin about the unexpected election loss, and Gin suggested that someone in her alliance had betrayed it.

Uchiha Izuna became Hokage Aide after Senju Taohua secretly directed Senju votes his way, following Uchiha Gin’s advice. Senju Hi Shin learned why Taohua had switched sides, then revealed that she had lost her own fortune betting on the election.

• Uchiha Izuna accepted congratulations as Hokage Aide and asked Hiruzen whether White Hair had thought highly of him.
• Senju Hi Shin returned to her seat while Tsunade admitted she had lost her New Year money betting on Hiruzen instead of Uchiha Izuna.
• Senju Taohua congratulated Uchiha Izuna, then confessed to Senju Hi Shin that she had secretly ordered Senju Jonin to vote for him.
• Senju Taohua explained that Uchiha Gin had advised her to switch sides because an Alliance-backed Hokage could let rival clans carve up Konoha.
• Senju Taohua revealed that Hashirama had told her to seek Uchiha Gin’s help if the Senju and Uchiha clans came into conflict.
• Senju Hi Shin admitted that she had gone all in on a bet and lost her fortune.

Kagami Uchiha won the village secretary election, while Uchiha Izuna won the Hokage election but remained indifferent to the position. When Uchiha Fuyuu returned from Wave Country and told Izuna that its Daimyo had behaved inappropriately toward him, Izuna decided to give up the Hokage role and confront the Daimyo.

• Kagami Uchiha won the village secretary election by an overwhelming margin, and Hiruzen congratulated him despite losing the Hokage election.
• Uchiha Gin handed Uchiha Izuna and Kagami-zai congratulatory red envelopes, then told Izuna that Uchiha Fuyuu would return from Wave Country that night.
• The Uchiha Clan celebrated its election victories while the Ninja Clan Alliance searched for a supposed mole among its voters.
• Uchiha Fuyuu returned to the Clan Grounds, learned that his father had become Hokage, and told Izuna about the Wave Country Daimyo's repeated unwanted attention and offers of gold.
• Uchiha Izuna became furious and prepared to go to Wave Country, but said he would give up the Hokage position so Hiruzen could take it in his place.

Uchiha Izuna decided to give up the Hokage Position and planned to announce it at a clan meeting. Meanwhile, Uchiha Gin persuaded Sarutobi Sasuke that the Senju Clan had engineered the election and hinted that Sasuke could help secure Izuna’s resignation by covering Uchiha Fuyou’s massive business losses.

• Uchiha Izuna told Uchiha Fuyou and Uchiha Gin that he would announce his decision to give up the Hokage Position at a clan meeting the next day.
• After Uchiha Izuna drank himself senseless, Uchiha Gin secretly left the Uchiha Clan Land and went to the Sarutobi Clan Grounds.
• Uchiha Gin convinced Sarutobi Sasuke that Senju Hi Shin had manipulated the election to make the Uchiha Clan a target of the Ninja Clan Alliance.
• Uchiha Gin claimed he would persuade Uchiha Izuna to surrender the Hokage Position and told Sarutobi Sasuke that Uchiha Fuyou had lost a hundred billion through his business.
• Sarutobi Sasuke agreed to hold a small meeting to raise the funds, and Uchiha Gin warned that the Noble Representative would arrive early the next morning.

Sarutobi Sasuke gathered the Ninja Clan Alliance to raise one hundred billion for Uchiha Izuna to give up the Hokage Position, but Uchiha Gin secretly took the money while impersonating Izuna. Izuna formally withdrew from the succession and left Kagami to represent the Uchiha, reflecting that he belonged to an old era.

• Sarutobi Sasuke persuaded the Ninja Clan Alliance to contribute one hundred billion, with Shimura Kenichi pledging thirty billion after wavering.
• Sarutobi Sasuke delivered the funds to Uchiha Gin, who was disguised as Uchiha Izuna, and paid him an additional scroll of tea money.
• Uchiha Izuna spent the night at home with Mihui Zi, then left early the next morning exhausted.
• Uchiha Izuna told his clan he would not seek the Hokage Position because his missing elder brother, Uchiha Madara, mattered more, and he urged them to support Kagami Uchiha.
• Uchiha Izuna formally withdrew from the Hokage succession by tearing up his appointment acceptance form and called himself a remnant of the old era.

Hiruzen became Hokage after Uchiha Izuna withdrew, prompting the other ninja villages and Uchiha Madara to react to Konoha’s unexpected change in leadership. Izuna traveled to Wave Country with his son and Uchiha Gin, where an elderly official welcomed him and seemed strangely familiar.

• Hiruzen discovered he had become Hokage, and Kagami congratulated him on taking the throne.
• Ōnoki began preparing for war, while Kinkaku restrained Hee and Genji proposed an alliance to Katsura; Chiyo ordered Sunagakure to send its revised congratulatory gift.
• Uchiha Madara learned that Izuna had withdrawn and gone on a long-term mission to Wave Country, and he vowed to confront him.
• Uchiha Izuna traveled by merchant ship to Wave Country with Uchiha Fuyuu and Uchiha Gin, believing his mission was to guard the Uchiha Trading Company and deal with the Daimyo.
• Uchiha Tajima prepared to welcome Izuna, and Izuna recognized something familiar about the elderly official greeting him at the harbor.

Uchiha Izuna arrived in Wave Country and mistook his father, Uchiha Tajima, for a predatory Daimyo targeting Uchiha Fuyuu. After Tajima overcame Izuna’s genjutsu and revealed himself, the family learned that he had faked his death and survived as a powerful shinobi.

• Uchiha Izuna dismissed Uchiha Miao’s resemblance to someone from his past after Uchiha Gin distracted him.
• Uchiha Fuyuu explained that Master SanShui was Wave Country’s Imperial Advisor, and the group entered the Daimyo’s residence for a lavish welcome banquet.
• Uchiha Tajima arrived as the Daimyo and greeted Uchiha Fuyuu, prompting Uchiha Izuna to confront him for allegedly taking advantage of his son.
• Uchiha Izuna tried to force Uchiha Tajima to call him father with genjutsu, but Tajima resisted and trapped Izuna in a genjutsu of his own.
• Uchiha Gin revealed that Uchiha Tajima was Uchiha Fuyuu’s grandfather, and Tajima disclosed that he had faked his death and reached peak Kage Level.

Uchiha Izuna woke from a genjutsu and mistook his reunited family for illusions, attacking Uchiha Fuyuu and fighting Uchiha Tajima. Uchiha Gin revealed his overwhelming strength by stopping them, leaving the family stunned while he demanded compensation for the sugar they had ruined.

• Uchiha Izuna woke from Uchiha Gin's genjutsu and found Uchiha Tajima, Uchiha Fuyuu, and Uchiha Miao gathered at a banquet.
• Uchiha Izuna refused to believe the reunion was real and struck Uchiha Fuyuu with Amaterasu, prompting Uchiha Tajima to protect him with Susanoo.
• Uchiha Izuna insulted Uchiha Tajima and fought him with Susanoo, damaging the palace and destroying Uchiha Gin's desserts.
• Uchiha Gin tore through both Susanoo and knocked Uchiha Tajima and Uchiha Izuna unconscious, revealing his true strength to Uchiha Fuyuu.
• Uchiha Miao told Uchiha Fuyuu that Uchiha Gin was the strongest man in the Uchiha Clan and revealed that Kagami Uchiha was his biological grandson.
• Uchiha Tajima woke and asked Uchiha Gin to spare his dignity, but Uchiha Gin complained that they had ruined his sugar.

Uchiha Tajima revealed to Uchiha Izuna that the Uchiha Clan had secretly settled and taken control of the Wave Country, making Izuna and Madara its crown princes. Uchiha Gin confirmed that Madara was not dead, and Tajima announced that he wanted Fuyou to inherit the Daimyo position, leaving Izuna stunned.

• Uchiha Gin explained his sugar-filled feast and digestion technique while Uchiha Izuna confronted him and Uchiha Tajima over their secrets.
• Uchiha Tajima explained that he had faked his death to help Madara obtain the Blood Relative Mangekyo and had hidden the truth to protect the Uchiha Clan's future.
• Uchiha Tajima revealed that the Uchiha Clan had relocated to and taken control of the Wave Country, making Izuna and Madara its crown princes.
• Uchiha Gin used Impure World Reincarnation with a chicken sacrifice and confirmed that the Pure Land had not reacted to Madara's death.
• Uchiha Izuna mistook Tajima's revelation for a sign that his father was dying, but Tajima kicked him away and said he planned for Fuyou to inherit the Daimyo position.

Uchiha Izuna accepted that his son Fuyuu would become Wave Country’s Daimyo and decided to relinquish the Mission Hall while he searched for his missing older brother. Hiruzen took over the profitable department, unaware that Izuna and Kagami expected trouble to follow.

• Uchiha Tajima insisted that Fuyuu inherit the Daimyo position and offered Izuna command of the Ghost Soldier Squad when he returned.
• Izuna agreed to give the Mission Hall back to the village to avoid provoking the Ninja Clan Alliance, then departed Wave Country with Fuyuu.
• Sarutobi Sasuke accused the Senju Clan of tampering with the Hokage vote, and the Ninja Clan Alliance secretly began a retaliatory operation against them.
• Shimura Kenichi demanded the Mission Hall, but Hiruzen learned it was still controlled by Izuna and worried about reclaiming it by force.
• Kagami told Hiruzen that Izuna was returning the Mission Hall so he could search for his missing brother, then asked Hiruzen to manage it in his place.
• Izuna asked Kagami how Hiruzen had reacted, and Kagami reported that Hiruzen had agreed happily; Izuna remarked that Hiruzen should not blame them when problems arose.

Inuzuka Taro discovered that Shimura Kenichi’s new management of the Mission Hall had ended Uchiha Izuna’s subsidy and let a Shimura-run Crowdsourcing Team take priority over profitable missions. As complaints spread through Konoha, Shimura Danzō was pelted with a rotten egg before his first meeting as an Elder, where Hiruzen mistook the lingering stench for poor hygiene.

• Inuzuka Taro learned that the Crowdsourcing Team had taken the easy, high-paying D-Rank and Inuzuka dog-training missions, while commissions had risen from 10% to 30%.
• The mission clerk told Inuzuka Taro that Uchiha Izuna had withdrawn and the Shimura Clan now controlled the Mission Hall, so Taro accepted the remaining missions despite his anger.
• Sarutobi Sasuke confronted Shimura Kenichi about the Crowdsourcing Team, but Kenichi defended the policy by citing the Shimura Clan’s fifty-billion contribution and refused to return the dog-training work to the Inuzuka Clan.
• Ninjas left without missions protested the Mission Hall changes, and Shimura Danzō was struck by a rotten egg while walking to his first meeting as an Elder.
• Hiruzen smelled the rotten egg residue when Danzō entered the Hokage’s Office and asked whether Danzō had failed to wipe himself properly.