Chapter Summaries

Yuto and Nagisa stayed in the Uchiha Compound while Mito prepared to visit her family in Uzushiogakure, and Kyosuke headed for the battlefield to test Hashirama's strength. There, Uchiha Chō launched an attack on Hashirama, who had recently come to terms with his resentment toward Kyosuke but believed peace between the clans was now unlikely.

• Yuto carried Nagisa around the Uchiha Compound, where she cried when a stranger tried to hold her.
• Mito packed to visit her family with the children, and Kyosuke offered to send a Shadow Clone with her.
• Kyosuke prepared to go to the battlefield after hearing Hashirama had grown much stronger.
• Uchiha Chō used her luck-enhancing dojutsu to evade battlefield attacks and charged at Hashirama, believing she had an advantage.
• Hashirama reflected that he had let go of his resentment toward Kyosuke, but Tobirama's killing of Izuna had likely ended any chance of peace talks for now.

Hashirama fought Uchiha Chō and tried to make her surrender, but Tobirama wounded her as she retreated. Kyosuke arrived to save Chō and confronted Tobirama, who responded by beginning the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu.

• Hashirama unleashed Wood Release to overwhelm Chō and the accompanying guard squad, while Chō destroyed the trees with her Mangekyō ability.
• Chō used Three-Stage Susanoo to clear the trees, but Hashirama intensified his attack and crushed Susanoo’s armor.
• Chō escaped the trees with her right-eye dojutsu and began withdrawing, but Tobirama stabbed her in the waist and moved to kill her.
• Kyosuke appeared, stopped Tobirama’s attack, and kicked him while holding his arm.
• Tobirama used Water Release: Heavenly Weeping against Kyosuke, but Kyosuke’s lightning destroyed the needles without harming Chō.
• Tobirama began performing the seals for the Ninja Art: Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu.

Kyosuke battled Tobirama, using his new Flying Thunder God technique to wound him and nearly kill him for Izuna’s death. Hashirama intervened, and the chapter ended with Kyosuke and Hashirama clashing after Kyosuke demanded that Hashirama kill Tobirama.

• Kyosuke teleported Chō away for treatment, then cut down the reanimated bodies surrounding him.
• Tobirama attacked Kyosuke with Flying Thunder God Slash, but Kyosuke countered with Flying Thunder God Three-Step and wounded him repeatedly.
• Tobirama escaped Kyosuke’s barrier with a long-distance teleport, but Kyosuke struck him with a Special-Made Kunai and prepared to finish him with Chidori.
• Hashirama stopped Kyosuke from killing Tobirama and declared that he would not let anyone hurt his brother.
• Kyosuke demanded that Hashirama kill Tobirama in exchange for an alliance, then attacked him when Hashirama refused.
• Hashirama met Kyosuke’s Chidori with Peerless Monster Strength, and their collision devastated the surrounding area.

Kyosuke and Hashirama fought at full strength, escalating from a clash that ended in a draw to a battle between Sage Susanoo and Hashirama’s enhanced Wood Golem. Their next collision unleashed a gale so powerful that the shinobi watching from afar had to retreat.

• Kyosuke recovered from Hashirama’s attack, blocked a barrage of enormous shuriken, and countered with Water Fang: Hundred Dragon Rampage and his Susanoo.
• Kyosuke tore open Hashirama’s Wood Locking Wall and prepared Sage Art: Takemikazuchi, prompting Hashirama to enter Shikkotsu Forest’s Sage Mode.
• Kyosuke and Hashirama clashed, fought to a draw, and sustained serious injuries as the distant shinobi struggled against the shock waves.
• Kyosuke summoned Sage Susanoo and launched Dominant Sword: Kamui Prison at Hashirama.
• Hashirama formed a Wood Golem, infused it with his chakra, and sent its golden dragon against Kyosuke’s sword shock wave, forcing the watching shinobi to retreat.

Madara Uchiha attacked the Senju forces with the Nine-Tails while Hashirama Senju and Uchiha Kyosuke continued their battle. Kyosuke shattered the Senju Greatsword with a Truth-Seeking Orb transformed into the Sage's Staff.

• Madara Uchiha summoned the Nine-Tails, but the Senju fighters trapped it in an earthen pit with legion-scale ninjutsu.
• Madara left the Nine-Tails behind and slaughtered Senju fighters, then resummoned it as the Uchiha advanced through the Senju defensive line.
• Hashirama and Kyosuke traded attacks, with Hashirama's Wood Release techniques destroying Kyosuke's Perfect Susanoo before they resumed their taijutsu fight.
• Hashirama and Kyosuke fought to a stalemate until night fell, while shinobi from both clans fled whenever they neared the duel.
• Kyosuke formed chakra of all seven natures and used a Truth-Seeking Orb as the Sage's Staff to break the Senju Greatsword.

Kyosuke fought Hashirama but left him alive after Hashirama confessed that he still considered Kyosuke a friend. Back at camp, Kyosuke and Madara discussed switching opponents, and Kyosuke resolved to use the war’s final battles to gain points for an advanced sage body.

• Kyosuke used the Truth-Seeking Orb and attacked Hashirama, who entered Sage Mode and pinned him with the Gate of the Great God.
• Hashirama recalled their conversation by the river, told Kyosuke he would always be his friend, and left without attacking him.
• Kyosuke broke free with the Reversal Dojutsu, then departed, vowing to end the war himself.
• Kyosuke returned to camp and traded accounts of their battles with Madara Uchiha.
• Kyosuke proposed switching opponents so he could fight the Senju main force, intending to earn points toward an advanced sage body.

Kyosuke attacked the Senju Clan’s main base with Susanoo and Lightning Release: Kirin, intending to make the Senju fear him and force the clans toward peace. He was surrounded by Senju elders, Sarutobi Sasuke, Shimura Kazuya, and Tobirama Senju, and eagerly prepared to face them.

• Kyosuke crossed the battlefield in Susanoo and descended toward the Senju base, declaring that people had to feel pain to understand peace.
• Kyosuke struck the Senju camp with Lightning Release: Kirin, killing multiple Senju ninja and gaining over three thousand points.
• Kyosuke landed Perfect Susanoo and attacked, but the Senju blocked his strike with a coordinated Earth Wall defense.
• Senju Jixing, Senju Rikiya, and Senju Deji confronted Kyosuke, while the Senju removed his Flying Thunder God Kunai.
• Sarutobi Sasuke and Shimura Kazuya joined the Senju elders, and the injured Tobirama Senju appeared as Kyosuke assessed the assembled fighters.

Kyosuke fought Tobirama and the other clan leaders, surviving their coordinated attacks and countering with Sage Mode. After Tobirama fell, Kyosuke targeted Shimura Kazuya, whose arm and chest were obliterated when he tried to punch a Truth-Seeking Orb.

• The Allied Shinobi Forces fired nearly a hundred Water Dragon Bullets at Kyosuke, who blocked most of them with the Yata Mirror.
• Kyosuke dropped from Susanoo to attack Tobirama, but Tobirama interrupted his hand seals and summoned Senju Jixing, Senju Rikiya, and Senju Deji with a Flying Thunder God ambush.
• Kyosuke entered Sage Mode and countered the three elders, then struck Tobirama with his snake phantoms as Tobirama unleashed Water Release: Water Dragon Biting Explosion.
• Tobirama fell, while Kyosuke emerged unscathed from the water dragon's impact using Dojutsu: Finality.
• Kyosuke wrapped himself in a Truth-Seeking Orb membrane and attacked Shimura Kazuya, whose fist met the Sage's Staff and resulted in his arm and chest dissolving.

Kyosuke redeemed the advanced Sage Body and tested its greatly enhanced strength and healing while facing the remaining clan leaders. Surrounded by Senju ninja after his Flying Thunder God markers were removed, he prepared to counterattack with shadow clones.

• After killing Shimura Kazuya, Kyosuke spent 100,000 points to redeem the advanced Sage Body.
• Sarutobi Sasuke summoned Enma and transformed him into the Adamantine Staff, then attacked Kyosuke.
• Kyosuke withstood the staff’s blows without moving and demonstrated how quickly his wound healed.
• Kyosuke learned that the Senju ninja had removed his Flying Thunder God markers and watched them surround him.
• As the Senju forces rushed to kill him, Kyosuke used the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique.

Kyosuke overwhelmed the Senju camp with shadow clones and a Sage-enhanced Perfect Susanoo, while Hashirama tried to leave his stalemate with Madara to reinforce his clan. The chapter ended with Hashirama rushing toward the camp and Madara turning his attention to the Senju forces left behind.

• Kyosuke summoned more than a thousand shadow clones, then entered Sage Mode and revealed a towering Perfect Susanoo.
• The Three Elders hesitated as Kyosuke's Susanoo unleashed a devastating sword slash across the Senju forces.
• Senju Jixing and the other elders resolved to fight back, but Kyosuke's Susanoo Sword crashed down before they could act.
• Hashirama asked Madara to pause their battle so he could reinforce the Senju, but Madara refused and warned him that Kyosuke would not let the clan dominate him.
• Hashirama summoned a Wood Dragon and rode it toward the main camp, while Madara turned toward the Senju troops on the plains and prepared to attack.

Kyosuke defeated the Senju forces and pressured Hashirama to surrender, promising the clan would not be targeted if it did not rebel. Hashirama accepted, and he, Madara, and Kyosuke declared the war over.

• Hashirama returned to the ruined Senju camp and found Kyosuke alive beside the bodies of three Senju elders, while Tobirama and Sarutobi Sasuke had fled.
• Kyosuke offered Hashirama sake and demanded the Senju surrender, threatening to kill the wounded if Hashirama refused.
• Madara arrived, urged Hashirama to surrender, and joined him and Kyosuke at the makeshift seat.
• Hashirama signaled the Senju to surrender, and the clansmen dropped their weapons.
• Kyosuke, Hashirama, and Madara declared the war over as the gathered clans cheered.

After the Uchiha and Senju announced a United Hidden Village, Kyosuke promoted migration to build its population and strength. As newcomers arrived, Hashirama handled housing and food while Tobirama tried to compete with Kyosuke’s efforts to boost the Uchiha’s reputation.

• News spread that Kyosuke had defeated a force of six clan leaders and nearly five hundred elite ninjas, earning him the title God of Shinobi alongside Madara and Hashirama.
• Kyosuke announced that residents of the Land of Fire could settle in the new village and receive priority for housing, work, and education if they helped build it.
• Migrants began arriving in large numbers, and Kyosuke assigned Maya to welcome them and improve the Uchiha clan’s reputation.
• Hashirama and Chō built homes for the newcomers, while Hashirama also accelerated crops to provide food.
• Tobirama noticed Kyosuke’s efforts to promote the Uchiha and arranged for the Senju to offer similar welcomes and supplies.

Kyosuke outlined plans to develop Konoha’s economy, education, and military, while Hashirama resisted expanding the village’s ninja forces. The chapter ended with Kyosuke frustrated by Hashirama’s naïveté and blaming the Senju brothers’ decisions for future disasters.

• On Future Hokage Rock, Kyosuke proposed dividing Konoha into three districts and giving villagers clear goals through housing and jobs.
• Kyosuke proposed village-backed mortgage loans and trade routes, with the Daimyō’s support, while rejecting Madara’s plan to seize control of the Land of Fire.
• Kyosuke proposed opening ninja education to everyone and promoting the benefits of becoming a ninja.
• Madara supported Kyosuke’s education and military plans, but Hashirama argued that strengthening Konoha’s forces would undermine peace.
• Kyosuke failed to change Hashirama’s mind and privately condemned the Senju brothers’ naïve decisions, including giving away the tailed beasts.

Tobirama planned to weaken the Uchiha's hold on the village by reshaping its leadership, while Yuto slipped out of Kyosuke's home and entertained newcomers at the village gate. The chapter ended when a hostile ninja kicked at Yuto after spotting the Uchiha fan on his back.

• Hashirama told Tobirama that Kyosuke's military ideas were too radical, and Tobirama secretly planned to use their conflict to undermine the Uchiha.
• Tobirama decided to bring other clans into the United Hidden Village so the leadership's balance of power could shift against the Uchiha.
• Yuto sneaked out of Kyosuke's home, but Maya caught him at the village gate and let him stay to welcome newcomers.
• Yuto cheerfully helped and greeted arriving villagers while Maya watched and secretly sent a subordinate to inform Lady Mito.
• A ninja traveling with a large group glared at Yuto for blocking his wagon and kicked at him after noticing the fan emblem on his back.

Shimura Takehiko tried to kick Yuto at the village gate, but Yuto dodged and summoned his father, Kyosuke. After Takehiko maimed himself to appease the Uchiha, Kyosuke cleaned Yuto’s clothes and took him home, leaving Tobirama to deal with the shaken clans.

• Shimura Takehiko tried to kick Yuto, who dodged and rolled into a muddy puddle.
• Yuto smashed his pendant and used the Dad Summoning Jutsu to bring Kyosuke to the village gate.
• Maya and the Uchiha ninjas knelt before Kyosuke as Shimura Takehiko realized he had attacked Kyosuke’s son.
• Tobirama Senju appeared on the village wall and feared Kyosuke might use the incident to attack both clans.
• Shimura Takehiko stabbed his thigh and severed his leg, after which Kyosuke cleaned Yuto’s clothes and carried him home.
• Tobirama’s arrival eased the tension, while the clans expected Shimura Takehiko to die and the Shimura Clan’s plans to ally with the Senju to falter.

Tobirama tried to settle the Shimura Clan into the village, but Mito threatened their leader after accusing them of endangering her children. She left him alive when he endured the humiliation, while Little Six began to view him as a vengeful threat.

• Tobirama told the Shimura Clan Leader to keep a low profile, prepare a lavish gift for the Uchiha, and wait for a chance to enter the village leadership.
• Mito arrived, bound the injured man on the stretcher with her Nine Adamantine Sealing Chains, and accused him of laying a hand on her child.
• Mito warned the Shimura Clan to stay at least a hundred meters from her family, while the Uchiha surrounded them and she threatened to replace their leader.
• The Shimura Clan Leader endured as Mito tightened her chains around his neck, so she spared him and left.
• Tobirama comforted the clan, but Little Six suspected the Shimura Clan Leader was biding his time and began to regard him with murderous intent.

The Sarutobi Clan joined the Hidden Village, and Hiruzen Sarutobi became Tobirama Senju’s disciple as Sarutobi Sasuke sought to align his clan with the Senju. The villagers celebrated the village’s growing strength, but Kyosuke arrived with a group of Uchiha clansmen.

• Sarutobi Sasuke read news about the Shimura Clan and decided to place Hiruzen under Tobirama’s tutelage.
• Sarutobi Sasuke led his clan to the Hidden Village, where Hashirama and Tobirama welcomed them.
• Hiruzen demonstrated Fire Release and Earth Release, and Tobirama accepted him as a disciple.
• Hashirama formally announced the Sarutobi Clan’s inclusion, and the villagers cheered the Senju and the village’s growing strength.
• Kyosuke arrived at the village entrance with a large group of Uchiha clansmen.

Kyosuke welcomed the Fūma clan and led a meeting with the village’s leaders and clan heads to decide the United Hidden Village’s name and customs. The village was officially named Konoha, with its leader titled Hokage, and Kyosuke proposed leaf forehead protectors and green uniforms before the meeting turned to the Ninja Academy.

• Kyosuke confronted Sarutobi Sasuke about fleeing a past battle, while Sasuke claimed he had come to serve the Land of Fire.
• Fūma Kōshi arrived with his clan, and Kyosuke welcomed them as future companions.
• Kyosuke gathered the village’s leaders and clan heads in a conference room to discuss the village’s name, attire, forehead protectors, and Ninja Academy.
• Kyosuke proposed naming the village Konoha and calling its leader the Hokage, and Hashirama finalized the decision.
• Kyosuke presented leaf forehead protector and green uniform designs, which the attendees accepted before the discussion moved toward the Ninja Academy.

Kyosuke and Tobirama secured the clans’ support for establishing Konoha’s Ninja Academy, outlining its credit-based lessons, staffing, and student loans. Kyosuke personally funded most of the initial loan pool and ended the chapter worrying about how to raise more money.

• Tobirama proposed the Ninja Academy, and the clan leaders agreed to support its establishment.
• Kyosuke asked the clans to provide teachers and ninjutsu, and explained that students could redeem credits for techniques up to S-Rank while political classes and Jonin instructors would reinforce loyalty.
• The Shimura, Fūma, and Sarutobi clans pledged Jonin to the academy, while Madara offered all Uchiha Jonin and 458 ninjutsu for students to learn.
• Kyosuke announced village-funded student loans for civilian students and contributed about two billion in Savings Bills, while Madara, Hashirama, and Tobirama added about four hundred million together.
• The clan leaders agreed to contribute around two hundred million, and Kyosuke wondered how he could make more money.

Kyosuke outlined ways to address Konoha’s funding shortage, including selling tailed beasts to other countries. Tobirama planned to recruit Yayoi Hyuga to counter Uchiha influence, while Madara learned Kyosuke intended to turn tailed beasts into a recurring source of profit.

• After the leadership meeting, Tobirama questioned Kyosuke about Konoha’s funding shortage, but Kyosuke refused to reveal his plans.
• Hashirama reassured Tobirama that Kyosuke would solve the problem, while Tobirama resolved to recruit Yayoi Hyuga and bring her into Konoha’s highest decision-making circle.
• Madara asked Kyosuke how he would raise funds, and Kyosuke proposed attracting more clans and negotiating ongoing support from the Land of Fire’s Daimyō.
• Kyosuke revealed his third proposal: capture and sell the other eight tailed beasts to foreign countries.
• Madara worried that buyers might use the tailed beasts against Konoha, but Kyosuke said he could kill hostile Jinchuriki and sell the beasts again.