Chapter Summaries

Kyosuke traveled to meet the Daimyō while training Yuto on the way, and he planned to secure the Daimyō’s support and keep the Senju from gaining influence there. Meanwhile, Nara Jun led the Nara, Akimichi, and Yamanaka clans back to the Land of Fire, where a trap ambushed them.

• Kyosuke set out for the Daimyō’s Mansion and planned to place Uchiha guards and his own agents among the Daimyō’s officials.
• Kyosuke trained Yuto in taijutsu and swordsmanship during their journey.
• Nara Jun led the returning Nara, Akimichi, and Yamanaka group into the Land of Fire, wary that the Senju intended to use them against the Uchiha.
• Nara Jun’s group killed a band of apparent rogue shinobi with Shadow Stitching: Strangulation Kill.
• The ground collapsed beneath Nara Jun’s group, dropping them into a pit covered in explosive tags.

Uchiha Chō’s ambush failed to stop the Three Secret Technique Families from reaching Konoha, and Hashirama Senju revealed that Tobirama had gone to negotiate with the Hyuga. Tobirama challenged Yayoi Hyuga to a fight after she rejected his offer, but Sanbugyo arrived to defend her.

• Uchiha Chō killed a wounded survivor after her explosive-trap ambush was outmaneuvered by Nara Tohiko, whose decoy squad had protected the Three Clans’ journey to Konoha.
• Hashirama Senju welcomed Nara Tohiko and the Three Secret Technique Families to Konoha, explaining that Tobirama Senju had gone east to meet the Hyuga.
• Tobirama tried to persuade Yayoi Hyuga to support Konoha, but Yayoi accused him of wanting to use her clan and demanded that he defeat her first.
• Tobirama unleashed Water Release: Great Exploding Water Colliding Wave and asked Yayoi if she still wanted to fight.
• Sanbugyo rushed in and kicked at Tobirama, declaring that he would have to get through him to reach Yayoi.

Sanbugyo fought Tobirama Senju to protect Yayoi Hyuga, overwhelming him with the Eight Gates before Yayoi intervened. She agreed to join Konoha, leaving Tobirama wounded and Sanbugyo’s devotion to her clear.

• Sanbugyo opened the Sixth Gate and attacked Tobirama with Night Phoenix and Ultimate Reverse Lotus, repeatedly pursuing him despite Flying Thunder God.
• Sanbugyo struck Tobirama in the chest and sent him crashing into the water sphere.
• Tobirama prepared to unleash Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags as Sanbugyo began opening the Seventh Gate.
• Yayoi stopped the fight with Shinra Tensei and accepted Tobirama’s request for the Hyuga Clan to join Konoha.
• Sanbugyo deactivated the Eight Gates at Yayoi’s signal, and Tobirama suppressed his anger while lamenting his injuries.

Kyosuke stayed at the Daimyo's Mansion while Tobirama prepared to elevate Yayoi Hyuga to Konoha's highest governing body by establishing her as the Land of Fire's fourth supreme powerhouse. Meanwhile, Yuto befriended the Daimyō's daughter Eri and showed off his strength, leaving the Daimyō to suggest that the children study together.

• Kyosuke learned that Tobirama planned for Hashirama to stage a draw with Yayoi, boosting her reputation so she could join Konoha's highest governing body.
• Yuto told Eri he planned to get money from Kyosuke and buy her something, while Kyosuke realized the Daimyō's daughter had grown fond of his son.
• Yuto tried to blackmail Kyosuke by threatening to tell his mother about the women at the mansion, but Kyosuke warned him that his mother would punish him for flirting with Eri.
• Yuto trained and challenged the Daimyō's recruited shinobi, overwhelming one retainer in a ninjutsu exchange with his large chakra reserves.
• The Daimyō suggested that Eri and Yuto study together after seeing Eri cheer for him.

Kyosuke took Anzai Eri as his disciple and secured the Daimyō’s support for his bid to become Hokage. After returning to Konoha, he learned that Yayoi had become an elder through a Senju-Uchiha bargain, then led his clan and Eri toward the village, where an attacker confronted him.

• Kyosuke accepted Anzai Eri as his disciple and warned her and his son that his students could never fall behind anyone else.
• Kyosuke and the Daimyō discussed the village’s finances and leadership, and the Daimyō promised to support Kyosuke as the first Hokage.
• Hashirama and Yayoi staged a public sparring match, after which Yayoi became Konoha’s fourth elder in exchange for Senju concessions to the Uchiha.
• Kyosuke ordered his clan to leave for Konoha after learning of Yayoi’s appointment and the bargain behind it.
• Anzai Eri trained during the journey with help from Yuto and the Uchiha clan members.
• A stranger confronted Uchiha Kyosuke and declared that he would take his head.

Kakuzu challenged Uchiha Kyosuke to prove himself stronger than Hashirama Senju, but Kyosuke’s veteran fought him instead. After the veteran gained the upper hand and then fell into danger, Kyosuke stepped in to face Kakuzu.

• Kakuzu declared that he would take Uchiha Kyosuke’s head to prove he was not inferior to Hashirama Senju.
• A Kyosuke Legion veteran charged Kakuzu and severed his left arm, but the detached arm grabbed the veteran by the throat.
• The veteran blasted the severed arm away and pierced Kakuzu’s heart with lightning, but Kakuzu kicked him back and attacked with Lightning Release: False Darkness.
• Kyosuke appeared in front of the lightning spear and agreed to fight Kakuzu himself.

Kyosuke defeated Kakuzu and spared his life in exchange for sixty years of service to the Uchiha Clan, putting him in charge of Beidou Loan Company. He then continued toward Konoha, where Yayoi was waiting as part of a plan to lure Hashirama and his brother into a trap.

• Kyosuke overwhelmed Kakuzu, absorbed his Wind Release attack, and destroyed four of his hearts.
• Kakuzu surrendered and offered to make money for Kyosuke, who demanded sixty years of service to the Uchiha Clan instead of killing him.
• Kyosuke recruited Kakuzu as the CEO of Beidou Loan Company and planned to expand its lending business across the Shinobi World.
• Kyosuke resumed the convoy's journey and thought about Yayoi's plan to lure Hashirama and his brother into a trap.

Kyosuke returned to Konoha with Nagisa, Yuto, and Princess Eri while Tobirama arranged a public challenge between Yayoi Hyuga and Kyosuke to drive a wedge between the Hyuga and Uchiha. Tobirama recruited Sanbugyo to use the spectacle to build his reputation, and Sanbugyo agreed to fight for the chance to stand closer to Yayoi.

• Nagisa cried when Princess Eri picked her up, then quieted in Yuto's arms before Kyosuke gave her a gift and took the family home.
• Yayoi told Tobirama she would demand an explanation from Kyosuke for killing her teacher, and Tobirama agreed to arrange a public challenge.
• Tobirama planned to use Yayoi's likely defeat to prevent an alliance between the Hyuga and Uchiha and push Yayoi toward the Senju.
• Tobirama offered Sanbugyo the Senju's support in building his reputation and status if he helped crush the Uchiha.
• Sanbugyo accepted Tobirama's proposal and vowed to win the next day's battle, no matter the cost.

Tobirama spread rumors to turn the Hyuga against the Uchiha, while Kyosuke prepared to face Yayoi's challenge. After breakfast with his family and his new student Eri, Kyosuke agreed to fight and his family decided to watch.

• Tobirama spread rumors that Yayoi's challenge was meant to avenge Hyuga Tennin and planned to prevent cooperation between the Hyuga and Uchiha.
• Yuto tried to wake Kyosuke by jumping on him, but Kyosuke countered while pretending to be asleep.
• Mito welcomed Eri into the household and offered to guide her Sealing Jutsu training.
• Mito asked Kyosuke whether he would accept Yayoi's challenge, and he said he wanted to see how far her Tenseigan had evolved.
• Yuto, Eri, Nagisa, and Mito said they would watch the fight, while Kyosuke confidently predicted Yayoi would need thirty more years of training to defeat him.

Kyosuke and Yayoi staged a fierce battle before Konoha’s spectators, which Hashirama eventually stopped. Tobirama then brought Sanbugyo forward to challenge Kyosuke, and Sanbugyo declared he would defeat him for Yayoi.

• Kyosuke and Yayoi fought for half an hour in Konoha Forest, while the gathered clans watched from Hashirama’s wooden platform.
• Kyosuke overwhelmed Yayoi with his Three-Stage Susanoo, and Hashirama intervened to end their staged fight.
• Tobirama introduced Sanbugyo as someone who had asked to spar with Kyosuke.
• Kyosuke realized Sanbugyo’s challenge appeared to be his own decision and wondered whether he had revealed anything about Kyosuke and Yayoi.
• Sanbugyo publicly declared that he would defeat Kyosuke for Yayoi.

Sanbugyo challenged Uchiha Kyosuke to prove himself to Yayoi Hyuga, but his jealousy and anger turned the gathering into a confrontation. After Sanbugyo opened the Seventh Gate and revealed his strength, Kyosuke agreed to face him in a personal fight.

• Sanbugyo challenged Kyosuke to a lesson, provoking the Uchiha clansmen and raising tensions with the Senju.
• Yayoi told Sanbugyo to stop making a scene, and he erupted in anger and opened the Sixth Gate.
• Mito threatened Tobirama with her Adamantine Sealing Chains, while Hashirama restrained Sanbugyo.
• Sanbugyo broke free by opening the Seventh Gate and challenged Kyosuke to finish their fight from ten years earlier.
• Kyosuke said the fight was a private matter, and the Uchiha clansmen withdrew their killing intent.

Kyosuke overwhelmed Sanbugyo after he opened the Seventh Gate, revealing his newly mastered Storm Release and Sage Mode. Yayoi stopped Sanbugyo from sacrificing himself, leaving him gravely injured and still convinced that she cared for him.

• Sanbugyo opened the Seventh Gate and attacked Kyosuke, but Kyosuke matched his strength while standing still.
• Kyosuke used Storm Release: Laser Circus to pierce Sanbugyo's left shoulder and destroy his arm's fighting strength.
• Kyosuke entered Sage Mode and severed Sanbugyo's right arm with Sage Art: Storm Release Light Fang.
• Sanbugyo prepared to drive his fingers into his heart, but Yayoi struck his neck and knocked him unconscious.
• Sanbugyo believed Yayoi still cared about him, while Yayoi explained that he was still useful to her.

After Sanbugyo’s failed attack damaged the Senju’s reputation, Kyosuke gave Hashirama responsibility for establishing the Konoha Police Force and used the pledge all the clan leaders signed to place the Senju under scrutiny. As Konoha entered its second year, the Fūma Clan Leader told Kyosuke that Mr. Black Zetsu wanted to meet him.

• Tobirama blamed the Uchiha’s public relations campaign after Kyosuke’s popularity rose and Sanbugyo’s actions badly damaged the Senju’s standing.
• Hashirama apologized for his younger brother, and Kyosuke accepted while proposing that the Senju establish Konoha’s Police Force.
• Kyosuke presented a pledge allowing the Senju Police Force to enter clan compounds and make arrests; the clan leaders signed it under Hashirama’s gaze.
• Hashirama accepted responsibility for keeping villagers safe, and the Konoha Police Force was officially established with the signed pledge displayed at its entrance.
• Kyosuke attended the Police Force’s inauguration and planned to document evidence against the Senju, intending to use their own methods against them.
• As Konoha entered its second year, the Fūma Clan Leader told Kyosuke that Mr. Black Zetsu wanted to meet him.

Kyosuke met Black Zetsu, who warned that Ōtsutsuki Isshiki would soon revive through Jigen and destroy Kaguya, then asked Kyosuke to help save her. Kyosuke agreed to consider cooperating against Isshiki, and Black Zetsu began explaining his failed attempts to stop the reincarnation ritual.

• Fūma Kōshi brought Kyosuke to meet Black Zetsu on Fūma territory.
• Black Zetsu questioned Kyosuke about meeting Kaguya on the moon and warned him that the Six Paths brothers and the surviving Ninshū legacy posed serious threats.
• Black Zetsu revealed that Isshiki had obtained a suitable reincarnation vessel and begged Kyosuke to help save Kaguya, promising not to target Kyosuke or his family.
• Kyosuke weighed the danger to his children and agreed that cooperating against Isshiki was practical because Isshiki would eventually threaten Konoha.
• Black Zetsu explained that Jigen had defeated his Impure World Reincarnation army and that he had sought Kyosuke’s help after failing to stop the reincarnation ritual.

Kyosuke agreed to help Black Zetsu target Jigen in exchange for White Zetsu Clones, the Underground Bounty Station’s earnings, and kekkei genkai ninjutsu. After Konoha’s Ninja Academy opened and Madara returned with the Three-Tails, Kyosuke invited him to the moon to bring Izuna back, saying the threat was about to be eliminated.

• Kyosuke negotiated a deal with Black Zetsu to help capture Jigen’s vessel in exchange for several rewards.
• Black Zetsu left to track Jigen, while Kyosuke worried about the coming battle and the people he had grown close to.
• Kyosuke and Hashirama celebrated the opening of Konoha’s expanded Ninja Academy and disagreed over Kyosuke’s ambitions for unifying the Shinobi World.
• Madara returned from capturing the Three-Tails and confirmed that the mission had succeeded.
• Kyosuke asked Madara to go with him to the moon to bring Izuna back, saying he would explain that the threat was nearly eliminated along the way.

Kyosuke and Madara confronted Jigen near the coast of the Land of Bears to stop him from destroying Kaguya’s reincarnation container. Jigen attacked first, shattering Madara’s Gunbai with a kick.

• Kyosuke planned to let the Senju face the same kind of clan destruction the Uchiha had suffered, while offering support to Senju who sided with the Hokage and Uchiha faction.
• Madara and Kyosuke secretly left their families behind and headed to the Land of Bears, leaving Hashirama to protect the village.
• Kyosuke and Madara reached a cave where Jigen emerged, and Kyosuke declared that he had sided with Kaguya to protect Earth.
• Jigen challenged Madara over his bloodline, but Madara summoned his Gunbai and scythe and prepared to fight.
• Jigen moved too quickly for Madara’s Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan to track and shattered the ancestral Gunbai with a kick.

Kyosuke and Madara fought Jigen, whose Kāma and shrinking abilities let him counter their attacks. After Jigen impaled Kyosuke with Black Rods, Kyosuke used stored senjutsu chakra and his time-manipulating dojutsu to break free, then struck Jigen with a Daytime Tiger he could not absorb.

• Madara's Water Release was absorbed by Jigen, but Kyosuke hit him with a Truth-Seeking Orb staff disguised as a frying pan.
• Jigen summoned a massive cube with Daikokuten, while Madara's flames and Susanoo strike forced him to block as Kyosuke attacked in the Seventh Gate.
• Jigen activated Stage One Kāma and pierced Kyosuke with Black Rods, suppressing his chakra and leaving one rod near his heart.
• Kyosuke released senjutsu chakra from his Cursed Seal, restored his chakra control, and used Reversal and Finality to defend himself from Jigen's attacks.
• Kyosuke struck Jigen with Daytime Tiger, and Jigen realized he could not absorb the attack because it was not made of chakra.

Jigen activated Kāma: State Two and overwhelmed Kyosuke, but Madara joined the fight and exploited Jigen’s injuries. After Kyosuke rescued Madara from Jigen’s falling cube, Jigen disappeared, leaving them unsure where he had gone.

• Jigen transformed into Kāma: State Two, pierced Kyosuke with a black rod, and rendered Finality ineffective.
• Kyosuke called for Madara Uchiha, who arrived in Nine-Tails Link Mode and struck Jigen while he was attacking Kyosuke.
• Kyosuke freed himself and told Madara that Jigen’s injuries were worsening with each hit, while Madara used his Soul Dojutsu to track him.
• Jigen summoned a massive cube above Madara, but Kyosuke used Flying Thunder God to rescue him before it crushed him.
• After the cube struck the earth, Madara sensed that Jigen had vanished, and Kyosuke realized he had run away.

Kyosuke and Madara failed to capture Jigen, who escaped with the vessel, and continued pursuing him through an intelligence network. Years passed as Kyosuke’s children grew, until the Land of Lightning founded Kumogakure.

• Jigen escaped the cave with the vessel after Kyosuke and Madara injured him, forcing them to abandon their operation.
• Kyosuke and Madara agreed to keep tracking Jigen and returned home to recover and review the battle.
• Black Zetsu considered cooperating with Kyosuke and Kaguya after Isshiki’s threat was gone, and hoped Kyosuke would grow strong enough to oppose the Ōtsutsuki Main Family.
• After Jigen began avoiding fights, Kyosuke proposed using an ordinary intelligence network, which tracked Jigen’s abandoned bases but could not stop him from escaping.
• Seven months passed, and Kyosuke turned twenty-three while Little Yuto became a Ninja Academy student and Uchiha Nagisa began ninja training.
• News spread that the Land of Lightning had established its first united hidden village, Kumogakure.

At Konoha’s leadership meeting, Hashirama proposed an election for the First Hokage, while Tobirama expected the public vote to favor his brother. Kyosuke abstained from his own nomination, but Yayoi nominated him anyway, leaving the leadership stunned.

• Hashirama announced that Konoha would elect its First Hokage, and the Inuzuka Clan Leader blamed Tobirama for the Police Department’s treatment of his son.
• Kyosuke revealed that he had orchestrated incidents to damage the Senju’s reputation and undermine Tobirama’s plans.
• Tobirama expected the leadership vote to tie and the villagers to elect Hashirama, but Kyosuke agreed to the election proposal.
• Madara nominated Kyosuke, and Kyosuke abstained, shocking Hashirama and Tobirama.
• Yayoi ignored Tobirama’s glare and nominated Kyosuke for First Hokage.