Chapter Summaries

Shin dealt with the aftermath of the trouble in the village and returned home, where his family discussed his possible rise to daimyo and the children’s ambitions. The chapter ended with Shin promising Hinata he would help her become a big sister, prompting Ayano to wonder about her own pregnancy.

• Shin spared Yahiko, Nagato, and Jiraiya but required Nagato to surrender his Rinnegan before Amegakure submitted to Konoha.
• Shin told Kushina that the man Naruto had met was dead, and Kushina reacted with a smile before quietly returning to dinner.
• Ayari said clan women had urged her to persuade Shin to become daimyo, but Shin rejected the idea, and Hinata said she did not want to be a princess.
• Naruto and Sasuke admired Shin and argued over who would become Hokage, while Neji said he wanted to become a Crown Guard like Itachi.
• Hinata said she wanted to become a big sister, and Shin promised to help make that happen, leaving Ayano thinking about her own stomach.

Nagato had his Rinnegan removed and chose to leave Konoha with Yahiko and Konan, while Jiraiya said goodbye to them and left with them. Shin examined Nagato’s eyes at the research institute, where Kabuto reported that cloning the Rinnegan did not appear feasible.

• Nagato recovered from surgery with ordinary black eyes and told Yahiko he was ready to go home.
• Yahiko, Konan, Nagato, and Jiraiya left the hospital, and Yahiko decided their safety mattered more than trying to save the world.
• Jiraiya visited Tsunade’s home to say goodbye, but Shizune told him she was at the Hokage’s Office.
• Samui told Tsunade that Jiraiya had left with Yahiko and invited her to visit, then Shin and Tsunade went to the Biotechnology Research Institute.
• Kabuto told Shin that his initial examination of Nagato’s Rinnegan had produced no useful conclusions and that cloning it seemed unlikely.

Shin considered studying the Rinnegan further while life at home settled into a routine with Tsunade sent back to the hospital. He spent the day with the children and ended the night with Mikoto, who asked him to warm her up.

• Shin decided Kabuto should study the Rinnegan thoroughly before attempting to fuse it with the Tenseigan, and he checked the progress of the Flesh Armor and the Sunlight Tower’s control room.
• Shin sent Tsunade back to her hospital work after she became meek and seemed to have lost her purpose.
• Shin taught Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata to write their names, while Kushina and Ayari discussed Neji and the children’s father.
• Ayano told Ayari she wanted a son, but Ayari reminded her that Shin took precautions on dangerous days and that he doted on the daughters.
• Mikoto joined Shin in bed after putting the children to sleep and asked him to warm her up.

Shin consolidated Konoha’s control over the Land of Fire, expanded Konoha New City, and began planning a Sunlight Tower for Amegakure. He then saw the completed hundred-meter mechanical giant and named it Brutal Justice.

• Konoha’s Ninja Guild reform brought Rogue Ninja under centralized control, while Shin cut the Land of Fire’s military forces and strengthened Konoha’s authority.
• Konoha New City expanded with modern infrastructure, household technology, and a second Sunlight Tower in the former capital.
• Shin inspected Amegakure with Yahiko and Konan, selected a site for a third Sunlight Tower, and ordered construction to begin.
• After returning to Konoha, Shin followed Tonokawa to the research institute and saw the completed giant mechanical figure.
• Shin named the giant Brutal Justice.

Shinichi celebrated the completion of the giant artificial Jinchuriki Brutal Justice and visited Nonō before returning home. Ayari’s suspicions and cold shoulder left him choosing to spend the night in Kushina’s room.

• Shinichi inspected Brutal Justice at the Mechanical Science Research Institute and praised Tonokawa, promising him recognition and suggesting their children Neji and Katasuke might become friends.
• Shinichi visited Yakushi Nonō at the Ninja Academy after the students had left.
• Ayari noticed a strange perfume on Shinichi’s coat, and Ayano teased him about smelling fishy before inviting him to her room.
• Ayari ignored Shinichi during dinner and shut the master bedroom door on him when he tried to follow her.
• Shinichi considered Ayano, Kushina, and Mikoto’s rooms, then went into Kushina’s room.

Hyuga Shin called a Five Kage Summit in the Land of Iron and decided to begin rebuilding the Shinobi World's order by dealing with Kirigakure. In the Hidden Mist Village, Karatachi Yagura went to meet Elder Genji as a gigantic armored figure descended into the village.

• Hyuga Shin received refusals from Iwagakure and Kumogakure, while Karatachi Yagura offered to attend the summit if Konoha discussed selling the Three-Tails back to Kirigakure.
• Hyuga Shin said he would start rebuilding the Shinobi World's order with Kirigakure.
• Karatachi Yagura went with Ao to meet Elder Genji, whom he suspected wanted to discuss his plan to buy back the Three-Tails.
• Mei Terumi told Ao she had refused Hiramekarei because she disliked weapons and thought it was ugly.
• Mei Terumi and Ao spotted a gigantic armored figure falling from the sky, and it landed in the Hidden Mist Village.

Makoto used Brutal Justice to destroy Kirigakure’s Mizukage Building and force Karatachi Yagura to agree to attend the Five Kage Summit. After leaving Kirigakure, Brutal Justice destroyed the Daimyo’s Palace in the Land of Water and headed toward Kumogakure.

• Makoto directed Kamado, piloting Brutal Justice over Kirigakure, to fire a beam that destroyed the Mizukage Building and left Konoha’s mark in a crater.
• Karatachi Yagura faced Brutal Justice’s chakra pressure and agreed that the Hidden Mist Village would attend the Five Kage Summit.
• Brutal Justice flattened distant mountains before flying away, while Karatachi Yagura ordered preparations for the summit and learned Elder Genji wished to see him.
• Makoto had Kamado locate and destroy the Daimyo’s Palace in the Land of Water’s capital.
• Makoto told Kamado to head to Kumogakure next.

Shinichi invited Ayari to accompany him to the Land of Iron, but Ayari worried about leaving the other women and children behind. When Ayano insisted on coming too, Shinichi revealed the trip was for the Five Kage Summit and let her join after she apologized; Mikoto and Kushina agreed to manage the household.

• Shinichi asked Ayari to take a trip with him to the Land of Iron, and she worried that the other women would feel excluded.
• Ayari eventually agreed to go alone with Shinichi, though she kept reconsidering and asking whether they should bring everyone.
• The next day, Ayano announced that she was coming, and Shinichi claimed Ayari would attend the Five Kage Summit with him as the Hokage's Wife.
• Shinichi made Ayano admit she had made a fuss, then offered to take her along, and she hurried off to pack.
• Mikoto and Kushina agreed to look after the household while Shinichi took Ayari and Ayano away.

As the other Kage waited for the delayed Five Kage Summit in the Land of Iron, Mana toured the royal city with Ayari and Ayano, prioritizing their honeymoon over the meeting. The chapter left the Kage still waiting while Mana watched his wives play at their hot spring inn.

• The Kage and their guards waited at the obelisk, where Homura told them the Hokage would arrive when he was meant to.
• Ōnoki, Karatachi Yagura, Killer B, and Pakura considered the power Brutal Justice had displayed and the changes it might bring to the Shinobi World.
• Mana took Ayari and Ayano around the royal city and reserved an entire hot spring inn for them.
• Ayari told Mana they would sleep separately, then Ayano teased her by revealing that her period had already ended.
• Ayari pounced on Ayano, who ran away giggling, while Mana watched and wished he had brought more of his wives along.

Shin, Ayari, and Ayano spent the morning teasing one another before shopping for gifts, where Shin picked up a tiny wind chime. At the obelisk, Pakura learned that the Hokage had finally arrived and invited her to the Five Kage Summit.

• Ayari woke Shin and Ayano, then startled them with her cold hands when they went back to sleep.
• Shin and Ayano teamed up to restrain Ayari and tease her before the three went out to shop.
• Ayari questioned Shin about buying a gift for Samui, then relaxed when he picked up a tiny wind chime instead.
• Pakura discussed her concerns about Konoha's power with a guard while waiting for the Hokage.
• A messenger told Pakura that the Hokage had arrived and invited her to the Five Kage Summit, and she rose to attend.

At the Five Kage Summit, Hyuga Shin proposed uniting the world under a single empire, presenting conquest as a path to peace. Ōnoki challenged his claim that unification would end war, and Shin ended by confronting him over refusing to submit or die.

• Mifune opened the Five Kage Summit, where Hyuga Shin introduced himself as Konoha’s Fifth Hokage and called for peace among the villages.
• Shin described a united, harmonious family, but the Kage suspected his words concealed ambitions backed by the giant Brutal Justice outside.
• Pakura asked Shin to explain his plan, and he declared that every country would be incorporated into one empire under his rule.
• Ōnoki argued that human differences would always create conflict and claimed humanity itself would have to be eliminated to end war.
• Shin dismissed Ōnoki’s argument and asked whether he refused peace and refused to die.

At the Five Kage Summit, Ōnoki attacked Shin but was swiftly defeated and killed after Shin blocked his Dust Release. Pakura, Karatachi Yagura, and Killer B agreed to support Shin’s Empire, and Shin sent Kamado to deal with Iwagakure before ordering the Kage to return to Konoha in one week.

• Ōnoki and one of his guards launched Genjutsu and Dust Release at Shin, but Shin blocked the attack with a black barrier.
• Kamado defeated Ōnoki’s two guards, and Shin asked the other Kage whether they shared Ōnoki’s opposition.
• Shin slammed Ōnoki into the conference table, killing him, then asked Pakura whether she would join the Empire.
• Pakura agreed, and Karatachi Yagura and Killer B also pledged support for Shin’s plans.
• Shin ordered Kamado to secure Iwagakure and told the Kage to return to their villages before meeting him in Konoha in one week.

After unifying most of the world under Konoha and beginning to build the Sun Empire, Shinichi struggled with the workload and avoided a Hyuga clan meeting. He prepared a mysterious metal object, then decided to visit Tsunade that night.

• Shinichi ordered the nations of the world to submit to Konoha, then rallied Konoha’s shinobi with a speech about founding a lasting empire.
• Delegations from many nations arrived in Konoha to submit, while Shinichi began delegating the work of integrating the countries and reforming the shinobi world.
• Hyuga Tokuma asked Shinichi to attend a clan meeting, but Shinichi refused and told him to send the elders away.
• Samui offered to take Shinichi to her place, but Shinichi instead asked for the metal object made by the crafts department and attached the Land of Iron wind chime to it.
• Shinichi said he would visit Tsunade that night because he had not seen her in days.

Shin visited Tsunade late at night, and the next morning she arrived at the Hokage’s office with a bell whose sound revealed what had happened. Samui recognized the real source of the chime and sent Tsunade to wait for Shin in the lounge.

• Shin visited Tsunade at home late at night and followed her into her bedroom to talk privately.
• Shizune heard a bell-like chime in the dark but assumed she had imagined it.
• The next morning, Tsunade wore a bell-shaped ornament and told Shizune she had talked with Shin late into the night.
• At the Hokage’s office, Samui removed the ornament and questioned Tsunade about the actual source of the sound.
• Tsunade went to wait for Shin in the lounge, and another bell chime rang as she moved.

Shin’s enthronement ceremony began as he and Ayari rode through Konoha and were acclaimed as king and queen. After declaring himself the world’s sole king, Shin completed the ceremony, and Konoha began celebrating.

• Shin planned to extend his rule by reorganizing the provinces, spreading the Ninja Guild’s knowledge, and building Sunlight Towers.
• Konoha prepared for Shin’s enthronement, and half a month later the ceremony began before crowds of visitors and villagers.
• Shin and Ayari rode together in the imperial carriage as the people knelt and cried, “Long live the king!”
• Shin recited a declaration proclaiming himself the one and only king beneath the heavens.
• The ceremony ended at noon, and Konoha began a grand celebration.

Zhen considered how to improve the Empire’s education system while handling routine affairs at home. Ayari told him that Natsu had come of age and hinted at the question of her marriage, leaving Zhen unsure what Ayari expected him to say.

• Zhen rejected routine reports and drafted plans for shinobi, political, and technological education.
• Samui took Zhen’s draft to have a detailed plan prepared, while Ayari teased him about keeping a beautiful secretary.
• Ayari told Zhen that Natsu had come of age and asked what he thought about her future marriage.
• Ayari left before Zhen could clarify her meaning, and he reflected on how much time had passed since he first met Natsu.

Natsu worried about her place in Makoto’s household as Harucha urged her to consider a relationship with Kamado. The chapter ended with Natsu waiting in Makoto and Ayari’s bed, and Makoto reassuring her that they would become a true family.

• Harucha asked Natsu whether Naruto, the Emperor, had feelings for her and urged her to make plans for her future.
• Harucha suggested Natsu reconnect with Kamado, but Natsu rejected her sister’s advice.
• Ayari visited Natsu, then later glared at Makoto when she noticed him watching Natsu at dinner.
• After bathing, Makoto found Natsu in his and Ayari’s bed, and he tenderly told her not to be afraid and that they would become a true family.

Natsu adjusted to becoming part of Shin’s household while Shin inspected the new Imperial Palace and considered Neji’s future training. Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan accepted Shin’s offer to start new lives in Konoha, and Yahiko began administrative work with hope for the future.

• Natsu told Ayari she did not regret choosing Shin, and Hinata began calling her Mommy Natsu.
• Shin inspected the Imperial Palace construction, watched Neji with Toneri and Jugo at school, and learned Kamado hoped to become Neji’s jonin instructor.
• Shin summoned Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan, offered them work in Konoha, and arranged homes for them in the new district.
• Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan received Konoha uniforms and forehead protectors, and Yahiko was assigned to administrative work.

Anko and Rin confronted Katasuke and Daito after they used Neji’s name to skip a queue, then met Neji and saw him take responsibility for his friends’ behavior. Anko and Rin left impressed by Neji’s maturity and planned to drink with Kurenai and Shizune.

• Anko caught Katasuke and Daito cutting in line, but they later bought drinks by invoking Neji’s name.
• Anko grabbed Katasuke and made the boys lead her and Rin to Neji, despite Katasuke’s threats about his father, Tonokawa.
• Neji apologized to Anko and Rin and made Katasuke and Daito apologize for misusing his name.
• Neji warned Katasuke and Daito not to use his name to get their way again.
• Anko and Rin praised Neji’s maturity and decided to invite Kurenai and Shizune for drinks.

Rin hosted Anko, Shizune, and Kurenai Yuhi for drinks, where they talked about romance and teased Shizune about dating. After secretly kissing Shin on the roof, Rin returned to the party, where the others caught on and playfully pounced on her.

• Obito visited Rin, realized she was hosting an all-girls gathering, and left after reminding her to drink water before bed.
• Rin, Anko, Shizune, and Kurenai Yuhi discussed Obito's devotion, Rin's past feelings for Kakashi, and Shizune's interest in dating.
• Anko suggested Uchiha Shisui as a potential match for Shizune, but Shizune said she was not interested in younger men.
• Rin went outside after another knock and secretly kissed Shin on the roof while her friends listened at the door.
• Rin told Shin that she had seen Neji in the new district, then returned to the party and was playfully attacked by the other three girls.