Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Tokimitsu organized the remaining forces in the Land of Whirlpools and divided the captured Mist supplies among the Uchiha, the village, and their allies. After arranging to study the spoils and offer Hyuga Nobuhiro a position in the Konoha Military Police Force, he turned his attention to Samehada.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu assigned Hyuga Nobuhiro to lead clearing missions while sending a thirty-man unit north to find Kirigakure's landing bases and anchorages.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu offered Hyuga Nobuhiro command of the VIP Protection Squad after the war, hoping to draw the Hyuga Clan closer to the Uchiha.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu kept the captured Mist clan members and Samehada for the Uchiha, and marked the fallen Mist ninja's personal Sealing Scrolls for careful inventory.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu allocated Land of Water Currency to Hatake Sakumo, split ordinary combat supplies with the village, and gave bulky equipment and provisions to the village.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu ordered copies of ordinary ninjutsu scrolls for the Uzumaki and Hyuga, then took out a scroll to study Samehada.

Uchiha Tokimitsu had Uzumaki ninja seal Samehada against being summoned back by Kirigakure, then tested the sword’s ability to absorb and return Chakra. His testing was interrupted by a request for reinforcements: Karatachi Yagura and the Three-Tails were overwhelming Konoha’s forces, and Sakumo called for Tokimitsu’s aid.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu summoned five Uzumaki ninja to inspect Samehada and learned its Summoning Contract was fused to its body.
• The Uzumaki ninja applied a second seal to block Kirigakure from summoning Samehada back, while the sword drained their Chakra during the work.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu forced Samehada to return Chakra and tested its ability to absorb Ninjutsu, deciding against fusing with it because he disliked the form’s appearance.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu received a request for reinforcements and learned that Karatachi Yagura’s Three-Tails cloak let him withstand attacks from Hatake Sakumo and Orochimaru.
• The messenger told Uchiha Tokimitsu that Sakumo had asked him to hurry to the Land of Whirlpools garrison and provide aid.

Uchiha Tokimitsu planned a raid behind enemy lines to find and destroy Kirigakure’s anchorage and ships, while Hatake Sakumo kept Karatachi Yagura occupied. After reconnaissance revealed the anchorage on the Tajima Peninsula and an incoming supply fleet, Tokimitsu prepared to attack at night.

• Hatake Masatoshi brought Hatake Sakumo’s request for aid, and Uchiha Tokimitsu decided to lead two squads behind the Mist lines rather than join Sakumo directly.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu ordered Hatake Sakumo and Orochimaru to sustain their attacks against Karatachi Yagura and assigned Uchiha and Hyuga ninja to his raid.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu prepared thousands of Explosive Tags, then led his unit across the sea toward the area around Tsugaru Gorge.
• After finding no Mist patrols near Tsugaru Gorge, Uchiha Tokimitsu sent scouts toward the Tajima Peninsula and Tsugaru Gorge.
• A Hyuga scout found ships traveling between Tsugaru Gorge and the Tajima Peninsula, and Hyuga Takusawa confirmed Kirigakure had an anchorage there.
• Hyuga Takusawa reported an incoming Kirigakure supply fleet, and Uchiha Tokimitsu ordered a night raid after the fleet arrived.

Uchiha Tokimitsu led six Jonin in a raid on Kirigakure’s anchorage, breaking through its defenses and destroying the fleet and shore warehouses. As the Third Mizukage saw smoke rising from the port, he ordered his fleet to change course and head directly for the Land of Fire.

• After a Mist patrol and trained sharks exposed their approach, Uchiha Tokimitsu abandoned stealth and led his unit in a frontal assault on the anchorage.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu used Susanoo, Samehada, and Mangekyo techniques to break through two Kirigakure blockades while his Uchiha and Hyuga Jonin fought beside him.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu unleashed fire dragons on the Mist Fleet, then smashed ships with Susanoo as his subordinates attacked the vessels and shore warehouses.
• The Kirigakure troops lost their will to fight and fled, allowing Uchiha Tokimitsu to set off more Explosive Tags and watch the anchorage burn.
• After failing to contact the port forces, the Third Mizukage ordered his fleet to change course and head directly for the Land of Fire.

Uchiha Tokimitsu destroyed Kirigakure’s supply base and ships before learning that another fleet was approaching, while Hatake Sakumo and Orochimaru prepared to exploit the damage. Karatachi Yagura ordered the Mist Second Army to retreat under the guise of an advance and rendezvous with the Third Mizukage at Tsugaru Gorge.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu learned that a Kirigakure fleet had changed course toward the Land of Fire and ordered his unit to withdraw and inform Hatake Sakumo.
• Hatake Sakumo and Orochimaru received Uchiha Tokimitsu’s report that he had destroyed Kirigakure’s Tajima Peninsula base and supply ships, and they planned harassment attacks against the Mist Army.
• Hatake Sakumo reasoned that the Third Mizukage’s fleet would likely land openly, while Orochimaru arranged to investigate the reinforcements.
• Karatachi Yagura learned that his supplies and spare ships were gone and that the Third Mizukage was nearing the Land of Fire, prompting his officers to argue over the campaign.
• Karatachi Yagura ordered the Mist Second Army to prepare an orderly withdrawal disguised as an advance, then revealed that the Third Mizukage’s force would land at Tsugaru Gorge at midnight.

Uchiha Tokimitsu fought Karatachi Yagura after intercepting Kirigakure’s retreating squads, while Hatake Sakumo and Orochimaru prepared to confront the Mist forces. Karatachi Yagura’s Tailed Beast Ball forced Konoha to stop its pursuit, and Orochimaru began considering how Uchiha Tokimitsu might obtain the Two-Tails.

• Orochimaru and Hatake Sakumo waited for Kirigakure to withdraw before attacking, then sensed a battle erupting near the Mist camp.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu’s group killed several retreating Mist squads before Karatachi Yagura arrived and confronted them.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu and Karatachi Yagura fought in Susanoo and Tailed Beast forms, but neither gained a decisive advantage.
• As the Mist army withdrew and Konoha approached, Uchiha Tokimitsu dispelled Susanoo and pulled back to avoid endangering his troops.
• Karatachi Yagura fired a Tailed Beast Ball at Hatake Sakumo and Orochimaru, who blocked it and abandoned the pursuit.
• Orochimaru considered whether Uchiha Tokimitsu could capture the reborn Two-Tails, Matatabi.

Uchiha Tokimitsu, Hatake Sakumo, and Orochimaru confronted the Third Mizukage and Karatachi Yagura as Kirigakure withdrew, and their clash ended when the Mizukage declared Konoha the winner. Tokimitsu suspected Uchiha Madara was controlling the Mizukage, and the Konoha-Mist war came to a temporary end.

• Hatake Sakumo deduced that Kirigakure was retreating toward Tsugaru Gorge, but a Sensor Squad Jonin reported that the Third Mizukage and Karatachi Yagura were blocking the route.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu ordered the Konoha forces to avoid a frontal clash and advanced with Hatake Sakumo and Orochimaru to meet the two Kirigakure leaders.
• Tokimitsu attacked the Third Mizukage with Mangekyō genjutsu while Orochimaru and Sakumo coordinated attacks against him and Yagura, but the Mizukage resisted and countered with powerful Water Style techniques.
• Tokimitsu unleashed Susanoo and amplified fire techniques as the Mizukage and Yagura fought back, while Sakumo concealed himself and Orochimaru countered Yagura’s mist.
• The Third Mizukage stopped Yagura from fully transforming, called Tokimitsu the strongest Uchiha of the era, warned him about the cost of his power, and declared Konoha the winner.
• Tokimitsu ordered the Konoha forces to withdraw, and Sakumo sent up a red signal flare as the Konoha-Mist war temporarily ended.

Uchiha Tokimitsu reorganized the Eastern Border Defense Force to strengthen Uchiha influence and appointed Maruboshi Kosuke to train its Genin. When lesser clan representatives sought early redemption of their wartime Promissory Notes, Tokimitsu discovered they had overissued War Bonds and realized they might need his help.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu rebuilt the Eastern Border Defense Force, removed Hokage-aligned ninja from management, and filled its detachments with Uchiha allies.
• Tokimitsu appointed Maruboshi Kosuke as a Genin training instructor while allowing him to keep his Genin rank.
• Representatives from several ninja clans asked Tokimitsu to help secure the early end of the war and redeem their Promissory Notes.
• The Hayate, Yamabuki, Tsuchida, and Inuzuka representatives revealed that their clans had overissued War Bonds, with the Inuzuka Clan issuing five times its planned amount.
• Tokimitsu realized the clans’ bond debts could exceed their wartime gains and considered offering assistance in exchange for concessions.

Uchiha Tokimitsu offered the indebted ninja clans a plan to manipulate the bond market and buy back their bonds at reduced interest, positioning the Uchiha Clan to control their credit. He secured the Inuzuka Clan’s agreement, gave the other clans three days to decide, and sent his plan to Uchiha Shifang and Setsuna.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu proposed that the clans create panic by reselling bonds below face value, then issue clarifications and announce limited buybacks.
• Tokimitsu offered to advance buyback funds in exchange for Bond Rights and to reduce the bonds’ interest to twenty percent after transfer.
• The Inuzuka Clan accepted Tokimitsu’s assistance, while the other representatives asked for three days to consult their clan leaders and elders.
• Tokimitsu limited the offer to the clans present and told them not to spread the news, intending to build wider interest himself.
• Tokimitsu wrote out his plan and sent three Uchiha Jonin to deliver it to Uchiha Shifang and Elder Setsuna.

Uchiha Tokimitsu used the crisis over ninja clan bonds to persuade Hatake Sakumo to press for the Jonin Squad to oversee Konoha’s finances, while positioning the Uchiha Clan to control bond assessment and buybacks. After Sakumo left, Tokimitsu celebrated the prospect of expanding Uchiha influence over both village finance and the bond market.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu told Hatake Sakumo that the Uchiha Clan had issued bonds at one and a half times the value of its promissory notes, while other clans faced worse over-issuance.
• Hatake Sakumo asked Tokimitsu to take over troubled clan bonds, and Tokimitsu said the village’s finances needed scrutiny before anyone assumed it lacked funds.
• Tokimitsu argued that the Jonin Squad should have the right to review and deliberate on Konoha’s finances, and Sakumo began considering the proposal.
• Tokimitsu advised early redemption of village promissory notes and early buybacks of clan bonds, with the Uchiha Clan offering paid advances and guarantees for creditworthy clans.
• Tokimitsu proposed that the Uchiha Clan assess and issue bonds for other clans, then buy them back as a final guarantee, and Sakumo thanked him for his support.
• After Sakumo left, Tokimitsu celebrated the possibility that the Jonin Squad would gain financial oversight while the Uchiha Conglomerate controlled bond assessment and issuance.

Sarutobi Hiruzen and the Two Advisors debated how to counter Uchiha Tokimitsu’s aid to the ninja clans, then chose to spread rumors while the Sarutobi Clan bought back some bonds. At the Eastern Border Defense Force, Uchiha Tokimitsu pushed Uchiha Shifang to recruit more civilians and dismissed the rumors as powerless against the clan’s strength.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu discussed the Uchiha Clan’s motives for helping the ninja clans and concluded that Konoha could not afford to redeem the bonds early.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered Mitokado Homura to spread rumors that the Uchiha Clan meant to control the ninja clans through their bonds, and said the Sarutobi Clan would buy back some bonds.
• Uchiha Shifang arrived at the Eastern Border Defense Force with three detachments, whose ranks included mostly Genin, civilian graduates, Uchiha, and members of Affiliated Ninja Clans.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu urged Uchiha Shifang to expand enrollment at the Police Training School so civilian ninja could help secure the clan’s growing influence.
• Uchiha Shifang warned Uchiha Tokimitsu about rumors surrounding the bonds, but Tokimitsu said the clan’s strength and the Konoha Military Police Force would render them ineffective.

Uchiha Tokimitsu took command of the Eastern Border Defense Force and accepted a secret trade proposal from Karatachi Yagura’s faction in Kirigakure. After spotting a chance to profit and build political ties, he sought support from Uchiha leaders and Uchiha Kamon.

• Uchiha Shifang complained about Tokimitsu’s disrespect, then berated his attendants when they failed to agree with him.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu received orders appointing him Commander of the Eastern Border Defense Force, while the Mobile Unit was placed under the Jonin Squad.
• Tokimitsu agreed to keep the Uchiha jonin with Hatake Sakumo and prepared to take charge of the border region after Sakumo returned to Konoha.
• Ryuu Keigyou arrived as Karatachi Yagura’s envoy and proposed tariff-free trade between Kirigakure’s clans and Tokimitsu’s border force.
• Tokimitsu approved most of the requested goods, excluded Uchiha Special Explosive Tags, and set the first Grass Country beef transaction at ten thousand Gold Coins.
• Tokimitsu recognized the trade as an opportunity to gain Kirigakure’s favor and wrote to Uchiha Shifang, Great Elder Setsuna, and Uchiha Kamon seeking support.

Uchiha Tokimitsu used profits from trade with the Mist Village to build a laboratory and began researching Yin Fire and Kekkei Genkai inheritance. When Uzumaki researchers found Yin Fire might evolve into Kekkei Tōta, Tokimitsu realized he needed vast amounts of Chakra and turned his attention to Matatabi.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu completed a lucrative Special Border Trade with Mizuki Chiyono and used 10 million Ryo of the profits to build a laboratory.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu began investigating whether Kekkei Genkai could be inherited by creating and distributing Bloodline Seeds, while keeping that purpose from the Uzumaki researchers.
• Uzumaki researchers reported that Yin Fire Chakra was unusually stable and could potentially fuse with more Chakra attributes to evolve into Kekkei Tōta.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu supplied Yin Fire Chakra through a Sealing Scroll and realized the researchers needed more than he could easily provide.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu considered the Dragon Vein in Roran but crossed it off because reaching and claiming it would be dangerous and difficult.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu wrote down Matatabi as his next possible source of Chakra.

Uchiha Tokimitsu opened the Naka River Securities Exchange to raise funds for the Uchiha Clan’s projects, prompting Konoha’s leaders to consider issuing village bonds as well. The exchange sold all 250 million ryo of its bonds within an hour, while Tokimitsu refused Uchiha Shifang’s request to issue more.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu launched the Naka River Securities Exchange with three bearer-bond offerings backed by the Uchiha Clan and the Uzumaki Clan.
• The Daimyo of the Land of Grass announced a 50-million-ryo bond purchase, Susuki reserved 10 million ryo, and affiliated ninja clans pledged to buy all the Land of Whirlpools bonds.
• Utatane Koharu urged Sarutobi Hiruzen to issue village bonds, and he approved a planned 500-million-ryo issue after sending Mitokado Homura to notify the daimyo.
• Uchiha Shifang presided over the exchange’s opening, and buyers purchased all 250 million ryo of bonds within an hour.
• Uchiha Shifang proposed another bond issue, but Uchiha Tokimitsu refused, explaining that the clan needed productive industries to repay its debts.

Kumogakure and Sunagakure announced major bond plans, prompting Konoha to convene a meeting on military funding. Uchiha Tokimitsu proposed a ten-billion-ryo public bond target and a credit rating system, leaving the Hokage and advisors struggling to control the meeting as the clans rallied behind his proposal.

• Kumogakure announced bonds to fund its military, while Sunagakure planned to raise money to reclaim the Land of Rivers, leading Sarutobi Hiruzen to call an expanded Konoha High-Level Meeting.
• Uzumaki Ashina supported Uchiha Tokimitsu’s plans to invest bond proceeds in rebuilding the Land of Whirlpools and to include the Uzumaki Clan in trade with Kirigakure.
• At the meeting, Sarutobi Hiruzen and the advisors asked the clans to help fund Konoha’s military, and Uchiha Tokimitsu argued that the Daimyo should provide more money.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu proposed publicly announcing ten billion ryo in bonds while issuing five billion, using the larger target to press the Daimyo for four billion in military funds.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu proposed that Naka River Securities Exchange issue Konoha’s bonds and use a Credit Rating System to warn investors against Kumogakure and Sunagakure’s bonds.
• Uzumaki Ashina pledged 100 million ryo, and the clan leaders backed Uchiha Tokimitsu’s plan to return Konoha clan contributions if the bond issue raised more than its target.

Hatake Sakumo warned Uchiha Tokimitsu that Konoha's ninja clans opposed peace with Kirigakure because they feared losing repayment for their promissory notes. Tokimitsu proposed using new bonds and military expansion to manage the debts, then grew suspicious that Uchiha Madara had a hidden plan behind Kirigakure's peace overture.

• Hatake Sakumo secretly traveled to the Eastern Border Defense Force camp and told Uchiha Tokimitsu that Kirigakure had sent a messenger to discuss peace.
• Hatake Sakumo explained that ninja clans opposed peace without reparations because they feared Konoha could not redeem their promissory notes.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu proposed issuing Special Bonds to repay the clans, using bond funds to expand Konoha's military, and borrowing again to repay old debts.
• Hatake Sakumo returned to Konoha overnight, while Uchiha Tokimitsu considered how Konoha's bond plan had affected Sunagakure and Kumogakure.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu suspected Uchiha Madara had another scheme behind Kirigakure's peace offer and went to inspect the Laboratory's research.

Uchiha Tokimitsu learned that his laboratory’s expensive research into Yin Fire Chakra had only made an incomplete breakthrough. On the way back to Konoha, Hatake Sakumo confronted Orochimaru about his secret human experiments, and the Third Hokage ordered him to stop as the Anbu handled the former Root laboratories.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu asked the three Uzumaki Ninja about their research, and they reported a breakthrough in Yin Fire Chakra compatibility but said the funds were nearly exhausted.
• Orochimaru returned from transporting supplies to a secret laboratory and encountered Hatake Sakumo on the road to Konoha.
• Uchiha Shiina’s patrol greeted Hatake Sakumo, who then confronted Orochimaru about his laboratory and human experimentation.
• Hatake Sakumo called out the concealed Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, who told Orochimaru to stop and said the past could be forgiven.
• Hatake Sakumo asked the Third Hokage to have the Anbu handle the former Root laboratories, then explained that Uchiha Tokimitsu had offered a practical suggestion about Ninja Clan Bond Redemption.

Uchiha Tokimitsu investigated Kirigakure prisoners for the Uzumaki laboratory and discovered that Hozuki Hyakuza was a disguised White Zetsu. After killing and sealing him, Tokimitsu found two more White Zetsu hiding in the prison.

• An Uzumaki Ninja asked Uchiha Tokimitsu to send Kirigakure prisoners, preferably Bloodline Limit ninja, to the laboratory as test subjects and to assign Uchiha guards.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu questioned Hozuki Hyakuza and noticed that his condition and physical abilities did not match those of the other prisoners.
• Tokimitsu tested Hyakuza with questions and exposed him as White Zetsu after he accidentally revealed knowledge of Madara.
• Tokimitsu killed White Zetsu, sealed his corpse and finger, and disguised the scene before asking Hyuga Nobuhiro about the prisoners and the Hyuga and Kaguya clans.
• Tokimitsu searched the prison and uncovered two White Zetsu using the Spore Technique, then pierced and sealed them.

Uchiha Tokimitsu arranged security for the laboratory and had the Uzumaki Researchers extract the Kaguya Clan’s Shikotsumyaku power, hoping their work could help him develop a method for extracting White Zetsu cells. The experiment revealed that the extracted power was impure and dangerous to transplant, so Tokimitsu commissioned a centrifuge-like device and returned to the garrison awaiting further research.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu sent the two captured Kaguya Ninja to the laboratory as research subjects and assigned Uchiha guards to protect it.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu considered ways to extract cellular genetic material and wrote down that the researchers would need a centrifuge.
• The Uzumaki Researchers reported extracting Shikotsumyaku-related material, but warned that impurities and rejection made transplantation unsafe.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu ordered a detailed report and decided not to give the researchers White Zetsu cells to study.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu asked the Uzumaki Researchers to propose a Chakra-sealing machine that could spin rapidly and separate substances, then agreed to review its cost.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu left the laboratory and returned to the garrison, thinking about Orochimaru’s research facilities.

Uchiha Tokimitsu learned that the Daimyo was demanding an end to the Uchiha Clan’s smuggling and punishment for its leaders, so he prepared a forceful response while trying to understand the Hyuga Clan’s unexpected support. As Konoha awaited Tokimitsu’s meeting with the Hokage, the Uchiha mobilized and Orochimaru discovered how profitable smuggling could be.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu completed a profitable trade with Ryuu Keigyou and learned that the Daimyo’s Envoy had come to Konoha to condemn the Uchiha Clan’s smuggling.
• After Hatake Sakumo relayed the Envoy’s demands and the Hyuga Clan’s warning, Uchiha Tokimitsu ordered troops and spies prepared and sent forces toward the Land of Fire border.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu and Uchiha Shifang left the Eastern Garrison Camp for a meeting scheduled three days later, while Tokimitsu urged the clan to stand firm.
• Konoha heard of the Uchiha mobilization, and the Daimyo’s Envoy denounced it as rebellion during a meeting with Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen and other officials.
• Orochimaru read the smuggling estimates and exclaimed at the vast profits involved.