Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Tokimitsu gathered the Affiliated Ninja Clan leaders to offer them stakes in a seafood trade with Kirigakure and the Land of Waves. After postponing their investment decisions until the next day, he agreed to discuss a share with Orochimaru, who also proposed cooperating on research equipment.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu returned to Konoha while the Daimyo's Envoy feared that the village had fallen beyond the Third Hokage's control.
• The Affiliated Ninja Clan leaders arrived early, and Uchiha Tokimitsu invited them to invest in a seafood business supplied by the Hozuki Clan and Yuki Clan.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu proposed a three-hundred-million-ryo venture, with the Uchiha Clan contributing one hundred million, and told the leaders to decide their shares by the next day.
• Orochimaru emerged from beneath the floor after Uchiha Tokimitsu called him out and offered to cooperate on experimental equipment.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu offered Orochimaru a possible share in the trade and agreed to discuss their arrangements after the next day's meeting.

Uchiha Tokimitsu led a heavily armed show of Uchiha strength to the Hokage's Office, forcing the Hokage Faction to negotiate cautiously. As Tokimitsu entered the building with Hatake Sakumo and Orochimaru, the Daimyo's Envoy watched nervously while Sarutobi Hiruzen remained unmoved.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu dressed for battle, and Uchiha Nakagen and Emiko silently supported his planned show of force.
• Uchiha clan members and Konoha Military Police personnel assembled along Tokimitsu's route, while affiliated clan Jonin greeted him and Hokage Faction Jonin watched tensely.
• Hokage Faction Jonin discussed the Uchiha Clan's wartime gains and feared the consequences of a conflict with its forces inside and outside Konoha.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu approached the Hokage's Office with his Dark Guard, and Anbu initially blocked his way until Hatake Sakumo and Orochimaru let him pass.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu left his Dark Guard facing the Anbu below and went upstairs with Hatake Sakumo and Orochimaru as the Daimyo's Envoy looked to Sarutobi Hiruzen in fear.

Uchiha Tokimitsu confronted the Daimyo’s Envoy, Daikafu Asakura, in the Hokage’s Office and turned accusations against the Uchiha Clan into a challenge over the authority of the Daimyo and the ninja village. He left after threatening to lead the Uchiha to the capital unless the Daimyo explained himself within three days.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu entered the Hokage’s Office with Hatake Sakumo and Orochimaru and accused treacherous ministers in the Daimyo’s Mansion of trying to undermine the One Country, One Village system.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu defended the Uchiha Clan’s dealings and argued with Daikafu Asakura and Tsunade over whether the Daimyo could control ninja clans and the village.
• Hatake Sakumo affirmed the Uchiha’s battlefield loyalty, while Uchiha Tokimitsu invoked the village’s founding and challenged the Daimyo’s authority over Konoha.
• Daikafu Asakura accused the Uchiha of smuggling cattle and sheep to Kirigakure, and Uchiha Tokimitsu countered that the Daimyo’s Guardian Ninja were interfering in village affairs.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu threatened to march on the Daimyo’s Mansion unless the Daimyo gave the Uchiha Clan an explanation within three days, then left the office.
• Hatake Sakumo and Orochimaru also departed, leaving Sarutobi Hiruzen, the advisors, Tsunade, and Daikafu Asakura behind.

Uchiha Tokimitsu rallied allied clans to establish the United Aquatic Products Company and negotiated funding for Orochimaru and missions for Hatake Sakumo’s supporters. As rumors about his defiance of the Daimyo spread, Tokimitsu considered using the Land of Fire Temple to deter the Daimyo and planned to deepen business with Kirigakure, including selling weapons.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu persuaded allied clan leaders to invest in the United Aquatic Products Company, which would begin importing goods from Kirigakure next month.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu agreed to fund Orochimaru’s laboratory every three months in exchange for accepting Uchiha-appointed interns and providing research reports.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu offered Hatake Sakumo control over missions for Sakumo’s supporters, leaving him to decide whether to distribute them himself or through the village’s Mission Center.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu discussed deterring the Daimyo through the Land of Fire Temple, while Hatake Sakumo warned him not to provoke the monks or their village connections too far.
• Rumors about Uchiha Tokimitsu’s disrespect toward the Daimyo spread through Konoha and the Ninja World, while Kirigakure clans sought closer cooperation and Tokimitsu planned to sell them weapons.

Uchiha Tokimitsu negotiated expanded trade and a possible alliance with Kirigakure’s Hozuki and Mizuki clans, while learning more about the conspiracy against the Uzumaki Clan. He left the meeting interested in challenging the Daimyo’s power but made no commitment to an alliance.

• Hozuki Ayahiko and Mizuki Chiyono met Uchiha Tokimitsu and proposed expanding trade and cooperation between their clans.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu agreed in principle to broader trade, offered the clans exclusive arms sales in the Land of Water, and promised one hundred thousand Explosive Tags.
• Mizuki Chiyono said the Daimyo of the Four Great Nations had jointly approved the attack on the Land of Whirlpools, and that the Land of Fire’s Daimyo had tacitly approved it as well.
• Mizuki Chiyono disclosed that Kirigakure’s Bloody Mist Faction was secretly supported by the Daimyo, while Hozuki Ayahiko offered to provide evidence and arrange a meeting between the clan heads.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu said an alliance required discussion with Uchiha Shifang and Setsuna, and the envoys left without securing an immediate agreement.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu privately welcomed the clans’ interest in an alliance and resolved to keep testing the Daimyo’s limits.

Uchiha Tokimitsu led a ninja army against the Land of Fire Temple after the Daimyo ignored his ultimatum. He defeated the temple’s High Monk and forced the gates open, leaving the Uchiha army advancing inside.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu sent the Second and Third Squads of the Tokimitsu Red Force toward Izumi County Castle and assembled a ninja army to strike at the Daimyo’s authority.
• Tsunade and Jiraiya confronted Uchiha Tokimitsu as he left Konoha, but Tsunade stepped aside after the Uzumaki Ninja affirmed their Blood Alliance with Uchiha.
• The Tokimitsu Red Force defeated the Daimyo’s forces at Izumi County Castle, while the Daimyo’s court hoped the Land of Fire Temple would stop Uchiha Tokimitsu’s army.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu demanded that the Land of Fire Temple open its gates, then battered its barrier with Susanoo when the High Monk refused.
• The High Monk summoned the Thousand-Hand Buddha, but Uchiha Tokimitsu destroyed it with Susanoo: Yasakani no Magatama.
• The injured High Monk opened the temple gates and lifted the barrier, allowing Uchiha Tokimitsu’s ninja army to march inside.

Uchiha Tokimitsu occupied the Land of Fire Temple, separated its monks by role, and used the temple’s secret technique scroll to study its inherited arts. He rejected the Daimyo’s offer and laid down three conditions for the Uchiha, then threatened to march on the capital.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu ordered Chakra seals placed on the temple’s warrior monks, confined the Scholar Monks, and returned the laborers to their duties.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu sent the Red Force’s Third Squad to seize Settsu County and challenged the High Monk over the temple’s farmland and rents.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu entered the temple’s secret pavilion, examined its secret technique scroll, and found its Sage Clan Talent methods cumbersome while gaining inspiration from its account of Natural Energy.
• Koremune Yoshiyuki arrived as the Daimyo’s envoy and offered rewards in exchange for the ninja army’s withdrawal, but Uchiha Tokimitsu refused.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu demanded Asakura’s execution, the abolition of the Guardian Ninja, and self-governance for ninja clans, then threatened to march on the capital.

After the Daimyo accepted Uchiha Tokimitsu’s demands, Tokimitsu withdrew his army and learned that Tsunade planned to restore the Senju Clan, threatening Konoha’s balance of power. News of his victory spread across the nations, prompting political upheaval and leaving the Five Great Shinobi Villages unable to continue the war.

• Koremune Yoshiyuki delivered the Daimyo’s acceptance of Tokimitsu’s conditions, Daikafu Asakura’s head, and an edict ordering local guardians to stop obstructing Konoha’s ninja clans.
• Tokimitsu withdrew the Red Force from Izumi and Settsu Counties and met Hatake Sakumo outside Konoha.
• Sakumo told Tokimitsu that Tsunade planned to recall the Senju collateral branches, including the Takami, Takaki, Chiba, and Haruno clans.
• Tokimitsu worried that a restored Senju Clan could disrupt Konoha’s factions and threaten his ties with Orochimaru, the Uzumaki Clan, and the Uchiha conservatives.
• Spies reported Tokimitsu’s success to other nations, whose daimyos and ninja factions reacted by arming themselves, challenging village authority, or descending into conflict.
• Political turmoil spread through the Land of Water, and unrest across the nations halted the Five Great Shinobi Villages’ war, giving the rain ninja time to recover.

Tsunade moved to reestablish the Senju Clan, prompting the Uchiha and Konoha leadership to consider the consequences. As the Senju held their return ritual, Uchiha Tokimitsu strengthened the Uchiha-Uzumaki alliance and sent Uchiha Shifang to attend.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu, Uchiha Shifang, and Great Elder Setsuna discussed Tsunade's revival of the Senju Clan and agreed to keep the Uchiha united and respond calmly.
• Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen and the Two Advisors considered how to respond, but Hiruzen chose to visit the Senju and lamented that Danzo was gone and his students had not come to help.
• The Senju elders arranged a shrine ritual, and Nawaki welcomed the returning branch families and visiting clans.
• Uzumaki Ashina pledged to preserve the Uzumaki-Uchiha blood alliance, and Uchiha Tokimitsu invited him to join the meeting with Kirigakure in the Land of Waves.
• Uchiha Shifang and Uzumaki Ashina attended the Senju return ritual, where Shifang observed the gathered Konoha clans and Nawaki receiving guests.

The Senju Clan’s return unsettled Konoha’s factions and pushed Uchiha Tokimitsu and Hatake Sakumo to discuss how Sakumo’s supporters should respond. As Sarutobi Hiruzen watched his influence weaken, he resolved to rebuild Root under the public name Internal Affairs Department.

• The Four Great Shinobi Villages pulled back from border tensions after learning that the Senju Clan had reorganized, while Uchiha Tokimitsu refused Uchiha Kamon’s request to let the Conservative Faction return from the Northwest Border Defense Force.
• Hatake Sakumo visited Uchiha Tokimitsu to discuss defections from his faction, and Tokimitsu advised him to strengthen its cohesion and speak with one voice, but Sakumo left undecided.
• The Senju Clan’s revival weakened Sarutobi Hiruzen’s influence over Konoha’s departments and Anbu, and Hiruzen resented the loss of personnel to the Senju.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen proposed rebuilding Root, securing personnel from the Shimura, Sarutobi, Mitokado, and Utatane Clans, with Mitokado Homura agreeing to help lead it.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen decided to recall Torifu to head the Mission Center and named the rebuilt Root the Internal Affairs Department.

Uchiha Tokimitsu encountered Kakuzu on the road back to the eastern garrison and fought him inside a Four Violet Flames Formation. Kakuzu escaped after destroying the barrier, and Tokimitsu ordered his forces to seize the remaining masks and wipe out Bounty Broker outposts in the east.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu left Konoha with Uchiha and Uzumaki subordinates to return to the eastern garrison.
• Kakuzu ambushed Uchiha Tokimitsu, who recognized him and had the Uzumaki Ninja trap them inside a Four Violet Flames Formation.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu used his Mangekyō Sharingan, Susanoo, and Yin Fire Aura to destroy two of Kakuzu’s Earth Grudge Fear masks.
• Kakuzu shattered the barrier with his ultimate attack and escaped underground, leaving two masks behind for Tokimitsu’s forces to seal.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu ordered his forces to wipe out every Bounty Broker outpost in the east and dismissed the idea of pursuing Kakuzu or investigating who issued the mission.

Uchiha Tokimitsu expanded his smuggling network into the Eastern Eight Counties while Tsunade challenged the stationed ninja forces through Konoha’s councils. After Tsunade’s proposals enraged him, Tokimitsu prepared to return to the village and redirected shipping to the Land of Waves as he advanced plans for a shipyard in the Land of Whirlpools.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu stationed a company of ninja in each of the Eastern Eight Counties and persuaded the County Castle Guardians to serve as exclusive distributors for the United Aquatic Products Company.
• Tokimitsu had the Ninja Cat Clan search the counties for Bounty Broker outposts and issued futures to fund storage construction in the Land of Waves.
• Tsunade submitted a motion to investigate stationed ninja for prohibited conduct, and Sarutobi Hiruzen referred it to Hatake Sakumo and the Jonin Council.
• Tsunade proposed stricter discipline at the Konoha Clan Council, prompting Tokimitsu to kick over a table and announce he would return to the village.
• Tokimitsu ordered his Jonin to route all Kirigakure transport ships through the Land of Waves and speed up construction of a shipyard on the Land of Whirlpools’ western coast.
• Tokimitsu remained focused on the Land of Water and the Uchiha Madara controlling the Third Mizukage.

Uchiha Tokimitsu, Hatake Sakumo, and Uchiha Shifang planned how to counter Tsunade’s proposals by sending them to the Ninja Clan Council and broadening the resulting investigation. Tokimitsu also intended to use the political struggle to strengthen the council and establish competing legislative bodies in Konoha.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu returned to Konoha and met with Uchiha Shifang and Hatake Sakumo to discuss Tsunade’s proposals.
• Tokimitsu urged Hatake Sakumo to reorganize his faction as a disciplined political group, and Hatake agreed.
• Tokimitsu proposed that the Jonin Squad refuse Tsunade’s proposals and send them to the Ninja Clan Council for a sweeping investigation into Konoha’s past, including Root’s crimes.
• Hatake Sakumo agreed to respond through the Jonin Squad, while Tokimitsu and Shifang recognized that the expanded investigation could weaken the Hokage Faction and restore the Ninja Clan Council’s influence.
• Tokimitsu privately planned to develop the Ninja Clan Council and Jonin Council into rival chambers that would constrain one another through political debate.

Uchiha Tokimitsu derailed Tsunade’s proposals by backing an expanded investigation and reviving the Ninja Clan Council, throwing Konoha’s factions into conflict. He then rallied the Affiliated Ninja Clans around shared wealth and power, ending with their leaders swearing loyalty to him.

• Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen panicked when the Jonin Squad returned Tsunade’s proposal and added a retrospective investigation into Konoha’s past thirty years.
• Mitokado Homura reported that the Northwestern, Western, and Eastern Border Defense Forces supported Tsunade’s proposal and the expanded investigation.
• Utatane Koharu told Sarutobi Hiruzen that the Jonin Squad had requested a venue to convene the Ninja Clan Council, prompting the Hokage and his advisors to fall silent.
• The ninja clan leaders split between those seeking influence through the revived council and those trying to block the expanded investigation.
• Tsunade realized Uchiha Tokimitsu had turned the political crisis against her proposals, and she told Dan Katō that her teacher would have to settle the matter.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu urged the Affiliated Ninja Clan leaders to seek wealth, strength, and political power, and they swore loyalty to him.

Uchiha Tokimitsu rallied Hatake Sakumo’s Reform Association with a speech calling for Konoha Innovation and better treatment for ordinary ninja, intensifying the challenge to Konoha’s old leadership. As Sarutobi Hiruzen and Tsunade reacted to the growing movement, Torifu Akimichi agreed to take charge of the Mission Center while privately lamenting the tension between clan and village.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu attended the Reform Association’s first assembly and urged ninja to pursue fair opportunities, dignity, and support for their families.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu publicly criticized the Hokage’s Office for avoiding Konoha’s problems and blaming the Uchiha Clan, then led the assembly in shouting “Konoha Innovation.”
• Hatake Sakumo became president of the Reform Association, Uchiha Tokimitsu was named Director-General, and the group posted Tokimitsu’s speech across Konoha.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen felt worn down by the new political upheaval, while Tsunade concluded that Uchiha Tokimitsu and Hatake Sakumo meant to overturn Konoha’s established order.
• Torifu Akimichi questioned why Sarutobi Hiruzen had offered him control of the Mission Center, then agreed to take charge after the Ino-Shika-Cho clan heads explained the offer.

Uchiha Tokimitsu built support among Konoha’s veteran chunin while Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen arranged for the Daimyo to mediate the controversy over investigating Root. At the mediation meeting, the Daimyo’s Special Envoy offered money and titles to calm Konoha’s ninja, and Tokimitsu decided the General title could serve his ambitions.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu’s Three Responsibilities speech won veteran chunin to his cause, and he planned to recruit them through the Reform Association and future escort work.
• Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen learned that ninja families had petitioned against Root on their own and decided the Daimyo’s Special Envoy would announce an amnesty to end the investigation controversy.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu and Hatake Sakumo attended the mediation meeting armed, where Tokimitsu challenged the Daimyo’s authority to suppress Konoha ninja’s wishes.
• The Special Envoy offered to waive four billion in War Bonds, allocate two billion ryo in compensation, fund public welfare, and grant the Border Army commanders General titles.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu accepted the prospect of becoming a General, seeing the title as both a way to claim credit for pressuring the Daimyo and a possible basis for a legitimate Shogunate.

Uchiha Tokimitsu and Hatake Sakumo explained why they accepted the Daimyo’s General titles, then used the new authority to establish Shogunates and strengthen their regional influence. The arrangements eased Konoha’s internal tensions, while Kirigakure’s Hozuki Ayahiko and Mizuki Chiyono considered pursuing domains of their own.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu rallied the Reform Association’s jonin by arguing that power was necessary to achieve their ideals, and the next day his and Hatake Sakumo’s remarks were circulated as Our Struggle.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu established a Shogunate in the Land of Whirlpools and appointed Uzumaki Ashina Guardian of Uzuo to oversee rebuilding its base.
• Uchiha Kamon and Mimura Hamaki founded Shogunates in the Land of Grass and the Land of Rivers, while Sarutobi Shinnosuke’s limited authority earned him the nickname “Landless General.”
• The new Shogunates drew dissenters away from Konoha’s headquarters, and Uchiha Tokimitsu expanded his troops’ presence across the Eight Eastern Counties while promising local guardians support for hereditary succession.
• Hozuki Ayahiko and Mizuki Chiyono agreed to urge their clans to seek General titles and establish domains of their own.

Uchiha Tokimitsu opposed the daimyo’s peace agreements because they threatened the smuggling trade that funded his power, while Kirigakure’s clans pushed to resume the war. Despite his efforts to delay further treaties, the Second Great Ninja War ended with the Land of Fire victorious, and Tokimitsu responded by devising a secret policy called the Privateer’s License.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu raged over the Land of Fire and Land of Water’s ceasefire, which granted the Land of Water’s recognition of his shogunate but threatened the Uchiha Clan’s lucrative smuggling trade.
• The Hozuki Clan Head ordered the Hozuki and Yuki Clans to urge the Third Mizukage to resume the war and prepared to rally other forces behind Karatachi Yagura if the Mizukage refused.
• After Hatake Sakumo advised restraint, Uchiha Tokimitsu ordered his forces to intercept messengers headed for the Land of Earth and investigated noble families that might challenge the Daimyo.
• The Land of Lightning and Land of Earth signed a reconciliation agreement, and the Land of Wind recognized the Land of Rivers as within the Land of Fire’s sphere of influence.
• Uchiha Kamon’s forces delayed a peace agreement with the Land of Earth, but envoys eventually signed one in July, ending the Second Great Ninja War with the Land of Fire as the greatest victor.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu consulted his allies and decided to introduce a secret policy called the Privateer’s License.

Uchiha Tokimitsu defended privateering to Hatake Sakumo as a means of advancing ninja interests, then discovered that Konoha’s Military Police had overlooked signs of a possible threat. He ordered a sweeping investigation and reforms to tighten security in the village.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu explained the privateer system and backed the Mist Village Ninja Clans’ plans to challenge the Mizukage.
• Hatake Sakumo visited Fubo Castle and warned Uchiha Tokimitsu that the village knew about the privateers, but Uchiha Tokimitsu persuaded him not to interfere.
• Hatake Sakumo revealed that the Daimyo intended to reduce military spending, and Uchiha Tokimitsu declared that the Tokimitsu Shogunate and Kamon Shogunate would keep expanding their armaments.
• After Hatake Sakumo left, Uchiha Tokimitsu suspected that the Hokage Faction and the Daimyo were coordinating against him and ordered the Military Police to investigate Konoha.
• Uchiha Shifang brought Uchiha Tokimitsu a report of overlooked suspicious activity, prompting Uchiha Tokimitsu to order pest removal, more Ninja Cat intelligence personnel, rotating deployments, and investigations into every lead.

Jiraiya investigated the Tokimitsu Shogunate and learned that the Uchiha had purged Konoha’s intelligence animals, while the daimyo’s nobles feared the Kawaki Shogunate’s success threatened their power. As the Military Police Force confronted the Anbu over the Forest of Death, Uchiha Tokimitsu prepared to impeach the Hokage, but news of a massacre in Kirigakure disrupted his plans.

• Jiraiya watched the deserted Karutsu Gorge Port, then sent Toad Kosuke to deliver a confidential report to Tsunade.
• Toad Kosuke told Jiraiya that the Uchiha had captured or killed Konoha’s Intelligence Toads and that the Military Police Force and Anbu were deadlocked over the Forest of Death.
• The daimyo’s nobles condemned Mimura Kawaki’s refugee-supporting Shogunate because it challenged the One Country, One Village system.
• Uchiha Shifang forced Mitokado Homura to reveal an undated proclamation making the Forest of Death a restricted Anbu defense zone, then withdrew the Military Police Force and threatened impeachment.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu planned to return to Konoha and work with Hatake Sakumo to impeach the Hokage and constrain his power.
• The Third Mizukage and Mist Anbu ambushed the Hozuki, Mizuki, and Kaguya clan leaders, killed them, and began widespread arrests and killings in Kirigakure and the Land of Water.