Chapter Summaries

Blue Sky Plan Co., Ltd. collapsed after scamming Kumogakure, leaving the village broke and furious. Third Raikage A chose Iwagakure as Kumogakure’s first target for revenge, while Hatake Sakumo and Kakuzu returned to Konoha and reported to Uchiha Nan.

• Blue Sky Plan Co., Ltd.'s storefronts remained shut, and the investors discovered the company had vanished with their money.
• Kumogakure captured fleeing Iwagakure ninja and extracted information revealing that Konoha, Iwagakure, and Sunagakure had planned the scheme together under Mr. Ponzi.
• After villagers burned down Third Raikage A's house and Kumogakure's leaders demanded revenge, Third Raikage A accepted responsibility and chose to attack Iwagakure first.
• Kumogakure's leaders finalized the Blitz Stone plan to release the Eight-Tails and Two-Tails near Iwagakure, defeat its forces, and plunder the Land of Earth.
• Hatake Sakumo and Kakuzu returned to Konoha, reported the operation to Uchiha Nan, and argued about their roles in the scheme.
• Kakuzu asked Uchiha Nan whether he could claim Hanzo of the Salamander's bounty.

Uchiha Nan rejected Kakuzu’s proposal to assassinate Hanzo and discussed a lucrative Zero-Tails venture with him, while Hatake Sakumo resolved to retire and start a family. Kumogakure then publicized Sakumo’s identity and raised a huge bounty on him, prompting Uchiha Nan to promise a ninja insurance plan for his future wife and children.

• Uchiha Nan refused Kakuzu’s offer to take a job against Hanzo, and Hatake Sakumo said he wanted to quit missions and marry.
• Uchiha Nan showed Kakuzu his mental sauna plan, which would use Zero-Tails to convert negative emotions into Chakra, but he said Konoha could not yet attack Sky Ninja Village.
• Nara Shikaku reported that Kumogakure had regrouped and was moving again, so Uchiha Nan ordered the border watched and prepared a possible alliance with Iwagakure and Sunagakure.
• Nara Shikaku told Hatake Sakumo that Kumogakure had exposed his identity across the Land of Lightning and that his bounty was nearing Hanzo’s.
• Uchiha Nan reassured Sakumo that Konoha was developing insurance for ninjas, with compensation for their families if they died on duty.

Hatake Sakumo learned that Kumogakure had ordered its ninja to abandon missions and hunt him, while Uchiha Nan offered little comfort beyond raising his insurance payout. After Sakumo left, Nan praised Kakuzu's relentless work ethic and launched a surprise inspection of the Hokage Building, catching dozens of employees slacking and docking their overtime pay.

• Kakuzu offered to take care of Hatake Sakumo's wife after Sakumo died in exchange for half his estate, enraging Sakumo.
• Nara Shikaku revealed that Third Raikage A had ordered Kumogakure ninja to abandon missions and prioritize hunting Hatake Sakumo.
• Hatake Sakumo blamed Kakuzu for involving him in the mission that led to Kumogakure targeting him, then begged Uchiha Nan for help.
• Kakuzu left to pursue profitable deals through the Bounty Exchange, and Uchiha Nan praised him while ordering Nara Shikaku back to work.
• Uchiha Nan inspected the Hokage Building, caught dozens of employees slacking—including Senju Touma—and deducted their overtime pay.
• Uchiha Nan returned to Tobirama Senju's laboratory to find a way to curb slacking at work.

Uchiha Nan sent Black Zetsu to investigate Sky Ninja Village, then asked Tobirama Senju to make workplace surveillance cameras and reviewed an insurance plan with him. Tobirama discovered the plan required beneficiaries to surrender their souls to Konoha, and Uchiha Nan revealed he intended to use the signed policies to summon the dead as workers.

• Uchiha Nan broke up Tobirama Senju and Black Zetsu's fight, then sent Black Zetsu to investigate Sky Ninja Village and warned him to return if he was discovered.
• Uchiha Nan asked Tobirama Senju to make cameras to monitor workers in the Hokage Building, and Tobirama agreed.
• Uchiha Nan showed Tobirama Senju an insurance plan that covered civilians, support ninja, and combat ninja, with combat ninja required to buy costly policies.
• Tobirama Senju found a clause stating that those who received compensation would have their souls belong to Konoha after death.
• Uchiha Nan explained he would use the policies to summon deceased ninja with Impure World Reincarnation and make them work for Konoha, prompting Tobirama Senju to curse him.
• Tobirama Senju asked Uchiha Nan to summon Uchiha Izuna so he could serve as his subordinate.

Uchiha Nan heard Tobirama Senju’s discovery that White Zetsu cells could enable mass production of a weaker Hashirama Cells solution, potentially letting ordinary people become genin. Tobirama wanted Uchiha Nan to summon Uchiha Izuna through Impure World Reincarnation in exchange for helping the research, and the chapter ended with Uchiha Nan asking whether Tobirama had thought everything through.

• Tobirama Senju asked Uchiha Nan to make Uchiha Izuna his subordinate so he could vent his frustrations on him.
• Tobirama Senju revealed that White Zetsu cells could neutralize Hashirama Cells’ corrosiveness and might allow a mass-produced solution that could help ordinary people extract Chakra.
• Uchiha Nan eagerly considered using the solution to expand Konoha’s workforce, while Tobirama Senju warned that development could take one to five years.
• Uchiha Nan suggested adding Orochimaru to the research, and Tobirama Senju complained that Uchiha Nan had secretly allowed Orochimaru to approach human experimentation.
• Tobirama Senju again asked to summon Uchiha Izuna, claiming the prospect would inspire his research, while Uchiha Nan warned that Uchiha Madara might destroy Konoha if Izuna were mistreated.
• Tobirama Senju argued that the sealed laboratory, a weak sacrifice, and three clones would keep Uchiha Izuna contained, and Uchiha Nan asked whether he had thought everything through.

Uchiha Nan refused Tobirama Senju’s request to bring Uchiha Izuna back, then used the threat of making Izuna his superior to force Tobirama to accelerate his Hashirama Cells research. After Tobirama promised to finish within a little over a year, Uchiha Nan left him to work and later Orochimaru arrived to thank him for inventions that had advanced the railway project.

• Uchiha Nan rejected Tobirama Senju’s demand to bring Uchiha Izuna back, and the two argued over credit, Konoha, and Tobirama’s research work.
• Tobirama Senju threatened to delay the degraded mass-production Hashirama Cells project for three to five years unless Uchiha Nan granted his request.
• Uchiha Nan threatened to resurrect Uchiha Izuna through Impure World Reincarnation and make him Tobirama’s superior, prompting Tobirama to promise completion within a little over a year.
• Uchiha Nan warned Tobirama Senju to speed up his camera and other research projects, restrained him, and left the laboratory.
• Tobirama Senju returned to his workstation and resumed research, regretting that he had mentioned Uchiha Izuna.
• Orochimaru entered the laboratory to thank Tobirama Senju for his inventions after Konoha sealed Moryo and assigned its puppet soldiers to help build the railway.

Tobirama blamed Orochimaru for entering the laboratory with his left foot and subjected him to an early inspection. Meanwhile, Kumogakure attacked Iwagakure with the liberated Two-Tails, leaving both villages badly battered as the cat escaped.

• Tobirama accused Orochimaru of copying Uchiha Nan by entering with his left foot and ordered an early inspection of his training and research.
• Uchiha Nan read letters from Musa and Onoki describing how the Ponzi scheme had enriched Sunagakure and Iwagakure while leaving them braced for Kumogakure's retaliation.
• Third Raikage A led an elite squad behind Iwagakure's lines and ordered them to release the Two-Tails while he went after Onoki.
• The Two-Tails rampaged through Iwagakure's camp, and Onoki tried to contain it as Third Raikage A attacked him.
• Third Raikage A fought his way through Iwagakure's forces with the Two-Tails disrupting the camp, while Onoki was injured and knocked unconscious.
• Kumogakure's relief force arrived as Third Raikage A held on despite eighty-two injuries, and the Two-Tails escaped after enjoying its freedom.

Kumogakure and Iwagakure’s conflict derailed the alliance against Amegakure, while Konoha used the resulting scandal to dominate public opinion. Uchiha Nan tracked down the escaped Two-Tails and persuaded it to return to Konoha as his cat in exchange for freedom, protection, and unlimited catnip.

• News spread that Third Raikage A had attacked Iwagakure’s forces, wounded Ōnoki, and fought his way out alone, while rumors blamed Hatake Sakumo and a fraudulent investment scheme for the conflict.
• Kumogakure, Konoha, and Sunagakure traded public accusations, and Iwagakure’s delayed response left its reputation in tatters.
• Third Mizukage Mizuto halted Kirigakure’s advance, while Hanzo of the Salamander welcomed the alliance’s collapse and credited Konoha’s Hokage with far-reaching plans.
• Uchiha Nan followed Black Zetsu into the Land of Fire and found the escaped Two-Tails, Matatabi, rolling in catnip.
• Uchiha Nan used his Mangekyō Sharingan and Susanoo to subdue Matatabi, then offered it a free forest home, protection, and unlimited catnip in return for chakra rent.
• Matatabi agreed to become Uchiha Nan’s cat, and he marked it with a Summoning Contract.

Uchiha Nan arranged for the Two-Tails to live in Konoha and reviewed the worsening conflicts and trade opportunities across the ninja world. After Nara Shikaku reported that Tobirama Senju had submitted an unusually large batch of inventions, Uchiha Nan suspected him of slacking, while Shikaku mistakenly confessed to doing so himself.

• Uchiha Nan introduced the Two-Tails, Matatabi, to a frightened Nara Shikaku and asked him to arrange a forest with catnip for her in Konoha.
• Nara Shikaku reported that Hanzo of the Salamander wanted more trade with Konoha, and Uchiha Nan agreed to sell food at a higher price and accept minerals as payment.
• Shikaku described the clashes between Iwagakure and Kumogakure, and Uchiha Nan decided Konoha should sell supplies to both sides rather than intervene.
• Shikaku reported that the Sky Ninja Village was gathering a Ninja Army, so Uchiha Nan ordered Chenxiang to investigate and strike first if Konoha was targeted.
• Shikaku said Tobirama Senju had submitted far more inventions than usual, prompting Uchiha Nan to suspect that Tobirama had been hiding how much he worked.
• Shikaku mistook Uchiha Nan's anger for an accusation against himself and confessed that he had secretly slept and slacked off in his office.

Uchiha Nan brought the Two-Tails cat to Mito Uzumaki so it could meet Kurama, while he considered how to increase Tobirama Senju’s workload. Kurama accused Uchiha Nan of capturing the Two-Tails and planning to drain its Chakra, and Uchiha Nan silently urged the cat to defend him.

• Uchiha Nan docked all of Nara Shikaku’s overtime pay and doubled his workload after catching him slacking off.
• Uchiha Nan considered using Impure World Reincarnation to bring Uchiha Izuna back and make Tobirama Senju work harder.
• The Two-Tails cat asked Uchiha Nan to take it to see the Nine-Tails, and explained that it disliked Kurama’s habit of mocking the other Tailed Beasts.
• Uchiha Nan brought the Two-Tails cat to Mito Uzumaki, reassured her about Konoha’s security, and took her into Kurama’s seal space.
• Kurama accused Uchiha Nan of capturing the Two-Tails and planning to drain its Chakra, and Uchiha Nan coughed and signaled for the cat to back him up.

The Two-Tails arrived in Konoha and praised Uchiha Nan for offering it freedom and a home, provoking the imprisoned Nine-Tails. Their argument escalated into a fight over treatment and tail count, and the chapter ended with the Nine-Tails urging Uchiha Nan to extract equal amounts of Chakra from both tailed beasts.

• The Two-Tails told Uchiha Nan it had come to Konoha willingly and was happy with the forest and catnip he had promised.
• The Nine-Tails warned the Two-Tails that Uchiha Nan was exploiting it, then erupted when it learned the Two-Tails would live freely while it remained sealed.
• The Two-Tails and Nine-Tails traded insults and exposed embarrassing secrets from their past as Uchiha Nan listened.
• The Nine-Tails persuaded Uchiha Nan to collect rent from the newly arrived Two-Tails, but the Two-Tails tried to delay paying Chakra.
• The Nine-Tails demanded that Uchiha Nan extract as much Chakra from the Two-Tails as he extracted from it, mocking the Two-Tails for having only two tails.

Uchiha Nan brought Mito Uzumaki to the Konoha Power Plant so the Two-Tails could compete with Kurama by supplying Chakra. Kurama cooperated with Mito so completely that she entered a golden Tailed Beast Cloak, and he kept supplying Chakra long after she urged him to stop.

• Kurama mocked the Two-Tails until it angrily vowed to match however much Chakra Kurama provided.
• Uchiha Nan took Mito Uzumaki to the Konoha Power Plant, where he explained that its tanks stored extracted Tailed Beast Chakra.
• Mito Uzumaki suspected that the hidden Head of the Science and Technology Department belonged to the Uzumaki clan, but Uchiha Nan denied it and warned her not to pry.
• Kurama told Mito to extract his Chakra without restraint, and her cloak turned golden as he cooperated with her.
• Kurama continued supplying Chakra until the screen showed 3,688 tanks, refusing to stop despite Mito's concern that he was nearly exhausted.

Uchiha Nan pushed Kurama and the Two-Tails to their limits extracting Chakra, then used the threat of freeing the other tailed beasts to force Kurama to agree to supply 3,500 bottles each time. Kurama accepted, though the chapter left their promised living conditions and future cooperation unresolved.

• Kurama supplied Chakra until she collapsed, reached an extraction count above 3,700, and recovered enough to boast that she had spared the Two-Tails from embarrassment.
• Uchiha Nan urged the Two-Tails to use the extraction device, and the cat pushed itself to 286 before fainting while cursing the Sage of Six Paths for being biased.
• Kurama celebrated beating the Two-Tails' output, but Uchiha Nan demanded that she supply at least 3,500 bottles of Chakra each time.
• Kurama refused, accusing Uchiha Nan of exploiting her and giving the Two-Tails better treatment, while Uchiha Nan promised her a larger forest after Mito Uzumaki died.
• Uchiha Nan threatened to choose a new Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and free the other tailed beasts, so Kurama backed down and agreed to his demand.

Uchiha Nan secured Kurama’s cooperation by backing him in his dispute with Mito Uzumaki, while Konoha’s schemes continued to reshape the conflicts among the shinobi villages. Kakuzu then reported that Hanzo had accepted Konoha’s terms for support and revealed that Hatake Sakumo planned to sign over half his estate to Kakuzu in exchange for protection for his family.

• Kurama demanded special treatment and an end to Mito Uzumaki restraining him, and Uchiha Nan agreed to protect him from her chains in return for his cooperation and Chakra.
• Uchiha Nan threatened to deduct money from Mito Uzumaki’s payments if she attacked Kurama, then left the Seal Space as Mito and Kurama resumed arguing.
• Konoha’s news spread reports of the wars, while the Land of Earth and Land of Lightning daimyo mediated a truce between Iwagakure and Kumogakure and arranged peace talks.
• Kakuzu told Uchiha Nan that Hanzo of the Salamander had mortgaged the Land of Rain’s mines to secure Konoha’s support after Sunagakure intensified its attacks on Amegakure.
• Kakuzu said Hatake Sakumo had agreed to sign a contract leaving Kakuzu half his estate in return for protecting Sakumo’s wife and son after his death.

Uchiha Nan learned that assassins were targeting Hatake Sakumo and approved Kakuzu’s plans to invest in the Land of Waves. He then discovered that Sky Ninja Village was heading for Kumogakure, forcing him to consider how Konoha could intervene and seize the village’s Zero-Tails and technology.

• Kakuzu told Uchiha Nan that powerful forces were sending death warriors to kill Hatake Sakumo, and Uchiha Nan acknowledged that the investigation had few leads.
• Kakuzu promised to protect Hatake Sakumo while pursuing his estate and bounty, then pitched a bridge and canned-food investment in the Land of Waves; Uchiha Nan approved the plan.
• Uchiha Nan marked the Land of Waves on his map and considered how the bridge would bring its labor, markets, and resources under Konoha’s influence.
• Black Zetsu reported that Sky Ninja Village had taken its Zero-Tails and aerial fortress toward Kumogakure instead of Konoha.
• Uchiha Nan resolved to obtain Sky Ninja Village’s Zero-Tails and technical personnel, and began considering an excuse for Konoha to enter the conflict.

Uchiha Nan devised a plan to convene an emergency Summit of the Five Kage and unite the villages against the Sky Ninja Village, reducing Konoha’s war burden while helping the Land of Rain. He also approved a new market scheme involving Hatake Sakumo, and Nara Shikaku stopped Kakuzu before he could leave to deliver the assignment.

• Uchiha Nan found the Hot Water Village Accord and decided to use it to justify a Five Kage alliance against the Sky Ninja Village.
• Uchiha Nan told Nara Shikaku about the plan and deployed Konoha’s divisions to defend the Land of Fire, fight the Sky Ninja Village, and protect Konoha.
• Nara Shikaku proposed using Hatake Sakumo’s reputation to promote a new round of futures trading, and Uchiha Nan agreed to have Kakuzu persuade him to participate.
• Nara Shikaku intercepted Kakuzu as he prepared to leave for the Land of Waves and told him he had a major deal to handle instead.

Nara Shikaku recruited Kakuzu to persuade Hatake Sakumo to promote Konoha’s futures market scheme ahead of its planned war against the Sky Ninja Village. Hatake Sakumo angrily resisted, then accepted on the condition that Kakuzu joined him, leaving the two preparing to face the risks together.

• Nara Shikaku told Kakuzu that Konoha planned to form a Five Kage Alliance against the Sky Ninja Village and wanted Hatake Sakumo to promote futures trading.
• Kakuzu agreed to persuade Hatake Sakumo, believing the scheme could make them a fortune, and found him at home before his blind dates.
• Hatake Sakumo refused the mission, fearing his bounty would rise and make it even harder to find a wife.
• Kakuzu invoked Konoha’s Will of Fire, praised Hatake Sakumo’s reputation, and promised to cover any shortfall in his profits.
• Hatake Sakumo suspected Kakuzu had arranged the scheme and attacked him with his short blade, breaking two of Kakuzu’s masks before the fight ended.
• Hatake Sakumo agreed to take the mission but demanded that Kakuzu stand beside him and promote it too, and Kakuzu accepted.

Uchiha Nan assigned Hatake Sakumo and Kakuzu another financial mission, punished Senju Touma for slacking, and prepared to confront Tobirama Senju over concealed research results. He also faced a packed afternoon schedule, including an award interview for Ban Zhu and a strange request from the Land of Demons’ Miko.

• Uchiha Nan approved Hatake Sakumo’s request to take Kakuzu along on his next mission, and the two left his office.
• Uchiha Nan used the surveillance system to catch Senju Touma slacking and ordered a salary cut, loss of his year-end bonus, and public shaming.
• Nara Shikaku reported that an audit found Tobirama Senju had concealed research results, so Uchiha Nan planned to confront him after work.
• Nara Shikaku told Uchiha Nan that Ban Zhu’s factory-worker interview and award ceremony were scheduled for that afternoon, and Uchiha Nan decided to attend.
• Nara Shikaku reported that the Land of Demons’ Miko wanted an alliance with Konoha and asked Uchiha Nan to help pass down her power, leaving him puzzled about the request.

Uchiha Nan helped Miko with her request, delegated railway negotiations, and took control of Uchiha Madara’s interview after Madara criticized factory conditions. He sent Madara back to the Arcade Hall, then prepared to confront Tobirama Senju over the laboratory’s records.

• Uchiha Nan agreed to help Miko and let Kakuzu negotiate railway projects while the Industrial Faction handled resistant landowners in Sapporo and Nagoya.
• Uchiha Madara described workers’ harsh conditions during his interview and called them exploitation, alarming Uchiha Nan.
• Uchiha Nan reframed Madara’s complaints as a call for workers to improve Konoha, and the crowd enthusiastically supported him.
• Uchiha Nan persuaded Uchiha Madara to leave the factory and compete with Uchiha Hikari at the Arcade Hall.
• Uchiha Nan advanced his plan to obtain Sky Ninja Village’s Zero-Tails, collected laboratory records, and returned to the clan grounds to confront Tobirama Senju.

Uchiha Nan confronted Tobirama Senju over suspicions that he had hidden research results, but Tobirama denied everything. Uchiha Nan left the laboratory, retrieved a bone from Uchiha Izuna’s grave and brought an unconscious death-row prisoner back to confront Tobirama.

• Uchiha Nan visited Tobirama Senju and Orochimaru in the laboratory, then sent Orochimaru away so he could speak with Tobirama.
• Uchiha Nan told Tobirama that Uchiha Madara had become a beloved factory director and would appear in an exclusive interview, prompting Tobirama to protest that it was unfair.
• Uchiha Nan accused Tobirama of concealing research results and presented records and an investigation report, but Tobirama denied the charge and refused to hand anything over.
• Uchiha Nan left the laboratory and dug up Uchiha Izuna’s grave to take a small piece of bone.
• Uchiha Nan took a condemned prisoner from the Konoha Anbu death row back to the laboratory and told Tobirama he would let him meet an old friend.