Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Nan resurrected Uchiha Izuna with Impure World Reincarnation, and Tobirama Senju provoked him by revealing that Hashirama Senju had defeated Uchiha Madara and become Konoha’s First Hokage. Izuna struggled to accept the truth and, after Tobirama boasted about his own legacy, tried to attack him while Uchiha Nan intervened to protect the laboratory.

• Uchiha Nan used Impure World Reincarnation on a death-row prisoner and brought Uchiha Izuna back to life.
• Uchiha Izuna recognized Tobirama Senju and attacked him with a weakened Great Fireball Technique.
• Uchiha Nan explained that Konoha had been founded by Uchiha Madara and Hashirama Senju, but Izuna insisted the Senju should have been defeated.
• Tobirama Senju said Hashirama had beaten Uchiha Madara, and Uchiha Nan confirmed that Hashirama had become Konoha’s First Hokage.
• Tobirama Senju mocked Izuna by boasting that he had become the Second Hokage and that the Uchiha descendants had forgotten Izuna.
• Uchiha Izuna raged at Tobirama and moved to attack him, but Uchiha Nan tried to stop him from damaging the laboratory.

Uchiha Nan exposed Hashirama Senju’s failed policies and Tobirama Senju’s treatment of the Uchiha, leaving Tobirama unable to defend himself. Uchiha Izuna demanded that Nan reveal even more of Tobirama’s wrongdoings.

• Uchiha Nan stopped Tobirama Senju and Uchiha Izuna from fighting, then challenged Tobirama to explain the consequences of his and Hashirama Senju’s rule.
• Uchiha Nan told Uchiha Izuna that Hashirama had sold Konoha’s tailed beasts cheaply and refused Uchiha Madara’s push to pursue a different path to peace.
• Uchiha Izuna blamed Tobirama for driving Uchiha Madara away, and Tobirama admitted that he had pushed Madara out of Konoha.
• Uchiha Nan restrained Tobirama and Izuna when they prepared to fight, then accused Tobirama of isolating the Uchiha and establishing the Uchiha Security Force to monitor them.
• When Uchiha Nan asked whether Konoha had prospered since he became Third Hokage, Tobirama fell silent, and Izuna urged Nan to reveal more of Tobirama’s past.

Uchiha Nan told Uchiha Izuna how he had become the Third Hokage, provoking a furious argument with Tobirama Senju. When Tobirama offered to share research results in exchange for Izuna becoming his subordinate, Nan set harsh conditions that could earn Tobirama three minutes of control over Izuna; Tobirama accepted.

• Uchiha Nan recounted how Tobirama Senju had blocked Uchiha Madara from becoming Hokage, ruled Konoha, and selected Hiruzen Sarutobi as the Third Hokage before Nan defeated Hiruzen and Mito Uzumaki and won the position himself.
• Uchiha Izuna mocked Tobirama Senju over his past decisions and death, and their argument escalated into a physical confrontation before Nan redirected the discussion to Tobirama's alleged corruption and hidden research results.
• Tobirama Senju tried to persuade Uchiha Nan that they were fellow Hokage, then proposed making Uchiha Izuna his subordinate in return for submitting more research results.
• Uchiha Nan said Tobirama Senju could gain three minutes of control over Uchiha Izuna only by meeting demanding research quotas for a year and defeating Izuna in a duel using equal-level sacrificial bodies.
• Tobirama Senju accepted the harsh conditions, motivated by the chance to control Uchiha Izuna for three minutes.

Uchiha Nan used a perfected technique to control Uchiha Izuna and explained that Izuna could only escape after Tobirama Senju met his work targets and defeated him. Izuna learned that Madara and Hashirama had died and that the Uchiha now led a prosperous Konoha, but he still condemned Nan for siding with Tobirama.

• Uchiha Nan restrained Uchiha Izuna and told him Tobirama Senju would have to work for a year before gaining three minutes of control over him.
• Uchiha Izuna asked about Madara, and Uchiha Nan said Madara had died after losing to Hashirama Senju at the Valley of the End; he added that Hashirama had died soon afterward too.
• Uchiha Izuna asked about the Uchiha Clan, and Uchiha Nan told him the clan flourished as Konoha's leading clan.
• Uchiha Nan showed Uchiha Izuna Konoha's financial report, and Izuna saw both the village's immense wealth and Tobirama Senju's major contribution to it.
• Uchiha Izuna praised the Uchiha's prosperity but accused Uchiha Nan of betraying his clan by conspiring with Tobirama, and Nan insisted his duty as Hokage required it.

Uchiha Nan agreed to let Uchiha Izuna study under Tobirama Senju for two months, hoping Izuna might prove to be a research genius. Izuna accepted an exhausting schedule of round-the-clock study, and Tobirama agreed to keep watch over him because Uchiha Madara was still in Konoha.

• Uchiha Izuna asked whether he could control Tobirama Senju if his contributions to Konoha surpassed Tobirama's, then challenged Tobirama to a research contest.
• Uchiha Nan provoked Tobirama into teaching Uchiha Izuna and agreed to take responsibility for Tobirama's research progress during a two-month trial.
• Uchiha Nan arranged a new body and nearly a hundred shadow clones for Uchiha Izuna, requiring him to study around the clock under Tobirama's instruction.
• Uchiha Izuna reluctantly accepted the workload rather than back down in front of Tobirama.
• Uchiha Nan ordered Tobirama to guard Uchiha Izuna, warning that Uchiha Madara might react violently if he saw his brother brought back through Impure World Reincarnation.

The Land of Lightning Daimyo forced Kumogakure and Iwagakure to settle their dispute and form a public alliance, though Ōnoki and Third Raikage A still distrusted each other. Uchiha Madara then began investigating the brutal conditions in the Ninja World’s factories and sought Uchiha Nan’s books to find flaws in Konoha’s path to peace.

• Third Raikage A demanded compensation from Iwagakure, and the Land of Lightning Daimyo scolded Kumogakure’s leaders before promising to press the Land of Earth for an explanation.
• Ōnoki refused the Land of Earth Daimyo’s demand that Iwagakure pay Kumogakure, so the Daimyo paid compensation himself and peace talks began.
• Ōnoki and Third Raikage A agreed to a publicly announced alliance, but A told Ōnoki that he had no conscience.
• Uchiha Nan watched the alliance announcement and expected the Sky Ninja Village to enter the conflict soon.
• Uchiha Madara stopped Kakuzu and paid him to borrow Uchiha Nan’s unpublished books.
• Uchiha Madara investigated factories across the Ninja World, saw workers enduring horrific conditions, and resolved to correct the flaws in Konoha’s path.

Kakuzu negotiated a lucrative bridge deal with the Land of Waves while Konoha exploited the new Iwagakure-Kumogakure alliance to pressure Hanzo into seeking aid. Uchiha Nan managed the resulting negotiations and eased a dispute between Uchiha Izuna and Tobirama Senju, while Kumogakure struggled to divide relief funds and deal with the fallout from its financial ruin.

• Kakuzu sold books to Uchiha Madara, then secured fifty percent ownership of the Land of Waves bridge for Konoha.
• News of Iwagakure and Kumogakure's alliance spread across the Ninja World, and Hanzo of the Salamander asked Konoha for help against the expanding threat to Amegakure.
• Uchiha Nan assigned Nara Shikaku and Kakuzu to negotiate with Hanzo, aiming to secure major deals before Sky Ninja Village attacked Kumogakure.
• Uchiha Nan found Uchiha Izuna and Tobirama Senju arguing over research, praised them both, and persuaded them to return to work.
• Kumogakure's leaders argued over how to divide relief funds after Blue Sky Plan Co., Ltd. left the village's clans and residents in debt, while Third Raikage A remained silent.

The Sky Ninja Village launched a devastating aerial assault on Kumogakure using white phosphorus bombs and the Zero-Tails, while Uchiha Nan reviewed the attack and ordered Tobirama Senju to develop new weapons. The chapter ended with Uchiha Nan recognizing the danger of the Sky Ninja Village and accepting that the arms race could put ordinary people on the battlefield.

• The Sky Ninja Village leader sent his forces to bombard Kumogakure from the air, killing and burning defenders and civilians with white phosphorus bombs.
• The Sky Ninja Village leader brought the Zero-Tails over Kumogakure, where it absorbed the dark Chakra released amid the destruction.
• Uchiha Nan watched footage of the raid recorded by White Zetsu and told the two performers they could work at Konoha Television.
• Uchiha Nan ordered Black Zetsu to keep monitoring the Sky Ninja Village and studied samples recovered from the attack.
• Tobirama Senju identified the bombs as white phosphorus and said he could develop weapons with even greater destructive power.
• Uchiha Nan approved making weapon samples, despite worrying that the Sky Ninja Village had opened the way for ordinary people to become battlefield casualties.

After the Sky Ninja Village devastated Kumogakure, Uchiha Nan rallied the Five Great Shinobi Villages to form an alliance against it. Kumogakure, Sunagakure, and Iwagakure agreed to join, while the story left Kirigakure focused on its own affairs and the daimyo's plans to destroy Amegakure delayed again.

• News and video of the Sky Ninja Village destroying Kumogakure spread across the Ninja World, alarming villages and daimyos.
• Uchiha Nan convened Konoha's leaders, won their support for confronting the Sky Ninja Village, and dispatched the One-Void-Transport Troops to gather the other Kage.
• Uchiha Nan publicly announced Konoha's campaign against the Sky Ninja Village before thousands of shinobi, and Konoha called an emergency Summit of the Five Kage.
• Third Raikage A returned to Kumogakure's ruins, fainted from rage, and rallied the survivors to seek revenge.
• Musa halted Sunagakure's fight with Amegakure and traveled to Konoha, while Ōnoki joined the alliance to support Kumogakure.
• Mizuto kept Kirigakure out of the alliance, and the daimyo accepted that Konoha's move against the Sky Ninja Village had delayed their campaign against Amegakure once more.

The Five Kage formed an alliance under Uchiha Nan to find and destroy the Sky Ninja Village after it attacked Kumogakure. Meanwhile, Hatake Sakumo returned to futures trading on television, drawing investors into a scheme Kakuzu planned to manage, and the story left Kakuzu preparing to take his turn on air.

• The Sky Ninja leader learned the Five Kage Alliance had formed and decided to hide Angkor Fortress in remote mountains and forests.
• Uchiha Nan convened the Five Kage, and Third Raikage A, Third Kazekage Musa, Ōnoki, and Mizuto agreed to destroy the Sky Ninja Village under Uchiha Nan's command.
• Uchiha Nan and the other villages mobilized their intelligence networks to search for the Sky Ninja Village, while Black Zetsu and White Zetsu had not yet reported back.
• Hatake Sakumo appeared on television to recommend futures trades, prompting investors across the Ninja World to buy in as prices rose.
• Kakuzu told Hatake Sakumo to let investors enjoy some gains before gradually harvesting them, then said he had memorized his script for the next day's broadcast.

Kumogakure ninja Eli and Atsui were caught sneaking toward Konoha’s camp for food, but Uchiha Nan turned the incident into a communal feast for the allied villages. The meal exposed Konoha’s immense prosperity and brought Third Raikage A, Ōnoki, and Mizuto together to discuss restraining Konoha’s growth.

• Eli and Atsui, desperate after days of eating Soldier Pills, sneaked toward Konoha’s camp after smelling grilled meat and soup.
• Konoha ninja surrounded the pair, and the commotion drew Uchiha Nan, Third Raikage A, and other village leaders; Atsui admitted they had only wanted food.
• Uchiha Nan invited the two Kumogakure ninja to eat and offered Konoha’s cafeteria to the allied forces, prompting a huge communal feast.
• After the meal, Ōnoki warned Third Raikage A that Konoha’s prosperity threatened the other villages, and he offered Iwagakure’s aid with Kumogakure’s reconstruction.
• Mizuto joined Third Raikage A and Ōnoki, and the three Kage agreed that they could not keep fighting among themselves while Konoha grew so powerful.

Uchiha Nan divided the spoils from the Land of Sky and prepared a New Year outdoor party to keep the allied villages' ninja loyal to Konoha. As the other Kage struggled with wavering troops and worsening morale, they remained unable to locate the Sky Ninja Village.

• Uchiha Nan arranged for Konoha to take most of the Land of Sky's money and recruit its workers and technical specialists, while leaving its territory to the other nations.
• Uchiha Nan planned a New Year outdoor party for the troops, and ninja from the allied villages eagerly anticipated Konoha's food and hospitality.
• Konoha's influence continued to spread through the other villages as factory workers, exchange students, and members of Kirigakure's bloodline clans supported or sought ties with Konoha.
• Ōnoki dealt with Iwagakure ninja angry about poor meals by replacing the quartermaster and increasing food funds.
• Third Raikage A admitted Kumogakure's ninja had resorted to eating leftovers from Konoha's slop buckets, while Mizuto worried that Kirigakure's troops were turning against him.
• Mizuto, Ōnoki, and Third Raikage A found no new information about the Sky Ninja Village and agreed that their forces' morale was becoming difficult to manage.

Ōnoki, Third Raikage A, and Mizuto discussed Konoha’s lucrative tobacco monopoly and considered adopting its business practices to save their struggling villages. Ōnoki argued that Uchiha Nan was pursuing a broader ambition to make shinobi the world’s rulers, leaving the three Kage to contemplate Konoha’s example and their own villages’ futures.

• Ōnoki shared Konoha-brand cigarettes with Third Raikage A and Mizuto, and the three noticed that Konoha products seemed to be everywhere.
• Ōnoki revealed that he had earned seven figures for filming a Konoha tobacco advertisement, prompting Third Raikage A and Mizuto to marvel at the business’s profits.
• The narration explained how Uchiha Nan had used Tobirama Senju’s improved processing methods and violent acquisitions to turn Konoha’s tobacco trade into a monopoly.
• Third Raikage A considered starting a tobacco business to help rebuild Kumogakure, while Ōnoki resolved to push past Iwagakure’s conservative opposition and Mizuto expressed confidence in Kirigakure.
• Ōnoki told Third Raikage A and Mizuto that he believed Uchiha Nan was using Konoha’s power to make shinobi rulers and spread ninjutsu into everyday life.

Ōnoki, Third Raikage A, and Mizuto agreed to avoid a real war with Amegakure and reform their villages while pretending to obey the daimyo. Meanwhile, the Sky Ninja leader learned the Land of Sky had been destroyed, and Black Zetsu’s group located Angkor Fortress.

• Ōnoki considered how difficult it would be for other villages to follow Konoha’s example and become independent of the daimyo’s support.
• Ōnoki, Third Raikage A, and Mizuto agreed to stay out of a genuine conflict with Amegakure and deceive the daimyo while seeking funds for their villages.
• The three Kage decided to approach Sunagakure and try to persuade the Kazekage to join them.
• The Sky Ninja leader learned that the Land of Sky had been destroyed, leaving his village without funding and forcing its research projects to stall.
• Black Zetsu and the two White Zetsus found Angkor Fortress, and Black Zetsu took Bald White Zetsu underground while ordering the other to stay behind.

Uchiha Nan hosted a lavish New Year's party where the other villages' ninjas praised Konoha and criticized their own leaders, while the four Kage discussed how to curb Konoha's growing influence. Musa agreed to secretly cooperate with Ōnoki, Third Raikage A, and Mizuto, and they began planning to imitate Konoha's methods.

• Uchiha Nan ordered the fireworks and opened the New Year's party, where ninjas from the Five Great Villages enjoyed Konoha's abundant food and performances.
• Ninjas from Sunagakure, Kumogakure, Kirigakure, and Iwagakure voiced admiration for Konoha and anger at their own villages' hardships and leaders.
• Musa overheard Sunagakure's ninjas praising Konoha and felt that his own work as Kazekage had been overlooked.
• Ōnoki, Third Raikage A, and Mizuto urged Musa to join them in limiting Konoha's power, and Musa agreed to cooperate secretly while keeping ties with Konoha.
• Ōnoki proposed that the four villages imitate Konoha's political tactics, including gradually challenging the daimyo's influence.

After the other villages’ ninjas learned how much better Konoha’s benefits were, Uchiha Nan offered Kumogakure humanitarian aid and turned the crisis into an opportunity for Konoha’s business expansion. Third Raikage A left with contracts to consider and a promise that relief supplies would arrive within a week.

• The Four Great Shinobi Villages’ ninjas compared benefits with Konoha’s and grew envious, alarming their Kage about possible defections.
• Third Raikage A described the devastation and suffering in Kumogakure, prompting Uchiha Nan to pledge funding, a rescue team, relief supplies, and a Ninja World Red Cross.
• Ōnoki, Musa, and Mizuto agreed that their villages would also contribute, while Uchiha Nan planned to finance the Red Cross through donations and a management fee.
• Uchiha Nan promoted Konoha construction teams and businesses to Third Raikage A, who accepted several contracts for later review.
• Third Raikage A pressed for a timeline, and Uchiha Nan promised Konoha’s relief supplies would reach Kumogakure within a week.

Uchiha Nan pushed Konoha’s rescue, fundraising, and business plans forward while Nara Shikaku’s exhausted staff faced another round of overtime. Third Raikage A agreed to cooperate with Konoha, and Nan urged him to seize assets from Land of Lightning’s mine owners and nobles, leaving A ready to gamble on the plan.

• Uchiha Nan’s letter ordered Nara Shikaku to arrange a rescue team, supplies, cooperative ventures, and a Ninja World Red Cross, forcing Konoha’s staff to cancel their leave and work overtime.
• Third Raikage A asked Kumogakure’s higher-ups whether they should sign Konoha’s business agreements, and they left the decision to him.
• Third Raikage A chose to trust Konoha and went to Uchiha Nan to sign a package of agreements.
• Uchiha Nan proposed that Kumogakure acquire Land of Lightning’s iron mines and land, using threats, killings, or blackmail against those who refused.
• Uchiha Nan argued that ninja should work together to improve people’s lives, and Third Raikage A decided to gamble on the plan.

Uchiha Nan secured Kumogakure’s cooperation in a Konoha-backed business venture, leaving Third Raikage A to manage the village’s recovery. When Black Zetsu arrived, Uchiha Nan welcomed his otouto and learned that the bald White Zetsu wanted to work at Konoha’s television station.

• Uchiha Nan persuaded Third Raikage A to sign agreements giving Konoha and Kumogakure joint control of companies in the Land of Lightning.
• Uchiha Nan introduced Third Raikage A and Kumogakure’s senior officials to Land of Fire bankers, who arranged financing while Konoha retained control over the companies.
• Uchiha Nan set up plans for factories and businesses, leaving Kumogakure responsible for obtaining raw materials and carrying out the remaining work.
• Third Raikage A accepted that Kumogakure had to cooperate with Konoha, while his senior officials backed the arrangement and hoped to benefit from Konoha’s strength.
• Uchiha Nan worried that Uchiha Madara or Tobirama Senju might be an unseen danger, then encountered Black Zetsu and the bald White Zetsu.
• Uchiha Nan agreed to let the bald White Zetsu work at Konoha’s television station, and he welcomed Black Zetsu back.

Uchiha Nan led the Five Kage Alliance to the Sky Ninja Village, where Third Raikage A defeated the Sky Ninja leader and separated him from Zero-Tails. With Zero-Tails captured, Uchiha Nan decided Tobirama Senju needed another project.

• Uchiha Nan announced the Sky Ninja Village’s location and ordered the Five Kage Alliance to surround and destroy it.
• The Sky Ninja leader learned the Alliance had found and surrounded his village, then ordered his people to retreat to Angkor Fortress and save their researchers and research materials.
• Third Raikage A charged ahead of the other Kage and attacked the Sky Ninja leader before he could escape.
• The Sky Ninja leader merged with Zero-Tails, but Third Raikage A overwhelmed him with a barrage of punches and forced Zero-Tails to separate from him.
• Third Raikage A killed the Sky Ninja leader, and Uchiha Nan looked at Zero-Tails and said Tobirama Senju needed more work.

Uchiha Nan and the Five Kage Alliance destroyed the Sky Ninja Village, captured Zero-Tails, and divided the spoils while claiming Angkor Fortress for joint research in Konoha. The chapter ended with the allied villages celebrating together around a bonfire.

• Third Raikage A beat Zero-Tails into submission, and Uchiha Nan sealed it in a jar for himself.
• Uchiha Nan led Konoha's ninjas to seize the Sky Ninja research center and discovered giant computers used to control Angkor Fortress.
• The Five Kage Alliance defeated the Sky Ninjas, and the village was completely destroyed.
• Uchiha Nan and the four other Kage divided the Sky Ninja wealth and Flying Ninja Tools, then agreed to keep Angkor Fortress in Konoha for shared research.
• The Five Great Ninja Villages held a victory feast, where Third Raikage A grilled food as the allied ninjas celebrated together.